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to Cortlandt as a gift for recreation and park use upon his death. A lease noted a proviso: Residents of the mobile homes could continue living there for 10 years after his death. Forty-five trailers, mobile homes and recreational vehicles, many old and scruffy, dotted the property when the deal was struck. Today, nine trailers still stand. Martin died in 2006, triggering the 10-year clock. Cortlandt officials offered residents an incentive in 2008: $6,500

lans to expand a bus rapid transit system along the busy Interstate 287 corridor and across Westchester County have taken a step forward, propelled by recently announced state funding. State and area municipal officials on Aug. 16 announced that $13.5 million in state money will be used to extend the state Department of Transportation’s planned bus rapid transit service through White Plains and into Port Chester. Aimed to improve the reliability and convenience of traditional buses, bus rapid transit is a public transport system that includes dedicated roadways, off-board fares and traffic-signal priority that would keep lights green as buses approach. Called the Lower Hudson Transit Link, the state’s planned bus service would connect riders from Suffern in Rockland County across the Hudson River and into Westchester, making more than a dozen stops along the way. Prior to the recent announcement, the transit system was expected to make its final stop in White Plains. The recent round of funding will be used to purchase new buses, pay for intersection and infrastructure improvements along the route, make traffic signal upgrades and provide bus shelters. The state money will also be used to create new stations at Bryant Avenue, Corporate Park Drive, Brook Lane, North Regent, Haseco Avenue and the Port Chester Metro-North Railroad station. “Our communities rely on affordable and sustainable transit options to ensure our connections to local businesses, educational and recreational opportunities that support families in our county,” said state Assembly Speaker Carl Heastie, a Bronx Democrat, during a press conference at the

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Patrick Garvey is one of nine Riveredge Trailer Park residents suing Cortlandt over the town’s efforts to evict them. Photo by Bill Heltzel.

Storm along the Hudson

TRAILER PARK RESIDENTS FIGHT POST-SANDY EVICTION BY BILL HELTZEL bheltzel@westfariinc.com

hen Hurricane Sandy slammed into Verplanck in 2012, pummeling homes in the northern Westchester hamlet, flooding roads and tossing around cars and boats, the enormous forces of wind and water were not enough to permanently dislodge a few steadfast mobile home residents. But Sandy gave the town of Cortlandt

a good reason to evict several residents from arguably one of the most precious, underdeveloped Hudson River waterfront properties in Westchester County. Cortlandt has been developing a park along the river since the 1980s, and it wanted to expand at Riveredge Trailer Park and the old Peekskill Seaplane Base. The 23-acre property had been owned by James Martin, a Greenwich resident who operated a flight school and air-tours business there. Reportedly owing the town $45,000 in property taxes, Martin in 1992 deeded his land

Trainer builds a business with misbehaving, but lovable, cats

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hen Paula Garber, an Ossining resident who spent the better part of two decades as a freelance editor, decided to open her own cat training and behavioral business, reactions from friends and family were largely mixed. “They were like, ‘Okay, Paula. Cats? Really?’” recalled a laughing Garber, who launched Lifeline Cat Behavior Solutions out of her home in 2014. “But once I started to get my business out there and I started to get really busy, they were like, ‘Wow, I guess you’re kind of good at this and there really is a need.’” It's not entirely surprising that Garber happened to end up in a career involving animals. She grew up helping her father, a small-animal veterinarian for more than three decades, at his office in Briarcliff Manor, and her mother was a champion show dog breeder and rescuer. “I was raised with lots of animals: dogs, horses, rats, pigeons, but I’ve always had this special thing for cats,” she said. “I was always that little girl in the neighborhood who would say, ‘Oh, I found a kitten,’ and I would bring it home.” That desire to care for neglected cats has followed Garber into adulthood. She and her husband, Bruce, now own five felines of their own. Some of those cats Garber found as strays, while others simply showed up on her doorstep. “I was looking for somebody to help me (train my cats) and there was nobody,” she said of her experience trying to domesticate her rescued animals. “So that made me think there’s a need.” Garber also spent a number of years as a volunteer caring for and rescuing feral cats, an experience she credits with sparking her interest in training. Though socializing wild cats unaccustomed to human interaction is no easy task, Garber seemed to have a knack for the work. “That whole behavior thing sort of got under my skin and I thought, this is really cool. I want to learn more,” she said. In 2014, she received a professional certification in animal training and enrichment along with a specialized certificate in feline training and behavior from Animal Behavior Institute, an online institution. She launched her business shortly thereafter and is now pursuing a diploma in feline behavior science and technology from the Companion Animal Sciences Institute. “A lot of people think if you have a cat

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Paula Garber exchanges high-fives of a sort with a cat trained in her Lifeline Cat Behavior Solutions business in Ossining. Photo by Aleesia Forni.

behavior problem, you should just put the cat outside or just bring it to the shelter,” she said, “and there are so many cats that end up in shelters or abandoned because of behavioral issues that are relatively easy to resolve if you have just a little bit of information.” Garber uses positive reinforcement techniques to help owners and their felines with a variety of issues, from fear and destructive behaviors to aggression toward other cats. “There’s this perception that cats are untrainable. They’re super independent, they’re aloof, they’re all these things,” she said. “Cats learn just like dogs do, just like people do. Everybody learns the same way, all the mechanisms are the same. With cats, the only thing that might be different is that you really need to understand a cat to know what motivates them.” “Some cats might not do certain things for food, so it might be play that is more reinforcing to them, or it might be brushing, or it might be just a scratch on the chin,” she said. “It’s really about figuring out what makes them tick or what makes them real excited to do something.” Garber also uses clicker training, which involves making a clicking sound when a cat performs the desired task, then presenting the cat with a reward. Using this method, Garber can teach cats commands like touching their paws to her hands, walking on a leash and coming when she calls them. One of the most common problems she encounters with her clients, Garber said, are litterbox issues. “Cats are very particular about their litterbox set-up. Their litterbox preferences are very tied into their survival instinct because they’re most vulnerable when they’re in the litterbox. So if there’s one little thing wrong or some little thing changes that doesn’t seem significant to us, it’s a big deal to a cat.”

Garber conducts in-home visits with her clients, where she evaluates each cat’s issues and provides ideas or techniques to help resolve them. In-home visits are priced at $195, and Lifeline also offers a variety of packages that include follow-up phone and email support. “It’s really gratifying to make it so that they can keep their cats and still keep peace in their homes,” said the cat trainer. Garber also works with area shelters and rescue groups, helping socialize and train cats in hopes of making them more adoptable. “I’ve been able to help save a couple of lives because of that and that is really the most rewarding part of what I do,” she said. In the future, Garber plans to offer an additional service: “catifying” her clients’ homes, which may include the addition of cat shelves for climbing or the construction of “catios,” outdoor enclosures designed specifically for their pet. “I’ve started working with a carpenter and we’ve been building these catios together for a couple of people,” she said. “A lot of people want custom things, because they want them to look nice or they want them to go with the house.” Though Garber continues her work in editing, she hopes to transition to Lifeline fulltime in the coming year. “Things have really picked up,” she said, noting that she’s had more than 30 clients this year, twice as many as she had during 2016. “There’s no one else in the area that I can find that’s doing this and there are a lot of cats out there that need help.” Due to a production error, three articles in the last edition were miscredited. Ryan Deffenbaugh wrote the article on the farmers market network; Bill Heltzel wrote the article about malware; and Aleesia Forni wrote the article on American teaching methods.

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A groundbreaking change for Harrison's Platinum Mile BY RYAN DEFFENBAUGH rdeffenbaugh@westfairinc.com

o kick off construction on a 421-unit apartment building on Harrison's Platinum Mile, a group of dignitaries, including Westchester Executive Robert P. Astorino and Harrison Mayor Ron Belmont wielded the typical shiny shovels and pushed around a bit of ceremonial dirt during the morning of Aug. 15. But that was only part of the event celebrating the Toll Brothers Inc. apartment project. As cameras clicked, a member of the Capital Industries Corp. wrecking crew jumped in an excavator about 100 feet behind the group and, as one onlooker put it, "the real show" began. The long arm of the excavator ripped through the three-story 103 Corporate Park Drive building, causing shards of glass and chunks of its faded blue facade to fall to the ground. The building is one of two that will be razed to make way for a five-story luxury rental community featuring a club room, pool, bike lounge and a pet spa. The other building, 105 Corporate Park Drive, has already been reduced to rubble. The project, branded as Carraway, will

be the first multifamily housing built in the so-called teardrop region of the town, an area bounded by I-287, the Hutchinson River Parkway and Interstate 684. It's an area also commonly referred to as the Platinum Mile, a reference to the number of top companies that built headquarters there. Toll Brothers, a national luxury home builder based in Pennsylvania, worked with the building's owners, Normandy Real Estate Partners LLC, to repurpose the 10-acre site. Built in the 1970s, the two Corporate Park Drive buildings had lost almost all tenants as they aged and the overall occupancy along the Platinum Mile slumped from its late 20th century heyday. For Harrison, the conversion is the latest step in its goal to find new uses for underused office buildings along its Platinum Mile corridor. The town laid out the issue clearly in its 2013 Master Plan: 30 years ago, commercial properties represented 60 percent of Harrisonâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s tax revenue; by 2012 that number fell to about 12 percent. The most significant office conversion along the corridor to this point comes from Life Time Fitness, which converted the former headquarters and printing plant of The Journal News, part of the

Gannett Co. Inc. newspaper chain, into a 209,000-square-foot fitness center. The mega gym is less than a quarter-mile from where the apartments will be built. "This is the continuation of what's been going on for the last five years in Westchester," Astorino told the Business Journal. "I remember the demolishing of the old Gannett building and there were big question marks about whether Life Time Fitness would make it, whether that type of repurposing would be good. And it's been a phenomenal success. And, since then, obviously we've had many more applications and developments." A separate office building on Corporate Park Drive was converted to a hotel, while Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center converted a former Verizon research building at 500 Westchester Ave. to an outpatient center. In December, the Rochester-based grocery chain Wegmans Food Markets Inc. announced plans to launch its first store in the county, also on Corporate Park Drive. The store would be built on the site of three other mostly empty office buildings just down the street from the future Carraway apartments. The project is still under review by the town. "We're excited about (Carraway), we're excited about Wegmans coming in, and

Memorial Sloan Kettering is a big asset to the town right up the street," Belmont told the Business Journal. "We're moving," he added. "It's a slow process, but we're moving. We're taking the local rather than the express." Bryan Oos, vice president of development at Toll Brothers Apartment Living, said the publicly traded company has recently expanded its portfolio nationally to include more apartment development. The company's other projects in Westchester are townhomes or single-family housing developments, including The Summit Estates at Westchester in Valhalla and Westchester Estates at Wilson Park in Tarrytown. Oos said the company was drawn to this project, in part, by the broader redevelopment that was already taking place along Harrison's Westchester Avenue corridor. "It's really the transformation of a singleuse office community into more of a mixeduse live, work, play environment," Oos said. The building will feature a mix of 22 studios, 217 one-bedroom and 182 twobedroom apartments. The developer will set aside 10 percent of the rental units as affordable housing. The first residents are expected to move in by fall 2019.

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IN COURT

Army mounts court offensive, liquor store retreats

t is probably not a good idea to pick a fight with the Army, so changing your name to avoid battle with the U.S. Military Academy at West Point can be a wise tactic. The United States of America has sued Black Nights Wine & Spirits to stop the Highland Falls liquor store from using a name confusingly similar to the Black Knights nickname used by the academy’s athletic teams as far back as the 1940s. After four cease-anddesist letters and the filing of the lawsuit on Aug. 8, the store has seemingly conceded.

“We’ve changed the name to Good Nights,” said a man who answered the phone at the store recently. He said Frank Carpentieri, the owner of Frasiekenjes LLC, the company that runs the store, would not be available for a few days. The lawsuit, filed by acting U.S. Attorney Joon H. Kim, accuses the liquor merchant of tarnishing the academy’s brands. The Department of the Army holds several trademarks for “Black Knights” and the West Point crest. So it did not escape its attention when Black Nights Wine and Spirits opened last September on Main Street in Highland Falls, just beyond the West Point gates. The store’s name, the Army says, falsely suggests that the enterprise is “associated with or endorsed and approved by the U.S. Military Academy at West Point.” The Army drew a line in the sand within weeks of the store opening, mailing a cease-and-desist letter that alleges trademark infringement.

The store then installed a more permanent “Black Nights” sign and placed several items in and around the store that highlight West Point themes. Besides the alleged abuse of West Point’s goodwill and brand reputation, the lawsuit states that the liquor store defies military policies. “The Department of the Army is highly concerned with the use of alcohol among its soldiers and is committed to deglamorizing its use,” the complaint states.

Judge finds potato chip theft a stale excuse in Staples firing

federal judge has rejected a potato chip theft defense, for now, in a former employee’s disability discrimination case against Staples office supplies company.

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Staples Inc. fired Araminta Roa of Newburgh two years ago for allegedly stealing potato chips from an employee refrigerator at its warehouse in Montgomery in Orange County. Roa had been working on light duty because of injuries she claims were caused by her job assignment. She sued Staples last year in federal court in White Plains for allegedly violating the Americans with Disabilities Act and the state Human Rights Law. “A rational finder of fact” could find that it was “more likely than not she was the victim of intentional discrimination,” U.S. District Court Judge Vincent L. Briccetti ruled on Aug. 9 in rejecting Staples’ motion to dismiss the lawsuit. Staples hired Roa in 2004 and she worked for several years in the bulk department, where she was often required to lift and move large objects. By 2013, she claims, the physically demanding work had caused permanent neck, back, shoulder and spinal disabilities. She had to take Vicodin twice a day to perform her duties. She was put on light duty. Her productivity declined but other employees voluntarily helped her get her work done. Roa alleges that a supervisor wanted to “be rid of her.” “Do we know how long we have to accommodate Araminta Roa?" the supervisor asked a human resources manager, according to the lawsuit. Later, he recommended that Roa’s compensation be reduced. “I know it’s been a long time,” an HR coordinator responded, “but I promise there will be a resolution.” Four months later, Roa was fired. A surveillance camera in the cafeteria had recorded her reaching into a refrigerator and removing a bag of chips belonging to another employee. Roa admits taking the chips but said her action was merely a mistake. She believed they had been put there by her sister, Lila Sanchez, who routinely left snacks for her there. Staples also opposed her application for unemployment insurance benefits on the ground that she was fired for misconduct. The state unemployment insurance appeal board rejected Staples’ position, according to her lawsuit, and granted the benefits. The federal judge also found flaws in the firing. “The record reflects the investigation (of the purloined potato chips) was conducted in an unusual fashion,” Briccetti said. The evidence that Roa stole the chips is weak, Briccetti ruled, and there is sufficient evidence for a reasonable jury to find that the theft accusation was a pretext. — Bill Heltzel

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Services advised the town that the seaplane property was hazardous, the electrical system would have to be replaced and the underground feeders should be tested for safety. “This is a life safety situation,” the inspector wrote. Ken Hoch, the town code enforcement officer, declared the property uninhabitable and issued an eviction notice on the same day. Trailer residents who lived on the seaplane base were given three days to vacate. Cortlandt set up storage units for their belongings. Officials offered vacating residents $1,500 disaster relief, relocation assistance and Federal Emergency Management Agency housing assistance, according to court records. LaForgia did not accept the deal. Two of his trailers were destroyed, he said. But his home and his brother’s home never lost

power during the storm. They had reconnected the electrical system and continued living there. A week after eviction notices were posted, the town formally ejected residents from the seaplane base. Lucio LaForgia was getting dialysis treatment, his brother said, and begged officials for more time to move his personal belongings. By the time Lucio returned, the brothers’ homes had been bulldozed. Frank LaForgia claimed he never received compensation. Cortlandt officials said he received FEMA assistance and was given opportunities to file claims. Lucio did file a claim but did not show up for the hearing. After Sandy, 22 trailers remained at the trailer park. In 2015, the LaForgias sued the town and a half-dozen officials in U.S. District

Court in White Plains, claiming that their civil rights had been violated. The condemnation and evictions, they said, amounted to an illegal eminent domain proceeding. Their lawyer argued that Sandy was “a mere ploy for the town to remove residents who still had 44 months left on their leasehold terms. The whole situation reeks of bad faith, self-dealing, deception and the town’s taking official action for the sole purpose of obtaining benefit to itself.” The town maintains that the trailers were taken solely out of concern for public safety and not for public use. Lucio LaForgia died last year. Last month, federal judge Kenneth M. Karas rejected the LaForgias’ legal claims and all but dismissed the lawsuit. “Plaintiffs have no surviving claims,” he ruled. But he afforded a last chance to file an amended complaint within 30 days. That deadline was Aug. 11, and an amended complaint was filed. But on the same day, Frank LaForgia delivered a letter to the court. He had fired his attorney over failures of communication and he was asking for time to find another lawyer. Three days later, he was pessimistic about his chances when he spoke with a Business Journal reporter. But on that very day, the last remaining residents of Riveredge Trailer Park picked up the fight. They filed a lawsuit in state Supreme Court in Westchester to stop the town from evicting them. Why had he bothered to fight over this location? LaForgia was asked that question as he stood by a friend’s trailer. It seemed to astonish him. “Where else can you live in Westchester County?” he asked, as he pivoted toward the Hudson and swept his arms out in a panoramic embrace of the trailer park and river. “It’s crazy! Look at this!” “It’s gorgeous.”

decreasing carbon emissions statewide by 80 percent by 2050. “When we invest in mass transit, we invest in our community, in the environment, and everyone benefits,” added Assemblyman Thomas Abinanti, a Greenburgh Democrat. Officials assert that the new transit system will be a boon for job growth and for the economy in the Hudson Valley. Set to begin in October 2018, the first phase of the Lower Hudson Transit Link will include scrapping the existing Tappan ZEExpress bus service, the Rockland County commuter bus system that connects Rockland communities with Tarrytown and White Plains, and replacing it with bus rapid transit. The state is in the process of securing

an operator for the new system, Paulin said. Officials said the White Plains to Port Chester rapid transit initiative would be put in place shortly thereafter, though no timelines have been set. “Without having this connection on the I-287 corridor, what we’re basically saying is this is a corridor for people who can afford to drive and have access to a car,” said Veronica Vanterpool, executive director of the nonprofit advocacy group Tri-State Transportation Campaign. “We want to deliver the message that we are inclusive in the Hudson Valley, that we are inclusive in New York state, and mass transportation is one way of developing and delivering that inclusivity.” The initiative is the result of a 2014

report developed by a mass transit task force assembled by the state. The 31-member task force - made up of members of the business, transit and political communities - recommended that upgrades in the region’s transit system should include bus rapid transit. The group in its report outlined seven new bus rapid transit lines in Westchester, Rockland and Bronx counties, including three across the new Tappan Zee Bridge. The new bus lines were just one portion of the task force’s report, which also recommended updates to existing bus lines and additional studies and infrastructure improvements. In October 2015, the state Department of Transportation received a $10 million federal grant to help fund the Lower Hudson Transit Link.

