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June 23, 2014 | VOL. 50, No. 25

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we’ve set some goals for ourself approaching our anniversary,” said Janet Langsam, ArtsWestchester’s executive director. “We wanted to build 50 new business partnerships. … We’re on target. We’re halfway there.” Teaming up with Americans for the Arts, a

rchitect Winka Dubbeldam flashed slides to the New Rochelle City Council showing her vision for Echo Bay: a “Main Street on the waterfront” with a public park, mixed-use buildings and a 200-room hotel. Councilman Al Tarantino, a Republican, asked if Dubbeldam would consider altering the hotel from one 12-story tower to perhaps two smaller towers. “There may be an objection from the community,” he said. Dubbeldam, principal of the Manhattan-based firm Archi-Tectonics, said she wanted to build several hundred residential units and 80,000 square feet of retail space on a 9-acre strip that includes city-owned and privately-owned properties. The idea likely sounded familiar to city officials and residents. Slightly more than six months ago, New Rochelle abandoned a similar construction plan amid community opposition and criticisms over expected tax breaks for the developer, Forest City Residential Inc. That defeat came after a decade of planning, re-planning and a public debate that included picketing and an effort from local veterans to preserve an abandoned, decaying armory building at the site. On June 10, the City Council heard presentations from four groups interested in hopping into the frying pan in place of Forest City. Elected officials stated hopes for a less fractious process this time around, with presenters including Twining Properties, which

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Janet Langsam at the ArtsWestchester headquarters during the recent ArtsBash benefit, overlooking the current “STEAM” exhibition.

arts plus business: a winning partnership BY MARY SHUStAcK mshustack@westfairinc.com

WiTH a MiLeSToNe aNNiVeRSaRY drawing ever closer, ArtsWestchester is right on target with an ambitious initiative. “We’re going to be 50 years old in 2015, and

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scarsdale women form group to reinvigorate businesses BY LEIF SKODNIcK lskodnick@westfairinc.com

hen Lisa Tretler and Jane Veron noticed local business in Scarsdale taking a downturn, they decided to leverage their combined business expertise to promote shopping and dining in the ’Dale’s downtown. Through The Acceleration Project, their not-for-profit consultancy that pairs local professional women with local small businesses in need of strategic advice, Tretler and Veron gathered 19 people who surveyed 514 local residents and 50 local businesses earlier this year. The volunteers contributed approximately 2,400 hours of labor to produce a study aimed at encouraging people to patronize local businesses. The study is accompanied by a marketing proposal featuring the slogans “Shop the ’Dale” and “Dine the ’Dale.” “Our interest, through The Acceleration Project, is twofold. We want to help small businesses and help create economic growth, and we also want to harness the skills of local professional women. This was the perfect intersection of the two,” said Tretler, who holds an MBA from the Wharton School of Business at the University of Pennsylvania. Veron, who co-founded The Acceleration Project with Tretler, earned an MBA from Harvard Business School. “We usually work one-on-one, but with this project we felt we could help the whole Scarsdale business community.” Presented to the Scarsdale Chamber of Commerce June 16, the study polled visitors to downtown Scarsdale on their behaviors and aggregated the data to provide suggestions on how Scarsdale businesses can draw more local customers. “Since the recession, there’s been a significant shift in buyer practices,” Tretler said. “People have turned to shopping on the Internet, and consumers are more price-sensitive and more demanding. We know local customers like the support they get from local business owners. They value the rapport, and they have an expectation that local business will treat them

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Lisa Tretler, left, and Jane Veron, of Scarsdale, used their business acumen to produce a study aimed at motivating consumers to patronize local businesses.

well, and if not, they’ll go elsewhere.” Tretler said the trend toward online shopping, driven by lower prices and the ease of not having to leave home, has hurt local businesses in Westchester County and elsewhere. “For local businesses, they feel it when their neighbors close down,” she said. Among the study’s findings, 68 percent of the consumers polled said they patronize local doctors, and 62 percent of the professional service providers (doctors, home service professionals and business service professionals) interviewed reported no change in their business levels over the past three years. While local consumers continue to shop locally for liquor and home goods,

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and visit local beauty shops frequently, shoppers surveyed noted they have spent less in Scarsdale recently. They’ve also often gone elsewhere to shop for apparel, with 34 percent reporting they’ve shopped outside of Scarsdale, be it online or in person, to purchase clothing. Mike Wilson, of Wilson and Son

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Jewelers on Chase Road, said the study showed that some assumptions the business community made about a drop-off in business were incorrect. “Parts of the study were quite eye-opening,” he said. Wilson and Son first opened in Scarsdale in 1932. “The study is really making us rethink our marketing. We’re going to start using the ‘Shop the ’Dale’ logo in the shop and on social media.” In their presentation, Veron and Tretler noted that 68 percent of businesses that have participated in similar “buy local” campaigns have gained new customers, and businesses in communities where “buy local” campaigns have been enacted have seen sales growth of up to 7 percent. “Even in a town like Scarsdale, our small businesses face the same challenges. They need to bring in enough sales to cover the expenses. Very often, consumers forget that,” said Tretler. Slides in the presentation made to the chamber also noted that of $100 spent with a local independent business, $45 goes back into the local economy – as opposed to $0 when shopping online. The proposed “Shop the ’Dale” marketing campaign emphasizes to both businesses and consumers that Scarsdale’s sense of community is tied to the vibrancy of its local businesses. Tretler said the campaign will kick off in September. “We’ll be at all the different retail hubs to push the logo and the messaging to consumers. We’re hoping consumers will recognize the importance of it all,” Tretler said. Noting that both she and Veron live in Scarsdale, Tretler said, “We’ll able to hopefully make a great impact right in our own backyard.”

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Yonkers power plant developer buys historic manor BY JOHN GOLDEN jgolden@westfairinc.com

he developer of the long-abandoned Glenwood power plant, an industrial icon on the Yonkers waterfront, has purchased a nearby landmark estate as part of her plans to create a “constellation” of restored historic properties as social and cultural destinations with art exhibits and installations, restaurants, and meetings and event space. Lela Goren, founder and president of The Goren Group L.L.C. in Manhattan, closed in late May on her company’s $5.5 million purchase of Alder Manor, a 72-room, 35,000-square-foot Italian Renaissance Revival mansion at 1097 N. Broadway listed on the National Register of Historic Places. The 5.7-acre property also includes a 51,000-square-foot former school building, Bosch Hall, built in 1962, when the former family estate was the campus of Elizabeth Seton College. Goren’s company, Plant Manor L.L.C., purchased the property from The Tara Circle Inc., a nonprofit Irish cultural organization that has vacated the historic hall and is looking to relocate in Yonkers. The nonprofit paid $1.2 million for the property in a 2004 deal

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with the city of Yonkers. The city acquired the property in the mid-1990s after Iona College, which took over Elizabeth Seton College in a merger, closed its Yonkers campus. Known for its classically landscaped gardens, ornamental sculptures and architectural details, Alder Manor was built in 1912 by William Boyce Thompson, a mining magnate and financier who sited his country home across North Broadway from his plant research center, the Boyce Thompson Institute. Goren said she plans to restore the limestone mansion according to State Historic Preservation Office standards and expects to qualify for a 20 percent federal tax credit for historic preservation. Bosch Hall will be partly demolished,

she said, leaving a level built into the hillside overlooking the Hudson River and Palisades as a restaurant or event space. The renamed Plant Manor could be used for film and photo shoots, Goren said. “It’s so special,” she said. Tara Circle occasionally rented the mansion for weddings and banquets and for film shoots, according to a Wikipedia entry on Alder Manor. It reportedly was the location for scenes in the movies “A Beautiful Mind,” “The Royal Tenenbaums” and “Mona Lisa Smile.” The Goren Group and its redevelopment partner in Yonkers, Ron Shemesh, paid $3.1 million in late 2012 for the long-idle Glenwood power plant at 45 Water Grant St. on the northern Yonkers riverfront. Shemesh,

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though, early this year closed his Excelsior Packaging Inc. plant at 159 Alexander St., where 112 workers were employed. City officials said the business could not recover from damage to the plant and lost business from Hurricane Sandy. Goren has since bought out Shemesh’s interest in The PowerHouse, the mixed-use redevelopment planned at the century-old power station complex. Shemesh in January also sold another potential waterfront redevelopment site at 35 Water Grant St. for $3 million. His company in 2012 paid $2.25 million to acquire the vacant industrial property from Sun Chemical Corp. Goren said building stabilization work and a brownfield cleanup is underway at the power plant as part of a $70 million to $80 million rehabilitation project that will transform graffiti-filled industrial buildings into events and conference center space and an arts exhibit hall. The work is expected to be completed in 2 1/2 years, she said. Goren said a $60 million second phase of development will include a boutique hotel, spa, restaurants and a marina. The Alder Manor sale was brokered by Steve McCulloch and Rich Hendey of Houlihan-Parnes Realtors L.L.C. in Harrison.

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Monteﬁore center confronts expected brain disease crisis BY LEIF SKODNIcK lskodnick@westfairinc.com

n a small office building tucked into the side of a Yonkers hill that rises over the Hudson River, doctors from Montefiore Medical Center and Albert Einstein College of Medicine will team up to try and solve the mysteries of neurological diseases that affect the elderly. The newly opened Montefiore Einstein Center for the Aging Brain on Executive Boulevard will provide care and conduct research into those disorders. “What we’re doing here, which is unique anywhere in the country, is to create an interdisciplinary center,” said Dr. Mark Mehler, who chairs the neurology department at Albert Einstein. “(It) allows us to study people with degenerative dementias, minimum cognitive impairment, or normal people that

are just not as spry mentally when they’re 80 as they were at 20, and to look at the ‘superagers,’ people that at age 80 – there are not a lot, but you meet occasional people – that are as sharp as any 20-year-old.” Aging-related neurological diseases are a growing health crisis, according to doctors close to the project. As the U.S. population ages, more and more patients will need care for neurological diseases. “We’re living in a society that is aging rapidly and you’re talking about a tsunami of an epidemic that will engulf the health system at a level that no other disease will,” Mehler said. “If you look at actuarial charts, as you age, the proportion of the population that develops degenerative dementias goes up. If you live to be 80, greater than 50 percent will develop degenerative dementia; if you live to be 100, almost everybody will.” Doctors at the Center for the Aging Brain

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the same time,” Verghese said. “It’s a very cognitively demanding test, especially for older people who have reduced attention or resources. So if you have difficulty walking or talking, we’ve shown that it’s associated with a number of bad outcomes like falls, frailty and cognitive decline.” Mehler said research performed at Einstein and Montefiore Medical Center is changing the previous understanding of how degenerative dementia and other age-related neurological diseases begin. “We actually are involved in research that is beginning to show that these diseases don’t start late in life, but actually start in early development,” Mehler said. “Because you have the gene from the time of conception, the disease starts then. We have a lot of evidence from (National Institutes of Health) grants that the disease alters the way the brain develops, the way the brain is patterned, the way neural connections are made, and it makes certain cells particularly vulnerable to undergo premature cell death, which is the sine qua non of these diseases.” While research will be a large part of the activities at the Center for the Aging Brain, patient care will still be a major focus. “This center will provide really critical, groundbreaking care. This meets an absolutely critical need,” said Dr. Allen Spiegel, dean of the Albert Einstein College of Medicine. “Through the partnership, we’ll improve that fundamental care with groundbreaking research.” The care provided to patients won’t be limited to neurology but will cross disciplines, including gerontology, vascular neurology and the study of epilepsy, movement disorders and sleep disorders. “I think we have tremendous potential to grow here and grow everywhere,” said Dr. Steven Safyer, president of Montefiore Medical Center. “It really is that kind of integration that gives us a future that we can be proud of.”

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The Westchester Bank has leased a 1,808-square-foot storefront space at 51 S. Moger Ave. in Mount Kisco to open its fourth bank branch in the county. The deal was announced by HoulihanParnes Realtors L.L.C., whose broker Jamie Schwartz represented the Yonkers-based bank in the 12-year lease deal. aaron Prince was the in-house representative for owner Friedland Properties. Commercial architect Norman DiChiara of Norman DiChiara Architects P.C. in White Plains will design the branch.

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Partners at Goldschmidt & Associates, a commercial real estate firm in Scarsdale, announced 13 recent retail lease deals totaling about 33,000 square feet of space in Westchester communities. adam D. Bren, a salesperson at the Scarsdale firm, negotiated six retail leases totaling approximately 20,000 square feet of space. In Elmsford, Rockman Millwork leased 5,000 square feet of showroom and warehouse space at 105 Fairview Park Drive. Goldschmidt & Associates was the sole broker. In a deal brokered by the Scarsdale firm, Briggs House antiques sold its store building at 566 E. Boston Post Road and relocated to a 4,500-square-foot leased space at 114 Pearl St.

in Port Chester. Neil Pagano of C.J. Pagano & Sons in Port Chester represented the landlord. Bren represented the owner of 530 Tarrytown Road in White Plains in Westchester Carpet’s lease of 5,000 square feet of retail space. The tenant was represented by Richard aponte of Rand Commercial Realty. Bren also represented the building owner at 1009 W. Boston Post Road in Mamaroneck, where Mathnasium leased 1,050 square feet of retail space. The math tutoring company was represented by Joshua Jacobs of Goldschmidt & Associates. In Dobbs Ferry, Chop’t Creative Salad Co. L.L.C. has leased 2,700 square feet of space in the yet-to-be-built Rivertowns Square development. Bren and Craig Hantgan of Esquire Properties in Manhattan represented Chop’t in the deal. Started in New York in 2001, the salad restaurant company has stores in Rye Ridge and Mount Kisco in addition to New York City and Washington, D.C. Bella Nonna Pizzeria, a Greenwich, Conn., company, leased 680 square feet of retail space at 8 Depot Place, the former Viva Roma location in Scarsdale. Joann Picarillo of Goldschmidt & Associates brokered the deal for the tenant and Bren represented the building owner. Goldschmidt & Associates brokered seven other retail leases in Scarsdale.

At 34 East Parkway, Pookie & Sebastian leased 1,750 square feet of space. The highend contemporary clothing company has six stores in New York City and Florida. Goldschmidt & Associates partner Pam Bren Goldschmidt represented both landlord and tenant. At 6 Harwood Court, Green with envy, a women’s accessories business with another location in Armonk, leased 918 square feet of space. Goldschmidt represented both parties. At 3 Spencer Place, Second Time around, a high-end consignment store, leased 1,100 square feet of space. Picarillo represented the landlord and Darell Handler of Handler Real Estate in Manhattan represented the tenant. At 7-11 Spencer Place, the Korean steakhouse NaMu leased 2,150 square feet of space. Picarillo represented the landlord and tenant. At 826 Scarsdale Ave. Flywheel, an indoor cycling center, leased 6,500 square feet of space. The deal was brokered for the landlord by Goldschmidt’s Picarillo and Fern Wagner. Jeff Lagowitz of Savills Studley Inc. in Manhattan represented the tenant. At 48 Garth Road, Depot Cleaners leased 850 square feet of pace. Picarillo represented both landlord and tenant. At 104 Garth Road, The Deli Counter leased 950 square feet of space formerly occupied by Muller’s Delicatessen. Goldschmidt’s Jacobs represented both parties in the deal.

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Robert Lynch of Americans for the Arts with Janet Langsam of Arts Westchester. Photo by Leslye Smith.

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national nonprofit dedicated to advancing the arts, ArtsWestchester committed to fostering these new arts-and-business partnerships to ensure a thriving future for the arts. Langsam shared that the ArtsWestchester website, artswestchester.org, suggests 10 ways businesses can partner with the organization. Suggestions range from enlivening your workplace with art to treating employees to a concert or performance. Companies can also help employees cultivate leadership skills by volunteering for an ArtsWestchester committee or enhance community outreach by sponsoring an ArtsWestchester event. “Many of the corporations are very much interested in having their employees engage with the community, and we do have some that would like to work with us that way,” Langsam said. The initiative, Langsam added, seems to have struck a chord since its February unveiling. “When we kicked off this program, we had invited Bob Lynch to come,” Langsam said of Robert L. Lynch, president and CEO of Americans for the Arts, who gave a group of corporate leaders a national perspective on the effort. Lynch, who has nearly 40 years’ experience in the arts industry, is noted for advocating the role of nonprofit arts and cultural industries in helping strengthen the economy. Lynch said the local effort is part of a national drive designed to team up the arts and business “for mutual benefit.” “Different places around the coun-

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try are doing it in different ways,” he said. “ArtsWestchester is doing the 50 partnerships with 50 businesses, which I love.” He said key to the effort is an understanding of the arts’ role in the economy, from helping downtown revitalizations to making communities more attractive to employees. “Often it’s taken for granted, so I think what our job, these organizations’ job, is to tell this story,” he said. That story is something the region seems to grasp. “It was wonderful to come to Westchester and see that level of understanding,” Lynch said. “It’s great to see that kind of connectivity and even more growth in a place like Westchester.” Participation from the corporate community, Langsam said, is already reflecting the varied ways the program can be a benefit. “Regeneron Pharmaceuticals is a new sponsor,” Langsam said of the Tarrytownbased company. “They are sponsoring the current exhibition, which is ‘STEAM.’” The exhibition, which continues until Aug. 16 in the ArtsWestchester headquarters in White Plains, focuses on “STEM + Arts = STEAM.” It’s tapping into – and broadening – the STEM (science, technology, engineering, math) movement to incorporate the arts and their role in teaching creative thinking. “All of the artists in this exhibit are inspired by or using the sciences in creative ways,” Langsam said, making it a natural pairing for Regeneron. “As they say to me, they’re in the business of innovation and so are we.” Langsam also pointed to Aetna, which will work with ArtsWestchester on a program that brings artists into elementary schools to create “healthy lifestyle” murals in cafeterias. Other opportunities, she added, range from

working with Macy’s to sponsor a dance festival in White Plains to the expansion of work with the Westchester Medical Center and its healing arts program. Langsam said an alliance with the arts could be tailored to suit the needs of most any company. “As you can see, it’s varied so much from corporation to corporation,” she said. Whether it’s offering employees tickets to a family arts event or featuring them in the ArtWNews monthly publication, there is an array of options that businesses can work on with ArtsWestchester. “I think the arts are pervasive. They are important and are so significant in many different areas of our lives. … What we’re trying to do is find ways that relate to different aspects of our community,” Langsam said. And it doesn’t have to be about a company making a donation, Lynch of Americans for the Arts, said. “It doesn’t have to be a money flow,” Lynch said. “Money doesn’t have to change hands. … The idea is that besides money, businesses have expertise and individuals in the businesses have expertise.” As Langsam concluded, “There are opportunities to work with us, to be tailored to each corporation, to their corporate goals.” Throughout, Langsam said, the effort underscores what ArtsWestchester is asking corporations to do: “Imagine Westchester without the arts.” With the help of these new business partnerships, Langsam is hoping that scenario will never come to be. “There’s a benefit on both sides of the effort,” Langsam said. “There’s a benefit for the corporations and there’s a benefit for the community and the arts and that’s what these partnerships are about.”

bid on the project in 2006 but finished as a runner-up to Forest City, and three groups, including Archi-Tectonics, that had proposed new uses for the armory in a design competition last year. One of those groups was Reimagine New Rochelle, which was formed by local veterans and represented by former state Assemblyman Ron Tocci, who was a speaker at last year’s anti-Echo Bay protests at which protestors chanted “Hey hey, ho ho, Forest City has got to go” and “No way Echo Bay.” Tocci said a problem with the Forest City proposal had been that the armory was an afterthought. His group wants to convert the space into a performing arts center and said it wasn’t interested in the possibility of converting any space on the property into residential. “We don’t really know if housing is the answer,” he said. Tocci said the group could begin construction within a year and would be willing to work with the other presenters. The hope, he said, was to restore the armory as a first step to other development in the region. A concern for the armory is that the building continues to deteriorate as its future is debated. A roof renovation project pegged at $1.5 million a few years ago is likely to cost as much as $5 million now, with rain leakage also causing damage to the floors inside of the building. The other presenters had similar ideas for the armory, with the preservation of the building now a likely part of any agreement. Some suggested designating space for local veterans groups at the site or offering space at one of the mixed-use buildings nearby. The proposals shared the common theme of opening up the waterfront to the public after lack of access was a concern during the city’s original process looking into the development. CDR Studio Architects presented a plan to convert the mudflats of the area into wetlands and a marshlands park. Solutions such as these were discussed to combat concerns about Echo Bay being in a federally-designated flood plane. Other environmental concerns include a city public works yard at the site, planned to be relocated, and the intricacies of handling polluted soil there. Last time the city considered developing Echo Bay, it took the better part of a decade for the agreement to reach its end. Mayor Noam Bramson, a Democrat who supported the Forest City proposal previously, said the city would now analyze the new presenters’ plans and financing projections. “Certainly, there will be further discussion,” he said.

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any people complain about email. Many critics say it is past its prime. And yet, the number of emails being sent on a daily basis has increased astronomically. According to MadisonLogic, more than 122 billion emails are sent on average every hour. That’s more than 2 trillion emails a day. Most tellingly, a 2013 Experian study reported 99 percent of the businesses it surveyed use email. Although this overwhelming number obviously reflects the need for email, does it also include the usefulness of email marketing? The numbers say yes. The average open rate for business-to-business marketing emails is 11 percent to 15 percent with a click-through rate of 1 percent to 4 percent. Many factors can positively or negatively affect these rates. I discovered one of the simplest factors affecting these two sets of numbers by chance a few years ago when by accident we sent out our newsletter on a Friday afternoon in the summer; the open rates were less than half of their usual number. Even over a period of several days, it never approached its normal level.

(Fortunately, our rates bounced back with our next newsletter.) Our mistake emphasized two key points: First, the day and time of an email release is very important, and second, emails usually have a very short lifespan. The most common mistake is not the frequency of the emails, either. True, you can lose subscribers if you send out too many emails but that’s fairly easily corrected. Nevertheless, frequency is a commonly asked question and one that does not possess a clear answer. It depends on many factors including the responsiveness of your target audience, the duration of the sales cycle or even the intent of your newsletter. An educational newsletter is perceived very differently from one constantly promoting products. There is also no mistaking the importance of great content. Without great content, any newsletter or email marketing campaign will fail. Great content must support the intent of your newsletter. If your intent is to inform, then your content must contain information that will educate your target audience. You can temporarily lose subscribers if you send your email at an inopportune time (as I previ-

ously mentioned), but if your content is lousy, you will permanently lose them. Content does, however, indirectly relate to the most common email mistake that people make: marketing themselves. It’s the distinction between product characteristics and benefits. I may have the greatest product in the world and want to tell you all about it. However, all you care about is how it can benefit you. Rather than emphasizing its characteristics in my email, wouldn’t you rather learn about how these characteristics can help you? Working backward from this critical point, we now must create content that will address the benefits our target market seeks. Although these benefits can vary widely – from increased sales to better process management to improved branding – they must follow this bottom-up approach and in so doing will generate useful and targeted content. Ensuring your emails don’t appear like sales pitches will also help drive open rates and results. You can – and should – always include a “call to action” with your text. There’s a reason why the most frequently opened emails are the ones designed for

brand management. They’re educational and nonthreatening, and they demonstrate expertise to a targeted niche. They’re also the most productive. To initially attract our target audience, you must have a captivating headline – one that literally contains capital letters. Beginning each word in a targeted title with a capital letter will increase the number of opens, as will a character count of fewer than 60 letters. This is the first and arguably the most important time when you can influence your target audience. The email naysayers have it wrong. Almost every business and person reads, writes and uses email. What the naysayers can’t comprehend – particularly within the increasing volume of email – is why it is so effective for some companies and a waste of time and money for others. Bruce Newman is vice president at The Productivity Institute L.L.C. and a regular contributor to the Business Journal. He specializes in content creation and digital marketing. He can be reached at bnewman@prodinst.com.

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Building tomorrow’s leadership team We’re not going to drive this company forward if we don’t have a management team that understands and can drive performance. My employees look to me for direction and wait for me to make decisions. It can’t all sit on my shoulders anymore. What do I do to turn this around? THouGHTS oF THe DaY: A self-reliant management team is essential for a thriving, growing company. Think about each area of the business and who can step forward. Define skills needed to get to the next level. Make contracts with employees about what they are willing to do to become leaders. Set team goals and meet regularly to practice working as a group to accomplish the company’s mission. The company can’t rest on one or two people’s shoulders and be successful long term. Responsibilities need to be divided up. People need to train their backups who can be ready to step in, in case something happens to the primary person in charge. Imagine the company in units of no more than 6 to 8 people, each unit reporting to a manager, supervisor or team leader. Go through a checklist of each area of the business: finance, sales, marketing, operations, information technology, human resources. Who is in charge? For areas that are handled by outside firms, who do those firms report to? Who makes plans for each area of the business and considers themselves accountable for the outcomes? Building teams to share the management load takes a lot of weight off of the owners’ shoulders. It also tends to result in happier employees who feel more engaged in taking the company forward. It also makes it easier to identify people who may no longer be a fit or who may not be able to keep up. Don’t feel that you have to offer more money right off the bat to get people to step up. If funds are tight, offer people a chance to learn more, to grow their influence in the firm, and make an agreement that they’ll share in the profits when plans come to fruition. Review each manager candidate’s strengths and weaknesses. Go through a review discussion, asking each manager to

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peaking to an audience composed largely of fellow attorneys, Pace Law School Dean David Yassky called this “a crazy moment in the legal profession.” It is also “a pivotal moment,” he said. Yassky, a former New York City Council member and former chairman of the New York City Taxi and Limousine Commission as well as a constitutional law scholar, made his remarks on the changing profession as keynote speaker at the recent eighth annual Above the Bar Awards ceremony honoring Westchester attorneys on the Pace Law School campus. A Yale Law School graduate, Yassky arrived on the White Plains campus this spring as the school’s new dean. He was hired, said Richard L. Ottinger, dean emeritus of Pace Law School, with the expectation that he will make Pace “the law school of tomorrow” in much the same way he promoted the use of green taxis in New York during his four-year tenure in the Bloomberg administration. Though change at law firms has not been as rapid as in newspaper publishing and other industries, said Yassky, “The best clients are more demanding than ever and expecting

more value for their dollar than ever.” Firms are less able than ever before to train young lawyers on the job, he said. At Pace, “It means our job is, more than it has ever been, to train students to be ready to go to work” with clinical training and skills that will allow young lawyers to start immediately in a practice. From their first semester in law school, “I want to have our students be on the path to practice” in a specific area of the law, the dean said. Outside the classroom, students need to be connected to mentors and role models in the bar, he said. Those connections are more easily made

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Rye Town dissolution doesn’t come easily BY MARK LUNGARIELLO mlungariello@westfairinc.com

o one is really ever in Rye Town, a Sound Shore community not to be confused with the city of Rye, an independent neighbor known for its affluent suburban neighborhoods and Purchase Street shopping district. There really is no town, geographically speaking, because its entire square footage is part of the villages of Port Chester, Rye Brook and Mamaroneck. There are no Rye Town addresses, there is no Rye Town High School and there are fewer than 10 employees in Town Hall, which has a Port Chester mailing address. With no unified local identity and a government that seems to offer only duplicate services, dissolving the town as a cost-savings measure would seem like low-hanging fruit in Westchester County, where residents pay the highest property taxes in the nation. Joseph Carvin, the supervisor of the town, who has a Rye Brook mailing address, has been pushing for six years to shutter the government he heads and voluntarily put himself out of the job. He said New York has become financially unsustainable, with the cost of government inflating property taxes and elbowing out businesses and residents. “There’s a desperate need to rationalize local government,” he told the Business Journal. “It’s time to stop the insanity. Until people begin to understand that, we’re going to continue to have problems.” Yet, the road to consolidation has been a long one for the town, paved with red tape and a maze of legal questions. Ultimately, dissolving the town will need to be approved by a public vote, and Carvin hopes to bring that vote by November 2015 or early 2016. Although the villages mostly agree with the notion that the continued existence of Rye Town is unnecessary, the complicated layers of governance raise some questions for the communities that would soldier on after Rye Town breathes its last. Of the many villages in New York state, most have their own governments and services but are contained within a larger town or city. In Westchester, for example, the villages of Bronxville and Tuckahoe are their own municipalities, but part of the town of Eastchester. The area of the town that isn’t part of the villages is often called “unincorporated” and is geographically the area that residents and outsiders identify as “Eastchester.” Most towns and their villages function this way, including Westchester’s largest town, Greenburgh, which has six villages. Rye Town is unique in that there has

been no unincorporated area of the town since the 1980s, when Rye Brook formed its own municipal government. The common thought for years has been that the state constitution requires all villages to sit below a town or city, which dictated the holdup for a Rye Town dissolution. If Rye Town were to cease to exist, officials believed the villages of Port Chester and Rye Brook would need to become “coterminous” townvillages.

