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PEEKSKILL LANDING PROJECT NEARS COMPLETION

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rent W. VanZandt, the city of Peekskill’s director of public works, recently stood on the banks of the Hudson River at the site of what will soon be a waterfront park. A bald eagle swooped down and with its massive claws plucked a fish out of the water, as if from a scene in a National Geographic special.

He later said he anticipated the former industrial site would become a destination for residents and visitors enjoying the scenery of the gateway of the Hudson Highlands. “In a few years, this place is going to be packed,” he said.

Peekskill Landing, a 4.3-acre waterfront public park, is set to open around Labor Day as part of an overall effort to open access to the Hudson River shoreline to encourage tourism, recreation and spur business. The $3.3 million project will include a boardwalk, a red cedar footbridge with lighting, a kayak launch and a gazebo with a 30-foot diameter.

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Diana Lovett, founder of Cissé Trading Co., displays her startup company’s products in Mamaroneck.

WESTCHESTER KNICKS AIM TO FILL SEATS AND COFFERS

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IT MAY BE THE MIDDLE OF BASEBALL SEASON, but Bill Boyce and his staff are preparing for basketball season.

In a second-floor conference room at the Westchester County Center in White Plains painted in the orange and blue and with the logo of the National Basketball Association’s

New York Knicks, boxes of souvenir basketballs are stacked up to the ceiling.

“These just came in the other day,” said Boyce, pointing to the boxes. Within arm’s reach are boxes of T-shirts, hats and rally towels all bearing the logo of the Westchester Knicks, the new NBA Development League team that will play 24 games at the 2,100seat Westchester County Center in the regular season that starts in November.

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Financial success for minor league sports teams is driven by two kinds of sales – selling an experience to fans that gets them into seats, and selling advertising and promotions to corporate sponsors, who pay to get their logo in front of the fans’ eyes.

For the Westchester Knicks, the experience is getting to watch future NBA players in an intimate setting at minor league prices, and the advertising – in true minor league style

– can be anything.

“I don’t think we’ll be able to hang a car from the ceiling here,” Boyce said.

During Boyce’s run as president of the Texas Legends, the D-League affiliate of the Dallas Mavericks, his staff sold a sponsorship that entailed a car hanging from the arena ceiling and also agreed a naming rights deal for the club’s court with the Mexican state of Knicks, page 6

Social entrepreneur does good with cocoa

BY JOHN GOLDEN jgolden@westfairinc.com

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n a Friday morning in late June, Diana Lovett stopped by her office in Mamaroneck for a press interview at the start of another long workday. The 400-square-foot office on Halstead Avenue, where Lovett employs three other women and a helpful rotation of interns from Pace University, is a two-mile pedestrian commute from her home in Larchmont, which served as her office until a year ago.

“That was a little chaotic, because I have a baby – and a cat,” said Lovett, the mother of a 2-year-old boy.

An entrepreneur in focused motion, she had done a product demo the previous day at the Whole Foods Market in Port Chester.

Today the Massachusetts native and Yale graduate had a train to catch to Manhattan, where the business she founded two years ago, Cissé Trading Co., was an exhibitor under the Taste NY banner at the Summer Fancy Food Show in the Javits Center.

Conveniently, the Cissé (pronounced seesay) office is directly across the street from the Metro-North station.

Her company’s fancy food on display?

Natural baking and hot chocolate powdered mixes that use cocoa harvested by farmers in a cooperative in the Dominican Republic certified by Fair Trade USA. “Demos are really effective,” Lovett said of all the store appearances she and her coworkers have made. “We can see the lift (in sales) on demo days.”

It was Whole Foods that gave her company its first lift onto retail shelves in fall of 2012. Cissé launched its line of natural cocoa-based products in 65 Whole Foods stores in the grocery chain’s Boston and MidAtlantic regions.

Lovett had started testing recipes for her chocolate brownie, layer cake and chocolate chip cookie and muffin mixes in February 2012, only a month before she met with a

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Whole Foods buyer in Boston. “We literally had samples that we made in the kitchen and poster boards” for the meeting, she recalled.

When Whole Foods agreed to stock her products, “We basically had from April to September to figure out how on earth to make a packaged food product. I was six months pregnant.”

To help fund its first production run, Cissé that August raised $30,000 in a campaign on Kickstarter, the online crowdfunding site. In two rounds of financing, it raised more than $600,000 from investors, exceeding Lovett’s $500,000 goal.

Since its Whole Foods launch, the company’s shelf presence has grown nearly tenfold, with 600 stores carrying its products. They include giants of the American supermarket industry, including Giant Food Stores, and gourmet groceries in the metropolitan area where Lovett and colleagues have gone “door-knocking” with their sales pitch – among them, Balducci’s, Fairway Market, DeCicco Family Markets, Mrs. Green’s Natural Market and Union Market.

Cissé also sells online through Amazon and Abe’s Market. In September, the startup will launch with the online grocer FreshDirect, Lovett said.

Cissé added a major customer this year when The Kroger Co., the national supermarket chain headquartered in Cincinnati, Ohio, agreed to stock its powdered mixes in the natural foods section of its stores with a launch in its Atlanta region.

“It’s 2,500 stores, which is big,” said Lovett. “Kroger is America’s largest grocery chain. So we’re thrilled. From Kickstarter to Kroger in a year and a half is like crazy.”

Cissé is vying for shelf space in a $3.2 billion market for baking and hot cocoa mixes, Lovett noted. “Eighty percent of it is the big guys,” with same-tasting products indistinguishable to consumers, she said. In that market, “I really think there’s a great opportunity for something that’s natural and has a social mission.”

For Lovett, the growing business merges

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her longtime humanitarian and charitable work in pursuit of social change with an entrepreneurial impulse that she first displayed as a lemonade stand operator as a kid growing up in Cambridge, Mass.

As a 19-year-old Yale undergraduate, she spent a year in South Africa doing volunteer work on a Fulbright scholarship, where she saw the devastating impact of the AIDS epidemic on Africans who could not afford to buy drug treatments. After postgraduate studies in international development economics at England’s Cambridge University, she returned to Africa to work for the Ethiopian Children’s Fund. (Lovett the entrepreneur brought back scarves from Ethiopia for resale in Boston.) At Keep A Child Alive, a New York City-based nonprofit that aids in medical treatment and support for African children and families infected

by HIV, she continued her work in African countries. Connecting to her experience on the continent, she chose as her company’s name a traditional African name that she finds “sweet and lyrical.”

Looking to start a socially engaged enterprise, Lovett drew upon another passion.

“I’ve always loved chocolate and hot cocoa,” she said. “So I kind of started putting pen to paper and traveled the world looking for cocoa” of the highest quality supplied by a farmers’ cooperative.

Her quest began in West Africa, the source of 80 percent of the world’s cocoa, Lovett said. But production there is geared for large-scale buyers. “Because we’re so small, the logistics were really hard at the time.”

She traveled to Central America. In the Dominican Republic, she found cocoa

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of high quality being produced by farmers in FUNDOPO, the Organic Growers Dominican Foundation. Lovett said the co-op includes about 700 farmers whose farms average about 2 acres in size. Fifteen percent of the farmers are women, she said.

“I loved the taste and I loved the people,” she said. A partnership was formed.

As a member of the global fair trade initiative, FUNDOPO is paid premiums of 15 to 20 percent over market rate for its farmers’ cocoa, Lovett said. About 80 percent of the premium revenue goes into community projects and the remainder is distributed to farmers, she said.

That cocoa arrives in the U.S. by a circuitous route. Fermented and dried at a processing center in the Dominican Republic, the collected cocoa beans are shipped from Santo Domingo to a processing plant in Brussels, Belgium, where European chocolatiers are better equipped for small-batch processing. From Belgium, the processed product is shipped to the U.S. as cocoa powder. Cissé’s products are packaged at a pancake mix manufacturer’s plant in the Central New York city of Auburn, better known as the historic home of William Seward and the abolitionist Harriet Tubman. From there they are sent to distributors’ warehouses across the country.

“It goes from Auburn, New York, to Auburn, Washington,” Lovett said.

As the business scales up, “We’re getting to the point where we’re going to be able to process in the U.S.,” she said.

From food science to financing to logistics, “I’ve had to learn a lot,” said Cissé’s founder. “Running a business, I’ve grown in so many ways.”

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Winter casts chill on region’s house sales

BY JOHN GOLDEN jgolden@westfairinc.com

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evere winter weather had a chilling effect on second-quarter housing sales in Westchester County and the lower Hudson Valley, according to analysts and brokers in the market. Whether the doubledigit decline in sales in Westchester from the second quarter in 2013 was largely a weatherinduced aberration or indicative of another trend in the market should be clear after the current third quarter, they said.

Realtors in the Hudson Gateway Multiple Listing Service reported 3,195 closings on residential properties in the second quarter across Westchester, Putnam, Rockland and Orange counties, a 9.2 percent decline from the region’s sales volume in the same quarter last year. Westchester and Orange counties showed the steepest declines, at 12 percent and 12.2 percent respectively.

Only Rockland County had a secondquarter increase in property transactions, with 463 sales of single-family houses, condominiums, cooperatives and two- to fourfamily dwellings representing a 6.2 percent year-to-year rise, according to the Hudson Gateway listing service.

In Westchester, the region’s largest resi-

dential market, sales of single-family houses dropped 13.5 percent from a year ago, with 1,232 homes sold from April through June this year, the listing service reported.

Douglas Elliman Real Estate in its quarterly report charted 1,194 closings on singlefamily homes in the county, a 16.7 percent decrease from the second quarter of 2013.

Miller Samuel Inc., the consultant preparing the Elliman Report, noted that severe winter weather pushed first-quarter pending sales into the second quarter. The result was a spike in residential contract activity despite the drop in sale closings. Elliman said contracts on single-family homes rose 3.9 percent from the second quarter last year and nearly 52 percent from this year’s first quarter, well above the 35.5 percent average increase from the first to second quarters of 2012 and 2013.

The Hudson Gateway Multiple Listing Service had 3,913 single-family houses listed for sale in Westchester at the end of June, a 5.7 percent increase from a year ago, when the county’s listing inventory hit a low mark.

The quarterly decline in sales volume in Westchester was not accompanied by a drop in the median sale price for a single-family house, which rose slightly to $651,250 from $650,000 in the second quarter last year, according to the listing service.

Elliman reported no year-to-year change from the county’s overall $650,000 median sale price for a single-family house. However, median prices for three-bedroom and fourbedroom homes rose 13.4 percent and 16.8 respectively from a year ago, according to Elliman’s analyst.

Elliman also noted the average listing discount in Westchester for a single-family house dropped to 2.7 percent this year from 7.2 percent in the second quarter last year.

P. Gilbert Mercurio, consultant and former CEO of the Hudson Gateway Association of Realtors, in his quarterly analysis for HGAR said the National Association of Realtors and other data providers and analysts “ascribe at least some of the slowdown in sales here and nationally to exceptionally difficult winter weather conditions that discouraged prospective purchasers from getting out and researching properties of interest.”

While this region “undoubtedly” felt some of that chilling effect on house hunting and sales, Mercurio added, “in our case there may also have been an equal or even larger effect from a simple market correction of the fast pace of sales in 2013 and the first quarter of 2014.”

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for the second quarter after a first quarter that ended with “fantastic numbers,” said Diana Cummins, a broker at Douglas Elliman Real Estate and president of the Hudson Gateway Association of Realtors.

In a winter of heavy snowstorms and ice, both sellers and buyers shied away from the market, she said. Sellers held off on listing their properties for sale in unfavorable conditions. “Every time they turned around, there was a blizzard,” Cummins said. Sellers also feared accidents to prospective buyers on their snow- and ice-covered properties.

“Everybody had a reason just to hold back a bit,” she said.

At the start of the third quarter, “I’m beginning to believe that we’re seeing a return of seasonality” in the Westchester market “that I haven’t seen in a few years,” Cummins said. “July is really quiet because people are away…I’m kind of encouraged. I think we might be seeing people feeling good about life again” following the recession “and taking a vacation.”

“I do think after the third quarter we’re going to see a little more semblance of a pattern” in the housing market, she said. “I think the next quarter is going to be the telling quarter. It tells us whether this was just an aberration because of the really bad winter.”

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House passes bill to repeal Hudson Valley electric capacity zone

BY MARK LUNGARIELLO mlungariello@westfairinc.com

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new pricing plan that upped some Hudson Valley electric rates by as much as 10 percent would be repealed under a proposed law that has made its way through the U.S. House of Representatives.

Hudson Valley businesses and residential ratepayers saw their electric bills shoot up in May due to the implementation of an electric capacity zone. The impact on local bills varied based on power company, location and type of use but some industrial companies saw increases of as much as 10 percent.

U.S Reps. Sean Patrick Maloney, a Putnam County Democrat, and Chris Gibson, a Columbia County Republican, sponsored repeal legislation that was approved in the House this month by a majority of 253-170. Maloney, in a conference call with reporters July 11, noted the price increase came after a winter in which average bills doubled and tripled.

“It’s an unacceptable burden based on

the winter we just had and the energy prices we pay,” he said. “We’re going to pursue every avenue to stop this and roll the rates back, including recovering the profits.”

Under the zone, power-generating companies such as Entergy Corp., the owner of Indian Point Energy Center in Buchanan, can charge more to distributors within the zone, like Consolidated Edison Inc. By compelling local utilities to purchase energy from suppliers within the zone, the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, or FERC, is hoping to spur construction of new power plants in the region.

Critics have said a better option than the zone would be to improve transmitter technology to distribute surplus energy from upstate suppliers to higher-demand regions downstate. There are a dwindling number of power plants in the downstate region, yet that part of the state consumes a majority of New York’s power. Opponents of the zone also say it works against state initiatives to develop better wind and solar technology to generate electricity.

Central Hudson Gas & Electric Corp. and New York’s Public Service Commission, which regulates utilities in the state, are in the midst of litigation in federal court trying to repeal the zone. Gibson said FERC should pre-empt the court action and any Senate action.

“I think what they should do today is decide they are going to cease and desist and withdraw these rate hikes,” he said.

Charles S. North, Dutchess County Regional Chamber of Commerce president, said in a statement the capacity zone was “misguided.”

“Our federal government should be doing everything in its power to help stimulate the economy and make it easier for hard-working employers to do business and raise their families in our region, not saddle them with undue burden,” he said.

Dutchess and Orange counties have filed affidavits in support of the legal effort to stop or alter the capacity zone, which was originally suggested by the New York Independent System Operator. Orange County estimated

its residents are paying an additional $10 per monthly bill due to the zone.

Marcus Molinaro, Dutchess County executive, said the region couldn’t afford the rate hikes. “This rate hike affects not only large employers like IBM but the families that make up the region’s communities,” he said.

Gibson and Maloney also are pushing for FERC to reform their process for decisionmaking to include public hearings and the concerns of ratepayers.

The bill needs approval by the Senate, where it is expected to be sponsored by Sen. Charles Schumer, a New York Democrat who has vocally opposed the capacity zone. The Senate may not take up the proposal until fall.

It would then need to be signed into law by President Barack Obama.

The Hudson Valley capacity zone is one of four in the state. It affects some, but not all, customers of Central Hudson, Con Edison, Binghamton-based New York State Electric & Gas Corp. and the Orange and Rockland power company.

Leif Skodnick contributed to this report.

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Craft brewer plans a hometown opening in Yonkers

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aving tapped into the wholesale craft beer business at bars and restaurants in the Hudson Valley region, a startup company is preparing to bring home its Yonkers brand with the opening of a microbrewery and tasting room in a historic building on the city’s downtown waterfront.

Yonkers Brewing Co. L.L.C., founded in 2012 by Yonkers residents John Rubbo and Nick Califano, has leased 4,700 square feet of streetfront space at 92 Main St., a former city trolley barn converted for live-work lofts and retail space across from the Yonkers MetroNorth Railroad station. The company this year will build out and equip the long-vacant space for its microbrewery and tasting room.

Yonkers Brewing Co. this month launched a fundraising campaign for its tasting room on Kickstarter, the popular online crowdfunding site, with a goal of raising $35,000 from donors by Aug. 10. As of July 16, more than half of that amount had been pledged by 162 backers.

With the Kickstarter campaign, “We wanted to build a little bit of community awareness,” Rubbo said. The startup also has done that by donating “a tremendous amount of beer,” he said, for business and community events in the year and a half since Yonkers Brewing made its first sale – to The Quarry restaurant in Tuckahoe. “I think it’s paid dividends,” he said of the company’s “grassroots” promotional effort.

The Kickstarter goal represents only a small fraction of the roughly $1.4 million investment that Rubbo said is needed for the craft brewer’s Main Street buildout – an 8 to 10-week project – operating and marketing budgets, equipment purchases and continued development of its wholesale business.

Wholesale customers will continue to be supplied through the startup’s contract brewing arrangement with Thomas Hooker Brewing Co. in Bloomfield, Conn.

Rubbo said the company has grown its wholesale draft beer trade to include about 150 bars and restaurants from New York City to Westchester and Putnam counties and the lower Hudson Valley. Yonkers Brewing at the start of this year struck a distribution deal with another Westchester startup in the booming craft beer industry, Sarene Craft Beer Distributors L.L.C. in New Rochelle.

Rubbo said the company recently began bottling its flagship Vienna lager, which is sold at Whole Foods Market stores on Manhattan’s Upper West Side. Stew Leonard’s in Yonkers has been its largest customer, he said.

Rubbo indicated the several brands crafted by head brewer Sharif Taleb and the company’s co-founders are not designed for a

select crowd of craft beer drinkers with wellcultivated palates. Rather, “We’ve tried to bridge the gap between the craft beer drinkers and the mainstream beer drinkers.” The latter group includes 89 percent of America’s beer drinkers, he noted.

Rubbo said the company hopes to employ about 10 full-time and part-time workers with the opening of the microbrewery and tasting room and double that number within two years.

In the third phase of the partners’ business plan, Yonkers Brewing Co. will replace its contract brewer in Connecticut with its

own brewing plant in Yonkers. Rubbo said though there is no fixed timetable, they hope to reach that growth stage within the next five years.

Looking to open their microbrewery on the city waterfront, “It took us some time to find the right space,” said Rubbo, a former public affairs assistant at Yonkers City Hall under Republican mayors John Spencer and Philip Amicone. The high-ceilinged brick trolley barn at 92 Main St. “was the perfect space for us.”

“It’s been quite a long time coming, but we’re finally there,” he said.

Yonkers Brewing Co. co-founders John Rubbo, left, and Nicholas Califano sample one of their craft beer brands in this promotional photo.

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Peekskill ­— From page 1

The city is constructing a 3-mile walkway that spans nearly its entire waterfront on what will be the longest stretch of public land on the Hudson waterfront in Westchester County.

The walkway will run from Buchanan northward, where walkers will have a unique view of the Bear Mountain Bridge.

With increased public access to the waterfront, Peekskill officials say, comes increased opportunities for private businesses and residential development nearby. South of Peekskill Landing, the city in recent years has seen several new restaurants and the docking of a river tour boat called the Evening Star.

Michael Welti, director of planning, said the city has applications for three more new restaurants. A Holiday Inn Express opened last spring, and the Lincoln Depot Museum, a 3,000-square-foot building opening on a stop on Abraham Lincoln’s inauguration tour, is scheduled to open shortly.

“As it all comes together, it gets that much better,” Welti said. Peekskill’s longterm economic development plan includes redeveloping parts of Central Avenue, a street that connects the waterfront and the city’s downtown. There are talks by some local businesses to fund a shuttle or trolley system from the water to the downtown.

The city, which has had seen increasing interest in residential development, including a nine-story building downtown, is tapping into a housing trend: Young educated adults are choosing to live in urban environments close to public transportation, and Peekskill’s station is adjacent to Peekskill Landing. The Peekskill Business Improvement District has a slogan: “You can move to the suburbs but still live in the city.”

The city is very walkable, Welti said. “As a historical city, we already have those bones,” he said.

The waterfront was once a booming center of industry and a popular commercial port in the days before the railroad was built.

In the early 20th century it was the site of lumberyards and other businesses, but several of the waterfront parcels went vacant by the latter half of the century.

In 1998, the land trust organization Scenic Hudson reached a deal to buy the Peekskill Landing property, then entered an agreement with the city to clean up the site and convert it into parkland. Plans for the property were delayed as the environmental remediation process took longer than expected and grant moneys were slow to be approved. The cleanup and construction included city funds, which were offset by a $1.1 million Department of Environmental Conservation grant and $2.2 million from Empire State Development, as well as several other grants.

Peekskill contracted Quennell, Rothschild & Partners L.L.P. as architect in 2005 and the cleanup was completed in late 2011. The city hired Con Tech Construction to build the park based on its design plans. An aspect city officials said they have high hopes for is a small amphitheater and two lawn areas where small concerts can be held while families sit on the grass or picnic. Officials told the Business Journal Peekskill had a large turnout for their Independence Day celebration and there are nearly weekly outdoor events during summer.

Jean Friedman, planner with the Department of Planning and Development, said the efforts of waterfront reclamation dating back to the 1970s were now producing dividends. “We always knew we had value on the waterfront,” she said.

Peekskill Landing will include artistic landscaping and several public-art sculptures. There were 58 proposals from local artists, according to Friedman. A five-person committee whittled that down to five finalists and then chose three to be installed on 30-foot diameter spaces along the walking trail. The first sculpture, which will join other public-art sculptures in place elsewhere on the waterfront, will be installed July 23.

City Manager Anthony Ruggiero said the art works well with the backdrop. “The best sculpture in the world – the Hudson,” he said. It wasn’t long ago that Peekskill carried a stigma among outsiders. Ruggiero said that is slowly fading as word gets out that the city is clean, safe and a nice place to live and do business. “I think the message is getting out there,” he said.

Knicks ­— From page 1

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“We really want to make an environment that is great for families,” Boyce said.

“Families can bring their kids out and the kids can take away a memory that they can take with them for the rest of their lives.

We’re also in a great business climate, and we’re very business friendly. We do have courtside suites, which are right-beside-thecourt seating. They seat six people and they have some branding on them.”

Since its founding in 2001, the NBA D-League has, like most minor leagues, had its share of ups and downs. Seventeen teams in the D-League have either folded or relocated as the league adapted its business and basketball models to find success on and off the court. This past season, the D-League drew 1,131,543 total fans, with an average game attendance during the regular season of 2,838.

“The league has progressed, and the catalyst for the progression was the new collective bargaining agreement,” said Boyce, whose basketball experience ranges from broadcasting at his alma mater, Wheaton College, to being a licensed NBA player agent. “The change that that really allowed was that players in the first three years can be assigned down, so it increased the number of NBA players who could be playing in the D-League, and it opened up the option of players anywhere in their career could opt to come down to the D-League at any time.”

Because of those changes, the caliber of basketball improved. The 18-team league had 98 players appear in NBA games last year, and roughly one-third of the players on

Bill Boyce, vice president of sales and business operations of the Westchester Knicks and Westchester County Executive Rob Astorino.

NBA rosters at the end of the 2013-14 season had D-League playing experience.

The Knicks organization is hoping that, in addition to producing NBA players, the D-League club will be a financial success.

“The Madison Square Garden Company is very committed on both of those fronts, and very committed to running a great business like they do with each of their teams,” Boyce said. “They’re very committed to the quality of basketball, and they’re very committed to the overall experience.”

Boyce and his staff will continue to build that experience over the summer.

“There’s no easy way to do it, in the sense that there’s a lot of work that has to be done,” Boyce said of the process of starting a franchise from scratch. “We just have to roll up our sleeves and do it. It’s hard work, but it’s rewarding work. When we see the smiles on the faces of families here in a few months, it’s all going to be worth it.”

The Westchester Knicks first season at the 2,100-seat Westchester County Center in White Plains starts in November.

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awyers who specialize in complex commercial litigation are closely watching a pilot program that will begin July 28 with the assignment of one out of five cases to mandatory mediation in New York County’s Commercial Division of the New York Supreme Court. My hope is that if successful, the pilot – designed to ease the court’s crushing backlog – will also make mediation a more acceptable tool to resolve disputes and spare clients from the financial and emotional drain that plagues complex commercial litigation today.

The cost of complex litigation has escalated sharply, particularly in this age of electronic discovery. Legal teams are required to immerse themselves in troves of electronic data and produce the relevant nonprivileged contents, usually with the aid of companies that provide vital specialized support for this process. Lawyers are held professionally liable if they fail to vet paper and electronic trails thoroughly, with the result that pretrial discovery may commonly cost clients hundreds of thousands or even millions of dollars.

Other significant litigation costs contribute to the tab: expert witness fees, deposition

transcript fees, as well as protracted discovery disputes between parties.

The irony is that there’s a good chance the parties will enter into a settlement anyway.

More than 90 percent of business disputes end in a settlement, according to a report by the Chief Judge’s Task Force on Commercial Litigation in the 21st Century. However, settlements usually are made late in the game, after discovery, dispositive motions (to dismiss the case, for example), and extended pretrial proceedings in court. This is unfortunate for all concerned.

A MUSHROOMING DOCKET The pilot program also is designed to retain the Commercial Division’s stature as a leading commercial law standard setter, and a key reason why companies choose to do business in New York. In 1995, New York became the first state in the country to create a specialized commercial court to handle complex business lawsuits. With their singular focus on complex commercial matters, Commercial Division judges regularly decide cutting-edge legal issues. The division’s expertise and efficiency has taken business case law to new heights, and the

Commercial Division’s influence extends beyond the state.

But the Commercial Division is a victim of its own success, with a mushrooming docket and more complex cases, particularly in the wake of the 2008 financial crisis. To ease the backlog, it has been suggested that judges use their authority to send more cases to mediation. But attorneys often resist. They advise business clients not to be the first party to suggest mediating a dispute for fear of appearing weak or as lacking confidence in their cases. The mandatory mediation pilot is designed to override attorney resistance to opt for mediation before a trial commences.

At present, parties, if they agree, have the option to decline to participate in mediation and any party may seek exemption for good cause.

The New York County pilot program will last 18 months, after which it will be evaluated and either expanded, modified or abandoned. One cannot predict the future with certainty, but I believe the pilot program will be a resounding success. So do many of the legal profession’s most influential groups, such as the New York State Bar Association’s

Commercial and Federal Litigation Section and the Supreme Court Committee of the New York County Lawyers’ Association, which have endorsed the idea.

Mandatory mediation will only enhance the reputation of the Commercial Division as a court attuned to the needs of business and its need to cost-effectively resolve disputes.

With its own vibrant economy, Westchester County has its own Commercial Division.

By promoting greater use of the mediation process in the county Commercial Division, the Westchester business community makes the county a more desirable place to start, relocate or expand a business.

Attorneys now have the opportunity to educate clients about the benefits of opting for mediation over litigation. Opening the door to mediation should no longer be viewed as a sign of weakness; more often than not, it’s a sign that lawyers are putting their clients’ interests first.

Fred D. Weinstein is a partner and head of litigation at Kurzman Eisenberg Corbin & Lever L.L.P. in White Plains. He can be reached at fweinstein@kelaw.com and 914-993-6057.

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Savvy customers demanding more knowledge from salespeople

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etailers are increasingly devoting time and money to their online presence. This includes their websites, blogs, social media, digital advertising and, increasingly, mobile apps as the lines between digital and in-person sales are rapidly dissolving. Many people who feared making an online purchase just a few years ago are now unhesitatingly making multiple purchases on the Web. And brick-and-mortar retailers are feeling the impact. “Showrooming,” in which shoppers examine a product in a store then buy it online for less, has become a common – and accepted – practice, one that puts companies and their salespeople at risk of losing sales and business.

This past week, according to Stores magazine, Amazon.com, with $44 billion in retail sales, became one of the top 10 retailers in the country and the only solely online retailer to ever reach the top 10. It also showed more than four times the growth (27 percent) of any of the other top 10 retailers.

In light of Amazon’s success, it is interesting to note that a revenue decline of 1.2 percent for Best Buy, which isn’t in the top 10, was mitigated by its almost 20 percent increase in online sales.

So, how can retail companies compete with this digital onslaught?

The first step is to make sure their employees and salespeople are knowledgeable about the products they are selling. No longer is it acceptable to just point to a product and read the product features. This was indeed the case when I was shopping for a new computer at Best Buy. Their online promotions had drawn me into their store but the salespeople were ill-equipped to handle my inquiries and lost the sale. (I ended up buying a laptop online instead.)

Employees must be empowered. Not only must they know about the products they are selling but they must be aware of what is being said about them online. The comments and feedback that people make about a product are highly influential – and can radically change which product is selected and ultimately purchased. Partaking in online comments and discussions – or at least reviewing them – increases knowledge of a product, and allows a salesperson to be ready to agree or disagree with online comments and demonstrate superior product knowledge. In short, it will help the sale.

Several years ago, while I was deciding on which new gas grill to purchase (at Home Depot), another customer talked me out of my original choice. He said he had done a lot of online research and that another grill

(that he pointed to) was a better grill. In fact, during his explanation, a Home Depot salesperson came over and started listening to our conversation. When I asked the salesperson if he had any comments or wanted to add something, he responded that he was learning, too. End result, I bought the grill the other customer recommended and couldn’t be happier with it; it’s the best grill TWB Tota I have ever WCBJ owned. What was important in the7.375” sale was recommendation – which w xthe 7.125” h should have come from the employee.

11/20/13 There cannot be a disconnect between the actions of marketing and sales; they must work in conjunction to be effective.

If marketing is promoting a product, the

salespeople must be knowledgeable not only about the product and the campaign, but any feedback associated with both the product and the campaign. Although most showrooming involves queries on price, already having the answers to objections and questions – even involving price – will generate more sales. Furthermore, a positive encounter that can elicit positive feedback and comments from customers can then be funneled back into the online marketing campaign, further increasing its effectiveness.

Almost every sales course emphasizes the importance of salespeople knowing everything about the products they are selling.

Knowledge is power – and sales. Just reading

labels or knowing the basics is no longer sufficient. Your customers require more; they are more knowledgeable, Internet savvy and less tolerant. In today’s rapidly merging digital and brick-and-mortar world, it is often the similarly savvy and knowledgeable salespeople working in conjunction with marketing who are best equipped to get the sale and repeat business.

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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Greenburgh shooting range will lose its lease

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privately owned shooting range in Greenburgh will lose its lease next month, effectively ending a debate on whether the gun range should operate so close to a new residential subdivision.

The Westchester County Police Revolver and Rifle League has operated for 70 years on Ardsley Road but faced growing opposition since a woman claimed she was hit in the leg by a bullet fragment in her backyard in Ardsley Chase. The range voluntarily closed on June 12 pending analysis of the fragment.

Town Supervisor Paul Feiner, a Democrat, said he was notified July 16 by Consolidated Edison Inc., which owns the property, that it would terminate the lease with the gun range in 30 days. Feiner, earlier that day, proposed a law that would prohibit outdoor firing ranges from operating within a certain distance of residents and public spaces. It is unclear if that law, which would have forced the closure of the Ardsley Road gun range, will still be pursued.

“I don’t think that if somebody is living in the town of Greenburgh and they’re having a barbecue, they should have to wear a bulletproof vest,” he said.

