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GREENBURGH ACCEPTS $1M DONATION

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G Now, cancer patients at Memorial Sloan Kettering who live in Westchester County, the lower Hudson Valley and western Connecticut will only have to travel to the hospital’s new 114,000-square-foot West Harrison campus for treatment. The $143 million campus at 500 Westchester Ave., which will open for patients Oct. 6, is expected to raise the standard of cancer care in Westchester County, according to MSK officials, as well as provide greater access to new treatments. “Approximately 13 percent of our patients reside in the Hudson Valley and western Connecticut area,” said Richard Barakat, the

reenburgh’s Town Board voted to accept a $1 million donation from a developer Sept. 30, just hours before a contract kept secret from the public for nearly five years expired. A prominent neighborhood civic group is now calling for a state investigation into possible illegal activities related to the donation, including what it calls “extortion” of the developer. The money must be used to buy 28.7 acres that will be designated parkland. Robert Bernstein, an attorney and president of The Edgemont Community Council, sent a 26-page letter to state Attorney General Eric T. Schneiderman, saying the town has previously attempted to strongarm donations from a church and shopping center before issuing building permits. “This request is not about open space, or about shopping centers or churches,” he said. “It is about respect for the rule of law and a belief that unless and until the state intervenes here, these abuses will continue and put the taxpayers at Greenburgh further at risk.” The attorney general’s office did not respond to an inquiry seeking comment. A development partnership between AvalonBay Communities Inc. and Robert Martin Company LLC signed a deal with the president of another local civic group in late 2009, with assurances that the members of that group would not oppose or delay a 444-unit apartment project called Avalon Green II. Danny Gold, president of the East Irvington Civic Association, signed the deal, which included a provision it must be kept

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Chau T. Dang, chief of the medical oncology service, and Craig Thompson, the president and CEO of Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center at the new West Harrison campus. Photo by Bob Rozycki

Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center opens campus Mount Kisco Medical Group to provide additional services BY LEIF SKODNICK lskodnick@westfairinc.com

t was a seven-hour commitment every time Kelley Hebert had a scheduled treatment for breast cancer at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center in Manhattan. During the four-month period in which she underwent chemotherapy, Hebert, who lives in New Rochelle, had to block out 75 minutes in driving time each way, recruiting her husband or friends to help her make the trip into the city. “It was a little bit of a logistical challenge, sometimes, to manage all of it,” Hebert said.

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Mamaroneck’s Hole in the Wall brews its last BY MARK LUNGARIELLO mlungariello@westfairinc.com

offee served at Hole in the Wall came in flimsy short Styrofoam cups that usually had a basketweave pattern. There were no options for different roasts or flavors and Rose Sestito, the owner, had no secret formula or fancy blending technique. Her only rules were to use Columbian coffee and keep the machine clean. And yet it was the best coffee there was. At least according to the tastes of a legion of loyal cable repairmen, tow truck drivers, mechanics and industrial workers who stopped in for a cup daily. “I don’t know why,” Sestito said on Sept. 10, the day that she retired. “Not because it’s my coffee, but everybody says it’s the best.” Ordering coffee “regular” wasn’t the opposite of “decaf” but just meant the coffee would come with milk and sugar — which for the clientele was the “regular” way to drink it. “Now they all want to know where they’re going to get their coffee,” she said. Sestito, who lives nearby, said she is looking to “devise a system” to make coffee for her old customers out of her home. Hole in the Wall closed Sept. 10 after 36 years in business in Mamaroneck’s industrial area, colloquially called The Flats. It occupied a tiny storefront at 406 Center Ave. that was no wider than 15 feet. Its muddy-brown stucco façade had power lines sloppily threading out to utility poles on the street, with a rectangular sign, more 1930s than 1970s, that said “Hot N Cold Sandwiches,” the name of the deli and “Best Coffee in Town.” Its windows were made of glass panel blinds and its front door was a screen door affixed with a sign that advertised the breakfast special of egg on a roll with coffee for three bucks. A new deli called Café La Fondita will

