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Sales down, prices up in Westchester housing market

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igher home prices and a lack of inventory contributed to a decline in housing sales in the lower Hudson Valley region, according to analysts at Hudson Gateway Association of Realtors.

Across Westchester, Putnam, Rockland and Orange counties, there were 4,539 sales of single-family homes, two- to four-family homes, condominiums and cooperatives during the second quarter of 2018, HGAR noted in its report.

In Westchester, residential sales were down 5.7 percent year over year to 2,511. Sales were down 4.6 percent in Putnam and 11.3 percent in Rockland. Orange was the only exception across the region, posting a 1.9 percent increase in sales compared with last year.

Prices, meanwhile, continued to largely increase in the four-county region. In Westchester County, the median sales price was up 6.1 percent to $710,800 compared with last year. Prices increased 6.2 percent to $468,750 in Rockland, 6.4 percent to $250,000 in Orange and 1.4 percent to $350,000 in Putnam.

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The rooftop of Continental Building Products in Buchanan will host the state’s largest rooftop solar array. Photo by Aleesia Forni.

Super power BUCHANAN FIRM’S ROOFTOP SOLAR ARRAY WILL BE STATE’S LARGEST

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ust down the street from Indian Point’s two active nuclear reactors, a manufacturing plant will generate power of its own.

Continental Building Products, working with New York City-based EnterSolar, started construction last month on what it said would be the state’s largest rooftop solar array: a 2.4-megawatt system that

will take up a 250,000-square-foot space atop the building. The array will operate as a community solar project, meaning it can offset the bills of other subscribers nearby.

Continental produces gypsum-based drywall products at the plant, which is on the Hudson River in Buchanan. The facility employs 110 people.

Continental has operated there since 2013. Before that, the plant was part of Lafarge North America. Lafarge sold off its gypsum business to a private

equity firm, which launched Continental Building Products in 2013. The publicly traded Continental is based in Virginia, but has other manufacturing locations in Florida, Kentucky and Canada.

Mike Kralik, plant manager for Continental, said adding solar was a good fit for the company’s sustainability efforts. Continental uses 99 percent recycled materials in its drywall products.

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Is clay the new yoga?

Port Chester center says yes

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usiness is booming at Clay Art Center in Port Chester.

“Things are hopping here seven days per week,” said Leigh Taylor Mickelson, executive director of the art center.

Mickelson said that in each of the past two years, earned revenue at the nonprofit art center has increased 15 percent.

“I think because so many people are looking for that thing that is a bit of an escape from all the digital media and political unrest,” she said of the increase in business. “I think people are seeking to find some kind of mindfulness in their life, and a place where they can connect with others, use their hands, unplug.”

“We say that clay is the new yoga.”

Clay is also perfect for those looking for a creative outlet, Mickelson said, because “you’re literally making something out of nothing, out of dirt.”

“There’s something powerful about that and I think that resonates with people,” she said. “The moment you touch it, it’s yours. It has your fingerprint.”

The center at 40 Beech St. offers one-time and drop-in classes, including a weekly “Cladies Night” where visitors are invited to bring friends or significant others, along with their alcoholic beverage of choices.

“It’s a way to get people in here and experience clay the first time,” she said. “Our hope is people will become intrigued and see the medium as something they want to get more familiar with.”

For those looking to further their skills, series of small classes are held throughout the year, from 5- to 9-week classes for beginners to 13- or 14-week classes for more advanced students.

“What I see normally happen is friendships develop over time here,” Mickelson said. “We have a big return rate, probably over 75 percent. They tend to take the same classes again and again with the same people.”

Those classes are filled with a range of students, from those with art backgrounds to complete novices.

For many of the upper and advanced level classes, Mickelson

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said, “their classes are like family.”

“It’s very much a community setting.”

The center offers much more than adult classes, though. On a recent visit, a group of students were huddled around a rectangular table, learning to craft mugs or cups and incorporating magical elements, from elf ears to unicorn horns. Those students were part of the center’s summer camp program, which offers classes for children aged 6 to 17 from July through August.

A gallery space and store are in a building adjacent to the workroom, featuring items created by a revolving series of artists. Symposiums, studio visits and workshops are also held throughout the year. The 11,000-square-foot facility is also home to workspace for more than 50 working artists.

Away from the Port Chester building, the center is involved in a number of offsite projects, from after-school programs to working with aging adults with

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“Clay is one of those mediums that is used a lot in art therapy,” she said. “It’s inherently a medium that draws you in that no other medium does.”

Clay Art Center was founded in 1957 by Katherine Choy and Henry Okamoto. Since that time, though the center celebrated its 60th anni-

versary last year, Michelson said there are many who still don’t know the art center exists.

“I think part of it is the fact that we’ve been this hidden gem in Westchester for a long time,” she said. “People are starting to find us and see us as this place where you can come and have an experience.”

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Restaurant owner seeks back rent for alleged environmental hazards

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leven years after buying The Briar’s Restaurant, George Paganis said he has discovered that parts of the building are contaminated with asbestos, lead paint and petroleum.

Paganis claims that the second floor of the house he rents in Briarcliff Manor is useless and he is suing his landlords in Westchester Supreme Court, demanding that they clean up the building and pay back more than $500,000 in rent payments.

Efforts to reach the landlords for comment — Kallie Edge and Dimitrious Vitaliotis of Croton-on-Hudson and Vasilios Gargeros of Dunedin, Florida — failed. Their attorney, Carl Finger based in White Plains, said he was not aware of the case and had no comment.

Paganis paid $450,000 for the business in 2006. The sales contract, according to the lawsuit, promised that there were no toxic substances or hazardous wastes

in the old house at 512 N. State St. In 2007, Paganis agreed to rent the building at $7,500 a month plus real estate taxes for 30 years.

The lease acknowledged that asbestos had been cleaned up in the basement, citing a report by the Occupational Safety and Health Administration.

An inspector hired by Paganis reported a potential presence of asbestos and lead paint throughout the building.

But the landlords, according to the lawsuit, assured him that there were no environmental hazards and that the restaurant had a valid certificate of occupancy for the entire building.

Paganis discovered that the second floor did not have a certificate of occupancy, the complaint states, after he took possession of the premises. Losing the use of more than one-third of the restaurant’s space made it difficult to make a profit, so he spent about $500,000 improving and expanding the building.

Paganis still wanted

to make use of the second floor, so last year he looked into getting a certificate of occupancy. An environmental assessment consultant discovered asbestos and lead paint throughout the second floor. A contractor estimated that a cleanup would cost $52,500.

Paganis also saw evidence of petroleum in water that had leaked into the basement, possibly from a tank under the building.

The conditions existed before Paganis leased the property, attorneys Michael D. Zarin and Kate Roberts say in the complaint, and the landlords had misled the restaurateur.

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Based on the square footage of the second floor, Paganis claims that he has overpaid the rent by $45,880 a year for eleven years, totaling $504,680. He is suing for that portion of the rent payments, the costs of fixing the problems and the costs of obtaining a certificate of occupancy for the entire building.

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Suite Talk John Arenas at Serendipity Labs

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lthough he didn’t invent the coworking concept, Serendipity Labs Founder and CEO John Arenas has become something of the de facto face of the phenomenon via interviews with the likes of The Wall Street Journal, the Financial Times, CNBC and of course the Business Journal.

Since starting Serendipity Labs in his hometown of Rye in 2011, Arenas has seen his business grow to encompass an ever-increasing number of locations — 13 to date, with several due to open later this year, including a second operation in both Denver and the Dallas-Fort Worth area scheduled to open in September and a second Los Angeles locale set to roll out in November.

And nearly a year ago the company announced a joint venture with Chinese coworking titan UrWork, which includes a 34,000-square-foot office in the Manhattan Financial District. The two companies also are connecting their networks to allow their members to use any of their locations throughout the U.S. and China.

But is it all (co)work and no play for this entrepreneur, whose regional reach also includes a recently expanded office in Stamford? Business Journal reporter Kevin Zimmerman recently spoke with Arenas to find out.

It seems like whenever we talk there’s another new Serendipity Labs opening somewhere. Are you surprised at all by your growth, or by that of the coworking sector at large?

“When you’ve been evangelizing for something for so long, you’re surprised when it finally happens. You can always be right if you say something for long enough!”

In addition to what’s already open and what’s been announced, what else is in the works for Serendipity Labs?

“Right now we have five in design, five or six under construction, and we’ve signed letters of intent for leases in another five or six locations. One of those is for White Plains, but it’s still too early to talk about the details there. But that will be great for us and for White Plains.”

How so?

“As with any of our locations, it helps with the whole live-work-play environment that everyone’s talking about. And we want to have a presence in the suburbs as well as urban centers like New York, Chicago, Los Angeles and so on. We also plan to add another in Connecticut at a location that’s still to be determined.”

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I think a lot of people wonder how someone gets into the coworking business, but for you it was sort of a natural progression, wasn’t it?

“My dad was an urban planner, so I’ve had ideas about how transportation and employment can affect each other for as long as I can remember. After college I became a civil engineer and then started getting interested in creating a network of places for people to work — people I called by the futuristic-sounding term ‘urbanauts.’

“My first real brand was Stratis Business Centers, which grew to be an 11-state network of suburban office centers around the country that offered people an opportunity to improve the quality of their working life.

After the acquisition by Regus (the international workspace provider now known as IWG), I stayed on for a few years before going off and creating (online reservation system for sourcing office space, meeting space and other workspace) Worktopia, which as the name indicates was meant to provide a utopian way of working — the next generation of how to work that wasn’t constrained by time, place and a physical location. “(When Worktopia was acquired

by SignUp4 in 2011 — itself acquired by CVent for $22.4 million in 2015) I still felt the concept was right, it was just that the market wasn’t quite ready yet. Now with Serendipity Labs, it feels like we’re at the right place at the right time — finally!”

What’s your biggest challenge today?

“Knowing that the world is cyclical and that economies can be cyclical. Unexpected things can happen. Having been through three or four economic cycles in this area has taught me a lot. Today we try to plan and cover ourselves for those possibilities — we built this business to withstand those changes. As a result, we’re not going to go out at a blistering pace of expansion.”

Has there been a particular mentor during your career?

“I worked for a real estate developer and the CEO there was an amazingly experienced guy. He’s really the one who taught me that there are two categories of everything: What to do and what not to do. He’s now deceased, but he helped me to figure out what to focus on and what to avoid — it’s still something I use today, and I encourage my employees to take the same approach.”

Was there a major influencer on your personal life as you were growing up?

“No. I grew up as a latchkey kid like a lot of kids did in the ’70s and ’80s. When you’re in that kind of situation you look to each other to

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kind of find your way. It was like ‘Stand By Me’ or ‘The Wonder Years.’ The kids knew their parents were around somewhere — we just didn’t know where they were.

“That kind of experience guides you in terms of your self-reliance and your agility in relationships, and it really helps make you who you are.”

Have there been any business books you’ve found to be particularly valuable?

“I’ve stopped reading those (laughs).

I’m in the business of doing business with people, and those sorts of relationships don’t really change — even with millennials it’s not that different. I’m more likely to go to the Old Testament or the Gospels for advice. With business books, anything I’ve ever read, it seems like it’s all been captured. It’s not that I know everything, but that everything is known.”

What do you do in your spare time — assuming there is such a thing for you?

“It’s important to have spare time. If you’re not taking time off, you’re missing out on something essential, both in terms of your own needs and the needs of others.

It’s easy to tell yourself that your vocation is your avocation — especially when things are going well — but it’s important to have those other outlets.

I do a lot of volunteering — it’s really rewarding to help others, who in turn can end up helping others themselves. I volunteer at the Jay Heritage Center (in Rye) and have helped with the restoration of the Peter Augustus Jay House there. I’ve helped the Rye Arts Center work on their strategy to point it in the right direction for growth.

Most recently I’ve gotten involved with the building of a new church in Purchase, which will be the first in over 300 years.

(Trinity Presbyterian Church, which owns three plots of land there, wants to build a 26,000-square-foot facility with 130 parking spaces to accommodate its growing congregation; some residents have objected to the plan.) They’re going through an appeals process now, which is something I know how to do.

I also love to be on the water — on my boat or powerboarding. I’m at that stage of my life — my youngest girl is in high school and I have no grandkids to play with yet.”

Who do you turn to for advice these days?

“My wife of 24 years, Kim. We really enjoy each other’s company. She’s seen me go through different cycles of my career, building companies up from nothing — and to her it’s not every impressive, which is nice! She’s my toughest but best critic.”

State court suspends Goshen attorney from practicing law

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state appellate court has suspended Goshen attorney Daren Allen Webber from practicing law indefinitely, following a similar ruling in federal court based on allegations of unprofessional conduct in bankruptcy cases.

Last year, U.S. District Court suspended Webber from practicing law for missing filing deadlines, missing meetings, filing documents in the wrong places and making false advertising.

“In short,” the federal court ruled, Webber had “exhibited gross incompetence and negligence in his handling of numerous bankruptcy matters.”

“Getting this news is kind of shocking to me,” Webber said in a telephone interview.

He has since moved to West Covina, California, and had not seen the appellate court’s ruling. He said he believes that court officials are biased against him.

In March, he filed a complaint of judicial misconduct against Cecelia G. Morris, chief bankruptcy judge in the Poughkeepsie division.

Daren Allen Webber. Photo via his website.

That forced him, he said, to travel from courthouse to courthouse to manually file documents.

In 2015, the Office of the United States

Trustee randomly selected two of his cases for audit. Webber failed to provide documents to the auditor for more than a month, according to the disciplinary record.

His law firm’s website displayed the seal of New York University Law School with his credentials, when he had actually attended the similarly named New York Law School.

Last year, federal court directed him to “show cause” why he should not be disciplined.

Webber asked for more time, and then failed to respond by the new date.

The federal court suspended him from the practice of law in the district, until further notice. The state appellate court ruling extends that discipline to the state courts.

Webber concluded, according to his misconduct complaint against the judge, that bankruptcy court officials have a bias against him because he is part African-American and

the Poughkeepsie court lacks minority attorney representation.

He wondered in the telephone interview if the judge confuses him with a disbarred attorney who has a similar name, “or just doesn’t like me.”

He claimed the court has failed to properly docket his pleadings and has subjected him to several “random” audits. He said a photo of him was posted in the White Plains federal courthouse, as if he were a wanted person, and nobody would explain why it was there. When he demanded that the photo be taken down, he claimed, he was told “that judge really does not like you.”

“I am not claiming that I walk on water,” Webber said in the telephone interview. “I am not claiming I’m perfect.

“I am claiming that there were events that occurred that are difficult to explain.”

Last year, federal court directed him to “show cause” why he should not be disciplined.

Webber asked for more time, and then failed to respond by the new date.

“It is my sincere and honest belief,” he stated in the complaint filed with the U.S. Court of Appeals, Second Circuit, that he was “subjected to a form of disparate treatment that has been designed to break my practice and destroy my emotional well-being.”

The state discipline is based on the federal court’s findings last year. The federal court found, for instance, that in 2014 Webber had filed a bankruptcy petition with missing information, failed to appear for a creditors meeting, didn’t tell his clients about his inability to attend the meeting and failed to file a motion to dismiss the case after his clients decided they no longer wanted to proceed.

Also in 2014, he failed to respond to telephone and email communications from the clerk’s office about an error in another bankruptcy petition. Morris then revoked his privileges to file court documents electronically in the district’s bankruptcy courts.

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ways to be socially responsible and give back to the community,” Kralik said.

“But then at the same time, to make good business decisions. Solar seemed like the right fit for who we are as a company.”

While Continental will own the system, it will operate as a community solar array. That means that a majority of the power it produces will be available to others in the community.

“It’s a perfect option for people who don’t have a proper site for solar, or rent and have a shorter-term arrangement,” as explained

by Peyton Boswell, managing director for EnterSolar. “You can benefit without having any physical presence on your home.”

Community solar allows

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noted in their report.

Westchester saw its highest second-quarter median sales price since 2007, according to the Elliman Report, a market analysis from Douglas Elliman Real Estate.

“What we saw in Westchester County this past quarter was an increase in the median sales price countywide and a decline of sales across all property types,” said Scott Elwell, Elliman’s senior executive regional manager of Westchester and New England. “Inventory shrank and the combination of limited supply and rising mortgage rates contributed to the decline of sales activity.”

Though inventory overall in Westchester remained “fairly stagnant,” down 0.5 percent overall, analysts at HGAR noted that cooperative listings were down 23 percent year-over-year.

“Cooperatives are often a more affordable alternative to a single-family home,” analysts said in the report.

Other counties in the region all saw drops in their available inventory; 9.5 percent in Putnam, 8.1 percent in Orange and 4.1 percent in Rockland.

“New construction, still

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people to essentially subscribe to a small portion of the power an individual solar array produces. The solar panels pump energy into the grid, which Consolidated Edison calculates and converts into solar energy credits. Those credits are then divvied up among subscribers to offset individual bills.

“The homeowners see a new line on their Con Ed bill that basically says ‘solar savings,’” Boswell said. “Say they have $100 of allocation that month and a $120 bill with Con Ed, they’ll be billed for that $120 minus the $100 solar allocation, so that’s $20 owed to Con Ed.” That’s not to say a customer is guaranteed to save that huge a chunk off their bill. They also have to pay back a set percentage of the energy credit to the solar

attractive mortgage rates and a vibrant Hudson Valley economy continue to point to prospects for a good year, despite headwinds created by chronic low inventory,” HGAR analysts said.

A report from Westchester Real Estate Inc. noted that inventory is now at its lowest level in at least 25 years.

“Investors are plentiful and looking to scoop up good properties, which are selling in record time and at all-time high prices,” the report stated.

Westchester’s luxury market, meanwhile, saw 105 sales of homes priced $2 million or higher, according to the Houlihan Lawrence Luxury Market Report. That figure is identical to the same quarter last year. Year-to-date, sales of luxury homes are down 7 percent compared with 2017’s figure.

Westchester Real Estate noted that buyers looking to upgrade to a larger home are “in the ideal position for this market.

“The home you’re selling, thoughtfully prepared and properly priced for the market, will sell quicker than you can imagine,” the report stated, noting that “days on market” continue to drop for all property types. “At the luxury level, you will have an

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While Continental will own the system, it will operate as a community solar array.

That means that a majority of the power it produces will be available to others in the community.

array operator, typically about 90 percent.

But since the solar credit payments are always tied to the number of solar credits the array actually produces, subscribers are guaranteed to save something on their energy bills. The savings does vary season to season, however, dependent on how often the sun shines on the panels.

EnterSolar has seen its work in the region pick up over the last few years, Boswell said. The company focuses on large-scale projects for corporate clients.