Pam Epstein, who lives in Ardsley Chase, spoke to Town Board members at a July 16 meeting in support of the ordinance. “We are not talking about golf balls; we are not saying that golf balls are trespassing on our property,” she told elected officials. “We’re looking at bullets, and bullets can kill.”

Robert Berkowitz, attorney for the

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The range had a large dirt hill to absorb bullets, backed by a large stone wall. There were plates that prevent shooters from firing rounds in the air. Berkowitz said that there was no way the resident who was allegedly hit by a fragment could have been struck by a direct shot.

“This incident is being falsely portrayed and certain people want to tell us their facts of how this happened,” he said.

Robert Bernstein, an attorney and president of the local civic group The Edgemont Community Council, drafted the ordinance, which would require at least a quarter mile between outdoor ranges and any public spaces or homes. It also would require ranges to obtain $5 million worth of liability insurance.

“This is not a Second Amendment issue,” Bernstein said at the board meeting.

“This is not barring all outdoor ranges in Greenburgh, this is not barring all firing ranges in Greenburgh, but it tries to strike a balance to protect the rights of residents who have moved in and are entitled to have peace and quiet in their neighborhood, too, just like everybody else.”

An indoor range is scheduled to open on Route 9A near the Captain Lawrence Brewery, Feiner said.

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hose who want to experience skydiving without actually jumping from a perfectly good aircraft will be able to do so in Yonkers at Westchester’s Ridge Hill’s newest addition, iFly Indoor Skydiving.

IFly Indoor Skydiving replicates skydiving through the use of a fan-driven wind tunnel. Four fans at the top of the building create a cushion of air within the wind tunnel on which a person can safely float. No special skills are required, and participants can be as young as 3 years old.

The facility is expected to be completed in early 2015.

“We build one of the most unique entertainment experiences available – one that not only inspires people to try something new, but also to realize their childhood dream of flying without strings attached,” said Tyler Andrews, iFfly vice president of projects, in a press release. “It is a thrill to be able to bring this experience to the greater New York area and we are pleased to be working with Westchester’s Ridge Hill team.”

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When business owners deserve a pay raise I haven’t had a raise in a long time. As a business owner I’ve scrimped and cut corners to get through lean times. I’ve given employees raises and spent money to upgrade equipment. It seems like there’s never enough. My family is pressuring me to increase what I bring home. As an owner, how do I make sure I get paid properly for all of my hard work, too?

THOUGHTS OF THE DAY: Business owners work for both short- and long-term gain. Ensuring the business is sufficiently profitable at all times is an essential owner responsibility.

Make sure you’re doing more than working for low wages.

Being a business owner is a balancing act. Rewards come in many forms, including salary, which is the short-term reward; distributions, which are the medium-term reward; and increased valuation of the business, which is the long-term goal. It’s a matter of getting it right in all three categories, all the time.

Job number one is to figure out where any immediate shortfall is coming from: not enough clients, not enough profit per client, too much spending, not enough future planning, etc. Ask employees to make suggestions for improvements. As things improve, define how much of that goes into a pay raise for you and distributions at year’s end, and how much gets plowed back into the business to build exit value. Put it in writing and stick with the plan.

Make sure family and employees understand what you’re working to accomplish.

Listen carefully when they challenge you.

Ask yourself: What could be done now to improve results by year’s end?

Think about long-term value as well.

What will the business be worth when you’re ready to exit? What will you be selling and to whom? Work backward from that endpoint to today. Lay out the actions needed to get from here to there.

Your job as CEO is to set direction.

Make sure goals are in place. Build budgets and forecasts to match goals. Hold people accountable for delivering to goal and staying within budget. When people are struggling, evaluate if they’re in the right seat on the bus, belong on the bus at all or if they need more training and time to develop.

Do the same for vendors and customers.

When the business is in trouble, call in extra resources to assist before problems become crises.

You won’t have the perspective, time or energy needed to be an effective CEO if you’re running around making things happen with day-to-day activities. Build a team that can help the business move forward.

Learn to delegate instead of doing. Follow up to ensure things went as expected. Learn to ask, “Who can get this done?” Step back.

Make room for other people to contribute.

As CEO, you’re multitasking all the time: ensuring the company today has enough great customers willing to pay for today’s goods and services, as you

invest to ensure that tomorrow’s customers, income, employees, products and service are as good as, or better than today’s.

Build reports and set aside discussion and analysis time so that it’s easier to see if things are on track.

Test your growth plan for the business.

Does it generate enough profits to pay the owner fairly, pay taxes, pay off debts and add to reserves? Can you minimize the risk of having to put in funds in difficult times?

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INBRIEF SURVEY: MANUFACTURING CONDITIONS AT FOUR-YEAR HIGH

New York manufacturers in July have seen overall business conditions improve for the third consecutive month, according to the Federal Reserve Bank of New York’s latest Empire State Manufacturing Survey.

Despite those gains, manufacturers this month are less optimistic about future conditions in their businesses than they were in June, the survey found.

Federal Reserve analysts said the state’s general business conditions index reached a four-year high in July. Of manufacturers responding to the survey, 41 percent reported improved conditions from June to July, while 15 percent said business conditions had worsened.

Both the Federal Reserve index for new orders and its shipment index this month were at their highest levels since early 2010, analysts said. The new orders index was unchanged from June.

Analysts said a monthly drop in the unfilled orders index suggested that fewer orders remained unfilled, while inventory levels saw a small decline.

Analysts said rises in indexes for price paid and received by manufacturers indicated that the pace of price increases accelerated in July. Labor market conditions in the industry continued to improve, with employment levels showing a “solid increase,” according to the survey. The average employee workweek showed a slight increase in hours worked.

“Despite the steep gains in many of the survey’s indexes for current conditions, optimism about future conditions, while still fairly strong, diminished,” the Federal Reserve reported. Looking ahead, manufacturers were least optimistic about general business conditions, new orders and shipments, according to the survey, while expecting an increase in technology spending.

WANTED IN NEWBURGH: PATTERN FOR PROGRESS FELLOWS

Hudson Valley Pattern for Progress, a Newburgh-based nonprofit policy and planning organization for the nine-county region, is seeking midcareer professionals to join its Fellows program in the class of 2014-15.

Pattern for Progress officials said program fellows will attend a series of interactive classes with experts on the Hudson Valley region and work on a unique research project tied to the organization’s 50th anniversary year.

A Pattern spokesperson said the fellows program was started in 2007 to expand the

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horizons of professionals already acknowledged as leaders in their communities and disciplines. It helps participants gain a more intimate knowledge of the region and encourages them to explore regional approaches to their work.

Classes will meet every other Tuesday from October through May at the Pattern office at 3 Washington Center on the campus of SUNY Orange in Newburgh. Classes will run from 4 to 6 p.m.

The spokesperson said the 2014-15 fellows project will dovetail with a larger initiative that Pattern staff will lead in regard to retaining and attracting young people and families to urban centers in the Hudson Valley. The organization is seeking businesses and nonprofits to sponsor the urban centers project.

For more information on becoming a Pattern fellow or fellows sponsor, visit the pattern-for-progress.org website. To become involved, contact Jonathan Drapkin, Pattern for Progress president and CEO, at jdrapkin@ pfprogress.org, or Robin DeGroat at rdegroat@pfprogress.org, or call 845-565-4900.

NEW ROCHELLE BUSINESS OWNER ACCUSED OF BILKING MEDICAID

The owner of a medical transport company in New Rochelle faces felony charges for alleged Medicaid fraud, state Attorney General Eric T. Schneiderman announced.

Kurien Palliankal, a 48-year-old Yonkers resident and the owner of Carewell Ambulette Inc., was arrested July 10 for allegedly stealing more than $200,000 from the Medicaid program.

Palliankal and his company are accused of altering transportation requests from medical facilities for taxi service for Medicaid patients to requests for ambulette service, which is reimbursed by Medicaid at a rate four times higher than for taxis, according to the attorney general. The alleged thefts occurred over a nearly four-year period that ended in March 2010.

Palliankal and the Carewell corporation were each charged with one count of seconddegree grand larceny, a class C felony punishable by a maximum sentence of 5 to 15 years in prison. The owner and his company additionally face five counts of second-degree criminal possession of a forged instrument, a class D felony, as well as first-degree offering a false instrument for filing and first-degree falsifying business records, class E felonies.

Palliankal was arraigned in New Rochelle City Court and released on his own recognizance.

IBM INVESTS $3B IN CHIP RESEARCH

IBM Corp. will invest $3 billion to build a better semiconductor chip, the Armonkbased technology giant announced July 10. The investment represents 10 percent of the company’s entire research budget,

according to Forbes.

Over the next three years, IBM will research innovations to build smaller chips to meet the tech market shift toward cloud computing and “big data” applications that require smaller parts.

The company also will research the viability of shifting materials used in chipmaking, creating durable and low-energy alternatives to what is currently on the market.

The first step in development is to scale down semiconductors to 7 nanometers from their current 22 nanometers. The company said its researchers and those at other companies expect the 22 can be scaled down to 14 and 10 in the next several years. John Kelly, senior vice president of IBM Research, said, “The question is not if we will introduce 7-nanometer technology into manufacturing, but rather how, when and at what cost?”

DEMS WANT HEARING ON ASTORINO CONSULTING

Two Westchester County legislators want to hold public hearings to discuss the office time and outside business dealings of Westchester County Executive Rob Astorino.

Astorino is the Republican Party’s gubernatorial candidate looking to unseat Gov. Andrew Cuomo. Since before Astorino formally announced his intention to run, county Democrats have accused the executive of neglecting his county duties in order to campaign across the state.

Legislators Peter Harckham and Ken Jenkins, both Democrats, also want Astorino to answer to a Daily News report that said he earned $30,000 as a consultant to Connecticut-based radio conglomerate Townsquare Media.

Harckham, who previously backed legislation to ask for Astorino’s resignation in the midst of the campaign, said, “I think it’s time for County Executive Astorino to come clean about a number of serious issues, including how much time each week he is devoting to campaigning and working as an outside consultant.”

The duo said Astorino needed an ethics waiver from the Board of Legislators to accept outside employment.

Bill O’Reilly, a campaign spokesman for Astorino, said Jenkins and Harckham “barked themselves out years ago.”

“The number of attacks they’ve made on County Executive Astorino over the past five years must now number in the hundreds,” O’Reilly said. Astorino’s contract for outside consulting was reviewed by legal counsel, he said.

“Certainly, Mr. Jenkins understands that; he has three separate jobs,” O’Reilly said.

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SIGNATURE FINANCIAL ENTERS MARINE, FRANCHISE MARKETS

Signature Financial L.L.C., a specialty finance subsidiary of Signature Bank, announced it will begin offering direct finance services for the commercial marine and franchise industries.

Signature Financial hopes to provide financing to franchise operators across a variety of national and regional restaurant concepts and chains, while its commercial marine unit will specialize in the financing of commercial vessels, including supply ships, tug boats, barges and commercial pas-

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“Our entrance into the specialty finance arenas for both the franchise and marine markets … represents our commitment to seize relevant opportunities to provide clients a comprehensive portfolio of products and services,” said Joseph J. DePaolo, president and CEO of Signature Bank, in a statement.

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INBRIEF BUSINESS JOURNAL, HEARST SIGN NEWS PACT

In a first-of-its-kind agreement for Westfair Communications Inc., publisher of the Westchester County Business Journal, the White Plains-based company has entered into a news-sharing agreement with Hearst Connecticut Media Group.

Hearst’s properties include regional dailies the Connecticut Post based in Bridgeport, The News-Times based in Danbury, The Advocate in Stamford and Greenwich Time, plus five local weeklies.

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and, more importantly, it gives readers more complete business news.”

The Westchester County Business Journal and its sister Fairfield County Business Journal are 50 years old. They were founded by former Westchester resident David Moore, a grandson of New York publisher Joseph Pulitzer, and John Smith, a former Wall Street Journal editor.

Westfair also sponsors seminars, expos, conferences, roundtable discussions and debates, and the popular Fairfield County 40 Under 40 event, which recently drew a record crowd to The Palace Theatre in downtown Stamford.

Hearst dates to the 19th century when William Randolph Hearst founded it. Today the company owns 15 dailies and 34 weeklies nationally.

NEW YORK MEDICAL COLLEGE FINDS TEACHING PARTNER IN BROOKLYN

New York Medical College in Valhalla has formed a new academic partnership with Brookdale University Hospital and Medical Center in Brooklyn.

A spokesperson for the 154-year-old health sciences university said its undergraduate medical students will receive training at Brookdale during required and elective rotations in medicine, pediatrics, surgery, obstetrics/gynecology, psychiatry, family medicine, neurology and other disciplines. Brookdale also will offer training for New York Medical College graduate students in speech-language pathology and physical therapy.

Dr. Edward C. Halperin, chancellor and CEO of New York Medical College, in the announcement noted that Brookdale Hospital was the academic home of Dr. Béla Schick, “whose scientific work led to the elimination of the childhood scourge, diphtheria. NYMC and Brookdale share a joint history and culture of providing medical care and education of the highest quality to everyone.”

Brookdale President and CEO Mark E. Toney called the new academic affiliation with NYMC “great news for our patients and staff. Their desire to partner with Brookdale reaffirms the quality of medical teaching and care that we offer on a daily basis.”

New York Medical College officials in June announced a new academic affiliation with Saint Michael’s Medical Center in Newark, N.J., for undergraduate and graduate medical students.

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Cyberattacks costly for banks and businesses Cybersecurity breaches pose a near-constant threat

BY LEIF SKODNICK lskodnick@westfairinc.com

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f John Dillinger were alive today, he might use a computer instead of a Tommy gun.

Dillinger, the infamous Depressionera bank robber, used force at a time when a bank’s vault could only be emptied by physical means. A modern bank robber could potentially empty the vault sitting on his couch with a laptop – a possibility that law enforcement agencies and banks in Westchester and Fairfield counties are working diligently to prevent.

In May, the New York Department of Financial Services, the regulatory agency that oversees banks, released a 12-page report on cybersecurity. The report, which covered the results of a survey of 154 financial institutions, probed preparedness measures, information security framework, the frequency nature, cost of, and response to cybersecurity breaches and the institutions’ future plans on cybersecurity.

“Hackers spend day and night trying to think up new ways to steal consumers’ personal information and disrupt our nation’s financial markets, and it’s more important than ever that we rise to meet that challenge,” said Benjamin Lawsky, superintendent of the Department of Financial Services, in a press release that accompanied the report’s release.

“Banks everywhere have experienced cyberattacks, and Connecticut is no exception,” said Bruce Adams, general counsel at the Connecticut Department of Banking.

Cyberattackers had tried to hit nearly every bank, regardless of size, surveyed for the New York state report. Notably, the report stated that although institutions reported numerous attempted systems intrusions over the prior 12 months, very few institutions experienced successful breaches resulting in significant monetary damages.

“Everybody worries about cybersecurity,” said John Tolomer, CEO of The Westchester Bank. “We have spent quite a lot of money to protect our resources and finances. We can’t go into a lot of detail about what we do behind the scenes. It’s something that big and small banks alike are facing, and we’re always looking to protect our information and customers.”

According to the New York report, more

than 90 percent of large institutions with more than $10 billion in assets and nearly 80 percent of medium-sized institutions with assets between $1 billion and $10 billion had documented plans for keeping information secure. Information security plans were mostly made by the individual banks’ information technology departments, in consultation with executives.

“We’ve been telling our regulated community, which includes credit unions and banks, that they need to be focusing on cybersecurity issues,” said Adams in Connecticut.

He said the department is always checking to see how securely banks keep their information. “It’s a priority of our department to invest to beef up our exam capabilities.”

Often, however, banks and regulators are playing catch-up.

“The consumer of financial services is just often savvy enough to spot some scams,” said Adams. “Cyberattacks take on so many

different forms. The scam artist is usually the first into the new space. We’re focusing a lot of our resources to get up on the curve.”

Malicious software installations and phishing, where attackers create false emails and websites designed to look like those of the actual bank in an attempt to trick users into giving their login information, were among the most common attempted attacks noted in the New York report. Account takeovers, identity theft, telecommunication network disruptions and data integrity breaches were the most common criminal acts by cyberattackers who gained access to banks’ networks.

When there is a loss, it can often be more costly than just the amount of money taken in the cyberattack. While reimbursements to affected customers constitute a large part of the cost to banks that fall victim to cyberattacks, auditing and software upgrades in the wake of the attack often push costs up.

Attacks also add intangible costs such as loss

of business and damage to the bank’s brand, reputation and good will.

New York Attorney General Eric Schneiderman this month released a report examining the history of data security breaches across multiple industries in the state. According to a press release, those breaches cost New York’s public and private sectors more than $1.37 billion in 2013.

The attorney general’s report also found that hacking intrusions – in which third parties gain unauthorized access to data stored on a computer system – were the leading cause of data security breaches, accounting for roughly 40 percent of all breaches.

Adams said the importance of data security for Connecticut banks cannot be overstated. “It’s just like the vault, the personnel and security records,” he said in a phone interview from his Hartford office. “It is something that is important for bank boards to pay attention to.”

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THELIST: LEADING CFOs

westchester county

Ranked by year chief financial officer was appointed; listed alphabetically in the event of a tie.

Company CFO Name PepsiCo Inc. Address Title 700 Anderson Hill Road, Purchase 10577 Phone • Web Year Appointed • Salary 253-2000 • pepsico.com 914 area code unless otherwise noted Robert A. Waegelein Prestige Brands Universal American Financial Corp.

President and CFO 90 N. Broadway., Irvington 10533 1100 King St., Purchase 10577 524-8700 • prestigebrands.com 934-5200 • uafc.com 1990 • $1,186,112 Arthur Schwacke S.L. Green Realty Corp.

ENT and Allergy Associates L.L.P. CFO 360 Hamilton Ave., White Plains 10601 560 White Plains Road, Tarrytown 10591 750-7200 • slgreen.com 333-5800 • entandallergy.com 1998 • NA Ian G.H. Ashken The Westchester Bank Jarden Corp.

Vice chairman and CFO 2001 Central Park Ave., Yonkers 10710 555 Theodore Fremd Ave., Rye 10580 337-1900 • thewestchesterbank.com 967-9400 • jardencorp.com 2001 • $19,346,318 C.W. Brown Inc. 1 Labriola Court, Armonk 10504 741-1212 • cwbrown.net

Peter Belmont CFO

2002 • NA

Open Door Family Medical Center 165 Main St.., Ossining 10562 941-1263 • opendoormedical.org

Maria Mazzotta

Consolidated Edison Inc. 511 Theodore Fremd Ave., Rye 10580 752-6633 • coned.com

Robert Hoglund

MBIA Inc. 113 King St.., Armonk 10504 273-4545 • mbia.com MasterCard International 2000 Purchase St.., Purchase 10577 249-2000 • mastercard.com Atlas Air Worldwide Holdings Inc. 2000 Westchester Ave., Purchase 10577 701-8000 • atlasair.com Heineken USA 360 Hamilton Ave., White Plains 10601 681-4100 • heinekenusa.com Morgan Stanley 2000 Westchester Ave., Purchase 10577 225-5510 • morganstanley.com

CFO

2003 • NA Senior vice president and CFO

2004 • $2,686,820

C. Edward Chaplin President, CFO and CAO

2006 • $3,367,500

Martina Hund-Mejean CFO

2007 • $4,041,615 Spencer Schwartz

Executive vice president and CFO

2010 • $1,976,762 Gabriele Giudici CFO

2010 • NA Ruth Porat

CFO and executive vice president

2010 • $10,103,929

This is a sampling of top chief financial officers. Questions, please contact westfaircommunications@gmail.com.

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Avon Products Inc. 601 Midland Ave., Rye 10580 935-2000 • avon.com ITT Corp.

1133 Westchester Ave., White Plains 10604 641-2000 • itt.com GAMCO Inestors Inc. 401 Theodore Fremd Ave, Rye 10580 921-5000 • gabelli.com BioScrip Inc. 100 Clearbrook Road, Elmsford 10523 460-1600 • bioscrip.com

Hugh F. Johnston

CFO and executive vice president

2010 • $9,797,279 Ron Lombardi CFO

2010 • $1,611,731 James Mead CFO

2010 • $2,450,237 Kenneth D. Walter Senior vice president and CFO

2010 • $220,744

Kimberly A. Ross

Executive vice president and CFO

2011 • $3,726,151 Tom Scalera CFO

2011 • $ 1,586,417 Robert S. Zuccaro

Executive vice president and CFO

2011 • $1,555,035 Hai Tran

Senior vice president, CFO and treasurer

2012 • $1,670,958 Angelo Lovallo

Progenics Pharmaceuticals Inc. 777 Old Saw Mill River Road, Tarrytown 10591 789-2800 • progenics.com

Vice president, finance and treasurer

Regeneron Pharmaceuticals Inc. 777 Old Saw Mill River Road, Tarrytown 10591 847-7000 • regeneron.com

Senior vice president, finance and CFO

International Business Machines Corp.

1 New Orchard Road, Armonk 10504 499-1900 • ibm.com

Senior vice president and CFO

Mack-Cali Realty Corp.

100 Clearbrook Road, Elmsford 10523 592-4800 • mack-cali.com

2013 • $566,290

Robert E. Landry

2013 • $12,613,135 Martin Schroeter

2014 • NA

Anthony Krug CFO

2014 • $672,977

Source: Information obtained from company websites, news sites, proxy statements and survey respondents NA Not available

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Hudson Valley residents protest natural gas pipeline expansion

BY MARK LUNGARIELLO mlungariello@westfairinc.com

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resident-led group is looking to derail the planned expansion of a pipeline that will pump natural gas through the Hudson Valley region.

Spectra Energy Partners L.P. plans to increase the capacity of its Algonquin pipeline to ease an energy bottleneck in the New England region, but the larger amounts of flammable gas that would move through Westchester, Rockland and Putnam counties has some residents protesting the plan.

A group called Stop the Algonquin Expansion, or SAPE, has started an online petition that has so far gathered more than 19,000 signatures opposing the project, called the Algonquin Incremental Market (AIM).

It is aiming for at least 20,000 signatures to send to the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, or FERC, which will ultimately decide the proposal’s fate.

On SAPE’s website, sape2016.org, the group says it opposes the expansion, “because it may exacerbate climate change, endanger our safety and quality of life, contaminate water, air and soil, cause harm to domestic animals and wildlife, and threaten farmland and property values.”

Concerns include potential impacts on property values, environmental concerns and fears the expansion would pose an increased safety risk due to its proximity to the Indian Point nuclear energy center in Buchanan.

The pipeline near Indian Point would have a 42-inch diameter, 200 percent larger than the current pipe, and it would pass near regional fault lines as well. An explosion at a compressor station or in the pipeline itself could be disastrous, the group said.

Group members also complain of noise and air quality in the neighborhoods near the compressor stations. The quality-of-life

issues could combine to drive down home values in the Hudson Valley, SAPE said.

The group is not only appealing to FERC, but also looking to build local government resistance to expansion of the pipeline.

Its members have addressed Westchester, Putnam and Rockland county governments to put a moratorium on expansion or additional construction associated with the plan.

The Putnam County Legislature approved a resolution in May asking that further environmental studies be conducted and insurance be provided before approval of the plan.

Group member Suzannah Glidden said in a news release about the Putnam legislature’s decision, “As a resident living near the Southeast compressor station and already affected by its emissions and blow downs when the wind blows from that direction, I’m

particularly relieved to see these measures heralded by a legislature that puts first its mandate to keep our health and safety protected.”

The existing Algonquin pipeline runs 1,127 miles and carries 2.6 billion cubic feet of natural gas per day. It takes gas mined out of the Marcellus Shale through lower Westchester and up into Connecticut, Rhode Island and Massachusetts. The company participated in a pre-filing process beginning last year and formally submitted its application to FERC in February of this year.

The proposed project would build 20.1 miles of new pipeline in Connecticut and New York, including a 0.7 mile crossing of the Hudson River in Rockland County.

New compressor units would be installed at existing compressor stations in New York,

Connecticut and Rhode Island. Spectra anticipates having the new infrastructure in place by spring 2016, according to its website.

The expansion and several other projects can improve the reliability of 60 percent of power generators in New England, while keeping the price of natural gas steady to an increased availability of the commodity, the company said.

Bill Yardley, Spectra’s president of U.S. Transmission and Storage, said in a July press release Spectra had a “unique solution” for reliable energy in New England. “Our pipelines are in the right place at the right time to supply the region’s electric plants with affordable, clean, domestic natural gas,” he said.

Calls to Spectra seeking comment on the opposition were not returned by press time.

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Greater Hudson credits growth to concerted efforts of its staff

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hen Ed Lutz, Kenneth Torsoe and Daniel Rif kin took over a small bank in the Hudson Valley in 2008, they hoped to use their combined experience to grow the business.

“We found a little bank in Middletown that was struggling,” said Lutz, the CEO of Greater Hudson Bank. “We had just come out of Union State Bank, which Key Bank had bought out.”

Six years after the trio recapitalized the Community Bank of Orange, the renamed Greater Hudson Bank’s assets have increased nearly six-fold to almost $361 million, and the bank has grown to five branches in Rockland, Orange and Westchester counties. Greater Hudson announced in its release of second-quarter financial results that since the start of 2014, deposits were up 10.5 percent, to more than $295 million. The company has an approximate market capitalization of $40.35 million.

“When we bought the bank, there were

two branches, one in Middletown and one in Waldwick,” Lutz said. “We established another branch quickly in Bardonia, and then two-and-a-half years ago in White Plains and most recently in Monroe.”

With five branches, the bank finds itself able to easily serve local business.

“The vast bulk of our business is in Westchester, Rockland and Orange counties,” Lutz said. “We envision ourselves as a community bank. We’re deeply tied in with local business, and we’ve got a pretty recognized calling plan where our branch managers and other professionals call on our current customers and potential customers to help build our business.”

The bank’s staff has been instrumental in growing Greater Hudson’s business. Lutz likens himself to a band leader, conducting a group of individuals who help execute his vision for the bank. When the members of the group play together, the bank’s community-oriented business plan is successful, he said.

“It can be a profitable business model

if you do things the right way. That said, I’m not going to sit here and tell you it’s rocket science. It’s a lot of common sense,” Lutz said. “We built our business from the branches and by customers contacting us, through word of mouth and reputation.

On July 10, the bank announced its stock had qualified to trade on OTCQX, a marketplace operated by OTC Markets Group Inc. for securities that trade over the counter. StockCross Financial Services Inc. serves as Greater Hudson Bank’s corporate broker on OTCQX. “What the OTCQX does is it offers greater visibility for our shares and it also linked us up with a corporate broker,” said Lutz. “We didn’t think the shares were trading efficiently, and we wanted to facilitate efficient trading, and that will help us boost shareholder value.”

In addition to Greater Hudson’s stock trading on OTCQX, the bank gained visibility by getting a contract with Westchester County to provide an ATM at Playland amusement park in Rye.

Ed Lutz, CEO of Greater Hudson Bank.

“We’ve got lots of good friends with the county and when the previous bank, I think it was Chase, didn’t renew the contract, we were able to get in there. We felt it was a good opportunity to increase our visibility,” Lutz said.

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COLLEGES ALBERTUS MAGNUS COLLEGE

700 Prospect St., New Haven, CT 06511 Phone: 203-773-8550 Website: albertus.edu Email: admissions@albertus.edu Degrees: Associate, bachelor’s, master’s Classes: Evening, online Specialty nondegree and noncertification courses: No Average cost per credit: $1,185 part time Annual tuition: $28,440 Student/teacher ratio: 13 to 1 Maximum transfer credits accepted: 60 two-year college • 90 four-year college Enrolled students: About 550 full-time students How to register: In person, online, mail Dean of admission: Richard J. Lolatte

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White Plains Campus 99 Church St., White Plains, NY 10601 Phone: 914-694-1122 Website: berkeleycollege.edu Email: info@berkeleycollege.edu Degrees: Associate, bachelor’s Classes: Evening, online, weekend Specialty nondegree and noncertification courses: No Average cost per credit: $525 part time • $7,500 full time Annual tuition: N/A Student/teacher ratio: 26 to 1 Maximum transfer credits accepted: N/A Enrolled students: 8,000+ How to register: In person, online, phone Senior vice president, enrollment management: Diane Recinos

Campus Road, P.O. Box 5000 Annandale-on-Hudson, NY 12504 Phone: 845-758-6822 Website: bard.edu Email: admission@bard.edu Degrees: Bachelor’s, master’s, continuing education Classes: Online, weekend Specialty nondegree and noncertification courses: No Average cost per credit: N/A Annual tuition: $47,560 Student/teacher ratio: 10 to 1 Maximum transfer credits accepted: 60 Enrolled students: 2,000 How to register: In person, online Director of admissions: Frank Corliss

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325 Central Park Ave., White Plains, NY 10606 PLEASE SEE Phone: 800-660-7093 OUR AD ON Website: cw.edu PAGE 3 Email: admissions@cw.edu Degrees: Associate, bachelor’s, certificate programs Classes: Day, evening, online, weekend Specialty nondegree and noncertification courses: Yes Average cost per credit: $745 undergraduate Annual tuition: $11,175 for 15 credits Student/teacher ratio: 17 to 1 Maximum transfer credits accepted: Varies by degree level Enrolled students: About 1,100 How to register: In person, online Dean of admission: Matt Curtis

CONCORDIA COLLEGE CENTRAL CONNECTICUT STATE UNIVERSITY

1615 Stanley St., New Britain, CT 06050 Phone: 860-832-2278 PLEASE SEE Website: ccsu.edu OUR ADS ON Email: admissions@ccsu.edu PAGES 9 & 18 Degrees: Bachelor’s, master’s Classes: Day, evening, online, weekend Specialty nondegree and noncertification courses: yes Average cost per credit: $425 undergraduate Annual tuition: $8,876 full-time in-state resident • $20,612 full-time out-of-state resident Student/teacher ratio: 16.4 to 1 Maximum transfer credits accepted: N/A Enrolled Students: 10,000 undergraduates • 2,500 graduates How to register: Mail, online Director, recruitment and admissions: Larry Hall

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29 Castle Place, New Rochelle, NY 10805 Phone: 914-654-5000 Website: cnr.edu Email: info@cnr.edu Degrees: Bachelor’s, master’s Classes: Evening, weekend, online Specialty nondegree and noncertification courses: No Average cost per credit: $896 school of arts and sciences • $894 graduate school • $375 school of new resources Annual tuition: $31,200 school of arts and sciences Student/teacher ratio: 11 to 1 Maximum transfer credits accepted: 75 undergraduate • 20 percent of total program credits for graduate program Enrolled students: About 4,200 How to register: In person, mail, online Vice president of student services: Elaine T. White

171 White Plains Road, Bronxville, NY 10708 Phone: 914-337-9300 Website: concordia-ny.edu Email: admission@concordia-ny.edu Degrees: Associate, bachelor’s, master’s Classes: Evening Specialty nondegree and noncertification courses: No Average cost per credit: N/A Annual tuition: $27,740 Student/teacher ratio: 13 to 1 Maximum transfer credits accepted: 28 Enrolled students: About 950 How to register: In person, mail, online Vice president for enrollment management: Don Vos

THE CULINARY INSTITUTE OF AMERICA

1946 Campus Drive, Hyde Park, NY 12538 Phone: 845-452-9600 Website: ciachef.edu Email: admissions@culinary.edu Degrees: Associate, bachelor’s Classes: Online, weekend Specialty nondegree and noncertification courses: Yes (pro chef certification, Mediterranean cooking, culinary boot camp basic training, bistro boot camp, italian cuisine boot camp) Average cost per credit: N/A Annual tuition: $13,475 without board Student/teacher ratio: 18 to 1 Maximum transfer credits: N/A Enrolled students: 3,000 full time How to register: In person, mail, online, phone Vice president of admission and marketing: Bruce Hillenbrand

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Fulfilling Our Vision

BY JOANN SONDEY Director, Office of Career Services, the College of Westchester CELEBRATING ITS 100TH ANNIVERSARY next year, the College of Westchester continues to serve our business community with career-prepared students and graduates ready to meet their employment needs.

