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$150 million project in limbo

Dobbs Ferry in dark on developer’s plans BY JOHN GOLDEN jgolden@westfairinc.com

ne of the largest mixed-use developments planned in Westchester County since the recession, Rivertowns Square, is wrapped in mystery after its sponsor suddenly called a halt to an environmental review of the $150 million project by village officials in Dobbs Ferry. Principals of Saber Real Estate Advisors L.L.C. in Armonk, the sponsor and investment manager of a private-equity real estate fund, since early 2011 have met frequently with Dobbs Ferry officials and residents to gain approval of their pro-

An artist’s rendering of early plans for Rivertowns Square in Dobbs Ferry. The project surrounds the existing Chauncey Square Shopping Center.

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Project in limbo, page 6

State receives TZ bids; may raise Thruway tolls • 2

PACs dump money into Westchester races BY PATRICK GALLAGHER pgallagher@westfairinc.com

ith less than 100 days till Election Day, fundraising for the local U.S. House races gathered momentum in June as political action committees nearly doubled their contributions. Six candidates vying for seats in the House in the three districts that include parts of Westchester combined to raise $894,852 between June 7 and June 30, after combining for $732,634 between April 1 and June 6. Those fundraising totals include contributions from political party committees and political action committees affiliated with neither party. Notably, donations to the six candidates from political action committees nearly doubled from the period PACs dump money, page 6

Body talk • 7

BY PATRICK GALLAGHER pgallagher@westfairinc.com

ncertainty over how the new Tappan Zee Bridge will be financed prompted one of the four teams selected by the state to bid on the project to scrap its proposal at the 11th hour. Hudson River Bridge Constructors, led by principal contractors Dragados USA Inc., Flatiron Constructors Inc., Samsung C&T Americas Inc. and Yonkers Contracting Co. Inc., was not among the three consortiums of developers who submitted bids by the July 27 deadline. The group was unable to submit a proposal when Flatiron Constructors backed out due to financial considerations, a spokesman said. “We were pleased to be a part of Governor Cuomo’s efforts to rebuild a new Tappan Zee Bridge,” said the spokesman, who asked not to be identified by name. “Unfortunately, one of our partners, Flatiron, was unable to submit its financial qualifications. Therefore, a bid was not submitted.” Without Flatiron’s participation, any bid submitted by Hudson River Bridge Constructors would not have been in compliance with state regulations due to Flatiron’s inclusion in the team’s initial statement of qualifications, which was submitted to state and federal transportation officials as part of the bidding process in January. Flatiron Constructors is a subsidiary of Flatiron Construction Corp., based in the Denver area, and recently completed construction on the Lake Champlain Bridge. Calls to Flatiron for comment were not returned. The Hudson River Bridge Constructors proposal had been printed and was about to be sent to the New York State Department of Transportation on the day of the deadline when Flatiron gave word that it could not proceed and the proposal was scrapped, multiple sources said. The state received more than 750,000 pages of documents from the remaining three teams. Proposals were submitted by Kiewit-

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Skanska-Weeks, which includes principal contractors Kiewit Infrastructure Co., Skanska USA Civil Northeast Inc. and Weeks Marine Inc.; Tappan Zee Bridge Partners, which includes Bechtel Infrastructure Corp. and Tutor Perini Corp.; and Tappan Zee Constructors, which includes Flour Enterprises Inc., American Bridge Co., Granite Construction Northeast Inc. and Traylour Bros. Inc. State transportation officials have estimated the bridge will cost $5 billion. Separately, the state released its final environmental impact statement Aug. 1, detailing a number of stringent requirements that the winning contractor must adhere to in order to limit the impact of construction on the river itself and the surrounding communities. A source with knowledge of the Hudson River Bridge Constructors proposal said Flatiron was “spooked” by the sheer size of the project and uncertainty on the part of state officials over how the project would be financed. While state officials have said they will resubmit for a loan under the federal Transportation Infrastructure Finance and Innovation Act (TIFIA) program when the next round of funding is made available, the amount of funding, if any, awarded to the Tappan Zee Bridge project won’t be known until well after a contracting team is selected. Without TIFIA funding available at the start of the project, “the upfront mobilization cost of building this bridge is gigantic,” the source said. The state has also failed to elaborate on how the remainder of the project would be financed, the source said. The source noted that all of the principal contractors that make up the Hudson River Bridge Constructors team, with the exception of Flatiron, were prepared to move forward regardless. Additionally, the source cast doubt on the state’s estimate for the total cost of the bridge, saying that “it’s going to be a real struggle to get it down to $5 billion” for the teams that submitted bids. Brian Conybeare, the former News 12

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State mulls commercial vehicle toll hike The New York State Thruway Authority is considering a proposal that would raise tolls 45 percent on nearly all commercial vehicle classes. The proposal, which is based on a report conducted by Jacobs Civil Consultants Inc. this past spring, is aimed at shoring up capital for regular operations as well as for major projects. Public hearings on the proposal will be held in Buffalo Aug. 16, East Syracuse Aug. 17 and Newburgh Aug. 18. The proposal, if adopted, will take effect in October. The public comment period runs through Aug. 24. The Jacobs report projects a $238.2 million deficit for the Thruway Authority’s net balance available for working capital for the 2012-2016 period if the toll increase is not enacted. anchor hired recently as special adviser to Gov. Andrew Cuomo on the Tappan Zee project, said in a statement that it would take state officials four weeks to review the proposals to ensure they are each complete and in compliance. Conybeare will be paid a salary of $160,000 annually, including health benefits, and will be eligible for pension benefits after 10 years under the state’s Tier 6 pension

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State business advocates have rallied against the planned increase. Michael P. Durant, director of the New York State division of the National Federation of Independent Business, called the proposal “priority number one right now.” “I’m vehemently opposed to it. I think it’ll have a tremendous adverse impact on businesses large and small,” Durant said. The Jacobs report also anticipates “that further actions may be taken to address the financing of the new Tappan Zee Bridge.” For businesses, this is doubly harmful, Durant said. “You’re talking about two potential hikes to deal with … all of which, when you add it all up, is going to create a tremendous problem for businesses that utilize the Thruway as their main means of transportation.” system, said Thruway Authority spokesman Daniel Weiller. A proposal will be selected in September and the contract will be awarded in October, according to the state’s request for proposals. A selection committee made up of state officials, engineers and other experts in the field will make the final determination. The committee’s members have not yet been announced.

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Agribusiness giant stays in White Plains BY JOHN GOLDEN jgolden@westfairinc.com

Bunge Ltd., the international agribusiness and food company, and its Bunge Management Services Inc. affiliate have renewed their headquarters lease at 50 Main St. in the Westchester Financial Center in downtown White Plains.

DEALS &DEEDS

The Bunge companies occupy 66,303 square feet of office space in the 309,000-squarefoot Mack-Cali Realty Corp. building, which the landlord said is about 85 percent leased. Jones Lang LaSalle brokers Robert Ageloff, Edward Tonnessen, Ethan Rice

419-433 Mamaroneck Ave.

and Justin Centre represented the tenant in the deal that closed in the second quarter. Ivan Abry, Mack-Cali senior leasing director, represented the owner. Headquartered in Edison, N.J., MackCali in the second quarter leased 274,574 square feet of space at its office and office/ flex properties in Westchester and Rockland counties and in Fairfield County, Conn. The real estate investment trust reported four other deals in Westchester. MyPublisher Inc., a provider of custom photo-book software and printing, signed a new lease for 40,032 square feet of office/flex space at 8 Westchester Plaza in the Cross Westchester Executive Park in Elmsford. The company is relocating from 400 Columbus Ave. in Valhalla. Newmark Grubb Knight Frank brokers Hilarie S.Siles and Michael J.McCall represented

the tenant. Mack-Cali was represented in-house by senior leasing director Louis Amalfitano. Also in the Cross Westchester Executive Park, CP Communications L.L.C., a production communications equipment and service provider, signed a lease renewal for 9,075 square feet and an 8,100-square-foot expansion lease at 200 Clearbrook Road. Mack-Cali was represented in-house by senior leasing director Carol McGuire. At 150 Clearbrook Road in the Cross Westchester complex, Jacs Amusement L.L.C., owner of the BounceU children’s playground franchise, signed a new lease for 13,620 square feet of office/flex space. Bruce Wenig, broker at Rakow Commercial Realty Group in White Plains, represented the tenant. McGuire represented Mack-Cali. Applied Behavior Analysis Corp., operating

as Fred S. Keller School, a preschool for children with learning disabilities, renewed leases totaling 13,445 square feet and signed a 1,278-squarefoot expansion lease at 1 Odell Plaza in the South Westchester Executive Park in Yonkers. Abry represented Mack-Cali in the deal.

Retail row sold

Broker Richard Hendey, of Houlihan-Parnes Realtors L.L.C. in Harrison, represented a group of private investors in the $3.4 million sale of 419-433 Mamaroneck Ave., an approximately 7,200-square-foot building in the village of Mamaroneck that includes five retail stores. The fully leased building was bought by 419433 Mamaroneck Avenue L.L.C., an entity representing an unnamed Westchester-based real estate investor.

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Employee or Independent Contractor?

Panelists discuss future of Westchester and Fairfield counties’ real estate. From left, Mark van Summern, Justin Krebs, Kurt Wittek, William Cuddy, Jeffrey Newman and Edward Tonnessen.

Brokers seek to end youth flight to NYC BY JENNIFER BISSELL jbissell@westfairinc.com

magine you could go anywhere on a direct flight from the Westchester County Airport. Imagine if it took 30 minutes to get to Manhattan from Bridgeport, Conn. Commercial real estate brokers from Westchester and Fairfield counties gathered July 24 to discuss ideas and ways to attract growth in a sluggish market and stagnant area. The 2012 mid-year reports for Westchester County show a relatively flat market and a nearly 3 percent increase in vacancies from last year. Hosted by real estate event company Bisnow L.L.C., panelists said the future of the counties’ growth depended not only on businesses moving to the region, but attracting the younger generation. The New York City exodus to the northern suburbs was spurred by high taxes, crime and dirtiness. But since it has cleaned up its act, people no longer want to leave the city and area youth want to move there. Roughly 60 percent of buildings in the counties were built between 1973 and 1988 and many are in need of a redesign, said William Cuddy, CBRE Inc. executive vice president. “Inventory requires constant reinvestment,” Cuddy said. “(It) can’t sit for years for a redesign. It needs to happen faster.” Additionally, the area could use a lesson in “being cool,” said Kurt Wittek, Black Rock Realty CEO. Wittek is behind the Fairfield Metro Center project that will develop the area surrounding the new Fairfield Metro Station. A hotel and residential apartments

will be set along an 11-acre waterfront park and office and retail spaces will be built connecting to the train station. Young adults want entertainment options after work, as well as being able to walk to retail stores and be close to trains into Manhattan, Wittek said. When they work, they want well-designed spaces with natural light and fresh air, which typically are not found in a building that’s 30 years old. By offering the best in convenience, such as access to Zipcars, day care centers, good food and cheap rent, the area could differentiate itself as well, said Jeffrey Newman, executive vice president of Malkin Properties. There are 14 colleges and 30,000 students in the area, which opens up a lot of opportunities, Cuddy said. If there was more integration between the colleges and the workforce, the area could better retain the youth that already live and grew up in the region. Funding and guiding entrepreneurs in and out of college would do just that, said Justin Krebs, principal at Normandy Real Estate Partners. Silicon Valley is a suburb of San Francisco near Stanford University, said Julia Klein, a Stamford real estate attorney who attended the event. What’s stopping Fairfield and Westchester counties? They are suburbs of New York City near Yale University, Columbia University and New York University. Krebs said business incubators drive growth, leading to more companies coming here to find talent. “Early stage funding is what is going to start companies,” Krebs said. “I’m optimistic, even though we have some challenges ahead of us.”

BY WILLIAM A. BRENNER, CPA CITRIN COOPERMAN Over the years I have seen many clients misclassify employees as independent contractors. In almost every case, the misclassification was due to a simple lack of knowledge and understanding of the differences between employees and independent contractors, as seen through the eyes of the IRS. On the surface it may not seem like a big deal, however, this is currently a hot topic with the IRS. Think about it from their perspective for a moment. You don’t withhold and remit income, Social Security, and Medicare taxes on payments made to independent contractors, thereby shifting the tax burden to the individual workers. This is certainly not a problem provided the individuals are truly independent contractors, but if the IRS determines that they are in fact employees, you, personally, could be on the hook for a substantial tax assessment. Many clients have said to me “I’ve been doing it this way for years and have never been questioned. Why change now?” Interesting point, but when you terminate a person who wanted to be, or whom you classified as, an “independent contractor,” what is the first thing he or she will do? They will run to the nearest unemployment office and file a claim. When the NYS Department of Labor notices that you haven’t included the individual on any of your payroll filings (and they will), hang on tight because the ride you are on will probably get a little bumpy. These cases tend to mushroom quickly, with the State asking questions about others that work in your company, and just so you know, the State typically sides with employees. It’s not just a matter of some payroll taxes. If these workers are determined to in fact be employees of the company or firm, they may be entitled to other employee benefits (health insurance, vacation, etc.), overtime pay, or even participation in the company pension plan.

My advice is to obtain an understanding of the factors that the IRS considers when making employee / independent contractor determinations, and then seriously consider the proper classification of your current independent contractors. Here are some of the key factors to be considered when making an employee / independent contractor determination: 1. The degree of control you have over the worker and the work being performed? The key factor is having the right of control, whether or not you exercise that right. 2. To what degree do you control the financial aspects of the relationship? In other words, who is in control of the finances of the worker? 3. Do you have a contract with the worker that defines the relationship as that of an independent contractor? While this is certainly a factor to be considered, the IRS will look to other factors that demonstrate the independent contractor relationship. 4. Do you provide tools, training, or employee benefits? 5. Is the working relationship expected to continue indefinitely? The good news is that it’s not too late to make changes and get a fresh start. The IRS currently has a Voluntary Worker Classification Settlement Program in place that provides taxpayers with the opportunity to come clean and begin treating independent contractors as employees. Are worries about the classification of your workers keeping you awake at night? Take action now and have a good night’s sleep. The next Citrin Cooperman Corner column will appear on this page Monday, September 10, 2012 dealing with how to control your company’s costs About the Author: William A. Brenner is a partner at Citrin Cooperman‘s White Plains office, where he provides consulting, tax and accounting services to business owners. Bill can be reached by phone at 914-949-2990 or via email at: wbrenner@citrincooperman. com. Citrin Cooperman is a fullservice accounting and business consulting firm.

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PACs dump more money — From page 1

beginning April 1 to the period beginning June 7, jumping from $178,442 to $334,040. Incumbents Eliot Engel, a Bronx Democrat, Nita Lowey, a Harrison Democrat, and Nan Hayworth, a Mount Kisco Republican, all led their opponents in available campaign funds through June 30, and each led his or her opponent in total funds raised during the first half of 2012. All three will be running in reconfigured districts based on 2010 census data. Most of the funds raised by local candidates over the first half of the year came in the form of direct contributions from individuals or businesses. However, with the help of political action committees, small and mid-sized businesses have taken on a more prominent role, said New York City political consultant Hank Sheinkopf. “What’s happened now in the age of super PACs and coordinated campaigns is that even small businesses are joining together in collectives that contribute money to PACs that can impact races,” said Sheinkopf, principal of consulting and communications firm Sheinkopf Ltd. The most involved businesses continue to come from the financial services, insurance and real estate industries, Sheinkopf said. But, he added, “Size no longer matters. Only the ability to write a check does.”

Project in limbo — From page 1

posal to redevelop the former Akzo Nobel Chemicals Inc. campus for luxury apartments, retail shops and restaurants, a gourmet grocery store, a cinema complex and a hotel. The approximately 17-acre site adjoins Chauncey Square Shopping Center near the intersection of Saw Mill River Parkway and Lawrence Street. The project had sparked opposition and concerns about traffic congestion and safety and other issues among residents, led by members of the Rivertowns Preservation Civic Association. On July 26, Dobbs Ferry Mayor Hartley Connett in a brief public notice announced the suspension of the state environmental quality review process for the project. Village trustees for several weeks have been reviewing a draft environmental impact statement from the developer before issuing their findings on the project’s impact and scheduling public hearings. Connett said the suspension was requested by the developer. He indicated village offi-

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By the Numbers: Campaign fundraising, Jan 1 to June 30 District

Contributions from Contributions from political Total Contributions individual donors committees (such as PACs) (not including loans)

Nita Lowey (D)*

$694,713

$140,750

$835,471

Nan Hayworth (R)*

$361,578

$388,956

$750,535

Sean Patrick Maloney (D)

$572,223

$71,500

$645,643

Eliot Engel (D)*

$159,018

$139,975

$313,314

Joe Carvin (R)

$138,396

$250

$138,646

Joseph McLaughlin (R)

*Denotes incumbent Source: Federal Election Commission Through the first six months of the year, political action committees and other nonaffiliated committees had contributed $741,431 to the campaigns of the six candidates running for the U.S. House in the lower Hudson Valley, and another $707,652 to the New York Senate race. Sheinkopf said businesses are generally very careful in determining which campaigns they will contribute to, but noted that New York City and the lower Hudson Valley are most popular with candidates seeking to bolster their war chests. “The New York region is the ATM of American politics,” he said, adding that Westchester and southern Connecticut are home to some of the country’s wealthiest citizens.

Seeking election in the new 16th District, which includes parts of the Bronx and southern Westchester, Engel raised $303,693 in the first half of the year. Republican challenger Joseph McLaughlin, who previously was a candidate for the New York State Assembly, raised no money and has no campaign funds through June 30, according to Federal Election Commission filings. In the 17th District, which includes Rockland County and parts of Westchester, Lowey raised $835,471 in the first half of 2012 compared to challenger and former Rye Supervisor Joe Carvin’s $138,646. Hayworth and Democrat Sean Patrick Maloney, a former staffer under President Bill Clinton and advisor to Governors David

Paterson and Eliot Spitzer, are locked in a tight race in the 18th District, which includes Orange and Putnam counties and parts of Westchester and Dutchess. Through the first six months of the year, Hayworth had raised $750,535 to Maloney’s $645,643 in a race seen as critical to both parties. In the Senate race, Democratic Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand – who in 2010 won a special election to succeed current Secretary of State Hillary Clinton – has a commanding fundraising edge over Republican nominee Wendy Long, a New York City lawyer. Gillibrand raised $3.5 million over the first six months of 2012 compared to $319,978 for Long, and has more than $10.5 million in available campaign funds.

cials were not given a reason for the request and were awaiting more information from Saber. Martin G. Berger, managing principal of Saber Real Estate Advisors, on July 30 told the Business Journal he could not comment on the suspension “at this time, but hope to be able to soon.” In late June, Berger indicated the $150 million project was on track in a presentation at the Hudson Gateway Association of Realtors office in White Plains. “We’re about two and a half million (dollars) into it,” he told an audience at a meeting of the Realtors’ commercial investment division. “That means we’re at the beginning.” Berger said the developer hoped to complete a final environmental impact statement this month and begin demolition of buildings on the former chemical manufacturing site by the end of this year. He said he hoped to have tenants occupying spaces by early 2014. Berger said the commercial complex would include approximately 130,000 square feet of retail and entertainment space. In response to local concerns about traffic flow, he said, plans for a grocery store on the site were scaled back from a 55,000-square-foot

to 75,000-square-foot anchor supermarket to an 18,000-square-foot gourmet market. Retail shops would be sized at about 3,000 square feet and restaurants at about 6,600 square feet, he said.

residence, according to Real Estate In-Depth, the Hudson Gateway Association of Realtors publication. He reportedly said that Saber was close to reaching a deal with Hilton Hotels and Resorts to acquire a Rivertowns Square parcel as the site of a 123-room extended stay hotel. In March, Saber and Los Angeles-based Sundance Cinemas L.L.C. announced that Sundance would open an eight-theater, 32,500-square-foot complex at Rivertowns Square, the company’s first East Coast venture. “Westchester County has a long and rich tradition of supporting the arts, which makes me particularly enthusiastic about our future in this terrific community,” actor and filmmaker Robert Redford, president of Sundance Group, said in the announcement. Based in Chicago, Akzo Nobel Chemicals Inc. in 2010 sold its Dobbs Ferry campus for $5,125,000 to Dobbs Ferry Capital Partners L.L.C. in White Plains. Berger and his partner in Armonk, Matthew Klinger, manage Saber Real Estate Capital Partners I L.P., a private equity fund that targets distressed and undervalued commercial properties for investment. Before turning its sights on Westchester, Saber primarily focused on Florida properties.

“I can’t comment at this time, but hope to be able to soon.” — Martin G. Berger, managing principal, Saber Real Estate Advisors

The developer earlier this year said that retail leasing was being handled exclusively by Robert Greenstone, chairman and CEO of Robert Greenstone Realty Corp. in Manhattan. Berger told the Realtors group that Lincoln Property Co. of Boston would develop the project’s 200-unit luxury rental

Experts weigh in on healthy lifestyles at roundtable BY JENNIFER BISSELL and FIONA STAVROU jbissell@westfairinc.com

he key to staying healthy is listening to your body, according to health experts at the roundtable, Fit for Life, hosted by Westfair Communications Inc., parent company of the Business Journal. A panel of experts on fitness and nutrition gathered at the Bruce Museum in Greenwich July 26 to discuss tips on how to stay in shape, in the face of rising health care costs and rates of obesity and heart disease. Speaking on the subject of eating, chef Elyce Jacobson, co-owner of Skinny Buddha in Mount Kisco, said it’s important to listen to the messages your body sends you. “Your body pulls you in different directions,” Jacobson said, when you’re not getting enough nourishment. If you’re on a diet and you’re having cravings – like a chocolaty, delicious candy bar – it’s because you’re not getting enough of a certain food group and reaching a balanced diet. “No one food group should be eliminated,” Jacobson said. That includes fats. When you’re eating right, you won’t have cravings, she said. But it’s important to steer clear of processed foods and go back to the basics for what your body needs: fruits, vegetables and grains. When it comes to exercising, Equinox trainer Caitlin Vassello echoed a similar message. Just as you need a well-balanced meal, you need a well-balanced workout. Don’t isolate areas to focus on; you need a full body workout, Vassello said. Then, when designing your workouts, it’s important to take things slowly and – again – listen to your body, said Tim Greene, an orthopedic surgeon in Greenwich. “Your body is a marvelous machine that deals with stress,” Greene said. If you work too hard, you won’t continue to work out regularly. Your body will be too tired. When doing yoga, for instance, you should be listening to your body’s limits, stretching only in your comfort ranges. Not all of us will be Olympic athletes, but do what you can, said Dany Berghoff, vice president of 21 Sports and Entertainment Group Inc. Don’t use the golf cart, walk; don’t use the subway, walk the extra mile instead. Finally, the most important thing to remember is “be kind to yourself,” said Erika Schwartz, a medical doctor and wellness and prevention expert. “Don’t feel deprived. Develop self-awareness, know what’s good for you and remember: Everything you eat and put in your body is like a medication; it affects you.” She spoke passionately about connecting the body, mind and soul to stay healthy. But

Dany Berghoff, Dr. Tim Greene, Elyce Jacobson, Dr. Erika Schwartz and Caitlin Vassello discuss tips on staying fit.

most of all, she concentrated on her magnum opus, her work with bioidentical hormones. Moderator Elizabeth Bracken-Thompson introduced Schwartz as “a walking billboard for staying young forever.” At 63, Schwartz says she uses bioidentical hormones to keep her looking healthy. Bioidentical hormones, unlike synthetic

hormones, are identical to the molecular structures that make up the natural hormones our bodies produce. Proponents include Suzanne Somers and Oprah Winfrey. “In your 20s and 30s, you look and feel great because your body is creating high levels of estrogen, progesterone and testosterone,” Schwartz said. “As you get older into

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We’ve picked up a number of new clients and we’re running into coordination problems. Most of our staff is technical. We used to assign one person to each client, but now we’re seeing the need to have our people support more than one client and work on specific activities that they’re best at, etc. How do you suggest we organize ourselves for the next round of growth?

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municate about priorities, budgets and timelines. Account manager positions may be less technically oriented than project manager jobs, with greater emphasis on communication and sales-related skills. Often account managers have quotas for expanding an existing book of business. They meet the quota by identifying new contacts and opportunities within existing accounts that they have been assigned to manage. In order to grow the base of business, the account manager has to be able to “ask for the order” and negotiate terms with the client. Some companies can afford both positions – project manager and account manager. In that case, the two people should work closely together to figure out how to meet client demands, organize workflow priorities, plan upcoming assignments and communicate with staff and clients about job status. When the company can only afford one position, it’s important to decide where to put the emphasis – internal coordination or client expansion. If the company has an active flow of requests from clients, it may be more important to focus on project management. If more sales from existing clients are needed to meet the company’s overall sales quota, it may be better to hire an account manager and assign sales goals. Job skills for both positions include ability to communicate internally and externally, in writing as well as verbally. This person has to be sure that people internally understand what they are being asked to do and where they are expected to show up if they are being rotated from one client site to another. They also have to match individuals’ technical skills to the projects being assigned. Externally, they need to let clients know who, what and when – who will be doing the work, what work will be done and when to expect that work to be carried out. Make it easier to plan work by defining

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A 2-year-old specialty apparel company started in its majority owner’s Ossining home will open its headquarters and a small retail business in downtown Mount Kisco. Tommie Copper Inc., a marketer and manufacturer of copper-infused compression apparel for people with arthritis and other joint pain, is leasing a 5,000-squarefoot space at 74 Moger Ave. Founder Thomas Kallish said he expects to invest $425,000 in renovations to the Mount Kisco building. The company expects

typical projects that the company works on. Make a list of the most common types of work that clients request. Work out a typical timeline, define what skills are needed on the job and create a completion checklist to be reviewed when the job is done. Train individuals or teams to handle specific types of projects.