open in its place. On the day Hole in the Wall closed, painters took to the facade with bright and vibrant colors in contrast to the gray concrete and bricks of most of the buildings in the area. Sestito convinced them to keep the coffee maker. *** Hole in the Hall’s closing is the latest sign of change in The Flats, as industrial businesses move out and village government plans to redefine the neighborhood — specifically the area between the Interstate 95 Fenimore Road exit and the Metro-North Railroad bridge. The area is one of the last industrial zones in Westchester County and to Republican Mayor Norman Rosenblum, it could be transformed with little impact on residents because there are only slightly more than a dozen homes sandwiched between the industrial businesses, auto shops and parking lots. “We’ve got to get rid of the word industrial,” he said. “It’s not really an industrial area.” Among the big companies that left is Suburban Carting Corp., which moved from Waverly Avenue to Briarcliff Manor. Happiness Laundry is gone. Rosenblum said he didn’t expect new large companies of that kind ever to return. The village established a committee to look at rezoning the area but for uses that would not be residential. “The purpose is to look at it as much as possible as an empty canvas and see what type of businesses do you want there,” he said. *** Rose Sestito is short and wears rimless glasses and her hair cut short. She speaks in a crunchy rat-tat-tat tone you’d expect from someone who spent most of her life chatting up industrial workers. On any given day at Hole in the Wall, one might have found her sitting on a stool in corner, wearing casual clothing covered with an apron and a gold necklace, watching a Panasonic

Rose Sestito at the Hole in the Wall.

hoisted on the far shelf that dated to a time when televisions came with a built-in VCR. She opened Hole in the Wall with her sister Mary in the 1970s, but the family deli goes back another 40 years. Her father, Fioramanti Sestito, called the deli “F. Sestito’s Italian-American Groceries” (his sign said “We Specialize in Wedges.”) Judging from the black and white photos that decorated Hole in the Wall,

the place hadn’t changed much since the transition, except the grocery sold sliced bread for 20 or 34 cents depending on the size of the loaf. A photo of Fioramanti, who was from Italy, hung by the entrance, all white hair and wearing a buttoned cardigan sweater. Rose, the youngest, and her siblings worked at the deli after attending Holy Hole in the Wall, page 11

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Bristal at Armonk celebrates grand opening BY JOHN GOLDEN jgolden@westfairinc.com

aving opened its second assisted living facility for seniors in Westchester this year, a Long Island developer is searching for a third location on which to build in a county where the company has seen little competition since entering the market five years ago. Partners at The Engel Burman Group will host the grand opening Oct. 9 of The Bristal at Armonk, the Garden City real estate company’s second assisted living facility in Westchester. Engel Burman in late 2012 opened The Bristal at White Plains, a 148-unit residence built from the shell of the former St. Agnes Hospital on North Street. Each project cost about $40 million to complete, said Steven Krieger, a founding partner at Engel Burman. “I don’t really know who the competition is” in Westchester for Engel Burman’s two facilities, Krieger said. Another assisted living facility, The Kensington, opened two years ago in White Plains shortly before the Bristal opening there, but it provides more clinical support services than a traditional assisted living facility. Its residents “have a much higher acuity” of illnesses than do

seniors at Bristal facilities, Krieger said. “I don’t think we have any competition in either market,” Krieger said of the two Westchester locations. The company operates nine Bristal-branded assisted living facilities on Long Island and one in Woodcliff Lake, N.J. Real estate professionals and municipal officials in Westchester expect demand for assisted living facilities to rise, along with developers’ proposals to adaptively reuse vacant or underleased commercial properties, as the affluent county’s over-60 population rises 34 percent by 2030, according to Census Bureau projections. Unlike its White Plains redevelopment, Engel Burman’s Armonk facility was built from the ground up on a vacant commercial parcel at 90 Business Park Drive in the Westchester Business Park. The 3-story, 119,000-square-foot building includes 112 assisted-living residences. An additional 40 apartments are reserved for residents who require care for Alzheimer’s disease or dementia on the facility’s Reflections wing. Emilio Di Siervi, executive director at The Bristal at Armonk, in September said 53 seniors had moved into the facility since its opening last March, including eight couples and 16 residents in its memory care wing.