Since 1915 the College of Westchester (CW) has focused on the career success of our students. Our vision is to be the college of choice for students because we are the college of choice for employers. Our academic programs are carefully designed to provide the skills and competencies most desired by employers. Students learn through a career-relevant curriculum uniquely designed to combine classroom learning with real-world experience.

In today’s fast-paced, competitive work environment, along with students being academically prepared in their discipline, each academic program at the college stresses the competencies students need to develop in order to be successful in their

field. These include leadership, teamwork, interpersonal abilities, critical thinking/ problem solving skills, and personal traits such as demonstrating initiative

AS THE COLLEGE OF WESTCHESTER ENTERS ITS 100TH YEAR WE ARE POISED TO CONTINUE TO MEET OUR VISION OF BEING THE COLLEGE OF CHOICE FOR STUDENTS BECAUSE WE ARE THE COLLEGE OF CHOICE FOR EMPLOYERS. and motivation, being hard working and reliable, having ability to plan and organize multiple tasks and possessing excellent

customer-service skills.

Matching the strength of the college’s academic programs, CW’s Office of Career Services is a team of dedicated professionals committed to providing excellent career-related resources and opportunities that build confidence and job-search skills. Students are empowered from the first day on campus to get to know and work with their career counselors throughout their college career. They are coached one-on-one, in the classroom and in career-centered workshops in all areas of the job search process, including resume and cover-letter writing, the interview process, business attire and business etiquette.

One of the main objectives of Career Services is to be extremely pro-active in coaching both students and grads toward appropriate employment and internship opportunities. Every effort is made to find a good match for both the employer and CW candidate. This focus has proved to be a major win-win for everyone.

Partnering with area employers for

both job and internship opportunities for our students and graduates is our # 1 priority. When surveying past and current employers regarding their experiences with our students, feedback was very positive. Some of the comments received when asked about strengths included: strong communication skills, positive work ethic/attitude, practical intelligence, prepared to take on difficult challenges, ability to problem solve stressful situations, talented out-of-the-box thinkers and astute to the skills and practices of modern businesses.

As the College of Westchester enters its 100th year we are poised to continue to meet our vision of being the college of choice for students because we are the college of choice for employers. We are ready to meet the challenge of an extremely competitive job market and very high employer demands.

For further information on partnering with the College with job and internship opportunities, please call Career Services at 914-831-0400.

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The College of Westchester has been a valuable source of qualified employees in Westchester, Putnam and Rockland counties, New York City and Connecticut for decades. CW’s degree and certificate programs are carefully designed to provide employers with the skills and competencies they most desire in new hires. Our Career Services Partner Companies believe our innovative curriculum has directly benefited their organizations.

CW offers programs in accounting, allied health, business–marketing/management, computer networking and digital media.

The College of Westchester Career Services Department can help with: >Associate and Bachelor degree interns >Full-Time Job Placement at no cost to the employer >On-Campus Recruitment To find out how to meet students for individual interviews for employment or to participate in The CW Part-Time, Full-Time and Internship Job Fairs call 914.831.0400 or email careerservices@cw.edu.

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470 Western Highway, Orangeburg, NY 10962 Phone: 845-359-7800 Website: dc.edu Email: admissions@dc.edu Degrees: Associate, bachelor’s, master’s, doctorate Classes: Evening, online, weekend Specialty nondegree and noncertification courses: Yes (introduction to the Internet, Microsoft Word, Microsoft Excel, Microsoft Power Point, Microsoft Access Average cost per credit: $725 undergraduate • $785 graduate Annual tuition: $24,020 Student/teacher ratio: 15 to 1 Maximum transfer credits accepted: 70 Enrolled students: 1,441 full time; 471 graduate How to register: In person, online Vice president for student development/dean of students: John Burke

FAIRFIELD UNIVERSITY

1073 N. Benson Road, Fairfield, CT 06824 Phone: 203-254-4000 Website: fairfield.edu Email: admis@fairfield.edu; gradadmis@fairfield.edu Degrees: Bachelor’s, master’s, doctorate (nursing), continuing education Classes: Day, evening, online, weekend Specialty nondegree and noncertification courses: Yes Average cost per credit: $700 part-time undergraduate Annual tuition: $43,170 full-time undergraduate Student/teacher ratio: 11 to 1 Maximum transfer credits accepted: 60 Enrolled students: About 5,000 How to register: Fax, in person, mail, online Dean of enrollment: Karen Pellegrino

FORDHAM UNIVERSITY

400 Westchester Ave. West Harrison, NY 10604 Phone: 914-367-3426 Website: fordham.edu/westchester

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School of Professional and Continuing Students Phone: 914-367-3302 Email: mydegree@fordham.edu Degrees: Bachelor’s Classes: Evenings, online, weekend Speciality nondegree and noncertification courses: No Average cost per credit: N/A Annual tuition: $44,450 Student/teacher ratio: 12 to 1 Maximum transfer credits accepted: 75 Enrolled students: 223 How to register: In person, online Director of admission: Glenn S. Berman

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Graduate School of Business Phone: 212-636-6200 Email: admissionsgb@fordham.edu Degrees: Master’s and certificate programs Classes: Part-time MBA (evenings), executive MBA (weekends) Specialty nondegree and noncertification courses: Yes Average cost per credit: $1,482 per credit; $825 evening courses Annual tuition: N/A Student/teacher ratio: 15 to 1 Maximum transfer credits accepted: Up to 33 for MBS Enrolled students: 102 How to register: Online Admissions inquiries: Mary Kate Donato Graduate School of Education Phone: 212-636-6400 • Fax: 212-636-7106 Email: gse_admiss@fordham.edu Website: fordham.edu/gse Degrees: Master’s, doctorate (only at Lincoln Center campus) Classes: Evenings (weekends at Lincoln Center campus) Specialty nondegree and noncertification courses: No Average cost per credit: $1,170 Annual tuition: N/A Student/teacher ratio: N/A Maximum transfer credits accepted: 6 Enrolled students: 126 How to register: In person or online for nonmatriculated students; online application for part-time or full-time matriculated status Assistant dean, admissions: Linda Horisk Graduate School of Religion and Religious Education Phone: 718-817-4800 • Fax: 718-817-3352 Email: greadmit@fordham.edu Degrees: Certificate, master’s, online master’s, doctorate Classes: Afternoons, evenings, online Specialty nondegree and noncertification courses: Yes (Christian spirituality, theology of ministry, Jesus in the Gospels, ethics in pastoral ministry) Average cost per credit: $772 Annual tuition: N/A Student/teacher ratio: 10 to 1 Maximum transfer credits accepted: 9 Enrolled students: 203 How to register: Fax, in person, online, phone Dean, graduate school of religious education: C. Colt Anderson Graduate School of Social Service Phone: 212-636-6600 • Fax: 212-636-6613 Email: adebrown@fordham.edu Degrees: Master’s, doctorate (Lincoln Center Campus only) Classes: Days, evenings, weekends Specialty nondegree and noncertification courses: Yes (nonmatriculated courses, human behavior and the social environment I and II, social welfare policy and services, human service agencies as the context for practice, social work research I and II) Average cost per credit: $861 Annual tuition: N/A Student/teacher ratio: 25 to 1

Maximum transfer credits accepted: 12 Enrolled students: 1,500 How to register: In person on scheduled dates (see website for dates) Assistant dean, director of admissions: Derek Brown

HOUSATONIC COMMUNITY COLLEGE

900 Lafayette Blvd., Bridgeport, CT 06604 Phone: 203-332-5000 • Fax: 203-332-5248 Email: egraham@hcc.commnet.edu Website: hcc.commnet.edu Degrees: Associate, certificate Classes: Evening, online, weekend Specialty nondegree and noncertification courses: Yes Average cost per credit: $143 part-time, in-state resident • $429 out of state Annual tuition: $3,432 in state • 10,296 out of state Student/teacher ratio: N/A Maximum transfer credits accepted: No limit Enrolled students: 5,975 How to register: Fax, in person, mail, online, phone Acting director of admissions: Earl Graham

IONA COLLEGE

715 North Ave., New Rochelle, NY 10801 Phone: 800-231-4662 Website: iona.edu Email: admissions@iona.edu Degrees: Bachelor’s, master’s Classes: Day, evening, online, weekend Specialty nondegree and noncertification courses: No Average cost per credit: $1,060 undergraduate • $985 graduate Annual tuition: $31,880 Student/teacher ratio: 15 to 1 Maximum transfer credits accepted: 64 Enrolled students: 3,110 undergraduate How to register: Fax, in person, mail, online, phone Vice president for enrollment: Mary Beth Carey

IONA COLLEGE - ROCKLAND GRADUATE CENTER 2 Blue Hill Plaza, P.O. Box 1522 Pearl River, NY 10965 Phone: 866-850-IONA • Fax: 845-620-1260 Website: iona.edu/rockland Email: Vjarekprinz@iona.edu Degrees: Master’s, continuing education, post-masters certificates Classes: Evenings, online, weekend Average cost per credit: $985-1,050 Annual tuition: N/A Student/teacher ratio: 13 to 1 Maximum transfer credits accepted: 6 Enrolled students: More than 700 How to register: Fax, in person, mail, online Director of graduate admissions: Veronica Jarek-Prinz

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The Fordham Westchester Campus WORLD-CLASS EDUCATION IN YOUR OWN BACKYARD

FORDHAM UNIVERSITY’S STATE-OF-THE-ART campus in Westchester provides programs focused on traditional career paths as well as today’s emerging industries. We offer class schedules designed for Westchester, Fairfield and Hudson Valley residents with busy lives.

Fordham Westchester provides adult undergraduate and graduate degree programs as well as classes for your personal enrichment. Several of the same distinguished faculty from our New York City campuses teach at our Westchester location. Fordham School of Professional and Continuing Studies and prestigious graduate schools of business, education and social service will help you earn the credentials to start a new career or strengthen an existing one. Our Westchester campus features 26 stateof-the-art classrooms in a three-story, 62,500-square-foot building situated on 32 beautifully landscaped acres that include a garden courtyard, pond and

stream. The new classrooms, which are wireless and equipped with smart boards and teleconferencing capabilities, are complemented by indoor and outdoor

River Parkway and Route 684—with parking to accommodate 250 vehicles. It is conveniently accessible by all modes of public transportation.

“THE PEOPLE WHO PUT IN THE TIME AND EFFORT TO IMPROVE THEIR KNOWLEDGE AND SKILLS WILL BE THE ONES WHO ARE READY FOR NEW AND BETTER OPPORTUNITIES.” — Glen Redpath

meeting spaces, a library-resource center, a dining facility and a student lounge. The campus is conveniently located on the White Plains border—just off Interstate 287 near the Hutchinson

We’re Closer Than You Think!

Take advantage of Fordham University’s prestigious graduate, undergraduate, and professional development programs at our beautiful Westchester campus.

As the economy continues to recover, those who have enhanced their education with an eye toward current trends will be among the first to be hired when new jobs are created, said Glen Redpath,

Fordham School of Professional and Continuing Studies Fordham PCS is designed specifically to meet the unique and diverse needs of adult learners, most of whom are working professionals. We offer more than 20 majors leading to an undergraduate degree, a Post-Baccalaureate Pre-Medical/ Pre-Health Program for nonscience majors seeking entry into a graduate program in health sciences, a Master of Science in Cybersecurity, and a non-credit certificate in Digital and Social Media Marketing.

assistant dean of admission at Fordham’s Lincoln Center campus. “The people who put in the time and effort to improve their knowledge and skills will be the ones who are ready for new and better opportunities,” he said. Officials at the school like to remind their students of the numerous research studies showing that the single most important factor in career advancement is education, and that a Fordham education is considered second to none. Since 1841, the Fordham degree has stood for a unique standard of intellectual inquiry, ethical decisionmaking,and academic excellence. It’s a degree that’s valued by many of the world’s most prestigious companies, agencies and institutions, where thousands of graduates have embarked on successful careers.

To find out more or to register for programs, visit fordham.edu/westchester to contact a representative of the school you are interested in attending.

• Business • Economics • Legal and Policy Studies • Organizational Leadership • Post-Baccalaureate Pre-Med/ Pre-Health Program • Professional Studies in New Media • Social Work • M.S. in Cybersecurity

Graduate School of Business Administration In addition to full degree programs (MBA and EMBA), Fordham’s Graduate School of Business Administration provides

busy executives with shorter business courses through our Executive Education program: • The Fordham Management Institute: Highlights of the MBA • Fordham Forum on Leadership and Growth • Post-Master’s Health Care Management Certificate Program

Graduate School of Education

• Teaching and school leadership certificates and programs

Graduate School of Social Service • Master of Social Work Program • Doctor of Social Work Program

Academic excellence at our conveniently located Westchester address.

400 Westchester Ave. West Harrison, N.Y.

Learn more at 914-FORDHAM fordham.edu/westchester Proud to be a Yellow Ribbon University

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LIU Hudson FOR 35 YEARS, LONG ISLAND UNIVERSITY has provided residents of the Hudson Valley with access to excellence in private education. With convenient locations in Rockland, Westchester and West Point, LIU Hudson offers personalized guidance from faculty that helps students achieve their full potential. Master’s degree and advanced certificate programs are offered in: • Educations • Educational leadership • School counseling • School psychology • Mental health counseling (CASAC tract also offered) • Marriage and family therapy (CASAC tract also offered) • Business administration (MBA) • Health and public administration (MPA) • Pharmaceutics (Industrial pharmacy and cosmetic science) Targeted partnerships, field placements, and internship opportunities with schools, business, and local organizations provide our students with extensive networking and career opportunities, Westchester paving the way for their professional success.

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Rockland Community College Now Offering

ST. JOHN FISHER COLLEGE DOCTORAL PROGRAM STARTING IN SEPTEMBER, Rockland Community College (RCC) will offer its fi rst doctoral program, which will be administered by St. John Fisher College.

The partnership between the two schools was announced in June, and interest in the program is high.

The Doctor of Education in Executive Leadership (Ed.D.) is an accelerated doctoral program offered by Fisher’s Ralph C. Wilson, Jr. School of Education, and provides candidates with an opportunity to develop the critical leadership skills and knowledge that are required in today’s increasingly complex, diverse, and information-driven

The accelerated format allows students to complete their coursework and dissertation in as little as 28 months.

Classes meet on alternate Friday evenings and Saturdays to accommodate the schedules of working professionals.

The cohort-paced model is designed around a multidisciplinary program of study in executive leadership. Courses are offered sequentially, organized by topical themes, and aligned with New York State, national, and institutional standards.

In addition, the program includes professional development opportunities and seminars conducted by experts in the field of leadership. Candidates will also

“BOTH FISHER AND ROCKLAND ARE DEDICATED TO PREPARING A NEW CADRE OF EXECUTIVES—MEN AND WOMEN WITH ESSENTIAL LEADERSHIP SKILLS AND A GLOBAL PERSPECTIVE...” organizations. This unique program was developed to provide an attractive and viable alternative to traditional doctoral programs in educational leadership. To date, the program has enrolled 14 cohorts and graduated 195 students.

RCC is Fisher’s third extension site for the Ed.D. Program, joining The College of New Rochelle and Onondaga Community College, that signed on as partners in 2009 and 2013, respectively.

“We are so pleased to partner with Rockland to serve the surrounding community,” said Dr. Michael Wischnowski, Dean of the School of Education. “Both Fisher and Rockland are dedicated to preparing a new cadre of executives—men and women with essential leadership skills and a global perspective—who will not only play key professional roles in their communities, but who will use their knowledge and expertise to serve those communities as well.”

The program is designed for managers and executives in education, business, health care, nonprofit organizations, the military, and other related organizations.

complete field experiences that align with the coursework.

The curriculum is based on theory and processes that are essential for effective organizational leadership, and theory related to practice. Graduates will walk away with the ability to plan strategically, make ethical and fair decisions, maximize the talents and skills of their employees, and much more.

The sequence of courses and field experiences are organized into six interrelated thematic modules. Each module includes topics, activities, and assignments that reflect key concepts that impact leadership at the executive level.

Some of the concepts covered include law, politics, fi nance, governance, diversity, human relations and development, data and informed decision-making, policy, and ethics.

For more information about the Doctor of Education in Executive Leadership (Ed.D.) at Rockland Community College, visit www.sjfc.edu/graduate or call St. John Fisher College’s Office of Graduate Admissions at (585) 385-8161.

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Are You Ready to Lead?

Advance your career with an Ed.D. in Executive Leadership.

St. John Fisher College in Rochester, NY, is now offering an Ed.D. in Executive Leadership at Rockland Community College.

The Ed.D. provides candidates with an opportunity to develop the critical leadership skills and knowledge that are required in today’s increasingly complex, diverse, and information-driven organizations.

Program features: • An accelerated format which allows coursework and dissertation to be completed in as little as 28 months.

• Classes meet on alternate Friday evenings and Saturdays to accommodate the schedules of working professionals.

• An attractive and viable alternative to traditional doctoral programs in leadership designed for managers and executives in education, business, health care, nonprofit, military, and other related organizations.

To learn more about the Ed.D. in Executive Leadership program, please contact St. John Fisher College’s Office of Graduate Admissions at (585) 385-8161, email grad@sjfc.edu, or visit the website at go.sjfc.edu/rcc.

St. John Fisher College is a liberal arts institution offering bachelor’s, master’s, and doctoral programs in the humanities, sciences, business, education, nursing, and pharmacy.

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COLLEGES LIU HUDSON AT ROCKLAND AND WESTCHESTER Rockland – 70 Route 340, Orangeburg, NY Phone: 845-359-7200 Westchester – 735 Anderson Hill Road, Purchase, NY. Phone: 914-831-2700 Website: liu.edu/hudson Email: rockland@liu.edu or Westchester@liu.edu PLEASE SEE OUR AD ON Degrees: Master’s and post master’s PAGE 6 advanced certificate Classes: Evening, weekend Specialty nondegree and noncertification courses: Yes Average cost per credit: $1,110 graduate Annual tuition: N/A Student/teacher ratio: 16 to 1 Maximum transfer credits accepted: 6 Enrolled students: 100 full time, 220 part time How to register: In person, mail, online Director: Cindy Pagnotta

MANHATTAN COLLEGE

4513 Manhattan College Parkway Riverdale, NY 10471 Phone: 718-862-8000 • Fax: 718-862-8019 Website: manhattan.edu Email: admit@manhattan.edu Degrees: Bachelor’s, master’s, continuing education

Classes: Evening Specialty nondegree and noncertification courses: No Average cost per credit: N/A Annual tuition: $35,985 Student/teacher ratio: 12 to 1 undergraduate Maximum transfer credits accepted: Varies by program Enrolled students: 3,195 undergrad; 480 graduate How to register: Fax, in person, online Director of admissions Dana Rose

MANHATTANVILLE COLLEGE

PLEASE SEE 2900 Purchase St., Purchase, NY 10577 OUR AD ON Phone: 914-694-2200 • Fax: 914-694-1732 PAGE 10 Website: mville.edu Email: admissions@mville.edu Degrees: Bachelor’s, master’s, doctorate, post master’s certifications, continuing education Classes: Day, evening, online, weekend (graduate only) Specialty nondegree and noncertification courses: Yes (advanced certificate in administration of physical education, athletics and sport pedagogy, teacher leaders certificate of advanced study, school district leader certificate of advanced study, bilingual education, education for sustainability, health and wellness Average cost per credit: $895 graduate Annual tuition: $34,870

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Student/teacher ratio: 14 to 1 Maximum transfer credits accepted: 90 (C+ or higher) Enrolled students: 1,700 full time • 1,000 graduate How to register: Fax, in person, mail, online, phone Vice president enrollment management: Nikhil Kumar

MARIST COLLEGE

3399 North Road, Poughkeepsie, NY 12601 Phone: 845-575-3000 • Fax: 845-575-3215 Website: marist.edu Email: admissions@marist.edu Degrees: Bachelor’s, master’s, certificate programs Classes: Evening, online, weekend Specialty nondegree and noncertification courses: Yes (athletic training, creative writing, broadcasting, business law, game design) Average cost per credit: $634 undergraduate • $720 graduate Annual tuition: $31,710 undergraduate Student/teacher ratio: 16 to 1 Maximum transfer credits accepted: 70 two-year college • 90 four-year college Enrolled students: 6,365 How to register: In person, online Vice president for enrollment management: Sean P. Kaylor

Rockland Community College

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Save $100,000 on your education by starting at RCC! Tuition $2,150/semester (NYS residents)

FIRST CHOICE FOR HIGHER EDUCATION

ROCKLAND COMMUNITY COLLEGE (RCC), an affordable stepping-stone to the Ivy League for students in its acclaimed Honors Program, offers quality education in a safe, supportive environment. Small class size enables caring faculty to offer personal attention to students.

RCC offers about 50 associate’s degrees and one-year certificates. The distinguished faculty includes Fulbright Scholars, published authors and artists.

The nationally acclaimed Honors Program offers a rigorous academic program to qualified students seeking to transfer to premier colleges.

Career changers can take courses at their convenience during the daytime, evenings, weekends or online. High school students can earn college credits, either in their high school or on campus at RCC. Continuing education provides creditfree courses for job training, professional advancement or personal enrichment.

Internships at hundreds of regional businesses allow students to earn credit toward their degree while gaining handson experience.

GREAT VALUE Rockland’s tuition of $2,150/semester full time or $180 per credit (for New York state residents) represents a fraction of the cost of four-year colleges. Loans, grants and scholarships are also available. Last year, RCC provided $16 million in various forms of financial assistance to students, including grants, loans and scholarships.

TRANSFERABILITY Most Rockland graduates transfer to four-year colleges and universities. To ease the process, Rockland has established transfer agreements with private and public four-year colleges. More than 100 four-year institutions accepted transfer students from the Class of 2014, many on full scholarships, including Columbia, Cornell, Georgetown, Johns Hopkins, NYU, Pace, University of Virginia, and many SUNY and CUNY schools.

Admissions: 845-574-4224 Center for Personal & Professional Education: 845-574-4151 www.sunyrockland.edu

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Central Connecticut State University CENTRAL CONNECTICUT STATE UNIVERSITY (CCSU) is a vibrant learning-centered community dedicated to teaching and to scholarship. Education balances academic challenge with personal support, leading students to become thoughtful, responsible, and successful. A network of study-abroad opportunities, overseas inter-institutional arrangements, and other internationally focused educational programming prepares our students to become global citizens, responsive to a world of cultural differences and able to succeed in an increasingly international marketplace.

Our faculty’s commitment to scholarly inquiry ensures the intellectual vitality of our classrooms.

CCSU’s educational excellence has been nationally honored. The Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching recognized CCSU’s many community outreach activities by selecting the University as a “Community Engagement Institution.” The Princeton Review selected CCSU as one of “The Best Northeastern Colleges” and as one of “America’s Best Value Colleges.” Our programs are nationally accredited by

AACSB, ABET, ACCE, ACS, ATMAE, CCNE, CSAB, CSW, NAIT, NCATE, and NEASC. Central is the state’s oldest public university, and we are proud of the University’s historical role as a significant resource for Connecticut.

CCSU serves approximately 12,500 students—10,000 undergraduate and 2,500 graduate. Our distinguished alumni include successful business men and women, the first Latina state

supreme court justice, CEOs in a wide range of industries and corporations, leading academics at national universities, award-winning educators and educational leaders, trainers and coaches at high schools and colleges as well as top NFL and MLB teams, journalists, novelists, artists—each and all demonstrating that success begins with CCSU. To learn more, please visit www.ccsu. edu.

Come to one of the best universities in New England

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“THE PRINCETON REVIEW SELECTED CCSU AS ONE OF THE BEST NORTHEASTERN COLLEGES” AND AS ONE OF “AMERICA’S BEST VALUE COLLEGES.”

One of Connecticut’s premiere comprehensive public universities, CCSU comprises four schools, focusing on arts and humanities; business; education; engineering, science, and technology.

CCSU offers undergraduate and graduate programs through the master’s and sixth-year levels, the MBA, and the EdD in Educational Leadership.

Committed to educational excellence and access, the University works to keep tuition low and to provide a robust financial aid program that has grown to more than $90 million annually. The college guide Affordable Colleges Online recognizes CCSU as one of the top “lowcost colleges with graduates who earn high starting salaries.”

• Chosen by Princeton Review as one of the “Best Northeastern Colleges” and an “America’s Best Value College” • Honored by Octameron Associates as a “Great College for the Real World” • Over 100 excellent academic programs • Exciting Division I athletics www.ccsu.edu/facebook

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Manhattanville College UNDERGRADUATE PROGRAM

Founded in 1841, Manhattanville College is an independent, co-educational liberal arts institution dedicated to academic excellence. Manhattanville prepares students to be ethical and socially responsible leaders in a global community.

The college has a rich history of preparing highly motivated students who value ethical integrity and social responsibility with the highest-quality education amongst a globally diverse campus community.

Located just 30 minutes from New York City, Manhattanville serves 1,700 undergraduate students from more than 50 countries and 30 states. Consistently ranked as one of the nation’s best institutions, Manhattanville is recognized amongst a distinguished list of colleges and universities in the Fiske Guide to College 2015 and The Princeton Review’s “Best 378 Colleges.”

The undergraduate programs combine the intellectual strength and passion of a liberal arts education with the hands-on, real-world experiences to turn a student’s passion into an exciting career. The College offers more than 50 undergraduate areas of study including newly developed majors in Sport Studies, Digital Media Production, Accounting and Marketing.

With career-focused education, and New York City less than 30 miles away, students can combine in-class learning with on-the-job experiences through access to more than 700 internships ranging from Fortune 500 companies to nonprofits, arts and entertainment venues to research opportunities and more.

At Manhattanville, students get an insider’s view of how the world works— through powerful internships, international study and services learning, and four years of life on a campus just minutes from the world’s most cosmopolitan city.

SCHOOL OF BUSINESS

It’s time to advance your career … but where do you go? Is your checklist: gain immediate industry connections, attend classes around your work/life and learn only from faculty with real world experience? If so, then you go to Manhattanville College’s School of Business…possibly Westchester’s best-kept secret…but not for long!

It’s all about who you (get to) know!

Manhattanville’s School of Business students capitalize on its extensive faculty and alumni network employed or interning

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at the area’s top companies, including MasterCard, PepsiCo, the NFL and the New York Stock exchange.

What’s key when evaluating graduate business programs? Industry-driven content is critical. Consider these highdemand Master’s degree programs offered

by Manhattanville’s School of Business: Marketing Communication Management has a strong focus on new media. Business Leadership is the fast-track alternative to an MBA program. Chose one of four concentrations in the area’s only MS in International Management program, newly designed for today’s global economy.

The School of Business also offers an MS in Finance with concentrations in Accounting, Corporate Finance, and Investment Management. Prepare for strategic level positons with a graduate degree in their highly respected Human Resource Management and Organizational Effectiveness or their Sport Business Management program, where senior level sports executives come to campus almost daily to teach.

Looking for an Accelerated Bachelor’s Degree, or a Dual Degree Option? The School of Business offers these and professional certificates options such as a brand new Non Profit Leadership Certificate.

Location, location, location!

Manhattanville’s beautiful campus is conveniently located in Purchase, N.Y. It’s just 12 minutes from Greenwich, Conn. and 30 minutes from New York City.

For more information or to attend an informational event, contact: gpsadmissions@mville.edu or call 914-3235150. Get to work on your future today!

THE SCHOOL OF EDUCATION

Manhattanville College offers programs to prepare graduates for careers in education at all levels, from teaching to leadership and administration.

Undergraduates often earn a double major in education and another liberal arts concentration, while the graduate program is geared to students interested in becoming teachers, often after having had other careers, and to classroom teachers who want to extend their teaching certifications or update their knowledge base.

Manhattanville offers a graduate-level accelerated teacher certification program, Jump Start, which is especially popular with adults who are changing careers. Jump Start is also open to those eligible to complete a

REID CASTLE AT MANHATTANVILLE COLLEGE. post-master’s certification program. Cohorts begin twice a year, in fall and spring. Jump Start students are eligible to be in their own classrooms by September of the following year as well-prepared, fully paid teachers with full benefits, while they finish the additional requirements for the master’s degree.

Manhattanville offers three master’s programs, the Master of Arts in Teaching (M.A.T.), the Master of Professional Studies (M.P.S.), and the Master in Educational Studies (M.Ed.) as well as the Ed.D. in Educational Leadership. In addition, Manhattanville offers classes in more than 60 areas of concentration leading to 18 different New York State certifications.

The Doctor of Education (Ed.D.) degree

program in Educational Leadership is designed to meet the needs of midcareer professionals who have leadership experience in public or private schools, community programs, governmental agencies, or nongovernmental organizations with major education initiatives. This program builds on Manhattanville’s educational leadership master’s and professional diploma certification programs for building-level and/or district-level leadership.

All programs are registered with and approved by the New York State Education Department. The School of Education is accredited by the National Council for Accreditation of Teacher Education (NCATE).

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SCSU Offers New Degree in Sports and Entertainment Management EVENT PLANNERS WISHING to advance their career into the management realm can give themselves a significant boost with a new Master of Science degree program in sport and entertainment management offered at Southern Connecticut State University.

And since many in the field are already working long hours — sometimes at night and on weekends — the 36-credit program will be entirely online.

Jim MacGregor, chairman of the Recreation and Leisure Studies Department, says there appears to be an increased demand for such programs — especially in the Northeast. “Our location in between Boston and New York — a hotbed for sports and entertainment — is ideal,” he said. “We will be one of only a handful of universities across the country to offer a graduate degree in this discipline.”

Students will complete an 18-credit core and then choose 6 credits from either the sport or entertainment option. They will also take 6 credits in the Master of Business Administration program, as well as a 6-credit capstone, which could be either a thesis or internship with a special project.

The program will feature many new “core courses,” among them:

Management Resources, former chief executive officer of the Women’s Sports Foundation and former director of women’s athletics at the University of Texas; and Constance Zotos, an associate professor at New York University’s Preston Robert Tisch Center for Hospitality, Tourism and Sports Management, and former director of athletics at several colleges and universities.