Managing projects beginning to end is about thinking internally.

If you can’t afford both a project manager and an account manager, pair up a project manager with someone on the sales force. Ask the sales person to provide support-building proposals, negotiating with clients and “asking for the order.” Put the project manager in charge of managing the workload. Consider giving the project manager a bonus for meeting or exceeding quota for work successfully completed, in order to keep everyone’s eye on the important goal of profitable growth. Looking for a good book? Try “Absolute Beginner’s Guide to Project Management” by Greg Horine. Andi Gray is president of Strategy Leaders Inc., strategyleaders.com, a business-consulting firm that specializes in helping entrepreneurial firms grow. She can be reached by phone at (877) 238-3535. Do you have a question for Andi? Please send it to her via email at AskAndi@StrategyLeaders.com or mail to Andi Gray, Strategy Leaders Inc., 5 Crossways, Chappaqua, NY 10514. Visit AskAndi.com for an entire library of Ask Andi articles.

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Though the Westchester County housing market showed modest improvement this spring from 2011, property deed transfers in the first half of 2012 trailed the slow pace of recovery over the past two years. Westchester County Clerk Timothy C. Idoni said 5,389 deed transfers were recorded in his office through June, a 10 percent decline from the first half of 2011. The decline was due to a slow first quarter, when deed transfers were down 20 percent from the first quarter of 2011. Transfers have risen monthly this year from 784 in January to 1,052 in June. Property transfers through June were down 6 percent from the first half of 2010, when the county housing market began to climb from its nadir in 2009. Deed transfers this year were down 43 percent from the first half of 2007, when 9,529 properties were deeded to new owners in a peaking market. – John Golden

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The Westchester County Local Development Corp. has approved a total of $44 million in tax-exempt financing for two hospital and school construction projects in the county. The expansion and improvement projects at Northern Westchester Hospital and the Rippowam Cisqua School are the first to be approved for funding since the LDC was formed in January to issue tax-free bonds that were formerly available to nonprofits from the Westchester County Industrial Development Agency. IDAs in the state lost their bonding power at the start of 2008, when legislation authorizing them to finance civic or nonprofit projects expired. County Executive Robert P. Astorino, who established the LDC, said the financing “comes at no risk to the county or to taxpayers.” The LDC board at its July 26 meeting agreed to issue $36 million in tax-free bonds for an estimated $42 million expansion of the surgical suite at Northern Westchester Hospital in Mount Kisco. The hospital plans to add six operating rooms and 13 beds for its preand post-anesthesia care unit. The project is expected to create approximately 29 construction jobs and numerous patient care positions. The Rippowam Cisqua school district, with facilities in Mount Kisco and Bedford, stands to receive $8 million in tax-free bonds for a project that includes renovations to its athletic fields. The funds also would cover the school’s refinancing of an existing IDA bond and existing bank loans, resulting in $80,000 to $100,000 annually in savings for the district, according to school officials. The LDC financing must be approved by the county Board of Legislators.

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Digital education facility opens in White Plains

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ith cutting-edge technology upgrades unveiled on what seems like a daily basis, the ambitious business owner can run a company with no more than a laptop and a smartphone, says Rob Kissner. His mission is to show them how. And then some. The Digital Arts Experience Inc., founded by Kissner, opened July 11 in White Plains and began offering a wide range of courses July 16. The company’s goal is simple: to help businesses and individuals unlock the full potential of the devices they use on a daily basis, while also providing instruction in audio and video production, graphic design, animation, photography and web design. Kissner, who previously managed a recording studio in addition to working for Apple Inc. as a computer trainer, said he and his father initially conceived of The Digital Arts Experience as a venue to provide students with hands-on training in the digital media production field. However, Kissner said, they expanded the scope of their initial plan to include courses and training programs for adults and

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businesses after observing a major void in services aimed at businesses that wanted to implement their own marketing initiatives but lacked the technological know-how. “What we’re trying to do is take the things a small business would normally rely on a third-party company to do, and give them the tools to do that in-house,” Kissner said. “There’s really no place to go that will cater to these specific businesses, so that’s what we’re aiming to do.” Among the course offerings for businesses are programs focusing on social media, e-commerce, branding and marketing, blogging and web design, and cybersecurity. Digital Arts, which employs about 15 people in different technology fields, also offers courses in various software products, including Microsoft Office, Quicken, Evernote and Dropbox. Courses aimed at adults run the gamut from those that teach the basics of smartphones and laptops to those who delve into multimedia production. The bulk of the company’s efforts since opening have been directed toward marketing. “That’s really what it’s been, 100 percent,” Kissner said. He said the company has already reached out to various business organizations, includ-

Rob Kissner, president of The Digital Arts Experience

ing The Business Council of Westchester and the Westchester County Association, in addition to the county Department of Tourism. After getting courses up and running, Kissner said the ultimate goal is to create a business model that can be duplicated at other locations. “Really what the long-term goal is, is to take this idea, work out the kinks and transplant it in other communities,” he said. Kissner said the company looked at several possibilities before selecting White

Plains, which he called “a no-brainer” due to its central location. Digital Arts is located at 170 Hamilton Ave., which is owned and managed by GHP Office Realty, also based in White Plains. The 8,000-square-foot facility includes a recording studio, classroom spaces and a number of computer rooms for small group or individual training. Digital Arts signed a seven-year lease for the property, and was represented by Bruce Wenig of Rakow Commercial Realty Group Inc.

Kayak Software relocating to Stamford

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eading into its initial public offering of stock, Kayak Software Corp. quietly secured a lease at a small building in Stamford’s Harbor Point development as a new headquarters. Kayak, long based in Norwalk, Conn., raised $91 million in its July 25 IPO, with shares of the travel website company immediately rising from a sale price of $26 to above $33. Kayak had delayed its IPO after Facebook Inc. shares dropped in value following its own May debut as a public company. Kayak secured a lease for offices at 7 Market St. in Stamford, with the building totaling 18,000 square feet of space on two floors and a mezzanine level. Kayak executed the lease with an affiliate of Building and Land Technology, the lead developer for Stamford’s Harbor Point district and the former Yale & Towne factory properties that include the building at 7 Market St. It is only the latest coup for Building and Land Technology, with Harbor Point drawing the headquarters offices for Starwood Hotels and Resorts Worldwide Inc., upscale furniture purveyor Design Within Reach and Louis Dreyfus Highbridge Energy. Kayak’s initial lease is for 12 years with rents steadily escalating from $63,000 a month to just over $74,000 in the final year of the deal. Kayak holds two options for five-year extensions. As part of the deal, Building and Land Technology is planning nearly $1 million in renovations. At its current 55 North Water St. headquarters in Norwalk, Kayak to date has required just a third of the space its new quarters offers. CEO Steve Hafner runs the company from Connecticut, while CTO Paul English manages Kayak’s larger technology operations center in Concord, Mass. With IPO proceeds totaling more than $86 million after payments to investment banks and other expenses, Kayak has a fresh cache of cash upon which to draw – with apparent implications for its local presence given its new, expanded quarters in Stamford. At press deadline, Kayak had yet to release its second-quarter results. In the first quarter, the company earned $4.1 million as sales increased 39 percent to $73 million. Kayak has 162 employees, according to Hoover’s. In its public filings and some other venues, Kayak, Hafner and English have warned of the potential ramifications of Google Inc.’s 2011 acquisition of ITA Software Inc., a Cambridge, Mass., company whose software handles back-end bookings for airlines. Microsoft Corp. has

also made aggressive moves into the online travel sector. “The online travel category is the biggest category by far – equal in size to almost every other e-commerce category combined,” Hafner told Bloomberg Television last month. “We actually have a partnership with Google and a partnership with Microsoft, so overall we feel very confident in our prospects … I think we’ll do just fine.” With $86 million in its pocket, Kayak is now navigating its own options for expansion, including international opportunities.

In May, the company opened an office in Zurich, Switzerland. “I think one of the things people are excited (about) Kayak as a company is the scalability,” English said. “If you look at the revenue-per-employee, our productivity against not only online travel sites, but even general search engines, we rank pretty high. We’re continuing to scale users and revenue, and we don’t think we actually need to expend a lot more money in running the company. Right now we’re just taking profits coming in and putting that into more and more marketing.”

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VC dollars up for New York metro area But down 15 percent compared with last year

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espite an overall increase in venture capital spending compared with the previous quarter, the irregular VC trends continued in the second quarter of 2012, both nationally and in the New York metro area, according to a MoneyTree report based on Thomson Reuters data. The total amount of money invested nationally increased 17 percent compared with the first quarter, with $7 billion invested in 898 deals. But with relatively low funding levels in the first quarter, the year’s totals are still projected to fall short of the $30 billion invested in 2011, yet exceed the $23 billion invested in 2010, Tracy Lefteroff, a PwC global managing partner, said in a press release. PwC and the National Venture Capital Association assembled the report. The New York metro area saw VC dollars increase 52 percent this quarter – with $567 million invested in 100 companies – but compared with this time last year, spending is still down percent. Software and information technology companies received the most capital, while

companies in the life sciences and clean technology sectors saw continued decreases. At the national level, VC dollars to the software industry increased 38 percent from last quarter to $2.3 billion, which is the highest quarterly total since 2001. VC investment in the life sciences, which includes biotechnology and medical device companies, decreased for the second consecutive quarter, falling 9 percent to $1.4 billion. Quarterly funding to biotechnology firms was at its lowest level since 2003. “I think it’s more of a reflection that the Internet is a very hot area right now,” said David Silverman, a PwC partner. “It’s always been an area of investment since the mid ’90s.” But with the success of social media and evolving e-commerce models, such as daily deal websites and better online catalogues, there has been an uptick in interest. Plus, with relatively efficient models and low operating costs, Internet companies can be an attractive investment compared to a costly life sciences project. In the New York metro area, 47 percent of VC funding went to software and IT services companies, totaling $264.2 million invested in 44 companies.

While the New York metro’s funding and industry mix mirrored national trends this quarter, it differed in what stage of development companies receiving funds were classified.

Funding for companies in the latter two stages increased in dollars and the number of deals this quarter, accounting for 53 percent of the total deal volume. Only 26 percent of deals were in the expansion stage. “New York continues to demonstrate a very healthy mix of stage of investment funding,” Silverman stated. “With a significant portion of deals and dollars focused on the early stage, (we’re) providing ample opportunity to and for young startups, followed by strong funding in the expansion stage to enable the continued growth of these companies.” Connecticut companies garnered just $13 million in funding across eight deals. All but one of the eight were included in the New York metro data. In Norwalk, an expanding software company received $2.4 million and in Stamford a startup medical device company received $1 million. “Venture capital continues to be invested in Connecticut biotech, medical device, IT and software companies,” said Owen Davis, a PwC partner in Stamford. “However, the number of deals in Connecticut this quarter is disappointing. In addition, the dollars invested are not keeping pace with national venture capital investment levels.”

VC investment in the life sciences, which includes biotechnology and medical device companies, decreased for the second consecutive quarter, falling 9 percent to $1.4 billion. Quarterly funding to biotechnology firms was at its lowest level since 2003. Roughly half of all New York metro deals went to companies in the expansion stage, while 35 percent went to those in the seed or early stage. Nationally, the majority of funding went to companies in seed or early stages.

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In a stealth operation worthy of its newest secret helicopters, Sikorsky Aircraft Corp. swooped in to embed a high-tech incubator at the new Stamford Innovation Center, with the Stamford iCenter itself launching with a half-dozen startups in house, while hosting a Stamford Startup Weekend March 30 and April 1. At the same time, Gov. Dannel P. Malloy confirmed he met in late

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rchie and Jughead, Veronica and Betty and their forever-young comicbook gang at Riverdale High might blush at the storylines written in lawsuits by their creators’ clashing heirs at Archie Comic Publications Inc. in Mamaroneck. The real-world scripts, contained in state Supreme Court filings in Manhattan and Westchester County, include several employees’ claims last year that they were sexually harassed and threatened by Nancy Silberkleit, co-CEO of the comics publishing company since 2009 and widow of Michael Silberkleit, the former chairman and publisher of Archie

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ohn McEnroe’s philosophy for training future tennis champions isn’t what you might think. Kids don’t have to leave their homes and families and move into an academy where they’ll do nothing but play tennis. They should have outside interests and even be involved in other sports. “The big thing with John is at every other academy you have to come down to Florida, leave your family, play tennis six hours a day, get rid of every other interest in life and hope you’ll be the one-in-a-billion player who ends up ranked high on the pro tour,” said Lawrence Kleger, who will be the John McEnroe Tennis Academy’s new director of tennis. “He wants kids to have other interests, he thinks that makes them well-rounded – better people, better citizens. He even encourages kids under age 10 to be involved in other sports even if tennis is their major sport.” McEnroe started his tennis academy in 2010 at Sportime on Randalls Island. Its aim is to train top junior players for pro careers. There is also a facility in Bethpage on Long Island, and in September the academy will expand to Westchester, at the Lake Isle Country Club in Eastchester. Kleger, a veteran coach of junior players, has been the executive director of tennis at Sportime Clubs since 1998, and an assistant academy director for McEnroe’s school since September 2011. Sportime Lake Isle will have an eightcourt facility with synthetic clay indoor courts covered by three bubbles. There will also be a 5,000-square-foot clubhouse. Kleger

said McEnroe’s academy will use four of the eight courts. “The sessions will run for the indoor season, from September through the end of May or early June. There will probably be about 100 students, ages 10 to 18,” Kleger said. The 32-week program costs $4,200. Private lessons are also available. Kleger said McEnroe will spend most of his time at Randalls Island, but be a “significant presence” at the other locations. “He also personally interviews every staff member and gives his okay to every hire.” Randalls Island has the largest facility with 34 teachers. Eastchester will have seven to 10. The coaches are from all over the world. They were players who had been ranked in the top 35 at one point. The Eastchester facility, which will cost $6 million to build, was started in January and is set to be finished by September. “We select students based on their ability, coachability, attitude and effort,” Kleger said. Some have already achieved success. “One player on Randalls is 16. He’s from Long Island; Noah Rubin. He’s been ranked as high as 14th among people 18 and under. He made the quarters of the French Open juniors.” Kleger has coached Rubin since age 7. Another, he said, is from Westchester, 17-year old Jamie Loeb of Ossining, who also trains on Randalls Island. “She just won a Futures tournament in Buffalo and cracked the top 1,000 in her WTA ranking.” Futures tournaments give players a chance to improve their rankings. When asked what McEnroe is like as a teacher of young players, Kleger said, “You’d be surprised to see how patient he is, he knows just what to say and how to say it to kids. He’s very inspiring.”

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Finding a cloud for your small business

loud technologies continue to rapidly evolve. Up until recently, businesses could choose from public and private cloud solutions where companies can store all of their documents on a remote server accessed through an Internet connection. However, small businesses now have access to cloud-based applications, which allow them to license software that is hosted on the vendor’s cloud. As opposed to purchasing one software license for each employee and installing the license on their computer, business leaders can now purchase licenses, often referred to as “seats,” to the cloud-based version of the software. Often these solutions are more affordable, offer flexible use plans and are easier to upgrade because the vendor handles upgrades for the client. While these cloud-based applications may be attractive to small businesses, the importance of researching one’s options and asking the right questions cannot be overstated. When considering a cloud-based application, such as Adobe Creative Cloud, Microsoft Office 365 and Apple iCloud, evaluate the solution’s offerings in these four key areas: security, support, data transfer and terms of service. Safety first - Is my data secure? When housing your data on a cloud owned by another company, having trust in the vendor is essential. Security policies and procedures should be explicitly outlined in the contract or terms of service posted on the vendor’s website and users should feel confident that their documents are protected. For example, an accounting firm that uses a cloud-based program for tracking clients’ financial records needs to understand how the vendor protects data on their

cloud against online security threats, such as hackers and viruses. Having this sensitive information exposed could lead to lost business and negatively impact a company’s reputation. Small businesses subject to specific security and privacy compliance regulations, such as those storing personal health data (subject to HIPAA) or credit card data (subject to PCI), must also be sure that the security policies and procedures comply with industry rules and regulations. A la carte or all-inclusive? Across cloud-based applications, there is no common definition of what is included. The tools and features available vary widely, which can lead to confusion. Before contracting for a cloud-based application, read and make sure that you fully understand what is and is not included – from functionality to upgrades. To illustrate this challenge, let’s take a look at Microsoft Office 365. For only $8 per user per month, small businesses can purchase a Microsoft Office 365 E1 plan. For $20 per user per month, small businesses can purchase a Microsoft Office E3 plan. While the E1 plan is more affordable, it only allows users to view documents, whereas the E3 plan allows users to both view and edit documents. This flexibility may be attractive to businesses that require different functionality for different employees. However, it also requires a bit of homework to understand what you are sacrificing by purchasing the least expensive plan. In addition to varying widely by vendor, these solutions are different from those purchased from a managed IT services provider and installed on a company’s cloud-hosted server. QuickBooks is an example of such a program where fewer features and functions are available in the cloud-based application. This is not necessarily a bad thing – you just need to know what you are getting and what you might be giving up. Help! What are the tech support offerings? When technology fails, small businesses need support. Be sure to research each ven-

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When considering a cloud-based application, such as Adobe Creative Cloud, Microsoft Office 365 and Apple iCloud, evaluate the solution’s offerings in these four key areas: security, support, data transfer and terms of service.

er service provided through email exchange? Does the company offer online chat support in real time? Vendors often are able to reduce the cost of their services by only offering email support. This can be challenging for companies whose day-to-day business operations are interrupted by technological failure and frus-

trating for individuals who are less technologically savvy and unable to perform basic troubleshooting measures themselves. Moving on – How do I transfer my data? While it may seem premature to evaluate how to leave a vendor’s cloud before you have even signed on, “How do I get my data back if I decide to change vendors?” is a must-ask question. The terms and conditions should outline who owns the data that your company is storing on the vendor’s cloud and how to get it back. Unfortunately, the transition is not always an easy one. Take Gmail, for example. Small businesses are often attracted to its large storage capacity and ease of access. However, transitioning from Gmail to another email solution is far from simple. Despite the ability to export your historical emails, if you have a large volume of email the transition is extremely laborious, time-consuming and error-prone. Taking these precautions will help your small business to choose a cloud-based application that is both cost-effective and adequate for your business needs. Bill Abram is founder and president of Pragmatix Inc. in Elmsford. He can be reached at billa@pragmatix.com.

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The parent trap – balancing the cost of aging parents BY MARGARET PRESTON

aby boomer parents in We s tch e s ter County are feeling the pressure – sandwiched between the increasing costs of education for their children and some of the highest costs in the nation for elder care services for aging parents and relatives. Decisions about elder care need to be addressed sooner rather than later. Adding to this pressure is Americans’ increased life span. According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the number of people who 211215A01 live to be 100 rose from 2,300 in 1950 to nearly 80,000 in 2010, proving the so-called nest egg needs to last much longer than it used to. Aging brings about many different concerns and fears. A recent survey titled “U.S. Trust’s 2012 Insights on Wealth and Worth”

highlighted the top priorities of high networth households should long-term health care be needed. The survey was conducted online by the independent research firm Phoenix Marketing International in March. More than 640 people with assets of $3 million or more, not including their primary residence, responded. Top priorities included being financially independent, not being a burden on children and receiving the best medical care. Furthermore, more than half of the respondents cited as very important being able to stay in their own home and maintaining the lifestyle to which they are accustomed. Despite these many concerns, the same survey found that only 20 percent of baby boomers have a plan in place for meeting the financial needs of aging parents or relatives, while 30 percent said they are already personally financing their cost of care. Decisions about whether to put an older family member into a retirement or nursing home can be both emotionally and financially stressful without a plan in place. This lack of planning needs to be rem-

edied so that boomers are prepared for the financial burden of caring for aging relatives and can try to meet their needs as well for their own retirement. Working with a financial adviser to help balance these costs within your existing financial strategy can be crucial to success. One big step you can take now is to keep it personal – organize financial, legal and health information so that you and your family members can answer vital, unforeseen questions should you or a loved one become incapacitated. Another is to be prepared. Each family has their own unique concerns and priorities when it comes to health and the type of care they require. Develop a network of advisers, including external health care providers and professionals to help assess your specific needs. Taking these two simple steps now can help answer many of the unknowns and make unexpected decisions much less stressful to resolve. Working with a trusted adviser and network of health specialists will help you address your elderly loved ones’ needs as well

as prepare you for your golden years so they can be enjoyed without the feeling of being a burden that so many people experience.

Adding to this pressure is Americans’ increased life span. According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the number of people who live to be 100 rose from 2,300 in 1950 to nearly 80,000 in 2010, proving the so-called nest egg needs to last much longer than it used to. Margaret Preston is a managing director and market executive at U.S Trust, leading its businesses in Westchester County, Connecticut, Western Massachusetts and Long Island. She can be reached at margaret. preston@ustrust.com.

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Acorda Therapeutics, which makes drugs to treat a variety of neurological conditions, returned to profitability in the second quarter, with earnings boosted by sales of Ampyra, used to treat multiple sclerosis. The Ardsley-based company earned $4.5 million, or 12 cents a share, compared with a loss of $285,000, or one cent a share, a year earlier. Sales rose from $65 million to $75 million. Sales of Ampyra were up 28 percent from the second quarter of last year. The company said it is exploring the use of Ampyra to treat stroke patients and those with cerebral palsy. However, sales of Zanaflex, used to treat spasticity, tumbled to $2.5 million from $11 million in the second quarter of last year. A generic version was launched during the first quarter of 2012. Last year Acorda lost a patent lawsuit involving Zanaflex as it tried to block the generic from coming to market. Separately, in May, Acorda said it received a warning letter from the FDA regarding the timeliness of its adverse-event reporting and recordkeeping procedures. The company said it has taken steps to ensure compliance with regulations.

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Hudson Valley Bank reported a drop in second quarter earnings, which fell to $5 million, or 25 cents a share, from $7.4 million, or 38 cents a share, a year earlier. Non-performing assets – bad loans – fell to $40 million from $64.5 million in the year-ago quarter, but were up from $29 million at the end of the first quarter. The Yonkers-based bank cited one $13 million loan in particular as not being repaid, but said a repayment plan had been worked out and that it had received $6.5 million in early July. The bank said the decrease in earnings was primarily due to a $4 million drop in net interest income, a higher provision for loan losses and lower fee income. The bank said asset quality continued to be hurt by the state of the economy and the real estate market. Its net interest margin declined, it said, because interest rates remain at historic lows. Expenses rose because the bank set aside $1.3 million related to the previously announced investigations and settlement discussions with the Securities and Exchange Commission and the Department of Labor relating to the brokerage practices and policies of the company’s investment advisory subsidiary, A.R. Schmeidler & Co. – Janice Kirkel

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SEPT

White Plains YMCA Golf Outing 10 Benefiting: : YMCA Strong Kids Campaign

NFP GUARD TIP OF THE MONTH “I wanted to share four important budgeting strategies that I came across that will help in your goal to save money and time. These strategies will also Markham F. Rollins III help in advancing your mission in these tough financial times. Strategies include budgeting cycles, how we look at revenues and expenses and finding the right software to manage the process. Follow me at www. nonprofitguard.com to learn more about these and other successful strategies.”