The approximately 70-employee facility has a capacity for 171 residents. Many residents come from Queens, the Bronx and New York City, Di Siervi said. Bristal at Armonk residents’ average age is about 82, five years younger that the national average for assisted living facilities, he said. “I think what all the people here have in common is that they have kids in the area,” Di Siervi said. “The key here is that the children all live in Armonk.” Krieger said residency patterns in Westchester are consistent with the national trend at assisted living facilities. He said 90 percent of residents either have lived within 5 miles of their chosen facility or have adult children living within 5 miles of the facility. In Armonk, the Bristal’s amenities include an approximately 50-seat movie theater and a second 22-seat theater in the memory care wing, a fitness center, hair salon, arts and crafts studio where professional artists offer instruction, a bingo room, card and game room in a bistro setting, Internet café, library, wellness center, private dining room for families, heated outdoor pool and activities center for visiting grandchildren. Monthly rental rates start at $3,900 for a private room in a shared suite, $4,600 for a studio suite, $5,900 for a one-bedroom

Executive Director Emilio Di Siervi shows an apartment in The Bristal at Armonk. Photo by John Golden

suite and $7,500 for a two-bedroom suite. A second person occupying a one- or two-bedroom suite pays an additional $1,250 monthly. Residents with Alzheimer’s or dementia in the memory care program pay monthly rates starting at $6,800 for a private room in a shared suite or $7,500 for a studio suite. Additional fees charged according to levels of personal care assistance range from $17.50 to $81 per day. Krieger said the developer is looking at properties near the Tappan Zee Bridge in the Rivertowns for the site of its next assisted living facility. “We have to find the right location over there,” he said.

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Transportation is vital for urban resurgence BY CRYSTAL KANG ckang@westfairinc.com

ne of the key ingredients to restoring a city’s urban center is improving its transit system. Another is creating affordable housing. That was the consensus of five mayors from Westchester and Fairfield counties who recently shared how they are leveraging their respective cities’ strengths to grow their urban cores. The “Meet the Mayors” event, which was held at the University of Connecticut in Stamford, drew architects, developers and commissioners from across the region as mayors from White Plains and New Rochelle, and Norwalk, Stamford and Bridgeport in Fairfield County, Conn., discussed their cities’ respective strengths and weaknesses. The event was moderated by Joseph J. McGee, vice president of public policy and programs at The Business Council of Fairfield County. The lead sponsor of the conference was People’s United Bank. All the mayors agreed that improving their transportation systems was critical to the resurgence of the urban centers. White Plains Mayor Thomas Roach said he is seeing young people using fewer cars as they move to the city’s downtown and create a stable financial

base for businesses to draw upon. Roach said the keys to economic success in White Plains are its two Metro-North Railroad stations and Bee-Line Bus service. Bridgeport Mayor Bill Finch said he believes transportation is worth the investment. His city is planning to build a second train station on a vacant 700-acre property. Finch said the city is transforming its vacant properties into clean energy parks to attract more jobs. Stamford Mayor David Martin said the challenge for Metro-North is that its outbound trains outnumber its inbound trains, causing an imbalance in train frequency. The Metropolitan Transportation Authority addressed the issue of congested tracks through a recently approved $32 billion, four-year capital improvement plan to add more train stations in the Bronx and possibly a new commuter line into Manhattan’s Penn Station. Yet Martin said the MTA shouldn’t use the money for new tracks but rather to improve its existing tracks. The reason trains take longer on the New Haven Line is because the tracks are too close together, he said, causing trains to operate slower to prevent them from clipping trains on neighboring tracks. “The highest concentration for rail traffic in America is Metro-North,” Martin said. “Give us $5 billion, and we’ll have tenfold improve-

From left, Joseph J. McGee, vice president of public policy and programs at The Business Council of Fairfield County; Bridgeport Mayor Bill Finch; New Rochelle Mayor Noam Bramson; Norwalk Mayor Harry Rilling; White Plains Mayor Thomas Roach; and Stamford Mayor David Martin.

