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Pat Acocella and Diane Tenaglia

50 yeArs oF gAzebos And pies Family-run Acorn hits milestone

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n a recent Saturday morning, a Westchester County couple walked into Acorn Farm and Garden Center in Harrison to satisfy their sweet tooth. After chomping down on a freshly baked sugar-raised

donut, Robert Yamuder looked up with a grin. “We were driving by and sold by the donut sign outside,” Yamuder, the village administrator in Pelham, said. “We bought every kind of donut they have here – sugar, cinnamon and plain. This place has a nice down-to-earth feel.” Acorn sits on a stretch of Mamaroneck Avenue surrounded by corporate office parks. Its unique setup, not to mention stock of gazebos and storage

sheds, often gets a double take from the passengers of the 60,000 cars that drive by on the thoroughfare each day. The size of the storefront is deceivingly small, but Acorn serves as a rest stop for many locals and out-of-towners. It’s run by three generations of a Westchester County-bred family. Behind the counter on that recent Saturday sat Acorn, page 6

Hotel tax falls ﬂat again

Communities see process as inequitable BY MARK LUNGARIELLO mlungariello@westfairinc.com

HARRiSoN ToWN SuPERViSoR Ronald Belmont wasn’t surprised when his town’s bid to impose a hotel occupancy tax died a quiet death in the state Senate chambers. The town had asked for authority to charge a 3 percent tax on hotel visitors four times since 2007 and each time the proposal went nowhere. This year, a bill granting the Harrison hotel tax made it through the state Assembly, but was never voted on by the Senate. Harrison has been rejected so often, Belmont said, that asking for state approval has become mostly a ceremonial

process. The town will request the tax again a sixth time in 2013. “It gets a lot easier now,” he said. “All you have to do is change the date on the paperwork.” The hotel tax has been a mouthwatering option for revenue-hungry local governments, which see the potential of adding a non-property tax revenue line that is charged not to residents, but to outsiders visiting their communities. The amount of the tax has also been touted as being relatively small for those who use the hotels while adding up to big bucks for the communities. Harrison has three properties that would be taxed if a law were to pass: dwellings at Westchester Hotel, page 6

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insurer to unions still growing at 70 BY JOHN GOLDEN jgolden@westfairinc.com

avid J. Walsh was on his home computer at 4 in the morning last month to connect through Skype with his postgraduate class at a university in Dublin. A student of the trade union movement, Walsh is pursuing a doctoral degree overseas in industrial relations, having earned in recent years a master’s degree in industrial and labor relations from Cornell University. In his early 60s, Walsh has done that while running a $170 million-a-year business as president and CEO of Amalgamated Life Insurance Co. and the Amalgamated Family of Companies. In five years, he has successfully grown its diverse businesses and expanded the geographical reach and client base of a 70-year-old-company deeply rooted in serving the financial needs of New York City’s union workers. One need not be a scholar in Walsh’s field to know that union density – the proportion of paid workers that are union members – is, as he noted, “dropping precipitously” both in the U.S. and Europe. At his CEO’s desk in White Plains, he pulled up federal labor statistics: only 11.3 percent of the U.S. workforce, or 14.4 million workers, in 2012 belonged to unions, down from 11.8 percent in 2011. That is a radical change from America in 1943, when Sidney Hillman, a self-proclaimed Jewish socialist, former political prisoner in Czarist Russia and confidante of President Franklin D. Roosevelt, formed Amalgamated Life to provide insurance benefits to the workers he led as president of the Amalgamated Clothing Workers of America. In the 1940s, there were 250,000 needlework trades jobs in Greenwich Village alone, Walsh said. An advocate of “social unionism,” Hillman had already launched cooperative housing and labor banking ventures when he started the life insurance company. In the 1920s he founded Amalgamated Bank to serve clothing union workers. “We’re kind of the remnants of that philosophy, which explains why we have all these companies,” Walsh said. In addition to its life insurance business, the Amalgamated family includes Alicare

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Inc., a third-party administrator of employee benefit plans; AliGraphics, a printing services company; Alicomp, which provides computer mainframe outsourcing and information technology services; Alicare Medical Management, a call center business handling patient claims, and Amalgamated Agency, a specialized insurance brokerage. “When I started, the company had done no advertising at all – ever – for the first 50 years,” Walsh said. “When there were 2 million members of the Amalgamated clothing union, the marketing plan was easy.” Walsh came to Amalgamated in 2008 from SBLI Mutual Life Insurance Cos., where he was executive vice president and general counsel. A native Iowan who also holds a law degree and a master’s in business administration, Walsh in his varied career in the public and private sectors did a stint as insurance commissioner and director of international trade for the state of Alaska. In his first year as CEO, he led Amalgamated’s search for new headquarters. The move was prompted by New York University’s purchase of the insurance company’s Greenwich Village office building and the

new landlord’s plans to use the space for itself. After scouting Newark and other Manhattan locations, Amalgamated in fall 2008 leased 123,000 square feet of space in the former General Foods headquarters complex at 333 Westchester Ave. Amalgamated occupies two full floors, where it currently employs about 480 workers. The company has about 570 employees nationwide. Amalgamated’s headquarters search came in the midst of the recession, when mounting office vacancies and corporate downsizings and closings had landlords lowering rents to attract new tenants. Amalgamated moved into fully furnished turnkey space vacated in 2007 by a major subprime mortgage lender, Argent Mortgage Co. Compared with the rental rates it would have paid in Manhattan, Amalgamated with the relocation will save $70 million over the 16-year term of its lease, Walsh said. “It was just dumb luck – right place, right time, right circumstances.” When taking over the company, “It was financially very solid,” Walsh said. “The bones of the company were really, really solid.”

Those bones were nourished by the company’s legacy of unionism. Through a series of mergers of unions representing New York garment workers and hotel and restaurant employees, Amalgamated’s client base “remained relatively stable,” Walsh said. But the company’s union legacy might not sustain it in an increasingly non-union, global economy. “Eventually that very solid base would have started to erode. …We have had to make this into a real company,” Walsh said. The company invested $13 million in a new computer and phone system that increased operating efficiency without employee layoffs and raised its call center’s resolution rate to 98 percent of first calls. “When I started, we had about 1.4 million phone calls a year. We now have less than a million even though our business has grown by 40 to 50 percent.” The new CEO brought in a dozen top executives. John Thornton, a former CIGNA executive, tripled Amalgamated’s sales force in his new post as executive vice president of sales and marketing, The company has continued its conservative policy underwriting while marketing new insurance products. Its insurance company has expanded to all 50 states and the District of Columbia. “Our overall growth has been about 8 percent a year for five years,” Walsh said. While growing the company’s non-union business, “We expanded our union footprint dramatically. We now do work for almost all of the unions.” “Right now I would say overall we’re probably about two-thirds union and onethird non-union” in clientele, Walsh said. “Five and a half years ago, it was 98 percent (union) and 2 percent (non-union). But the two-thirds that we have now is 40 percent bigger” than Amalgamated’s former union base.

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New York only state to still ban MMA fights BY MARK LUNGARIELLO mlungariello@westfairinc.com

ltimate Fighting Championship President Dana White is taking one of New York’s top politicians to the mat over the lack of mixed martial arts in the state. Connecticut legalized mixed martial arts (MMA) last month, leaving New York as the only state that continues to ban the controversial but increasingly popular sport. Asked about the reason New York remains a holdout, White pointed the finger at state Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver, a Manhattan Democrat.

Lopez, who eventually resigned. “It’s just a testament to how powerful one man can be in a state, which is crazy,” White said. “Is that democracy? It’s not, it’s a slap in the face of democracy.” Silver had received a letter signed by 35 Assembly Democrats in June asking the speaker not to allow the bill to come to the TWB floor for a vote. Wilson & Son The “violent nature of the sport raises WCBJ serious concerns about 7.375” w x 7.125” h the adverse effect that legalizing 7/17/13 professional MMA events in New York could have on the well being of our citizens,” the letter stated. MMA was banned in New York in 1997, though a loophole in the law allows for amaUFC, page 4

“Is that democracy? It’s not, it’s a slap in the face of democracy.”

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teur fights. Despite a broader acceptance of the sport by viewers, many legislators and activist groups continue to oppose MMA due to its violent nature. Leading up to the most recent false start, some civic organizations accused the sport and its fighters of being intolerant or having an accepting attitude toward domestic abuse. Anti-MMA sites, including unfitforchildren.org, have noted the activities of UFC fighters including fighter Quinton “Rampage” Jackson who starred in a YouTube video called “How to Pick Up a Gurl – Fast,” which was essentially a rape how-to. Members of the anti-MMA movement have accused several fighters of being misogynistic and homophobic. UFC President White himself has been noted by his detractors for a short temper and affinity for profane language. But many MMA enthusiasts say the accusations of intolerance and violence are not genuine and part of an effort orchestrated by a Nevada labor union currently feuding with UFC’s owning and operating company, Zuffa L.L.C. The Inside MMA website notes that Zuffa is owned by the same majority owners, Frank and Lorenzo Fertitta, who own Station

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casinos, the last nonunionized casino group in Las Vegas. The Culinary Workers Union Local 226 has been highly critical of UFC and launched several websites against legalizing MMA. UFC recently shot back with a website called The Truth About Culinary 226, thetruthaboutculinary226.com. Brian M. Kolb, the Assembly minority leader, said he’d like Silver to call a special session to consider several bills including the MMA bill. The majority conference has the power to control the agenda for any session or to call a special session and the possibility of Silver entertaining a vote on the MMA bill remains a long shot at best. Kolb had taken issue with the blocking of a vote on the bill earlier this year. “The majority’s decision to block mixed martial arts legislation despite bipartisan support in both conferences is another case of politics being put ahead of people,” Kolb, who represents portions of five upstate counties, said in a press release. “Is it any wonder why New Yorkers grow more and more disenfranchised with state government?” Connecticut’s MMA bill passed despite an aversion to the sport by the state’s governor, Dannel P. Malloy, and others. Lawmakers in that state added provisions that hold promoters liable for injuries experienced by fighters as a result of training or matches. – With reporting by Patrick Gallagher.

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Hospital purchase deal gets court OK

A U.S. Bankruptcy Court judge has approved Montefiore Health System’s acquisition of Sound Shore Heath System facilities in New Rochelle and Mount Vernon. Following regulatory approval, the transaction is expected to close this fall, when Bronx-based Montefiore will begin providing services at Sound Shore Medical Center and Mount Vernon Hospital and at Schaffer Extended Care Center in New Rochelle. Montefiore officials in a press release said the new owner supports the continued operation of the Hopfer School of Nursing at the Mount Vernon hospital. Dr. Steven M. Safyer, president and CEO of Montefiore Health System Inc., said he is a former long-time resident of New Rochelle with “deep affection” for the community. “We are excited to be making this significant step into Westchester and to strengthen our partnerships with the community-based physicians to ensure residents of New Rochelle, Mount Vernon and the surrounding neighborhoods receive the exceptional care that they deserve,” he said. Sound Shore Health System, which employs nearly 2,000 workers, will continue normal operations until the closing. Sound Shore officials last month notified the state Labor Department of 1,983 layoffs planned from Oct. 23 to Nov. 5 at its New Rochelle and Mount Vernon facilities. The layoffs were a part of Sound Shore’s reorganization plan in its Chapter 11 bankruptcy proceeding. John Spicer, Sound Shore Health System president and CEO, called the bankruptcy court’s approval Friday of the Montefiore deal “a significant milestone in the acquisition process as it paves the way for a stronger, more vibrant health care infrastructure in southern Westchester.” “Our physicians and employees have been phenomenally supportive during this period,” Spicer said, “enabling us to stay true to our promise of providing patients with uninterrupted care and services.” Montefiore officials pledged to work closely with doctors, nurses and staff at Sound Shore facilities and said Montefiore “is committed to preserving jobs and intends to hire substantially all eligible and qualified staff to provide health care services.”

Journal News cuts 26 from staff

The Journal News cut 26 positions from its staff last week, part of a series of layoffs at Gannett Company Inc. newspapers across

the country. The Journal News, a White Plains-based daily newspaper that covers Westchester, Rockland and Putnam counties, reduced its total staff from 232 to 206 employees. Seventeen of the 26 cuts were to news staff, according to a posting on the company’s website that quoted Janet Hanson, publisher of The Journal News. “The reduction in our payroll is necessary as we adjust to the changing marketplace,” Hanson said. Gannett, the country’s largest newspaper publisher by circulation, eliminated at least 280 jobs at various newspapers in its latest round of cuts, according to Gannett Blog, an independent site run by former USA Today Editor Jim Hopkins. Layoffs have been reported at papers such as The Des Moines Register and The Arizona Republic, Gannett’s largest circulation paper. It is the largest amount of layoffs at the company since 2001, when the company laid off 700 employees, according to the blog. Gannett reported net earnings of $126.7 million in its second-quarter earnings report, down from $135.6 million over the same period in 2012. Despite overall net operating revenues declining slightly to $1.3 billion, the company’s broadcasting and digital revenues showed improvements of 3.2 and 2.9 percent, respectively. Its publishing arm, though still its largest source of net operating revenues, continued to deflate, to $904,231 in 2013 from $920,333 over the same period in 2012. Last month, the company entered into an agreement to buy broadcast conglomerate Belo Corp. for $2.2 billion. The deal continues a shift in focus for the company away from print. Gracia Martore, president and chief executive officer of the company, said in the company’s second-quarter report that the company was accelerating its transformation into the ‘New Gannett’ every day. In announcing The Journal News cuts, publisher Hanson said the company would remain the No. 1 news organization in the lower Hudson Valley, “regardless of what platform readers use to consume our content.”

Changes cooking atop the Ritz

Chef Anthony Goncalves is closing for a month his restaurant atop the Ritz-Carlton Westchester in White Plains for a redesign project that coincides with the upscale dining and event spot’s sixth anniversary. Goncalves opened Club 42 on the 42nd floor of the Ritz-Carlton in 2007 with business partner Louis Cappelli, developer of the Ritz residential towers and hotel on downtown Renaissance Square. Now called 42: The Restaurant, its space, decor and food and beverage offerings will be redesigned for “a more contemporary-casual dining experience,” Goncalves said in a press release.

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Country Club, the Renaissance Westchester and the extended stay Hyatt House on Corporate Park Drive. Belmont said the town could generate as much as half a million dollars in annual revenue through the tax, but he’d be happy with much less. “If I get 100,000 or 200,000, I’d be ecstatic,” Belmont, a Republican, said. “Every little bit counts.” But for those in the hospitality industry, that little bit means the loss of a competitive edge. Dan Conte, president of the 31-member Westchester Hotel Association, said most hotel business comes from corporate clients. Even a minor room tax can mean the difference in a choice of hotels, he said. “Every penny does count when it comes to the decision makers,” he said. “The misnomer is that it’s a victimless crime.” Conte, the general manager of the Westchester Marriott in Tarrytown, said hotels like his must compete with hotels in White Plains or other urban centers closer to public transportation and with a broader range of dining options. He noted that the county already charges its own 3 percent tax on hotels in addition to the sales tax. All of Westchester’s hotels are also competing with locations in Fairfield County, Conn., and Northern New Jersey, he said. “We don’t understand, again, why they continue to single us out as an industry,” Conte said. “The economy has gotten a little

Acorn — From page 1

Pat Acocella, the 81-year-old patriarch, who is this year celebrating the 50th anniversary of the store. “We’re just a little spoke in a big wheel,” Acocella said. “Most of our business is done with private homeowners. Some want cabanas to go with their pools. Others want an outdoor shed to put their lawn mowers and snow blowers in. We don’t sub-contract anything to install the sheds, gazebos, pergolas, picnic tables or wishing wells. We have seven manufacturers, and they deliver everything pre-made and in pieces. We just build it.” There was never a moment when Acocella felt like he couldn’t build something he envisioned. As a craftsman who grew up in White Plains, he spent most of his life creating woodwork projects using his hands. Even as a young boy, he knew the importance of manual labor because his father taught him how to garden. “My father said to me if you didn’t have calluses on your hands when you were a boy,

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bit better, but it’s not better.” A dozen Westchester communities wanted their own hotel tax this year, despite ongoing opposition from the hospitality industry. Although state government has previously approved the tax for a number of communities in Westchester and elsewhere, it has taken a strict “no new hotel taxes” stance the last three years. Local government leaders such as Greenburgh Town Supervisor Paul Feiner take issue with that approach. “The state should treat every community equally,” Feiner, a Democrat, said. “It’s not fair that some communities in Westchester are allowed to have a hotel tax and some are not.” Feiner, who has been in office for two decades, said the hotel tax and other nonproperty tax revenues are becoming more vital as New York communities contend with a 2 percent cap on annual tax levy increases. “I think that’s it’s getting tougher for communities to stay in the tax cap without the state providing some of the relief so that we can keep taxes as low as possible,” he said. Greenburgh and its six villages teamed with Sleepy Hollow and jointly sought an occupancy tax this year in a bill sponsored by Assemblyman Thomas J. Abinanti, a Greenburgh Democrat. Abinanti’s proposal was unique in that he introduced a second bill that would have set up a Rivertowns Tourism Fund. If the fund had been approved, a portion of the hotel tax would be collected by the town and distributed to the members of the consortium to promote visiting the communities along the Hudson River. Hotel owners heard the proposal, but some said that the

county already had its own tourism board. Abinanti disagreed with the notion that the tax put suburban hotels at a disadvantage. “What we’re talking about here are hotels that have the advantage of ease of access (to highways), free parking and a beautiful environment,” he said. “It seems to me that that’s a great edge.” The assemblyman said he didn’t believe the taxes targeted the hotel industry. “We believe it’s a fair tax,” he said. “While the communities like and welcome the hospitality industry, there is a burden on the communities. There’s traffic, there are other types of services specific to the hotels that aren’t covered by the property taxes.” State Sen. George Latimer, a Rye Democrat, sponsored bills for hotel taxes in Yonkers, North Castle, Mamaroneck and Harrison. Latimer, who spent 20 years working in the hotel industry, downplayed the impact on hotels’ bottom lines. He said that simplifying the occupancy tax as “just another tax” was failing to see the greater benefit. “Any non-property tax revenue that forestalls laying off of cops (or other layoffs) is an intelligent decision,” he said. Prior to being elected to the Senate in 2012, Latimer served in the Assembly. There he successfully sponsored a number of hotel tax bills including one for the village of Rye Brook, which in 2010 became the first government to get a hotel tax in the state that wasn’t a county or city. Gov. David Paterson was in office at the time and signed the bill after it made its way through both houses. Rye Brook, a community of roughly 10,000 residents, receives 3 percent of its entire

annual revenue from occupancy taxes from the Hilton Westchester (formerly The Rye Town Hilton) and Doral Arrowwood. The community, which has an operating budget of $17.1 million, expects to collect $630,000 from the tax in its 2012-13 fiscal year. New Rochelle, the city of Rye and White Plains also have the tax and its impact varies depending on the size of the community, the number of hotels within its borders and the number of rooms within the hotels. Rye, with a $44.9 million total budget, expects to take in $155,000 in hotel tax revenue in its 2013 budget. New Rochelle projected $300,000 in hotel tax revenue this year, after receiving an estimated $289,000 in 2012, according to city budget figures. New Rochelle’s total adopted budget for the year is $153.5 million. White Plains expects to collect $1.05 million during the 2013-14 fiscal year, according to its $172.1 million adopted budget. Westchester brings in roughly $5 million annually from the tax. In 2011, Harrison’s former Assemblyman Robert Castelli, a Republican, refused to sponsor the hotel tax bill for the town. Latimer, then serving a nearby district, crossed the boundaries and sponsored the legislation for Harrison in the Assembly. He did so he said because it made sense. Now, as a freshman member of the Senate, he said he’ll look to convince his colleagues of that. “We have to go back each and every time until we get it right,” he said, adding he’ll sponsor hotel tax bills in the Senate again in 2014. “The Chinese have a saying, ‘If we don’t convince you in 1,000 years, then we’ll convince you in 1,001.”

you weren’t a man,” Acocella said, fiddling with a strap of his black suspenders. When Acocella was old enough to get a job, he threw on a hard hat and worked as an electrician for a private construction company. After acquiring more hands-on skills, Acocella decided to start his own business, Acorn, in 1963. He bought a 700-squarefoot property on Mamaroneck Avenue near Interstate 95 and ran Acorn first as a gardening center, then as a fruit stand and finally added the outdoor living equipment to his inventory list. He said his business grew purely from word of mouth and passersby. Acocella said he became a business owner by complete accident. He just wanted to throw his passion for woodwork and gardening into a blender and ended up selling an assortment of goods including sheds, gazebos and gardening goods on the side of a road. If you ask Acocella how his business successfully operated for the past 50 years, he’ll take no credit. He attributed everything to the help he received from his daughter, Diane Tenaglia, and his son, Pat Acocella, Jr., who are both co-managers of Acorn. “I mostly sweep the floor,” Acocella said.

“Pat, Jr. and Diane do most of the work.” Tenaglia said out of all of the items Acorn sells, the gazebos were hit hardest by the recession. “The sale of gazebos has quieted down because of the economic recession,” she said. “It wasn’t really a necessity but rather a luxury. As of June, we’ve already sold four to five gazebos and 200 sheds. Last year, we sold a total of four to five gazebos, so we’re already ahead of last year’s share.” Acorn is not your ordinary one-stop shop for gardening, produce and outdoor needs. It caters to the needs of the community and serves as a meet-up spot. Some residents regularly stop by to chat with the owners. “I used to come here and shop when I was younger,” said Alice Sands, a 50-year Mamaroneck resident. “I would walk here with my friend and then grab a milkshake from up the road. Now I come here with my neighbor.” On Sundays, Sands and neighbor Diana Teti meet up for coffee and donuts at Acorn. They are among the store’s regular customers, and the family knows them by name. “Those are my girls, and I know they’ll

be back next week,” said Victoria Corbalis, Acocella’s 19-year-old niece, who looked up to watch the neighbors leave and ducked down to finish restocking the shelves. Corbalis, who is the youngest worker at Acorn, started out by sweeping the floors and then over time learned how to restock the shelves and make pie boxes. She said although she’ll give up her summers to work here, she’s not looking to work at her grandpa’s business full-time. “It’s been nice having a job growing up and never having to look for one,” Corbalis, who is studying theater technical design, said. “Working here, I saw the ups and downs of the economy and what happens to businesses. I also got to spent 24/7 with my family, but it’s almost time to move on.” Although Corbalis won’t be jumping on the bandwagon with the 50-year rich family tradition that kept the business alive, she’s keeping the family tradition of earning calluses alive. “For me, my passion is gadget making,” Acocella said. “I make dollies and wheels and things that move around, and I’ll spend most of my time in my workshop.”