EnterSolar has completed projects in Westchester for companies that include Swiss Re, Regeneron and Zwilling J.A. Henckels.

“It’s been an active area, but there are so many more large corporations in Westchester with great sites,” Boswell said. “So I’m hoping

we’re just getting going.”

The online platform to sign up as a subscriber to the Buchanan project will launch in August, Boswell said. The array is expected to be operational in the fall. EnterSolar is partnered with TriState Solar Alliance for the project.

New York started allowing community solar projects, also referred to as community-distributed generation, in 2015. Since then, the rules governing how they operate and how their energy is credited, have evolved.

But expanding community solar fits in with the state’s overall energy vision, known as Reforming the Energy Vision (REV).

“The state, I think it’s fair to say, is eager to see more of these community projects, particularly in Con Edison territory,” Boswell said.

A major goal of REV is

to cut greenhouse gas emissions and shift 50 percent of the state’s electricity production to renewable sources by 2030. As Indian Point prepares to shut down fully by 2021, Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo has pointed to the renewable energy initiatives as evidence that greenhouse gas emissions won’t spike as a result of the 2,000-megawatt power gap the plant leaves behind.

Continental’s plant may be a neighbor to the nuclear plant, but Kralik said the company’s decision to pursue solar power was made completely separate of any concerns about Indian Point’s planned closing.

“We would have moved forward with the project in any event,” Kralik said. “It’s a good project that stands on its own without any other influences.”

that the new tax law, which caps deductions for local property taxes at $10,000, have left some uncertainties for the market’s future.

In Westchester, residents pay an average of $16,500 per year in property taxes, according to ATTOM Data Solutions.

“It is too early to determine what effect the recently

passed tax reform law may be having on sales, which remain at historic highs,” HGAR analysts said.

The Westchester Real Estate report stated that “some of those buyers are now just choosing to buy less expensive properties with lower taxes, adding to the softness in the high end of the market.”

Source: Hudson Gateway Association of Realtors.

abundance of properties to choose from at more attractive prices as sellers make adjustments to move quicker than their competition.”

That report also noted that single-family homes sold for 98.5 percent of list price in the second quarter of 2018, up from 98.3 percent one year ago and continuing the pattern of

strength witnessed for several years now.

“Many of the most desirable properties are selling at prices over asking,” the report said. “With any exceptions generally coming in the high end of the market, buyers for low- to mid-range homes have very little room to negotiate.”

Analysts also noted

Mastermind of computer heist fails respect test

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f one is going to ask for an extremely lenient prison sentence for masterminding a $1 million computer heist, it’s a good idea to first pass the “respect for the law” test.

Anton Saljanin, 46, of Yorktown Heights, failed that test.

He asked U.S. District Judge Kenneth M. Karas for one year and one day in prison for stealing 1,195 Apple MacBook Air laptop computers he had been hired to deliver to two public schools.

Federal guidelines called for 57 to 71 months of imprisonment. A one-year term, the U.S. Attorney’s Office argued in a sentencing memorandum, “would diminish respect for the law and undermine general deterrence.”

Saljanin had claimed he had “performed well while on pretrial release,” according to the sentencing memo. But a May 2016 photograph, posted on the website of a motorcycle club, suggested otherwise.

Saljanin, while on pretrial release, was seated at a poker table with three other men, with a black semiautomatic pistol next to his left hand. As a previously convicted felon, he was prohibited from possessing a firearm.

Prosecutors urged the court to sentence him to 57 to 71 months in prison, in line with federal guidelines, “to send a message that Saljanin must have respect for the law.”

Karas sentenced him to four years in prison.

U.S. Attorney Geoffrey S. Berman depicts Saljanin in a news release as the ringleader of an inside job. Court filings depict him as a thief who couldn’t tell a straight story.

Saljanin was hired in January 2014 to deliver two shipments of MacBooks from a Massachusetts technology company to high schools in New Jersey. He had worked for the shipping company for several years as an independent contractor and made numerous deliveries from the tech company.

He leased a yellow Freightliner from Penske Truck Rental and successfully delivered the first load of 1,300 computers.

He and his brother, Gjon, went back to the tech company and loaded eight more pallets.

The computers were valued at $1,000 each retail, or nearly $1.2 million total, and $828 each wholesale, or $989,424 total.

He told Yorktown police that they drove to a 7-Eleven convenience store in Somers and then to a parking lot at 1700 Front St. He locked the truck and drove home with his brother in a BMW. The next morning, he discovered the truck missing and reported it as stolen.

He spent much of that day driving north and south on Interstate 684. Finally, he told detectives, he spotted the yellow truck in a commuter parking lot near I-84 in Danbury, Connecticut, 20 miles from Yorktown.

The story didn’t make sense to police.

Glass inside the truck and on the ground in Danbury indicated that the window was broken there. Detectives also noted that the Penske truck would not have been visible from I-84.

Investigators reviewed video surveillance

recordings and photographs along the delivery route. A yellow Penske truck did indeed stop at the 7-Eleven in Somers, and two men who appeared to be the Saljanin brothers were in the store for about four minutes.

Seven minutes later, the truck was seen traveling toward Front Street. But then it turned and traveled in the direction of the residence of Ujka Vulaj, 56.

Twenty-nine minutes later, the truck arrived at the Front Street lot. Then a black SUV, similar to the Chevrolet Trailblazer owned

by Gjon Saljanin, arrived. A minute later the SUV left, followed by the Penske truck.

On the shipment day, Vulaj and the Saljanin brothers had carried on 13 phone cellphone calls, according to the criminal complaint. Cellphone data established that Anton Saljanin had not traveled south on I-684 on the day he had claimed to be searching for the missing truck.

Then, many of the stolen computers were registered online, enabling the FBI to track down buyers and piece together several transactions. Vulaj and Carlos Caceres, 40, of the Bronx, the criminal complaint states, had sold many of the purloined laptops for $500 to $800 each.

All four men eventually admitted to playing parts in the heist.

Caceres pled guilty to conspiracy to possess and sell stolen property. Karas sentenced him to 27 months in prison on Jan. 6.

Vulaj and Gjon Saljanin pled guilty to conspiracy to theft, transportation and sale of stolen property. They were sentenced in May to one year and one day in prison.

Anton Saljanin pled guilty to conspiracy and to theft from an interstate shipment.

All four were ordered to forfeit ill-gotten gains. Caceres must pay $331,188 in restitution.

Vulaj and the brothers must pay back $989,424.

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Co-owners of BWT Glass trade allegations of fraud

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he co-founder of a Mount Vernon glass products manufacturer, Robert Tarpey, has filed for personal bankruptcy to stave off a lawsuit that accuses him and his family of looting the company.

Tarpey has denied the accusations and counterclaimed that it was Myles Kehoe, also a co-founder of Bronx Westchester Tempering Inc., who diverted company resources.

Tarpey filed the Chapter 11 bankruptcy petition on July 9, one week before a trial was to begin in Westchester Supreme Court. On July 10, he filed a notice to move Kehoe’s lawsuit to White Plains federal courts because issues in both cases are intertwined.

Bronx Westchester Tempering, founded in 2007, is more commonly known as BWT Glass. It makes tem-

pered glass products for storefronts, doors, shower enclosures and railings.

The manufacturing facility at 160 S. MacQuesten Parkway is in the Bronx, but has a Mount Vernon mailing address.

Kehoe, of Manhattan, is the largest individual shareholder with 34.9 percent of the shares. Tarpey and his wife, Jane, of White Plains, own 34.9 percent together.

Tarpey’s bankruptcy petition estimates assets and liabilities between $1 million and $10 million. Among his unsecured claims are three Chase accounts totaling nearly $2.3 million.

But it is the company dispute that is at the center of Tarpey’s financial problems.

He has been notified that a special meeting of shareholders and directors will take up the question of whether he should be fired immediately.

“I expect to no longer be employed by BWT following the meeting,” he said in

an affidavit. “I believe that my employment termination will cause both BWT and I financial disaster, as BWT will likely be unable to pay its significant ongoing debt obligations without me there to run the company.”

Kehoe sued Tarpey and his wife as well as daughter Nicole last year, accusing them of using the company “as their personal piggy bank.”

He was joined in the lawsuit by shareholders John Arminio of New Rochelle and

Alex Budu of Mount Vernon.

The lawsuit alleges that Robert Tarpey paid himself and family members inflated salaries. The complaint stated that the company paid hundreds of thousands of dollars for personal meals, travel, gym fees and entertainment, and it paid college tuitions for two daughters. When the Tarpeys went to Panama to buy a vacation home, the complaint added, they traveled first class at company expense. Then they furnished the home by redeeming

“I believe that my employment termination will cause both BWT and I financial disaster, as BWT will likely be unable to pay its significant ongoing debt obligations without me there to run the company.”

— Robert Tarpey

credit card points valued at $500,000.

The lawsuit charges the Tarpeys with fraud, breach of fiduciary duty, conversion of assets and unjust enrichment. Kehoe wants the court to dissolve BWT, and he is asking for $300,000 in damages.

Tarpey denied the allegations and countersued for fraud, defamation, unjust enrichment and other charges.

He said Kehoe agreed to his salary, also used company resources for gym fees and other personal expenses and encouraged his daughters to pursue advance college degrees.

Kehoe traveled with him on the trip to Panama, Tarpey said, “on the same airline and on the same class.”

Tarpey claimed that Kehoe tried to remove and replace him as company president last year after Kehoe lost his job.

The employer is not iden-

tified, but Kehoe’s LinkedIn profile shows a position as deputy director of facilities for the New York City Department of Education from 2008 to 2017. Now he is director of facilities management for the Park Avenue Armory, according to the profile. It also shows him as owner of Bronx Westchester Tempering, but only from 2006 to 2010.

The bankruptcy case, Tarpey said in an affidavit, “will provide me with the opportunity to reorganize my financial affairs in an orderly manner and allow me to pay my debts.”

He is represented in the bankruptcy action by attorney Jeffrey A. Reich of Reich, Reich and Reich PC in White Plains and in the lawsuit by James P. Donohue Jr. of Crystal and Donohue Attorneys in White Plains.

Kehoe is represented

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ASK ANDI | Andi Gray

Buying a business can be a great way to grow I BOUGHT A SMALL BUSINESS A COUPLE YEARS AGO. EVERYTHING THAT WAS BAD WITH THAT DEAL IS NOW COMING INTO FRUITION. ANY SUGGESTIONS ON WHAT TO DO TO MAKE THINGS BETTER — EITHER ON THIS OR FUTURE ACQUISITIONS? THOUGHTS OF THE DAY: Buying a business is a great way to grow. According to the statistics, not all deals are good deals. Both sides, buyer and seller, need to do their homework. For the seller, more potential buyers are usually a good thing. For the buyer, finding the right fit at the right price is crucial.

Whether you’re looking to become a small-business owner for the first time or expand your existing company’s footprint, small-business acquisition can be a smart

way to grow. For sellers it’s a way to take chips off the table.

But the final deal has to be good for both parties.

There’s no guarantee that a potential deal will pan out.

Most folks we talk to report that less than 1 in 5 potential deals actually cross the finish line. And many of those don’t produce expected results.

Buyers must not focus on potential and overlook pitfalls.

They should be prepared for lengthy negotiations. Smart buyers involve advisers with loads of experience evaluat-

ing and executing deals.

Sellers should not confuse their sweat equity with a realistic valuation. They should be upfront about challenges and avoid putting up roadblocks. They want to be clear eyed about what the business is worth, instead of trying to negotiate for what they need in order to retire.

It’s important to do thorough due diligence. Buyers must analyze what’s offered, figure out how the acquisition will work inside their business and be willing to

walk away if the deal looks too risky. Looking at lots of deals helps buyers sharpen their skills and gives them options if one deal doesn’t work. Sellers must know what’s reasonable to ask, what a good buyer looks like and when the negotiation is good enough.

If things go wrong, it’s often that revenue doesn’t pan out because customers don’t stick around. Buyers often do better negotiating payout contingent on revenue and paying a bonus for hitting milestones. Sellers should not promise more than they can deliver. Sellers usually get less in an upfront deal, more if they take some risk over time.

Once the deal is done, the buyer’s and seller’s recourse is limited to what’s in the contract of sale. The buyer should look at expanding and adjusting the new book of business. The seller should demand progress reports and audit progress payments.

We advise sellers to focus the last three to five years of ownership on perfecting the business for sale. That means maximizing productivity and profitability, reducing debts and outstanding accounts receivable, cleaning up the books and getting a series of valuations done that show progressive results.

Sellers also want to be clear about the profile of “best buyers” likely to pay maximum value. Perfect assets that fit the needs of buyers likely to pay a premium. Contact business owners interested in the industry to find out what challenges they’re dealing with. Figuring out how to minimize or eliminate those challenges adds value to the sale.

Buyers need to be clear about the amount of risk they can afford. Entrepreneurs don’t do enough to think pessimistically and generally that’s OK. But when buying a business, it’s best to think about everything that

could go wrong.

Look for owners who have reasonable expectations. Compare paying one price versus negotiating terms based on risks. The risk scenario usually costs more if the deal goes right but can be a lifesaver if the deal doesn’t pan out as expected.

LOOKING FOR A GOOD BOOK? Try “BizBuySell Guide to Buying A Small Business: A Roadmap to the Successful Purchase of a Business” by Ed Pendarvis.

Andi Gray is president of Strategy Leaders Inc., StrategyLeaders.com, a business-consulting firm that teaches companies how to double revenue and triple profits in repetitive growth cycles. Have a question for AskAndi? Wondering how Strategy Leaders can help your business thrive? Call or email for a free consultation and diagnostics: 877-238-3535 or AskAndi@ StrategyLeaders.com.

TECH TALK Top 10 Ways to Protect Your Organization from Ransomware 9. For critical communication platforms and operating systems, any downtime could negatively impact the organization. Make sure that these systems have the NECESSARY CONTINUITY PLANS in place.

What can you do to help protect your organization from ransomware?

Start with protective controls that can help keep ransomware off your network and minimize the spread should it sneak in. Remember that ransomware can gain access to the network in a variety of ways – including email, drive-by-downloads, web-facing systems vulnerabilities, and even USB drives – so it’s important to use multiple layers of protective controls.

1. SECURE EMAIL GATEWAYS (SEG), SECURE WEB GATEWAYS (SWG)/FIREWALLS, AND ENDPOINT SECURITY solutions are the first line of defense in preventing ransomware from gaining access to your organization. Multiple layers of protection are necessary for a robust defense.

2. The best protective solutions still require CONSTANT VIGILANCE in terms of assessing potential gaps. Vulnerability scanning and timely patching to fix discovered vulnerabilities that ransomware might exploit are essential, especially for systems running Microsoft Windows.™ It’s vital that all security hotfixes from Microsoft are applied to all systems as soon as possible.

3. Some ransomware will attempt to move from the initial point of compromise to other PCs, network drives and servers. AIR GAPPING THE CORPORATE NETWORK from other critical infrastructure systems can prevent ransomware from spreading to where it could do significant damage.

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10. Responding to a ransomware attack requires mature incident response procedures that are rehearsed regularly so that every team member knows their responsibilities. This should go beyond the obvious IT and security personnel to INCLUDE MANAGEMENT, HR, PR, LEGAL AND OTHER IMPORTANT STAKEHOLDERS.

4. USER SECURITY AWARENESS TRAINING can significantly reduce the risk of employees making mistakes that can enable a ransomware attack. Make sure the “human firewall” at your organization is sufficiently trained to spot and alert IT to potential attacks.

5. ENSURE THAT IT SECURITY IS PART OF THE PROCESS when reviewing new or existing vendors/suppliers that supply or maintain network-enabled systems because many breaches originate from third-party vulnerabilities.

6. Take steps to reduce credential harvesting attacks as compromised insider accounts are in a position to help land and expand a ransomware attack. USE MULTI-FACTOR AUTHENTICATION to make it far more difficult for attackers to obtain and use stolen credentials.

7. NETWORK AND ENDPOINT MONITORING can detect ransomware infections and provide an early warning. Systems might include a security information and event management system (SIEM) that is capable of combining and analyzing multiple data feeds to increase visibility across the organization. Nextgeneration endpoint security products can also play an important role in detecting ransomware attacks.

8. BACKUP & RECOVERY PROCESSES supported by immutable backups of all critical systems enables IT to bring infected systems back online much faster. It’s imperative that these backups are isolated and can’t themselves be impacted in the event of an attack. In addition, backups should be periodically tested to ensure data can be restored quickly and easily.

A ransomware attack can disrupt business operations, render critical infrastructure unusable and significantly damage the organization’s brand.

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Faces and Places Celebrating women’s entrepreneurship

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he Women’s Enterprise Development Center (WEDC) held its annual Spring Gala and Awards Dinner on May 31 at Tappan Hill Mansion in Tarrytown. About 300 attendees gathered in celebration of women’s entrepreneurship. The event highlighted some of the organization’s major accomplishments in helping women to start, strengthen and succeed in business. The honorees for WEDC’s 2018 Enterprising Woman Award included Alé Frederico, vice president of commercial lending at TD Bank; Sallie Krawcheck, CEO and co-founder of Ellevest; and Johanna Zeilstra, CEO of Gender Fair. Photos by Lynda Shenkman.

Deputy County Executive Ken Jenkins and President of WCA Bill Mooney.

2. State Sen. Andrea Stewart-Cousins and WEDC CEO Anne Janiak.

3. Lisa Marin.

4. Mary Gibbons Gardiner.

5. Honorees Aleida M. Frederico, Johanna Zeilstra, and Sallie Krawcheck.

6. David Kidder.

7. WEDC Graduates Ashley Halloran and Redina Hembre.

8. WEDC VP Rita Ramirez.

9. Francine Goldstein and Sheila Baptista.

10. Graduation speakers Flor Cabello, Soyini Chan Shue and Molly Raffman.

11. WEDC board: Toni Ann Rufeh, Nancy Kessler, Stephen Chase, Millie Hernandez-Becker, Karen Campbell, Barbara Van Bergen, Anne Janiak, Edward Morgan and Jacqueline Schinnerer.

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AKRF Inc.