ments in terms of train times from New Haven down to New York using the existing railroads.” As mayors notice that their downtowns are evolving, they said it’s important to incorporate affordable housing. Norwalk Mayor Harry Rilling said with the resurgence of its urban core, the city, which has 87,000 residents, is moving forward with market rate developments that include affordable housing units. “We have a 10 percent requirement if you’re going to build over 20 units,” Rilling said, “That’s working very well because people will be able to work where they live instead of having to drive 10 to 12 miles to get to work.” Affordable housing is not the only driving

force behind diversity. New Rochelle Mayor Noam Bramson said, “As by necessity or desire, and as people try to move toward a more green lifestyle, the cities are going to become increasingly attractive.” The mayors agreed that they can only move as quickly as the state and federal governments move and that partnerships are important to making progress. “What you’re seeing is people are going faster than governments,” Finch said. “The types of governments that can go the fastest are mayors. It’s the combination of the city government and the business council working together that helps create jobs.”

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Another impasse on affordable housing settlement BY MARK LUNGARIELLO mlungariello@westfairinc.com

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Managing an International Company BY MARK L. FAGAN, CPA CITRIN COOPERMAN to help build a team atmosphere, as compared to a conference call. “You need to have a face,” Mark said, adding that his team often uses tools like Skype to stay in touch. “The visual cues are critical and help us make better decisions.”

federal monitor has put on hold his review of local towns’ and villages’ zoning codes until the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban development adopts a “considered, unified voice.” James E. Johnson, of the New York City law firm Debevoise & Plimpton LLP, is overseeing the county’s implementation of the settlement of a 2009 affordable housing lawsuit. In a Sept. 26 letter to HUD, Johnson defended an analysis he had conducted of local zoning codes after HUD sent its own letter criticizing the monitor’s work. “Given the letter, I cannot ask these communities to continue their efforts until there is a clear signal from the federal government,” Johnson said. He had been working with three out of six municipalities that his analysis said had zoning laws that contributed to a lack of integration of their minority populations. This is just the latest impasse over the implementation of the lawsuit settlement, with Westchester County having lost another $5 million in federal Community Development Block Grants. The federal government has rejected eight different submissions of an analysis of impediments, a requirement of the settlement, filed by the administration of County Executive Rob Astorino. Those analyses identified no impediments. Westchester communities have lost out on $22 million in the grants dating to 2011 due to the standoff, from which Astorino said in a recent interview that he had no intentions of backing away from. “It’s not worth $5 million; it’s not worth a billion dollars,” he said. Members of the administration have said what HUD wants is a dismantling of local zoning and to find exclusionary practices where there are none. In 2009, prior to Astorino’s election, the county agreed to settle a housing lawsuit by building or obtaining 750 units of affordable housing — mostly in 31 Westchester towns and villages where the black and Hispanic populations made up less than 2 percent and 7 percent, respectively, of the overall population. HUD, in a Sept. 24 letter, took issue with a number of aspects of a recent report by the monitor — his second — conducted at the request of members of the county Board of Legislators. In it, he found Harrison, Larchmont, Lewisboro, North

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Castle, Pelham Manor and Rye Brook either restricted multifamily housing to areas with large minority populations or restricted development of housing types “most often used by minority residents.” Glenda L. Fussa, HUD’s deputy regional counsel for New York/New Jersey, in the letter to the monitor, took issue with several aspects of the analysis, including the fact it absolved municipalities of liability. She said those determinations “have a chilling effect on potential claimants under the Fair Housing Act.” “We can also expect that the Monitor’s Analysis will be produced by these municipalities as having precedential value and providing authoritative evidence to fend off claims of discrimination in other cases,” the letter said. Johnson called HUD’s criticisms flawed and in his response said he had concerns HUD’s letter “does not reflect the considered judgment of the senior legal team of HUD.” Even prior to the disagreement between the monitor and HUD, the county executive said he would not adopt the report. He said adopting the analysis and a previous study conducted by Johnson would “completely undermine the principle of Home Rule since the county would be agreeing to turn over decision making on local zoning to a federal agency.” Several legislators had taken issue with Johnson’s report deeming certain areas in communities to be “desirable” or “less desirable.” HUD’s letter agreed with that sentiment because it said the analysis did not indicate the criteria used to determine desirability.