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county. Core Plus owed about $20.4 million on the Bloomingdale Road property when it was deeded in 2010 to another Texasbased special servicer of commercial mortgage-backed securitized loans. The property was sold for $10.5 million in 2012 to partners at Caspi Development Co. in Purchase and Faros Properties in New York City and Boston.

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Loan servicer takes over office park

A special servicer of commercial mortgages has taken title to Briarcliff Corporate Campus in Briarcliff Manor from a Stamford, Conn. developer. Core Plus Properties L.L.C., the former owner of the office park at 555 Pleasantville Road, owed approximately $19,675,000 on the property, Westchester County land records indicate, when it was deeded last month to an entity of C-III Asset Management L.L.C. in Irving, Texas. The president of C-III Asset Management did not respond to a request for comment on the deal. A subsidiary of C-III Capital Partners L.L.C., the asset management firm is special servicer on more than $130 billion in commercial real estate loans. Core Plus in early 2005 acquired the 110,600-square-foot office property on 15 acres for $20.6 million from Westchester landlord and developer Robert P. Weisz. In 2006, the owner secured an approximately $7.56 million mortgage with

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Deutsche Bank Mortgage Capital L.L.C. The Briarcliff campus’ anchor tenant is USI Holdings Corp. In the same year that it closed on its Briarcliff Manor purchase, Core Plus Properties paid $27.3 million for 120 Bloomingdale Road in White Plains, an approximately 146,000-square-foot

office building anchored by the state Department of Labor. White Plains city officials in 2008 approved the Stamford company’s plans to redevelop part of the property for boutique retail stores and restaurants before the credit crisis and recession halted development projects throughout the

Mack-Cali Realty Corp. signed five tenants to new, renewed and expanded leases in the second quarter at its office and warehouse properties in Westchester County. • Xand Operations L.L.C., a provider of data center infrastructure and business continuity solutions, has leased two buildings totaling 131,078 square feet of office space in Mack-Cali’s Mid-Westchester Executive Park in Hawthorne. The deals included a 46,078-square-foot renewal at 11 Skyline Drive and a 43,632-square-foot renewal and 41,368-square-foot expansion at 17 Skyline Drive. Mack-Cali was represented in-house by Carol A. McGuire, senior director of leasing. • Evening Out Inc., a dinner theater Continued on next page

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operator, renewed its lease for the entire 32,720-square-foot office/flex building at 75 Clearbrook Road in Cross Westchester Executive Park in Elmsford. Mack-Cali was represented in-house by leasing director Danielle Rollins. • Knighted L.L.C., a developer of warehouse management and logistics software, signed a new lease for 30,000 square feet of space at 555 Taxter Road in Elmsford’s Taxter Corporate Park. The tenant was represented by a Newmark Grubb Knight Frank team of Keith Cade, Dominick Soltero and Glenn Walsh. Mack-Cali was represented in-house by Louis Amalfitano, senior director of leasing. • Fire-End & Croker Corp., a provider of interior fire equipment, signed lease renewals for 12,621 square feet of office and flex space at 7 Westchester Plaza and for 4,786 square feet at 8 Westchester Plaza in Elmsford’s Cross Westchester Executive Park. Mack-Cali said both buildings are fully leased. ian Ceppos and Al Gutierrez. brokers at CBRE Inc. in Stamford, represented the tenant. The landlord was represented in-house by ivan Abry, senior director of leasing. • Westchester Community Opportunity Program Inc., a private nonprofit social service agency, signed a new lease for 13,312 square feet at 2 Westchester Plaza in Elmsford. Paul Moulins of Rakow Commercial Realty Group was the tenant’s broker. McGuire represented Mack-Cali. Mitchell E. Hersh, president and CEO of New Jersey-based Mack-Cali, in a press release said the company was pleased with second-quarter leasing activity here “as well as the fact that we outperformed all of the markets in which we operate.”

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Heritage Realty Services L.L.C. re-signed a longtime office tenant at the former Gannett Office Park in Harrison, recently renamed Westchester Park Center. Arthur J. Gallagher & Co., one of the world’s largest insurance brokerage and risk management services firms, has signed a long-term lease renewal for 21,615 square feet of space at 2 Westchester Park Drive. The company will continue to occupy the entire third floor of the building. Broker Roger Ludwig of Colliers International CT L.L.C. represented the tenant. Leggette, Brashears and Graham. Inc., a professional groundwater and environmental engineering company, newly leased 3,729 square feet of office space at 4 Westchester Park Drive. Craig Ruoff of Rakow Commercial

Realty Group Inc. represented the tenant. Manhattan-based Heritage Realty, led by CEO George T. Constantin, in July lost a major tenant in the former Gannett Office Park when Wilson Elser Moskowtiz Edelman & Dicker L.L.P., the county’s largest law firm, vacated its approximately 140,000-square-foot headquarters at 2 Gannett Drive to relocate to a 125,000-square-foot office at 1133 Westchester Ave. in White Plains.

HoUsing mArKet moves

Two residential real estate firms have expanded their sales force in the Westchester County market. ERA Insite Realty Services has added two real estate salespersons to its Bronxville and White Plains offices. Purchase resident Rosemarie Brower joined the residential real estate firm’s White Plains headquarters. Certified as an Eco broker and buyer representative, she previously was associated with Weichert

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Realtors in Rye. Lou Budetti, broker-owner at ERA Insite Realty, said Brower is experienced in the luxury housing market both in Westchester and on Long Island, where she owned a turnkey service for high-end homeowners in the Hamptons for more than 12 years. She is bilingual in English and Spanish. Yonkers resident Anne Conway has joined ERA Insite Realty’s Bronxville office after six years with Better Homes & Gardens Rand Realty in Yonkers. Conway holds a Short Sale and Foreclosure Resource designation from

the National Association of Realtors. In addition to her real estate career, she has worked as a fiscal officer, construction contract administrator and energy consultant. Conway also is exclusive listing agent for six residential rental buildings in Yonkers, the Bronxville area and Mamaroneck. Douglas Elliman Real Estate has hired associate broker Antonette “Toni” Guido and licensed sales agent Vanessa Flores for its Armonk brokerage. Guido is a former practicing real estate attorney who has brought her legal skills and knowledge to her career as a real estate agent. A licensed agent since 2006, Flores started her real estate career after more than 10 years in accounting and finance at large companies such as IBM, PricewaterhouseCoopers, KPMG and Stone Point Capital. — John Golden

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Competing for market share When you’re a small company, most high-end clients want to use a larger company – at least that’s what I’ve found. Do you have any suggestions on how to get around that concern?

THouGHTS oF THE DAY: Check to see if you’re marketing to the right kinds of clients for your business. Build an identity that matches what your clients want to buy and make sure your company can live up to that. Look for marketing tools that appeal to your target customers. Make sure you’re calling on and reaching the right people within your clients’ organizations. There are many reasons why a company might want to buy from a large company. Those reasons might include a perception of financial depth, R&D ability, continuity as staff turns over, board and other shared relationships, reciprocity purchasing (I’ll buy from you, you buy from me) and ability to buy multiple products from one source. The list goes on, these are just a few of the reasons I’ve heard cited.

Reality is most of these can be overcome client might get for bundling purchases with by a small company. Build up reserves so another vendor. Find out what your large corporate buythat your company can afford the kind of ers are trying to accomplish and to move float a large corporate or government buyer their companies forward. What would be might demand. Know how much R&D your most valuable to help them reach their goals. company can afford to invest in. Consider Then work backwards. How can you put your aligning with larger organizations that can company’s assets to bear to help your clients? supplement R&D and provide other forms of Figure out what can be done to leverage your intelligence without being a competitor. As a company’s knowledge, connections, ability to small business owner you have the ultimate gather information, etc. on behalf of your in continuity. You are much more accessible clients. Make your company indispensable to than the CEO of a major competitor, the buck your clients and no one will care what size it is. still stops on your desk and you aren’t likely Don’t forget about nimble. No matter how to take off or get fired since you’re the owner. When it comes to board and other rela- powerful a major competitor may be, they are tionships, think about whether you want to big, have more bureaucracy, and take longer invest the time and energy on this one. If you to make and act on decisions. Use that to your decide it’s worth pursuing, lay out a plan to advantage. Your company can commit faster, get there, identifying the players you need to escalate things to the top and get decisions know. Social media platforms and annual made at a pace no large competitor can match. reports can give you insight on who to know When it comes to building organizational relationships, think about who you call upon. and how to get to them. JOB 9-443 What’s their motivation for meeting with As for reciprocity, you’ll not be able to 10 X 5.625 compete with most large volume buyers. someone from your company? How do you BUSINESS JOURNALS Instead, pitch your company as knowledge- get your message through to the people you able about its clients. Provide added value by want to meet with? Maybe you need to send helping customers solve problems. Make that out information packages ahead of meetings added value worth more than any discount a to inform participants of what your com-

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pany brings to the table that will help them. Follow up professionally. Courteous notes and emails, spell checked, grammar checked, to the point, summarizing each encounter, can go a long way to enhancing the perception of your company’s ability to perform. Spend money to get a presentation in top-notch shape. You may invest a year or more getting just the right meeting. Don’t blow it by looking like you’re playing in the bush leagues. Learn how to use presentation tools on a laptop or tablet. Have four-color handouts. Save on printing costs by putting six slides on a page. Practice your presentation until you know it cold. Think through every possible answer. Have someone drill you until you can look cool under pressure. People still do business with people they know and like. Profile your clients and prospects. Use your CRM (Customer Relationship Management) system to document all the people you want to connect with, and to keep track of progress. And get known throughout your clients’ organization and industries. Join industry Andi, page 11

In brief — From page 5

The chef said 42’s makeover will draw on elements of his former White Plains venues, Trotters and Trotters Tavern, as well as the now-closed Bellota@42. A new menu will incorporate both his New American cuisine with Iberian influences and Portuguese and Spanish tapas dishes. The restaurant also will feature a new lounge menu.

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42: The Restaurant will be closed to diners from Aug. 8 through Sept. 9 and will reopen on Sept. 10. It will be available, however, for private events and off-site catering during the redesign. “Whether you are in your early twenties or even seventies, everyone wants to experience the excitement of going out to an entertaining, chic and sexy venue that’s the place to be seen,” Goncalves said. He plans to create that space with 42’s latest evolution.

State drives tax delinquents to pay up

Delinquent taxpayers won’t be in the driver’s seat if they owe New York state more than $10,000. Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo announced a new program to prod taxpayers to pay their past-due bills by suspending their New York State driver’s license when their tax liability exceeds $10,000. The crackdown is the result of legislation introduced in the governor’s executive budget and approved by state lawmakers this year. “Our message is simple: tax scofflaws who don’t abide by the same rules as everyone else are not entitled to the same privileges as everyone else,” Cuomo said in as press release. With the new enforcement, the state is “keeping scofflaws off the very roads they refuse to pay their fair share to maintain.” The state tax department is sending the

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first round of 16,000 suspension notices to delinquent taxpayers, who have 60 days from the mailing date to arrange payment with the department. If that is not done, the Department of Motor Vehicles will send a second letter providing an additional 15 days to respond. If the taxpayer again does not respond, the license is suspended until the debt is paid or a payment plan is established. State Commissioner of Taxation and Finance Thomas H. Mattox said his staff will help arrange payment plans for persons who cannot pay in full. The new initiative is expected to increase state tax collections by $26 million this fiscal year and by as much as $6 million annually thereafter. Drivers with a suspended New York license can apply for a restricted license that allows them to drive to work and return directly home.

FDA issues gluten-free labeling standards

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has adopted standards for which foods companies can label as “gluten free.” Federal law will mandate that only foods containing 20 parts-per-million of gluten, a protein found in wheat, barley and rye, can be labeled and sold as gluten-free. Before this legislation passed, there was no uniform standard on labeling foods “gluten free.” Experts say the law will help protect those

with celiac disease, an auto-immune condition that makes it impossible to digest gluten. “For people with celiac disease, it is a major step for the FDA to at last issue its ruling concerning gluten-free foods,” Peter Green from Columbia University’s Celiac Disease Center, said in a statement. “This ruling will increase awareness and facilitate further diagnoses.” U.S. Rep. Nita Lowey announced the law at a press conference. The requirement of labeling foods as containing gluten was first established under the Food Allergen Labeling and Consumer Protection Act, which was authored by Lowey and went into effect in 2004. The aim, she said, was to crack down on foods that don’t include clear packaging or list the top ingredients that can cause allergic reactions. The latest standards define what constitutes a gluten-free food. “Nearly a decade after the Food Allergen Labeling and Consumer Protection Act was signed into law, I am pleased that our federal government has finally set clear, uniform standards that will rein in a fast-growing, unregulated market and provide consumers and families the tools they need to protect their health,” Lowey said. “For the millions of Americans who suffer from celiac disease, these new standards for gluten-free food labels have been a long time coming.” The standards will go into effect next year. — John Golden, Crystal Kang and Mark Lungariello

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THELIST: CMOs & marketing directors LISTED ALPHABETICALLY

CMOs and Marketing Directors

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

CMO/Marketing Director Year appointed

Avon Products Inc.

Michael Schwartz Senior vice president, global insights and marketing intelligence 2005

(Headquartered in New York City) 1 Avon Place, Suffern 10901 (845) 369-2000 • avon.com

Balchem Corp.

Eric Smith Vice president, sales and marketing 2004

52 Sunrise Park Road, New Hampton 10958 (845) 326-5600 • balchem.com

Ball Corp.

James N. Peterson Vice president, marketing and corporate affairs 2010 (current position)

(Headquartered in Broomfield, CO) 95 Ballard Road, Middletown 10941 (845) 692-3800 • ball.com

Castle Oil Corp. 440 Mamaroneck Ave., Suite 402, Harrison 10528 381-6600 • castleoil.com

Emelin Theatre 153 Library Lane, Mamaroneck 10543 698-0098 • emelin.org

Ashley Prymas Marketing director 2012

EMC Corp. (Headquartered in Hopkinton, MA) 1133 Westchester Ave., Third floor, White Plains 10604 (866) 438-3622 • emc.com

Fujifilm USA Inc.

Heineken USA 360 Hamilton Ave., Suite 1103 White Plains 10601 681-4100 • heinekenusa.com

16 Elm Place, Rye 10580 967-7680 • houlihanlawrence.com

Hudson Valley Hospital Center 1980 Crompond Road, Cortlandt Manor 10567 737-9000 • hvhc.org

IntegraMed 2 Manhattanville Road, Purchase 10577 253-8000 • integramed.com

International Business Machines Corp. 1 New Orchard Road, Armonk 10504 499-1900 • ibm.com

Lawrence Hospital Center 55 Palmer Ave., Bronxville 10708 787-1000 • lawrencehealth.org

Mack-Cali Realty Corp. (Headquartered in Edison, NJ) 100 Clearbrook Road, Elmsford 10523 592-4800 • mack-cali.com Source: * NA

Jeremy Burton Executive vice president, product operations and marketing 2010 Marc Torrey Vice president of product R&D and marketing 2008

200 Summit Lake Drive, Valhalla 10595 789-8100 • fujifilm.com

Houlihan Lawrence

Carla Eccleston Senior vice president and director of marketing NA

Lesya Lysyj CMO 2011

Kathleen S. Murray Vice president, project marketing

Victoria Hochman Marketing director 2010

Doug Weiss Senior vice president, sales and marketing 2009

Jon C. Iwata Senior vice president, marketing and communications 2008 (current position) Tracy Wanamaker Conte Vice president, marketing and development NA Ilene Jablonski Vice president, marketing NA

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

CMO/Marketing Director Year appointed

McCarthy Fingar L.L.P.

Lauren Proud Marketing director NA

11 Martine Ave., 12th floor, White Plains 10606 946-3700 • mccarthyfingar.com

NetJets Inc. 184 Airport Road, White Plains 10604 949-2642• netjets.com

Adam Johnson President of sales, marketing and service of Netjets North America NA

New York - Presbyterian Hospital Westchester Division

David A. Feinberg Vice president, CMO 1997

21 Bloomingdale Road, White Plains 10605 (888) 694-5700 • nyppsychiatry.org

Mark Vincent Vice president, marketing and service line development 2009

Northern Westchester Hospital 400 E. Main St., Mount Kisco 10549 666-1200 • nwhc.net

PepsiCo Inc.

Kristin Patrick CMO 2013

700 Anderson Hill Road, Purchase 10577 253-2000 • pepsico.com

Pernod Ricard USA

Pierre Berard Spirits marketing, senior vice president 2013

100 Manhattanville Road, Suite 3, Purchase 10577 848-4800 • pernod-ricardusa.com

Pfizer (Headquartered in New York City) 401 N. Middletown Road, Pearl River 10965 (845) 732-5000 • pfizer.com

Sally Susman Executive vice president of policy, external affairs and communications 2007

Somnia Anesthesia

Laura Imbriano Director of marketing NA

10 Commerce Drive New Rochelle 10801 (877) 795-5788 • somniaanesthesiaservices.com

Sotheby's International Realty* Affiliates LL.C.

Wendy S. Purvey CMO 2010

1 Campus Drive, Parsippany, N.J. 07054 sothebysrealty.com

Starwood Hotel & Resorts Worldwide Inc.

Mark P. Vondrasek Senior vice president, distribution, loyalty and partnership marketing 2006

1111 Westchester Ave., White Plains 10604 640-8100 • starwood.com

The Burke Rehabilitation Hospital 785 Mamaroneck Ave., White Plains 10605 597-2491 • burke.org

Richard Sgaglio Director of marketing and public relations 2011

The Ritz-Carlton, Westchester

Misty Moore Director of sales and marketing 2011

3 Renaissance Square, White Plains 10601 467-5818 • ritzcarlton.com/Westchester

United Way of Westchseter and Putnam 336 Central Park Ave., White Plains 10606 997-6700 • uwwp.org

Shannon Cobb Senior vice president, marketing and communications NA

Verizon Communications (Headquartered in New York City) 500 Summit Lake Drive, Valhalla 10595 741-8700 • (800) VERIZON (837-4966) • verizon.com

John Harrobin CMO, Verizon Enterprise Solutions 2012

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SPECIAL REPORT accounting

Giving back in kind

Citrin Cooperman donates dollars, dispatches do-gooders By ANDREA KENNEDY akennedy@westfairinc.com

ccounting firm Citrin Cooperman’s client roster includes industries from restaurants to hedge funds to auto dealerships. But that far from covers the population it serves. Beyond its accounting, tax and consulting services, the firm has a long history of community service. “At the end of the day, everyone here is really striving to improve the lives of our clients and that’s what we’re trying to do with our service,” says Mark Fagan, managing partner of Citrin Cooperman’s Norwalk, Conn., office. “We are trying to make a difference.” When Fagan says “we,” he isn’t just talking about partners who contribute at blacktie fundraisers; he’s talking about each of the firm’s nearly 500 employees who volunteered in their communities for Citrin Cooperman’s second annual Day of Service June 3. Each of its five branches in New York, New Jersey, Connecticut and Philadelphia closed for the day and employees went in teams to assist at local organizations. Working in conjunction with The Salvation Army, the teams delivered food to needy families, served hot meals, worked with elementary and high school students, volunteered in shelters and helped rebuild homes in Yonkers, The Rockaways and Philadelphia. Participating organizations included the Boys & Girls Club of Stamford, Community Food Bank of NJ, Eva’s Village, Feed the Children, Habitat for Humanity, Interfaith Food Pantry, My Sister’s Place, New York Cares, Rebuilding Together Philadelphia, Ronald McDonald House, NY, and The Sharing Shelf. “This year when we were handing out food, it was sometimes in a complete downpour,” said Fagan who volunteered in Norwalk. “It made things a little more interesting, but everyone persevered.” In addition to the volunteer service, Citrin Cooperman’s five branches also donated a total of $125,000 to the organizations. Though the multibranch firm loses hundreds of thousands of dollars in revenue from closing its doors for a day, the feel-good return pays out in spades, said Alan Badey, managing partner at Citrin Cooperman’s White Plains office. Not only do volunteers

Clockwise: Alan Badey. Mark Fagan. Courtesy Citrin Cooperman. Citrin Cooperman Partners Mark Mottel (foreground) and Matthew Kuchinsky painting at the Boys and Girls Club of Stamford as part of Citrin Cooperman Cares: Day of Service 2013. Courtesy Citrin Cooperman.

benefit individually, it’s a boon to employees as a unified team. “It really provides a team-oriented experience for our staff,” said Badey, whose branch also works closely with The Food Bank for Westchester. “They are working together doing something outside of the normal course of work. They’re seeing each other in a different light that is more of a family or team type of atmosphere and that creates different relationships even among the staff.” Though the Day of Service is the firm’s marquee event, it’s just one example of its philosophy of giving that’s put in practice through Citrin Cooperman Cares, the firm’s program dedicated to charitable contributions through volunteer work and financial giving. And the group doesn’t just participate outside office doors; rather, opportunities for giving integrate seamlessly into work life. Citrin Cooperman’s Jeans with a Twist

program, for example, invites employees to wear jeans to the office on one or two Fridays per month with the requirement that they donate $5 to a select charity. The firm then matches the donation. “What’s nice is that because there are so many (Jeans with a Twist Fridays), we can pick charities that are special to us,” said Fagan. “Our philosophy is to get as many people involved in the office as we can and do something that’s really local.” The ongoing program has sent tens of thousands of dollars to local charities, and not just the big names, but organizations close to employee’s hearts. One Friday, funds went toward a scholarship named for a partner who suddenly passed away. Scholarships, in fact, are another Citrin Cooperman service specialty. For several years, the firm has offered a grant program for college-bound local high school students

who will be majoring in business. Winners of an essay contest receive $4,000 for tuition. “We had a (scholarship recipient) one year who spent three or four months of her school year living in a homeless shelter,” Fagan says. “She was pulling all AP (advanced placement) classes and had a 104-percent average.” And in true Citrin Cooperman form, giving back doesn’t stop at sending students checks. Fagan says a mentorship element rounds out the service. “For juniors and seniors in college that are in the scholarship program, we’re looking to get them in here for internships during tax season,” Fagan said. “We tell them that if they ever have any questions during their college career about their major or things like that to come in and spend an hour or so to talk.” Though the dedicated outreach will likely build new business leaders, the Citrin Cooperman team says their philosophy of giving doesn’t necessarily have to do with demonstrating leadership. Says White Plains partner Badey, it has everything to do about serving one another. “As business owners, we all have so many worries on our mind about our business and oftentimes we forgot about all the needy people in our community,” Badey said. “I don’t think we look to lead in any way, I think we just look to do what we think is right.” Citrin Cooperman doesn’t only provide service themselves but recognizes others who do so as well. The Above the Bar awards, now in its eighth year, honors local attorneys who excel in their field and in their contributions to their community. Badey cocreated the awards with the Westchester County Business Journal, and the competition received the imprimatur and support of Pace Law School, the Westchester Bar Association and the Westchester Women’s Bar Association. On the heels of the Above the Bar awards’ exponential growth, Oct. 24 will mark the first annual Doctors of Distinction awards. Presented by Citrin Cooperman, Westchester County Business Journal and Westchester Medical Society, these honorees are selected for going beyond the diagnosis as well as advocacy and scholarship. WCBJ • August 12, 2013

accounting

Corporate tax reform hinges on loopholes There’s currently a huge disparity in company rates

BY JENNIFER BISSELL jbissell@westfairinc.com

resident Obama’s proposals to lower the corporate tax rate and eliminate loopholes could affect more than just corporations. On the positive side, it could make it slightly more attractive for companies to

incorporate and minimize their liability, said William Conron, an accountant and partner at Citrin Cooperman in Norwalk, Conn. On the other hand – if loopholes are eliminated across all business structures – middle-market companies could end up paying more in taxes, without the benefit of a lower overall rate.