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That would be problematic for the Rye Neck section of the village of Mamaroneck. The neighborhood is partly in the town of Mamaroneck, as is most of Mamaroneck Village, but a small sliver of the area is in Rye Town. If the town disappears, some of Rye Neck would be left without an overarching town. Mamaroneck Town wasn’t agreeable to annexing that sliver, which receives police and other services from Mamaroneck Village. A possible solution was having Rye function as a “paper government,” which many believed could be more trouble than it was worth. The consolidation effort was put on hold. Then, last month, state Assemblyman Steve Otis, a Democrat, said the common theory that all villages must be part of a town or city was wrong. He pored through state doctrine and consulted with legal experts, he said. “I looked and I looked and I looked again and it’s not there,” he said. “Rye Neck can function as it’s basically been functioning.” Otis said he would sponsor legislation in the state for any dissolution once the villages agree how to proceed. Mamaroneck Village Mayor Norman Rosenblum, though, said his government’s legal counsel is convinced Rye Neck would need a town overseeing it. Ideally, Rosenblum told the Business Journal, he’d like to remove

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A proposal to bridge town and gown in Poughkeepsie BY JOHN GOLDEN jgolden@westfairinc.com

an young graduates be drawn to live and work in Poughkeepsie after their college years in the area? A planning group from the business, nonprofit and government sectors in a Hudson Valley Pattern for Progress research program thinks they can – that Poughkeepsie has the makings for a “college town” that millennials will want to call home. Addressing a “youth flight” problem that affects Hudson Valley communities from Yonkers to Albany, members of the Pattern for Progress Research Fellows Class of 2014 explored how Poughkeepsie, “one of the most challenged yet promising small cities in the region,” can both retain its youths as they move from college life into the workforce and attract more millennials to its still undeveloped college-town lifestyle. The group presented its findings, together with reports from classmates studying obesity in Sullivan County and tools and content for mobile classroom learning by students riding the region’s school buses, at a recent graduation luncheon hosted by Pattern for Progress in Newburgh. The fellows surveyed more than 300 students at Marist College in Poughkeepsie and the Culinary Institute of America in Hyde Park – among the four colleges and one university within a 13-mile radius of the city. Only 9 percent of the students said they planned on or had interest in remaining in the Poughkeepsie area after completing their education. Of the 27 students who planned to stay, 12 came to study there from outside the Hudson Valley. Among students who said they planned to leave town after shedding their academic gown, 42 percent said they felt no connection between their college experience and life in Poughkeepsie. Only 6 percent of students planning to move away said they felt strongly connected with the community. Among students who felt there was no connection between their college and the city, 93 percent do not plan to remain in the area.

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The 145-year-old Bardavon theater is one of Poughkeepsie’s live entertainment venues drawing young crowds.

Safety and crime in Poughkeepsie neighborhoods were major concerns of students surveyed, followed by access to good jobs and the availability of affordable housing. The fellows in their report said many students felt the city “simply was not a safe enough place to reside.” “Safety is my main priority,” one anonymous student was quoted in the report, “POK Millennials.” “Sometimes when I’m driving through Poughkeepsie, I don’t always feel safe. And I definitely do not feel safe enough to walk, especially by myself.” “Affordability and safety are really two major concerns,” another student wrote. “I know that I could get a job in Poughkeepsie, but I don’t know if I could afford to live in the part of Poughkeepsie where I would be safe to live alone.” Another student described venturing into downtown Poughkeepsie only for “ethnic food which is unavailable elsewhere. If there were more small businesses, activities and the town felt safer, myself and many others would be more likely to go there.” Poughkeepsie already has elements in place to become a hot community attracting young residents, according to the Pattern for Progress fellows. Chief among those is a

“captive population” of “thousands of millennials” studying at colleges in the area. “They can be enticed to stay and begin their postgraduate life there with positive engagement and experiences in and around the city,” the fellows said. To do that, the planners recommended that schools in the area – Marist, CIA, Vassar College, Dutchess Community College and SUNY New Paltz – collaborate to form a “learning living community,” a cooperative residence in the city for students in a wide range of fields doing internships at businesses, government and law enforcement offices or nonprofits and community organizations for one or two semesters. Back at their inner-city residence, students could attend classes and join in study groups on social and political issues. The community cooperative would “immerse students in a crucible of urban living where they can learn from and contribute to community efforts to create a safe, attractive, well-managed city,” the fellows reported. A private developer could design and build the city residence with input from the collaborating schools and lease spaces to individual institutions in the cooperative, the report proposed.

Calling it a “perhaps bolder initiative,” the research fellows also proposed an “incubator residence” in the city, a development where young people pursuing advanced degrees or researching industry innovations early in their careers would have a supportive environment. The fellows proposed that the area’s academic institutions, leading businesses and organizations and emerging college graduates collaborate with an innovative developer to create the incubator residence. “A development where each academic institution sponsors 20 units (potentially 100-plus units) housed with educated, forward-thinking young adults supported by well-respected institutions is a great attraction to businesses,” they wrote. “We understand that this is a long-term plan which will require courageous commitment,” they said of their proposal for the learning community cooperative and incubator residence. “Yet the prospect of having a section of the city designated for millennials to live and work would greatly help the city of Poughkeepsie become a thriving enclave for millennials.” Yet Poughkeepsie can only realize its potential as a magnet college town if city officials first create a safe environment, the fellows said. They said the presence of “a walking police force that is engaged with individuals and business owners and involved in the community” will lower the city’s crime rate. The group also recommended the creation of a business improvement district or merchants association to help fund essential services and seasonal operations such as holiday decorating through assessments on businesses and to give businesses access to grant funding. Though city officials evaluated creating such a business group in the past but did not pursue it, it “could play a vital role in helping the city realize its potential as a millennial enclave,” the fellows wrote. To begin the collaborative effort needed in Poughkeepsie, the fellows recommend that a coalition be formed from academia, local businesses, elected officials and law enforcement.

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Blacksmithing lives on with an artist’s touch

t has been 178 years since Henry Wadsworth Longfellow lionized “The Village Blacksmith,” comparing him to “a sexton ringing a village bell when the evening sun is low.” “The Longfellow poem, although charming, is behind the times,” declares Rhoda Weber Mack from the refurbished ice house in Florida, Orange County, which she and her late husband, Ed Mack, established to keep the blacksmith craft alive. “The blacksmith trade is no longer limited to hammer and anvil, and women have joined men in pursuing this craft,” Mack notes. In l981, the Macks founded the Fine Architectural Metalsmiths, bringing together artisans to handcraft custom architectural and ornamental work on a commission basis. The year 2003 saw establishment of the Center for Metal Arts, offering two tracks of study – blacksmithing and fine metalsmithing. This August, Mack will again welcome for an annual conference the celebrated Charles Lewton-Brain, the goldsmith who invented the art of fold forming, a technique by which metal is folded, repeatedly forged and annealed and unfolded, providing a three-dimensional form. Free folding is hailed as the first major innovation in sheetwork forming in thousands of years. The end product is intricate jewelry. “Three years ago I launched the first annual Lewton-Brain Foldforming competition to coincide with our August conference,” Mack reports.” I was curious about where fold forming had gone in 30 years. I received hundreds of entries from four continents, including some truly remarkable work in silver from Wales. “We will hold our Foldforming Awards Dinner with Charles Lewton-Brain August 1 at the Seligmann Center for the Arts in Sugar Loaf,” Mack says. “After a preview of entries, he will announce this year’s winners.” Throughout the year the metalsmiths fulfill contracts for such items as fences and railings, many with intricate designs of leaves and rosettes. The Florida-based artisans faced a particular challenge with design of a gateway to an interior courtyard at the Dakota apartments on 72nd Street in Manhattan. The apartments have housed celebrities, including John Lennon, who was shot at that location. “The design involved very old rosettes, unusual scroll panels and Renaissance sheet work,” Mack reports. “We had to conceal electronic equipment and be certain that

HV Rhoda Weber Mack stands by one of her designs in the showroom of a former ice house converted to use for blacksmithing and metalsmithing.

when the many design elements of the gate were assembled, the electronic contact points were exactly 1/32nd of an inch apart. “Then there was the challenge in the Hamptons,” Mack recalls, “where a client faced with a need to protect metal from salt air could not afford the bronze he craved and needed to stay within the budget for stainless steel. We were able to satisfy his budget and color it to look like aged bronze.” The show room and gift shop housed on the second floor of the former ice house boasts intricate designs, including a sharp shinned hawk of bronze with a penetrating gaze and slightly lifted wing. Mack was raised on a Mennonite farm in southeastern Pennsylvania. She attended Eastern Mennonite University. Her future husband was an anthropology major at Frankliin and Marshall College. The couple wound up in Africa working in animal care at the Nairobe Game Park for six months. “Back in the United States we explored options,” Mack recounts. “Ed chose to learn welding. Work with metal is a window onto a whole world – art history, architecture, design, material sciences. We collected an entire library of art books.” Mack’s husband, who died last summer, in 2012 received the prestigious Julius Blum Award. The award is not given annually but reserved for an individual or organization making an outstanding contribution to the metal arts industry. There are two Mack married daughters, Ariel and Ryanne, and four grandchildren. Challenging Careers focuses on the exciting and unusual business lives of Hudson Valley residents. Comments or suggestions may be emailed to Catherine Portman-Laux at cplaux@optonline.net.

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The Artists in the Parks Gallery at the Bear Mountain Inn is showcasing a collection of original work in tribute to Pete Seeger, the Hudson Valley-based folk legend and activist who died in January. “The Man, His Music, A River” will continue through Aug. 31 in the gallery, within the inn at 98 Hessian Drive in Bear Mountain. Gallery hours are 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. Mondays through Thursdays and 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. Fridays through Sundays. Admission is free. For more information, visit artistsintheparks.org.

“Eupraxia,” acrylic on canvas, by Mary Ann Glass.

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“The Sky’s the Limit,” an exhibit highlighting the work of photographer Linda T. Hubbard and the paintings of photographer and artist Mary Ann Glass, is now on view at RiverWinds Gallery in Beacon. Hubbard is a longtime resident of the Hudson Valley who has since retired from her corporate career and now devotes her time photographing the environment, supporting the Hudson Valley arts community and running the RiverWinds Gallery. Inspired by the Hudson River and a daughter who is a helicopter pilot, Hubbard has taken to the sky in a tiny bubble helicopter with its doors removed, snapping photos. “The view from above gives one a totally different perspective,” Hubbard said. “Our lives sometimes only see things from the land, but if the sky was your limit you could see from a very different perspective. The mountains, the river winding between them, the communities nestled between the mountains and the river, the farmland and gardens – nature and man creating an environment.” This show at RiverWinds has many new images from the sky that have never been seen before. Bannerman’s castle taken in 2007 before the collapse of the walls, the Hudson Valley farmland and gardens and scenes along the Hudson River. Glass presents the mystery of space, glowing orbs summoning visions of unknown, magical worlds in her photography. “The Hubble telescope has opened up the skies for us to see into deep space for the first time in human history,” Glass said. “Among the billions of galaxies are even more billions of planets. Through meditation, intuition and a fair amount of good red wine, I’ve envisioned a few of these here-to-fore undiscovered worlds.” Following convention, Glass has named them after Greek gods and spirits. Each acrylic painting is a 12-inch square and each describes a wondrous new world. Glass, who has been painting for years, is better known as

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ART on ThE RivER

A life size, outdoor sculpture exhibition produced in partnership with the Garrison Art Center is now on view at Boscobel in Garrison. The exhibition, titled “Current,” was established in 2007 to bring high-caliber outdoor sculpture to the local and surrounding communities and to raise funds for the Garrison Art Center Gillette Scholarship Fund, making possible financial assistance to children, teens and adults for summer arts programs and classes throughout the year. Its seventh year at Boscobel, “Current 2014” features sculptors Grace Knowlton and Gil Hawkins, both of whom have works across the Hudson in the collection of Storm King Art Center and Sculpture Park. The exhibit runs through Oct. 17. Admission is included in the general Boscobel fee. Image: Gil Hawkins’ sculpture “Hudson River Landscape 2” reflects the beauty and splendor of the Hudson River as seen from Boscobel.

ABiliTiEs fiRsT mARks 52 YEARs

Fifty leaders and former leaders of the Dutchess County area community reunited at Abilities First’s recent Presidents’

Past and current Abilities First board members, 1962-2014.

Reception at Dutchess Golf Club. Abilities First Inc., a nonprofit organization that serves people with disabilities in the mid-Hudson region, has had 24 board presidents and more than 100 board members in its 52-year history. Six past presidents and several dozen board members attended the event. Renée Bulla, president, opened the program with past president John Morgan who spoke about his experience of being a parent of a child with special needs receiving exceptional services from the nonprofit. Jeffery Fox, Abilities First’s executive director, spoke about the many changes to the type and breadth of services for people with disabilities that have and will be taking place and how the organization is rising to meet these changes. The Future Steps Education Campaign was highlighted as the means for preparing children with disabilities in the local community to prepare for being as fully independent as possible as they reach adulthood and allowing them to reach their full potential. Marshall & Sterling Wealth Advisors Inc. sponsored the reception.

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A summer exhibit titled “Layers,” featuring the work of Warwick artists Laura Breitman, Jonathan Talbot and Lisa Zukowski, has opened at the Orange Regional Medical Center ground-floor gallery, 707 E. Main St. in Middletown. The exhibit will remain on view until Aug. 15. Thousands of pieces of fabric are contained in each one of Breitman’s photorealistic mixed-media collage pieces. Her attention to detail tricks the eye, capturing viewers’ attention to draw them in to look more closely at the layers of shapes and color. From papers and paint, Talbot composes both large and small series of abstract works. Talbot juxtaposes elements – vintage maps, fragments of text and overlapping forms – in unexpected ways. Zukowski’s collages reflect her desire for healing and change. She takes such things as shredded, discarded clothing and embeds them in wax in a symbolic gesture of destroying old ways and transforming them into something positive.

Kelly Reilly, client services specialist of the Orange County Business Accelerator; James R. Petro, Jr., executive director of the Orange County Industrial Development Agency; Edward A. Diana, former county executive; Steven M. Neuhaus, Orange County Executive; Laurence P. Gottlieb, president and CEO of the Hudson Valley Economic Development Corp. Robert Armistead, chairman of the Orange County Industrial Development Agency board of directors; and Michael J. DiTullo, the original executive director of the accelerator with the graduate plaque.

Accelerator marks five years The Orange County Business Accelerator in New Windsor, an organization that provides resources and guidance to help small businesses and startups in the region, recently celebrated its fifth anniversary with a reception and open house. The program included remarks from Orange County Executive Steve Neuhaus and former County Executive Edward Diana, who both cited the accelerator as one of the county’s most important economic development programs. Diana received a certificate of appreciation for his role in launching the accelerator in 2009 as county executive. “The accelerator has established itself as a genuine job creator, which was its original mission,” said Larry Gottlieb, president of the Hudson Valley Economic Development Corp., which manages the accelerator. “The success of the accelerator’s first five years provides a strong foundation to build on in the future.” In addition, a plaque was unveiled at the reception that showcased the names of eight companies that have “graduated” from the accelerator by expanding to open office space at a larger location. Notable companies include Continental Organics, an agricultural company in New Windsor, and Sabila Aloe Drink, a natural soft drink company that has plans to turn a former manufacturing facility in Middletown into a microbrewery and restaurant. In its five years, the accelerator has served 43 companies that have directly created 125 new jobs.

An inspirational evening

Guests of Green Chimneys’ 2014 Spring Gala felt “The Rhythm of Success” at a celebratory evening dedicated to the nonprofit’s special education and therapeutic programs that help children find their own special rhythm and ultimately, success. Nearly 300 guests gathered at The New York Botanical Garden May 15, raising $250,000 for Green Chimneys’ education and animal-assisted therapy programs

for children with special needs, and the care of the animals that support these important services. The event honored several partners for their participation in programs to support the youths and animals that Green Chimneys serves. For more than 20 years, the American Pet Products Association and Green Chimneys have worked together, sharing a mutual belief in the benefit of humananimal interactions and a commitment to encourage its widespread acceptance. APPA President and CEO Bob Vetere accepted the award on behalf of his organization from Green Chimneys founder Dr. Samuel Ross Jr. Individual awards were given to Cat Greenleaf of NBC’s “Talk Stoop” and Di Ana Pisarri for their dedicated volunteer service with Green Chimneys’ program for runaway and homeless LGBTQ youths in New York City. Together they developed Give Your Gift, which offers support, guidance and preparation to youths with few job prospects or the skills to succeed.

A peek inside the studios

The program this year offers $1 million in total grants to reinvigorate central businesses corridors within mid-Hudson Valley urban centers. More than a dozen project applications were submitted by municipalities, local and county development corporations and not-for-profit entities, of which five finalists were announced during the utility’s Power Breakfast event in Poughkeepsie. The five awardees are: City of Kingston The Ulster Performing Arts Center and Rural Ulster Preservation Corp. will receive funding to enhance Cornell Street, between UPAC and the Lace Factory, improving the appearance of the area and providing a more pedestrian friendly environment. UPAC will be using funding for infrastructure improvements that will eventually allow the theater to be open year-round; while RUPCO is rehabilitating the historic Lace factory providing artists with 55 live-work units together with community and gallery spaces. Total grant: $250,000

The seventh annual Phoenicia/Shandaken Studio Tour, running from July 18-20, offers an eclectic selection of artists in every style from primordial to post-post-modern. Works by some of the artists have sold in Nordstrom’s, graced the walls of New York City galleries and are included in corporate and museum collections. Others are less well known, so tour attendees might just be able to discover the next big sensation. The tour has added interesting new artists and this year features a NativeAmerican theme, from totem poles to traditional crafts at the annual Thunder in the Valley Pow-Wow to a welded-steel Calico Indian warrior woman. The art-filled weekend begins July 18 at 7 p.m. with a spoken-word performance and kick off party at Mama’s Boy Café in downtown Phoenicia. Philip X. Levine, Tony Fletcher, Sparrow and Violet Snow will be among those passing the microphone. More than two dozen working artist studios will be open from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. July 19-20. Fine art indoor exhibitions will be on display at the Emerson Resort, featuring glassworker Mary Certoma and super realist Alan Skriloff On Saturday night, the good times roll at The Arts Upstairs gallery’s gala opening reception, beginning at 6 p.m. Gallery regulars Lenny Kislin and Jose Acosta will show their work along with newcomers Brian Batista and unique Pine Hill artist Thomas Hagakore, who turns his rap poems into art objects. For more information, visit ShandakenArt.com or on Facebook ShandakenArtStudioTour or call Dave Channon at 845-688-2977.

City of Poughkeepsie The city will receive funding to open Garden Street to accommodate vehicle traffic to a parking garage from Main Street, enhance a nearby public plaza and provide façade improvements at the Up-to-Date building. The Up-to-Date building will be remodeled as a mix of commercial and residential spaces. Total grant: $250,000

Central Hudson funds revitalization projects

Funding is awarded for a rehabilitation project on North Cherry Street in the city of Poughkeepsie by Hudson River Housing. The grant will be used to restore a historic garment factory and will add commercial space, a café, retail space and a meeting space, together with 15 affordable housing units. This project will help bring in jobs and provide residents with new housing options. Total grant: $125,000

Five community development projects will receive matching grants by Central Hudson Gas & Electric Corp. through the utility’s Main Street Revitalization Program, an economic development incentive directly funded by parent corporation Fortis Inc.

Greater Newburgh Partnership Funding is awarded for the Broadway Corridor Enhancement project. Working with the Newburgh Landbank, the partnership will be implementing a streetscape enhancement along Broadway between Johnson and Liberty streets. This project will help to expand redevelopment along the city’s primary corridor. Total grant: $250,000 Hudson Valley Housing Development Fund Funding is awarded to the West Main Street Redevelopment project in the village of Wappingers Falls. Here, the County Players Theater, in conjunction with the Hudson Valley Housing Development Fund, will expand their theater into the adjacent empty lot, and additional funding will assist with the redevelopment and improvement of 1 Givans Ave. for residential use. The project expands the theater, provides additional housing and serves as an attraction for the village. Total grant: $125,000

Hudson River Housing

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“It is my goal to continue the momentum spawned by the BLUEPRINT for Westchester by shaping a new and innovative strategy. I know we have the team in place to move Westchester County forward.”

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Marissa Brett takes the reins as WCa President Marissa Brett has been named president of the Westchester County Association, effective June 1. For the past three years, Brett has led the WCA’s economic development efforts as executive director of the BLUEPRINT for Westchester. Known for her energy, drive, and strategic thinking, Brett plans to take the WCA to the next level. Former WCA President William Mooney, Jr., who continues as CEO, explained that the organization is restructuring in response to enormous marketplace changes. “The opportunities for Westchester are dramatic, and the WCA is transitioning to meet the new needs of business,” he stated. “Marissa will lead the charge!” Prior to joining the WCA in 2011, Brett was vice president of the Hudson Valley Economic Development Corporation for six years, where she played a vital role in filling more than seven million square feet of commercial space and creating six thousand jobs.

BLUEPRINT AccELERAToR NETwoRk SwELLS To TEN comPANIES “Westchester County offers a high concentration of really smart, tech-savvy professionals and entrepreneurs. The Accelerator Network allows us to build relationships to grow our own business, and create our own ‘tech alley,’ right here in Westchester.” —Dr. Don Levan Vanguard Custom Software

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Vanguard Custom Software has become the tenth company in the BLUEPRINT Accelerator Network. “Vanguard is a prime example of the type of entrepreneurial growth companies we are attracting to Westchester,” said Marissa Brett, president, WCA. “It is a forward-thinking technology company, and its potential for growth Don Levan, Vanguard is tremendous.” As a member of the Custom Software BLUEPRINT Accelerator Network, Vanguard has access to rent-free private office space, complimentary professional services, and access to financing and mentoring. Accelerator companies commit to remaining in Westchester after their “graduation.” For more information, visit blueprintforwestchester.com.

Andrew DiSimone, StartUp Health

Jeffrey Borenstein, Medstartr

Manhattan Comes to White Plains at Accelerate Westchester Two big movers and shakers of Manhattan’s startup scene—Jeffrey Borenstein of Medstartr and Andrew DiSimone of StartUp Health— spoke at the standing-room-only June 4 Accelerate Westchester meetup in White Plains for entrepreneurs. “It was a pleasure to meet everyone at the event and sense the energy happening in Westchester around innovation and startups,” posted Borenstein on the group’s Meetup Web site. DiSimone commented, “Thank you all for allowing me and Jeff to host such a fun event. We were humbled by the talent in the room and inspired by the entrepreneurship and innovation that’s alive and well (and growing!) in Westchester.”

coMinG UP WCA’s Summer Networking Event Connecting Westchester Reception Thursday, July 17, 5:30–8 pm Tappan Hill Mansion 81 Highland Ave (GPS 200 Gunpowder Lane) Tarrytown, NY 10591 William Mooney, Jr., Amy Allen, Marissa Brett, WCA; State Comptroller Thomas DiNapoli; Mike Spano, Mayor of the City of Yonkers

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state CoMPtroller thoMas dinaPoli touts resourCes for WestChester Business Startups, emerging businesses, and ventures that are “If you’re looking for an equity partner, this program expanding or relocating in New York State should look may be for you,” DiNapoli explained. “We’ve to the Common Retirement Fund’s In-State Private established partnerships with private equity fund Equity Program for capital, State Comptroller Thomas managers who invest in companies that require DiNapoli told a crowd of business leaders at the WCA’s capital for growth, to refinance ownership, or for early Business Intel breakfast held at the Empire City Casino stage investment. It’s a win for the state’s economy at Yonkers Raceway. Since the program’s inception in because we leverage further investments from our 1999, $6.7 billion has been invested in almost 300 New fund partners, create thousands of jobs, and retain York companies—including $37 million in Westchester hundreds of businesses in New York State.” County businesses.

our community hospitals in Westchester have recently announced their intentions to pursue partnerships with larger healthcare systems. Northern Westchester Hospital and Phelps Memorial Hospital are exploring a merger with the North Shore-LIJ Health System; Susan Fox, White Plains Hospital; Dr. Steven Safyer, Montefiore Medical Center; Jon Schandler, White Plains Hospital announced its White Plains Hospital; Dr.Philip Ozuah, Montefiore Medical Center alliance with Montefiore Medical Center earlier this year; and Lawrence Hospital has received state approval of a pending takeover by New York Presbyterian Hospital, according to recent news reports. The mergers can result in benefits to healthcare providers and patients—but they also require communication and collaboration among all stakeholders, says William Harrington, chairman of the WCA Healthcare Consortium, a group of over 50 WCA members representing the healthcare, business, academic, and insurance sectors. “Navigating the changes in healthcare requires working together,” said Harrington. “Through our consortium, we’ll continue to engage the community in preparing for the changes ahead.”

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WCA Healthcare Consortium Honored William Harrington, WCA chairman, pictured here with William Mooney, Jr., WCA CEO, accepts the VNS Westchester Community Leadership Award on behalf of the WCA Healthcare Consortium. Honored for its collaborative and groundbreaking work, the consortium was created to plan and create the best model of delivering high-quality, cost-effective healthcare to all residents of Westchester.