34 S. Broadway, Suite 401, White Plains 10601 949-7336 • akrf.com

Arcadis

44 S. Broadway, ninth floor, White Plains 10601 694-2100 • arcadis-us.com

Barile Gallagher & Associates

39 Marble Ave., Pleasantville 10570 328-6060, ext. 2010 • bga-eng.com/contact-us/

Bohler Engineering PC

2929 Expressway Drive North, Suite 120, Hauppauge 11749 631-738-1200 • bohlerengineering.com

C&F Consulting Engineering PC 420 N. Broadway, White Plains 10603 683-7355 • cf-eng.com

Mile Lee, president Karen Franz, CEO info@akrf.com 1981 Joachim Ebert CEO and COO ausinternet@arcadis.com 1888

James E. Carnicelli, president carnellclientrep@aol.com 1969

Current Solutions PC

Mark B. Cavallaro principa and founder 1998

636 N. Broadway, White Plains 10603 347-8480 • currentsolutionspc.com

Divney Tung Schwalbe LLP

1 N. Broadway, Suite 1407, White Plains 10601 428-0010 • divneytungschwalbe.com

Empire Layout LLC

7 Evergreen Way, Pawling 12564 845-493-0015 • empirelayout.com

GEA Engineering PC

100 Airport Executive Park, Nanuet 10954 845-371-5522 • geaengineering.com

Grigg & Davis Engineers PC

21 Crossway, Scarsdale 10583 725-5095 • gdengineers.net

H2M

2700 Westchester Ave., Suite 415, Purchase 10577 631-756-8000 • h2m.com

Hillman & Miley Consulting Engineers PLLC

235 Mamaroneck Ave., Suite 302, White Plains 10605 428-0909 • hillmanmiley.com

Insite Engineering, Surveying and Landscape Architecture PC

3 Garrett Place, Carmel 10512 845-225-9690 • insite-eng.com

JMC Planning Engineering Landscape Architecture & Land Surveying PLLC

120 Bedford Road, Armonk 10504 273-5225 • jmcpllc.com

Andrew V. Tung, partner Gerhard M. Schwalbe, partner info@divneytungschwalbe.com 1972

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Steven Gamelsky, president 1988

Tectonic Engineering & Surveying Consultants PC 1279 Route 30, Newburgh 12550 845-563-9081 • tectonicengineering.com

VHB Engineering, Surveying and Landscape Architecture PC 50 Main St., Suite 360, White Plains 10606 467-6600 • vhb.com

Louise Grigg, president info@GDEngineers.net 1996 Rich Humann, president and CEO compliance@h2m.com

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Kevin Miley, president info@hillmanmiley.com 1984

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Jeffrey J. Contelmo, senior principal engineer 1989

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Land development and consulting services for Westchester and Putnam counties, for industries, including hospitality, retail, corporate and residential

James A. Ryan, principal jryan@jmcpllc.com 1980

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Don Benvie, president and CEO info@tectonicengineering.com 1986

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Michael J. Carragher, president mcarragher@vhb.com 1999

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This list is a sample of engineering firms that serve the region. If you would like to include your firm in our next list, please contact Peter Katz at pkatz@westfairinc.com.

Note: Information compiled from company responses to our questionnaire, materials published by the company and other sources.

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Life-cycle engineering consulting, specialized global construction, base operations, security management, systems integration and intelligence solutions Engineering design and commissioning services in the areas of HVAC, plumbing, fire protection, electrical, energy and commissioning

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KFisher@insite-eng.com

Markets serviced include education, energy, government, health care, industrial, leisure and amusement entertainment, maritime, public infrastructure and transportation

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4 Westchester Park Drive #175, White Plains 10604 694-5711 • wsp.com 555 Pleasantville Road, South Bldg., Briarcliff Manor 10510 747-1120 • wsp.com

Building inspection, consulting and environmental engineering firm serving the real estate industry

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Mechanical, electrical, telecommunications, plumbing and fire protection engineering design services

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Brian A. Lutes, president and CEO 1940

Savin Engineers

Land surveying, program management, landscape architecture, sustainable design, development services, facilities engineering, transportation services and NYC permit expediting

Robert A. Nardone, surveyor RobertANardone@empirelayout.com 2011

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McLaren Engineering Group

11 Martine Ave., Suite 675, White Plains 10606 539-4800 • mbakerintl.com

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100 Snake Hill Road, West Nyack 10994 845-353-6400 • mgmclaren.com

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707 Westchester Ave., Suite 304, White Plains 10604 323-7400 • langan.com

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Michael J. Connors, principal 2004

Carnell Engineering

7-11 Legion Drive, Suite G3, Valhalla 10595 946-4300 • carnellengineering.com

Acoustics, noise and vibration; air quality and climate change; cultural and natural resources; geotechnical and marine engineering; public outreach; traffic and transportation Architecture, master planning and sustainable urban development, contract solutions, cost management, regulatory compliance and environmental, transportation and water solutions

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State coalition launches lawsuit over SALT cap in 2017 tax overhaul

BY RYAN DEFFENBAUGH rdeffenbaugh@westfairinc.com

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ew York, Connecticut and two other states have sued the federal government over a provision in last year's federal tax overhaul that limits individual state and local tax deductions to $10,000.

Democratic Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo has threatened for months to sue over the GOPled Tax Cuts and Jobs Act, which he has called an act of "economic civil war." The cap on the state and local tax deductions, known as SALT, could increase New Yorkers’ federal taxes by $14.3 billion in 2018 and an additional $121 billion between 2019 and 2025, according to a state analysis.

The lawsuit, filed July 17 in Manhattan federal court, is led by New York Attorney General Barbara Underwood and joined by the attorneys

Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo

general of Connecticut, Maryland and New Jersey.

The four-state coalition argues in the lawsuit that the federal law targets New York and other Democratic states, interferes with each state’s right to make fiscal decisions and will disproportionately harm taxpayers.

The lawsuit cites public statements from the bill’s supporters that said the SALT cap would send a message to

Democrat-controlled states, including from U.S. Treasury Secretary Steve Mnuchin and Stephen Moore, an adviser to President Donald Trump.

Underwood said in a press release announcing the lawsuit that New York “will not be bullied.”

“This cap is unconstitutional — going well beyond settled limits on federal power to impose an income tax, while deliberately targeting New York and similar states in an attempt to coerce us into changing our fiscal policies and the vital programs they support,” Underwood said.

Cuomo added that the lawsuit represents the first state challenge to the tax law.

“The federal government is hellbent on using New York as a piggy bank to pay for corporate tax cuts, and I will not stand for it,” he said.

The lawsuit states that New Yorkers living downstate — which includes Long

Island, New York City and Westchester County — will pay an additional $12.8 billion per year in federal taxes because of the limit on SALT deductions. The rest of the state will pay an additional $1.5 billion, according to estimates from the state Department of Taxation and Finance.

Westchester County Executive George Latimer said, “This federal tax law is not only double taxation but it also unfairly targets communities like Westchester County — and every homeowner in this county is a victim. In Westchester, where the average home is valued at $691,392.00, home values are projected to take a 7.6 percent hit.”

The lawsuit used data from Moody’s Analytics and state figures on New York home prices to estimate that the 2017 tax act could result in a statewide loss of $100.8 billion in home equity.

Metro Vein, Motion PT to open at Boyce Thompson

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wo new health care tenants have signed leases at the Boyce Thompson Center in Yonkers.

The center’s developer, Simone Development Cos., announced that Metro Vein Centers leased 2,781 square feet at the center at 1086 N. Broadway. Metro Vein Centers uses minimally invasive technology to treat varicose veins, spider veins and other venous conditions. The company also has locations in other Simone properties in the Bronx and Hackensack, New Jersey.

Additionally, Motion PT Group signed a lease for 1,900 square feet. The company is a network of clinics offering physical, occupational and speech therapy.

The two new tenants will join ENT & Allergy Associates, which announced earlier this year that it would move its Yonkers offices to Boyce Thompson.

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“Not only does each medical office provide excellence in health care for the residents of the area, but they will also bring new skilled employment opportunities to the vibrant city of Yonkers,” said James MacDonald, vice president of leasing at Simone.

Other health care tenants at Boyce Thompson include St. John’s Riverside Hospital, which occupies a 15,000-square-foot building for outpatient care and physician offices; Westmed Medical Group, which leases a 20,000-square-foot addition at the south end of the main building; ColumbiaDoctors; Riverside Dental Health; and Westchester Gastroenterology.

Retail tenants include Starbucks Coffee, ISO Japanese Restaurant, Fortina Restaurant, Tompkins Mahopac Bank and Ultimate Spectacle.

With the new signings, the Boyce Thompson Center is more than 90 percent leased.

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Museums join to encourage visitors to ‘Explore the Lower Hudson Valley’

BY RYAN DEFFENBAUGH rdeffenbaugh@westfairinc.com

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notice to all t r a i n - t r ave l i n g museum enthusiasts: a group of 11 lower Hudson Valley museums, gardens and historical sites have teamed up to help promote a potential self-guided visitors trail through the region.

The museums stretch from the Edward Hopper House in Nyack to the Wave Hill public gardens and cultural center in the Bronx. Each is either near a Metro-North train stop or connected to the train line through another form of public transit.

The alliance’s recently launched Explore the lower Hudson Valley website pitches an “upstate experience close to home.” The website extols the Hudson River as a common thread for all the museums.

The river “flows past the cliffs of the Palisades, rock formations older than the Grand Canyon and the gateway to the lower Hudson Valley. Grand estates, the former homes of some of the area’s most notable residents and philanthropists, welcome visitors to experience tranquil and vibrant gardens, recreational activities, architectural landmarks and grand vistas that hearken back to another era.”

Explore The Hudson Valley represents a promotional alliance among the historical homes, along with a group of natural and cultural sites in the region.

Martha Gellens, assistant director of marketing for Wave Hill, said the alliance came about through working relationships already established through several of the museums.

“Kind of organically, there was a growing recognition that we all share something fundamental and important, being located where we are,”

Clockwise from top left: Kykuit, the Rockefeller estate at Sleepy Hollow; Edward Hopper House Museum & Study Center; Philipsburg Manor; and Washington Irving’s Sunnyside.

Gellens said. “Virtually all these sites are accessible via Metro-North, which is also important. It means you don’t necessarily need to have a car to explore the lower Hudson.”

The alliance launched the website this month, which provides brief descriptions of all 11 museums. The website links to the I Love NY Path Through History website, a state database of museums and historical sites that allows planning-minded travelers to build digital itineraries.

Travelers can use Explore the Lower Hudson Valley’s list to chart a course on the state website. They can also add

in other museums and stops from the state site.

It’s a concept similar to the food, wine and beer trails popular throughout the state.

By promoting each stop as part of a package, the museums and historic sites can entice tourists and day-trippers looking for a fresh way to explore the region.

Gellens said the Explore The Lower Hudson Valley focus is “probably a little more diffuse than a wine trail would suggest. Some people are interested in relaxation, some have a serious historical interest, some are interested in the conservation aspect

of it. I think the Path Through History connection makes it possible to explore in a lot of different ways.”

The museums in the alliance include: • Edward Hopper House Museum & Study Center: The Nyack childhood home of the famed American realist painter Edward Hopper; • Hudson River Museum in Yonkers; • Kykuit, the Rockefeller estate at Sleepy Hollow; • Lyndhurst, the Gothic revival mansion in Tarrytown; • The Old Croton Aqueduct Trail, the 26-mile trail from Cortlandt to Yonkers, which

includes the Keeper’s House Visitor Center and Museum in Dobbs Ferry; • Palisades Interstate Park; • Philipsburg Manor, a historic site in Sleepy Hollow; • Philipse Manor Hall State Historic Site in Yonkers; • Washington Irving’s Sunnyside in Irvington; • Untermyer Gardens Conservancy, a 43-acre site in Yonkers that has undergone a full restoration; and • Wave Hill.

Gellens said many of the organizations already have natural programming connections. Wave Hill, for instance, has run program-

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ming with the Hudson River Museum that included a shuttle between the two sites, the Wave Hill curator speaking at the Hudson River Museum and the museum’s curator speaking at Wave Hill. Wave Hill has also been working on a joint-tour program with Untermyer Gardens.

“I think there’s a growing recognition among all of us that we reflect the very vibrant presence of art and conservation in the lower Hudson Valley," Gellens said.

“And we wanted to share that perspective with local visitors, along with those coming in from elsewhere.”

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SPECIAL REPORT | Guest Column | By Ryan Burk

Angry Orchard Cider House attracting, educating visitors

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ard cider has a long history in the United States, especially here in New York, dating back to colonial times. It was one of the most popular and widely consumed alcoholic beverages largely in part to the prevalence of its main ingredient, the apple.

Unlike other alcoholic beverages, hard cider didn’t make an immediate comeback after prohibition mainly because most of the heirloom apple trees that grew cider apples were transitioned to eating apples. It is only in the past few years that drinkers are rediscovering it, and we’re proud to say a lot of that discovery is happening right here in New York state, a place Angry Orchard is proud to call home.

Within the past decade, more and more craft breweries, distilleries and wineries have opened throughout the

Mid-Hudson Valley region.

According to an announcement from Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo’s office, the region added the most craft beverage manufacturers statewide with 93 openings in the past year. The area is home to 65 breweries, 27 distillers and 59 wineries, coming in first, first and third in the state, respectively. And while the established presence of these craft beverages in the region is clear, hard cider deserves its own seat at the table. There are 16 cider producers in the region to date, leading cider production statewide.

Though the United States recently has seen a revival of hard cider, cider makers like myself face certain misconceptions about the beverage, similar to those faced by craft brewers 30 years ago.

Most often, we see people confuse or compare cider to beer. However, the two are quite different in terms of

ingredients, production and taste. Unlike beer, cider is fermented using apples; beer is brewed using malt and flavored with hops, making cider more similar to wine, also made with fruit.

Having an orchard in the Hudson Valley allows us to teach visitors about cider. It also gives us a home for recipe development and experimentation. For example, our Angry Orchard Rosé hard cider that launched nationally earlier this year, was developed and previewed right here at our orchard in Walden.

The good news is that with a heightened curiosity around craft beverages and with New York state being the second-highest apple producer in the country, there’s no sign of the hard cider industry here slowing down.

And it only makes sense for the region to embrace hard cider along with other craft beverage production and

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the many benefits that come along with it.

Aside from greatly boosting tourism dollars and the expansion of employment opportunities, craft beverage outposts, such as cideries, are helping to preserve agricultural heritage and the region’s landscape. The growth has directly benefited New York farmers and proprietors, many of whom are right here in our backyards, by increasing the demand for locally sourced products and fostering new relationships and collaborations among other agribusinesses. For example, each year Angry Orchard collaborates with Crown Maple in Dover Plains on a Maple Wooden Sleeper, a hard cider made with maple syrup.

There is no limit to the creativity of craft producers, giving drinkers a variety of unique, high-quality beverage choices for every palate.

This growth is evident as

many facilities have expanded, or plan to expand facilities in order to meet the demand and accommodate an increased number of visitors. For instance, we opened the Angry Orchard Cider House in 2015 as our official home for cider research and development. Over the past few years it has evolved into a popular destination for locals and visitors alike. In order to withstand the influx of visitors to the orchard, we’ve created additional spaces for people to gather with family and friends. In 2016, we partnered with Animal Planet’s “Treehouse Masters” to build a tree house that gives visitors a unique way to experience hard cider and appreciate the picturesque views of the Shawangunk Mountains that surround the orchard. The cider garden, next to the treehouse is a 40-foot-by-40-foot indoor-outdoor space where visitors can enjoy events,

food and cider and view the barrel room, where many of our ciders are aged, all yearround. We’ve also started to replace apple trees on the orchard with heirloom cider making varieties, all different types, to see what grows well in the region.

Steeped in natural beauty, history, a lively culture and a burgeoning food scene, the Hudson Valley is continually evolving while still treasuring its roots. As a well-established tourism destination in the Northeast, the region’s explosive growth of breweries, wineries, distilleries and cideries like Angry Orchard will only add to the already expansive list of the region’s offerings and its appeal to visitors in the years to come.

Ryan Burk is the head cider maker of Angry Orchard where he leads all research and development at the Angry Orchard, a 60-acre orchard and Cider House, in Walden.

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Facts & Figures BANKRUPTCIES Manhattan F.Y.P.M. Holding Inc., P.O. Box 322, Lincolndale. Chapter 11, voluntary.

Attorney: Barak P Cardenas, Jamaica. Filed: July 13. Case no. 18-12125shl.

White Plains BSD Trust, 232 Bates Drive, Monsey. Chapter 11, voluntary. Attorney: pro se. Filed: July 11. Case no. 1823056-rdd.

Kodosh Ventures LLC, 400 Bella Blvd., Montibello. Chapter 11, voluntary. Attorney: David A. Bellon, Flushing. Filed: July 12. Case no. 1823068-rdd.

COURT CASES Atlas Health Care Linen Services Co. LLC. Filed by the trustees of The National Retirement Fund.

Action: Delinquent contributions.

Attorney for plaintiff: Jennifer Oh. Filed: July 11. Case no. 7:18-cv-06253NSR. Citibank N.A., et al. Filed by John Joseph Cullen. Action: Labor litigation. Attorney for plaintiff: N/A. Filed: July 13. Case no. 7:18-cv-06369UA.

Knuckles, Komosinski & Elliot LLP, et al. Filed by Orinthia Gifford.

Action: Civil Rights Act. Attorney for plaintiff: N/A. Filed: July 13. Case no.

7:18-cv-06324-CS. Metro-North Railroad Co. Filed

by Omar Lawson. Action: Federal Employer’s Liability Act. Attorney for plaintiff: Scott E. Perry. Filed: July 12. Case no. 7:18-cv-06326-CS. Milmar Food Group LLC. Filed

by Health & Welfare Fund of the United Food & Commercial Workers Local 2013, AFL-CIO. Action: Employee retirement. Attorney for plaintiff: James Michael Steinberg. Filed: July 10. Case no. 7:18-cv06226-CS. NY Bathtub Reglazers Inc. Filed by the trustees of the District Council 9 Painting Industry Insurance and Annuity Funds. Action: Civil enforcement of employee benefits.

Attorney for plaintiff: Dana Lynne Henke. Filed: July 10. Case no.

7:18-cv-06233-KMK. Phoenix Financial Services LLC. Filed by Abdul W. Haider.

Action: Fair Debt Collection Act. Attorney for plaintiff: Craig B. Sanders.

Filed: July 10. Case no. 7:18-cv-06242KMK. President Container Group II LLC. Filed by Angel Roy Copper.

Action: Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) Disability Definition. Attorney for plaintiff: Michael Bruce Ranis. Filed: July 16. Case no. 7:18-cv06407.

Experian Information Solutions Inc., et al. Filed by Blimy Konig. Action: Fair Credit Reporting Act. Attorney for plaintiff: Jeremy Michael Amar-Dolan. Filed: July 12.

Case no. 7:18-cv-06330-VB.

Trans Union LLC, et al. Filed by Janeen Fawcett. Action: Fair Credit Reporting Act. Attorney for plaintiff: Daniel Harris Kohn. Filed: July 11. Case no. 7:18-cv-06268-NSR.