Mark Engel Rosco Laboratories Inc.

Vision. Teamwork. Commitment. Managing any company requires these necessary elements, but when it comes to running an international business, strategy and day-to-day operations become more complicated. Cultural differences, language barriers, limited time in person, and understanding the laws and regulations of multiple countries all become front and center for the chief executive trying to build a cohesive and successful team. Here are a few tips to think about from a management perspective as you build your global presence. PUT THE RIGHT PEOPLE IN CHARGE. As CEO, you need to resist the temptation of keeping your hands in all the activities of a multi-national organization. While operating in multiple countries or regions, it’s critical to develop a management team to be strong leaders, let them run the dayto-day operations, hold them accountable, and allow them to make decisions. “We developed our company values as a global team,” said Mark Engel, chief executive of Rosco Laboratories Inc., a global company located in Stamford that supports the entertainment industry with lighting and related products. “Our values define our culture and help our management team steer the company. If you make a decision in alignment with your values, you’ll never be wrong.” MEET IN PERSON REGULARLY. While it may be expensive, getting your global leaders together in the same place builds relationships and encourages a better understanding of cultural differences. “Helping a management team get a handle on cross-cultural communication is a challenge,” Mark said. “While sometimes the language may be identical, the cultural biases, the emphasis, the things that might get said can be misinterpreted very easily.” Convening in person helps to solidify the company’s values and culture so each individual can go back and spread the message to their respective home teams. TAKE ADVANTAGE OF TECHNOLOGY. When you can’t physically be in the same place, take advantage of technology to connect with your management team via video conferencing, at least on a monthly basis. While it’s not a substitute for being in the same room as a colleague, it continues

WALK THE TALK. Rosco takes several steps to create a culture that de-emphasizes the impression of a U.S. headquarters and its international subsidiaries by referring to the company as a “global organization” and regularly rotating the location of international meetings. In addition, strategic initiatives and projects are done on a global basis, across all locations. “We restructured a couple of years ago to create more of a global team, and we go out of our way to take people from outside of the U.S. and make them team leaders,” Mark said. “We want to emphasize with structure, not just with words, that we are a global business.” COMMUNICATING VALUES IS ABSOLUTELY ESSENTIAL. This can’t be stressed enough. All employees must understand what the company stands for and how it wants to portray its message in the marketplace. When a business has locations across the globe, it can be difficult for a CEO to know all of its employees and disseminate its message. Rosco meets this challenge by having each new staff member spend 10 minutes one-on-one with its CEO during the first week on the job. “Our most successful products have come from the ideas and development talents of our employees outside of the U.S., so it’s critical that everyone understands who we are and how we want to engage with our customers,” Mark said. EMBRACE THE WORLDWIDE BENEFITS. While managing a global organization may bring its logistical challenges, the opportunities to diversify on all levels is exponential. Access to intellectual capital isn’t limited to domestic biases and ideas, and products can come from virtually anywhere. “Our customer and dealer base do not care about borders. Rosco’s success comes from leveraging the best of a global business while respecting and capitalizing on very strong local cultures,” Mark said. ABOUT THE AUTHOR: Mark L. Fagan, CPA is the managing partner of Citrin Cooperman’s Norwalk office. With over 20 years of audit, tax and business advisory experience, he specializes in mergers and acquisitions and profitability consulting for companies of all sizes. Mark can be reached by phone at 203-847-4068 or via email at mfagan@ citrincooperman.com. Citrin Cooperman is a full-service accounting and business consulting firm with offices in Norwalk, CT; White Plains, NY; New York City; Livingston, NJ; Plainview, NY; and Philadelphia, PA.