“WE WILL BE ONE OF ONLY A HANDFUL OF UNIVERSITIES ACROSS THE COUNTRY TO OFFER A GRADUATE DEGREE IN THIS DISCIPLINE.”

For additional information, contact Lee deLisle, program coordinator, at 203-392-7159.

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• Sport and Entertainment Finance • Sport and Entertainment Law • Marketing and Sales in Sport and Entertainment • Global Issues in Sport and Entertainment • Facility and Event Management Careers in sport management include such jobs as venue managers, marketing and sales staff, recreational sport directors, higher education recreation/ student affairs managers, public relations specialists, human resource managers and finance managers.

MacGregor said careers in entertainment management include jobs with artist or event management companies, talent booking agencies, marketing and merchandising firms, promotional companies, public relations firms, performing arts centers and cultural heritage sites and museums.

The program will include full-time faculty, as well as Donna Lopiano, who is the founder and president of Sports

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Get Into the Game Master of Science in Sport and Entertainment Management Southern’s new, fully online graduate Sport and Entertainment Management program prepares students to pursue leadership positions in the field of sport management – ranging from recreational to professional organizations – as well as in the expansive field of entertainment management.

• Choice of sport management or entertainment track • Emphasis on management, marketing, finance economics, human resources, and accounting • Includes business electives from the MBA program For more information • SouthernCT.edu/sportentertainment • Dr. Lee J. deLisle: (203) 392-7159 • DelisleL2@SouthernCT.edu

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Degrees: Associate, bachelor’s, master’s, continuing education Classes: Evening, online, weekend, day Specialty nondegree and noncertification courses: No Average cost per credit: $514 undergraduate • $714 graduate Annual tuition: $12,336 undergraduate, $12,852 graduate Student/teacher ratio: 20 to 1 Maximum transfer credits accepted: 90 bachelor’s degree Enrolled students: 2,000 full time • 100 part time How to register: In person, online, mail, phone Director of admission: Gersom Lopez

555 Broadway, Dobbs Ferry, NY 10522 Phone: 877-MERCY-GO Website: mercy.edu Email: admissions@mercy.edu Degrees: Associate, bachelor’s, master’s, doctorate, continuing education Classes: Evening, online, weekend Specialty nondegree and noncertification courses: No Average cost per credit: $715 undergraduate Annual tuition: $8,498 per semester Student/teacher ratio: 18 to 1 Maximum transfer credits accepted: 90 Enrolled students: 11,650 How to register: In person, online Senior director of admissions: Tara Fey-Reilly

MOUNT SAINT MARY COLLEGE

330 Powell Ave., Newburgh, NY 12550 Phone: 845-561-0800 • Fax: 845-569-3438 Website: msmc.edu Email: admissions@msmc.edu Degrees: Bachelor’s, master’s, continuing education Classes: Evening, online, weekend Specialty nondegree and noncertification courses: No Average cost per credit: N/A Annual tuition: $25,300 undergraduate Student/teacher ratio: 14 to 1

MONROE COLLEGE

434 Main St., New Rochelle, NY 10801 Phone: 866-576-6021 • Fax: 914-632-5462 Website: monroecollege.edu Email: glopez@monroecollege.edu

Maximum transfer credits accepted: 90 Enrolled students: 2,600 full time How to register: In person, mail, online Dean of admission: Elaine O’Grady

NEW YORK MEDICAL COLLEGE

40 Sunshine Cottage Road, Valhalla, NY 10595 Phone: (914) 594-4000 • Fax: (914) 594-4541 Website: nymc.edu Degrees: Master’s, doctorate, continuing education Classes: Evening, online, weekend Specialty nondegree and noncertification courses: No Average cost per credit: N/A school of medicine Annual tuition: N/A Student/teacher ratio: N/A school of medicine Maximum transfer credits accepted: N/A Enrolled students: More than 1,400 How to register: Online Director of admission: Robin Camhi-Baum

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With an Online MBA from St. Thomas Aquinas College!

A Special Opportunity for the College’s Business Partners!

MBA Partner employees or members receive: s 15% discount on tuition s Extra 5% discount on tuition for STAC alumni s Flexible online course schedule Human Resources Departments can partner with St. Thomas Aquinas College to make you eligible!

For a full listing of our business partners, visit us online

www.stac.edu/mba Online MBA Program

For graduate students who want the flexibility of virtual classrooms and the convenience of a local campus.

Students can plan their course load around their work schedule, so that their education does not interrupt their employment. An on-campus weekend program is also available.

Program Requirements

Participants in the Online MBA program can earn an MBA degree with a general concentration with as few as 33 credits. The program requires a total of 57 credits, but many students earn up to 24 course waiver credits based on previous undergraduate or graduate credits and may complete the program in one year on a full-time basis.

Both programs are split into four, nine-week sessions providing students with the opportunity to sign up for a new session in September, December, March and June.

Admissions requirements and details can be found online at www.stac.edu/mba or call 845-398-4100

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Serious Business With a Personal Touch MAKING THE DECISION to earn your MBA is not one to be taken lightly. With numerous options, finding the right fit can be difficult.

When Andrew Coupe was looking for a MBA program to advance his career in the financial arena, St. Thomas Aquinas College was the perfect choice.

Coupe wanted a program that would offer a personal touch and was drawn to the College because of that. “I was looking for an institution that offered a broadbased MBA program with small-class sizes.

Having completed my undergraduate degree at a large university, with class sizes sometimes exceeding 500 students, I was keen to use my MBA experience to further develop my professional network through relationships with faculty and fellow students,” said Coupe. With an average class size of about 15 students, taught by faculty with real-world business experience, STAC’s MBA program offered him just that.

Coupe also needed flexibility. As an

Investment Consultant, Coupe travels extensively across the U.S. The College’s options to take MBA courses on campus (offered in the evenings and on weekends), online or in a hybrid format provided him with the flexibility to work full time while working toward his degree.

Coupe graduated with his MBA in Finance in May 2013. “An MBA degree from STAC adds credibility to my resume. I took a nontraditional path into the finance world and the knowledge attained through the graduate degree has accelerated my understanding of important business concepts,” said Coupe.

If you’re a busy professional looking to advance your career, STAC’s MBA offerings may be what you are looking for. The program has concentrations in Finance, Management and Marketing, in addition to a general track. Advanced certificates are also offered. Visit www.stac.edu/mba to learn more.

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COLLEGES NORWALK COMMUNITY COLLEGE

188 Richards Ave., Norwalk, CT 06854 Phone: 203-857-7060 • Fax: 203-857-3335 Website: ncc.commnet.edu Email: admissions@ncc.commnet.edu Degrees: Associate, continuing education, certificate programs Classes: Evening, online Specialty nondegree and noncertification courses: Yes Average cost per credit: $482 Annual tuition: $3,598 Student/teacher ratio: 18 to 1 Maximum transfer credits accepted: N/A Enrolled students: 14,372 How to register: Fax, in person, mail, online, phone Acting director of admission: William Chagnon

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NYACK COLLEGE AND ALLIANCE THEOLOGICAL SEMINARY 1 S. Blvd., Nyack, NY 10960 2 Washington St., New York, NY 10004 Phone: 845-358-1710 • Fax: 845-358-3047 Website: nyack.edu Email: admissions@nyack.edu Degrees: Associate, bachelor’s, master’s, doctorate Classes: Evening, online, weekend Specialty nondegree and noncertification courses: No Average cost per credit: $855 undergraduate Annual tuition: $22,500 undergraduate Student/teacher ratio: 14 to 1 Maximum transfer credits accepted: Varies by program Enrolled students: N/A How to register: In person, online Vice president for enrollment and marketing: Andrea Hennessy

Westchester Community College Supports Local Businesses WESTCHESTER COMMUNITY COLLEGE has always supported the business community and we continue to provide new resources to help bolster the local economy. This support includes credit classes for the thousands of credit students who move on after graduation to begin their careers in the local workforce.

Several years ago, we opened the $40 million Gateway Center on the main campus in Valhalla, housing a variety of programs and services in an innovative and exciting learning environment. Gateway provides resources for students including immigrants and international students, as well as businesses and community-based organizations. It encompasses the institution’s English Language Institute, the county’s largest English language acquisition program, and the college’s business programs.

As all of these various programs work together to form a synergistic whole, the business community benefits from a highly trained workforce, which will include many new employees.

Meanwhile, the college has worked to replicate this effort on a national scale, creating the Community College Consortium for Immigrant Education (CCCIE). It is raising the profile of immigrant education among

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community college administrators and educators and their professional associations.

Teresita Bango Wisell, CCIE director and the college’s Vice President of Continuing Education and Workforce Development , has established a blue-ribbon panel of experts in the field of immigrant education. Together, they have organized a speakers’ bureau whose members present at various annual conferences.

In addition to working on improving the local workforce through Gateway and CCCIE, the college’s Professional Development Center (PDC) continues to provide resources to serve business and industry through customized training and education. This while the college’s numerous academic programs provide knowledge for today’s and tomorrow’s workforce. Thousands of students at the county’s largest educational institution pursue studies in the business field, including marketing, business administration, retail management/fashion merchandising, telecommunications and computer networking.

For information on the college, phone (914) 606-6735. For the Professional Development Center, phone (914) 606-6598 or visit www. sunywcc.edu.

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PACE UNIVERSITY

861 Bedford Road, Pleasantville, NY 10570 1 Pace Plaza, New York, NY 10038 Phone: 800-874-PACE • Fax: 212-346-1821 Website: pace.edu Email: infoctr@pace.edu Degrees: Associate, bachelor’s, master’s, doctorate, continuing education Classes: Evening, online Specialty nondegree and noncertification courses: Yes (computer and information technology training, English for professionals, human resources management, nurse continuing education, project management) Average cost per credit: $1,096 part-time undergraduate (less than 12 credits); $919 part-time undergraduate (summer) Annual tuition: $38,200 undergraduate • graduate varies by program Student/teacher ratio: 11 to 1 Maximum transfer credits accepted: 96 four-year college • 68 two-year college Enrolled students: 8,289 undergraduate • 3,745 graduate How to register: In person, online Dean of admission: Donna Grand Pre

THE PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT CENTER

Employee Development Training and Training-related Services Contact us for Training Programs customized for your business: • Training programs tailored and delivered on your schedule • State-of-the-art training Center conveniently located in Valhalla, New York Be on the lookout for our new spring open-enrollment classes.

• Essentials of Management • Sales & Customer Service • Computer Technologies • SolidWorks 3D Modeling…. and more!

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION: Call: 914-606-6669 Email: pdc@sunywcc.edu Visit: ContinuingEd@sunywcc.edu

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COLLEGES POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE OF NYU

40 Saw Mill River Road Hawthorne, NY 10532 Phone: 914-323-2002 • Fax: 718-260-2010 Website: poly.edu/west Email: rtascio@poly.edu Degrees: Bachelor’s, master’s, doctorate, continuing education Classes: Evening, online, weekend Specialty nondegree and noncertification courses: No Average cost per credit: $1,116 undergraduate • $1,194 graduate Annual tuition: $17,552 full-time undergraduate Student/teacher ratio: 15 to 1 Maximum transfer credits accepted: N/A Enrolled students: 2,155 undergrad How to register: Fax, in person, mail, online Director of enrollment management: Joy Colelli

POST UNIVERSITY

800 Country Club Road, Waterbury, CT 06723 Phone: 203-596-4500 • Fax: 203-596-4602 Website: post.edu Email: admissions@post.edu Degrees: Associate, bachelor’s, master’s Classes: Evening, online, weekend Specialty nondegree and noncertification courses: Yes (finance, forensic accounting, game design and animation, performance management, legal assistant/paralegal) Average cost per credit: $875 campus day course Annual tuition: $26,250 for main campus full-time undergraduate students Student/teacher ratio: 15 to 1 Maximum transfer credits accepted: 90 undergraduate • 9 graduate program Enrolled students: 6,546 undergraduate How to register: In person, online Director of main campus admissions: Joseph Chabot

QUINNIPIAC UNIVERSITY

275 Mount Carmel Ave., Hamden, CT 06492 Phone: 203-582-8600 • Fax: 203-582-8906 Website: quinnipiac.edu Email: admissions@quinnipiac.edu Degrees: Bachelor’s, master’s, doctorate Classes: Evening, online Specialty nondegree and noncertification courses: No Average cost per credit: N/A Annual tuition: $40,670 Student/teacher ratio: 15 to 1 Maximum transfer credits accepted: 45 Enrolled undergraduate students: 6,500 full-time • 2,500 part-time How to register: Online Directors of admission: Carla Knowlton (undergraduate), Scott Farber (graduate)

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RENSSELAER – HARTFORD CAMPUS

275 Windsor St., Hartford, CT 06040 Phone: 860-548-2400 • Fax: 860-548-7823 Website: ewp.rpi.edu Email: info@ewp.rpi.edu Degrees: Master’s Classes: Evening, weekend Specialty nondegree and noncertification courses: No Average cost per credit: $1,545 graduate Annual tuition: N/A Student/teacher ratio: 15 to 1 Maximum transfer credits accepted: 6 Enrolled students: N/A How to register: Fax, in person, mail, online, phone Vice president for enrollment: Paul Marthers

SACRED HEART UNIVERSITY

5151 Park Ave., Fairfield, CT 06825 Phone: 203-371-7999 • Fax: 203-365-4732 Website: sacredheart.edu Email: gradstudies@sacredheart.edu Degrees: Associate, bachelor’s, master’s, doctorate, continuing education Classes: Evening, online, weekend Specialty nondegree and noncertification courses: Yes (Welch MBA, applied psychology, computer science certificates, nursing, education Average cost per credit part time: $545 part-time undergraduate • graduate varies by program Annual tuition: $35,500 full-time undergraduate Student/teacher ratio: 14 to 1 Maximum transfer credits accepted: 90 four-year college • 66 two-year college Enrolled students: 3,771 full-time undergraduate • 683 part-time undergraduate • 2,494 graduate How to register: Fax, in person, mail, online Executive director of graduate admission: Kathy Dilks

SARAH LAWRENCE COLLEGE

1 Mead Way, Bronxville, NY 10708 Phone: 914-337-0700 • Fax: 914-395-2515 Website: slc.edu Degrees: Bachelor’s, master’s, continuing education Classes:Day, evening, weekend noncredit courses Specialty nondegree and noncertification courses: Yes (writing courses: fiction writing, creative nonfiction, poetry workshop, writing for children; fitness and culinary arts courses, post B.A. high school programs) Average cost per credit: $1,656 Annual tuition: $49,680 undergraduate • graduate varies by degree Student/teacher ratio: 10 to 1 Maximum transfer credits accepted: 60 • up to 75 through Center for Continuing Education Enrolled students: 1,328 undergraduate • 342 graduate How to register: Online Direction of admission: Stephen Schierloh

SOUTHERN CONNECTICUT STATE UNIVERSITY 501 Crescent St., New Haven, CT 06515 Phone: 203-392-7278 PLEASE SEE Website: southernct.edu OUR AD ON Email: information@southernct.edu PAGE 11 Degrees: Bachelor’s, master’s, doctorate, continuing education Classes: Evening, weekend, online Specialty nondegree and noncertification courses: No Average cost per credit: N/A Annual tuition: $9,157 full-time undergraduate in-state; $20,892 full-time undergrad out-of-state; $10,170 graduate in-state; $21,853 graduate out-of-state Maximum transfer credits accepted: 90 four-year college • 63 two-year college Enrolled students: About 12,000 How to register: Online Assistant directors of undergraduate admissions: Tim Belcher & Scott J. Ouelette Director of graduate admissions: Lisa Galvin

ST. THOMAS AQUINAS COLLEGE

125 Route 340, Sparkill, NY 10976 Phone: 845-398-4100 • Fax: 845-398-4372 PLEASE SEE Website: stac.edu OUR AD ON Email: admissions@stac.edu PAGE 12 Degrees: Associate, bachelor’s, master’s Classes: Evening, online, weekend Specialty nondegree and noncertification courses: No Average cost per credit: $825 undergraduate • $800 graduate Annual tuition: $27,630 Student/teacher ratio: 18 to 1 Maximum transfer credits accepted: 90 Enrolled students: 2,800 full time How to register: Fax, in person, mail, online, phone Dean of admission: Bart Grachan

DUTCHESS COMMUNITY COLLEGE 53 Pendell Road, Poughkeepsie, NY 12601 Phone: 845-431-8000 • Fax: 845-431-8983 Website: sunydutchess.edu Email: admissions@ sunydutchess.edu

DCC South Hollowbrook Park, 31 Marshall Road, Wappingers Falls 12590 Website: sunydutchess.edu/admissions/dccsouth Phone: 845-790-3610 • Fax: 845-431-8601 Email: tdecker@sunydutchess.edu Degrees: Associate in Arts, Associate in Science, Associate in Applied Science, certificates and noncredit continuing education courses Classes: Day, evening, online, weekend Specialty nondegree and noncertification courses: Yes, through the office of community services Average cost per credit: $133 part-time in-state undergraduate • $266 part-time out of state

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University of Bridgeport OFFERING MORE THAN 125 UNDERGRADUATE, graduate and doctoral degree programs, the University of Bridgeport is not just training students for meaningful careers, but ensuring that graduates find success in their chosen fields. In fact, the University of Bridgeport (UB) is ranked in the top 25 percent of more than 1,500 colleges and universities for best return on investment in PayScale.com’s College Salary Report.

In addition, over the past year, 18,000 University of Bridgeport graduates from the arts and sciences, business, design, education, engineering and health sciences fields contributed more than $231 million to the Connecticut state economy and another $406 million to the overall U.S. economy.

The driver behind these impressive figures is simple: the University of Bridgeport is built on the idea that academic excellence, career-oriented programs and an innovative spirit best serve the needs of today’s students.

Through a comprehensive curriculum that includes liberal arts, health sciences, social sciences, business, engineering, computer science, education, music, design and fashion merchandising, the university provides students with the knowledge and skills they need to find success both in and out of the classroom.

FACULTY LEADERSHIP Supporting the university’s mission are more than 400 UB faculty members, including Fulbright Scholars, National Science Foundation Fellows, Ford Fellows, National Endowment for the Humanities Fellows, American Council for Learned Societies Scholars and Phi Beta Kappa Scholars.

As a result of this dynamic leadership, UB students are nationally recognized for their efforts and the university’s online programs are ranked among the best by U.S. News and World Report. In fact, faculty expertise helped UB Engineering students win every award at a recent competition for the American Society for Engineering — a first for any school in the nation.

PREPARING STUDENTS FOR TOMORROW’S CAREERS At UB students get hands-on training both in the classroom and by participating in internships and cooperative education opportunities. These programs prepare students for the real-world challenges of the workplace by combining education with work experience. Cooperative education provides a paid, practical

The Ernest C. Trefz School of Business is currently under renovation and will be completed in early 2014. This newly redesigned facility will include state-ofthe-art technology, smart classrooms and lecture halls designed to support the school’s increased commitment to bringing members of the local business community to the campus to speak with current students.

Sound adjacent to Seaside Park and the Seaside Park beach. UB also offers graduate and adult students the convenience of two extension campuses in Stamford and Waterbury.

UB is currently engaged in a wide range of infrastructure and facilities enhancements. Already completed are extensive renovations to the Fones School of Dental Hygiene, the Naturopathic Clinic, Marina Dining Hall, as well as the Magnus Wahlstrom Library, which now includes cutting-edge multimedia workstations and a theaterstyle Discovery Pavilion.

application of academic studies plus opportunities to learn material that cannot be taught in the classroom.

UB’s Career Services office provides a full spectrum of assistance to students who wish to take part in the enriching programs. To date, UB students have taken advantage of internships and cooperative education opportunities with Apple, Bloomingdale’s, ESPN, the FBI, GE, Rolls Royce, UBS and PricewaterhouseCoopers.

A VIBRANT, GROWING CAMPUS IN A GREAT LOCATION Just 55 miles north of New York City, UB’s 50-acre campus is situated on Long Island

Call 800-EXCEL-UB (800-392-3582) or visit Bridgeport.edu to discover more about the University of Bridgeport.

What Will UBecome?

Now is the time to get the graduate degree you need to launch your career to the next level.

The University of Bridgeport could be the perfect place for you to become the person you’ve always wanted to be. When you include the small-class size, personal attention, evening, weekend and online options for many of our programs, it adds up to a rich and rewarding learning experience. Take your career to the next level at the University of Bridgeport.

Graduate degrees in: Acupuncture Chiropractic Computer Science Counseling Dental Hygiene Design Management East Asian and Pacific Rim Studies Education

Engineering Global Development and Peace Global Media and Communication Studies MBA Naturopathic Medicine Nutrition Physician Assistant Technology Management

Call today at 203.576.4552 or visit bridgeport.edu/graduate.

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COLLEGES Annual tuition: $3,200 full-time in state; $6,400 full-time out of state Student/teacher ratio: 19 to 1 Maximum transfer credits accepted: 40 Enrolled students: 10,000+ How to register: Fax, in person, mail, online, phone Vice president & dean of administration: Dr. William F. Anderson

SUNY EMPIRE STATE COLLEGE

200 N. Central Ave., Hartsdale, NY 10530 Phone: 914-948-6206 • Fax: 914-761-8541 150 E. Route 39, Nanuet, NY 10954 Phone: 845-517-1294 • Fax: 845-624-0104 3 Washington Center, Newburgh, NY 12550 Phone: 845-563-9905 Website: esc.edu Email: hudson.valley@esc.edu Degrees: Associate, bachelor’s, master’s, continuing education Classes: Evening, online, weekend Specialty nondegree and noncertification courses: Yes (all courses are student and instructor developed) Average cost per credit: $257 in-state undergraduate • $659 outof-state undergraduate for associate and bachelor’s courses Annual tuition: N/A Student/teacher ratio: 9 to 1 Maximum transfer credits accepted: 96 Enrolled students: N/A How to register: Online Vice president for enrollment management and decision support: M. Nesler

SUNY AT NEW PALTZ

1 Hawk Drive, New Paltz, NY 12561 Phone: 845-257-7869 Website: newpaltz.edu Email: npinfo@newpaltz.edu Degrees: Associate, bachelor’s, master’s, continuing education Classes: Evening, online, weekend Specialty nondegree and noncertification courses: No Average cost per credit: $245 in-state undergraduate • $638 out-of-state undergraduate • $411 in-state graduate • $765 out-ofstate graduate Annual tuition: $5,870 full-time undergraduate in state; $15,320 out of state Student/teacher ratio: 15 to 1 Maximum transfer credit accepted: 70 two-year college • 90 four-year college Enrolled students: 6,570 full time • 1,088 graduate How to register: Online Dean of undergraduate admission: Lisa Jones

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SUNY ORANGE

115 South St., Middletown, NY 10940 1 Washington Center, Newburgh, NY 12550 Phone: 845-344-6222 • Fax: 845-342-8662 Website: sunyorange.edu Email: apply@sunyorange.edu Degrees: Associate, continuing education Classes: Evening, online, weekend Specialty nondegree and noncertification courses: Yes (phlebotomy, photovoltaic installation, geothermal installation, CDL tractor trailer training, pharmacy technician) Average cost per credit: $183 in-state undergraduate • $366 outof-state undergraduate Annual tuition: $4,400 full-time instate undergraduate; $8,800 out of state Student/teacher ratio: 15 to 1 Maximum transfer credits accepted: 30 Enrolled students: 6,162 How to register: In person, mail, online Associate vice president for enrollment management: Gerianne Brusati

PURCHASE COLLEGE, SUNY

735 Anderson Hill Road, Purchase, NY 10577 PLEASE SEE Phone: 914-251-6000 • Fax: 914-251-6314 OUR AD ON PAGE 17 Website: purchase.edu Email: admissions@purchase.edu Degrees: Bachelor’s, master’s, continuing education Classes: Evening, weekend Speciality nondegree and noncertification courses: Yes (fundraising certification, certificate in arts management, certificate in early childhood development, nonprofit management, post-baccalaureate pre-medical studies) Average cost per credit: N/A Annual tuition: $6,170 Student/teacher ratio: 16.4 to 1 Maximum transfer credits accepted: 90 Enrolled students: 3,860 full time • 405 part time How to register: Fax, in person, mail, online, phone Dean of admission: Stephanie McCaine

ROCKLAND COMMUNITY COLLEGE, SUNY

145 College Road, Suffern, NY 10901 Phone: 845-574-4000 • Fax: 845-574-4433 PLEASE SEE Website: sunyrockland.edu OUR AD ON Email: info@sunyrockland.edu PAGE 8 Degrees: Associate, certificate Classes: Evening, online, weekend Specialty nondegree and noncertification courses: Yes (phlebotomy, tax update, green jobs training, business boot camp) Average cost per credit: $180 in-state undergraduate Annual tuition: $4,300 in-state resident • $8,600 out-of-state resident Student/teacher ratio: 22 to 1

Maximum transfer credits accepted: 32 Enrolled students: 7,000 How to register: Fax, in person, mail, online Director of admission: Jude Fleurismond

SULLIVAN COUNTY COMMUNITY COLLEGE, SUNY 112 College Road, Loch Sheldrake, NY 12759 Phone: 845-434-5750 • Fax: 845-434-4806 Website: sunysullivan.edu Email: admission@sunysullivan.edu Degrees: Associate, continuing education Classes: Evening, online, weekend Specialty nondegree and noncertification courses: Yes Average cost per credit: N/A Annual tuition and fees: $5,300 in state; $8,774 out of state Student/teacher ratio: 15 to 1 Maximum transfer credits accepted: N/A Enrolled students: 1,051 full time • 706 part time How to register: In person, online Director of admission: Sari Rosenheck

SUNY ULSTER

491 Cottekill Road, Stone Ridge, NY 12484 Phone: 845-687-5000 Website: sunyulster.edu Email: admissions@sunyulster.edu Degrees: Associate, continuing education Classes: Evening, online, weekend Specialty nondegree and noncertification courses: Yes (building performance institute certification, EKG technician, photovoltaic and solar hot water installation, national sustainable building advisor, solar manufacturing) Average cost per credit: $159 in state; $318 out of state Annual tuition: $2,115 in-state resident • $4,230 out-of-state resident per semester Student/teacher ratio: 18 to 1 Maximum transfer credits accepted: N/A Enrolled students: 1,759 full time • 1,781 part time How to register: Fax, in person, mail, online, phone Vice president and dean of enrollment management: Ann Marrott

SUNY WESTCHESTER COMMUNITY COLLEGE 75 Grasslands Road, Valhalla, NY 10595 Phone: 914-606-6600 • Fax: 914-606-6780 Website: sunywcc.edu Email: admissions@sunysullivan.edu Degrees: Associate, continuing education Classes: Day, evening, online, weekend

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Think Wide Open programs foster development of the whole student.

Purchase is part of the region’s cultural fabric as well. Governor Nelson A. Rockefeller founded Purchase College in 1967 as the cultural gem of the SUNY system. His vision included the creation of world-class visual and performing arts venues to influence and motivate. Today,

PURCHASE COLLEGE OFFERS a singular education where rigorous programs in the liberal arts and sciences coexist with professional conservatory training programs in the visual, performing and theatre arts. The resulting framework—a creative and intellectual laboratory—sparks unparalleled learning opportunities for the community of 4,300 students who inspire, inform and learn from one another.

The Purchase experience emphasizes inquiry, mastery of skills, and creativity in an unconventional environment that celebrates self-expression and diversity of ideas; where the freedom to be oneself is the rule and not the exception.

Granting BA, BS and BFA degrees in 47 undergraduate majors, Purchase also offers graduate majors, artist diplomas, and performance certificates for those who wish to continue their studies. Purchase encourages internships and offers many

study-abroad opportunities. Through the dynamic School of Liberal Studies and Continuing Education, a wide realm of certificate programs, noncredit courses, and degree-completion programs are available.

Distinguished alumni include recipients of Oscars, Emmys, Tonys, Obies and Guggenheim Fellowships; as well as Pulitzer Prizes, Polk Awards, Fulbright Scholarships, and MacArthur Genius grants.

Drawn to a unique environment of artists and scholars, Purchase faculty members are among the most accomplished in their fields worldwide and continue to earn professional awards and academic acclaim.

The proximity to New York City coupled with professional faculty connections affords Purchase College students incomparable opportunities to perform, research, and learn. For example, the Purchase Jazz Orchestra performs each year at legendary venues such as the Blue Note and Dizzy’s Club Coca-Cola in Lincoln Center; the Purchase Dance Company performed its inaugural season at New York Live Arts; and psychology students participated in research at the renowned Weill Cornell Medical College.

