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Luxury senior housing planned for Bloomingdale Road BY RYAN DEFFENBAUGH rdeffenbaugh@westfairinc.com

site along Bloomingdale Road in White Plains once targeted for a shopping center could instead become home to 132 luxury apartments for seniors, if a developer’s plan meets city approval. National Development, a Massachusetts-based property developer, is making the rounds through city review for plans that would bring its high-end Waterstone brand of senior apartments to 120 Bloomingdale Road. The five-story senior residence building would be built next to an office building already on the roughly 6.5-acre property. Presenting to the city’s Planning Board earlier this month, Michael Glynn, a vice president for National Development, described his company as an innovator in senior living for more than 30 years. The Waterstone concept targets residents typically in their 80s and older, “who don’t need assisted living, but do need thoughtful senior design,” he said. William Null, an attorney with Cuddy & Feder representing the development team, said seniors entering Waterstone are “buying a lifestyle.” Monthly rents include 30 meals, though the apartments have full kitchens as well. » HOUSING

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Change in plans DEVELOPER OF FORMER WESTCHESTER PAVILION SITE SLASHES RETAIL COMPONENT

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dirt hole the size of a city block in downtown White Plains where the Westchester Pavilion once stood, may be a bit closer to actually seeing two residential towers rise. Representatives from a development team led by Lennar Multifamily Communities presented conceptual plans July 30 to the White Plains Common Council for the former Westchester

Pavilion site. Lennar Multifamily is the apartment-focused subsidiary of Lennar Corp., the country’s largest homebuilder. The plans are an update to a $275 million redevelopment of the property the city approved two years ago for the same company. The original plans were headlined by two, 24-story residential towers. The towers remain in the new plan, but the site’s retail square footage has been chopped to make way for more residences.

Whatever is built, it will replace the now-demolished Westchester Pavilion mall at the intersection of South Broadway and Maple Avenue. The outdated mall was knocked down last year, but the original plans stalled. This spring, Lennar representatives said the company would rework its proposal. The development team gave the council its first full look at a new design it described as more feasible than the original layout. » LENNAR CORP.

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What will happen to Walmart’s building in White Plains? BY ALEESIA FORNI

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almart’s decision to vacate its storefront at 275 Main St. in downtown White Plains has left many to wonder what will happen to the 179,000 square feet of retail space the store will leave behind. Residents’ suggestions have ranged from a high-end grocer, like Trader Joe’s or Whole Foods, to a budget retailer. Others have called for the demolition of the building completely to make way for new development. “I imagine this is going to create a lot of interest,” said White Plains Mayor Tom Roach, adding that the building sits on a “valuable piece” of real estate. While some have lamented the retail giant’s decision to vacate its downtown location, the news was welcomed by others. “That area of town is a popular area,” said Howard Greenberg, president of Howard Properties Ltd., a White Plains commercial real estate services firm. “Walmart was not the anchor you wanted to see there.” Greenberg said Walmart’s announcement, which came on July 24, could be “a great opportunity” for the city of White Plains. “I think from a city planning point of view, Walmart is not necessarily the tenant you want, the retailer you want in the dead center of the city,” he said. “Here’s an opportunity to get something of more quality into that space.” Still, what will become of that vacant space, or the building itself, is not yet certain. “Whether it’s retail or it’s demolished and it goes to a mixeduse scenario or some other residential development, I can see only pluses,” Greenberg said. The 275,000-square-foot building at 275 Main St., which also includes a Dunkin’ Donuts and Burlington Coat Factory, is owned by Greenwich-based Ivy Realty. Recently, Ivy Realty announced plans to complete a $30 million renovation to the nearby White Plains Plaza, the two-building, 700,000-squarefoot mixed-use complex at 1 N. Broadway and 445 Hamilton Ave. Those improvements will include upgrades to the 1,000-space parking garage between the buildings

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Walmart is closing its store at 275 Main St. Photo by Bob Rozycki.

and an updated café, lobby and conference center at the 445 Hamilton building, referred to as the North Tower. Greenberg said Ivy Realty has already completed “tremendous

Whether it’s retail or it’s demolished and it goes to a mixed-use scenario or some other residential development, I can see only pluses. — Howard Greenberg

upgrades” on the buildings it owns in downtown White Plains. “Here’s an opportunity to take the last piece of the development, and whatever they do with it will be an upgrade,” Greenberg said. “I think Ivy is a very savvy developer.” “I think that the best thing to happen will be when it’s no longer known as the Walmart building,” he said. Elsewhere in downtown White Plains, redevelopment plans are already in the works for another section of Main Street. Just a few blocks away, developer Martin Ginsburg and his company, Ginsburg Development Cos., plans to complete a major redevelopment of downtown office buildings. The Valhalla developer announced earlier this year that it teamed up with Robert Martin Co. on the $83 million acquisition of Westchester Financial Center, two office buildings comprising about 570,000 square feet on Main Street and Martine Avenue. Those properties, along with an apartment building he bought last year on the same block, will be transformed into a new “City Square” with luxury apartments, green space, restaurants, retail and renovated offices. “White Plains is a city that

is really a central location in Westchester,” Ginsburg said. Ginsburg noted that the property’s location near the White Plains train station, which is in the midst of a $92 million renovation, makes the area an attractive part of town for developers. Greenberg agreed, noting that the White Plains building could be transformed into another transit-oriented development. “That is very much in demand,” he said. A Walmart spokesman previously told the Business Journal that the decision to leave White Plains was based on a number of factors, including its strategic alignment with the company’s long-term plans. The company also plans to shift its focus to larger stores, known as Walmart Supercenters. “This store does not offer the same assortment as our supercenters,” spokesman Phillip Keene said, noting that the superstores feature departments including bakery, deli and produce. “Along with financial performance, that was a factor in this particular case.” The store, which opened in 2006, is expected to close to the public by Aug. 10. The closing will affect 396 employees.

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Ginsburg Development Cos. unveils townhomes in Peekskill MOVES FORWARD WITH FORT HILL APARTMENTS BYALEESIA FORNI aforni@westfairinc.com

ixteen new townhomes are now available for purchase along Peekskill’s Main Street. Ginsburg Development Cos. held a ceremonial ribbon cutting on July 26 for Gateway Townhomes, a $5.2 million, three-story development of rowhouse condominiums at 700 Main St. in Peekskill. “We’ve always recognized that Peekskill is itself a gateway to upstate and to the revitalization of the Hudson River corridor,” said Martin Ginsburg, founder and principal of Ginsburg Development Cos. The new homes are just off of the Route 9 entrance ramps that lead to the city’s downtown. “In order to establish a place as special, when you come into it, the first impressions are always so important,” Ginsburg said. The site was previously home to a bar and a building that former Peekskill mayor and County Legislator John Testa called a “rat-infested crack house on the corner here.” Ginsburg said those properties were demolished decades ago and the site has sat vacant since. “We were able to make this now a much fuller and more advantageous project for the city,” Testa said. The site also brought up a childhood memory for Peekskill Mayor Andre K. Rainey, who recalled spending time at a store that used to be on the property. “I remember my grandmother called the Peekskill police because she thought I ran away, but I was just hanging out at this store right here,” he said with a laugh. “The police came to the store and said, ‘You know your grandmother is looking for you?’ And I said, ‘No, I just came to get some Fritos.’” For Rainey, the new development “shows that

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Above: The 16 townhomes sit along Peekskill’s Main Street, just off of the Route 9 entrance and exit ramps. Left: Ginsburg plans to host a grand opening of the three five-story apartment buildings at Fort Hill in September. Photos by Aleesia Forni.

Peekskill has come a long way and we’re continuing to grow.” “Peekskill is open for business,” he said. The 14 three-bedroom homes, which range in size from 1,756 to 1,915 square feet, will be sold at mar-

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ket rate prices, starting at $335,000. Two two-bedroom units start at 1,649 square feet and will be offered as affordable workforce housing for those making up to 80 percent of the Westchester median income, with the sales price

pending notification of certain grants. The first floor of each townhome features an entrance hall, home office and guest room and two-car garage. On the second floor, there is a living room, dining room and eat-in kitchen,

while top floors feature the two or three bedrooms. Ginsburg is also behind another project in Peekskill, the $64.5 million mixed-use development Fort Hill. That project, which is being built on the site of a former convent and Revolutionary War lookout in Peekskill, will include 178 rental apartments called the Fort Hill Apartments at the Abbey Inn. The Valhalla-based developer acquired the property in 2003 and, after numerous development plans fell through over the next decade, rekindled the project at the urging of then-Peekskill Mayor Frank Catalina and presented plans to Peekskill city officials in 2015. Today, construction crews are working on the

third of the three five-story apartment buildings on the property. Ginsburg plans to host a grand opening in September. “It’s a wonderful site but extremely difficult to develop,” Ginsburg said. “Our objective is that when we complete this project, it will look like it always was there.” The complex’s amenities will include a fitness center, clubroom and swimming pool. Ginsburg also plans to develop the Abbey Inn, a 42-room hotel, event space and eatery in the former St. Mary’s Chapel building on the site. The chapel dates to the late 19th century and was home to the Episcopal Community of St. Mary until 2003.

$31.5M refinancing secured for White Plains apartments

Citrin Cooperman Corner Supreme Court Rules On Wayfair Online Sales Tax Case BY EUGENE RUVERE AND MICHAEL FREEL that in 1992, when Quill was decided, the Court could not have envisioned that an online seller would become the world’s largest retailer. More than 20 states have enacted some form of remote seller sales tax rules. Some of these apply currently, and some will go into effect in the not-too-distant future.

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A view from Martine Avenue of the Westchester Financial Center and “The Metro” apartment building at 34 S. Lexington Ave. Photo by Ryan Deffenbaugh.

insburg Development Cos. has received a $31.5 million refinancing package for The Metro, a 124-unit White Plains apartment building the company bought last year. Avison Young recently announced that it arranged the refinancing package for the property, which is at 34 S. Lexington Ave. near the city's train station. Ginsburg bought the building, formerly known as Halstead White Plains, for $35 million in 2017. The building shares a block with two office towers, known as

the Westchester Financial Center, which Ginsburg acquired for $83 million in April through a joint venture with Robert Martin Co. The company’s plans, sketched out earlier this spring following the financial center purchase, call for improvements to all three buildings to create a new “City Square.” It would have a mix of luxury apartments, green space, restaurants, retail and renovated offices just a block from the city’s train station. Avison Young arranged an acquisition loan last

year for The Metro and this spring arranged a $120.3 million loan for the acquisition and redevelopment of the Westchester Financial Center. That relationship provided “an intimate knowledge of the entire project” to communicate with lenders, according to David Krasnoff, Avison Young’s New York Capital Markets senior director. Krasnoff handled the deal along with Ryan Flannery, an analyst for Avison Young’s New York Capital Markets Group. — Ryan Deffenbaugh

ContraFect prices $10M public offering of common stock

ontraFect Corp., a Yonkers biotechnolo�y company, announced the pricing of its underwritten public offering of 5 million shares of common stock at $2 per share. Proceeds from the offering will be $10 million. ContraFect also granted the underwriters a 30-day option to buy up to an addi-

tional 750,000 shares. The offering was expected to close on July 31, subject to customary closing conditions. Piper Jaffray & Co. and William Blair & Co. LLC are acting as joint book-running managers for the offering, and Chardan is lead manager. ContraFect focuses on the discovery and devel-

opment of protein and antibody therapeutics for life-threatening, drug-resistant infectious diseases. ContraFect’s initial product candidates include agents to treat antibiotic-resistant infections such as MRSA and inf luenza. The company’s offices are at 28 Wells Ave. — Aleesia Forni

The recent U.S. Supreme Court ruling on the Wayfair case has left many business owners with much confusion and uncertainty on how to address its effect on online sales tax. There are three basic options available to multi-state businesses that now find themselves subject to these new remote seller rules: 1. Panic and register in every state that imposes a sales tax; 2. Do nothing and wait for the states to catch you; or 3. Conduct a “Wayfair analysis.” In this article, we will be covering the facts of the recent ruling; what business owners should be doing now to comply with the new sales tax requirements; and how performing a thorough “Wayfair analysis” can be an effective approach to guide you in making the best decisions. THE FINAL RULING On June 21, 2018, a closely-divided U.S. Supreme Court issued a highly-anticipated decision in South Dakota v. Wayfair. The ruling holds that states can require online retailers and other out-of-state sellers to collect sales tax, upending over two decades of legal precedent. Impacted businesses include software vendors, equipment retailers, information sellers, and any other business remotely selling goods or services that are subject to sales tax. Prior to the Wayfair decision, a state was prohibited from imposing a sales tax collection requirement on a seller, unless that seller had a physical presence in that state, pursuant to the 1992 Supreme Court ruling in Quill Corporation v. North Dakota. With a 5-4 Wayfair decision, the Supreme Court struck down Quill’s in-state physical presence requirement. The South Dakota law at issue in Wayfair requires remote sellers that have either (1) over 200 annual transactions or (2) at least $100,000 of annual sales in South Dakota, to collect the State’s sales tax. The Court found that these collection thresholds were not a prohibited burden on interstate commerce. The Court also noted that the states were losing billions of dollars in sales tax revenue as a result of the physical presence rule, and

We anticipate that most states without remote seller sales tax statutes already in place will eventually adopt standards similar to South Dakota’s. THE POTENTIAL FOR CONFUSION AND ERRORS IS HIGH Many businesses will be subject to sales tax registration, collection, remittance, and reporting requirements in multiple states that were never considered before. In order to comply with the new sales tax requirements, we recommend that you seek guidance from an experienced state and local tax professional to initially determine the following: • Whether your company has any historical sales tax exposure; • Prospective sales tax collection responsibilities under the new rules; and • Which sales tax registrations should be prioritized based on a number of weighted factors. An experienced tax advisor can guide you in taking the following steps: 1. Analyzing your company’s current sales tax compliance requirements. 2. Determining the compatibility of your current accounting system with a sales taxability matrix. 3. Establishing a cost-efficient process to register your company in the necessary states. 4. Developing a cost-efficient compliance approach. By taking these steps, a company can make an informed decision on how to best address the effects, if any, of the Wayfair case. If you have questions about how to comply with the sales tax requirements for your business in light of the Supreme Court’s decision, please contact your Citrin Cooperman advisor. ABOUT THE AUTHORS Eugene Ruvere is a partner in Citrin Cooperman’s State and Local Tax (SALT) Practice and can be reached at 914.949.2990 or via email at eruvere@citrincooperman.com. Michael Freel is a manager in Citrin Cooperman’s SALT Practice and can be reached at 914.949.2990 or via email at mfreel@citrincooperman.com. Both Eugene and Michael have provided state income tax review services to both publicly and privately-held companies. They advise their clients on state and local tax savings opportunities, exposures, and various SALT issues including income and franchise, sales and use, employment, and property taxes. Citrin Cooperman is a full-service accounting and consulting firm with 10 locations on the East Coast. Visit us at citrincooperman.com.

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“There are a lot similarities to what was of previously approved,” said Greg Belew, Lennar Multifamily Communities’ city president for the New York tristate region. “But I think we’ve dramatically improved the project.” Lennar has owned the site since March 2017, when it bought it from Urstadt Biddle Properties Inc. for $56.6 million. That purchase came about a year after the White Plains Common Council gave approvals to Lennar’s original plans for the site. Belew took over the region for Lennar later in 2017 and he said a new team leading the project has brought a new vision. The new plans, designed by New York City architectural firm Beyer Blinder Belle, trade a significant chunk of the approved retail square footage for additional apartments and open space. The project was initially approved for 707 rental apartments and 93,840 square feet of retail space. The new plans instead call for 814 residential units. Those would be mostly rental apartments, but could include a small

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Amenities include an indoor swimming pool, movie theater, rooftop terrace, salon, multiple dining areas and a large fitness center. “Really what we are trying to do is get people out of their very comfortable rooms,” Glynn said. The apartment building would be adjacent to a 146,000-square-foot office building on the north end of the property, which was formerly headquarters of The Nestlé Co. The office building’s tenants include the New York Department of Labor, Keller Williams Realty and Byram Healthcare. The office building received renovations recently from its owners, a partnership of Caspi Development Co. in Purchase and Faros Properties, based in New York City and Boston. The joint-venture paid $10.5 million for the property in 2012

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number of condominiums. The retail space has been reduced to about 25,000 square feet, which Belew said would mostly be used for restaurants. Belew told the council that struggles in the retail market driven by e-commerce made the original amount of space difficult to build. The expensive cost of building below-grade parking to accommodate the retail didn’t help either. The new plans also narrow the profile of the buildings. The bulkier buildings in the original plans left about 20 percent of the property as open space. The new plan leaves about 32 percent of the property open. That extra space will be used, in part, for a 19,000-square-foot triangular park on the north side of the property, facing the Westchester One office tower. Residents and visitors would park in a five-story parking garage facing Hale Avenue. The new plan essentially cuts the site in half and would be built in two phases. Phase one is the first tower, which would have roughly 407 units. Phase two is the second tower, also about 407 residential units.

after the previous owner defaulted on a commercial mortgage-backed securitized loan. The ownership had previously received city approval for a 50,000-square-foot retail and restaurant center on the property, called “The Venue,” but the proposal was never built. The senior apartments would be built over two narrow parking lots that stretch along Bloomingdale Road on the property. The parking would be replaced by a four-story garage near the office with 314 spaces. The site will have 573 parking spaces total. The project could also add a 13,000-square-foot park to the property along Carhart Avenue, which Null told the planning board could be dedicated to the city. The 132 apartments would be broken out as 77 one-bedroom units and 55 two-bedrooms. Asked about whether any of those units

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He also said the company is working with the city on setting up a more substantial payment in lieu of taxes (PILOT) agreement. For the initial project, the Westchester County Industrial Development Agency approved approximately $14.5 million in exemptions on mortgage recording taxes, as well as on sales tax for Lennar’s construction and equipment purchases. Lennar officials at the time estimated the redevelopment would create 2,895 construction jobs and 72 permanent jobs.

Councilman Dennis Krolian asked whether an updated PILOT agreement “would be a deal-maker or deal-breaker in this case?” “In this case, yes,” Belew said. “It is very, very material to seeing this go on. There’s no question about it. Without that, there could be a hole in the ground for some time, so I’m glad we’re making progress on that direction.” While the project is likely to contain mostly rental apartments, Belew noted the company is considering turning some floors over to condominium use. The floors would be designed and marketed by Lennar Urban, the company’s condo-focused subsidiary. Lennar next will have an updated site plan application reviewed by several city departments. The Westchester Pavilion site is one of two Lennar is redeveloping in the region. The company is also the lead developer on a 434unit apartment building on Mamaroneck Avenue in the city, which the council approved in fall 2017. Construction on the project is expected to start this fall, Belew said following the meeting.

County’s growing retirement population. In Rye, Westchester developer Alfred Weissman Real Estate broke ground in the spring on a $100 million project that will build 95 luxury St. Regis branded senior condominiums to 120 Old Post Road. That was after the landlord tore down a three-story, 75,000-square-foot office

building on the property. George Comfort & Sons has a similar proposal for an office building at 900 King St. in Rye Brook. The company is seeking approvals to tear down an office building to build 269 units of senior housing, including townhouses, apartments and an assisted living facility. The new owner at Elmwood Country Club has proposed to convert the country club to 175 two-story townhomes for people 55 and older. Even Purchase College has gotten in on the act. The SUNY school plans to start construction next year on a community that could bring up to 385 independent living apartments and villas to its campus for seniors ages 62 and older. The Waterstone project requires site plan and special permit approval from the city’s Common Council. The planning board has filed no objections to the proposal.

The former site of the Westchester Pavilion. Photo by Ryan Deffenbaugh.

The council appeared anxious at the meeting to get a sense of timing for the project. The flattened out city block has drawn the ire of residents. “This site, more than any other, I’ve been asked about scheduling and all of that,” Councilman Justin Brash told the developer following the presentation. “I hear ... ‘How could you approve this? There’s a hole in the ground.’ ‘What’s your general idea ... how long is there going to be a hole there?’” If the new plans are

approved, it will likely be years before the vision is fully realized. Belew anticipates construction would start June 2019 at the earliest. The first phase of the project would take about two years to build. Belew estimated Lennar would then wait at least two years before starting on the second tower. Asked what makes this project a better bet for investors, Belew said splitting the construction into phases, along with reducing the retail space, takes away some of the project’s risk.