Fun-filled day of golf, lunch, dinner and live auction to raise funds for the YMCA’s Strong Kids Campaign ensuring that no child is turned away from programs due to inability to pay. TIME: 12:30 to 8 p.m. LOCATION: Westchester Hills Golf Club, White Plains TICKET PRICE: $350 per person; sponsorship opportunities available CONTACT: Doris Fraser Greenfield at 287-2021, ext. 202, or visit www.ymca-cnw.org

14th Annual Golf & Second Annual Tennis Tournament 10 Benefiting: Alzheimer’s Association of Hudson Valley/Rockland/Westchester SEPT

Festive-filled day of golf or tennis. Golf is a shotgun tee-off scramble format and tennis is a roundrobin. Cocktails, dinner and a silent auction follow both tournaments. TIME: 10 a.m. registration and brunch, 12:15 p.m. shotgun start, 12:30 p.m. court time for the tennis tournament, 5 p.m. cocktails and dinner LOCATION: Elmwood Country Club, White Plains TICKET PRICE: $400 per golfer and $250 per tennis player; sponsorship opportunities available CONTACT: Terry Kean at 253-6860 or email Terry.Kean@alz.org or visit www.alz.or/hudsonvalley

Seventh Annual Women on the Move Luncheon 12 Benefiting: The NYC-Southern NY Chapter, National Multiple Sclerosis (MS) Society SEPT

Women on the Move is a nationwide educational and fundraising event that helps to increase public awareness of MS and the National MS Society while acknowledging and encouraging the advancement of women philanthropists. Guest speaker will be Kristie Salerno Kent, musician and songwriter. HONORING: Verena Frydberg, president and founder, and Lisa Cohen, managing director, both of Make Over Your MS EVENT CHAIRPERSONS: Debby Brooks, Andrea Glenn, Cheryl Lutsky TIME: 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. LOCATION: Trump National Golf Club, Briarcliff Manor TICKET PRICE: $125 per person; sponsorship opportunities available CONTACT: Lauren Grosz (212) 453-3235 or email Lgrosz@msnyc.org or visit www.msnyc.org

SEPT

For A Cause 18 Sparkle Benefiting: : Girls Scouts Heart of the Hudson Inc.

Join Girl Scouts Heart of the Hudson, Inc. (GSHH) in Amy’s Garden at Crabtree’s Kittle House. Come with friends and family and enjoy a special tapas and dinner menu with fabulous cocktails while supporting a very special cause. A percentage of the proceeds will be donated by Crabtree’s Kittle House to GSHH to support leadership programs for girls. EVENT CHAIRPERSON: Renee Coscia TIME: 6 to 10 p.m. LOCATION: Crabtree’s Kittle House, Chappaqua TICKET PRICE: Order from the Sparkle food and drink menu CONTACT: Monica Spears at 747-3080, ext. 765, or email mspears@girlscoutshhorg or visit www.girlscoutshh.org

SEPT

33rd Annual Wheelchair Games 22 Benefiting: Burke Rehabilitation Hospital

Each year, The Burke Rehabilitation Hospital hosts its Wheelchair Games, bringing wheelchair athletes to this very special competition — the only one in Westchester County. The event permits the disabled to excel in a variety of adaptive track, field and table tennis events. In addition to the athlete events, the Burke Games feature lots of fun for families too. There will be musical entertainment all day as well as a silent auction and raffles. LOCATION: Burke Rehabilitation Hospital, White Plains TICKET PRICE: $25 registration for parathletes; free for spectators and general public CONTACT: Burke Rehabilitation Hospital’s Westchester Games Hotline at 597-2850 or visit www.burke.org

SEPT

Feed Me Fresh – An Edible Evening 22 Benefiting: Mount Kisco Child Care Center

The event will feature food from a number of the best restaurants and farms in the area. There will be an open bar, live background music, plenty of space for guests to mingle and tables to relax and eat with friends, as well as auctions and raffles. The evening will be topped off with dancing and dessert. Funds raised at the benefit will provide scholarship assistance to children enrolled at the Mount Kisco Child Care Center. HONORING: Frances and Isidoro Albanese of Frannie’s Goodie Shop and Bellizzi Restaurant, and Curtis Beusman, co-founder, Curtis Instruments and founder, Saw Mill Club TIME: 7 to 11 p.m. LOCATION: Ivanna Farms, Mount Kisco TICKET PRICE: $200 per person; sponsorship and journal opportunities available CONTACT: Keri Reitman at 241-2135 or kreitman@mkccc.org

SEPT

10th Annual “In Celebration” 27 Benefiting: Hospice & Palliative Care of Westchester

DOMINICAN SISTERS FAMILY HEALTH SERVICE It isn’t every night that you lay your head on your pillow and know that your work has impacted someone in a positive and tangible way. But, for the nurses, clinicians, therapists, staff and volunteers of Dominican Sisters Family Health Service (DSFHS), that type of result is all in a day’s work. Positive, compassionate service-to-others is the value that the Ossining-based, nonprofit, home health care agency brings to patients of all ages and walks of life throughout Westchester County, the Bronx and the surrounding metropolitan area. “DSFHS is rooted in a mission of providing professional, competent and compassionate care through our dedicated staff,” said Dr. William T. Smith, Ph.D., president and CEO of Aging in America and DSFHS Board Chairman. “My family, as well as other Westchester residents, has witnessed this superior service with our loved ones, firsthand. Westchester County is extremely fortunate to have this level of service in our community.” DSFHS has long been the go-to agency in Westchester for individuals, families, physicians and hospitals in the local area who are seeking quality, professional medical care and assistance to aid in healing and recovery – and comforting those who are sick, injured or in need of physical, occupational or respiratory therapies or pastoral care. And with the backdrop of recent changes in health care heightening the importance of patients receiving medical care in their homes, DSFHS’s reach in our community is expanding – and in turn, its special programs and need for volunteers are growing.

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JULY SPOTLIGHT

If you, your employees, business or family members are looking for ways to join forces with a growing nonprofit – while directly impacting lives on a daily basis, we encourage you to think about partnering with Dominican Sisters Family Health Service. Your involvement with DSFHS can take the form of being a volunteer, a Westchester community advocate, a donor, an event committee member or business sponsor of local and regional special events and/or community Dr. William T. Smith initiatives. DSFHS also runs community health and educational programs for children and families in need in the south Bronx, which always need volunteers and financial support. “Westchester County is fortunate to have this level of service for our residents,” added Dr. Smith. “As many of us look to support our favorite local charities in the coming months, Dominican Sisters Family Health Service should be right at the top of our list.” For more information about DSFHS’s special programs and community projects, event committees or how you can become a volunteer, please call (914) 941-1710, ext. 1156, or email mdecker@dsfhs.org.

Gala cocktail reception featuring gourmet party fare, open bar, entertainment, raffle and souvenir journal. Hospice & Palliative Care of Westchester provides extraordinary and dignified comfort, care and compassion to every individual and family facing a serious or life-threatening illness. TIME: 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. LOCATION: Westchester Country Club, Rye TICKET PRICE: $200 per person; sponsorship and journal opportunities available CONTACT: Holly K. Benedict at 682-1484, ext. 122, or email hbenedict@hospiceofwestchester.com or visit www.hospiceofwestchester.com

SEPT

Westchester Philharmonic Gala 28 Benefiting: Westchester Philharmonic

An evening featuring Broadway conductor Ted Sperling with musical interludes inspired by the Great White Way. TIME: 6 to 10 p.m. LOCATION: Elmwood Country Club, White Plains TICKET PRICE: $175 per person; sponsorship and journal opportunities available CONTACT: Joshua Worby at 682-3707, ext. 12, or visit www.westchesterphil.org

SEPT

2012 Walk to End Alzheimer’s 30 Benefiting: : Alzheimer’s Association of Hudson Valley / Rockland / Westchester

The Alzheimer’s Association Walk to End Alzheimer’sTM is the nation’s largest event to raise awareness and funds for Alzheimer’s care, support and research programs. TIME: 9 a.m. LOCATION: White Plains High School, White Plains TICKET PRICE: Registration is free with a donation of $100 or more; sponsorships available CONTACT: Terry Kean at 253-6860 or email Terry.Kean@alz.org or visit www.alz.org/hudsonvalley

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YOUR SOURCE FOR UPCOMING WESTCHESTER NOT-FOR-PROFIT EVENTS

Habitat for Humanity Build a House Golf Tournament 2 Benefiting: Habitat for Humanity

OCT

HONORING: Marty Berger TIME: 12:30 p.m. tee off LOCATION: Siwanoy Country Club, Bronxville TICKET PRICE: $500 per golfer; sponsorship opportunities available CONTACT: Rose Cappa at 636-8335 or visit www.habitatwc.org

JULY SPOTLIGHT

Food Bank for Westchester

The 2012 Latina Leadership Forum: “Trailblazers-Their Journey & Story” 12 Benefiting: 100 Hispanic Women

“An Evening in Good Taste” to End Childhood Hunger 18 Benefiting: Food Bank for Westchester OCT

The Food Bank for Westchester’s 22nd annual fundraiser where all funds will go to help end child hunger in Westchester. The evening will showcase foods and wines from the area’s restaurants and caterers, as well as a silent auction. Join this exciting tasting event featuring gourmet delights and drinks from some of Westchester’s finest chefs. TIME: 6 to 9 p.m. LOCATION: 1133 Westchester Ave., White Plains TICKET PRICE: $175 per person; sponsorship opportunities available CONTACT: Katy Coppinger at 923-1100 or email katy.coppinger@ foodbankforwestcheser.org or visit www.foodbankforwestchester.org

20th Annual Mary & Carol Higgins Clark Luncheon & Book Signing 25 Benefiting: Dominican Sisters Family Health Service OCT

Luncheon, book signing, presentation, and raffles. TIME: 11 a.m. book signing, noon luncheon LOCATION: Abigail Kirsch Tappan Hill Mansion, Tarrytown TICKET PRICE: $150 per person; sponsorship opportunities available CONTACT: Lianne Shaw at 941-1710, ext. 1130, or email lshaw@dsfhs.org or visit www.dsfhs.org

SUBMIT YOUR EVENT Westchester not-for-profit organizations are invited to promote their special events in “Planning Ahead.”

Perfecting the Elevator Pitch You never know when you may be face to face with a potential donor. Having the right “elevator pitch” could make all the difference in your networking attempts. Here are a few tips to make sure your pitch is on target.

OCT

The Latina Leadership Forum is an annual event comprised of several educational forums designed to inspire and challenge women of all ages to maximize their strengths and achieve their leadership potential. TIME: 11 a.m to 2 p.m. LOCATION: Doubletree Hotel, Tarrytown TICKET PRICE: $50 per person; sponsorship and exhibitor booth opportunities available CONTACT: Rose Cappa at 747-0519 or visit www.100hww.org

Message from Jim Steets

The business of feeding people in need is just that – a complex, complicated business, complete with purchasing departments, supply chain issues, regulatory compliance, HR demands and a constant need for resources to carry out the mission. While many businesses in the country are struggling, the Food Bank for Westchester is a booming enterprise. Requests for food over the last three years have increased dramatically, pushing the Food Bank to expand operations and the physical plant. In January the Food Bank relocated to a 37,000-square-foot facility in Elmsford. “With nearly triple the space, a dedicated clean room to repack food, and a much larger refrigerator and freezer, the Food Bank has the potential to bring in and distribute over 17 million pounds of food each year. This will help narrow the gap between the rising need for food assistance and the Food Bank’s ability to meet that need,” said Executive Director Christina Rohatynskyj. With a commitment to distribute “nutrition not just calories” to the hungry people of Westchester, the Food Bank embarked on a campaign to distribute as much healthy fresh foods as possible, (along with the dry and frozen products) bringing in countless tractor trailers of fresh food into Westchester. Fresh foods present a whole new twist on handling and logistics, but the Food Bank leaped over those barriers by developing such programs as Project Green Thumb, Rapid and Alternative Distribution and the larger warehouse facility with its 2,500-square-foot refrigerator, will greatly enhance the ability of the Food Bank to continue providing “nutrition not just calories.” The Food Bank continues to be a good steward of the funds and resources donated by the community and consistently saving the community millions of dollars each year. Careful pricing and selection of purchased foods, combined with donated foods and appropriate USDA food greatly lowers the cost, increasing the overall purchasing power of a dollar. The Food Bank for Westchester is a complex, complicated business, efficiently run and effective. A business worth investing in, as the return on the investment is huge, not just in money, but also in lives saved, communities enhanced! Come see for yourself…visit the new facility at 200 Clearbrook Road, Elmsford. To donate, volunteer or to learn more about the Food Bank for Westchester go to www.foodbankforwestchester.org.

To submit an event, visit www.HRGinc.net and click on “Planning Ahead” or for more information, please call 761-7111. Events are compiled in cooperation with Association for Development Officers Inc. www.adoonline.org

TELL A STORY. Statistics, percentages, even catchy phrases will all soon be forgotten after you’ve pitched your speech. But if you can paint a picture with your words that make an emotional connection with your audience, your pitch will stay with them longer and possibly compel them — even if it takes a while – to make a donation, take action or get involved. TARGET YOUR AUDIENCE. Do your research. What makes this company or organization tick? What do they value? Why might they be interested in your not-for-profit over another? Being prepared can make all the difference. CUSTOMIZE TO THEIR BOTTOM LINE. A potential donating organization has to act in the organization’s best interest. How will donating to your nonprofit make a difference to their company? What might they expect after the check is written and why might they consider this donation money well spent? Finally, KEEP IT FRESH. Once you’ve perfected your elevator speech and you’re using it everywhere from networking events to… elevators, make sure it doesn’t get stale. Try not to repeat it verbatim; rather, speak naturally making sure to include your key points each time. The last thing you want to do is sound like a recording, especially in front of someone who has already heard your pitch. Keep it fresh and you’re likely to keep up the momentum! — Jim Steets, Vice President, Communications, Entergy

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THELIST: Private schools RANKED BY 2011-2012 ENROLLMENT.

PRIVATE SCHOOLS

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Fordham Preparatory School* 441 E. Fordham Road, Bronx 10458 (718) 367-7500 • fordhamprep.org

Solomon Schechter School of Westchester 30 Dellwood Road, White Plains 10605 555 W. Hartsdale Ave., Hartsdale 10530 948-8333 • solomon-schechter.com

French-American School of New York 85 Palmer Ave., Scarsdale 10583 111 Larchmont Ave, Larchmont 10538 145 New St., Mamaroneck 10543 250-0400 • fasny.org

Hackley School

The Schools of The Sacred Heart

Archbishop Stepinac High School

The Masters School

John F. Kennedy Catholic High School

Salesian High School

293 Benedict Ave., Tarrytown 10591 366-2600 • hackleyschool.org

34 Convent Ave., Yonkers 10703 965-3114 • sacredhearths.net • shgsyonkers.org

950 Mamaroneck Ave., White Plains 10605 946-4800 • stepinac.org

49 Clinton Ave., Dobbs Ferry 10522 479-6420 • mastersny.org

54 Route 138, Somers 10589 232-5061 • kennedycatholic.org

148 Main St., New Rochelle 10801 632-0248 • salesianhigh.org

School of the Holy Child

St. Barnabas High School*

Westchester Hebrew High School

The Karafin School Inc.

Soundview Preparatory School

2225 Westchester Ave., Rye 10580 967-5622, ext. 227 • holychildrye.org/admission

425 E. 240 St., Bronx 10470 (718) 325-8800 • stbarnabashigh.com

856 Orienta Ave., Mamaroneck 10538 698-0806, ext. 308 • whhsny.org

P.O. Box 277, 40-1 Radio Circle, Mount Kisco 10549 666-9211 • karafinschool.com

370 Underhill Ave., Yorktown Heights 10598 962-2780 • soundviewprep.org

2011-2012 enrollment 2011-2012 tuition ($)

Type of enrollment

co-ed

Principal or headmaster Director of admissions Email address Year school established

all girls

Name, address, phone number Area code: 914 (unless otherwise noted) Website

all boys

Rank

Ranked by 2011-2012 enrollment.

WND

Private day school with academics, vibrant arts, competitive athletics and a wide-range of extracurricular activities; rigorous college-preparatory classes and intensive Jewish studies, extended by extracurricular, leadership and community service initiatives

K to 12

18 9:1

Bilingual and bicultural coeducational day school, dual curriculum in French and English, graduates awarded a FASNY diploma and are prepared to pass the French baccalaureate

Nursery to 12

16 8:1

Coeducational day and five-day boarding; challenging students to grow in character, scholarship and accomplishment; culture defined by Ralph Waldo Emerson, "character is higher than intellect," and motto “United We Help One Another”

K to 12

25 25:1

Coeducational, Catholic, parish high school; supports diverse needs of students and cultivates their love of learning, growth in character and commitment to service in a structured, nurturing environment

Pre-K to 12

25 13:1

Independent, Catholic, college preparatory for young men offering a rigorous academic program, extracurricular and athletic programs

9 to 12

14 8:1

Coeducational day and boarding school; challenging college-preparatory curriculum based on the Harkness method of learning for upper school; on-campus extracurricular activities, rigorous athletic program, visual and performing arts programs

5 to 12

28 17:1

Provides a rigorous, college-preparatory program that seeks the fullest development of mind, body and spirit

9 to 12

Catholic high school preparing students for life and shapes character through Christian values, demanding academic program in a structured setting where students of diverse backgrounds are challenged to develop their full potential

9 to 12

Catholic, independent school for young women in grades 5-12; lively and stimulating curriculum designed to educate the whole person while leading each girl to discover her individual talents and reach her potential in academics, the arts and/or athletics

5 to 12

College-preparatory high school for young women; follows the New York State Regents Curriculum, offering advanced placement courses, college credit and honors classes; enhanced curriculum with extracurricular activities

9 to 12

Core value of individuality is reflected in academics, Jewish studies and curricular programs; three levels of instruction for each subject taught; learning center; honors, advancedplacement and online courses provide enrichment for qualified students

9 to 12

Dr. Elliot Spiegel Diana Schutt (lower school) Leora Kalikow (uppser school) syossem@solomon-schechter.com 1966

874 19,300 - 32,800

Joel Peinado Antoine Agopian admissions@fasny.org 1980

872 22,350 - 25,820

Walter Johnson Chris McColl admissions@hackleyschool.org 1898

841 35,700 660

Paul Carty Patsy Manganelli pcarty@stepinac.org 1948

625 7,500

603 34,350 (middle school) 35,520 (upper day school) 49,930 (boarding school)

Rev. Mark Vaillancourt Sr. Barbara Heil admissions@kennedycatholic.org 1924

556 7,350

John Flaherty Sr. Barbara Wright ssallustio@salesianhigh.org 1920

500 6,325

Ann F. Sullivan Nina Newman admission@holychildrye.org 1904

333 27,000 (middle school) 28,500 (upper school)

Sr. Joan Faraone RJM Christina Washburn jfaraone@stbarnabashigh.com 1924

224 6,550

Rabbi Jeffrey Beer Shari Levitan admissions@whhsny.org 1971

125 29,500

10 3:1

Bart A. Donow Ph.D. Bart A. Donow Ph.D. karafin@optonline.net 1958

82 27,945

6 6:1

100

W. Glyn Hearn Mary Ivanyi info@soundviewprep.org 1989

72 32,100 - 33,200

7 4:1

23 11:1

14 7:1

20 15:1

New York State Department of Education-approved school for students with disabilities; high school diploma-granting program for regents and local diplomas Small, college-preparatory with rigorous academics in a supportive environment; comprehensive curriculum with four languages, advancedplacement courses and electives; extracurricular activities and athletics

Questions or comments, call 694-3600, ext. 3005. Note: This list has been shortened due to space limitation. The complete list will be available through our website, westfaironline.com. Source: Information obtained from school officials and school websites. * Although located outside Westchester County, the school serves the Yonkers community. WND Would not disclose.

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Dr. Maureen Fonseca Chris Downs 1877

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Robert Gomprecht Christopher Lauber admissions@fordhamprep.org 1841

Fr. Maurice Moreau Caroline Calbrese pracioppo@sacredhearths.net 1893

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SPECIAL REPORT back to school

Private student loan defaults balloon to $8 billion BY PATRICK GALLAGHER pgallagher@westfairinc.com

ax oversight and aggressive marketing of private student loans in the mid-2000s have contributed to cumulative defaults in excess of $8 billion, according to a new report from the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau and U.S. Department of Education. In a report released July 20, the CFPB and Education Department outlined several recommendations aimed at shoring up the private student loan market, including one in which schools certify all private student loans. The joint report was submitted to Congress as mandated by the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act. Consumers currently owe more than $150 billion in outstanding private student loan debt, in addition to an estimated $900 billion in government loan debt. Between 2005 and 2007, the percentage of loans to undergraduates made without school involvement or certification grew from 40 percent to 70 percent, as lenders increasingly marketed their loan products directly to students, the report states. Similarly, the market for private student loans supplied by financial institutions grew to more than $20 billion in 2008 from less than $5 billion in 2001, before dropping to less than $6 billion in 2011. Consumer debt attorney Leslie Tayne said the biggest problem is that students are not equipped to understand the long-term implications of taking out more than they need in private loans. “When you’re 17, 18, 19 years old, it’s really easy to take student loans – you just sign on the bottom line and you don’t really pay attention,” Tayne, whose firm, Law Offices of Leslie H. Tayne P.C., has locations in White Plains, Mount Kisco, New York City and Long Island. While outstanding government student loans far exceed private student loans, Tayne said the latter “tend to be more difficult in terms of options available to you.” Government lending programs often have multiple repayment programs that allow students to pay back loans in smaller increments over a longer period of time. Tayne said that with private loans, there is sometimes the option for the consumer to negotiate a settlement with their lender. Absent that, however, it can be all too easy to fall into delinquency and default, she said. “I find that the student loan is the last debt to be paid, partly because of the problems in repaying them and partly because people ignore them early on,” Tayne said. “People pay their credit card bills because they need to buy gas tomorrow,”

whereas they don’t automatically see the need to keep up with student loan payments, she said. Tayne recommended that those who are overburdened with loan payments talk to their lender before they are in default. “We have lots of people who come to us when they’ve received notices on levied bank accounts and garnished wages,” she said. “At that point, you really have gotten to a point where it’s now a very desperate situation and your options become much more limited.” The CFPB report notes that lenders have significantly reformed their student lending practices since the 2008 recession, with more loans requiring co-signers and a college’s certification, but in many instances, the damage was already done. According to the report, 10 percent of recent graduates of four-year colleges have monthly payments for all education loans that exceed 25 percent of their income. More than 850,000 private student loans are currently in default,

totaling $8 billion. During the mid-2000s, due to the lack of oversight and certification of private loans by colleges, increasing amounts of student borrowers did not exhaust their federal Stafford loan limits before seeking private loans, the report states. In the time since the recession, financial institution practices have become more stringent. The number of student loans with a co-signer increased from 67 percent in 2008 to more than 85 percent in 2009 and more than 90 percent in 2011. In 2011, 90 percent of private student loans to undergraduates required the school to certify the student’s need for additional financial assistance. In addition to a recommendation for requiring school certification of all private student loans, the CFPB report recommends that Congress look into whether changes are needed in the way private student loans are treated in bankruptcy proceedings, whether the definition of a private student loan could be clarified and whether more mechanisms could be provided that would offer borrowers a better understanding of their student loan options.

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MIT scientist to head Pace computer science school BY JANICE KIRKEL jkirkel@westfairinc.com

mar Gupta, a visiting scientist at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and a management and technology professor at the University of Arizona whose focus is on linking technology and entrepreneurship, will be the dean of Pace University’s Seidenberg School of Computer Science and Information Systems effective Aug. 15. Gupta has also served as an adviser to the United Nations and World Bank. Gupta said the locations of Pace, in Westchester and Manhattan, make it uniquely suited to his work. “There’s a proximity to a number of good companies, like IBM, and the chance to develop closer relationships with businesses to find out their needs and train students to meet those needs, to produce the skills and talent that will help them,” said Gupta. “I want to see more joint efforts involving business, government agencies and universities.” Gupta said dual-degree programs are more important than ever today. “In the old days there were clear demarcations between

Amar Gupta, dean of Pace University’s Seidenberg School of Computer Science.

people in health care, law and information systems,” he said. “But as an example, in the case of law, today there are issues related to law from information technology and information technology plays a growing role in how legal processes are conducted today.” Health care is one area Gupta pointed to, knowledge of which, along with expertise in computer science, could enable students to be “the change agents of tomorrow.” At the University of Arizona, he developed what has come to be known in academic circles

as the 24-Hour Knowledge Factory, a system of working whereby teams in different time zones work on a project during their work day. “When you come back to your project, you feel as if a magic fairy has done work for you while you were asleep,” said Gupta. “It’s like a relay race.” He talked about how this might be applied to health care. “If an accident takes place at night in the U.S., X-rays can be taken somewhere nearby but read by someone working daytime hours in another country. Or in Australia, in a similar situation, it comes to us for a doctor here to see,” he said. Technology makes this possible, he said, and eliminates the need for shift work, which has been linked to health problems. This system of working can be applied to many different types of situations, he said, and “allows a project to be completed more quickly. Also, there is an international feel to what is developed and, depending on what the project is, it will be of greater interest to potential buyers around the world.” Gupta also developed technology, on which he holds a patent, to allow for precise readings of handwritten information on bank checks. He said it was only wide-

ly accepted after 9-11 when planes were grounded and checks could not be processed the way they had been for many years. Then there is his advisory work. For the World Health Organization, he helped set U.S. guidelines on health infomatics –– information relating to health care and the computerization of it. In the 1980s he worked with the World Bank, in one instance helping develop a financial infrastructure for a Caribbean country that had experienced a lot of bank failures. His work with major corporations in the early days of personal computers produced some interesting reactions. He recalled that when meeting with executives at IBM and encouraging them to develop their own PC after Apple had come out with its computer, one half-joking response was, “ ‘We’re not in the toy computer business.’ But very soon after that, they came out with their own PC,” said Gupta. Just as Apple and other PCs brought computerization to the average person, Gupta wants to bring education in computer science to everyone on campus. “My goal is for every student at Pace to take at least one course in computer science.”