Purchase College athletes compete in 10 NCAA Division III sports as part of the Skyline Conference. A variety of offerings through the Wellness Center such as yoga, meditation and prevention and awareness

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the Neuberger Museum of Art, a leading venue of Modern, contemporary, and African art and the only teaching museum in the metropolitan New York area, as well as The Performing Arts Center, the major professional, nonprofit arts presenter in the area and the largest program in the SUNY system, serve the general public in addition to the campus community.

world-class conservatory training in the performing and visual arts nationally-ranked programs in the liberal arts and sciences and so much more, right next door The Neuberger Musueum of Art The Performing Arts Center Degree-completion programs Certificate programs Outstanding athletics and recreational facilities

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Specialty nondegree and noncertification courses: Yes (business management, computers and information technology, medical and health care, professional and career development, languages and literature) Average cost per credit:179 in state • 493 out of state resident Annual tuition: 4,280 in state • 11,700 out of state Student/teacher ratio: 16 to 1 Maximum transfer credits accepted: 32 Enrolled students: 15,304 (spring 2013 credit enrollement) How to register: Fax, in person, mail, online, phone Director of admission: Gloria Leon

ST. JOHN FISHER COLLEGE

3690 East Ave., Rochester, NY 14618 PLEASE SEE Phone: 585-385-8000 OUR AD ON PAGE 7 Website: sjfc.edu Email: admissions@sjfc.edu Degrees: Bachelor’s, associate, master’s, doctoral, continuing education Classes: Day, evening, online, weekend Specialty nondegree and noncertification courses: Yes (business management, computers and information technology, medical and health care, professional and career development, languages and literature) Average cost per credit: 790 Annual tuition: 28,970 Student/teacher ratio: 13 to 1 Maximum transfer credits accepted: 60 Enrolled students: 2,700 full-time undergraduate How to register: Fax, in person, mail, online, phone Executive vice president for enrollment: Gerard J. Rooney

UNIVERSITY OF BRIDGEPORT

126 Park Ave., Bridgeport, CT 06604 PLEASE SEE OUR AD ON Phone: 800-392-3582 • Fax: 203-576-4941 PAGE 15 Website: bridgeport.edu Email: admit@bridgeport.edu Degrees: Associate, bachelor’s, master’s, doctorate, continuing education Classes: Evening, online, weekend Specialty nondegree and noncertification courses: No Average cost per credit: N/A Annual tuition: $30,540 undergraduate Student/teacher ratio: 16 to 1 Maximum transfer credits accepted: 66 two-year school • 90 four-year school Enrolled students: 2,534 undergrad How to register: Fax, in person, mail, online Dean of admission: Karissa Peckham

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UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT, STAMFORD CAMPUS 1 University Place, Stamford, CT 06901 Phone: 203-251-8440 • Fax: 203-251-9540 Website: business.uconn.edu Degrees: Bachelor’s, master’s, doctorate Classes: Evening, online, weekend Specialty nondegree and noncertification courses: Yes Average cost per credit: N/A Annual tuition: $9,858 undergraduate in state; $30,038 out of state Student/teacher ratio: 20 to 1 Maximum transfer credit: 15 Enrolled students: 1,852 undergraduate • 110 full-time graduate • 1271 part-time graduate How to register: Fax, in person, mail, online Assistant director/enrollment services: Kerrie Mills

UNIVERSITY OF HARTFORD

200 Bloomfield Ave., West Hartford, CT 06117 Phone: 860-768-4100 • Fax: 860-768-4378 Website: hartford.edu Degrees: Associate, bachelor’s, master’s, doctorate, continuing education Classes: Evening, online, weekend Specialty nondegree and noncertification courses: Yes (Institute for Leadership and Talent Management, start your own business self-assessment) Average cost per credit: Varies by school (graduate) Annual tuition: $31,804 full-time undergraduate Student/teacher ratio: 12 to 1 Maximum transfer credits accepted: Determined by university Enrolled students: 6,935 How to register: Fax, in person, mail, online Dean of admission: Richard Zeiser

VASSAR COLLEGE

124 Raymond Ave., Poughkeepsie, NY 12604 Phone: 845-437-7000 Website: vassar.edu Email: admissions@vassar.edu Degrees: Bachelor’s Classes: Day, evening Specialty nondegree and noncertification courses: N/A Average cost per credit: N/A Annual tuition: $48,840 Student/teacher ratio: 8 to 1 Maximum transfer credits accepted: Varies by program Enrolled students: 2,450 full time • part time N/A How to register: In person, mail, online Dean of admission & financial aid: David Borus

WESTERN CONNECTICUT STATE UNIVERSITY

181 White St., Danbury, CT 06810 Phone: 203-837-8486, 877-837-WCSU (9278) • Fax: 203-837-8338 Website: wcsu.edu Email: admissions@wcsu.edu Degrees: Associate, bachelor’s, master’s, doctorate Classes: Evening, online Specialty nondegree and noncertification courses: Yes Average cost per credit: $192 in-state undergraduate • in-state graduate varies by program Annual tuition: $9,076 in-state undergraduate• $20,812 out-ofstate undergraduate • $10,206 in-state graduate • $21,889 out-of-state graduate Student/teacher ratio: 14.2 to 1 Maximum transfer credits accepted: 90 undergraduate fouryear college and universities • 75 undergraduate two-year college Enrolled students: 4,465 full time • 1,560 part time undergraduate; 533 graduate How to register: Fax, in person, mail, online Enrollment management officer: William Hawkins

UNIVERSITY OF NEW HAVEN

300 Boston Post Road, West Haven, CT 06516 Phone: 800-DIAL-UNH (342-5864) Fax: 203-931-6093 Website: newhaven.edu Degrees: Associate, bachelor’s, master’s, continuing education,Ph.d Classes: Day, evening, online, weekend Specialty nondegree and noncertification courses: Yes Average cost per credit: $824 graduate, $555 part-time evening undergraduate Annual tuition: $33,330 undergraduate Student/teacher ratio: 16 to 1 Maximum transfer credits accepted: 90 Enrolled students: 4864 undergraduate, 1691 graduate How to register: In person, online Associate vice president for enrollment: Kevin J. Phillips (undergraduate); Sean Michael Green (graduate)

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Charles North, president and CEO of the Dutchess County Regional Chamber of Commerce.

THE CHAMBER FOUNDATION HOSTING TWISTED GALA REVERSE DRAWING The Chamber Foundation Inc., the nonprofit eduInc. cational organization of the Dutchess County Regional Chamber of Commerce, is raffling off a Harley-Davidson motorcycle from Woodstock Harley-Davidson as the grand prize at the Twisted Gala Reverse Drawing on Aug. 13, 5:30 p.m., at The Grandview in Poughkeepsie. Only 100 tickets will be sold for the reverse draw-

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ing with the final ticket, not the first ticket pulled, taking home the grand prize. Every entry wins a prize.

All winners must be present. Reverse drawing tickets, including admission to the gala event, cost $200 each and must be purchased in advance. People can attend the gala for $100 without participating in the drawing. Register at ChamberFDN.org or by calling 845-454-1700, ext. 1026.

The reverse drawing takes place as part of the Twisted Gala reception featuring a

selection of hors d’ouevres as well as food stations and desserts along with music and an open bar. Trendy cocktail attire is appropriate. All proceeds benefit the scholarship fund of The Chamber Foundation. In 2014, the foundation awarded more than $65,000 in scholarship funds to area students.

Meyer Contracting serves as the Twisted Gala reception sponsor.

Woodstock Harley-Davidson is the supporting partner. The event is sponsored

by COBESO Inc.; Zott Construction; N&S

Supply; Timothy P. Doyle Funeral Home; Vanacore, DeBenedictus, DiGovanni & Weddell L.L.P.; S&O Construction Services; D’Arcangelo & Co.; Eagle Riverview Group Inc.; Harmon & Castella Printing; Hudson Cadillac Buick GMC; Hudson Valley Office Furniture; Palace Diner; QB Collision; T. Webber Plumbing Heating and Air; Superior Sounds; Rutberg Breslow Personal Injury Law; Catania, Mahon, Milligram and Rider; and Radio Woodstock.

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ORMC AMONG FIRST HOSPITALS IN HUDSON VALLEY TO IMPLANT DEFIBRILLATOR SYSTEM Orange Regional Medical Center is among the first hospitals in the Hudson Valley to implant the entirely subcutaneous implantable cardioverter-defibrillator system, or S-ICD. This device, manufactured by Boston Scientific, in Natick, Mass., represents the first commercially available S-ICD for the treatment of patients at risk for sudden cardiac arrest.

“The subcutaneous ICD system represents a significant advancement in therapy for patients at risk of sudden cardiac arrest,”

NEW CITY CHIROPRACTIC CENTER RAISES FUNDS FOR WOUNDED WARRIOR PROJECT

“Shop on an Old Fabric Design,” oil on canvas.

RETROSPECTIVE EXHIBITION AT THE COOPER-FINN GALLERY At 24 Front St. in Millbrook, the CopperFinn Gallery is presenting a retrospective exhibition of artwork by Judy Malstrom, a Dutchess County artist and resident since 1964, through Sept. 7.

Malstrom’s paintings attempt to capture the beauty of the landscape, architecture and people and animals of Dutchess County. Her works range in size from 8 by 10 inches to canvases of 6 feet in length.

Visitors to the show also will get to witness how an accomplished artist’s work

evolves – the paintings in this exhibition span more than 40 years.

“It has been nearly a five-decade journey to find my painter’s voice,” Malstrom said.

“I started out as a paint roller (my late husband’s term) and stylist, and then turned into a nearly ‘pointillistic painter,’ and I’m not through, yet.”

For more information, show hours and other Cooper-Finn Gallery programs, call 845-416-8342.

RIVERWINDS GALLERY CELEBRATES SUMMER Marking its 11th anniversary with a group show “Celebrating Summer,” RiverWinds Gallery at 172 Main St. in Beacon is highlighting paintings by 18 Hudson Valley artists. This juried show, through Aug. 3, includes oils, pastels, acrylics, watercolor and painted porcelain. Visiting hours are Wednesday to Monday, noon to 6 p.m., and on Beacon Second Saturday from noon to 9 p.m.

The 18 artists participating in the show include Emma Crawford, ES DeSanna, Virginia Donovan, Gillian Grozier, Galina Krasskova, Mara Lehmann, Ellen Lewis, Alexis Lynch, Johanne Morin, Marilyn Price, Linda Puiatti, Neela Pushparaj, Elaine Ralston, Claudia Schellenberg, Jerry Smath, Sheila Trautman, Anthony Volpe and Nancy Woogen, RiverWinds Gallery is a member of the Beacon Arts Community Association.

For more information, call 845-8382880 or visit riverwindsgallery.com.

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said Paul Eugenio, Orange Regional Medical Center cardiologist. “The ability to provide effective defibrillation without the need to access the vascular system offers particular advantages in certain selected patients.”

The Orange Regional Medical Center Cardiac Catheterization Laboratory is affiliated with Westchester Medical Center. It offers three labs where implantation of the S-ICD is performed by a team of cardiac electrophysiologists.

Through the efforts of doctors, patients and friends of Dr. Michael Cocilovo and Dr. Gil Rodriguez of New City Chiropractic Center, nearly $4,000 was raised by the New City Gladiators for The Wounded Warrior Project. A total of 21 individuals participated in two fundraising events – one team of 17 men, women and teens participated in the “The Color Run” at CitiField billed by the founders as the “happiest 5K on the planet,” while a team of four participated in the grueling “Spartan Sprint” in Tuxedo Park.

“By having two teams and adding The Color Run we were able to include more people and make it a more enjoyable challenge for everyone,” Cocilovo said in a statement.

New City Chiropractic Center has been serving the Rockland County area for nearly

three decades, providing chiropractic care and wellness workshops. A certified sports team physician, Cocilovo is certified to perform manipulation under anesthesia. He is a longtime member of the New York State Chiropractic Association and is past president of the Rockland County Chapter of the American Chiropractic Association.

MEDICAL PRACTICE ADDS NEUROLOGY DIVISION

The four RiverWinds partners: Virginia Donovan, Galina Krasskova, Mary Ann Glass and Linda T. Hubbard.

“Summer I,” watercolor, by Neela Pushparaj.

Health Quest Medical Practice in Kingston has expanded to include a division of neurology with the addition of Kingston Neurological Associates as its newest specialty team.

“This collaboration will give our patients access to expanded services, state-of-the-art technologies and first-class medical professionals,” said Luke McGuinness, president and CEO of Health Quest.

Kingston Neurological Associates has seven physicians with multiple specialties.

All are certified by the American Board of Psychiatry & Neurology and are attending neurologists at Health Quest affiliate Northern Dutchess Hospital in Rhinebeck.

“We’re happy to join Health Quest and look forward to building on the tradition of

excellence in neurology that we’ve established in the Hudson Valley,” said Dr. Leonard Pickard, who joined Kingston Neurological Associates in 1980.

Pickard completed his residency in neurology at Albany Medical Center and earned his medical degree from Albany Medical College in 1976. He is an elected fellow of the American Academy of Neurology and a member of the New York State Medical Society and Ulster County Medical Society. He is also a clinical instructor in the Department of Neurology at Albany Medical College.

Other physicians at Kingston Neurological Associates include Fabio Danisi, William Gooch, Gerald Kufner, Uma Alampur, Janet Tamai and Srivani Karra.

FACTS& FIGURES ON THE RECORD Ruthy’s Cheesecake & Rugelach Bakery Inc., 415 W. 15 BANKRUPTCIES St., New York 10011. Chapter

11, voluntary. Attorney: Robert The following petitions were filed D. Nosek, Jericho. Filed July 11. in the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for Case no. 14-12045. the Southern District of New York in White Plains. Chapter ROCKLAND COUNTY 11 indicates the filer intends to submit a plan of reorganization John Bernard Kelly Jr., 12 Salem to the court. Chapter 7 indicates Road, New City 10956. Chapter 7, voluntary. Attorney: Nathan a liquidation of assets.

Horowitz, White Plains. Filed July 13. Case no. 14-23005.

BRONX COUNTY

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16 East 116th Street Corp., 3221 Third Ave., Bronx 10451. Chapter COUNTY 11, voluntary. Attorney: Pro se.

Filed July 14. Case no. 14-12061. LBD Motors L.L.C., 55 N. Main St., Ellenville 12428-1016. ChapGeoffrey O. Ukekweh, 3800 ter 7, voluntary. Attorney: Daren White Plains Road, Bronx A. Webber, Goshen. Filed July 11.

10467. Chapter 13, voluntary. Case no. 14-36435.

Attorney: Pro se. Filed July 15.

Case no. 14-12069.

William R. Graby, 29 Ray Graby Road, Calicoon 12723. Chapter 12, voluntary. Attorney: Andrea NEW YORK B. Malin, Wappingers Falls. Filed July 08. Case no. 14-36412.

COUNTY D.A.B. Group L.L.C., 85 W. WESTCHESTER Hawthorne Ave., Valley Stream 11580-6107. Chapter 11, volun- COUNTY tary. Attorney: J. Ted Donovan, New York City. Filed July 14. Ezriel Edward Kornel, 115 Case no. 14-12057.

Stone Bridge Lane, Bedford Hills 10507. Chapter 7, volunGeraghty Suarez L.L.P., 750 tary. Attorney: Julie Cvek CurThird Ave., 25th floor, New York ley, White Plains. Filed July 10.

10017. Chapter 11, voluntary. Case no. 14-22997.

Attorney: Christopher Gresh, New York City. Filed July 08. Kevin Lubic, 567 Grant Road, Case no. 14-12016.

North Salem 10560. Chapter 13, voluntary. Attorney: Pro se. Filed Pleasant Hill Associates July 08. Case no. 14-22981.

L.P., 870 Fifth Ave., Suite 20C, New York 10065-4907. Chapter 11, voluntary. Attorney: Gerard Sylvester Catalanello, COURT CASES New York City. Filed July 9.

Case no. 14-12030.

The following cases appear on the docket of the U.S. District Court for the county of Westchester in White Plains.

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Azzure Home Inc., et al. Filed

by Argento SC by Sicura Inc. Action: Copyright infringement claim. Attorneys for plaintiff: Darren Oved and Aaron Jason Solomon. Filed July 11.

Case no. 14-05211.

Boombang Inc., et al. Filed

by LaserDynamics L.L.C. Action: Patent infringement claim.

Attorney for plaintiff: Sergey Kolmykov, et al. Filed July 09.

Case no. 14-05112.

Branic International Realty Corp., et al. Filed by Javier Vasquez. Action: Discrimination claim. Attorney for plaintiff: Marjorie Mesidor. Filed July 11.

Case no. 14-05174.

Carmine Limited, et al. Filed

by Tom Rukaj. Action: Denial of overtime compensation claim.

Attorney for plaintiff: Garrett Kaske, et al. Filed July 8.

Case no. 14-05068.

Clear Channel Broadcasting Inc. Filed by Liane Arias. Action: Collect unpaid wages claim. Attorney for plaintiff: Lloyd Robert Ambinder, et al. Filed July 8.

Case no. 14-05088.

Inmarket Media L.L.C., et al.

Filed by Berkley Networks Corp..

Action: Trademark infringement claim. Attorneys for plaintiff: Louis Sherman Ederer and Laura Nicole Weiss Tejeda. Filed July 10.

Case no. 14-05145.

Kips Bay Boys and Girls Club Inc. Filed by Yolanda Brisbane.

Action: Job discrimination claim. Attorney for plaintiff: Rodney R. Austin. Filed July 11.

Case no. 14-05209.

Lady Burd Exclusive Cosmetics Inc. Filed by Millie Velasco.

Action: Job discrimination claim. Attorneys for plaintiff: Brian Adam Heller and Davida S. Perry. Filed July 10.

ConocoPhillips Co., et al. Filed Case no. 14-05156.

by PDV Sweeny Inc., et al. Action: U.S. arbitration act claim. Lorillard Tobacco Co., et al.

Attorney for plaintiff: Alyssa Filed by Virginia Bratek. AcJosefa Astiz, et al. Filed July 11. tion: Personal injury claim.

Attorney for plaintiff: Jerome Case no. 14-05183.

Howard Block. Filed July 09.

Constanza L.L.C., et al. Filed Case no. 14-05131.

by Johnny Ramirez-Forci. Action: Denial of overtime com- Macy’s Inc., et al. Filed by Angepensation claim. Attorneys for la Vitti. Action: Americans with plaintiff: Giustino Cilenti and disabilities act of 1990 claim.

Peter Hans Cooper. Filed July 11. Attorney for plaintiff: Laurie Case no. 14-05170.

Elene Morrison. Filed July 09.

Case no. 14-05108.

Craig Electronics Inc. Filed

by LaserDynamics L.L.C. Ac- The Northwestern Mutual tion: Patent infringement claim. Life Insurance Company Inc. Attorney for plaintiff: Sergey Filed by Ruben Juarez. Action: Kolmykov, et al. Filed July 9. Equal rights under the law claim.

Case no. 14-05113.

Attorney for plaintiff: Adam T Klein, et al. Filed July 09.

FMC Services Inc. Filed by Case no. 14-05107.

Building Service 32BJ Health Fund, et al. Action: Employee Only Authentics L.L.C., et retirement income security act al. Filed by Chanel Inc. Acclaim. Attorney for plaintiff: Mi- tion: Trademark infringement chael E. Geffner. Filed July 10. claim. Attorney for plaintiff: Case no. 14-05144.

John Macaluso. Filed July 08.

Case no. 14-05090.

Fragrance Acquisitions L.L.C., et al. Filed by Elizabeth Arden Premier Fresh Wholesale, et Inc. Action: Trademark infringe- al. Filed by United States Proment claim. Attorneys for plain- duce Brokers Inc. Action: Agritiff: Bruce Roy Millar Ewing and cultural commodities act claim.

Fara S. Sunderji. Filed July 09. Attorney for plaintiff: Cynthia Case no. 14-05120.

Maria Attard. Filed July 10.

Case no. 14-05149.

GSO Graphics. Filed by James Anderson, et al. Action: Labor Roc Nation L.L.C., et al. Filed management relations act of 1947 by Chauncey Mahan. Action: claim. Attorney for plaintiff: Copyright infringement claim.

Thomas Michael Murray. Filed Attorney for plaintiff: James H. Freeman. Filed July 08.

July 08. Case no. 14-05077.

Case no. 14-05075.

Serafina Management Group 750 South Fulton Storage Ltd., et al. Filed by Juan Car- L.L.C., State College, Pa. Seller: los Mendieta. Action: Denial Wampum L.L.C., Mount Verof overtime compensation non. Property: 750 S. Fulton claim. Attorney for plaintiff: Ave., Mount Vernon. Amount: Kerry E. Connolly. Filed July 14. $3.8 million. Filed July 9.

Case no. 14-05121.

980 Forest L.L.C., Rye. Seller: Terra Holdings L.L.C. Filed Rita K. Schubert, Rye. Property:

by Kevin A. Jones. Action: Fair 980 Forest Ave., Rye. Amount: credit reporting act claim. Attor- $3.8 million. Filed July 9. ney for plaintiff: Monica Welby.

Filed July 11. Case no. 14-05179. Alpha5MK L.L.C., Rye. Seller: Germerican Associates L.P., Rye. Three B’s Hospitality Group, et Property: 150 Purchase St., 11, al. Filed by Nataliya Mykytyak- Rye. Amount: $1 million. Filed Penning. Action: Fair labor stan- July 11. dards act claim. Attorney for plaintiff: Yitzchak Zelman. Filed Alpha5MK L.L.C., Rye. Seller: July 10. Case no. 14-05152.

Germerican Associates L.P., Rye. Property: 150 Purchase St., 12, Tower Legal Staffing Inc. Rye. Amount: $1 million. Filed Filed by Harry Ross Vas- July 11. sallo. Action: Fair labor standards act claim. Attorneys EIGMP Realty L.L.C., New Rofor plaintiff: Daniel Maimon chelle. Seller: PTMCD ManageKirschenbaum and Denise An- ment Company Inc., White Plains. drea Schulman. Filed July 10. Property: 30-40 Westchester Ave., Case no. 14-05155.

White Plains. Amount: $1.3 million. Filed July 9.

DEEDS Above $1 million 205 S Riverside Ave L.L.C., Croton-on-Hudson. Seller: Anfit Enterprises Ltd., Croton-onHudson. Property: 205 S. Riverside Ave., Cortlandt. Amount: $1.1 million. Filed July 11.

Ridge Forest Realty Corp., Ridgewood. Seller: John G. Molloy, Somers. Property: 158 Eastwoods Road, Pound Ridge. Amount: $1.2 million. Filed July 9.

Socios 68 L.L.C., New York City.

Seller: Ingrid Presser, et al, White Plains. Property: 68-70 W. Post Road, White Plains. Amount: $1.4 million. Filed July 14.

WR Investment Group L.L.C., Darien, Conn. Seller: John J. 270 WP Rd L.L.C., et al, Bronx- Lane, et al, Rye. Property: 42 ville. Seller: Fortezza Realty Colby Ave., Rye. Amount: $1 L.L.C., Eastchester. Property: million. Filed July 10.

247/257 Mamaroneck Ave., Mamaroneck. Amount: $4.1 million. Filed July 9.

Below $1 million

3 Harding Drive Realty L.L.C., Bronx. Seller: Neil E. Tergesen, et al, Rye. Property: 3 Harding Drive, Rye. Amount: $1.2 million. Filed July 14.

1 Old Sleepy Hollow L.L.C., Yonkers. Seller: James Quinn, et al, Pleasantville. Property: 1 Old Sleepy Hollow Road, Mount Pleasant. Amount: $650,000.

Filed July 11.

480 SB Realty L.L.C., Yonkers.

Seller: Elias Rabady, Ardsley.

Property: 480 S. Broadway, Yon- 18 Longview L.L.C., White kers. Amount: $1.6 million. Filed Plains. Seller: Paul Barbalaco, White Plains. Property: 18 July 15.

Longview Ave., White Plains.

Amount: $435,000. Filed July 8.

5 Reymont L.L.C., Rye. Seller: Fred N. Silverman, et al, Rye. Property: 5 Reymont Ave., Rye. Amount: $1.3 million. Filed July 11.

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NEWSMAKERS plus awards and events NEW ADDITIONS AT HVHC

Jonelle Bingham-Alexander

Peter Hon

Ricardo Esquitin

Megan Pierce

Doctors Jonelle Bingham-Alexander, Ricardo Esquitin, Peter Hon and Megan Pierce have joined the Hudson Valley Hospital Center staff in Cortlandt Manor.

Bingham-Alexander is a board-certified obstetrician/gynecologist. She received her medical degree from Upstate Medical University in Syracuse, and completed her residency training in obstetrics and gynecology at the Bronx Lebanon Hospital Center where she served as administrative chief resident in 2003.

Esquitin is board-certified in internal medicine and board eligible in cardiology, echocardiography, nuclear cardiology and vascular imaging. He is a member of the American College of Cardiology and a graduate of Harvard University and Mount Sinai School of Medicine. He completed his residency and Master of Science degree in clinical research at Mount Sinai School of Medicine followed by a cardiology fellowship at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center-Harvard Medi-

cal School.

Hon is board certified in both general and colorectal surgery. He recently joined Dr. Michelle Gordon’s practice at Northern Westchester Surgical Associates, previously practicing at Lenox Hill Hospital in Manhattan. Hon completed his surgical residency at North Shore Hospital in Manhasset and Long Island Jewish Medical Center in New Hyde Park. His specialized colon and rectal surgery training was completed at Baylor University Medical Center in Dallas, Texas. Hon attended Cornell University and SUNY Upstate Medical University.

Pierce specializes in obstetric and gynecological care as well as minimally invasive gynecological surgery. She recently joined the Mount Kisco Medical Group practice in Cortlandt Manor. She completed her undergraduate and graduate and medical degrees at the University of Wisconsin and her residency at Albert Einstein College of Medicine at Long Island Jewish Medical Center.

GREENBERG JOINS HOSPITAL STAFF Interventional cardiologist Mark Greenberg of Scarsdale has joined the White Plains Hospital medical staff. He has assumed the role of director of the Joan and Alan Herfort M.D. Cardiac Catheterization Laboratory and will oversee all clinical operations of the catheterization laboratory, which provided nearly 1,300 emergency and elective cardiac catheterizations in 2013.

Known as one of the region’s top cardiologists and repeatedly named among Castle Connolly and New York magazine’s Top Doctor, Greenberg was most recently the director of interventional cardiology with the Montefiore Health System.

“We are very fortunate and truly delighted to welcome Dr. Greenberg to White Plains Hospital,”

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said Susan Fox, president of the hospital. “His extensive expertise and exceptional clinical skills will translate into unparalleled patient care in cardiac catheterizations here in Westchester, and he will be an invaluable resource in helping us continue to build on this very successful program.”

Greenberg completed his undergraduate work at the University of Michigan and received his medical degree from the University of Illinois and he completed his residency in internal medicine at Montefiore, followed by a fellowship in cardiology, also at Montefiore. Board-certified in cardiovascular disease, internal medicine and interventional cardiology, he is a professor of clinical medicine at the Albert Einstein College of Medicine.

Brenon Abernathie

Beth S. Bromberg

Two physicians have joined the staff of Westmed Medical Group, a multispecialty medical practice based in Purchase.

Brenon Abernathie, a plastic surgeon, was awarded his medical degree from the University of Missouri - Columbia School of Medicine and completed his plastic surgery residency at the University of Medicine and Dentistry New Jersey. Most recently, he finished a fellowship in hand surgery at New York University. He maintains specific interests in post-bariatric body contouring, breast reconstruction and

treatment of upper extremity compression neuropathy and arthritis.

Beth S. Bromberg, a board-certified ophthalmologist, earned her medical degree from The Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine. She completed an internship in internal medicine at Rush Presbyterian St. Luke’s Medical Center and her residency at the University of Illinois Eye and Ear Infirmary in Chicago. Previously, she was in private practice for 22 years in Yorktown Heights.

DAVIDSON ELECTED 2016 AIA PRESIDENT Delegates to the American Institute of Architects national convention in Chicago elected Russell A. Davidson to serve as the 2015 AIA first vice president/president-elect and 2016 AIA president.

Davidson, a former president of his local component in 1999 and president of AIA New York State in 2007, joined the AIA National Board in 2009 and served as AIA vice president from 2012-2013. Throughout his national leadership tenure, Davidson has maintained a special focus on government and public advocacy for architects and architecture. He practices with KG&D Architects in Mount Kisco, where he has worked for 28 years, holding every position from junior draftsperson to managing

principal. Davidson earned a degree in architectural aesthetics from Union College in Schenectady, and a MA from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute in Troy. “Public awareness needs to become the lens through which the AIA views all of its efforts,” Davidson says. “With a renewed focus and prioritization of the many programs now in place, the AIA can and should be more relevant to practitioners and the public. Many of our practitioners and firms, including my own, are fighting real battles every day to maintain and build value in the services we deliver and to convince our clients to invest in quality design. The AIA can and should improve the perceived value of our profession, which will yield positive results for all architects.

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ASSET FIRM NAMED A TOP U.S. INVESTMENT ADVISER Palisades Hudson Asset Management L.P. in Scarsdale was recently named to the inaugural Financial Times 300 Top Registered Investment Advisers list.

The international business newspaper chose America’s top independent investment firms based on six factors: assets under management (AUM), AUM growth, years the firm has been in existence, industry certifications of staff, SEC compliance record, and online accessibility.

Palisades Hudson Asset Management is the investment affiliate of Palisades Hudson Financial Group L.L.C., a fee-only financial adviser

based in Scarsdale and Fort Lauderdale, Fla. It has $1.3 billion in AUM under the direction of Paul Jacobs, chief investment officer, and its investment committee. The firm develops and implements diversified asset-allocation strategies to manage its clients’ portfolios.

More than 2,000 qualified firms with at least $300 million in AUM were invited to apply for consideration.

“It’s gratifying to be on a list that’s based not just on size, but also on matters that are more important to clients: having a topnotch professional staff and robust online access,” said Palisades Hudson President Larry Elkin.

ARTSWESTCHESTER RECEIVES GRANT ArtsWestchester has been awarded a $5,000 grant by Staples Foundation, the private charitable arm of Staples Inc., under a new program that lets Staples associates direct donations.

The Staples grant will support arts education programs designed to teach STEM subjects (science, technology, engineering and math) through the arts in schools in Mount Vernon.

In each of the participating schools, professional artists will work with classroom teachers and students to create meaningful curriculumbased arts projects. Janet T. Langsam, CEO of ArtsWestchester said, “In our experience, artists are able to communicate science and math concepts in powerful ways when teamed with classroom teachers.

“Having recently launched a 50th anniversary initiative to inspire 50 arts and business partners, the new Staples Foundation partnership not only supports our mission to provide access to the arts, but helps us toward our 50th anniversary goal to build additional business partnerships in the county,” Langsam said.

The Staples program, called 2 Million and Change, will award funds to organizations around the world, reaching more than $2 million in grants by the end of the year.

“Staples Foundation is committed to making a positive impact in the communities where our associates live and work,” said Katy Dobbs, director of global community and giving for Staples.

BROADWAY STARS HELP CONSERVATORY RAISE FUNDS The Whippoorwill Club in Armonk was the site for the Music Conservatory of Westchester’s 13th annual Golf & Tennis Classic June 23 where more than 70 participants took to the greens and the tennis courts and were joined by approximately 100 more guests for a Broadway Revue Dinner, which honored Barbara Cook and John Mauceri. The classic raised more than $110,000 for the White Plains-based not-forprofit community music school. Proceeds will go toward scholarships for low-income youth.

The conservatory provides $100,000 in scholarship assistance each year for approximately 80 to 85 students, as well as music therapy for children with disabilities and the conservatory’s new

Healing Our Heroes program, which provides music therapy and music instruction for returning military veterans.

“It was a wonderful event from start to finish and the funds we raised will help support our scholarship program which is so vital to the conservatory’s mission. It was such a thrill to honor two luminaries in the music world and to have Broadway stars shining for the conservatory,” said Executive Director Jean Newton.

Cook and Mauceri were each honored by the conservatory with Lifetime Achievement Awards and five Broadway stars paid tribute to their accomplishments as well as other notable Broadway productions with a medley of tunes.

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Branford Marsalis and Javier Colon to Perform a “Heart and Soul” Benefit Wednesday, July 23 for White Plains Hospital at the Capitol Theatre in Port Chester. The evening will begin at 6 p.m. with a special VIP reception featuring cocktails and lavish hors d’oeuvres followed by the concert at 8 p.m. VIP tickets are $250 and tickets for general admission for the concert are $50. All proceeds will benefit the Joan and Alan Herfort, M.D. Cardiac Catheterization Laboratory at White Plains Hospital. For more information on the benefit concert and to purchase tickets or sponsorships, contact Rebecca Schmidt in the White Plains Hospital Development Office at 914-681-2478 or email rschmidt1@wphospital.org.

VICE PRESIDENT AND CIO APPOINTED AT PACE UNIVERSITY Clare van den Blink will join Pace University in Westchester County and Manhattan as vice president for information technology and chief information officer, effective Aug. 18.

As Pace University’s CIO, van den Blink will be in charge of the university’s information technology services department (ITS) and lead the development and implementation of a technology agenda that supports Pace’s mission, strategic goals and academic programs. The CIO reports to Pace’s provost in a newly realigned structure that recognizes the importance of technology in teaching and learning and optimizing student learning outcomes.

In addition to her responsibility for all information technology and infrastructure support services for academic, research and administrative computing at Pace, she will also oversee all of the university’s telecommunications, networking services and information security.