WCA Chairman, William Harrington, Bleakely Platt & Schmidt, LLP; William Mooney, Jr., WCA

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INBRIEF

Cape Air suspends Saranac Lake flights

Cape Air has suspended its planned seasonal service between Saranac Lake and Westchester County Airport without making a single flight. “Advanced bookings weren’t strong enough,” said Trish Lorino, a spokeswoman for Cape Air. The service was planned to operate six days a week beginning June 24 and running

through Labor Day weekend. According to a search of Internet ticketing sites, a oneway, nonstop fare to Saranac Lake from Westchester County Airport on Cape Air costs about $400. An official from Westchester County Airport did not return phone calls seeking comment. Cape Air planned to operate the route with a twin-engine, eight-passenger Cessna 402 aircraft. Lorino said that the plane designated for the Westchester-Saranac Lake service will be assigned to a different route. Tickets that had been sold in advance of the service will be honored for travel between White Plains and Saranac Lake. “Our service to (Cape Cod) and the islands has infinitely more demand,” Lorino said via phone. “Our Nantucket and Martha’s

Vineyard schedules are always busy. We will probably add more flights to those routes based on our advance bookings, which we are always monitoring.” Cape Air offers seasonal service from Westchester County Airport in White Plains to Nantucket, Hyannis, Martha’s Vineyard and Provincetown, Mass., as well as yearround service to Lebanon, N.H.

Little interest in managing Rye Town Park

A joint municipal commission stumbled in its search to find a private operator for Rye Town Park, a 28-acre shoreline property on the Long Island Sound. The Rye Town Park Commission, the park’s governing body, received only one

response to a recent request for proposals for possible uses of a 100-year-old pavilion building and long-unused bathhouses at the park. The bid was rejected last month, only half a year after a previous request didn’t result in even one official bid. It is unclear what the next step is for the commission, which is led by elected officials from Rye Town and the city of Rye, two different entities that share ownership of the park. The commission wanted to put in place a 20-year agreement with a private operator for the park and hand over the keys for the 2015 season. The park is in a mostly residential neighborhood, and with access to the beach and only a short walk down the coastline to the Playland boardwalk, it’s a popular summer destination. But the park has been a financial burden. It runs in the red annually and its aging infrastructure is deteriorating. When the park operates at a deficit the town and city have to make up the difference in their own budgets. The bid process emulated Westchester County’s plan to hand over management of county-owned Playland to a private operator, but the nonprofit chosen for the task and the county mutually decided to scrap that agreement this month. – Leif Skodnick and Mark Lungariello

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Rye Town and Mamaroneck Town, with the unincorporated area of Mamaroneck consolidating with the village of Larchmont. Mamaroneck Village would then rebrand as a coterminous community called the Town/ Village of Mamaroneck Harbor. This would prevent villagers from paying into town taxes, he said. “We have our own services; it may be a smaller percentage, but you’re still paying for those services you don’t get,” he said. The coterminous status would mean the village also gets a higher share of state sales taxes being passed back down locally, he said. Still, he felt the dissolution process was dead due to unanswered questions about the town structure and other complications. For example, although the villages of Mamaroneck and Port Chester have their own courts, Rye Brook does not, meaning it would have to establish its own court system or consolidate with Port Chester if Rye Town ceased to exist. Carvin, the Rye Town supervisor, said he was optimistic the transition would be smooth so long as it is done one step at a time. The most important thing, he said, was to give residents the choice to decide whether or not Rye Town should be given the ax. “We’re talking about the most insane governmental structure in the history of mankind,” Carvin said.

BANKING AND FINANCIAL planners AN ADVERTORIAL RESOURCE GUIDE

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banks Atlantic Bank 387 Park Ave. South New York, NY 10016 Tel: 212-447-9000 Fax: 212-447-9346 Website: abny.com

Connecticut Community Bank 1495 Post Road East Westport, CT 06880 Tel: 203-319-6260 Fax: 203-319-6285 Website: ccbankonline.com

Branches: Westchester County (4) Services: ATM and debit cards, automatic bill deductions, brokerage services, certificates of deposit, checking, commercial real estate loans, credit cards, home loans, insurance services, international money exchange, IRA or Keogh plans, letters of credit, money market savings, online banking, safe deposit boxes, sale of fixed annuities, savings, term savings and certificate accounts, wire transfers

Branches: Fairfield County (9) Services: ATM and debit cards, automatic bill deductions, car loans, certificates of deposit, checking, commercial real estate loans, home loans, IRA or Keogh plans, letters of credit, money market savings, online banking, safe deposit boxes, savings, second mortgages, term savings and certificate accounts, wire transfers

Bankwell 208 Elm St., New Canaan, CT 06840 Tel: 203-972-3838 Website: mybankwell.com Branches: Fairfield County (7) Services: ATM and debit cards, automatic bill deductions, certificates of deposit, checking, commercial real estate loans, home loans, money market savings, online banking, safe deposit boxes, savings, second mortgages, term savings and certificate accounts, wire transfers

CMS Bank

123 Main St., Suite 750 White Plains, NY 10601 Tel: 914-422-2700 Fax: 914-422-2703 Website: cmsbk.com Branches and managers: Westchester County (6) Services: ATM and debit cards, certificates of deposit, checking, commercial real estate loans, IRA or Keogh plans, letters of credit, money market savings, online banking, safe deposit boxes, savings, term savings and certificate accounts, wire transfers

Country Bank 655 Third Ave., New York, NY 10017 Tel: 212-818-9090 Website: countrybankonline.com Branches: Westchester County (1) Services: Seven-day banking, ATM and debit cards, automatic bill deduction services, certificates of deposit, checking, commercial real estate loans, credit cards, international money exchange, IRA or Keogh plans, letters of credit, money and market savings, online banking, safe deposit boxes, savings, second mortgages, term savings and certificate amounts, wire transfers

Darien Rowayton Bank

1001 Post Road, Darien, CT 06820 Tel: 203-669-3500 Fax: 203-662-0337 Website: drbank.com Branches: Fairfield County (3) Services: ATM and debit cards, automatic bill deductions, car loans, certificates of deposit, checking, commercial real estate loans, home loans, IRA or Keogh plans, money market savings, online banking, safe deposit boxes, savings, term savings and certificate accounts, wire transfers

Evolve Bank and Trust 30 Main St. #200 Danbury, CT 06810 Tel: 203-917-3264 Website: getevolved.com Branches: Fairfield County (1) Services: Personal and business banking, personal online banking and bill pay, business online banking and web pay, certificates of deposit, individual Retirement accounts, personal and business loans, insured deposit program, visa credit card, remote deposit capture, concierge club Fairfield County Bank 150 Danbury Road Ridgefield, CT 06877 Tel: 203-438-6518 Website: fairfieldcountybank.com Branches: Fairfield County (22) Services: Seven-day banking, ATM and debit cards, automatic bill deductions, brokerage services, car loans, certificates of deposit, checking, commercial real estate loans, credit cards, home loans, insurance services, international money exchange, IRA or Keogh plans, letters of credit, money market savings, online banking, safe deposit boxes, sale of fixed annuities, savings, second mortgages, term savings and certificate accounts, wire transfers

The First Bank of Greenwich

444 E. Putnam Ave., Cos Cob, CT 06807 Tel: 203-629-8400 Fax: 203-629-8409 Website: thefirstbankofgreenwich.com Branches and managers: Fairfield County (1) Services: ATM and debit cards, automatic bill deduction, certificates of deposit, checking, commercial real estate loans, home loans, IRA or Keogh plans, letters of credit, money market savings, online banking, safe deposit boxes, savings, second mortgages, term savings and certificate accounts, wire transfers

First County Bank 117 Prospect St., Stamford, CT 06901 Tel: 203-462-4400 Fax: 203-462-4413 Website: firstcountybank.com Branches: Fairfield County (15) Services: Personal and business checking, car loans, certificates of deposit, credit cards, home loans, money market savings, online banking, trust and investment services First Niagara Bank 195 Church St., New Haven, CT 06510 Tel: 800-421-0004 Website: firstniagara.com Branches: Fairfield County (15) Westchester County (3) Services: Seven-day banking, ATM and debit cards, automatic bill deduction, brokerage services, car loans, certificates of deposit, checking, commercial real estate loans, credit cards, home loans, insurance services, international money exchange, money market savings, online banking, safe deposit boxes, sale of fixed annuities, savings, second mortgages, term savings and certificate accounts, trust services, wire transfers

Greater Hudson Bank

643 Route 211 East Middletown, NY 10954 Tel: 877-692-1170 Fax: 845-623-4027 Website: greaterhudsonbank.com Branches: Westchester County (1) Hudson Valley (3) Services: ATM and debit cards, automatic bill deduction, car loans, certificates of deposit, checking, commercial real estate loans, credit cards, IRA or Keogh plans, letters of credit, money market savings, online banking, safe deposit boxes, savings, second mortgages, term savings and certificate accounts, wire transfers

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CMS Bank: Building Lasting Relationships is Key to Success

From left, Adam Stark of Stark Office Suites and Michael Schiliro of CMS Bank.

hether it’s increasing revenue, managing employee costs, reducing expenses or funding growth, the challenges facing businesses today remain the same regardless of the ups and downs of the economy. “From my nearly 20 years of working with businesses in Westchester County, I have found that there is a common formula for success. It starts with establishing a trusted team of advisors, which includes your CPA, attorney and banker,” said Michael Schiliro, director of commercial lending and business banking for CMS Bank. “At CMS Bank, we strive to create this type of personal relationship that truly helps a business succeed,” he added.

We’re Making Mortgage Loans In Your Community “CMS Bank managed my loan from start to finish, provided regular updates and delivered on my mortgage approval and closing well ahead of schedule.” Jason Pollen, Real Estate Executive and Armonk Homeowner

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From left, Jason Pollen and Gerald Calvario, Vice President, Residential Lending, CMS Bank

Visit any one of our convenient locations: EASTCHESTER GREENBURGH 478 White Plains Rd. 441 Tarrytown Rd.

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Adam J. Stark, a customer of CMS Bank since 2011, said having a bank that truly understands the nature of his business is crucially important. “My banking needs are not cookie cutter. CMS Bank worked closely with me to structure a plan to finance my company’s growth throughout the region.” Stark is president of Stark Office Suites, a White Plains-based company that offers premium executive office suites to professionals and entrepreneurs seeking elegant office space, greater flexibility and superior support services. The company has eight facilities totaling 150,000 square feet in Westchester County, Fairfield County and New York City. All eight sites can be used interchangeably on a full-time, part-time, or virtual basis. Stark founded the company 10 years ago with his first location in downtown White Plains. Since then, he has opened office suites in Mount Kisco, Scarsdale, Harrison, Manhattan, Greenwich and Stamford. He recently opened his newest location in Rye Brook at 800 Westchester Ave. “Dealing with a local community bank like CMS Bank is valuable because I get to meet with the decision makers,” said Stark. “I enjoy working with CMS Bank because they value long-term relationships. For me, a bank is not just a source for capital. I look to my banker as an advisor who can help grow my business,” he added. Schiliro noted that as businesses such as Stark Office Suites expand, their needs may include financing the purchase of a building or securing a line of credit. “At this point, it is critical that the business have its financial house in order. They should have a very clear understanding of their financials. They also need to articulate a sound business plan and strategy of how the loan or credit line will improve their business operation and how and when it will be repaid,” said Schiliro. He added, “And they should make sure that their business and personal financials are up to date, with interim business financials ready at a moment’s notice. That sends a clear message to the bank.” CMS Bank provides a wide range of banking products and services to the retail consumer and small business customers, including residential and commercial real estate loans and small business loans primarily in Westchester, Rockland, Dutchess and Putnam counties as well as Fairfield County, Conn. In addition to its headquarters in White Plains, CMS Bank has branches in Eastchester, Silver Lake, Greenburgh, Mount Vernon and Mount Kisco. For more information, visit www.cmsbk.com

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t Greater Hudson Bank we aspire to be GREATER and help you reach your financial goals. Our new president, Ed Lutz understands your business needs as he was a small business owner himself. He was president and CEO of Lutz Advisors Inc., a bank-consulting firm, and he served on the board of Union State Bank and its holding company USB Holding Co. Inc., which was sold to Key Bancorp in 2007. Very knowledgeable of the industry, Mr.

Lutz has participated in the banking sector for more than 40 years as a regulator, consultant, investment banker and director of three different banks. He holds a Bachelor of Arts degree from Hofstra University and an MBA from American University. His elevation to president and CEO of Greater Hudson Bank highlights and emphasizes the bank’s commitment to aligning management goals with shareholder interests. Greater Hudson Bank’s most recent agreement with Westchester County allows ATMs to be deployed at highly trafficked county facilities such as Westches-

ter County Airport, Westchester County Center and Rye Playland Park. This will increase exposure and branding awareness while allowing added convenience for Westchester’s Greater Hudson Bank account holders. Also, recently announced was the formation of a new Ambassador Council. The council, which is made up of notable and well-respected locally based business and community leaders was established to share the benefits of working with our local bank that offers extraordinary personal service combined with state-of-the-art bank-

ing services to local businesses, notfor-profits and municipalities. “The advantage of being a local community bank is that we are afforded the opportunity to work closely with our business customers and consequently understand their unique needs and financial concerns. We are very pleased to initiate this new council because our highly regarded ambassadors are centers of influence within their professions and will help us to continue to establish deep-rooted relationships within our marketplace,” said Ed Lutz, president and CEO of Greater Hudson Bank.

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Sterling National Bank Delivers Personalized Service and Exceptional Expertise. The world of business today moves at the speed of thought and each business’ needs move with it. More than ever, leaders need a real conversation when they’re investing in their business. Increasingly, businesses are finding that conversation at Sterling National Bank. Whether a business’ needs are simple or complex, Sterling is focused on helping each client achieve success, regardless of circumstance or opportunities ahead. Sterling specializes in customized solutions and personalized service for clients who have dynamic businesses that operate in a complex competitive environment. When you work with Sterling, you partner with a dedicated relationship manager who knows you and will personalize their service offerings to support you in managing and growing your business on your terms. You can expect Sterling to consistently deliver a special level of care, to participate in conversations that are open and less formulaic, and to provide increased options and opportunities to achieve your objectives.

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Banking peace of mind starts with a human connection, fewer complications, and superior ideas. Sterling National Bank relationship managers do more than simply “start the paperwork.” They provide a full-ser-

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vice experience, taking the time to apply a thorough understanding of each client’s unique circumstances and financial needs and to meet those needs with customized banking solutions. Clients describe Sterling bankers as unusual in today’s world of banking, being more like skilled financial partners. Sterling’s staff routinely delivers expertise and advice on a range of immediate challenges, while also anticipating future needs. They provide both the critical insight and relevant financial tools and strategies to help enhance each business client’s activities

on every level. It’s this rare combination of extensive resources and dedicated attention that sets Sterling apart. It’s apparent that Sterling believes business success should mean greater control and expanded personal financial freedom. They pay close attention to all the moving parts, and they offer products and services designed to help coordinate every financial need of their business clients and their key executives — from loans to credit cards to mortgages to personal financial management. This wide range of services brought together in a

customized package helps each client make the best decisions for their future. Through a Sterling relationship manager’s careful insights, customized solutions packages, and leading technology, each client can stay connected to their money, and have at their disposal the tools to make the most of it, each day, each quarter, each year.

earning trust for over a century.

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Sterling’s legacy. From its 1888 beginnings as a community savings and loan, to most recently acquiring Sterling National Bank, it has grown to be a trusted resource with a deep tool kit for business banking across the New York metropolitan area. In a 2012 annual survey commissioned by Forbes and prepared by Governance Metrics International, a global leader in corporate governance, Sterling Bancorp (then known as Provident New York Bancorp) was named one of America’s 100 Most Trustworthy Companies. Its legacy, ability to lend, transparency, and financial health means that businesses can feel confident banking with Sterling. But that’s just part of the story and not the only way to gauge strength. The bank survived the Great Depression and the Great Recession of 2008 and continues to lend as confidently to qualified borrowers today as they have from the start. Earnings increased by 27% in 2013, year over year, and the bank and its parent holding company have ample capital and liquidity to support anticipated growth. They also completed a successful $100 million senior notes offering in July 2013, further strengthening capital and liquidity. Their capital positions have been consistently strong, with capital ratios well above current regulatory requirements to be considered well-capitalized.

the people at sterling are teaM players.

The senior leadership and Board of Directors that businesses have come to know and trust are still at the helm at Sterling. Jack Kopnisky is President and Chief Executive Officer, and he is sup-

ported by many familiar faces, all with deep and successful experiences in financial services. This includes Jim Peoples, President of Regional Banking, Vinny DeLucia, President of the Hudson Valley Market, and David Bagatelle, President of the New York Metro Market. Central to the bank’s approach to serving clients, Sterling maintains a unique team-based service model, in which all of a client’s financial needs are met through one team of experts who are able to bring an entire range of solutions to their clients. This allows for much richer levels of service and better solutions, and it eliminates the frustration often found in working with banks – the need to work across multiple departments. Teams are led by relationship managers who act as a client’s single point of contact. These relationship managers customize solutions to meet unique needs and coordinate various disciplines to streamline the banking process. The bank is actively growing its sales teams to ensure that every client receives dedicated attention. “We are strategically focused on expanding our company through the hiring of high-quality professionals,” said Kopnisky. “This group of experienced banking professionals will expand our delivery of high-value, client-focused solutions to a broader client base.”

routine and predictable. Taken together, the caliber of their teams, longevity, and achievements on behalf of clients mean that businesses can, with confidence, trust Sterling’s focus and commitment. Would you like to know more? Reach out to your relationship

business banking is their passion.

Sterling’s experienced bankers are fully vested in the success of their clients. They go farther, look deeper, and work more intensely to deliver unique, custom solutions that can meet client’s needs well beyond the

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manager or contact Carl Capuano, Market President, Westchester and Connecticut, at 914-6960209 or ccapuano@snb.com. You can also visit us at www.snb.com. Expect extraordinary.

A team of experienced financial professionals, all dedicated to a singular corporate mission. Yours. Imagine a single point of contact – a relationship manager who takes personal responsibility for bringing you tailored financial solutions that meet the needs of your business. No getting lost between departments. No waiting for days for someone to call you back. That’s Sterling. Sterling relationship managers are not merely responsive. They’re able to draw upon a unique breadth of tools and expertise, serving as a valuable financial partner. We offer financing options ranging from traditional lending, lines of credit, and SBA loans to asset-based lending and factoring. Count on us to help you find the solutions that are right for you. To see what your dedicated team can do for your company, call our Client Services professionals at 855-274-2800. Expect Extraordinary.

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banks Hudson Valley Bank

21 Scarsdale Road, Yonkers, NY 10707 Tel: 914-771-3298 Fax: 914-961-7378 Website:hudsonvalleybank.com Branches: Westchester County (18) Hudson Valley (1) Fairfield County (5) Services: ATM and debit cards, automatic bill deductions, certificates of deposit, checking, commercial real estate loans, credit cards, home loans, money market savings, online banking, safe deposit boxes, savings, term savings and certificate accounts, trust services, wire transfers JPMorgan Chase Bank 270 Park Ave., New York City 10017 Tel: 800-678-1051 Website: jpmorganchase.com Branches: Westchester County (106) Hudson Valley (70) Fairfield County (50) Services: ATM and debit cards, automatic bill deductions, brokerage services, car loans, certificates of deposit, checking, commercial real estate loans, credit cards, home loans, insurance services, international money exchange, IRA or Keogh plans, letters of credit, money market savings, online banking, safe deposit boxes, savings, sale of fixed annuities, savings, trust services, wire transfers KeyBank 1 Crosfield Ave. West Nyack, NY 10994 Tel: 845-512-4000 Fax: 845-512-4040 Website: key.com Branches: Hudson Valley (41) Westchester Co. (16) Fairfield Co.(1) Services: ATM and debit cards, automatic bill deduction, brokerage services, car loans, certificates of deposit, checking, commercial real estate loans, credit cards, home loans, insurance services, international money exchange, IRA or Keogh plans, letters of credit, money market savings, online banking, safe deposit boxes, sale of fixed annuities, savings, second mortgages, term savings and certificate accounts, trust services, wire transfers

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M & T Bank 303 S. Broadway, Suite 130 Tarrytown, NY 10591 Tel: 914-366-8500 Website: mandtbank.com Branches: Hudson Valley (38) Westchester County (8) plus a corporate office Services: ATM and debit cards, automatic bill deduction, brokerage services, car loans, certificates of deposit, checking, commercial real estate loans, credit cards, home loans, insurance services, IRA or Keogh plans, letters of credit, money market savings, online banking, safe deposit boxes, sale of fixed annuities, savings, second mortgages, term savings and certificate accounts, trust services, wire transfers Patriot National Bank 900 Bedford St., Stamford, CT 06901 Tel: 203-762-76201 Website: pnbk.com Branches: Fairfield County (11) Westchester County (2) Services: ATM and debit cards, automatic bill deduction, car loans, certificates of deposit, checking, credit cards, home loans, international money exchange, IRA or Keogh plans, money market savings, online banking, safe deposit boxes, savings, second mortgages, term savings and certificate amounts Peopleâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s United Bank Bridgeport Center 850 Main St., Bridgeport, CT 06604 Tel: 203-338-7171 Website: peoples.com Branches: Fairfield County branches (65) Westchester County branches (6) Services: Seven-day banking, ATM and debit cards, automatic bill deduction, brokerage services, car loans, certificates of deposit, checking, commercial real estate loans, credit cards, home loans, insurance services, international money exchange, IRA or Keogh plans, letters of credit, money and market savings, online banking, safe deposit boxes, sale of fixed annuities, savings, second mortgages, term savings and certificate accounts, trust services, wire transfers

Savings Bank of Danbury 220 Main St., Danbury, CT 06810 Tel: 203-743-3849 Website: sbdanbury.com Branches: Fairfield County (9) Services: ATM and debit cards, automatic bill deductions, brokerage services, car loans, certificates of deposit, checking, commercial real estate loans, home loans, insurance services, international money exchange, IRA or Keogh plans, letters of credit, money market savings, online banking, safe deposit boxes, sale of fixed annuities, savings, second mortgages, term savings and certificate accounts, trust services, wire transfers

Sterling National Bank 400 Rella Boulevard, Montebello, NY 10901 Tel: 855-274-2800 Website: snb.com

Branches: Westchester County (13) Services: Business, personal, specialty lending, checking, mortgage, assetbased lending, savings, heloc, factoring and trade finance, business loans, personal loans, payroll finance, businessÂ line of credit, vehicle loans, equipment finance, real estate financing, credit card, mortgage warehouse lending, professional practice, financing, personal lines of credit, credit card, overdraft protection, sba, wealth services, business online, banking, checking, internet bill pay, e-checking, debit cards, savings, business overdraft line of credit, online banking, money market accounts, mobile banking, certificates of deposit, e-statements, professional practice support, health savings, cash management, debit cards, ach, money market accounts, wire funds transfers, certificates of deposit, remote deposit, iras, zero-balance account service, mobile deposit, lockbox, retirement services, account reconciliation and positive pay, safe deposit boxes, controlled disbursement, student banking, payroll services, telephone banking, escrow services, merchant credit card processing, commercial real estate loans, specialized business solutions, private banking (both business and personal)

TD Bank 1701 Route 70 East Cherry Hill, NJ 08034 Tel: 888-751-9000 Website: tdbank.com Branches: Fairfield County (21) Hudson Valley (22) Westchester County (16) Services: Seven-day banking, ATM and debit cards, automatic bill deductions, brokerage services, car loans, certificates of deposit, checking, commercial real estate loans, credit cards, home loans, insurance services, international money exchange, IRA or Keogh plans, letters of credit, money market savings, online banking, safe deposit boxes, sale of fixed annuities, savings, second mortgages, term savings and certificate accounts, trust services, wire transfers

Tompkins Mahopac Bank 1441 Route 22, Brewster NY 10509 Tel: 866-462-2658 Website: mahopacbank.com Branches: Hudson Valley (8) Westchester County (7) Services: ATM and debit cards, automatic bill deduction, brokerage services, car loans, certificates of deposit, checking, commercial loans and lines of credit, commercial real estate loans, credit cards, health savings accounts, home loans, insurance services, IRA or Keogh plans, letters of credit, money market savings, online banking, safe deposit boxes, sale of fixed annuities, savings, second mortgages, term savings and certificate accounts, trust services, wire transfers

A sampling of banks in the region.

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f you live in the Greenwich area or spend a significant amount of time in Fairfield or Westchester counties, we should be your first choice for banking. Why? Because we are a true community bank that is able to act quickly when help is needed with unmatched personal service. Others banks may claim to be a community bank, but they are tied down under the umbrella of a larger institution. We are the bank that you grew up with, the bank that is ingrained in the community, servicing generations of families, business owners both large and small, young professionals, schools, children, seniors and police and fire departments. When you walk into The First Bank of Greenwich, it doesn’t feel like a bank, it feels like a place that can only be described as warm and welcoming with the scent of fresh baked cookies. Our customers feel instantly at home and we do everything we can to keep it that way. Our President and Senior Vice President’s doors are located in our lobby and are always open for you. They will sit with you, look at the whole picture and offer a creative response to assist you. Whether your needs involve banking, residential lending, commercial lending or lines of credit, you will find access, unlike anywhere else. Personal service is where we shine and our highly skilled team of professionals will exhaust all possibilities with a smile, for we are by nature, problem-solv-

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banks Trustco Bank 5 Sarnowski Drive Glenville, NY 12302 Tel: 800-670-3110 Website: trustcobank.com

Webster Bank 1 N. Broadway White Plains, NY 10601 Tel: 914-298-2580 Website: websterbank.com

Branches: Hudson Valley (11) Westchester County (10) Services: ATM and debit cards, automatic bill deductions, car loans, certificates of deposit, checking, commercial real estate loans, credit cards, home loans, IRA or Keogh plans, letters of credit, money market savings, online banking, safe deposit boxes, savings, second mortgages, trust services, wire transfers

Branches: Fairfield County (24) Westchester County (8) Services: ATM and debit cards, automatic bill deductions, certificates of deposit, checking, commercial real estate loans, credit cards, home loans, IRA or Keogh plans, letters of credit, money market savings, online banking, safe deposit boxes, sale of fixed annuities, savings, second mortgages, term savings and certificate accounts, trust services, wire transfers

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The Westchester Bank 2001 Central Park Ave. Yonkers, NY 10710 Tel: 914-337-1900 Fax: 914-961-1802 Website: thewestchesterbank.com Branches: Westchester County (3) Services: ATM and debit cards, automatic bill deduction, car loans, certificates of deposit, checking, commercial real estate loans, credit cards, international money exchange, IRA or Keogh plans, letters of credit, money market savings, online banking, savings, term savings and certificate accounts, wire transfers A sampling of banks in the region.