GNS Service Pro. Filed by Joseph Varvaro. Action: Fair Labor Standards Act. Attorney for plaintiff: Jordan Alexander El-Hag. Filed: July 10.

Case no. 7:18-cv-06247-CS.

DEEDS

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Questions and comments regarding this section should be directed to: Peter Rubino c/o Westfair Communications Inc. 3 Westchester Park Drive, Suite G7 White Plains, N.Y. 10604-3407 Phone: 694-3600 • Fax: 694-3680

Above $1 million 1820 Rollins Properties LLC, Hartsdale. Seller: Rollins 182026 LLC, Scarsdale. Property: 20 Rollins St., Yonkers. Amount: $4.2 million.

Filed July 13.

26 Rollins Properties LLC, Hartsdale. Seller: Rollins 182026 LLC, Scarsdale. Property: 26 Rollins St., Yonkers. Amount: $2.1 million.

Filed July 13.

975 Midland LLC, Croton-on-Hudson. Seller: 975 Midland Avenue Realty Corp., Yonkers. Property: 975 Midland Ave., Yonkers. Amount: $1.1 million. Filed July 10.

ON THE RECORD

LL Parcel E LLC, Horsham, Pennsylvania. Seller: Lighthouse Landing Communities LLC, New York City. Property: 199 Beekman Ave., Mount Pleasant. Amount: $5.2 million. Filed July 9.

390 Smith Ridge Road Inc., South Salem. Seller: Alternate Properties Inc., Danbury, Connecticut.

Property: 390 Smith Ridge Road, Lewisboro. Amount: $800,000.

Filed July 9.

Sirva Relocation Credit LLC, Independence, Ohio. Seller: Gerrit Veerman III, et al, Chappaqua. Property: 75 Valley Lane, New Castle.

Amount: $1.3 million. Filed July 9.

43 N Bleeker St LLC, Brooklyn.

Seller: TCT Realty Company Inc., White Plains. Property: 43 N. Bleeker St., Mount Vernon. Amount: $880,000. Filed July 11.

U.S. Bank N.A. Seller: Gary A. Friedman, Lincolndale. Property: 11 Laurel Hill Place, North Castle.

Amount: $1.1 million. Filed July 9.

45 Maple Dobbs LLC, Irvington.

Seller: Francis J. Malara, White Plains. Property: 45 Maple St., Greenburgh. Amount: $750,000.

Filed July 10.

Below $1 million 11-13 North Broadway Realty LLC, Yonkers. Seller: Beverly Thompson, et al, Peekskill. Property: 11-13 N. Broadway, Yonkers.

Amount: $350,000. Filed July 9.

51-53 Oak St LLC, Harrison. Seller: 51 Oak Street LLC, Port Chester. Property: 51-53 Oak St., Rye. Amount: $660,000. Filed July 12.

629 South Street LLC, Spring Valley. Seller: U.S. Bank N.A. Property: 629 South St., Peekskill. Amount: $131,000. Filed July 12.

12 Archer Ave LLC, New York City.

Seller: Wilmington Savings Fund Society FSB. Property: 35 Claremont Ave., Mount Vernon. Amount: $305,000. Filed July 12.

936 Diven Street Corp., Ossining. Seller: Robert S. Cypher, Rye. Property: 936 Diven St., Peekskill.

Amount: $124,000. Filed July 11.

208 Prospect Corp., White Plains.

Seller: Jose A. Gomez, White Plains.

Property: 208 Prospect Ave., Greenburgh. Amount: $240,000. Filed July 10.

Acqua Capital LLC, et al, White Plains. Seller: Bruce Bozeman, Mount Vernon. Property: 186 Beechwood Ave., Mount Vernon.

Amount: $355,000. Filed July 11.

2127 Lafayette LLC, New Rochelle. Seller: 21-27 Lafayette Ave Corp., New Rochelle. Property: 2127 Lafayette Ave., New Rochelle.

Amount: $725,000. Filed July 10.

Arbani Holdings LLC, New Rochelle. Seller: U.S. Bank N.A. Property: 15 Calton Lane, New Rochelle.

Amount: $595,000. Filed July 11.

234 South Waverly Street LLC, Fayetteville, Georgia. Seller: Daniel B. Gallo, et al, Yonkers. Property: 234 S. Waverly St., Yonkers. Amount: $235,000. Filed July 10.

2510 Hone Avenue Inc., Bronx.

Seller: Retained Realty Inc., New York City. Property: 415 S. First Ave., Mount Vernon. Amount: $194,000.

Filed July 10.

262 Greenvale LLC, Maspeth.

Seller: Theresa A. McGinnis, et al, Yonkers. Property: 262 Greenvale Ave., Yonkers. Amount: $400,000.

Filed July 9.

27 Centre Restoration LLC, Larchmont. Seller: Carlton R. Fischer, White Plains. Property: 10 Lake St., No. 5F, White Plains. Amount: $287,000. Filed July 12.

29 Beacon LLC, Yonkers. Seller: Ronald Maxwell, et al, Yonkers.

Property: 29 Beacon St., Yonkers.

Amount: $537,500. Filed July 11.

345 SMR LLC, Garrison. Seller: Kathleen Scheck, Mahopac. Property: 345 Saw Mill River Road, Yorktown. Amount: $105,000. Filed July 10.

The Bank of New York Mellon.

Seller: Peter A. Goldman, Rye Brook.

Property: 24 Aqueduct St., Ossining 10562. Amount: $440,000. Filed July 9.

Cartus Financial Corp, Danbury, Connecticut. Seller: Matthew Miles Francis, et al, White Plains.

Property: 11 Birch St., White Plains.

Amount: $910,000. Filed July 10.

Cartus Financial Corp., Danbury Connecticut. Seller: Michael C. Stanitski, et al, Port Chester. Property: 10 Mitchell Place, Rye. Amount: $600,000. Filed July 9.

Cherokee Debt Acquisition LLC, New York City. Seller: U.S. Bank N.A. Property: 49 Grassy Sprain Road, Yonkers. Amount: $245,000. Filed July 10.

Citigroup Mortgage Loan Trust Inc. Seller: Ryan S. Karben, Pomona. Property: 294 Clove Road, New Rochelle. Amount: $919,669. Filed July 9.

Citimortgage Inc. Seller: Joseph A. Ruggiero, Yonkers. Property: 261 Fulton Avenue South, Mount Vernon. Amount: $713,818. Filed July 11.

Deutsche Bank National Trust Co. Seller: Peter Rosato, Yonkers.

Property: 309 Chatterton Parkway, Greenburgh. Amount: $861,129.

Filed July 9.

Mount Vernon SHG 15 LLC, Great Neck. Seller: Jerrice Epps, White Plains. Property: 11 Cortlandt St., Mount Vernon. Amount: $258,805.

Filed July 12.

DGC Capital Contracting Corp., Mount Vernon. Seller: Wilmington Savings Fund Society FSB. Property: 465 S. Ninth Ave., Mount Vernon.

Amount: $105,000. Filed July 12.

Mount Vernon SHG 8 LLC, Garden City. Seller: Marc P. Haynes, Fort Washington. Property: 46 Sandford Boulevard West, Mount Vernon.

Amount: $185,000. Filed July 10.

Federal National Mortgage Association. Seller: Anne J. Penachio, White Plains. Property: 261 Old Farm Lane, Yorktown. Amount: $421,275. Filed July 11.

National Residential Nominee Services Inc. Seller: Robert Snyder, et al, Scarsdale. Property: 1187 Post Road, Scarsdale. Amount: $850,000. Filed July 13.

Federal National Mortgage Association. Seller: Jerrice Epps, White Plains. Property: 200 California Road, Unit 12, Eastchester.

Amount: $458,854. Filed July 10.

Nationstar Mortgage LLC. Seller: Kenneth L. Bunting, Harrison. Property: 67 Spring Pond Drive, Ossining. Amount: $484,071. Filed July 10.

Federal National Mortgage Association. Seller: Massimo DiFabio, Purchase. Property: 150 Chauncy Place, Peekskill. Amount: $194,354.

Filed July 10.

Grateful Homes LLC, Bedford.

Seller: Ellen B. Weiss, Bedford.

Property: 138 Oliver Road, Bedford.

Amount: $530,000. Filed July 11.

Immobiliare Assets LLC, South Salem. Seller: Dawn M. Cooper, Yonkers. Property: 241 Underhill St., Yonkers. Amount: $435,662. Filed July 12.

Joe Bellamy Construction Inc., Yorktown Heights. Seller: Joseph F. Klett, et al, Yorktown Heights. Property: 214 Carolina Road, Yorktown.

Amount: $255,000. Filed July 10.

Julie Properties LLC, Armonk.

Seller: Salvatore Cappiello, et al, White Plains. Property: 26 Ridgeway Circle, White Plains. Amount: $990,000. Filed July 10.

K3ZMW LLC, Key Largo, Florida.

Seller: Jessica Rosenberg, Armonk.

Property: 1 Renaissance Square, 15E, White Plains. Amount: $900,000.

Filed July 10.

Lando Development LLC, West Orange, New Jersey. Seller: Fannie Mae. Property: 29 Reyna Lane, New Rochelle. Amount: $629,797. Filed July 9.

M&T Bank, Buffalo. Seller: Anne Penachio, White Plains. Property: 314 Viewpoint Terrace, Peekskill.

Amount: $185,057. Filed July 12.

Mount Vernon City School District, Mount Vernon. Seller: Deborah Allen Wilford, Los Angeles, California. Property: Hawthorne Terrace, Mount Vernon. Amount: $85,000. Filed July 12.

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Reverse Mortgage Solutions Inc., Houston, Texas. Seller: Naomi R. Duker, White Plains. Property: 26 Park Place, Rye. Amount: $313,113.

Filed July 10.

Roundpoint Mortgage Servicing Corp., Charlotte, North Carolina. Seller: Anthony Keogh, White Plains. Property: 243 Madison St., Mamaroneck. Amount: $446,590.

Filed July 10.

San Antonio Properties Inc., New Rochelle. Seller: Joseph Cambria, New Rochelle. Property: 7 Third St., New Rochelle. Amount: $320,000. Filed July 10.

Supreame Homes LLC, Ossining.

Seler: Emily Pollack, Lighthouse Point, Florida. Property: 53 N. Washington St., Greenburgh. Amount: $420,000. Filed July 9.

The Bank of New York Mellon.

Seller: David James Peck, Harrison.

Property: 10 City Terrace, 20D, White Plains. Amount: $712,000.

Filed July 13.

U.S. Bank N.A. Seller: Andrew W. Szczesniak, White Plains. Property: 74 Snowden Ave., Ossining.

Amount: $315,000. Filed July 11.

U.S. Bank N.A. Seller: Debra O. Paul, et al, Peekskill. Property: 1570 Boulevard, Peekskill. Amount: $295,000. Filed July 12.

Wilmington Savings Fund Society FSB. Seller: Steven P. Kmetz, White Plains. Property: 36 Gregory Ave., Mount Kisco. Amount: $162,651. Filed July 9.

Young Adult Institute Inc., New York City. Seller: Eriko Imaizumi Augustus, et al, Ossining. Property: 16 Waterview Drive, Ossining.

Amount: $730,000. Filed July 9.

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Good Things Happening

A donkey was brought to the Franklin D. Roosevelt Library and Museum for a special needs picnic.

SPECIAL NEEDS PICNIC IN HYDE PARK The Great Lawn at the Franklin D. Roosevelt Library and Museum in Hyde Park was the scene July 10 of Dutchess County’s Special Needs Picnic for special needs children and young adults.

County Executive Marcus Molinaro said, “Our annual special needs picnics give hundreds of individuals of every ability and their families a care-free day of fun, great food and live music, as well as the chance to make new friends and connect with agencies and organizations that can greatly impact their lives.”

New this year was a farm theme with barnyard animals. The donkey, being the symbol of the Democratic Party, might

have felt perfectly at home on the Roosevelt property but the event was strictly nonpolitical and involved multiple government departments, including Community & Family Services, Public Works, Behavioral & Community Health, the Office for the Aging, and the Dutchess County Sheriff’s Office.

Other community organizations, including Cornell Cooperative Extension and Lucky Orphans Horse Rescue, collaborated with the County.

Molinaro noted that Roosevelt did not let “a physical disability limit his possibilities; he instead looked inward to his innate potential and became one of our nation’s greatest leaders.”

Back row, from left: Edward C. Halperin, NYMC’s chancellor and CEO; Michael Hagan, president, Westchester Police Benevolent Association; John Hodges, chief inspector, Westchester County Police; Alonzo West, president, Westchester County Correction Officers’ Benevolent Association; Terrence Murphy; and Michael J. Reilly of NYMC. Front row, from left: Laura Iavicoli of New York City Health + Hospitals; Robert W. Amler of NYMC; Assemblyman Tom Abinanti; Sherlita Amler, Westchester County Commissioner of Health; Jenna Mandel-Ricci of the Greater New York Hospital Association; Peter DiChiara, Westchester County Superior Correction Officers; and Mark Busche, Westchester County Police.

NYMC AWARDED MORE CENTER OF EXCELLENCE FUNDS The New York Medical College (NYMC) Center of Excellence in Precision Responses to Bioterrorism and Disasters in Valhalla will receive increased funding from New York state, it was announced at a July 10 news conference. The state has increased its funding from $500,000 to $750,000, which is matched by NYMC. Created last year, the center provides training and expertise to improve responses to disasters and acts of terrorism.

State Sen. Terrence Murphy said, “This is the first Center of Excellence in the mid-Hudson region. It is critical to our region’s preparedness to have trained personnel who can respond to any life-threatening incident within our communities.”

County Executive George Latimer said, “ensuring our first responders and health care providers have the training and resources they need in case of a bio-emergency allows them to feel secure knowing that if disaster ever were to strike they are prepared and know what steps to take to keep us safe.”

Kenneth E. Raske, president of the Greater New York Hospital Association, said, “Our region is at great risk for mass casualty attacks and our hospitals take seriously their responsibility to save lives.”

PRO BONO BOARD

John P. Frantz The computers donated to the Pelham Art Center are now up and running.

APPLES FOR THE TEACHERS It used to be a nice gesture when a young student brought an apple for the teacher. Now, teachers of graphics, photography, video and more at the Pelham Art Center (PAC) will benefit from the gift of a bushel of Apples – computers, that is. The art center’s media lab has received 10 upgraded Apple iMac computers running current software as a donation from the Horace Mann School’s Upper Division (high school). Students as well as teachers in the center’s media arts classes will have access to the machines.

The Horace Mann School has its main campus on 18 acres in the Riverdale section of the Bronx.

Charlotte Mouquin, executive director of the art center, told the Business Journal that the computers are 2014 models with upgraded software that were no longer needed by Horace Mann when its Upper Division got new computers. She said the iMac’s have been installed and tested and represent a substantial upgrade in computing power for the media lab.

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Chan Lee

The White Plains-based Pro Bono Partnership (PBP) has announced that attorneys John P. Frantz and Chan Lee have been elected to its board of directors.

Frantz is a senior vice president and general counsel at Verizon. He leads the legal team supporting Verizon’s telematics, digital content, patent and law enforcement functions. Since 2009, Frantz has been the chair of Verizon’s pro bono program that involves about 400 company volunteers each year.

Lee is the North America general counsel and a legal steering committee member at Sanofi. His team is responsible for litigation and government Investigations, product support and regulatory law, employment law and more.

Nancy Eberhardt, executive director of the partnership, said, “They are both enthusiastic and active supporters of the Partnership and also great champions of pro bono within their companies, which is what makes our work possible.”

For more than 20 years, PBP has provided free legal services to nonprofits in Connecticut, New Jersey, and New York. It recruits hundreds of attorneys from major corporations and law firms to donate their time and talent on behalf of its nonprofit clients.

BEL HEADS ESTATE PLANNING COUNCIL

Barbara Bel

Barbara Bel, a partner at the accounting firm PKF O’Connor Davies, which has an office in Harrison, has been named president of the Estate Planning Council of Westchester (EPCW).

Bel, a resident of Scarsdale, is a certified public accountant and serves as a partner in the firm’s professional services division. She previously served as vice president of the EPCW. EPCW is a multidisciplinary membership organization composed of certified public accountants, attorneys, trust officers, chartered life underwriters and certified financial planners. Since 1967, the nonprofit membership organization has promoted the exchange of ideas and information among estate planning professionals in order to deliver a better estate planning process to clients.

HOSPITAL OPENS CENTER FOR RADIOSURGERY

Back row, from left: WPH Board Chairman Larry Smith; WPH Foundation Board Co-Chairman Paul Weissman; Montefiore President Philip Ozuah; Tom Roach; and WPH Foundation Board Vice Chair Chuck Clarvit. Front row, from left: Susan Fox; Randy Stevens; Harriet Weissman; WPH Board member Nancy Clarvit; and WPH Medical Director for the Center for Radiosurgery Jeffrey Vainshtein.

Randy Stevens and Jeffrey Vainshtein with The Edge.

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White Plains Hospital has expanded its radiation oncology department with a new center for radiosurgery. The centerpiece is the Varian Edge Radiosurgery System.

Congresswoman Nita Lowey joined White Plains Mayor Tom Roach, WPH President and CEO Susan Fox and other community and hospital leaders, donors and patients for a ribbon-cutting ceremony announcing the Paul and Harriet Weissman Department of Radiology Oncology and a radiosurgery suite named for the Clarvit family.

The Edge is said to be particularly effective for treating small tumors. Treatments are delivered painlessly in a compressed period of time, often in as few as five minutes. A linear accelerator called the Varian TrueBeam also is used.

Stereotactic radiosurgery and radiotherapy tools like the Edge and TrueBeam can be used to treat cancer in any area of the body where radiation therapy is indicated, including the brain, spine, pancreas, liver, and lungs.

“We’re providing the same or better level of care than patients would receive in New York City, with added comfort and more convenience,” said Randy Stevens, director of the department of radiation oncology at WPH. Kimberly Collica-Cox

YONKERS IDA BEGINS JOB TRAINING PROGRAM The Yonkers Industrial Development Agency now has a program designed to help create union construction careers for Yonkers residents. The program is in cooperation with the Building and Construction Trades Council of Westchester and Putnam Counties, NY AFL-CIO. The idea is to provide paid apprenticeships in a variety of union building trades for residents ages 18 to 24 who are unemployed or underemployed.

The 25-day training program is scheduled to run from Aug. 6 through Sept. 7.

“This pre-apprenticeship program will provide Yonkers residents a direct pathway to lifelong careers in the unionized construction industry,” said Edward Doyle, president of the council.

Pace University Professor Kimberly Collica-Cox was honored by the Jefferson Awards Foundation in Washington, D.C., for her community service work, some of which has taken her into prisons. Collica-Cox received an award in the category Greatest Public Service by an Employee.