College of New Rochelle gets $250K to open door to higher learning BY JANICE KIRKEL jkirkel@westfairinc.com

The College of New Rochelle has been awarded a College Access Challenge Grant of $250,000 from the New York State Higher Education Services Corp. to help people who do not have a high school diploma or the equivalent continue their education. This comes at a time when the federal government has tightened the eligibility requirements for Pell grants, so people who do not have a high school diploma or equivalency certificate do not qualify. Here’s how it works: Any student 21 or older who wants to continue school but doesn’t have a high school diploma or GED can sign up for an 18-week workshop beginning Aug. 27. The workshop, which is free, meets two days a week at the college’s South Bronx campus. There students’ abilities in some of the fundamental areas of education are assessed – reading comprehension, sentence skills and mathematic computation. The goal is for students to be able to pass what is known as the Ability to Benefit test, also called the Accuplacer Test, administered by the College Board. If they pass, they can be admitted to The College of New Rochelle

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at the South Bronx campus for the spring semester starting in January 2013, to complete the required 24 credits to get a GED. At that point they become eligible for Pell funding. The $250,000 is designed to provide

aid for 40 students. If more students enter the program, the college makes up the difference. The program requires that institutions contribute no less than 33 percent of the grant amount.

The program has been around since 2008. This is the first time The College of New Rochelle has received a grant. “It’s a hallmark of who we are,” said Darryl Jones, dean of the college’s School of New Resources, of which the program is part. “Forty years ago this October we began providing people from historically disadvantaged backgrounds with the means to get higher education.” Jones mentioned a recent study from the Community Service Society detailing the costs to New York City of people without high school diplomas. It showed that each individual, in one way or another, through cash benefits or institutional costs, costs the city $134,000. Those who have completed high school yield a benefit to the city of $192,000. Jones said 80 percent of those in the workshop pass the test. So far 100 have signed up for the August workshop, all from the South Bronx. Hans Van Dyk, the college’s director of corporate and foundation relations, noted that “the program has been renewed every year since 2008, but every year is a new budgetary cycle so of course we don’t know if it will be refunded for 2013. We certainly hope so.”

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FACTS& FIGURES on the record WESTCHESTER

Bank of America Corp. Filed by The Berkshire Bank. Action: diversity-other contract claim. Attorneys for plaintiff: Michael Buchman, Marc Gross, Patrick Dahlstrom, Bankruptcies Jeremy Lieberman and Joshua B. Silverman. Filed July 25. Case no. The following petition was filed in 12-05723. the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of New York in White Plains. Chapter 11 indicates British Airways P.L.C. Filed by Jill the filer intends to submit a plan of R. Shellow. Action: federal question reorganization to the court. Chapter claim. Attorney for plaintiff: Wesley M. Serra. Filed July 30. Case no. 7 indicates a liquidation of assets. 12-05807.

Manhattan Arbesa Rest. Corp., 117 W. 58 St., New York City 10019. Chapter 11, voluntary. Attorney: Salvatore J. Liga, Tarrytown. Filed July 30. Case no. 12-13259.

Court Cases

Items appearing in the Westchester County Business Journal’s On The Record section are compiled from various sources, including public records made available to the media by federal, state and municipal agencies and the court system. While every effort is made to ensure the accuracy of this information, no liability is assumed for errors or omissions. In the case of legal action, the records cited are open to public scrutiny and should be inspected before any action is taken. Questions and comments regarding this section should be directed to: Bob Rozycki c/o Westfair Communications Inc. 3 Gannett Drive, Suite G7 White Plains, N.Y. 10604-3407 Phone: 694-3600 • Fax: 694-3680

Peter T. Roach & Associates P.C. Filed by Zenaida Naveira. Action: claim filed under the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act of 1978. Attorney for plaintiff: Allison Polesky. Filed July 30. Case no. 12-05821.

Servicemaster Superior Cleaning Services Inc., et al. Filed by Carousel Industries of North Salvador Garcia, et al. Action: claim America Inc. Filed by Nectar filed under the Fair Labor StanServices Corp. Action: copyright dards Act of 1934. Attorneys for infringement claim. Attorneys plaintiff: Donald L. Sapir and Howfor plaintiff: Matthew Levine and ard Schragin. Filed July 31. Case no. Alon M. Markowitz. Filed July 27. 12-05841. Case no. 12-05773. CVS Pharmacy Inc. Filed by Leanne Mascarenhas. Action: diversity-product liability claim. Attorney for plaintiff: Manuel Moses. Filed July 25. Case no. 12-05710.

The following cases appear on the docket of the U.S. District Court for Great Northern Insurance Co. the county of Westchester in White Filed by Scott D. Einhorn, et al. AcPlains. tion: diversity-insurance contract claim. Attorney for plaintiff: Barbara A. Matarazzo. Filed July 31. U.S. District Court Case no. 12-05830. Bangkok Grand Palace Inc., et al. Filed by Javier Feliciano, et al. Action: claim filed under the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938. Attorneys for plaintiff: Giustino Cilenti and Peter Hans Cooper. Filed July 25. Case no.1 2-05720.

Novartis Pharmaceuticals Corp. Filed by Jody Birns. Action: diversity-product liability claim. Attorney for plaintiff: Andrew Carboy Sr. Filed July 25. Case no. 12-05707.

Interstate Credit Collections. Filed by Rosemary Smith. Action: claim filed under the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act of 1978. Attorney for plaintiff: Allison Polesky. Filed July 30. Case no. 12-05820. Kristensons-Petroleum Inc. Filed by Hovensa L.L.C. Action: admiralty claim. Attorneys for plaintiff: Geoffrey D. Ferrer and Christopher Raleigh. Filed July 25. Case no. 12-05706. Mangels Enterprises Ltd. Filed by Noel Reyes. Action: claim filed under the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938. Attorneys for plaintiff: Giustino Cilenti and Peter Hans Cooper. Filed July 25. Case no. 12-05719. New Oriental Education & Technology Group Inc. Filed by Jennifer Sax. Action: claim filed under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934. Attorneys for plaintiff: Patrick Dahlstrom, Marc Gross, Jeremy Lieberman and Fei-Lu Qian. Filed July 25. Case no. 12-05724.

Deeds Above $1 million NCKR L.L.C. Seller: Jeffrey S. Shumjeda, Sleepy Hollow. Property: 230 North Ave., New Rochelle. Amount: $1.6 million. Filed July 31. Rockledge Farm L.L.C., Chappaqua. Seller: William P. Taylor, et al, Santa Ana, Calif. Property: 345 Whippoorwill Road, New Castle. Amount: $1.3 million. Filed July 25.

Below $1 million 117 East Gainsborg Corp., Eastchester. Seller: John W. Burchett, Harrison. Property: 117 E. Gainsborg, Harrison. Amount: $351,000. Filed July 31. 159 Lexington Avenue L.L.C., Mount Kisco. Seller: O’Sheridan Inc., et al, Mount Kisco. Property: 159 Lexington Ave., Mount Kisco. Amount: $437,357. Filed July 27. 44 Sea Cliff Avenue Corp., Glen Cove. Seller: Landco Mortgage Bankers Inc., Bayside. Property: 7 Brookdale Ave., New Rochelle. Amount: $250,000. Filed July 31.

PEEKSKILL, 903 Second St. Single-family residence. Lot size: 44 x 138. Plaintiff: PHH Mortgage Corp. Plaintiff’s attorney: Shapiro, DiCaro & Barak (585) 247-9000; 250 Mile Crossing Blvd., Suite 1, Rochester. Defendant: Carlos DNH Inc., Yonkers. Seller: the city of Mount Vernon. Property: Wells Fargo Bank N.A. Seller: Perez. Referee: Anthony Centone. 23 Vernon Place, Mount Vernon. Gerald T. Devine Jr., Jupiter, Fla. Sale: Aug.20, 9:45 a.m., Westchester County Courthouse, 111 Amount: $275,000. Filed July 25. Property: 181 Purchase St., Rye. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Blvd., Amount: $237,056. Filed July 31. White Plains. Approximate lien: ECP Linden Street L.L.C., South$302,175.36. port, Conn. Seller: Edmund G. Fitzgerald Jr., White Plains. PropWHITE PLAINS, 1 Renaissance erty: 165 Linden St., Yonkers. Foreclosure Square, Apt. 35 F, Condominium. Amount: $10,000. Filed July 31. Auctions Plaintiff: Kondaur Capital Corp. Plaintiff’s attorney: Knuckles, KoHugo Place L.L.C., New York MOUNT KISCO, 4 Grove St. mosinski & Elliot (914) 345-3020; City. Seller: Howard Moss, et al, Three-family dwelling. Lot size: 75 565 Taxter Road, Suite 509, ElmsNew York City. Property: 751 Titi- x 123. Plaintiff: US Bank National ford. Defendant: Dario Tertan. Refcus Road, North Salem. Amount: Association Plaintiff’s attorney: eree: Daniel Pagano. Sale: Aug. 17, $549,000. Filed July 31. Leopold & Associates, 80 Business 9 a.m., Westchester County CourtPark Drive, Armonk. Defendant: house, 111 Dr. Martin Luther King IAME L.L.C., Great Neck. Seller: Anan Calle. Referee: John Perone. Jr. Blvd., White Plains. Approximate Patrick Smith, Yorktown. Property: Sale: Aug. 14, 9:30 a.m., West- lien: $1,169,749.97. 4 Martine Ave., 1209, White Plains. chester County Courthouse, 111 Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Blvd., YONKERS, 132 Voss Ave. ThreeAmount: $315,000. Filed July 31. White Plains. Approximate lien: family dwelling; .05 acre. Plaintiff: $754,070.55. US Bank National Association. MOP L.L.C., Rye. Seller: Sylvia Plaintiff’s attorney: Cohn & Roth Harden. Property: 4 Drew St., Rye. MOUNT VERNON, 43-47 S. (516) 747-3030; 100 E. Old CounAmount: $180,000. Filed July 30. Fourth Ave. Manufacturing; .36 try Road, Mineola. Defendant: Jose acre. Plaintiff: Ridgewood Savings Mejia. Referee: Eric Fayer. Sale: Aug. National Builders Association Bank Plaintiff’s attorney: Cullen 14, 12:15 p.m., Westchester County Inc., Mount Vernon. Seller: the city & Dykman (516) 357-3700; 100 Courthouse, 111 Dr. Martin Luther of Mount Vernon. Property: 28 E. Quentin Roosevelt Blvd., Garden King Jr. Blvd., White Plains. ApFirst St., Mount Vernon. Amount: City. Defendant: NBA Realty Asso- proximate lien: $445,917.77. $28,000. Filed July 30. ciates. Referee: Edmund Fitzgerald. Sale: Aug. 13, 10:15 a.m., WestSA Challenger Inc. Seller: Bruce chester County Courthouse, 111 Judgments Bozeman, Mount Vernon. Proper- Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Blvd., ty: 458 S. 10th Ave., Mount Vernon. White Plains. Approximate lien: Amount: $687,934. Filed July 30. 14-16 M.V. Corp., Mount Vernon. $2,220,923.51. $1,314 in favor of the New York SIRVA Relocation L.L.C. Sell- NEW ROCHELLE, 1250 North State Tax Commission, Albany. er: Thomas M. Goodrum Jr., et Ave., Apt 309. Condominium. Filed Nov. 29. al, Mount Vernon. Property: 16 Plaintiff: Deutsche Bank National Palmer Ave., Mount Vernon 10552. Trust Co. Plaintiff’s attorney: Ros- 1574 Leland Corp., Yonkers. Amount: $540,000. Filed July 31. icki & Rosicki & Associates (845) $1,320 in favor of the New York 897-1600; 2 Summit Court, Suite State Tax Commission, Albany. The Bank of New York Mellon. 301, Fishkill. Defendant: Shannon Filed Nov. 29. Seller: Stanley E. Esposito, Pleas- Bracey. Referee: Stanley Edward antville. Property: 1720 Straw- Esposito. Sale: Aug. 8, 10:30 a.m., 185 East Lincoln Corp., Pelham. berry Road, Yorktown. Amount: Westchester County Courthouse, $600 in favor of the New York State 111 Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Tax Commission, Albany. Filed $684,696. Filed July 31. Blvd., White Plains. Approximate Nov. 29. lien: $295,528.68. The Heathcote Group L.L.C., Scarsdale. Seller: W. Whitfield 3 Yardman Inc., Elmsford. $1,401 Wells, White Plains. Property: 9 in favor of the New York State Tax Bush Ave., Rye. Amount: $50,000. Commission, Albany. Filed Nov. 29. Filed July 27. 32-34 South Sixth Avenue Realty U.S. Bank N.A. Seller: Marie CarCorp., Mount Vernon. $226 in famel Poinvil. Property: 107 Sickles vor of the New York State Tax ComAve., New Rochelle 10801. Amount: mission, Albany. Filed Nov. 29. $627,067. Filed July 30. Cartus Financial Corp., Danbury, Conn. Seller: Jason R. Blake, et al, New Rochelle. Property: 3 Melrose Drive, New Rochelle. Amount: $765,000. Filed July 30.

Wells Fargo Bank N.A. Seller: Carlos Santiago, Tamarac, Fla. Property: 24 Adams Rush Road, Cortlandt. Amount: $385,783. Filed July 25.

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FACTS&FIGURES 777 Development Corp., Mount Vernon. $1,897 in favor of the New York State Tax Commission, Albany. Filed Nov. 29.

Burnside Recycling Corp., Mount Vernon. $125 in favor of the New York State Tax Commission, Albany. Filed Nov. 29.

A 1 Quality Home Improvement Inc., Peekskill. $377 in favor of the New York State Tax Commission, Albany. Filed Nov. 29.

Capital Health Care Services USA Inc., New Rochelle. $1,314 in favor of the New York State Tax Commission, Albany. Filed Nov. 29.

A.S.A. Viva Mexico Inc., Yonkers. $3,962 in favor of the New York State Tax Commission, Albany. Filed Nov. 29.

Cardinal Offshore Energy Oil and Gas Inc., White Plains. $1,314 in favor of the New York State Tax Commission, Albany. Filed Nov. 29.

DJS Bar/Restaurant Inc., Pelham. $7,722 in favor of the New York Lis Pendens State Tax Commission, Albany. Filed Nov. 29. The following filings indicated a legal action has been initiated, the outDot of Yonkers Corp., Yonkers. come of which may affect the title to $1,331 in favor of the New York the property listed. State Tax Commission, Albany. Filed Nov. 29. 32 Mulberry Street Corp., et al. Filed by The Community PresDouble-X-Enterprises Inc., Kato- ervation Corp. Action: seeks to nah. $258 in favor of the New York foreclose on a mortgage to secure State Tax Commission, Albany. $400,000 affecting property located Filed Nov. 29. at 32 Mulberry St., Yonkers. Filed June 29. EU NY Corp., White Plains. $1,314 in favor of the New York State Tax Alongi, Thomas W., et al. Filed by Commission, Albany. Filed Nov. 29. Newbury Place REO III L.L.C. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortEZ Lira Inc., Bronxville. $1,320 gage to secure $956,800 affecting in favor of the New York State Tax property located at 1 Renaissance Commission, Albany. Filed Nov. 29. Square, No. 30A, White Plains 10601. Filed June 29.

Advance Consulting Inc., Pelham. $1,407 in favor of the New York State Tax Commission, Albany. Filed Nov. 29.

Carib Realty Corp., Mount Vernon. $231 in favor of the New York State Tax Commission, Albany. Filed Nov. 29.

All Marketing Media Inc., Elmsford. $1,314 in favor of the New York State Tax Commission, Albany. Filed Nov. 29.

Bresfords Trucking Inc., New Rochelle. $903 in favor of the New York State Tax Commission, Albany. Filed Nov. 29.

Cortland Plaza Fine Foods Inc., Croton-on-Hudson. $10,048 in favor of the New York State Tax Commission, Albany. Filed Nov. 29. Furnish Your Future Inc., Armonk. $364 in favor of the New CR and M Distribution Inc., New York State Tax Commission, AlRochelle. $515 in favor of the New bany. Filed Nov. 29. York State Tax Commission, Albany. Filed Nov. 29. Fuzion Beverages Inc., White Plains. $328 in favor of the New Croton Lake Estates Inc., Bedford York State Tax Commission, AlCorners. $1,403 in favor of the New bany. Filed Nov. 29. York State Tax Commission, Albany. Filed Nov. 29. Gem Realty Associates Ltd., Yonkers. $603 in favor of the New York Crystal Claire Corp., Pleasantville. State Tax Commission, Albany. $150 in favor of the New York State Filed Nov. 29. Tax Commission, Albany. Filed Nov. 29. Go Gruda Limo Inc., Thornwood. $2,305 in favor of the New York Curreri Development Corp., State Tax Commission, Albany. Eastchester. $257 in favor of the Filed Nov. 29. New York State Tax Commission, Albany. Filed Nov. 29. Gold Investigations Inc., Elmsford. $4,752 in favor of the New Cutting Edge Landscaping and York State Tax Commission, AlMasonry Inc., Scarsdale. $441 in bany. Filed Nov. 29. favor of the New York State Tax Commission, Albany. Filed Nov. 29. Good Karma Ossining Corp., d.b.a. Nikkiâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Tapas Wine Bar, OsD and L Towing and Autobody sining. $1,329 in favor of the New Inc., Port Chester. $3,639 in favor York State Tax Commission, Albaof the New York State Tax Commis- ny. Filed Nov. 29. sion, Albany. Filed Nov. 29. Got A Hobby Inc., West Harrison. D.J. Home Improvements Inc., $261 in favor of the New York State Scarsdale. $1,501 in favor of the Tax Commission, Albany. Filed New York State Tax Commission, Nov. 29. Albany. Filed Nov. 29. Gramatan Wireless Inc., Mount D.V. Painting and Decorating Vernon. $539 in favor of the New Inc., New Rochelle. $1,405 in favor York State Tax Commission, Alof the New York State Tax Commis- bany. Filed Nov. 29. sion, Albany. Filed Nov. 29.

Bridge Media Inc., Chappaqua. $1,796 in favor of the New York State Tax Commission, Albany. Filed Nov. 29.

Demas Body-Shaping Ltd., Cortlandt Manor. $529 in favor of the New York State Tax Commission, Albany. Filed Nov. 29.

Bronxwood Chimney Corp., Yonkers. $3,211 in favor of the New York State Tax Commission, Albany. Filed Nov. 29.

Deut8:18 Inc., New Rochelle. $1,619 in favor of the New York State Tax Commission, Albany. Filed Nov. 29.

Amanda Casino Properties Corp., Mount Vernon. $286 in favor of the New York State Tax Commission, Albany. Filed Nov. 29. APD Associates Inc., Pelham Manor. $272 in favor of the New York State Tax Commission, Albany. Filed Nov. 29. Apparel Data Systems Inc., Bedford. $264 in favor of the New York State Tax Commission, Albany. Filed Nov. 29. Ashford Service Inc., Dobbs Ferry. $100 in favor of the New York State Tax Commission, Albany. Filed Nov. 29. B. Hawley Smith Company Ltd., Croton Falls. $1,015 in favor of the New York State Tax Commission, Albany. Filed Nov. 29. Back To Earth Organics Inc., White Plains. $135 in favor of the New York State Tax Commission, Albany. Filed Nov. 29. Bassa Irpinia Corp., New Rochelle. $103 in favor of the New York State Tax Commission, Albany. Filed Nov. 29.

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Fusillo, Elena, et al. Filed by OneWest Bank F.S.B. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $562,000 affecting property located at 309 Salem Road, Pound Ridge 10576. Filed June 26.

Marcano, Edwin, et al. Filed by OneWest Bank F.S.B. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $344,000 affecting property located at 210 Helena Ave., aka 208 Helena Ave., Yonkers 10710. Filed June 26.

Garrell, Howard I., et al. Filed by U.S. Bank N.A. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure an unspecified amount affecting property located at 40 Old Pond Road, South Salem 10590. Filed June 26.

McGhee, Queen Mae, et al. Filed by LaSalle Bank N.A. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $235,000 affecting property located at 75 Brook St., New Rochelle 10801. Filed June 27.

Gonzalez, Luis, et al. Filed by BAC Home Loans Servicing L.P. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $509,022 affecting property located at 675 Highland Ave., Peekskill 10566. Filed June 26.

Hulbert, Peter J., et al. Filed by TD Bank N.A. Action: seeks to foreAltholz, Robert, et al. Filed by close on a mortgage to secure $1.1 Wells Fargo Bank N.A. Action: million affecting property located seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to at 239 Union Ave., Harrison. Filed secure $108,500 affecting property June 27. located at 183 Schrade Road, BriarHurd, Thomas J., et al. Filed by cliff Manor. Filed June 27. U.S. Bank N.A. Action: seeks to Baccigaluppi, Ronald, et al. Filed foreclose on a mortgage to secure by OneWest Bank F.S.B. Action: $390,000 affecting property located seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to at 550 Ashford Ave., Ardsley 10502. secure $182,700 affecting property Filed June 27. located at 6 Revolutionary Road, Iannacchino, Rocco, et al. Filed by Ossining 10562. Filed June 29. Flagstar Bank F.S.B. Action: seeks to Benitez, Jorge, et al. Filed by Wells foreclose on a mortgage to secure Fargo Bank N.A. Action: seeks to an unspecified amount affecting foreclose on a mortgage to secure property located at 100 Columbus an unspecified amount affecting Ave., Valhalla 10595. Filed June 25. property located at 41 Cleveland St., Justo, Maria, et al. Filed by ValWhite Plains 10606. Filed June 28. ley National Bank. Action: seeks to Brannigan, Paul D., et al. Filed by foreclose on a mortgage to secure The Bank of New York Mellon. Ac- $147,000 affecting property located tion: seeks to foreclose on a mort- at 9 Chamberlain Ave., Yonkers gage to secure $159,000 affecting 10704. Filed June 28. property located at 72 Beekman Ave., Sleepy Hollow 10591. Filed King, Ermalyn P., et al. Filed by The Bank of New York MelJune 29. lon. Action: seeks to foreclose on Chuni, Maria, et al. Filed by Wells a mortgage to secure $656,000 Fargo Bank N.A. Action: seeks to affecting property located at 46 foreclose on a mortgage to secure Brosnan Place, Tuckahoe 10707. $430,000 affecting property located Filed June 26. at 12 Broad Ave., Ossining 10562. Lazcano, Freddy, et al. Filed by Filed June 28. OneWest Bank F.S.B. Action: seeks Civita, Fran C., et al. Filed by Wells to foreclose on a mortgage to secure Fargo Bank N.A. Action: seeks to $532,000 affecting property located foreclose on a mortgage to secure at 30-32 Spring St., Port Chester $300,700 affecting property located 10573. Filed June 29. at 18 Thelma Place, White Plains Mangione, Barry A., et al. Filed 10605. Filed June 25. by JPMorgan Chase Bank N.A. Credendino, Carol Jane, et al. Action: seeks to foreclose on a Filed by The Bank of New York mortgage to secure an unspecified Mellon. Action: seeks to foreclose amount affecting property located on a mortgage to secure $585,600 at 103 Holmes Court, Yorktown affecting property located at 5 10598. Filed June 25. Charlotte St., White Plains 10606. Filed June 26.

Orr, Ian D., et al. Filed by HSBC Bank USA N.A. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $449,600 affecting property located at 28 Stratford Road, Greenburgh 10603. Filed June 26. Ortiz, Jorge, et al. Filed by U.S. Bank N.A. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $427,500 affecting property located at 1433 Hiawatha Road, Mohegan Lake 10547. Filed June 29. Robinson, Sandra, et al. Filed by Bank of America N.A. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $488,000 affecting property located at 9 Potomac St., Yonkers 10710. Filed June 25. Salcedo, Manuel D., et al. Filed by OneWest Bank F.S.B. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $379,384 affecting property located at 2 Massitoa Road, Yonkers 10710. Filed June 26. Sanchez, Desiree, et al. Filed by EverBank. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $318,700 affecting property located at 116 McLean Ave., Yonkers 10705. Filed June 29. Santiago, Jose, et al. Filed by Wells Fargo Bank N.A. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $392,000 affecting property located at 315 Alta Vista Drive, Yonkers 10710. Filed June 27. Scollard, Gary N., et al. Filed by GMAC Mortgage L.L.C. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $320,300 affecting property located at 58 Halcyon Terrace, New Rochelle 10801. Filed June 29. Sherr, Robert, et al. Filed by Bank of America N.A. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $910,022 affecting property located at 2 Copper Beech Lane, Scarsdale 10583. Filed June 26. Uluocha, Osborne, et al. Filed by Everbank. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure an unspecified amount affecting property located at 134 Belknap Ave., Yonkers 10710. Filed June 29.