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financial planners Barnum Financial Group (An office of MetLife) 6 Corporate Drive, Shelton, CT 06484 Tel: 203-513-6239 Website: barnumfinancialgro up.com

Clarfeld Financial Advisors Inc. 560 White Plains Road, Suite 530 Tarrytown, NY 10591 Tel: 914-846-0100 Fax: 914-846-0199 Website: clarfeld.com

Planners: Fairfield County (211) Westchester County (22) Compensation options: Fee based, commission based, fee and commission based Services: Retirement, college, tax, estate, strategic financial, corporate and small business, investment, middle-market management

Planners: Westchester County (40) Clients per planner: 40 Compensation options: Fee based Services: Retirement, college, tax, estate, risk management, strategic financial, investment

The Bender Financial Group 285 Riverside Ave., Suite 200 Westport, CT 06880 Tel: 203-221-5200 Fax: 203-221-5203 Website: benderfinancialgroup.nmfn.com Planners: Fairfield County (20) Westchester County (3) Clients per planner: 10 Compensation options: Fee and commission based Services: Retirement, college, estate, risk management, strategic financial, corporate and small business, investment, middle-market business

Charter Oak Insurance and Financial Services

76 Batterson Park Road Farmington, CT 06032 Tel: 860-674-1800 Fax: 860-676-9135 Website: charteroakfinancial.com Planners: Fairfield County (4) Compensation options: Commission based

Services: Retirement planning, securities

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The Fairfield Financial Group 1 Eliot Place, Fairfield, CT 06824 Tel: 203-259-3377 Fax: 203-254-2575 Website: dicostanzogroup.com Planners: Fairfield County (9) Clients per planner: 20 Compensation options: Fee and commission based Services: Retirement, college, estate, risk management, strategic financial, corporate and small business, investment, middle-market business

HTG Investment Advisors Inc. 50 Locust Ave., New Canaan, CT 06840 Tel: 203-972-8262 Fax: 203-966-4740 Website: htginvestmentadvisors.com Planners: Fairfield County (3) Clients per planner: 40 Compensation options: Fee based Services: Retirement, college, estate, investment

ITI Strategies Inc. 994 Main St., Peekskill, NY 10566 Tel: 914-734-2800 Fax: 914-734-2819 Website: itistrategies.com Planners: Westchester County (3) Clients per planner: 150 Compensation options: Fee and commission based Services: Retirement, college, tax, estate, strategic financial, corporate and small business, investment, middle-market business

LEXCO Wealth Management Inc. 120 White Plains Road, Suite 112, Tarrytown, NY 10591 Tel: 914-468-8900 Fax: 914-468-8901 Website: lexcowealth.com Planners: Fairfield County (2) Hudson Valley (2) Westchester County (8) Clients per planner: 100 Compensation options: Fee and commission based Services: Retirement, college, estate, risk management, strategic financial, corporate and small business, investment

New England Financial 120 White Plains Road, Suite 135 Tarrytown, NY 10591 Tel: 914-570-2532 Fax: 914-691-4415 Website: newenglandwealthstrategies.com Planners: Fairfield County (8) Hudson Valley (5) Westchester County (15) Clients per planner: 250 Compensation options: Commission based Services: Retirement, college, tax, estate, risk management, strategic financial, corporate and small business, investment, middle mark business

Reby Advisors 83 Wooster Heights Danbury, CT 06810 Tel: 203-790-4949 Fax: 203-743-3381 Website: rebyadvisors.com Planners: Fairfield County (5) Clients per planner: 75 to 100 Compensation options: Fee and commission based Services: Retirement, college, tax, estate, risk management, strategic financial, corporate and small business, investment, middle-market business

Strategies for Wealth 800 Westchester Ave., Suite N409 Rye Brook, NY 10573 Tel: 914-288-8800 Fax: 914-288-8920 Website: strategiesforwealth.com Planners: Fairfield County (6) Hudson Valley (4) Westchester County (85) Clients per planner: 300 Compensation options: Commission based Services: Retirement, college, tax, estate, risk management, strategic financial, corporate and small business, investment, middle-market business

Tompkins Financial Advisors 10 Bank St., White Plains, NY 10606 Tel: 914-946-1277 Fax: 914-946-1886 Website: tompkinsfinancialadvisors.com Planners: Hudson Valley (4) Westchester County (4) Clients per planner: 75 Compensation options: Fee and commission based Services: Retirement, college, tax, estate, risk management, strategic financial, corporate and small business, investment, middle-market business

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Honoring a comedy legend, taking a philosophical look at laughter BY MARK LUNGARIELLO mlungariello@westfairinc.com

oan Dangerfield, Rodney Dangerfield’s wife, stood backstage during one of his many Las Vegas performances and watched not her husband’s standup but the audience’s reaction. They laughed every few seconds, nodded along and rocked in their seats rhythmically as if the jokes were musical. Rodney Dangerfield’s “I get no respect” routine was to his wife a work of art, a masterpiece filled with self-deprecating one-liners perfected after 40 years of disciplined practice, research and intense labor. “Someday, it will be studied in college, like Plato’s Socratic dialogues,” she told him after he came off stage. He thought she was kidding. Manhattanville College in Purchase is establishing The Rodney Dangerfield Institute for the Study of Comedy and will house the archives of the comedian, who died in 2004 just shy of his 83rd birthday. When the college first approached Joan Dangerfield about the partnership, she hadn’t heard much of the college, but she visited last winter and said she was taken in by the scenic campus and its historical Reid Castle. In researching Manhattanville’s history, she found out the college – now coed – used to be an all-girls school. “I just knew that was something Rodney would be tickled by,” she told the Business Journal in a recent phone interview from California. The idea for the institute was hatched by James Ram, a college trustee and member of the 1987 graduating class, who found a willing partner in Joan Dangerfield. She has been a dedicated curator of her late husband’s work since he died and has staunchly sought to solidify his legacy by keeping his presence alive with younger audiences through efforts such as the extensive website Rodney.com. She not only is keeping his memory alive, but is also famously keeping some of his bodily fluids around the house. Joan Dangerfield has a vial of Rodney’s blood and a container of his sweat handy, news that has made the rounds in Hollywood tabloids. In context, it’s not as weird as it sounds, she said. A nurse gave her the blood, which was drawn in 1989 after Rodney had a stroke. The nurse gave her the blood when Rodney Dangerfield met with a company that said it was on its way to being able to clone people. “Rodney thought it would be funny to have a clone of himself to help him write jokes,” she said. As for the sweat, that started as a joke after she heard about Elvis Presley’s sweaty handkerchief selling for thousands of dollars. Her husband would often give away his sweaty neckties in exchange for a kiss from a beautiful female audience member and she joked he might be giving away a proverbial cash cow in those sopping, knotted red ties. The couple got the idea to sell for a few cents perfume-like bottles of Rodney’s sweat at his performances. “The thing is I had

to collect the sweat, not the easiest thing to do,” she said. Sponges weren’t entirely effective, so she had to spoon it off of him. Due to venue insurance policies, they were never allowed to sell the sweat, and even though it was a “silly” joke, she later found herself with some of her late husband’s sweat in the refrigerator. “What am I supposed to do: throw it out?” she said.

Rodney gets his respect Gail Simmons, Manhattanville’s provost and vice president of academic affairs, shared the reaction of many when they first heard about the creation of the institute: Rodney Dangerfield is finally getting the respect he deserves. The college also gave him a posthumous honorary doctorate at its commencement ceremony May 14. The creation of the institute has the faculty, administrators and alumni buzzing, A screenshot from Rodney.com, one of Joan Dangerfield’s efforts to preserve her late husband’s according to Simmons. “There are very few legacy. things in life that when you tell people they smile about it, and this is one of those things,” she said. “You want your students to both experience the subjectivSimmons envisions the institute eventually offering ity of laughing but then you want them to take an academic courses in a broad range of academic disciplines. Studies of approach and look at why they’re laughing and what they’re comedy in film and literature are obvious, but the college laughing at,” he said. hopes it can get serious with comedy and include it in the Hartmann has explored the philosophical question of study of social action. what makes people laugh in film courses that have reviewed “Humor is often used as a way to grease the wheel of so-called “literary comedy” in print and in films such as social interactions or denigrate people,” she said. Eventually, Charlie Chaplin’s “City Lights.” A film like Dangerfield’s the college would like to investigate humor as a tool for “Risky Business” may be uncharted but worthwhile territory, change and also perhaps as a reflection of social injustice in he said. sociology and cultural anthropology courses. “On the continuum, there’s a whole world of standup Van Hartmann, who will teach a freshman seminar called comedy we may have tended to define as literary,” Hartmann “Laughter and Respect” in the fall, said, “My thought was how said. “Maybe that other comedy, like Rodney Dangerfield’s, do you reconcile laughing at things you’re making fun of with needs to be explored and taken more seriously. ... It really has a social mission of respecting things?” he said. the potential to take the type of comedy Rodney Dangerfield The institute will focus on Rodney Dangerfield himself, did and raise it up to greater legitimacy.” When Joan Dangerfield told her husband he was a genius, analyzing his work on stage and in films like “Caddyshack” – he shrugged it off, saying he was just making people laugh. and perhaps fittingly “Back to School.” Dangerfield was not But in forming an institute for the study of comedy, is overonly considered a master of the one-liner, but was known analyzing comedy taking the laughs out of the jokes? for mentoring young comedians like Jim Carrey and Jerry Hartmann said, “I think when you study literature and Seinfeld. His lineage, so to speak, is also an educational when you study art, you always come up against that question opportunity, Simmons said. … of the balance of subjectivity and release, and academic criteria and objectivity. I don’t think it makes any difference To laugh or not to laugh Hartmann, a film and literature professor, said he was whether it’s comedy or a tragedy.” Besides, many of Dangerfield’s best material was filled hoping to analyze the history of comedy from Greek playwith Shakespearian intrigue. “I could tell my parents hated wright Aristophanes and Roman poet Horace up to contemme,” went one of his best one-liners. “My bath toys were a porary novelist Richard Russo and films like “Oh Brother, toaster and a radio.” Where Art Thou?” HV Biz • WCBJ • June 23, 2014

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The business of nonproﬁts BY RHONNA GOODMAN

foundation runs into a cash flow problem so it delays dispersing grant money. A small organization that deals with homelessness doesn’t receive its expected funds in time to meet its payroll, and no bank will extend a line of credit. A dialysis center wants to open franchises but is worried about keeping up its high standards in remote locations. A well-respected religious-based organization has not done a careful analysis of its contributors and takes an extremely unpopular political stance. A local orchestra is not meeting its expenses and debates whether it should merge with the orchestra in a neighboring city. A city, in desperate need of money, wants to sell off the valuable art in its renowned museum. All organizations in the independent sector want to change the world around them. They build social movements, they save lives; they make us creative, literate and cultured. They defend rights, the environment and the homeless. The people that work in nonprofits are passionate, committed and work for far less than those in for-profit companies. But as committed as

the staff, the volunteers and the boards of nonprofits are, they need to be effective and not wasteful; they need to be vibrant and relevant to society; they need to use their money wisely; and they need to have wellstructured internal organizations. The situations depicted above are reallife examples of business issues faced by nonprofits. Some of the organizations actually closed, while others were able to withstand the pressures because they had systems in place that could weather the crisis. The ones that succeeded had operational excellence. They knew how to match their capabilities with their market and had structures that protected their agencies’ processes, principles, and values. Moreover, they had effective leaders – motivated leadership with strong decisionmaking skills; they knew the best ways to reach and communicate with the public, and understood how to gather support. They learned that a nonprofit – no matter how well motivated – is not necessarily forever. Diseases can be treated or cured. New, better-funded organizations can take up a cause, cities can drop or delay funding, investments can fail and causes that were

once important, can suddenly find themselves without popular support. Problems such as natural disasters, sex trafficking, education for women, sanitation in developing countries, can suddenly become significant, and a small agency whose mission it is to help can find itself unprepared to meet the needs. It is important to recognize that a nonprofit organization can only be as good as its staff. Passion is crucial, but excellent business skills are essential. As nonprofit organizations evolve and find themselves engaged in more complex activities, as they interact more closely with the traditional corporate environment, it becomes increasingly important for their employees to be formally trained in the business skills required for organizational success. The nonprofit sector is a driving force that employs millions of people and accounts for an important part of the gross national product. It is a concept that is based on economic, political and legal reality. There are nearly 1.4 million nonprofit organizations in the United States including colleges, libraries, museums, social service

agencies, public radio and television stations, orchestras, hospitals, and those with specific disease-related concerns. There are another 137,000 organizations that are tax exempt, but donations to them are not. These groups are allowed to “participate in politics,” as long as politics is not their primary focus. Included in this category are political think tanks like Crossroads GPS (conservative), Organizing for Action (liberal), or lobbying groups such as The National Rifle Association and The Sierra Club. The School of Business at Manhattanville College in Purchase has recently developed a certificate program in nonprofit leadership, designed precisely to provide those working, or those inclined to work, in the nonprofit sector with key business strategies and philosophies needed to succeed. Rhonna Goodman is the former director of the Manhattanville College Library. She is on the boards of several nonprofit organizations and is the program director of the Nonprofit Leadership Certificate, Manhattanville College School of Business. She can be reached at 914-323-5150 or via email: rhonna.goodman@mville.edu

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Pace partners with Ossining schools on teacher training

The Ossining Union Free School District and Pace University School of Education have launched a two-year partnership to train teachers in their early careers using an innovative virtual-classroom technology implemented by Pace at its Pleasantville and New York City campuses. The program for novice educators with one to two years’ experience is funded by a $537,625 Strengthening Teacher and Leadership Effectiveness grant awarded last year by the state to the Ossining school district. Working with mentor teachers, novices in the profession will use a trademarked TeachLive avatar technology to develop and refine their instructional skills, a Pace University spokesman said in a press release. The educational tool functions like a flight simulator that uses student avatars in a virtual classroom. The avatars can give teachers a realistic experience of dealing with different stu-

dents and learning styles in one classroom. The technology can also be used to simulate parent-teacher conferences and bilingual instruction. Joan Walker, associate professor at the Pace University School of Education, in the announcement said the interactive technology “now makes simulation a part of teachers’ professional development” just as it has long been used to train soldiers, doctors and other professionals. “It’s a modern bridge across the age-old gap between teacher preparation and teacher practice.” Teachers in the program began afterschool lab sessions this month in Ossining. A second phase is planned in August during the school district’s teacher orientation. The joint initiative will continue into 2015. The TeachLive technology was developed by the University of Central Florida. The Pace School of Education is one of 25 sites in the country using it to train teacher candidates in its undergraduate and graduate programs.

Coleman School repeats in excellence

The John A. Coleman School, with campuses in White Plains and Yonkers, recently was named a 2014-2015 National Association of Special Education Teachers School of Excellence, marking the seventh consecutive year that the

private school has received that honor. Maureen Tomkiel, executive director of the John A. Coleman School, in an announcement said the award “recognizes the passion and dedication of our staff who inspire a spirit of learning and achievement in all students of all abilities. Their daily work with families and other professionals ensures that our children receive the highest quality of care and educational opportunities.” The Coleman School is featured as a school of excellence on the NASET website naset.org/3974.0.html. The school provides community and center-based special education and therapeutic programs to more than 900 children from birth to 21 years old who come from more than 50 school districts in Westchester and Putnam counties, the Bronx and Manhattan. The Yonkers campus serves residents of the Elizabeth Seton Pediatric Center, a long-term care facility for medically complicated children.

Manhattanville creates early-childhood education academy

A new teaching academy at Manhattanville College’s Graduate School of Education will prepare students for careers in early childhood education. Up to 10 new students will serve as

apprentice teachers at the Park Early Childhood Center, which is part of the Ossining Union Free School District, starting in the fall of 2014. “As teaching apprentices, graduate students will assist early childhood classroom teachers to deliver instruction to young children, while developing and honing their knowledge and skills as they are mentored by highly trained teacher educators and expert practitioners,” said Shelley B. Wepner, dean of Manhattanville’s School of Education. Students in the 18-month program will receive a scholarship covering 50 percent of the tuition and a $10,000 stipend for working as an apprentice teacher.

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

NEW YORK COUNTY Aramid Entertainment, Inc. c/o Kinetic Partners, 675 Third Ave., 21st floor. Chapter 11, voluntary. Attorney: James C. McCarroll, New York City. Filed June 13. Case no. 14-22804.

Haimil Realty Corp., 209 E. Second St., New York, NY Court Cases 10009. Chapter 11, voluntary. Attorney: Douglas J. Pick, New York City. Filed June 11. The following cases appear on the docket of the U.S. District Case no. 14-11779. Court for the county of Westchester in White Plains. Juno Healthcare Staffing Systems Inc. 411 Fifth Ave., Suite 805, New York, NY 564 Grocery Inc., et al. Filed 10016. Chapter 11, voluntary. by Thomas E. Perez. Action: Attorney: Douglas J. Pick, Fair labor standards act claim. New York City. Filed June 11. Attorneys for plaintiff: Elena Stacy Goldstein and Jeffrey Case no. 14-11778. Scott Rogoff. Filed June 11. Case no. 14-04195. Merchant Capital Funding L.L.C., 75 Maiden Lane, 10th floor, New York, NY 10038. 10295 Collins Ave., et al. Filed Chapter 11, voluntary. At- by The One Group L.L.C. Actorney: Robert J. Spence, Jeri- tion: Trademark infringement cho. Filed June 12. Case no. claim. Attorney for plaintiff: Michael Robert Gilman. Filed 14-11786. June 13. Case no. 14-04308.

Pampered Foot Care L.L.C., 80 Maiden Lane, Suite 703, New York, NY 10038. Chapter 11, voluntary. Attorney: Alla Kachan, Brooklyn. Filed Aramid Entertainment June 10. Case no. 14-11772. Fund Limited c/o Kinetic Partners, 675 Third Ave., 21st Universal Payment Systems floor. Chapter 11, voluntary. L.L.C., 75 Maiden Lane, 10th Attorney: James C. McCarroll, floor, New York, NY 10038. New York City. Filed June 13. Chapter 11, voluntary. AtCase no. 14-22802. torney: Robert J. Spence, Jericho. Filed June 12. Case no. Aramid Liquidating Trust 14-11787. Ltd. c/o Kinetic Partners, 675 Third Ave., 21st floor. Wyndclyffe L.L.C., 10 BedChapter 11, voluntary. At- ford St., New York, NY 10014. torney: James C. McCarroll, Chapter 11, voluntary. AttorNew York City. Filed June 13. ney: Jonathan S. Pasternak, White Plains. Filed June 10. Case no. 14-22803. Case no. 14-11769.

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Robert Oswald, 411 Bronx River Road, Yonkers, NY 10704. Chapter 7, voluntary. Attorney: Eric Paul Wainer, New York City. Filed June 17. Case no. 14-22848.

AA Catering Inc., et al. Filed by Bahar Vural. Action: Denial of overtime compensation claim. Attorney for plaintiff: Eric Joshua Gitig, et al. Filed June 12. Case no. 14-04218. Carnegie Linen Services Inc., et al. Filed by Domingo Larios. Action: Fair labor standards act claim. Attorney for plaintiff: Michael John Borrelli, et al. Filed June 11. Case no. 14-04235. Charles Buffet & Catering, et al. Filed by Isaac Gatlin. Action: Equal rights under the law claim. Attorney for plaintiff: Alex Umansky. Filed June 12. Case no. 14-04254.

Integra Construction of New York Inc., et al. Filed by the Mason Tenders District Council of Greater New York, et al. Action: Employee benefits claim. Attorney for plaintiff: Deke Wayne Bond, et al. Filed June 13. Case no. 14Coolmathgames.com, et 04276. al. Filed by Coolmath.com L.L.C. Action: Trademark in- J.M.M.T. Cafe Inc., et al. fringement claim. Attorney Filed by Victor Samuel Lopez. for plaintiff: Richard Mark Action: Fair labor standards Lehrer. Filed June 13. Case no. act claim. Attorney for plain14-04291. tiff: Peter Hans Cooper. Filed June 16. Case no. 14-04334. Crafty Nuance Group L.L.C., et al. Filed by Leon Salinas JSR Wellness Inc. Filed by and Juan Pech. Action: Denial Kind L.L.C. Action: Tradeof overtime compensation mark infringement claim. Atclaim. Attorney for plain- torney for plaintiff: Charles tiff: Peter Hans Cooper. Filed W. Baxter, et al. Filed June 12. Case no. 14-04260. June 11. Case no. 14-04214. Convergent Outsourcing Inc. Filed by Minette ThomasDotson. Action: Fair debt collection act claim. Attorney for plaintiff: Novlette Rosemarie Kidd. Filed June 12. Case no. 14-04221.

Fusion Bar & Grill Inc., et al. Filed by J & J Sports Productions Inc. Action: Communications act of 1934 claim. Attorney for plaintiff: Paul Joseph Hooten. Filed June 10. Case no. 14-04184. Green Bottle Pictures Inc., et al. Filed by Helayne Seidman. Action: Copyright infringement claim. Attorney for plaintiff: Andrew Joseph Maloney. Filed June 12. Case no. 14-04229.

Hartford Life Insurance Co. Filed by Barbara Wilkinson. Action: Denial of overtime compensation claim. Attorney for plaintiff: Robert Lawrence Liebross. Filed June 16. Chubb Custom Insurance Case no. 14-04319. Co., et al. Filed by the Board of Managers of the River Healthfirst Inc., et al. Filed Lofts Condominium. Action: by Tameisha Griffin. Action: Breach of contract claim. At- Family and medical leave act torney for plaintiff: Robert of 1993 claim. Attorney for M. Sullivan. Filed June 11. plaintiff: Alex Umansky. Filed Case no. 14-04192. June 13. Case no. 14-04256. City Mint Inc., et al. Filed by Guilibaldo Perez. Action: Fair labor standards act claim. Attorney for plaintiff: Steven Bennett Blau Leonard and Shelly A. Leonard. Filed June 12. Case no. 14-04221.

H.K. Second Ave. Restaurant Inc., et al. Filed by Jemal S Hyman. Action: Fair labor standards act claim. Attorney for plaintiff: Douglas Brian Lipsky. Filed June 10. Case no. 14-04190.

Mel S. Harris & Associates L.L.C., et al. Filed by Colleen D. Travis. Action: Fair debt collection act claim. Attorneys for plaintiff: Jesse Dennis Langel and Mitchell L. Pashkin. Filed June 16. Case no. 1404320. Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, et al. Filed by Javier Sepulveda. Action: Claim unpaid wages collect. Attorney for plaintiff: William Coudert Rand. Filed June 12. Case no. 14-04240.

MGA Entertainment Inc. Filed by News America Marketing FSI L.L.C. Action: Accounts receivable contract dispute claim. Attorney for plaintiff: Joseph Anton Vogel. Filed June 13. Case no. La Cocina Boricua Inc., et al. 14-04266. Filed by J & J Sports Productions Inc. Action: Commu- N&A Produce and Grocery nications act of 1934 claim. Corp., et al. Filed by MarAttorney for plaintiff: Paul tin Escano. Action: Denial of Joseph Hooten. Filed June 10. overtime compensation claim. Case no. 14-04183. Attorney for plaintiff: Jeffrey L. Kreisberg. Filed June 12. L&L Holding Company Case no. 14-04239. L.L.C., et al. Filed by Alvaro Martinez. Action: Family New Diamond Café, et al. and medical leave act of 1993 Filed by Vincente Cayetano. claim. Attorney for plaintiff: Action: Denial of overtime Alex Umansky. Filed June 12. compensation claim. Attorney Case no. 14-04258. for plaintiff: Neil H. Greenberg Sr. Filed June 16. Case no. Mary Giuliani Catering & 14-04309. Events Inc., et al. Filed by Phillip Darrow. Action: Denial Nitty Gritty NY L.L.C., et al. of overtime compensation Filed by J & J Sports Producclaim. Attorney for plaintiff: tions Inc. Action: CommuSally Jasmine Abrahamson, nications act of 1934 claim. et al. Filed June 13. Case no. Attorney for plaintiff: Paul 14-04287. Joseph Hooten. Filed June 10. Case no. 14-04181. Matinee NYC Inc., et al. Filed by Heritage of Pride Pinnacle Consulting InterInc., et al. Action: Trademark national Inc., et al. Filed by infringement claim. Attorney Prasnik Management Inc., et for plaintiff: Phillip Aaron al. Action: Racketeering act Lee Hill, et al. Filed June 12. claim. Attorney for plainCase no. 14-04224. tiff: Gustav Peter Rech. Filed June 10. Case no. 14-04158. Med-Rev Recoveries Inc. Filed by Minette ThomasDotson. Action: Fair debt collection act claim. Attorney for plaintiff: Novlette Rosemarie Kidd. Filed June 12. Case no. 14-04224.

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NEWSMAKERS plus awards and events UNTERMYER COUNCIL NAMES PRESIDENT The Untermyer Performing Arts Council board of directors (UPAC) recently named Yon Zweibon president of the volunteer organization. Perhaps best known for its WorldFest Summer Concert Series on Saturday evenings at historic Untermyer Park at 960 N. Broadway in Yonkers, UPAC maintains a vibrant roster of arts programs throughout the year. Founded in 1976, the organization’s cultural and charitable events include the annual Christmas Tree Lighting in downtown Yonkers, a Halloween Parade and the Yonkers Teen Idol competition. “Because we are an all-volunteer organization, working with UPAC feels like being part of one big family,” said Zweibon. “It will be an honor to partner with our wonderful board members, the city of Yonkers and all of our elected officials to bring high-quality, affordable events to area residents. We look forward to welcoming old and new friends as our WorldFest Concert Series kicks off June 28.” Zweibon, owner of Beyond Costumes in Yonkers, has been a supporter of the arts community for more than 15 years. Formerly a finance specialist, she was inspired by an incidental visit to a small costume shop and switched to a career that explored and enhanced her creative side. Fifteen years later, Beyond Costumes is one of the best sources for professional costuming in the tri-state area. She has served as a board member to various arts organizations throughout Westchester, produced full-scale youth musicals

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and served as a judge for Yonkers Idol and other local talent shows. Additional officers of UPAC include John Rubbo, first vice president; August Cambria, treasurer; Elizabeth Morgan, corresponding secretary; and Joan Vindal, recording secretary. Board members include Dee Barbato, Mario Caruso, Carol Daly, Mary Daly, Christine Gelosa, Mary Hoar, Karen O’Loughlin, Michael F. Meyer, Betty Morgan, Mark Pohar, Andrea F. Sadowski, Danielle Eaton and David Tubiolo. The liaison with the Yonkers Recreation Department is Deputy Parks Commissioner (and former UPAC president) Steve Sansone and Silvia MetrenaNunez, is legal counsel.