It all depends on the company and on what actually passes in Congress, Conron said. “Corporate America is going to benefit from this but a lot of the middle market startups aren’t corporations so it’s not going to have an immediate effect them,” said Conron. “It’s a step in the right direction, but without clarity on what deduc-

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tions could take place, I can’t say it’s going to be an absolute win for them.” Late last month Obama renewed his campaign to lower the corporate tax rate from 35 percent – one of the highest rates in the world – to 28 percent, which is just above the global average. For years economists and academics alike have argued a high rate impairs the country’s ability to attract domestic and foreign investment and distorts economic decision making by U.S. firms. But just as many corporations are weighed down by a high corporate tax rate, numerous studies show dozens, if not hundreds of large corporations pay little or no income taxes by taking advantage of tax breaks and loopholes. A 2011 report on 280 corporations, conducted by Washington, D.C., think tank Citizens for Tax Justice, found that nearly a third surveyed paid no federal income tax, making the effective corporate tax rate closer to 18.5 percent on average. Among the Connecticut companies examined in the study were GE, which paid no corporate taxes from 2008 to 2010; General Dynamics, which averaged a 27 percent effective rate; United Technologies, which averaged a 10 percent effective rate; and Pitney Bowes, which averaged a 30.4 percent effective rate. To sell his program and to make it budget neutral, Obama has proposed to eliminate loopholes that allow companies to “unfairly” minimize their liability and that incentivize them to store cash abroad. Without more detailed information, however, Conron said it is difficult to tell what loopholes may be closed or whether they’d be closed only for corporations or for everyone. “If you take it from corporations, you’ll probably take it away from other entities too,” he said. “Neither (political party) has said what they’re willing to get rid of or the specifics.” Conron said he’s talked to a number of company owners over the last year who have said they no longer want their companies in the United States because of the tax burdens. They’d rather relocate to China or other emerging markets with lower tax rates, he said. Conron also stressed he doesn’t look at tax reductions as loopholes, but as rules. “We need to lower the tax rate so we can be more completive – not losing jobs and having companies move abroad,” he said.

accounting

Doesn’t the accountant do that? By William Kelly

company’s controller receives an anonymous note saying the manager of the accounting department is “stealing” from the company. A quick and quiet investigation reveals that the address of one of the hundreds of vendors engaged by the company matches the address of the accounting department manager. The invoices in the file do not provide extensive detail and nobody recognizes the name or purpose of the vendor. Although no single invoice is substantial, a quick tally shows that hundreds of thousands of dollars was paid to this “vendor” over the past few years. In such situations, thoughts quickly turn to who is responsible and inevitably, the company focuses on the outside accountants. After all, “they are the auditors; they should have caught this!” That, however, is often not the case. Indeed, as innumerable accounting malpractice lawsuits have revealed, clients and accountants often have a different understanding of the accountant’s role, which is to the detriment of both. The difference between what a client

believes the accountant’s responsibilities to be and what the accountant’s responsibilities actually are is sometimes called the “expectation gap,” which at its heart is caused by ineffective communication between the accountant and the client. The accountant did not effectively convey to the client what his or her role and limitations would be and the client did not understand the scope of the accountant’s responsibilities. The most popular misconception is that the accountant is “responsible for the money,” and if any is missing, the account is liable. Typical financial statement audits performed by an outside accountant (the type of audits required by creditors and investors) are not designed to uncover fraud or embezzlement and cannot be relied upon by management to do so. Further, an outside CPA that does little more than prepare a company’s tax returns, even if there is some write-up work involved, is not responsible for verifying the accuracy or propriety of the information used to prepare those tax returns. Simply put, the outside CPA is not usually in the best position to monitor the financial activity of the client or prevent fraud.

If an accountant is not “responsible for the money,” what is the accountant responsible for? Financial statement audits: If the accountant is conducting a financial statement audit, it must be done in accordance with generally accepted auditing standards such that the firm can opine whether or not the company’s financial statements are prepared in accordance with generally accepted accountings principles and are free from material misstatements. Nowhere in that engagement will one find support for the idea that the accountant “should have or will” uncover each and every fraud. This is not to say that the auditor will not bring such discoveries to the attention of management – indeed an auditor should. However, a typical audit is not designed to uncover fraud and should not be relied upon by management to do so. Fraud audits and integrated audits: If management is interested in an audit designed to uncover fraud or weak internal controls, then management should engage an accountant to do just that. A “fraud

audit” is an engagement designed to uncover fraudulent activity and an “integrated audit” is a typical financial statement audit with added procedures designed to test and evaluate internal controls. Both types of engagements go beyond a typical audit in both scope and cost, but they can give management comfort that the likelihood of fraudulent activity is very low. Scope of services: The scope of the services provided by outside accountants is usually set forth in the accountant’s engagement letter, which is a legal contract signed by both parties that carries significant weight in later court proceedings. The engagement letter should be thoughtfully reviewed and the type of engagement actually requested and the parameters set forth in the letter should match the company’s expectations. William Kelly is a partner in Wilson Elser’s White Plains office. A member of the firm’s accountant practice, he provides comprehensive legal services to accountants and related financial professionals, including brokers and business managers.

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FACTS& FIGURES on the record WESTCHESTER Bankruptcies

Advance Magazine Publishers Inc., et al. Filed by BWP Media USA Inc. Action: copyright infringement claim. Attorney for plaintiff: Craig B. Sanders. Filed July 31. Case no. 13-05361.

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

Allied Interstate L.L.C. Filed by Charles E. Strickler. Action: claim filed under the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act of 1975. Attorney for plaintiff: Craig Thor Kimmel. Filed Aug. 1. Case no. 13-05378.

Allied Interstate L.L.C. Filed by Don Holton. Action: claim filed under the Fair Debt Collection Craig Michaels Inc., 75 Broad Practices Act of 1975. Attorney for St., 27 floor, New York City 10004. plaintiff: Craig Thor Kimmel. Filed Chapter 7, voluntary. Attorney: Aug. 1. Case no. 13-05376. Adam P. Wofse, Wantaugh. Filed Aug. 5. Case no. 13-12576. Allied Interstate L.L.C. Filed by Sharon Borsella. Action: claim filed White Plains under the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act of 1975. Attorney for De Ramon CPA Services P.C., 55 plaintiff: Craig Thor Kimmel. Filed Old Turnpike Road, Suite 305, Nan- Aug. 1. Case no. 13-05379. uet 10954. Chapter 7, voluntary. Attorney: Thomas Genova, Wappingers Allied Interstate L.L.C. Filed by Falls. Filed Aug. 6. Case no. 13-23300. Stacey Black. Action: claim filed under the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act of 1975. Attorney for Court Cases plaintiff: Craig Thor Kimmel. Filed The following cases appear on the Aug. 1. Case no. 13-05377. docket of the U.S. District Court for the county of Westchester in White AMDOCS Software Systems Ltd., et al. Filed by T-Jat Systems 2006 Ltd. Plains. Action: federal question other claim. 1084 New York D L.L.C., et al. Attorneys for plaintiff: Daniel Steven Filed by FTBK Investor II L.L.C., et Goldstein and Charles B. Manuel, Jr. al. Action: notice of removal claim. Filed July 31. Case no. 13-05356. Attorneys for plaintiff: Jerold C. Feuerstein, Daniel A. Fliman and BAC Home Loan Servicing L.P.Filed David M. Friedman. Filed July 31. by Jeanne Fransway. Action: diversitynegotiable instrument claim. Attorney Case no. 13-05293. for plaintiff: David M. Schlachter. Filed ABM Janitorial Services Inc. Aug. 1. Case no. 13-05393. Filed by National Labor Relations Board. Action: National Labor Re- Bank of America Corp., et al. lations Board claim. Attorney for Filed by Essex Regional Retirement plaintiff: Karen Michele Newman. System. Action: antitrust litigation claim. Attorneys for plaintiff: Filed July 31. Case no. 13-00276. Gregory Scott Asciolla, Vincent Access Ambulette Service Inc., et al. Briganti, Jay L. Himes, Matthew Filed by Travelers Indemnity Co.Action: Joseph Perez and Lawrence Alan diversity-insurance contract claim. At- Sucharow. Filed Aug. 1. Case no. torney for plaintiff: Samuel Jay Thomas. 13-05388. Filed Aug. 2. Case no. 13-05428. Barrick Gold Corp., et al. Filed by the city of Brockton Retirement Items appearing in the Westchester System. Action: claim filed under County Business Journal’s On The Re- the Securities Exchange Act of 1934. cord section are compiled from various Attorneys for plaintiff: Eric James sources, including public records made Belfi, Christopher J. Keller and Miavailable to the media by federal, state and municipal agencies and the court chael Walter Stocker. Filed Aug. 2. system. While every effort is made to Case no. 13-05437.

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ensure the accuracy of this information, no liability is assumed for errors or omissions. In the case of legal action, the records cited are open to public scrutiny and should be inspected before any action is taken. Questions and comments regarding this section should be directed to:

Bayer Corp., et al. Filed by Marvetta T. Davis, et al. Action: diversity personal injury claim. Attorneys for plaintiff: Daniel N. Gallucci and Dianne M. Nast. Filed July 31. Case no. 13-05330.

Bob Rozycki c/o Westfair Communications Inc. 3 Gannett Drive, Suite G7 White Plains, N.Y. 10604-3407 Phone: 694-3600 • Fax: 694-3680

Bayer Corp., et al. Filed by Sara Ann Dewolf, et al. Action: diversity product liability claim. Attorney for plaintiff: Dianne M. Nast. Filed July 31. Case no. 13-05331.

Bayer Healthcare Pharmaceuticals Inc., et al. Filed by Jessica McGuin, et al. Action: petition for removal personal injury claim. Attorneys for plaintiff: Brian S. Kabateck Richard L. Kellner, Lina B. Melidonian and Paul D. Stevens. Filed July 31. Case no. 13-05333.

Goldman Sachs Group Inc., et al. Filed by Masayuki Ishihara. Action: application to have subpoena issued to person living in this district re: action in foreign country claim. Attorney for plaintiff: Peter E. Calamari. Filed Aug. 5. Case no. 13-00280.

HPB Marketing & Consulting Bayer Healthcare Pharmaceuti- Group L.L.C. Filed by Brocha cals Inc., et al. Filed by McKenna Friedman. Action: claim filed under Ripple. Action: diversity product the Fair Debt Collection Practices liability claim. Attorneys for plain- Act of 1978. Attorney for plaintiff: tiff: Matthew J. McCauley, Melanie Abraham Kleinman. Filed Aug. 1. H. Muhlstock and Raymond C. Case no. 13-05390. Silverman. Filed July 31. Case no. 13-05341. HSBC USA Inc.,et al.Filed by Intellectual Ventures I L.L.C., et al. Action: patBlue Jade Enterprise Inc. Filed ent infringement claim. Attorneys for by Premiere Acquisition Corp. Ac- plaintiff: David Alberti, Elizabeth Day, tion: diversity: notice of removal William Irvin Dunnegan, Ian Feinberg claim. Attorney for plaintiff: Joseph and Benjamin Daniel Liebowitz. Filed Raymond Sanchez. Filed Aug. 1. Aug. 1. Case no. 13-05386. Case no. 13-05389. I.C. Systems Inc. Filed by Miguel Cantor & Pecorella Inc., et al. Torez. Action: claim filed under Filed by Jamie Rappaport. Action: the Fair Debt Collection Practices claim filed under the Fair Labor Act of 1978. Attorney for plaintiff: Standards Act of 1938. Attorney for Brent Francis Vullings. Filed Aug. 1. plaintiff: Mark Daniel Risk. Filed Case no. 13-05396. Aug. 2. Case no. 13-05420. K.S.N. Sporting Goods & FootCorad Healthcare Inc., et al. Filed wear Inc., et al. Filed by Abul Kaby Alpha Media Group Inc. Action: lam Musa E. Hoque. Action: job trademark infringement claim. At- discrimination (age). Attorney for torneys for plaintiff: John Frank plaintiff: John K. Idouchi. Filed Burleigh, Arthur J. Jacobs, Zeynel Aug. 1. Case no. 13-05395. Memed Karcioglu and Barbara Jo Lipshutz. Filed Aug. 2. Case no. Lina Food Corp., et al. Filed by Liz13-05438. kary Torres, et al. Action: denial of overtime compensation claim. AttorEagle Air Systems Inc. Filed by neys for plaintiff: Bradford Darrach the Board of Trustees of the Lo- Conover and Molly Smithsimon. cal Union 373 United Association Filed July 31. Case no. 13-05355. of Journeymen and Apprentices of the Plumbing and Pipefitting Lodgenet Interactive Corp., et Industry Local 373 Benefit Funds. al. Filed by Silver Autumn Hotel Action: claim filed under the Labor (N.Y.). Action: diversity other conManagement Relations Act of 1947. tract claim. Attorney for plaintiff: Attorney for plaintiff: Giacchino Andrew I. Hamelsky. Filed July 31. James Russo. Filed Aug. 5. Case no. Case no. 13-05344. 13-05448. LQ511 Corp., et al. Filed by New Eagle One Development L.L.C., York Hotel & Motel Trades Counet al. Filed by the trustees of the cil, et al. Action: claim filed under New York City District Council of the Employee Retirement Income Carpenters Pension Fund, Welfare Security Act of 1974. Attorney for Fund, Annuity Fund and Appren- plaintiff: Vipin Pallickathu Varghese. ticeship, Journeyman Retraining, Filed Aug. 2. Case no. 13-05426. Educational and Industry Fund. Action: claim filed under the Em- Matsuya New York Inc. Filed by ployee Retirement Income Security Maung Thiha Hmu Kyaw. Action: Act of 1974. Attorneys for plaintiff: claim filed under the Fair Labor ManRichard Brian Epstein and Charles agement Relations Act of 1938. AttorR. Virginia. Filed July 31. Case no. neys for plaintiff: Finn Walter Dusen13-05357. bery, Daniel Maimon Kirschenbaum and Denise Andrea Schulman. Filed GG Digital Inc. Filed by National Aug. 1. Case no. 13-05387. Photo Group L.L.C. Action: copyright infringement claim. Attorney Mazzco Enterprises Inc., et al. for plaintiff: Craig B. Sanders. Filed Filed by the trustees of the New York July 31. Case no. 13-05362. City District Council of Carpenters Pension Fund, Welfare Fund, AnnuGIV Venture Partners L.P. Filed ity Fund, and Apprenticeship, Jourby United States of America. Ac- neyman Retraining, Educational tion: receivers-property in other and Industry Fund, et al. Attorneys districts claim. Attorney for plain- for plaintiff: Richard Brian Epstein tiff: Arlene Marie Embrey. Filed and Charles R. Virginia. Filed Aug. 3. Aug. 2. Case no. 13-00278. Case no. 13-05415.

McGraw Hill Financial Inc., et al. Filed by the state of Indiana. Action: petition for removal claim. Attorneys for plaintiff: Justin G. Hazlett and Lisa S. Wolf. Filed Aug. 2. Case no. 13-05401.

Veriana Networks L.L.C., et al. Filed by AT & T Corp. Action: diversity breach of contract claim. Attorney for plaintiff: Vincent Nicholas Amato. Filed Aug. 1. Case no. 13-05374.

New York Media L.L.C. Filed by BWP Media USA Inc. Action: copyright infringement claim. Attorney for plaintiff: Craig B. Sanders. Filed Aug. 1. Case no. 13-05392.

Verizon New York Inc. Filed by Mark Behan. Action: claim filed under the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990. Attorney for plaintiff: Michael David Diederich Jr. Filed Aug. 2. Case no. 13-05421.

NYP Holdings Inc. Filed by Sophie Grishanova. Action: copyright infringement claim. Attorney for plaintiff: Marc Monoah Isaac. Filed July 31. Case no. 13-05351.

ZST Digital Networks Inc., et al. Filed by Peter E. Deutsch, et al. Action: petition for return of property claim. Attorneys for plaintiff: David Graff and Shveta Kakar. Filed Piermont Plumbing Corp. Filed Aug. 5. Case no. 13-05460. by the Board of Trustees of the Local Union 373 United Association Deeds of Journeymen and Apprentices of the Plumbing and Pipefitting Industry Local 373 Benefit Funds. Action: claim filed under the Em- Above $1 million ployee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974. Attorney for plaintiff: DBMD Realty Holdings L.L.C., Giacchino James Russo. Filed New York City. Seller: Echo Bay Properties L.L.C., et al, Larchmont. Aug. 5. Case no. 13-05447. Property: 126 Franklin Ave., New Rockway Fuel Oil Corp. Filed by Rochelle. Amount: $6.4 million. Joseph Torres. Action: claim filed Filed Aug. 1. under the Labor Management Relations Act of 1947. Attorney for JAF Builders Corp., Scarsdale. plaintiff: Stewart Lee Karlin. Filed Seller: Harry Zirlin, et al, Scarsdale. Property: 235 Rock Creek Lane, July 31. Case no. 13-05352. Scarsdale. Amount: $1.1 million. Saia Motor Freight Line L.L.C. Filed Aug. 6. Filed by Tokio Marine & Nichido Fire Insurance Company Ltd. Ac- Reitano Realty 2974 Corp., Yontion: claim filed under the Inter- kers. Seller: Elliott Partners L.L.C., state Commerce Act of 1887. At- New Rochelle. Property: 74 Elliot torney for plaintiff: Charles Edward Ave., Yonkers. Amount: $1 million. Schmidt. Filed Aug. 1. Case no. Filed July 31. 13-05399. TPA Holdings L.L.C., Scarsdale. SBS Financial Products Com- Seller: Michael E. Barlow, et al, pany L.L.C. Filed by SBS Financial Scarsdale. Property: 53 Penn Blvd., Products Company L.L.C. Ac- Scarsdale. Amount: $2.8 million. tion: bankruptcy appeal claim. At- Filed Aug. 6. torneys for plaintiff: Nicholas John Calamari, Susheel Kirpalani, Jonathan Pickhardt, Jake Marvin Shields Below $1 million and Monica Elizabeth Tarazi. Filed July 31. Case no. 13-05335. AJ Partners II Ltd., New York City. Seller: the city of Mount Vernon. Semileds Corp. et al. Filed by Ya- Property: 133 S. 13th Ave., Mount sir Mohammad. Action: claim filed Vernon. Amount: $75,000. Filed under the Securities Exchange Act July 31. of 1934. Attorneys for plaintiff: Patrick Vincent Dahlstrom, Jeremy Alley Way Realty L.L.C., Mahopac. Alan Lieberman and Lesley Frank Seller: 103 U Avenue Realty Corp., Portnoy. Filed July 31. Case no. Valhalla. Property: 103 University 13-05358. Ave., Yonkers. Amount: $257,500. Filed Aug. 6. Sirius XM Radio Inc. Filed by BWP Media USA Inc., et al. Action: Amanda’s Lane L.L.C., Mount copyright infringement claim. At- Vernon. Seller: the village of Ostorney for plaintiff: Craig B. Sand- sining. Property: 147-155 Main St., ers. Filed July 31. Case no. 13-05360. Ossining. Amount: $200,000. Filed Aug. 1. Top Container Line Inc. Filed by AGCS Marine Insurance Co. Ac- Ancol Realty L.L.C., Yonkers. Seller: tion: federal question claim. At- Samer Mazahreh, Yonkers. Proptorney for plaintiff: David Louis erty: 122 Downing Ave., Yonkers. Mazaroli. Filed Aug. 2. Case no. Amount: $350,000. Filed Aug. 5. 13-05417. WCBJ • August 12, 2013

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Amari Medical which specializes in medical weight loss, bio-identical hormones, the latest nonsurgical body sculpting treatments, Botox and facial fillers, has engaged 5W public relations as its agency of record. Amari Medical was founded by Chief Medical Officer J Shah, a double boardcertified international expert in obesity and hormonal imbalance, with more than 40 years of medical experience, Shah focuses his practice on disease prevention and health optimization. He specializes in antiaging and weight-loss medicine and is a national authority on mesotherapy. He completed his medical training in 1978 from Misericordia Medical Center (now Montefiore Medical Center). Shah and his staff provide treatments with state-of-theart, technology and techniques in Scarsdale.