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apiece to move out right away but $1,000 less for every year they delayed. The buyout seemed paltry to people paying some $200 a month in maintenance fees and no rent while enjoying million-dollar views of the Hudson. Few residents took the deal, according to a New York Times account. The trailer park had been there since 1950 side by side with the seaplane base. Nine aircraft were based there, and Martin ran a flight school and sightseeing tours of the Hudson all the way down to the Statue of Liberty. The town built Steamboat Dock near the Martin property. An overlook and historical marker were installed at Kings Ferry, where Washington crossed the Hudson on his march to Yorktown in 1781. Town officials and Verplanck citizens discussed how best to use the Martin property once every trailer was gone. The top three ideas were extending the riverwalk trail, opening a waterfront restaurant and building an environmental education center. Frank LaForgia was one of the residents who had no interest in a buyout. He owned four trailers and a Winnebago on the seaplane property. He and his brother, Lucio, lived in two of them. He achieved a bit of local fame in April 2012, when he rescued one of his tenants, Nora Jean Young, from a fire. Six months later, Sandy struck. Residents were evacuated. Steamboat Dock was under water. Many trailers had taken on water and several were destroyed, including some that the town said were parked there illegally by squatters. Town officials inspected the property and disconnected the electrical mains. New York Electrical Inspection

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White Plains Metro-North train station. "In order to keep up this work, we must make the necessary investments to keep New Yorkers moving.” The part of the project that will connect White Plains to Port Chester is expected to cost roughly $27 million, state Assemblywoman Amy Paulin said at the press conference. “We expect that the state funding will leverage enough federal funding that we can get the project done,” she said. Paulin, a Scarsdale Democrat who chairs the Assembly energy committee, said the new transit system will also help the state reach its long-term goal of

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The town wants to add the trailer park site to its riverfront attractions.

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TWO HEALTH CARE TENANTS LEASE BRIARCLIFF MANOR OFFICES

A relocating pediatric physicians practice and a health care startup have leased space at the Briarcliff Manor Office at 325 S. Highland Ave. in Briarcliff Manor. The deals were reported by Admiral Real Estate in Bronxville; Admiral’s Amanda M.M. Smith brokered the deals for the landlord and also represented the startup tenant in one lease Briarcliff Pediatric Associates, an affiliate of Boston Children’s Health Physicians, will relocate in spring 2018 from the Phelps Memorial Hospital campus at 755 N. Broadway in Sleepy Hollow to an approximately 3,600-square-foot space in the Briarcliff Manor Office building. Boston Children’s Health Physicians is the former Children’s & Women’s Physicians of Westchester group practice and a member of the Boston Children’s Hospital integrated network of care locations and partnerships. Ray Lopez, of Better Homes & Gardens Rand Realty, represented the tenant in the deal. StepWisenow, a balance training and fall prevention group set to launch this summer, has leased approximately 1,450 square feet of space at 325 S. Highland. Led by Molly Olivia Roffman, StepWisenow offers evidence- and research-based programs for adults of all skill levels, combining and applying Roffman’s background in dance, physical therapy and movement science. Occupied largely by medical and dental practices, the Briarcliff Manor Office is approximately 96 percent leased, according to Admiral Real Estate.

ENTA TO MOVE WHITE PLAINS CLINIC IN 2018

222 Bloomingdale Road in White Plains.

ENT and Allergy Associates LLP (ENTA), the regional otolaryngology and allergy specialty group practice headquartered in Tarrytown, has signed a letter of intent to move its clinical facilities in White Plains to 222 Bloomingdale Road in the first half of 2018. ENTA officials said the clinic will relocate from 75 S. Broadway to a 15,490-squarefoot space in 222 Bloomingdale, a 150,000-square-foot, Class A office build-

ing near the intersection of Bloomingdale Road and Mamaroneck Avenue in the city’s Central Business District. The property is owned by Celestial Capital Group LLC, a New York City real estate firm that in late 2010 paid $7 million to a securitized lender for the distressed property. ENTA said the state-of-the-art medical site will come with free underground parking in the building for patients. ENTA’s entire White Plains team of physicians, audiologists, nurses and staff is expected to make the move. Wayne Eisman, a founding partner at 20-year-old ENTA, in the lease announcement said the new location “will be something of a crowning achievement for me and my White Plains physician colleagues. Our enhanced ability to not only serve the medical needs, but also provide extra comfort and convenience to those who have become our friends and neighbors, is extremely gratifying.” ENT and Allergy Associates has more than 180 physicians practicing in more than 40 offices in Westchester, Putnam, Orange, Dutchess, Rockland, Nassau and Suffolk counties, New York City and northern and central New Jersey. The specialty and subspecialty practice sees more than 80,000 patients per month.

PEOPLE'S UNITED HIRES HUBER

Matthew T. Huber has joined People’s United Bank as its senior vice president, market manager of health care financial services. In his new position, Huber will focus on providing financial services to for-profit and nonprofit health care companies across the Northeast and Mid-Atlantic. "Matt has extensive experience in the health care industry and a proven track record building a successful banking platform dedicated to the sector," said Jeff Carpenter, the bank’s senior vice president. “This specialized initiative will support our efforts to be a holistic, advisory-focused business partner to the health care industry, delivering value to our clients, prospects and the markets that we serve." Prior to his position with People’s United, Huber spent eight years with First Niagara Bank building a similar health care banking business and most recently worked at Key Bank N.A. developing its enterprise health care strategy. His prior roles span 19 years in the industry and include various commercial relationship and regional manager positions with M&T Bank Corp. and U.S. Bancorp, where he focused on the health care and nonprofit sectors. People's United Bank, a subsidiary of People's United Financial Inc., is a diversified financial services company with more than $43 billion in assets. Founded in 1842, the Bridgeport-based regional bank operates locations in New York, Connecticut, Massachusetts, Vermont, New Hampshire and Maine. — John Golden, Aleesia Forni

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THE LIST: Public Relations & Advertising Agencies PUBLIC RELATIONS AND ADVERTISING AGENCIES

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301 Old Sleepy Hollow Road, Pleasantville 10570 741-0007 • amsterland.com

Arch Street Communications, Inc.

31 Mamaroneck Ave., Suite 400, White Plains 10601 821-5100 • asc-pr.com

As Communications LLC

56 Doyer Ave., Suite 3F, White Plains 10605 421-9300 • ascommunications.com

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100

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crisis communications

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Corporate communications

WND

Financial public relations

Condor Capital Management The Robo Report EQIS Capital Management

Bill Bongiorno bill@bluechippr.com 2004

Buzz Creators Inc.

Christina Rae crae@buzz-creators.com 2009

WND

! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! media and influencer

Buzz Potential

Mike Dardano buzzpotential@gmail.com 2005

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The Byne Group

Ann Byne Info@thebynegroup.com 1998 Stacey Cohen stacey@cocommunications.com 1997 Marcia Clark and Darryl Estrine mc@contentmachinellc.com de@contentmachinellc.com 2015 Joseph Lawrence joe@creativesolution.com 1989

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400 Columbus Ave., Suite 122, Valhalla 10595 358-5080 • buzz-creators.com 62 Chestnut St., Tuckahoe 10707 588-6752 • facebook.com/buzzpotential/ 75 Montebello Road, Third floor, Suffern 10901 845-369-0945 • thebynegroup.com

Co-Communications Inc.

332 E. Main St., Mount Kisco 10549 666-0066 • cocommunications.com

Content Machine LLC

112 Cedar Lane, Ossining 10562 523-9314 • contentmachineltd.com

CreativeSolution.com

820 White Plains Road, Suite 111, Scarsdale 10583 725-3930 • creativesolution.com

Cut-It-Out Communications Inc.

P.O. Box 495, Hartsdale 10530 723-7212 • cioediting.com

DDR Public Relations

Willy Gissen wgissen@cutitoutcommunications.com 2003 Dawn Dankner-Rosen ddr@ddrpr.com 1989

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Harriet Lerner harrietlerner@govisiblepr.com 1999

1 2

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Carolyn Mandelker and Bob Knight ThinkBig@harrison-edwardspr.com 1987

10 4

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Hospitality Resource Group Inc.

Robert Sanders, Michael Lattari and Laura McNerney 1996

12 5

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Mid-Hudson Marketing

Marilyn Bontempo info@midhudsonmarketing.com 1975

3 6

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Mark Stevens mark@msco.com 1995

12 3

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2975 Westchester Ave., Suite 405, Purchase 10577 644-3500 • giles.com

Go VisiblePR

30 E. Hartsdale Ave., Suite 6D, Hartsdale 10530 682-7336 • govisiblepr.com

Harrison Edwards PR & Digital Marketing

80 Business Park Drive, Suite 303, Armonk 10504 242-0010 • harrison-edwards.com

237 Mamaroneck Ave., White Plains 10605 761-7111 • hrginc.net

64 Lakeview Drive, Holmes 12531 493-0070 • midhudsonmarketing.com

MSCO Inc.

800 Westchester Ave., Rye Brook 10573 251-1500 • msco.com

Primavera Public Relations

2718 Hickory St., Yorktown Heights 10598 522-2076 • primaverapr.com

Red Ski Creative

5 Spring St., Mount Kisco 10549 954-4565 • redskicreative.com

Ruby Media Group

115 N. Broadway, White Plains 10603 268-8645 • rubymediagroup.com

Solutions for Growth

11 Kingswood Way, South Salem 10590 533-7226 • solutionsforgrowthllc.com

Thompson & Bender

1192 Pleasantville Road, Briarcliff Manor 10510 762-1900 • thompson-bender.com

Yaeger Public Relations

1020 Warburton Ave., Yonkers 10701 423-7972 • yaegerpr.com

Bill Primavera 1980 Susan Pietrobono Sanquily and Kim Dittrich contact@redskicreative.com NA Kris Ruby kruby@rubymediagroup.com 2009 David Fischer david.fischer@solutionsforgrowthllc.co m 2010 Elizabeth Bracken-Thompson, Geoffrey Thompson and Dean Bender liz@thompson-bender.com 1986 Fred Yaeger fredyaeger@yaegerpr.com 1997

Not available. Would not disclose.

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Web marketing and public relations

Nyack Hospital Dominican College Sterling National Bank TitleVest LEGOLAND Discovery Center Arc of Westchester

NA Telecommunications firm (WND)

! Online public relations Prestige Yacht Charters

Media placements, social media, content ! marketing, visual branding and strategic communications

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Advertising, public relations and strategic marketing firm

! Public relations

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Public relations

Prudential Financial - Prudential Spirit of Community Awards Sunrise Solar Solutions Sunshine Children's Home LegoLand New York Greater Hudson Valley Health System Resorts World Catskills Yamaha Corporation of America Altium Wealth My Options Geek NA

Broadband, health care White Plains Hospital Westchester County Association Next Century Cities

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business marketing

Brand and event management

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Facial Plastic Reconstructive & Laser Surgery Artistic Landscapes LLC C&C CarWorx Corp. AIG Campaigns focused on Mars Inc. return on investment Trion, a Marsh & McLennan Agency LLC

and web design

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! Business

! Design and branding

Public relations and social media Email marketing,

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! Marketing, advertising

! website development, graphic design, printed material

Advanced Dentistry of Westchester The Crowne Plaza Hotel White Plains Leros Rakow Big Apple Tutoring Counseling Center of Bronxville

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NewYork-Presbyterian The Business Council of Westchester Ginsburg Development Companies

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Boston Children's Health Physicians Psychologist Harris Stratyner PhD. Neurosurgeon Ezriel Kornel MD

This list is a sampling of public relations and advertising agencies that are located in the region. If you would like to be included in our next list, please contact Danielle Renda at drenda@westfairinc.com. NA WND

Spins Bowl/Spins Hudson THE GYM Montvale/Englewood The Wartburg

Guaranteed Home Mortgage Company

Giles Communications LLC

Heineken USA Barnes & Noble Castle Hotel & Spa

Advertising filmmaking, Ginsburg Development Corp. photography and Cosimo's Restaurant Group writing Open Door Family Medical Centers

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Josh Sommers JP McGuirk jpmcguirk@focusmediausa.com 2002 Peter Giles pgiles@giles.com 1986

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10 Matthews St., Goshen 10924 845-294-3342 • focusmediausa.com

Integrated marketing, design, social media

Focus Media

Small-business public relations

! branding, design, web

444 Bedford Road, Suite 201, Pleasantville 10570 747-2500 • ddrpr.com

Top three (3) clients

FlavaNaturals Full-service marketing, United Paint branding and digital Tenneco Strategic Advanced Power National Association ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! communications and New York Power Authority public engagement New York State Thruway Authority

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Blue Chip Public Relations

14 Canaan Circle, South Salem 10590 553-7065 • bluechippr.com

financial communications

web design

public affairs

media training

Top Specialty

issues management

internal relations

event management

investor and analyst relations

copywriting

partnerships

special events

community relations

Lauren Amsterdam, Michael Wilson utopia@amsterland.com 1994 Nora Madonick nmadonick@asc-pr.com 1992 Alexander Steinberg as@ascommunications.com 1998

Services

media relations

AMSTERLAND

Number of Percentage employees of PR service to full time total and part time business product launches

Principal(s) Contact Email address Year company established

strategic consulting

Name Address Area code: 914 unless otherwise noted Website

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HEALTHCARE

REGENERON SCRAPS POORLY PERFORMING DRUG

Regeneron Pharmaceuticals Inc. will discontinue its development of an antibody to a virus that causes respiratory tract infections after the antibody performed poorly in a recent study. Regeneron said a phase-3 study evaluating the antibody, called suptavumab, did not meet its primary endpoint of preventing respiratory syncytial virus infections in infants. Though suptavumab did show signs of efficacy in a subgroup of patients, adverse events were generally balanced between suptavumab and a placebo. “We are disappointed in these results, as we had hoped suptavumab might offer a new option for the thousands of infants impacted by serious RSV infections every year,” said George D. Yancopoulos, president and chief scientific officer of Regeneron. “Regeneron has a robust pipeline across many serious diseases and we look forward to important data readouts from other programs in the coming weeks and months.” The double blind global study enrolled 1,149 healthy, preterm infants who were randomized

to either receive suptavumab as a single dose, suptavumab as two doses eight weeks apart, or a placebo. The Tarrytown-based biotechnology company plans to present data from the study at a future medical congress. Last month, Regeneron and its French pharmaceutical partner Sanofi announced that the European Commission had authorized the companies’ antibody drug sarilumab to treat patients with rheumatoid under certain conditions.

VALLEY AGRICEUTICALS APPROVED FOR MEDICAL MARIJUANA PROGRAM

While Purchase-based Valley Agriceuticals LLC was granted a license Aug. 1 to operate within the state’s medical marijuana program, a previously announced deal that would have seen the company acquired for $17 million by Toronto-based investment firm iAnthus Capital Holdings Inc. has been called off. iAnthus announced in a press release Aug. 14 that it had terminated the deal to acquire Gloucester Street Capital LLC and its wholly owned subsidiaries, Valley Agriceuticals LLC and Valley Agriceuticals Real Estate LLC. Instead, iAnthus announced it had reached a deal to acquire a separate New York medical marijuana license holder. For $18 million, iAnthus will acquire Citiva Medical LLC, a medical marijuana license holder in New York, and Citiva LLC, which owns regulated cannabis industry

assets and intellectual property. In the same announcement, iAnthus announced the deal with Valley Agriceuticals was terminated. iAnthus had announced the deal in June. “We continue to believe New York is a growth market,” said Hadley Ford, CEO of iAnthus. “Unfortunately, we were unable to reach definitive legal agreements with (Gloucester Street Capital) despite our best efforts.” In a statement to the Albany Times Union, Stephen Ashekian, CEO of Valley Agriceuticals and Gloucester Street Capital, said the company “pursuant to its license from the New York State Health Department, plans to provide the highest quality medicines to our patients. Our team of worldclass medical, agricultural and security teams remains intact and our goals remain the same — to provide the best medicines and ensure the strongest possible business foundation.” While Valley Agriceuticals was not awarded one of the first five medical marijuana licenses from the state in 2015, the Health Department announced plans this year to phase in five more companies, including Valley Agriceuticals. The state Department of Health announced that the company was officially licensed in early August. Valley Agriceutical’s license allows it to open dispensaries in Brooklyn, and Dutchess, Oneida and Suffolk counties.