Photo by Ryan Deffenbaugh.

will be designated as workforce or affordable housing, Null said discussions with the city are ongoing. “We believe it would be very difficult to provide workforce housing in this sort of lifestyle setup,” Null said. The White Plains location would be the third from National Development under the Waterstone senior living brand. The company’s

portfolio includes senior living, memory care and independent living communities throughout New England. The company also has developed or owns a number residential, industrial and office properties focused in its home New England region. National Development joins a number of developers planning luxury accommodations for Westchester

Greenburgh gets more than 100 bikes from shuttered bike-share company BY ALEESIA FORNI aforni@westfairinc.com

fo, a bike-sharing company that recently decided to stop its Westchester operation, has decided to donate the more than 100 bicycles left in White Plains. Officials from the town of Greenburgh picked up those bicycles and stored them, according to town Supervisor Paul Feiner. Feiner added that 20 of those bikes would

launched a bike-share program in White Plains this summer. Lime, a Silicon Valley startup, remains in operation in White Plains and Yonkers. Ofo announced that it would pull its bikes from a number of U.S. cities and instead, the Chinese company will focus on China and large global cities where bike-sharing is better established. Feiner said he has reached out to Lime to see if they would expand their operation to Greenburgh.

be distributed to students in need at Alexander Hamilton High School in Elmsford. The town is also working with the Cycle Club of Westchester to repair the bicycles and distribute them to other residents “who need it most,” Feiner said. Ofo announced that it would shut down its local operation on July 23, leaving behind bikes that allowed riders to hop on and later leave those bikes at their destination, paying through a mobile app. Feiner said the apps had been removed from the Ofo bicycles. Ofo was one of two companies that

Charter faces ouster from NY

he New York State Public Service Commission has voted to rescind approval of Stamford-based Charter Communications’ merger with Time Warner Cable, due to what the commission said was Charter’s “repeated failures to serve New Yorkers and honor its commitments.” The move could end Charter’s presence in the state and force it to cede its internet, television and phone services to another company. The merger was approved by the commission in 2016 with several provisos, including that Charter expand its Spectrum services to 145,000 New York homes, mostly in rural areas, within four years. Progress has apparently been too slow for the commission, which called Charter’s activities “wholly deficient” and said that it could “no longer in good faith and conscience” allow the company to continue to operate in New York. In June, the commission fined Charter $2 million for what it ruled was the lackadaisical pace of the company’s progress. Its latest ruling adds another $1 million to that figure. For its part, Charter issued a statement after the June ruling saying that it was on schedule to meet the 145,000 milestone by May 2020. “We exceeded our last commitment and we continue to meet our merger obligations,” it said in a statement. Charter also questioned the timing of the commission’s findings, obliquely referring to New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo’s derisive comments about the pace of the company’s rollout as well as its ongoing fight with Local 3 of the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers, which has been striking against Charter for over a year. “In the weeks leading up to an election, rhetoric often becomes politically charged,” the Stamford company said, referring to Cuomo’s bid for a third term this fall. “But the fact is that Spectrum has extended the reach of our advanced broadband network to more than 86,000 New York homes and businesses since our merger agreement.” Charter said it plans to challenge the commission’s rulings. — Kevin Zimmerman

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In Court

BY BILL HELTZEL

Rockland steel firm seeks protection from $2.1M debt in bankruptcy court, twice

steel supplier is suing a Rockland County company to stop it from using bankruptcy court, for the second time, to block a $2.1 million judgment. Taunton Metals of Florida sued Solutions in Stainless Inc. on July 25 in U.S. Bankruptcy Court in White Plains. The St. Petersburg company claims that Solutions in Stainless made false statements and promises to get Taunton to ship steel in 2011, meaning Stainless may not use bankruptcy court protection to deny debt payments.

Stainless quickly consented to paying the full amount plus attorney’s fees. But then Katzman filed for personal bankruptcy in Connecticut, declaring $408,264 in assets and more than $6.2 million in liabilities. The Chapter 7 liquidation petition automatically stopped the Rockland case.

Taunton sued in bankruptcy court, making the same argument it makes now: Stainless should not be allowed to discharge debt on products it got by false or fraudulent means. Katzman said in the 2014 affidavit that his business got further and further behind on payments to suppliers during an economic downtown that began in 2010. He mentioned the possibility of personally guaranteeing his debts to Taunton, he stated, but never formally put the guarantee in writing. Therefore, he argued, there was no misrepresentation or fraud.

“I filed my Chapter 7 petition,” he said in the affidavit, “for the purpose of moving on with my life after my business failed.” A Connecticut bankruptcy judge eventually lifted the stay, allowing Taunton to resume the Rockland lawsuit. Last year, Justice Robert M. Berliner of the Rockland Supreme Court granted Taunton judgment for $2,147,207. Taunton petitioned in April to make Katzman’s wife, Rachel, and their jointly owned entity, Local Only LLC, liable for the debt. Six weeks later, Stainless

filed for Chapter 7 bankruptcy in White Plains, once again freezing the Rockland court case. Stainless declared $0 in assets and nearly $2.4 million in liabilities. Taunton sued again. Stainless shut down four years ago, the company argued, making it obvious that Katzman is using bankruptcy to further delay paying the debt. Taunton, represented by attorney Eric P. Schutzer in Manhattan, is asking the bankruptcy court to lift the stay to permit the Rockland lawsuit to move forward.

Partners fight over gift shop for Jehovah’s Witnesses

Jehovah’s Witness who partnered with a couple he trusted based on their shared faith is suing them over ownership of a religion-themed gift shop in Orange County. Greg Holland of Victoria, British Columbia, claims in a federal lawsuit that Thomas and Nanci Matos of Pine Bush, coerced him into relinquishing his property. “Through deceit and intimidation, the Matoses stole Holland’s investment and interest in Ministry Ideaz LLC,” the complaint states. “The Matoses then used Ministry Ideaz’s inventory and cash to establish their own competing business.” Holland went through a “disfellowship” in January for his conduct, Thomas Matos replied, and is no longer a Jehovah’s Witness. “As far as all the other charges, they are baseless and we look forward to disproving them in court.” Holland started Ministry Ideaz in 2002 as an online business from his home

Solution in Stainless President and owner Daniel B. Katzman of Westport, Connecticut, did not immediately respond to a telephone message asking for his side of the story. In 2014, he depicted Taunton’s claims as spurious in an affidavit filed in U.S. Bankruptcy Court in Bridgeport. Solutions in Stainless operated as United Stainless & Alloy in Hillburn. In 2011, it ordered two shipments of steel from Taunton Metals for $553,000. When Stainless refused to pay, Taunton sued Stainless in Rockland Supreme Court.

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in Ecuador. The company makes and sells leather and paper products — such as Bible covers, notebooks and calendars — for Jehovah’s Witnesses. Last year, he decided to open a store in the U.S. He met the Matoses through a mutual friend and, “based on his trust of fellow members of the Jehovah’s Witness faith, agreed to partner with them.” Holland held 90 percent of the New York company and the Matoses owned the rest. Holland claims he wired more than $40,000 to the Matoses to set up the store and then another $190,000 to cover expenses for nine months. He shipped $250,000 in inventory from Ecuador that he hoped would sell at retail for $750,000. In May 2017, they opened a storefront in Valley Supreme Plaza in Pine Bush, 25 miles from the Jehovah’s Witnesses headquarters. Business was good. The

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store sold $38,837 in goods in the first month and another $250,000 in credit card transactions over the following four months. But Holland became estranged from his wife in late 2017, having engaged in an extramarital affair. His wife moved to Canada with their two children. Holland describes the Matoses as his “surrogate parents.” They offered emotional support during his marital troubles and assured him that he need not worry

about the business because it was in their good hands. At the same time, Holland alleges, the Matoses were trying to persuade his wife to divorce him, seek sole custody of their children and “extract a financial settlement.” The Matoses, the complaint states, were already “secretly scheming to steal Holland’s entire investment.” They registered BestLife Gifts LLC in February, using the Ministry Ideaz address. On March 2, the Matoses

held a “special meeting” at their home and decided to dissolve the company. Holland, the majority owner, claims he was not notified. Thomas Matos emailed him on the same day, stating, “We are severing ties!” “The store sign has been removed, the lease has ended, utilities, phones and internet cancelled,” the message said. “There has been far to (sic) much pressure on Nanci and I being in business with you,” the message stated. “Being associated with Ministry Ideaz has become a liability that has already damaged us.” To this day, according to the July 25 lawsuit, BestLife operates from the same storefront as Ministry Ideaz, uses the same telephone numbers and sells the same inventory. On March 5, the complaint states, Thomas Matos threatened to reveal Holland’s marital problems to the customers he had cultivated for 16 years and to

stop processing about 1,000 online orders. Matos allegedly offered a deal. He would not follow through on the threats if Holland signed over his entire interest in Ministry Ideaz, agreed to dissolve the company and relinquished the equipment and inventory. Holland says he signed the one-page agreement “fearing that the Matoses would ruin his livelihood and his relationship with his family and his church.” Holland reconciled with his wife, moved to Canada and “began to grasp the extent of the Matoses’ deceit.” He is demanding $300,000 in damages and he wants the court to declare the dissolution deal null and void and to bar the Matoses and BestLife from selling inventory and assets. Holland is represented by Jack A. Gordon, Joshua B. Katz and Luis F. Calvo of Kent, Beatty & Gordon LLP in Manhattan.

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ASK ANDI | Andi Gray

Recovering from a loss in sales WE HAVE BEEN SLOWLY LOSING REVENUE FROM OUR BIGGEST ACCOUNT AND IT’S NOW STARTING TO HURT OUR BUSINESS. I JUST DON’T KNOW WHERE TO GO FROM HERE. IT’S BEEN A HUGE PART OF OUR BUSINESS FOR A LONG TIME. THOUGHTS OF THE DAY: Losing revenue that you’ve come to count on really hurts. Buy yourself time to get out of the hole you’re in. If your small business has been dealing with a top-heavy mix of one or two big customers, here’s an opportunity to rightsize the mix to your advantage. One way to keep your business safe is to keep your top five customers below 25 percent of your total revenue and all individual accounts below 8 percent of total revenue. That way, you’re in a stronger position to negotiate with a large customer that starts making unrealistic demands. There’s less of a hole to fill if one big customer cuts back on orders or goes away altogether. And you have less accounts

receivables exposure if big accounts use their clout to demand carrying terms. Take a close look as well at the vertical markets that your company serves. How many customers and how much volume comes from one industry? Spread out to serve multiple industries and you reduce risk if one vertical market hits a downturn. Serve equally at least four to five vertical markets and your company is safer than if it relies on one or two markets for most or all of its revenue. Realistically assess how much time you have before things could get dicey. Make cost cuts if you have to. Pay down lines of credit. Decide if you’ll need funds to get

through this period and if so ask for credit line increases now. Start asking questions to find out how vulnerable you are with other clients. Ask customers if they’re planning to consolidate work with fewer vendors and if so, how soon. Are any clients heavily concentrated with their own big customers or in specific industries? If so, how vulnerable are they to a downturn? Talk to sales and purchasing people to get answers. Assess the quality of your sales pipeline and sales and marketing team. Most companies get into customer concentration trouble because sales as a whole isn’t strong enough or disciplined enough. Beef that up now, assess whether that’s with people and/ or processes. Here’s the good news. Keeping a big customer for a substantial period is a signal that your company is doing some things right. Ask the people you serviced why they did or are doing business with your company. Make a list of things to promote to other companies or industries. Do some research on companies in the same industry and in other industries that might need what you’re best at. Build a list and approach this list as market research. Tell them you’re doing research on market needs and gather information to find out if what your company does is still relevant.

Get to work making potential buyers aware of the great job your company does for its current big customers. Do homework on each prospect by looking up what they do and what they value. Figure out whom you and your target contacts are both connected to. Ask for introductions from people who know you and the people you want to meet. Send out intro letters, attach case studies, letters of reference, a write-up on industry trends gathered during your research phase. Ask for an opportunity to get together. Don’t be afraid to reference what a great job you’ve done for your lost client. Just say it’s time to move on and you’re looking for other opportunities of similar or better quality. LOOKING FOR A GOOD BOOK? Try “Fearless Referrals: Boost Your Confidence, Break Down Doors, and Build a Powerful Client List” by Matt Anderson. Andi Gray is president of Strate�y Leaders Inc., Strate�yLeaders.com, a business-consulting firm that teaches companies how to double revenue and triple profits in repetitive growth cycles. Have a question for AskAndi? Wondering how Strate�y Leaders can help your business thrive? Call or email for a free consultation and diagnostics: 877-238-3535.

TECH TALK Is Your Business Winning? A Guide to Operational Bliss As a technology consultant I can’t tell you how many times I’ve walked into a business and the powers that be feel like they are winning. They are making a modest profit, are reasonably productive and the staff are content. Once we pop the hood, we find that the technology put in place twenty years ago is still in place and upper management is stuck in their old ways. Little do they know that these outdated systems are costing them in more ways than one. I’m going to talk about few things you should consider focusing on that could bring you closer to operational bliss. ACCOUNTABILITY When it comes to tasking teams with assignments, companies usually have nothing formidable in place. It’s basically an email or conversation and relying on the assignee to remember or to write it on a post-it note. By utilizing a task management system, assignments can be made creating real accountability with task timeline tracking. This will also give management an indication of the velocity for the task at hand. Staff would have one clean list of assignments across all projects to prioritize, plan and execute on from any device. REPEATABILITY With task lists you can create templated checklists that correlate with standard operating procedures so that you can create a repeatable process with consistent results.

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follow up each day to ensure you are executing as planned. Use of a cloud-based group calendar solution that integrates with or built in to a task management system would greatly aid in increasing velocity and ultimately productivity. COMMUNICATION We rarely use email for interoffice communication. Our inboxes are dedicated to vendors, clients and spam. Internally we rely on chat tools and comments directly tied to a specific task or project. This keeps all thoughts and directions contained within that task or project. Trying to stay organized with just email is difficult. Tasking or project management software that allows for commenting are what you should be looking for.

Leonard Galati

PRODUCTIVITY Time is money and if you’re not maximizing how that time is utilized, your company is slowly bleeding to death. Initiatives should be displayed on a group calendar tied to objectives for the day/week/month. A plan to execute for every week should be the main topic for a Monday morning staff meeting. The ability to look at resources, calendar and jobs/ initiatives on a single pane makes resource utilization and production management a much easier task. Set the tone for the week and

VISIBILITY With everything we have discussed managers and staff need to see it all in one place, an operations radar if you will. In whatever task/ project management solution you choose, you need a high-level view of the status of every initiative so that you can manage, push and pull where needed. This gives you the ability to see where the breakdown in workflows occur and correct them. We have purposeful large screen dashboards throughout our office driving productivity. PUTTING IT ALL TOGETHER If you are still relying on antiquated systems or doing nothing at all it may be time to start

looking at a better way to run your business using technology. There are cloud based systems that aren’t very expensive that can dramatically improve your business outcomes when it comes to the P&L at year end. This reduces the number of meetings required, micromanaging and missed tasks, thus reducing management overhead. You would be doing your team an injustice by not providing them with easy to-do lists to follow every day. Hello to better morale. This one single move can have a tremendous impact on quality of service, workflow and quality of life for all. Searching on your own or using the services of a consultant are the first steps to reaching operational bliss and ultimately “Winning!”. If you would like to learn more or need assistance implementing these technologies please visit: http://www.cyberteam.us/contact-us or call 914-417-4814.

Leonard Galati is a CISSP (Certified Information Systems Security Professional) and the CEO of CYBERTEAM a Westchester based IT Services & Cybersecurity company servicing Westchester and Fairfield Counties.

Rockefeller Playhouse mansion added to Pocantico Center BY RYAN DEFFENBAUGH rdeffenbaugh@westfairinc.com

large mansion built in 1927 by the Rockefeller family will become part of the Pocantico Center to support philanthropic and artistic efforts. The National Trust for Historic Preservation and the Rockefeller Brothers Fund announced July 26 that the mansion and several guest houses on the estate have been gifted to the National Trust, whose holdings already include Kykuit, the historic home of John D. Rockefeller. The Playhouse is a Tudor-style mansion built by John D. Rockefeller Jr., son of Standard Oil co-founder John D. Rockefeller. The property was owned in recent years by David Rockefeller, who died in March 2017 at the age of 101. The mansion and its guest houses will become part of the Pocantico Center, a meet-

LDC approves bonds for Bethel Nursing Home renovations

he Westchester County Local Development Corp. agreed on July 26 to issue between $11.8 million and $16 million in bonds to finance renovations for Bethel Nursing Home Co. in Ossining. The nursing home at 17 Narragansett Ave. is being downsized from 73 beds to 43 in order to create a more home-like neighborhood setting. Double bedrooms in the skilled nursing facility, for instance, will be converted to single bedrooms with “residential style” bathrooms and private showers and with new carpeting and furniture. The roof and windows of the two-story building will be replaced, and the driveway and entry walkway will be modified. New health care equipment will be purchased. Bethel asked the LDC to issue from $11.8 million to $16 million in bonds to pay for the improvements and financing costs. The financing includes a mix of tax-exempt and taxable revenue bonds. Though the LDC will issue the bonds, Bethel is obligated to pay them off with nursing home revenues. Chicago-based B.C. Ziegler and Co. will be the underwriter. The LDC board approved the bond financing by a unanimous vote. — Bill Heltzel

ing and conference venue operated by the Rockefeller Brothers Fund. The philanthropic organization was founded by the sons of John D. Rockefeller Jr. in the 1940s. “For over a century, the Rockefeller family has found a home in Pocantico Hills and the surrounding community, for which we will always feel deep respect, gratitude and love,” said David Rockefeller Jr. “It was there that my father and his brothers cultivated their passions: the environment, historic preservation, international engagement and the arts. The Rockefeller Brothers Fund, founded in a meeting at the Playhouse, is one way in which their extraordinary legacy lives on.” In addition to Kykuit, the Pocantico Center includes the Marcel Breuer House, the Coach Barn, the Orangerie and the property’s gardens and landscapes. The Pocantico Center hosts philanthropic and public programs of the Rockefeller

Brothers Fund. It’s also a home for dozens of multidisciplinary artist residencies for dancers, musicians, playwrights, poets and visual artists each year, culminating in a summer performance series that brings New York City arts and culture to the doorstep of Westchester. The Playhouse will add to the center’s rehearsal and meeting space for cultural performances, conferences and other public programs. The guest houses, meanwhile,

will increase the center’s capacity for artist residencies and allow the center to run concurrent programming. Kykuit is one of 28 historic sites in the National Trust’s national portfolio. The historic home receives more than 32,000 guests each year for tours, according to the announcement. “Saving, using and sharing historic properties like Kykuit and now the nearby Playhouse and guest houses help us to understand and appreciate the past, engage with the complex issues that define our present and come together in a beautiful space to imagine and create a better future,” said Stephanie K. Meeks, president and CEO of the National Trust for Historic Preservation. The National Trust and Rockefeller Brothers Fund accepted the operation of the additional buildings and land on July 15. The organizations are planning a ribbon-cutting ceremony for September.

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Win referrals by forging competitor relationships

t’s no secret that many companies work to differentiate their brand by focusing on one aspect of an industry. Smart business owners, however, don’t just specialize, but also invest in alliances with others in their industry to expand opportunities, particularly when it comes to referrals. Most companies do not refer clients or customers to other businesses lightly, given the time and effort they spend landing and forging successful relationships with their clients. However, in the same way that cultivating client relationships is good for business, building relationships with other companies in the field also can be beneficial, especially when it comes to opportunities for referral business. When competing companies know you, your team and what your company offers, they’ll be more likely to refer new business your way when it falls outside their expertise but is in your sweet spot. Consider, for example, a law firm that typically advises a business client on tax and employee benefits matters. Imagine, then, that the client suddenly found itself threatened by a lawsuit by three employees that got hurt on the job. If the law firm then referred the client to another trusted law firm that focused on personal injury or professional liability matters — areas outside the primary firm’s practice — the primary law firm would not only act in the best interests of the client, but also establish a relationship with the personal injury firm, opening the way for future, mutual referrals. Making referrals also can be advantageous when the type of service provided isn’t an issue, but geography is. For many companies, understanding the ins and outs of their industry’s business landscape is linked to specific practices, trends and laws in the region where the company and its clients are located, making a service provider’s location key to its ability to provide valued services. Because of that, connecting would-be clients to experts in the appropriate geographic area through referrals and vice versa, can strengthen business relationships while enhancing exposure and, possibly, profitability. In addition to potentially increasing a firm’s exposure and bottom line, this type of cooperative give-and-take can add to a company’s standing within its local communities, demonstrate ethical business practices and establish a commitment to a high standard of service. Successful relationships with other businesses require more than a willingness to swap referrals. It’s important to do so with reputable companies that are as enthusiastic about referral business as you are, including having a strategic business plan in place.