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secret. It remained secret until May this year, when Gold asked town officials to approve the deal. The first public mention of the donation was at a board meeting Aug. 26 – by then officials had already met with Gold in a meeting closed to the public. Bernstein said that executive session violated state open meetings laws because it was not disclosed ahead of time and no reason was given for the need to retreat into the session. Town Supervisor Paul Feiner, a Democrat, said he was only recently made aware of the donation and its Oct. 1 deadline but that he viewed it as a benefit to the community for adding to open space. “They should be commended,” he said of the association. Feiner and Councilman Francis Sheehan, a Democrat, had each requested the town’s Ethics Board issue a ruling on accepting the donation. The Ethics Board found no conflict of interest in voting to accept the donation because it said government officials approved Avalon Green II

without being part of the negotiations over the donation. The ethics ruling did not appease everyone, including Sheehan, who said the board members had ignored several questions he had posed to them. “They could have acknowledged them and say ‘they’re irrelevant,’” he said at a Sept. 30 work session. “They chose to not even acknowledge them.” A new question of ethics was brought up by Sheehan over Gold’s status as “deputy supervisor” to the eventual Avalon Green II project. Deputy supervisor is an appointed position that formerly existed in the town, where a citizen was sworn in and functioned as a member of the administration – including attending closed-door executive session meetings. Gold was sworn in as deputy supervisor to the development in 1997, so critics are now arguing he was acting as a government representative when he negotiated the donation in 2009. The partnership originally wanted to build 794 units on a 91-acre site known as Nob Hill in the 1990s but faced more than a decade of opposition from the community

before receiving final approvals in 2010. Feiner said Gold’s time as deputy supervisor expired after two years, although town correspondence on the project referred to Gold as deputy supervisor at least as recently as 2004. A land donation from a developer is not uncommon when large-scale development is taking place, but this donation is unusual in several respects in addition to elected officials saying they had no knowledge of it until the clock was ticking down to expiration. The land to be acquired is in Tarrytown, an independent village that is part of Greenburgh. Tarrytown has agreed to pay to maintain the property, raising the question of why the donation was given to the town rather than the village. Gold told Town Board members he had been informed by Robert Martin that he would not ask his development partner AvalonBay to modify the donation agreement prior to the deadline. Part of the deal said the parkland must abut the existing Taxter Ridge Park. The land to be acquired will come from the Unification Church, which docu-

ments show planned to donate most of the 28.7 acres to Tarrytown regardless of the developers’ donation to Greenburgh. Roughly twenty-four acres of that property includes steep slopes and other land not developable. To sweeten the deal, two lots out of a planned 11-lot subdivision called Jardim Estates were included by the church, though critics noted that the remainder of the property could have been acquired with or without a deal with the development partnership. Ultimately, the board approved the resolution unanimously, modifying its action to specify it would use the donation for the two developable parcels out of Jardim. Bernstein questioned that move. “By making this change in its resolution, the town was effectively putting the developer on notice that, because the terms of the deal were not what it had originally agreed to in the secret agreement, it could back out of the agreement if it wished,” he said. Company representatives did not immediately respond to inquiries on the donation.

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the president and CEO of Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center. “Often the latest advances are only available through clinical trials. Memorial Sloan Kettering West Harrison will make these trials and their treatments available here.” Recent developments in cancer care have enabled it to be given in an outpatient setting in the community, making a facility like the West Harrison campus a possibility, according to Jose Baselga, MSK’s physicianin-chief and chief medical officer. “Our employees and physicians don’t take what we do as a job. People here are

devoted to what they do. They’re proud to be serving patients in the cause of eradicating cancer as a leading cause of death,” Baselga said. Hebert, now a breast cancer survivor, said it was important to her to have all of her doctors and treatments through the same organization. Patients with a similar desire will now have an easier time getting that need met, all the while being closer to their family and friends during treatment. “It would have been easier for my son, who was in high school at the time,” Hebert said. “He was never able to visit me during

any of the treatment. I think he was curious about all of it and would have been able to get a view and a window into the whole process if it had been here.” Having that support network is most important, Hebert said, as a patient gets toward the end of a successful treatment cycle. “When you’re in the treatment phase and you know you’re through the worst of it, and it’s just about the process at that point and completing it, then it’s great for the family and the patient to be able share the experience.”