The company is also approved to launch its 6,500-square-foot plant cultivation and processing facility in Wallkill.

WESTMED OPENS AUTOMATED LABORATORY IN PURCHASE

Westmed Medical Group has opened the doors of a fully automated clinical laboratory in Purchase. The medical group held a ceremonial ribbon cutting for the facility at 2700 Westchester Ave. on Aug. 9. Anthony Viceroy, CEO of Westmed, said the company was pleased to announce the opening of the laboratory, which uses the Siemens Aptio Automation System. “This next-generation, open-systems technology is one of the first of its kind in the Northeast,” Viceroy said. “With its highly innovative instrumentation, the Aptio streamlines workflow, simplifies testing and delivers consistent, high-quality results.” The Aptio Automation System will also allow Westmed to improve utilization of lab resources, increase efficiency and accelerate processing. “We are grateful to our partner Siemens for enabling us to integrate this new automation to improve the efficiency and quality of our clinical lab operations that produce essential, often life-saving, diagnostic test results for our patients,” Viceroy said. — Ryan Deffenbaugh and Aleesia Forni

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State approves rate hikes for NY insurers BY RYAN DEFFENBAUGH rdeffenbaugh@westfairinc.com

remiums for individual insurance plans sold on the New York state public health exchange will increase by an average of 14.6 percent, according to the state Department of Financial Services. That rate is reduced from the 16.6 percent average increase request insurance companies filed earlier this year with the state. The increase applies only to the 350,000 New Yorkers who bought commercial — qualified health plans on the state market. It does not increase rates on the state's Essential Plan, which offers premiums of $20 or less for qualified New Yorkers. The state, striking a similar tone to the insurers that filed for increases, blamed the rising premiums on increasing medical costs, particularly the cost of prescription drugs. The state also considered what it described as an ongoing threat to cost share reduction (CSR) payments that are part of the Affordable Care Act. The state announced on Aug. 15 that Financial Services Superintendent Maria T. Vullo had submitted a declaration in a pending lawsuit seeking to compel the federal government to pay the CSR subsidies, which provide federal funds to insurers

to offset plans with low out-of-pocket costs. The Department of Financial Services granted additional rate increases on some company's silver plans in the individual market to account for the potential loss of CSR funding. For the 15 companies on the state's individual exchange, the overall requested rate increases for individual coverage was reduced by about 3.8 percent — before cost sharing reduction payment adjustments — which the state said will save consumers more than $59 million. For the 20 companies in the small business marketplace, the state's marketplace for businesses with fewer than 100 employees, the state approved average rate increases of 9.3 percent. The average requested increase was 11.5 percent. “DFS has carefully examined the rates requested by health insurers to reduce the burden of excessive health insurance premium increases on New Yorkers while maintaining competitive markets in the face of rising national health care and pharmaceutical costs, compounded by ill-conceived Congressional attempts to repeal or replace the Affordable Care Act,” Vullo said. “New York’s health care market continues to be robust, with 15 plans offering individual coverage and 20 plans offering small group coverage and consumers in every county having a choice of coverage."

HERE ARE THE INCREASES FOR INSURERS OFFERING PLANS IN WESTCHESTER: Market: 4 percent. INDIVIDUAL MARKET Fidelis Care Approved Rate Increase: 9.6 percent Requested Rate Increase: 10.9 percent Percentage of Westchester's individual Market: 34 percent CareConnect Approved Rate Increase: 24.4 percent Requested Rate Increase: 29.7 percent Percentage of Westchester's individual Market: 15 percent EmblemHealth Approved Rate Increase: 21.5 percent Requested Rate Increase: 24.9 percent Percentage of Westchester's individual Market: 11 percent MVP Health Plan Inc. Approved Rate Increase: 14.4 percent Requested Rate Increase: 14 percent Percentage of Westchester's individual Market: 8 percent Oscar Approved Rate Increase: 11.4 percent Requested Rate Increase: 14.1 percent Percentage of Westchester's individual Market: 4 percent United Healthcare Approved Rate Increase: 20 percent Requested Rate Increase: 38.5 percent Percentage of Westchester's individual

Empire Blue Cross Blue Shield Empire covers about 16 percent of customers that purchased qualified health plans through Westchester's individual market. The state did not list any rate increase for the company, noting that it is offering new products. SMALL GROUP MARKET CareConnect Approved Rate Increase: 15.5 percent Requested Rate Increase: 19.3 percent Percentage of Westchester's individual Market: 75 percent EmblemHealth Approved Rate Increase: 8.1 percent Requested Rate Increase: 8.5 percent Percentage of Westchester's individual Market: 14 percent MVP Health Plan Approved Rate Increase: 9.5 percent Requested Rate Increase: 9.5 percent Percentage of Westchester's individual Market: 9 percent CDPHP Approved Rate Increase:20.4 percent Requested Rate Increase: 21.1 percent Percentage of Westchester's individual Market: 2 percent

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Women’s Business Development Council’s 20 years supporting women entrepreneurs.

Spotlight on Judy Heft: Judy Heft & Associates, A Women’s Business Development Council Success Story

Judy Heft is your personal CFO, life advocate and wellspring of financial wisdom — whether you are a busy parent, young person struggling with student loans or a high-net-worth philanthropist. With a background in small-business, bookkeeping and advocating for older Americans, Judy’s utmost concern is confidentiality and information security. She combines extensive business-management experience with a strong sense of caring for each of her clients. In her more than two decades of experience in the retail industry, she developed broad-based abilities to handle a wide range of financial matters. Judy has owned conventional and internet-based retail businesses, where she was responsible for daily operations and management, purchasing, sales, accounts payable and receivable and personnel. In the 21 years since Judith Heft & Associates was founded, Judy has seen it all; from less-than-honorable people insinuating themselves into the wills of older Americans, to resolving identity theft — and educating her clients on how to avoid it again in the future. Judy’s early career began in her parents’ retail clothing store. As the store’s buyer and bookkeep-

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er she became familiar with bill-paying, accounts receivable, balancing the company checkbook and maintaining good relationships with vendors and customers. After leaving the family business, Judy was contacted by a friend regarding the financial situation of his mother. She was elderly, and completely dependent on others to care for her. Judy quickly saw the cast of players that surrounded her new client were draining her vitality and her checking account. For the first time, Judy realized the scope, far reach and often intangible nature of elder financial abuse. After accumulating several older clients, Judy decided to branch out to other demographics with the opening of Judith Heft & Associates. She found a niche in helping her high-net-worth clients establish well defined, organized systems for handling their finances — including compliance with complex labor laws governing housekeepers, nannies and home health aides. Along the way, she reached out to the Women’s Business Development Council for guidance as she built her business. “When I came to the Women’s Business Development Council, I was working at my business part time. I learned so much from

the courses I participated in and met a lot of interesting people. There was so much support. I learned the importance of having a plan and that I couldn’t run a business by the seat of my pants. At the time I completed a business plan my business has grown and changed a lot since then. I have expanded my team and increased my sales. My book ‘How to Be Smart, Successful and Organized With Your Money’ is a great resource for people who want a simple guide to their daily financial lives. I recently completed a course to become a certified money coach because I love helping all clients, especially women, understand the pros and cons of their financial habits.” For 20 years the Women’s Business Development Council has been working with women like Judy to provide them with entrepreneurial training, financial education and access to capital. Women-owned businesses are growing at an astounding 5-times-faster rate than male-owned businesses nationally. Over the past year in Connecticut alone, 125,000 women-owned businesses have generated $16.5 billion in sales. “It is more critical than ever that women entrepreneurs, a bright spot in Connecticut’s economy, have the right resources to start and operate busi-

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In Norwalk, nation’s standards keepers account for cloud computing

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ACCOUNTING BY PHILL HALL phall@westfariinc.com

or most people, the concept of cloud computing might raise questions about high-tech efficiencies and potential cybersecurity risks. For Susan M. Cosper, cloud computing is less about bits and bytes and more about dollars and cents. “What do you do with the implementation costs associated with a cloud computing arrangement?” said Cosper, technical director at the Financial Accounting Standards Board (FASB) and chairwoman of the board’s Emerging Issues Task Force. “There are a number of costs. Do you capitalize them on your balance sheet? Do you expense them in your income statement? Or is there some hybrid where some costs are capitalized and some costs are expensed?” FASB is deliberating on creating accounting standards that apply to how the private sector itemizes the cloudcomputing software solution. FASB and its public sector-facing counterpart, the Governmental Accounting Standards Board (GASB), operate within the Norwalkbased Financial Accounting Foundation (FAF), an independent nonprofit that oversees and supports the two boards that set and update the nation’s financial accounting and reporting standards. Financial Accounting Foundation President and CEO Terri Polley said that the U.S. example of having those standards set by a nongovernmental entity is an exception to the approach taken by other countries. “In many jurisdictions, the securities regulator sets the standard,” she said. “The one that is most similar to ours is the International Accounting Standards Board — they are based in London and modeled after our structure. But they are different because they set global standards and countries decide whether or not to adopt them.” Still, U.S. law requires that most entities follow the standards. “For companies that list on public exchanges, they are mandatory,” Polley said of the FASB standards. “If they want to have audited financial statements that indicate their statements are prepared in accordance with Generally

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Top; Financial Accounting Foundation President and CEO Terri Polley. Susan Cosper, technical director of the Financial Accounting Standards Board in Norwalk. Photos by Phil Hall

Accepted Accounting Principles (GAAP), they are mandatory. The ones that don’t necessarily have to follow GAAP are private companies, but they may have another basis of accounting because their bank lender doesn’t require GAAP financial statements.” As for the Governmental Accounting Standards Board, adherence to its standards covers nearly all of the country. “All 50 states and over 30,000 governmental units, from the city of New York to small villages, follow these standards,” said David R. Bean, GASB’s director of research and technical activities. “It covers over 85 percent of total expenditures of state and local governments.” Bean noted the federal government adheres to the guidance of the Federal

Accounting Standards Advisory Board. Neither FASB nor GASB work on a set schedule or quantity of standards for a specific time period. “We have a number of standards that we are currently working on,” Cosper said. “In a few weeks, we will be issuing final standards on improvements to hedge accounting, which is very welcomed by companies who choose to hedge certain transactions. We are also looking at improvements to long-duration insurance contracts.” The GASB projects include updating the financial reporting model that was first introduced in 1999. “It was time to take a fresh look to determine if the financial statements are meeting the needs of users of those statements,” said Bean.

“Government is not in the business to make a profit,” he added. “Government is in the business of providing services, and there is a need for financial statements to be structured to in a manner that reports how efficiently services are being provided.” Polley observed that many FASB and GASB standards are continual works in progress. “The FASB and GASB monitor how standards are implemented and respond accordingly to review and revise if necessary,” she said. Requests for new or updated standards are frequently submitted by unsolicited sources. “We get letters from companies, auditors, individuals and academics,” said Cosper, noting that the effort to establish an accounting standard for cloud computing came from an agenda request to the FASB website. “The accounting guidance hasn’t necessarily kept pace with that technological change,” Cosper said. “In this instance, we have a lot of guidance on when you capitalize costs in a software arrangement. But there is a lot of diversity in the implementation for cloud computing arrangements — that was brought to our attention as something that potentially needed to be improved.” FASB is funded through accounting support fees collected from public market equity issuers and investment company issuers, while GASB’s funds come via accounting support fees collected from municipal bond broker-dealers. The latter is of particular concern to FAF officials because GASB’s funding was set in the Dodd-Frank Act of 2010, which is the focus of a repeal effort spearheaded by Republicans in Congress. “We are working to make sure the mechanism for the GASB funding in DoddFrank does not get repealed,” Polley said. Also of concern to FAF is the continual renewal of its leadership team. A search is underway for a new board member at FASB — Polley said that could take a year to fill — and three members of the FAF board of trustees have terms expiring at the end of this year. Polley said the search criteria are very specific, with new board members offering an independent viewpoint rather than a partisan ideology. “We want the standards to be neutral to reflect the underlying economics of a transaction. We don’t want them to reflect any special interests. That’s one reason why it’s important for all of our stakeholders to participate in the process,” she said.

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FACTS & FIGURES COURT CASES Commissioner of Social Security. Filed by Damaris Aguilar. Action: review of HHS decision (DIWW). Attorney: Daniel Burger. Filed: Aug. 11. Case no. 7:17-cv-06048-CS. Costco Wholesale Corp. Filed by Angela Vargas and William McLaughlin. Action: diversity-personal liability. Attorney not listed. Filed: Aug. 10. Case no. 7:17-cv-06009-KMK. Fred Marolda LLC. Filed by The Independence Project Inc. Action: Americans with Disabilities Act — civil enforcement actions. Attorney: Keith Harris. Filed: Aug. 14. Case no. 7:17-cv06111. Integrated Computer Solutions Inc. Filed by Magnacoustics Inc. Action: breach of contract. Attorney: John Joseph Malley. Filed: Aug. 11. Case no. 7:17-cv-06091-VB. Marvin Rose Enterprises LLC. Filed by The Independence Project Inc. Action: Americans with Disabilities Act — civil enforcement action. Attorney: Keith Harris. Filed: Aug. 14. Case no. 7:17-cv-06110. State Farm Fire and Casualty Co. Filed by Harry Bowers and Dorothy Barad Bowers. Action: petition for removal — breach of contract. Attorney not listed. Filed: Aug. 9. Case no. 7:17-cv-06018-CS. Take Home The Bread LLC, et al. Filed by Zsuzsa Macchia. Action: Fair Labor Standards Act. Attorney: Jordan Alexander El-Hag. Filed: Aug. 14. Case no. 7:17-cv-06093-NSR. Travelers Home and Marine Insurance Co. Filed by Marci Wilson. Action: diversity action. Attorney not listed. Filed: Aug. 14. Case no. 7:17-cv06079-NSR.

Tri-Technologies Inc. Filed by Dennis DiDonato. Action: diversity-breach of fiduciary duty. Attorney not listed. Filed: Aug. 14. Case no. 7:17-cv-06124.

Pepshi LLC, Yorktown. Seller: Eileen Francese, Yorktown. Property: 2174 Crompond Road, Yorktown. Amount: $163,500. Filed Aug. 7.

United Rentals Inc., et al. Filed by CSX Transportation Inc. Action: diversity-torts to land. Attorney: Lawrence R. Bailey Jr. Filed: Aug. 14. Case no. 7:17-cv-06082-VB.

PHH Mortgage Corp., Mount Laurel, New Jersey. Seller: Benjamin S. Sanders, Wanaque New Jersey. Property: 398 Illington Road, Yorktown. Amount: $723,587. Filed Aug. 14.

DEEDS 3rd Avenue Mount Vernon Property LLC, Bronx. Seller: J&M Owners Corp., Mount Vernon. Property: 67 Third Avenue South, Mount Vernon. Amount: $585,000. Filed Aug. 11. 60 Davis Avenue Realty LLC, Rye. Seller: Christopher Maloney, Rye. Property: 60 Davis Ave., Rye. Amount: $999,900. Filed Aug. 7. 132 Highland Realty Corp, Bronx. Seller: BBC Management Inc., Bronx. Property: 128 Highland Ave, Yonkers. Amount: $440,000. Filed Aug. 10. 425 Sprain Road LLC, Yonkers. Seller: Noreen O’Hara, Pearl River. Property: 425 Sprain Road, Yonkers. Amount: $39, 150. Filed Aug. 11. 2371 Exterior LLC, Mount Vernon. Seller: 627 S. Columbus Corp., Briarcliff Manor. Property: 627 Columbus Ave, Mount Vernon. Amount: $750,000. Filed: Aug. 7 A3-A4-C6 Beecher Lane LLC, Peekskill. Seller: U.S. Bank NA, Frederick, Maryland. Property: 979 Warren Ave., Peekskill. Amount $117,010. Filed. Aug. 11. Avalon Yonkers ATI Site LLC, Fairfield, Connecticut. Seller: CFS-ATI LLC, Millburn, New Jersey. Property: 33 Water Grant St., Yonkers. Amount: $13,300,000. Filed Aug. 11. Cartus Financial Corp, Danbury. Seller: Catherine Dunleavy, Larchmont. Property: 60 Park Ave., Mamaroneck. Amount: $3,125,000. Filed Aug. 7.

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

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Federal Nation Mortgage Association, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Seller: Laurimer Felber, et al. Property: 96 Dale Ave., Ossining. Amount: $287,844. Filed Aug. 7. Nesso Inc., New York City. Seller: WA Operators LLC, White Plains. Property: 7 Intervale St., White Plains. Amount: $1,300,000. Filed Aug. 8.