BUILDING YOUR BUSINESS REFERRAL NETWORK

your business’ industry and local chambers of commerce. When appropriate, run for board positions, volunteer for committee work and otherwise get involved to further connections with other members. • Work with community-based organizations of interest to you personally or that are in line with your business’ industry. Doing so will support your business’ and clients’ community and create opportunities for you to meet

and possibly do business with other people, firms and organizations, whether it’s referral or otherwise. • Refer others to trusted businesses when appropriate, establishing an avenue for return referrals. • Participate in thought-leadership opportunities, including speaking engagements, to remind colleagues of your firm’s services and make others aware of your capabilities, poten-

tially driving interest and referrals. • Partner with a referring firm on a bylined article or panel discussion to showcase your individual strengths and mutual connections. Attorney Jeffrey Feldman is a founding partner of Feldman, Kleidman, Coffey, Sappe & Regenbaum LLP, a personal injury law, professional liability defense and criminal defense firm based in Fishkill, fkcsr-law. com. He can be reached at jeff@fkcsr.law.

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THE LIST: Office Parks

Largest Office Parks

WESTCHESTER COUNTY

Ranked by square footage of parks and complexes. Name Address Area code: 914, unless otherwise noted Website

1 2 3

N/A

1978, renovated 2008, renovations continuing

1.5 million

Thomas J. Mannino

1967 - 1985

1.3 million

Matthew J. Warshauer

1962 - 2002

761,127

Matthew J. Warshauer

1965-1999

758,065

Matthew J. Warshauer Jerome B. Rockhill

1980 - 1990

712,131

Charles Luchman

1971, renovated 1993 and 2001

687,731

The Architects Collaborative

1986 - 1990

1-4 Manhattanville Road, Purchase 10577 212-481-1122 • 428-1447 • thecentreatpurchase.com • oconnorcp.com • gcomfort.com

676,490

Emery Roth & Sons PC Hooker/Siskind Associates

1983 - 1990

333 Westchester Ave., White Plains 10604 997-1542 • cohenbrothersrealty.com

623,000

Philip Johnson (architect for renovation)

1953, renovated 2002

570,000

Matthew J. Warshauer

1985-1987, renovation planned

544,069

Conseco DMJM

1983, renovated 1986, renovated 2015

540,000

N/A

1987

428,838

The Eggars Group

1986 - 1988

410, 420, 430 and 440 Saw Mill River Road, Ardsley 10502 858-485-9840 • biomedrealty.com

400,040

N/A

1955, renovated 2011

1111 and 1129 Westchester Ave., White Plains 10604 732-362-8800 • onyxequities.com

366,000

Michael Harris Spector

1985 - 1986

80, 84, 111, 130, 200 Business Park Drive, Armonk 10504 silveretterealty.com • 251-1415

302,000

Thomas J. Mannino Philip Franz The Philips Janson Group

1976 - 2007

560 and 580 White Plains Road, Tarrytown 10591 517-7800 • rxrrealty.com

297,197

Matthew J. Warshauer

1974 - 1986

287,000

N/A

1820, office buildings 1999

240,000

Thomas J. Mannino

1982, renovated 2006-2011

238,000

Weisberg Castro Associates

1968-1971, renovated 1998, 2008 through 2012

220,000

ARC Services LLC

Renovated 2014

217,416

Matthew J. Warshauer Cardelli Design Group Inc.

1962 - 1990, renovated 2009 with additional renovations underway

The Exchange

701, 707-711, 777, 925, 1025, White Plains 10604; 103-105, 106-110 Corporate Park Drive, West Harrison 10604; 2500, 2700 Westchester Ave., Purchase 10577 203-352-8903 • normandyrealty.com

Cross Westchester Executive Park

11, 75, 100, 125, 150, 175, 250 Clearbrook Road; 1-8 Westchester Plaza; 50, 77, 85, 300, 350, 399, 400, 500, 525 Executive Blvd., Elmsford 10523 732-590-1010 • mack-cali.com

Mid-Westchester Executive Park

1-3 Executive Blvd.; 4, 6 Executive Plaza, 100, 200 Corporate Boulevard South, 1, 3, 5, 7 Odell Plaza, Yonkers 10701 732-590-1010 • mack-cali.com

11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22

Year started to completion

3.2 million

1, 2, 4, 5-8, 10-12, 15-17 Skyline Drive; 200 Saw Mill River Road, Hawthorne 10532 592-4800 • mack-cali.com

Number of buildings

RPW Group

440 Mamaroneck Ave, Harrison 10528; 925 - 1025 Westchester Ave., White Plains 10604; 1133 Westchester Ave., White Plains 10604; 2975 Westchester Ave., Purchase 10577; 760 Westchester Ave., Rye Brook 10573; 800 Westchester Ave., Rye Brook 10573; 399 Knollwood Road, White Plains 10603 285-1700 • rpwgroup.com

4 6 7 8 9

Total Architect or square footage architectural firm of all buildings

South Westchester Executive Park White Plains Plaza

1 N. Broadway and 445 Hamilton Ave., White Plains 10601 997-9167 • ivy-realty.com

The Summit

100, 200, 500 Summit Lake Drive, Valhalla 10595 872-4744 • slgreen.com

The Centre at Purchase

333 Westchester Avenue City Square

(formerly Westchester Financial Center) 50 Main St. and 11 Martine Ave., White Plains 10606 747-3600 • gdcllc.com

Executive Park

1-6 International Drive, Rye Brook 10573 212-481-1122 • gcomfort.com

The Urban Campus

2875 Route 35, Katonah 10536 212-779-2002 • sebastian-capital.com

Taxter Corporate Park

555, 565 and 570 Taxter Road, Elmsford 10523 610-980-7000 • keystonepropertygroup.com

Ardsley Park Life Science Center 1111 and 1129 Westchester Ave. Armonk Business Park

Tarrytown Corporate Center Airport Campus

113 King St., Armonk 10504 764- 1000 • airportcampusny.com • 113kingstreet.com/index-main.shtml

Westchester Park Center

2 and 4 Westchester Park Drive, White Plains 10604 697-9500 • 212-674-2556 • heritagerealtyservices.com

Saxon Woods Corporate Center

550 and 600 Mamaroneck Ave., Harrison 10528 997-9169 • celestialcapital.com/portfolio_saxonwoods.html

Purchase Professional Park

3000, 3010, 3020 and 3030 Westchester Ave., Purchase 10577 881-1096 • simdev.com AUGUST 6, 2018 WCBJ

140 and 150 Grand Street

140 and 150 Grand St., White Plains 10601 872-4729 • westportcp.com

18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26

287,000

N/A

1820, office buildings 1999

240,000

Thomas J. Mannino

1982, renovated 2006-2011

238,000

Weisberg Castro Associates

1968-1971, renovated 1998, 2008 through 2012

220,000

ARC Services LLC

Renovated 2014

140 and 150 Grand St., White Plains 10601 872-4729 • westportcp.com

217,416

Matthew J. Warshauer Cardelli Design Group Inc.

1962 - 1990, renovated 2009 with additional renovations underway

2649 and 2651 Strang Blvd., Yorktown Heights 10598 642-9300 • ghpoffice.com

203,000

Papp Architect PC

1988

187,300

Matthew J. Warshauer

1982-1984

126,000

Renato Severino Richard Hetzel

1983-1984

120,000

Amenta Emma

1986

113 King St., Armonk 10504 764- 1000 • airportcampusny.com • 113kingstreet.com/index-main.shtml

Westchester Park Center

2 and 4 Westchester Park Drive, White Plains 10604 697-9500 • 212-674-2556 • heritagerealtyservices.com

Saxon Woods Corporate Center

550 and 600 Mamaroneck Ave., Harrison 10528 997-9169 • celestialcapital.com/portfolio_saxonwoods.html

Purchase Professional Park

3000, 3010, 3020 and 3030 Westchester Ave., Purchase 10577 881-1096 • simdev.com

140 and 150 Grand Street

Northern Westchester Executive Park Talleyrand Office Park

200 and 220 White Plains Road, Tarrytown 10591 732-590-1010 • mack-cali.com

Mount Pleasant Corporate Center

115 and 117 Stevens Ave., Valhalla 10595 642-9300 • ghpoffice.com

RiverView at Purchase

287 Bowman Ave., Purchase 10577 253-9332 • riverviewatpurchase.com

This list is a sampling of office parks that are located in the region. If you would like to include your office park in our next list, please contact Peter Katz at pkatz@westfairinc.com N/A = Not available. Note: Information compiled from the websites of the office parks, the property owners and other sources.

Elmsford attorney disbarred for misconduct

New York State appellate court has disbarred Elmsford lawyer Brian D. Primes for professional misconduct. Primes defaulted on 15 charges, the Supreme Court Appellate Division, Second Department, ruled on July 25, by failing to respond to the accusations. Primes did not respond to telephone and email messages requesting his side of the story. A court grievance committee accused him in November of failure to safeguard and account for client funds, misappropriation of client funds, commingling client funds with personal funds and other charges. The specifics of the charges are not detailed. When Primes did not respond to the charges, the committee asked a panel of five appellate justices to find him guilty of professional misconduct that was “immediately threatening the public interest.” The grievance committee had established the charges, the appellate panel ruled and the justices granted a motion to disbar Primes. The panel included Justices Alan D. Scheinkman, Leonard B. Austin, Mark C. Dillon, William F. Mastro and Reinaldo E. Rivera. Last year, construction worker Dennis Paterra sued Primes, Paul G. Vesnaver and their law firms for legal malpractice for allegedly mishandling a lawsuit about injuries he suffered on a Bronx job site in 2007. The men did not respond to the accusations and on June 21, Westchester Supreme Court Justice Lawrence H. Ecker entered a default judgment against their law firms and against Primes personally. Vesnaver voluntarily resigned as a lawyer in 2016, acknowledging that he could not successfully defend himself against charges of professional misconduct, and he was disbarred. — Bill Heltzel

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s president and CEO of The Leukemia & Lymphoma Society, Louis J. DeGennaro is in charge of leading the operations of the world’s largest voluntary health agency dedicated to fighting blood cancers. DeGennaro joined the Rye Brook nonprofit as chief scientific officer in 2005 and was later named chief mission officer in 2009, responsible for leading all of the organization’s research, patient education and support, public policy and advocacy. In 2014, he was selected to be the organization’s next CEO. During his tenure at the nonprofit, DeGennaro pioneered the organization’s venture philanthropy approach to accelerating new treatments to patients through partnerships with the biotechnolo�y industry. DeGennaro received his doctorate in biochemistry from the University of California at San Francisco and completed his post-doctoral research at the Yale University School of Medicine. Prior to joining The Leukemia & Lymphoma Society, he was a research group leader at Max Planck Institute in Munich, an associate professor of neurolo�y and cell biolo�y at University of Massachusetts Medical School and senior director of molecular genetics at pharmaceutical company Wyeth. Here, he chats with Business Journal reporter Aleesia Forni about his background, his transition to CEO and his passion for science and patient care. You received your doctorate in biochemistry from the University of California at San Francisco. Why did that �ield interest you? “I decided on a science career during a high school biolo�y lecture. The teacher described ener�y-generating pathway in cells (the Krebs

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cycle), and my fascination with that pathway and exquisite control mechanisms convinced me to pursue science. I didn’t want to do science for the sake of science, rather, I wanted to pursue therapies for patients. I went into neuroscience and studied how the brain develops and then deteriorates, working at the Max Planck Institute in Germany, then on the faculty at the UMass Medical Center. I wanted to take what was developed in the lab and translate that to use for patients. Those experiences motivated me to leave academia and go to a large pharmaceutical company.” I know you joined The Leukemia & Lymphoma Society more than a decade ago. What attracted you to the position and to the nonpro�it?

“At The Leukemia & Lymphoma Society, I have found the perfect intersection of science and patient care, overseeing the funding of cutting-edge research, supporting patients and engaging in patient advocacy work. Given my earlier career experience, I was able to bring to LLS an understanding of how academic science works, as well as an understanding of drug discovery and development. When your goal is new therapies for patients, it’s important to understand both aspects. As CEO of a patient advocacy organization, I feel closer to delivering therapies to patients than I did at the pharmaceutical company. Because of The Leukemia & Lymphoma Society’s role in funding cutting-edge research, we are having a sig-

nificant impact on patients, as we’re in a position to drive new therapies quickly. The Leukemia & Lymphoma Society has invested more than $1.2 billion in research since our founding almost 70 years ago.” What is the mission of The Leukemia & Lymphoma Society and why is that mission so important? “Our mission is to cure leukemia, lymphoma, Hodgkin’s disease and myeloma, and improve the quality of life of patients and their families. It’s never a good time to get cancer, but it’s a phenomenal time to be fighting it. What excites all of us at The Leukemia & Lymphoma Society is that the advances we’re making (with respect to) blood cancers are now having an impact on patients with other cancers

and chronic diseases. Cuttingedge approaches to cancer — immunotherapy and precision medicine — were started in the blood cancers, and we had the vision to fund many of these approaches to research and treatment when others did not. Recently, I was pleasantly surprised to see an article in the (medical) journal Blood that had the word ‘cure’ in the title. Never in my 30-year scientific career did I imagine a scholarly write-up about cancer addressing real cures. There is great optimism that we are on the cusp of curing cancers.” Were there any aspects of your job as CEO that surprised you when you took over the role in 2014? “I learned it’s actually more difficult to manage in

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the nonprofit arena than the for-profit world. In for-profit, if a CEO says ‘go left’ everyone goes left. The Leukemia & Lymphoma Society is a voluntary health agency with tens of thousands of volunteers involved in fundraising events. It’s not simply staff that has to buy into a strate�y and plan, you have to bring along a large constituency, most of whom have no reporting authority to you. It’s a significant challenge that you can’t train for in for-profits. You have to recognize this is a constituency you need to address and then engage them in constant communication. Volunteers are tied to us because of their connection to the cause, but we are asking them to volunteer for free and give their time, talent and money. We owe them a high level of communication and an opportunity to weigh in on our strate�y and direction. I also learned fundraising is hard work. Being on the mission side, I’m used to stewarding the use of dollars.” You recently unveiled a new brand platform. Can you talk a bit about that? “Our new platform, ‘Beating Cancer Is In Our Blood,’ demonstrates that The Leukemia & Lymphoma Society is at the forefront of the fight to cure cancers. The foundation of the platform is the fact that approaches to new research and drugs and treatments developed for blood cancers are helping people affected by many different types of cancer. The Leukemia & Lymphoma Society-funded breakthroughs in blood cancer research are now saving lives and being tested in clinical trials for other cancers, such as brain, breast, kidney, liver, lung, ovarian, pancreatic and prostate cancer, as well as arthritis » SUITE TALK

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n 2014, Samant Virk was more than a decade into a career in private practice as a neurologist in Poughkeepsie, but he couldn’t shake the feeling that something needed to change. At his shared office space at New York Medical College’s biotech incubator in Valhalla on July 31, Virk detailed the frustrations that led him to give up a career in medicine to launch his own tech startup, MediSprout. Over four years, his company has developed a platform for virtual

Samant Virk at New York Medical College’s biotech incubator in Valhalla. Photo by Ryan Deffenbaugh.

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doctor video visits it is now marketing to medical practices. Before he launched the company, Virk said he felt a disconnect between medicine and the world around him. His office life didn’t match his personal life made increasingly more convenient by technolo�y: one-button ordering on Amazon and easy contact with friends and family through video chat. “I’d walk into my office and it felt like going back in time,” Virk said. “Patients had to come in for every appointment. Tons of inefficiencies in communication, daily fax machine rounds.” He gave a statistic that, on average, 27 percent of a physician’s time goes to actual patients, the rest spent doing paperwork, calling insurance companies and other administrative tasks. That level of paperwork can leave a doctor feeling burnt out and, for Virk, he felt there had to be better way. He spent months describing his frustration with this disconnect and the ways he wanted to solve it, with his wife, Monica, before she finally had heard enough. “She has an MBA and said ‘I don’t want to hear anything else, just write a business plan,’” Virk said. “And that can be pervasive in the medical community. Doctors have tons of ideas, but nobody’s acting on them. She said, ‘Do something about it.’” Within a year, Virk stepped down from his private practice to launch a tech startup focused on connecting patients and doctors for virtual visits. From that plan came MediSprout, incorporated by Virk in 2014. He has worked for the past four years with co-founder Randy Findley, who handles the company’s tech, on developing a platform for patients to schedule video calls with their doctors in just a few clicks. Virk stresses the doctor-driven nature of his app. The field of telemedicine is still relatively new and the laws and technolo�y that govern it still under development. That provides a chance, he said, for doctors to make sure their interests are represented. “There’s a huge opportunity here for clinicians to set the tone,” Virk said. “Here’s our moment to take this and say ‘Here is how it’s going to work.’ If we don’t jump on this opportunity, this could turn into the same mess we’ve seen with so many solutions from secondary entities, which do things to benefit them, but patients and doctors get left out in the cold.” While there are competitors in the space — including Purchase-based Teladoc, which is publicly traded and » MEDISPROUT

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Why New York needs to rethink its single-payer agenda

f you thought the debate about health care was limited to the U.S. Congress and Washington, D.C., think again. As the dispute over public-versus-private rages on, state legislatures are proposing their own bills — and New York is no exception. The Empire State’s policymakers have the ability to enact changes that would have a deep and swift impact across the state and here in Westchester, from Yonkers to White Plains to Peekskill. The latest push for single-payer health care here in New York is titled, simply, the New York Health Act. It’s hardly a new idea: the proposed legislation has successfully passed the state’s Democrat-majority assembly for multiple years. But the bill hasn’t found enough support in the Senate. And so, this past June, once again, the bill failed to move forward. This is good news for both Westchester employers and employees. Of course, the idea of making health care more accessible and affordable for all is laudable. But the New York Health Act — like many similar bills in other states — is far from perfect. And if passed as-is, we in the Hudson Valley would quickly feel our pocketbooks become far lighter, with no discernable improvement to our medical care. Here’s why. Firstly, a single-payer model doesn’t address the biggest, thorniest issue of all: delivering health care here in New York — and Westchester specifically — is expensive. The inefficiencies inherent in the current system, where emphasis is put on volume, as opposed to value, leads to the high cost of health care and, subsequently, high health insurance rates. Shifting the bill to taxpayers won’t solve this issue. What’s really needed is reform across the health care industry: better preventative care, more education and value-based insurance design. Speaking of taxpayers: Were the New York Health Act to move forward, Westchester residents would suddenly see an alarmingly steep tax hike. Indeed, research shows that the cost to transition into a single-payer system would require extraordinary funding — as in, tens of billions more annually. According to a recently reported analysis from the Foundation for Research on Equal Opportunity, the single-payer health plan would result in a $226 billion tax hike. Westchester County has the second-highest per capita income of all New York counties — just over $70,000, according to census data. (New York City has the highest, at $111,000, and third and fourth are Nassau and Putnam, respectively.) And so, as a result, Westchester residents would be responsible for a big

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The interplay between annuities and Medicaid planning

nnuities, which are contracts between you and insurance companies, are used to accomplish various objectives such as replacing a pension or generating a fixed-income stream. However, without proper planning, annuities can be a trap for the unwary seeking nursing home Medicaid. If you are averse to risk, an annuity product might be an attractive alternative to the stock market. For 2018, an applicant cannot have more than $15,150 in assets to qualify for Medicaid. Generally, any transfer of assets for less than fair market value made during the five-year period preceding nursing home admission (the “look-back period”) will render the applicant ineligible for nursing home Medicaid for a period of time based on the value of the assets transferred (the

“penalty period”). Assets transferred to a spouse are not subject to a look-back period. It is important to note that the look-back period is applicable only to nursing home Medicaid and not for in-home Medicaid. There are essentially two types of annuity contracts for Medicaid purposes: qualified and nonqualified. A qualified annuity is funded with pre-tax dollars that meet certain qualifications under the Internal Revenue Code and are usually part of employer plans, such as a 403(b) or individual retirement account. The Internal Revenue Code requires an owner of a qualified annuity to take required minimum distributions (RMD) when the owner reaches age 70½. If the owner is taking the RMD, Medicaid will treat the principal of the qualified plan as an unavailable asset for eligibility pur-

poses. However, the RMD must be turned over to the nursing home. If the applicant has yet to reach age 70½, Medicaid will require the applicant to take withdrawals using his or her own life expectancy tables. A nonqualified annuity is funded with after-tax dollars where the applicant writes a check to an insurance company in exchange for a contract. Nonqualified annuities are not exempt assets for Medicaid eligibility purposes. Because a nonqualified annuity is treated as an available asset for Medicaid purposes, planning typically can be done to create Medicaid eligibility. In all instances where there is a well spouse, an applicant should consider assigning the ownership of a nonqualified annuity to that spouse, since the transfer penalty rules do not apply.