Night and Day Sleep Services’, a division of ENT and Allergy Associates L.L.P., Sleep Lab in Garden City recently received program accreditation from the American Academy of Sleep Medicine (AASM), signifying that Night and Day has fulfilled all the standards required for sleep disorders center designation. ENT and Allergy has more than 140 physicians in 40 office locations in Westchester, Putnam, Orange, Dutchess, Rockland, Nassau and Suffolk counties, New York City, Long Island and northern and central New Jersey. The Garden City Sleep Lab, which opened in 2011 and is operational six nights a week, is a four- bed state-of-the-art facility located at 901 Stewart Ave, Garden City.

James Pfeifer has been named vice president and business banking relationship manager for the northern Westchester region by M&T Bank. Pfeifer comes to M&T Bank from First Niagara Bank, where he served as a vice president and regional small business banker. Pfeifer will be responsible for strengthening existing business-client relationships while fostering the growth of new business clients. He will also evaluate credit information and requests. Pfeifer received a Bachelor of Arts degree in accounting and finance from Pace University. He currently serves as a member of The Greater Mahopac Carmel Chamber of Commerce, as well as the Putnam County Chambers of Commerce. Pfeifer was also a committee member for the 2013 Shop Putnam Business & Home Expo, a recent volunteer for SCORE Putnam and was recognized in Putnam County Chambers of Commerce’s 40 Under 40 awards.

Business Banking Team Leader promoted Alicia Brockway was promoted to vice president and business banking team leader for Rockland and Westchester County regions of M&T Bank. Brockway brings 23 years of experience to her new role. She previously served as business banking relationship manager for the Mohawk Valley region. Brockway will be responsible for leading and managing a group of six business banking relationship managers. She received a Bachelor of Science degree in organizational management from Keuka College. While working in the Mohawk Valley region, Brockway was involved in several organizations, including board member positions with The United Way of the Valley and Greater Utica Area, Leadership Mohawk Valley and Herkimer BOCES. She also was co-chairperson for The United Way of the Valley and Greater Utica Area’s 2012 campaign.

DeCICCO FAMILY MARKETS FOOD FESTIVAL Three Dogs Bakery, based in Briarcliff Manor, offered gluten-free dessert samples to shoppers at DeCicco Family Markets’ second annual Food Festival held at its Brewster location July 27. Cross River-based Treat Frozen Yogurt provided samples of several flavors of frozen yogurt, Mamaroneck-based Plaza Sweets provided a variety of delicious dessert samples for shoppers and Rye Brook-based 12NtM provided samples of its chefdesigned sparkling beverages. The all-day food festival celebrated the best in local fare, featuring more than 50 vendors of produce, grocery, dairy, frozen goods, meat, cheese and beers.

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Gastroenterologist Joins White Plains Hospital Seth Gendler, M.D. a gastroenterologist with a practice in New Rochelle, has joined White Plains Hospital Physician Associates, a division of the hospital aligning physicians with hospital services Gendler received his medical degree from Rush Medical College in Chicago and went on to complete his residency and fellowship at St. Luke’s Roosevelt Hospital in New York City. After fellowship, Gendler spent one year studying therapeutic biliary endoscopy at the University of Brussels in Belgium. He specializes in digestive diseases and pancreatic/biliary endoscopy (ERCP) and has performed more than 17,000 endoscopies in his 25-year career. He is board certified in internal medicine and gastroenterology and has served as the chief of the division of gastroenterology at Sound Shore Medical Center of Westchester since 1992, where he also held the title of director of the division of gastroenterology fellowship program. Gendler is an associate professor of clinical medicine at the New York Medical College/Westchester Medical Center and is also an active member of the faculty at New York Medical College, where he teaches second-year medical students and where he has twice been selected as Teacher of the Year by the medical residents.

Hospital’s Chief Residents named Sound Shore Medical Center (SSMC) Department of Medicine announced its medical residency program selection of chief residents for the 2013-2014 academic year. They are Resmi Premji and Marie Lamsen, who will serve as co-chief residents. Lamsen and Premji will oversee the activities of the residents of the internal medicine and transitional training programs, which include planning resident schedules, in compliance with the American Board of Internal Medicine Guidelines; meeting educational goals; organizing educational conferences; and actively participating in the supervision of medical and transitional residents in both inpatient and outpatient settings. In addition, they will serve as departmental representatives at various professional organizations, including the Association of Program Directors in Internal Medicine. SSMC Director of Medicine Stephen Jesmajian, MD said, “Our internal medicine residency program has two exceptional doctors serving as co-chiefs for the 2013-14 academic year. Both Drs. Lamsen and Premji are well qualified to perform the duties of this important position.” Lamsen received her Bachelor of Science degree in medical technology, cum laude, from St. Louis University in the Philippines before earning her medical degree from the Saint Louis University School of Medicine as a Nellie Kellog Van Shaick Scholar. Premji received her medical degree from Amrita School of Medicine in Kochi, India, before pursuing a research assistantship at St. Luke’s Roosevelt Hospital, where her focus was risk and medical management of cardiac inpatients.

HOSPITAL’S DIABETES SELF-MAnAGEMEnT EDUCATIOn PROGRAM WInS AGAIn SouND SHoRE MEDiCAL CENTER (SSMC) has received continued certification for its diabetes self-management education program from the American Diabetes Association (ADA), a distinction held by SSMC since January 1995. SSMC’s award-winning program qualified for the maximum four-year renewal assuring the public that it has met the National Standards for Diabetes Self-Management Education and that the program provides health care professionals with expertise in providing state-of-the-art information about diabetes management. Sound Shore Medical Center’s Diabetes Education Program, with the invaluable support of the SSMC Diabetes Advisory Committee, represents the cornerstone of its newly opened Jacee Lynn Cappelli Diabetes Center, featuring the Elaine and Melvin Merians Education and Conference Center. This state-of-the-art comprehensive diabetes center – treating and educating individuals with juvenile and adult diabetes all under one roof – is the only one of its kind in Westchester. The center provides juvenile and adult endocrinologists as well as certified diabetes educators for both groups.

nEW nAME REFLECTS GROWTH LESLiE TAYNE, a financial attorney at the debt management/ resolution law firm, The Law Office Of Leslie H. Tayne P.C., with locations in Mount Kisco and White Plains, has changed its name to Tayne Law Group P.C., effective Aug.1. Tayne says the new name reflects the company’s continual growth and efforts to strengthen its personal brand and marketing. “As a businesswoman, I am always looking for ways to streamline and enhance our company’s image and brand as we continue to expand and grow,” explained Tayne. “After more than 10 years in business, I felt now was the right time to give our company name a facelift. It is my hope that in making our company name a bit shorter and simpler, our firm will be that much easier for clients and prospects to remember, contact and utilize.” In addition to revamping the company’s moniker, the firm has also redesigned its company logo and changed its website url. For more information, call (631) 470-8204 or visit TayneLaw.com.

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WESTMED ADDS TO RADIOLOGy TEAM DR. LAWRENCE i. GoLD, of Katonah, has joined WESTMED Medical Group, a Purchase-based multispecialty medical practice. Most recently, he was a radiologist with Northeast Radiology in Brewster. Gold received his medical degree at New York Medical College. He completed his residency and a fellowship in body imaging – CT/MR/US at North Shore University Hospital in Manhasset.

PELHAM ART CENTER, 155 Fifth Ave., Pelham, continues its Public Art in the Courtyard program with Habitat for Artists, on view Sept. 3 to Oct. 6. Habitat for Artists (HFA) is an artist-run group that explores the nature of creativity, the role of the artist in our communities and how to create dialog with a new audience. What sparks these explorations is a small 6’x 6’ temporary, recycled and reusable studio that HFA installs in varied locations, from city streets to farms and parks. This fall, thanks to a grant from the Junior League of Pelham, Pelham Art Center is partnering with HFA to install a temporary studio in its courtyard, which will showcase artists from the Westchester/ Hudson Valley area, New York City and as far south as Charleston, SC. Visiting hours are Tuesday to Friday, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. and Saturday 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. For more information, visit pelhamartcenter.org habitatforartists.org or (914) 738-2525 or info@pelhamartcenter.org.

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FiELD TRiP: Marvelous Migrating Warblers at Greenwich Point Park. Located on the Atlantic Flyway, Greenwich Point is a choice location for watching migrating birds, especially warblers in the fall. Bring binoculars and a snack. Depart from Bylane, at 6 a.m. or meet at Greenwich Point parking lot by the concession stand near the entrance at 7 a.m. Program concludes by 11 a.m. Free; level of difficulty, easy. Register with Jeanne Pollock at jpollock@bedfordaudubon.org or (914) 5197801.

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LECTuRE: “GREENWASHED” with author Kendra Pierre-Louis, 7 p.m. refreshments, lecture 7:30 p.m. at the Katonah Village Library, Katonah. The green consumer movement has many Americans consuming differently,— is this consumption really any better for the planet? No registration required.

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FACTS&FIGURES Angus 27 L.L.C., Yonkers. Seller: Tritex Real Estate Advisors Inc., Atlanta, Ga. Property: 27 Pelton St., Yonkers. Amount: $750,000. Filed July 31. Brookfield Relocation Inc. Seller: Jon W. Ellwanger, et al, New Rochelle. Property: 42 Spencer Drive, New Rochelle. Amount: $650,000. Filed Aug. 6. Cape Impala L.L.C., Rye Brook. Seller: John B. Colangelo, et al, Rye Brook. Property: 54 Quintard Drive, Rye. Amount: $349,000. Filed Aug. 6. CLC Properties L.L.C., Cortlandt Manor. Seller: John C. Hargraves, Wappingers Falls. Property: 27 Lee Ave., Ossining. Amount: $200,000. Filed July 31. Design Builders Pension, Armonk. Seller: Norma Castillo, Elmhurst. Property: 148 Voss Ave., Yonkers. Amount: $20,000. Filed July 30. Deutsche Bank National Trust Co. Seller: Robert B. Anesi, New York City. Property: 130 Colonial Parkway, 4F, Yonkers. Amount: $318,999. Filed Aug. 1. Fleetwood Holding I L.L.C., et al, Great Neck. Seller: Fleetwood Holdings I L.L.C., New Rochelle. Property: 80 W. Grand St., Mount Vernon. Amount: $450,000. Filed Aug. 5. Hudson Todd L.L.C., New York City. Seller: Robert J. Coker, et al, Pattersonville. Property: 514 Ringgold St., Peekskill. Amount: $95,750. Filed Aug. 5. JJ Lex Inc., Ossining. Seller: Mary A. Mitchell, Peekskill. Property: 71 Lexington Ave., Cortlandt. Amount: $285,000. Filed July 31. Kunaveer Properties L.L.C., Cortlandt Manor. Seller: SR Holdings I L.L.C., Greenwich, Conn. Property: 12 Fawcett St., Rye. Amount: $375,000. Filed Aug. 5. M and M Enterprises L.L.C., Wilton, Conn. Seller: Deborah Ann Quattrochi, Kingston. Property: 441 Bellevue Ave., Yonkers. Amount: $275,000. Filed Aug. 1. Mary Ann Sniffen Keogh Plan and Michael McBride MMCB Pension Plan, Croton-on-Hudson. Seller: Robert B. Anesi, New York City. Property: 2020 Albany Post Road, Cortlandt. Amount: $300,000. Filed Aug. 2. McCorkle Cooperative Apartments Inc., Bronxville. Seller: Eileen Bernstein, Youngsville. Property: 860 Tuckahoe Road, Yonkers. Amount: $50,000. Filed Aug. 1. Midas Management Associates, Bronx. Seller: John G. Molloy, Somers. Property: 46 Clinton Place, Mount Vernon. Amount: $492,032. Filed Aug. 1.

MMM Lexington, Mahopac. Seller: Cheryl Picariello, Cortlandt Manor. Property: 3140 Lexington Ave., Cortlandt. Amount: $95,000. Filed Aug. 1.

MOUNT VERNON, 180 Parkway South. Description not available. Plaintiff: The Bank of New York Mellon. Plaintiff’s attorney: McCabe, Weisberg & Conway, P.C., (914) 636-8900; 145 Huguenot St., Nationstar Mortgage L.L.C. Sell- Suite 401, New Rochelle. Defener: Kurur Simon Rajan, et al, Yon- dant: Sherry Minnis. Referee: Melakers. Property: 8 Birchbrook Road, nie Finkel. Sale: Aug. 12, 9:15 a.m. Ossining. Amount: $315,000. Filed Approximate lien: $460, 877.31. Aug. 6. MOUNT VERNON, 316 S. Sixth Nationstar Mortgage L.L.C. Ave. Two-family dwelling; .07 acre. Seller: Rodrigo Velasquez, White Plaintiff: HSBC Bank USA NationPlains. Property: 236 Battle Ave., al Association. Plaintiff’s attorney: White Plains. Amount: $425,000. Shapiro, DiCaro & Barak, (585) Filed Aug. 5. 247-9000; 250 Mile Crossing Blvd., Suite 1, Rochester. Defendant: SoPanarete L.L.C., Scarsdale. Seller: phia Scale. Referee: Christopher Michael Ward Stout, et al, New York Mangold. Sale: Aug. 15. ApproxiCity. Property: 188 Titicus Road, mate lien: $555,349.17. North Salem. Amount: $575,000. Filed July 31. PEEKSKILL, 533 Kissam Road. Single-family residence; 89 x 135. Putney McCaffery L.P., Jupi- Plaintiff: US Bank National Assoter, Fla. Seller: Trust Indenture of ciation. Plaintiff’s attorney: Gross Marjorie Straus, New York. Prop- Polowy & Orlans, P.O. Box 540, erty: 18 Beechwood Way, Ossining. Getzville. Defendant: Dexter Price. Amount: $665,000. Filed Aug. 5. Referee: Nicholas Barone. Sale: Aug. 15, 11 a.m. Approximate lien: Quimby Realty Inc., Ossining. $237,499. Seller: Westerly Road L.L.C., Ossining. Property: Westerly Road, PEEKSKILL, 217 Husted Ave. Ossining. Amount: $525,000. Filed Single-family residence; 125 x 127. Aug. 2. Plaintiff: Hudson City Savings Bank. Plaintiff’s attorney: Cohn & SIF Realty Inc., Scarsdale. Seller: Roth, (516) 747-3030; 100 E. Old Shanthi L. Narayan, Irvington. Country Road, Mineola. DefenProperty: 944 N. Broadway 203, dant: Jeffrey Brown. Referee: HowYonkers. Amount: $350,000. Filed ard Fred Dubs. Sale: Aug. 27, 10 a.m. July 31. Approximate lien: $235,188.30, plus first mortgage of $175,000. SLH Leasings L.L.C., Briarcliff Manor. Seller: Orion Marine Servic- SOMERS, 24 Crest Drive. Singlees L.L.C., Newburgh. Property: D-20 family residence; .43 acre. Plaintiff: Half Moon Bay Marina, Cortlandt. Amtrust NP SFR Ventures L.C.C. Amount: $70,000. Filed Aug. 5. Plaintiff’s attorney: Kozeny McCubbin & Katz, (516) 227-2552; 395 N. Vitelli and Paldino L.L.C., Harts- Service Road, Suite 401, Melville. Dedale. Seller: the estate of Rafael Bas- fendant: Carole Mendelson. Referee: tidas, et al, New Rochelle. Property: Joan Iacone. Sale: Aug. 14, noon. Ap238 Center, Mamaroneck. Amount: proximate lien: $416,213.89. $765,000. Filed Aug. 6. SOUTH SALEM, 6 Hillcrest Court. Single-family residence; 1.58 acre. Plaintiff: Central MortForeclosure gage Co. Plaintiff’s attorney: BerkAuctions man, Henoch, Peterson & Peddy, (516) 222-6200; 100 Garden City MOUNT VERNON, 19 Marion Plaza, Garden City. Defendant: Ave. Single-family residence; .11 Kenneth Park. Referee: Albert acre. Plaintiff: Deutsche Bank Na- Comachio. Sale: Aug. 13, 10 a.m. tional Trust Co. Plaintiff’s attorney: Approximate lien: Not available. DeRose & Surico, (718) 279-2000; 44 38 Ave., Bayside. Defendant: WHITE PLAINS, 1 Sterling Ave. Ralph Watkins. Referee: Robert Two-family dwelling; 156 x 150. Cypher. Sale: Aug. 19, 9:20 a.m. Ap- Plaintiff: US Bank NA. Plaintiff’s proximate lien: $755,511.17. attorney: Eckert Seamans Cherin & Mellott L.L.C., 10 Bank St. DeMOUNT VERNON, 24 Primrose fendant: Dimitrois Leontitsis. Ave. Three-family dwelling; .11 Referee: Royden Letsen. Sale: Aug. acre. Plaintiff: Deutsche Bank Na- 12, 9:45 a.m. Approximate lien: tional Trust Co. Plaintiff’s attorney: $703,190.26. Shapiro, DiCaro & Barak, (585) 247-9000; 250 Mile Crossing Blvd., Yonkers, 5 Livingston Ave. Suite 1, Rochester. Defendant: Pau- Three-family dwelling; .08 acre. line Smith. Referee: John Gifford Plaintiff: Wells Fargo Bank National Molloy. Sale: Aug. 20, 10 a.m. Ap- Association. Plaintiff’s attorney: proximate lien: $1,038,253.96. Rosicki & Rosicki & Associates, (845) 897-1600; 2 Summit Court, No. 301, Fishkill. Defendant: Deloris Worrell. Referee: Robert Cypher. Sale: Aug. 19, 9 a.m. Approximate lien: $393,555.77.

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YONKERS, 74 Bruce Ave. Singlefamily residence; .08 acre. Plaintiff: US Bank National Association. Plaintiff’s attorney: Rosicki & Rosicki & Associates, (845) 897-1600; 2 Summit Court, No. 301, Fishkill. Defendant: Maria Benitez. Referee: Jay Hashmall. Sale: Aug. 22, 11 a.m. Approximate lien: $388,869.85.

A and A Maintenance California Inc., Yonkers. $1,383 in favor of the New York State Tax Commission, Albany. Filed Sept. 10.

E and M Motor Sales Inc., Yonkers. $6,210 in favor of the New York State Tax Commission, Albany. Filed Sept. 10.

A and M Vending Inc., Yonkers. $471 in favor of the New York State Tax Commission, Albany. Filed Sept. 10.

Eagle Eye Contracting Corp., Yonkers. $1,336 in favor of the New York State Tax Commission, Albany. Filed Sept. 10.

YONKERS, 127 Hillcrest Ave. Single-family residence; .17 acre. Plaintiff: Central Mortgage Co. Plaintiff’s attorney: Berkman, Henoch, Peterson & Peddy, (516) 222-6200; 100 Garden City Plaza, Garden City. Defendant: Bettino Bourgerois. Referee: Christopher Mangold. Sale: Aug. 16. Approximate lien: Not available.

Acuvest Inc., White Plains. $1,641 G and M Landscaping Services in favor of the New York State Tax Inc., White Plains. $2,025 in favor Commission, Albany. Filed Sept. 10. of the New York State Tax Commission, Albany. Filed Sept. 10. Aitb Corp., Armonk. $1,676 in favor of the New York State Tax Com- Green Investors Group Inc., New mission, Albany. Filed Sept. 10. Rochelle. $1,438 in favor of the New York State Tax Commission, AlbaAlways Ready and Reliable Inc., ny. Filed Sept. 10. Yonkers. $74,075 in favor of the New York State Tax Commission, HCW Inc., Peekskill. $208 in favor Albany. Filed Sept. 10. of the New York State Tax Commission, Albany. Filed Sept. 10. American Gold, Yonkers. $3,061 in favor of the New York State Tax Hilmar Development Group Commission, Albany. Filed Sept. 10. L.L.C., Croton-on-Hudson. $114 in favor of the New York State Tax Bazooka Carting Inc., Armonk. Commission, Albany. Filed Sept. 10. $99 in favor of the New York State Tax Commission, Albany. Filed Identity Cosmetics L.L.C., ScarsSept. 10. dale. $512 in favor of the New York State Tax Commission, Albany. Briarcliff Cleaners, Briarcliff. Filed Sept. 10. $126,656 in favor of Unicorn Realty L.L.C., Roxbury, Conn. Filed June 21. ITC Fashion Corp., New Rochelle. $1,382 in favor of the New York C. Beach Enterprises Inc., Cort- State Tax Commission, Albany. landt Manor. $1,598 in favor of the Filed Sept. 10. New York State Tax Commission, Albany. Filed Sept. 10. JC Bus Transportation L.L.C., Yonkers. $5,990 in favor of H and J Camst Technical Solutions Inc., Realty L.L.C., Yonkers. Filed July 9. Peekskill. $12,585 in favor of the New York State Tax Commission, Kauffman Graphics Plus, MamaAlbany. Filed Sept. 10. roneck. $13,380 in favor of FFIFACM Opportunity Fund L.L.C., Casalinda Designs Ltd., Larch- Phoenix, Ariz. Filed July 9. mont. $57,786 in favor of the New York State Tax Commission, Alba- Kitchens Designs By Choice ny. Filed Sept. 10. L.L.C., Pelham Manor. $14,260 in favor of Honings Appliance L.L.C., Central Cycle Parts and Accesso- Bronx. Filed July 8. ries Inc., Tuckahoe. $1,867 in favor of the New York State Tax Commis- Lorraine Ave Realty L.L.C., White sion, Albany. Filed Sept. 10. Plains. $940 in favor of Worby Groner Edelman L.L.P., White Concierge Direct Corp., New Ro- Plains. Filed June 24. chelle. $86,497 in favor of Lofton Services Company L.L.C., New Marco Martelli Associates Inc., York City. Filed June 24. New Rochelle. $27,794 in favor of Dooley Electric Company Inc., Crystal Spoon, Elmsford. $10,707 Brooklyn. Filed July 9. in favor of International Provisions Inc., Montrose. Filed June 27. Northeast Mechanical Services Inc., Peekskill. $2,512 in favor of D and B Construction of West- Superior Payment Plan L.L.C., Dechester Inc., New Rochelle. pew. Filed June 27. $17,629 in favor of Capstone Business Credit L.L.C., New York City. Oceans Inc., Carmel. $76,968 in faFiled June 25. vor of 201 Saw Mill River Road Development, Yonkers. Filed June 25. Della Equipment Repair, Sales and Service, Ossining. $1,986 in fa- Rauch Industries Inc., Tarrytown. vor of the New York State Tax Com- $44,867 in favor of Cal Business mission, Albany. Filed Sept. 10. Solutions Inc., Houston, Tex. Filed June 28. Delladonna Cupcakes L.L.C., Pelham. $4,191 in favor of the New Tenampa Restaurant, Croton-onYork State Tax Commission, Alba- Hudson. $5,063 in favor of Hoffny. Filed Sept. 10. man Fuel Co. of Danbury, New Rochelle. Filed June 21. Disco Inc., Briarcliff. $183 in favor of the New York State Tax Commission, Albany. Filed Sept. 10.