Retained Realty Inc., New York City. Seller: Hasanaj Januz. Property: 50 Cherry St., Bedford. Amount: $1,150,000. Filed Aug. 14. The Roman Catholic Church of the Resurrection, Rye. Seller: New York Annual Conference of the United Methodist Church, White Plains. Property: 964 Boston Post Road, Rye. Amount: $2,500,000. Filed Aug. 8. Sadoc Holdings LLC, Yonkers. Seller: 152-154 Waverly Street LLC, Yonkers. Property: 152-154 Waverly St., Yonkers. Amount: $480,000. Filed Aug. 10. Wee Hughie Realty Corp., Yonkers. Seller: Trev Baron Associates LLC, New Rochelle. Property: 93 Elliott Ave, Yonkers. Amount: $200,000. Filed Aug. 11. Wilderness Crossing LLC, Pelham. Seller: Somers Crossing LLC, Goldens Bridge. Property: Lot 1 Somers Crossing, Somers. Amount: $1,200,000. Filed Aug. 14.

EASTCHESTER, 99 Waterside Close. Single-family residence; lot size: .05 acre. Plaintiff: Wells Fargo Bank National Association. Plaintiff ’s attorney: Frenkel, Lambert, Weiss, Weisman & Gordon, 631-969-3100; 53 Gibson St., Bay Shore 11706. Defendant: Jung Jin Kim. Referee: Kevin Wright. Sale: Aug. 21, 11:30 a.m. Approximate lien: $644,999.35.

RYE, 56 Kenilworth Road. Singlefamily residence; lot size: 1.43 acre. Plaintiff: JPMorgan Chase Bank National Association. Plaintiff ’s attorney: Rosicki & Rosicki & Associates, 845-897-1600; 2 Summit Court, No. 301, Fishkill 11254. Defendant: Joan Haynes. Referee: James Garvey. Sale: Aug. 24, 10 a.m. Approximate lien: $3,849,462.25.

MOUNT VERNON, 35 Del Rey Drive. Single-family residence; lot size: 25 acre. Plaintiff: Nationstar Mortgage LLC. Plaintiff ’s attorney: Gross Polowy LLC, 716-204-1700; 1775 Wehrle Drive, Williamsville 14221. Defendant: John Kulacz. Referee: Patricia Moro. Sale: Aug. 29, 1 p.m. Approximate lien: $730,072.61.

RYE, 549 Purchase St. Single-family residence; lot size: .34 acre. Plaintiff: Nationstar Mortgage LLC. Plaintiff ’s attorney: Shapiro, DiCaro & Barak, 877-759-1835; 175 Mile Crossing Blvd., Rochester 14624. Defendant: Christine Principato. Referee: Arlene Gold Wexler. Sale: Aug. 28, 9:15 a.m. Approximate lien: $823,147.48.

MOUNT VERNON, 60 Claremont Ave. Three-family residence; lot size: .08 acre. Plaintiff: Bayview Loan Servicing LLC. Plaintiff ’s attorney: Rosicki & Rosicki & Associates, 845-897-1600; 2 Summit Court, No. 301, Fishkill 11254. Defendant: Diana Finlay Evans. Referee: Charles D’Agostino. Sale: Aug. 23, 10 a.m. Approximate lien: $277,573.91.

SALEM, 1276 Route 35 South. Single-family residence; lot size: 1.59 acre. Plaintiff: U.S. Bank National Association. Plaintiff ’s attorney: Richland & Falkowski PLLC, 212-390-8872; 35-37 36 St., Astoria 11106. Defendant: Roger Marks. Referee: Julie Cherico. Sale: Sept. 5, noon. Approximate lien: $534,593.18.

MOUNT VERNON, 6120 S. Ninth Ave. Three-family residence; lot size: .07 acre. Plaintiff: Green Tree Servicing LLC. Plaintiff ’s attorney: Berkman, Henoch, Peterson & Peddy, 516-2226200; 100 Garden City Plaza, Garden City 11530. Defendant: Earle Roberts. Referee: John Brophy. Sale: Sept. 8, 9:30 a.m. Approximate lien: N/A.

SOMERS, 10 Tighe Road. Singlefamily residence; lot size: N/A. Plaintiff: Federal National Mortgage Association. Plaintiff ’s attorney: Rosicki & Rosicki & Associates, 845-897-1600; 2 Summit Court, No. 301, Fishkill 11254. Defendant: Danae Sintilas. Referee: Christopher Meagher. Sale: Aug. 30, 9 a.m. Approximate lien: $293,344.70.

WP 41 Realty LLC, Port Washington. Seller: Capital Income and Growth Fund, San Jose, California. Property: 357 Second Avenue South, Mount Vernon. Amount: $335,000. Filed Aug. 10.

NEW ROCHELLE, 42 Brookdale Circle. Single-family residence; lot size .17 acre. Plaintiff: U.S. Bank National Association. Plaintiff ’s attorney: Gross, Polowy LLC, 716-204-1700; 1775 Wehrle Drive, Williamsville 14221. Defendant: Cathy Oliver. Referee: Paul Victor. Sale: Aug. 28, 9 a.m. Approximate lien: $569,892.65.

YONKERS, 18 Porach St. Singlefamily residence; lot size: .05 acre. Plaintiff: JPMorgan Chase Bank National Association. Plaintiff ’s attorney: Shapiro, DiCaro & Barak, 877-759-1835; 175 Mile Crossing Blvd., Rochester 14624. Defendant: Rodolfo Palacios. Referee: Antonio Radu. Sale: Sept. 5, 12:30 p.m. Approximate lien: $556,922.13.

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PEEKSKILL, 1461-1463 Lincoln Terrace. Single-family residence; lot size: N/A. Plaintiff: SRP 2014-18 LLC. Plaintiff attorney: Gross Polowy LLC, 716-204-1700; 1775 Wehrle Drive, Williamsville 14221. Defendant: Robert Cuttino. Referee: J. Henry Neale. Sale: Sept. 12, 10 a.m. Approximate lien: $429,079.82.

YONKERS, 54 Moringside Ave. Two-family residence; lot size: .06 acre. Plaintiff: Deutsche Bank National Trust Co. Plaintiff ’s attorney: Leopold & Associates PLLC, 914-219-5787; 80 Business Park Drive, Armonk 10504. Defendant: Tonia Marbury. Referee: Barbara Lerman. Sale: Aug. 22, 9:15 a.m. Approximate lien: $414,541.45.

PORT CHESTER, 1 Betsy Brown Road. Single-family residence; lot size: .64 acre. Plaintiff: Nationstar Mortgage LLC. Plaintiff ’s attorney: Fein, Such & Crane, 973-538-4700; 747 Chestnut Ridge Road, Suite 200, Chestnut Ridge 10977. Defendant: Gilberto Dearujo. Referee: Leficia Arzu. Sale: Aug. 21, 9 a.m. Approximate lien: $102,754.00.

YORKTOWN HEIGHTS, 109 Upland Road. Single-family residence; lot size: N/A. Plaintiff: U.S. Bank National Association. Plaintiff ’s attorney: Frenkel, Lambert, Weiss, Weisman & Gordon, 631-969-3100; 53 Gibson St., Bay Shore 11706. Defendant: Maryann Bronelle. Referee: Jay Hashmall. Sale: Aug. 29, 11 a.m. Approximate lien: $516,336.76.

BRONXVILLE, 67 Noble Ave. Single-family residence; lot size: .15 acre. Plaintiff: The Bank of New York Mellon. Plaintiff ’s attorney: Druckman & Sinel, 516-878-0800; 242 Drexel Ave., Westbury 11590. Defendant: Thinawan Maneepong. Referee: Lonya Gilbert. Sale: Aug. 29, 11:45 a.m. Approximate lien: $859,936.32. CROSS RIVER, 10 Adams Hill Road. Single-family residence; lot size: 1.27 acre. Plaintiff: Partners for Payment Relief De IL LLC. Plaintiff ’s attorney: The Margolin & Weinreb Law Group, 516-921-3838; 165 Eileen Way, Syosset 11791. Defendant: Dean Marrazzo. Referee: Thomas Cathcart. Sale: Aug. 21, 10:30 a.m. Approximate lien: $47,426.23.

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PORT CHESTER, 37 Francis Lane. Single-family residence; lot size: .26 acre. Plaintiff: RAS Boriskin, 516-2807675; 900 Merchants Concourse, Westbury 11590. Defendant: Bernardo Fernandez. Referee: Joseph Ruggiero. Sale: Sept. 11, 10 a.m. Approximate lien: N/A.

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GOOD THINGS STAGING WITHOUT ACTORS

Carolyn Homer, a student at SUNY Purchase, is one of the first local participants in the Wrap for a Cause program.

MOBILE BILLBOARDS FOR CHARITIES Country Bank, which has oﬃces in Scarsdale, the Bronx and Manhattan, is sponsoring a pilot program to be rolled out at Iona College in New Rochelle that is designed to bring together businesses, colleges and charities. It’s called Wrap for a Cause and uses vehicles as mobile billboards to promote charities while giving sponsors credit in the graphic displays. Wrap for a Cause, which is in Cos Cob, Connecticut, also directly solicits vehicle owners to put promotional wraps on their cars and other vehicles through its website, wrapforacause.org. The organization explains the program at Iona being sponsored by Country Bank as involving a number of campus buses and other vehicles. The bank is paying a ﬂat fee to underwrite each vehicle wrap, which will carry the name of the bank in addition to promoting the Juvenile Diabetes Research Fund (JDRF). The business sponsorship fee is split between the institution and Wrap for a Cause, with Wrap subsequently donating 10 percent of the net proceeds to JDRF. Joseph M. Murphy Jr., president and CEO of Country Bank, explained that the charity is very personal. “We have two siblings who developed Type 1 diabetes by the age of seven. Our parents, Chairman and Founder Joseph M. Murphy Sr., and his wife and Bank Vice Chair JoAnn Murphy started the Westchester Chapter of JDRF in the 1970s in an effort to raise money to find a cure for this devastating disease,” he said.

CRIMINAL JUSTICE PROGRAM AT LIBRARIES The Westchester Library System and the Sing Sing Prison Museum, which is being developed, have announced a series of public programs called “Community Conversations: Criminal Justice, Yesterday and Today” to be held in October. The Westchester Community Foundation (WCF) is funding the series, which will focus on the 200-year history of Sing Sing and its impact on prison reform, as well as current issues of incarceration, reform, rehabilitation and return to prison. The programs are scheduled for the Ossining Public Library Oct. 5, New Rochelle Public Library Oct. 10, Yonkers Riverfront Library Oct. 12, the Grinton I. Will Branch Library in Yonkers Oct. 17, The John C. Hart Memorial Library in Shrub Oak Oct. 26 and the Mount Kisco Public Library Oct. 28. Each session will feature a different set of panelists. Brent Glass, director emeritus of the Museum of American History at the Smithsonian Institution, will moderate each event. Laura Rossi, executive director of the WCF, said, “What’s most important to learn by participating in the Community Conversations is that every individual life has value — victims, the incarcerated, ex-offenders and corrections oﬃcers.” The Sing Sing Prison Museum recently received its charter from the state. It plans to use the powerhouse, built in 1936, as the main museum building and connect it to a cellblock built in 1825. Visitors will be invited to experience what it must have been like to be imprisoned there during the last two hundred years.

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Backpacks being assembled at FSW’s The Sharing Shelf warehouse in Port Chester on Aug. 8.

BACKPACKS FOR SCHOOL If you still have doubts, even after looking at the calendar, that it’s almost time for schools to reopen, those doubts could be cleared up by checking in with the “Backpacks to School” program created by Family Services of Westchester (FSW). On Aug. 8, volunteers gathered at FSW’s The Sharing Shelf warehouse in Port Chester to assemble backpacks filled with school supplies that will be distributed before Labor Day to children from more than 30 school districts. On Aug. 12, more than 75 volunteers gathered at the Broken Bow Brewery in Tuckahoe for another afternoon of stuﬃng backpacks with everything from composition books and folders to markers, crayons and pencils. Eastchester’s firefighters, police and volunteer ambulance corps were among those who turned out. FSW notes that in 2016, the average cost per child for school supplies was $122, an enormous sum for low-income families and those living below the poverty level. When the “Backpacks to School” program was launched in 2011, 200 backpacks were distributed. By 2016, that had grown to 1,100 backpacks, which also is the number to be distributed this year. FSW works with the Westchester Department of Social Services to make sure the backpacks get to the children who need them the most. Funds to support the program come from individual donors as well as companies such as SwissRe, Regeneron, American Institute of Architects, Hitachi and Dechert LLP.

REALTORS DONATE TO COMMUNITY CENTER The Hudson Gateway Realtor Foundation (HGRF), the charitable arm of the Hudson Gateway Association of Realtors, recently presented a check for $500 to the Community Center of Northern Westchester (CCNW), based in Katonah. The center provides food, clothing, education and job training for needy families and individuals throughout northern Westchester. Founded in 1992, CCNW provides help to nearly 2,000 families in 38 northern Westchester communities. The HG Foundation’s donation will be used specifically for the center’s “Babies and Toddlers” program, which supplies baby food and diapers for children from birth to three years. The program currently serves 150 infants and toddlers each month. “We are so grateful for the generous support of Hudson Gateway Realtor Foundation,” said Clare Murray, executive director of CCNW. “These baby supplies are extremely expensive and as we know, providing diapers not only impacts babies through improved hygiene and comfort, but also impacts the whole family. Without diapers, babies cannot go to daycare and without daycare, parents cannot go to work.”

A class held to certify people as experts in staging had nothing to do with the theater: it was all about selling houses. The certification class was held at the Crowne Plaza in Suffern. Staging, the preparation of a house for the market, is a major factor in real estate sales these days. Better Homes and Gardens Rand Realty, which has more than two dozen offices in the Hudson Valley, said that more than 350 of its agents were at the staging certification class. “The skills learned through this certification apply to selling houses in all markets and all price ranges and will differentiate an agent in today’s market,” said Martha Webb, homestaging pioneer and author of “Dress Your House for Success.” The class focused on such topics as the psychology of color and buyer appeal; scripts to handle difficult issues; and lowcost/high-impact staging methods.

ARC OF WESTCHESTER PICKS CO-COMMUNICATIONS Co-Communications, a marketing and public relations agency that has oﬃces in Mount Kisco, Farmington, Connecticut, and New York City has been named agency of record for Arc of Westchester. The nonprofit is Westchester’s largest agency serving children, teens and adults with intellectual and developmental disabilities, including those on the autism spectrum and their families. Co-Communications was founded in 1997 by Stacey Cohen, who is its president and CEO. Cohen said, “Arc of Westchester has an amazing legacy and we are honored to be an integral part of its next chapter.” Arc of Westchester was established in 1949 as a day school for children with developmental disabilities. It now more than 800 employees and provides services to approximately 2,000 individuals.

DATES HAPPENING Gino Bello, Tony Murphy, David Calabrese At the Satin Fine Food facility in Chester, from left: Giovanni Smith, Tyler Plaster II, Nicholas Chimienti, Bryan Granados, all from Monticello High School; Alan Standish, general manager of Satin Fine Foods; Chibueze Dim, Monticello H.S.; Amanda Dana, Orange County Partnership; Cameron Marker, University of Scranton; Susan Bahrenburg, Monticello H. S.; Brian Bezkorowajny and Zachary Menendez, Advance Testing; Ryan Wing and Anthony DiMartino, Newburgh H.S.; Larissa Lewis, Orange County Partnership

MENTORSHIP IN ORANGE Even though it’s August, students from Monticello High School and Newburgh Free Academy participated in a daylong session that informed them on the economic growth and development philosophy of Orange County. It was part of a mentorship program developed by the Advanced Testing Co., for which the Orange County Partnership (OCP) was recruited to teach a session on the importance of economic development in the county. The day began with a comprehensive presentation on the services offered by the OCP, including how it markets the county and attracts new business through site selection assistance, identification of available incentives and demographic research. The presentation also touched on the wide-ranging tools employed by OCP to retain and expand existing businesses and how the financial support of local businesses supports its mission. A tour of the Orange County Emergency Services Center (911 Center) was followed by an in-depth roundtable discussion that included Orange County Executive Steve Neuhaus; Larry Gottlieb, president and CEO of the Hudson Valley Economic Development Corp.; Maureen Halahan, president and CEO of OCP, Dawn Ansbro, executive director of the Orange County Arts Council; and Christine Little, a representative of LEGOLAND NY. The day concluded with a tour of Satin Fine Foods in Chester.

MITTMAN RECOGNIZED BY INJURY LAWYERS

Brian M. Mittman, managing partner and owner of Markhoff & Mittman PC in White Plains, has been recognized as a “Top Injured Workers’ Attorney” by an organization of lawyers. The recognition comes from the Workers’ Injury Law & Advocacy Group (WILG), a nonprofit organization dedicated to representing injured workers and their families. Mittman’s law firm was founded in 1933 and has been active in the field of workers’ disability law in New York state. WILG was founded in 1995 by a small group of claimants’ attorneys and has grown into an organization of nearly 1,000 members from every state in the U.S. Among other activities, the advocacy group provides continuing education for members. It also uses a professional lobbying firm and staff to initiate, monitor and lobby for or against legislation both in Washington and individual states in order to serve the interests of workers’ compensation attorneys and their clients.