There are no income tax consequences either. If there is no spouse and the applicant is seeking community Medicaid, he or she might consider assigning the annuity to a Medicaid Trust that allows the grantor/creator of the trust to retain the benefit of the annuity income payments while commencing the five-year look-back period for nursing home care purposes. When an applicant with no spouse owns a nonqualified annuity and seeks Medicaid for nursing home care, matters can become complicated. Medicaid laws were changed in 2006 to require New York state to be named as a primary beneficiary of a nonqualified annuity bought after Feb. 8, 2006, unless the applicant has a spouse and/or a minor or disabled child, in which case, the state must be named as a contingent beneficiary. The state is only a beneficiary up to

the amount paid on behalf of the applicant. If the applicant fails to adhere to this rule, the purchase of an annuity within five years of seeking nursing home Medicaid will be treated as a transfer of assets creating a period of ineligibility for nursing home Medicaid. For annuities bought prior to the new law, transactions such as adding or withdrawing money from the annuity, elections to annuitize the annuity or similar transactions cause the new law to apply. It is unclear how broad of an interpretation will be given to “similar transactions.” It is possible that a change of beneficiary can thrust you into this category. Clients are often told to annuitize their annuities. If a person does this, they are irrevocably transferring the cash value in the contract to the insurance company in exchange for a guaran-

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teed stream of income. If an annuity is annuitized, the above annuity rules apply. Moreover, Medicaid will likely require the applicant to turn over the monthly payment to the nursing home. Because the rules for annuities can be burdensome, sometimes, the best planning technique might be to surrender the annuity and use the proceeds to implement other Medicaid eligibility planning techniques. Remember, however, when surrendering or transferring an annuity, there could be penalties and/or taxes whose costs usually outweigh naming New York state as a beneficiary. Salvatore M. Di Costanzo is a partner with the firm of Maker, Fragale & Di Costanzo LLP in Rye and Yorktown Heights. Di Costanzo can be reached at 914-925-1010 / smd@mfd-law.com.

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and diabetes. Our work has helped millions impacted by cancer. Breakthroughs in blood cancer are occurring at an ever-increasing rate. Just last year, we saw 18 new blood cancer approvals by the U.S. Food & Drug Administration. The Leukemia & Lymphoma Society supported 15 of them, including CAR T-cell immunotherapy, which has been a breakthrough in blood cancer therapy. The Leukemia & Lymphoma Society has invested more than $40 million in CAR-T over the past two decades, and CAR-T is now being tested for other blood cancers and solid tumors. Other lifesaving discoveries, including immunotherapies, genomics and precision medicine, emerged from researching blood cells, as well. The Leukemia & Lymphoma society is at the forefront of the fight to cure cancer.” What does a typical day look like for you?

“When I’m not traveling for business, I arrive at the office around 6 a.m. I spend an hour in the �ym and get to my desk a little after 7. The rest of the day can be quite varied, from talking with patients and caregivers, to scientific and medical discussions with staff and advisers, to talking with donors and LLS volunteers. Every day I find that I have a reason to cry (usually over a bad outcome for a patient), a reason to smile (a thank you note from someone we’ve helped, or a new cancer breakthrough) and everyday I learn something new. It’s really energizing.” What’s the last book you read? “The last book I read was ‘Engine of Impact’ by Kim Starkey Jonker and William F. Meehan III that describes the essentials of strategic management in the nonprofit sector.” And your favorite book? ‘Five Days in London,

May 1940’ by John Lukacs. Churchill had to influence people he didn’t have reporting authority over to make sure British parliament didn’t take the appeasement route with Hitler. He navigated difficult waters to get the government to take a stand and those five days were a seminal turning point in WW II. There’s something to be learned there for managers.” Any words of advice for someone interested in the biotechnology �ield? “Hone your skills and abilities in collaboration and partnership. Drug discovery and development is a team sport. It takes expertise in science, medicine and regulatory affairs, like working with the Food and Drug Administration, project management and the commercial aspects of the business. No matter what your expertise, you need to be able to work as part of a team to be successful.” Note: Portions of the interview were edited and condensed for clarity.

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owns about three-quarters of the telehealth market — MediSprout’s corner of the market could come from its ability to appeal directly to doctors. Rather than having a large group of doctors ready to see patients on demand, MediSprout’s focus is on providing a virtual option for patients to reach their doctors, and vice versa. It’s a good way for doctors to fill in unused time from canceled appointments, Virk said. Since scheduling is done on the app, it also eliminates the back-and-forth phone calls trying to find the right day and time. For patients, they can quickly reach their doctors and avoid traveling to the office for what could be a quick consultation. The ability to connect patients directly to their doctor was important to Virk, who described seeing a growing world of “outsourced medicine.” “Patients were increas-

ingly going to urgent care centers, they were going to doctors online they had never seen,” Virk said. “Meanwhile, I know my patients better than anybody. Why shouldn’t I be their first line of care?” MediSprout charges $4 per call, which can either be paid by the doctor’s office or passed off to the patients, depending on the provider’s preference. Doctors’ offices also have a choice of adding an additional fee for the service. MediSprout is already working with Mount Sinai Hospital. The New York City hospital includes the Susan and Leonard Feinstein Inflammatory Bowel Disease (IBD) Clinical Center, which uses MediSprout’s app to help track follow-up care for complex IBD patients. MediSprout’s app has been used about 700 times since summer 2016 by the center, the hospital estimated in a case study. The hospital believes that interacting with patients through the app could cut down on unnecessary

hospital visits, which cost an estimated $50,000 per admission. Under Virk’s vision, a doctor should be able to jump online, set up an account and be ready to see patients through the app within 5 minutes. The company is focused now on improving its design while building up a base of doctors and users. In a time of rapid change for the industry, Virk said it’s important that health care providers don’t lose track of the importance of their relationship with patients. That’s something he hopes his app can help with by making it easy for the two parties to connect. “We started with what I see as where health care begins,” Virk said. “If a doctor doesn’t see a patient, nothing occurs. There’s no prescriptions, no physical therapy, no X-rays. If we can make that better, we feel we can build an infrastructure where we can improve all of the things that result from that.”

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Facts & Figures BANKRUPTCIES Manhattan Adar Rrogers LLC, c/o Allstate Corporate Services, 99 Washington Ave., Suite 1008, Albany. Chapter 11, voluntary. Attorney:Vivian Sobers, New York City. Filed: July 30. Case no. 18-12303-smb. Azopardo Realty Corp., 2560 Matthews Ave., Bronx. Chapter 11, voluntary. Attorney: Jose L. Rios, Bronx. Filed: July 27. Case no.1812272-jlg. Modo Design LLC, 39 W. 32 St., New York City. Chapter 7, voluntary. Attorney: Karim Kamal, New York City. Filed: July 30. Case no. 18-12308-smb.

COURT CASES Cardinal Hayes Homes. Filed by Manual Jose Lopez. Action: Federal question - employment discrimination. Attorney for plaintiff: Ryanne Guy Konan. Filed: July 24. Case no. 7:18-cv-06651-VB. County Of Rockland, et al. Filed by Ephraim Weissmandl, et al. Action: Federal question - civil rights. Attorney for plaintiff: Dennis E. A. Lynch. Filed: July 26. Case no. 7:18-cv-06743-VB.

Jacobson Warehouse Inc. Filed by Diversity – property damage. Action: Riviana Foods Inc. Attorney for plaintiff: Lawrence Caruso Glynn. Filed: July 25. Case no. 7:18-cv-06692-KMK. JMG Improvements Inc. Filed by Arch Specialty Insurance Co. Action: Diversity - insurance contract. Attorney for plaintiff: Cara Connell Vecchione. Filed: July 25. Case no. 7:18-cv-06695-VB.

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LLF Construction Services Inc. Filed by Arch Specialty Insurance Co. Action: July 25. Attorney for plaintiff: Cara Connell Vecchione. Filed: July 25. Case no. 7:18-cv06712-KMK. Nevco Contracting Inc. Filed by Yoni Bequer Contreras. Action: Fair Labor Standards Act. Attorney for plaintiff: Abdul Karim Hassan. Filed: July 25. Case no. 7:18-cv06686-NSR. Niagara Credit Solutions Inc. Filed by Janice Oliver. Action: Fair Debt Collection Act. Attorney for plaintiff: Daniel Zemel. Filed: July 30. Case no. 7:18cv-06822.

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17-19 Glendale Properties LLC, Port Chester. Seller: Francis McManus, et al, Armonk. Property: 17 Glendale Ave., North Castle. Amount: $710,000. Filed July 25. 37 Andrea Ln LLC, New York City. Seller: Thomas K. Lammert Jr., Saxonburg, Pennsylvania. Property: 37 Andrea Lane, Greenburgh. Amount: $950,000. Filed July 24. ABLR 147 Realty LLC, Brooklyn. Seller: Eugene P. Grimes, White Plains. Property: 388 Prescott St., Yonkers. Amount: $351,000. Filed July 25. Bank of America N.A. Seller: Douglas O. Findlay. Property: 207 Ridgefield Ave., Lewisboro. Amount: $481,602. Filed July 23.

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CJKRE LLC, Pleasantville. Seller: town of Greenburgh. Property: Beaver Hill Road, Greenburgh. Amount: $4,960. Filed July 23.

73 Hewlett LLC, Rye. Seller: Adam Kessner, et al, Rye. Property: 73 Hewlett Ave., Rye. Amount: $1.7 million. Filed July 24.

Deutsche Bank National Trust Co. Seller: John G. Molloy, Somers. Property: 39 Cypress Lane, Somers. Amount: $610,747. Filed July 26.

Allstate Ventures LLC, Monroe. Seller: Vinek Holding Corp., New Rochelle. Property: 316 Huguenot St., New Rochelle. Amount: $3.6 million. Filed July 25.

Federal National Mortgage Association. Seller: Michael Khader, Yonkers. Property: 61 Baron de Hirsch Road, Cortlandt. Amount: $520,056. Filed July 25.

Cartus Financial Corp., Danbury, Connecticut. Seller: Michael D. Zavarella, et al, Chappaqua. Property: 24 Hunting Ridge Road, New Castle. Amount: $1 million. Filed July 25.

HSBC Bank USA N.A. Seller: Warren L. Cohen, Tuckahoe. Property: 45 Marion Ave., Mount Vernon. Amount: $433,000. Filed July 25.

CEBJ Group Inc., Rye. Seller: Cedar Place Commons Inc., Rye. Property: 40 Cedar Place, Rye. Amount: $1 million. Filed July 26.

Indigo Z LLC, Mahopac. Seller: Angelo DeFilippo, et al, Bedford. Property: 306 Croton Lake Road, Bedford. Amount: $530,000. Filed July 27.

CV 17-19 Fillmore LLC, Mamaroneck. Seller: Edward J. Sullivan Jr. Pleasantville. Property: 17-19 Fillmore Place, White Plains. Amount: $1.3 million. Filed July 26.

Lewisboro Development Group Inc., Pound Ridge. Seller: Lewisboro Development Group Property: Vacant West Lane, Pound Ridge. Amount: $87,500. Filed July 26.

Lawrence Property Holdings LLC, Yonkers. Seller: 78 Lawrence Street LLC, Sleepy Hollow. Property: 78 Lawrence St., Yonkers. Amount: $1.7 million. Filed July 26.

Lord and Chin Properties LLC, Yonkers. Seller: Joseph G. Goubeaud Jr., Mount Vernon. Property: 12 Archer Ave., Mount Vernon. Amount: $336,000. Filed July 23.

Valkyrie Funding LLC, Larchmont. Seller: Benjamin Nagin, et al, Larchmont. Property: 50 Knollwood Drive, New Rochelle. Amount: $1.8 million. Filed July 25.

Martin Agency Holding Corp., Eastchester. Seller: CKR Realty Corp., Eastchester. Property: 238240 Main St., Eastchester. Amount: $550,000. Filed July 25.

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National Residential Nominee Services Inc., Plano, Texas. Seller: Michael Joseph Bogert, et al, Croton-on-Hudson. Property: 37 Van Wyck St., Cortlandt. Amount: $990,000. Filed July 27.

109 Orchard LLC, Yonkers. Seller: city of Yonkers. Property: 113 Orchard St., Yonkers. Amount: $54,007. Filed July 27.

Onyx NY Holdings LLC, Purchase. Seller: Elecia Suzanne James, Upper Marlboro, Maryland. Property: 30 Ridgeview Ave., White Plains. Amount: $366,460. Filed July 27.

Perryco Homes of Westchester Inc., Hawthorne. Seller: 200 Madison Ave Holdings LLC, New York City. Property: 258 Saw Mill River Road, Mount Pleasant. Amount: $200,000. Filed July 25.

Zappico Guild LLC, Hawthorne. Seller: 200 Madison Ave Holdings LLC, New York City. Property: 258 Saw Mill River Road, Mount Pleasant. Amount: $200,000. Filed July 25.

Pleasant Properties LLC, Bronx. Seller: Michael L. Bolden, et al, Ossining. Property: 1331 Fairhills Drive, Yorktown. Amount: $750,000. Filed July 27.

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Presoak Holdings LLC, Great Neck. Seller: A and K Bhatti LLC, Yonkers. Property: 425 Prescott St., Yonkers. Amount: $250,000. Filed July 27. Presoak Holdings LLC, Great Neck. Seller: Vision of Westchester Estates LLC, West Harrison. Property: 411 Prescott St., Yonkers. Amount: $400,000. Filed July 23. RMJ Developers LLC, Yorktown Heights. Seller: The Mauro Group Inc., Yonkers. Property: 6 Bretton Road, Yonkers. Amount: $190,000. Filed July 25. RMJ Developers LLC, Yorktown Heights. Seller: The Mauro Group Inc., Yonkers. Property: 2 Bretton Road, Yonkers. Amount: $185,000. Filed July 25. Sirva Relocation Credit LLC, Independence, Ohio. Seller: Bennett McCarroll, et al, Pelham. Property: 78 Young Ave., Pelham. Amount: $975,000. Filed July 25. The Bank of New York Mellon. Seller: Marla M. Lugo, et al, Irvington. Property: 422 Fourth Avenue South, Mount Vernon. Amount: $268,568. Filed July 24. The Bank of New York Mellon. Seller: Your New Home LLC, Peekskill. Property: 1F Rolling Way, Peekskill. Amount: $10,000. Filed July 27. U.S. Bank N.A. Seller: Charles A. D’Agostino, Pleasantville. Property: 95 Southfield Road, Mount Vernon. Amount: $801,108. Filed July 23. U.S. Bank N.A. Seller: Guy T. Parisi, Rye. Property: 130 Ravine 3A, Yonkers. Amount: $139,000. Filed July 25. Ved Realty LLC, Chappaqua. Seller: Ramy Zaifman, et al, Tarrytown. Property: 128 S. Broadway, Greenburgh. Amount: $550,000. Filed July 25. Wilmington Savings Fund Society FSB. Seller: Jerrice Epps, White Plains. Property: 9 Northridge Road, Cortlandt. Amount: $427,433. Filed July 26. Wilmington Trust N.A. Seller: Joseph Ruggiero, Yonkers. Property: 86 Davis Ave., White Plains. Amount: $350,000. Filed July 24.

Bedford, 173 Pound Ridge Road. Single-family residence; lot size: 1.9 acres. Plaintiff: The Bank of New York Mellon. Plaintiff’s attorney: Druckman & Sinel, 516-876-0800; 242 Drexel Ave., Westbury. Defendant: Fredy Hernandez. Referee: John Guttridge. Sale: Aug. 10, 9 a.m. Approximate lien: $1,024,193. Hartsdale, 460 Ridge Road. Single-family residence; lot size: 1.25 acres. Plaintiff: Wells Fargo Bank National Association. Plaintiff’s attorney: Leopold & Associates PLLC, 80 Business Park Drive, Armonk. Defendant: Joel Sucher. Referee: Anthony Szcesnick. Sale: Aug. 6, 10 a.m. Approximate lien: $865,416.10. Mount Vernon, 30 Claremont Place. Three-family residence; lot size: .12 acres. Plaintiff: Wilmington Savings Fund Society. Plaintiff’s attorney: Gross Polowy LLC, 716-204-1700; 1775 Wehrle Drive, Williamsville. Defendant: Carol Livingston. Referee: Joseph Maria. Sale: Aug. 14, 9 a.m. Approximate lien: $240,488.47. Mount Vernon, 134 N 7th Ave. Three-family residence; lot size: .06 acres. Plaintiff: PNC Bank NA. Plaintiff’s attorney: McCabe, Weisberg & Conway PC, 914-636-8900; 145 Huguenot St., Suite 401, New Rochelle. Defendant: Jesus Oseguera. Referee: John Molloy. Sale: Aug. 7, 1:30 p.m. Approximate lien: $641,625. New Rochelle, 33-3 Franklin Ave. No description available. Plaintiff: Federal National Mortgage Association. Plaintiff’s attorney: David A Gallo & Associates, 516-5835330; 99 Powerhouse Road, Roslyn Heights. Defendant: Monica Hilton. Referee: Bual Jani. Sale: Aug. 13, 2 p.m. Approximate lien: $676,378.20. Port Chester, 46 University Place. Single-family residence; lot size: .12 acres. Plaintiff: JPMorgan Chase Bank NA. Plaintiff’s attorney: Shapiro, DiCaro & Barak, 877759-1835; 175 Mile Crossing Blvd., Rochester. Defendant: Nicolas Barriga. Referee: Wanda Negron. Sale: Aug. 6, 10 a.m. Approximate lien: $675,775. Tarrytown, 12 Clinton St. Two-family residence; lot size: .07 acres. Plaintiff: Citibank NA. Plaintiff’s attorney: Frenkel, Lambert, Weiss, Weisman & Gordon, 631-969-3100; 53 Gibson St., Bay Shore. Defendant: Angel Quituisaca. Referee: Francis Malara. Sale: Aug. 7, 9 a.m. Approximate lien: $542,228.

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Thornwood, 766 Warren Ave. Single-family residence; lot size: .17 acres. Plaintiff: Wilmington Savings Fund Society. Plaintiff’s attorney: Knuckles, Komosinski & Elliot, 914345-3020; 565 Taxter Road, Suite 509, Elmsford. Defendant: Casterina Pryor. Referee: Barry Salman. Sale: Aug. 8, 10 a.m. Approximate lien: $431,673. Tuchahoe, 170 Lake Ave. Two-family residence; lot size: .06 acres. Plaintiff: US Bank National Association. Plaintiff’s attorney: Fein Such & Crane LLP, 1400 Old Country Road, Westbury. Defendant: Tamara O’Bradovich McGuire. Referee: Francis Malara. Sale: Aug. 8, 9:30 a.m. Approximate lien: $758,879. White Plains, 99 Greenridge Ave. Single-family residence; lot size: 50 x 195. Plaintiff: Wilmington Savings Fund Society. Plaintiff’s attorney: Fein Such & Crane LLP, 1400 Old Country Road, Westbury. Defendant: Benjamin Bornstein. Referee: Jack Schachner. Sale: Aug. 6, noon. Approximate lien: $851,090. Yonkers, 5 Howard Place. Single-family residence; lot size: .17 acres. Plaintiff: Wells Fargo Bank National Association. Plaintiff’s attorney: Shapiro, DiCaro & Barak, 877-759-1835; 175 Mile Crossing Blvd., Rochester. Defendant: Roman Rodulfo. Referee: Andrew Romano. Sale: Aug. 7, 10 a.m. Approximate lien: $261,927.79. Yonkers, 69 Palisade Ave. Single-family residence; lot size: .03 acres. Plaintiff: The Bank of New York Mellon. Plaintiff’s attorney: Davidson, Fink, Cook, Kelly & Galbraith, 585-546-6448; 28 E’ Main St., Suite 1700, Rochester. Defendant: Joseph Thomas. Referee: Bijal Jani. Sale: Aug. 7, 2 p.m. Approximate lien: $366,493.59. Yonkers, 189 Round Hill Drive. Single-family residence; lot size: .35 acres. Plaintiff: Deutsche Bank National Trust Co. Plaintiff’s attorney: Leopold & Associates PLLC, 80 Business Park Drive, Armonk. Defendant: Luis Nunez. Referee: Barbara Lerman. Sale: Aug. 8, 9 a.m. Approximate lien: $576,982.84. Yorktown Heights, 3330 Nutly Circle. Single-family residence; lot size: 100 x 160. Plaintiff: Wilmington Savings Fund Society. Plaintiff’s attorney: Frenkel, Lambert, Weiss, Weisman & Gordon, 631-969-3100; 53 Gibson St., Bay Shore. Defendant: Dorothy Freifeld. Referee: Peter Goldman. Sale: Aug. 14, 10 a.m. Approximate lien: $583,025.