YONKERS, 482 McLean Ave. Single-family residence; .07 acre. Plaintiff: US Bank National Association. Plaintiff’s attorney: Stein Weiner & Roth, (516) 742-1212; 1 Old Country Road, Suite 113, Carle Place. Defendant: Gerald Pepaul. Referee: Christopher Meagher. Sale: Aug.15, 10 a.m. Approximate lien: $417,862.20. YORKTOWN HEIGHTS, 2585 Ridge St. Single-family residence; .94 acre. Plaintiff: Deutsche Bank I Trust Company Americas. Plaintiff’s attorney: Leopold & Associates P.L.L.C., 80 Business Park Drive, Armonk. Defendant: Stephen Curley. Referee: Loren Glassman. Sale: Aug. 15, 11 a.m. Approximate lien: $233,595.44.

Judgments 122 Street Slash L.L.C., East Meadow. $10,976 in favor of Manville O’Connor Realty Inc., Pleasantville. Filed June 19. 185 Union Avenue Realty Corp., Larchmont. $130 in favor of the New York State Tax Commission, Albany. Filed Sept. 10. 217 Linen Restaurant Corp., Mamaroneck. $1,336 in favor of the New York State Tax Commission, Albany. Filed Sept. 10. 2290 South Restaurant Corp., Yonkers. $42,351 in favor of the New York State Tax Commission, Albany. Filed Sept. 10. 23 H.B. Deli Inc., West Harrison. $2,080 in favor of the New York State Tax Commission, Albany. Filed Sept. 10. 408 Elwood Avenue Corp., West Harrison. $552 in favor of the New York State Tax Commission, Albany. Filed Sept. 10. 425 Inwood Realty Corp., Mohegan Lake. $1,522 in favor of the New York State Tax Commission, Albany. Filed Sept. 10. 5th and Lincoln Inc., Pelham. $1,986 in favor of the New York State Tax Commission, Albany. Filed Sept. 10.

The Complete Bridal Center Inc., White Plains. $1,828 in favor of the New York State Tax Commission, Albany. Filed Sept. 10.

Chiapparino, Nicholas, et al. Filed by JPMorgan Chase Bank N.A. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $235,000 affecting property located at 3277 Barkley Lane, Yorktown Heights 10598. Filed March 27.

The Founders Group of Westchester Inc., Hartsdale. $1,336 in favor of the New York State Tax Commission, Albany. Filed Sept. 10. Cuesta, Daniel Jr., et al. Filed by JPMorgan Chase Bank N.A. Youngsville Custom Kitchen and Action: seeks to foreclose on a Baths Inc., Middletown. $32,239 mortgage to secure an unspecified in favor of Loves Tee Time L.L.C., amount affecting property located White Plains. Filed June 28. at 111 Halsey Road, Yonkers 10710. Filed March 29.

Lis Pendens The following filings indicated a legal action has been initiated, the outcome of which may affect the title to the property listed. 187 Cottage Avenue Corp., et al. Filed by Bernard Dillard. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $670,000 affecting property located at 187 Cottage Ave., Mount Vernon. Filed March 27. 30 Mulberry Corp., et al. Filed by Flushing Bank. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $350,000 affecting property located at 30 Mulberry St., Yonkers 10701. Filed March 29. Altman, Joan L., co-executor of the estate of Emalyn D. Geller, et al. Filed by Wells Fargo Bank N.A. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $544,185 affecting property located at 956E Heritage Hills E., Somers 10589. Filed March 28. Baker, Diana, et al. Filed by Wells Fargo Bank N.A. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $253,359 affecting property located at 8 Hartley Ave., Mount Vernon 10550. Filed March 29. Bogle, Cassandra, et al. Filed by Citimortgage Inc. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $384,000 affecting property located at 150 Kneeland Ave., Yonkers. Filed March 28. Bouton, Tammy Ann, et al. Filed by Wells Fargo Bank N.A. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $323,671 affecting property located at 122 Riverbend Drive, Unit 95. Peekskill 10566. Filed March 29. Bravo, Carmen, et al. Filed by U.S. Bank N.A. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $480,000 affecting property located at 22 Leroy Ave., Yonkers 10705. Filed March 27. Bullock, Shirley A., et al. Filed by JPMorgan Chase Bank N.A. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure an unspecified amount affecting property located at 181 Brookdale Drive, Yonkers 10710. Filed March 29.

Ledwith-Walsh, Laura, et al. Filed by HSBC Bank USA N.A. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $333,000 affecting property located at 125-7 Fort Hill Ave., Yonkers 10710. Filed March 29.

Rodriguez, Raphael A., et al. Filed New Businesses by U.S. Bank N.A. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $261,225 affecting property located This paper is not responsible for tyat 567 Benedict Ave., Tarrytown pographical errors contained in the original filings. 10591. Filed March 28.

Levine, Martin, et al. Filed by JPMorgan Chase Bank N.A. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $544,000 affecting property located at 33 Parkway East, Yonkers 10701. Filed March 29.

Rubio, Camilo, et al. Filed by Bank of America N.A. Action: seeks to Partnerships foreclose on a mortgage to secure $364,800 affecting property located DJMS Partners, 39 Standish at 597 Secor Road, Hartsdale 10530. Drive, Scarsdale 10583, c/o Michael Schwerd and Daniel JesselFiled March 29. son. Filed July 26. Salinas, Luz, et al. Filed by HSBC Bank USA N.A. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure Sole Proprietorships $300,000 affecting property located at 65 S. Lawn, Elmsford 10523. 4G’s Mechanical Meeting and Filed March 29. Cooling, P.O. Box 169, White Plains 10603, c/o Sylvester Gittens. Santos, Victor, et al. Filed by JPM- Filed July 27. organ Chase Bank N.A. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to A.M.L. Limousine, 261 Valentine secure $198,500 affecting property Lane, Yonkers 10705, c/o Luis J. located at 27 Lincoln Terrace, Yon- Perez. Filed July 25. kers 10701. Filed March 29. Balance Within You, 4 Lorraine Sari, Marco, et al. Filed by U.S. Drive, Eastchester 10709, c/o Dina Bank N.A. Action: seeks to fore- Adimari. Filed July 25. close on a mortgage to secure $512,000 affecting property located Cortlandt Manor Landscaping at 72 S. Highland Ave., Ossining and Lawn Maintenance, P.O. Box 10562. Filed March 28. 188, Crompond 10517, c/o Diana Ortiz. Filed July 27.

McIntosh, Gloria Pressley, et al. Filed by Bank of America N.A. AcDancsecs, Matthew, et al. Filed by tion: seeks to foreclose on a mortAlly Bank. Action: seeks to foreclose gage to secure $305,500 affecting on a mortgage to secure $820,000 property located at 17 Kingsbridge affecting property located at 74 Plaza, Mount Vernon 10550. Filed Scofield Road, Pound Ridge 10576. March 28. Filed March 29. Mendez, Ana, et al. Filed by Bank Diefenthalle, Debbie, et al. Filed of America N.A. Action: seeks to by U.S. Bank N.A. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure foreclose on a mortgage to secure $314,100 affecting property loan unspecified amount affecting cated at 935 Benard Road, Peekskill property located at 392 Saw Mill 10566. Filed March 29. River Road, Millwood 10546. Filed March 27. Miller, Charles C., et al. Filed by Bank of America N.A. Action: seeks Farnum, Douglas J., et al. Filed by to foreclose on a mortgage to secure JPMorgan Chase Bank N.A. Action: $420,000 affecting property located seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to at 195 Langdon Ave., Mount Versecure $120,000 affecting property non 10553. Filed March 29. located at 79 Snowden Ave., Ossining 10562. Filed March 29. Neal, Pamela A., et al. Filed by HSBC Bank USA N.A. Action: Feeks, William H. Jr., et al. Filed seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to by Chase Home Finance L.L.C. secure $426,000 affecting property Action: seeks to foreclose on a located at 113 Landscape Ave., Yonmortgage to secure an unspecified kers 10705. Filed March 29. amount affecting property located at 56 N. Malcolm St., Ossining Omboni, Gary, et al. Filed by 10562. Filed March 29. U.S. Bank N.A. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure Grandison, Maureen, et al. Filed by $152,800 affecting property located Wells Fargo Bank N.A. Action: seeks at 2 Pheasant Walk, Unit 3B, Peekto foreclose on a mortgage to secure skill 10566. Filed March 27. $318,449 affecting property located at 135 Beechwood Ave., Mount Ver- Pearson, Doreen, aka Doreen non 10553. Filed March 29. Pearson Ward, et al. Filed by Wells Fargo Bank N.A. Action: seeks to Guevara, Alex, et al. Filed by foreclose on a mortgage to secure HSBC Bank USA N.A. Action: an unspecified amount affecting seeks to foreclose on a mortgage property located at 404 Warwick to secure $395,000 affecting prop- Ave., Mount Vernon 10553. Filed erty located at 89 Inwood Ave., Port March 27. Chester 10573. Filed March 28. Quintero, Marcelino, et al. Filed Harris, Marcus G. Jr., et al. Filed by by Deutsche Bank National Trust Bank of America N.A. Action: seeks Co. Action: seeks to foreclose on a to foreclose on a mortgage to secure mortgage to secure $414,000 affect$340,000 affecting property located ing property located at 4 New St., at 50 DeKalb Ave., Apt. 9, White White Plains 10607. Filed March 29. Plains 10605. Filed March 27. Ramirez, Evelyn F., et al. Filed by Katz, Ronald W., individually and Wells Fargo Bank N.A. Action: seeks as administrator of the estate of Jen- to foreclose on a mortgage to secure nifer A. Katz, et al. Filed by JPMor- an unspecified amount affecting gan Chase Bank N.A. Action: seeks property located at 194 Voss Ave., to foreclose on a mortgage to secure Yonkers 10703. Filed March 29. $527,166 affecting property located at 615 Baldwin Place, Mamaroneck Ramsay, Patricia, et al. Filed by 10543. Filed March 27. HSBC Bank USA N.A. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure Kohn, Janice E., et al. Filed by an unspecified amount affecting U.S. Bank N.A. Action: seeks to property located at 164 Blvd., Pelforeclose on a mortgage to secure ham 10803. Filed March 29. $345,000 affecting property located at 12 Colby Lane, Unit 12, Briarcliff Manor 10510. Filed March 27.

Mechanic’s Liens

Damascene Press, 81 Pondfield Road, Suite D167, Bronxville 10708, c/o John Beltran Gleason. Cardoso, Ricardo, as owner. Filed July 26. $6,015 as claimed by Foamco Inc., Bullville. Property: in Greenburgh. Ibarras Painting, 17 Sawmill River Filed Aug. 1. Road, Hawthorne 10532, c/o Eduardo Ibarra. Filed July 27. City of Yonkers Industrial Development, as owner. $10,730 as ITC Limousine Services, 74 Marclaimed by BAC Electrical Con- shall Road, Yonkers 10705, c/o Jude struction Company 1, White Plains. Verlus. Filed July 27. Property: in Yonkers. Filed Aug. 2. Kelly’s After-School Kids, 76 Fazzino, Karla, as owner. $15,000 Stone Ave., Apt. 2, Ossining as claimed by Keith Lasaponaro, 10562, c/o Grace K. Scamarone. Tarrytown. Property: in Green- Filed July 27. burgh. Filed July 30. Mt. Kisco Lacrosse, 65 Ward Ave., Finkelstein, Stanley, as owner. Mount Kisco 10549, c/o James $1,417 as claimed by Mariano Pan- White. Filed July 25. sarella, New Rochelle. Property: in Greenburgh. Filed Aug. 2. N.C. Painting, 11 Indian Hill Road, Shrub Oak 10588, c/o Vilma Greyson Foundation, as owner. Chicaiza. Filed July 25. $7,000 as claimed by Luxury Design Inc., Brooklyn. Property: in Netproj Networks, 116 Allan St., Yonkers. Filed July 31. Cortlandt Manor 10567, c/o Fabian A. Clarke. Filed July 27. Parker, Ronald, as owner. $34,710 as claimed by P. Morrissey Con- Quintessence Photography and tracting Inc. Property: in Mount Video, 53 Old Boston Post Road, Pleasant. Filed Aug. 1. New Rochelle 10801, c/o David Bertram. Filed July 26. Ronca, Florence, et al, as owner, $82,502 as claimed by Rivergreen Right Path Services, 239 N. Design Building Inc., Dobbs Ferry. Broadway, Tarrytown 10591, c/o Property: in Armonk. Filed July 31. Alfred Coco. Filed July 27.

Yorktown Flea Market, 1924 Commerce St., Yorktown Heights 10598, c/o Ellen Gershman. Filed July 25. Z B Rose Films, 110 N. Third Ave., Apt. 1N, Mount Vernon 10550, c/o Vanessa R. Thorpe. Filed July 25.

Patents The following patents were issued by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office in Washington, D.C. Chip Authentication Using Scan Chains. Patent no. 20130198873 issued to Franco Motika, Hopewell Junction; Dirk Pfeiffer, Croton-onHudson; and Peilin Song, LaGrangeville. Assigned to International Business Machines Corp., Armonk. Document Merge Based on Knowledge of Document Schema. Patent no. 20130198605 issued to Matthias Nicola, San Jose, Calif.; and Martin Sommerlandt, San Jose, Calif. Assigned to International Business Machines Corp., Armonk. Identity Verification for at Least One Party to a Text-Based Communication. Patent no. 20130198862 issued to Guo Shang Q., Courtland Manor; and Jonathan Lenchner, North Salem. Assigned to International Business Machines Corp., Armonk. Intelligent Dialogue Among Competitive User Applications. Patent no. 20130198761 issued to Sara H. Basson, White Plains; Sasha P. Caskey, New York City; Dan Ning Jiang, Beijing, China; Dimitri Kanevsky, Ossining; and Tara N.; Sainath, New York City. Assigned to International Business Machines Corp., Armonk. Performing volume expansion in storage management system. Patent no. 20130198472 issued to Min Fang, Shanghai, China; Hui Xiang Gu, Shanghai, China; Xiao Yan, Shanghai, China; and Yi Qun Chen, Shanghai, China. Assigned to International Business Machines Corp., Armonk.

Role engineering scoping and management. Patent no. 20130198639 issued to Luis B.; Casco-Arias Sanchez, Austin, Texas; Todd D Jordan, Raleigh, N.C.; David G. Kuehr-McLaren, Apex, N.C.; Oriana J. Love, Richland, Washington; David W.; Palmieri, Cary, N.C.; Chrystian L. Plachco, Morrisville, N.C.; Magesh Rajamani, Pune, India; and Jeffrey T Robke, Apex, N.C. Trabucco, Anthony W., as owner. Santiago’s Painting, 90 Linden Assigned to International Busi$6,600 as claimed by Northeast Ave., Ossining 10562, c/o Santiago ness Machines Corp., Armonk. Construction, Baldwin Place. Prop- Morocho. Filed July 26. erty: in Baldwin Place. Filed Aug. 1. Top 2 Nails NY, 126-128 Fifth Ave., Pelham 10803, c/o Chui Feng Fam. Filed July 25.

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FACTS&FIGURES HUDSON VALLEY

Brata Realty Inc., Brooklyn. Seller: 8 Carter Lane L.L.C., Monroe. Property: in Monroe. Amount: $22,000. Filed Aug. 1.

Above $1 million

Brookfield Global Relocation Services L.L.C., Woodridge, Ill. Seller: Jinping Liu, Hopewell Junction. Property: in East Fishkill. Amount: $484,000. Filed Aug. 1.

Cape Pond Inc., Clintondale, as owner. Seller: The Bank of Greene County, Catskill. Property: in Wawarsing. Amount: $1.2 million. Filed Aug. 1.

BSM Properties L.L.C., Wappinger Falls. Seller: Charles H. Clauson, Canyon Lake, Texas. Property: in Wallkill. Amount: $106,500. Filed July 31.

Goodwill Properties L.L.C., Montgomery, as owner. Lender: Orange County Trust Co., Middletown. Property: 491 Goodwill Road, Montgomery. Amount: $5.4 million. Filed July 31.

Building 54 L.L.C., Monsey. Seller: Upscale Y Homes Corp., Monroe. Property: in Monroe. Amount: $25,000. Filed Aug. 5.

Building Loans

Below $1 million

Butli L.L.C., Woodridge. Seller: Sally A. Morris, Middletown. Property: in Mount Hope. Amount: $85,000. Filed Aug. 2.

Boyd, James, as owner. Lender: BVM Builders Inc., Pleasant Rhinebeck Bank. Property: in Clin- Valley. Seller: T and G Associates ton. Amount: $306,000. Filed Aug. 2. L.L.C., Poughkeepsie. Property: in Pleasant Valley. Amount: $41,500. Dittus, Michael, et al, Saugerties, Filed Aug. 1. as owner. Lender: Rondout Savings Bank, Kingston. Property: Cartus Financial Corp., Danbury, 153 Mary Ann Ave., Saugerties. Conn. Seller: Christopher Sellitti, et al, Tuxedo Park. Property: in TuxeAmount: $180,000. Filed Aug. 2. do. Amount: $615,000. Filed July 31. Parker, Walter, et al, as owner. Lender: Ulster Savings Bank. City of New York, New York City. Property: in Rhinebeck. Amount: Seller: Carol A. Ramsay, Grahamsville. Property: in Denning. $300,000. Filed Aug. 2. Amount: $147,204. Filed July 30. Rell, Lance, et al, Saugerties, as owner. Lender: Sawyer Sav- Dare To Believe Holdings L.L.C., ings Bank, Saugerties. Properties: Newburgh. Seller: Jean Ann Mc171 Harry Wells Road, Saugerties Grane, Gardiner. Property: 185 12477. Amount: $179,200. Filed Grand St., Newburgh 12550. Amount: $155,000. Filed Aug. 1. July 31. Winogradoff, Eric L., et al, as owner. Lender: Normandy Corp. Property: in East Fishkill. Amount: $280,000. Filed July 31.

Deeds Above $1 million

Deutsche Bank National Trust Co. Seller: Carla Wise, Goshen. Property: 216 Oakland Valley Road, Cuddebackville 12729. Amount: $147,434. Filed July 31. Dinev Realty Inc., Brooklyn. Seller: Yoel Grunhut, Monroe. Property: 25 Dinev Road, Unit 303, Monroe 10950. Amount: $75,000. Filed Aug. 6.

Lake Hill Properties L.L.C., Armonk. Seller: James Amato, et al, Elizabeth Street Holding L.L.C., Lake Hill. Property: in Woodstock. Red Hook. Seller: Gail Lowenstein, Amount: $2.8 million. Filed July 31. Laredo, Texas. Property: in Red Hook. Amount: $172,500. Filed July 30. Below $1 million Equity Homes of New York Inc., 521 Mill Road L.L.C., Rhinebeck. Port Jervis. Seller: Thomas E. ElSeller: John Winthrop Aldrich, et wood, et al, Middletown. Property: al, Albany. Property: in Rhinebeck. in Mount Hope. Amount: $60,000. Filed Aug. 1. Amount: $445,000. Filed Aug. 1. Anapat Properties L.L.C., Millbrook. Seller: O’Neill-Rollins Ltd., Millbrook. Property: in Washington. Amount: $450,000. Filed July 30.

Federal National Mortgage Association. Seller: Laurence A. Clemente, Goshen. Property: 269 East Drive, Walden 12586. Amount: $136,194. Filed Aug. 1.

Brata Realty Inc., Brooklyn. Seller: 8 Carter Lane L.L.C., Monroe. Federal National Mortgage AsProperty: in Monroe. Amount: sociation. Seller: Leonard Kessler, Slate Hill. Property: 21 Echo $18,000. Filed Aug. 1. Lane, Warwick 10990. Amount: $349,350. Filed July 31.