HOULIHAN LAWRENCE AGENTS NAMED TO ‘BEST’ LIST Three agents in the White Plains oﬃce of Houlihan Lawrence have been named to the list of “America’s Best Real Estate Agents” issued by REAL Trends, a Colorado-based consulting and communications company serving the real estate industry. The agents are Gino Bello, Tony Murphy and David Calabrese. Bello was ranked number 38 in New York state, Murphy was number 62 and Calabrese came in at 145.

MORRISON PROMOTED AT ULSTER SAVINGS

Ulster Savings Bank, which operates a Lending Center in White Plains, has announced the promotion of Anique Morrison to the position of commercial business officer. Morrison previously served as a commercial credit analyst at the bank’s Kingston headquarters and now will be spending most of her office hours in White Plains. Part of her new role will be to develop business relationships throughout the Hudson Valley. Morrison has been with Ulster Savings for 17 years. She is a graduate of the American Bankers Association National Commercial Lending School at Southern Methodist University in Dallas. She also holds a Financial Management Certification from Cornell University and has completed coursework through the New York Bankers Association.

Publisher of the REAL Trends list, Steve Murray, said, “This group of highly successful real estate sales agents represents less than 1 percent of all real estate practitioners in the United States.” To qualify for inclusion, an individual agent must have closed at least 50 transactions or $20 million in sales volume in 2016. Geoﬀrey Berry, manager of the White Plains oﬃce, said, “The level of sales it takes to qualify makes it a truly special recognition.”

ALASIO NAMED CAREMOUNT’S PATHOLOGY DIRECTOR

CareMount Medical, which is based in Mount Kisco, has named Teresa Alasio as medical director of pathology. Alasio will supervise lab test procedures, quality management and safety and consultation for the organization’s pathology department. She specializes in cytopathology and general anatomic pathology. Alasio said, “In this role, I serve as a communication bridge between laboratory operations and clinical practice.” She oversees the lab where all cellular samples and biopsies are processed, examines lab samples, prepares and finalizes reports and provides consultative discussions with referring clinical departments. Alasio received her medical degree from the Mount Sinai School of Medicine and completed her internship in general surgery at Maimonides Medical Center. She completed a pathology residency at Mount Sinai and a fellowship in cytopathology at New York University.

DEADLINE FOR HALL OF FAME NOMINATIONS TrustCo Bank, which has oﬃces throughout the Hudson Valley, has a deadline of Sept. 1 for nominations to its “Home Town Heroes Hall of Fame.” Trustco created its hall of fame to honor individuals who demonstrate strong community involvement and work to bring about positive changes. Robert J. McCormick, the bank’s president and CEO, said, “Ordinary people do extraordinary acts to help their community. These individuals work hard every day to make a difference and ask nothing for themselves.” Nominations may be submitted through the bank’s website, TrustcoBank.com or at any branch. A committee will review the nominations and select up to five winners. Winners will be invited to a luncheon and will receive a plaque. The plaques subsequently will be displayed next to those of previous award recipients at Trustco Bank’s corporate headquarters in Glenville.

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FACTS JUDGMENTS Andalex Group, New York City. $56,017 in favor of MRI Software LLC. Filed Aug. 9. Ersdaile Builders Inc., Mount Vernon. $68,021 in favor of State Insurance Fund. Filed Aug. 9. Global Iron Works Inc., Yonkers. $56,671 in favor of the Workers’ Compensation Board of the State of New York. Filed Aug. 7. Gutama Construction LLC, Ossining. $16,000 in favor of the Workers’ Compensation Board of the State of New York. Filed Aug. 7. Liberato Food Inc., Yonkers. $33,963 in favor of the New York State Department of Labor. Filed Aug. 7. New Life Masonry & Waterproofing Inc., Bronx. $350,000 in favor of Steel System LLC. Filed Aug. 8. Trojan Foods Inc., Tuckahoe. $5,800 in favor of Nickys Corner Deli & Caterers LTD. Filed 8/8/17. United Exteriors of New York Inc., Fishkill. $21,203 in favor of the New York State Insurance Fund. Filed Aug. 7.

LIS PENDENS Brown, Karen S., et al. Filed by Deutsche Bank National Trust Co. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $1,000,000 affecting property located at 18 West Way, Chappaqua 10514. Filed on July 26. Carrozza, Glenn T., et al. Filed by Wells Fargo Bank N.A. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $287,472 affecting property located at 933 Liberty St., Peekskill 10566. Filed on Aug. 2. DaSilva, Rosely, et al. Filed by HSBC Bank USA N.A. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $562,000 affecting property located at 105 Sickles Ave., New Rochelle 10801. Filed Aug. 3. DiRienzo, Arlene, et al. Filed by Nationstar Mortgage LLC. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $802,500 affecting property located at 426 Sixth Ave., Pelham 10803. Filed July 31. Hassell, Richard, et al. Filed by Federal National Mortgage Association. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $247,000 affecting property located at 250 Bradley Ave., Mount Vernon 10552. Filed on Aug. 2.

Manywether, Sharon, et al. Filed by Lasalle Bank National Association. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $450,500 affecting property located at 31S Eighth Ave., Mount Vernon 10550. Filed July 27. Martirano, Charles, et al. Filed by Citizens Bank N.A. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $345,670 affecting property located at 2 Abraham Gunn Memorial Drive, Cortlandt Manor 10567. Filed Aug. 3. Ordonez, Manuel, et al. Filed by MTGLQ Investors LP. Action: Seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $300,000 affecting property located at 60 Prospect Ave., Ossining 10562. Filed July 27. Patten, Martin T., et al. Filed by The Bank of New York Mellon. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $549,000 affecting property located at 3435 Lexington Ave., Mohegan Lake 10547. Filed July 28. Quash, Thomas W., et al. Filed by Citibank, N.A. Action: Seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $340,000 affecting property located at 21 Risley Place, New Rochelle 10801. Filed July 26. Rodriguez, Cirilo, et al. Filed by: PNC Bank N.A. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $219,138 affecting property located at 150 Cortlandt St., Sleepy Hollow 10591. Filed Aug. 2. Soto, Alberto, et al. Filed by Ditech Financial LLC. Action: Seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $290,000 affecting property located at 506 Ringgold St., Peekskill 10566. Filed July 27. Stewart, Josephine, et al. Filed by Wilmington Trust N.A. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $352,000 affecting property located at 153 Hawthorne Ave, Yonkers 10701. Filed on Aug. 8. Thompson, Vaughan M., et al. Filed by Nationstar Mortgage LLC. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $362,560 affecting property located at 346 Glen Hill Ave., Yonkers 10701. Filed Aug. 3. Vazquez, Ivette, et al. Filed by Bank of America, N.A. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $274,322 affecting property located at 1406 Chadwick Court, Tarrytown 10591. Filed July 28. Warner, Michael, et al. Filed by U.S. Bank N.A. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure the sum of $288,750 affecting property located at 32 N. Seventh Ave., Mount Vernon 10550. Filed Aug. 1.

Krupnick, Paul, et al. Filed by Nationstar Mortgage LLC. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $178,934 affecting property located at 35 Locust Lane, Mount Vernon 10552. Filed July 31.

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Wilson, Carolyn, et al. Filed by Carrington Mortgage Services LLC. Action: Seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $280,726 affecting property located at 77 Lorraine Terrace, No. 335B, Mount Vernon 10553. Filed July 27.

MECHANICS’ LIENS 18-20 Willett Ave Corp., as owner. $34,000 as claimed by Gotham Development LLC. Property: in Rye. Filed Aug. 10. Brookfield Resource Management Inc., as owner. $36,383 as claimed by Aireactor Inc. Property: in Greenburgh. Filed Aug. 10. County of Westchester Industrial Dvelopment, as owner. $6,568 as claimed by Commercial Draperies Unlimited. Property: in White Plains. Filed Aug. 8. Lincoln Dobbs Ferry, as owner. $122,104 as claimed by New York Replacement Parts Corp. Property: in Greenburgh. Filed Aug. 9.

FIGURES Hudson Digital Co., 271 North Ave., Suite 1215, New Rochelle 10801. c/o Jayaprakash Kannoth. Filed July 10. Idol School of Music and Arts, 50 W. First St., Mount Vernon 10550. c/o Randy C. Ousley Jr. Filed July 6. ISA Construction, 21 Random Farms Circle, Chappaqua 10514. c/o Nidal Isa. Filed June 7. Janiece’s Daycare, 37 Union Lane, Mount Vernon 10553. c/o Janiece Thomas. Filed July 10. JBK Productions, 25 New St., Purchase 10577. c/o John Barry Kotch. Filed July 7. Marues Tutor, 17 Euclid Place, New Rochelle 10805. c/o Marcia Dos Santos. Filed July 6. Mimi’s Laundromat, 11 S. Fulton Ave., Mount Vernon 10550. c/o Percell Watson. Filed July 7. Natasha Habermann Studio, 14 Wheeler Road, North Salem 10560. c/o Natasha Habermann. Filed July 10.

Lounsbury Holding Corp., as owner. $3,065 as claimed by Legacy Valve LLC. Property: in Mount Pleasant. Filed Aug. 8.

Petrullo Wine Company, 45 Park Circle, White Plains 10603. c/o Kristie Petrullo Campbell. Filed July 6.

Scarsdale Shopping Center Association, as owner. $14,787 as claimed by United Rentals North America Inc. Property: in Scarsdale. Filed Aug. 9.

Professional Pressure & Power Wash, 620 E Main St., Suite 13D, Jefferson Valley 10535. c/o Jhensy Clase. Filed July 10. RiverTown Promotions, 208 Varian Road, Cortlandt Manor 10567. c/o Helen Cassisi. Filed July 7.

NEW BUSINESSES D.B.A

Adria Tile Inc., d.b.a. Adria Marble and Granite. 889 Nepperhan Ave, Yonkers 10703. Filed June 7.

Sole Proprietorships Able Equipment Rental, 432 Palmer Ave., New Rochelle 10801. c/o Darrel Sinanan. Filed July 10. ASD Designs, 618 S. South Ave., Mount Vernon 10550. c/o Akua Serwah Darkwah. Filed July 6. Cedi NYC, 160 Warburton Ave., Yonkers 10701. c/o Maxwell Mensah. Filed July 10.

Tim Extraordinaire Productions, 17 Magnolia Ave., Mount Vernon, 10553. c/o Timothy Allen. Filed July 10. USA State Geek Squad, 284 Hawthorne Ave., Yonkers 10705. c/o Ricardo Taboada. Filed July 10. Vallejo Services, 12 Garden St., Ossining 10562. c/o Ivan Duma. Filed July 7.

HUDSON VALLEY BUILDING LOANS

Donkey Salsa, 144 S. Buckhout St., Irvington 10533. c/o Ashley Nilsson. Filed July 7.

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Guncay Glass and Mirrors, 27 Eldridge St., Port Chester 10573. c/o Diego Guncay. Filed July 5.

Holmgren, Charles, et al., Suffern, as owner. Lender: Walden Savings Bank, Montgomery. Property: in Warwick. Amount: $334,000. Filed Aug. 9.

Smith, Lester C., et al., Frederick, Maryland, as owner. Lender: Ulster Savings Bank, Kingston. Property: in Greenville. Amount: $540,000. Filed Aug. 15.

U.S. Bank Trust, N.A. Seller: Charles Frankel, Newburgh. Property: 18 Buckingham Drive, Newburgh. Amount: $250,000. Filed Aug. 9.

DEEDS

U.S. Bank Trust, N.A. Seller: James Pawliczek, Middletown. Property: 693 Mount Hope Road, Middletown 10940. Amount: $261,737. Filed Aug. 10.

11 Abrams Road LLC, Central Valley. Seller: Regionalhelpwanted Inc., Central Valley. Property: 11 Abrams Road, Central Valley. Amount: $800,000. Filed Aug. 9.

U.S. Bank Trust N.A. Seller: Patricia Van Houten, Walden. Property: 2670 State Route 208, Walden 12586. Amount: $319,585. Filed Aug. 10.

9799 Linden Avenue LLC, Hempstead. Seller: Ari Stessel, Middletown. Property: 97-99 Linden Ave., Middletown 10940. Amount: $46,000. Filed Aug. 9. AR Quality Inc., Far Rockaway. Seller: Mario Russo, Marlboro. Property: in Newburgh. Amount: $400,000. Filed Aug. 10.

JUDGMENTS All About Tooth Dental Solutions, Goshen. $21,000 in favor of the Workers’ Compensation Board of the State of New York, Schenectady. Filed Aug. 3.

The Bank of New York Mellon. Seller: Richard Schisano, Newburgh. Property: 725 Silver Lake Scotchtown Road, Middletown 10941. Filed Aug. 9.

Associated Building Services Inc., Middletown. $27,750 in favor of the Workers’ Compensation Board of the State of New York, Schenectady. Filed Aug. 3

The Bank of New York Mellon. Seller: Sharon Lagreca, Monroe. Property: in Blooming Grove. Amount: $30,000. Filed Aug. 10.

BFM Inc., Highland Falls. $31,000 in favor of the Workers’ Compensation Board of the State of New York, Schenectady. Filed Aug. 3.

Chaim Brucha Corp. Seller: Chana Lichtenstein, Monroe. Property: in Monroe. Amount: $120,000. Filed Aug. 10.

Compston Window Cleaning, Newburgh. $202 in favor of the New York State Department of Taxation and Finance, Albany. Filed Aug. 3.

Federal Nation Mortgage Association. Seller: James Givans, Bronx. Property: in Wallkill. Amount: $216,064. Filed Aug. 9.

Devon & Pembrokeshire Moving & Storage, Warwick. $18,000 in favor of the Workers’ Compensation Board of the State of New York, Schenectady. Filed Aug. 3.

JV Homes of Orange County, Montgomery. Seller: Minisink Trail Corp., Goshen. Property: in Goshen. Amount $118,200. Filed Aug. 10. Quicken Loans Inc. Seller: John Swift, Goshen. Property: 228 White Bridge Road, Middletown 10940. Amount: $402,994. Filed Aug. 9. Lake House Developments Corp., Bronx. Seller: Ezequiel Burgos, Monroe. Property: 312 Lake Shore Drive, Monroe 10950. Amount: $300,000. Filed Aug. 10.

EO Corey Sales Inc., Wallkill. $271 in favor of the New York State Department of Taxation and Finance, Albany. Filed Aug. 3. Evie Ave LLC, Wallkill. $100 in favor of the New York State Department of Taxation and Finance, Albany. Filed Aug. 3.

MKJA Corp., Harriman. Seller: Grzegorz Steckiewicz, Harriman. Property: 6 Half Hollow Turn, Monroe 10950. Amount: $325,000. Filed Aug. 10.

IMultimedia Inc., Monroe. $183 in favor of the New York State Department of Taxation and Finance, Albany. Filed Aug. 3. IT Innovations Inc., Warwick. $2,721 in favor of the New York State Department of Taxation and Finance, Albany. Filed Aug. 3.

MKJA Corp., Harriman. Seller: Joseph J. Cannizzaro, Monroe. Property: in Monroe. Amount: $281,500. Filed Aug. 10.

Jai Maha Laxmi Corp., New Windsor. $1,625 in favor of the New York State Department of Taxation and Finance, Albany. Filed Aug. 3

Southlake Cove TIC II LLC, Monsey. Seller: New Windsor Business Park Associates LLC, Hicksville. Property: in New Windsor. Amount: $600,000. Filed Aug. 11.

Jav Auto Center Inc., Monroe. $1,889 in favor of the New York State Department of Taxation and Finance, Albany. Filed Aug. 3.

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FACTS Kentro Bagels Inc., Vails Gate. $796 in favor of the New York State Department of Taxation and Finance, Albany. Filed Aug. 3 Leclair Communications Inc., Newburgh. $362 in favor of the New York State Department of Taxation and Finance, Albany. Filed Aug. 3. Manna Foods Comp Corp., Monroe. $1,543 in favor of the New York State Department of Taxation and Finance, Albany. Filed Aug. 3 Maxy’s Drywall Corp., Newburgh. $230 in favor of the New York State Department of Taxation and Finance, Albany. Filed Aug. 3. Monroe Automotive, Monroe. $1,889 in favor of the New York State Department of Taxation and Finance, Albany. Filed Aug. 3. NLG Engineering PC, New Windsor. $150 in favor of the New York State Department of Taxation and Finance, Albany. Filed Aug. 3. Personal Touch Cleaning Enterprises, Campbell Hall. $410 in favor of the New York State Department of Taxation and Finance, Albany. Filed Aug. 3. Ragano Contracting Inc., Port Jervis. $507 in favor of the New York State Department of Taxation and Finance, Albany. Filed Aug. 3. RR Garcia Real Property Inc., Newburgh. $183 in favor of the New York State Department of Taxation and Finance, Albany. Filed Aug. 3. SBK Property Maintenance Inc., Newburgh. $139 in favor of the New York State Department of Taxation and Finance, Albany. Filed Aug. 3. Triad Printing Inc., Middletown. $8,458 in favor of the New York State Department of Taxation and Finance, Albany. Filed Aug. 3.