Mark Milovic has joined LRC Properties L.L.C. as associate managing director. He is joining the company’s asset management team and will also be assisting on acquisitions and dispositions, underwriting and evaluating of potential transactions, as well as assisting in the sale of assets already in LRC’s portfolio. He will also be responsible for oversight of the company’s redevelopment and leasing strategies, as well as the management of the brokers responsible for leasing space within the firm’s many properties along the East Coast. “We’re excited to have Mark join LRC,” said Howard Lavitt, co-founder and principal of LRC Properties. “He brings solid expertise, knowledge and a quality network, particularly in the brokerage and capital market areas. Mark’s ability to tap his resources of capital and brokerage relationships will help LRC in our continued work to identify and purchase properties that we can reposition, restructure and redevelop, adding value to the properties as well as substantial return to our investors. He is a great asset to our team.” Prior to joining LRC, Milovic was associate vice president of Latitude Management Real Estate Investors, where he was responsible for assisting with the organization, structuring, underwriting and closing of both debt equity investments and assist with daily asset management tasks. During his tenure there, he was directly involved with originating more than $369 million of first mortgage

bridge loans spread across 37 loans. He also worked as a marketing analyst for a multinational company in Barcelona, Spain. Milovic graduated from Loyola Marymount University in Los Angeles with a Bachelor of Arts degree in international business and an emphasis in finance.

SAFIAN IS NAMED A ‘CHAMPION OF CHILDREN’ Keith F. Safian, president and CEO of Phelps Memorial Hospital Center, received the Champion of Children Award given by the Child Care Council of Westchester at their annual awards program recently. The award was presented for Safian’s support of The Robin’s Nest, a child care center on the Phelps campus, which provides

WESTMED DIRECTOR EARNS CREDENTIAL OF EXCELLENCE Viviana Ruscitto of Valley Cottage, director of diagnostic imaging for the Purchasebased Westmed Medical Group, has recently earned the additional credential of certified radiology administrator (CRA). To qualify, radiology administrators are required to meet education and experience requirements and pass a national computerbased examination to test their knowledge and imaging team leadership skills. The CRA program, including the examination, is managed by the Radiology Administration Certification Commission, a self-governing body created to maintain the credential’s integrity and relevance.

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services for the children of hospital staff as well as working parents in the community. Established in 1988, Robin’s Nest is licensed by the New York State Department of Social Services and maintains accreditation by the National Association of Education of Young Children (NAEYC), which promotes excellence

in early education. A recent $1.4 million expansion allowed the center to offer nursery school and extended services for infants, toddlers and preschoolers. In accepting the award, Safian said, “The Robin’s Nest was the first ‘corporate’ child care center in Westchester, established to meet the

child care needs of Phelps nurses who couldn’t return to work unless they had excellent child care. It is an honor to be recognized for the contribution that Robin’s Nest makes to our community. Its expansion is important to Westchester as the county continues to grow and the need for quality child care increases.”

PHELPS CITED FOR STROKE INITIATIVE Phelps Memorial Hospital Center (PMHC) received the American Heart/American Stroke Association’s Target: Stroke Honor Roll for meeting stroke quality measures that reduce the time between hospital arrival and treatment with the clot-buster tPA. For ischemic strokes, in which an artery to the brain is blocked, tPA is the only treatment drug that is approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration. People who suffer a stroke who receive the drug within three hours of the onset of symptoms may recover quicker and are less likely to suffer severe disability. In addition, for the fifth year in a row, PMHC has received the Get With the Guidelines-Stroke Gold Plus Quality Achievement Award for implementing specific quality improvement measures outlined by the American Heart Association/American Stroke Association (AHA/ASA) for the treatment of

stroke patients. Get With the Guidelines-Stroke helps hospital teams provide the most up-to-date, research-based treatments with the goal of speeding recovery and reducing death and disability for stroke patients. Phelps earned the award by meeting specific quality achievement measures for the diagnosis and treatment of stroke patients at a set level for a designated period. These measures include the aggressive use of medications and riskreduction therapies. “Phelps is dedicated to improving the quality of stroke care and Get With the Guidelines helps us achieve that goal,” said Elaine Gardner, stroke coordinator. “With this award, our hospital demonstrates our commitment to ensure that our patients receive care based on internationally respected clinical guidelines.”

“We are pleased to recognize Phelps for their commitment and dedication to stroke care,” said Deepak L. Bhatt, M.D., national chairman of the Get With the Guidelines steering committee and executive director of interventional cardiovascular programs at Brigham and Women’s Hospital and professor of medicine at Harvard Medical School. “Studies have shown that hospitals that consistently follow Get With the Guidelines quality improvement measures can reduce patients’ length of stays and 30-day readmission rates and reduce disparity gaps in care.” According to the AHA/ASA, stroke is the fourth leading cause of death in the United States and a leading cause of serious, longterm disability. On average, someone suffers a stroke every 45 seconds, someone dies of a stroke every three minutes and 795,000 people suffer a new or recurrent stroke each year.

ENEA A GUEST WRITER WITH ABOUT.COM Managing partner and certified elder law attorney Anthony J. Enea of Enea, Scanlan & Sirignano L.L.P. in White Plains, will be a guest writer for About.com’s Assisted Living section. Enea’s first contribution “The Need to Plan for Your Long Term Care” can be read at assistedliving.about.com. About.com helps nearly 90 million people each month discover and learn about topics ranging from parenting and cooking to travel and health care. Ranked high in the About.com family of websites, the Assisted Living section provides consumers with the information they need to choose the right services for their loved one. It also includes resources for providers and employment in aging services. “Educating seniors and their families on the need for advanced planning is something I feel is extremely important,” said Enea, past chairman of the New York State Bar Association’s Elder Law Section. “My clients frequently come to me when they or their loved ones are on the verge of losing everything – which can, in many cases, amount to hundreds of thousands of dollars in assets.” Enea has spent three decades protecting the rights of seniors, the disabled and their families. His practice areas include elder law; Medicaid planning and applications; special needs planning; wills, trusts and estates;

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guardianships and estate litigation. Enea was named Westchester County’s Leading Elder Care Attorney at the 2013 Above the Bar Awards. He is president of the Westchester County Bar Foundation, past president of the Westchester County Bar Association and co-founder of its Elder Law Section. He also is a member of the Council of Advanced Practitioners of the National Academy of Elder Law Attorneys and is a past president of the organization’s New York Chapter.

WCC AND MASTERCARD TEAM UP TO SUPPORT ENTREPRENEURSHIP Responding to the changing demographics and economic opportunities in the county, Westchester Community College (WCC) has launched a new pilot program to help encourage business development for new Americans. Supported by a philanthropic grant from the MasterCard Center for Inclusive Growth, Entrepreneurship for New Americans is a pilot program that will offer immigrant entrepreneurs workshops on topics ranging from understanding legal aspects of starting a business, access to credit and English language through the college’s English Language Institute. Data compiled by the Kauffman Index shows that immigrant business development rose sharply in 2010 and continues to rise, with Latino and Asian immigrant business start-ups growing the fastest. However, immigrants face numerous barriers to starting a business, from access to credit to language and cultural differences. There are limited resources available in Westchester County that meet the needs of immigrant entrepreneurs and WCC’s Gateway to Entrepreneurship program (G2E) has a unique opportunity to offer programming that fills this gap. “At MasterCard, we are committed to connecting people and communities with

opportunity and believe in the power of entrepreneurship as a path to full financial inclusion. We are excited to partner with the college on this pilot program,” said Patricia Devereux, executive director, MasterCard Global Philanthropy. The G2E program is dedicated to supporting entrepreneurial education throughout the college and our community. Through its collaborations with partners in both the public and private sectors, G2E is a resource hub for entrepreneurial development at all stages, facilitating programs that respond to entrepreneurs’ needs and contributing to a vibrant local economy. “Westchester Community College has always been about accessibility. We are committed to student success, academic excellence, workforce development, economic development and lifelong learning,” said John F. M. Flynn, Westchester Community College interim president. “Partnerships in our community with business leaders, neighborhood nonprofits and other organizations serving our diverse populations, have played a vital role in achieving these goals and we are proud to have the MasterCard Center for Inclusive Growth supporting this important initiative,” he said.

Four- time Grammy nominee Stanley Jordan offers his heroic guitar prowess to celebrate the heroism of our veterans with a special benefit concert Thursday, June 26 at 8:30 p.m. benefitting White Plains’ Music Conservatory of Westchester’s “Healing Our Heroes” program. The day before the benefit, at 11:30 a.m. June 25, Jordan will join the Conservatory’s music therapist faculty in a gathering that will bring together all of the veterans who have been participating in the Conservatory’s “Healing Our Heroes” music therapy program. Tickets to the benefit concert are $150 for best seats, meet and greet with photo-op, free drink and signed CD or $100 for premium seats, free drink and CD, with proceeds going to the veterans’ program. Tickets are available by calling 212-582-2121 or theiridium.com/ events/2172/stanley-jordan-performs-benefit-to-support-healingour-heroes-veteran-program/

Legal Services Opens Peekskill Office Legal Services of the Hudson Valley in White Plains officially marked the opening of its Peekskill office at 1 Park Place June 19 with a grand celebration. Honored guests included Westchester County Executive Robert P. Astorino, Westchester County Deputy Executive Kevin Plunkett, Westchester County Legislator and former Peekskill mayor John Testa, county legislator Catherine Borgia, Peekskill Mayor Frank Catalina and Legal Services of the Hudson Valley’s CEO Barbara Finkelstein. “Legal Services of the Hudson Valley opened this office in Peekskill in order to make access to justice more easily accessible to residents of northern Westchester and Putnam counties, especially seniors and veterans, who cannot afford an attorney. Our Peekskill staff has already participated in a

number of outreach events and developed community partnerships, including a collaboration with the Peekskill Senior Center, which helps them to provide for their clients’ multifaceted needs. We’re excited to work together with other service providers to protect the rights of our neighbors in Peekskill and its surrounding areas and are grateful for the support of Westchester County,” Finkelstein said. As part of the celebration for the opening of the office, Legal Services of the Hudson Valley will collect donations of backpacks and school supplies that will be distributed to children from the city of Peekskill and northern Westchester County through the Back to School Program run by Peekskill C.A.P, Peekskill Community and Kiley Center Staff.

ENTA ADDS TO STAFF Alexis M. Jackman, M.D., an otolaryngologist/ head and neck surgeon and fellowship-trained rhinologist will join the ENT and Allergy Associates’ (ENTA) Purchase office Sept.1. Jackman received a Bachelor of Arts degree with honors in chemistry from Mount Holyoke College, and studied at the Royal College of Surgeons in Dublin, Ireland, before earning her medical degree with distinction from George Washington University. She went on to complete her internship in general surgery and residency in otolaryngology-head and neck surgery at the New York University School of Medicine. Jackman completed her fellowship in rhinology and endoscopic sinus and skull-base surgery at the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine. She is a recipient of the Ruth L. Kircschstein National Research Service Award from the National Institute of Health. Jackman is a board-certified otolaryngolo-

gist and is a member of the American Academy of Otolaryngology, American Rhinologic Society, and a fellow of the American College of Surgeons. She has been awarded multiple honors for her studies and has been named one of the nation’s “Top Physicians” by the Consumer’s Research Council of America. Jackman joins ENT and Allergy Associates following eight years as a clinical instructor and assistant professor at the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania and Montefiore Medical Center/Albert Einstein College of Medicine. “Adding a physician with Dr. Jackman’s training will enable us to continue to achieve the excellent overall patient care they have come to expect and deserve. I’m delighted to welcome Dr. Jackman to our Purchase family,” said Dr. Jeffrey Jablon, fellow ENT partner in Purchase.

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FACTS&FIGURES Pump-A-Nickel Corporation Inc., et al. Filed by Katz’s Delicatessen of Houston Street Inc. Action: Trademark infringement claim. Attorneys for plaintiff: Marc P. Misthal and Jonathan Marc Purow. Filed June 12. Case no. 14-04245.

T-Mobile USA Inc., et al. Filed by Maria Stuart. Action: Family and medical leave act of 1993 claim. Attorneys for plaintiff: Marjorie Mesidor and Nicole Ann Welch. Filed June 12. Case no. 14-04252.

Safi-G Inc., et al. Filed by Juan Maldonado Eslava. Action: Fair labor standards act claim. Attorney for plaintiff: Michael Antonio Faillace. Filed June 10. Case no. 14-04175.

Uvas Tapas Bar & Grill Corp., et al. Filed by G & G Closed Circuit Events L.LC. Action: Communications act of 1934 claim. Attorney for plaintiff: Paul Joseph Hooten. Filed June 10. Case no. 14-04194.

Shelley & M&M L.L.C., et al. Filed by J & J Sports Productions Inc. Action: Communications act of 1934 claim. Attorney for plaintiff: Paul Joseph Hooten. Filed June 10. Case no. 14-04188.

Victory Auto Group L.L.C., et al. Filed by Natalie Marrero. Action: Job discrimination claim. Attorney for plaintiff: Christopher L. Van De Water. Filed June 12. Case no. 14-04241.

Sig Contracting Corp., et al. Filed by the Mason Tenders District Council of Greater New York, et al. Action: Employee benefits claim. Attorney for plaintiff: Deke Wayne Bond, et al. Filed June 13. Case no. 14-04277.

Vio Strings Inc., et al. Filed by D.Z. America Inc. Action: Copyright infringement claim. Attorneys for plaintiff: Richard Scott Schurin and Steven Stern. Filed June 12. Case no. 14-04253.

Start Publishing L.L.C. Filed by Arthur M. Dula, et al. Action: Copyright infringement claim. Attorneys for plaintiff: George Gottlieb and Jonathan Marc Purow. Filed June 10. Case no. 14-04168.

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St. George Treats Inc., et al. Filed by Nelson Vasquez. Action: Fair labor standards act claim. Attorney for plaintiff: Jodi Jill Jaffe. Filed June 11. Case no. 14-04209.

Bedford Real Estate Associates L.L.C., North Plainfield, N.J. Seller: Thomas J. McCrossan, et al, Bedford. Property: 221 Sarles St., Bedford. Amount: $2.9 million. Filed June 11.

Sushi Time 2nd Ave. Inc., et al. Filed by Guang Hui Zhu. Action: Collect unpaid wages claim. Attorney for plaintiff: Stephen Brian Irwin. Filed June 16. Case no. 14-04326.

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Kosov Properties Company L.L.C., Bronx. Seller: Commerce and Industry L.L.C., Goleta, Calif. Property: 145 Palisade St., Greenburgh. Amount: $18.1 million. Filed June 13.

Tanaka Japanese Sushi Inc., et al. Filed by Eliseo Cuahua, et al. Action: Fair labor standards act claim. Attorney Below $1 million for plaintiff: Michael Antonio Faillace. Filed June 10. 106 Main Street L.L.C., Irvington. Seller: Diane Fowler, Case no. 14-04177. et al, Tarrytown. Property: Think PR Inc., et al. Filed 106 Main St., Greenburgh. by Maryam Hosseini. Ac- Amount: $699,000. Filed tion: Fair labor standards act June 12. claim. Attorney for plaintiff: Jacob Aronauer. Filed June 12. Case no. 14-04220.

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South Riverside Realty L.L.C., Croton-on-Hudson. Seller: Dominick Anfiteatro, et al, Putnam Valley. Property: 320 S. Riverside Ave., Cortlandt. Amount: $398,000. 110 VL L.L.C., Yonkers. Sell- Filed June 16. er: 108-110 Valentine Avenue Corp., Yonkers. Property: Sovereign Bank. Seller: Ac108-110 Valentine Lane, Yon- qua Capital L.L.C., White kers. Amount: $930,000. Filed Plains. Property: 427 N. Barry June 12. Ave., Rye. Amount: $400,100. Filed June 10. 55 Locust Avenue L.L.C., Mamaroneck. Seller: SPEC- Tostados Hernandez Inc., Co L.L.C., Rye. Property: 55 New Rochelle. Seller: Silo ReLocust Ave., Rye. Amount: alty of New Rochelle Inc., New $725,000. Filed June 10. Rochelle. Property: 230 Union Ave., New Rochelle. Amount: Eight Ninety Five L.L.C., $625,000. Filed June 12. Yonkers. Seller: Peter R. Grotto Jr., Yonkers. Property: 893 WB Pinebrook Associates Nepperhan Ave., Yonkers. L.L.C., Elmsford. Seller: MetTransportation Amount: $688,000. Filed ropolitan Authority, New York City. June 12. Property: 2101-2105 Palmer Federal National Mortgage Ave., Mamaroneck. Amount: Association. Seller: Stu- $35,000. Filed June 13. art Ball, Yonkers. Property: 750 Loomis Ave., Peekskill. Wells Fargo Bank N.A. Amount: $376,033. Filed Seller: John J. Gorman, et al, White Plains. Property: 1332 June 12. Albany Post Road, Cortlandt. Greenwood Heights Pleas- Amount: $281,617. Filed antville L.L.C., Thornwood. June 13. Seller: William L. Davis, et al, Pleasantville. Property: 58024 Bedford Road 24, Mount Foreclosures Pleasant. Amount: $240,000. Filed June 11. MOUNT VERNON, 616 Sixth Ave. South. SingleGuiracocha’s Group L.L.C., family residence; .12 acre. White Plains. Seller: Joseph Plaintiff: Wilmington Trust Albertelli, et al, Purchase. Co. Plaintiff ’s attorney: ShaProperty: 10 Bulkley Ave., piro, DiCaro & Barak, 877Rye. Amount: $650,000. Filed 759-1835; 175 Mile Crossing Blvd., Rochester. Defendant: June 12. Mahichard Paryag. Referee: H.E.L.P. Development Edmund Dollinger. Sale: June Corp., New York City. Seller: 25, 10:30 a.m. Approximate 215-219 Union Avenue Asso- lien: $674,576.00. ciates L.P., Greenwich, Conn. Property: 215-219 Union NEW ROCHELLE, 219 Ave., Mount Vernon. Amount: Clinton Ave. Single-family residence; .08 acre. Plaintiff: $890,315. Filed June 11. Bayview Loan Servicing LLC. Merganser Realty L.L.C., Plaintiff ’s attorney: DeRose 718-279-2000; 213 Mount Kisco. Seller: Eliza- & Surico, th 44 38 Ave., Bayside. Defenbeth C. Hayman, Darien. dant: Raymond Hyland. RefConn. Property: 9 Petersville eree: Robert Ryan. Sale: June Road, New Castle. Amount: 30, 10 a.m. Approximate lien: $995,000. Filed June 16. $272,226.41. 106 VL L.L.C., Yonkers. Seller: 104 Valentine Lane Corp., Yonkers. Property: 104 Valentine Lane, Yonkers. Amount: $930,000. Filed June 10.

SCS 1270 Realty L.L.C., Scarsdale. Seller: David Muldoon, Katonah. Property: 1270 North Ave., New Rochelle. Amount: $483,500. Filed June 16.

PEEKSKILL, 7 Edinburg Drive, Apt. 10G. Condominium; lot size: N/A. Plaintiff: JPMorgan Chase Bank NA. Plaintiff ’s attorney: Fein Such & Crane LLP; 1400 Old Country Road, Westbury. Defendant: Steven Blake. Referee: Carol Mark. Sale: June 23, 9:30 a.m. Approximate lien: $193,937.13. WACCABUC, 4 Rock Shelter Road. Description: N/A. Lot Size: N/A. Plaintiff: HSBC Bank USA National Association. Plaintiff ’s attorney: Shapiro, DiCaro & Barak, 877759-1835; 175 Mile Crossing Blvd., Rochester. Defendant: James Gallagher. Referee: David Gallo. Sale: June 26, 10:30 a.m. Approximate lien: $2,106,122.78. YONKERS, 13-15 Lane St. Apartment; .07 acre. Plaintiff: Wells Fargo Bank National Association. Plaintiff ’s attorney: Leopold & Associates P.L.L.C.; 80 Business Park Drive, Armonk. Defendant: Victoria Del Bene. Referee: Joseph Ruggiero. Sale: June 25, 11 a.m. Approximate lien: $159,297.85. YONKERS, 17 Tyndall Ave. Single-family residence; .13 acre. Plaintiff: Wells Fargo Bank National Association. Plaintiff ’s attorney: The Margolin & Weinreb Law Group, 516-921-3838; 165 Eileen Way, Syosset. Defendant: Jumana Rabadi. Referee: John Colangelo. Sale: June 26, 10:15 a.m. Approximate lien: $871,858.59.

YONKERS, 364 E. Grassy Sprain Road. Single-family residence; .28 acre. Plaintiff: Hudson City Savings Bank. Plaintiff ’s attorney: Cohn & Roth, 516-747-3030;100 E. Old Country Road, Mineola. Defendant: Marie Grasso. Referee: Margaret Nicholson. Sale: June 26, 10:30 a.m. Approximate lien: $388,120.41.

Judgments Health Enhancement Inc., Yonkers. $8,846 in favor of Commerce St. Professional Center L.L.C., Ossining. Filed June 11. RPT Mechanical Corp., Yonkers. $2,220 in favor of Long Island Pipe Supply Inc., Garden City. Filed June 12.

Lis Pendens The following filings indicated a legal action has been initiated, the outcome of which may affect the title to the property listed. Anker Management Corp., et al. Filed by Hudson Valley Bank N.A. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $366,331 affecting property located at 3 Cornell Drive, Hartsdale. Filed Dec. 16.

Bell, John E., et al. Filed by JPMC Specialty Mortgage L.L.C. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $204,536 affecting property located at 3148 Hearthstone YONKERS, 53 Raybrook Court, Yorktown Heights Road. Two-family; .06 acre. 10598. Filed Dec. 16. Plaintiff: US Bank National Association. Plaintiff ’s at- Brown, Hubert, et al. Filed torney: McCabe, Weisberg & by Wells Fargo Bank N.A . Conway, P.C., 914-636-8900; Action: seeks to foreclose on 145 Huguenot St., Suite 401, a mortgage to secure an unNew Rochelle. Defendant: specified amount affecting Kurtis Miller. Referee: Dan- property located at 112 Woodiel Romano. Sale: June 23, land Hills Road, White Plains 10:30 a.m. Approximate lien: 10603. Filed Dec. 18. $465,518.45. Carvalho, Clovis, et al. Filed by JPMorgan Chase Bank N.A. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $468,000 affecting property located at 113 Chester St., Mount Vernon 10552. Filed Dec. 16.

Delcid, Armando J., et al. Filed by Wells Fargo Bank N.A. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $392,000 affecting property located at 14 Maple Place, Ossining 10562. Filed Dec. 17.

Joseph, Philous, et al. Filed by CitiMortgage Inc. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $304,000 affecting property located at 338 N. High St., Mount Vernon. Filed Dec. 17.

Melton, Johnnie Mae, et al. Filed by JPMorgan Chase Bank N.A. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $200,300 affecting property located at 29 Colin St., Yonkers 10701. Filed Dec. 19.

Ramirez, Edward, et al. Filed by CitiMortgage Inc. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $252,000 affecting property located at 3085 Maqua Place, Mohegan Place. Filed Dec. 16.

Gallo, Floann, et al. Filed by Raymond James Bank. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $300,000 affecting property located at 230 S. Greeley Ave., Chappaqua 10514. Filed Dec. 13.

Keith, Karen, et al. Filed by Citibank N.A. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure an unspecified amount affecting property located at 165 Sheridan Ave., Mount Vernon 10552. Filed Dec. 19.

Metzger, Robert, et al. Filed by PNC Bank N.A. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $130,000 affecting property located at 1185 Baptist Church Road, Yorktown Heights 10598. Filed Dec. 16.

Romanchuk, Max, et al. Filed by World Savings Bank F.S.B. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure an unspecified amount affecting property located at 262 Willis Ave., Hawthorne 10532. Filed Dec. 18.

Gathers, Anthony Sr., et al. Filed by Washington Mutual Bank. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure an unspecified amount affecting property located at 34 Tomahawk Drive, White Plains 10603. Filed Dec. 19.

Lansch, James A., et al. Filed by Wells Fargo Bank N.A. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $178,785 affecting property located at 330 S. Broadway, Unit B9, Tarrytown 10591. Filed Dec. 17.

Morales, Amalia, et al. Filed by Deutsche Bank National Trust Co. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure an unspecified amount affecting property located at 7 Highland Ave., White Plains Maldarelli, William, et al. 10606. Filed Dec. 13. Filed by Bank of America N.A. Action: seeks to foreclose on a O’Keefe, Christopher L., et mortgage to secure $531,033 al. Filed by Wells Fargo Bank affecting property located at N.A. Action: seeks to fore27 Manhattan Ave., Tuckahoe close on a mortgage to secure 10707. Filed Dec. 19. $378,400 affecting property located at 36 Farrington Road, Marrazzo, Dean, et al. Filed Croton-on-Hudson 10520. by Partners For Payment Re- Filed Dec. 17. lief De II L.L.C. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to Ozuna, Carlos, et al. Filed by secure an unspecified amount Wells Fargo Bank N.A. Action: affecting property located at seeks to foreclose on a mort10 Adams Hill Road, Cross gage to secure $301,500 affectRiver 10518. Filed Dec. 13. ing property located at 15-1 Granada Crescent 1, White McCarthy, Gregg, et al. Plains 10603. Filed Dec. 13. Filed by Nationstar Mortgage L.L.C. Action: seeks to fore- Pantel, Marc, et al. Filed by close on a mortgage to secure HSBC Bank USA N.A. Ac$553,000 affecting property tion: seeks to foreclose on a located at 25 Truesdale Lake mortgage to secure $620,000 Drive, South Salem 10590. affecting property located at Filed Dec. 17. 32 Hoyt Road, Pound Ridge 10576. Filed Dec. 16. McGill, Hazel, et al. Filed by JPMorgan Chase Bank N.A. Paute, Angel, et al. Filed by Action: seeks to foreclose on Bank of America N.A. Action: a mortgage to secure $335,000 seeks to foreclose on a mortaffecting property located at gage to secure $296,100 af109 Monroe St., Mount Ver- fecting property located at 19 non 10553. Filed Dec. 17. Prospect Ave., Ossining 10562. Filed Dec. 19. Mclean, Leeford, et al. Filed by Wells Fargo Bank N.A. Ac- Quiroz, Daniel, et al. Filed by tion: seeks to foreclose on a Wells Fargo Bank N.A. Action: mortgage to secure $432,000 seeks to foreclose on a mortaffecting property located at gage to secure an unspecified 44 Parkway S., Mount Vernon amount affecting property lo10552. Filed Dec. 18. cated at 36 Oak St., Port Chester 10573. Filed Dec. 18.

Rueda, Jorge R., et al. Filed by Wells Fargo Bank N.A. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $100,000 affecting property located at 24 Bayberry Way, Pound Ridge 10576. Filed Dec. 13.