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Federal National Mortgage AssoJudgments ciation. Seller: Michael D. Langer, New Paltz. Property: 35 Hillcrest Trail, Monroe 10950. Amount: 215 Washington St Foods Inc., d.b.a. Azteca Foods and Grocery, $51,333. Filed July 31. Newburgh. $299 in favor of the Federal National Mortgage New York State Department of LaAssociation. Seller: Robert Ra- bor Unemployment Insurance Dimetta, Goshen. Property: 5 Chan- vision, Albany. Filed Aug. 5. cery Mews, Middletown 10940. A.N.V’s Country Deli, Marlboro. Amount: $211,151. Filed July 31. $5,901 in favor of the New York GRGL Corp., Poughkeepsie. Sell- State Department of Taxation and er: MP Homestead L.L.C., Yon- Finance, Albany. Filed July 29. kers. Property: in Poughkeepsie. CPD Energy Corp., New Paltz. Amount: $250,000. Filed July 30. $7,170 in favor of the New York Ionic Properties L.L.C., Lacka- State Department of Labor Unwaxen, Penn. Seller: TD Bank N.A. employment Insurance Division, Property: in Newburgh. Amount: Albany. Filed July 30. $387,500. Filed Aug. 5. E and S Medical Staffing Services J and J Industrial L.L.C., Wash- Inc., Newburgh. $4,189 in favor of ingtonville. Seller: D and J Auto the New York State Department of Accessories Corp., Washington- Labor Unemployment Insurance ville. Property: in Washingtonville. Division, Albany. Filed Aug. 5. Amount: $200,000. Filed Aug. 5. Enchanting Light, Napanoch. Peaceful Valley Land Steward- $1,439 in favor of the New York ship L.L.C., Millerton. Seller: State Department of Taxation and Charles L. Rhodes, Garden City. Finance, Albany. Filed July 29. Property: in North East. Amount: Harvest Café Inc., Stone Ridge. $112,000. Filed Aug. 1. $332 in favor of the New York State The County of Ulster, Kingston. Department of Labor UnemploySeller: Gregory Vlassis, et al, Ker- ment Insurance Division, Albany. honkson. Property: in Wawarsing. Filed July 30. Amount: $143,000. Filed Aug. 1. Hook Slide Inc., Kingston. $862 Tree Frog Development and in favor of the New York State DeReal Estate Group L.L.C., Brook- partment of Labor Unemployment lyn. Seller: The Bank of New York Insurance Division, Albany. Filed Mellon. Property: 257 Powell July 30. Ave., Newburgh 12550. Amount: JPJ Collective L.L.C., d.b.a. $22,299. Filed July 31. Dreamland Recording Studios, U.S. Bank N.A. Seller: Cheyenne Hurley. $3,486 in favor of the New Mae Garces, White Plains. Prop- York State Department of Labor erty: 4 Lexington Hill, No. 5, Harri- Unemployment Insurance Diviman 10926. Amount: $85,000. Filed sion, Albany. Filed July 30. Aug. 2. Kingston OHA Development U.S. Bank N.A. Seller: James Paw- Corp., d.b.a. Family Restaurant, liczek, Florida. Property: 286 N. Kingston. $640 in favor of the New Plank Road, Newburgh 12550. York State Department of Labor Unemployment Insurance DiviAmount: $269,522. Filed Aug. 2. sion, Albany. Filed July 30. U.S. Bank N.A. Seller: Juliana LoBiondo, Newburgh. Property: 8 Leary Louie’s Pizza, Kingston. $2,836 in Lane, Newburgh 12550. Amount: favor of the New York State Department of Taxation and Finance, Al$288,395. Filed Aug. 2. bany. Filed July 29. U.S. Bank N.A. Seller: Ramon Rodriguez. Property: 341 North MDP Restaurant Inc., d.b.a. St., Middletown 109409. Amount: Angela’s Pizza, Lake Katrine. $358,928 in favor of the New York $46,750. Filed Aug. 1. State Department of Taxation and Wells Fargo Bank N.A. Seller: Finance, Albany. Filed July 29. John J. Lee, et al, Boring, Ore. Property: 143 Hurley Road, Pleasant New Shuman Enterprises Inc., Valley 12578. Amount: $326,500. Monroe. $86,000 in favor of the Workers’ Compensation Board of the State Filed July 30. of New York, Albany. Filed July 31. Wells Fargo Bank N.A. Seller: John T. Fisher, et al, Warwick. Property: 92 Real T Enterprises Corp., Warwick. Robinson Ave., Newburgh 12550. $86,000 in favor of the Workers’ Compensation Board of the State of Amount: $44,520. Filed Aug. 1. New York, Albany. Filed July 31. YM Super Holding Corp. Seller: PHH Mortgage Corp., Mount RKSM Inc., d.b.a. Associated SuLaurel, N.J. Property: 256 North permarket, Rosendale. $3,731 in faSt., Middletown 10940. Amount: vor of the New York State Department of Labor Unemployment Insurance $15,000. Filed July 31. Division, Albany. Filed July 30.

Ruth’s Beauty, New Paltz. $856 in favor of the New York State Department of Labor Unemployment Insurance Division, Albany. Filed July 30.

Bertuzzi, Robert Jr., et al. Filed by Wells Fargo Bank N.A. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $137,700 affecting property located at 5 Wildwood Drive, Unit The Birches at Saugerties L.P., 22C, Wappingers Falls 12590. Filed Saugerties. $3,061 in favor of the June 26. New York State Department of Labor Unemployment Insurance Di- Booth, Robert S., et al. Filed by vision, Albany. Filed July 30. Deutsche Bank National Trust Co. Action: seeks to foreclose on a Weiner Discounts Inc., New- mortgage to secure $287,120 affectburgh. $207 in favor of the New ing property located at 2386 BrynYork State Department of Labor swick Road, Wallkill 12589. Filed Unemployment Insurance Divi- July 30. sion, Albany. Filed Aug. 5. Bouchard, James G., et al. Filed by Winchell’s of Ulster Inc., d.b.a. Quicken Loans Inc. Action: seeks to Winchell’s Pizza and Bar-B-Q, foreclose on a mortgage to secure Shokan. $3,049 in favor of the New $417,000 affecting property located York State Department of Labor at 91 Chelsea Road, Wappingers Unemployment Insurance Divi- Falls 12590. Filed July 16. sion, Albany. Filed July 30. Brandt, Paul, et al. Filed by SovWind Currents Communica- ereign Bank N.A. Action: seeks to tions Inc., Woodstock. $884 in foreclose on a mortgage to secure favor of the New York State Depart- $250,000 affecting property located ment of Taxation and Finance, Al- at 18 N. Main St., Pine Plains 12567. bany. Filed July 29. Filed July 11. Brigante, Thomas A., et al. Filed by JPMorgan Chase Bank N.A. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortThe following filings indicated a legal gage to secure $121,600 affecting action has been initiated, the out- property located at 3 Hook Road, come of which may affect the title to No. 41A, Hyde Park 12538. Filed July 2. the property listed.

Lis Pendens

Acampora, Lara Ann, individually and on behalf of the estate of Erwin D. Strassberg, et al. Filed by Wells Fargo Bank N.A. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $505,875 affecting property located at 73 Teller Ave., Beacon 12508. Filed June 26. Angelo, Toni M., et al. Filed by Federal National Mortgage Association. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $225,834 affecting property located at 763 Lattintown Road, Milton 12547. Filed July 31.

Brinson, Toynetta T., et al. Filed by Deutsche Bank National Trust Co. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $100,000 affecting property located at 10H Millholland Drive, Fishkill 12524. Filed July 1. Bruno, Gerald, et al. Filed by Citimortgage Inc. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $139,700 affecting property located at 8004 Chelsea Cove Drive North, Hopewell Junction. Filed July 9.

Canale, Michael A., et al. Filed by Wells Fargo Bank N.A. Action: Aviles, Robert A., et al. Filed by seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to Wells Fargo Bank N.A. Action: secure $101,983 affecting property seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to located at 412 Rusky Lane, Hyde secure an unspecified amount af- Park 12538. Filed July 5. fecting property located at 15 Alex Way, Poughkeepsie 12603. Filed Casale, Janice, et al. Filed by HSBC Bank USA N.A. Action: seeks to June 28. foreclose on a mortgage to secure Bailey, Baynard C., et al. Filed an unspecified amount affecting by Bank of America N.A. Action: property located at 33 Highland St., seeks to foreclose on a mortgage Millerton 12546. Filed July 8. to secure an unspecified amount affecting property located at 140 Chavez, Miguel, et al. Filed by College Ave., Poughkeepsie 12603. Wells Fargo Bank N.A. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage Filed July 2. to secure $164,800 affecting propBalogh, Roger Stephen, et al. Filed erty located at 22 Hammond Plaza, by Wells Fargo Bank N.A. Action: Beacon 12508. Filed July 1. seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $75,000 affecting property Coddington, Richard F., et al. Filed located at 63 Dashville Road, New by Citimortgage Inc. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure Paltz 12561. Filed July 31. $183,430 affecting property located Bernard, Kerry A., et al. Filed by at 197 Hillside Lake Road, WappingBank of America N.A. Action: seeks ers Falls 12590. Filed July 19. to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $166,500 affecting property located at 84 S. Gate Drive, Poughkeepsie 12601. Filed July 12.

Dâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;Amato, James V., et al. Filed by U.S. Bank N.A. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $472,000 affecting property located at 15 Bayberry St., Hopewell Junction 12533. Filed July 8.

Filingeri, Lisa, et al. Filed by PNC Bank N.A. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure an unspecified amount affecting property located at 16 Aspen Road, Hopewell Junction 12533. Filed July 18.

Hosier, Susan M., et al. Filed by Sovereign Bank N.A. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $200,000 affecting property located at 3 Baker Road, Hyde Park 12538. Filed July 16.

Maupin, Brian C., et al. Filed by Freedom Mortgage Corp. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure an unspecified amount affecting property located at 402 River St., Beacon 12508. Filed July 1.

Damon, Scott A., et al. Filed by Wells Fargo Bank N.A. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $166,250 affecting property located at 22 Terwilliger Lane, Pine Bush 12566. Filed Aug. 1.

Gaston, Alison M., et al. Filed by Hudson Valley Federal Credit Union. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $130,000 affecting property located at 305 Church St., Wappingers Falls 12590. Filed June 28.

Hudock, Edward R., et al. Filed by Hudson Valley Federal Credit Union. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $58,650 affecting property located at 9 Schoolhouse Road, Staatsburg 12580. Filed July 12.

Maxwell, April, et al. Filed by Bank of America N.A. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $232,885 affecting property located at 36 New Road, Milton 12547. Filed Aug. 1.

Gibbons, Luke, et al. Filed by Wells Fargo Bank N.A. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $407,392 affecting property located at 415 Rossway Road, Pleasant Valley 12569. Filed July 16.

Jackson, Richard L., et al. Filed by Nationstar Mortgage L.L.C. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $403,000 affecting property located at 8 Carol Drive, Hopewell Junction 12533. Filed July 19.

Goodnow, Anthony, et al. Filed by U.S. Bank N.A. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $125,000 affecting property located at 2245 Bullshead Road, Stanford 12581. Filed July 22.

Jones, Monicka, et al. Filed by M&T Bank. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $134,246 affecting property located at 165 Center St., Ellenville 12428. Filed July 29.

Gougoutris, Thomas A., et al. Filed by U.S. Bank N.A. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $194,100 affecting property located at 132 Stephan St., Kingston 12401. Filed July 29.

Kalirao, Gurdeep S., et al. Filed by Hudson Valley Federal Credit Union. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $273,600 affecting property located at 11 Spring Hill Court, Wappingers Falls 12590. Filed July 1.

Defiore, Stephen, individually and on behalf of the estate of Stephen Giuliano, et al. Filed by Federal National Mortgage Association. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $321,485 affecting property located at 50 Purse Lane, Hopewell Junction 12533. Filed July 16. Delorenzo, Robert F., et al. Filed by U.S. Bank N.A. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $440,000 affecting property located at 339 Route 292, Holmes 12531. Filed July 22. Derle, Marjorie, individually and on behalf of the estate of John E. Swendsen, et al. Filed by Wells Fargo Bank N.A. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $315,000 affecting property located at 97 Rudd Pond Road, Millerton 12546. Filed June 28.

Guarino, Judy, et al. Filed by Nationstar Mortgage L.L.C. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to Detweiler, Kathleen M., aka secure $192,000 affecting property Kathleen M. Grice, et al. Filed located at 19 Stony Creek, Dover by The Bank of New York Mel- 12522. Filed July 11. lon. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $177,000 affect- Hardwick, Dawn F., et al. Filed by ing property located at 4 Parkside Deutsche Bank National Trust Co. Drive, Lake Katrine 12449. Filed Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortAug. 1. gage to secure an unspecified amount affecting property located at 427 Dipaola, Angelo, as executor of Route 292, Holmes 12531. Filed July 1. the estate of Valerie Mayone, et al. Filed by U.S. Bank N.A. Action: Hart, Arleen, et al. Filed by Sovseeks to foreclose on a mortgage to ereign Bank N.A. Action: seeks to secure $100,000 affecting property foreclose on a mortgage to secure located at 29-31 Orchard St., Kings- $174,000 affecting property loton 12401. Filed July 31. cated at 24 On The Green, Verbank 12585. Filed July 19. Driscoll, Gary J., et al. Filed by the State of New York Mortgage Hayward, Erik C., et al. Filed by Agency. Action: seeks to foreclose Nationstar Mortgage L.L.C. Action: on a mortgage to secure $95,000 af- seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to fecting property located at 45 Man- secure $247,200 affecting property chester Circle, Poughkeepsie 12603. located at 35 Carol Drive, PoughFiled July 11. keepsie 12603. Filed June 27. Elkins, Inez, et al. Filed by Citimortgage Inc. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure an unspecified amount affecting property located at 2 Delora Road, Tillson 12486. Filed July 29. Farkas, Aharon, et al. Filed by MetLife Home Loans. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $308,000 affecting property located at 11 Hilltop Lane, Lloyd 12528. Filed Aug. 1. Fernandez, Rosa I., et al. Filed by Wells Fargo Bank N.A. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $177,608 affecting property located at 19 Swenson Drive, Wappingers Falls 12590. Filed July 2.

Katona, Christopher S., et al. Filed by JPMorgan Chase Bank N.A. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $94,900 affecting property located at 12 Park Drive, Olivebridge 12461. Filed July 29. Kollmer, George, et al. Filed by Deutsche Bank National Trust Co. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $229,500 affecting property located at 5 Skyview Drive, Poughkeepsie. Filed July 15. LaVacca, Thomas, as administrator, heir at law, next of kin and distributee of the estate of Richard Paul LaVacca, et al. Filed by Rhinebeck Savings Bank. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $87,500 affecting property located at 8 Ferris Lane, Poughkeepsie 12601. Filed July 9.

Locaparra, Blasessn, et al. Filed by Bank of America N.A. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to Herald, Joann, et al. Filed by Ben- secure $205,601 affecting property eficial Homeowner Service Corp. located at 115 Alary Road, LaGranAction: seeks to foreclose on a geville 12510. Filed July 12. mortgage to secure $246,742 affecting property located at 5282 Route Lovell, Leslie T., et al. Filed by 44, Amenia 12501. Filed June 28. Wells Fargo Bank N.A. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to Hetherington, Ivanise S., et al. secure $153,990 affecting property Filed by Wells Fargo Bank N.A. Ac- located at 69 S. Cross Road, Staatstion: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage burg 12580. Filed July 2. to secure $125,240 affecting property located at 132 Charles Colman Blvd., Martinez, Melissa, et al. Filed by Pawling 12564. Filed July 11. JPMorgan Chase Bank N.A. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortHill, Willie L., et al. Filed by Wells gage to secure $189,865 affecting Fargo Bank N.A. Action: seeks to property located at 74 Abruyn St., foreclose on a mortgage to secure Kingston 12401. Filed Aug. 1. $173,361 affecting property located at 12 Boulevard Knolls, Poughkeepsie 12601. Filed July 3.

McGrath, Dorothy A., et al. Filed by The Bank of New York Mellon. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $200,725 affecting property located at 15 Birch Run, aka 212 Attlebury Hill Road, Stanfordville 12581. Filed July 8. McWilliams, Shannon L., aka Shannon M. Fonda, et al. Filed by Household Finance Realty Corporation of New York. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $224,397 affecting property located at 303 Yantz Road, Red Hook 12571. Filed June 27. Melvin, Dave, et al. Filed by HSBC Bank USA N.A. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $417,712 affecting property located at 561 Route 292, Holmes 12531. Filed July 19. Morgan, James T., et al. Filed by The Bank of New York Mellon. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $144,000 affecting property located at 55 Ward Place, Fishkill 12524. Filed July 16. Mulrain, John J., et al. Filed by Citimortgage Inc. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $156,060 affecting property located at 21 Sherman Road, Kerhonkson 12446. Filed July 30. Nayberg, Zella, et al. Filed by Federal National Mortgage Association. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $304,966 affecting property located at 24 Raker Road, Poughkeepsie 12603. Filed July 11. Norris, Alvin G., et al. Filed by Deutsche Bank National Trust Co. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $88,000 affecting property located at 16 Beech Lane, Wallkill 12589. Filed Aug. 1. Oddy, James N., et al. Filed by Nationstar Mortgage L.L.C. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $197,650 affecting property located at 54 Brigham St., Kingston 12401. Filed July 30. Orozco, Michele A., et al. Filed by Nationstar Mortgage L.L.C. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure an unspecified amount affecting property located at 1668 Route 9, Unit 7E, Wappingers Falls 12590. Filed July 8.

Osdoba,Abraham, et al. Filed by U.S. Bank N.A. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $148,000 affecting property located at 244 Canal St., Ellenville 12428. Filed Aug. 1.

Raymond, Edward, et al. Filed by Champion Mortgage Co. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure an unspecified amount affecting property located at 49 Garden St., Hyde Park 12538. Filed Parise, Angela, et al. Filed by July 16. Household Finance Realty Corporation of New York. Action: seeks to Reed, Eric D., et al. Filed by U.S. foreclose on a mortgage to secure Bank N.A. Action: seeks to fore$71,148 affecting property located close on a mortgage to secure at 5 Beechwood Ave., Poughkeepsie $176,989 affecting property located 12601. Filed July 11. at 58 Fountain Place, Poughkeepsie 12603. Filed July 9. Parker, Dawn M., et al. Filed by M&T Bank. Action: seeks to Reed, Tricia J., aka Tricia J. Reid, foreclose on a mortgage to secure et al. Filed by HSBC Bank USA $196,722 affecting property located N.A. Action: seeks to foreclose on at 330 Old Post Road, Marlborough a mortgage to secure $175,500 af12542. Filed July 29. fecting property located at 340 Clay Hill Road, Kerhonkson 12446. Filed Parnell, Mark, et al. Filed by Na- July 29. tionstar Mortgage L.L.C. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage Renzo, Susan M., et al. Filed by to secure $298,400 affecting prop- HSBC Bank USA N.A. Action: erty located at 83 Peach Road, Hyde seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to Park 12601. Filed July 22. secure $240,000 affecting property located at 289 Forest Valley Road, Patino, Cristino, et al. Filed by Pleasant Valley 12569. Filed July 18. Wilmington Trust N.A. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage Reuss, Jerry W., et al. Filed by to secure $300,000 affecting prop- JPMorgan Chase Bank N.A. Acerty located at 48 Elm St., Pawling tion: seeks to foreclose on a mort12564. Filed July 3. gage to secure $40,000 affecting property located at 219 Bayard St., Patsey, Joseph, et al. Filed by JPM- Port Ewen 12466. Filed July 30. organ Chase Bank N.A. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to Rhoda, Patricia E., et al. Filed by secure $191,700 affecting property Flagstar Bank F.S.B. Action: seeks to located at 1559 Route 9G, Hyde foreclose on a mortgage to secure Park 12538. Filed July 1. $361,965 affecting property located at 16 Ferris Glen, Poughquag Pauline, Richard R., et al. Filed 12570. Filed July 22. by JPMorgan Chase Bank N.A. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mort- Santiago, Rosemarie, et al. Filed gage to secure $315,000 affecting by Citimortgage Inc. Action: seeks property located at 3 Gold Road, to foreclose on a mortgage to secure Poughkeepsie 12603. Filed July 16. $154,500 affecting property located at 684 Churchland Road, Saugerties Perez, Luis A., et al. Filed by U.S. 12477. Filed July 30. Bank N.A. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure Scantlebury, Eric E., et al. Filed $232,000 affecting property located by Beneficial Homeowner Service at 1465 Route 82, Hopewell Junc- Corp. Action: seeks to foreclose on tion 12533. Filed June 28. a mortgage to secure $442,728 affecting property located at 18 CarPreston, Marc T., et al. Filed by mella Road, Highland 12528. Filed Wells Fargo Bank N.A. Action: July 29. seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $338,933 affecting prop- Schmidt, Mark E., et al. Filed by erty located at 105 Anderson Drive, Wells Fargo Bank N.A. Action: Pawling 12564. Filed July 5. seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $98,900 affecting propPriscsak, Joseph, et al. Filed by Oc- erty located at 8 Merrimac Road, wen Loan Servicing L.L.C. Action: Poughkeepsie 12603. Filed July 10. seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $257,200 affecting property Scrabble Town Properties L.L.C., located at 3 Long Meadow Drive, et al. Filed by Mid-Hudson ValStaatsburg 12580. Filed July 1. ley Federal Credit Union. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to Quezada, Manuel, et al. Filed by secure $188,000 affecting property The Bank of New York Mellon. Ac- located at 2980-2094 Church St., tion: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage Pine Plains. Filed July 15. to secure $297,750 affecting property located at 20 Mey Crescent Road, Secreto, Gino A., et al. Filed by The Stormville 12582. Filed June 26. Bank of New York Mellon. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to Rabadi, Talat M., et al. Filed by secure $50,000 affecting property Wells Fargo Bank N.A. Action: located at 75 Kingston St., Kingsseeks to foreclose on a mortgage to ton. Filed July 29. secure an unspecified amount affecting property located at 152 Lake Walton Road, Hopewell Junction 12533. Filed June 27. WCBJ â&#x20AC;˘ August 12, 2013

FACTS&FIGURES Sellers, Roseann C., et al. Filed by Bank of America N.A. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $287,245 affecting property located at 61 Vista Drive, Gardiner 12561. Filed July 30. Sherman, William R., et al. Filed by MidFirst Bank. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $91,800 affecting property located at 6307 Route 82, Stanfordville 12581. Filed July 15. Siddique, Arefin, et al. Filed by U.S. Bank N.A. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $490,380 affecting property located at 125 Logans Way, Hopewell Junction 12533. Filed July 1. Sinisi, Frank, et al. Filed by Bank of America N.A. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $379,597 affecting property located at 2 Sugar Hill Drive, Pawling 12564. Filed July 12. Smith, Beverly, et al. Filed by Deutsche Bank National Trust Co. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $60,000 affecting property located at 4020 Route 52, Holmes 12531. Filed July 16. Soencksen, Cheryl A., et al. Filed by Rhinebeck Bank. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure an unspecified amount affecting property located in Pleasant Valley. Filed July 18. Speziale, Anthony J., et al. Filed by JPMorgan Chase Bank N.A. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure an unspecified amount affecting property located at 30 Dutchess Hill Road, Poughkeepsie 12601. Filed July 11. Stilwell, Craig, et al. Filed by Federal National Mortgage Association. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $292,920 affecting property located at 747 Vassar Road, Poughkeepsie 12603. Filed July 8. Stone, Richard E., et al. Filed by U.S. Bank N.A. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $621,700 affecting property located at 4 Cricket Lane, Rhinebeck 12572. Filed June 27. Styles, Marc, et al. Filed by Bank of America N.A. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $107,772 affecting property located at 1379 Berne Road, Wawarsing 12446. Filed July 31. Sussman, Michelle C., et al. Filed by Nationstar Mortgage L.L.C. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $255,000 affecting property located at 8 Pleasant View Road, Poughkeepsie 12603. Filed June 28.