Credits, Clients and Awards Somnia Anesthesia in New Rochelle has received a Healthcare’s Hottest award from Modern Healthcare. The magazine’s Healthcare’s Hottest program recognizes the fastest-growing health care companies that are headquartered in the U.S., have at least $20 million in revenue for 2011, and have been in business for five years or more. Francis L. Ostrom III, vice president and senior wealth advisor for Tompkins Financial Advisors in White Plains, has become one of 20 exit planners in the U.S. to achieve the Certified Business Exit Consultant designation. Pinnacle Equity Solutions issues the certification and the education, ethics requirements, experience and examination required in order to achieve this designation. DoubleTree by Hilton Tarrytown has received a TripAdvisor Certificate of Excellence award. The accolade, which honors hospitality excellence, is given to establishments that consistently achieve outstanding traveler reviews on TripAdvisor and is extended to qualifying businesses worldwide. Only about 10 percent of accommodations listed on TripAdvisor receive this prestigious award.

Susan Wallis, a board-certified physician in internal medicine and rheumatology, has joined the medical staff at Sound Shore Medical Center in New Rochelle. After graduating from Barnard College, Wallis received her medical degree from Ben Gurion University of the Negev in Beer Sheva, Israel. Most recently, she served as assistant professor of rheumatology at Montefiore Medical Center, Albert Einstein College of Medicine.

Girl Scouts Heart of the Hudson Inc., headquartered in Pleasantville, has announced the following individuals have been elected to serve as members on its board of directors for a three-year term. Fay Casatuta, an advisory software engineer/information developer for IBM in Poughkeepsie. Adam Kintish, vice president, retail market manager for TD Bank. Liz Pollack, senior marketing manager for Cross County Shopping Center in Yonkers. Amanda Ward, director of workforce development at The Center for Discovery and an adjunct professor at Sullivan County Community College.

On the Go: Business, Etc. Tuesday August 7 “Summer Networking,” 6 to 9 p.m., Augie’s Prime Cut, 3436 Lexington Ave., Mohegan Lake. $20. For information, visit westchesterbusinessprofessionals.eventbrite.com.

Wednesday August 8 Blind author hosts book signing to benefit Guiding Eyes, 6 to 8 p.m., The Village Bookstore, 10 Washington Ave., Pleasantville. For information, call 243-2208. “Leasing Commercial, Retail, & Industrial Space,”1 to 3 p.m., Score Westchester, 120 Bloomingdale Road, White Plains. For information, call 948-3907.

Newsmakers Ability Beyond Disability, headquartered in Mount Kisco; and Bethel, Conn., has announced the following appointments. Thomas Bouvier of Wilton, Conn., director of sales at National Financial Partners in New York City, has joined the board of trustees. James Diamond of Katonah, owner of Diamond Properties L.L.C. in Mount Kisco, has joined the board of directors. David Pearsall, owner of People’s Power & Gas in New Milford, Conn., has joined the board of trustees. Mark Principi of Newtown, Conn., president of Caldwell & Walsh Building Construction Inc., has joined the board of directors. Greg Smith of Westport, Conn., chairman and CEO of Maplewood Senior Living, has been named chairman of the board of trustees.

Snapshot Hudson Valley Hospital Center (HVHC) recently raised more than $200,000 at its 35th annual Golf Outing at the Hudson National Golf Course in Croton-on-Hudson.

Joseph Feghali, effective Oct. 1, joins ENT and Allergy Associates L.L.P. as a member of the practice’s ear and dizziness centers in the Bronx. Feghali received his medical degree from the American University of Beirut in Lebanon, and then did his residency in otolaryngology at the Albert Einstein College of Medicine in the Bronx. The corporate office of ENT and Allergy Associates is located in Tarrytown. Northern Westchester Hospital has announced the following individuals have joined its medical staff. Melanie Warycha Ling Chow Monet France Ewelina Gibek Howard V. Katz Rebecca Lawniczak Mirjam Norris-Nommensen Maria Stanovic Dana Thomas

From left, Bernard F. Curry III, CEO, Curry Automotive; Paul Guillaro, president, Unicorn Contracting Corp.; Jim Martin, executive vice president, Putnam County Savings Bank; Michael Delfino, board chairman, HVHC Foundation; and William Dauster, executive director HVHC Foundation.

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FACTS&FIGURES Uppal. Kuljit K., et al. Filed by BAC Home Loans Servicing L.P. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $352,000 affecting property located at 56 Landscape Ave., Yonkers 10705. Filed June 29. Wieder, Steven T., et al. Filed by HSBC Bank USA N.A. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $880,900 affecting property located at 189 Farragut Circle, New Rochelle 10801. Filed June 25. Wiegand, Amy, aka Amy Gomprecht, et al. Filed by Wells Fargo Bank N.A. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $262,271 affecting property located at 722 Panorama Drive, Mohegan Lake 10547. Filed June 29.

Mechanic’s Liens

New York Founding Hospital, as Have A Life, 366 Hayward Ave., owner. $52,078 as claimed by Dola Mount Vernon 10552, c/o Lonelle Electrical Company Inc., Bronx. Irena Berger. Filed Jan. 26. Property: in Yonkers. Filed July 27. Hydraclean, 164 E. Middle Patent Pacanowski, Joanna T., et al, as Road, Bedford 10506, c/o John J. owner. $10,198 as claimed by S and Michael. Filed Jan. 26. K Distribution L.L.C., Hicksville. Property: in Yonkers. Filed July 25. Marshall Transport, 8 E. Hartsdale Ave., No. 3A, Hartsdale 10530, Rosenblatt, Cheri P., as owner. c/o Fabio E. Perez. Filed Jan. 26. $7,848 as claimed by Monforte Electric Corp., Croton-on-Hudson. MWJ Real Estate, 892 Route 35, Property: in Croton-on-Hudson. P.O. Box 784, Cross River 10518, c/o Filed July 27. Michael F. Sirignano. Filed Jan. 26. Westchester County Industrial Development, as owner. $7,938 as claimed by RD Weis Companies Inc., Port Chester. Property: in White Plains. Filed July 23.

New York Actors School, 345 Bronx River Road, 8C, Yonkers 10704, c/o Robert J. Kelber. Filed Jan. 25.

New Businesses

Newman Auto Shipping, 60 W. First St., Suite 605, Mount Vernon 10550, c/o Omega Obeng. Filed Jan. 26.

269 Purchase St L.L.C., as owner. This paper is not responsible for ty$8,324 as claimed by Edward Ehr- pographical errors contained in the Peak Advertising, P.O. Box 31, Chappaqua 10514, c/o Stuart Glass. bar Inc., Yonkers. Property: in Rye. original filings. Filed Jan. 26. Filed July 24. 581 Development Corp., as own- Partnerships er. $3,324 as claimed by Miller Environmental Group Inc., Calverton. Property: in Yonkers. Filed July 23. Carib Gold, 616 E. Lincoln Ave., C54, Mount Vernon 10552, c/o Dillard Boone and Antoinette Pitcan. Berisha, Hysni, as owner. $4,829 as Filed Jan. 26. claimed by Tarry Fuel Oil Company Inc., Tarrytown. Property: in White Peace Keepers of Mount VerPlains. Filed July 26. non, P.O. Box 3042, Mount Vernon 10553, c/o Calvin Parker, Lowes Bisaccia, Concetta, as owner. Moore and Charles Johnson. Filed $2,207 as claimed by Choice Build- Jan. 26. ing Supplies, Yonkers. Property: in Yonkers. Filed July 24.

Sole Proprietorships

Cortlandt Court L.L.C., as owner. $30,151 as claimed by Tarry Fuel Oil Company Inc., Tarrytown. Property: in Mount Pleasant. Filed July 26. Ewing, Paul S., et al, as owner. $3,265 as claimed by Armstrong Plumbing and Heating, Millwood. Property: in Scarsdale. Filed July 23. Fanelli, Frank, as owner. $6,472 as claimed by Kathi Fanelli, Germantown. Property: in Greenburgh. Filed July 27. FC Yonkers Commercial L.L.C., as owner. $116,169 as claimed by Parkview Plumbing and Heating Inc. Property: in Yonkers. Filed July 26. Manuel Gordon Trust, as owner. $425 as claimed by Gail L. Ascher, South Salem. Property: in Bedford. Filed July 23.

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Scrumptious Wellness, P.O. Box 348, Hastings-on-Hudson 10706, c/o Justyna W. Bielecki. Filed Jan. 26. Software Escrow International USA-S.E.I., 25-301 Barker St., Mount Kisco 10549, c/o Linda Bari. Filed Jan. 25.

Patents

The following patents were issued by the U.S. Patent and Trademark OfAmerica’s Home Cleaning Ser- fice in Washington, D.C. vice, P.O. Box 251, Ossining 10566, c/o Zoila F. Lazo. Filed Jan. 26. Adaptive authentication solution that rewards almost correct Arcadia Massage, 20 Butler Hill passwords and that simulates acRoad, Somers 10589, c/o Ilyse De- cess for incorrect passwords. Patent no. 8,234,499 issued to Subil M. sharnais. Filed Jan. 25. Abraham, Plano, Texas; Lee A. Carbonell, Flower Mound, Texas; Tsz Cakes By Fee, 325 S. Second Ave., Cheng, Grand Prairie, Texas; and Mount Vernon 10550, c/o Felicia Mathews Thomas, Flower Mound, Purvis Constable. Filed Jan. 25. Texas. Assigned to International Business Machines Corp., ArCarmen’s Family Child Care, 50 monk. Lincoln Ave., Ossining 10562, c/o Carmen Monahan. Filed Jan. 26. Aging and elimination of avatars and associated objects from Chanel Nicole, 30 Park Ave., Apt. computer simulated displayed 5T, Mount Vernon 10550, c/o Cha- virtual universes. Patent no. 8,234,579 issued to Lydia Do, Renel Nicole Elvin. Filed Jan. 26. search Triangle Park, N.C.; Rick DMS La Montagne, 30 Congress Hamilton II, Charlottesville, N.C.; St., New Rochelle 10801, c/o Luis Kevin Paterson, San Antonio, Texas; and James Seaman, Falls Perez. Filed Jan. 26. Church, Va. Assigned to International Business Machines Corp., Fana Interior Artisans, 18 Har- Armonk. vard Lane, Hastings-on-Hudson 10706, c/o Robert Weinstein. Filed Jan. 26.

Apparatus and method for implementing write assist for static random-access memory arrays. Patent no. 8,233,342 issued to Chad A. Adams, Byron, Minn.; George M. Braceras, Essex Junction, Vt.; Harold Pilo, Underhill, Vt.; and Fred J. Towler, Essex Junction, Vt. Assigned to International Business Machines Corp., Armonk.

Disk with embedded flash memory and disc drive. Patent no. 8,234,667 issued to Gregory R. Hintermeister, Rochester, Minn. Assigned to International Business Machines Corp., Armonk.

Fault-tolerant mutual-exclusion locks for shared-memory systems. Patent no. 8,234,646 issued to Maged M. Michael, Danbury, Apparatus and system for pro- Conn.; and Yong-Jik Kim, Durducing atom feeds with J2CA ham, N.C. Assigned to Internaadapters. Patent no. 8,234,662 tional Business Machines Corp., issued to Joel A. Farrell, Ashland, Armonk. Mass.; Travis Nelson, San Jose, Calif.; and Piotr Przybylski, San Hierarchical and incremental Carlos, Calif. Assigned to Interna- multivariate analysis for protional Business Machines Corp., cess control. Patent no. 8,233,494 Armonk. issued to Lisa Amini, Yorktown Heights; Edward Begle, Howells; Autonomic auto-configuration Brian Pfeifer, Lagrangeville; Deepusing prior installation-config- ak S. Turaga, Nanuet; Olivier Veruration relationships. Patent no. scheure, Hopewell Junction; Justin 8,234,639 issued to Puthukode G. Wong, South Burlington, Vt.; and Ramachandran, Austin, Texas; John Gerett Yocum, Poughkeepsie. AsC. Sanchez, Pflugerville, Texas; Lo- signed to International Business rin Ullmann, Austin, Texas; and Machines Corp., Armonk. Mark Williams, Austin, Texas. Assigned to International Business Managing privacy settings for Machines Corp., Armonk. a social network. Patent no. 8,234,688 issued to Tyrone W. A. Co-optimization of embedded Grandison, San Jose, Calif.; Sherry systems utilizing symbolic ex- Guo, Fremont, Calif.; Kun Liu, San ecution. Patent no. 8,234,604 is- Jose, Calif.; Eugene Maximilien, sued to Ali El-Zein, Austin, Texas; San Jose, Calif.; Dwayne Richardand Fadi Zaraket, Austin, Texas. As- son, San Francisco, Calif.; and Tony signed to International Business Sun, Pleasanton, Calif. Assigned to International Business Machines Machines Corp., Armonk. Corp., Armonk. Creation and use of test cases for automated testing of media- Metal wiring structure for intebased applications. Patent no. gration with through-substrate 8,234,680 issued to William V. Da vias. Patent no. 8,234,606 issued Palma, Coconut Creek, Fla.; and to David S. Collins, Williston, Vt.; Brien H. Muschett, Palm Beach Alvin Joseph, Williston, Vt.; Peter Gardens, Fla. Assigned to Interna- J. Lindgren, Essex Junction, Vt.; tional Business Machines Corp., Anthony K. Stamper, Williston, Armonk. Vt.; and Kimball M. Watson, Essex Junction, Vt. Assigned to InternaDeallocation of computer data in tional Business Machines Corp., a multithreaded computer. Pat- Armonk. ent no. 8,234,645 issued to William Armstrong, Rochester, Minn.; Peter Method and system for selecting Heyrman, Rochester, Minn.; and and broadcasting audio/video Naresh Nayar, Rochester, Minn. As- content based on location. Patsigned to International Business ent no. 8,234,677 issued to Craig Fellenstein, Brookfield, Conn.; and Machines Corp., Armonk. Steven Jackson, Yardley, Pa. AsDetection of duplicate memory signed to International Business pages across guest-operating Machines Corp., Armonk. systems on a shared host. Patent no. 8,234,655 issued to Kevin Network security management Corry, Pflugerville, Texas; Mark for ambiguous user names. PatPeloquin, Austin, Texas; Steven L. ent no. 8,234,695 issued to Alan D. Pratt, Leander, Texas; Karl Rister, Eldridge, Hollis, N.H.; Phillipe A. Austin, Texas; and Andrew Theurer, Loher, Lowell, Mass.; Peter O. MierAustin, Texas. Assigned to Interna- swa, Sterling, Mass.; and Steven tional Business Machines Corp., E. Read, Berlin, Mass. Assigned to International Business Machines Armonk. Corp., Armonk.

Phase change memory cycle timer and method. Patent no. 8,233,345 issued to John A. Gabric, Essex Junction, Vt.; Mark C. Lamorey, South Burlington, Vt.; and Thomas M. Maffitt, Burlington, Vt. Assigned to International Business Machines Corp., Armonk. Programmatically managing connections between servers and clients. Patent no. 8,234,330 issued to Peter J. Hall, Ringwood, N.J. Assigned to International Business Machines Corp., Armonk. Quantifying completion stalls using instruction sampling. Patent no. 8,234,484 issued to Venkat Indukuru, Austin, Texas; and Alexander Mericas, Austin, Texas. Assigned to International Business Machines Corp., Armonk. Selecting a system management product for performance of system management tasks. Patent no. 8,234,644 issued to Hari Madduri, Austin, Texas; and Puthukode G. Ramachandran, Austin, Texas. Assigned to International Business Machines Corp., Armonk. Single clock dynamic compare circuit. Patent no. 8,233,331 issued to Yuen H. Chan, Poughkeepsie; Antonio R. Pelella, Highland Falls; Richard E. Serton, Clinton; and Arthur Tuminaro, Lagrangeville. Assigned to International Business Machines Corp., Armonk. Soft-error correction in sleeping processors. Patent no. 8,234,554 issued to Kerry Bernstein, Underhill, Vt.; and Norman J. Rohrer, Underhill, Vt. Assigned to International Business Machines Corp., Armonk. Tool and method to graphically correlate process and test data with specific chips on a wafer. Patent no. 8,234,597 issued to Mark J. Flemming, Essex Junction, Vt.; Alexander J. Franz, Westford, Vt.; Tyler D. Kieft, Essex Junction, Vt.; Raghav Kohli, Essex Junction, Vt.; Karl V. Swanke, Essex Junction, Vt.; Matthew S. Turnbull, Essex Junction, Vt.; and Matthew Walker, South Burlington, Vt. Assigned to International Business Machines Corp., Armonk. Wear leveling of solid-state disks based on usage information of data and parity received from a raid controller. Patent no. 8,234,520 issued to Andrew Walls, San Jose, Calif.; and Daniel Moertl, Rochester, Minn. Assigned to International Business Machines Corp., Armonk.

HUDSON VALLEY Building Loans Above $1 million CPK Union L.L.C., New Windsor, as owner. Lender: TD Bank N.A., New Windsor. Property: 1217 Route 300, Newburgh. Amount: $2.9 million. Filed July 26. Jegg Realty, Poughkeepsie, as owner. Lender: M&T Bank, Buffalo. Property: 541 Route 211 E., Wallkill. Amount: $1.2 million. Filed July 26.

Below $1 million Jacobs Road Associates L.L.C., Pine Bush, as owner. Lender: Libertyville Capital Group II L.L.C., Middletown. Property: Rachel Drive, Lot 3, Chester. Amount: $240,000. Filed July 26. Jacobs Road Associates L.L.C., Pine Bush, as owner. Lender: Libertyville Capital Group II L.L.C., Middletown. Property: Rachel Drive, Lot 7, Chester. Amount: $200,000. Filed July 26.

Deeds Above $1 million Dolson Free Standing L.L.C., Monsey. Seller: Kathleen A. House Living Trust, Florida. Property: in Middletown. Amount: $1.5 million. Filed July 24. Elohim Properties L.L.C., Albany. Seller: SAS Properties Inc., Kingston. Property: in Ulster. Amount: $1.7 million. Filed July 19. WSH Realty Corp., Goshen. Seller: PJH Realty L.L.C., Goshen. Property: in Goshen. Amount: $2 million. Filed July 27.

Below $1 million

Columbia Drumlin L.L.C., Poughkeepsie. Seller: Ulster County, Kingston. Property: 104 Briar181 Evergreen L.L.C., Port Jervis. wood Court, New Paltz. Amount: Seller: 181 Pike L.L.C., Syracuse. $102,000. Filed July 23. Property: 181 Pike St., Port Jervis 12771. Amount: $400,000. Filed Columbia Drumlin L.L.C., July 30. Poughkeepsie. Seller: Ulster County, Kingston. Property: 35 Rocky 21 Chevron 202 Corp., et al, Hill Road, New Paltz. Amount: Monroe. Seller: Famous Develop- $76,000. Filed July 23. ers L.L.C., Brooklyn. Property: in Monroe. Amount: $297,800. Filed Columbia Drumlin L.L.C., July 25. Poughkeepsie. Seller: Ulster County, Kingston. Property: 196 Market 303 Clinton Avenue L.L.C., Kings- St., Saugerties. Amount: $62,000. ton. Seller: Senate House Proper- Filed July 24. ties Ltd., Kingston. Property: 303 Clinton Ave., Kingston. Amount: Costa Home Builders, Graha$200,000. Filed July 23. msville. Seller: Ulster County, Kingston. Property: 12 Piney Point 47 East Main Street L.L.C., Road, Olive. Amount: $37,000. Beacon. Seller: East Coast West Filed July 23. Coast L.L.C., Beacon. Property: 47 E. Main St., Beacon. Amount: Cranberry Hill Realty Inc., $325,000. Filed July 23. Ozone Park. Seller: Luke Joerger, et al, Hastings-on-Hudson. Property: 509 Route 32 L.L.C., Highland 1 Spring Glen Road, Mountaindale. Mills. Seller: Patsy B. Boffardi, et Amount: $150,000. Filed July 25. al, Highland Mills. Property: 509 Route 32, Woodbury. Amount: Evergreen Avenue L.L.C., Pough$400,000. Filed July 27. keepsie. Seller: Dutchess Golf and Country Club Inc., Poughkeep5465 Route 9W L.L.C., Central sie. Property: in Poughkeepsie. Valley. Seller: Julius V. Magyar Jr., Amount: $150,000. Filed July 26. et al, Newburgh. Property: in Newburgh. Amount: $975,000. Filed Excalibur 7 Inc., Flushing. Seller: July 25. Ulster County, Kingston. Property: 116 Trapps Road, Gardiner. 8 Kahan 301 Inc., Brooklyn. Seller: Amount: $20,000. Filed July 23. Benjamin Jacobowitz, Brooklyn. Property: in Monroe. Amount: Federal National Mortgage As$150,000. Filed July 27. sociation. Seller: Andrew S. Mitchell, Newburgh. Property: 1 Gedney American International Relo- Way, Newburgh 12550. Amount: cation Solutions L.L.C., Dan- $145,000. Filed July 27. bury, Conn. Seller: Steven Burns, et al, Monroe. Property: 5 Ziggy Court, Warwick 10950. Amount: Federal National Mortgage Association. Seller: Brett Linn, Carmel. $430,000. Filed July 27. Property: 26 Maple Drive, Middletown 10940. Amount: $266,829. Brookfield Relocation Inc. Seller: Filed July 24. Patrick Flynn, et al, Goshen. Property: in Goshen. Amount: $282,000. GHD Developers L.L.C., BrookFiled July 25. lyn. Seller: Ulster County, Kingston. Property: 162 Red Star Road, BWSF Developer Corp., Brook- Wawarsing. Amount: $9,980. Filed lyn. Seller: Leopold Freund, Mon- July 23. roe. Property: in Monroe. Amount: $80,000. Filed July 25. GHD Developers L.L.C., Brooklyn. Seller: Ulster County, KingsCee-Jay 18 L.L.C., Middletown. ton. Property: 1342 Berme Road, Seller: Susan Salo, Monroe. Prop- Wawarsing. Amount: $37,000. Filed erty: in Goshen. Amount: $247,500. July 23. Filed July 25.

Harinam Properties L.L.C., Ancram. Seller: Max Mart Inc., Highland. Property: in Esopus. Amount: $600,900. Filed July 23. Hashleim L.L.C., Monroe. Seller: Karmil 1 Corp, Harriman. Property: 215 Seven Springs Road, Highland Mills 10930. Amount: $285,000. Filed July 27.

Omega Institute For Holistic Studies, Rhinebeck. Seller: Donald Judgments R. Schoch, et al, Cincinnati, Ohio. Property: in Clinton. Amount: 309 Route 32 Corp., Central Val$50,000. Filed July 26. ley. $2,098 in favor of the New York State Department of Taxation and Orrs Mill Road Properties L.L.C., Finance, Albany. Filed March 22. Johnson. Seller: George V. Wontz, Salisbury Mills. Property: 45, 47, A and A Auto Repair, Saugerties. and 49 Orrs Mill Road, Salisbury $150 in favor of the New York State Mills 12577. Amount: $251,000. Department of Taxation and FiFiled July 25. nance, Albany. Filed July 23.

HR Marketing Corp., Monroe. Seller: Chaim Ellenbogen, Monroe. Property: in Monroe. Amount: PHR Funding L.L.C., Brooklyn. Seller: Presidential Heights Realty $55,000. Filed July 30. L.L.C., Monroe. Property: in MidJade Real Estate Holdings L.L.C., dletown. Amount: $528,800. Filed Otisville. Seller: Portofino L.L.C., July 30. Chester. Property: in Middletown. QXHL Residential Properties Amount: $110,000. Filed July 30. L.L.C., Kingston. Seller: Ulster Kahrs Realty L.L.C., Kingston. County, Kingston. Property: 25 Seller: Helene Kahrs, Kingston. Grand St., Marlborough. Amount: Property: 34 Summer St., Kingston. $62,000. Filed July 23. Amount: $30,500. Filed July 26. R.S. Julia L.L.C., New Paltz. Seller: Kiryas Broche Corp., Monroe. Ulster County, Kingston. Property: Seller: Moshe Grunfeld, Monroe. 398 Awosting Road, Shawangunk. Property: in Monroe. Amount: Amount: $9,000. Filed July 24. $270,000. Filed July 26. Rensselaer Grads L.L.C., MounLisa Land L.L.C., Wallkill. Seller: tain Lakes, N.J. Seller: Ulster CounUlster County, Kingston. Property: ty, Kingston. Property: 8880 Route 207 Kingsview Highway, Plattekill. 28, Shandaken. Amount: $27,000. Filed July 23. Amount: $20,000. Filed July 23. M and J Estates of OC L.L.C., Monroe. Seller: Famous Developers L.L.C., Brooklyn. Property: in Monroe. Amount: $188,000. Filed July 27.