JUDGMENTS Benchmark Farm Inc., Bedford. $912 in favor of Red Horse Farm LLC, Cross River. Filed July 23.

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Among those on the links were, from left: Tony Nardozzi of Bedford, golf chairman and United Hebrew board member; Joseph Barone, JB Moving of New Rochelle; Paul Tozzo of Tozzo Floors of New Rochelle; and Howard Bernstein of Bedford.

UNITED HEBREW GOLF OUTING RAISES $185K More than 150 friends, donors and community and business leaders attended United Hebrew of New Rochelle’s 33rd Annual Golf Tournament and dinner at the Brae Burn Country Club in Purchase. The event included an 18-hole golf tournament and a $50,000 shoot-out contest for “closest to the pin” winners. There was a cocktail hour and a reception with an

awards ceremony, raffle prizes and silent auction. The event raised $185,000 for direct care of residents at United Hebrew. Since 1919, United Hebrew has been providing services for seniors. It has a 7.5-acre campus offering services ranging from home health care to independent senior housing, assisted living and Alzheimer’s care.

BUSINESSES CAN COMPETE FOR $10K IN FUNDING UnitedHealthcare is bringing its Community Care Award program to Westchester as one of its many initiatives to support local businesses throughout the country. In each city where the competition takes place, UnitedHealthcare awards $10,000 to a small business with the next big idea for enhancing community health and wellness. Businesses in the Westchester area with two to 100 employees are eligible to submit project ideas for enhancing health and wellness in the community via an online application through Aug. 23.

A typical award winner was Digital Hyve, a Syracuse-based digital marketing company. It helped increase use of the Food Bank of Central New York’s mobile pantry and raised awareness of the food bank among potential donors through the use of digital marketing platforms. In Richmond, Virginia, Simply Ballroom, a dance class for those with Parkinson’s disease, won the award for creating a nonprofit organization and expanding the program. More information at uhctogether.com/communitycare/index.html.

Wish Kid Joshua, left, with Peter X. Kelly.

MAKE-A-WISH HONORS DONORS, CELEBRATES WISHES The Lodge at Hudson Harbor in Tarrytown was the location of an event held by Make-A-Wish Hudson Valley to honor its donors and celebrate having fulfilled two wishes of Hudson Valley youngsters. Special recognition was given to JetBlue Airways during the Taste of the Hudson Valley celebration. The airline was recognized for sending two local youngsters battling critical illnesses on their wish trips. A 17-year-old from Orange County identified only as Jimmy traveled to Turks and Caicos in the Caribbean, and 14-yearold Joshua of Dutchess County journeyed to New Orleans to fulfill his wish to have a Cajun-inspired culinary experience. Celebrity chef Peter X. Kelly, owner of Xaviar’s Restaurant Group, joined other notable Hudson Valley

JAZZ GALA RAISES $290K FOR WARTBURG

GAZIVODA NAMED TO NEW ROLE Lola Gazivoda has been named a dental segment specialist within M&T Bank’s Business Banking Division, it was announced by the bank in Tarrytown. Her new role has her specializing in serving dentists in Westchester and Rockland counties to provide them with all of the bank lending and deposit products needed to start, expand or sell their dental practices. The Bedford resident has been with M&T’s Business Banking Division since 2013 and has more than 12 years of local banking industry experience. Prior to joining M&T, she held positions with both Chase Bank and Capital One Bank.

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chefs participating in the event. Kelly teamed up with young Joshua, who has been diagnosed with hyperplastic left heart syndrome in which the left side of the heart is not properly developed, to prepare Corn Pancake with Crabmeat “Galatoires,” named after a legendary New Orleans restaurant. Jimmy, who battled cancer, was reunited with JetBlue crewmember Joanne DeLessio who worked his ﬂight to the Turks and Caicos. Thomas J. Conklin, president and CEO of Make-AWish Hudson Valley, said, “With over 70 percent of our wishes requiring air travel, JetBlue’s donation of ﬂights to wish kids and their families is a tremendous gift for the chapter, and we are deeply grateful.”

Rachel Gonzalez speaks to the Wartburg gala.

The Surf Club on the Sound in New Rochelle was the location for the Wartburg Celebration of Arts and Music gala that raised more than $290,000 to support the senior care center’s Creative Aging & Lifelong Learning program. About 330 guests attended the event, which had more than 55 sponsors. A highlight of the event was a speech by Rachel Gonzalez, a registrant of the creative aging program. Diagnosed with a vision illness at the age of 23, Gonzalez began losing her sight until, by the age of 32, she was legally blind. When Gonzalez started at Wartburg a few years ago, she found great joy in her weekly art class. “No one said, ‘Hey, blind lady, what are you doing in an art class?’” she said. Honored by Wartburg during the event were: Christina Staudt, president and co-founder of the Westchester End-ofLife Coalition (WELC); Anthony Alfano, vice president and executive director of Montefiore New Rochelle; Macedonia Baptist Church, NorthEast Community Bank; and Biodex Medical Systems, Inc. David J. Gentner, Wartburg’s president and CEO, announced that Wartburg will act as the new home for WELC’s programs. Mike Bennett, co-host of “Mike and Casey in the Morning” on radio station WHUD was the master of ceremonies.

George Latimer and Evan Latainer, right, visit with some of the disabled guests enjoying a day at Playland. Front row, from left: Albert Rossi, Paul Briggs, Justin Campbell, Abigail Campbell, Nicola Altomare and Andrew Griffin. Back row from left: The CAI Scholarship Committee — Ross J. Pepe, president, BCA and the Construction Industry Council of Westchester & Hudson Valley Inc.; Dominic Calgi, Calgi Construction Co. Inc.; Mark Fante; Jonathan Wohl, Wohl Diversified Services; Laurel Brunelle, program coordinator, CAI; BCA Chairman Fred Sciliano, LeChase Construction Services; Anthony Rodrigues, Roger & Sons Concrete Inc.; and Jay Martino, Martino Contractors Inc. Photo by Timothy Grajek.

CAI AWARDS $45K IN SCHOLARSHIPS As part of its mission to improve the building and construction industry sectors, the Tarrytown-based Construction Advancement Institute (CAI) recently awarded $45,000 in grants to nine regional undergraduate students who have enrolled in engineering, architecture, construction technology, construction management or other related programs for this fall. CAI is the educational and advocacy organization aligned with the Building Contractors Association of Westchester and Mid-Hudson Inc. CAI Chairman Mark Fante of Darante Construction Ltd. in Elmsford presented nine $5,000 grants to students. He said, “Our goal is to strengthen the ranks of engineers and technologists employed in

the region, to help keep our local economies competitive and growing.” There were more than two dozen applicants. The winners were: Nicola Altomare of Yonkers; Marina Braccio of New Canaan, Connecticut; Paul Briggs of Shrub Oak; Abigail C. Campbell of Geneseo; Justin Campbell of Geneseo; Andrew J. Griffin of Yonkers; David Ross of Port Jervis; Albert C. Rossi of Shrub Oak; and Joshua Wyant of Germantown. Scholarships are available for students of families employed at companies that are members of the BCA, as well as nonmember independent contractors who contribute to qualifying industry advancement funds.

THE DISABLED PLAY AT PLAYLAND Nearly 10,000 people enjoyed the 43rd Annual “Day at Playland for People with Disabilities,” which offered free, unlimited rides for people with disabilities, their family members and caregivers on July 27 at the amusement park in Rye. Westchester County Executive George Latimer was on hand to greet the guests. Once again, the Tommie Cares Foundation partnered with the Westchester County Office for People with Disabilities and the Department of Parks, Recreation and Conservation, in sponsoring this event. Latimer said, “I am excited to be a part of this special day, which gives people with special needs the opportunity to enjoy Playland with their families — just like everyone else.” Director of the Office for People with Disabilities Evan Latainer said, “It is an honor to be here today and be part

MAXSON HONORED BY PEDIATRIC CENTER

STERNGOLD MOVES TO PACE James Sterngold, an award-winning journalist and communications professional, has joined Pace University as its vice president for university relations. He will oversee communications, media, marketing, special events, communications and government affairs and community relations. Sterngold had been in a similar position at The City University of New York. He spent 18 years at The New York Times as correspondent and was a member of the team cited by the Pulitzer board when it awarded

the 2002 Public Service Pulitzer Prize to the newspaper’s staff for its 9/11 coverage. He is the author of two books, “On the Cancer Frontier: One Man, One Disease, and a Medical Revolution,” and an investigation into the collapse of E.F. Hutton, “Burning Down the House.” “Jim is a gifted communicator, a strategic marketer and someone who’s given a lot of deep thought to issues confronting higher education,” said Marvin Krislov, president of Pace.

SANTOS JOINS RAND COMMERCIAL Rand Commercial has announced the addition of Brenda Santos to its staff. She has been an associate broker with Better Homes and Gardens Rand Realty’s branch in New City working on properties in Westchester, Rockland and Orange as well as Bergen County in New Jersey. “I look forward to tackling commercial real estate

and servicing my clients through another dynamic facet of this industry,” Santos said. She has handled single-family homes, condos and townhouses, multiunit properties, short sales and foreclosures. She offers her services in English and Spanish. Rand Commercial has been operating in the region for more than 30 years.

of another wonderful Day at Playland for People with Disabilities providing our residents and their families with a day of fun and excitement. We look forward to continuing our mission in reaching out to everyone throughout Westchester County.” This is the sixth year that the Tommie Cares Foundation has sponsored the event. Founded in 2013, the Tommie Cares Foundation is a nonprofit based in Ossining designed to build community, possibility, compassion and understanding for the disabled. Its director is Thomas Kallish. The foundation is dedicated to helping those in need with physical and developmental special needs, gain confidence and self-esteem through real-life adventures and it also has established an online networking community.

James Maxson with one of his former music students identified as Rebecca.

The Elizabeth Seton Pediatric Center in Yonkers has honored James Maxson as its LeadingAge New York 2018 Employee of Distinction. He has been with the center for nine years and is a music therapist and media developer. Maxson has implemented the use of enhanced technology in music therapy to remove barriers to participation for children with limited physical abilities. Among other things, he develops musical productions and videos at the center. For example, using a technology called chromakey, he made a video in which a child at the center who has difficulty walking was able to run alongside actor Sylvester Stallone in a scene from a “Rocky” movie. Maxson serves as treasurer elect of the Mid-Atlantic Region of the American Music Therapy Association.

ARMINIO NAMED A MANAGER BY HOULIHAN New Rochelle resident Michelina Arminio has been named the new manager of real estate brokerage Houlihan Lawrence’s New Rochelle and Pelham offices. Arminio, whose real estate career spans 16 years, replaces Deborah DeGiacomo, who is retiring after 10 years managing the two offices.

Arminio joins Houlihan Lawrence from real estate firm Keller Williams. She had worked in advertising at Young and Rubicam on such accounts as Jell-O, the U.S. Postal Service, and DuPont. “I look forward to being a part of this incredibly talented team,” Arminio said.

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Facts & Figures Linda Duci Dance Studios Inc., Mahopac. $252,497 in favor of 7 Cedar Realty Corp., Hartsdale. Filed July 24. Orfinos and Son Inc., Briarcliff. $706 in favor of ATNM Corp., Briarcliff. Filed July 26.

LIS PENDENS The following filings indicated a legal action has been initiated, the outcome of which may affect the title to the property listed. Absolu, Louis, et al. Filed by Deutsche Bank National Trust Co. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $437,000 affecting property located at 66 Parkview Road, Elmsford 10523. Filed April 11. Acosta, Miguel, et al. Filed by Lakeview Loan Servicing LLC. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $423,200 affecting property located at 138 Morningside Place, Yonkers 10703. Filed April 13. Allen, Gloria J., et al. Filed by Ocwen Loan Servicing LLC. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure an unspecified amount affecting property located at 322 S. Fourth Ave., Mount Vernon 10550. Filed April 13. Anderson, Antoinette, et al. Filed by Wilmington Trust N.A. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $176,735 affecting property located at 126 Beechwood Ave., Mount Vernon 10553. Filed April 13. Ascuasiati, Juan C., et al. Filed by Lakeview Loan Servicing LLC. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $333,841 affecting property located at 13 Crestview Ave., Cortlandt Manor 10567. Filed April 13. Badekale, Sunday, et al. Filed by JPMorgan Chase Bank N.A. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $78,000 affecting property located at 164 Ravine Ave., Unit 2D, Yonkers 10701. Filed April 11. Cantillana, Maria T., et al. Filed by U.S. Bank N.A. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $365,400 affecting property located at 88 Frederic St., Yonkers 10703. Filed April 12. Crosby, Theodore, et al. Filed by The Bank of New York Mellon. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $156,000 affecting property located at 458 S. Sixth Ave., Mount Vernon 10550. Filed April 12. Davis, James Henry, et al. Filed by U.S. Bank N.A. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $215,000 affecting property located at 914 Wynnewood Rad, Unit 1B, Pelham 10803. Filed April 12.

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Diberardino, Anthony, et al. Filed by Deutsche Bank National Trust Co. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $532,000 affecting property located at 435437 N. Barry Ave., Mamaroneck 10543. Filed April 12. Elliot, Anthony, et al. Filed by U.S. Bank Trust N.A. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $423,000 affecting property located at 724 S. Fourth Ave., Mount Vernon 10550. Filed April 11. Fernando, Devinda R., et al. Filed by Ditech Financial LLC. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $50,627 affecting property located at 6 Mount Joy Place, New Rochelle 10801. Filed April 12. Freeman, Chester III, as administrator and heir to the estate of Chester Freeman, et al. Filed by Nationstar Mortgage LLC. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $938,250 affecting property located at 60 French Road, New Rochelle 10801. Filed April 13. Harris, Odette, et al. Filed by U.S. Bank N.A. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $503,500 affecting property located at 123 Downing Ave., Yonkers 10705. Filed April 11. Hernandez-Zamora, Martin, et al. Filed by Wells Fargo Bank N.A. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $585,000 affecting property located at 60 Eighth Avenue North, Mount Vernon 10550. Filed April 12. Manning, Troy, individually and as surviving joint tenant with rights of survivorship of Delores Manning, et al. Filed by U.S. Bank Trust N.A. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $235,000 affecting property located at 143 North St., Cortlandt Manor 10567. Filed April 11. Melfi, Brian, as administrator and heir to the estate of Barbara C. Melfi, et al. Filed by Wells Fargo Bank N.A. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $250,000 affecting property located at 230 Rockne Road, Yonkers 10701. Filed April 13. Public administrator of Westchester County as administrator of the estate of Maria Simone, et al. Filed by Anna Simone. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $150,000 affecting property located at 65 Cox Ave., Yonkers 10704. Filed April 13. Raglan, Millicient A., et al. Filed by Wells Fargo Bank N.A. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $340,025 affecting property located at 52 Ashland St., New Rochelle 10801. Filed April 13.

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Raymond, Nicholas A., et al. Filed by Wells Fargo Bank N.A. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $408,000 affecting property located at 18 Knollwood Ave., Elmsford 10523. Filed April 12. Robles, Wilbert A., et al. Filed by Wells Fargo Bank N.A. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $152,192 affecting property located at 30 Bush Ave., Port Chester 10573. Filed April 13. Sheehan, John E., et al. Filed by Citibank N.A. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $43,000 affecting property located at 33 Oxford Road, White Plains 10605. Filed April 13. Thonfeld, Ina, et al. Filed by The Bank of New York Mellon Trust Company N.A. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $419,760 affecting property located at 14 Prospect Ave., Valhalla. Filed April 11. Upright, Gerald Martyn Jr., et al. Filed by Deutsche Bank National Trust Co. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure an undisclosed amount affecting property located at 80 Horseshoe Hill Road, Pound Ridge 10576. Filed April 11. Vulaj, Toni, et al. Filed by Wells Fargo Bank N.A. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $516,000 affecting property located at 1577 Tioga Lane, Mohegan Lake 10547. Filed April 12. Walters, Greta A., et al. Filed by Nationstar Mortgage LLC. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $370,000 affecting property located at 430 E. Sidney Ave., Mount Vernon 10553. Filed April 11. Willekes, Beverly Ann, as executrix of the estate of George R. Vande Vrede, et al. Filed by Citibank N.A. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $800,000 affecting property located at 11 Greenwood Court, Briarcliff Manor 10510. Filed April 13. Yousafi, Rizman, et al. Filed by Nationstar Mortgage LLC. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $368,400 affecting property located at 82 Rossiter Ave, Yonkers 10701. Filed April 11.

Mechanic’s Liens AMS Builders LLC, as owner. $22,500 as claimed by A and G Marble and Tile Insulation, West Nyack. Property: in Mount Pleasant. Filed July 23. Gyapong, Apienti, et al, as owner. $397,478 as claimed by Figueroa and Son Contracting Company Inc., New Rochelle. Property: in Mount Vernon. Filed July 24.

Mustafa, Amelia, et al, as owner. $14,500 as claimed by Laurence Poykayil Inc., New Hyde Park. Property: in Pelham. Filed July 25. Richard M. Harmonay LLC, as owner. $13,395 as claimed by Lippolis Electric Inc., Pelham. Property: in Harrison. Filed July 26. Split Rock Ventures LLC, as owner. $4,965 as claimed by Lippolis Electric Inc., Pelham. Property: in Pelham. Filed July 26.

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

Partnerships Maurice Appliance Repair, 64 Franklin Ave., Yonkers 10705, c/o Mauricio J. Guerero and Nilsa Sambula-Guerrero. Filed Feb. 23. Walking in My Purpose, 17 Manitou Trail, White Plains 10603, c/o Necolle Robinson and Regina Taylor. Filed Feb. 23. We Got Game, 7 Acker Ave., Ossining 10562, c/o Nicky Cuevas and Cindy Brand. Filed Feb. 21.

Sole Proprietorships Antonietta Gionta 4G Aircraft Cleaning Services, 6 Cornelius Lane, Baldwin Place 10505, c/o Antonietta Gionta. Filed Feb. 23. Camilo Landscaping, 135 Waverly Ave., Mamaroneck 10543, c/o Velter J. Cifuentes. Filed Feb. 21. Frank J. Cifali, 2 Overlook Drive, Valhalla 10595, c/o Frank J. Cifali. Filed Feb. 22. Hair by Maiya, 388 Tarrytown Road, Suite 110, White Plains 10607, c/o Maiya McCants. Filed Feb. 22. Integral Consultant, 541 Pelham Road, Apt. 7M, New Rochelle 10805, c/o Byron Maga Tan. Filed Feb. 21. Large Seafaring Mammal, 23 Winnetou Road, White Plains 10603, c/o David Williams. Filed Feb. 21. Lincoln Paving and Masonry, 421 N. MacQuesten Parkway, Mount Vernon 10552, c/o Polyanna Premoli Zambon-Miranda. Filed Feb. 22.

Mass-Promo, 59 Highland Ave., New Rochelle 10801, c/o Tara Brewer. Filed Feb. 23. Miguel’s Painting, 43 Washington St., Apt. 1, Port Chester 10573, c/o Yasmeen Cisneros. Filed Feb. 22. Natural Green Landscaping, 127 S. Broadway, White Plains 10605, c/o Israel Rios Leon. Filed Feb. 21. Purple Lotus Zen, 45 Cricklewood North, Yonkers 10704, c/o Michelle Bonnie Whitney. Filed Feb. 22. Sunshine Window Cleaning, 550 Fifth Ave., Unit H2, New Rochelle 10801, c/o Jason Abagnale. Filed Feb. 22. Top K Valentine Nails, 480 A S. Broadway, Yonkers 10705, c/o Khoi Dinh Duong. Filed Feb. 21. V. Queen Luxury Essentials, 1 Saint Pauls Place, Mount Vernon 10550, c/o Stephanie Vanessa Counsel. Filed Feb. 23. Women Healing the Mind, Body and Spirit, 40 E. Sidney Ave., No. 17C, Mount Vernon 10550, c/o Patryce Richardson. Filed Feb. 21.