Tatta, Daniel A. III, et al. Filed by Household Finance Realty Corporation of New York. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $257,242 affecting property located at 4 Hickory Lane, Wappingers Falls 12590. Filed July 11. Terry, Gerald Peter, et al. Filed by MetLife Home Loans. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $184,000 affecting property located at 24 Bute Ave., Ellenville 12428. Filed Aug. 1. Tetpon, Sean, et al. Filed by Nationstar Mortgage L.L.C. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $428,000 affecting property located at 4981 Route 22, Amenia 12501. Filed June 27.

Vinogradov, Peter, et al. Filed by Wells Fargo Bank N.A. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $218,400 affecting property located at 2 Point Place, Hyde Park 12538. Filed July 19. Walker, Kathleen, et al. Filed by Household Finance Corporation of New York. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $106,046 affecting property located at 6 Van Wyck Drive, Poughkeepsie 12601. Filed July 8.

Wattoff, Mathew, individually and on behalf of the estate of Robert J. Wattoff, et al. Filed by Wells Fargo Bank N.A. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $505,875 affecting property located at 109 Gretna Road, Pleasant Valley The Estate of Venetta Smith, 12569. Filed July 10. et al. Filed by State of New York Mortgage Agency. Action: seeks to Webster-Cato, Donna, et al. Filed foreclose on a mortgage to secure by JPMorgan Chase Bank N.A. Ac$138,900 affecting property located tion: seeks to foreclose on a mortat 9 Lyford St., Poughkeepsie 12601. gage to secure $327,010 affecting Filed June 27. property located at 77 David Lane, Pawling 12564. Filed July 2. Thompson, Raymond, et al. Filed by Nationstar Mortgage L.L.C. Ac- White, Carol Lynn, as executrix tion: seeks to foreclose on a mort- of the estate of Beatrice Astuto, et gage to secure $133,000 affecting al. Filed by Wells Fargo Bank N.A. property located at 11 S. Grand Action: seeks to foreclose on a Ave., Poughkeepsie 12603. Filed mortgage to secure $102,000 affectJuly 3. ing property located at 217 Bower Road, Pleasant Valley 12603. Filed Tienken, Judy Katherine, et al. June 28. Filed by Deutsche Bank National Trust Co. Action: seeks to foreclose Wiesenberg, Monica H., et al. on a mortgage to secure an unspec- Filed by Sun West Mortgage Comified amount affecting property lo- pany Inc. Action: seeks to foreclose cated at 9 New St., Kingston 12401. on a mortgage to secure $379,500 Filed Aug. 2. affecting property located at 5 Spoor Ave., Poughkeepsie 12603. Tirado, Michael, et al. Filed by The Filed July 3. Bank of New York Mellon. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to Wilber, David, et al. Filed by Wells secure $296,000 affecting property Fargo Bank N.A. Action: seeks to located at 24 W. View Drive, Fishkill foreclose on a mortgage to secure 12524. Filed July 15. an unspecified amount affecting property located at 18 Brinks Lane, Touzalin, Dihan M., aka Dihan Hurley 12443. Filed July 30. Jackson, et al. Filed by OneWest Bank F.S.B. Action: seeks to foreclose Williams, Ronald, et al. Filed by on a mortgage to secure $222,400 Nationstar Mortgage L.L.C. Action: affecting property located at 3108 seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to Chelsea Cove Drive South, Hopewell secure an unspecified amount afJunction 12533. Filed July 17. fecting property located at 150 Verbank Village Road, Verbank 12585. Trotta, Robert B., et al. Filed by Filed July 1. Loancare. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $234,025 Willis, Antoinette T., et al. Filed affecting property located at 25 by Wells Fargo Bank N.A. Action: Ridgecrest Lane, North East 12566. seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to Filed July 16. secure $220,000 affecting property located at 66 Robin Lane, Kingston Uribe, Rafael, et al. Filed by 12401. Filed Aug. 1. Deutsche Bank National Trust Co. Action: seeks to foreclose on a Willis, Eleanor R., et al. Filed by mortgage to secure $245,000 affect- Champion Mortgage Co. Action: ing property located at 7 Herbert seeks to foreclose on a mortgage St., Beacon 12508. Filed July 10. to secure an unspecified amount affecting property located at 3 BerVelez, Edith, aka Edith Gonzalez, wick Court, Unit 27-12B, Fishkill individually and as surviving ten- 12424. Filed July 3. ant by the entirety, et al. Filed by Nationstar Mortgage L.L.C. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $315,750 affecting property located at 19 Paye St., Beacon 12508. Filed July 3.

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Wilson, Brian W., et al. Filed by Wells Fargo Bank N.A. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure an unspecified amount affecting property located at 8 McLaughlin Drive, Marlboro 12542. Filed Aug. 2.

Partnerships

Bare Bottoms Elite, P.O. Box 644, Glasco 12432, c/o Ruth Anne Leon- Kaminski Handyman Services, ardo and Nicole M. Leonardo. Filed 2297 Route 6, Middletown 10940, July 29. c/o John Kaminski. Filed April 27.

Zapata, Luz, et al. Filed by Green Tree Servicing L.L.C. Action: seeks Sole Proprietorships to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $84,800 affecting property located A Nest of Possibilities, P.O. Box at 5 Hauschild St., Ellenville 12428. 4374, Kingston 12402, c/o Tami Herendeen-Rice. Filed July 29. Filed Aug. 1.

Mechanic’s Liens CVS Realty Co., et al, as owner. $916 as claimed by Thruway Plumbing and Heating Inc., Mahopac. Property: 123 Windermere Ave., Greenwood Lake 10925. Filed Aug. 2. D’Andrea, Marilyn, as owner. $1,813 as claimed by Murray Brothers, Port Jervis. Property: 244 Greenwich Ave., Goshen 10924. Filed July 30. Sagaria, John C., as owner. $10,291 as claimed by Huff ‘N Puff Insulators Inc., Schenectady. Property: 693 Lakes Road, Monroe. Filed July 30. Southeast Towers Housing Corp., as owner. $26,505 as claimed by Master Builders and Contract Services L.L.C., Taylors, S.C. Property: 55 Fulton St., Middletown. Filed Aug. 2. Straiges, Sunshine, as owner. $3,700 as claimed by Dave Thibodeau Building, Wallkill. Property: 345 Crookston Ave., Gardiner. Filed Aug. 1. WA 319 Main L.L.C., as owner. $432 as claimed by Calculated Fire Protection Company Inc., Salt Point. Property: 319 Main St., Poughkeepsie. Filed Aug. 2.

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

Doing Business As Anthony’s Tree Service and Stump Grinding Inc., d.b.a. Anthony’s Stump Grinding, 20 Anderson Place, Monroe 10950. Filed May 1. HRI Om Inc., d.b.a. Broadway News, 352 Broadway, Newburgh 12550. Filed May 1.

Joseph Rodriguez Drywall, 28 Oriole Circle, Newburgh, c/o Joseph Paul Rodriguez. Filed April 27.

Leonora Interiors, 44 Duck Pond Road, Stone Ridge 12484, c/o Leonora Alongi. Filed July 31. M.O. Salon, 56 Lancelot Drive, Saugerties 12477, c/o Maria Owen. Filed July 30.

Absolute Roof and Remodeling Co., 1 Hill St., Napanoch 12458, c/o Maisonette Textile Design, 26 John E. Stark. Filed July 29. Korosko Farm Road, Newburgh 12550, c/o Natalie Lyn Wilkinson. Austin Metze Design, 6 Broad- Filed April 26. view Road, Woodstock 12498, c/o George Austin Metze. Filed July 29. New Beginnings Christian Books and Things, 79 Sprague Blue Moon Detective Agency of Ave., Middletown 10940, c/o David NY, 77 Cornell St., Kingston 12401, Soto. Filed April 27. c/o Tamatha Stitt. Filed Aug. 1. Next Step Home Inspection, 23 E. Iagrosse Design, 10 Glen Lane, Cambridge Court, Highland 12528, Newburgh 12550, c/o Eileen Ia- c/o Gary R. Carter. Filed Aug. 2. grosse. Filed April 27. Protective Auto Care, 1116-2 Earth, Wood and Fire, 2 Autumn Route 9W, Marlboro 12542, c/o Trail, Goshen 10924, c/o Victoria Timothy S. Roberts Jr. Filed July 30. Anne Botta. Filed April 26. Rebels Roadside, 361 Highland Empowered Mother Counseling, Avenue Extension, Middletown, 15 Plattekill Ave., New Paltz 12561, c/o Jerry W. Fisher. Filed April 26. c/o Elizabeth A. Fernandez. Filed July 30. Santi Lawn Care, 57 Warren St., Ellenville 12428, c/o Bruce E. SanEssential Fitness, 186 Broadway, tiago. Filed Aug. 1. Port Ewen 12466, c/o Austin W. Benjamin. Filed Aug. 2. Social Presence, 9 Magnolia Drive, Chester 10918, c/o Kelly E. Flood the Valley, 460 Broadway, Rauschenbach. Filed April 27. Third floor, Kingston 12401, c/o David A. Garraffa. Filed Aug. 1. Sweet Cheeks Face Art, 11 Lazaroff Lane, New Windsor 12553, Forage, 26 Linderman Ave., Kings- c/o Lynne Fisher. Filed April 26. ton 12401, c/o Josie Airhart. Filed July 31. The Dynasty Barbershop, 138 North St., Middletown 10940, Gateposts Fine Art and Antiques, c/o Daniel Clinton Stevens. Filed P.O. Box 233, Hurley 12443, c/o April 26. Kathryn D. Sweeney. Filed July 31. The Little Bird Co., 36 FriedlandInformation Resources World- er Drive, Kerhonkson 12446, c/o wide, 77 Cornell St., Kingston Anne M. Bombino. Filed Aug. 1. 12401, c/o Tamatha Stitt. Filed Aug. 1. Town of Olive Police Benevolent Association, P.O. Box 591, Shokan Ingenious Art Group Produc- 12481, c/o Barry M. Creagan. Filed tions, 17 Chimney Road, Wood- Aug. 2. stock 12498, c/o Rachel R. Jackson. Filed July 29. Tranzer Photography Services, 200 Clove Road, Salisbury Mills J and L, 5199 Route 52, Lot 3, El- 12577, c/o Fabrice Tranzer. Filed lenville 12428, c/o Joseph M. Rus- April 27. sell. Filed Aug. 2. VIP Nail Spa, 206 Broadway, Port J.D.’s Maintenance, 133 Pine Ewen 12466, c/o Vincent Q. Tran. Grove Ave., Kingston 12401, c/o Jo- Filed July 30. seph Dilley. Filed July 29. Westside Development Design, Jill A. Obrig, 304 Field Court, 34 Lower James St., Rosendale Kingston 12401, c/o Jill A. Obrig. 12472, c/o Peter J. Rabasco. Filed Filed July 29. July 29. Jon Stern, Race Management Services, 14 High Ridge Road, New Paltz 12561, c/o Jonathan S. Stern. Filed July 31.

Weyside Inn and Cottages, 91 Firehouse Road, Big Indian 12410, c/o Robert Edward Beck. Filed Aug. 1.

LEGAL NOTICES IFIXANDREPAIR LLC, Authority filed with the SSNY on 05/13/2013. Office loc: Westchester County. LLC formed in FL on 03/22/2011. SSNY is designated as agent upon whom process against the LLC may be served. SSNY shall mail process to: Scott Blaue, PA 96 Willard St, Ste 106, Cocoa , FL 32922. Principal Address in NY: 100 Main St., Ste 374, White Plains, NY 10601. Cert of Formation filed with FL Dept. of State, Div. of Corps, P.O. Box 6327, Tallahassee, FL 32314. Purpose: Any Lawful Purpose. #58832 Great Dads Holdings, LLC. filed with NY Secy. of State on 04/11/2013. Office located in Westchester Co. Secy. of State designated as agent upon which process may be served. Secy. of State shall mail a copy of any process against it served upon him/her to: 1 Pier Pointe Street, Apt 603, Yonkers, NY 10701. LLC may engage in any lawful act or activity for which a limited liability company may be formed. #58833 ECG VENTURES LLC, Arts. of Org. filed with the SSNY on 05/03/2013. Office loc: Westchester County. SSNY has been designated as agent upon whom process against the LLC may be served. SSNY shall mail process to: C/O U.S. Corp. Agents, Inc, 7014 13th Ave., Ste 202 B, Brooklyn, NY 11228. Reg Agent: U.S. Corp. Agents, Inc, 7014 13th Ave., Ste 202 B, Brooklyn, NY 11228. Purpose: Any Lawful Purpose. #58834 Evil Powder Coating, LLC, Articles of Organization were filed with the Secretary of State of New York (SSNY) on 06/07/2013. Office located: Westchester Co. SSNY has been designated as agent upon which process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail a copy of any process against it served upon him/her to: 145 Palisade Street, Ste. 201A, Dobbs Ferry, NY 10522 (the LLC’s primary business location). LLC may engage in any lawful act or activity for which a limited liability company may be formed. #58835 NOTICE OF FORMATION OF LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY (LLC). NAME: DESTINED CHEF, LLC Articles of Organization were filed with the Secretary of State of New York (SSNY) on 05/30/13. Office location: Westchester County. United States Corporation Agents, INC. has been designated as agent of the LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail a copy of process to: The LLC, 73 Spring St 2C Ossining, NY 10562, principal business location of the LLC. Purpose: any lawful business activity. #58836 Notice of Formation of 1704 VAN BUREN ASSOCIATES LLC. Arts. of Org. was filed with SSNY on 6/26/13. Office location: Westchester County. SSNY designated as agent of LLC whom process against may be served. SSNY shall mail process to: c/o Priolet & Associates, P.C., 1025 Westchester Ave. Ste 320, White Plains, NY 10604. Purpose: all lawful activities. #58837 Notice of substance of the Articles of Organization filed with the New York Secretary of Stateís Office (SSNY) on June 21, 2013 for BLUEFIRE ASSOCIATES, LLC. Principal office: Westchester County. Business: To engage in any lawful act or activity. SSNY is designated as the agent of the company upon whom process against it may be served. The address to which the SSNY shall mail a copy of any process is 444 Saw Mill River Road, Elmsford, NY 10523. #58839 Notice of Formation of 1270 North Avenue 3P, LLC. Arts. of Org. filed with NY Dept. of State on 5/13/13. Office location: Westchester County. Sec. of State designated agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served and shall mail process to: J. Bruce McGuirk, Esq., Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP, Four Times Square, NY, NY 10036. Purpose: all lawful purposes. #58841

NOTICE OF FORMATION of LCLC Family Partners I, LLC Art. of Org filed Secíy of State (SSNY) 6/28/13. Office location: Westchester Co. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail copy of process to Louis R. Cappelli, c/o Cappelli Enterprises, Inc., 7 Renaissance Sq. 4th Fl, White Plains, NY 10601. Purpose: any lawful activities. #58842 NOTICE OF FORMATION of LCLC Family Partners II, LLC Art. of Org filed Secíy of State (SSNY) 6/28/13. Office location: Westchester Co. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail copy of process to Louis R. Cappelli, c/o Cappelli Enterprises, Inc., 7 Renaissance Sq. 4th Fl, White Plains, NY 10601. Purpose: any lawful activities. #58843 NOTICE OF FORMATION of LCLC Family Partners III, LLC Art. of Org filed Secíy of State (SSNY) 6/28/13. Office location: Westchester Co. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail copy of process to Louis R. Cappelli, c/o Cappelli Enterprises, Inc., 7 Renaissance Sq. 4th Fl, White Plains, NY 10601. Purpose: any lawful activities. #58844 NOTICE OF FORMATION of New Roc Bowl & FEC, LLC Art. of Org filed Secíy of State (SSNY) 6/28/13. Office location: Westchester Co. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail copy of process to c/o Alfred E. Donnellan, One North Lexington Avenue, White Plains, New York 10601.Purpose: any lawful activities. #58845 Notice of Formation of Yaphank Petroleum LLC. Arts. of Org. filed with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 6/28/13. Office location: Westchester County. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to: c/o The LLC, 555 Columbus Ave., Ste 201, Mt. Vernon, NY 10550. Purpose: any lawful activity. #58846 Notice of Formation of Redís Auto & Truck Parts LLC. Arts. of Org. filed with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 6/14/13. Office location: Westchester County. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to: Anthony L. Meola, 2500 Westchester Ave., Ste. 210, Purchase, NY 10577. Purpose: any lawful activity. #58847 Notice of Formation of SFM CAPITAL I LLC. Arts. of Org. filed with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 6/5/13. Office location: Westchester County. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to: The LLC, 106 Fourth Avenue, Pelham, NY 10803. Purpose: any lawful activity. #58848 Notice of Formation of EVERGREEN BUILDINGS GROUP LLC. Arts. of Org. was filed with SSNY on 7/2/12. Office location: Westchester County. SSNY designated as agent of LLC whom process against may be served. SSNY shall mail process to: c/o Priolet & Associates, P.C., 1025 Westchester Ave. Ste 320, White Plains, NY 10604. Purpose: all lawful activities. #58849

Name of Limited Liability Company (LLC): Daly Installation Services LLC. Date of filing Articles of Organization with the Secretary of State (SSNY) 05/31/2013. The LLC is located in Westchester County. The SSNY has been designated as agent of the LLC upon whom process against it may be served. The post office address to which the SSNY shall mail a copy of any process against it served is to the principal business location at c/o 165 First Street, Yonkers, NY 10704. Purpose of business of LLC is any lawful act or activity. #58852 Notice of Formation of 39-45 MAIN STREET, LLC. Arts. of Org. was filed with SSNY on 7/3/13. Office location: Westchester County. SSNY designated as agent of LLC whom process against may be served. SSNY shall mail process to: c/o The LLC, 16 Lawrence St., Mt. Kisco, NY 10549. Purpose: all lawful activities. #58853 NOTICE OF FORMATION OF LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY (LLC). NAME: AUTONOMIC, LLC Articles of Organization were filed with the Secretary of State of New York (SSNY) on 06/04/13. Office location: Westchester County. SSNY has been designated as agent of the LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail a copy of process to: The LLC, 28 Kaysal Court, Armonk, NY 10504, (the LLCís primary business location). Purpose: any lawful business activity. #58854 NOTICE OF FORMATION of Collaborative Data Systems and Analytics LLC. Arts. of Org. filed with the Secy of State (SSNY) on 06/20/13. Office location: Westchester County. SSNY has been designated as agent upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail a copy of any process against the LLC served upon him C/O the LLC 72 N. State Rd., #115, Briarcliff Manor, NY, 10510. Purpose of LLC: to engage in any lawful act or activity. #58855 Notice of Formation of Limited Liability Company (LLC). Name: BETTER PRACTICE SOLUTIONS, LLC Articles of Organization were filed with the Secretary of State of New York (SSNY) on 05/25/2013. Office Location: Westchester County. SSNY has been designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail a copy of process to the LLC, 117 South Highland Avenue 4D, Ossining, New York 10562, principal business location of the LLC. Purpose any lawful business activity. #58856 Notice of Formation of Global Physicians Billing and Practice Management LLC. Arts. of Org. filed with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 6/12/13. Office location: Westchester County. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to: Melissa Nieli, 47 Pocono Avenue, Yonkers, NY 10701. Purpose: any lawful activity. #58857 Notice of Formation of Queens Blvd Petroleum LLC. Arts. of Org. filed with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 6/28/13. Office location: Westchester County. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to: c/o The LLC, 555 Columbus Ave., Ste 201, Mt. Vernon, NY 10550. Purpose: any lawful activity. #58858 Notice of Formation of Medici II, LLC. Arts. of Org. filed with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 6/28/13. Office location: Westchester County. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to: Carolyn Liebling, 10 Meadow Brook Road, Katonah, NY 10536. Purpose: any lawful activity. #58859