A to Z Wholesalers, Newburgh. $1,035 in favor of the New York State Department of Taxation and Finance, Albany. Filed April 5. Active Steel Detailing Ltd., Monroe. $1,338 in favor of the New York State Department of Taxation and Finance, Albany. Filed April 2. All Brite Window Cleaning Company Inc., Saugerties. $1,670 in favor of the New York State Department of Labor Unemployment Insurance Division, Albany. Filed July 24. All Star Maintenance, Phoenicia. $603 in favor of the New York State Department of Taxation and Finance, Albany. Filed July 23.

Allied Appraisers Inc., Highland RS Julia L.L.C., New Paltz. Seller: Mills. $1,338 in favor of the New Ulster County, Kingston. Property: York State Department of Taxation Mount Zion Road, Marlborough. and Finance, Albany. Filed April 2. Amount: $11,527. Filed July 23.

Scenic Horizon Farm L.L.C., M and J Estates of OC L.L.C., Warwick. Seller: Sundown ProperMonroe. Seller: Famous Develop- ties Inc., Greenfield Center. Properers L.L.C., Brooklyn. Property: in ty: in Warwick. Amount: $225,000. Monroe. Amount: $153,000. Filed Filed July 24. July 27. Sirvas Relocation Properties Mid-Hudson Valley Federal Cred- L.L.C. Seller: Christian Wiedholz, it Union, Kingston. Seller: Ulster et al, Newburgh. Property: 22 RaCounty, Kingston. Property: 963 mona Road, Newburgh 12550. Blue Mountain Road, Saugerties. Amount: $275,000. Filed July 30. Amount: $76,000. Filed July 24. SVL Properties L.L.C., New Paltz. Moshe Rosenfeld Inc., Monroe. Seller: Ulster County, Kingston. Seller: Wallkill Senior Housing Property: 1525 Route 32, Plattekill. L.L.C., Washingtonville. Property: Amount: $41,000. Filed July 23. 9 W. Main St., Washingtonville 10992. Amount: $105,000. Filed The Botanical Resort L.L.C., Monroe. Seller: Bais Chuna, BrookJuly 30. lyn. Property: in Monroe. Amount: Motex Supply Corp., Monroe. $200,000. Filed July 25. Seller: David Mandel, Monroe. Property: in Monroe. Amount: Woodstock Public Library District, Woodstock. Seller: Ulster $73,000. Filed July 25. County, Kingston. Property: 6 LiGHD Developers L.L.C., Brookbrary Lane, Woodstock. Amount: lyn. Seller: U.S. Bank N.A. Proper$71,000. Filed July 19. ty: in Ellenville. Amount: $24,000. Filed July 20.

Ashley’s Pizzeria and Café, Greenwood Lake. $826 in favor of the New York State Department of Taxation and Finance, Albany. Filed April 2. Aspen 2 Inc., Middletown. $1,335 in favor of the New York State Department of Taxation and Finance, Albany. Filed March 22. Autoboyz L.L.C., Montgomery. $406 in favor of the New York State Department of Taxation and Finance, Albany. Filed April 2. Bascon Enterprises Inc., Tuxedo Park. $1,338 in favor of the New York State Department of Taxation and Finance, Albany. Filed April 5. BBF Inc., Kingston. $1,162 in favor of the New York State Department of Labor and the Department of Taxation and Finance, Albany. Filed July 24.

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FACTS&FIGURES Beauty Deals Inc., Monroe. $1,450 in favor of the New York State Department of Taxation and Finance, Albany. Filed March 22.

Daddy Green Trucking, Newburgh. $105 in favor of the New York State Department of Taxation and Finance, Albany. Filed April 5.

Frank P. Funicella Inc., Westtown. $278 in favor of the New York State Department of Taxation and Finance, Albany. Filed April 2.

J and G Taxi Radio Renting Co., Newburgh. $724 in favor of the New York State Department of Taxation and Finance, Albany. Filed April 5.

Monroe Paving Inc., Monroe. $104 in favor of the New York State Department of Taxation and Finance, Albany. Filed April 2.

S and X Auto, Ellenville. $200 in favor of the New York State Department of Taxation and Finance, Albany. Filed July 23.

B-E-Z Enterprises Inc., New Windsor. $2,524 in favor of the New York State Department of Taxation and Finance, Albany. Filed April 5.

Danceafrocuba Inc., Middletown. $1,481 in favor of the New York State Department of Taxation and Finance, Albany. Filed April 2.

G.G.M. Fitness Management Inc., Middletown. $1,035 in favor of the New York State Department of Taxation and Finance, Albany. Filed April 5.

Jianrong Gift Shop, Otisville. $2,209 in favor of the New York State Department of Taxation and Finance, Albany. Filed March 22.

Moran’s Rest Home, d.b.a. Moran’s Farm, Modena. $105 in favor of the New York State Department of Taxation and Finance, Albany. Filed July 23.

S.G. Performance, Monroe. $1,085 in favor of the New York State Department of Taxation and Finance, Albany. Filed April 5.

Bielawski Photography, Greenwood Lake. $1,032 in favor of the New York State Department of Taxation and Finance, Albany. Filed April 3.

Duso Construction Corp., Hurley. $1,369 in favor of the New York State Department of Labor Unemployment Insurance Division, Albany. Filed July 24.

Garcia Supermarket, Middletown. $3,479 in favor of the New York State Department of Taxation and Finance, Albany. Filed April 5.

K.J. Excellent Movers Inc., Monroe. $446 in favor of the New York State Department of Taxation and Finance, Albany. Filed April 2.

Nissan Global Trading Inc., Monroe. $1,436 in favor of the New York State Department of Taxation and Finance, Albany. Filed April 2.

Billy Gryzbek Plumbing and Heating, Bloomingburg. $1,277 in favor of the New York State Department of Taxation and Finance, Albany. Filed April 2.

Dynasty Sports and Entertainment Inc., Newburgh. $491 in favor of the New York State Department of Taxation and Finance, Albany. Filed April 5.

Garrison’s Union Street Tavern and Wine Cellar L.L.C., Montgomery. $20,640 in favor of the New York State Department of Taxation and Finance, Albany. Filed March 22.

Kerri’s Ballooney Bin Inc., Middletown. $1,551 in favor of the New York State Department of Taxation and Finance, Albany. Filed April 2.

BPJR Star Properties L.L.C., Washingtonville. $213 in favor of the New York State Department of Taxation and Finance, Albany. Filed April 5.

East Coast Bow Thrusters Inc., Cornwall on Hudson. $1,776 in favor of the New York State Department of Taxation and Finance, Albany. Filed April 2.

Brownie General Contracting, Greenwood Lake. $1,085 in favor of the New York State Department of Taxation and Finance, Albany. Filed April 5.

East Coast Electric of Orange County Inc., Newburgh. $608 in favor of the New York State Department of Taxation and Finance, Albany. Filed April 5.

Burn Rite, Port Jervis. $1,032 in favor of the New York State Department of Taxation and Finance, Albany. Filed April 2.

Eastcoast Movement Inc., Middletown. $1,391 in favor of the New York State Department of Taxation and Finance, Albany. Filed March 22.

BWCSA Enterprise Inc., d.b.a. Dove Marketing, Washingtonville. $100 in favor of the New York State Department of Taxation and Finance, Albany. Filed April 2.

Ebay of New York Inc., New Paltz. $1,965 in favor of the New York State Department of Taxation and Finance, Albany. Filed July 23.

C and W Food Center Inc., Monroe. $1,746 in favor of the New York State Department of Taxation and Finance, Albany. Filed April 2.

Elliott’s Ambulance Service Inc., Middletown. $769 in favor of the New York State Department of Taxation and Finance, Albany. Filed April 5.

Checkerberry’s County Furniture Inc., Ulster Park. $238 in favor of the New York State Department of Labor Unemployment Insurance Division, Albany. Filed July 24.

Eva’s Grocery and Deli Ltd., New Hampton. $482 in favor of the New York State Department of Taxation and Finance, Albany. Filed March 22.

Complete Lawn Care, Pine Island. $447 in favor of the New York State Fai L.L.C., Kingston. $2,095 in faDepartment of Taxation and Fi- vor of the New York State Departnance, Albany. Filed April 3. ment of Labor and the Department of Taxation and Finance, Albany. Construction Land Inc., Chester. Filed July 24. $406 in favor of the New York State Department of Taxation and Fi- Fiesta Restaurant, Middletown. nance, Albany. Filed April 5. $1,089 in favor of the New York State Department of Taxation and D and S Fire Protection Corp., Finance, Albany. Filed April 5. New Windsor. $1,541 in favor of the New York State Department of First Contact Lens Inc., Monroe. Taxation and Finance, Albany. Filed $157 in favor of the New York State April 5. Department of Taxation and Finance, Albany. Filed April 5.

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Landon Lens Manufacturing Corp., Highland. $217 in favor of General Store, Middletown. the New York State Department of $1,035 in favor of the New York Taxation and Finance, Albany. Filed State Department of Taxation and July 23. Finance, Albany. Filed April 5. LD Frost Inc., West Hurley. $100 Ginevra Corp., New Windsor. in favor of the New York State De$1,338 in favor of the New York partment of Taxation and Finance, State Department of Taxation and Albany. Filed July 23. Finance, Albany. Filed April 2. Lickers Homemade Ice Cream Ginny Foodmart Inc., d.b.a. L.L.C., Kingston. $117 in favor of South Side Deli, Walden. $937 in the New York State Department of favor of the New York State Depart- Taxation and Finance, Albany. Filed ment of Taxation and Finance, Al- July 23. bany. Filed March 22. Lighthouse Deli, Ellenville. $277 Gotta Lotta Cars, Maybrook. $150 in favor of the New York State Dein favor of the New York State De- partment of Labor Unemployment partment of Taxation and Finance, Insurance Division, Albany. Filed Albany. Filed March 22. July 24. Green Valley Grocery Corp., Newburgh. $2,000 in favor of the New York State Department of Taxation and Finance, Albany. Filed March 22. Gyro Express, Middletown. $129 in favor of the New York State Department of Taxation and Finance, Albany. Filed April 2. Hatzlacha Buyers Corp., Monroe. $539 in favor of the New York State Department of Taxation and Finance, Albany. Filed April 2. HCA Genesis Inc., Lake Katrine. $688 in favor of the New York State Department of Taxation and Finance, Albany. Filed July 23. HDE Enterprises Inc., d.b.a. 50 Broadway Grocery, Haverstraw. $1,302 in favor of the New York State Department of Taxation and Finance, Albany. Filed April 5. Huckleberries BBQ Inc., Greenwood Lake. $1,425 in favor of the New York State Department of Taxation and Finance, Albany. Filed April 5.

Sai Gon Inc., Monroe. $1,399 in favor of the New York State Department of Taxation and Finance, Albany. Filed April 3.

Santiago Consulting Inc., NewNYP Drywall Inc., Monroe. burgh. $1,535 in favor of the New $4,552 in favor of the New York York State Department of Taxation State Department of Taxation and and Finance, Albany. Filed April 3. Finance, Albany. Filed April 2. Silverstar Management Inc., d.b.a. London Management Oton Consulting Inc., Middleton. Group, Gardiner. $459 in favor of $1,335 in favor of the New York the New York State Department of State Department of Taxation and Labor Unemployment Insurance Division, Albany. Filed July 24. Finance, Albany. Filed March 22. Parker Excavating Corp., Southfields. $3,796 in favor of the New York State Department of Taxation and Finance, Albany. Filed March 22.

Singh DBL Inc., Montgomery. $33,253 in favor of the New York State Department of Taxation and Finance, Albany. Filed April 3.

Party-Out Tent Rental Inc., Goshen. $1,336 in favor of the New York State Department of Taxation and Finance, Albany. Filed March 22.

Southeast Well Drilling Inc., Pine Bush. $978 in favor of the New York State Department of Taxation and Finance, Albany. Filed July 23.

Piu Bello USA Corp., Monroe. $313 in favor of the New York State Department of Taxation and Finance, Albany. Filed March 22.

Stalen Landscaping, Salisbury Mills. $1,032 in favor of the New York State Department of Taxation and Finance, Albany. Filed April 2.

Preferred Properties Real Estate Inc., Monroe. $104 in favor of the Lim’s Blooming Grove Store Inc., New York State Department of Blooming Grove. $1,119 in favor of Taxation and Finance, Albany. Filed the New York State Department of March 22. Taxation and Finance, Albany. Filed April 2. QT Petroleum Inc., Newburgh. $1,338 in favor of the New York Lopiccolo Inc., d.b.a. Antonia’s State Department of Taxation and Italian Restaurant and Pizzeria, Finance, Albany. Filed April 3. Pine Bush. $9,233 in favor of the New York State Department of Taxation and Finance, Albany. Filed Realty Promotions Inc., Port Jervis. $449 in favor of the New York April 2. State Department of Taxation and Finance, Albany. Filed March 22. Meet Me In the Garden Inc., Lake Hill. $1,952 in favor of the New York State Department of Taxation Ric-Lo Productions Ltd., Sugar and Finance, Albany. Filed July 23. Loaf. $10,867 in favor of the New York State Department of Taxation and Finance, Albany. Filed April 3. Mexico Lindo Grocery Deli, Newburgh. $1,019 in favor of the New York State Department of Taxation Roundhouse Road Self-Storage and Finance, Albany. Filed April 5. Inc., New Hampton. $265 in favor of the New York State Department of Taxation and Finance, Albany. Mighty Midget Ditching Inc., Filed April 3. New Hampton. $202 in favor of the New York State Department of Taxation and Finance, Albany. Filed S and P South Shore Realty Inc., Walden. $475 in favor of the New April 2. York State Department of Taxation and Finance, Albany. Filed March 22.

T and H Tooling Corp., New Windsor. $1,536 in favor of the New York State Department of Taxation and Finance, Albany. Filed April 3. The Ciancio Corp., New Windsor. $484 in favor of the New York State Department of Taxation and Finance, Albany. Filed April 2. The Inn at Buttermilk Falls Inc., Milton. $811 in favor of the New York State Department of Taxation and Finance, Albany. Filed July 23. Theresa’s Wagon, Middletown. $827 in favor of the New York State Department of Taxation and Finance, Albany. Filed April 5. Timber Construction, Warwick. $1,035 in favor of the New York State Department of Taxation and Finance, Albany. Filed April 5. Tony’s Auto and Truck Care Inc., Middletown. $259 in favor of the New York State Department of Taxation and Finance, Albany. Filed March 22.

Unique Reflections USA Inc., Monroe. $1,537 in favor of the New York State Department of Taxation and Finance, Albany. Filed April 3.

Agostinelli, Blanche, aka Blanche Aurora Coope, et al. Filed by OneWest Bank F.S.B. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $232,500 affecting property located Valentine Gifts N More L.L.C., at 11 Creekside Lane, Pleasant ValGreenwood Lake. $150 in favor of ley 12569. Filed June 15. the New York State Department of Taxation and Finance, Albany. Filed Arce, Irma I., et al. Filed by the March 22. State of New York Mortgage Agency. Action: seeks to foreclose on a Village Thrift, Bloomingburg. mortgage to secure $80,750 affect$480 in favor of the New York State ing property located at 18 South St., Department of Taxation and Fi- Beacon 12508. Filed June 15. nance, Albany. Filed March 22. Benner, Trina, aka Trina Voncel Inc., Middletown. $167 in Churchill, et al. Filed by Bank favor of the New York State Depart- of America N.A. Action: seeks to ment of Taxation and Finance, Al- foreclose on a mortgage to secure $220,000 affecting property located bany. Filed March 22. at 710 Prospect Hill Road, Huguenot 12746. Filed July 13. Wallkill Stay Inn and Suites Corp., Middletown. $1,532 in favor of the New York State Department Bowser, Darren, et al. Filed by of Taxation and Finance, Albany. Wells Fargo Bank N.A. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage Filed April 3. to secure $191,250 affecting property located at 412 River St., Beacon Ward’s Bridge Catering Inc., 12508. Filed June 15. Walden. $322 in favor of the New York State Department of Taxation and Finance, Albany. Filed March 22. Brothers, Bonny S., et al. Filed by Wells Fargo Bank N.A. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure Water Solutions of New Paltz $382,160 affecting property located Inc., Bloomington. $614 in favor of at 79 Smith Crossing Road, Wapthe New York State Department of pingers Falls 12590. Filed June 8. Labor Unemployment Insurance Division, Albany. Filed July 24. Burns, Michael F., et al. Filed by M&T Bank. Action: seeks to Weslowski Transportation Inc., foreclose on a mortgage to secure Goshen. $1,073 in favor of the New $300,000 affecting property located York State Department of Taxation at 171 Horton Lane, Esopus 12466. and Finance, Albany. Filed March 22. Filed July 24. Woodstock Brewing Company Ltd., Woodstock. $1,925 in favor of the New York State Department of Taxation and Finance, Albany. Filed July 23. Your House Services Inc., Montgomery. $1,538 in favor of the New York State Department of Taxation and Finance, Albany. Filed April 3.

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Byers-Penny, Kathleen A., et al. Filed by Salisbury Bank and Trust Co. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $165,000 affecting property located at 22 S. Center St., Millerton. Filed June 12. Capital One Bank USA N.A., et al. Filed by Citibank N.A. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $263,650 affecting property located at 15 Nassau Road, Poughkeepsie 12601. Filed June 15.

Chaves, Hector, et al. Filed by The The following filings indicated a legal Bank of New York Mellon. Action: action has been initiated, the out- seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to come of which may affect the title to secure $320,000 affecting property the property listed. located at 2321 Route 28A, Olivebridge 12461. Filed July 23. 771 Polaris Ltd., et al. Filed by LPP Mortgage Ltd. Action: seeks to fore- Cheah, Nget Yin, et al. Filed by close on a mortgage to secure $4.1 Wells Fargo Bank N.A. Action: million affecting property located seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to at 220 North St., Kingston 12401. secure $182,700 affecting property Filed July 24. located at 17 S. Gilmore Blvd., Wappingers Falls 12590. Filed June 7.

Christiana, Dawn, et al. Filed by Bank of America N.A. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $492,000 affecting property located at 40 E. Forest Trail, Holmes 12531. Filed June 8. Cicale, BettyAnn, et al. Filed by Deutsche Bank National Trust Co. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $520,000 affecting property located at 13 Laurel Park Road, Pine Bush 12566. Filed July 24. Comerford, Sandra, et al. Filed by Wells Fargo Bank N.A. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $260,000 affecting property located at 247 Wilbur Blvd., Poughkeepsie 12603. Filed June 5. Corcoran, Michele J., et al. Filed by Bank of America N.A. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $218,450 affecting property located at 3 Clifton Ave., Kingston 12401. Filed July 25.

Flister, John F., et al. Filed by Wells Fargo Bank N.A. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure an unspecified amount affecting property located at 9 Townsend Road, LaGrangeville 12540. Filed June 1. Flores, Fermin, et al. Filed by Deutsche Bank National Trust Co. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $279,200 affecting property located at 6 Whitehill Terrace, Newburgh 12550. Filed July 13. Fryar, Robin L., et al. Filed by GMAC Mortgage L.L.C. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $270,658 affecting property located at 15 Raker Road, Poughkeepsie 12603. Filed June 11. Gonzalez, William, et al. Filed by Wells Fargo Bank N.A. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $215,000 affecting property located at 19 Helene Circle, Highland Mills 10930. Filed July 13.

Crean, Patrick H., et al. Filed by Wells Fargo Bank N.A. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $217,427 affecting property located at 28 Mountain View Road, Poughkeepsie 12603. Filed June 7.

Gulnick, Burton Jr., as Ulster County public administrator for the estate of James M. Hoch Sr., et al. Filed by Manufacturers and Traders Trust Co. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure Cutting, Sean A., et al. Filed by $150,000 affecting property located Wells Fargo Bank N.A. Action: in Lloyd. Filed July 25. seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $122,400 affecting prop- Harkins, Belinda R., et al. Filed erty located at 30 Scarborough by M&T Bank. Action: seeks to Lane, Wappingers Falls 12590. foreclose on a mortgage to secure $199,221 affecting property loFiled June 8. cated at 312 Lime Kiln Road, Dover Decintio, Anthony J., et al. Filed 12522. Filed June 1. by JPMorgan Chase Bank N.A. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mort- Heady, Kathy J., et al. Filed by Evgage to secure $105,000 affecting erbank. Action: seeks to foreclose property located at 358 Church St., on a mortgage to secure an unspecified amount affecting property loPoughkeepsie 12601. Filed June 6. cated at 15 Depuyster Ave., Beacon Eckler, Kevin D., aka Kevin A. 12508. Filed June 1. Eckler, et al. Filed by U.S. Bank N.A. Action: seeks to foreclose on Hughes, Patricia A., et al. Filed a mortgage to secure $272,000 af- by BAC Home Loans Servicing fecting property located at 3047 L.P. Action: seeks to foreclose on a Route 82, Pleasant Valley 12569. mortgage to secure $135,650 affecting property located at 7065 Route Filed June 4. 28, Shandaken 12480. Filed July 23. Faichney, Beth, et al. Filed by the State of New York Mortgage Agen- Johnson, William A., et al. Filed cy. Action: seeks to foreclose on a by U.S. Bank N.A. Action: seeks to mortgage to secure $158,000 affect- foreclose on a mortgage to secure ing property located at 214 Lucas $232,637 affecting property located Ave., Kingston 12401. Filed July 27. at 36 W. Pine Road, Staatsburg 12580. Filed June 8.

Jones, Farrell S., et al. Filed by OneWest Bank F.S.B. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $179,900 affecting property located at 27 Lexington Ave., Poughkeepsie 12601. Filed June 14.

Melissa, Zoe, et al. Filed by Bank of America N.A. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $158,000 affecting property located at 91 Red Maple Road, Shokan 12481. Filed July 26.

Joslin, Tonette C., et al. Filed by Wells Fargo Bank N.A. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure an unspecified amount affecting property located at 12 Robinson St., Saugerties 12477. Filed July 25.

Mikhail, Karla G., et al. Filed by Wells Fargo Bank N.A. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure an unspecified amount affecting property located at 18 Clearview Circle, Hopewell Junction 12533. Filed June 1.

Jubert, Rodney J., et al. Filed by CUC Mortgage Corp. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $118,500 affecting property located at 5 Mack Road, Poughkeepsie 12601. Filed June 15.

Montalvo, Paul F., et al. Filed by Wells Fargo Bank N.A. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $141,360 affecting property located at 61 Wilson St., Beacon 12508. Filed June 5.

Leggiero, Noreen, et al. Filed by Wells Fargo Bank N.A. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $290,539 affecting property located at 40 Easter Road, Wappingers Falls 12590. Filed June 1.

Munroe, Paul, et al. Filed by HSBC Bank USA N.A. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $180,000 affecting property located at 15 Cady Lane, Wappingers Falls 12590. Filed June 12.

Lieto, Jon A., et al. Filed by U.S. Bank N.A. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $432,000 affecting property located at 42 Rural Ave., Wingdale 12594. Filed June 12.

Nevius, Harold, et al. Filed by Deutsche Bank National Trust Co. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $268,000 affecting property located at 2 Rombout Ave., Beacon 12508. Filed June 6.

Mancuso, Karen, et al. Filed by HSBC Bank USA N.A. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $210,000 affecting property located at 2 Elm Court, Fishkill 12524. Filed June 11.

O’Donnell’s Inc., et al. Filed by Forsons Realty Corp. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure an unspecified amount affecting property located at Carpenter Road, East Fishkill. Filed June 6.

Marra, Carolyn Joyce, aka Joyce C. Marra, et al. Filed by Wells Fargo Bank N.A. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $216,000 affecting property located at 155 N. Clinton St., Poughkeepsie 12601. Filed June 11.

Padilla, Linda, et al. Filed by the State of New York Mortgage Agency. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $135,800 affecting property located at 19 Ridge St., Middletown 10940. Filed July 13.

Martin, Stephen, et al. Filed by Bank of America N.A. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $228,000 affecting property located at 9 Dutcher Ave., aka 7 Dutcher Ave., Pawling 12564. Filed June 8.

Paneto, Joan, et al. Filed by the State of New York Mortgage Agency. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $314,700 affecting property located at 22 Vanwyck Court, Wallkill 12589. Filed July 26.

McGrath, Francis P., et al. Filed by Deutsche Bank National Trust Co. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $178,500 affecting property located at 36 River Road, Highland 12528. Filed July 20.

Petito, Cynthia, et al. Filed by Deutsche Bank National Trust Co. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure an unspecified amount affecting property located at 53 Rose Lane, Middletown 10940. Filed July 13.

McKnight, Brian Thomas, et al. Filed by Citibank N.A. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $270,000 affecting property located at 208, aka 210 Doris St., Esopus 12466. Filed July 25.

Phillips, Duane, et al. Filed by Deborah Z. Gordon, et al. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $574,000 affecting property located at 83 Ridgeview Road, Poughkeepsie. Filed June 13.

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FACTS&FIGURES PJA Growth Properties L.L.C., et al. Filed by Riverside Bank. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $573,000 affecting property located at 476 Lauer Road, LaGrange. Filed June 11.

Ryan, Melinda, et al. Filed by Wells Fargo Bank N.A. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $342,678 affecting property located at 27 Brothers Road, Wappingers Falls 12590. Filed June 1.