PATENTS Cable management for enclosures. Patent no. 10,039,202 issued to Eric A. Eckberg, Rochester, Minnesota; Stephen P. Mroz, Rochester, Minnesota; Paul W. Schaefer, Rochester, Minnesota; Sandra J. Shirk/Heath, Rochester, Minnesota; and Christopher L. Tuma, Mantorville, Minnesota. Assigned to International Business Machines Corp., Armonk. Common purchase plan based advertisement. Patent no. 10,038,943 issued to Sarbajit K. Rakshit, Kolkata, India. Assigned to International Business Machines Corp., Armonk. Dynamic password generation. Patent no. 10,038,689 issued to Yuk L. Chan, Rochester, New York; Michael D. Essenmacher, Danbury, Connecticut; David B. Lection, Raleigh, North Carolina; and Eric L. Masselle, Wake Forest, North Carolina. Assigned to International Business Machines Corp., Armonk. Enabling an on-premises resource to be exposed to a public cloud application securely and seamlessly. Patent no. 10,038,721 issued to Linwood Hugh Overby Jr., Raleigh, North Carolina; Anthony Ffrench, Medford, Massachusetts; Barry Mosakowski, Raleigh, North Carolina; and Adolfo Francisco Rodriguez, Raleigh, North Carolina. Assigned to International Business Machines Corp., Armonk.

Isolating temporary images. Patent no. 10,038,873 issued to Trudy L. Hewitt, Cary, North Carolina; Francesco C. Schembari, Durham, North Carolina; Merrilee F. Tomlinson, Cary, North Carolina; and Christina L. Wetli, Raleigh, North Carolina. Assigned to International Business Machines Corp., Armonk. Location-specific audio capture and correspondence to a video file. Patent no. 10,038,937 issued to James E. Bostick, Cedar Park, Texas; John M. Ganci Jr., Cary, North Carolina; Sarbajit K. Rakshit, Kolkata, India; and Kimberly G. Starks, Nashville, Tennessee. Assigned to International Business Machines Corp., Armonk. Method and system for dynamic proximity-based media sharing. Patent no. 10,038,732 issued to Andrew J. Ballands, Kyle J. Craig, Michael D. Kistler, and Ramakrishnan Rajamony, Austin, Texas. Assigned to International Business Machines Corp., Armonk. Secure mobile device recovery. Patent no. 10,038,971 issued to Rhonda L. Childress, Austin, Texas; Itzhack Goldberg, Hadera, Israel; Clifford A. Pickover, Yorktown Heights, New York; Neil Sondhi, Budapest, Hungary; Maja Vukovic, New York City. Assigned to International Business Machines Corp., Armonk. System and method to support codec delivery models for IMS networks. Patent no. 10,038,760 issued to Kishore Channabasavaiah, Palatine, Illinois; Stephen E. Jaffe, Canton, Georgia.; Brian T. Paulsen, Overland Park, Kansas; Sri Ramanathan, Lutz, Florida; Matthew A. Terry, Dunwoody, Georgia; Matthew B. Trevathan, Kennesaw, Georgia; and Raghu Varadan, San Francisco. Assigned to International Business Machines Corp., Armonk. Three-dimensional audio speaker array. Patent no. 10,038,964 issued to James E. Bostick, Cedar Park, Texas; John M. Ganci Jr., Cary, North Carolina; Martin G. Keen, Cary, North Carolina; David B. Lection, Raleigh, North Carolina; and Sarbajit K. Rakshit, Kolkata, India. Assigned to International Business Machines Corp., Armonk.

Facts & Figures HUDSON VALLEY BUILDING LOANS

DEEDS Above $1 million

Above $1 million

Higbie Properties LLC, Middletown. Seller: Millar Properties LLC, Fort Collins, Colorado. Property: 516-518 Route 17M, Wallkill. Amount: $1.2 million. Filed July 26.

BW7 Realty Corp., Kiamesha Lake, as owner. Lender: Wallkill Valley Federal Savings and Loan Association, Walden. Property: 590 Route 211 East, Middletown. Amount: $2 million. Filed July 26.

Lithia Northeast Real Estate LLC, Medford, Oregon. Seller: Krisujen Realty LP, Mahwah, New Jersey. Property: 3496 Route 6, Middletown. Amount: $9.4 million. Filed July 23.

Below $1 million

Silo Ridge Condo 1.1-3 LLC, Scottsdale, Arizona. Seller: Silo Ridge Ventures Property A LLC, Scottsdale, Arizona. Property: in Amenia. Amount: $2.6 million. Filed July 26.

68 Houston Avenue LLC, Millwood, as owner. Lender: Patch of Land Lending LLC, Sherman Oaks, California. Property: 142 Freetown Road, Wallkill 12589. Amount: $47,800. Filed July 20. Fraina, Christopher, et al, as owner. Lender: Walden Savings Bank. Property: in Clinton. Amount: $275,525. Filed July 25. Live Your Best Realty LLC, Las Vegas, Nevada, as owner. Seller: Finance of America Commercial LLC, Charlotte, North Carolina. Property: 515 Upper Ave., Newburgh 12550. Amount: $78,330. Filed July 25. Majeed, Rafiq A., Newburgh, as owner. Lender: County of Orange Office of Community Development, Goshen. Property: 243 Third St., Newburgh. Amount: $119,000. Filed July 27. Nacavu LLC, Newburgh, as owner. Lender: RCN Capital LLC, South Windsor, Connecticut. Property: 83 Chestnut Lane, Newburgh 12550. Amount: $62,405. Filed July 24. Sleektech Properties LLC, Brooklyn, as owner. Lender: Wallkill Valley Federal Savings and Loan Association, Walden. Property: in Highland Falls. Amount: $200,000. Filed July 24. Tan, Robert, et al, as owner. Lender: TD Bank N.A. Property: 125 Vly Atwood Road, Stone Ridge. Amount: $350,000. Filed July 26. Torres, Rafael, et al, Warwick, as owner. Lender: Walden Savings Bank, Montgomery. Property: in Warwick. Amount: $490,000. Filed July 23. Tuxedo Hospitality Corp., Tuxedo Park, as owner. Lender: Readycap Lending LLC, New Providence, New Jersey. Property: 156 Route 17, Tuxedo Park 10987. Amount: $880,000. Filed July 24.

Below $1 million 1 Hil-Mar Inc., Gloucester, Virginia. Seller: Carol Dulaney, et al, Cornwall-on-Hudson. Property: in Blooming Grove. Amount: $100,000. Filed July 25. 1 Hil-Mar Inc., Gloucester, Virginia. Seller: Hil-Mar Lodge Inc., Salisbury Mills. Property: in Blooming Grove. Amount: $425,000. Filed July 25. 1113 Route 17M Associate LLC, Monroe. Seller: Burt D. Rubenstein, et al, Monroe. Property: 222 High St., Monroe. Amount: $495,000. Filed July 27. 180 Developers LLC, Ellenville. Seller: Deutsche Bank National Trust Co. Property: 13 Westwood Ave., Ellenville 12428. Amount: $36,000. Filed July 25. 30 Mine Road LLC, Monroe. Seller: Basilero Group LLC, Monroe. Property: 673 Route 17M, Monroe 10950. Amount: $240,000. Filed July 20. 345 Ridge Realty LLC, Brooklyn. Seller: Parkwood Preservations LLC, Highland Mills. Property: 345 Ridge Road, Highland Mills 10930. Amount: $300,000. Filed July 23. 68 Houston Avenue LLC, Millwood. Seller: HSBC Bank USA N.A. Property: 142 Freetown Road, Wallkill 12589. Amount: $112,029. Filed July 20. 7 Sasev LLC, Brooklyn. Seller: Elye Ben Ester LLC, Monroe. Property: in Monroe. Amount: $187,108. Filed July 23. 81 Carroll Street LLC, Brooklyn. Seller: Steven Planck, et al, Poughkeepsie. Property: in Poughkeepsie. Amount: $277,500. Filed July 24.

958 LLC, Monroe. Seller: Prosave Development Inc., Montebello. Property: in Monroe. Amount: $180,000. Filed July 25. Abilities First Inc., Poughkeepsie. Seller: Linda D. Martin, Wappingers Falls. Property: in Wappinger. Amount: $416,000. Filed July 23. Advanced Business Solutions LLC, Baltimore, Maryland. Seller: Deutsche Bank National Trust Co. Property: 5 Raleigh Close, Middletown 10940. Amount: $130,308. Filed July 25.

Charles Tran Property LLC, Middletown. Seller: Martin Hersh, Liberty. Property: 8 Bush Ave. Newburgh 12550. Amount: $26,000. Filed July 25.

Heritage Restoration Properties LLC, Pine Island. Seller: MTGLQ Investors LP. Property: 521 Liberty Corners. Pine Island 10969. Amount: $130,000. Filed July 24.

Chevy Chase Funding LLC, Highlands Ranch, Colorado. Seller: Paul Brite, Newburgh. Property: 161 Little York Road, Warwick. Amount: $494,654. Filed July 26.

High Equities LLC, Monroe. Seller: Alana B. Buono, Goshen. Property: 115 Cheechunk Road, Goshen. Amount: $181,500. Filed July 20.

Cho Pro Holdings LLC, Monroe. Seller: Paksh Holdings LLC, Monroe. Property: in Monroe. Amount: $300,000. Filed July 26.

Backus Building Services LLC, Fishkill. Seller: Rachel R. Fugate, Middletown. Property: 302 Concord Lane, Middletown Amount: $66,000. Filed July 25.

Dandy Ventures LLC, Rhinebeck. Seller: Dhiman Realty LLC, Kingston. Property: 553 Albany Ave., Kingston 12401. Amount: $267,000. Filed July 23.

Bank of America N.A. Seller: Samuel P. Brooke, Poughkeepsie. Property: 3 Dean Place, Poughkeepsie 12601. Amount: $284,000. Filed July 20.

Docs Realty and Development LLC, Bedford Hills. Seller: Phyllis Newman, Hyde Park. Property: 9 Sherwood Place, Hyde Park 12538. Amount: $26,000. Filed July 25.

Bayview Loan Servicing LLC, Coral Gables, Florida. Seller: Jason P. Sautter, Unionville. Property: 27 Black Rock Trail, Port Jervis 12771. Amount: $545,066. Filed July 23.

Eco-Commissioning Consulting LLC, Putnam Valley. Seller: Deutsche Bank National Trust Co. Property: 42 W. Old Farm Road, Hopewell Junction 12533. Amount: $177,500. Filed July 26.

Bella Dora LLC, Poughkeepsie. Seller: James J. Sullivan, et al, Pawling. Property: in Amenia. Amount: $102,500. Filed July 27. Between Spaces LLC, et al, Brooklyn. Seller: AFSW Realty LLC, Newburgh. Property: 105 Ann St. and 110, 112 and 116 Washington St., Newburgh. Amount: $535,000. Filed July 24.

Eljor Properties LLC, New City. Seller: Kathleen M. Biro, Spring City, Tennessee. Property: 12 Charles St., Middletown 10940. Amount: $60,000. Filed July 24. FATM Properties LLC, Kingston. Seller: town of Poughkeepsie. Property: in Poughkeepsie. Amount: $10,000. Filed July 26.

Binyan Leasing Corp., Monroe. Seller: 37 Raywood Drive LLC, Monroe. Property: 37 Raywood Drive, units 102 and 103, Monroe. Amount: $90,000. Filed July 25.

Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corp. Seller: David Brooks, et al, Newburgh. Property: 274 Carpenter Ave., Newburgh 12550. Amount: $163,068. Filed July 23.

Blue Topaz Development LLC, Highland. Seller: Wells Fargo Bank N.A. Property: in Gardiner. Amount: $159,986. Filed July 20.

Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corp. Seller: Richard A. Matthews, Goshen. Property: 14 Stoll St., Port Jervis 12771. Amount: $138,488. Filed July 24.

BW7 Realty Corp., Monticello. Seller: JCA Retail LLC, Middletown. Property: in Wallkill. Amount: $700,000. Filed July 26. Caliber Homes Loans Inc., Oklahoma, Oklahoma. Seller: Ronald C. Blass, Poughkeepsie. Property: 39 Lake Ellis Road, Wingdale 12594. Amount: $152,000. Filed July 24. Cartus Financial Corp., Danbury, Connecticut. Seller: Scott Erb, et al, Hopewell Junction. Property: in East Fishkill. Amount: $350,000. Filed July 20. Casperkill Game Club Inc., Poughkeepsie. Seller: Kathleen Knight, Tarrytown. Property: in Clinton. Amount: $24,000. Filed July 20.

Federal National Mortgage Association. Seller: Helen Kowalczik, Goshen. Property: 1110 Route 211 West, Middletown 10940. Amount: $153,914. Filed July 23. Federal National Mortgage Association. Seller: Howard Block, Kauneonga Lake. Property: 638 Route 209, Huguenot 12746. Amount: $163,334. Filed July 24. Federal National Mortgage Association. Seller: Michele Babcock, Walden. Property: 598 Ridgebury Road, Slate Hill 10973. Amount: $526,560. Filed July 26. Flippin Crazy LLC, Kingston. Seller: Rajinder Singh Grewal, Kingston. Property: in Kingston. Amount: $25,000. Filed July 26.

Hobson Properties LLC, Milan. Seller: David A. Fell, et al, Red Hook. Property: in Red Hook. Amount: $280,000. Filed July 25.

National Transfer Services LLC, Houston, Texas. Seller: Jason Guidi, et al, Goshen. Property: in Goshen. Amount: $431,000. Filed July 24. Nationstar Mortgage LLC, Coppell, Texas. Seller: Allison Cappella, Walden. Property: 882 Route 284, Westtown 10998. Amount: $133,749. Filed July 20. New Windsor International Airport Partners LLC, New Windsor. Seller: town of New Windsor. Property: in New Windsor. Amount: $193,050. Filed July 24.

Hudson Place Office LLC, Bridgehampton. Seller: Kristopher Noto, Newburgh. Property: 182 S. Plank Road, Newburgh 12550. Amount: $265,000. Filed July 26.

NJ and C Properties Inc., Carmel. Seller: Shady Lane Properties Inc., Bedford Hills. Property: in East Fishkill. Amount: $585,000. Filed July 27.

Hudson Valley Building and Restoration LLC, Hopewell Junction. Seller: William C. Olb, Poughkeepsie. Property: in Poughkeepsie. Amount: $135,000. Filed July 24.

North Ohioville LLC, Highland. Seller: Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corp. Property: 108 Crow Hill Road, Highland 12528. Amount: $120,250. Filed July 26.

J.W. Wade LLC, New York City. Seller: Liberty Street Development LLC, New Windsor. Property: in Newburgh. Amount: $160,000. Filed July 20.

Northern Enterprise NY LLC, Cornwall-on-Hudson. Seller: Michael S. Blustein, Goshen. Property: 7 Princeton Drive, Walden. Amount: $120,000. Filed July 26.

Jalapa Enterprises LLC, Highland Falls. Seller: Craig D. Morrow, et al, Highland Falls. Property: in Highland Falls. Amount: $245,000. Filed July 27.

OLJ Realty LLC, Cornwall-on-Hudson. Seller: Cat Tuong LLC, New Windsor. Property: in Newburgh. Amount: $215,000. Filed July 23.

Kenpok LLC, New York City. Seller: U.S. Bank Trust N.A. Property: 91 Delafield St., Poughkeepsie 12601. Amount: $35,000. Filed July 23. LoanDepot.com LLC, Ewing, New Jersey. Seller: Raymund A. Cote, Carmel. Property: 2 Watch Hill Road, Pawling 12564. Amount: $388,000. Filed July 20. Mavrix Motorsports Corp., Middletown. Seller: Kerrin Oâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;Brien, Monmouth Beach, New Jersey. Property: 20 Hook Road, Sparrowbush 12780. Amount: $75,000. Filed July 20.

Otherside Properties LLC, New Windsor. Seller: Newburgh Property Management LLC, New Rochelle. Property: 345 Liberty St., Newburgh. Amount: $100,000. Filed July 25. Pasture View LLC, Pleasant Valley. Seller: Christine H. Guido, Hyde Park. Property: in Millbrook. Amount: $330,000. Filed July 20. Sager Maz Enterprises LLC, Poughkeepsie. Seller: Allan B. Rappleyea, Poughkeepsie. Property: 468 Main St., Poughkeepsie 12601. Amount: $399,500. Filed July 20.

Mesta LLC, Montgomery. Seller: LNTPC Inc., Walden. Property: in Crawford. Amount: $68,000. Filed July 27.

SDF Capital LLC, Mamaroneck. Seller: Barbara Mindel, Poughkeepsie. Property: 12 Meadow Road, Poughkeepsie. Amount: $110,000. Filed July 23.

Morgan Site Contractors LLC, Matamoras, Pennsylvania. Seller: Glen Victor Slater, et al, West Milford, New Jersey. Property: in Warwick. Amount: $140,000. Filed July 24.

Secretary of Veterans Affairs, Nashville, Tennessee. Seller: Nancy Schneider, Washingtonville. Property: 18 Amchir Ave, Middletown 10940. Amount: $166,756. Filed July 25.

MTGLQ Investors LP, Greenville, South Carolina. Seller: Richard Schisano, Newburgh. Property: 1 Mary Road, Greenwood Lake 10925. Amount: $207,118. Filed July 20.

Selene Finance LP. Seller: Patricia L. Campanaro, Hopewell Junction. Property: 13 Summit Ave., Pawling 12564. Amount: $589,000. Filed July 23.

Nacavu LLC, Wallkill. Seller: Alice A. Foose, Wallkill. Property: 83 Chestnut Lane, Newburgh. Amount: $95,000. Filed July 24.

SMJB Partners LLC, Tarrytown. Seller: Ry Properties LLC, Highland Mills. Property: 84 Overlook Place, Newburgh 12550. Amount: $175,000. Filed July 25.

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AUGUST 6, 2018

Facts & Figures The Bank of New York Mellon. Seller: John Revella, Walden. Property: 169 Willow Ave., Cornwall-on-Hudson 12518. Amount: $709,038. Filed July 24. The Bank of New York Mellon. Seller: Peter C. McGinnis, Poughkeepsie. Property: 34 Gold Road, Poughquag 12570. Amount: $469,000. Filed July 23. The Barn Raiser LLC, Saugerties. Seller: Vincent Di Lorenzo, Raleigh, North Carolina. Property: in Lloyd. Amount: $400,000. Filed July 26. TM and MB Properties LLC, Albany. Seller: Constance M. Mastroeni, Hyde Park. Property: in Poughkeepsie. Amount: $159,500. Filed July 23. Town of Goshen, Goshen. Seller: County of Orange, Goshen. Property: in Goshen. Amount: $15,001. Filed July 24. Town of Goshen, Goshen. Seller: County of Orange, Goshen. Property: in Goshen. Amount: $20,500. Filed July 24. Troys Auto Body Inc., Highland. Seller: Narendra Ruparelia, Highand. Property: 78 Macks Lane, Highland 12528. Amount: $215,000. Filed July 26. Truman Prime Properties LLC, Monroe. Seller: Danny Nieves, et al, Monroe. Property: in Blooming Grove. Amount: $290,000. Filed July 20. Tuxedo Hospitality Corp., Quogue. Seller: Elizabeth Anne Eberling, Tuxedo Park. Property: in Tuxedo. Amount: $555,000. Filed July 24. U.S. Bank N.A. Seller: Glen A. Plotsky, Port Jervis. Property: 163 Eagleton Drive, 16C, Monroe 10950. Amount: $625,140. Filed July 24. U.S. Bank N.A. Seller: Jenine Rodriguez, Port Jervis. Property: 908 Mountain Road, Port Jervis 12771. Amount: $310,000. Filed July 25. U.S. Bank N.A. Seller: Jeremy Soto, Pawling. Property: 89 S. Grand Ave., Poughkeepsie 12603. Amount: $250,000. Filed July 27. U.S. Bank N.A. Seller: Kyle W. Barnett, Poughkeepsie. Property: 53 Roosevelt Road, Hyde Park 12538. Amount: $160,000. Filed July 24. U.S. Bank N.A. Seller: Ned Kopald, Highland Falls. Property: 276 Ingrassia Road, Middletown 10940. Amount: $400,588. Filed July 25. U.S. Bank N.A. Seller: Ronald J. Salvato, Goshen. Property: 16 Canterbury Lane, New Windsor 12553. Amount: $341,885. Filed July 27.