LIS PENDENS Adeyan-Ju, Lanre, et al. Filed by Velocity Commercial Capital LLC. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $167,533 affecting property located at 4 Debbie Court, Chester 10918. Filed Aug. 4. Catanzaro, Stephen, et al. Filed by HSBC Bank USA, N.A. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $380,000 affecting property located at 3 Winnetaska Road, Otisville 10963. Filed Aug. 9. Esselman, Stephen, et al. Filed by Onewest Bank. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $129,605 affecting property located at 2645 County Route 1, Port Jervis 12711. Filed Aug. 7. Ferris, Robert Jr., et al. Filed by Ocwen Loan Servicing LLC. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $328,000 affecting property located at 39 Bull Mine Road, Chester 10918. Filed Aug. 7. Johnson, James, et al. Filed by Wells Fargo Bank, N.A. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $184,561 affecting property located at 38 Alfred Place, Walden 12586. Filed Aug. 9. Kasten, Darah, et al. Filed by Wells Fargo Bank, N.A. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $147,900 affecting property located at 4 Stellar Drive, Greenwood Lake 10925. Filed Aug. 4. Loarte, Sara, et al. Filed by Wells Fargo Bank, N.A. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $344,000 affecting property located at 2 Allyson Court, Goshen 10924. Filed Aug. 9. Mann, Jamie, et al. Filed by Wells Fargo Bank N.A. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $197,211 affecting property located at 152 Oxford Road, Chester 10918. McKenna, John, et al. Filed by Nationstar Mortgage LLC. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $307,931 affecting property located at 1 Pine Hill Road, Tuxedo Park 10987. Filed Aug. 8.

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Mongno, Michelle, et al. Filed by U.S. Bank Trust, N.A. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $35,000 affecting property located at 225 Pine Island Turnpike, Warwick. Filed Aug. 7. Newmark, Lewis, et al. Filed by U.S. Bank Trust, N.A. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $231,742 affecting property located at 62 Irwin Ave, Middletown 10940. Filed Aug. 8. Osborne, David, et al. Filed by Deutsche Bank National Trust Co. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $315,000 affecting property located at 86 Susan Drive, Newburgh 12550. Filed Aug. 8. Peguero, Edward, et al. Filed by HSBC Bank USA, N.A. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $260,000 affecting property located at 37 Pine St., Cornwall-on-Hudson 12520. Filed Aug. 9. Qiang, Lu, et al. Filed by Flushing Bank. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $251,250 affecting property located at 49 Main St., Walden. Filed Aug. 9. Ross, Ricardo, et al. Filed by JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $274,333 affecting property located at 14 A and B Cottage Ave., Newburgh 12550. Filed Aug. 9. Ryan, Greg, et al. Filed by Citizens Bank N.A. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $125,000 affecting property located at 18 Forestdale Ave., Monroe 10950. Filed Aug. 4. Schroeder, Robert Jr., et al. Filed by Orange Bank & Trust Co. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $100,000 affecting property located at 42 Schroeder Lane, Montgomery. Filed Aug. 8. Smith, Douglas, et al. Filed by U.S. Bank Trust, N.A. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $301,603 affecting property located at 227 Woodcock Mountain Road, Washingtonville 10992. Filed Aug. 9. Voss, Jeffrey, et al. Filed by HSBC Bank USA, N.A. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $283,000 affecting property located at 18 Shuit Place, Central Valley 10917. Filed Aug. 7. Wortman, Ralph, et al. Filed by CIT Bank, N.A. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $450,000 affecting property located at 109 Main St., Florida 10921. Filed Aug. 8.

FIGURES Xhudo, Hana, et al. Filed by M&T Bank. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $268,974 affecting property located at 681 Jersey Ave., Greenwood Lake 10925. Filed Aug. 4. Zollo, Bryan, et al. Filed by Wells Fargo Bank, N.A. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $232,400 affecting property located at 48 The Drive, Westtown 10998. Filed Aug. 4.

MECHANICS’ LIENS Danielle Associates LLC, as owner. $795 as claimed by Dutchess Overhead Doors Inc., Poughkeepsie. Property: in Poughkeepsie. Filed Aug. 9. Olivet University, as owner. $11,992 as claimed by Tradesource Inc., Warwick, Rhode Island. Property: 207 Hutchinson Ave., Dover. Filed Aug. 11.

NEW BUSINESSES Sole Proprietorships Camille McKay Consulting, 12 Hardscrabble Road, Chester 10918. c/o Camille McKay. Filed Aug. 4. Kat Art Studios, 8 Deer Run Road, Newburgh 12550. c/o Katharine Dodge Strickland. Filed Aug. 8. North Coast Knot, 230 Hufcut Road, Middletown 10941. c/o Susan Baldwin. Filed Aug. 14. Sentry Safety and Compliance, 4 Frankfurt Road, Monroe 10950. c/o Aaron Appel. Filed Aug. 4. Write Up Plus, 2 Nicklesburg Road, Monroe 10950. c/o Joel Brach. Filed Aug. 4.

Partnerships Lawn Enforcement, 37 Gardnerville Road, New Hampton 10988. c/o Maria Mialie and Robert Stevenson. Filed Aug. 14. Pure Nutrients Life, 226 E. Main St., Middletown 10940. c/o Alain Lamontagne and T. Alexis Waleski. Filed Aug. 4. Vasquez Cousins Construction, 101 Henry Ave., Newburgh 12550. c/o Erick G. Vasquez and Guillermo R. Vasquez. Filed Aug. 14.

PATENTS Adaptive voice-text transmission. Patent no. 9,736,318 issued to David L. Kaminsky, Chapel Hill, N.C.; and David M. Ogle, Cary, N.C. Assigned to International Business Machines Corp., Armonk. Deploying a portion of a streaming application to one or more virtual machines according to hardware type. Patent no. 9,736,232 issued to Lance Bragstad, Pine Island, Minn.; Michael J. Branson, Rochester, Minn.; Bin Cao, Rochester, Minn.; James E. Carey, Rochester, Minn.; and Mathew R. Odden, Rochester, Minn. Assigned to International Business Machines Corp., Armonk. Digital message delivery using ad-hoc distributed device networking. Patent no. 9,736,757 issued to Gregory J. Boss, Saginaw, Mich.; Andrew R. Jones, Round Rock, Texas; Kevin C. McConnell, Austin, Texas; and John E. Moore Jr., Brownsburg, Ind. Assigned to International Business Machines Corp., Armonk. Geofence prioritization. Patent no. 9,736,636 issued to Lisa Seacat DeLuca, Baltimore, Md.; and Jeremy A. Greenberger, Raleigh, N.C. Assigned to International Business Machines Corp., Armonk. Heat sink with integrated threaded lid. Patent no. 9,736,966 issued to William J. Anderl, Rochester, Minn.; Bret P. Elison, Rochester, Minn.; and Phillip V. Mann, Rochester, Minn. Assigned to International Business Machines Corp., Armonk. Maintenance of a fabric priority among operations within a fiber channel exchange. Patent no. 9,736,241 issued to Roger G. Hathorn, Tucson, Ariz.; Bret W. Holley, Tucson, Ariz.; and Harry M. Yudenfriend, Poughkeepsie. Assigned to International Business Machines Corp., Armonk. Method to automatically infer user signature through contextual learning. Patent no. 9,736,673 issued to Su Liu, Austin, Texas; Eric J. Rozner, Austin, Texas; Chin Ngai Sze, Austin, Texas; and Yaoguang Wei, Austin, Texas. Assigned to International Business Machines Corp., Armonk. Representational states transfer request routing. Patent no. 9,736,231 issued to Robert W. Abrams, Wappingers Falls; Victor G. Alonzo, Wappingers Falls; Yuk L. Chan, Rochester; Gisela C. Cheng, Rhinebeck; Kin Ng, Wappingers Falls; and Vaughn C. Page, Wappingers Falls. Assigned to International Business Machines Corp., Armonk.

Scalable virtual appliance cloud (SVAC) and methods usable in an SVAC. Patent no. 9,736,163 issued to Keshav G. Kamble, Fremont, Calif.; Dar-Ren Leu, San Jose, Calif.; Nilanjan Mukherjee, Santa Clara, Calif.; and Vijoy A. Pandey, San Jose, Calif. Assigned to International Business Machines Corp., Armonk. Using graphical text analysis to facilitate communication between customers and customer service representatives. Patent no. 9,736,301 issued to Guillermo A. Cecchi, New York; James R. Kozloski, New Fairfield, Conn.; Clifford A. Pickover, Yorktown Heights; Irina Rish, Rye Brook; and Ajay K. Royyuru, Yorktown Heights. Assigned to International Business Machines Corp., Armonk.

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LEGAL NOTICES 20 East Clinton, LLC, Arts of Org. filed with Sec. of State of NY (SSNY) 6/26/2017. Cty: Westchester. SSNY desig. as agent upon whom process against may be served & shall mail process to 20 E. Clinton Ave., Irvington, NY 10533. General Purpose. #61240 Notice of Formation of Cooper 26, LLC, a domestic Limited Liability Company (LLC). Articles of Organization filed with the Secretary of State of NY (SSNY) on 5/17/2017. NY Office location: WESTCHESTER County. SSNY is designated as agent upon whom process against the LLC may be served. SSNY shall mail a copy of any process against the LLC served upon him/her to The LLC, 875 Mamaroneck Avenue, Suite 400, Mamaroneck, New York 10543. Purpose: Any lawful act or activity. #61241 Notice of formation of Advance Elite Solution LLC. Articles of organization Filed with State of New York Department of State on 1/9/2014. Office Westchester Co. The Limited Liability Company designated as agent for process & shall mail to: 237 Main St, Apartment 2, Mount Kisco, NY 10549. Purpose: General. #61242 Notice of Formation of Murphy Plumbing and Heating LLC Art. Of Org. filed with SSNY on 7/6/17. 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, 6 Franklin Dr. Bedford Hills, NY 10507. Purpose: any lawful purpose. #61243 L&R HOME REMODELING AND IMPROVEMENT, LLC, Art. of Org. filed with NY Secy. of State on 07/05/2017 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: 1004 Colony Dr, Hartsdale, NY, 10530 (the LLCís primary business location). LLC may engage in any lawful act or activity for which a limited liability company may be formed. #61245 PMacs Hospitality LLC, Arts of Org. filed with Sec. of State of NY (SSNY) 4/24/2017. Cty: Westchester. SSNY desig. as agent upon whom process against may be served & shall mail process to 3 Interlaken Dr., Eastchester, NY 10709. General Purpose. #61246 Montrose Land, LLC, Arts of Org. filed with Sec. of State of NY (SSNY) 5/4/2017. Cty: Westchester. SSNY desig. as agent upon whom process against may be served & shall mail process to 93 Montrose Station Rd., Montrose, NY 10548. General Purpose. #61247 Notice of Formation of Crow Media, LLC Art. Of Org. filed with SSNY on 5/23/17. 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, 160 Route 9a. Ossining, NY 10562. Purpose: any lawful purpose. #61248 CHRISTINE ZENG INTERIORS LLC filed with the SSNY on 6/5/17. Off loc: Westchester County. SSNY has been designated as agent upon whom process may be served. SSNY shall mail a copy of any process to the LLC at: 107 Brambach Road, Scarsdale, NY 10583 (primary business location) Purpose: any lawful #61249

NOTICE OF FORMATION OF PETBNB, LLC Articles of Organization were filed with the Secretary of State of New York (SSNY) on 06/30/2017. Office location: Westchester County. SSNY has been designated as agent of the LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail a copy of process to: 455 Tarrytown Rd #1012, White Plains, NY 10607, principal business location of the LLC. Purpose: any lawful business activity. #61250 Notice of formation of Limited Liability Company (ìLLCî). Name: 1510 Broadway LLC. Articles of Organization filed with the Secretary of State of the State of New York (ìSSNYî) on July 10, 2017. N.Y. office location: Westchester County. The SSNY has been designated as agent of the LLC upon whom process against it may be served. The SSNY shall mail a copy of any process to 1510 Broadway LLC, c/o The MacQuesten Companies, 438 Fifth Avenue, Suite 100, Pelham, New York 10803. Purpose/character of LLC is to engage in any lawful act or activity. #61251 Notice of formation of Limited Liability Company (ìLLCî). Name: 1510 Broadway Managers LLC. Articles of Organization filed with the Secretary of State of the State of New York (ìSSNYî) on July 10, 2017. N.Y. office location: Westchester County. The SSNY has been designated as agent of the LLC upon whom process against it may be served. The SSNY shall mail a copy of any process to 1510 Broadway Managers LLC, c/o The MacQuesten Companies, 438 Fifth Avenue, Suite 100, Pelham, New York 10803. Purpose/character of LLC is to engage in any lawful act or activity. #61252 Notice of formation of Limited Liability Company (ìLLCî). Name: MacQuesten Broadway Partners LLC. Articles of Organization filed with the Secretary of State of the State of New York (ìSSNYî) on July 10, 2017. N.Y. office location: Westchester County. The SSNY has been designated as agent of the LLC upon whom process against it may be served. The SSNY shall mail a copy of any process to MacQuesten Broadway Partners LLC, c/o The MacQuesten Companies, 438 Fifth Avenue, Suite 100, Pelham, New York 10803. Purpose/character of LLC is to engage in any lawful act or activity. #61253 Notice of Formation of IMAGINARIO, LLC Art. Of Org. filed with SSNY on 7/11/2017. 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, 43 Fifth Avenue, Pelham, NY 10803. Purpose: any lawful purpose. #61254 Notice of Formation of ISPIRATO, LLC Art. Of Org. filed with SSNY on 7/11/2017. 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, 43 Fifth Avenue, Pelham, NY 10803. Purpose: any lawful purpose. #61255 Notice of Formation of 513519, LLC Art. Of Org. filed with SSNY on 2/14/2017. 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, 43 Fifth Avenue, Pelham, NY 10803. Purpose: any lawful purpose. #61256 Notice of formation Domestic Limited Liability Company(LLC)of communicate4IMPACT, LLC

Articles of Org. filed with NY Department of State on 07/07/21017.The LLC is located in Westchester County. Business location: 10 Robin Hill Road Scarsdale, NY 10583 Purpose of business of LLC is any lawful purpose. #61258 Notice of Formation of 52 CLARK ROAD LLC. Arts. of Org. filed with the Secy of State of NY (SSNY) on 6/28/17. Office location: Westchester County. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to: 186 Katonah Ave., Katonah, NY 10536. Purpose: any lawful act or activity. #61261 Notice of Formation of 359 EAST 204TH STREET LLC. Arts. of Org. filed with the Secy of State of NY (SSNY) on 6/19/17. Office location: Westchester County. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to: One New King St., Suite 201, West Harrison, NY 10604. Purpose: any lawful act or activity. #61262 Notice of Formation of BLAST Strategic Solutions, LLC Arts. of Org. filed with the Secy of State of NY (SSNY) on 3/27/17. Office location: Westchester County. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to: Corporate Filings of New York, 90 State Street, Suite 700, Office 40, Albany, NY 12207. Purpose: any lawful purpose. #61263 Notice of Formation of Cuisine Inspired LLC, Art. Of Org. filed with SSNY on 07/17/2017. Offc. Loc: Westchester Cty. 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, 803 Oakwood Road, Mamaroneck, NY 10543. Purpose of LLC is any lawful business act or activity. #61264 Lokah LLC, Arts of Org. filed with Sec. of State of NY (SSNY) on 7/14/17. Cty: Westchester. SSNY desig as agent upon whom process against may be served & shall mail process 8 Robin Hood Rd., Pound Ridge, NY 10576. General Purpose. #61265 Mouflon Holdings, LLC, Arts of Org. filed with Sec. of State of NY (SSNY) on 7/7/17. Cty: Westchester. SSNY desig as agent upon whom process against may be served & shall mail process Geist Schwarz & Jellinek, PLLC, 1 N. Lexington Ave., 11th Fl., White Plains, NY 10601. General Purpose. #61266 Notice of Formation of KaneOrion LLC. Arts. Of Org. filed with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 7/21/2017. Office Location: Westchester Co. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom service of process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to: Brock Cvijanovich, P.O. Box 124, Chappaqua, NY 10514. Purpose: any lawful activities. #61267 Notice of Formation of Lyfe Computing, LLC Art. Of Org. filed with SSNY on 6/29/17. 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 United States Corporation Agents, Inc, 7014 13th Avenue, Suite 202, Brookly NY, 11228. Purpose: any lawful purpose. #61268