Pratt, Barbara C., et al. Filed by Loancare. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure an unspecified amount affecting property located at 107 S. Hamilton St., Poughkeepsie 12601. Filed June 13.

Sage, Gregory, et al. Filed by HSBC Bank USA N.A. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $200,000 affecting property located at 60 Terwilliger Road, Kerhonkson 12446. Filed July 26.

Profanato, Betty, et al. Filed by U.S. Bank N.A. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $300,000 affecting property located at 7 Winfield Terrace, Wappingers Falls 12590. Filed June 4.

Saquicela, Julio, et al. Filed by U.S. Bank N.A. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $237,600 affecting property located at 197 Union St., Poughkeepsie 12601. Filed June 8.

Puglia, Leslie, aka Leslie Griffin, et al. Filed by Bank of America N.A. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure an unspecified amount affecting property located at 90 Maple Ave., Warwick 10990. Filed July 13. Rebackoff, Diane Lyn, et al. Filed by Wells Fargo Bank N.A. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $301,396 affecting property located at 5220 Albany Post Road, aka 5220 Route 9, Staatsburg 12580. Filed June 15. Ricciardi, Lorraine, et al. Filed by Wells Fargo Bank N.A. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $370,000 affecting property located at 197 Old Castle Point Road, Wappingers Falls 12590. Filed June 12. Riccoboni, Peter J., et al. Filed by Wells Fargo Bank N.A. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $357,651 affecting property located at 77 W. Redoubt Road, Fishkill. Filed June 13.

Torregrossa, Edward H., et al. Filed by Sovereign Bank N.A. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $265,000 affecting property located at 271 All Angels Hill Road, Wappingers Falls 12590. Filed June 15.

Unknown heirs of the estate of Reginald Sonko, et al. Filed by RBS Citizens N.A. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure an unspecified amount affecting Scanlan, Michael T., et al. Filed by property located at 365 Verplanck Bank of America N.A. Action: seeks Ave., Beacon 12508. Filed June 8. to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $312,000 affecting property located Vaval, Letude, et al. Filed by U.S. at 9 Tanglewood Drive, Wappingers Bank N.A. Action: seeks to foreFalls. Filed June 15. close on a mortgage to secure $230,375 affecting property located Schoonmaker, Keif, aka Kief at 159-161 Hurley Ave., Kingston Schoonmaker, et al. Filed by BAC 12401. Filed July 24. Home Loans Servicing L.P. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to Victor, David, et al. Filed by Wells secure $250,197 affecting property Fargo Bank N.A. Action: seeks to located at 212 Geiger Road, Ellen- foreclose on a mortgage to secure ville 12428. Filed July 23. $149,816 affecting property located at 315 Rakov Drive, Maybrook Scott, Bonnie, aka Bonnie 12525. Filed July 13. Teneyck, et al. Filed by Bank of America N.A. Action: seeks to Wager, Ronald, as executor of the foreclose on a mortgage to secure estate of Alice M. Wager, et al. Filed $210,000 affecting property located by Beneficial Homeowner Service in Marlborough. Filed July 25. Corp. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $52,704 Sheehy, James H., et al. Filed by affecting property located at 273 Aurora Bank F.S.B. Action: seeks to South St., Highland 12528. Filed foreclose on a mortgage to secure July 26. $307,000 affecting property located at 30 Britton St., Pine Plains 12567. Yerks, Raymond, et al. Filed by Filed June 5. Wells Fargo Bank N.A. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage Storie, Kenneth, et al. Filed by to secure $169,600 affecting propOneWest Bank F.S.B. Action: seeks erty located at 20 White Gate Drive, to foreclose on a mortgage to secure Unit 20C, Wappingers Falls 12590. $186,560 affecting property located Filed June 7. at 131 Union St., Beacon 12508. Filed June 13.

Robinson, Oswald, et al. Filed by U.S. Bank N.A. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $207,760 affecting property located at 96 Rockwell Ave., Middletown. Filed July 13. Straub, Barbara, et al. Filed by GMAC Mortgage L.L.C. Action: Rodriguez, John, et al. Filed by seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to HSBC Bank USA N.A. Action: secure $165,000 affecting property seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to located at 6 Vorndran Drive, Wapsecure $226,600 affecting property pingers Falls 12590. Filed June 1. located at 41 Robin Road, Poughkeepsie 12601. Filed June 15. Tayeb, Jean, et al. Filed by BAc Home Loans Servicing L.P. Action: Ruoff-Hilgers, Melissa, et al. Filed seeks to foreclose on a mortgage by BAC Home Loans Servicing to secure $273,000 affecting propL.P. Action: seeks to foreclose on a erty located at 40 Windwood Lane, mortgage to secure $313,381 affect- Woodstock 12498. Filed July 25. ing property located at 7376 Route 28, Shandaken 12480. Filed July 23.

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Tomorrow’s Homes Design and Development Corp., et al. Filed by Joel Truncali and Frances Truncali. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $50,000 affecting property located in Marlborough. Filed July 26.

Mechanic’s Liens Daytop Village Foundation Inc., as owner. $1,011 as claimed by Marjam Supply Co., Farmingdale. Property: 15 Fox Run Road, Rhinebeck. Filed July 23.

Jewish Community Center of Dutchess County, as owner. $23,541 as claimed by L.C.S. Facility Group Inc., Poughkeepsie. Property: 110 S. Grand Ave., Poughkeepsie. Filed July 25.

On the Level Carpenter Contractors, 8 Maple Ave., Ellenville 12428, c/o Thomas A. Pasquazi and Adam R. Snyder. Filed July 25.

J and L Carpet Cleaning, 33 Tanager Road, Unit 3306, Monroe 10950, c/o Joseph C. La Rezza III. Filed July 29.

Sole Proprietorships

Jesse Cunningham Landscapes, 4 Treis Terrace, Saugerties 12477, c/o Jesse L. Cunningham. Filed July 27.

Orchard Hills of Newburgh L.L.C., as owner. $50,543 as claimed by Dowal Plumbing Sup- Alen Fetahi Photography, 12 Vinply Company Inc., d.b.a. J.D. John- nie Lo Alley, Glasco 12432, c/o Alen son Co., Poughkeepsie. Property: in Fetahi. Filed July 26. Newburgh. Filed July 24. Aly’s Ponies, 342 Pancake Hollow Spallino, Michael N., as owner. Road, Highland 12528, c/o Lori R. $3,315 as claimed by Cranesville Brown-Halbert. Filed July 26. Block Company Inc., Amsterdam. Property: 60 Finger St., Saugerties. American Sheds and Backyards, Filed July 27. 35 Riley Road, New Windsor, c/o Robert F. Eickenbush. Filed July 29. The Catskill Farms, Eldred, as owner. $2,500 as claimed by Sans Barbers and Cars Mart, 27 BouPointe Inc., New Windsor. Prop- levard, Kingston 12401, c/o Daniel erty: 390 Coldbrook Road, Wood- Faccio. Filed July 26. stock 12498. Filed July 24. BH Welding and Mechanicals, Yoga Society of New York Inc., as 14 Hallihan Hill Road, Kingston owner. $53,595 as claimed by DTM 12401, c/o William P. Hayman. Development Ltd., Monroe. Prop- Filed July 25. erty: 13 Sapphire Road, Monroe 10950. Filed July 26. C and W Travel, 10 Rochester Center Road, Accord 12404, c/o Claudie F. Warshawer. Filed July 23.

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

Doing Business As

Chang High Express, 55 Sand Hill Road, Gardiner 12525, c/o Jennifer Chang. Filed July 24. Cottage on the Hudson, 399 Malden Turnpike, Saugerties 12477, c/o Arturo Ceballos. Filed July 27.

Junebug’s Automotive, 645 Church Land Road, Saugerties 12477, c/o Joseph Robert Phelan. Filed July 24. Little Acres Farm, 64 Union Center Road, Ulster Park 12487, c/o Rondamarie Jansen. Filed July 27. Mi Casita Restaurant, 720 Broadway, Kingston 12401, c/o Miguel A. Alarcon Aguirre. Filed July 27. Mira Liane Bowin Arts, 230 Hawleys Corners Road, Highland 12528, c/o Mira L. Bowin. Filed July 20. Real Deal Roofing, 2 Brinkerhoff Ave., Highland 12528, c/o Neil E. Laviola. Filed July 26. Red Tail, 3382 Route 28, Shokan 12481, c/o Edmond J. Yerry. Filed July 25. Rossini Landscaping, 4 Mecca Drive, Apt. A, Salisbury Mills 12577, c/o Christopher L. Rossini. Filed July 29.

Simply Spuntino, 12 Wildflower Lane, Marlboro 12542, c/o Robyn J. Crystal Clear Master Teachers, Marquis. Filed July 26. G and D Athletics Inc., d.b.a. 275 Fair St., Suite 17A, Kingston Groo’s Shoes/Footoy, Galleria at 12401, c/o Suzanne Meszoly. Filed Singing Saw Craftsmen, 115 MaCrystal Run, 1 Galleria Drive, Mid- July 24. ple Hill Drive, Kingston 12401, c/o dletown 10940. Filed July 29. Timothy E. Kerin. Filed July 20. Dabiew General Construction, 1 Highland One Inc., d.b.a. Marco White Oak Road, Otisville 10963, Polo Restaurant, 6 Merlot Drive, c/o Todd Gerald Dabiew. Filed Sunporch Baked Goods, 111 Partition St., Saugerties 12477, c/o Unit 648, Highland 12528. Filed Aug. 1. Bruce Wayne Coyle. Filed July 23. July 27. Dan’s Automotive, 223 IngrasPaving Solutions Inc., d.b.a. sia Road, Middletown, c/o Daniel SuperSuppMe, 27 Crown St., Kingston 12401, c/o Carl Frankel. Moulton Paving, 3 Koznitz Thomas Bradford. Filed July 29. Filed July 26. Drive, Suite 302, Monroe 10950. Filed July 29. DJ Lady Verse, P.O. Box 1389, Woodstock 12498, c/o Valen Cos- Vetta Vintage, 6 Tonisgah Road, Phoenicia 12464, c/o Jasmine R. Scotchtown Mews Management carella. Filed July 27. Chess. Filed July 25. Inc., d.b.a. Travelmania, 9 Taylor Court, Monroe 10950. Filed July 29. Ducati Courier Service, 25 American Way, Newburgh 12550, c/o Yesterday’s Books/The Reader’s Anthony James Mammina. Filed Quarry, 97 Tinker St., Woodstock 12498, c/o Daniel Sofaer. Filed Aug. 1. Partnerships July 27.

DiFusco, Francis, as owner. $130,955 as claimed by H.G. Page and Sons Inc., Poughkeepsie. Prop- Chew on This Productions, 192 erty: 36 Lees Way, East Fishkill. Pancake Hollow Road, Highland 12528, c/o Nicole F. Langlois and Filed July 24. Ondrea Lynn. Filed July 23.

Hudson Valley Peak Performance, 409 Plutarch Road, Highland 12528, c/o Cortney W. Whiteboy. Filed July 23.

MANNA ACUPUNCTURE, PLLC, a Prof. LLC. Arts. of Org. filed with the SSNY on 05/22/2012. Office location: Westchester County. SSNY has been designated as agent upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to: 22 Cherrywood Road, Yonkers, NY 10710. Purpose: To Practice The Profession Of Acupuncture. #57946 Notice of Formation of 626 Crescent Avenue, LLC. Arts. of Org. filed with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 6/15/12. 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 Falcon & Singer P.C., 14 Harwood Court, Ste. 220, Scarsdale, NY 10583. Purpose: any lawful activity. #57947 Notice of Qualification of Fulfillment International, LLC. App. for Auth. filed with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 6/14/12. Office location: Westchester County. LLC formed in Connecticut (CT) on 9/4/01. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to: 80 Hartford Ave., Mt. Vernon, NY 10553. CT address of LLC: David A. Swerdloff, c/o Day, Berry & Howard, LLP, One Canterbury Green, Stamford, CT 06901. Cert. of Form. filed with CT Secy. of State, 30 Trinity St., PO Box 150470, Hartford, CT 06115. Purpose: any lawful activity. #57948 Notice of Formation of NYC STRATEGIC PARTNERS LLC. Arts. of Org. filed with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 4/5/12. Office location: Westchester County. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to: Graubard Miller, 405 Lexington Ave., 19th Fl., NY, NY 10174, (Attn: Docket Clerk). Purpose: any lawful activity. #57949 Notice of Formation of Limited Liability Company: 511 CREATIVE, LLC. Arts. of Org. filed with New York Secretary of State (SSNY) on 05/14/2012. Office located in Westchester County. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail a copy of process to the LLC at 495 Odell Ave - 5B, Yonkers, NY 10703. Purpose: Any lawful activity. #57950 Innovative Voluntary Benefits Solutions, LLC, Art. of Org. filed with NY Secy. of State on 06/20/2012. Office located in Westchester Cty. Secy. of State designated as agent upon which process may be served. Secy. of Sate shall mail a copy of any process against it served upon him to: 2694 Farsund Ct, Yorktown Heights, NY 10598 (the LLC primary business location). LLC may engage in any lawful act of activity for which a limited liability company may be formed. #57951 Notice of Formation of SMASH PARTNERS TARRYTOWN LLC. Arts. of Org. was filed with SSNY on 6/20/12. Office location: Westchester County. SSNY designated as agent of LLC whom process against may be served. SSNY shall mail process to: c/o The LLC, 49 Tarrytown Rd., White Plains, NY 10607. Purpose: all lawful activities. #57952

LEGAL NOTICE The Articles of Organization of 2 GREENLEAF ASSOCIATES, LLC (the ìCompanyî) were filed with the Secretary of State of the State of New York on May 07, 2012. The office of the Company is located in Westchester County, New York. The Secretary of State has been designated as agent of the Company upon whom process against it may be served. The post office address within or without the state to which the Secretary of State shall mail a copy of any process against the Company served upon him or her is: Susan Cappelli, 18 Sylvia Avenue, Ardsley, New York 10502. The Company was formed for any lawful business purpose or purposes permitted under the New York Limited Liability Company Act. #57953

LEGAL NOTICE The Articles of Organization of 4 STONYCREST ROAD ASSOCIATES, LLC (the ìCompanyî) were filed with the Secretary of State of the State of New York on May 24, 2012. The office of the Company is located in Westchester County, New York. The Secretary of State has been designated as agent of the Company upon whom process against it may be served. The post office address within or without the state to which the Secretary of State shall mail a copy of any process against the Company served upon him or her is: Susan Cappelli, 18 Sylvia Avenue, Ardsley, New York 10502. The Company was formed for any lawful business purpose or purposes permitted under the New York Limited Liability Company Act. #57954 Notice of Formation of 254 Dorsett Street LLC. Arts. of Org. filed with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 11/9/11. Office location: Westchester County. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to: Becker Ross, LLP, 317 Madison Ave., Ste. 614, NY, NY 10017. Purpose: any lawful activity. #57955 Notice of Formation of 777 Bethpage LLC. Arts. of Org. filed with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 6/21/12. 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 The LLC, 1 North Broadway, Ste. 400, White Plains, NY 10601. Purpose: any lawful activity. #57956 Notice of Formation of Hudson Valley Graphic Design LLC. Arts. of Org. filed with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 6/14/12. Office location: Westchester County. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to: The LLC, 35 Emerson Avenue, CrotonOn-Hudson, NY 10520. Purpose: any lawful activity. #57957 Notice of Formation of LPV Fitness, LLC. Arts. of Org. filed with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 2/29/12. Office location: Westchester County. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to: 158 First St., Yonkers, NY 10704, Attn: Lynn Pesce Vita, the registered agent upon whom process may be served. Purpose: any lawful activity. #57958 WARBURTON REALTY PARTNERS LLC, a domestic LLC. Arts. of Org. filed with the SSNY on 04/04/2012. Office location: Westchester County. SSNY has been designated as agent upon whom process against the LLC may be served. SSNY shall mail process to: Daniel D. Tartaglia, Esq., 800 Westchester Ave, N307, Rye Brook, NY 10573. Purpose: Any Lawful Purpose #57959 Notice of Formation of CRF Art Advisors, LLC. Arts. of Org. filed with NY Dept. of State on 6/18/12. Office location: Westchester County. Sec. of State designated agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served and shall mail process to the principal business address: c/o Richard Greco, 16 Musgrave St., Tuckahoe, NY 10707. Purpose: all lawful purposes. #57960 Notice of Formation of Zion Court GP, LLC. Arts. of Org. filed with NY Dept. of State on 6/1/2012. Office location: Westchester County. Sec. of State designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served and shall mail process to the principal business addr.: c/o Greater Centennial Community Development Corporation, 114 W. Fourth St., Mount Vernon, NY 10550. Purpose: any lawful activity. #57961 Notice of Formation of Zion Court Apartments L.P. Cert. filed with NY Dept. of State on 6/4/2012. Office location: Westchester County. Sec. of State designated as agent of LP upon whom process against it may be served and shall mail process to the principal business addr.: c/o Greater Centennial Community Development Corporation, 114 W. Fourth St., Mount Vernon, NY 10550. Name/addr. of genl. partner available from Sec. of State. Term: until 12/31/2082. Purpose: any lawful activity. #57962

LEGAL NOTICES

Notice of Qualification of Integrated Synergy Solutions, LLC. Authority filed with NY Dept. of State on 5/23/12. Office location: Westchester County. LLC formed in CT on 3/23/12. NY Sec. of State designated agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served and shall mail process to the CT and principal business address: 71 Naugatuck Dr., Naugatuck, CT 06770. Cert. of Org. filed with CT Sec. of State, 30 Trinity St., Hartford, CT 06186. Purpose: all lawful purposes. #57963 Notice of Formation of Ken Okamoto Architect, PLLC. Articles of Organization were filed with the Secretary of State (SSNY) on May 7, 2012. Office Location in Westchester County. SSNY is designated as agent of the professional service limited liability company upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail a copy of the process to 46 Old Stone Hill Road Pound Ridge, NY 10576. Purpose: Any Lawful Purpose. #57964 Notice of Formation of ClassiGal LLC. Arts of Org. filed with NY Secy of State on 6/14/12. Office location: Westchester County. SSNY is designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to: 2055 Albany Post Road, Croton, NY 10520. Purpose: any lawful activity. #57965

Notice of Qualification of Baywater TN 411 Theodore Fremd LLC App. for Auth. filed Sec’y of State (SSNY) on 6/25/12. Office location: Westchester County. LLC org. in DE 5/11/12. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail copy of process to c/o True North Management Group, LLC, 44 S. Broadway, 10th Fl. White Plains, NY 10601. Office address in DE, 1209 Orange St, Wilmington, DE 19801. Cert. of Form. on file: DE, Div. of Corporations, John G. Townsend Bldg., 401 Federal St, Suite 4, Dover, DE 19901 Purpose: any lawful activities. #57966 Notice of Qualification of PREP GAMES, LLC. App. for Auth. filed with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 5/23/12. Office location: Westchester County. LLC formed in Delaware (DE) on 8/20/10. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to: 28 Brite Ave., Scarsdale, NY 10583, Attn: Kenny Nova, the registered agent of LLC upon whom process may be served. DE address of LLC: 1209 Orange St., Wilmington, DE 19801. Arts. of Org. filed with DE Secy. of State, 401 Federal St., Dover, DE 19901. Purpose: any lawful activity. #57968 Notice of Formation of GTISS INFORMATION SYSTEMS, LLC. Arts. of Org. filed with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 3/28/12. Office location: Westchester County. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to: The LLC, 278 Rumsey Road, Yonkers, NY 10705. Purpose: any lawful activity. #57969 Jan’s Roofing LLC. Arts. of Org. filed with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 4/13/12. Office in Westchester County. SSNY designated agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to John Dudzik, PO Box 304h, Scarsdale, NY 10583. Purpose: General. #57970 Yogurt By You, LLC. Arts. of Org. filed with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 2/24/12. Office in Westchester County. SSNY designated agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to 56 Driftwood Dr., Somers, NY 10589. Purpose: General. #57971 The Face Of MO LLC. Arts. of Org. filed with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 5/4/12. Office in Westchester County. SSNY designated agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to c/o Michael Herbert, 41 N. Lake Rd., Armonk, NY 10504. Purpose: General. #57972 Down Doggie LLC. Arts. of Org. filed with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 3/2/12. Office in Westchester County. SSNY designated agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to PO Box 596 , Bedford, NY 10506. Purpose: General. #57973 Christina R Marcley, LLC. Arts. of Org. filed with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 5/15/12. Office in Westchester County. SSNY designated agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to 65 Tennis Court Ln., Mohegan Lake, NY 10547. Purpose: General. #57974

Fletcher + Bow LLC. Arts. of Org. filed with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 5/31/12. Office in Westchester County. SSNY designated agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to Lynn-mark Enterprises, LLC, 14 E. 38th St RM 1402, NY, NY 10016. Purpose: General. #57975

Notice of Formation of JMHALLI LEGAL PLLC. Arts. of Org. filed with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 6/25/12. Office location: Westchester County. SSNY designated as agent of PLLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to: 584 Pebble Drive, El Sobrante, CA 94803. Purpose: practice the profession of law. #57976 Notice of Formation of JLG Speech Language Pathologist PLLC. Arts. of Org. filed with the Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 5/21/12. Office location: Westchester County. SSNY designated as agent of PLLC upon whom process against may be served. SSNY shall mail process to the PLLC, C/O Jennifer Gagliardi, 27 West Way, Mount Kisco, NY 10549. Purpose: For the practice of Speech-Language Pathology. #57977 Name of Limited Liability Company (LLC): SAK Environmental LLC. Date of filing Articles of Organization with the Secretary of State (SSNY) 6/05/12. The LLC is located in Westchester County. The SSNY has been designated as agent of the LLC upon whom process against it may be served. The post office address to which the SSNY shall mail a copy of any process against it served is to SAK Environmental LLC, 231 Sutton Street, Suite 2g, North Andover, MA 01845. Purpose of business of LLC is environmental consulting services. #57978 NOTICE OF FORMATION OF LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY (LLC). NAME: TITAN ACCOUNTING CONSULTING SERVICES, LLC Articles of Organization were filed with the Secretary of State of New York (SSNY) on 08/22/06. Office location: Westchester County. SSNY has been designated as agent of the LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail a copy of process to: The LLC, 9 Old Orchard Road, South Salem, NY 10590 principal business location of the LLC. Purpose: any lawful business activity. #57979 Notice of Formation of WWP 18DE LLC. Arts. of Org. filed with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 6/28/12. 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 United Corporate Services, Inc., 10 Bank St., Ste. 560, White Plains, NY 10606. Purpose: any lawful activity. #57983 GIPPER COMMUNICATIONS LLC Art. of Org.filed with NY Secy. Of State on 6/25/12. Office located in Westchester Co. NY Secy. of State designated as agent upon which process may be served. Secy. of State shall mail a copy of any process against it served upon him/her to: P.O. Box 8017 White Plains, New York 10602. LLC may engage in any lawful act or activity for which a limited liability company may be formed. #57984 NOTICE OF FORMATION OF LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY (LLC) NAME: 54 SOUTH TERRACE AVENUE LLC Articles of Organization were filed with the Secretary of State of New York (SSNY) on 4/10/12. Office Location: Westchester County SSNY has been designated as agent of the LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail a copy of process to: Himmelfarb & Sher, LLP, 1 North Broadway, Suite 800, White Plains, NY 10601. Purpose: any lawful activity. #57986 Notice of Formation Hunt Woods Manor Design LLC Arts. of Org. filed with SSNY 7/2/2012. Off. Loc.: Westchester Cnty. SSNY designated as agent of LLC whom process may be served. SSNY shall mail process to: c/o The LLC, 171 Central Parkway, Mount Vernon, NY 10552. Purpose: all lawful activities. #57987 DMX MEDICAL SERVICES, PLLC, a Prof. LLC, Arts. of Org. filed with the SSNY on 06/19/2012. Office location: Westchester County. SSNY has been designated as agent upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to: 83 Montgomery Avenue, Scarsdale, NY 10583. Purpose: To Practice The Profession Of Medicine. #57988