Giorgio, Dominick Jr., et al. Filed by Astoria Federal Savings and Loan Association. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $133,600 affecting property located at 1 Forest Road, Lincolndale. Filed Dec. 13. Gomez, Traci, et al. Filed by Nationstar Mortgage L.L.C. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $581,000 affecting property located at 40 Tyler Circle, Rye 10580. Filed Dec. 18. Hallahan, Richard Todd, et al. Filed by Wells Fargo Bank N.A. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $408,684 affecting property located at 4 Vails Lane, Ossining 10562. Filed Dec. 18. Harrison, Carl D., et al. Filed by Household Finance Realty Corporation of New York. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $71,665 affecting property located at 251 Second Avenue South, Mount Vernon 10550. Filed Dec. 16. Jones, Pauline M., et al. Filed by Bank of America N.A. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $415,000 affecting property located at 1071 Weaver St., New Rochelle 10804. Filed Dec. 13.

Sander, Marie, et al. Filed by JPMorgan Chase Bank N.A. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $340,000 affecting property located at 56 Touissant Ave., Yonkers 10710. Filed Dec. 18. Sexton, James J., et al. Filed by Oceanfirst Bank. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $600,000 affecting property located at 16 West Road, South Salem 10590. Filed Dec. 18. Smath-Miller, Judy A., et al. Filed by Wells Fargo Bank N.A. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $248,000 affecting property located at 25 Cleveland Drive, Croton-on-Hudson 10520. Filed Dec. 19. Smitherman, Vivette, et al. Filed by Deutsche Bank National Trust Co. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $348,300 affecting property located at 19 Central Parkway, Mount Vernon 10552. Filed Dec. 16.

The heirs at large of Michael Gagliardi, et al. Filed by Chase Home Finance L.L.C. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $325,000 affecting property located at 16 Riverview Ave., Tarrytown 10591. Filed Dec. 13.

Radford Court Apartment Corp., as owner. $1,457 as claimed by Rockway Fuel Oil Corp., Bronx. Property: in Yonkers. Filed June 6.

Vark St Houses Inc., as owner. $12,490 as claimed by SNS Organization Ltd. Property: in Turnquist, Jon F., et al. Filed Yonkers. Filed June 11. by JPMorgan Chase Bank N.A. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $677,937 affecting property located at New Businesses 36 Overlook Road, Ossining 10562. Filed Dec. 19. This paper is not responsible for typographical errors conWallace, Jessie, et al. Filed tained in the original filings. by Bank of America N.A. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $264,000 affecting property located at Partnerships 72 Hemlock Circle, Peekskill Party Pop, 141 Croton Ave., 10566. Filed Dec. 16. Ossining 10562, c/o Denisse Williams, Raisa, et al. Filed A. Dommar and Gilma Herby Wells Fargo Bank N.A. Ac- nandez. Filed April 9. tion: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure an unspec- The Fun Bunch Recreation ified amount affecting proper- Club, 1115 Elm St., Peekskill ty located at 36 Massitoa Road, 10566, c/o Lewis Steven DilYonkers 10710. Filed Dec. 17. lard and Stephanie A. Semedo. Filed April 8. Yun, Kil-Chung, et al. Filed by Bank of America N.A. Ac- W and J Cooking Oil Recytion: seeks to foreclose on a cling, 63 Garfield St., 1D, Yonmortgage to secure $945,000 kers 10701, c/o Jose Martinez affecting property located at and Wandol Jimenez. Filed 55 Wildway, Bronxville 10708. April 8. Filed Dec. 19.

Sole Proprietorships Mechanic’s Liens

Buxton Contracting Service, 443 E. Fourth St., Mount Dimitri Enterprises, as own- Vernon 10553, c/o Norman er. $20,450 as claimed by Sub- Carter. Filed April 9. urban Carting Co., Briarcliff. Property: in Ossining. Filed CR2 Consulting, 10 Briar June 12. Court, Cross River 10518, c/o Celeste Russell. Filed April 8. Ebony Gardnes/Preservation, as owner. $5,000 as claimed by SNS Organization Dun-Zo, 25 Rockledge Ave., Ltd. Property: in Mount Ver- No. 807W, White Plains 10601, c/o George Toretta. non. Filed June 10. Filed April 8.

Evans, Josulyn, as owner. $1,517 as claimed by Empire Solly, Henry O., et al. Filed by State Builders and ContracWells Fargo Bank N.A. Action: tors, White Plains. Property: seeks to foreclose on a mort- in Greenburgh. Filed June 10. gage to secure $446,250 affecting property located at 20 Lexington Ave., Mount Vernon MT V L.L.C., as owner. $22,000 as claimed by SNS 10552. Filed Dec. 19. Organization Ltd. Property: in Mount Vernon. Filed June 10.

Essentuals, 205 S. Columbus Ave., Apt. C4, Mount Vernon 10553, c/o Yasheda M. Bennett. Filed April 8. Golden Touch Painting, 39 Orchard Ave., Mount Vernon 10552, c/o Jesuino Junior. Filed April 9.

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FACTS&FIGURES Gorospe Landscaping, 4 Elk Rio Taxi 4, 994 Pemart Ave., St., Second floor, New Ro- Peekskill 10566, c/o Rafael A. chelle 10805, c/o Marleny B. Lopez. Filed April 8. Gorospe. Filed April 8. Ruddy, 20 Stuyvesant Ave., Juan A. Landscaping, 122 Rye 10580, c/o Jeff Ruddy. Wells St., Apt. 1, Peekskill Filed April 10. 10566, c/o Juan Astudillo. Filed April 8. Sparkle and Mad, 104 Ritchie Drive, Yonkers 10705, c/o Kirschen Media, 235 Garth Alma Iris Yazurio. Filed April Road, Scarsdale 10583, c/o 10. Alan Kirschen. Filed April 8. Ward Oeuvres, 6 Willets Libreria Maria Puerta Del Road, Harrison 10528, c/o EdCielo, 45 Walnut St., New ward F. Eagan. Filed April 8. Rochelle 10801, c/o Elizabeth Perez. Filed April 9. Westchester Blades Co., 1415 Pelhamdale Ave., Pelham Lifetime Insulation, 3024 B 10803, c/o Alexander Abend. Boston Post Road, New Ro- Filed April 9. chelle 10801, c/o Sherica Keneisha Duncasse. Filed April 8. Loving and Care Pet Boutique and Spa, 28 N. Central Park Ave., Hartsdale 10530, c/o Rogeria Viana. Filed April 9.

Patents The following patents were issued by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office in Washington, D.C. Code instrumentation method and code instrumentation apparatus. Patent no. 8,756,584 issued to Wu Zhou, Raleigh, N.C. Assigned to International Business Machines Corp., Armonk. Data security in a multinodal environment. Patent no. 8,756,701 issued to Michael J. Branson, Rochester, Minn.; and John M. Santosuosso, Rochester, Minn. Assigned to International Business Machines Corp., Armonk.

Generating compiled code that indicates register liveness. Patent no. 8,756,591 issued to Michael K. Gschwind, Chappaqua; and Valentina Salapura, Chappaqua. Assigned to International Business Machines Corp., Armonk.

Method and system for performance isolation in virtualized environments. Patent no. 8,756,608 issued to Elmootazbellah N. Elnozahy, Austin, Texas; Ramakrishnan Rajamony, Austin, Texas; William E. Speight, Austin, Texas; and Lixin Zhang, Austin, Texas. Assigned to International Integrated physical access Business Machines Corp., Arcontrol and information monk. technology (IT) security. Patent no. 8,756,655 issued to Send-side matching of data Mark J. Hoesl, Friendswood, communications messages. Texas. Assigned to Interna- Patent no. 8,756,612 issued to tional Business Machines Charles J. Archer, Rochester, Corp., Armonk. Minn.; Michael A. Blocksome, Rochester, Minn.; Joseph D. Language-agnostic policy Ratterman, Seattle, Wash.; management. Patent no. and Brian E. Smith, Knoxville, 8,756,649 issued to David L. Tenn. Assigned to InternaKaminsky, Chapel Hill, N.C.; tional Business Machines Indrajit Poddar, Sewickley, Pa.; Corp., Armonk. Neeraj Joshi, Morrisville, N.C.; and A. Steven Krantz, Sherman Oaks, Calif. Assigned to International Business Machines Corp., Armonk.

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Task prioritization management in a virtualized environment. Patent no. 8,756,599 issued to Murthy V. Devarakonda, Peekskill; Patrick B. Heywood, Louisville, Colo.; Sambit Sahu, Hopewell Junction; Kunwadee Sripanidkulchai, White Plains; and Jie Zheng, Houston, Texas. Assigned to International Business Machines Corp., Armonk. Virtual-machine-stage detection. Patent no. 8,756,603 issued to Marius Pirvu, Toronto, Calif. Assigned to International Business Machines Corp., Armonk. Wireless information transfer and interactive television system. Patent no. 8,756,643 issued to Rajiv V. Joshi, Yorktown Heights; and Suchitra R. Joshi, Yorktown Heights. Assigned to International Business Machines Corp., Armonk.

FACTS& FIGURES on the record Hudson Valley Building Loans Above $1 million

Olspan L.L.C., New York City. Seller: CF Diversified Corp., Cold Spring. Property: in Philipstown. Amount: $1.2 million. Filed May 30. Starlight Holdings L.L.C., Suffern. Seller: Mark S. Tulis, et al, White Plains. Property: in Newburgh. Amount: $2.8 million. Filed June 13.

Margaret Court L.L.C., as owner. Lender: M&T Bank. Property: World Mission Society Church in Pleasant Valley. Amount: $7.9 of God, Ridgewood, N.J. Seller: Sisters of the Presentation of the million. Filed June 12. Blessed Virgin Mary Inc., New Windsor. Property: 880 Jackson Ave., New Windsor. Amount: Below $1 million $4.3 million. Filed June 11. Ameri Tech Land Development Inc., as owner. Lender: Putnam County Savings Bank. Property: in Poughkeepsie. Amount: $232,500. Filed June 12. Page, Joseph R., Olivebridge, as owner. Lender: Rondout Savings Bank, Kingston. Property: 18 Haberland Lane, Olivebridge. Amount: $175,000. Filed June 10. Thomas, Jeffrey W., et al, Marlboro, as owner. Lender: Walden Savings Bank, Montgomery. Property: in Marlborough. Amount: $187,000. Filed June 12.

Deeds Above $1 million CRH Realty VIII L.L.C., Middletown. Seller: Regina C. Flannery, et al, Newburgh. Property: in Newburgh. Amount: $2.8 million. Filed June 12. Items appearing in the Westchester County Business Journal’s On The Record section are compiled from various sources, including public records made available to the media by federal, state and municipal agencies and the court system. While every effort is made to ensure the accuracy of this information, no liability is assumed for errors or omissions. In the case of legal action, the records cited are open to public scrutiny and should be inspected before any action is taken. Questions and comments regarding this section should be directed to: Bob Rozycki c/o Westfair Communications Inc. 3 Westchester Park Drive, Suite G7 White Plains, N.Y. 10604-3407 Phone: 694-3600 • Fax: 694-3680

Ameritech Land Development Inc., Wappingers Falls. Seller: Donald W. McCormick Jr., Wappingers Falls. Property: in Poughkeepsie. Amount: $55,000. Filed June 12. Applied Biology Consulting L.L.C., Norwalk, Conn. Seller: Terry E. Kilmer, et al, Clinton Corners. Property: in Stanford. Amount: $275,000. Filed June 11.

Federal National Mortgage Association. Seller: Dana L. Rudikoff, Kingston. Property: 42 Sprague Ave., Middletown 10940. Amount: $244,434. Filed June 12.

M&T Bank, Getzville. Seller: Benjamin Greenwald, New Windsor. Property: 66 Main St., Deerpark. Amount: $68,172. Filed June 12.

UPR Enterprises L.L.C., Mahopac. Seller: Route 22 L.L.C., White Plains. Property: in Patterson. Amount: $150,000. Filed June 5.

Federal National Mortgage Association. Seller: Roselina Serrano, New City. Property: 74 Ball St., Port Jervis 12771. Amount: $282,300. Filed June 13.

Maca Corp., Ellenville. Seller: Erimar Properties Inc., Boca Raton, Fla. Property: in Ellenville. Amount: $100,000. Filed June 10.

VFF Real Estate L.L.C., Wellesley, Mass. Seller: Value Fragrances and Flavors Inc., Goshen. Property: in Goshen. Amount: $530,000. Filed June 13.

Five Carter L.L.C., Harriman. Barry Klein L.L.C., Monsey. Seller: Tammy Lieberman, MonSeller: Chana Schwartz, Brooklyn. roe. Property: 5 Carter Lane, Unit Property: in Monroe. Amount: 202, Monroe 10950. Amount: $160,000. Filed June 13. $100,000. Filed June 13.

Board of Managers of Vista on the Lake Condominium, Bedford. Seller: Jo-Ann CamBelow $1 million bareri, Tarrytown. Property: 916 Vista on the Lake, Carmel 10512. 1020 Dolsontown Road L.L.C., Amount: $37,636. Filed June 3. Walden. Seller: John Lester Van Fleet Jr., Fort Myers Beach, Deutsche Bank National Trust Fla. Property: in Wawayanda. Co. Seller: Andrea Fung, et al, Amount: $135,000. Filed June 10. New Windsor. Property: 162 N. Miller St., Newburgh 12550. 15 Grinnell Street L.L.C., Amount: $38,250. Filed June 11. Rhinecliff. Seller: James N. Arvanetes, et al, Ocala, Fla. Property: Devon Service New York L.L.C., in Rhinebeck. Amount: $527,000. Phoenixville, Pa. Seller: Julie Ann Filed June 12. Weinstein, New City. Property: 1335 Union Ave., Newburgh. 2007 Route 9W L.L.C., Beacon. Amount: $225,000. Filed June 13. Seller: Caren Milano, The Villages, Fla. Property: 10 Lumen Lane, Devon Service New York L.L.C., Highland. Amount: $200,000. Phoenixville, Pa. Seller: Julie Ann Filed June 13. Weinstein, New City. Property: 23-25 Sequestered Road, NewAgape Homes Inc., Middletown. burgh 12550. Amount: $172,000. Seller: George Lynch, et al, Pine Filed June 13. Bush. Property: in Middletown. Amount: $60,000. Filed June 12. Devon Service New York L.L.C., Phoenixville, Pa. Seller: Julie Ann Alkant Realty L.L.C., Croton Weinstein, New City. Property: Falls. Seller: Stoneleigh Woods at 29 Merline Ave., New Windsor. Carmel L.L.C., Riverhead. Prop- Amount: $85,000. Filed June 13. erty: 808 Egrets Landing, Carmel 10512. Amount: $303,000. Filed Federal Home Loan Mortgage June 2. Corp. Seller: Jay Hashmall, White Plains. Property: 56 Horsehound Alkant Realty L.L.C., Croton Road, Carmel 10512. Amount: Falls. Seller: Stoneleigh Woods at $264,530. Filed May 28. Carmel L.L.C., Riverhead. Property: 707 Egrets Landing, Carmel Federal National Mortgage As10512. Amount: $313,000. Filed sociation. Seller: Carla S. Wise, June 2. Goshen. Property: 200 S. William St., Newburgh 12550. Amount: Alkant Realty L.L.C., Croton $225,082. Filed June 12. Falls. Seller: Stoneleigh Woods at Carmel L.L.C., Riverhead. Property: 708 Egrets Landing, Carmel 10512. Amount: $300,000. Filed June 2.

Fortune 488 L.L.C., Roslyn Heights. Seller: Board of Education of the Kingston City School District, Kingston. Property: in Rosendale. Amount: $135,000. Filed June 10. Household Finance Realty Corporation of New York, Brandon, Fla. Seller: Karen M. Rothschild, Wappingers Falls. Property: 4 Hickory Lane, Poughkeepsie 12590. Amount: $235,500. Filed June 11.

Mid-Hudson Valley Federal Credit Union, Kingston. Seller: Joseph A. Hernandez, Kingston. Property: in Kingston. Amount: $125,000. Filed June 11.

Weichert Relocation Mobility Inc., Morris Plains, N.J. Seller: Jerome S. Tassone, et al, Wappingers Falls. Property: 49 Shamrock Hills Drive, Wappingers Falls Rahman and Rahman L.L.C., 12590. Amount: $560,000. Filed Ellenville. Seller: Ulster Savings June 11. Bank, Kingston. Property: in Ellenville. Amount: $130,000. Filed Wells Fargo Bank N.A. Seller: Asad Mufti, White Plains. PropJune 11. erty: 2 E. Croton Drive, Carmel RBSGC Mortgage Loan Trust 10512. Amount: $113,400. Filed 2005-A, et al, Mount Laurel, June 4. N.J. Seller: Donald Brown Jr., Poughkeepsie. Property: 29 Van WTR Rhinebeck L.L.C., YonScoy Road, Poughquag 12570. kers. Seller: Capital One Bank Amount: $370,000. Filed June 12. N.A., Melville. Property: in Rhinebeck. Amount: $395,000. Ross Arch L.L.C., Clintondale. Filed June 11. Seller: J. Philip, New Paltz. Property: in New Paltz. Amount: $325,000. Filed June 9. Judgments

HSBC Bank USA N.A. Seller: Peter C. McGinnis, Poughkeepsie. Property: 49 Thompson St., Seakill Inc., New Paltz. Seller: Poughkeepsie 12601. Amount: Anthony N. Meluso, et al, New $262,000. Filed June 11. Paltz. Property: 29-41 Ferris, Gardiner. Amount: $115,000. Filed Hudson Heritage Federal June 13. Credit Union, Middletown. Seller: John Revella, Walden. Proper- Shria Real Estate L.L.C., Patty: 201 W. Main St., Middletown terson. Seller: 94 Charles Col10940. Amount: $95,000. Filed man Boulevard L.L.C., Patterson. June 11. Property: in Pawling. Amount: $289,000. Filed June 9. J. Hale Enterprises L.L.C., Fishkill. Seller: Secretary of Veterans The Old Britain Group L.L.C., Affairs, Washington, D.C. Prop- Franklin Lake, N.J. Seller: Regina erty: 1902 Chelsea Cove Drive C. Flannery, et al, Newburgh. South, Hopewell Junction 12533. Property: in Newburgh. Amount: Amount: $106,000. Filed June 5. $329,836. Filed June 12.

ACPC Inc., Marlboro. $323 in favor of the New York State Department of Labor Unemployment Insurance Division, Albany. Filed June 13. Area Artifacts Inc., Woodstock. $985 in favor of the New York State Department of Taxation and Finance, Albany. Filed June 11. Cub Market Inc., Bearsville. $951 in favor of the New York State Department of Taxation and Finance, Albany. Filed June 11.

Kulick Associates L.L.C., New York City. Seller: J. Scott Williams, et al, Brookfield, Conn. Property: 8 Ferrara Drive, Rhinebeck 12572. Amount: $205,000. Filed June 6.

Toleman Road Associates L.L.C., Branchburg, N.J. Seller: Rock Tavern Village L.P., Rock Tavern. Property: in New Windsor. Amount: $25,000. Filed June 12.

Frank’s Village Market Inc., Marlboro. $322 in favor of the New York State Department of Taxation and Finance, Albany. Filed June 11.

Lory Properties Corp., Stormville. Seller: Charles E. Stewart III, Pawling. Property: in Wappinger. Amount: $55,000. Filed June 11.

U.S. Bank N.A. Seller: Karen M. Febles, Millbrook. Property: 87 Skidmore Road, LaGrangeville 12540. Amount: $340,000. Filed June 10.

Knoth Brothers Enterprises L.L.C., d.b.a. Jerry’s Mini Golf and Café, New Paltz. $977 in favor of the New York State Department of Labor Unemployment Insurance Division, Albany. Filed June 13.

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NEWSMAKERS plus awards and events MOUNT ST. MARY NAMES NEW PRESIDENT

Anne Carson Daly has been named the next president of Mount St. Mary College. Daly will be the Mount’s sixth president,

succeeding the Rev. Kevin E. Mackin, who will step down June 30. Albert J. Gruner, chairman of the board of trustees and former chairman of Ulster Savings Bank, said “Dr. Daly has proven herself an outstanding leader and manager throughout her impressive careers in academia, government, and business. Her strong academic credentials will build on the College’s legacy of excellence, while honoring our Catholic and Dominican traditions.” Daly said “The Mount students excel in business, education, the health professions, media, and the social sciences. I look forward to working with the faculty and all members of the campus community to build on the college’s impressive history and achievements.” Daly most recently served as vice president for academic affairs and dean of the faculty at Belmont Abbey College in North Carolina since 2007.

SANTORO JOINS MEDICAL GROUP Kate Santoro, RN, FNP, has joined Orange Regional Medical Group’s primary care team as a family nurse practitioner. She will work closely with Orange Regional Medical Group’s board-certified physicians, nurses and certified medical assistants to meet the health care needs of families in the community. The group is located at 75 Crystal Run Road, Middletown. Santoro is an experienced clinician with practice in primary care, pediatrics, family planning, emergency care and oncology. Prior to the medical group, Santoro cared for oncology patients at United Health Services Wilson Medical Center, later serving as an emergency nurse in the hospital’s New York state-designated trauma, stroke and chest pain center. Santoro holds a Master of Science degree as a family nurse practitioner, a Bachelor of Science degree in nursing and a Bachelor of Arts degree in psychology from Binghamton University, where she graduated with honors. “We are thrilled to announce the addition of Kate Santoro to our primary care team,” said Bruce Ellsweig, medical director, primary care and community health of

Orange Regional Medical Group. “Kate is a highly skilled nurse practitioner who will be a great asset to our team as we work together to advance the health in our community.”

PRACTICE MANAGER ADDED AT ORMC Beth Olsen has been appointed practice manager at Orange Regional Medical Center in Middletown. Most recently she was the trauma registrar at Nyack Hospital where she was instrumental in preparing it for the American College of Surgeons site visit for Level 2 Trauma Center accreditation. Olsen also held the position of director of finance and office manager at OMNI Medical Care where she oversaw the billing department and assisted in the coordination of patient care. She has a Bachelor of Arts degree in psychology from SUNY Cortlandt.

ORMC STAFFERS EARN AWARDS

OC PARTNERSHIP RECEIVES MARKETING AWARDS The Orange County Partnership recently received five awards for creative and innovative marketing. Graphic Design USA recognized the partnership’s in-house marketing staff, led by Marketing Director Sarah Brosnan, and contracted marketing agency, AJ Ross Creative Media, with two design awards that distinguish the organization among its peers for meeting challenges and developing the ultimate value of their marketing effort to the businesses affected. The partnership’s 2013 Business Retention and Expansion postcard received the Design and Marketing Award. The purpose of the BR&E program is to help businesses solve problems and meet challenges to encourage expansion leading to sustainable job growth. The partnership was awarded another design award for its 2013 Annual Report, “The Power of Diversification.” The publication chronicled the diversity of business

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clusters that have evolved and expanded within Orange County, including distribution, health care, manufacturing and food and beverage. In addition, the New York State Economic Development Council awarded the partnership its Best of Class Award Development Brochure and the Best of Class Award Printed and Electronic Newsletter in recognition of the organization’s quarterly newsletter Resources & Results. The council also awarded a Certificate of Excellence in the Marketing and Promotional Materials competition for the Partnership’s 2013 Annual Report. Maureen Halahan, president and CEO of the partnership said, “The entire partnership team knows the importance of conveying a clear and concise message about the value of doing business in Orange County and the potential for growth here. Our marketing team excels in capturing the essence of that message.”

Pamela Murphy, M.D. and Angela Marchionni, RN, of Orange Regional Medical Center are recipients of the Orange County EMS Excellence Awards. Additionally, Murphy is the recipient of the Hudson Valley Regional EMS Excellence Awards. Murphy was given the 2013 Orange County and Hudson Valley Regional Physician of Excellence Award. She was honored for her contributions to the EMS community as a physician and for her dedication, responsibility, professional behavior and special skill and insight in the pre-hospital environment. She is a strong advocate for all EMS providers both as a volunteer and in her career as a physician and is responsible for many positive changes within Orange County and Hudson Valley EMS. Murphy is the chairperson of the Regional Emergency Medical Services Council (REMSCO) that oversees EMS for the six counties that comprise the Hudson

Valley Region. REMSCO is instrumental in developing protocols, implementing training programs and promoting high-quality, prehospital care throughout the region. For the second consecutive year, Marchionni was awarded the 2013 Orange County EMS Educator of Excellence Award. Her outstanding teaching, educational administration, coordination and research, publication and research significantly improved the pre-hospital services. As Orange Regional’s EMS Liaison, Marchionni has coordinated multiple continuing medical education (CME) programs that are invaluable to every EMT in both Orange and the surrounding counties. In 2013, she conducted a total of 20 classes that were attended by 1,109 people. She has also been a valuable asset to Goshen Volunteer Ambulance Corps (GOVAC), by helping to provide speakers for monthly training and CEM’s sponsored by GOVAC.

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FAMILY SERVICES WELCOMES BOARD MEMBER Poughkeepsie-based Family Services Inc. has appointed Amanda Moody, community and online organizer at Planned Parenthood Mid-Hudson Valley (PPMHV), as a member of the agency’s board of directors. Family Services CEO Brian Doyle said, “Amanda’s involvement in the Family Services board enables her to represent the voices of our partner agencies and to highlight the needs of the Family Partnership Center’s many programs and the people they serve.” Moody began her work with PPMHV in the summer of 2012 as a public affairs and communications intern in Beacon, while pursuing a Bachelor of Arts degree in women’s studies at Vassar College. The Poughkeepsie resident has since graduated from Vassar in 2013, and has continued her work with PPMHV in Poughkeepsie both through her management of PPMHV’s social media presence and campaigns and through her active participation in PPMHV’s community organizing efforts. In addition to her work at PPMHV,

ORMC’S REHAB UNIT ACCREDITED

Moody has worked with the Catherine Street Community Center and the River Valley Repertory Theatre Co.

Orange Regional Medical Center’s inpatient rehabilitation unit has received accreditation from the Commission for Accreditation of Rehabilitation Facilities (CARF) through April 2017 and has demonstrated exemplary compliance during its participation in a recent survey.