“Clare van den Blink’s deep immersion in educational technology will be of great value

as Pace defines its own path in a time of rapid change,” Pace University President Stephen J. Friedman said.

“We are counting on Clare’s informed vision and strong implementation skills to provide faculty with the technological infrastructure they need to carry out innovations in teaching and research in keeping with current changes in the higher education landscape,” said Provost Uday Sukhatme.

Van den Blink brings many years of experience in information technology, in academic, nonprofit organizations and industry, including several positions at Cornell University. She most recently served as director of academic technologies at Cornell, where she helped develop a new IT strategic plan and was responsible for the design and launch of the university’s recent mobile strategy. In addition to her duties at Cornell, van den Blink also led the recent Learning Analytics Task Force for the State University of New York’s (SUNY) Faculty Advisory Council on Technology.

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MOREL JOINS THE WESTCHESTER BANK Marisol Morel has been appointed vice president, director of deposit operations at The Westchester Bank, 2001 Central Park Ave., Yonkers.

She brings more than 21 years of experience in branch administration, retirement account and regulatory compliance. Multiple functions in her position at the bank include deposit processing, research, account maintenance and account reconciliation.

Morel began her banking career with Queens County Savings Bank, followed by NorthEast Community Bank where she held various positions of increased responsibility from teller, customer service representative to

branch manager and vice president of branch administration and bank secrecy officer. Morel stated, “I’m thrilled to be part of The Westchester Bank family. I am very people-oriented and knowing how much the staff enjoys and respects one another made my decision to join them an easy one.”

John M. Tolomer, president and CEO of the bank said, “Marisol has an exceptional background that is well suited for her position as director of deposit operations. Beyond her extensive banking experience, it was Marisol’s positive attitude and personality that won the day. …”

Greyston celebrated the success of its employees and programs that provide jobs to the hard to employ at its annual benefit on Wednesday, May 21. The event, hosted at X20 Xaviars on the Hudson in Yonkers, attracted hundreds of Greyston donors, supporters and community advocates and raised more than $400,000 for Greyston’s programs and continued initiatives.

Honorees were Paraco Gas Corporation CEO and Board Chairman Joe Armentano

and The Westchester Bank President and CEO John M. Tolomer. Lucy Moreno-Casanova, Greyston’s Community Gardens coordinator, accepted the 2014 Bernie Glassman PathMaking Award.

The evening also included powerful stories from individuals positively impacted

by Greyston’s mission, including Community Gardens volunteers Gladis and Alan Martinez, and former bakery employee Kim Fudge.

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FACTS&FIGURES 1935 Central Park Avenue L.L.C., Scarsdale. Seller: 1935 Central Park L.L.C., Larchmont.

Property: 1935 Central Park Ave., Yonkers. Amount $600,000.

Filed July 10.

26 Coligni Avenue L.L.C., Yonkers. Seller: Irving D. Jessamy, et al, New Rochelle. Property: 26 Coligni Ave., New Rochelle.

Amount: $650,000. Filed July 15.

37 North Riverside L.L.C. Seller: Ina Rose Ferris, Crotonon-Hudson. Property: 37 N. Riverside Ave., Cortlandt. Amount: $275,000. Filed July 11.

Acqua Capital L.L.C., White Plains. Seller: Mitchell Il. Weingarden, White Plains. Property: 75 McKinley Ave., White Plains.

Amount: $198,737. Filed July 8.

All NY Holdings L.L.C., Port Chester. Seller: Capital Realty Partners L.L.C., Port Chester.

Property: 22-28 Exchange Place, Rye. Amount: $505,000. Filed July 11.

Federal Home Loan Mortgage FORECLOSURES Corp. Seller: William Maker Jr., Larchmont. Property: 50 School St., Yonkers. Amount: $165,033.

CORTLANDT MANOR, 64 Filed July 9.

Valleyview Road. Single-famFederal National Mortgage As- ily residence; .24 acre. Plainsociation. Seller: Green Tree Ser- tiff: JPMorgan Chase Bank NA. vicing L.L.C., Tempe, Ariz. Prop- Plaintiff’s attorney: Shapiro, erty: 19 Briarcliff Drive S, 1-9GB, DiCaro & Barak, 877-759-1835; Ossining. Amount: $349,134. 175 Mile Crossing Blvd., Rochester. Defendant: William Slade.

Filed July 14.

Referee: Arlene Goldwexler. Sale: July 21, 9 a.m. Approximate lien: Green Tree Servicing L.L.C., $607,985.29.

Tempe, Ariz. Seller: Joseph T. Abatemarco, et al, Ossining.

Property: 19 Briarcliff Drive NEW ROCHELLE, 703 Pelham S, 1-9GB, Ossining. Amount: Road, Apt. 302. Condominium; lot size: N/A. Plaintiff: Wells $349,134. Filed July 14.

Fargo Bank National Association. Plaintiff’s attorney: McGreenwood Heights Pleasant- Cabe, Weisberg & Conway, P.C., ville L.L.C., Thornwood. Seller: 914-636-8900; 145 Huguenot St., Marjorie Matchen, Pleasantville. Suite 401, New Rochelle. DefenProperty: 590 Bedford Road dant: Louis Bongo. Referee: Da12, Mount Pleasant. Amount: vid Gallo. Sale: July 21, 10 a.m. $276,500. Filed July 10.

Approximate lien: $221,636.48.

M&T Bank, Getzville. Seller: Joseph Margiotta, et al, White Plains. Property: 134 Third St., Cortlandt. Amount: $271,757.

Filed July 8.

OSSINING, 8 Sparta View.

Single-family residence; .1 acre.

Plaintiff: Wells Fargo Bank National Association. Plaintiff’s attorney: Frenkel, Lambert, Weiss, Weisman & Gordon, 631-969All NY Holdings L.L.C., Port Chester. Seller: Capital Re- Nationstar Mortgage L.L.C. 3100; 53 Gibson St., Bay Shore. alty Partners L.L.C., Port Ches- Seller: Carl L. Finger, White Defendant: Steven Barry. Refter. Property: 49 Oak St., Rye. Plains. Property: 36 Poningo St., eree: Mark Bernstein. Sale: July Amount: $410,000. Filed July 11. Rye. Amount: $620,395. Filed 23, 11 a.m. Approximate lien: $399,161.45.

July 10.

All NY Holdings L.L.C., Port Chester. Seller: Capital Realty OneWest Bank N.A. Seller: PEEKSKILL, 132 Villa at the Partners L.L.C., Port Chester. Charles D. D’Agostino, Pleas- Woods, Apt. C506. CondoProperty: 435-437 West St., Rye. antville. Property: 46 Sussex minium; lot size: N/A. PlainAmount: $302,000. Filed July 11. Road, New Rochelle. Amount: tiff: Wells Fargo Bank National Association. Plaintiff’s attorney: $335,000. Filed July 14.

Gross Polowy & Orlans, 716-204Alpha5MK L.L.C., Rye. Seller: 1700; P.O. Box 540, Getzville.

Sarret Fund L.L.C., Hawthorne. U.S. Bank N.A. Seller: Chris- Defendant: Michael Muller. RefProperty: 150 Purchase St., 10, topher Mangold, White Plains. eree: Theodore Brundage. Sale: Rye. Amount: $510,000. Filed Property: 115 Sickles Ave., New July 21, 9:30 a.m. Approximate Rochelle. Amount: $345,000. lien: $189,736.41.

July 14.

Filed July 14.

Apache Haines Realty L.L.C., SOUTH SALEM, 139 Main St. New London, Conn. Seller: Wainwright L.L.C., Darien, Single-family residence; .78 acre.

Estate of Robert M. Lee, et al, Conn. Seller: Frank Chiap- Plaintiff: Aurora Loan Services Bridgewater, Conn. Property: 9 petta, et al, Rye. Property: 40 L.L.C. Plaintiff’s attorney: Peter Haines Road, Bedford. Amount: Wainwright St., Rye. Amount: T. Roach & Associates, 516-938$875,000. Filed July 14. $712,500. Filed July 15.

3100; 125 Michael Drive, Suite 105, Syosset. Defendant: Susan Citimortgage Inc. Seller: Van- Weichert Workforce Mobility Stoll Andrade. Referee: Joanne deen Campbell, et al, Mount Inc., Morris Plains, N.J. Seller: Cambareri. Sale: July 30, 9 a.m.

Vernon. Property: 208 S. 12th Paul Williams, et al, New Ro- Approximate lien: $539,482.52.

Ave., Mount Vernon. Amount: chelle. Property: 19 Vaughn Ave., New Rochelle. Amount: YONKERS, 18 Landscape Ave. $419,219. Filed July 8. $610,000. Filed July 8.

Three-family; 50 x 100. PlainEvergreen Advantage L.L.C., tiff: US Bank National AssociaSanta Monica, Calif. Seller: Pau- Wells Fargo Delaware Trust tion. Plaintiff’s attorney: Gross line M. Galvin, Yonkers. Proper- Company N.A. Seller: Francis J. Polowy & Orlans, 716-204-1700; ty: 7 Lafayette St., White Plains. Malara, White Plains. Property: P.O. Box 540, Getzville. DeAmount: $337,974. Filed July 10. 14401 Old Logging Road, York- fendant: Faye Hunt. Referee: town. Amount: $560,000. Filed Christopher Mangold. Sale: July 25, 11 a.m. Approximate lien: Federal Home Loan Mortgage July 14. $576,625.34.

Corp. Seller: Peter Rosato, Yonkers. Property: 69 Tennis Court Lane, 69, Yorktown. Amount: $404,827. Filed July 14.

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YONKERS, 372 Midland Ave. Single-family residence; .15 acre.

Plaintiff: Wells Fargo Bank National Association. Plaintiff’s attorney: Shapiro, DiCaro & Barak, 877-759-1835; 175 Mile Crossing Blvd., Rochester. Defendant: Lisa Ganzi. Referee: Darren De Urso.

Sale: uly 22, 9 a.m. Approximate lien: $370,308.36.

YORKTOWN HEIGHTS, 611 Giordano Drive. Single-family residence; lot size: N/A. Plaintiff: Wells Fargo Bank National Association. Plaintiff’s attorney: Rosicki & Rosicki & Associates, 845-897-1600; 2 Summit Court, Suite 301, Fishkill. Defendant: Wolfgang Peltz. Referee: N/A. Sale: July 22, 1:30 p.m. Approximate lien: $525,393.75.

JUDGMENTS 3 Boys From Italy, New City. $4,147 in favor of Carey and Walsh Inc., Briarcliff Manor.

Filed July 8.

Contes Seafood Inc., Mount Kisco. $19,005 in favor of N. Slavin and Sons Ltd., Brooklyn.

Filed July 7.

Dawn Alterations L.L.C., Buchanan. $23,151 in favor of N. Dains Sons Company Inc., Peekskill. Filed July 10.

TBI Automotive Group Inc., Yonkers. $4,335 in favor of Francesco Auto Body Inc., Yonkers.

Filed July 10.

Testa Corp., Wakefield, Mass. $180,890 in favor of AAA Carting and Rubbish Removal Inc., Buchanan. Filed July 3.

Millan, Louis, et al. Filed by Wells Fargo Bank N.A. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $357,000 affecting LIS PENDENS property located at 2707 Quaker Church Road, Yorktown Heights The following filings indicated a 10598. Filed Jan. 3. legal action has been initiated, the outcome of which may affect Mostrando, Gina, et al. Filed the title to the property listed.

by Santander Bank N.A. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage Becker, Richard C., et al. Filed to secure $202,500 affecting

by Bank of America N.A. Action: property located at 14 Prospect seeks to foreclose on a mortgage Place, Ossining 10562. Filed Jan. to secure $417,000 affecting 7. property located at 16 Pierce St., New Rochelle 10801. Filed Jan. 6.

Nixon, Charles J., et al. Filed by Greenpoint Mortgage Funding Byfield, Lorraine, et al. Filed by Inc. Action: seeks to foreclose on Bayview Loan Servicing L.L.C. a mortgage to secure $604,200 Action: seeks to foreclose on a affecting property located at 354 mortgage to secure $482,400 af- Columbus Ave., West Harrison fecting property located at 186 10604. Filed Jan. 6.

Ashburton Ave., Yonkers 10701.

Filed Jan. 7.

Ogwuma, Beatrice, et al. Filed

by Citimortgage Inc. Action: Caggiano, Robert, et al. Filed by seeks to foreclose on a mortgage U.S. Bank N.A. Action: seeks to to secure an unspecified amount foreclose on a mortgage to secure affecting property located at 107 $288,320 affecting property lo- Grant Ave., Peekskill 10566. Filed cated at 307 Saw Mill River Road, Jan. 6.

Yonkers 10701. Filed Jan. 7.

Fucheck, Maximilan, et al.

Filed by Wells Fargo Bank N.A. Econocraft Car Wash EquipAction: seeks to foreclose on a ment Inc., Yonkers. $1,694 in mortgage to secure an unspecifavor of Baco Enterprises Inc., fied amount affecting property Bronx. Filed July 11. located at 324 Montross Ave., Peekskill 10566. Filed Jan. 3.

Friends Deli and Gas Inc., New Rochelle. $5,754 in favor of ManHerrera, Johni R., et al. Filed by hattan Beer Distributors L.L.C., Federal National Mortgage AssoBronx. Filed July 7. ciation. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure an unGuiding Star Transportation specified amount affecting propL.L.C., Elmsford. $8,222 in favor erty located at 186 Spring St., Osof IPFS Corp., Jersey City, N.J. sining 10562. Filed Jan. 6.

Filed July 9.

Mount Sinai Deli Grocery Corp., Corona. $19,819 in favor of Stanson Automated L.L.C., Yonkers. Filed July 7.

McDaniel, Bruce E., et al. Filed

by Citimortgage Inc. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure an unspecified amount affecting property located at 218 Highview St., Mamaroneck 10543. Filed Jan. 6.

Llinas, Wendy C., et al. Filed by PNC Bank N.A. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $368,000 affecting property located at 222 Magnolia Ave, Mount Vernon 10552. Filed Jan. 3.

Nagoya Hibachi Japanese Restaurant Corp., Yonkers. $69,028 Marino, Luis, et al. Filed by in favor of CW Highbridge Plaza E*Trade Savings Bank. Action: L.L.C., New York. Filed July 9. seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $850,000 affecting S and J Military International property located at 5 Birch Close, Inc., St. Pete Beach, Fla. $13,014 Sleepy Hollow 10591. Filed Jan. 3. in favor of Crestwood Technology Group Corp., Yonkers. Filed July 9.

Pekastnig, Iris I., 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 123 Mamaroneck Ave., Unit 410, Mamaroneck 10543. Filed Jan. 3.

Quizhpi, Manuel, et al. Filed

by Santander Bank N.A. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $443,500 affecting property located at 929 Phoenix Ave., Peekskill 10566. Filed Jan. 7.

Ramunto, Joseph G., et al. Filed

by Community Mutual Savings Bank. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $390,000 affecting property located at 50 Locust Ave., New Rochelle 10801.

Filed Jan. 7.

Rios, Eric, et al. Filed by Capital One N.A. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $456,000 affecting property located at 32 Pilgrim Drive, Port Chester 10573. Filed Jan. 6.

Schiekofer, James, et al. Filed by Deutsche Bank National Trust Co. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $710,000 affecting property located at 34 Glenside Place, Chappaqua 10514. Filed Jan. 6.

Smith, Christopher, et al. Filed

by JPMC Specialty Mortgage L.L.C. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $95,000 affecting property located at 44 S. 11th Ave., Mount Vernon 10550.

Filed Jan. 7.

Steiz, Loretta, et al. Filed by Reverse Mortgage Solutions Inc. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $280,749 affecting property located at 700 Lindbergh Ave., Peekskill 10566.

Filed Jan. 7.

Tisdale, Jimmie Lee, et al.

Filed by Wells Fargo Bank N.A. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $307,741 affecting property located at 420 Seneca Ave., Mount Vernon 10553. Filed Jan. 7.

Urena, Abraham, et al. Filed by U.S. Bank N.A. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $622,400 affecting property located at 257 Saw Mill River Road, Millwood 10546. Filed Jan. 6.

Williams, Kisha, et al. Filed by Citimortgage Inc. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure an unspecified amount affecting property located at 181 Lake Ave., Yonkers 10703. Filed Jan. 7.

Yang, Jin, et al. Filed by Citibank N.A. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $461,250 affecting property located at 40 S. Washington Ave., Hartsdale 10530. Filed Jan. 6.

MECHANIC’S LIENS

BMR-Landmark at Eastview Sole Proprietorships PATENTS L.L.C., as owner. $134,107 as claimed by Hudson Group of New Jersey L.L.C. Property: in A La Pierce, 4 Windsor Terrace The following patents were is2A, White Plains 10601, c/o Ga- sued by the U.S. Patent and Greenburgh. Filed July 10. briella Gomez. Filed April 21.

Trademark Office in Washington, D.C. Croton Harmon Union Free Adaptive computer sequencing Ahmad Snacks, 22 Horton Ave., School District, as owner. $150,279 as claimed by Woolley New Rochelle 10801, c/o Ahmad of actions. Patent no. 8,782,662 issued to Mythili K. Bobak, LaExcavating and Site Develop- A. Khatib. Filed April 21.

Grangeville; Michael D. Swanment, Holmes. Property: in Corson, Springfield, Ore.; and tlandt. Filed July 9.

Avalon Cleaning Services, 105 Brian O. Wood, Byron, Minn.

Crotona Ave., Harrison 10528, c/o Assigned to International BusiDCS Home Builders L.L.C., Maria Mendoza. Filed April 22. ness Machines Corp., Armonk. as owner. $1,075 as claimed by Armstrong Plumbing and Heat- Cardillo Renovation Experts, ing II, Millwood. Property: in 315 Spring St., Mount Kisco Analysis of operator graph and dynamic reallocation of Mount Pleasant. Filed July 8.

10549, c/o Michael Cardillo. a resource to improve perforFiled April 22. mance. Patent no. 8,782,656 Fleetwood Holdings I L.L.C., issued to Michael B. Accola, as owner. $22,727 as claimed by Cranky Princess, 3046 Douglas Oakdale, Minn.; John Matthew Statewide Oil and Heating Com- Drive, Yorktown 10598, c/o Nan- Santosuosso, Rochester, Minn.; pany Inc., Brooklyn. Property: in cy Pozo. Filed April 22. and Brandon W. Schulz, RochNew Rochelle. Filed July 9. ester, Minn. Assigned to InterDouglas B. Conte, 8 Hemlock national Business Machines Glenwood POH L.L.C., as own- Road, South Salem 10590, c/o Corp., Armonk. er. $250,000 as claimed by S and Douglas B. Conte. Filed April 22.

J Sheet Metal Supply Inc., Bronx.

Autonomic hardware assist Property: in Yonkers. Filed July 7.

Elena’s Cleaning Service, 61 for patching code. Patent no.

White Plains Ave., Elmsford 8,782,664 issued to Jimmie E. Glenwood POH L.L.C., as own- 10523, c/o Lucrecia E. Villa. Filed DeWitt, Jr., Georgetown, Texas; Frank E. Levine, Austin, Texas; er. $431,700 as claimed by NY April 21.

Christopher M. Richardson, NRG Construction Inc., Kew Austin, Texas; and Robert J. Gardens. Property: in Yonkers.

Enterprise US-Citylink, 40 Park Urquhart, Austin, Texas. AsFiled July 7.

Place, New Rochelle 10801, c/o signed to International BusiCarlos Frisancho. Filed April 22. ness Machines Corp., Armonk.

Unruh, Ray K., et al, as owner. $12,985 as claimed by V and R Grace Productions, 35 N. Hierarchical organization of Contracting of NY Inc., New RoChatsworth Ave., Apt. 1Y, Larch- data associated with events. chelle. Property: in Greenburgh. mont 10538, c/o Grace Bellotti. Patent no. 8,782,780 issued to Filed July 9.

Filed April 22.

Robert R. Friedlander, Southbury, Conn.; and James R. KraeVitale, Carl, et al, as owner.

Law Offices of Michael P. Ru- mer, Santa Fe, N.M. Assigned $5,935 as claimed by Ken Martin bin, 1 N. Broadway, Suite 1502, to International Business MaInc., Maryknoll. Property: in OsWhite Plains 10601, c/o Michael chines Corp., Armonk. sining. Filed July 10.

P. Rubin. Filed April 22.

Identification and access conWestchester Country Club Mount Vernon Elite, 350 S. trol of users in a disconnected Inc., as owner. $3,675 as claimed Patent Sixth Ave., Mount Vernon 10550, mode environment.

by JC Ryan EBCO/H&G L.L.C., c/o Jamaine W. Alston. Filed no. 8,782,759 issued to Heather Farmingdale. Property: in Rye. Maria Hinton, Austin, Texas; April 22.

Filed July 10. and Anthony Joseph Nadalin, Rock Stone, 66 Woodland Ave., Austin, Texas. Assigned to InRye Brook 10573, c/o Freddy ternational Business Machines NEW BUSINESSES Corp., Armonk.

Quezada. Filed April 22.

This paper is not responsible for Implementing secured, eventtypographical errors contained in She-Mom Fitness, 580 Warbur- based layered logout from ton Ave., Hastings-on-Hudson the original filings.

10706, c/o Lindsay Amber Sanii. a computer system. Patent no. 8,782,754 issued to Girish Filed April 21.

Dhanakshirur, Delray Beach, Fla. Assigned to International BusiPartnerships SM Home Business, 48 Wayne ness Machines Corp., Armonk.

Ave., White Plains 10606, c/o Archdiocese of New York St. Sandra Mejia. Filed April 22.

Limiting information leakJoseph, as owner. $86,469 as Chasing Fame, 90 Manhattan Ave., No. 6B, White Plains 10603, age and piracy due to virtual claimed by Metzger Construction Corp. Property: in Somers. c/o Turon Savoy and Demeatrice Trinity Café, 190 N. Hiland machine cloning. Patent no.

Price.

Filed April 22.

Ave., Ossining 10562, c/o Bilma 8,782,809 issued to Salman A. Filed July 10.

Torres. Filed April 21.

Baset, New York; Ashish Kundu, Elmsford; and Sambit Sahu, Stanley Glassman and Associates, 1922 Commerce St., No. Wendy Weissman Interiors, 5 Hopewell Junction. Assigned 4, Yorktown Heights 10598, c/o Renaissance Square, No. PH2A, to International Business MaStanley A. Glassman and Esper- White Plains 10601, c/o Wendy chines Corp., Armonk. anza Ortiz. Filed April 22.

Weissman. Filed April 21.

168 Saw Mill River Road L.L.C., as owner. $33,930 as claimed by Pecker Iron Works of Westchester, Mount Vernon. Property: in Mount Pleasant. Filed July 8.

Search suggestions for static code analysis. Patent no.

8,782,626 issued to Laurence England, San Jose, Calif.; Derek Gebhard, Seattle, Wash.; Ramya Karri, San Ramon, Calif.; and Jason Ryder, Redmond, Wash.

Assigned to International Business Machines Corp., Armonk.

HUDSON VALLEY BUILDING LOANS

Use of synthetic context-based objects to secure data stores.

Patent no. 8,782,777 issued to Robert R. Friedlander, Southbury, Conn.; and James R. Kraemer, Santa Fe, N.M. Assigned to International Business Machines Corp., Armonk.

Above $1 million

Weather adaptive environmentally hardened appliances. Patent no. 8,782,667 issued to Erik J. Burckart, Raleigh, N.C.; Gennaro Cuomo, Cary, N.C.; Andrew J. Ivory, Wake Forest, N.C.; Victor S. Moore, Lake City, Fla.; and Aaron K. Shook, Raleigh, N.C. Assigned to International Business Machines Corp., Armonk.

Below $1 million

Trail View Place L.L.C., Highland, as owner. Lender: Riverside Bank, Poughkeepsie. Property: in Lloyd. Amount: $3.1 million.

Filed July 11.

DHC of Greenville L.L.C., Saratoga Springs, as owner. Lender: Trustco Bank, Glenville. Property: Route 6, Greenville. Amount: $755,000. Filed July 14.

Lanwin Forest Ridge L.L.C., Cornwall-on-Hudson, as owner.

Lender: Wallkill Valley Federal Savings and Loan Association, Wallkill. Property: 54 Copper Rock Road, Walden. Amount: $353,769. Filed July 8.

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FACTS&FIGURES Mcallen, Sean C., et al, Washingtonville, as owner. Lender: Walden Savings Bank, Montgomery. Property: in Goshen.

Amount: $200,000. Filed July 9.

Cotter Road L.L.C., Annandale, N.J. Seller: Don K. Miller, et al, Wappingers Falls. Property: in Newburgh. Amount: $55,000.

Filed July 9.

Palmer, Thomas M., as own- Dal Lamagna L.L.C., Rhineer. Lender: Phase Two Equi- beck. Seller: Herbert B. Lee, et al, ties L.L.C., Wallkill. Property: Staatsburg. Property: in Clinton. in New Windsor. Amount: Amount: $419,500. Filed July 7. $180,000. Filed July 8.

Dal Lamagna L.L.C., Rhinebeck. Seller: Herbert B. Lee, et al, Sttasburg. Property: in Clinton.

DEEDS Amount: $419,500. Filed July 7.

Federal National Mortgage Association. Seller: Bambi Vernon, Accord. Property: in Ulster.

Amount: $169,534. Filed July 8.

Cornwall-on-Hudson.

Seller: County of Orange, Goshen.

Property: in New Windsor.

Amount: $47,000. Filed July 10.

U.S. Bank N.A. Seller: Myrna Latorre, Rock Hill. Property: 3 Eaton Court, Middletown 10940.

Amount: $63,750. Filed July 9.

Federal National Mortgage Association. Seller: Glen A. Plotsky, Port Jervis. Property: 64 Trafalgar Road, Unit 2, New Windsor 12553. Amount: $105,373. Filed July 11.

Montage Properties Inc., Staatsburg. Seller: Bobby Joe Ciolko, Poughkeepsie. Property: in Poughkeepsie. Amount: $70,000.

Filed July 9.

U.S. Bank N.A. Seller: Yvonne Hunte, White Plains. Property: 70 Johnes St., Unit 301E, Newburgh 12550. Amount: $147,932.

Filed July 8.

Perfect Poly Pack Inc., Brooklyn. Seller: Lemberg Gardens L.L.C., Monroe. Property: 10 Lemberg Court, Unit 303, Kiryas Joel. Amount: $345,000. Filed July 10.

Valuable Ideal Properties L.L.C., Westtown. Seller: John R. Manning Jr., Howey in the Hills, Fla. Property: in Wawayanda.

Amount: $211,250. Filed July 11.

Federal National Mortgage Association. Seller: James Hendry, Port Jervis. Property: 138 Chambers St., Newburgh 12550.

Amount: $161,111. Filed July 11.

Dark Horse Properties L.L.C., New York City. Seller: Freedom Road L.L.C., Bayside. Property: Federal National Mortgage 36 Raymond Avenue L.L.C., Freedom Road, Pleasant Valley. Association. Seller: Joseph A. Poughkeepsie. Seller: K and L Amount: $150,000. Filed July 10. Misasi Jr., Kingston. Property: 58 Stephen St., Kingston 12401.

Property Development L.L.C., Poughkeepsie. Property: 36 Deutsche Bank National Trust Amount: $168,926. Filed July 10.

Raymond Ave., Poughkeepsie Co. Seller: Michael J. O’Connor, 12603Amount: $480,000. Filed Poughkeepsie. Property: 11 Fox Federal National Mortgage AsRoad, Hopewell Junction 12533. sociation. Seller: Mary A. TrautJuly 10. lein, et al, Middletown. Property: Amount: $266,500. Filed July 7.

31 Eisenhower Drive, Middle39 Beechwood L.L.C., Milton.

Seller: Julai S. Dutton, North- Deutsche Bank National Trust town 10940. Amount: $174,744. port, Mich. Property: in Pough- Co. Seller: Stewart Glenn, New- Filed July 8. keepsie. Amount: $210,000. Filed burgh. Property: 48 Kleitz Ave., Highland Falls 10928. Amount: Federal National Mortgage AsJuly 8. sociation. Seller: Michael Mo$248,026. Filed July 8. raski, et al, Walden. Property: 11405 Flushing L.L.C., Monroe. Seller: A. Mizrahi Realty Deutsche Bank National Trust 13 Grant St., Middletown 10940.

L.L.C., Monroe. Property: 31 Av- Co. Seller: Terry D. Horner, Amount: $192,687. Filed July 10. enue D, Wallkill 10940. Amount: Poughkeepsie. Property: 3 Hook Realty L.L.C., Road, Unit 41D, Poughkeepsie Geraldan $40,000. Filed July 11.

125601. Amount: $159,000. Filed Poughkeepsie. Seller: Brenda E. Daley, Pleasant Valley. PropBayview Loan Servicing L.L.C., July 9. erty: in Pleasant Valley. Amount: Coral Gables, Fla. Seller: Tara Ramlochan, Newburgh. Prop- EMDF Realty L.L.C., Mon- $49,000. Filed July 10. erty: in Newburgh. Amount: roe. Seller: Patterson Realty of Newburgh Inc., Highland Hudson Homestead Group $158,553. Filed July 14.

Mills. Property: in Newburgh. L.L.C., Kingston. Seller: Fannie Mae. Property: 194 Downs Beneficial Homeowner Service Amount: $750,000. Filed July 9.

St., Kingston 12401. Amount: Corp., Brandon, Fla. Seller: Heriberto Santiago, et al, New Wind- Emily Estates L.L.C., Suffern. $63,000. Filed July 9. sor. Property: 270 Carpenter Seller: Kenneth G. Rumsey, et al, Ave., Newburgh 12550. Amount: Chateauguay. Property: in Plat- International Impact Associtekill. Amount: $100,000. Filed ates L.L.C., Hyde Park. Seller: $128,860. Filed July 8.

July 10.

U.S. Bank N.A. Property: 15 Gifford Ave., Poughkeepsie 12601.

Board of Managers Hillside Village Condominium, Hyde Fannie Mae. Seller: James B. Amount: $28,000. Filed July 7.

Park. Seller: Francisco A. Go- Biagi, Goshen. Property: 68mez, et al, Carmel. Property: 70 Green St., Goshen 10924. Lucy’s Nail Salon Inc., Walden.

Seller: Franklin P.E. Guneratne, E-5 Hillside Drive, Middletown Amount: $359,471. Filed July 8.

Walden. Property: in Montgom10941. Amount: $40,307. Filed July 9.

Fannie Mae. Seller: Todd A. ery. Amount: $100,000. Filed Kelson, New Windsor. Property: July 8.

Compiano Properties L.L.C., 349 Third St., Newburgh 12550.

Cortlandt Manor. Seller: Marina Amount: $206,654. Filed July 8. Maxwell Real Estate Holdings L.L.C., Pawling. Seller: Adrian Bicocchi, Bronx. Property: 3 Sunnyside Place, Peekskill. Amount: Federal Home Loan Mortgage J. Maxwell, et al, Wingdale. $120,000. Filed June 24.