NOTICE OF FORMATION OF NOSHINKU, LLC. Arts of Org filed with Secy of State of NY (SSNY) on 06/28/2017. Office loc: Westchester. SSNY designated as agent upon whom process may be served and shall mail process to the principal business address: 46 Usonia Rd., Pleasantville, NY 10570. Purpose: any lawful acts. #61271 Josh Provides Empowerment LLC Arts. of Org. filed w/ SSNY 7/17/17. Off. in West. Co. SSNY desig. as agt. of LLC whom process may be served. SSNY shall mail process to the LLC, 125 Lake St, Apt 10DN, White Plains, NY 10604. Purpose: any lawful activity. #61272 Busel LLC Arts. of Org. filed w/ SSNY 7/13/17. Off. in West. Co. SSNY desig. as agt. of LLC whom process may be served. SSNY shall mail process to the LLC, 39 Howard St, Sleepy Hollow, NY 10591. Purpose: any lawful activity. #61273 Lissy Carr Events LLC Arts. of Org. filed w/ SSNY 7/11/17. Off. in West. Co. SSNY desig. as agt. of LLC whom process may be served. SSNY shall mail process to the LLC, 151 Barton Rd, White Plains, NY 10605. Purpose: any lawful activity. #61274 Notice of Formation of QUALITY MUSIQ PRODUCTION L.L.C. Art. Of Org. filed with SSNYon 07/11/2017. 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, 738 SOUTH STREET P.O. BOX 2691 PEEKSKILL, NY 10566. Purpose: any lawful purpose. #61275 13 Woodside Ave LLC, Arts of Org. filed with Sec. of State of NY (SSNY) on 7/19/17. Cty: Westchester. SSNY desig as agent upon whom process against may be served & shall mail process 557 Sherman Ave., Thornwood, NY 10594. General Purpose. #61276 150 Lake Avenue Yonkers LLC, Arts of Org. filed with Sec. of State of NY (SSNY) on 6/28/17. Cty: Westchester. SSNY desig as agent upon whom process against may be served & shall mail process 100 S. Van Brunt St., Ste. 3, Englewood, NJ 07631. General Purpose #61277 3225 East Tremont Holding, LLC. Filed 3/3/15 Office: Westchester Co. SSNY designated as agent for process & shall mail to: 12 Water Street Suite 204, White Plains, NY 10601 Purpose: all lawful #61278 El Rosso Realty LLC, Arts of Org. filed with Sec. of State of NY (SSNY) on 7/13/17. Cty: Westchester. SSNY desig as agent upon whom process against may be served & shall mail process 1075 Central Park Ave., Ste. 205, Scarsdale, NY 10583-3232. General Purpose. #61279 Notice of Formation of Petgadgets, LLC Art. Of Org. filed with SSNY on 6/12/17. 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, 11 Jefferson Rd, Scarsdale, NY 10583. Purpose: any lawful purpose. #61280

NOTICE OF FORMATION OF Gordon Ave Properties LLC. Articles of Organization filed with the Secretary of State of NY (SSNY) on 07/18/2017. 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: P.O. Box 248 Briarcliff Manor NY 10510 The principal business address of the LLC is: 132 Gordon Ave Sleepy Hollow NY Purpose: any lawful act or activity. #61281 Notice of Formation of Treat Integrative Wellness, L.L.C. Art. Of Org. filed with SSNY on 7/7/17. 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, 204 Locust Avenue, Cortlandt Manor, NY 10567. Purpose: any lawful purpose. #61282 Bill Orrico Enterprises LLC. Filed 7/25/17 Office: Westchester Co. SSNY designated as agent for process & shall mail to: 12 Water Street Suite 204, White Plains, NY 10601 Purpose: all lawful #61284 2800 Bruckner Associates LLC. Filed 7/18/17 Office: Westchester Co. SSNY designated as agent for process & shall mail to: 12 Water Street Suite 204, White Plains, NY 10601 Purpose: all lawful #61285 2800 Bruckner Holding LLC. Filed 7/18/17 Office: Westchester Co. SSNY designated as agent for process & shall mail to: 12 Water Street Suite 204, White Plains, NY 10601 Purpose: all lawful #61286 Docs Group LLC. Filed 7/18/17 Office: Westchester Co. SSNY designated as agent for process & shall mail to: 12 Water Street Suite 204, White Plains, NY 10601 Purpose: all lawful #61287 CMF Associates LLC. Filed 7/18/17 Office: Westchester Co. SSNY designated as agent for process & shall mail to: 12 Water Street Suite 204, White Plains, NY 10601 Purpose: all lawful #61288 Notice of Formation of Climbing Wolf LLC Article of Organization filed with SSNY on 7/17/2017. Office location: Westchester County. SSNY designated as agent of LLC on whom process may be served. SSNY shall mail process to Climbing Wolf Craft Beer Bar 5 Anderson St. New Rochelle, NY 10805. Purpose: Any lawful business purpose. #61289 Notice of Formation of GREENTREE MAIN LLC. Arts. of Org. filed with the Secy of State of NY (SSNY) on 6/22/17. 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 Donna Z. Vaccari, 47 Wyndham Close, White Plains, NY 10605-2100. Purpose: any lawful act or activity. #61290 Notice of Formation of GREENTREE WEYMAN LLC. Arts. of Org. filed with the Secy of State of NY (SSNY) on 6/22/17. 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 Donna Z. Vaccari, 47 Wyndham Close, White Plains, NY 10605-2100. Purpose: any lawful act or activity. #61291

Notice of Formation of The Oak & Avery Group, LLC Art. Of Org. filed with SSNY on 2/16/17. 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 The Kasarda Law Group, LLC, 300 Martine Avenue Suite C2C. White Plains., NY 10601. Purpose: any lawful purpose #61292 Notice of Formation of Kinsio Realty LLC Art. Of Org. filed with SSNY on 7/19/17. 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, 180 S Broadway Suite 101A. White Plains., NY 10605. Purpose: any lawful purpose #61293 Notice of Formation of Ascencio, LLC Art. Of Org. filed with SSNY on 7/5/17. Offc. Loc: 25 Winthrop Ave, Yonkers, NY 10710. SSNY desig. as agent of the LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to the LLC, 9900 Spectrum Drive, Austin,TX 78717. Purpose: any lawful purpose. #61294 Notice of Formation of 36 UPPER HOOK ROAD LLC. Arts. of Org. filed with the Secy of State of NY (SSNY) on 7/20/17. 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 Kenneth Nolan, CBIZ & Mayer Hoffman McCann CPAs, 5 Bryant Park at 1065 Avenue of the Americas, NY, NY 10018. Purpose: any lawful act or activity. #61295 Notice of Formation of 80 UPPER HOOK ROAD LLC. Arts. of Org. filed with the Secy of State of NY (SSNY) on 7/20/17. 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 Kenneth Nolan, CBIZ & Mayer Hoffman McCann CPAs, 5 Bryant Park at 1065 Avenue of the Americas, NY, NY 10018. Purpose: any lawful act or activity. #61296 Notice of Formation of 44-48 UPPER HOOK ROAD LLC. Arts. of Org. filed with the Secy of State of NY (SSNY) on 7/20/17. 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 Kenneth Nolan, CBIZ & Mayer Hoffman McCann CPAs, 5 Bryant Park at 1065 Avenue of the Americas, NY, NY 10018. Purpose: any lawful act or activity. #61297 Notice of Formation of 100-148 GIRDLE RIDGE ROAD LLC. Arts. of Org. filed with the Secy of State of NY (SSNY) on 7/20/17. 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 Kenneth Nolan, CBIZ & Mayer Hoffman McCann CPAs, 5 Bryant Park at 1065 Avenue of the Americas, NY, NY 10018. Purpose: any lawful act or activity. #61298 Notice of Formation of 53-61 UPPER HOOK ROAD LLC. Arts. of Org. filed with the Secy of State of NY (SSNY) on 7/20/17. 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 Kenneth Nolan, CBIZ & Mayer Hoffman McCann CPAs, 5 Bryant Park at 1065 Avenue of the Americas, NY, NY 10018. Purpose: any lawful act or activity. #61299

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Notice of Formation of POUND RIDGE WEST LANE LLC. Arts. of Org. filed with the Secy of State of NY (SSNY) on 7/20/17. 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 Kenneth Nolan, CBIZ & Mayer Hoffman McCann CPAs, 5 Bryant Park at 1065 Avenue of the Americas, NY, NY 10018. Purpose: any lawful act or activity. #61300 Notice of Formation of 68 UPPER HOOK ROAD LLC. Arts. of Org. filed with the Secy of State of NY (SSNY) on 7/20/17. 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 Kenneth Nolan, CBIZ & Mayer Hoffman McCann CPAs, 5 Bryant Park at 1065 Avenue of the Americas, NY, NY 10018. Purpose: any lawful act or activity. #61301 Notice of Formation of 919 SECOND STREET LLC. Arts. of Org. filed with the Secy of State of NY (SSNY) on 7/24/17. Office location: Westchester County. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to: 55 Smith Avenue, Mount Kisco, NY 10549. Purpose: any lawful act or activity. #61302 Notice of Formation of CSTAR International LLC. Arts. of Org. filed with SSNY on 7/31/17. Office location: Westchester County. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process may be served. SSNY shall mail process to CSTAR International LLC, 1 Shonnard Ter. Apt. 3F, Yonkers, NY 10701. Purpose: any lawful act or activity. #61303 Notice of Formation of Alpha Mama, LLC. Arts. of Org. filed with SSNY on 6/7/17. Location: Westchester County, registered address 90 Orchard Ridge Rd Chappaqua, NY 10514. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process may be served. SSNY shall mail process to: Carter, Ledyard & Millburn LLP, 2 Wall Street NY, NY 10005. Purpose: any lawful act or activity. #61306 Westchester Lifeguard, LLC. Art. of Org. filed with the SSNY on 07/31/2017. Office: Westchester County. SSNY designated as agent of the LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail copy of process to the LLC, 25 Winfield Ave, Harrison, NY 10528. Purpose: Any lawful purpose. #61308 ALLBLA LLC, Arts of Org. filed with Sec. of State of NY (SSNY) 8/2/2017. Cty: Westchester. SSNY desig. as agent upon whom process against may be served & shall mail process to 8 Don Ln., White Plains, NY 10607. General Purpose. Latest date to dissolve: 12/31/2099. #61309 CEALM LLC, Arts of Org. filed with Sec. of State of NY (SSNY) 8/2/2017. Cty: Westchester. SSNY desig. as agent upon whom process against may be served & shall mail process to 8 Don Ln., White Plains, NY 10607. General Purpose. Latest date to dissolve: 12/31/2099. #61310 Momange LLC, Arts of Org. filed with Sec. of State of NY (SSNY) 7/24/2017. Cty: Westchester. SSNY desig. as agent upon whom process against may be served & shall mail process to 10 Appleton Pl., Dobbs Ferry, NY 10522. General Purpose. #61311

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LEGAL NOTICES Notice of Formation of REEX Properties, LLC. Arts. of Org. filed with SSNY on 8/3/2017. Office location: Westchester County. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process may be served. SSNY shall mail process to Felix Hernandez, 542 Van Cortlandt Park ave 1F Yonkers, NY 10705. Purpose: any lawful act or activity. #61312 Notice is hereby given that an on-premise license, #TBA has been applied for by Tarrytown Hospitality Group LLC d/b/a Barley on the Hudson to sell beer, wine and liquor at retail in an on premises establishment. For on premises consumption under the ABC law at 236 Green Street Tarrytown NY 10591. #61313 Notice is hereby given that an on-premise license, #TBA has been applied for by Fortina River Town LLC d/b/a Fortina to sell beer, wine and liquor at retail in an on premises establishment. For on premises consumption under the ABC law at 1086 North Broadway Yonkers NY 10701. #61314 Notice of Formation of Muth Capital, LLC Art. Of Org. filed with SSNY on 5/22/17. 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, 16 Iroquois Road Ossining, NY 10562. Purpose: any lawful purpose. #61315 Notice of Formation of Professional General Cleaning LLC. Arts. of Org. filed with SSNY on 05/09/2017. Office location: Westchester County. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process may be served. SSNY shall mail process to 47 Ann Street Apt.1 Ossining, NY 10562 Purpose: any lawful act or activity. #61316 The Cozy Cup, LLC. Art. Of Org. filed with SSNY 03/28/17. Office Location: Westchester Cty. SSNY designated as agent for process & shall mail to: US Corp Agents, 7014 13th Ave. #202 Brooklyn NY 11228 Purpose: all lawful. #61318 Aqua Terrace LLC. Art. of org. Filed with the SSNY on 06/07/17. Office: Westchester County. SSNY designated as agent of the LLC upon whom process against it may served. SSNY shall mail copy of process to the LLC, 44 Fleetwood Ave. #5F, Mount Vernon, NY 10552: Any Lawful purpose #61319 Notice is hereby given that an on-premise license, #1303520 has been applied for by Hida Inc to sell beer, wine and liquor at retail in an on premises establishment. For on premises consumption under the ABC law at 6 Saw Mill River Rd Hawthorne NY 10532. #61320 Anjolie Organics, L.L.C. Arts. of Org. filed NY Sec. of State 7/6/17. Princ. off. loc.: Westchester Cty. Sec. of State designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. Sec. of State shall mail a copy of process to the LLC: 47 Todd Road, Katonah, NY 10536. Purpose: any lawful business activity. #61321 Notice is hereby given that an on-premise license, #TBA has been applied for by Warboro6 LLC d/b/a Boro6 Wine Bar to sell beer, wine and liquor at retail in an on premises establishment. For on premises consumption under the ABC law at 549 Warburton Avenue Hastings-onHudson NY 10706. #61322

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Notice of Formation of Hubbell Consulting Services, LLC. Art. Of Org. filed with the SSNY on 6/1/17. Office Loc: 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 any process against it served upon him/her to: c/o United States Corporation Agents, Inc., 7014 13th Ave., Suite 202, Brooklyn, NY 11228. Purpose: any lawful activity. #61323

Index No.: 59257/2012.

Notice of formation of Deep Ocean Asset Management LLC Articles of organization filed with the Secretary of State of N.Y. (SSNY) on February 28, 2017. Office location: Westchester County. SSNY has been designated as agent of the LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to the LLC, 23 Hollow Ridge Rd, Mt Kisco, NY 10549.Purpose: Any lawful activity. #61324

DEUTSCHE BANK NATIONAL TRUST COMPANY, AS TRUSTEE FOR HSI ASSET SECURITIZATION CORPORATION TRUST 2006-OPT1, MORTGAGE PASS-THROUGH CERTIFICATES, SERIES 2006-OPT1, Plaintiff,

The annual return of the Mack Goldner Memorial Foundation for the fiscal year March 31, 2017 is available at its principal office located at 8 Ramapo Trail, Harrison, NY 10528 for inspection during regular business hours by any citizen who requests it within 180 days hereof. Principal Manager of the Foundation is Philip A.Marraccini, Esq. #61325 Arts-NY.com LLC. Articles of Organization filed with the Secretary of State of NY (SSNY) on 07/20/2017. 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: 30 Lexington Drive, Croton-on-Hudson, NY, 10520 Purpose: any lawful act or activity #61327 THE ANNUAL RETURN OF THE G. HAROLD & LEILA Y. MATHERS CHARITABLE FOUNDATION for the calendar year ended December 31, 2016 is available at its principal office located at 800 Westchester Avenue, Suite N-503, Rye Brook, NY 10573 for inspection during regular business hours by any citizen who requests it within 180 days hereof. Principal Manager of the Foundation is DONALD E. HANDELMAN. #61328 Notice of Formation of Philips & Flathead NY, LLC Art. Of Org. filed with SSNY on 6/29/17. 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, 101 Secor Ln, Pelham Manor, NY 10803 . Purpose: any lawful purpose. #61329

Date Filed: 7/26/17. SUPPLEMENTAL SUMMONS WITH NOTICE Plaintiff designates Westchester County as the Place of Trial. Designation of Venue is based upon the situs of the Subject Property. Subject Property: 65 Clinton Ave, New Rochelle, New York 10801. SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK: COUNTY OF WESTCHESTER

-againstJOSE L. AYALA, if living, and if dead, the respective heirs at law, next of kin, distributees, executors, administrators, trustees, devisees, legatees, assignors, lienors, creditors and successors in interest and generally all persons having or claiming under, by or through said defendant who may be deceased, by purchase, inheritance, lien or otherwise of any right, title or interest in and to the premises described in the complaint herein, and their respective husbands, wives or widows, if any, and each and every person not specifically named who may be entitled to or claim to have any right, title or interest in the property described in the verified complaint; all of whom and whose names and places of residence unknown, and cannot after diligent inquiry be ascertained by the Plaintiff, ET AL, Defendants. TO THE ABOVE NAMED DEFENDANTS: YOU ARE HEREBY SUMMONED to answer the Complaint in this action and to serve a copy of your answer, or, if the Complaint is not served with this Summons, to serve a notice of appearance on the attorneys for the Plaintiff within twenty (20) days after the service of this Summons, exclusive of the day of service (or within thirty (30( days after service is complete if this Summons is not personally delivered to you within the State of New York) in the event the United States of America is made a party defendant, the time to answer for the said United States of America shall not expire until sixty (60) days after service of the Summons; and in case of your failure to appear or answer, judgment will be taken against you by default for the relief demanded in the Complaint. NOTICE YOU ARE IN DANGER OF LOSING YOUR HOME IF YOU DO NOT RESPOND TO THIS SUMMONS AND COMPLAINT BY SERVING A COPY OF THE ANSWER ON THE ATTORNEY FOR THE MORTGAGE COMPANY WHO FILED THIS FORECLOSURE PROCEEDING AGAINST YOU AND FILING THE ANSWER WITH THE COURT, A DEFAULT JUDGMENT MAY BE ENTERED AND YOU CAN LOSE YOUR HOME. SPEAK TO AN ATTORNEY OR GO TO THE COURT WHERE YOUR CASE IS PENDING FOR FURTHER INFORMATION ON HOW TO ANSWER THE SUMMONS AND PROTECT YOUR PROPERTY. SENDING A PAYMENT TO YOUR MORTGAGE COMPANY WILL NOT STOP THIS FORECLOSURE ACTION. YOU MUST RESPOND BY SERVING A COPY OF THE ANSWER ON THE ATTORNEY FOR THE PLAINTIFF (MORTGAGE COMPANY) AND FILING THE ANSWER WITH THE COURT. THE OBJECT of the above captioned action is to foreclose a Mortgage to secure $460,000.00 and interest, recorded in the Office of the Clerk of Westchester on December 28, 2005, in Control No. 453490182, covering premises known as 65 Clinton Ave, New Rochelle, New York 10801 ñ SBL #: 5 ñ 1417 ñ 21. The relief sought in the within action is a final judgment directing the sale of the premises described above to satisfy the debt secured by the Mortgage described above. The Plaintiff also seeks a deficiency judgment against the Defendant and for any debt secured by said Mortgage which is not satisfied by the proceeds of the sale of said premises. TO the Defendant JOSE L. AYALA, the foregoing Supplemental Summons with Notice is served upon you by publication pursuant to an Order of the Hon. Joan B. Lefkowitz, of the Supreme Court of the State of New York, County of Westchester, dated July 12, 2017. Dated: July 20, 2017, New Rochelle, New York MCCABE, WEISBERG & CONWAY, P.C. /s/_________________ Sonia J. Baez, Esq. Attorneys for Plaintiff 145 Huguenot Street, Suite 210 New Rochelle, New York 10801 914-636-8900 File # 560-1448 HELP FOR HOMEOWNERS IN FORECLOSURE NEW YORK STATE LAW REQUIRES THAT WE SEND YOU THIS NOTICE ABOUT THE FORECLOSURE PROCESS. PLEASE READ IT CAREFULLY. SUMMONS AND COMPLAINT YOU ARE IN DANGER OF LOSING YOUR HOME. IF YOU FAIL TO RESPOND TO THE SUMMONS AND COMPLAINT IN THIS FORECLOSURE ACTION, YOU MAY LOSE YOUR HOME. PLEASE READ THE SUMMONS AND COMPLAINT CAREFULLY. YOU SHOULD IMMEDIATELY CONTACT AN ATTORNEY OR YOUR LOCAL LEGAL AID OFFICE TO OBTAIN ADVICE ON HOW TO PROTECT YOURSELF. SOURCES OF INFORMATION AND ASSISTANCE.