NEW LEADERSHIP AT HEALTH SYSTEM Janet Connery, Eugene Heppes and Kathleen Thornton have joined The Greater Hudson Valley Health System (GHVHS) in Middletown, which is composed of Catskill Regional Medical Center and Orange Regional Medical Center. Connery has joined the human resources leadership team as director of labor and employee relations. She has more than 19 years of experience in academic and community hospitals specializing in labor and employee relations, contract negotiations, strategic planning and human resources operations. She was most recently a consultant in the human resources field and director of labor and employee relations at St. Luke’s-Roosevelt Hospital Center/ Continuum Health System, for more than seven years. Connery obtained her bachelor’s degree from Seton Hall University and her Juris Doctorate degree from Rutgers School of Law. She is a member of both the New York state and New Jersey bar associations and is also certified as a senior professional in human resources management. Heppes is director of infrastructure and

corporate information security officer. He is responsible for the information technology team at Orange Regional Medical Center and Catskill Regional Medical Center tech support, customer service desk, client server/ network and telecom. His most recent experience was with Dragados as head of IT for North America. Heppes received his Bachelor of Science degree from Nyack College and his Master of Science degree in information systems from the Stevens Institute of Technology, and has his IT certification in Information Technology Infrastructure Library (ITIL) Certification. Thornton is director of applications, clinical focus. She is responsible for all clinical and physician applications. She joins the GHVHS from the Hospital for Special Surgery in New York City. Thornton has more than 20 years experience as a registered nurse with a heavy operating room background in open heart, orthopedics and general surgery. She has been a clinical project manager for multiple facets of the operating room, care management, car-

Greater Hudson Bank, based in Middletown and serving the Hudson Valley region, has announced the formation of an Ambassador Council that is made up of business and community leaders to share the benefits of working with a local bank that offers extraordinary personal service combined with state-of-theart banking services to local businesses, notfor-profits and municipalities. “The advantage of being a local commu-

nity bank is that we are afforded the opportunity to work closely with our business customers and consequently understand their unique needs and financial concerns. We are very pleased to initiate this new council because our highly regarded ambassadors are centers of influence within their professions and will help us to continue to establish deep rooted relationships within our marketplace,” said Ed Lutz, president and CEO of Greater

diology and even payer software solutions. From a nursing informatics perspective, Thornton has experience with workflow process, data collection, testing and implementation of various EMR applications.

CARF is an organization that surveys health care facilities internationally and promotes quality, value and optimal outcomes through a consultative accreditation process that centers on enhancing the lives of patients. Participation in a CARF survey is voluntary.

TREES ABOUND AT VASSAR Vassar College’s 1,000-acre campus in Poughkeepsie home to more than 1,500 trees, has received Tree Campus USA designation from the Arbor Day Foundation. The class of 1865 established the Vassar College Arboretum, which has expanded each year since the first class tree-planting ceremony in 1868. “Applying for Tree Campus USA designation through the Arbor Day Foundation was a great way to give legitimacy to our sustainable landscaping efforts and support the historic legacy of our trees,” said Alistair Hall, assistant for sustainability activities at Vassar. “This designation is a nice complement to our holistic approach to landscaping on campus, which includes the creation of naturalized ‘no-mow’ areas, environmentally friendly lawn care products and annual inspection, pruning and maintenance of our trees” Hall said.

BANK ANNOUNCES INITIATIVE Hudson Bank. The bank will also gain substantial insight on day-to-day issues in the local community and guidance from the council members. Consequently the result would help the bank to quickly respond by customizing additional products and/or services to cater to the evolving financial needs of the Hudson Valley. “We are delighted with our founding Ambassador Council members whose names

we will be releasing over the next few weeks,” stated Anthony Pili, vice president of strategic planning and Ambassador Council director at Greater Hudson Bank. “Our ambassadors represent the best of the best in Rockland, Westchester and Orange County and I look forward to their expertise and prominence to further our reputation as the premier bank for businesses, not-for-profits and municipalities in the Hudson Valley.”

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FACTS&FIGURES The Park Center Inc., Highland. $2,190 in favor of the New York State Department of Labor Unemployment Insurance Division, Albany. Filed June 13.

Antunes, Jack, et al. Filed by JPMorgan Chase Bank N.A. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $95,000 affecting property located at 21 Maple Ave., Pine Bush 12566. Filed Jan. 15.

Breslauer, Ari, et al. Filed by Mid-Hudson Valley Federal Credit Union. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $144,180 affecting property located at 412 Rakov Road, Maybrook 12543. Filed Jan. 24.

Caramb, Elio A., et al. Filed by Deutsche Bank National Trust Co. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $225,600 affecting property located at 241 Red Mills Road, Pine Bush 12566. Filed Jan. 24.

Brinkmann, Berno, et al. Filed by RBS Citizens N.A. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $314,900 affecting property located at 43 Old Farm Road, Rhinebeck 12572. Filed May 30.

Carlos, Albert, et al. Filed by Wells Fargo Bank N.A. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $285,408 affecting property located at 1 Erie Lane, Wappingers Falls 12590. Filed May 27.

Brizzolara, John P., et al. Filed by EMC Mortgage L.L.C. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $128,600 affecting property located at Box 139 Highway 208, Washingtonville 10992. Filed Barbera, Robert, et al. Filed Jan. 24. by Nationstar Mortgage L.L.C. Action: seeks to foreclose on a Brown, Isaac H., et al. Filed mortgage to secure $409,353 af- by JPMorgan Chase Bank N.A. fecting property located at 15 Action: seeks to foreclose on a Katelyn Court, Warwick 10990. mortgage to secure $180,000 afFiled Jan. 17. fecting property located at 92 Dupont Ave., Newburgh 12550. Bennett, Carol, et al. Filed by Filed Jan. 15. Wells Fargo Bank N.A. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage Burke, Anthony P., et al. Filed to secure $265,899 affecting prop- by M&T Bank. Action: seeks to erty located at 9 Sherman Drive, foreclose on a mortgage to secure Newburgh 12550. Filed Jan. 17. $174,775 affecting property located at 152 Rochdale Road, PoughBingell, Brent, et al. Filed by keepsie 12603. Filed May 30. Ocwen Loan Servicing L.L.C. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mort- Busby, Susan, et al. Filed by gage to secure $221,815 affecting PHH Mortgage Corp. Action: property located at 35 Samson- seeks to foreclose on a mortgage ville Road, Kerhonkson 12446. to secure $135,000 affecting propFiled June 12. erty located at 28 Lenox Place, Middletown 10940. Filed Jan. 17. Blank, Leo, et al. Filed by Deutsche Bank National Trust Cabrera, Gregory, et al. Filed Co. Action: seeks to foreclose on by JPMorgan Chase Bank N.A. a mortgage to secure $82,500 af- Action: seeks to foreclose on a fecting property located at 9-1 On mortgage to secure $182,800 afthe Green, No. 39, New Windsor fecting property located at 20 12553. Filed Jan. 17. Thompson St., Port Jervis 12771. Filed Jan. 17. Bowie, Patrick A., et al. Filed by Wells Fargo Bank N.A. Action: Caeners, Robert F., et al. Filed seeks to foreclose on a mortgage by The Bank of New York Melto secure $164,500 affecting prop- lon. Action: seeks to foreclose on erty located at 2 and 4 New York a mortgage to secure $400,000 Ave., Middletown 10940. Filed affecting property located at 54 Jan. 17. Folan Road, Amenia 12592. Filed May 30. Brendle, Franz W., et al. Filed by Ulster Savings Bank. Action: Canaday, Andrew T., et al. Filed seeks to foreclose on a mortgage by Wells Fargo Bank N.A. Action: to secure $441,000 affecting prop- seeks to foreclose on a morterty located at 15 Middle St., Gos- gage to secure $285,000 affecting hen 10924. Filed Jan. 22. property located at 101 Roosevelt Road, Hyde Park 12538. Filed May 28.

Castro, Alejandro, et al. Filed by Wells Fargo Bank N.A. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $272,700 affecting property located at 37 Watkins Ave., Middletown 10940. Filed Jan. 22.

Wineracks.com Inc., Tillson. $155 in favor of the New York Aponte, Gilfredo, et al. Filed by State Department of Taxation and Bank of America N.A. Action: Finance, Albany. Filed June 11. seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $103,760 affecting property located at 43 Beers Drive, Middletown 10940. Filed Jan. 23.

Lis Pendens

The following filings indicated a legal action has been initiated, the outcome of which may affect the title to the property listed. Aiosa, Giovanni, et al. Filed by Nationstar Mortgage L.L.C. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $117,600 affecting property located at 10 Sterling St., Middletown 10940. Filed Jan. 23. Allen, Harry, et al. Filed by RBS Citizens N.A. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure an unspecified amount affecting property located at 2030 Route 302, Circleville 10919. Filed Jan. 24. Allt, Dolores Jaeger, et al. Filed by Barbara A. Dimarco. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $260,000 affecting property located in Hyde Park. Filed June 2. Alvarado, Lourdes, et al. Filed by CitiMortgage Inc. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $191,921 affecting property located at 27 Jackson St., Middletown 10940. Filed Jan. 24. Amendola, Gail A., et al. Filed by Wells Fargo Bank N.A. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $297,500 affecting property located at 297 Farm to Market Road, Brewster 10509. Filed June 2. Andrews, Thomas D., et al. Filed by JPMorgan Chase Bank N.A. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $133,801 affecting property located at 9 Durmo Road, New Paltz 12561. Filed June 11.

Bali, Anita, et al. Filed by Rhinebeck Savings Bank. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $362,000 affecting property located at 12 Westerly Ridge, Amenia 12501. Filed May 30.

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Castro, Carlos, et al. Filed by LPP Mortgage Ltd. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $120,000 affecting property located at 343 Liberty St., Newburgh 12550. Filed Jan. 24. Castro, Ray, et al. Filed by CitiMortgage Inc. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure an unspecified amount affecting property located at 28 Riverdale Drive, Wingdale 12594. Filed May 27. Catania, Joseph Jr., as temporary administrator for the estate of Michael Catanzaro, et al. Filed by U.S. Bank N.A. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $87,500 affecting property located at 32-34 N. Maple Ave., Port Jervis 12771. Filed Jan. 21. Charlot, Jacques, et al. Filed by Citimortgage Inc. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $255,250 affecting property located at 4 Weygant Hill Road, Highland Mills. Filed Jan. 15. Cherry, Kerri Ann, et al. Filed by EverBank. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $251,200 affecting property located at 204S Centerville Road, Middletown 10940. Filed Jan. 24. Cohen, Douglas, et al. Filed by U.S. Bank N.A. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $575,000 affecting property located at 5161 Route 209, Accord 12404. Filed June 13.

Conti, Robert P., et al. Filed by U.S. Bank N.A. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $90,582 affecting property located at 2 Palmer Court, Maybrook 12543. Filed Jan. 17. Coughlin, Anne, et al. Filed by M&T Bank. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $129,960 affecting property located at 46 State St., Middletown 10940. Filed Jan. 21.

Dougherty, Michael H., et al. Filed by JPMorgan Chase Bank N.A. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $50,000 affecting property located at 449 Beekman Road, Hopewell Junction 12533. Filed May 27.

Farmer, Thomas Jr., et al. Filed by Chase Home Finance L.L.C. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $133,000 affecting property located at 49 Fairview Road, Brewster 10509. Cronk, Jennifer, et al. Filed by Filed June 11. Bank of America N.A. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage Ferraro, Jennifer E., et al. Filed to secure $135,600 affecting prop- by Deutsche Bank National Trust erty located at 64 Lake Drive, Lake Co. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $301,750 Peekskill 10537. Filed June 5. affecting property located at 4 Curtis, Andrew, et al. Filed by Tower Hill Road, Pawling 12564. M&T Bank. Action: seeks to fore- Filed May 29. close on a mortgage to secure $152,000 affecting property lo- Fine, Christopher T., et al. Filed cated at 275 Mossy Brook Road, by Citibank N.A. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure High Falls 12440. Filed June 12. an unspecified amount affecting De Luca, Leonard Jr., et al. Filed property located at 2151 Route by Wells Fargo Bank N.A. Action: 52, Pine Bush 12566. Filed Jan. 21. seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $396,000 affecting Fisher, Wallace, et al. Filed by property located at 40 Union Val- JPMorgan Chase Bank N.A. Acley Road, Mahopac 10541. Filed tion: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $187,400 affectJune 6. ing property located at 44 Beers Delaney, George R., et al. Filed Drive, Middletown 10940. Filed by Hudson Valley Federal Credit Jan. 24. Union. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $178,200 Force, Matthew P., et al. Filed affecting property located at 21 by Wells Fargo Bank N.A. Action: Park Circle, Middletown 10940. seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $289,200 affecting propFiled Jan. 21. erty located at 24 Laudaten Way, Dimicco, Scott T., et al. Filed Warwick 10990. Filed Jan. 17. by Mid-Hudson Valley Federal Credit Union. Action: seeks to Forte, Gordon C., et al. Filed by foreclose on a mortgage to secure Citimortgage Inc. Action: seeks to $84,000 affecting property locat- foreclose on a mortgage to secure ed at 151 Harding Ave., Kingston $136,000 affecting property located at 202 Brook Trail, Greenwood 12401. Filed June 10. Lake 10925. Filed Jan. 16. Doheny, William J., et al. Filed by Flagstar Bank F.S.B. Action: Gonzalez, Jaime, et al. Filed by seeks to foreclose on a mort- Lakeview Loan Servicing L.L.C. gage to secure $291,080 affecting Action: seeks to foreclose on a property located at 53 Villa Park- mortgage to secure $116,568 afway, Highland Falls 10928. Filed fecting property located at 11 Clinton Ave., Ellenville 12428. Jan. 24. Filed June 11. Dorsey, Paul, et al. Filed by JPMorgan Chase Bank N.A. Action: Greenberg, Kathleen, et al. Filed seeks to foreclose on a mortgage by Bank of America N.A. Action: to secure $195,000 affecting prop- seeks to foreclose on a mortgage erty located at 18 Hill Ave., High- to secure an unspecified amount affecting property located at 20 land Mills 10930. Filed Jan. 15. Allison Drive, Monroe 10950. Filed Jan. 22.

Gruner, Tiffany, et al. Filed by Bank of America N.A. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $150,096 affecting property located at 21 Court Ave., Kingston 12401. Filed June 11.

Keery, Sean W., et al. Filed by Green Tree Servicing L.L.C. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $85,000 affecting property located at 8 Morse St., Poughkeepsie 12601. Filed May 29.

Loarte, Sergio F., et al. Filed by Wells Fargo Bank N.A. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure an unspecified amount affecting property located at 46 Bayview Terrace, Newburgh 12550. Filed Jan. 15.

Kelly, Mary Ellen, et al. Filed by Federal National Mortgage Association. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure an unspecified amount affecting property located at 47 Rustic Road, Heron, Dennis, et al. Filed by Mahopac 10541. Filed June 3. Deutsche Bank National Trust Co. Action: seeks to foreclose on Kerrigan, Tina, et al. Filed by a mortgage to secure an unspeci- Wells Fargo Bank N.A. Action: fied amount affecting property seeks to foreclose on a mortgage located at 176 Long Lane, Bloom- to secure $272,000 affecting propingburg 12721. Filed Jan. 15. erty located at 39 Rolling Meadows Court, Pine Bush 12566. Hill, Loxley, et al. Filed by JPM- Filed Jan. 15. organ Chase Bank N.A. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage Kirker, Kelsey Ann, as executrix to secure $228,000 affecting prop- of the estate of the late Stephen erty located at 99 Beaver Dam Flick, et al. Filed by RBS Citizens Road, Montgomery 12549. Filed N.A. Action: seeks to foreclose on Jan. 15. a mortgage to secure $239,920 affecting property located at 38 Hokanson, Melinda D., et al. Roxanne Blvd., Highland 12528. Filed by Citimortgage Inc. Action: Filed June 13. seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $188,000 affecting prop- Krivicich, Patricia, et al. Filed erty located at 37 Mearns Ave., by Loancare. Action: seeks to Highland Falls. Filed Jan. 17. foreclose on a mortgage to secure $275,488 affecting property locatHotung, Sean E., et al. Filed by ed at 25 Dundee Circle, MiddleREO Acquisition Vehicle L.L.C. town 10941. Filed Jan. 16. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $184,000 af- Laguna, Norberto Sr., et al. fecting property located at 1388 Filed by Wells Fargo Bank N.A. Glasco Turnpike, Saugerties Action: seeks to foreclose on a 12477. Filed June 10. mortgage to secure $228,978 affecting property located at 37 HYH Associates, et al. Filed by Melrose Ave., New Windsor Roaring Brook Acres Inc. Action: 12553. Filed Jan. 21. seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $525,000 affecting prop- Latzko, Marjorie N., individualerty located in Putnam Valley. ly and as trustee of her successors Filed June 11. in trust of the Marjorie Latzko Revocable Trust, et al. Filed by OneJimenez, Alejandra, et al. Filed West Bank F.S.B. Action: seeks to by The Bank of New York Mel- foreclose on a mortgage to secure lon. Action: seeks to foreclose on $463,125 affecting property loa mortgage to secure $270,000 cated at 35 Sayer Road, Blooming affecting property located at 97 Grove 10914. Filed Jan. 24. Main St., Brewster 10509. Filed June 10. Lebron, Betsy, et al. Filed by Nationstar Mortgage L.L.C. AcKane, Sandra L., et al. Filed by tion: seeks to foreclose on a mortWells Fargo Bank N.A. Action: gage to secure $195,000 affecting seeks to foreclose on a mortgage property located at 9 Ridge Ave., to secure $110,000 affecting prop- Walden 12586. Filed Jan. 21. erty located at 71 Chestnut St., Rhinebeck 12572. Filed June 2.

Lopez, Martin, et al. Filed by Central Mortgage Agency. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $165,000 affecting property located at 6 Teller St., Kingston 12401. Filed June 10.

Hansen, Erik, et al. Filed by Wells Fargo Bank N.A. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $360,000 affecting property located at 24 Milltown Road, Holmes 12531. Filed May 28.

Lounsbery, Sean C., et al. Filed by JPMorgan Chase Bank N.A. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $333,700 affecting property located at 27 Wilhelm Drive, Warwick 10990. Filed Jan. 15. Lupis, Joseph A., et al. Filed by Nationstar Mortgage L.L.C. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $168,300 affecting property located at 66 Ellen Ave., Mahopac 10541. Filed June 11.

Marte-Rodriguez, Leonides, et al. Filed by Deutsche Bank National Trust Co. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $374,800 affecting property located at 11 Clearview Circle, Hopewell Junction 12533. Filed May 28. Martinez, Valerie A., et al. Filed by Bank of America N.A. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $166,500 affecting property located at 9 Silo Lane, Middletown. Filed Jan. 17. Massaro, Carlo J., et al. Filed by U.S. Bank N.A. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $496,000 affecting property located at 272 Harriman Heights Road, Monroe 10950. Filed Jan. 16.

Massi, James, et al. Filed by HSBC Bank USA N.A. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $183,000 affecting property located at 22 Maple Hill Drive, Carmel 10541. Filed Makky, Barbara, et al. Filed by June 3. U.S. Bank N.A. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure Mathews, Michelle, et al. Filed $50,000 affecting property locat- by Green Tree Servicing L.L.C. ed at 2 Lilly St., Newburgh 12550. Action: seeks to foreclose on a Filed Jan. 15. mortgage to secure $176,000 affecting property located at 118 Malaspina, Michael A., et al. Downs St., Kingston 12401. Filed Filed by Green Tree Servicing June 13. L.L.C. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $169,600 McDonald, John L., et al. Filed affecting property located at 33 S. by Nationstar Mortgage L.L.C. Remsen Ave., Wappingers Falls Action: seeks to foreclose on a 12590. Filed June 2. mortgage to secure an unspecified amount affecting property Marden, Casey, et al. Filed by located at 84 Cottage Road, CarU.S. Bank N.A. Action: seeks to mel 10512. Filed June 9. foreclose on a mortgage to secure $140,000 affecting property locat- McGrade, Daniel, et al. Filed by ed at 2982 Route 9, Cold Spring Wells Fargo Bank N.A. Action: 10516. Filed June 2. seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $417,000 affecting propMarks, John F., et al. Filed by erty located at 1213 Route 17A, JPMorgan Chase Bank N.A. Ac- Greenwood Lake 10925. Filed tion: seeks to foreclose on a mort- Jan. 16. gage to secure $158,907 affecting property located at 85 Brook McPhail, Sean, et al. Filed by Road, Middletown 10940. Filed Deutsche Bank National Trust Jan. 15. Co. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $243,080 Marrero, Sandra Y., et al. Filed affecting property located at 140 by Nationstar Mortgage L.L.C. Delafield Lane, Unit 16 E, NewAction: seeks to foreclose on a burgh 12550. Filed Jan. 17. mortgage to secure $300,600 affecting property located at 413 Heritage Lane, Unit 413, Monroe 10950. Filed Jan. 16.

McQuiston, Jeffrey W., et al. Filed by JPMorgan Chase Bank N.A. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $120,000 affecting property located at 343 Orchard Drive, Plattekill 12568. Filed June 9.

Odato, John V., et al. Filed by Deutsche Bank National Trust Co. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $175,000 affecting property located at 8902 Route 28, Pine Hill 12465. Filed June 9.

Menge, William J., et al. Filed by Citimortgage Inc. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $340,000 affecting property located at 47 Ryerson Road, Warwick. Filed Jan. 16.

Ouderkirk, Thomas, et al. Filed by Bank of America N.A. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $300,000 affecting property located at 655 Ridgebury Road, Slate Hill 10973. Filed Jan. 15.

Miller, Denise C., et al. Filed by Bank of America N.A. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $196,500 affecting property located at 415 Lattintown Road, Marlboro 12542. Filed June 10.

Perenguez, Fabio, et al. Filed by Mid-Hudson Valley Federal Credit Union. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $264,500 affecting property located at 28 Pine St., Middletown 10940. Filed Jan. 24.

Milliken, Mark E., et al. Filed by Hudson Valley Federal Credit Union. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $360,000 affecting property located at 34 Cedar Court, Newburgh 12550. Filed Jan. 21.

Petriello, John P., et al. Filed by U.S. Bank N.A. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $290,000 affecting property located at 93 Whangtown Road, Kent 10512. Filed June 6.

Morris, Peter R., et al. Filed by Bank of America N.A. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $3.7 million affecting property located at Lake Valhalla, Philipstown 10516. Filed June 6.

Puma, Frank, et al. Filed by U.S. Bank N.A. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $232,200 affecting property located at 32 Marian Court, Warwick 10990. Filed Jan. 21.

Riley, Richard F. Jr., individually and as surviving spouse of Karen A. Riley, et al. Filed by Deutsche Bank National Trust Co. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $256,500 affecting property located at 8 Cooper Drive, Nahoum, Douglas, et al. Filed Monroe 10950. Filed Jan. 21. by M&T Bank. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure Rodriguez, Martin, et al. Filed $223,137 affecting property locat- by M&T Bank. Action: seeks to ed at 50 Knapp Ave., Middletown foreclose on a mortgage to secure $231,369 affecting property lo10940. Filed Jan. 21. cated at 528 Haight Ave., PoughNania, Michael, et al. Filed by keepsie 12603. Filed May 28. Murphy, James, et al. Filed by Bank of America N.A. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $160,000 affecting property located at 3 Neversink Ave., Port Jervis 12771. Filed Jan. 23.

Federal National Mortgage Association. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $204,250 affecting property located at 28 Morris Drive, Newburgh 12550. Filed Jan. 24.

Rugova, Din, et al. Filed by HSBC Bank USA N.A. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $255,000 affecting property located at 100 Oak Ridge Circle, Mahopac 10541. Filed Newkirk, Thurman R. Sr., et June 12. al. Filed by Nationstar Mortgage L.L.C. Action: seeks to foreclose Sachs, Cindy, et al. Filed by Wells on a mortgage to secure $126,850 Fargo Bank N.A. Action: seeks to affecting property located at foreclose on a mortgage to secure 48 Overlook Place, Newburgh $504,000 affecting property located at 14 Lainos Place, Mahopac 12550. Filed Jan. 23. 10541. Filed June 5.

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FACTS&FIGURES Salomon, Janice S., et al. Filed by Wells Fargo Bank N.A. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $75,000 affecting property located at 14 Ticonderoga Road, Carmel 10512. Filed June 10.

Smith, Paul J., et al. Filed by M&T Bank. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $320,000 affecting property located at 142 and 144 Hurds Corners Road and Route 22, Pawling 12564. Filed May 30.

Veneziano, Peter, et al. Filed by JPMC Specialty Mortgage L.L.C. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $250,000 affecting property located at 3 Meadowbrook Lane, Goshen 10924. Filed Jan. 17.

Sandberg, Carl R., et al. Filed by Wells Fargo Bank N.A. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $155,000 affecting property located at 18 Cold Spring Road, Putnam Valley 10579. Filed June 2.

Stavroulakis, Spiros, et al. Filed by Goshen Mortgage L.L.C. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $357,455 affecting property located at 8 Schwartz Lane, Rock Tavern 12575. Filed Jan. 21.

Vogler, John S., et al. Filed by RBS Citizens N.A. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $210,000 affecting property located at 10 Deerfield Road, Patterson. Filed June 9.

Santiago, Abraham III, et al. Filed by Nationstar Mortgage L.L.C. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $225,000 affecting property located at 43 Innis Ave., Poughkeepsie 12601. Filed May 30.

Stevens, Joedy, et al. Filed by Citimortgage Inc. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure an unspecified amount affecting property located at 457 N. Elting Corners Road, Highland 12528. Filed June 12.

Saraceno, Christopher, et al. Filed by Deutsche Bank National Trust Co. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $203,520 affecting property located at 27 Lake Trail, Greenwood Lake 10925. Filed Jan. 21.

Stone, Pamela Costello, heir to the estate of Michael S. Costello, et al. Filed by JPMorgan Chase Bank N.A. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $427,000 affecting property located at 102 Esselborne Road, Cold Spring 10516. Filed June 10.

Scauzillo, Michael Peter, et al. Filed by HSBC Bank USA N.A. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $220,000 affecting property located at 19 Cole Drive, Mahopac 10541. Filed June 5. Sensini, Aldo, et al. Filed by Deutsche Bank National Trust Co. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $193,393 affecting property located at 55 Elmendorf St., Kingston 12401. Filed June 13. Sheppard, Barry R., et al. Filed by CitiMortgage Inc. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $240,000 affecting property located at 24 Newburgh Road, Patterson 12563. Filed June 5. Slasinski, Frank X., et al. Filed by Wells Fargo Bank N.A. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $278,000 affecting property located at 10 Woods Road, Tuxedo Park 10987. Filed Jan. 17.

Tako, James B., et al. Filed by JPMorgan Chase Bank N.A. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure an unspecified amount affecting property located at 120 Horsenden Road, New Paltz 12561. Filed June 11. Tirado, Maggie, et al. Filed by Aurora Loan Services L.L.C. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $209,000 affecting property located at 13 Mary Ann Ave., Port Jervis 12771. Filed Jan. 21. Tocco, Christina L., et al. Filed by Nationstar Mortgage L.L.C. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $201,991 affecting property located at 7102 Chelsea Cove North, Hopewell Junction 12533. Filed May 29. Ulbrich, Charlene S., et al. Filed by Wells Fargo Bank N.A. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $177,660 affecting property located at 259 Ruth Court, Middletown 10940. Filed Jan. 21.

Wang, Shih-Li C., et al. Filed by JPMorgan Chase Bank N.A. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure an unspecified amount affecting property located at 15 C Wildwood Manor, New Hackensack Road, Wappingers Falls 12590. Filed May 28.