The Jefferson Awards Foundation is dedicated to inspiring and celebrating public service. It was founded in 1972 by Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis, U.S. Sen. Robert Taft Jr., and community service advocate Sam Beard.

Collica-Cox has spent nearly 19 years working with incarcerated populations and implementing programs to support them. She developed a civic engagement course, which resulted in the creation and implementation of the Parenting, Prison and Pups (PPP) program. In partnership with the Good Dog Foundation, PPP is an animal-assisted therapy-integrated parenting program offered to female inmates at the Metropolitan Correctional Center in Manhattan and at the Westchester County Jail in Valhalla. Therapy dogs are brought into the prisons for help female inmates learn parenting skills and develop empathy.

“Recognizing individuals who are making a positive difference in their communities – and encouraging people to follow their lead – has never been more important,” said Hillary Schafer, the Jefferson Awards Foundation’s CEO.

GITLITZ JOINS KATONAH MUSEUM

Michael Gitlitz

Participants in the 2017 Light The Night event in Sleepy Hollow.

Stephen B. Rosen

ROSEN NAMED CHAIR OF LIGHT THE NIGHT Stephen B. Rosen, principal of the Armonk-based insurance and risk management firm Rosen & Company Inc., has been named corporate walk chair of The Leukemia & Lymphoma Society (LLS) Connecticut/Westchester/Lower Hudson Valley Chapter’s 2018 Light The Night event.

The fundraiser is scheduled for Nov. 3 at Kingsland Point Park in Sleepy Hollow. Walkers carry lanterns illuminated in different colors to symbolize their personal reasons for helping raise funds to support efforts by LLS to eliminate blood cancers. White lanterns are carried by blood cancer survivors, red by those who have not had a blood cancer but wish to support LLS and gold in memory of loved ones lost to cancer.

Frank Canning, executive director of LLS, said, “It is our aim to bring light to the darkness of cancer through research and cures and reinforce the urgent need to raise more funds to fight cancer.”

More information at lightthenight.org or 203-388-9174.

Michael Gitlitz has been named executive director of the Katonah Museum of Art. He succeeds Darsie Alexander who recently was named chief curator of The Jewish Museum in New York City.

Gitlitz has more than 25 years of experience with various art galleries.

Deborah Mullin, president of the museum’s board of trustees, said, “His experience and vision will support the KMA’s mission to promote the visual arts to our diverse community. He appreciates the value of the KMA as a cultural center for art and creative thinking.”

Gitlitz said, “My family lives not far from the museum and we have always thought of the KMA as a great asset to the area. I am thrilled to be able to work with such a talented and committed staff, board and group of advisors and volunteers.”

STRAUSS MAKES TOP DISTRIBUTORS LIST Modern Distribution Management (MDM), an information resource for the wholesale distribution industry, has named Strauss Paper of Port Chester to its list of market leaders in the janitorial and sanitation supplies sector.

The top wholesale distribution companies in 14 sectors were ranked by MDM. Data were collected from the companies, public filings and other sources. MDM generally used North American revenues to determine ranking order. For companies not reporting revenue data, MDM estimated rankings based on past reported revenues, average revenue increases within the sectors, data from economic reports and conversations with industry experts.

MDM’s profile of Strauss showed 2017 revenues of $75 million, a 21 percent increase from 2016. It described the company as having 100 employees. MDM reported that the privately owned company specializes in janitorial, paper products and related equipment and also distributes food-service materials as well as Green Sealed Certified products.

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

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Facts & Figures FORECLOSURES Armonk, 9 Barnard Road. Single-family residence; lot size: 1.18 acres. Plaintiff: Wells Fargo Bank National Association. Plaintiff’s attorney: Shapiro, DiCaro & Barak, 877-759-1835; 175 Mile Crossing Blvd., Rochester. Defendant: Joseph Gentile. Referee: Andrew Buder.

Sale: July 23, 9:30 a.m. Approximate lien: $190,111.

Bedford Hills, 34 High St. Single-family residence; lot size: N/A. Plaintiff: US Bank National Association. Plaintiff’s attorney: Shapiro, DiCaro & Barak, 877-759-1835; 175 Mile Crossing Blvd., Rochester. Defendant: Christine Bucti. Referee: Danile Pagano. Sale: July 23, 10 a.m.

Approximate lien: $625,682.19.

Cortlandt Manor, 1173 Oregon Road. Single-family residence; lot size: N/A. Plaintiff: The Bank of New York. Plaintiff’s attorney: Woods Oviatt Gilman LLP, 700 Crossroads Building, 2 State St., Rochester. Defendant: Douglas O’Connell. Referee: Julia Henrichs. Sale: July 24, 9 a.m. Approximate lien: $358,777.22.

Mount Vernon, 23 Lexington Ave. Single-family residence; lot size: .11 acres. Plaintiff: The Bank of New York Mellon. Plaintiff’s attorney: Eckert Seamans Cherin & Mellott, 10 Bank St., White Plains.

Defendant: Kevin Hunt. Referee: John Steigler. Sale: July 23, 3 p.m. Approximate lien: $947,664.65.

New Rochelle, 80 Old Boston Post Road, No. 3. Single-family residence; lot size: N/A. Plaintiff: Nationstar Mortgage LLC. Plaintiff’s attorney: Frenkel, Lambert, Weiss, Weisman & Gordon, 631-969-3100; 53 Gibson St., Bay Shore. Defendant: Paul Dimarco. Referee: Massimo DiFabio. Sale: July 23, 10 a.m. Approximate lien: $806,354.

Ossining, 29 Hawkes Ave. Single-family residence; lot size: .62 acres. Plaintiff: US Bank National Association. Plaintiff’s attorney: RAS Boriskin, 900 Merchants Concourse, Westbury. Defendant: Julia Arias. Referee: Richard Grayson.

Sale: July 30, 10 a.m. Approximate lien: N/A. Port Chester, 384 King St. Single-family residence; lot size: .26 acres. Plaintiff: Wells Fargo Bank National Association. Plaintiff’s attorney: Shapiro, DiCaro & Barak, 877-759-1835; 175 Mile Crossing Blvd., Rochester. Defendant: John Rogan. Referee: Joseph Ruggiero.

Sale: July 24, 10 a.m. Approximate lien: $322,519.

Scarsdale, 1 Hutchinson Ave. Single-family residence; lot size: .67 acres. Plaintiff: Bank of America NA. Plaintiff’s attorney: Druckman & Sinel, 516-876-0800; 242 Drexel Ave. Westbury. Defendant: Norma Grinhaus. Referee: Richard Grayson.

Sale: July 23, 10 a.m. Approximate lien: $1,283,941.

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Thornwood, 766 Warren Ave. Single-family residence; lot size: .17 acres. Plaintiff: Wilmington Savings Fund Society. Plaintiff’s attorney: Knuckles, Komosinski & Elliot, 914345-3020; 565 Taxter Road, Suite 509, Elmsford. Defendant: Casterina Pryor. Referee: Barry Salman.

Sale: Aug. 8, 10 a.m. Approximate lien: $431,673.

Tuchahoe, 170 Lake Ave. Two-family residence; lot size: .06 acres. Plaintiff: US Bank National Association. Plaintiff’s attorney: Fein Such & Crane LLP, 1400 Old Country Road, Westbury. Defendant: Tamara O’Bradovich McGuire. Referee: Francis Malara. Sale: Aug. 8, 9:30 a.m. Approximate lien: $758,879.

Valhalla, 1 Prospect Ave. Single-family residence; lot size: .29 acres. Plaintiff: Nationstar Mortgage LLC. Plaintiff’s attorney: Frenkel, Lambert, Weiss, Weisman & Gordon, 631-969-3100; 53 Gibson St., Bay Shore. Defendant: Kyu Bum Lee. Referee: John Pappalardo. Sale: July 25, 10 a.m. Approximate lien: $294,891.

White Plains, 1 Renaissance Square, #17. Apartment; lot size: N/A. Plaintiff: HSBC Bank USA National Association. Plaintiff’s attorney: Shapiro, DiCaro & Barak, 877-759-1835; 175 Mile Crossing Boulevard, Rochester. Defendant: Jiu Guang Li. Referee: Francis Joseph Malara. Sale: July 24, 9:15 a.m. Approximate lien: $894,835.80.

Yonkers, 30 Kenilworth Road.

Description N/A. Plaintiff: Wilmington Savings Fund Society. Plaintiff’s attorney: Jeffrey Kosterich & Associates, 914-395-0055; 68 Main St., Tuckahoe. Defendant: Robert Isaac. Referee: Richard Gayson. Sale: July 23, 9:45 a.m. Approximate lien: $1,052,069.81.

JUDGMENTS SVB Contracting Inc., Yonkers. $45,972 in favor of Westchester Stucco Inc., Mount Vernon. Filed July 13.

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

Altman, Irina, et al. Filed by U.S. Bank N.A. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $1.2 million affecting property located at 9 Kingdom Ridge Road, Bedford 10506.

Filed April 6.

Blackman, Stephen J., et al. Filed

by New Penn Financial LLC. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure an unspecified amount affecting property located at 8 Jenkins Court, Ossining 10562. Filed April 5.

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Collins, Kara, et al. Filed by Nationstar Mortgage LLC. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $644,077 affecting property located at 62/64 Great Oak Lane, Pleasantville 10570. Filed April 5.

Sierra, Francisco M., et al. Filed

by Wells Fargo Bank N.A. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $216,000 affecting property located at 8 Briarbrook Road, Ossining 10562. Filed April 5.

Csapo, Istvan, et al. Filed by U.S. Bank N.A. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $508,900 affecting property located at 28 Kathleen Lane, Mount Kisco 10549.

Filed April 6.

Mechanic’s Liens

Garrett, Cassandra D., et al. Filed

by Carrington Mortgage Services LLC. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $278,306 affecting property located at 73 Spring St., Unit 2A, Ossining 10562. Filed April 4.

Hernandez, Martha A., et al.

Filed by U.S Bank Trust N.A. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $446,800 affecting property located at 10 Forest Ave., Ossining 10562. Filed April 6.

Lewis, Claude N., et al. Filed by MTGLQ Investors LP. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $116,100 affecting property located at 111 DeHaven Drive, No. 217, Yonkers 10703. Filed April 4.

Maffei, Massimo, et al. Filed by HSBC Bank USA N.A. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $552,000 affecting property located at 444 Harrison Ave., Harrison 10528. Filed April 5.

Perez, Jose, et al. Filed by Freedom Mortgage Corp. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $340,862 affecting property located at 12 Hood Place, Cortlandt Manor 10567. Filed April 6.

Perry, Marcia, as heir and distributee of the estate of Herschel Jacobs, et al. Filed by Reverse Mortgage Solutions Inc. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $544,185 affecting property located at 1 Monroe St., Yonkers 10710. Filed April 5.

Romero, Juan, et al. Filed by Bank of America N.A. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $95,000 affecting property located at 51 Troy Lane, Yonkers 10701. Filed April 6.

Salinas, Luz, et al. Filed by HSBC Bank USA N.A. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $300,000 affecting property located at 65 S. Lawn St., Elmsford 10523.

Filed April 4.

Saunders, Samuel S., et al. Filed

by U.S. Bank N.A. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $680,450 affecting property located at 235 and 237 N. MacQuesten Parkway, Mount Vernon 10550.

Filed April 5.

Bright-Ellington, Virgie, et al, as owner. $11,999 as claimed by Bueti Development Corp. Property: in New Rochelle. Filed July 12.

Centre Ave Associates LLC, as owner. $10,966 as claimed by A and N Petroleum Corp., New Rochelle.

Property: in New Rochelle. Filed July 10.

EMC Builders Metropolitan LLC, et al, as owner. $547,331 as claimed by A and A Fab LLC. Property: in Yonkers. Filed July 10.

Hatch, Lydia, as owner. $3,300 as claimed by C and C Electric, Danbury, Connecticut. Property: in North Salem. Filed July 13.

Vinas, Roxanne, as owner. $957 as claimed by Caribbean Pools Inc., Yonkers. Property: in Mount Vernon. Filed July 10.

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

Partnerships Live Better Center, 933 Mamaroneck Ave., Suite 202, Mamaroneck 10543, c/o Malik Tekesinovic and Kira Akulova-Nickerson. Filed Feb. 14.

Pretty and Poppin by Katamucci, 13 E. Second St., Mount Vernon 10550, c/o Kadine Brown and Tameeka Dillon. Filed Feb. 12.

Sole Proprietorships AJD Handyman, 357 Smith St., Peekskill 10566, c/o Angelica Cochancela. Filed Feb. 14.

Allied General Contractors, 119 Pondfield Road, Unit 12, Bronxville 10708, c/o John Torres. Filed Feb. 14.

Best Transportation Ambulette Services, P.O. Box 165, Briarcliff Manor 10510, c/o Andrea Johnson.

Filed Feb. 13.

Critical Transformation, 150 Lake St., White Plains 10604, c/o Carlos Alexis Otero. Filed Feb. 14.

E and R Lawn and Garden Care, P.O. Box 603, Mount Kisco 10549, c/o Elizabeth Patino-Linares. Filed Feb. 12.

HAPAG, 1787 Central Park Ave., Yonkers 10710, c/o Juancho E. Laureles. Filed Feb. 13.

In2ition Brands, 11 Columbia Ave., D5, Hartsdale 10530, c/o Vladimir Lezaja. Filed Feb. 12.

Jose Grande Technical Services, 436 Willet Ave., Second floor, Port Chester 10573, c/o Jose Grande.

Filed Feb. 12.

Juana Mendoza Landscaping, 822 Pinesbridge Road, Ossining 10562, c/o Juana A. Mendoza Mejia.

Filed Feb. 13.

JV Lawn Care, P.O. Box 992, New Rochelle 10802, c/o Nidia Silva.

Filed Feb. 12.

Le Nails Spa, 650 Lee Blvd., Yorktown Heights 10598, c/o Tony Nguyen. Filed Feb. 13.

Lifes Sweet, 77 S. Third Ave., Mount Vernon 10550, c/o Gerard Smith. Filed Feb. 13.

LK Consultants, 127-1 S. Highland Ave., Unit B6, Ossining 10562, c/o Lana Kitcher. Filed Feb. 14.

Oliveira Mengo Construction, 405 N. High St., Second floor, Mount Vernon 10552, c/o Cassio de Souza Oliveira. Filed Feb. 13.

Quezada Builder, 30 Martin Place, Port Chester 10573, c/o Cecilia Martinez. Filed Feb. 12.

Rising Up, 43 Charles St., Apt. 2, New Rochelle 10801, c/o Silvia R. Macario de Ayou. Filed Feb. 12.

Show Time Pizza, 44 Woodland Road, Pleasantville 10520, c/o Luke Ryan Pedulla. Filed Feb. 14.

Snapdragon Social, 25 Rockledge Ave., Unit 410W, White Plains 10601, c/o Christine Marie Leone. Filed Feb. 13.

PATENTS Cold plate with combined inclined impingement and ribbed channels. Patent no. 10,028,410 issued to Pritish R. Parida, Fishkill.

Assigned to International Business Machines Corp., Armonk.

Communication transaction continuity using multiple cross-modal services. Patent no. 10,027,722 issued to Peeyush Jaiswal, Boca Raton, Florida; Slobodan R. Sipcic, Bethesda, Maryland; and Tapas K. Som, Germantown, Maryland. Assigned to International Business Machines Corp., Armonk.

Distributed load-processing using location-based internet of things device clusters. Patent no. 10,027,758 issued to Aaron K. Baughman, Silver Spring, Maryland; Thomas Benjamin Harrison, Holly Springs, North Carolina; Brian M. O’Connell, Cary, North Carolina; and Herbert D. Pearthree, Cary, North Carolina. Assigned to International Business Machines Corp., Armonk.

Electromagnetic gaskets for a cable connection. Patent no.

10,028,419 issued to William L. Brodsky, Binghamton; Robert R. Genest, Poughkeepsie; John J. Loparco, Poughkeepsie; and Michael T. Peets, Staatsburg. Assigned to International Business Machines Corp., Armonk.

Expected location-based access control. Patent no. 10,027,770 issued to Jose Bravo, Mamaroneck; and Jeffery L. Crume, Raleigh, North Carolina. Assigned to International Business Machines Corp., Armonk.

Leveraging mobile devices to enforce restricted area security. Patent no. 10,028,139 issued to Sreekanth Ramakrishna Iyer, Bangalore, India; Jeffrey Robert Hoy, Southern Pines, North Carolina; Kaushal Kiran Kapadia, Pune, India; Ravi Krishnan Muthukrishnan, Bangalore, India; and Nataraj Nagaratnam, Cary, North Carolina. Assigned to International Business Machines Corp., Armonk.

Prohibiting facial exposure to projected light. Patent no.

10,027,934 issued to John E. Moore Jr., Brownsburg, Indiana. Assigned to International Business Machines Corp., Armonk.

Reducing client-side chatter for beacon-level events. Patent no.

10,028,092 issued to Michael J. Bordash, Newtown, Connecticut; Lisa Seacat DeLuca, Baltimore, Maryland; Todd E. Kaplinger, Raleigh, North Carolina; and Gregory L. Truty, Austin, Texas. Assigned to International Business Machines Corp., Armonk.

Securing enterprise data on mobile devices. Patent no.

10,028,135 issued to Mohammad Abdirashid, Highland; and Frank J. DeGilio, Poughkeepsie. Assigned to International Business Machines Corp., Armonk.

Facts & Figures Selecting storage units in one or more dispersed storage networks. Patent no. 10,027,755 issued to Brian F. Ober, Lake in the Hills, Illinois; and Jason K. Resch, Chicago.

Assigned to International Business Machines Corp., Armonk.

HUDSON VALLEY BUILDING LOANS Above $1 million JKRAS LLC, as owner. Lender: TEG Federal Credit Union. Property: in East Fishkill. Amount: $1 million.

Filed July 6.

Middletown Restaurant Property LLC, Edison, New Jersey, as owner. Lender: Pacific Premier Bank, Woodcliff Lake, New Jersey.

Property: in Middletown. Amount: $1.5 million. Filed July 11.

Below $1 million Garone, Michael A., Highland, as owner. Lender: Wallkill Valley Federal Savings and Loan Association N.A., Walden. Property: 813 Route 44-55, Highland 12528. Amount: $106,000. Filed July 9.

Homes by LV LLC, Newburgh, as owner. Lender: RCN Capital LLC, South Windsor, Connecticut.

Property: 42 Darin Road, Warwick 10990. Amount: $20,000. Filed July 12.