4 Wendover Associates LLC Filed 8/7/17 Office: Westchester Co. SSNY designated as agent for process & shall mail to: 12 Water Street Suite 204, White Plains, NY 10601 Purpose: all lawful #61330

The State encourages you to become informed about your options in foreclosure.

Notice of Formation of AlgoExpert, LLC. Arts. of Org. filed with SSNY on 7/10/17. Off.: Westchester County. SSNY, designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served, shall mail process to 2 Washington Sq., Ste.: 2D, Larchmont, NY 10538. Purpose: any lawful act or activity. # 61269

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Next Era Transportation LLC, Art. of Org. filed with NY Secy. of State on 08/02/2017. 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: 99 Young ave Yonkers , NY 10710. LLC may engage in any lawful act or activity for which a limited liability company may be formed. # 61332

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In addition to seeking assistance from an attorney or legal aid office, there are government agencies and non-profit organizations that you may contact for information about possible options, including trying to work with your lender during this process. To locate an entity near you, you may call the toll-free helpline maintained by the New York State Banking Department at 1-877-BANK-NYS (1-877-226-5697) or visit the departmentís website at WWW.BANKING.STATE.NY.US. YOU ARE NOT REQUIRED TO LEAVE YOUR HOME AT THIS TIME. You have the right to stay in your home during the foreclosure process. You are not required to leave your home unless and until your property is sold at auction pursuant to a judgment of foreclosure and sale. Regardless of whether you choose to remain in your home, YOU ARE REQUIRED TO TAKE CARE OF YOUR PROPERTY and pay your taxes in accordance with state and local law. FORECLOSURE RESCUE SCAMS Be careful of people who approach you with offers to "save" your home. There are individuals who watch for notices of foreclosure actions in order to unfairly profit from a homeowner's distress. You should be extremely careful about any such promises and any suggestions that you pay them a fee or sign over your deed. State law requires anyone offering such services for profit to enter into a contract which fully describes the services they will perform and fees they will charge, and which prohibits them from taking any money from you until they have completed all such promised services. #61283

LEGAL NOTICES VILLAGE OF SLEEPY HOLLOW NOTICE TO BIDDERS NYSDOT PIN 8780.32 Sealed bids for the “Village of Sleepy Hollow”, Sleepy Hollow, New York, for the: ìBRIDGE AND WHARF AT PHILIPSBURG MANORî Bids will be received by the Village Clerkís Office, 28 Beekman Avenue, Sleepy Hollow, New York until 11:00 a.m., Wednesday, September 13, 2017. Said bids will then be opened and read aloud publicly at 11:30 a.m., Wednesday, September 13, 2017 for the furnishing and/or installing of the following: Replacement of a wooden pedestrian bridge and sheathing over the dam, restoration of a wharf, stabilization of a mill building with roof improvements, reconstructing exterior mill building stairs, and replace the columns and floor framing and flooring of the granary/workshop building adjacent to the wharf. All in accordance with the State of New York and Village of Sleepy Hollow requirements. Plans, specifications and bid documents may be obtained at the Office of the Village Clerk, 28 Beekman Avenue, Sleepy Hollow, New York beginning on Monday, August 14, 2017 at 11:00 a.m. local time, upon payment of a cash fee, certified check or money order of $30.00 for each set (non refundable). The same plans, specifications, and bid documents will also be available on-line at https://projsftp.stantec.com utilizing the following login name and password: Login name: BWPM1344, Password: 5064084 Please note that all bids are to be submitted in a sealed envelope bearing the name and addressof the bidder and clearly marked, ìBID FOR THE BRIDGE AND WHARF AT PHILIPSBURG MANOR IN THE VILLAGE OF SLEEPY HOLLOW.î No bids will be received or considered after the time stated above. Please note, all prospective bidders are required to register with the Village Clerkís Office in order to be included on the Official Plan Holder List, including those who access the plans electronically. Each bidder shall deposit with his bid a certified check, bid bond or cash in the amount not less than 5% of his total bid. Should the successful bidder fail to execute the form of contract within ten days after notice of award, bid check, cash or bond will be forfeited to the Village of Sleepy Hollow as liquidated damages. The bid deposit or bid bond of the successful bidder will be held until the contract has been executed and all required insurances and performance and payment bond are submitted and accepted by the Village. Bid deposits or bid bonds of the unsuccessful bidders will be held until the successful bidder has executed the contract or all bids rejected. All bids shall remain open for 45 days after the day of the opening of Bids, but the Village may, in their sole discretion, release any bid and return the bid security prior to that date. The Village of Sleepy Hollow reserves the right to reject any or all proposals, to omit any item or items, to waive any informality in the proposal or to approve minor changes in the specifications if deemed advisable in the interest of the Village. The Disadvantaged Business Enterprise (DBE) Utilization Goal for this project is Five Percent (5%).

SUPPLEMENTAL SUMMONS AND NOTICEñSUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, COUNTY OF WESTCHESTER ñBANK OF AMERICA, N.A., Plaintiff, against UNKNOWN HEIRS TO THE ESTATE OF MARY C. IUSI, if living, and if she be dead, any and all persons unknown to plaintiff, claiming, or who may claim to have an interest in, or generally or specific lien upon the real property described in this action; such unknown persons being herein generally described and intended to be included in the following designation, namely: the wife, widow, husband, widower, heirs at law, next of kin, descendants, executors, administrators, devisees, legatees, creditors, trustees, committees, lienors, and assignees of such deceased, any and all persons deriving interest in or lien upon, or title to said real property by, through or under them, or either of them, and their respective wives, widows, husbands, widowers, heirs at law, next of kin, descendants, executors, administrators, devisees, legatees, creditors, trustees, committees, lienors and assigns, all of whom and whose name, except as stated, are unknown to plaintiff, FREDERICK IUSI AS HEIR TO THE ESTATE OF MARY C. IUSI; MARY CELINE BEDKE AS HEIR TO THE ESATE OF MARY C. IUSI; JEANNE VAN LENT AS HEIR TO THE ESTATE OF MARY C. IUSI; CLAIRE WINTJE AS HEIR TO THE ESTATE OF MARY C. IUSI; GRACE SCARBOROUGH AS HEIR TO THE ESTATE OF MARY C. IUSI; SINGER ENERGY GROUP LLC D/B/A ROBINSON OIL; SECRETARY OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT; UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK and JOHN DOE AND JANE DOE #1 through #7, the last seven (7) names being fictitious and unknown to the Plaintiff, the persons or parties intended being the tenants, occupants, persons or parties, if any, having or claiming an interest in or lien upon the mortgage premises described in the complaint, Defendants-Index no. 57482/2016. Original filed with Clerk 5/25/2016 Plaintiff designates Westchester County as the place of trial. The Basis of Venue is that the subject action is situated in Westchester County Premises: 56 South Pine Street Katonah, NY 10536 TO THE ABOVE-NAMED DEFENDANTS: YOU ARE HEREBY SUMMONED to answer the Complaint in this action and to serve a copy of your answer, or, if the Complaint is not served with this Summons, to serve a notice of appearance on the Plaintiffís Attorney(s) within 20 days after the service of this Summons, exclusive of the day of service (or within 30 days after the service is complete if this Summons is not personally delivered to you within the State of New York); the United States of America may appear or answer within 60 days of service hereof; and in case of your failure to appear or answer, judgment will be taken against you by default for the relief demanded in the Complaint. This Supplemental Summons is filed pursuant to Order of the court dated July 11, 2017. NOTICE-YOU ARE IN DANGER OF LOSING YOUR HOME ñ If you do not respond to this summons and complaint by serving a copy of the answer on the attorney for the mortgage company who filed this foreclosure proceeding against you and filing the answer with the court, a default judgment may be entered and you can lose your home. Speak to an attorney or go to the court where your case is pending for further information on how to answer the summons and protect your property. Sending a payment to the mortgage company will not stop the foreclosure action. YOU MUST RESPOND BY SERVING A COPY OF THE ANSWER ON THE ATTORNEY FOR THE PLAINTIFF (MORTGAGE COMPANY) AND FILING THE ANSWER WITH THE COURT. We are attempting to collect a debt. Any information obtained will be used for that purpose. The foregoing summons is served upon you by publication pursuant to an order of the Honorable Joan B. Lefkowitz dated and entered July 11, 2017. The object of this action is to foreclose a mortgage and covering the premises known as 56 South Pine Street Katonah, NY 10536 Dated: August 11, 2017. Pincus Law Group, PLLC, Margaret Burke Tarab, Esq. Attorneys for Plaintiff 425 RXR Plaza Uniondale, NY 11556, 516 699-8902 #61331

There are Equal Opportunity Employment (EEO) Goals of 22.6% Minority and 6.9% Female on this contract. The NYSDOT Civil Rights Reporting System, Equitable Business Opportunities software (EBO) must be used to satisfy contractual civil rights reporting requirements. There are no residence or geographical restrictions on this project. There is no M/WBE language included within this Project Manual. Contractor shall submit together with their bid the Lobbying Activities form and the Non-collusive form contained in Section 3, Federal Requirements. This is a Federal Aid Project. Where State and Local requirements differ from Federal, the Federal requirements shall govern. Contractors shall ensure a current CCA-2 is on file with the NYSDOT. If the CCA-2 needs to be updated or submitted, contractors and subcontractors shall submit online at the following webpage address: http://osc.state.ny.us/vendrep/forms_vendor.htm#Construction The Work must be substantially completed on or before 182 Calendar Days from the Notice to Proceed and ready for final payment on or before 14 days following substantial completion. Construction will be in strict conformance with all NYSDOT and Federal Aid Requirements and governed by the NYSDOT Standard Specifications Section 100 ñ General Provisions and Section 200 thru 100 ñ Technical Specifications dated September 1, 2017 as posted at www.dot.ny.gov. In any case where the contract documents are in conflict with Section 100 of the NYSDOT Specification, Section 100 will govern. The bidder will be responsible for submitting questions regarding the proposal documents to the Engineer within the specified bid period. The Engineer will prepare an addenda in response to reasonable questions to correct errors or omissions in proposal documents, clarify questions raised by bidders, or issue new requirements, including decisions to decrease or increase the scope of certain work. Noncritical changes, especially those that do not affect cost, will not be included in an addenda. In the event of an unforeseen but critical question arises the Owner asserts the right to delay the bid opening. Addendaís and RFI responses shall be made available in PDF format on an FTP site https://projsftp.stantec.com and become part of the Contract Documents. The Engineer and/or Village will not make oral clarifications. The Village and or Engineer will notify, via email, all Prospective Bidders registered on the Official Plan Holder List of posted Addenda. It is the Bidderís responsibility to check the FTP site and download or review all posted Addenda and/or RFI responses. FTP Login information for accessing project documents is as follows: Login name: BWPM1344, Password: 5064084 All Requests for Information must be received by The Engineer on or before September 7, 2017. No RFIís will be answered after this date. No addenda shall be issued within 72 hours before any bid opening (excluding Saturdays, Sundays, and legal holidays). It is the Contractorís responsibility to check the FTP site and download or review all posted Addenda. Bidders shall acknowledge receipt of all addenda by accomplishing page CBP-3 of the Contract Bid Proposal. A PREBID MEETING will be held on Wednesday, September 6, 2017, 10:00 a.m., at Philipsburg Manor Visitorís Center, 381 North Broadway, Sleepy Hollow, N.Y. 10591, for the purpose of discussing the Contract Documents and requirements of the project. All technical questions should be directed to as follows: Engineer - Stantec, Kent P Gannon P.E., kent.gannon@stantec.com - Historic Hudson Valley, Richard J. Torres rtorres@hudsonvalley.org For general information call the Village of Sleepy Hollow or Historic Hudson Valley: Village Architect - Sean E. McCarthy (914) 366-5124 Historic Hudson Valley ñ Richard J. Torres (914) 366-6914 Anthony Giaccio

SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK COUNTY OF WESTCHESTER Index No. 63520/2015 SUPPLEMENTAL SUMMONS WITH NOTICE BANK OF AMERICA, N.A., Plaintiff, against LUTICIA FLOYD, NATHANIEL KIRKSEY, JR. A/K/A NATHANIEL KIRKSEY, If they be living and if they be dead, the respective heirs-at-law, next-of-kin, distributes, executors, administrators, trustees, devisees, legatees, assignees, lienors, creditors and successors in interest and generally all persons having or claiming under, by or through said defendant who may be deceased, by purchase, inheritance, lien or inheritance, lien or otherwise any right, title or interest in or to the real property described in the complaint, NEW YORK STATE DEPARTMENT OF TAXATION AND FINANCE AND UNITED STATES OF AMERICA,Defendants, To the above named defendants: YOU ARE HEREBY SUMMONED to answer the amended complaint in this action and to serve a copy of your answer, or, if the amended complaint is not served with this supplemental summons, to serve a notice of appearance, on the plaintiff’s attorneys within 20 days after the service of this supplemental summons, exclusive of the day of service (or within 30 days after the service is complete if this summons is not personally delivered to you within the State of New York); and in case of your failure to appear or answer, judgment will be taken against you by default for the relief demanded in the complaint. NOTICE YOU ARE IN DANGER OF LOSING YOUR HOME If you do not respond to this summons and complaint by serving a copy of the answer on the attorney for the mortgage company who filed this foreclosure proceeding against you and filing the answer with the court, a default judgment may be entered and you can lose your home. Speak to an attorney or go to the court where your case is pending for further information on how to answer the summons and protect your property. Sending a payment to your mortgage company will not stop this foreclosure action. YOU MUST RESPOND BY SERVING A COPY OF THE ANSWER ON THE ATTORNEY FOR THE PLAINTIFF (MORTGAGE COMPANY) AND FILING THE ANSWER WITH THE COURT. The foregoing supplemental summons is served upon you by publication pursuant to an Order of the Honorable Joan B. Lefkowitz Justice of the Supreme Court of the State of New York, Westchester County, dated the 21st day of April, 2017 and duly entered in the office of the Clerk of the County of Westchester, State of New York. NOTICE OF NATURE OF ACTION AND RELIEF SOUGHT The object of the above captioned action is to foreclose a Mortgage to secure $289,950.00 and interest, recorded in the Office of the County Clerk of Westchester County on January 26, 2009 in Control No. 490220316, which mortgage was assigned to Bank of America, N.A., Successor by Merger to BAC Home Loans Servicing, LP FKA Countrywide Home Loans Servicing, LP by assignment of mortgage dated November 29, 2011, which was recorded in the Office of the County Clerk of Westchester County on December 23, 2011 in Control No. 513493543, covering premises known as 5 SOUTH 14TH AVENUE, MOUNT VERNON, COUNTY OF WESTCHESTER, STATE OF NEW YORK (SECTION 164.84, BLOCK 3015, LOT 35). The relief sought in the within action is a final judgment directing the sale of the premises described above. The Plaintiff also seeks a deficiency judgment against the Defendant, LUTICIA FLOYD, for any debt secured by said Mortgage which is not satisfied by the proceeds of the sale of said premises, unless discharged in bankruptcy. Premises lying and being in the City of Mt. Vernon. BEGINNING at a point on the easterly side of South Fourteenth Avenue, 671.81 feet northerly from the corner formed by the intersection of the northerly side of West Second Street and the easterly side of South Fourteenth Avenue; being a plot 105.20 feet by 28.03 feet by 105.20 feet by 28.03 feet. SECTION 164.84, BLOCK 3015, LOT 35 Dated: Rego Park, New York August 7, 2017 DAVID A. GALLO & ASSOCIATES LLP By: Attorneys for Plaintiff 95-25 Queens Boulevard, 11th Floor Rego Park, New York 11374 (718) 459-9000 #61317

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