60 Carroll Street Orient L.L.C., as owner. $28,000 as claimed by Superior Abatement Inc., West Caldwell, N.J. Property: 60 Carroll St., Poughkeepsie. Filed June 12. Bright Land Solar L.L.C., as owner. $10,269 as claimed by United Rentals North America Inc., Charlotte, N.C. Property: 1940 Route 52, East Fishkill. Filed June 13.

New Businesses

Hunny Do Home and Property Maintenance, 2 Highland Ave., Saugerties 12477, c/o Steven J. This paper is not responsible for Brooks. Filed June 12. typographical errors contained in the original filings. I-Print Plus, 62 Vineyard Ave., Highland 12528, c/o Pasquale R. Massafra. Filed June 13.

Doing Business As

Inner Goddess Natural Skin Physics of Writing Inc., d.b.a. Care, 199 Awosting Road, Pine Uncle Donald’s ShortBread, Bush 12566, c/o Christine J. 101 Penstock Lane, Lake Katrine D’Alessandro. Filed June 12. 12449. Filed June 9.

Eco-Bat New York L.L.C., as Partnerships owner. $194,346 as claimed by Perreca Electric Company Inc., Kinaloha Art Center, 515 S. Newburgh. Property: 65 Ballard Gully Road, Cragsmoor 12420, c/o Heidi Louise Wagner and Road, Wallkill. Filed June 11. Charles Donald Broderson. Filed Eishahat, Moustafa, as owner. June 9.

Josh’s, 3109 Route 9W, Saugerties 12477, c/o Joshua B. Gohl. Filed June 10. K and K Cleaning Services, 600 Glasco Turnpike, Saugerties 12477, c/o Keri D. Morris. Filed June 13.

$612 as claimed by Anthony’s Water Store, Wappingers Falls. New Ventures, 59 Webster Lock Property: in Wappinger. Filed Road, Rosendale 12472, c/o Randall J. Friedman and Denes Gutai. June 13. Filed June 10.

M.A.D. Contractors A Friedle and Son’s Co., 7 Olev Lane, New Paltz 12561, c/o Matthew A. Friedle. Filed June 13.

Johnson, Pearl M., as owner. $350 as claimed by Scott M. BryWhack, Tamiko, et al. Filed by ant, Hopewell Junction. Property: Sole Proprietorships The Bank of New York Mellon. 244 Country Club Road, East Arrow Promotions, 35 HighAction: seeks to foreclose on a Fishkill. Filed June 13. land Road, Ulster Park 12487, c/o mortgage to secure $270,750 affecting property located at 21 Noble, Leslie R., Warwick, as Nancy L. Dodge. Filed June 13. Alicia Lane, Warwick 10990. Filed owner. $5,200 as claimed by Schmick Surveying Inc., War- Awsome Reflections, 3 MeadJan. 15. wick. Property: 94 Minturn Road, ow Lane, West Camp 12490, c/o Christopher J. Sprance. Filed Whispell, Cindy L., et al. Filed Warwick 10990. Filed June 13. June 9. by Nationstar Mortgage L.L.C. Action: seeks to foreclose on a Storms, Carolyn, et al, as owner. mortgage to secure $185,915 af- $36,363 as claimed by Hudson C and W Medical Transporfecting property located at 45 Valley Home Source L.L.C., Gos- tation and Car Service, 1154 Downs St., Kingston 12401. Filed hen. Property: 6 Overlook Place, Route 32, Apt. 15, Wallkill 12589, unit A and B, Highland. Filed c/o Rafael Colon Roche. Filed June 11. June 10. June 11. White, Kristin, et al. Filed by Nationstar Mortgage L.L.C. Vir Balaji Inc., as owner. $8,044 Dan Couse Agency, 106 Shoprite Action: seeks to foreclose on a as claimed by Thompson Ridge Blvd., Ellenville 12428, c/o Daniel mortgage to secure $150,500 af- Landscape Maintenance, Bull- M. Couse. Filed June 12. fecting property located at 1038 ville. Property: 253 Tower Drive, Dutchess Turnpike, Poughkeep- Wallkill. Filed June 11. E.V.A. Securities, 110 Wrentham sie 12603. Filed May 28. St., Kingston 12401, c/o Eric J. Van Allen. Filed June 9. Zgrodek, Anthony III, et al. Filed by Green Tree Servicing Holding On Letting Go MemL.L.C. Action: seeks to foreclose oir Group of Kingston, 105 on a mortgage to secure $219,000 Mary’s Ave., Kingston 12401, c/o affecting property located at 289 Abigail Thomas. Filed June 10. Browns Road, Walden 12586. Filed Jan. 21.

Mirabella Designs, 63 N. Broadway, Kingston 12401, c/o Michael R. Odato. Filed June 13.

Wells, Roger, et al. Filed by High Falls Log L.L.C. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $135,000 affecting property located at 228 Maple Ave., Rosendale 12472. Filed June 13.

Zil, Reginald, et al. Filed by Bank of America N.A. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $222,000 affecting property located at 14 Westminster Drive, Middletown 10940. Filed Jan. 24.

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Mechanic’s Liens

Rick’s Place, 74 Van De Bogart Road, Woodstock 12498, c/o Richard W. Cameron. Filed June 10. Scone Ridge Baker, 369 Mohonk Road, High Falls 12440, c/o Lori A. Traver. Filed June 9. Time and Again, 6 Chester’s Place, Woodstock 12498, c/o Louise Cooper. Filed June 13. Will Mitchell: HVAC and Refrigeration, 56 Piazza Road, Kerhonkson 12446, c/o William R. Mitchell. Filed June 9.

Notice of Formation of THUNDERFOOT, LLC. Arts. of Org. filed with SSNY on 5/5/14. Office location: Westchester County. SSNY designated as agent of LLC whom process against may be served. SSNY shall mail process to: c/o THE LLC, 660 White Plains Rd. Ste. 455, Tarrytown, NY 10591. Purpose: all lawful activities. #59410

LDS SERVICES LLC, Arts. of Org. filed with the SSNY on 04/28/2014. Office location: Westchester County. SSNY has been designated as agent upon whom process against the LLC may be served. SSNY shall mail process to: William D. Sutherland, 45 High St., Mount Kisco, NY 10549. Purpose: Any Lawful Purpose. #59423

Notice of qualification of INTERACTIVE HEALTH, L.L.C.. Authority filed with the Sectíy of State of NY (SSNY) on 12/16/13. Office in Westchester County. Formed in NJ on 10/12/99. SSNY has been designated as agent of the LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to the LLC, 162 Lake Dr Mountain Lakes, NY 07046. Purpose: Any lawful purpose #59411

2101 Webster Ave, LLC Arts of Org filed NY Secy of State SSNY 5/7/14. Office: Westchester Co. SSNY design. agent of LLC upon whom process may be served and shall mail copy to princ. bus. address & registered agent: c/o Tara P. Sookdeo251 Worthington Rd. White Plains NY 10607. Purpose: any lawful activity. #59425

CANDACE COHEN CONSULTING SOLUTIONS, LLC, Arts. of Org. filed with the SSNY on 05/09/2014. Office loc: Westchester County. SSNY has been designated as agent upon whom process against the LLC may be served. SSNY shall mail process to: 11 North Bridge Rd., Mt. Kisco, NY 10549. reg Agent: Candace Cohen, 11 North Bridge Rd., Mt. Kisco, NY 10549. Purpose: Any Lawful Purpose. #59413 CAJ BEAUTY LLC, Authority filed with the SSNY on 05/08/2014. Office loc: Westchester County. LLC formed in DE on 02/07/2014. SSNY is designated as agent upon whom process against the LLC may be served. SSNY shall mail process to: C/O the LLC, 65 Court St., Ste. 4, White Plains, NY 10601. Address required to be maintained in DE: 16192 Coastal Hwy, Lewes DE 19958. Cert of Formation filed with DE Div. of Corps, 401 Federal St., Ste 4, Dover, DE 19901. Purpose: Any Lawful Purpose. #59418 Notice of Formation of Makloufi Language Solutions, LLC. Art. of Org. filed with the Secretary of the State of New York (SSNY) on 3/21/14. Offc. Loc. :Westchester Cty. SSNY designed as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served.. SSNY shall mail process to the LLC C/O United States Corp. Agents, Inc. 7014 13th Ave, Suite 202, Brooklyn, NY 11228 “PURPOSE: Any lawful purpose” #59419 Notice of Formation of Parallel Asset Management LLC. Art. Of Org. filed with SSNY on 5/13/14. Office Location: 81 Main Street, Suite 215, White Plains, NY 10601. SSNY designated as agent of the LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to: Parallel Asset Management LLC, 81 Main Street, Suite 215, White Plains, NY 10601.Purpose: any lawful purpose. #59420 Notice of Formation of KONOUZ SHOP, LLC Art. Of Org. filed with SSNY on 05/09/14. Offc. Loc: Westchester Cty. SSNY desig. as agent of the LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to the LLC, PO BOX 165, White Plains, NY 10602. Purpose: any lawful purpose. #59421 1517 PARK AVENUE LLC, Arts. of Org. filed with the SSNY on 05/16/2014. Office loc: Westchester County. SSNY has been designated as agent upon whom process against the LLC may be served. SSNY shall mail process to: 793 Heritage Hills, Somers, NY 10589. Purpose: Any Lawful Purpose. #59422

1256 Boynton Ave., LLC Arts of Org filed NY Secy of State SSNY 5/7/14. Office: Westchester Co. SSNY design. agent of LLC upon whom process may be served and shall mail copy to princ. business address & registered agent: c/o Tara P. Sookdeo 251 Worthington Rd. White Plains, NY 10607. Purpose: any lawful activity. #59426 1254 Boynton Ave., LLC Arts of Org filed NY Secy of State SSNY 5/7/14. Office: Westchester Co. SSNY design. agent of LLC upon whom process may be served and shall mail copy to princ. business address & registered agent: c/o Tara P. Sookdeo 251 Worthington Rd. White Plains, NY 10607. Purpose: any lawful activity. #59427 Wealth Of Wisdom, LLC, Arts. of Org. filed with NY Secy. of State (SSNY) on 03/03/14. Office loc: Westchester County. SSNY designated as agent upon which process may be served. SSNYshall mail a copy of any process against it served upon the LLC, to : 168A Irving Ave., Port Chester, NY 10573 Purpose:any lawful activity. #59431 Notice of Formation of Golden Physical Therapy PLLC. Certificate filed with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 08/14/2012. Office location: Westchester County. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail copy of process to the LLC, 18-11 Granada Crescent, White Plains, NY 10603. Purpose: any lawful activity. #59432 Coeus LLC. Art. of Org. filed with SSNY 5/16/14. Loc Westchester Cty. SSNY desig. as agent of the LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to the LLC, P.O. Box 690 Rye NY 10580. Purpose: any lawful act. #59433 JJCFFLP 1221 MAMARONECK LLC, Arts. of Org. filed with the SSNY on 05/22/2014. Office loc: Westchester County. SSNY has been designated as agent upon whom process against the LLC may be served. SSNY shall mail process to: C/O Mintz & Gold LLP, 470 Park Ave. S., 10th Flr. N., NY, NY 10016. Purpose: Any Lawful Purpose. #59435 GM PERSONAL, LLC, Arts. of Org. filed with the SSNY on 02/25/2014. Office loc: Westchester County. SSNY has been designated as agent upon whom process against the LLC may be served. SSNY shall mail process to: Giovanna Poccia, 288 Broadway, Pleasantville, NY 10570. Reg Agent: Giovanna Poccia, 288 Broadway, Pleasantville, NY 10570. Purpose: Any Lawful Purpose. #59436

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GM6 CONSTRUCTION, LLC, Arts. of Org. filed with the SSNY on 02/25/2014. Office loc: Westchester County. SSNY has been designated as agent upon whom process against the LLC may be served. SSNY shall mail process to: Giovanna Poccia, 288 Broadway, Pleasantville, NY 10570. Reg Agent: Giovanna Poccia, 288 Broadway, Pleasantville, NY 10570. Purpose: Any Lawful Purpose. #59437

GM6 RESIDENTIAL SERVICES, LLC, Arts. of Org. filed with the SSNY on 02/25/2014. Office loc: Westchester County. SSNY has been designated as agent upon whom process against the LLC may be served. SSNY shall mail process to: Giovanna Poccia, 288 Broadway, Pleasantville, NY 10570. Reg Agent: Giovanna Poccia, 288 Broadway, Pleasantville, NY 10570. Purpose: Any Lawful Purpose. #59438 GM6 PROPERTY MANAGEMENT, LLC, Arts. of Org. filed with the SSNY on 02/25/2014. Office loc: Westchester County. SSNY has been designated as agent upon whom process against the LLC may be served. SSNY shall mail process to: Giovanna Poccia, 288 Broadway, Pleasantville, NY 10570. Reg Agent: Giovanna Poccia, 288 Broadway, Pleasantville, NY 10570. Purpose: Any Lawful Purpose. #59439 Notice of Formation of Life.Beautiful Event Planning, LLC. Arts. Of Org. filed with SSNY on 12/11/13. Office location: Westchester County. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process may be served. SSNY shall mail process to 65 Burnside Drive, Hastings on Hudson, NY 10706. Purpose: any lawful act or activity. #59440 Notice of Formation of JIM MCELDERRY SOCCER LLC. Arts. of Org. filed with SSNY on 5/9/14. Office location: Westchester County. SSNY designated as agent of LLC whom process against may be served. SSNY shall mail process to: c/o THE LLC, 128 Weed Hill Ave., Stamford, CT 06907. Purpose: all lawful activities. #59441 Notice of Formation of Jabb Hooks Publishing, L.L.C. Articles of Organization filed with the Department of State of NY on 05/16/14. Office location: Westchester County. Secretary of State (ìSSNYî) is designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to: 5 Woods End Ln, Hartsdale, NY 10530. Purpose: any lawful act. #59442 NIKOLLE RADI LLC, Arts. of Org. filed with the SSNY on 05/15/2014. Office loc: Westchester County. SSNY has been designated as agent upon whom process against the LLC may be served. SSNY shall mail process to: The Forgione Law Firm PLLC, 395 Graham Ave., Brooklyn, NY 11211. Purpose: Any Lawful Purpose. #59443 Notice of formation of Simply Amazing Affairs, LLC. Filed with the secy. of state of NY (SSNY) on 04/11/14. Office Location: 3 Davenport Avenue, New Rochelle, NY 10805 SSNY has been designated for service of process. SSNY shall mail process to: 3 Davenport Avenue, New Rochelle, NY 10805 #1C. Purpose: Any lawful purpose #59444

Name: Nne Holistic Services, LLC Articles of Organization were filed with the Secretary of State of New York (SSNY) on 05/06/2014. Office Location: Westchester County. SSNY has been designated as agent of the LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail a copy of process to: The LLC, 1 Prospect Avenue, 2nd Floor ñ Suite 1, White Plains, NY 10607, Attn: Nneoma Onukwue principal business location of the LLC. Purpose: any lawful business activity. #59446 Notice of Formation of Jus’ Sayin’ Productions, LLC Art. Of Org. filed with SSNY on 04/09/14. Offc. Loc: Westchester Cty. SSNY desig. as agent of the LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to the LLC, 359 B Central Ave., Scarsdale, NY 10583 Purpose: any lawful purpose. #59447 Notice of Formation of Group L Consulting LLC. Arts. of Org. filed with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 9/23/13. Office location: Westchester County. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to: The LLC, 200 Upper Shad Road, Pound Ridge, NY 10576. Purpose: any lawful activity. #59448

Notice of formation of Limited Liability Company (ìLLCî). Name: Gouverneur Place Apartments LLC. Articles of Organization filed with the Secretary of State of the State of New York (ìSSNYî) on May 27, 2014. N.Y. office location: Westchester County. The SSNY has been designated as agent of the LLC upon whom process against it may be served. The SSNY shall mail a copy of any process to Gouverneur Place Apartments LLC, 8 Bashford Street, Yonkers, New York 10701. Purpose/ character of LLC is to engage in any lawful act or activity. #59449 EVIE’S PLAYLAND LLC, Arts. of Org. filed with the SSNY on 06/03/2014. Office loc: Westchester County. SSNY has been designated as agent upon whom process against the LLC may be served. SSNY shall mail process to: 57 Irving Pl. #4, NY, NY 10003. Purpose: Any Lawful Purpose. #59450 Notice of formation of 31-33 RIVERVIEW LLC. Art. Of Org. filed with the Sectíy of State of NY (SSNY) on 05/29/14. Office in Westchester County. SSNY has been designated as agent of the LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to the LLC, 61 Milford Dr Central Islip, NY 11722. Purpose: Any lawful purpose #59451 Notice of formation of CITYSAVVY LLC. Art. Of Org. filed with the Sectíy of State of NY (SSNY) on 04/04/14. Office in Westchester County. SSNY has been designated as agent of the LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to the LLC, 300 Pelham Rd New Rochelle, NY 10805. Purpose: Any lawful purpose #59452 Notice of Formation of Ocean Paddle Sports East, LLC Art. Of Org. filed with SSNY on 4/18/14. Offc. Loc: Westchester Cty. SSNY desig. as agent of the LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to the LLC, 36 Paddock LA, Bedford, NY 10506. Purpose: any lawful purpose. #59453 Notice of Formation of SGP REAL ESTATE LLC. Art. Of Org. filed with SSNY on 3/27/2014. Offc. Loc: Westchester Cty. SSNY desig. as agent of the LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to the LLC c/o UNITED STATES CORPORATION AGENTS, INC. 7014 13TH AVENUE, SUITE 202, BROOKLYN, NY 11228. Purpose: any lawful purpose. #59454

SPARKY NEVINS PRESIDENT LLC, Arts. of Org. filed with the SSNY on 06/03/2014. Office loc: Westchester County. SSNY has been designated as agent upon whom process against the LLC may be served. SSNY shall mail process to: Francois Barthelemy , 63 Brevoort Lane, Rye, NY 10580. Reg. Agent: Francois Barthelemy, 63 Brevoort Lane, Rye, NY 10580. Purpose: Any Lawful Purpose. #59455 Notice of Formation of BKC Casino Group, LLC Art. of Org. filed Sec’y of State ( SSNY) 6/4/14. Office location: Westchester Co. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail copy of process to Louis R. Capelli, c/o Cappelli Organization, 7 Renaissance Square, 4th Floor, White Plains, NY 10601. Purpose: any lawful purpose. #59457 Notice of Formation of BKC Equities, LLC Art. of Org. filed Sec’y of State ( SSNY) 6/4/14. Office location: Westchester Co. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail copy of process to Louis R. Capelli, c/o Cappelli Organization, 7 Renaissance Square, 4th Floor, White Plains, NY 10601. Purpose: any lawful purpose. #59458 127 HALSTEAD AVENUE, LLC, Arts. of Org. filed with the SSNY on 05/27/2014. Office loc: Westchester County. SSNY has been designated as agent upon whom process against the LLC may be served. SSNY shall mail process to: C/O Lichtenstein & Schindel, 158 West Boston Post Road, Mamaroneck, NY 10543. Purpose: Any Lawful Purpose. #59459 NOTICE OF QUALIFICATION of SHINE VICTORY II LLC. App. for Auth. filed w/ Sec. of State of NY (SSNY) on 5/23/14. Office loc.: Westchester Co. Formed in DE on 5/12/14. SSNY designated agent upon whom process against LLC may be served. SSNY shall mail process to: Law Office of James Jantarasami, 340 Madison Ave., 19th Fl., New York, NY 10173. DE address: A Registered Agent, Inc., 1521 Concord Pike #303, Wilmington DE 19803. Cert of LLC filed with Secy of State of DE at: 820 N French St, 4th Fl, Wilmington DE 19801. Purpose: any lawful activity. #59460 NOTICE OF QUALIFICATION of GRANDEUR NEW GLOBAL II LLC. App. for Auth. filed w/ Sec. of State of NY (SSNY) on 5/23/14. Office loc.: Westchester Co. Formed in DE on 5/12/14. SSNY designated agent upon whom process against LLC may be served. SSNY shall mail process to: Law Office of James Jantarasami, 340 Madison Ave., 19th Fl., New York, NY 10173. DE address: A Registered Agent, Inc., 1521 Concord Pike #303, Wilmington DE 19803. Cert of LLC filed with Secy of State of DE at: 820 N French St, 4th Fl, Wilmington DE 19801. Purpose: any lawful activity. #59461 Name of LLC: KWR GROUP LLC Arts. of Org. filed with SSNY on 6/3/14. Off. loc.: Westchester Cty. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail a copy of process to the LLC, c/o InCorp Services, Inc., One Commerce Plaza, 99 Washington Ave, Suite 805-A, Albany, NY 12210-2822. Purpose: any lawful activity. #59462 Notice of Formation of Arque Constellation Fund, LP (ACF). Certificate filed with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 6/4/2014. Office: 17 Elm Place Rye, NY 10580, Westchester County. SSNY designated Milton Associates, LLC, Gen. Partner of ACF as agent for ACF upon whom process may be served: 17 Elm Place Rye, NY. Term: until 12/31/2034. Purpose: any lawful activity. #59463

OTIAC LLC - Arts of Org filed NY Secy of State ( SSNY) 5/14/14. OFC in Westchester Co. SSNY design. Agent of LLC whom process my be served, SSNY shall mail process to 134 Popham Road, Scarsdale, NY 10583. Purpose: any lawful act. #59464 Notice of Formation of Global Construction Consultants LLC. Articles of Organization filed with SSNY on 5/20/2014. Office Location: Westchester County, NY. SSNY designated as agent of the LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to Dimitrios Tsesmetzis, 10 S. Division Street., New Rochelle, NY 10805. Purpose: Any lawful purpose. #59465 Notice of formation of Custom Management Associates, LLC Art. of Org. filed with SSNY on 6/11/14. Offc. Loc: Westchester Cty. SSNY desig. as agent of the LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to the LLC, 1695 Croton Lake Road Yorktown Heights, NY 10598. Purpose: any lawful purpose. #59466 Notice of Formation of 220 - 224 PURCHASE STREET LLC. Arts. of Org. filed with SSNY on 6/9/14. Office location: Westchester County. SSNY designated as agent of LLC whom process against may be served. SSNY shall mail process to: THE LLC, c/o Priolet & Associates, P.C., 1025 Westchester Ave. #320, White Plains, NY 10604. Purpose: all lawful activities. #59467 Notice of Formation of 20 EAST MAIN STREET LLC. Arts. of Org. filed with SSNY on 5/23/14. Office location: Westchester County. SSNY designated as agent of LLC whom process against may be served. SSNY shall mail process to: c/o THE LLC, 20 East Main St., New Rochelle, NY 10801. Purpose: all lawful activities. #59468 Notice of Formation of INTEGER ENTERPRISES LLC. Arts. of Org. filed with SSNY on 5/23/14. Office location: Westchester County. SSNY designated as agent of LLC whom process against may be served. SSNY shall mail process to: c/o THE LLC, 5 Hickory Pine Ct., Purchase, NY 10577. Purpose: all lawful activities. #59469 Notice of Formation of RESOLUTION PROPERTY PARTNERS LLC. Arts. of Org. filed with SSNY on 6/10/14. Office location: Westchester County. SSNY designated as agent of LLC whom process against may be served. SSNY shall mail process to: THE LLC, c/o USA Corporate Services Inc., 19 W 34th St., Ste. 1018, NY, NY 10001. The registered agent is: USA Corporate Services Inc. at the same address. Purpose: all lawful activities. #59470 Notice of qualification of BODHI CLOUD, LLC. Authority filed with the Sectíy of State of NY (SSNY) on 06/16/14. Office in Westchester County. Formed in DE on 04/28/14. SSNY has been designated as agent of the LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to the LLC, 6 Midland Gardens 4F Bronxville, NY 10708. Purpose: Any lawful purpose #59471 Notice of Formation of Red Apple East LLC . Arts of Org filed with SSNY on 6/10/2014. Office location; Westchester County . SSNY designated as agentof LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to: 125 Manhattan Ave , White Plains , NY 10603 . Purpose:any lawful activities #59472

Notice is hereby given that a license, pending for wine and beer has been applied for by the undersigned to sell wine and beer at retail in a coffee house under the Alcoholic Beverage Control Law at 1301 North Avenue, New Rochelle, Westchester for on premises consumption. Swirl Hospitality LLC DBA Swirl Coffee & Tea Room #59473 NYCT URGENT CARE 01, LLC, Authority filed with the SSNY on 05/12/2010. Office loc: Westchester County. LLC formed in DE on 01/08/2010. SSNY is designated as agent upon whom process against the LLC may be served. SSNY shall mail process to: C/O National Reg. Agents, Inc. 111 Eighth Avenue, NY, NY 10011. Address required to be maintained in DE: 160 Greentree Dr., Ste 101 Dover DE 19904. Cert of Formation filed with DE Div. of Corps, 401 Federal St., Suite 4, Dover, DE 19901. Purpose: Any Lawful Purpose. #59474 URGENT CARE PHYSICIAN OF NEW YORK-HARTSDALE, PLLC, a Prof. LLC. Arts. of Org. filed with the SSNY on 11/15/2010. Office loc: Westchester County. SSNY has been designated as agent upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to: National Reg. Agents, Inc., 111 Eighth Avenue, NY, NY 10011. Purpose: To Practice The Profession Of Medicine. #59475 GLC HOLDING LLC, Arts. of Org. filed with the SSNY on 05/08/2014. Office loc: Westchester County. SSNY has been designated as agent upon whom process against the LLC may be served. SSNY shall mail process to: The LLC, 7 Dempsey Place, Eastchester, NY 10709. Reg Agent: Ralph J. Russo, 7 Dempsey Place, Eastchester, NY 10709. Purpose: Any Lawful Purpose. #59476 Notice of Formation of Last Round GP LLC. Art. Of Org. filed with SSNY on 05/30/2014 . Office Location: Westchester County. SSNY designated as agent of the LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to: Andrew Utschig, 21 Copper Beach Circle, White Plains, NY. Purpose: any lawful purpose. #59477 Notice of Formation of Last Round LLC. Art. Of Org. filed with SSNY on 05/30/2014 . Office Location: Westchester County. SSNY designated as agent of the LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to: Andrew Utschig, 21 Copper Beach Circle, White Plains, NY. Purpose: any lawful purpose. #59478 Inca Guacho Corp. Notice is hereby given that a license, serial number pending for beer has been applied for by Inca Guacho Corp. to sell beer, and /or wine in a restaurant under the Alcoholic Beverage Control Law at 173 Westchester Avenue, Port Chester, New York 10573, for on-premises consumption. #59479 Notice of formation of Limited Liability Company (ìLLCî). Name: Chopin Group, LLC. Articles of Organization filed with the Secretary of State of the State of New York (ìSSNYî) on 6/13/14. N.Y. office location: Westchester County. The SSNY has been designated as agent of the LLC upon whom process against it may be served. The SSNY shall mail a copy of any process to Chopin Group, LLC, 200 Business Park Drive, Suite 203, Armonk, NY 10504. Name/address of each member available from SSNY. Purpose: any lawful activity. #59480

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