AUGUST 6, 2018

U.S. Bank Trust N.A. Seller: Gerald Jacobowitz, Walden. Property: 34 Meriline Ave., New Windsor 12553. Amount: $145,000. Filed July 24. U.S. Bank Trust N.A. Seller: Harold Pressberg, Goshen. Property: 6 Peter Bush Drive, Monroe 10950. Amount: $456,594. Filed July 23. U.S. Bank Trust N.A. Seller: Judith Lubinsky, Goshen. Property: 29 Baird Court, Walden 12586. Amount: $385,000. Filed July 26. U.S. Bank Trust N.A. Seller: Narcisa Marte, Newburgh. Property: 1097 Route 12, New Hampton 10958. Amount: $329,814. Filed July 24. Vyazor Realty Corp., Monroe. Seller: Robert C. Jeroloman, et al, Monroe. Property: 30 Virginia Ave., Monroe 10950. Amount: $585,000. Filed July 20. Weichert Workforce Mobility Inc., Morris Plains, New Jersey. Seller: Thomas S. McCaffrey, Fishkill. Property: in Fishkill. Amount: $512,000. Filed July 27. Wells Fargo Bank N.A. Seller: Amado Rivas, et al, Poughkeepsie. Property: 1 Hasbrouck Drive, Poughkeepsie 12603. Amount: $278,500. Filed July 24. Wells Fargo Bank N.A. Seller: Jack Schachner, Pleasant Valley. Property: 32 Pappas Lane, Wappingers Falls 12590. Amount: $45,000. Filed July 27. Wells Fargo Bank N.A. Seller: James Yastion, New Paltz. Property: 105 Sutton Park Road, Poughkeepsie 12603. Amount: $261,000. Filed July 25. Wells Fargo Bank N.A. Seller: Sharon M. Faulkner, Poughkeepsie. Property: 35 Sucich Place, Wappingers Falls 12590. Amount: $368,500. Filed July 25. Wells Fargo Bank N.A. Seller: Stewart P. Glenn, Newburgh. Property: 18 Sterling St., Middletown 10940. Amount: $69,000. Filed July 25. Wilmington Savings Fund Society FSB. Seller: Andrea Pawliczek, Montgomery. Property: 22 Locust Ave., New Windsor 12553. Amount: $233,393. Filed July 27. Wilmington Savings Fund Society FSB. Seller: Jessica Michelle Mahoney, Middletown. Property: 19 Helene Circle, Highland Mills 10930. Amount: $329,939. Filed July 27. YYY Properties LLC, Chester. Seller: Alan L. Joseph, Goshen. Property: 38 E. Village Road, Tuxedo 10987. Amount: $120,800. Filed July 25.

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JUDGMENTS 360 GC Zone Inc., Middletown. $1,604 in favor of the New York State Department of Taxation and Finance, Albany. Filed April 4. 613 Automotive Group Inc., Ellenville. $106,294 in favor of the New York State Department of Taxation and Finance, Albany. Filed July 24. 97 Valley Avenue Builders Inc., Walden. $1,583 in favor of the New York State Department of Taxation and Finance, Albany. Filed April 4. Argentum Home LLC, Saugerties. $2,463 in favor of the New York State Department of Taxation and Finance, Albany. Filed July 24. Boot Leggers, Middletown. $1,272 in favor of the New York State Department of Taxation and Finance, Albany. Filed April 4. Cre8ivexpression, Port Jervis. $724 in favor of the New York State Department of Taxation and Finance, Albany. Filed April 4. Equinox Construction Group LLC, Kingston. $2,137 in favor of the New York State Department of Taxation and Finance, Albany. Filed July 24. J Roccos Steakhouse LLC, Shandaken. $846 in favor of the New York State Department of Taxation and Finance, Albany. Filed July 24. Jessis Restaurant, Monroe. $3,117 in favor of the New York State Department of Taxation and Finance, Albany. Filed April 4. KRS Petrol Inc., Boiceville. $170 in favor of the New York State Department of Taxation and Finance, Albany. Filed July 24. La Peche Inc., Montgomery. $3,266 in favor of the New York State Department of Taxation and Finance, Albany. Filed April 4. Martinez Contracting Inc., Newburgh. $5,699 in favor of the New York State Department of Taxation and Finance, Albany. Filed April 4. Miller and Miller Pole Line Construction, Port Jervis. $603 in favor of the New York State Department of Taxation and Finance, Albany. Filed April 4. Monroe Oxford Holdings Ltd., Monroe. $568 in favor of the New York State Department of Taxation and Finance, Albany. Filed April 4. N and L Santopietro, Warwick. $515 in favor of the New York State Department of Taxation and Finance, Albany. Filed April 4.

Next Level Auto LLC, Newburgh. $125 in favor of the New York State Department of Taxation and Finance, Albany. Filed April 4.

Star East NY Inc., Middletown. $6,786 in favor of the New York State Department of Taxation and Finance, Albany. Filed April 4.

OJT Enterprises Inc., Otisville. $174 in favor of the New York State Department of Taxation and Finance, Albany. Filed April 4.

Steward Market Inc., Newburgh. $343 in favor of the New York State Department of Taxation and Finance, Albany. Filed April 4.

Orange and Sullivan Enterprises Corp., Monroe. $412 in favor of the New York State Department of Taxation and Finance, Albany. Filed April 4.

Tekshop Inc., Middletown. $2,561 in favor of the New York State Department of Taxation and Finance, Albany. Filed April 4.

OSJLC Ltd., Greenwood Lake. $175 in favor of the New York State Department of Taxation and Finance, Albany. Filed April 4.

The Rosette Salad Company Inc., Kingston. $10,137 in favor of the New York State Department of Labor, Albany. Filed July 20.

Pack Mill Inc., Monroe. $368 in favor of the New York State Department of Taxation and Finance, Albany. Filed April 4.

Tremonte General Grinding, Middletown. $1,173 in favor of the New York State Department of Taxation and Finance, Albany. Filed April 4.

Perfx LLC, Warwick. $518 in favor of the New York State Department of Taxation and Finance, Albany. Filed April 4.

Upstate Window Fashions Inc., Monroe. $4,244 in favor of the New York State Department of Taxation and Finance, Albany. Filed April 4.

Platinum Music Palace, Kingston. $100 in favor of the New York State Department of Taxation and Finance, Albany. Filed July 24.

Urban Royalty, Saugerties. $1,104 in favor of the New York State Department of Taxation and Finance, Albany. Filed July 24.

Prestige Professional Services Inc., New Windsor. $166 in favor of the New York State Department of Taxation and Finance, Albany. Filed April 4.

Valeo Pillar Corp., Warwick. $513 in favor of the New York State Department of Taxation and Finance, Albany. Filed April 4.

Printing Express Inc., Washingtonville. $2,771 in favor of the New York State Department of Taxation and Finance, Albany. Filed April 4. Proscape Property Maintenance Inc., Montgomery. $319 in favor of the New York State Department of Taxation and Finance, Albany. Filed April 4. Quick Stop Inc., Harriman. $2,815 in favor of the New York State Department of Taxation and Finance, Albany. Filed April 4. R and B Advertising LLC, Westtown. $111 in favor of the New York State Department of Taxation and Finance, Albany. Filed April 4. Radix 7 Software Inc., Cornwall-on-Hudson. $556 in favor of the New York State Department of Taxation and Finance, Albany. Filed April 4. Roma Inn Inc., Kingston. $804 in favor of theNew York State Department of Taxation and Finance, Albany. Filed July 24. Segway Auto Carriers Inc., New Windsor. $1,945 in favor of the New York State Department of Taxation and Finance, Albany. Filed April 4.

Woodbury Lawn and Landscape Inc., Milton. $2,107 in favor of the New York State Department of Labor and the Department of Taxation and Finance, Albany. Filed July 24. Woodstock Market Manager Corp., Woodstock. $1,427 in favor of the New York State Department of Taxation and Finance, Albany. Filed July 24. Y G Garage, Newburgh. $258 in favor of the New York State Department of Taxation and Finance, Albany. Filed April 4. Zoilaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Bistro LLC, Circleville. $3,300 in favor of the New York State Department of Taxation and Finance, Albany. Filed April 4.

LIS PENDENS The following filings indicated a legal action has been initiated, the outcome of which may affect the title to the property listed. Acree, Timothy, et al. Filed by Household Finance Realty Corporation of New York. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $179,378 affecting property located at 1711 Route 44 55, Modena 12548. Filed July 25.

Alfaro, Jamie, et al. Filed by Nationstar Mortgage LLC. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $407,577 affecting property located at 27 Gretna Woods Road, Pleasant Valley 12569. Filed July 20. Amato, Monika L., et al. Filed by U.S. Bank N.A. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $68,000 affecting property located at 700 Route 213, Rosendale 12472. Filed July 23. Any unknown heirs, devisees, distributees or successors in interest of the late Joe Louis Mclean, et al. Filed by Deutsche Bank National Trust Co. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $27,750 affecting property located at 55 Lander St., Newburgh 12550. Filed May 22. Blauvelt, Richard B., et al. Filed by Wells Fargo Bank N.A. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $79,500 affecting property located at 58 Clinton St., Napanoch 12458. Filed July 20. Bonet, Ivan, et al. Filed by Wells Fargo Bank N.A. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $199,948 affecting property located at 2710 Route 52, Hopewell Junction 12533. Filed July 23. Brylowski, Eric A., et al. Filed by Roundpoint Mortgage Servicing Corp. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $131,081 affecting property located at 5 Pond Hill Lane, Walden 12586. Filed May 29. Chicarelli, Darlene, as presumptive heir, devisee, distributee of the estate of Frank L. Stone, et al. Filed by Ocwen Loan Servicing LLC. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $519,000 affecting property located at 50 Willa Lane, Chichester 12416. Filed July 26. Cimorelli, Anthony L., et al. Filed by Deutsche Bank Trust Company Americas. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $515,000 affecting property located at 382 Slate Quarry Road, Rhinebeck 12572. Filed July 18. Collette, Theresa, et al. Filed by Wallkill Valley Federal Savings and Loan Association. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $43,100 affecting property located at 53 Wileman Ave., Walden 12586. Filed May 23. Cooper, Jeffrey S. Jr., et al. Filed by M&T Bank. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $194,851 affecting property located at 13 Marble Road, Poughkeepsie 12603. Filed July 24.

Facts & Figures Cotton, Falisia A., et al. Filed by Federal National Mortgage Association. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $500,000 affecting property located at 8 Alladin Court, Wappingers Falls 12590. Filed July 25.

Kolluri, Subrahmanya Sarma, et al. Filed by Nationstar Mortgage LLC. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $194,600 affecting property located at 781-783 Broadway, Newburgh 12550. Filed May 29.

Delano, Marie, et al. Filed by Bayview Loan Servicing LLC. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $82,450 affecting property located at 94 Ball St., Port Jervis 12771. Filed May 29.

Lang, Leanne E., et al. Filed by U.S. Bank Trust N.A. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure an unspecified amount affecting property located at 5 Pilgrim Terrace, Poughkeepsie 12601. Filed July 26.

Diaz, Diana, et al. Filed by Wells Fargo Bank N.A. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $220,000 affecting property located at 69 Olde Wagon Road, Warwick 10990. Filed May 23. Duhaney, Shellyann L., et al. Filed by Wells Fargo Bank N.A. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $144,150 affecting property located at 9 Marshall St., Poughkeepsie 12601. Filed July 26. Eggelton, Michael Sr., et al. Filed by Deutsche Bank National Trust Co. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $432,000 affecting property located at 51 Birch Road, Wallkill 12589. Filed July 23. Estate of Edwin J. Longendyke, et al. Filed by Hudson Valley Federal Credit Union. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $28,000 affecting property located at 1912 Lucas Avenue Extension, Cottekill 12419. Filed July 24. Gosiewski, Joseph B., et al. Filed by JPMorgan Chase Bank N.A. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $184,722 affecting property located at 319 Fiddlers Bridge Road, Staatsburg 12580. Filed July 24. Goute, Tanisha, et al. Filed by Deutsche Bank National Trust Co. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $53,000 affecting property located at 202 W. Main St., Middletown 10940. Filed May 23. Gulnick, Burton Jr, Ulster County commissioner of finance as administrator of the estate of Mary Alice Hummell, et al. Filed by Keybank N.A. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $59,500 affecting property located at 17 Tremper Ave., Phoenicia 12464. Filed July 23.

Leshaj, Pren, et al. Filed by The Bank of New York Mellon. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $372,000 affecting property located at 504 Rossway Road, Pleasant Valley 12569. Filed July 27. Lopez, William, et al. Filed by U.S. Bank N.A. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $353,380 affecting property located at 67 Oak Hill Road, Westtown 10998. Filed May 27. Marcojohn, Michael, et al. Filed by Deutsche Bank National Trust Co. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $260,000 affecting property located at 8 W. Dogwood Drive, Poughkeepsie 12601. Filed July 27. Matola, Joseph L., et al. Filed by Wilmington Savings Fund Society FSB. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $224,000 affecting property located at 440 Ridge Road, Dover Plains 12522. Filed July 26. Matthews, Idoni E., et al. Filed by U.S. Bank N.A. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $506,400 affecting property located at 4 Champlain Drive, Hopewell Junction 12533. Filed July 19. Mercado, Brian, et al. Filed by Nationstar Mortgage LLC. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $220,800 affecting property located at 110 Wallace Ave., Maybrook 12543. Filed May 24. Mooney, John, et al. Filed by JPMorgan Chase Bank N.A. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $471,205 affecting property located at 140 Stormville Mountain Road, Stormville 12582. Filed July 20.

Hagen, Cindy A., et al. Filed by Nationstar Mortgage LLC. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $160,000 affecting property located at 81 Western Ave., Marlboro 12542. Filed July 27.

Morgan, Brittney, et al. Filed by The Bank of New York Mellon. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $127,124 affecting property located at 227 Boemhler Road, Sparrowbush 12780. Filed May 25.

Junke, Maureen, et al. Filed by Wells Fargo Bank N.A. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $308,347 affecting property located at 181 Oswego Road, Pleasant Valley 12569. Filed July 18.

Nakabayashi, Jun, et al. Filed by Homebridge Financial Services Inc. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $313,300 affecting property located at 14 Sharon Drive, Fishkill 12524. Filed July 18.

Neher, Jeffrey D., et al. Filed by JPMorgan Chase Bank N.A. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $246,500 affecting property located at 131 Orchard Lane North, Woodstock 12498. Filed July 26.

Talmadge, Loretta, et al. Filed by Nationstar Mortgage LLC. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $390,000 affecting property located at 1 Polly Kay Drive, Middletown 10940. Filed May 29.

Orange County commissioner of finance as administrator for the estate of Linda Pinner, et al. Filed by Kondaur Capital Corp. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $183,200 affecting property located at 5 N. Aspen Road, Middletown 10940. Filed May 25.

Terrazola, Jose P., et al. Filed by Wells Fargo Bank N.A. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $332,000 affecting property located at 2656 Liberty St., New Windsor 12553. Filed May 23.

Payne, Roger, et al. Filed by Carrington Mortgage Services LLC. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $291,526 affecting property located at 136 Delafield Lane, Newburgh 12550. Filed May 23. Petrosino, Geraldine, et al. Filed by M&T Bank. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $470,000 affecting property located at 612 River Road, Newburgh 12550. Filed May 22. Sanchez, William, et al. Filed by Deutsche Bank National Trust Co. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $153,067 affecting property located at 69 ½ Watkins Ave. Middletown 10940. Filed May 25. Sarcka, Carol P., et al. Filed by Ocwen Loan Servicing LLC. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $86,500 affecting property located at 123 Quassaick Ave., New Windsor 12553. Filed May 24. Savinon, Milka, et al. Filed by Federal National Mortgage Association. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $243,800 affecting property located at 62 Sarah Lane, Middletown 10941. Filed May 29. Serringer, Neal W., et al. Filed by U.S. Bank Trust N.A. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $60,000 affecting property located at 37 Furnace St., Kingston 12401. Filed July 26. Simonson, John Paul, as executor to the estate of Carolyn K. Falk, et al. Filed by JPMorgan Chase Bank N.A. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $150,000 affecting property located at 603 Stage Road, Monroe 10950. Filed May 22. Soura, Deborah, et al. Filed by Carrington Mortgage Services LLC. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure an unspecified amount affecting property located at 200 Ulster Ave., Ulster Park 12487. Filed July 27.

The unknown heirs of the estate of James Horvath, et al. Filed by Bank of America N.A. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $150,000 affecting property located at 148 Port Ben Road, Kerhonkson 12446. Filed July 25.

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

Gray Sky Inspections, 201 Ulster Ave., 8-3, Walden 12586, c/o Davin Aaron Gray. Filed Dec. 6. Haus of Beautee, 173 Liberty St., Newburgh, c/o Ahkeila N. Coston. Filed Dec. 6. Intrinsic Body Flow, 18 Ponckhockie St., Kingston 12401, c/o Jessica E. Stewart. Filed July 25.

Partnerships Busy Bees Cleaning, 2 South Road, Mount Marion 12456, c/o Michelle L. Neumann and Brittani L. Cahill. Filed July 27. Inamorata RC, P.O. Box 395, Lake Katrine 12449, c/o Rasonda A. Franklin, Cricket Pedatella, and Kellie Alfeld. Filed July 24.

Ironbar2 Co., 24 Broadview Road, Woodstock 12498, c/o Ronald Grumberg. Filed July 27. Karin’s Pottery, 95 Lakeview Ave., Kingston 12401, c/o Karin G. Smith-Spanier. Filed July 25. Master of One, 86 Rocky Hill Road, New Paltz 12561, c/o Merritt Susan Minnemeyer. Filed July 27.

Tuttle, Jeffrey, et al. Filed by Wells Fargo Bank N.A. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $200,000 affecting property located at 146 Mills Cross Road, Staatsburg 12580. Filed July 18.

Stash Enhancement, 6 Parker Lane, Woodstock 12498, c/o Jessie K. Driscoll and Daniel J. Driscoll. Filed July 23.

Wagschal, Masha, et al. Filed by Wells Fargo Bank N.A. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $333,700 affecting property located at 16 Lanzut Court, Monroe 10950. Filed May 23.

Sole Proprietorships

Naccarato Landscaping, 59 Orsland Lane, West Hurley 12491, c/o Tina M. Naccarato. Filed July 27.

Abeel St. Antiques, 115 Abeel St., Kingston 12401, c/o Karen L. Vetere. Filed July 27.

Paint with Hart, 35 Maple St., Cornwall-on-Hudson 12518, c/o Maureen T. Hart. Filed Dec. 6.

Andersen Catering, 79 Oak Ridge Road, Greenfield Park 12435, c/o Scott Michael Andersen. Filed July 20,

Rosendale Waxworks, 723 Springtown Road, Tillson 12486, c/o Shaun C. Johnston. Filed July 23.

Warren, Lynn R., et al. Filed by Wilmington Trust N.A. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure an unspecified amount affecting property located at 1644 Route 300, Newburgh 12550. Filed May 22. Williams, Mary, et al. Filed by JPMorgan Chase Bank N.A. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $268,308 affecting property located at 1168 Albany Post Road, Gardiner 12525. Filed July 20.

Mechanic’s Liens Moskowits, Bassie, et al, as owner. $5,855 as claimed by Master Roofing and Siding Inc., Monsey. Property: 21 Israel Zupnick Drive, 204, Monroe. Filed July 25. Oneill, William, et al, as owner. $2,173 as claimed by Nicholas Banney, Poughkeepsie. Property: 30 Hemlock Drive, East Fishkill. Filed July 24. Prato, Linda, as owner. $2,017 as claimed by Arwood Waste and Demolition, Jacsksonville, Florida. Property: 81 Brimstone Hill Road, Ulster. Filed July 24.

Auto Reconditioning, 2000 Dealer Drive, Newburgh 12550, c/o Gerlando Alletto. Filed Dec. 6. C and J Self Storage, 450 Old Neighborhood Road, Kingston 12401, c/o Allen Kevin Winchell. Filed July 23. Cani’s Computer Laboratories, 9 Brewster St., Milton 12547, c/o William Wesley Hyatt, II. Filed July 26. Craig Landscaping, 26 Deyo St., Tillson 12486, c/o Brandon K. Craig. Filed July 27. Dames and Gents Film Production, 3270 Route 28, Shokan 12481, c/o Juan D. Ottulich. Filed July 24.

Naccarato Construction, 59 Orsland Lane, West Hurley 12491, c/o Tina M. Naccarato. Filed July 27.

Sky Electric and Contracting, 130 A James St., Rosendale 12472, c/o Sandeep Jakhu. Filed July 26. The Traveling Baby, 216 Lindorf St., Ulster Park 12487, c/o Jamie L. Spotts. Filed July 26. The Traveling Dog, 125 Post St., Saugerties 12477, c/o Betsy P. Wojcio. Filed July 27. Umat Global Enterprises, P.O. Box 2756, Kingston 12402, c/o Sylvia Denise Washington. Filed July 20. XEK Noir, 64 Plains Road, New Paltz 12561, c/o Hailey Concetta Doran. Filed July 20.