LEGAL NOTICE

Notice of formation of Limited Liability Company (ìLLCî). Name: Madbar LLC. Articles of Organization filed with the Secretary of State of the State of New York (ìSSNYî) on July 3, 2012. 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 Madbar 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. #57989 Name of LLC: Castle Staffing LLC. Articles of Organization filed NY Secretary of State on 06/29/2012. Office location: Westchester County. Secretary of State designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. Secretary of State shall mail a copy of process to the LLC, 200 Business Park Dr, Suite 200, Armonk, NY, 10504. Purpose: Any lawful purpose. #57991 Name of Limited Liability Company (LLC): Shayla Lei, LLC. Date of filing Articles of Organization with the Secretary of State (SSNY) 6/14/12. The LLC is located in Westchester County. The SSNY has been designated as agent of the LLC upon whom process against it may be served. The post office address to which the SSNY shall mail a copy of any process against it served is to the principal business location at 40 Barker Avenue, White Plains, NY 0601. Purpose of business of LLC is any lawful act or activity. #57992 NOTICE OF FORMATION Of Speech Be With You, PLLC filed with the Secretary Of State of New York (SSNY) on 05/03/12. Office location: Westchester County. SSNY has been designated as agent of the PLLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to: 11 Rose Lane, Sandy Hook, CT, 06482. Purpose: any lawful purpose. #57993 Notice of Formation of NY PROSTYLE BRIDAL, LLC. Arts. of Org. was filed with SSNY on 7/3/12. Office location: Westchester County. SSNY designated as agent of LLC whom process against may be served. SSNY shall mail process to: c/o The LLC, 385 Ashford Ave., Dobbs Ferry, NY 10522. Purpose: all lawful activities. #57994 Notice of Qualification of T-Rex Hyde Park Owner LLC. App. for Auth. filed with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 6/5/12. Office location: Westchester County. LLC formed in Delaware (DE) on 10/7/11. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to: c/o United Corporate Services, Inc. (UCS), 10 Bank St., Ste. 560, White Plains, NY 10606. DE address of LLC: c/o UCS, 874 Walker Road, Ste. C, Dover, DE 19904. Cert. of Form. filed with DE Secy. of State, Townsend Bldg., Dover, DE 19901. Purpose: any lawful activity. #57996 Notice of Formation of 100 South Highland Avenue LLC. Arts. of Org. filed with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 5/24/12. 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 Cooperman Lester Miller LLP, Attn: Joseph E. Kraus, Esq., 1129 Northern Blvd., Ste. 402, Manhasset, NY 11030. Purpose: any lawful activity. #57997 Notice of Qualification of Premier Magnesia, LLC. App. for Auth. filed with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 6/15/12. Office location: Westchester County. LLC formed in Delaware (DE) on 1/17/01. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to: 300 Barr Harbor Drive, Ste. 250, West Conshohocken, PA 19428. The registered agent upon whom process may be served: National Corporate Research, Ltd., 10 E. 40th St., 10th Fl., NY, NY 10016. DE address of LLC: 615 S. DuPont Hwy., Dover, DE 19901. Arts. of Org. filed with DE Secy. of State, Federal & Duke of York St., Dover, DE 19901. Purpose: any lawful activity. #57998 45 OAKLAND AVENUE, LLC, a domestic LLC. Arts. of Org. filed with the SSNY on 06/28/2012. Office location: Westchester County. SSNY has been designated as agent upon whom process against the LLC may be served. SSNY shall mail process to: Lichtenstein & Schindel, 158 West Boston Post Road, Mamaroneck, NY 10453. Purpose: Any Lawful Purpose. Latest date upon which LLC is to dissolve: 12/31/2055. #57999

NOTICE OF FORMATION OF A Cake Mom LLC. Arts of Org filed with Secy of State of NY (SSNY) on 6/21/12. Office location: WESTCHESTER. SSNY designated as agent upon whom process may be served. PO address to which SSNY shall mail copy of process against LLC: 173 N Main St #400 Satville, NY 11782. Principal business address: 2732 Deer St Mohegan Lake, NY 10547. Purpose: any lawful act. #58000 Name of LLC: Romeo Ventures, LLC. Arts. of Org. filed with NY Dept. of State: 6/19/12. Office loc.: Westchester Co. Sec. of State designated agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served and shall mail process to: c/o Anthony Pulice, 130 W. 42nd St., 23rd Fl., NY, NY 10036, regd. agt. upon whom process may be served. Purpose: any lawful act. #58001 ENCLAVE GROUP II, LLC, a domestic LLC. Arts. of Org. filed with the SSNY on 01/03/2012. Office location: Westchester County. SSNY has been designated as agent upon whom process against the LLC may be served. SSNY shall mail process to: Joel Rabinowitz, 438 Fifth Ave., Pelham, NY 10803. Purpose: Any Lawful Purpose. #58002 NOTICE OF FORMATION of South Lexington Avenue, LLC Art. of Org filed Secíy of State (SSNY) 7/9/12. Office location: Westchester County. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail copy of process to 16 Ogden Place West, Dobbs Ferry, NY 10522. Purpose: any lawful activities. #58005 LEGAL NOTICE The Articles of Organization of 124 WAPPANOCCA AVENUE ASSOCIATES, LLC (the ìCompanyî) were filed with the Secretary of State of the State of New York on June 05, 2012. The office of the Company is located in Westchester County, New York. The Secretary of State has been designated as agent of the Company upon whom process against it may be served. The post office address within or without the state to which the Secretary of State shall mail a copy of any process against the Company served upon him or her is: Paul A. Varsames, 1 Hunter Avenue, Armonk, New York 10504. The Company was formed for any lawful business purpose or purposes permitted under the New York Limited Liability Company Act. #58006 LEGAL NOTICE The Articles of Organization of 122 WAPPANOCCA AVENUE ASSOCIATES, LLC (the ìCompanyî) were filed with the Secretary of State of the State of New York on June 05, 2012. The office of the Company is located in Westchester County, New York. The Secretary of State has been designated as agent of the Company upon whom process against it may be served. The post office address within or without the state to which the Secretary of State shall mail a copy of any process against the Company served upon him or her is: Paul A. Varsames, 1 Hunter Avenue, Armonk, New York 10504. The Company was formed for any lawful business purpose or purposes permitted under the New York Limited Liability Company Act. #58007 LEGAL NOTICE The Articles of Organization of 126 WAPPANOCCA AVENUE ASSOCIATES, LLC (the ìCompanyî) were filed with the Secretary of State of the State of New York on June 05, 2012. The office of the Company is located in Westchester County, New York. The Secretary of State has been designated as agent of the Company upon whom process against it may be served. The post office address within or without the state to which the Secretary of State shall mail a copy of any process against the Company served upon him or her is: Paul A. Varsames, 1 Hunter Avenue, Armonk, New York 10504. The Company was formed for any lawful business purpose or purposes permitted under the New York Limited Liability Company Act. #58008

LEGAL NOTICE The Articles of Organization of PURCHASE STREET HOLDINGS, LLC (the ìCompanyî) were filed with the Secretary of State of the State of New York on June 06, 2012. The office of the Company is located in Westchester County, New York. The Secretary of State has been designated as agent of the Company upon whom process against it may be served. The post office address within or without the state to which the Secretary of State shall mail a copy of any process against the Company served upon him or her is: Paul A. Varsames, 1 Hunter Avenue, Armonk, New York 10504. The Company was formed for any lawful business purpose or purposes permitted under the New York Limited Liability Company Act. #58009 LEGAL NOTICE The Articles of Organization of VANDALAY PROPERTIES II, LLC (the ìCompanyî) were filed with the Secretary of State of the State of New York on June 20, 2012. The office of the Company is located in Westchester County, New York. The Secretary of State has been designated as agent of the Company upon whom process against it may be served. The post office address within or without the state to which the Secretary of State shall mail a copy of any process against the Company served upon him or her is: Bryan L. Cappelli, c/o Cappelli Enterprises, Inc., 115 Stevens Avenue, Valhalla, New York. The Company was formed for any lawful business purpose or purposes permitted under the New York Limited Liability Company Act. #58010 LEGAL NOTICE The Articles of Organization of HILL BLVD. ASSOCIATES, LLC (the ìCompanyî) were filed with the Secretary of State of the State of New York on June 12, 2012. The office of the Company is located in Westchester County, New York. The Secretary of State has been designated as agent of the Company upon whom process against it may be served. The post office address within or without the state to which the Secretary of State shall mail a copy of any process against the Company served upon him or her is: Christopher Sclafani, c/o Mount Kisco Medical Group, P.C., 110 South Bedford Road, Mount Kisco, New York 10549. The Company was formed for any lawful business purpose or purposes permitted under the New York Limited Liability Company Act. #58011 Notice of Formation of Clover & Pearle, LLC. Arts. of Org. filed with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 7/9/12. Office location: Westchester County. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to: 15 Ridgewood Drive, Rye, NY 10580. Purpose: any lawful activity. #58012 Notice of Formation of Cornerstone Management LLC. Arts. of Org. filed with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 6/29/12. Office location: Westchester County. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to: The LLC, 62 Rock Ridge Drive, Rye Brook, NY 10573. Purpose: any lawful purpose. #58013 Notice of Formation of 120 Bloomingdale Road LLC. Arts. of Org. filed with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 7/10/12. 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 Caspi Company Development LLC, 3010 Westchester Avenue, Purchase, NY 10577. Purpose: any lawful activity. #58014 Notice of Formation of Saddle Ridge Partners L.P. Certificate filed with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY): 2/26/2012. Off. loc.: Westchester County. SSNY designated as agent of LP upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to: The LP, 65 Howell Venue, Larchmont, NY 10538. Name/ address of each genl. ptr. available from SSNY. Term: until 12/31/2111. Purpose: any lawful activity. #58015

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LEGAL NOTICES Continued from previous page GUILLARO REALTY LLC, Art of Org filed SSNY 06/14/2012 Westch Sec of State designated as agent upon whom process can be served and whom will main copy to: 199 Main Street, Suite 205, White Plains, NY 10601 Attn: Wllm A. Wetzel, Esq. Purpose: any lawful activity. #58017 NOTICE OF FORMATION of Dad and I, LLC Art. of Org filed Secíy of State (SSNY) 7/11/12. Office location: Westchester County. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail copy of process to 10 City Place, Apt. 23A, White Plains, NY 10601 Purpose: any lawful activities. #58019 NOTICE OF FORMATION of Westchester Airport Capital, LLC Art. of Org filed Secíy of State (SSNY) 7/11/12. Office location: Westchester County. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail copy of process to c/o Alfred E. Donnellan, One North Lexington Avenue, White Plains, NY 10601. Purpose: any lawful activities. #58020 Notice of Formation of JLA 120 Bloomingdale LLC. Arts. of Org. filed with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 7/11/12. 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 Caspi Company Development LLC, 3010 Westchester Avenue, Purchase, NY 10577. Purpose: any lawful activity. #58023 Notice of Formation of 40 Lincoln Realty LLC. Arts. of Org. filed with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 6/27/12. Office location: Westchester County. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to: The LLC, 40 W Lincoln Ave., Mt. Vernon, NY 10550. Purpose: any lawful activity. #58024 Notice of formation of J. R. H. CONSTRUCTION L.L.C.. Art. Of Org. filed with the Sectíy of State of NY (SSNY) on 03/16/12. Office in Westchester County. SSNY has been designated as agent of the LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to the LLC,125 Radford St Apt 3F, Yonkers, NY 10705. Purpose: any lawful purpose. #58025 ANTHONY J. MARCIANO AGENCY, LLC, Authority filed with the SSNY on 04/05/2012. Office location: Westchester County. LLC formed in CT on 04/19/2011. SSNY is designated as agent upon whom process against the LLC may be served. SSNY shall mail process to: 940 High Ridge Road, Stamford, CT 06905. Address required to be maintained in CT: 940 High Ridge Road Stamford CT 06905. Cert of Formation filed with CT Sec. of State, Commercial Recording Div., P.O. Box 150470, Hartford, CT 06115. Purpose: Any Lawful Purpose. #58026

Name of LLC: Crane Training And Safety Consultants LLC. Arts. of Org. filed with NY Dept. of State: 7/3/12. Office loc.: Westchester Co. Sec. of State designated agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served and shall mail process to: c/o Business Filings Inc., 187 Wolf Rd., Ste. 101, Albany, NY 12205, regd. agt. upon whom process may be served. Purpose: any lawful act. #58027 Notice of Formation of Total Home Prep Now LLC. Arts. of Org. filed with NY Dept. of State on 6/29/12. Office location: Westchester County. Sec. of State designated agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served and shall mail process to the principal business address: c/o Matthew Fogarty, 10 Douglas Dr., South Salem, NY 10590. Purpose: all lawful purposes. #58028 NOTICE OF FORMATION OF LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY (LLC): B4 Strategic Solutions LLC. Articles of Organization were filed with the Secretary of State of New York (SSNY) on 06/25/2012. Office location: WESTCHESTER. SSNY designated as agent upon whom process may be served and shall mail copy of process against LLC to principal business address: 114 Park View Road, N., Pound Ridge, NY 10576. Purpose: Any lawful act. #58029 Notice of Formation of MECHANICAL ENGINEERED SYSTEMS LLC. Arts. of Org. was filed with SSNY on 7/13/12. Office location: Westchester County. SSNY designated as agent of LLC whom process against may be served. SSNY shall mail process to: c/o The LLC, 180 Jonathan Rd., New Canaan, CT 06840. Purpose: all lawful activities. #58030 YOUR HOUSE CHECK LLC, a domestic LLC. Arts. of Org. filed with the SSNY on 06/05/2012. Office location: Westchester County. SSNY has been designated as agent upon whom process against the LLC may be served. SSNY shall mail process to: Susan Simpson, PO Box 103, Katonah, NY 10536. Purpose: Any Lawful Purpose. #58031 Notice is hereby given that a restaurant wine license, #TBA has been applied for by Bella Luna Restaurant Inc. to sell beer and wine at retail in an on premises establishment. For on premises consumption under the ABC law at 861 Midland Avenue Yonkers NY 10704. #58032 NOTICE OF FORMATION OF N A BURGER ASSOCIATES, LLC. Arts. Of Org. filed with SSNY on 6/19/12. Office in Westchester County. Neil A Burger designated as agent of the LLC upon whom process against it may be served. Process should be mailed to: 51 Inverness Road, Scarsdale, NY 10583. Purpose: any lawful purpose. #58033

LEGAL NOTICE The Articles of Organization of 257 Lake Avenue, LLC (the ìCompanyî) were filed with the Secretary of State of the State of New York on July 03, 2012. The office of the Company is located in Westchester County, New York. The Secretary of State has been designated as agent of the Company upon whom process against it may be served. The post office address within or without the State to which the Secretary of State shall mail a copy of any process against the Company served upon him or her is: 201 Saw Mill River Road, Yonkers, New York 10701. The name and the street address within the state of the registered agent of the Company upon whom and at which process against the Company can be served is: Richard Gizzi, 201 Saw Mill River Road, Yonkers New York 10701. Richard Gizzi is one of the Members of the Company and is actively engaged in the business and affairs of the Company. The inclusion of the name of a person(s) in this notice does not necessarily indicate that such person(s) is personally liable for the debts, obligations or liabilities of the limited liability company and such personís liability, if any, under applicable law is neither increased nor decreased by reason of this notice. The Company was formed for any lawful business purpose or purposes permitted under the New York Limited Liability Company Act. #58034 NOTICE OF FORMATION OF LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY (LLC). NAME: EMILY KANDEL DESIGN, LLC Articles of Organization were filed with the Secretary of State of New York (SSNY) on 07/05/2012. Office location: Westchester County. SSNY has been designated as agent of the LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail a copy of process to: The LLC, 73 Inverness Road, Scarsdale, New York 10583, principal business location of the LLC. Purpose: any lawful business activity. #58035 ROSEMARY ZAREMBA SLP LLC, a Prof. LLC. Arts. of Org. filed with the SSNY on 04/10/2012. Office loc: Westchester County. SSNY has been designated as agent upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to: 54 Amber Drive, Croton On Hudson, NY 10520. Purpose: To Practice The Profession Of Speech & Language Pathology. #58036 NOTICE OF FORMATION OF LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY (LLC). NAME: Star Toilet Paper, LLC Articles of Organization were filed with the Secretary of State of New York (SSNY) on 07/05/12. Office location: Westchester County. SSNY has been designated as agent of the LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail a copy of process to: The LLC, 5 Horseshoe Lane, Rye Brook, New York 10573, principal business location of the LLC. Purpose: any lawful business activity. #58037

Notice of Formation of GREENHAVEN PARTNERS, LLC. Arts. of Org. filed with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 7/16/12. 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 Kestenbaum, Dannenberg & Klein, LLP, 104 West 40th St., 20th Fl., NY, NY 10018. Purpose: any lawful activity. #58039 Notice of Qualification of Shagbark LLC. App. for Auth. filed with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 7/18/12. Fictitious name in NY State: Shagbark (Delaware) LLC. Office location: Westchester County. LLC formed in Delaware (DE) on 2/12/01. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to: 1 Shadow Brook Parkway, Chappaqua, NY 10514. DE address of LLC: c/o United Corporate Services, Inc., 874 Walker Road, Ste. C, Dover, DE 19904. Arts. of Org. filed with DE Secy. of State, Townsend Bldg., Dover, DE 19901. Purpose: any lawful activity. #58040 Notice of Formation of LJS HR Services, LLC. Art. of Org. filed with SSNY on 7/9/12. Office location: Westchester County. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process may be served. SSNY shall mail process to PO Box 572, Yorktown Heights, NY. Purpose: any lawful act or activity. #58041 Notice of Formation of Apogee Energy Advisors, LLC. Arts. of Org. filed with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 7/19/12. Office location: Westchester County. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to: The LLC, 8 Oakstwain Rd., Scarsdale, NY 10583. Purpose: any lawful activity. #58042 J.G. PRIME CAPITAL, LLC, Authority filed with the SSNY on 07/16/2012. Office loc: Westchester County. LLC formed in DE on 06/05/2012. SSNY is designated as agent upon whom process against the LLC may be served. SSNY shall mail process to: P.O. Box 120 10 Five Ponds Drive, Waccabuc, NY 10597. Address maintained in DE: 16192 Coastal Hwy, Lewes DE 19958. Cert of Formation filed with DE Div. of Corps, 401 Federal St., Ste 4, Dover, DE 19901. Purpose: Any Lawful Purpose. #58043 Notice is hereby given that a restaurant wine license, #TBA has been applied for by Lucky D Thai Corp d/b/a D Thai Kitchen to sell beer and wine at retail in an on premises establishment. For on premises consumption under the ABC law at 677 Commerce St. Suite 103 Thornwood NY 10594. #58050 Notice is hereby given that an on premises license, #TBA has been applied for by Stallone & De Meglio, LLC d/b/a Sophia’s Pizzeria to sell beer, wine and liquor at retail in an on premises establishment. For on premises consumption under the ABC law at 368 Downing Drive Yorktown Heights NY 10598. #58051

NOTICE OF FORMATION of LtB associates, LLC. Arts. of Organization filed with Sec. of State of New York (SSNY) on 05/08/12. Offc. location: Westchester Cty. SSNY has been designated as an agent upon whom process against the LLC may be served. The add. to which SSNY shall mail a copy of any process against the LLC is to the LLC, 101 Maple St. #3, Croton on Hudson, NY 10520. Purpose: To engage in any lawful act or activity. #58053 Notice of Formation of ROOSEVELT HOTEL REALTY LLC. Arts. of Org. was filed with SSNY on 7/23/12. Office location: Westchester County. SSNY designated as agent of LLC whom process against may be served. SSNY shall mail process to: c/o The LLC, 560 Saw Mill River Rd., Ardsley, NY 10502. Purpose: all lawful activities. #58054 F & J PARTNERS LLC, Arts. of Org. filed with the SSNY on 07/20/2012. Office loc: Westchester County. SSNY has been designated as agent upon whom process against the LLC may be served. SSNY shall mail process to: 440 White Plains Road, Eastchester, NY 10709. Purpose: Any Lawful Purpose. #58055 Notice of Formation of the Articles of Organization filed with the New York Secretary of Stateís Office (SSNY) on 7/10/12 for SUTERA FAMILY DENTISTRY, PLLC. Principal office: Westchester County. Business: Dentistry. The SSNY is designated as the agent of the company upon whom process against it may be served. The address to which the SSNY shall mail a copy of any process is: 190 Goldens Bridge Road, Katonah, NY 10536. #58056 Notice of Formation of Bluestone Equestrian Center, L.L.C. Art. of Org. filed with Secy. of State of NY(SSNY) on 04/20/12. Office location:Westchester County. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to the LLC, 10 Hartford Lane, White Plains, NY 10603. Purpose:Any lawful activity. #58057 Nationwide Security Consultants, LLC, Art. of Org. filed with NY Secy. of State on 07/17/12. Office located in Westchester Co. Secy. of State designated as agent upon which process may be served. Secy. of State shall mail a copy of any process against it served upon him/her to: 22 Laurel Place, New Rochelle, NY 10801 (the LLCís primary business location). LLC may engage in any lawful act or activity for which a limited liability company may be formed. #58058 Notice is hereby given that an on premises license, #TBA has been applied for by Royal Banquet Hall & Catering LLC d/b/a Grand Roosevelt Ballroom/ Nawab Restaurant to sell beer, wine and liquor at retail in a catering facility. For on premises consumption under the ABC law at 2-8 Hudson Street Yonkers NY 10701. #58059

LEGAL NOTICE The Articles of Organization of BBC TECH LLC (the ìCompanyî) were filed with the Secretary of State of the State of New York on July 11, 2012. The office of the Company is located in Westchester County, New York. The Secretary of State has been designated as agent of the Company upon whom process against it may be served. The post office address within or without the state to which the Secretary of State shall mail a copy of any process against the Company served upon him or her is: Bryan L. Cappelli, c/o Cappelli Enterprises, Inc., 115 Stevens Avenue, Valhalla, New York 10595. The Company was formed for any lawful business purpose or purposes permitted under the New York Limited Liability Company Act. #58060

LEGAL NOTICE The Articles of Organization of 9 REYMONT AVENUE ASSOCIATES LLC (the ìCompanyî) were filed with the Secretary of State of the State of New York on July 16, 2012. The office of the Company is located in Westchester County, New York. The Secretary of State has been designated as agent of the Company upon whom process against it may be served. The post office address within or without the state to which the Secretary of State shall mail a copy of any process against the Company served upon him or her is: Susan Cappelli, 18 Sylvia Avenue, Ardsley, New York 10502. The Company was formed for any lawful business purpose or purposes permitted under the New York Limited Liability Company Act. #58061

Notice of Formation of Hoppenfeld Partners, LLC. Arts. of Org. filed with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 7/24/12. 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 United Corporate Services, Inc. Ten Bank St., Ste. 560, White Plains, NY 10606. Purpose: any lawful activity. #58064 Notice of Formation of Fiasco Limited Partnership. Certificate filed with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 6/14/2012. Office location: Westchester County. SSNY designated as agent of LP upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to: The LP, 282 Rye Beach Avenue, Rye, NY 10580. Name/address of each genl. ptr. available from SSNY. Term: until 12/31/2111. Purpose: any lawful activity. #58065 Name of LLC: Raphael Properties LLC. Arts. of Org. filed with NY Dept. of State: 7/26/12. Office location: Westchester County. Sec. of State designated agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served and shall mail process c/o R.J. Equities Inc., 169 S. Main St., Ste. 380, New City, NY 10956. Purpose: any lawful act. #58066

LEGAL NOTICE The Articles of Organization of RENAISSANCE HOTEL PARTNERS HOLDING, LLC (the ìCompanyî) were filed with the Secretary of State of the State of New York on July 26, 2012. The office of the Company is located in Westchester County, New York. The Secretary of State has been designated as agent of the Company upon whom process against it may be served. The post office address within or without the state to which the Secretary of State shall mail a copy of any process against the Company served upon him or her is: Louis R. Cappelli, c/o Cappelli Enterprises, Inc., 115 Stevens Avenue, Valhalla, New York 10595. The Company was formed for any lawful business purpose or purposes permitted under the New York Limited Liability Company Act. #58062

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Notice of Formation of At Your HR Service, LLC. Art. of Org. filed with SSNY on 6/13/12. Office location: Westchester County. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process may be served. SSNY shall mail process to PO Box 572, Yorktown Heights, NY. Purpose: any lawful act or activity. #58063

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FACES& PLACES Summertime bash Some 300 guests recently gathered at the Abigail Kirsch Tappan Hill Mansion in Tarrytown for The Westchester County Association’s (WCA) annual summer networking reception. Photographs by Dan Stockfield.

1. Chris Fisher, Cuddy & Feder, and Patrick Lynch, O’Dea, Lynch, Abbastista Consulting.

2. Katherine Santaniello and Gary Ginsberg, William Greene & Company L.L.P.; with Nicholas Puro, CRN Wireless L.L.C.; and Lynn Puro, March Boutique. 3. Carolyn Mandelker and Bob Knight, Harrison Edwards PR. 4. Dan Lansen, Compufit; Bill Harrington, WCA chairman; and Bill Mooney, WCA president. 5. Bill Cuddy, CBRE. 6. Perry Ochacher, State and Broadway Inc., and Al DelBello, former WCA chairman, DelBello Donnellan Weingarten Wise & Wiederkehr L.L.P. 7. Marissa Brett, executive director, economic development, WCA. 8. Anne Janiak, Women’s Enterprise Development Center.

9. Danielle Rollins, Mack-Cali Realty; and Josh Krull, Atria Senior Living. All photograph identifications are from left unless otherwise noted.

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ARE YOUR EVENTS HO HUM? THEN GET OUT OF THE BOX.

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