Notice of Formation of 685 Madison Street LLC. Arts. of Org. filed with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 6/18/13. Office location: Westchester County. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to: Daniel Gabay c/o The LLC, 242 E. 19th St., 7G, NY, NY 10003. Purpose: any lawful activity. #58860 Notice of Formation of Sefaso, LLC. Arts. of Org. filed with SSNY on 4/4/13. Office location: Westchester County. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process may be served. SSNY shall mail process to Sefaso,20 Castle Heights Avenue., Tarrytown, New York 10591. Purpose: any lawful act or activity #58861 JAMES JACKSON REALTY, LLC, Arts. of Org. filed with the SSNY on 08/07/2012. Office loc: Westchester County. SSNY has been designated as agent upon whom process against the LLC may be served. SSNY shall mail process to: 430 Center Avenue, Mamaroneck, NY 10543. Purpose: Any Lawful Purpose. Latest date upon which LLC is to dissolve: 12-31-2055 #58862 Notice of formation of Pristine Mechanical LLC. Art. of Org. filed with Secretary of State of NY (SSNY) on 4/8/13. Office located in Westchester Co. Principle office of LLC: 462 S Columbus Ave, Mt. Vernon, NY 10553. SSNY designated as agent upon which process may be served. SSNY shall mail a copy of any process against it served upon him/her to: c/o United States Corporation Agents, Inc., 7014 13th Ave, Suite 202 Brooklyn, NY 11228, upon whom and at which process against the LLC may be served. Purpose: Any Lawful Act #58863 Mr. Brown Creative, LLC, Art. of Org. filed with NY Secy. of State on 05/21/13. Office located in Westchester Co. Secy. of State designated as agent upon which process may be served. Secy. of State shall mail a copy of any process against it served upon him/her to: 3 Pleasant Street, Sleepy Hollow NY. LLC may engage in any lawful act or activity for which a limited liability company may be formed. #58864 NOTICE OF FORMATION of 3680 Hill Blvd. Realty LLC Art. of Org filed Secíy of State (SSNY) 7/8/13. Office location: Westchester Co. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail copy of process to Christopher J. Sclafani, Mount Kisco Medical Group, P.C., 110 South Bedford Rd, Mount Kisco, NY 10549. Purpose: any lawful activities. #58865 NOTICE OF FORMATION of 400 Park Avenue Associates, LLC Art. of Org filed Secíy of State (SSNY) 7/3/13. Office location: Westchester Co. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail copy of process to One Hunter Ave, Armonk, NY 10506. Purpose: any lawful activities. #58866 NOTICE OF FORMATION of 329 Midland Avenue Associates, LLC Art. of Org filed Secíy of State (SSNY) 7/3/13. Office location: Westchester Co. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail copy of process to One Hunter Ave, Armonk, NY 10506. Purpose: any lawful activities. #58867

Notice of Formation of 97-101 Reade Street IIC LLC amended to 97-101 Reade Street II LLC. Arts. of Org. filed with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 7/3/13. Office location: Westchester County. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to: c/o The Goldberg Group, One North Broadway, Ste. 400, White Plains, NY 10601. Purpose: any lawful activity. #58868

NOTICE OF FORMATION of THE POINTE DEVELOPMENT GROUP, LLC. Arts. of Org. filed with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 7/1/13. Office location: Westchester County. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to: 177 Golden Pond Lane, Fairfield, CT 06824. Purpose: any lawful activity. The LLC is to be managed by one or more managers. #58880

Notice of Formation of North Avenue FundingCo, LLC. Arts. of Org. filed with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 7/2/13. Office location: Westchester County. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to: c/o United Corporate Services, Inc., 10 Bank St., Ste. 560, White Plains, NY 10606. Purpose: any lawful activity #58869

NOTICE OF FORMATION of BOWMAN AVENUE CAPITAL, LLC. Arts. of Org. filed with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 7/8/13. Office location: Westchester County. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to: 177 Golden Pond Lane, Fairfield, CT 06824. Purpose: any lawful activity. The LLC is to be managed by one or more managers. #58881

Notice of Formation of 245 OLIVIA STREET REALTY LLC. Arts. of Org. filed with the Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 5/22/13. Office location: Westchester County. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to: 5 Bishop Drive South, Rye Brook, NY 10573. Purpose: any lawful act or activity. #58871

Notice of Formation of EVE LOREN GOLDSTEIN, PSY.D., PLLC. Arts. of Org. was filed with SSNY on 7/15/13. Office location: Westchester County. SSNY designated as agent of LLC whom process against may be served. SSNY shall mail process to: c/o 116 Surrey Dr., New Rochelle, NY 10804. Purpose: to engage in the practice of Psychology. #58882

Notice of Formation of LSS Advisory Services, LLC Art. Of Org. filed with SSNY on 6/5/13. Office Location: Westchester County. SSNY designated as agent of the LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to: PO Box 312, Chappaqua, NY 10514. Purpose: any lawful purpose. #58872

NB Planning, LLC. Arts of Org. filed NY Sec. of State 5/13/13. Princ. off Location: Westchester County. 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 United States Corporation, Inc., 7014 13th Avenue, Brooklyn, NY 11228. Purpose: any lawful activity. #58883

NOTICE OF FORMATION of 140 FA Associates, LLC Art. of Org filed Secíy of State (SSNY) 7/11/13. Office location: Westchester Co. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail copy of process to One Hunter Ave, Armonk, NY 10506. Purpose: any lawful activities. #58874

NOTICE OF FORMATION OF LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY (LLC). NAME: Silver Fitness LLC. Articles of Organization were filed with the Secretary of State of New York (SSNY) on 05/29/2013. Office location: Westchester County. SSNY has been designated as agent of the LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail a copy of process to: Matthew Silver, 5 Bryant Crescent Apt 2M White Plains NY, 10605. Purpose: any lawful business activity. #58884

Notice of formation of Limited Liability Company (LLC). STUDIO ALMEIDA, LLC Articles of Organization were filed with the Secretary of State of New York (SSNY) on 06/04/2013. Office location: New Haven County, CT. SSNY has been designated as agent of the LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail a copy of process to: Studio Almeida LLC, 17 Meetinghouse lane, Milford, CT 06460, principal business location of the LLC. Purpose of business of LLC is Architectural Services and any lawful business activity. #58875 Notice of Formation of Pookie Scarsdale LLC. Arts. of Org. filed with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 6/26/13. Office location: Westchester County. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to: 322 Columbus Avenue, NY, NY 10023. Purpose: any lawful activity. #58877 RYE TRADING COMPANY LLC, Arts. of Org. filed with the SSNY on 06/21/2013. Office loc: Westchester County. SSNY has been designated as agent upon whom process against the LLC may be served. SSNY shall mail process to: Schulz & Associates P.C., 225 Broadhollow Road Suite 303, Melville, NY 11747. Purpose: Any Lawful Purpose. #58878

Notice of formation of BLISSFINITY DESIGN LLC. Art. Of Org. filed with the Sectíy of State of NY (SSNY) on 5/13/2013. Office in Westchester County. SSNY has been designated as agent of the LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to the LLC, 480 Riverdale Ave Apt 6P Yonkers, NY 10705. Purpose: Any lawful purpose #58885 NOTICE OF FORMATION OF Registribe LLC. Articles of Organization filed with the Secretary of State of NY (SSNY) on 6/21/2013. 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: United States Corporation Agents, Inc. 7014 13th Ave Ste 202 Brooklyn, NY 11228. The principal business address of the LLC is: 3432 Lexington Ave. Mohegan Lake NY 10547 Purpose: any lawful act or activity. #58886 Notice of Formation of Kinzie FundingCo, LLC. Arts. of Org. filed with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 7/10/13. Office location: Westchester County. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to: c/o United Corporate Services, Inc., 10 Bank St., Ste. 560, White Plains, NY 10606. Purpose: any lawful activity. #58887

Notice of Formation of THE SCIPIONI GROUP, LLC. Arts. of Org. filed with the Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 6/20/13. Office location: Westchester County. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to: 4 John St., Tarrytown, NY 10528. Purpose: any lawful act or activity. #58888 Notice of Formation of RJSCHLOS LLC. Art. of Org filed with NY Secretary of State on 6/14/13. Office location: Westchester County. SSNY designated as agent of the LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to: 55 Seven Bridges Rd. Chappaqua, NY 10514. Purpose: Any lawful business activity. #58889 NOTICE OF FORMATION OF LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY (LLC). NAME: DOUBLEVISION PHOTOGRAPHERS LLC Articles of Organization were filed with the Secretary of State of New York (SSNY) on 7/10/13. Office location: Westchester County. SSNY has been designated as agent of the LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail a copy of process to: The LLC, Post Office Box 502, Chappaqua, NY 10514, principal business location of the LLC. Purpose: any lawful business activity. #58890 Notice of Formation of DIMARINO LANDSCAPING LLC. Arts. of Org. was filed with SSNY on 7/17/13. Office location: Westchester County. SSNY designated as agent of LLC whom process against may be served. SSNY shall mail process to: c/o The LLC, 76 Lakeview Ave., W. Harrison, NY 10604. Purpose: all lawful activities. #58891 Notice of substance of the Articles of Organization filed with the New York Secretary of Stateís Office (SSNY) on November 13, 2012 for P.C. Dental Group, PLLC. Principal office: Westchester County. Business: Dentistry. The SSNY is designated as the agent of the company upon whom process against it may be served. The address to which the SSNY shall mail a copy of any process is: One Gateway Plaza, Port Chester, NY 10573. #58892 Notice of Formation of Whizzpoppers LLC. Arts. of Org. filed with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 7/15/13. Office location: Westchester County. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to: c/o United Corporate Services, Inc., 10 Bank St., Ste. 560, White Plains, NY 10606. Purpose: any lawful activity. #58893 Notice of Formation of WINBROOK PHASE I, L.P. Certificate filed with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 7/17/2013. Office location: Westchester County. SSNY designated as agent of LP upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to: 551 Fifth Ave., 23rd Fl., NY, NY 10176. Name/ address of each genl. ptr. available from SSNY. Term: until 12/31/2075. Purpose: any lawful activity. #58894 Notice of Formation of WINBROOK PHASE I DEVELOPER, LLC. Arts. of Org. filed with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 7/17/13. Office location: Westchester County. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to: 551 Fifth Ave., 23rd Fl., NY, NY 10176. Purpose: any lawful activity. #58895

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LEGAL NOTICES Continued from previous page Notice of Formation of WINBROOK PHASE I GP, LLC. Arts. of Org. filed with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 7/17/13. Office location: Westchester County. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to: 551 Fifth Ave., 23rd Fl., NY, NY 10176. Purpose: any lawful activity. #58896

NOTICE OF FORMATION OF LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY (LLC). NAME: MASS DAVID, LLC. Articles of Organization were filed with the Secretary of State of New York (SSNY) on 06/20/2013. Office location: Westchester County. SSNY has been designated as agent of the LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail a copy of process to: Mass David, LLC, 240 South Broadway Apartment 8D, Tarrytown, NY 10591, principal business location of the LLC. Purpose: any lawful business activity. #58897

CAMP HAPPY HOUR LLC. Art. of Org. filed with N.Y. Secy. of State on 6/11/2013. Office located in Westchester Co. Secy of State designated as agent upon which process may be served. SSNY shall mail a copy of process to: c/o United States Corporation Agents, Inc. 7014 13th Avenue, Suite 202, Brooklyn, NY 11228. Purpose: any lawful activity. #58898

Notice of Formation of 3207 TREMONT ASSOCIATES, LLC. Arts. of Org. was filed with SSNY on 7/22/13. Office location: Westchester County. SSNY designated as agent of LLC whom process against may be served. SSNY shall mail process to: c/o The LLC, 33 Cassilis Ave., Bronxville, NY 10708. Purpose: all lawful activities. #58899

Notice of Formation of CARLAND REALTY II 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 14 Roundabend Road, Tarrytown, NY 10591. Articles of Organization of the LLC filed with the SSNY on July1, 2013. Purpose: Any lawful act(s). #58901

Notice of Formation of Barrington FundingCo, LLC. Arts. of Org. filed with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 7/22/13. Office location: Westchester County. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to: c/o United Corporate Services, Inc., 10 Bank St., Ste. 560, White Plains, NY 10606. Purpose: any lawful activity. #58905 Notice of Formation of Nicole Dara, LLC. Office Location: Westchester County, NY. Articles of Organization filed with the Secretary of State of New York (ìSSNYî) on 6/27/2013. SSNY is designated agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served, and SSNY shall mail process to Nicole Dara, LLC, 4 Peck Ave., Apt. 42A, Rye, NY 10580. Purpose: any lawful purpose. #58906

When BoB SciNTo, seasoned Fairfield County real estate tycoon and JEREmy LEVENThAL, the booming, new guy on the scene in Westchester, take the stage together, you’re guaranteed that it will be like no other real estate program.

Bob Scinto, chairman of r.d. Scinto Inc., and Jeremy Leventhal, managing partner of Faros Properties

11:30 a.m.

Program and lunch (complimentary)

The Bristal 305 North St. White Plains, NY

moderaTor

ElizABEtH BRAckEN-tHOmpsON

HOWARD E. GREENBERG

Partner, Thompson & Bender

President, Howard Properties Ltd.

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Notice is hereby given that an Application for an On-Premises Liquor License Serial number 1272488 has been applied for by the undersigned in a Restaurant under the Alcoholic Beverage Control Law at 19 Main St.., Hastings-On-Hudson, N Y 10706, Westchester County; /s/ M & J PRIME RESTAURANTS LLC. d/b/a The Prime. #58903 Notice of Formation of New Trier FundingCo, LLC. Arts. of Org. filed with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 7/22/13. Office location: Westchester County. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to: c/o United Corporate Services, Inc., 10 Bank St., Ste. 560, White Plains, NY 10606. Purpose: any lawful activity. #58904

A MOST UNIQUE REAL ESTATE EVENT GUARANTEED!

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Notice of Formation of Bodeeo LLC. Arts. of Org. filed with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 7/22/13. Office location: Westchester County. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to: Capitol Services, Inc., 1218 Central Ave., Ste. 100, Albany, NY 12205. Purpose: any lawful act or activity. #58902

NOTICE OF FORMATION of Kalson Communications, LLC. Arts. of Org. filed with the Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on May 25, 2013. Office loc: Westchester County. SSNY desig. as an agent upon whom process against it may be served and shall mail a copy of any process to the principal business address: U.S. Corporation Agents, Inc., 7014 13th Ave., suite 202, Brooklyn, NY 11228. Purpose: any lawful act. #58911 Notice of Formation of Advance Research Company, LLC. Arts. of Org. filed with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 4/5/13. Office location: Westchester County. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to: Davis & Gilbert LLP, 1740 Broadway, 3rd Fl., NY, NY 10019. Purpose: any lawful activity. #58912 Notice of Formation of EJD REALTY 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 111 Seminary Avenue, Yonkers, NY 10704. Articles of Organization of the LLC filed with the SSNY on July 29, 2013. Purpose: Any lawful act(s). #58913 Notice of Formation of CUJO DEVELOPMENT LLC. Arts. of Org. was filed with SSNY on 8/1/13. Office location: Westchester County. SSNY designated as agent of LLC whom process against may be served. SSNY shall mail process to: c/o The LLC, 73 Belleau Ave., New Rochelle, NY 10804. Purpose: all lawful activities. #58914 Notice is hereby given that an on-premises license, #TBA has been applied for by Bella Terra Number 1, Inc. d/b/a Terra Rustica to sell beer, wine and liquor at retail in an on premises establishment. For on premises consumption under the ABC law at 550 North State Road Briarcliff Manor NY 10510. #58915

Notice of Formation of LAL Medical Synergy, LLC Art. Of Org. filed with SSNY on 7/8/13. 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, 1729 Summit St. Yorktown Hts, NY 10598. Purpose: any lawful purpose. #58907

NOTICE OF FORMATION OF Integrated Solar Technology, LLC. Articles of Organization filed with Secretary of State of NY (SSNY) on 4/4/13. Office location: Westchester County, New York. SSNY designated as agent upon whom process may be served and shall mail copy of process against LLC to principal business address: 43 Willow Avenue, Larchmont, New York, 10538. Purpose: any lawful act. #58916

NOTICE OF FORMATION of CaroJay Realty LLC Art. of Org filed Secíy of State (SSNY) 7/26/13. Office location: Westchester Co. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail copy of process to c/o Alfred E. Donnellan, One N. Lexington Ave, White Plains, NY 10601. Purpose: any lawful activities. #58908

Notice of formation of Jing Acupuncture Service PLLC. Arts. of Org. filed with the Secy. of the State of NY (SSNY) on 7/29/13. Office location: Westchester County. SSNY designated as agent of PLLC upon whom process may be served. SSNY shall mail copy of process to the PLLC , 83 S. Bedford Rd, Mount Kisco, NY 10549. Purpose: the lawful practice of acupuncture. #58917

Notice of Formation of 18 Franklin Avenue Realty, LLC. Articles of Organization filed with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 06/28/2013. Office location: Westchester Co. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to the LLC, 40 Cambridge Avenue, Yonkers, NY 10707. Purpose: any lawful act or activity. #58909

Notice of Formation of GIFTED HANDS, ACUTE CARE NURSE PRACTITIONER, PLLC. Arts. of Org. was filed with SSNY on 8/2/13. Office location: Westchester County. SSNY designated as agent of LLC whom process against may be served. SSNY shall mail process to: c/o The LLC, 1241 Mamaroneck Ave., White Plains, NY 10605. Purpose: to engage in the practice of Nurse Practitioner in Acute Care. #58918

Notice of Formation of THE CIGAR REPUBLIC CLUB & LOUNGE, LLC. Arts. of Org. filed with the Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 5/23/13. Office location: Westchester County. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to: 116 South Central Ave., 2nd Flr, Elmsford, NY 10523-3503. Purpose: any lawful act or activity. #58910

FACES& PLACES Spirited summer networking

More than 350 people attended “Connecting Westchester”– the annual summer networking party organized by the Westchester County Association. This year’s event had a special twist: Aspiring and elected officials were also invited to hobnob with the lively crowd, largely comprised of those from the corporate, business and nonprofit sectors. Summer cocktails, beer and a mouth-watering buffet were served in the large reception room at Abigail Kirsch Tappan Hill Mansion in Tarrytown. Photographs by Margaret Fox for Harrison Edwards. 1. Josh Gopan, Simone Development; Joseph Pizzimenti, CClean Inc.; and Mike Durante, Select Telecom 2. Al DelBello, DelBello, Donnellan, Weingarten, Wise & Wiederkehr; Marissa Brett, director, economic development, Westchester County Association; and Dan Papes, Westcon 3. Joan Mooney; Eric Wiggins, Greater Hudson Bank NA; and Paola Morsiani, Neuberger Museum of Art 4. Kevin Plunkett, deputy county executive; Richard Chadakoff; and Joel Lever, Kurzman Eisenberg Corbin & Lever 5. Pat Keegan, office of U.S. Rep. Nita Lowey, and Mary Foster, mayor of Peekskill 6. County Legislators Peter Harckham and Michael Kaplowitz; and Tony Maddalena, The Maddalena Group, Morgan Stanley Wealth Management 7. Renee Holly and Joseph Cozza, Westchester Marriott; and Kathleen Doyle, Marriott International 8. Noam Bramsom, mayor of New Rochelle; Bill Mooney, president, Westchester County Association; and Rob Astorino, Westchester County Executive 9. Jennifer and Dr. Michael Rush, Lois Bronz Children’s Center; and Randi Norfleet, Parchem Trading Ltd. 10. David Buchwald, New York state assemblyman; Carll Tucker, The Daily Voice; Sandra Galef, New York state assemblywoman; and Richard Haggerty, Hudson Gateway Association of Realtors 11. Govinda Davis, Collen IP Intellectual Property Law P.C. 12. Bill Harrington, chairman, Westchester County Association; and Richard Wishnie, New York Electrical Contractors Association 13. Jan Fisher, Westchester Jewish Community Services; Ned McCormack, county executive’s office; and Natasha Caputo, Westchester County Office of Tourism

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NOMINATE a DOCTOR DOCTORS of DISTINCTION Saluting those who go beyond the diagnosis

2013

THE ANNUAL DISTINGUISHED AWARD PROGRAM FOR PHYSICIANS WHO EITHER LIVE OR WORK IN WESTCHESTER COUNTY IS SPONSORED BY THE WESTCHESTER COUNTY MEDICAL SOCIETY WITH SUPPORT FROM CITRIN COOPERMAN, M&T BANK AND THE WESTCHESTER COUNTY BUSINESS JOURNAL. THIS UNIQUE PROGRAM RECOGNIZING THE IMPORTANT WORK OF PHYSICIANS, BOTH PRACTICING AND NONPRACTICING, IS LONG OVERDUE IN THE COUNTY.

IN THE FOLLOWING CATEGORIES: HUMANITARIAN AWARD: in recognition of a physician or physicians for a project or service that impacts humanity by significantly improving or enhancing the quality of life for people in the region, nationwide or worldwide. COMMUNITY SERVICE AWARD: in recognition of a physician for outstanding service to his or her community in providing free medical and patient care services for people in need — the underserved, homeless, uninsured or indigent. MEDICAL ENTREPRENEUR AWARD: in recognition of a physician whose ingenuity and “outside-the-traditional box” thinking and action have significantly contributed to the advancement of medical practice. RESEARCH EXCELLENCE AWARD: in recognition of a physician whose clinical research in a particular area has caught the attention of his or her peers and deserves special acknowledgement. LIFETIME ACHIEVEMENT AWARD: in recognition of a physician who is respected by his or her peers for a lifetime career in medical service to the community. LEADERSHIP IN MEDICAL ADVOCACY AWARD: in recognition of a physician who has provided exceptional leadership in the form of advocacy on behalf of the medical profession at the local, state or national level or has provided tireless volunteer time to help fellow physicians.

AWARD PRESENTATIONS

A distinguished panel of judges will choose a winner in each category, all of whom will be awarded at an elegant reception and ceremony.

October 24

5:30 to 7:30 p.m. NOMINATIONS will be open from now through August 15. To nominate, please visit westfaironline.com for instructions and nomination forms or call Holly DeBartolo at (914) 358-0743.