Corp. Seller: David P. Rath, et al, Property: in Pawling. Amount: Carmel. Property: 50 Worthing- $550,000. Filed July 7. ton Court, Carmel 10512.

Amount: $230,551. Filed June 20. Millpond Management Inc.,

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Perfect Poly Pack Inc., Brooklyn. Seller: Lemberg Gardens L.L.C., Monroe. Property: 10 Lemberg Court, Unit 403, Kiryas Joel. Amount: $345,000. Filed July 10.

Vantage Construction Inc., Newburgh. Seller: Catherine Constantino, New York City.

Property: 1 Ash Ave., Cornwallon-Hudson 12518. Amount: $40,000. Filed July 9.

Village of Washingtonville, Perfect Poly Pack Inc., Brook- Washingtonville. Seller: Carol H. lyn. Seller: Lemberg Gardens Andrews, et al, Washingtonville.

L.L.C., Monroe. Property: 10 Property: 4 Patricia Lane, WashLemberg Court, Unit 102, Kiryas ingtonville. Amount: $207,500.

Joel. Amount: $307,000. Filed Filed July 8.

July 10.

Village of Washingtonville, RAC Closing Services L.L.C., Washingtonville. Seller: DougCheshire, Conn. Seller: Da- las B. Cheyne, et al, Washingvid Scheurich, et al, Warwick. tonville. Property: 18 CardiProperty: in Warwick. Amount: nal Drive, Washingtonville.

Amount: $290,000. Filed July 10. $340,000. Filed July 9.

Secretary of Veteran’s Affairs, Manchester, N.H. Seller: Daniel F. Sullivan, Newburgh. Property: 172 Darin Road, Warwick 10990.

Amount: $254,243. Filed July 9.

Sonic Land Corp., Middletown.

Seller: 360 Route 211 L.L.C., Chester. Property: Route 211 E., Middletown 10941. Amount: $430,000. Filed July 9.

Sspaik L.L.C., Rock Hill. Seller: Rieva Rose, Los Angeles, Calif. Property: 240 Dolson Ave., Wawayanda. Amount: $740,000.

Filed July 9.

Suntrust Bank. Seller: Vincent Catalano, Poughkeepsie. Property: 10 Maple Lane, Hyde Park.

Amount: $258,000. Filed July 9.

Ali’s Deli Grocery Store, Newburgh. $1,594 in favor of the New York State Department of Taxation and Finance, Albany. Filed May 9.

All Seasons Refrigeration L.L.C., Warwick. $618 in favor of the New York State Department of Taxation and Finance, Albany.

Filed May 16.

Aqua-Medic Inc., Monroe. $1,043 in favor of the New York State Department of Taxation and Finance, Albany. Filed May 16.

B and G Maintenance II Inc., Newburgh. $245 in favor of the New York State Department of Taxation and Finance, Albany.

Filed May 9.

B and R 238 Corp., Newburgh. $200 in favor of the New York State Department of Taxation and Finance, Albany. Filed May 16.

Bella Couture Bridal Inc., Newburgh. $2,240 in favor of the New York State Department of Taxation and Finance, Albany. Filed May 16.

Best Enterprises Inc., Middletown. $379 in favor of the New York State Department of Taxation and Finance, Albany. Filed Village of Washingtonville, May 9.

Washingtonville. Seller: Thomas DeVinko, et al, Washingtonville. Biologic Earthscapes, Fort Property: 17 Cardinal Drive, Montgomery. $1,101 in favor of Washingtonville.

Amount: the New York State Department $262,414. Filed July 10. of Taxation and Finance, Albany.

Filed May 16.

Wells Fargo Bank N.A. Seller: Judith L. Lubinsky, Campbell Brother John Pizza Inc., EllenHall. Property: 244 Pocatel- ville. $63,633 in favor of the New lo Road, Middletown 10940. York State Department of TaxaAmount: $378,990. Filed July 10. tion and Finance, Albany. Filed July 11.

Wells Fargo Bank N.A. Seller: William S. Lavelle, et al, White Canson Customs Inc., Lake KaPlains. Property: 19 Elmhurst trine. $3,435 in favor of the New Ave., Brewster 10509. Amount: York State Department of Taxa$176,400. Filed June 24. tion and Finance, Albany. Filed July 11.

JUDGMENTS

Capacity Elevator Industries Corp., Highland Mills. $529 in favor of the New York State Department of Taxation and Finance, Albany. Filed May 16.

A and E Painting Co., Cornwallon-Hudson. $1,247 in favor of the New York State Department of Taxation and Finance, Albany.

Chanderdatt Corp., Ellenville.

Filed May 9. $2,372 in favor of the New York U.S. Bank N.A. Seller: Carla State Department of Taxation and Wise, Goshen. Property: 91 Erie A and S Slate/Copper Roofing Finance, Albany. Filed July 11.

St., Port Jervis 12771. Amount: Inc., Marlboro. $831 in favor of the New York State Department $219,802. Filed July 10. of Taxation and Finance, Albany.

Filed May 16.

Twente Holdings L.L.C., Goshen. Seller: Daniel M. Polli Jr., Chester. Property: in Chester.

Amount: $164,000. Filed July 10.

Crooklyn’s Finest Inc., Newburgh. $1,446 in favor of the New York State Department of Taxation and Finance, Albany. Filed May 9.

Division Partners Holding L.L.C., Monroe. $1,332 in favor of the New York State Department of Taxation and Finance, Albany. Filed May 9.

Hudson Valley Mechanical Insulation L.L.C., Middletown. $541 in favor of the New York State Department of Taxation and Finance, Albany.

Filed May 9.

Jessi Diner Inc., d.b.a. Jessi’s Mexican American Diner, Newburgh. $34 in favor of the New York State Department of Taxation and Finance, Albany.

DSDE L.L.C., Tuxedo Park. $228 Filed May 16. in favor of the New York State Department of Taxation and Fi- JJIM Inc., d.b.a. Emerald Contracting, Salisbury Mills. $1,056 nance, Albany. Filed May 9. in favor of the New York State Dulab Trucking L.L.C., New- Department of Taxation and Fiburgh. $1,113 in favor of the New nance, Albany. Filed May 16.

York State Department of Taxation and Finance, Albany. Filed Jojo’s Food Shop, Fort Montgomery. $1,984 in favor of the May 16.

New York State Department of Empire Auto Repair and Tow- Taxation and Finance, Albany. ing Corp., New Windsor. $367 Filed May 16. in favor of the New York State Department of Taxation and Fi- Karras Contracting, Kerhonkson. $1,908 in favor of the nance, Albany. Filed May 16.

New York State Department of Firescapes Fireplace and Pa- Taxation and Finance, Albany. tion Corp., Newburgh. $11,233 Filed July 11. in favor of the New York State Department of Taxation and Fi- Kelly Bridge Developers Corp., nance, Albany. Filed May 16.

Monroe. $1,010 in favor of the New York State Department of Four Season Insulators Inc., Taxation and Finance, Albany.

Newburgh. $266,830 in favor of Filed May 9. the New York State Department of Taxation and Finance, Albany. Kerry’s Beauty Center L.L.C., Filed May 16.

Monroe. $6,230 in favor of the New York State Department of Giulia Inc., Kingston. $238 in Taxation and Finance, Albany. favor of the New York State De- Filed May 16. partment of Taxation and Finance, Albany. Filed July 11.

Lambs Mobile Homes Inc., New Windsor. $150 in favor of HBSD Equities Inc., Monroe. the New York State Department $496 in favor of the New York of Taxation and Finance, Albany.

State Department of Taxation and Filed May 9.

Finance, Albany. Filed May 9.

LBD Motors L.L.C., Ellenville.

Healthwise USA Inc., Monroe. $16,860 in favor of the New York $146 in favor of the New York State Department of Taxation and State Department of Taxation and Finance, Albany. Filed July 11.

Finance, Albany. Filed May 9.

Levyan Inc., New Windsor. $316 Homestead Merchants Inc., in favor of the New York State Wallkill. $316 in favor of the New Department of Taxation and FiYork State Department of Taxa- nance, Albany. Filed May 9. tion and Finance, Albany. Filed M.B.D. Diamonds Inc., MonMay 9. roe. $100 in favor of the New Horsesmouth Ltd., New- York State Department of Taxaburgh. $271 in favor of the tion and Finance, Albany. Filed New York State Department of May 9.

Taxation and Finance, Albany.

Filed May 9.

Maintenance and Preservation L.L.C., Middletown. $78,000 in favor of the Workers’ Compensation Board of the State of New York, Albany. Filed May 6.

Mid-Hudson Urological Associates P.C., Newburgh. $489 in favor of the New York State Department of Taxation and Finance, Albany. Filed May 9.

Mill Hook Enterprises Inc., Accord. $332 in favor of the New York State Department of Taxation and Finance, Albany. Filed July 11.

Neto’s Auto Detailing and Auto Parts, Newburgh. $2,054 in favor of the New York State Department of Taxation and Finance, Albany. Filed May 9.

New York’s Finest Investigations Inc., Newburgh. $1,356 in favor of the New York State Department of Taxation and Finance, Albany. Filed May 9.

Rolling Thunder CommuniLIS PENDENS cations and Audio Inc., New Windsor. $294 in favor of the New York State Department of The following filings indicated a Taxation and Finance, Albany. legal action has been initiated, the outcome of which may affect Filed May 9. the title to the property listed.

Salud Martini Bar and Cocktail Lounge, Newburgh. $2,054 in favor of the New York State Department of Taxation and Finance, Albany. Filed May 9.

Abendschein, Thomas C., et al.

Filed by Hudson Valley Federal Credit Union. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $135,280 affecting property located at 2598 Route 82, LaGrangSimply Elegant, Spring Glen. eville 12540. Filed June 25. $2,238 in favor of the New York State Department of Taxation and Arnott, Jeremy J., et al. Filed by Finance, Albany. Filed July 11.

Lakeview Loan Servicing L.L.C. Action: seeks to foreclose on a Thompson Ridge Gardens of mortgage to secure $209,450 afOrange County Inc., d.b.a. fecting property located at 3 LeeThompson Ridge Gardens, wood Ave., Middletown 10941.

Bullville. $3,166 in favor of the Filed Feb. 14.

New York State Department of Taxation and Finance, Albany.

Barron, John, et al. Filed by Filed May 16.

The Bank of New York Mellon.

Action: seeks to foreclose on a VL General Contracting Inc., mortgage to secure $271,200 afMiddletown. $67,000 in favor fecting property located at 10 of the Workers’ Compensation Able Noble Drive, Chester 10918.

Board of the State of New York, Filed Feb. 14.

Albany. Filed May 6.

Boyle, Martin T., et al. Filed by PHH Mortgage Corp. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $642,000 affecting property located at 21 Angle Road, Chester 10918. Filed Feb. 11.

Blossomgame, Maria, et al.

Filed by Green Tree Servicing L.L.C. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $162,471 affecting property located at 11 Sagamore Drive, Otisville 10963.

Filed Feb. 14.

Cartalemi, Kenneth Jon, et al. Filed by Citimortgage Inc. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $950,000 affecting property located at 1555 Route 9, Garrison 10524. Filed July 7.

Bojno, Anna, 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 418 Peekskill Hollow Road, Putnam Valley 10579. Filed July 7.

Chaconas, Ilisa, et al. Filed by Citimortgage Inc. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure an unspecified amount affecting property located at 48 Croniser Drive, East Fishkill 12533. Filed June 27.

NLG Engineering P.C., Salisbury Mills. $11,530 in favor of the New York State Department VMP Design and Painting Inc., of Taxation and Finance, Albany. Middletown. $287 in favor of the Filed May 16.

New York State Department of Taxation and Finance, Albany.

Pantry Delights L.L.C., War- Filed May 9. wick. $1,104 in favor of the New York State Department of Taxa- West Pint Realty Inc., d.b.a. tion and Finance, Albany. Filed Holiday Inn Express, Fort May 9.

Montgomery. $1,660 in favor of the New York State Department Pat’s Deli, Walden. $109,000 in of Taxation and Finance, Albany. favor of the Workers’ Compen- Filed May 16. sation Board of the State of New York, Albany. Filed May 6.

Wire Guys, New Windsor. $100 in favor of the New York State Peja Pizza Corp., Monroe. $1,766 Department of Taxation and Fiin favor of the New York State nance, Albany. Filed May 9.

Department of Taxation and FiZishe’s Tile Installation Inc., nance, Albany. Filed May 16.

Monroe. $150 in favor of the New Peppy and Eddy’s Restaurant York State Department of TaxaInc., Highland Mills. $899 in tion and Finance, Albany. Filed favor of the New York State De- May 9. partment of Taxation and Finance, Albany. Filed May 9.

Phoenix Abstracting Corp., Newburgh. $374 in favor of the New York State Department of Taxation and Finance, Albany.

Filed May 9.

Primo’s Bar and Grill, Clintondale. $5,840 in favor of the New York State Department of Taxation and Finance, Albany. Filed July 11.

Boyko, Richard W., et al. Filed

by Deutsche Bank National Trust Co. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $203,200 affecting property located at 14 Hillcrest Drive, Greenwood Lake 10925. Filed Feb. 14.

Bradford, Moses Jr., et al. Filed

by MRH Sub I L.L.C. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $212,514 affecting property located at 112 Rayna St., Hurley. Filed July 11.

Burrows, Michael, et al. Filed

by Deutsche Bank National Trust Co. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $117,600 affecting property located at 628 Fox Run Lane, Carmel 10512.

Filed July 8.

Cabrera, Juan C., et al. Filed by Wells Fargo Bank N.A. Action: Bermudez, Eva A., et al. Filed seeks to foreclose on a mortgage

by JPMorgan Chase Bank N.A. to secure an unspecified amount Action: seeks to foreclose on a affecting property located at 24 mortgage to secure an unspeci- Quarry Drive, Wappingers Falls fied amount affecting property 12590. Filed June 25. located at 4 James St., Harriman 10926. Filed Feb. 14.

Cannizzaro, Frank, et al. Filed

by Mortgage Electronic RegistraBesson, Timothy L., et al. Filed tion Systems. Action: seeks to

by PNC Bank N.A. Action: seeks foreclose on a mortgage to secure to foreclose on a mortgage to se- $232,750 affecting property locure $159,989 affecting property cated at 3 Elm Street Extension, located at 1 Nevins St., Ellenville Wappingers Falls 12590. Filed 12428. Filed July 8.

July 1.

Botti, Steven A., et al. Filed by U.S. Bank N.A. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure an unspecified amount affecting property located at 101 Apple Tree Lane, Brewster 10509. Filed July 3.

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NEWSMAKERS plus awards and events ELANT EXEC WINS LEADERSHIP AWARD

Todd Whitney and Christine O’Toole Christine O’Toole, vice president and executive director of Elant at Meadow Hill, recently received the James W. Sanderson Memorial Award for Leadership from at the organization’s annual conference and exposition in Saratoga Springs.

The leadership award honors LeadingAge New York’s longtime counsel and is given to an individual who is dedicated to the long-term care field and its residents, admired and respected by colleagues, creative and practical and shows personal leadership and strong values.

O’Toole came to Elant at Meadow Hill, which was facing fiscal and regulatory pressure, in 2009. O’Toole led her team in identifying and implementing policy, procedural and organizational changes to transform the culture of the organization. Under her leadership, the goals were achieved faster than expected, resulting in significant improvement in quality measures, reduction in staff turnover and improved financial health and stability.

LeadingAge New York represents not-for-

profit, mission-driven and public continuing care providers, including nursing homes, senior housing, adult care facilities, continuing care retirement communities, assisted living and community service providers. The organization represents more than 600 members who employ 150,000 professionals in New York.

“Chris has a tremendous can-do attitude, which impacts everyone around her to make them better at their jobs, resulting in exceptional care and quality of life for our residents,” said Todd Whitney, president and CEO of Elant Inc. Through her career, O’Toole has held various positions of increasing responsibility in long-term care facilities, including nursing supervisor, associate director of nursing, director of nursing and nursing home administrator.

“This award could not have been achieved without the inspiration I have received from the seniors, my colleagues and my exceptional staff who work by my side every day at Elant at Meadow Hill and are always ready and willing to go the extra mile,” O’Toole said.

ORMC APPOINTS UNIT DIRECTOR Christine MacKay has been promoted to nursing unit director for 4 West at Orange Regional Medical Center in Middletown.

She has an extensive clinical background, including medical/surgical, telemetry and emergency nursing and is a board-certified medical/ surgical nurse. MacKay has received recognition for excellence in customer service and nursing practice as the Orange Regional Medical Center STAR of the year (2011) and most recently as the

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recipient of a Grateful Patient Award. MacKay has been a member of the Orange Regional Medical Center family since 2003, most recently working as a staff nurse and charge nurse on the night shift in the emergency room.

She earned her Bachelor of Science degree in nursing from Chamberlin College and is enrolled at Chamberlin pursuing a Master of Science degree in nursing/nurse executive track.

FIRST NIAGARA EXPANDS IN HUDSON VALLEY Cathie A. Schaffer, tristate regional president for First Niagara Financial Group Inc., has announced the addition of three commercial lenders to First Niagara’s middlemarket and business-banking teams serving the Westchester, Connecticut, Hudson Valley and metro New York markets. Michael M. Dwyer and Daniel J. Fosina have joined the bank each in the role of senior vice president, corporate banking, with focus on generating middle-market financing opportunities with area companies of $25 million or higher in gross annual revenues. They report to Robert A. Cerminaro, senior vice president and market executive of corporate banking for the tristate region.

In addition, Matthew M. Farrell has joined the bank as vice president, business banking, reporting to Sara Tucker, first vice president, business banking team leader and is responsible for building banking relationships with customers and prospects in the $3 million to $25 million range. These key talent acquisitions reflect First Niagara’s keen focus on the tristate market and its strong commitment to expanding commercial resources that cover the region’s footprint.

Dwyer has 28 years of middle-market and mid-corporate commercial banking experience in the tristate area. He joined First Niagara after 10 years with JPMorgan Chase

as senior vice president, senior banker, middle market, serving Westchester and Connecticut markets. Prior to that, Dwyer spent 18 years with Bank of America, serving the middle market lending needs of companies in New York City, Westchester and Connecticut. He holds an M.A. from Columbia University and a B.A. from SUNY Albany.

Fosina has more than 18 years of experience in the financial services industry. Prior to joining First Niagara, he was senior vice president, corporate banking for KeyBank in New York City, covering the tri-state region. Prior to joining KeyBank, Fosina was vice president, leasing and financial services, for LaSalle Bank. He has also worked as a senior district manager for Mellon Bank in New York City and as an account executive for GE Capital. He earned his B.A. from the University of Maryland.

Farrell brings more than 20 years of retail and commercial banking experience to First Niagara. He joins from Wells Fargo Bank in White Plains, where he most recently served as vice president/senior business relationship manager, specializing in medical industry lending.

Prior to that, he spent six years in a similar role at HSBC Bank in New York City. The first half of his career was spent in various retail banking positions throughout Westchester and the Hudson Valley with Webster Bank, Wachovia, and The Bank of New York.

FOCUS MEDIA NAMES SENIOR VP Tony Morino has been promoted to senior vice president of client services at Goshenbased Focus Media Inc. “Tony continues to show excellent management and client service that provide creative approaches to solve clients’ needs,” said Josh Sommers, president and CEO of the agency. “His extensive skills have helped us take on a growing portfolio of clients across the Hudson Valley.”

Morino began at Focus Media in 2007 as a public relations strategist and then served as director of client services and vice president for client services. Before joining Focus Media, Morino spent eight years in broadcasting.

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Catherine B. Suehnholz

Michael J. Flynn

The Orange Regional Medical Center Foundation in Middletown welcomed Michael J. Flynn, J. Miguel Rodrigues and Catherine B. Suehnholz to its board of trustees.

Flynn joined the Middle Market Commercial Lending Group of M&T Bank in 2001, after four years in the bank’s retail division.

Flynn holds a bachelor’s degree in business management/finance from the State University of New York at Oswego and a master’s degree in business administration from Mount Saint Mary College, in Newburgh.

Rodrigues is the director of safety, security and emergency management for the Greater

The Warwick Valley Chamber of Commerce after-hours Summer Wine Mixer set for Wednesday July 23 from 6 to 8 p.m. at Applewood Winery, 82 Four Corners Road in Warwick. Take advantage of a rare opportunity to sample some of the great wines available in the tasting room and enjoy live music by Steve Wells. Admission is $10 for members, $20 for nonmembers. For more information or to make a reservation, call 845-986-2720 or email info@warwickcc.org.

J. Miguel Rodrigues Hudson Valley Health System. He has spent many years as a public servant and is currently the Common Council president and a police commissioner of the city of Middletown. He served on the City Council for more than 10 years.

Suehnholz, is a retired nurse and a member of the Orange Regional Medical Center Auxiliary. She was a member of the Goshen Parent Teachers Association, Sullivan County Community College Scholarship Committee and Harvard University Parents Fund. She is also a therapy dog handler at Orange Regional and resides in Goshen.

STEPPING UP BUSINESS BY LEARNING MORE Stacey Tompkins, president of Tompkins Landscaping Corp. in Putnam Valley, serving clients in Westchester and Putnam counties for more than 30 years, recently graduated from the Academy for Entrepreneurial Excellence in Westchester. She was one of eight members of the Class of 2014 who received a certificate at the graduation dinner at Sam’s Gedney Way in White Plains.

From left, Grant Schneider, BCW Academy Coordinator; Stacey Tompkins; Eridania Camacho, WCC director of Gateway to Entrepreneurship.

“I learned new information that will help make my company Tompkins, a married mother of three, has more competitive in the marketplace,” Tompkins held her position as president of the familysaid. “I would highly recommend this course to owned company since 2013. Her role has been a small business owner that is looking to step up to oversee the execution of services, including their game.” but not limited to commercial excavation, hardThe academy is a partnership between scape and landscape design and installation, Westchester Community College Gateway to property development and residential and road Entrepreneurship and The Business Council of construction in Putnam, Westchester, Rockland Westchester. The local businessmen and women and Dutchess counties. Prior to her promotion spent 12 weeks immersed in sessions dedicated she held the title of vice president for 10 years. to bringing their business to the next level.

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Orange Regional Medical Center will host a free seminar “Treatment for Hand and Arm Pain” Thursday, July 24 at 6 p.m. at Orange Regional’s Conference Center, 707 E. Main St. in Middletown. Dr. Samir Sodha will discuss diagnosis, treatment and prevention of common hand and arm problems as well as complex traumatic and arthritic conditions. Light refreshments will be served. For more information or to register, visit ormc.org/communityoutreach or call the Orange Regional Health Connections at 888-321-(6762).

The Hudson Highlands Nature Museum presents Snakes Alive! Saturday, July 26 at 10 a.m. Join environmental educators Pam Golben, Alicia Ocana and James Farkas and learn why snakes play an important role in the balance of our ecosystem. There will be live snakes to observe plus snake artifacts available for hands-on interaction. This program is being held at the Wildlife Education Center, 25 Boulevard, Cornwallon-Hudson. Admission is adults $7, children $5; museum member adults $5, children $3. For information, visit hhnaturemuseum.org or call 845-534-5506, ext. 204.

SIX GENERATIONS OF GOULD FAMILY ART AT KARPELES IN NEWBURGH Six generations of Gould Family art will be on display at the Karpeles Manuscript Library Museum, 94 Broadway in Newburgh from Aug. 1 to Sept. 28. A diverse exhibition linking the family in imaginative and skillful work, the Gould show reveals a dazzling continuity of creative insight in oil, acrylic, watercolor, pen and ink and photography. For more information contact Robert Gould at 845-341-8482 or robert@ bethlehemartgallery.com.

The Hudson Highlands Nature Museum will be hosting Beautiful, Beneficial Bats! Saturday Aug. 2 at 10 a.m. Join environmental educator Sasha Boucher at the Museum’s Outdoor Discovery Center, entrance on Muser Drive, across from 174 Angola Road, Cornwall-on-Hudson to learn about the bats of New York and the survival challenges they face.

Participants can assemble a bat house to take home that will attract bats to a safe place to roost. Kits are optional and available for purchase online for $25 each. Pre-paid registration is required. Purchase of a bat house kit is optional and must be pre-ordered on the website or by calling 534-5506, ext. 204. General admission is $7 adults, $5 children; museum members $5 adults, $3 children. For online pre-paid registration, visit hhnaturemuseum.org or call 845-534-5506, ext. 204.

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FACTS&FIGURES Crew, Garnett C., et al. Filed

by JPMorgan Chase Bank N.A. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $227,400 affecting property located at 22 Keats Road, Middletown 10940.

Filed Feb. 11.

Evans, Daniel M., et al. Filed by the State of New York Mortgage Agency. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $232,560 affecting property located at 154 Rokeby Road, Red Hook 12571. Filed June 25.

Cruickshank, Raphaela, et al. Filed by Citimortgage Inc. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure an unspecified amount affecting property located at 95 Cardinal Road, Hyde Park 12538. Filed June 27.

Falcone, Frank R., et al. Filed by Sterling National Bank. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure an unspecified amount affecting property located at 376 Briggs Highway, Ellenville 12428.

Filed July 7.

Davidson, Randy, et al. Filed by Citimortgage Inc. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $140,000 affecting property located at 604 Union Ave., New Windsor. Filed Feb. 11.

Davis, Celina, et al. Filed by Citimortgage Inc. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure an unspecified amount affecting property located at 15 Blue Spruce Trail, Warwick 10990.

Filed Feb. 14.

Dick, Thomas, et al. Filed by Wells Fargo Bank N.A. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $206,000 affecting property located at 94 Brook Trail, Greenwood Lake 10925.

Filed Feb. 14.

Dolan, Rachel A., et al. Filed by HSBC Bank USA N.A. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $83,900 affecting property located at 16 Clubhouse Drive, Fishkill 12524. Filed June 25.

Donahue, Shamus, et al. Filed

by Citimortgage Inc. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $292,000 affecting property located at 150 Canterbury Road, Fort Montgomery 10922. Filed Feb. 14.

Dunford, John J., et al. Filed by Reverse Mortgage Solutions Inc. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure an unspecified amount affecting property located at 45 Prospect St., Brewster 10509. Filed June 30.

Eppinger, Virginia L., et al.

Filed by Bank of America N.A. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $250,000 affecting property located at 26 Glenvue Drive, Carmel 10512.

Filed July 7.

Guiles, Kenneth, et al. Filed by Federal National Mortgage Association. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure an unspecified amount affecting property located at 216 Innis Ave., Poughkeepsie 12603. Filed July 2.

Lozell, Pamela M., et al. Filed by Interstate Intrinsic Value Fund A L.L.C. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $25,000 affecting property located at 280 Carter Ave., Newburgh 12550.

Filed Feb. 11.

Gulnick, Burton Jr., Ulster County public administrator of the estate of Cynthia A. Bauer, et al. Filed by OneWest Bank N.A. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $207,000 affecting property located at 1039 Berme Road, High Falls 12440.

Fishkill Sai Hospitality L.L.C., Filed July 11. et al. Filed by The National Republic Bank of Chicago. Action: Harman, Brian A., et al. Filed seeks to foreclose on a mortgage by Green Tree Servicing L.L.C. to secure $5.1 million affecting Action: seeks to foreclose on a property located at 20 Schuyler mortgage to secure $165,000 afBlvd., Fishkill 12524. Filed July 1. fecting property located at 36 Main St., Poughquag 12570.

Formosa, Paul, et al. Filed by Filed June 25.

U.S. Bank N.A. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to se- Hiemier, Lori R., et al. Filed cure $359,900 affecting property by JPMorgan Chase Bank N.A. located at 58 W. Searsville Road, Action: seeks to foreclose on a Montgomery 12549. Filed Feb. 11. mortgage to secure $219,200 affecting property located at 53 Freeman, Robert L., et al. Filed Knob Hill Road, Stanfordville

by Citimortgage Inc. Action: 12581. Filed June 26. seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $176,250 affecting prop- Hoolihan, Michael J., et al. erty located at 11 Laura Lane, Filed by Wells Fargo Bank N.A. Otisville 10963. Filed Feb. 14.

Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $192,499 afGabriel, John, et al. Filed by fecting property located at 24 JPMorgan Chase Bank N.A. Cooper Road, Poughkeepsie Action: seeks to foreclose on a 12603. Filed June 25. mortgage to secure $284,000 affecting property located at 304 Lamanna, Frank J., et al. Filed Temple Hill Road, New Windsor by Chase Home Finance L.L.C. 12553. Filed Feb. 14.

Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $322,900 afGonzalez, Aleja H., et al. Filed fecting property located at 33 Old

by Financial Freedom Acquisi- Country Road, Monroe 10950. tion L.L.C. Action: seeks to fore- Filed Feb. 14. close on a mortgage to secure $270,000 affecting property lo- Linsky, Robert, et al. Filed by cated at 31 Little Ave., Middle- Deutsche Bank National Trust town 10940. Filed Feb. 14.

Co. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $250,000 afGordon, Louis, executor of the fecting property located at 50 Roe estate of Mary Constantino, et St., Florida 10921. Filed Feb. 14. al. Filed by Nationstar Mortgage L.L.C. Action: seeks to foreclose Lomonaco, Jean, et al. Filed by on a mortgage to secure $415,500 Hudson Valley Federal Credit affecting property located at 260 Union. Action: seeks to foreclose Elm St., Monroe 10950. Filed on a mortgage to secure $135,000 affecting property located at 144 Feb. 14.

Reservoir Road, Marlboro 12542.

Goslar, Erik B., et al. Filed by Filed July 11.

Green Tree Servicing L.L.C. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $152,000 affecting property located at 2 Cuomo Drive, Highland 12528.

Filed July 11.

Mabee, Marcie, et al. Filed by Wells Fargo Bank N.A. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $185,788 affecting property located at 9 Sunset Trail, Pine Bush 12566. Filed July 11.

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Mans, Douglas, as beneficiary and co-executor of the last will and testament of Clarence Mans, 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 11 Fern Ave., New Windsor 12553. Filed Feb. 14.

Martin, Thomas Francis Jr., 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 303 Oak Road West, Mahopac 10541. Filed June 30.

Martyniak, Marcella K., et al.

Filed by Deutsche Bank National Trust Co. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $512,810 affecting property located at 20 Queens Way, Mahopac 10541. Filed July 8.

Mazzeo, Carmine, et al. Filed

by Weichert Financial Services.

Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $245,000 affecting property located at 74 E. Green Road, Rock Tavern 12575.

Filed Feb. 11.

McCagg, Catherine E., et al.

Filed by Citimortgage Inc. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $128,905 affecting property located at 28 Yates Ave., Poughkeepsie 12601.

Filed June 26.

Mejorado, Maria S., et al. Filed

by Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $388,583 affecting property located at 963 Beekman Road, Hopewell Junction 12533. Filed June 30.

Miano, Albert, et al. Filed by Wells Fargo Bank N.A. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $400,000 affecting property located at 9 Daisy Lane, Poughkeepsie 12603. Filed June 25.

Miller, Eric, et al. Filed by Ocwen Loan Servicing L.L.C. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $227,250 affecting property located at 93 Overhill Road, Mahopac 10541. Filed June 30.