Roundtable 1 Inc., as owner. Lender: Libertyville Capital Group II LLC. Property: in Beacon. Amount: $450,000. Filed July 3.

Servay, Marilyn A., et al, as owner. Lender: Homestead Funding Corp. Property: in East Fishkill Amount: $260,125. Filed July 10.

DEEDS

Pennymac Corp., Irvine, California. Seller: Ralph L. Puglielle Jr., New Windsor. Property: 1861 Little Britain Road, New Windsor 12553.

Amount: $1.5 million. Filed July 12.

3 South Quaker Realty LLC, Hyde Park. Seller: Kenneth G. Muntz, et al, Hyde Park. Property: in Hyde Park. Amount: $205,000.

Filed July 13.

Riverside Office Park II LLC, Wappingers Falls. Seller: South Road Properties LLC, Poughkeepsie. Property: in Poughkeepsie.

Amount: $2.3 million. Filed July 12.

347 North Inc., Spring Valley. Seller: Andrea Pawliczek, Montgomery.

Property: 347 North St., Middletown 10940. Amount: $53,000. Filed July 9.

Silo Ridge LL-3 LLC, Acton, Maine. Seller: Stoneleaf Lot Venture LLC, Amenia. Property: Wood Duck Circle, Amenia 12501. Amount: $2.3 million. Filed July 5.

4333LLC, Brooklyn. Seller: County of Ulster, Kingston. Property: 1808 W. Old Greenfield Road, Wawarsing.

Amount: $56,000. Filed July 9.

The School of Practical Philosophy, New York City. Seller: The Hoyt Family Realty Inc., Roanoke, Virginia. Property: in Shawangunk.

Amount: $1.5 million. Filed July 6.

Below $1 million 10 Marshall Street LLC, Rhinebeck. Seller: Ryan Figa, Poughkeepsie. Property: in Poughkeepsie.

Amount $92,500. Filed June 29.

180 Developers LLC, Ellenville.

Seller: County of Ulster, Kingston. Property: 126 Sherman Road, Wawarsing. Amount: $13,387. Filed July 10.

180 Developers LLC, Ellenville.

Seller: County of Ulster, Kingston.

Property: Canal Street, Wawarsing.

Amount: $500. Filed July 10.

180 Developers LLC, Seller: County of Ulster, Property: 1643 Briggs Extension, Wawarsing. $20,000. Filed July 10.

Ellenville.

Kingston.

Highway Amount:

180 Developers LLC, Ellenville.

Seller: County of Ulster, Kingston.

Property: 6 Canal St., Ellenville.

Amount: $2,500. Filed July 10.

20-22 Cedar Lane LLC, New Paltz. Seller: Ann Withall, New Paltz.

Property: in New Paltz. Amount: $190,000. Filed July 6.

220 Carpenter Road LLC, Clinton Corners. Seller: Wells Fargo Bank N.A. Property: 119 Stringham Road, Unit 23, LaGrangeville.

Amount: $165,000. Filed July 13.

Above $1 million

24 Catskill High Rail Inc., Monroe. Seller: Woodbury Villas A LLC, Brooklyn. Property: 24 Catskill High Rail, Woodbury. Amount: $300,000. Filed July 11.

Canaan Farm LLC, Flushing.

Seller: Ovila L. Bibeau, Pine Bush.

Property: 386 Route 302, Pine Bush 12566. Amount: $1.3 million. Filed July 9.

26 Davis Hill Road LLC, New York City. Seller: Lori McKim, Stormville.

Property: 26 Davis Hill Road, Stormville 12582. Amount: $188,000. Filed July 5.

JPMorgan Chase Bank N.A. Seller: Higher Ground Farms LLC, Millerton. Property: in Millbrook.

Amount: $4 million. Filed June 29.

511 Gardnertown Road LLC, Bridgehampton. Seller: Orange Lake Construction Corp., Newburgh. Property: 511 Gardnertown Road, Newburgh. Amount: $350,000. Filed July 12.

9 Harrison Street LLC, Rhinebeck. Seller: James E. Pittman, Poughkeepsie. Property: in Poughkeepsie. Amount: $100,000. Filed July 12.

Al Twal LLC, Poughkeepsie. Seller: Antonina Warmers Caston, Poughkeepsie. Property: 114 Old Route 9, Fishkill 12524. Amount: $150,000.

Filed July 10.

All Perfect Management LLC, Brooklyn. Seller: Susan L. Loscalzo, et al, Central Valley. Property: 17 Oakland Ave., Central Valley 10917.

Amount: $175,000. Filed July 10.

Amco Home Improvements LLC, Wappingers Falls. Seller: The Bank of New York Mellon. Property: in Poughkeepsie. Amount: $112,500.

Filed July 6.

Antar Holdings Corp., Poughkeepsie. Seller: Joseph Catania Jr., Newburgh. Property: 6 Maisie Court, Poughkeepsie 12601.

Amount: $184,000. Filed July 6.

Ashokan Accomodations LLC, Kingston. Seller: County of Ulster, Kingston. Property: 1 Town Road, Saugerties. Amount: $37,500. Filed July 11.

AWA Home Buyers LLC, New Paltz. Seller: Secretary of Housing and Urban Development, Washington, D.C. Property: in Montgomery.

Amount: $118,070. Filed July 12.

Bayview Loan Servicing LLC, Coral Gables, Florida. Seller: William Curtis, et al, Clinton Property: 879 Hollow Road, Salt Point 12578.

Amount: $206,000. Field July 10.

Betach LLC, Monroe. Seller: Juliana LoBiondo, Newburgh. Property: 50 Duelk Ave., Monroe 10950.

Amount: $233,100. Filed July 9.

Broad Street Funding Trust I, Houston, Texas. Seller: Elizabeth P. Wang, Poughkeepsie. Property: 11 McAllister Drive, Pleasant Valley 12569. Amount: $199,000. Filed July 9.

Brookfield Relocation Inc., Scottsdale, Arizona. Seller: Douglas A. Gilmour, et al, Warwick. Property: 11 Canterbury Lane, Warwick 10990. Amount: $547,000. Filed July 9.

CGR Parking LLC, Poughkeepsie. Seller: LLD Poughkeepsie LLC, Poughkeepsie. Property: 59 Market St., Poughkeepsie. Amount: $230,000. Filed July 3.

Chestnut Hill Holding Group LLC, Saugerties. Seller: County of Ulster, Kingston. Property: Teetsel St., Saugerties. Amount: $3,174. Filed July 9.

Chestnut Hill Holding Group LLC, Saugerties. Seller: County of Ulster, Kingston. Property: Teetsel St., Saugerties. Amount: $3,174. Filed July 9.

CIK LLC, Boonton, New Jersey.

Seller: County of Ulster, Kingston.

Property: 260 Quarry Road, Marbletown. Amount: $29,000. Filed July 9.

CJBD of Orange County LLC, Otisville. Seller: Lee Zoldan, Middletown. Property: in Mount Hope.

Amount: $160,000. Filed July 11.

Federal National Mortgage Association. Seller: Kara J. Cavallo, Walden. Property: 28 Morningside Drive, Middletown 10941. Amount: $147,152. Filed July 12.

Hardy Homes LLC, Beacon. Seller: Robert J. Schoen, Beacon. Property: 49 Wodenethe Drive, Beacon 12508.

Amount: $508,500. Filed July 11.

Hatchsun Inc., Brooklyn. Seller: Merritt Books and Company Inc., Norwood, New Jersey. Property: 168 Market St., Saugerties 12477.

Amount: $321,500. Filed July 6.

High and Low Realty LLC, Monsey. Seller: Wells Fargo Bank N.A. Property: 230 Hurley Road, Salt Point 12578. Amount: $243,000.

Filed July 10.

Homes by LV LLC, Newburgh.

Seller: Wells Fargo Bank N.A. Property: 42 Darin Road, Warwick 10990. Amount: $160,000. Filed July 12.

HSBC Bank USA N.A. Seller: Leslie Baum, Poughkeepsie. Property: 27 Holly Hill Drive, Wingdale 12594.

Amount: $148,000. Filed July 5.

Clark Hill LLC, Wassaic. Seller: Anthony Bright, Amenia, Property: in Amenia. Amount: $200,000. Filed July 13.

Hudson Valley Federal Credit Union, Poughkeepsie. Seller: Judith Lubinsky, Goshen. Property: in Maybrook. Amount: $108,000. Filed July 11.

Creekview Holdings Ltd., Hopewell Junction. Seller: Timothy L. Cronin III, South Salem. Property: 58 Flower Road, East Fishkill 12535.

Amount: $85,000. Filed July 3.

Hudson Valley Federal Credit Union, Poughkeepsie. Seller: Randall V. Coffill, Port Jervis. Property: in Montgomery. Amount: $220,500.

Filed July 11.

Darkhorse Military Consultants LLC, Irvington. Seller: Keith A. Barto, et al, Dover Plains. Property: 106 Lake Ellis Road, Dover. Amount: $74,000. Filed July 3.

IIA2, Hyde Park. Seller: KeyBank N.A. Property: 403 Barclay Manor, Newburgh 12550. Amount: $40,000. Filed July 13.

Double R Capital Inc., Poughkeepsie. Seller: Harold A. Sackeim, Poughkeepsie. Property: 4 Grants Path, Poughquag 12570. Amount: $531,500. Filed July 9.

Durgala and Company LLC, Mahopac. Seller: County of Ulster, Kingston. Property: 13 Salomone Road, Shandaken. Amount: $46,500. Filed July 9.

EGDG Realty Holdings LLC, Bronxville. Seller: Deutsche Bank National Trust Co. Property: 1 Pilgrim Lane, Washingtonville 10992.

Amount: $168,000. Filed July 12.

Federal National Mortgage Association. Seller: Charron Klotz, Blooming Grove. Property: 46 Hillside Trail, Blooming Grove 10950.

Amount: $97,406. Filed July 9.

Federal National Mortgage Association. Seller: Fay Alexander, Newburgh. Property: 21 Russo Drive, Newburgh 12550. Amount: $260,602. Filed July 11.

Income Realty LLC, Monroe. Seller: Jean J. Hyppolite, Boynton, Florida. Property: in Port Jervis. Amount: $290,000. Filed July 12.

JCU Realty LLC, Poughkeepsie.

Seller: Susanlee Realty LLC, LaGrangeville. Property: in Poughkeepsie.

Amount: $379,000. Filed July 11.

JDMA 1 LLC, Cornwall. Seller: HSBC Bank USA N.A. Property: 36 Harth Drive, New Windsor 12553.

Amount: $115,772. Filed July 13.

Jile Realty LLC, Staten Island.

Seller: County of Ulster, Kingston.

Property: 340 Burnt Meadow Road, Gardiner. Amount: $56,000. Filed July 10.

Jile Realty LLC, Staten Island. Seller: County of Ulster, Kingston. Property: 7031 Route 209, Wawarsing.

Amount: $58,000. Filed July 10.

JRKB Properties LLC, Pine Bush.

Seller: County of Ulster, Kingston.

Property: 16 Beech Lane, Shawangunk. Amount: $22,744. Filed July 10.

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JRKB Properties LLC, Pine Bush.

Seller: County of Ulster, Kingston.

Property: Lakewood Road, Shawangunk. Amount: $1,000. Filed July 11.

Karma Connections Inc., New York City. Seller: U.S. Bank N.A. Property: 43 Old Greenville Turnpike, Port Jervis. Amount: $30,000.

Filed July 12.

Keybank N.A. Seller: Michael Blustein, Goshen. Property: 11 Hopkins Terrace, Goshen 10924. Amount: $112,119. Filed July 9.

LEM Real Estate Holdings Inc., Hopewell Junction. Seller: Cristantiello Inc., Wappingers Falls.

Property: 779 Dutchess Turnpike, Poughkeepsie. Amount: $659,000.

Filed July 3.

Liberty Kings LLC, Newburgh.

Seller: Paulina Robinson, et al, Wallkill. Property: in Newburgh.

Amount: $285,000. Filed July 12.

Little Acorn Roadhouse LLC, Middletown. Seller: Dorothy Baldwin, Franklin. Property: in Wallkill.

Amount: $130,000. Filed July 12.

Lwallis LLC, Naples, Florida. Seller: James B. Wallis, San Marino, California. Property: in Red Hook. Amount: $302,500. Filed July 9.

Madison Rose Properties LLC, New Windsor. Seller: Rocky Heights Inc., Poughkeepsie. Property: in Newburgh. Amount: $55,000. Filed July 12.

Mancuso and Family LLC, Staten Island. Seller: County of Ulster, Kingston. Property: Forest Glen Road, Shawangunk. Amount: $1,784. Filed July 11.

Mancuso and Family LLC, Staten Island. Seller: County of Ulster, Kingston. Property: Off Forest Glen Road, Shawangunk. Amount: $1,800. Filed July 11.

Mansion XVIII LLC, Pleasant Valley. Seller: Double R Capital Inc., Poughkeepsie. Property: 144 Mansion St., Poughkeepsie 12601.

Amount: $425,000. Filed June 29.

McCormick 105 LLC, Hunt Valley, Maryland. Seller: John K. Gifford, Poughkeepsie. Property: in LaGrange. Amount: $230,000. Filed July 10.

Mel Property Holdings LLC, Montgomery. Seller: U.S. Bank N.A. Property: 95 Vincent Drive, Middletown 10940. Amount: $127,500.

Filed July 9.

Mike Spiak Inc., Goshen. Seller: Ray Spiak Inc., Florida. Property: in Goshen. Amount: $63,027. Filed July 10.

Mike Spiak Inc., Goshen. Seller: Ray Spiak Inc., Florida. Property: in Goshen. Amount: $208,165. Filed July 10.

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Facts & Figures MLM Property Management, Cold Spring. Seller: Demetrius Antonatos, et al, Beacon. Property: in Beacon. Amount: $115,000. Filed July 6.

Praise God Corporation of New York, Middletown. Seller: City of Middletown. Property: 26 Spring St., Middletown. Amount: $22,498.

Filed July 9.

TPF Funding LLC, Simsbury, Connecticut. Seller: County of Ulster, Kingston. Property: Skylune Drive, Saugerties. Amount: $18,000. Filed July 11.

Allied Real Estate and Management Services, Highland Mills. $215 in favor of the New York State Department of Taxation and Finance, Albany. Filed April 2.

Mount Hope Estate New York Inc., Otisville. Seller: Solar Lake Development Inc., Otisville. Property: Lake Ave., Otisville. Amount: $96,000. Filed July 10.

Praise God Corporation of New York, Middletown. Seller: City of Middletown. Property: 217 W. Main St., Middletown. Amount: $4,675.

Filed July 9.

Tri-Star Management Inc., Monroe. Seller: John Paul Simonson, Monroe. Property: 603 Stage Road, Monroe. Amount: $450,000. Filed July 10.

Allways Secure Inc., New Windsor. $650 in favor of the New York State Department of Taxation and Finance, Albany. Filed April 2.

MTGLQ Investors LP. Seller: Geoffrey Chanin, Goshen. Property: 6 Townsend Place, Chester 10918.

Amount: $231,399. Filed July 12.

MTGLQ Investors LP. Seller: John Swift III, Goshen. Property: 14 Myrtle Ave., Middletown 10940.

Amount: $148,862. Filed July 10.

MTGLQ Investors LP. Seller: Wilma A. Pendleton, et al, Poughkeepsie. Property: 4 Cream St., Poughkeepsie 12601. Amount: $393,000.

Filed July 10.

MTLGQ Investors LP. Seller: Jode Susan Millman, Poughkeepsie.

Property: 49 Durocher Terrace, Poughkeepsie 12603. Amount: $209,000. Filed June 29.

Nationstar Mortgage LLC, Coppell, Texas. Seller: Michele L. Babcock, Walden. Property: 50 Woodcock Mountain Road, Washingtonville 10992. Amount: $546,690. Filed July 13.

Orange County Investors LLC, Monroe. Seller: John J. Revella, Walden. Property: 228 Pocatello Road, Middletown 10940. Amount: $50,700. Filed July 12.

Orange County Soil and Water Conservation District, Middletown. Seller: Dean C. Ford, Westtown. Property: in Wawayanda.

Amount: $26,480. Filed July 11.

Orco Enterprises Inc., Goshen.

Seller: Ray Spiak Inc., Florida. Property: in Florida. Amount: $54,374.

Filed July 10.

Orco Enterprises Inc., Goshen.

Seller: Ray Spiak Inc., Florida. Property: in Goshen. Amount: $86,532.

Filed July 10.

PennyMac Holdings LLC, Moorpark, California. Seller: Juliana LoBiondo, Newburgh. Property: 647 Creekside Lane, No 303, Fishkill 12524. Amount: $688,500. Filed July 5.

RRR1 LLC, Monsey. Seller: Inna Kaushansky, Fair Lawn, New Jersey. Property: 49 Ruth Court, Middletown 10940. Amount: $60,000.

Filed July 11.

U.S. Bank N.A. Seller: Duane Ringus, et al, Port Jervis. Property: 1 Amy Powers Court, Sparrowbush 12780. Amount: $280,030. Filed July 12.

RRR1 LLC, Monsey. Seller: Inna Kaushansky, Fair Lawn, New Jersey.

Property: 298 Ruth Court, Middletown 10940. Amount: $60,000.

Filed July 11.

U.S. Bank N.A. Seller: Katherine S. Lazar, Hopewell Junction. Property: 24 Yellow City Road, Amenia 12501.

Amount: $426,500. Filed July 13.

Ruby Rod and Gun Club Inc., Ruby. Seller: Lester V. Felton Jr., Ruby. Property: in Ulster. Amount: $10,000. Filed July 12.

Ruby Rod and Gun Club Inc., Ruby. Seller: Lester V. Felton Jr., Ruby. Property: in Ulster. Amount: $10,000. Filed July 12.

Shalders Enterprises LLC, Pine Bush. Seller: Walden Savings Bank, Montgomery. Property: in Cornwall-on-Hudson.

Amount: $132,000. Filed July 12.

SPF Holdings LLC, Marlboro.

Seller: Lourdes D. Guzman-Villalva, Poughkeepsie. Property: 3 Douglas St., Poughkeepsie 12603. Amount: $130,000. Filed July 12.

Stillwater Recovery LLC, Massapequa Park. Seller: County of Ulster, Kingston. Property: Casten Road, Wawarsing. Amount: $2,233.

Filed July 9.

Sugar Bowl LLC, Gardiner. Seller: Open Space Institute Land Trust Inc., New York City. Property: in Gardiner. Amount: $190,000. Filed July 10.

The Bank of New York Mellon. Seller: Melvin Paul Spivak, Poughkeepsie. Property: 98 Bloomer Road, LaGrangeville 12540.