MTA REAL ESTATE (MTA RE) Request For Proposals (RFP) - Offering of Taxi Parking Spaces on the Metro-North Line. Proposals must be received by 3:00 p.m. on Friday, September 7th, 2018. Pelham Station (New Haven Line) – License of 3 parking spaces for taxi/limousine services For information on this Request for Proposals, please go to http://enterprise.nymta.info/MTA_Real_Estate_RFP/

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AUGUST 6, 2018

LEGAL NOTICES Ala Tristate Development Group LLC. Filed 6/18/18 Office: Westchester Co. SSNY designated as agent for process & shall mail to: 789 Yonkers Avenue, Yonkers, NY 10704 Purpose: all lawful #61765 Orenda, LLC. Filed 6/14/18 Office: Westchester Co. SSNY designated as agent for process & shall mail to: 2 Giordano Drive, Cortlandt Manor, NY 10567 Purpose: all lawful #61766 PRIME LINKS TRANSPORT, LLC. Art. of Org. filed with the SSNY on 04/31/18. Office:Weschester County. SSNY designated as agent of the LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail copy of process to the LLC, Michael A. Hynes 312 S 2nd Ave #1, Mount Vernon NY 10550. Purpose: Any lawful purpose. #61767 Notice of Formation of Springline Commercial Realty Advisors, LLC Arts. of Org. filed with SSNY on 6/20/2018 Office location: Westchester County SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process may be served. SSNY shall mail process to Springline Commercial Realty 234 Daisy Farms Drive, Scarsdale, NY 10583 Purpose: any lawful act or activity. #61769 Notice of Formation of KarlDowdenLaw, PLLC Art. Of Org. filed with SSNY on 5/7/18. Offc. Loc: Westchester Cty. SSNY desig. as agent of the LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to the PLLC, 445 Hamilton Ave, Ste 1102, White Plains, NY 10601. Purpose: Law. #61770 Notice Of Formation of Hop In To The Terminal, LLC. Art. Of Org. filed with SSNY on 3/7/2018. Offc. Loc: Westchester Cty. SSNY design. As agent of the LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to the LLC, 82 Claremont Ave Mount Vernon, NY 10550. Purpose: any lawful purpose #61772 40 Weaver Street, LLC, Arts of Org. filed with Sec. of State of NY (SSNY) 6/14/2018. Cty: Westchester. SSNY desig. as agent upon whom process against may be served & shall mail process to Pamela Nodiff, 1170 Greacen Point Rd., Mamaroneck, NY 10543. General Purpose. #61774 IGlow Aesthetics LLC, Arts of Org. filed with Sec. of State of NY (SSNY) 6/5/2018. Cty: Westchester. SSNY desig. as agent upon whom process against may be served & shall mail process to Heather Kramer Giordano, Po Box 644, Bedford, NY 10506. General Purpose. #61775 Notice of formation of Limited Liability Company (ìLLCî). Name: Stuyvesant Apartments Owners LLC. Articles of Organization filed with the Secretary of State of the State of New York (ìSSNYî) on June 21, 2018. N.Y. office location: Westchester County. The SSNY has been designated as agent of the LLC upon whom process against it may be served. The SSNY shall mail a copy of any process to Stuyvesant Apartments Owners LLC, c/o Mountco Construction and Development Corp., 700 White Plains Road, Suite 363, Scarsdale, New York 10583. Purpose/character of LLC is to engage in any lawful act or activity. #61779 Notice of formation of Limited Liability Company (ìLLCî). Name: Stuyvesant Apartments Managers LLC. Articles of Organization filed with the Secretary of State of the State of New York (ìSSNYî) on June 21, 2018. N.Y. office location: Westchester County. The SSNY has been designated as agent of the LLC upon whom process against it may be served. The SSNY shall mail a copy of any process to Stuyvesant Apartments Managers LLC, c/o Mountco Construction and Development Corp., 700 White Plains Road, Suite 363, Scarsdale, New York 10583. Purpose/character of LLC is to engage in any lawful act or activity. #61780

AUGUST 6, 2018

Notice of formation of Limited Liability Company (ìLLCî). Name: MSA Associates I LLC. Articles of Organization filed with the Secretary of State of the State of New York (ìSSNYî) on June 21, 2018. N.Y. office location: Westchester County. The SSNY has been designated as agent of the LLC upon whom process against it may be served. The SSNY shall mail a copy of any process to MSA Associates I LLC, c/o Mountco Construction and Development Corp., 700 White Plains Road, Suite 363, Scarsdale, New York 10583. Purpose/character of LLC is to engage in any lawful act or activity. #61781 Notice of Formation of Essential Visions LLC. Arts. of Org. filed with SSNY on 01/29/2018. Office location: Westchester County. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process may be served. SSNY shall mail process to 35 Clinton Place, Unit 5A New Rochelle, NY 10801 Purpose: any lawful act or activity. #61785 Notice of Formation of SUFFOLK SK, LLC. Arts. of Org. filed with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 5/23/18. Office location: Westchester County. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served at: 1858 Commerce St., Yorktown Hgts, NY 10598 Purpose all lawful activity. #61786 ReelTime Rentals LLC. Articles of Organization filed with the Secretary of State of New York (SSNY) 7/3/2018. LLC location is Westchester County. SSNY has been designated as agent of the LLC upon process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail a copy of the process to: 1 White Birch Drive, Ossining, NY 10562. Purpose: any lawful business activity. #61787 Notice of Formation of BHAMBRI CONSULTANCY LLC. Arts. of Org. filed with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 6/25/18. Office location: Westchester County. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served at: Bhambri Consultancy LLC, 86 Dimond Ave., Cortlandt Manor, NY 10567. Purpose all lawful activity. #61788 Notice of Formation of Gr8 Estate Sales Art. Of Org. filed with SSNY on 06/19/2018. Offc. Loc: Westchester Cty. SSNY desig. as agent of the LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to the LLC, 50 North Broadway #374, Tarrytow, NY 10591 Purpose: any lawful purpose. #61789 307 East 87th Street, LLC, Arts of Org. filed with Sec. of State of NY (SSNY) 6/27/2018. Cty: Westchester. SSNY desig. as agent upon whom process against may be served & shall mail process to 21 Admiral Wordenís Ln., Briarcliff Manor, NY 10510. General Purpose. #61790 Notice of formation of Generation Mortgage, LLC. Application for Authority filed with Secretary of State of New York (SSNY) June 27, 2018. Office located Westchester, NY. SSNY has been designated for service of process. SSNY shall mail copy of any process served against the LLC to 105 East Center Street, Manchester, CT 06040. Purpose: any lawful purpose." #61791 Notice of Formation of Pycnocline, LLC Art. Of Org. filed with SSNY on 6/28/18. Offc. Loc: Westchester Cty. SSNY desig. as agent of the LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to the LLC, 31 Easton Avenue, White Plains, NY 10605. Purpose: any lawful purpose. #61792 Notice of Formation of Moon31, LLC. filed with SSNY 6/7/18. Offc. Loc: Westchester Cty. Legalzoom desig. as agent of the LLC upon whom process against it may be served. LegalZoom shall mail process to the LLC, 7014 13th Avenue, Suite 202, Brooklyn, NY 11228. Purpose: any lawful purpose. #61793

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Notice of Application for Authority to do business in New York of 5C Global, LLC (ìLLCî). Application for Authority filed with the Secretary of State (ìSSNYî) June 22, 2018. The LLC formed in Delaware (ìDEî) on June 14, 2018. Office location is Westchester County. Corporation Service Company has been designated as agent of the LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail a copy of such process to the LLC: Craig R. Marson c/o Corporation Service Company 80 State Street, Albany, NY 12207-2543. Office address in DE is c/o CSC 251 Little Falls Drive, Wilmington, DE 19808. Copies of Certificate of Organization of LLC are on file and may be obtained from the Secretary of State of DE, Division of Corporations, P.O. Box 898, Dover, DE 19903. Purpose of business of LLC is any lawful act or activity. #61794 Notice of Formation of Geranda Projects LLC Art. Of Org. filed with SSNY on 7/5/18. Offc. Loc: Westchester Cty. SSNY desig. as agent of the LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to the LLC, 3147 East Main Street, Unit 304, Mohegan Lake, NY 10547. Purpose: any lawful purpose. #61795 InnovationThought LLC, Art. of Org. filed with the SSNY on 05/17/2018. Office location: Westchester County. SSNY designated as agent of the LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail copy of process to the LLC, 46 Suzanne Lane, Pleasantville, N.Y. 10570. Purpose: Any lawful activity. #61796 Notice of Formation of Versatile Renovations and Installations, LLC Art. Of Org. filed with the SSNY on 6/8/18. Offc. Loc: Westchester Cty. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process may be served. SSNY shall mail process to the LLC. 24 Chester Street, Mount Vernon, NY 10552. Purpose any lawful purpose. #61797 Notice of Formation of 19 COBB LLC. Arts. of Org. filed with the Secy of State of NY (SSNY) on 4/24/18. Office location: Westchester County. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to: c/o Scully Construction, 141 Lafayette Avenue, White Plains, NY 10603. Purpose: any lawful act or activity. #61798 Notice of Formation of Morgado & Mateus Properties LLC. Arts. of Org. filed with SSNY on 7/12/2018. Office location: Westchester County. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process may be served. SSNY shall mail process to 25 Cedar Lane, Ossining, NY 10562. Purpose: any lawful act or activity. #61799 Notice of Formation of Wang L Consulting LLC. Art. Of Org. filed with Secretary of State of NY on Mar 30th, 2018. Office location: Westchester Cty. SSNY designated as agent of the LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail a copy of any process against it served upon him/ her to: 2 Burgess Rd, Scardale, NY 10583. LLC may engage in any lawful act or activity for which a limited liability company may be formed. #61800 Notice of Formation of Dream Design & Renovation, LLC Art. Of Org. filed with SSNY on 6/11/18. Offc. Loc: Westchester Cty. SSNY desig. as agent of the LLC upon whom process against it may be served.SSNY shall mail process to the LLC, 28 N Central Ave Hartsdale, NY 10530. Purpose: any lawful purpose. #61801 Obsession Capital LLC. Art. of Org. filed 7/13/18. Office in Westchester Co. SSNY designated for process and shall mail to Reg. Agent: Thomas Law Firm, 175 Varick St, NY, NY 10014. Purpose: Any lawful activity #61804

Notice of Formation of AC Housing, LLC. Arts. Of Org. filed with Secy of State of NY (SSNY) on 01/24/2018. Office location: Westchester County. SSNY designated agent upon whom process may be served and shall mail copy of process against LLC to 177a East Main St Suite 185 New Rochelle, NY 10801. Purpose: any lawful act or activity. #61805

Notice of Formation of ICONIC LASH LOUNGE LLC. Arts. of Org. filed with SSNY on 4/19/18. 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 ICONIC LASH LOUNGE LLC 96 Lockwood Avenue, 3R, Yonkers, NY 10701. Purpose: any lawful purpose. #61818

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NAME: L & L REI properties, LLC. Arts. of Org. filed with SSNY on 6/20/2018. Off. Loc: Westchester County. SSNY designated as agent of the LLC upon who processes against it may be served SSNY shall mail process to: L & L REI properties, Lurline Spence, 941 McLean Ave, #195, Yonkers, NY 10704-4107 Purpose: all lawful. #61807

Notice of Application for Authority to do business in New York of ELI PERSONAL CARE LLC (“LLC”). Application for Authority filed with SSNY on 5/22/18. LLC formed in Delaware (“DE”) on 12/21/17. Office location: Westchester County. SSNY has been designated as agent upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to: Mohamed H. Shiliwala., 2 Park Ave., Somerville, NJ 08876. Office address in DE: c/o A Registered Agent, Inc., 8 The Green, Ste. A, Dover, DE 19901. Copies of Cert. of Org. of LLC are on file and may be obtained from the Sec. of State of DE, 401 Federal St #4, Dover DE 19901. Purpose: any lawful purpose. # 61819

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Notice of formation: The Family Healing Spot, LLC. Art. of Org. filed with SSNY on 3/20/18. NY Offc. loc: Westchester Cty. SSNY desig. as agent of the LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to the LLC at 180 Towners Rd., Lake Carmel, NY 10512. Purpose: any lawful purpose. #61808 Name of LLC: AX Development LLC. Arts. of Org. filed NY Sec. of State 12/7/2017. Princ. off. loc.: Westchester Cty. Sec. of State designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. Sec. of State shall mail a copy of process to the LLC, c/o Law Offices of Xiangan Gong, 136-40 39th Avenue, Suite 202, Flushing, NY 11354. #61809 Notice of formation of Jo-Umoja Group, LLC. Article of Organization filed with the Secretary Of State of New York (SSNY) on 11/02/2017. 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 the process to The LLC, 1628 Park St. Peekskill NY 10566, Principle location of the LLC. Purpose: any lawful business activity. #61810 Vegan Social, LLC. Art. of org. Filed with the SSNY on 05/10/18. Office: Westchester County. SSNY designated as agent of the LLC upon whom process against it may served. SSNY shall mail copy of process to the LLC, 44 Fleetwood Ave. #5F, Mount Vernon, NY 10552. Purpose: Any Lawful purpose. #61811 On-Up LLC, Art. of Org. filed with SSNY on 04/02/18. Office loc: Westchester Co. SSNY designated as agent upon which process may be served and shall mail process to: 15 North Washington St., #2R, Tarrytown, NY 10591. Purpose: all lawful. #61812 Serenity Luxury Homes LLC, Arts of Org. filed with Sec. of State of NY (SSNY) 5/24/2018. Cty: Westchester. SSNY desig. as agent upon whom process against may be served & shall mail process to 2005 Palmer Ave., #120, Larchmont, NY 10538. General Purpose. #61813 Notice of Formation of BBFF LLC. Arts. of Org. filed with the Secy of State of NY (SSNY) on 5/16/18. Office location: Westchester County. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to: 345 Whippoorwill Road, Chappaqua, NY 10514. Purpose: any lawful act or activity. #61815 Notice of Formation of 264 NEPPERHAN AVE, LLC. Principal office Westchester County. Secretary of State of NY (SSNY) designated as agent for service of process. SSNY shall mail a copy of any process served against the LLC to 157 Walsh Road, Yonkers, NY 10701. Articles of Organization of the LLC filed with the SSNY on June 20, 2018. Purpose:Any lawful act(s). #61816

NOTICE OF FORMATION OF INFINITE RIPPLE LLC. Articles of Organization filed with the Secretary of State of NY (SSNY) on 7/31/2018. Office location: WESTCHESTER County. SSNY has been designated as agent upon whom process against it may be served. The Post Office address to which the SSNY shall mail a copy of any process against the LLC served upon him/her is: ANSHUMAN ROY 6 GIFFORD AVE TUCKAHOE NY 10707 The principal business address of the LLC is: 6 GIFFORD AVE TUCKAHOE NY 10707Purpose: any lawful act or activity #61820 Solid Ground Capital, LLC Arts of Org. filed with Sec. of State of NY (SSNY) 6/25/2018. Cty: Westchester. SSNY desig. as agent whom process against may be served and shall mail process to Ian Cole, 382 Manhattan Ave, Hawthorne, NY 10532 # 61777 IDStyle LLC, Arts of Org. filed with Sec. of State of NY (SSNY) 05/23/2018. Cty: Westchester. SSNY desig. as agent upon whom process against may be served & shall mail process to PO Box 142, Scarsdale, NY 10583 All lawful. # 61783 SOTG, LLC, Arts of Org. filed with Sec. of State of NY (SSNY) 6/20/2018. Cty: Westchester. SSNY desig. as agent upon whom process against may be served & shall mail process to c/o Demarte, 3184 Ronit Court, Yorktown Heights, NY 10598. General Purpose. # 61784 Notice of Formation of Dream Design & Renovation, LLC Art. Of Org. filed with SSNY on 6/11/18. Offc. Loc: Westchester Cty. SSNY desig. as agent of the LLC upon whom process against it may be served.SSNY shall mail process to the LLC, 28 N Central Ave Hartsdale, NY 10530. Purpose: any lawful purpose. # 61801 Red Rocket Media LLC, Arts of Org. filed with Sec. of State of NY (SSNY) 4/4/2018. Cty: Westchester. SSNY desig. as agent upon whom process against may be served & shall mail process to David Copeland, 509 Route 22, North Salem, NY 10560. General Purpose. # 61814

COUNTY OF WESTCHESTER SUMMONS AND NOTICE Index No. 67584/2017 Date Filed: 10/18/2017 Federal National Mortgage Association ( Fannie Mae ), a corporation organized and existing under the laws of the Plaintiff, -againstIrene Thomet a/k/a Irene A. Thomet; Howard Eisler; United States of America; New York State Department of Taxation and Finance, JOHN DOE , said name being fictitious, it being the intention of Plaintiff to designate any and all occupants of premises being foreclosed herein, and any parties, corporations or entities, if any, having or claiming an interest or lien upon the mortgaged premises, Defendants. PROPERTY ADDRESS: 3968 Crompond Road, Cortlandt Manor, NY 10567 TO THE ABOVE NAMED DEFENDANTS: YOU ARE HEREBY SUMMONED to answer the complaint in this action and to serve a copy of your answer, or a notice of appearance on the attorneys for the Plaintiff within thirty (30) days after the service of this summons, exclusive of the day of service. The United States of America, if designated as a defendant in this action, may appear within sixty (60) days of service hereof. In case of your failure to appear or answer, judgment will be taken against you by default for the relief demanded in the complaint. TO THE ABOVE NAMED DEFENDANTS: The foregoing Summons is served upon you by publication pursuant to an Order of the Hon. Gerald E. Loehr, a Justice of the Supreme Court, Westchester County, entered July 13, 2018 and filed with the complaint and other papers in the Westchester County Clerkís Office. NOTICE OF NATURE OF ACTION AND RELIEF SOUGHT OBJECT of the above captioned action is to foreclose a Consolidation and/or Modified Mortgage (hereinafter the Mortgage ) to secure $623,563.72 and interest, recorded in the Westchester County Clerk’s Office on February 4, 2016, in Control Number 553063252 covering premises known as 3968 Crompond Road, Cortlandt Manor, NY 10567 a/k/a Section 34.7, Block 2, Lots 21 & 22. The relief sought in the within action is a final judgment directing the sale of the premises described above to satisfy the debt secured by the Mortgage described above. Plaintiff designates Westchester County as the place of trial. Venue is based upon the County in which the mortgaged premises is situated. NOTICE YOU ARE IN DANGER OF LOSING YOUR HOME IF YOU DO NOT RESPOND TO THIS SUMMONS AND COMPLAINT BY SERVING A COPY OF THE ANSWER ON THC ATTORNEY FOR THE MORTGAGE COMPANY WHO FILED THIS FORECLOSURE PROCEEDING AGAINST YOU AND FILING THE ANSWER WITH THE COURT, A DEFAULT JUDGMENT MAY BE ENTERED AND YOU CAN LOSE YOUR HOME. SPEAK TO AN ATTORNEY OR GO TO THE COURT WHERE YOUR CASE IS PENDING FOR FURTHER INFORMATION ON HOW TO ANSWER THE SUMMONS AND PROTECT YOUR PROPERTY. SENDING A PAYMENT TO YOUR MORTGAGE COMPANY WILL NOT STOP THIS FORECLOSURE ACTION. YOU MUST RESPOND BY SERVING A COPY OF ANSWER ON THE ATTORNEY FOR THE PLAINTIFF (MORTGAGE COMPANY) AND FILING THE ANSWER WITH THE COURT. Dated: October 2, 2017 Sean P. Williams, Esq. Associate Attorney SHAPIRO, DICARO & BARAK LLC Attorneys for Plaintiff 175 Mile Crossing Boulevard, Rochester, New York 14624 (585)-247-9000, Fax: (585) 247-7380 Our File No. 17-061324 #95327 #61806

REQUEST FOR QUALIFICATIONS TOWN OF STRATFORD The Town of Stratford and the Office of the Purchasing Agent, will receive SEALED PROPOSALS for: RFQ #2018-032 Development of Town Owned Property ñ Stratford Center TOD Project Due 3:00pm September 13, 2018 Copies of the RFQ are available on the town website www.townofstratford. com or at the Purchasing Agent's Office, 2725 Main St., Stratford, Ct. Inquiries should be directed to the Purchasing Department at 203-385-4044. Michael Bonnar, Purchasing Agent #61817

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