Patton, Andrew C., as executor of the estate of Loretta Patton, et al. Filed by M&T Bank. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $78,000 affecting property located at 595 Salt Point Turnpike, Poughkeepsie 12601.

Filed June 25.

Pelinkovic, Ramazan, et al.

Filed by U.S. Bank N.A. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $384,000 affecting property located at 2736 Route Munoz, Roberto, et al. Filed by 207, Campbell Hall 10916. Filed Deutsche Bank National Trust Feb. 14.

Co. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $101,675 af- Perl, Chana, et al. Filed by JPMfecting property located at 1701 organ Chase Bank N.A. Action: Tanager Road, Unit 17A, Bloom- seeks to foreclose on a mortgage ing Grove 10950. Filed Feb. 14. to secure an unspecified amount affecting property located at 35 Myers, Tyson, et al. Filed by Tanager Road, Apt. 3501, MonLakeview Loan Servicing L.L.C. roe. Filed Feb. 11.

Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $172,550 af- Philips, Mardi, et al. Filed by fecting property located at 1169 Live Well Financial. Action: Salt Point Turnpike, Pleasant seeks to foreclose on a mortgage Valley 12569. Filed June 30. to secure an unspecified amount affecting property located at 36 Nneji, Emmanuel C., et al. Filed Sylvan Road, Putnam Valley

by Quicken Loans Inc. Action: 10579. Filed July 2. seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $188,700 affecting prop- Pulley, Thomas K., et al. Filed erty located at 371 Albany Ave., by The Bank of New York Mellon. Action: seeks to foreclose on Kingston 12401. Filed July 8. a mortgage to secure $616,205 O’Bryan, Tracy Maria, et al. affecting property located at 23 Filed by Nationstar Mortgage Tango Lane, Carmel 10512. Filed L.L.C. Action: seeks to foreclose July 1. on a mortgage to secure $289,976 affecting property located at Rambadt, Joseph, et al. Filed by 227 Highland Ave., Middletown Bank of America N.A. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage 10940. Filed Feb. 14. to secure $327,845 affecting propOjeda, Angelo, et al. Filed by erty located at 61 Upton Road, LaSuntrust Mortgage Inc. Action: Grangeville. Filed June 27. seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $225,000 affecting Ramos, Jenny, et al. Filed by property located at 2 Cipriano PHH Mortgage Corp. Action: Road, Clintondale 12515. Filed seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $162,000 affecting propJuly 7. erty located at 12 Princeton Drive, Olsen, Kurt M., et al. Filed by Walden 12586. Filed Feb. 14.

Wells Fargo Bank N.A. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage Rockefeller, Robert J., as exto secure $337,500 affecting prop- ecutor of the estate of Gladys R. erty located at 48 Lakeview Road, Rockefeller, et al. Filed by Nationstar Mortage L.L.C. Action: Carmel 10512. Filed June 27. seeks to foreclose on a mortgage Orlando, Margaret, et al. Filed to secure $378,000 affecting

by The Bank of New York Mel- property located at 9 Barton St., lon. Action: seeks to foreclose on Millerton 12546. Filed June 27. a mortgage to secure $245,000 affecting property located at 293 Lake Drive, Lake Peekskill 10537.

Filed July 7.

Siberon, Nikki, et al. Filed by MECHANIC’S LIENS Wells Fargo Bank N.A. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $199,500 affecting prop- Chelsea GCA Realty Partnererty located at 15 Melissa Road, ships L.P., as owner. $22,185 as claimed by World Wide Trucks Kingston 12401. Filed July 8. and Parts, Middletown. Property: in Woodbury. Filed July 10.

Simpson, Richard F. III, et al.

Rondon, Monique, et al. Filed by Filed by Bank of America N.A. Citimortgage Inc. Action: seeks Action: seeks to foreclose on a Chelsea GCA Realty Partnerto foreclose on a mortgage to se- mortgage to secure $145,000 af- ships L.P., as owner. $29,610 as cure $189,805 affecting property fecting property located at 215 claimed by Lawrence Construclocated at 124 Blake Road, May- Vista on the Lake, Carmel 10512. tion Inc., South Salem. Property: in Woodbury. Filed July 10. brook 12543. Filed Feb. 14.

Filed July 3.

Rodriguez, Ruben M., et al.

Filed by Nationstar Mortgage L.L.C. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $151,162 affecting property located at 96 Boxbaum Road, Huguenot 12746. Filed Feb. 14.

Rooney, Eva, et al. Filed by Citimortgage Inc. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure an unspecified amount affecting property located at 225 Knoell Road, Goshen 10924. Filed Feb. 14.

Rosen, Karen, 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 82 Route 105, Highland Mills 10930. Filed Feb. 14.

Rowling, John, et al. Filed by Bank of America. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure an unspecified amount affecting property located at 3 Wright St., Greenwood Lake 10925. Filed Feb. 14.

Ruediger, Joanne P., et al. Filed

by Federal National Mortgage Association. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $308,000 affecting property located at 1377 Route 44, Pleasant Valley 12569. Filed June 27.

Smith, Scott S., et al. Filed by HSBC Bank USA N.A. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $147,250 affecting property located at 24 South Road, Saugerties 12456. Filed July 9.

Cimorelli, John J., as owner. $5,928 as claimed by Richards Building Supply L.L.C., Poughkeepsie. Property: 21 Brook Road, Saugerties. Filed July 11.

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

Partnerships Mystic Missy, 39 Rock Cut Road, Newburgh 12550, c/o Brandon Oot and Malissa Cerone. Filed Dec. 6.

Ulster Auto, 75 Clarendon Ave., Kingston 12401, c/o Stephen M. Smith and Christopher M. Wolfeil. Filed July 10.

Falcon Realty Holdings L.L.C., as owner. $5,545 as claimed by Sole Proprietorships Sultan, Donna Maria, et al. Messco Building Supply Inc., Filed by Wells Fargo Bank N.A. Walden. Property: 109 Dunning Action: seeks to foreclose on a Road, Middletown 10940. Filed 66 Landscaping, 48 Cronk Road, Wallkill 12589, c/o Randy mortgage to secure $332,000 af- July 11.

Charles Green. Filed Dec. 6. fecting property located at 140 Palentown Road, Kerhonkson Gomez, Jose, et al, as owner.

12446. Filed July 7. $90,129 as claimed by Raul Gar- Anamnesis, 8 Queens Highway, cia, Poughkeepsie. Property: 286 Kerhonkson 12446, c/o Susan M. Tranes, Arnold S., et al. Filed by Church St., Poughkeepsie. Filed Kruger. Filed July 9.

U.S. Bank N.A. Action: seeks to July 8.

Bliss Fitness, 1 S. Elting Corners foreclose on a mortgage to secure $280,500 affecting property lo- Mclaughlin, William, et al, as Road, Highland 12528, c/o Jencated at 15 Lark Terrace, Goshen owner. $12,750 as claimed by V. nifer Alison Deering. Filed July 9.

10924. Filed Feb. 11.

Greco Drywall L.L.C., Middletown. Property: 13 Sherwood Blue Tiger Tattoo, 28-32 Route Valentia, Ginger L., et al. Filed Court, Highland Mills 10930. 78, Middletown, c/o Glenn John Ewald. Filed Dec. 5.

by Green Tree Servicing L.L.C. Filed July 14.

Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $150,000 af- Murphy, Michael, et al, as own- Clarose and Associates, 8 Tifecting property located at 48 er. $22,431 as claimed by Amaxx etjen Ave., Kingston 12401, c/o Woodlawn Ave., Middletown Cameon Landscaping Inc., Claudette R. Ford. Filed July 9.

10940. Filed Feb. 14.

Poughquag. Property: 92 Harmony Road, Pawling. Filed July 3.

Elite Auto Works NY, 2050 Whitbeck, Carolyn, et al. Filed Route 17A, Goshen, c/o Juan Caby HSBC Bank USA N.A. Action: Page, Paul, et al, as owner. $7,140 milo. Filed Dec. 4. seeks to foreclose on a mortgage as claimed by Shannon Masonry to secure $270,750 affecting prop- Corp., Millbrook. Property: 209 erty located at 84 Gregory Road, Wurtenburg Road, Rhinebeck. Felicity’s, 117 Partition St., Saugerties 12477, c/o Felicity Anne Johnson 10933. Filed Feb. 14.

Filed July 3.

Jaeger. Filed July 8.

Salgado, Jessica, individually and on behalf of the estate of Eloisa Salgado, et al. Filed by JPMorgan Chase Bank N.A. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $151,200 affecting property located at 26 Lexington Hill, Unit 2, Harriman 10926. White, Cynthia V., et al. Filed Filed Feb. 14.

by Citimortgage Inc. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage Salmonese, Joseph, et al. Filed to secure $49,437 affecting propby Sterling National Bank. Ac- erty located at 109 Hudson St., tion: seeks to foreclose on a Kingston 12401. Filed July 10. mortgage to secure $105,000 affecting property located at 23 Zimlinghaus, Amy L., et al.

Butterfly Lane, Putnam Valley Filed by First Franklin Financial 10579. Filed July 3.

Corp. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $175,900 Scandurra, John C., et al. Filed affecting property located at 41

by U.S. Bank N.A. Action: seeks Beilke Road, Millerton 12546. to foreclose on a mortgage to se- Filed June 26. cure $320,000 affecting property located at 10 Maplewood Drive, Newburgh 12550. Filed Feb. 11.

River Valley Care Center, as owner. $10,409 as claimed by Duffy Mechanical Services Inc., Poughkeepsie. Property: 140 Main St., Poughkeepsie. Filed July 8.

Headstock, 71 Tinker St., Wood- R.M. Fleet and Equipment Restock 12498, c/o Sara Ann Reilly. pairs, P.O. Box 164, New Hampton 10958, c/o Russell Charles Filed July 10.

Mathews. Filed Dec. 6.

Healing Pathways, 136 Jersey Ave., Suite 1, Port Jervis, c/o Ann RC’s Cleaning Service, 21 Ruthenbeck Road, Shandaken Marie Brown. Filed Dec. 6.

12480, c/o Roberta A. Curtis.

Helping Hands Private Home Filed July 11.

Health Care, 10 Edgewood Drive, Saugerties 12477, c/o Sa- Rite-way Septic Plumbing, 426 vanna A. Lawrence. Filed July 9. Saint Andrews Road, Walden 12586, c/o Paul Vinci. Filed Dec. 4.

It’s Sew Good, 3490 Route 52, Pine Bush 12566, c/o Joyce M. Royal Tea Designs, 12 White Oak Chess. Filed July 8.

St., Warwick 10990, c/o Shannon Marie Kelly. Filed Dec. 5.

Ja Ja Fu Fu, 3 Bainbridge Place, Unit 206, Newburgh 12550, c/o Spirited Catering, 243 Hurley Kristopher Allen Lipsey. Filed Ave., Kingston 12401, c/o Stanford A. Henderson. Filed July 11.

Dec. 5.

Janels, 9 Woodlake Drive, Mid- SPR Agency, 15 Longview Lane, dletown 10940, c/o Deidra Mead. Middletown 10941, c/o Scott P. Filed Dec. 6.

Rosenblum. Filed Dec. 3.

Jaqueline E. Dufresne Finan- Tack Up, 357 Route 302, Pine cials, 1263 Union Ave., New- Bush, c/o Deborah Lindeman burgh 12550, c/o Jacqueline E. Mayer. Filed Dec. 5.

Roessel. Filed Dec. 6.

Take Flight, 664 Silver ScotchJim Catalano, 112 Terrace Lane, town Road 2-8, Middletown Hurley 12443, c/o James C. Cata- 10940, c/o Luis A. Figueroa. Filed lano. Filed July 11.

Dec. 6.

Joe’s Pizza, 5981 Route 44/55, The Bratty Dog, 151 High BarKerhonkson 12446, c/o Joseph F. ney Road, Middletown 10940, c/o Mark W. Jorzik. Filed Dec. 6.

Vaccaro. Filed July 7.

Klean Team, 66 New Paltz Road, Tools Plus, 69 Windermere Ave., Highland 12528, c/o Ashley L. Greenwood Lake 10925, c/o Theodore J. Papienuk. Filed Dec. 3.

Roberts. Filed July 11.

Let’s Rock the Cradle, 5 Juniper Lane, Woodstock 12498, c/o Olivia M. Twine. Filed July 11.

Trustworthy Construction, 130 Cedar St., Kingston 12401, c/o Donald Joseph Mapes Jr. Filed July 8.

MMW Fashion Boutique, 71 South St., Highland 12528, c/o Meimei Klein. Filed July 9.

Nella Entertainment Advisors, First Street Corner Store, 264 3 Bainbridge Place, Unit 206, First St., Newburgh 12550, c/o Newburgh 12550, c/o Kristopher Eihab Hamood Wahib. Filed Allen Lipsey. Filed Dec. 5.

Dec. 4.

NSI Cleaning, 70 Maple Drive, Frenchy’s Taxi and Transporta- Middletown 10941, c/o Nancy J. tion Services, 116 Hardenburgh Paredes. Filed Dec. 4.

Road, Ulster Park 12487, c/o Voleile Derisse. Filed July 7.

Peruvian Fresh Vegetables, 76 Monarch Drive, Newburgh Happy Time Adult Social Day- 12550, c/o Flor Sara. Filed Dec. 2. care, 52 Wiltwyck Ave., Kingston 12401, c/o Catherine E. McGhee.

Filed July 9.

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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 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

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

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

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 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

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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 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

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 FLUX CALENDER LLC, Arts. of Org. filed with the SSNY on 06/12/2014. Office loc: Westchester County. SSNY has been designated as agent upon whom process against the LLC may be served. SSNY shall mail process to: 2500 Westchester Ave., Ste. 117, Purchase, NY 10577. Purpose: Any Lawful Purpose. #59481 BRANDPINESCI REALTY, LLC, Arts. of Org. filed with the SSNY on 06/23/2014. Office location: Westchester County. SSNY has been designated as agent upon whom process against the LLC may be served. SSNY shall mail process to: Frank Nesci, 2 Beechtree Dr., Larchmont, NY 10538. Purpose: Any Lawful Purpose. #59482 Notice of Formation of Quinn HR Consulting Group, LLC. Arts. of Org. filed with SSNY on 3/20/14.

Office location: Westchester County. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process may be served. SSNY shall mail process to United States Corporation Agents, 7014 13th Avenue, Suite 202, Brooklyn, New York 11228. Any lawful act Purpose. #59483 Notice of formation of Limited Liability Company (ìLLCî). Name: Homesteads on Ampersand LLC. Articles of Organization filed with the Secretary of State of the State of New York (ìSSNYî) on June 13, 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 Homesteads on Ampersand LLC, 1055 Saw Mill River Road, Suite 204, Ardsley, New York 10502. Purpose/character of LLC is to engage in any lawful act or activity. #59486

Notice of formation of Limited Liability Company (ìLLCî). Name: Homesteads on Ampersand Manager LLC. Articles of Organization filed with the Secretary of State of the State of New York (ìSSNYî) on June 13, 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 Homesteads on Ampersand Manager LLC, 1055 Saw Mill River Road, Suite 204, Ardsley, New York 10502.

Purpose/character of LLC is to engage in any lawful act or activity. #59487 Notice of formation of Limited Liability Company (ìLLCî). Name: Homesteads on Ampersand Associates LLC. Articles of Organization filed with the Secretary of State of the State of New York (ìSSNYî) on June 13, 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 Homesteads on Ampersand Associates LLC, 1055 Saw Mill River Road, Suite 204, Ardsley, New York 10502.

Purpose/character of LLC is to engage in any lawful act or activity. #59488 Notice of formation of Limited Liability Company (ìLLCî). Name: JCAL-Yates JV LLC. Articles of Organization filed with the Secretary of State of the State of New York (ìSSNYî) on June 13, 2014. NY 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 the LLC at 16 Banks Farm Road, Bedford, New York 10506. Purpose/character of LLC is to engage in any lawful act or activity. #59489 FIKA 555 6TH AVENUE LLC, Arts. of Org. filed with the SSNY on 06/18/2014. Office loc: Westchester County. SSNY has been designated as agent upon whom process against the LLC may be served. SSNY shall mail process to: 1360 Sunny Ridge Road, Mohegan Lake, NY 10547.

Reg Agent: Lars Akerlund, 66 Pearl St., NY, NY 10004. Purpose: Any Lawful Purpose. #59490 FIKA WESTMINSTER LLC, Arts. of Org. filed with the SSNY on 06/18/2014. Office loc: Westchester County. SSNY has been designated as agent upon whom process against the LLC may be served. SSNY shall mail process to: 1360 Sunny Ridge Road, Mohegan Lake, NY 10547.

Reg Agent: Lars Akerlund, 66 Pearl St., NY, NY 10004. Purpose: Any Lawful Purpose. #59491 Notice of formation of 364 SENATOR MANAGEMENT LLC. Art. Of Org. filed with the Sectíy of State of NY (SSNY) on 04/28/14.

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, 27-B Grant St Tuckahoe, NY 10707. Purpose: Any lawful purpose #59492

Notice of Formation of MLB Yonkers Properties One LLC, Articles of Organization filed with SSNY on 6/23/14. Office Location: Westchester County. SSNY designates as agent of the LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to the LLC, 733 Yonkers Avenue, Yonkers, NY 10704. Purpose: any lawful purpose #59493

Notice of Formation of Expressions Home Improvements LLC Art. Of Org. filed with SSNY on 4/21/14.

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, 1115 E Boston Post Rd, Mamaroneck, NY 10543.

Purpose: any lawful purpose. #59500

Notice of Application for Authority of SB Energy NY, LP, a Pennsylvania limited partnership.

Certificate filed with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 6/3/2014. Office location: Westchester County.

SSNY designated as agent of LP upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to: The Partnership 150 Park Square, Pittsburgh, PA 15238. Name/address of each genl. ptr. available from SSNY. Term is perpetual. Purpose: all lawful activities. #59494

ED MEDIA, LLC, Auth. filed with the SSNY on 06/25/2014. Office loc: Westchester County. LLC formed in DE on 06/19/2014.

SSNY is designated as agent upon whom process against the LLC may be served. SSNY shall mail process to: 874 Walker Rd., Ste. C, Dover, DE 19904. Address required to be maintained in DE: 874 Walker Rd., Ste. C, Dover, DE 19904. Cert of Formation filed with DE Sec. of State, Duke of York St., Dover, DE, 19901. Purpose: Any Lawful Purpose. #59501

ASSET MANAGEMENT & PLANNING SVCS, LLC, Art. of Org. filed with SSNY on 04/10/2014. Off loc: West Cty. SSNY design.as agent of LLC upon which process may be served. SSNY shall mail a copy of process to: 2 Overhill Road, Suite 400, Scarsdale, NY 10583.

Purpose: to engage in any lawful business activity. #59495

CORYLUS LLC, Arts. of Org. filed with the SSNY on 06/26/2014.

Office loc: Westchester County.

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

SSNY shall mail process to: Steinvurzel & Levy Law Group, 34 South Broadway, White Plains, NY 10601. Purpose: Any Lawful Purpose. #59502

Legal Notice of Formation of SHAPE YOUR SUCCESS COACHING, LLC, a Limited Liability Company. Arts. or Org. filed with the SSNY on 6/24/2014.

Office Location: Westchester County. SSNY has been designated as agent upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail a copy of process to: 12 Westchester Ave., Ste. 3-H, White Plains, NY 10601. Purpose: for any lawful purpose. #59496

Notice of Formation of VIA VNTS, LLC Art. Of Org. filed with SSNY on 3/17/14. 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, 12 JO Drive, Cortlandt Manor, NY 10567. Purpose: any lawful purpose. #59505

WESTCHESTER INTEGRATED IPA, LLC, Arts. of Org. filed with the SSNY on 09/11/2013. Office loc: Westchester County. SSNY has been designated as agent upon whom process against the LLC may be served. SSNY shall mail process to: Westchester Medical Center, Taylor Pavilion, 100 Woods Road, Valhalla, NY 10595. Purpose: Any Lawful Purpose. #59497 Notice of Formation of LLC: Elite Palate New York LLC. Articles of Organization filed with NY Sec. of State 04/11/14. Offc. Loc: Westchester Cty. Sec. Of State designated as agents upon which process may be served. Sec. Of State Shall, mail a copy of any process against it served upon him/her to: c/o United States Corporation Agents, Inc., 7014 13th Ave, Suite 202, Brooklyn, NY 11228. Purpose: any lawful business activity. #59498 Elmdr Property Group LLC Arts of Org. filed NY Secy of State (SSNY) 6/26/14. Office:Westchester Co. SSNY design. agent of LLC upon whom process may be served and shall mail copy to princ. business address & RA: c/o Christopher Jones 122 N. Saw Mill River Rd. Elmsford, NY 10523. Purpose: any lawful activity. #59499

ITALCOLO REALTY, LLC, Arts. of Org. filed with the SSNY on 07/01/2014. Office loc: Westchester County. SSNY has been designated as agent upon whom process against the LLC may be served. SSNY shall mail process to: Francesco Nesci, 2 Beechtree Dr., Larchmont, NY 10538. Purpose: Any Lawful Purpose. #59506 FIKA 41 W 58TH STREET LLC, Arts. of Org. filed with the SSNY on 07/03/2014. Office loc: Westchester County. SSNY has been designated as agent upon whom process against the LLC may be served. SSNY shall mail process to: 1360 Sunny Ridge Rd., Mohegan Lake, NY 10547.

Reg. Agent: Lars Akerlund, 66 Pearl St., NY, NY 10004. Purpose: Any Lawful Purpose. #59509 Notice of Formation of Elezi Pest Management, LLC. Articles of Organization filed with Secretary of State of New York on 05/28/2014.

Office located in Westchester, Co. Secretary of State of NY designated as agent upon which process may be served. Secretary of state shall mail process to Elezi Pest Management, LLC, 85 Dartmouth Avenue, Yonkers, NY 10701. Purpose: Any lawful purpose. #59510 M & R Capital Holdings LLC Arts of Org. filed NY Secy of State (SSNY) 5/22/14. Office: Westchester Co. SSNY design. agent of LLC upon whom process may be served and shall mail copy to The LLC 670 White Plains Rd. Scarsdale, NY 10583. Purpose: any lawful activity. #59511

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The Riolo Law Firm PLLC Arts of Org. filed NY Secy of State (SSNY) 5/28/14. Office: Westchester Co. SSNY design. agent of LLC upon whom process may be served and shall mail copy to The LLC 105 Locust Ridge Cross River, NY 10518. Purpose: any lawful activity #59513 Notice of Formation of THE CIGAR REPUBLIC CLUB & LOUNGE, LLC. Arts. of Org. filed with the Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 6/26/13. Office location: Westchester County. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to: 116 South Central Ave., 2nd Flr, Elmsford, NY 10523-3503.

Purpose: any lawful act or activity. #59514 Group Purchasing Power, LLC. Art. of Org. filed w/ NY Sec. of State (SSNY) on 5/23/13. Office in Westchester Co. SSNY designated as agent for service of process. SSNY shall mail process to The LLC, 405 Tarrytown Rd., Rm. 1122, White Plains, NY 10607. Purpose: Any lawful activity #59515

Notice of Formation of DRAKE DEVELOPMENT, LLC. Arts. of Org. filed with the Secy of State of NY (SSNY) on 6/4/14. Office location: Westchester County. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to: 43 Beechwood Ave., New Rochelle, NY 10801. Purpose: any lawful act or activity. #59516 Notice of Formation of 1401 BLONDELL LLC. Arts. of Org. filed with the Secy of State of NY (SSNY) on 5/29/14. Office location: Westchester County. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to: 200 Summerfield Street, Scarsdale, NY 10583. Purpose: any lawful act or activity. #59517 Notice of formation of 146 Tuckahoe Road LLC, a domestic limited liability company. Articles of Organization were filed with the Secretary of State of New York (SSNY) on 10/31/2012. NY Office location: Westchester County.

SSNY is designated as agent upon whom process against the LLC may be served. SSNY shall mail a copy of process to the LLC at: 146 Tuckahoe Road, Yonkers, New York 10710. Purpose: For any lawful purpose. #59518

LEGAL NOTICES

Notice of formation of Gulf Express Mart LLC, a domestic limited liability company. Articles of Organization were filed with the Secretary of State of New York (SSNY) on 09/30/2013. NY Office location: Westchester County.

SSNY is designated as agent upon whom process against the LLC may be served. SSNY shall mail a copy of process to the LLC at: 146 Tuckahoe Road, Yonkers, New York 10710. Purpose: For any lawful purpose. #59519

Notice of formation of Diamond Head Properties, LLC, a domestic limited liability company. Articles of Organization were filed with the Secretary of State of New York (SSNY) on 07/07/2014. NY Office location: Westchester County.

SSNY is designated as agent upon whom process against the LLC may be served. SSNY shall mail a copy of process to the LLC at: 42 Deertrack Lane, Goldens Bridge, New York 10526.

Purpose: For any lawful purpose. #59520 73 OLD WHITE PLAINS ROAD LLC, Arts. of Org. filed with the SSNY on 07/10/2014. Office loc: Westchester County. SSNY has been designated as agent upon whom process against the LLC may be served. SSNY shall mail process to: 73 Old White Plains Rd., Tarrytown, NY 10594.

Purpose: Any Lawful Purpose. #59521

Notice of Formation Juvanni Medical PLLC Arts. of Org. filed with SSNY 7/9/2014. Off. Loc.: Westchester Cnty. SSNY designated as agent of LLC whom process may be served. SSNY shall mail process to: c/o the LLC, 984 N Broadway, Ste. 415, Yonkers, NY 10701. Purpose: Medicine. #59522

Notice of Formation of 341 EAST 234th STREET LLC. Principal office Westchester County.

Secretary of State of NY (SSNY) designated as agent for service of process. SSNY shall mail a copy of any process served against the LLC to 266 KNEELAND AVENUE YONKERS, NY 10705.

Articles of Organization of the LLC filed with the SSNY on JULY 2, 2014 Purpose: Any lawful act(s). #59523 Notice of Formation of 48 STERLING AVENUE LLC. Principal office Westchester County. Secretary of State of NY (SSNY) designated as agent for service of process. SSNY shall mail a copy of any process served against the LLC to 266 KNEELAND AVENUE YONKERS, NY 10705. Articles of Organization of the LLC filed with the SSNY on JULY 2, 2014 Purpose: Any lawful act(s). #59524

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Notice of Formation of 84 CARPENTER AVENUE, LLC. Arts. of Org. filed with SSNY on 6/23/14. 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,16 Lawrence St., Mount Kisco, NY 10549. Purpose: all lawful activities. #59525 SPADARO RESTAURANT LLC, Arts. of Org. filed with the SSNY on 07/14/2014. Office loc: Westchester County. SSNY has been designated as agent upon whom process against the LLC may be served. SSNY shall mail process to: 434 White Plains Rd., Eastchester, NY 10709. Purpose: Any Lawful Purpose. #59526 NOTICE OF ANNUAL REPORTNotice is hereby given that the 2011 report for the year ending August 31, 2013 of the Akindale Rehabilitation & Land Conservation Fund is available for inspection at its principal office, 287 King Street, Chappaqua, New York 10514, during regular business hours by any citizen who requests it within 180 days after the date of this publication. The Foundationís principal manager is Bruce Oberfest, secretatry, 914238-3800. #59527

Notice of formation of Martin Equities, LLC. Articles of Organization filed with NYS Department of State on 7/14/2014.

Office located in Westchester County. SSNY designated as agent of the LLC upon whom process against it may be served.

SSNY shall mail a copy of any process to the LLC at 1376 Midland Avenue, Unit # 801, Bronxville, New York, 10708. Formed to engaged in all lawful purposes. #59529 Notice of formation of PGLS LLC. Art. Of Org. filed with the Sectíy of State of NY (SSNY) on 07/14/14.

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, 19 Cherrywood Rd Yonkers, NY 10704. Purpose: Any Lawful purpose #59530 Notice of formation of PAC SYRACUSE PROPERTY LLC. Art. Of Org. filed with the Sectíy of State of NY (SSNY) on 07/14/14.

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, 19 Cherrywood Rd Yonkers, NY 10710. Purpose: Any Lawful purpose #59531

Notice of formation of DSM Management Group, LLC. Art. of Org. filed with SSNY 7/09/14.

Office Location: Westchester Cty. SSNY designated as agent of the LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to the LLC, 17 Milford Dr., White Plains NY 10606. Purpose: any lawful purpose. #59532 Notice of Formation of SIMPLY SKILLED IN SECOND, LLC. Of Org. filed with SSNY on 03/06/14.

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, 62 DOGWOOD LN. PLEASANTVILLE, NY 10570.

Purpose: any lawful purpose. #59533 Notice of formation of Limited Liability Company (ìLLCî). Name: MWA Associates LLC. Articles of Organization filed with the Secretary of State of the State of New York (ìSSNYî) on July 14, 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 MWA Associates LLC, c/o Mountco Construction and Development Corp., 700 White Plains Road, Suite 363, Scarsdale, New York 10583. Purpose/character of LLC is to engage in any lawful act or activity. #59534

FACES& PLACES A NEW CLASS OF LEADERS Volunteer New York!, formerly known as The Volunteer Center of United Way, honored the 20 new graduates of its signature program, Leadership Westchester, during a June 24 program held at The Gateway Center of Westchester Community College in Valhalla. The event, which included an induction ceremony for the Class of 2014, also recognized the 2014 Alumna of the Year, Potoula Gjidija (LW ’02). The Yonkers native and manager of community relations for Regeneron was honored with an award for her many years of professional leadership. Susan Schefflein of United Way of Westchester and Putnam offered remarks during the event, which also was attended by many alumni and others in the business community.

1 1. Leadership Westchester Class of 2014.

2. Volunteer New York! Vice Chair Susan Kushner, Geoff Schmits (LW ’14), Volunteer New York! and Volunteer New York! board member Gayle Binney of The New School.

3. Leadership Westchester facilitator David Severance (LW ’03), Kathleen Haverlack (LW ’12) of United Way of Westchester and Putnam and Annette McLaughlin (LW ’12) of Career Coach – 360.

4. Ed Forbes (LW ’13) of The Journal News and Marya Ugolnik (LW ’14), Westchester County Association’s Young Professional Scholar.

5. Sara Cashen (LW ’12) of the Greenburgh Nature Center and Christian Philemon (LW ’14) of the Youth Shelter Program of Westchester.

6. Janine Napierkowski (LW ’14) of Ripley’s Believe It or Not!, Amy Siniscalchi (LW ’14) of My Sister’s Place and Ellen Sonet (LW ’14) a health care marketing and communications consultant.

7. Jared Rice (LW’14) of Rice and Rice Attorneys at Law and Noam Bramson, mayor of New Rochelle.

8. Susan Edwards (LW ’14) of Westchester Community Foundation, Bob Colson and Carlene Gentlilesco of United Way of Westchester and Putnam.

9. 2014 Alumna of Year, Potoula Gjidija (LW ’02) of Regeneron and Alisa Kesten (LW ’05), Volunteer New York! executive director.

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