Amount: $277,000. Filed July 9.

Three Pine Hill LLC, New York City. Seller: Sorrel Farm LLC, New York City. Property: in North East.

Amount: $825,000. Filed July 12.

PFRI LLC, Red Hook. Seller: County of Ulster, Kingston. Property: 3 My Road, Marlborough. Amount: $77,000. Filed July 9.

Tijeras Ridge LLC, Otisville. Seller: Alexander Oldja, et al, Saddle River, New Jersey. Property: 322 Grahamtown Road, Middletown 10940.

Amount: $515,000. Filed July 10.

Praise God Corporation of New York, Middletown. Seller: City of Middletown. Property: 17 East Ave., Middletown. Amount: $27,600.

Filed July 9.

TJ Tancredi Homes Inc., Poughkeepsie. Seller: Benedicto U. Messina, et al, Poughkeepsie. Property: in Poughkeepsie. Amount: $233,500.

Filed July 11.

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U.S. Bank N.A. Seller: Lee David Klein, Poughkeepsie. Property: 17 Clapp Ave., Wappingers Falls 12590.

Amount: $192,000. Filed July 10.

U.S. Bank N.A. Seller: Richard Schisano, Newburgh. Property: 8 Blue Star Farm Road, Cornwall 12518.

Amount: $523,567. Filed July 11.

U.S. Bank Trust N.A. Seller: Edward McCormack, Fishkill. Property: 6807 Chelsea Cove Drive North, Hopewell Junction 12533. Amount: $222,000. Filed July 3.

Walden Savings Bank, Montgomery. Seller: Anthony Gizzi, et al, Pine Bush. Property: 46 Red Barn Road, Shawangunk. Amount: $215,000.

Filed July 6.

Wells Fargo Bank N.A. Seller: Juliana LoBiondo, Newburgh. Property: 57 Grove Ave., Greenwood Lake 10925. Amount: $235,000. Filed July 12.

Wells Fargo Bank N.A. Seller: Kelli O’Brien, Goshen. Property: 29 Apple Lane, Westbrookville 12785.

Amount: $200,887. Filed July 11.

Wells Fargo Bank N.A. Seller: Maura Ann Barrett, Poughkeepsie.

Property: 17 Roosevelt Road, Hyde Park 12538. Amount: $214,000. Filed July 6.

Wilmington Savings Fund Society FSB. Seller: Nathalie Jordan, Bonham, Texas. Property: 77 Cherry Lane, Stormville 12582. Amount: $175,000. Filed June 29.

JUDGMENTS A and S Quick Stop, Newburgh. $2,580 in favor of the New York State Department of Taxation and Finance, Albany. Filed April 2.

Aisle Saver Inc., Pine Bush. $308 in favor of the New York State Department of Taxation and Finance, Albany. Filed July 10.

Asia Kitchen Inc., Goshen. $8,553 in favor of the New York State Department of Taxation and Finance, Albany. Filed April 2.

Kenlex Distribution Inc., Hurley. $1,223 in favor of the New York State Department of Labor, Albany. Filed July 13.

Lazreb Inc., Saugerties. $7,255 in favor of the New York State Department of Taxation and Finance, Albany. Filed July 10.

Nabeya Inc., Accord. $285 in favor of the New York State Department of Taxation and Finance, Albany.

Filed July 10.

Bagel Brothers of Plattekill LLC, Wallkill. $785 in favor of the New York State Department of Labor, Albany. Filed July 13.

Queen City News Distributors LLC, Stone Ridge. $210 in favor of the New York State Department of Taxation and Finance, Albany. Filed July 10.

Bella Couture Bridal Inc., Wallkill. $216 in favor of the New York State Department of Taxation and Finance, Albany. Filed July 10.

Quercus Alba LLC, High Falls. $241 in favor of the New York State Department of Taxation and Finance, Albany. Filed July 10.

Countryside Café and Deli Corp., Wallkill. $1,243 in favor of the New York State Department of Taxation and Finance, Albany. Filed April 2.

Shawangunk Mining and Excavating Inc., Wallkill. $1,702 in favor of the New York State Department of Taxation and Finance, Albany.

Filed July 10.

CVL Development Corp., Port Jervis. $451 in favor of the New York State Department of Taxation and Finance, Albany. Filed April 2.

Thai Cuisine Inc., New Paltz. $5,046 in favor of the New York State Department of Taxation and Finance, Albany. Filed July 10.

David Gill Jr. Inc., Saugerties. $24,533 in favor of the New York State Department of Taxation and Finance, Albany. Filed July 10.

The Interactive Museum, Middletown. $1,383 in favor of the New York State Department of Taxation and Finance, Albany. Filed April 2.

Figueroa Corp., Monroe. $259 in favor of the New York State Department of Taxation and Finance, Albany. Filed April 2.

TJ Airconditioning Heating, Ellenville. $2,312 in favor of the New York State Department of Taxation and Finance, Albany. Filed July 10.

Fitzpatrick Flooring Inc., Slate Hill. $363 in favor of the New York State Department of Taxation and Finance, Albany. Filed April 2.

Uncle Willy’s Inc., Kingston. $20,328 in favor of the New York State Department of Taxation and Finance, Albany. Filed July 10.

Green Energy Partners of Ulster Inc., Kingston. $124 in favor of the New York State Department of Taxation and Finance, Albany. Filed July 10.

Walden Playboys M.C Inc., Marlboro. $586 in favor of the New York State Department of Taxation and Finance, Albany. Filed July 10.

I Business Solutions Inc., Rock Tavern. $1,074 in favor of the New York State Department of Taxation and Finance, Albany. Filed April 2.

J’s Detailing and Car Wash, Kingston. $100 in favor of the New York State Department of Taxation and Finance, Albany. Filed July 10.

Jacob Enterprises, Campbell Hall. $582 in favor of the New York State Department of Taxation and Finance, Albany. Filed April 2.

Joe’s Pizza, Ellenville. $1,015 in favor of the New York State Department of Taxation and Finance, Albany. Filed July 10.

Wine Worldwide Inc., New Paltz. $1,205 in favor of the New York State Department of Labor, Albany. Filed July 13.

Woodbury Lawn and Landscape Inc., Milton. $1,144 in favor of the New York State Department of Labor, Albany. Filed July 13.

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

Adama, Judy, et al. Filed by Nationstar Mortgage LLC. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $471,306 affecting property located at 3 Nathan Hale Drive, Stormville. Filed July 10.

Andre, Jean D., et al. Filed by The Money Source Inc. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $309,489 affecting property located at 17 Circle Drive, Hopewell Junction 12533. Filed June 29.

Barbookles, Michael A., et al.

Filed by TIAA FSB. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $271,500 affecting property located at 5 Fairview Lane, Salisbury Mills 12577. Filed May 14.

Betts, Sharon S., et al. Filed by New Penn Financial LLC. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $350,000 affecting property located at 1033 Route 94, New Windsor 12553. Filed May 15.

Block, Brenda, et al. Filed by Wilmington Trust N.A. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $271,906 affecting property located at 1 High Meadow Drive, Warwick 10990. Filed May 14.

Borden, Elizabeth, et al. Filed by Wells Fargo Bank N.A. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $240,562 affecting property located at 30 Park Ave., Highland Mills 10930. Filed May 15.

Brower, Joshua M., et al. Filed

by CIT Bank N.A. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $117,622 affecting property located at 30 Highland Ave., Kerhonkson 12246. Filed July 12.

Brown, Charles B. Jr., et al. Filed

by Beneficial Opportunity Fund LLC. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure an unspecified amount affecting property located at 25 Cornwall Lane, Unit 6601, Middletown 10940. Filed May 9.

Calimano, Agustin, et al. Filed

by PennyMac Loan Services Inc. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $204,300 affecting property located at 129 Stringham Road, LaGrangeville 12540. Filed July 6.

Cardascia, Richard, et al. Filed

by U.S. Bank N.A. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $376,624 affecting property located at 669 Vassar Road, Poughkeepsie 12603. Filed July 6.

Casella, Paul E., et al. Filed by Pennymac Loan Services LLC. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $228,816 affecting property located at 33 Brewster Drive, Middletown 10940. Filed May 10.

Cheatham, Donald E. Jr., et al.

Filed by Flagstar Bank FSB. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $114,000 affecting property located at 34 Richman Ave., Newburgh 12550. Filed May 10.

Facts & Figures Davis, Wendell T., et al. Filed by HSBC Bank USA N.A. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $121,142 affecting property located at 47 N. Clinton St., Poughkeepsie 12601. Filed June 28.

Heirs and distributees of the estate of Ethel Elizabeth Szala, et al. Filed by Ditech Financial LLC. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $141,000 affecting property located at 570 Clove Road, Monroe 10950. Filed May 11.

Eggleston, Robert E., et al. Filed

by Federal National Mortgage Association. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $105,000 affecting property located at 3717 Route 44, Millbrook 12545. Filed June 28.

Hoffman, Christopher J., et al.

Filed by Wells Fargo Bank N.A. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $158,383 affecting property located at 17 Amherst Road, Red Hook 12571. Filed July 12.

Epps, Quathisha, et al. Filed by Wells Fargo Bank N.A. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $321,634 affecting property located at 19 Mountain Park Road, Monroe 10950. Filed May 9.

Jordan, John C., et al. Filed by U.S. Bank N.A. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $572,867 affecting property located at 15 Feagles Road, Warwick 10990. Filed May 9.

Fay, Thomas F., et al. Filed by U.S. Bank N.A. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $231,215 affecting property located at 79 Lime Kiln Road, Dover Plains 12522. Filed June 28.

Kachigian, Florence, et al. Filed

by Ditech Financial LLC. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $115,000 affecting property located at 239 Clifton Ave., Kingston 12401. Filed July 12.

Ferraro, Brian, et al. Filed by CILICI LLC. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $176,000 affecting property located at 1159 Maggie Road, Unit 7-7, Newburgh 12550. Filed May 14.

Katz, Wayne, et al. Filed by Bank of America N.A. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $245,976 affecting property located at 4 Feitsma Lane, Rock Tavern 12575. Filed May 10.

Forsyth, Robert, individually and as surviving spouse of Karen Forsyth, et al. Filed by Bayview Loan Servicing LLC. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $409,000 affecting property located at 40 W. Cove Road, Sterling Forest 10979. Filed May 10.

Kennedy, Donald, et al. Filed by Federal National Mortgage Association. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $104,000 affecting property located at 493 Stanton Terrace, Poughkeepsie 12603. Filed June 29.

Freeman, Tony, et al. Filed by Hudson Valley Federal Credit Union. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $102,000 affecting property located at 10 Lawrence Road, Poughkeepsie 12601.

Filed July 5.

Galarza, Naomi, individually and as surviving spouse of Reinaldo Galarza, et al. Filed by Nationstar Mortgage LLC. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $315,000 affecting property located at 21 East Ave., Middletown 10940. Filed May 11.

Ghannam, Rabah, et al. Filed by PennyMac Loan Services LLC. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $249,399 affecting property located at 38 Beechwood Park, Poughkeepsie 12601. Filed June 29.

Habasi, Hamid, et al. Filed by Freedom Mortgage Corp. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $404,537 affecting property located at 53 Berry Road, Monroe 10950. Filed May 14.

Harris, Thelma A., et al. Filed by Quicken Loans Inc. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $385,683 affecting property located at 32 N. Cross Road, Staatsburg 12580. Filed July 2.

Kretzu, Jacqueline, et al. Filed by LoanDepot.com LLC. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $309,294 affecting property located at 17 Nied Drive, Pleasant Valley 12569. Filed July 5.

Kuklinski, Michael J., et al.

Filed by Sterling National Bank N.A. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure an unspecified amount affecting property located at 38 Ox Bow Road, Kerhonkson 12446. Filed July 13.

Lakatosh, Erin S., as executrix of the estate of Liame Smith, et al. Filed by Wells Fargo Bank N.A. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $225,000 affecting property located at 1016 Route 82, Hopewell Junction 12533. Filed July 6.

LH Equine Properties LLC, et al. Filed by Steven Lechnowsky.

Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure an unspecified amount affecting property located in Rochester. Filed July 13.

Lindsay, Alexander, et al. Filed

by Nationstar Mortgage LLC. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $717,000 affecting property located at 4 Sly St., Warwck 10990. Filed May 11.

Long, Richard V., et al. Filed by CitiMortgage Inc. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $316,000 affecting property located at 24 Northgate, Goshen 10924.

Filed May 11.

Williams, Cecil F., et al. Filed

by Citibank N.A. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $77,475 affecting property located at 26 Cliff St., Beacon 12508. Filed June 29.

Marello, Susan L., et al. Filed by Wells Fargo Bank N.A. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $100,000 affecting property located at 13 Franklin St., Kingston 12401.

Filed July 13.

Wojciechowski, Regina L., et al. Filed by the State of New York Mortgage Agency. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $227,950 affecting property located at 12 Wayne Ave., Fort Montgomery 10922. Filed May 15.

Moloney, Jeffrey, et al. Filed by U.S. Bank Trust N.A. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $247,411 affecting property located at 8 Rockcrest Place, Poughkeepsie.

Filed June 29.

Morris, Peter J., et al. Filed by Federal National Mortgage Association. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $337,500 affecting property located at 584 Plutarch Road, Highland 12561. Filed July 9.

Olsen, Rolf Jr., et al. Filed by Keybank N.A. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $16,000 affecting property located at 1356 Route 212, Saugerties 12477. Filed July 11.

Romano, Thomas J., et al. Filed

by Quicken Loans Inc. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $232,575 affecting property located at 143 Noxon Road, Poughkeepsie 12603. Filed June 29.

Saunders, Patrick, et al. Filed by Deutsche Bank National Trust Co. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $68,000 affecting property located at 39 Church St., Port Jervis 12771. Filed May 9.

Saxon, Daniel W., et al. Filed by Hudson Heritage Federal Credit Union. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure an unspecified amount affecting property located at 65 Monhagen Ave., Middletown. Filed May 10.

Unknown administrator for the estate of Isaiah Edward Robinson, Jr., et al. Filed by U.S. Bank N.A. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $283,500 affecting property located at 33 Highland View Place, Middletown 10940.

Filed May 15.

Uribe, William F., et al. Filed by Federal National Mortgage Association. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $221,450 affecting property located at 6 Whippoorwill Trail, Blooming Grove 10950. Filed May 15.

Vargas, Eugene Noel, et al. Filed

by U.S. Bank N.A. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $401,250 affecting property located at 21 Beechwood Circle, Wappingers Falls 12590. Filed June 29.

Mechanic’s Liens Palmer, Jennifer L., as owner. $1,290 as claimed by Jim’s Hardwood Flooring, Mahopac. Property: 38 Judson St., Beacon 12508. Filed June 29.

Hudson Conference Center LLC, as owner. $127,562 as claimed by Kone Inc., Lisle, Illinois. Property: 2170 South Road, Poughkeepsie.

Filed June 29.

Magic Moon Farm Inc., d.b.a.

Headless Horseman Escape Rooms, 778 Broadway, Ulster Park 12487. Filed July 13.

Mountain Top Cycles Inc., d.b.a.

MTC, 379 Marl Road, Pine Bush 12566. Filed July 13.

Parth Food of Kingston Inc., d.b.a. Raj’s Deli Mart, 352 Lucas Ave., Kingston 12401. Filed July 13.

Tri-State Associates Services Inc., d.b.a. Pageone, 83 Ten Broeck Ave., Kingston 12401. Filed July 13.

Just Engrave It, 19 Bruyn Ave., Pine Bush 12566, c/o Stephanie Day. Filed Nov. 13.

Vails Gate Cleaners Inc., d.b.a.

Quality Cleaners, 50 Vineyard Ave., Highland 12528. Filed July 13.

Klein and Klein CPA’s, 1 Stage Road, Monroe, c/o Robert W. Klein.

Filed Nov. 15.

Partnerships

Local Artisan Bakery, 50 Main St., Kingston 12402, c/o Karianna Lorraine Haasch. Filed July 11.

MLM Property Management LLC, as owner. $4,000 as claimed

by Miller’s Minutemen Construction Corp., Beacon. Property: 18 North Elm St., Beacon. Filed July 10.

Sole Proprietorships

Scarano, Thomas P., et al, as owner. $6,214 as claimed by Huff N Puff Insulators Inc., Schenectady. Property: 13 Friendship St., Red Hook.

Filed July 13.

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

Inspire My Mindset, 200 S. Main St., Apt. F5, Ellenville 12428, c/o Shahedra Alicia Ward-King. Filed July 10.

J and L Cleaning Service, 29 Herny St., Kingston 12401, c/o James T. Lyons Sr. Filed July 10.

Hudson Valley Driftwood Artisans, 7 Mount Zion Road, Marlboro 12542, c/o Dennis B. McCourt and Kevin C. McCourt. Filed July 12.

Rappa, Mary Hope, et al, as owner. $27,830 as claimed by Ecotech Spray Foam Inc., Pine Bush. Property: 5768-574 U.S. 9, Rhinebeck. Filed July 11.

Home Solutions/Property Management, 33 Euclid Ave., No. 6, Middletown 10940, c/o Christos Karterouliotis. Filed Nov. 16.

Parth Liquors of Kingston Inc., d.b.a. Lucas Wine and Liquors, 350 Lucas Ave., Kingston 12401.

Filed July 13.

Oneill Group Dutton LLC, as owner. $106,080 as claimed by MB Carpentry LLC, Waterbury, Connecticut. Property: 1 Dutchess Avenue and Hoffman Street, Poughkeepsie. Filed July 9.

Empire Hotel Development Inc., as owner. $51,534 as claimed by Calamar Construction Management Inc., Wheatfield. Property: 2165 South Road, Poughkeepsie. Filed July 11.

Happy House, 1602 Meadow Brook Circle, New Paltz 12561, c/o Marie Fondrene Mezile. Filed July 9.

Mattie Maids, 201 Ulster Ave., 8-2, Walden 12586, c/o An’drea L. Herring. Filed Nov. 15.

NL Financial Services, 55 Lattintown Road, Newburgh 12550, c/o Nickolas R. Lapointe. Filed Nov. 14.

B.CH. Construction, 24 Plank Road, Newburgh 12550, c/o Edwin Chacha Telcan. Filed Nov. 13.

Blair Environmental Consulting, 659 Hurley Ave., Hurley 12443, c/o Elizabeth A. Blair. Filed July 11.

Boyerstock Summer Music Group, P.O. Box 423, Hurley 12443, c/o Harvey R. Boyer. Filed July 9.

C.N.J Productions, 146 Route 17K, Newburgh 12550, c/o Miguel Conejo. Filed Nov. 14.

CrackaJack, 4 Cynthia Court, Florida 10921, c/o John Paul Supenski.

Filed Nov. 16.

Dawson Consulting, 14 Brighton Drive, Unit 2605, Newburgh 12550, c/o Melisa C. Clarke-Dawson. Filed Nov. 13.

EB’s Cleaning Services, 152 N. Miller St., No. 1, Newburgh 12550, c/o Erika Bautista Cruz. Filed Nov. 9.

Doing Business As

Fierce Pierce Pottery, 27 Juniper Lane, Saugerties 12477, c/o Jessica L. Pierce. Filed July 13.

Magic Moon Farm Inc., d.b.a. A Frosty Fest, 778 Broadway, Ulster Park 12487. Filed July 13.

G. Construction, 35 Silver Lake Scotchtown Road, Middletown, c/o German Rosario Delacruz. Filed Nov. 15.

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Our Small World Day Care, 80 Canal St., Port Jervis 12771, c/o Delia I. Polanco. Filed Nov. 9.

Parrinello Property Management, 892 Kings Highway, Saugerties 12477, c/o Catherine Parrinello.

Filed July 11.

Peter Pryor Design and Fabrication, 35 Odell Circle, Newburgh 12550, c/o Peter Anthony Pryor Jr. Filed Nov. 13.

Quick Close Realty, 303 Cedar Cliff Road, Monroe 10950, c/o Harlem E. Doles, III. Filed Nov. 9.

R and R El Carcinero Grocery and Produce, 100 Renwick St., Newburgh, c/o Roberto Gaudencio Reyes Gomez. Filed Nov. 16.

Richs Auto, 825 Route 211 East, Middletown, c/o Richard J. Johnston. Filed Nov. 13.

Royal Trading, 14 Meron Drive, No. 113, Monroe 10950, c/o Hershy Berger. Filed Nov. 9.

Shawn’s Fresh Fish, 5051 Route 28, Mount Tremper 12457, c/o Shawn L. Lahey. Filed July 10.

The Mane Bar, 88 Dunning Road, Middletown 12771, c/o Kristina O’Brien. Filed Nov. 16.

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LEGAL NOTICES Doubleds Investors LLC, Arts of Org. filed with Sec. of State of NY (SSNY) 6/1/2018. Cty: Westchester. SSNY desig. as agent upon whom process against may be served & shall mail process to Danielle Kern, 16 Winterberry Ct., Peekskill, NY 10566. General Purpose. #61744 Notice of formation of Lina Kapadia LLC filed with SSNY on 3/20/18. Office Location Westchester County. SSNY desig. as agent of the LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to LLC, 36 Andrea Lane, Scarsdale, NY 10583. Purpose: any lawful purpose. #61745 The FAMILY DOG YOGA, LLC has filed articles of organization with the Secretary of State of NYS on 05/30/2018. The offices of this company are located in Westchester County, NY. The Secretary of State has been designated as agent of the limited liability company upon whom process against it may be served. The address to which the Secretary of State shall mail a copy of any process against the limited liability company served upon him or her is 12 Division Street, Peekskill, NY 10566. The company is organized to conduct any lawful business for which limited liability companies may be organized. #61747 Notice of Formation of 1907 Properties LLC. Arts. of Org. filed with SSNY on 4/20/2018.

Office location: Westchester County. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process may be served. SSNY shall mail process to PO Box 1210, White Plains, NY 10602.

Purpose: any lawful act or activity. #61748 BELLAELLABEES LLC Articles of Organization filed with Secretary of State of New York (SSNY) on 05/22/2018.

NY office location: 2 LOIS PL., KATONAH, NY 10536-3618, WESTCHESTER County.SSNY has been designated as agent of the LLC upon whom process against it may be served. The post office address to which the SSNY shall mail a copy of any process against the LLC served upon him/her is P.O. BOX 213, KATONAH, NY 10536-0213.

Purpose/character of LLC: Any lawful purpose. #61749 Field Rock Farms LLC, Arts of Org. filed with Sec. of State of NY (SSNY) 5/30/2018. Cty: Westchester. SSNY desig. as agent upon whom process against may be served & shall mail process to 315 North Broadway, Sleepy Hollow, NY 10591. General Purpose. #61751 Notice of Qualification of Aquila Eye, LLC. Authority filed with SSNY on 6/8/18. Offc. Loc: Westchester County. LLC formed in NV on 2/7/18. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to: 90 State St, Ste 300, Off 40, Albany, NY 12207.

Address to be maintained in NV: 4730 S. Fort Apache Rd, Ste 300, Las Vegas, NV 89147. Arts of Org. filed with SSNV, 101 N Carson Street Ste 3, Carson City NV 89701. Purpose: any lawful activities. #61752

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Notice of Qualification of Aquila Eye Holdings, LLC. Authority filed with SSNY on 5/23/18.

Offc. Loc: Westchester County.

LLC formed in NV on 4/10/18.

SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to: 90 State St, Ste 300, Off 40, Albany, NY 12207.

Address to be maintained in NV: 4730 S. Fort Apache Rd, Ste 300, Las Vegas, NV 89147. Arts of Org. filed with SSNV, 101 N Carson Street Ste 3, Carson City NV 89701. Purpose: any lawful activities. #61753 Notice of Formation of 43 WEST 76TH ST. PARTNERS, LLC. Arts. of Org. filed with the Secy of State of NY (SSNY) on 2/9/18.

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

SSNY shall mail process to: c/o Finger Management Corp., Attn: Ron Finger, 20 Tuckahoe Road, Yonkers, NY 10710. Purpose: any lawful act or activity. #61754 PEACEFUL JOURNEY HOME SOLUTIONS LLC. Appl. for Auth. to do business in NY filed with the SSNY 4/17/2018. LLC formed in Nevada on 1/31/2018.

Off loc: Westchester County.

SSNY desig as agent upon whom process against may be served & shall mail process to the LLC c/o POB 27740, Las Vegas NV 89126. Off loc in NV is c/o Nevada Corp. Hdqrtrs.

Inc., 4730 S. Fort Apache Rd., Ste 300, Las Vegas, NV 891477947. Copies of Cert. of Org. of LLC are on file & available from Secretary of State of NV, 101 N Carson St, Ste 3, Carson City, NV 89701. Purpose: any lawful #61755 Notice of Formation of JKM Counseling, LLC. Art. Of Org. filed with SSNY on 2/27/18.

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, 119 E. Hartsdale Ave., Hartsdale NY 10530. Purpose: any lawful purpose. #61756 Notice of Formation of Medsurg Technologies, LLC Art. Of Org. filed with USCA on 6/14/18.

Offc. Loc: Westchester Cty. USCA desig. as agent of the LLC upon whom process against it may be served. USCA shall mail process to the LLC, 7014 13th Ave, Suite 202, Brooklyn, NY 11228. Purpose: any lawful purpose. #61757 Gibots LLC, Arts of Org. filed with Sec. of State of NY (SSNY) 4/30/2018. Cty: Westchester.

SSNY desig. as agent upon whom process against may be served & shall mail process to 20 Winterberyy Lane, Briarcliff Manor, NY 10510. General Purpose. #61758 Notice of Formation of Cooper Lots LLC. Articles of Organization Filed with the NY Secretary of State (SSNY) on 06/07/2018. Office Location: Westchester County. SSNY has been designated as agent of the LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to the LLC, c/o Hocherman Tortorella & Wekstein, LLP, One North Broadway, Ste 701, Attn: Noelle Wolfson, White Plains, NY 10601. Purpose: any lawful purpose. #61759

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Notice of Formation of Beck & Barr LLC. Arts. of Org. filed with SSNY on 01/10/2018.

Office location: Westchester County. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process may be served. SSNY shall mail process to Kevin Barros 121 South Highland Ave, Apt 1L,Ossining, NY 10562. Purpose: any lawful act or activity. #61760 Notice of Formation of Spray Foam Art, LLC Art. Of Org. filed with SSNY on 03/22/2018. 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, 44 Ledgewood Dr, Norwalk CT 06850. Purpose: any lawful purpose. #61763 Ala Tristate Development Group LLC. Filed 6/18/18 Office: Westchester Co. SSNY designated as agent for process & shall mail to: 789 Yonkers Avenue, Yonkers, NY 10704 Purpose: all lawful #61765 Orenda, LLC. Filed 6/14/18 Office: Westchester Co. SSNY designated as agent for process & shall mail to: 2 Giordano Drive, Cortlandt Manor, NY 10567 Purpose: all lawful #61766 PRIME LINKS TRANSPORT, LLC. Art. of Org. filed with the SSNY on 04/31/18. Office:Weschester County. SSNY designated as agent of the LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail copy of process to the LLC, Michael A. Hynes 312 S 2nd Ave #1, Mount Vernon NY 10550. Purpose: Any lawful purpose. #61767 Notice of Formation of Springline Commercial Realty Advisors, LLC Arts. of Org. filed with SSNY on 6/20/2018 Office location: Westchester County SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process may be served. SSNY shall mail process to Springline Commercial Realty 234 Daisy Farms Drive, Scarsdale, NY 10583 Purpose: any lawful act or activity. #61769 Notice of Formation of KarlDowdenLaw, PLLC Art. Of Org. filed with SSNY on 5/7/18.

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 PLLC, 445 Hamilton Ave, Ste 1102, White Plains, NY 10601. Purpose: Law. #61770 Notice Of Formation of Hop In To The Terminal, LLC. Art. Of Org. filed with SSNY on 3/7/2018. Offc. Loc: Westchester Cty. SSNY design.

As agent of the LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to the LLC, 82 Claremont Ave Mount Vernon, NY 10550.

Purpose: any lawful purpose #61772 40 Weaver Street, LLC, Arts of Org. filed with Sec. of State of NY (SSNY) 6/14/2018. Cty: Westchester. SSNY desig. as agent upon whom process against may be served & shall mail process to Pamela Nodiff, 1170 Greacen Point Rd., Mamaroneck, NY 10543. General Purpose. #61774

IGlow Aesthetics LLC, Arts of Org. filed with Sec. of State of NY (SSNY) 6/5/2018. Cty: Westchester. SSNY desig. as agent upon whom process against may be served & shall mail process to Heather Kramer Giordano, Po Box 644, Bedford, NY 10506. General Purpose. #61775 Notice of formation of Limited Liability Company (ìLLCî).

Name: Stuyvesant Apartments Owners LLC. Articles of Organization filed with the Secretary of State of the State of New York (ìSSNYî) on June 21, 2018. 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 Stuyvesant Apartments Owners 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. #61779 Notice of formation of Limited Liability Company (ìLLCî).

Name: Stuyvesant Apartments Managers LLC. Articles of Organization filed with the Secretary of State of the State of New York (ìSSNYî) on June 21, 2018. 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 Stuyvesant Apartments Managers LLC, c/o Mountco Construction and Development Corp., 700 White Plains Road, Suite 363, Scarsdale, New York 10583.

Purpose/character of LLC is to engage in any lawful act or activity. #61780 Notice of formation of Limited Liability Company (ìLLCî).

Name: MSA Associates I LLC. Articles of Organization filed with the Secretary of State of the State of New York (ìSSNYî) on June 21, 2018. 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 MSA Associates I LLC, c/o Mountco Construction and Development Corp., 700 White Plains Road, Suite 363, Scarsdale, New York 10583. Purpose/character of LLC is to engage in any lawful act or activity. #61781 Notice of Formation of Essential Visions LLC. Arts. of Org. filed with SSNY on 01/29/2018.

Office location: Westchester County. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process may be served. SSNY shall mail process to 35 Clinton Place, Unit 5A New Rochelle, NY 10801 Purpose: any lawful act or activity. #61785 Notice of Formation of SUFFOLK SK, LLC. Arts. of Org. filed with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 5/23/18.

Office location: Westchester County. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served at: 1858 Commerce St., Yorktown Hgts, NY 10598 Purpose all lawful activity. #61786

ReelTime Rentals LLC. Articles of Organization filed with the Secretary of State of New York (SSNY) 7/3/2018. LLC location is Westchester County. SSNY has been designated as agent of the LLC upon process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail a copy of the process to: 1 White Birch Drive, Ossining, NY 10562.

Purpose: any lawful business activity. #61787 Notice of Formation of BHAMBRI CONSULTANCY LLC. Arts. of Org. filed with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 6/25/18.

Office location: Westchester County. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served at: Bhambri Consultancy LLC, 86 Dimond Ave., Cortlandt Manor, NY 10567. Purpose all lawful activity. #61788 Notice of Formation of Gr8 Estate Sales Art. Of Org. filed with SSNY on 06/19/2018. 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, 50 North Broadway #374, Tarrytow, NY 10591 Purpose: any lawful purpose. #61789 307 East 87th Street, LLC, Arts of Org. filed with Sec. of State of NY (SSNY) 6/27/2018. Cty: Westchester. SSNY desig. as agent upon whom process against may be served & shall mail process to 21 Admiral Wordenís Ln., Briarcliff Manor, NY 10510. General Purpose. #61790 “Notice of formation of Generation Mortgage, LLC. Application for Authority filed with Secretary of State of New York (SSNY) June 27, 2018.

Office located Westchester, NY. SSNY has been designated for service of process. SSNY shall mail copy of any process served against the LLC to 105 East Center Street, Manchester, CT 06040. Purpose: any lawful purpose.” #61791 Notice of Formation of Pycnocline, LLC Art. Of Org. filed with SSNY on 6/28/18.

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, 31 Easton Avenue, White Plains, NY 10605. Purpose: any lawful purpose. #61792 Notice of Formation of Moon31, LLC. filed with SSNY 6/7/18.

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

LegalZoom shall mail process to the LLC, 7014 13th Avenue, Suite 202, Brooklyn, NY 11228.

Purpose: any lawful purpose. #61793

Notice of Application for Authority to do business in New York of 5C Global, LLC (ìLLCî).

Application for Authority filed with the Secretary of State (ìSSNYî) June 22, 2018. The LLC formed in Delaware (ìDEî) on June 14, 2018. Office location is Westchester County.

Corporation Service Company has been designated as agent of the LLC upon whom process against it may be served.

SSNY shall mail a copy of such process to the LLC: Craig R. Marson c/o Corporation Service Company 80 State Street, Albany, NY 12207-2543. Office address in DE is c/o CSC 251 Little Falls Drive, Wilmington, DE 19808. Copies of Certificate of Organization of LLC are on file and may be obtained from the Secretary of State of DE, Division of Corporations, P.O. Box 898, Dover, DE 19903.

Purpose of business of LLC is any lawful act or activity. #61794 Notice of Formation of Geranda Projects LLC Art. Of Org. filed with SSNY on 7/5/18. 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, 3147 East Main Street, Unit 304, Mohegan Lake, NY 10547. Purpose: any lawful purpose. #61795 InnovationThought LLC, Art. of Org. filed with the SSNY on 05/17/2018. Office location: Westchester County. SSNY designated as agent of the LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail copy of process to the LLC, 46 Suzanne Lane, Pleasantville, N.Y. 10570. Purpose: Any lawful activity. #61796 Notice of Formation of Versatile Renovations and Installations, LLC Art. Of Org. filed with the SSNY on 6/8/18. Offc. Loc: Westchester Cty. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process may be served.

SSNY shall mail process to the LLC. 24 Chester Street, Mount Vernon, NY 10552. Purpose any lawful purpose. #61797 Notice of Formation of 19 COBB LLC. Arts. of Org. filed with the Secy of State of NY (SSNY) on 4/24/18. Office location: Westchester County. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to: c/o Scully Construction, 141 Lafayette Avenue, White Plains, NY 10603. Purpose: any lawful act or activity. #61798 Notice of Formation of Morgado & Mateus Properties LLC. Arts. of Org. filed with SSNY on 7/12/2018. Office location: Westchester County. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process may be served. SSNY shall mail process to 25 Cedar Lane, Ossining, NY 10562. Purpose: any lawful act or activity. #61799 Notice of Formation of Wang L Consulting LLC. Art. Of Org. filed with Secretary of State of NY on Mar 30th, 2018. Office location: Westchester Cty. SSNY designated as agent of the LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail a copy of any process against it served upon him/her to: 2 Burgess Rd, Scardale, NY 10583. LLC may engage in any lawful act or activity for which a limited liability company may be formed. #61800

Notice of Formation of Dream Design & Renovation, LLC Art. Of Org. filed with SSNY on 6/11/18.

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, 28 N Central Ave Hartsdale, NY 10530.

Purpose: any lawful purpose. #61801 Notice is hereby given that an on-premise license, #TBA has been applied for by JSP 520 Inc d/b/a Retro 520 Diner to sell beer, wine and liquor at retail in an on premises establishment.

For on premises consumption under the ABC law at 524 Gramatan Avenue Mt. Vernon NY 10522 #61802 Notice is hereby given that a Summer on-premise license, #TBA has been applied for by 94 Dearborn LLC d/b/a The Barley Beach House to sell beer, wine and liquor at retail in an on premises establishment. For on premises consumption under the ABC law at 95 Dearborn Avenue Rye NY 10580 #61803 Obsession Capital LLC. Art. of Org. filed 7/13/18. Office in Westchester Co. SSNY designated for process and shall mail to Reg. Agent: Thomas Law Firm, 175 Varick St, NY, NY 10014. Purpose: Any lawful activity #61804 Notice of Formation of AC Housing, LLC. Arts. Of Org. filed with Secy of State of NY (SSNY) on 01/24/2018. Office location: Westchester County. SSNY designated agent upon whom process may be served and shall mail copy of process against LLC to 177a East Main St Suite 185 New Rochelle, NY 10801.

Purpose: any lawful act or activity. # 61805 Notice of formation of Limited Liability Company (“LLC”).

Name: Swinburne Commerce LLC. Articles of Organization filed with the Secretary of State of the State of New York (“SSNY”) on June 19, 2018. 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 Swinburne Commerce 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. #61764 Solid Ground Capital, LLC Arts of Org. filed with Sec. of State of NY (SSNY) 6/25/2018. Cty: Westchester. SSNY desig. as agent whom process against may be served and shall mail process to Ian Cole, 382 Manhattan Ave, Hawthorne, NY 10532 #61777 IDStyle LLC, Arts of Org. filed with Sec. of State of NY (SSNY) 05/23/2018. Cty: Westchester.

SSNY desig. as agent upon whom process against may be served & shall mail process to PO Box 142, Scarsdale, NY 10583 All lawful. #61783 SOTG, LLC, Arts of Org. filed with Sec. of State of NY (SSNY) 6/20/2018. Cty: Westchester.

SSNY desig. as agent upon whom process against may be served & shall mail process to c/o Demarte, 3184 Ronit Court, Yorktown Heights, NY 10598.

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