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deputy physician-in-chief for the Regional Care Network and MSK Cancer Alliance at Memorial Sloan Kettering, at an opening celebration on Oct. 1. “We are aware that there is an acute need to provide access to a standard of care and clinical trials that is available in the city to patients in the suburbs.” In addition to opening the new campus, Memorial Sloan Kettering announced a partnership with Mount Kisco Medical Group to provide non-cancer treatment services, including cardiology, gastroenterology, gynecology, infectious disease and internal medicine to MSK’s patients. “We could not be more pleased to partner with Memorial Sloan Kettering to provide them with supporting clinical services in their brand new, state of the art facility,” said Scott D. Hayworth, the president and CEO of Mount Kisco Medical Group. Patients at the new West Harrison campus will be able to receive the same care they would get at Memorial Sloan Kettering’s facility on the east side of Manhattan, including access to new treatments and procedures that are still being tested, officials said. “Among the things we want to do more of is ensure patients have access to leading cancer care,” said Craig Thompson,

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police officers in 1941 to “enjoy their sport and hone their skills.” “We have kept true to those founding principles and we are deeply saddened having to see its time come to an end,” he said. Greenburgh Town Supervisor Paul Feiner, a Democrat, said he had shifted his focus from the town regulation to lobbying the state to create a law to license firing ranges. Lead contamination in the soil from spent bullets is a concern, and even before Con Edison announced the termination of the range’s lease, the town had asked that the business remediate the lead in the soil around the perimeter of the property before it reopened. “I still believe that the town should regulate local ranges but the board has not felt the need to rush into this since no outdoor ranges exist in town and no outdoor ranges are permitted,” he said. After police began investigating whether a bullet fragment hit the woman, whose name is blocked out of the report, neighbors sought to close the range while members and advocates said the location was safe and questioned how the fragment could have ended up there. Ardsley Chase, a 24-unit housing subdivision built by Toll Brothers, came decades after the range. Some residents said the developer’s permits should have come with conditions that included increased buffers for noise and safety for the nearby homes. Robert Bernstein, an attorney and president of the neighborhood civic group The Edgemont Community Council, drafted the ordinance, which would require a quartermile between outdoor firing ranges and any public spaces or homes. It would also require ranges to obtain $5 million worth of liability insurance. “This is not barring all outdoor ranges in Greenburgh, this is not barring all firing ranges in Greenburgh, but it tries to strike a balance to protect the rights of residents who have moved in and are entitled to peace and quiet in the neighborhood, too, just like everybody else,” he said.

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White Plains Hospital tops off building addition BY JOHN GOLDEN jgolden@westfairinc.com

o cheers and applause from a hard-hatdonning crowd on Davis Avenue, ironworkers on Sept. 30 set in place a final steel beam — painted white and scrawled with signatures of hospital staff, contractors and supporters — high atop the steel skeleton of a corner tower at White Plains Hospital. The topping-off ceremony marked the completion of a major stage of a construction project that will add a six-story, 52,000-squarefoot building at the center of a medical campus along East Post Road where a $100 million capital project has been underway since 2011 to renovate and expand the 292-bed, 121-year-old hospital. The hospital a year ago completed an $18 million first phase of the modernization project at its central building that included infrastructure upgrades and renovations to antiquated operating rooms. The Westchester County Local Development Corp. a year ago issued $108 million in tax-exempt bonds to finance a twoyear construction project. Ground was broken last November on the building addition, which is expected to be completed in the fall of 2015.

As a crane slowly lifted the ceremonial beam to its perch fronting East Post Road, crews were at work one block away on the site of what will be a 38,000-square-foot building adjacent to the hospital’s Dickstein Cancer Treatment Center on Longview Avenue. The $20 million project, also expected to be completed next fall, will double the size of the hospital’s cancer treatment program to approximately 70,000 square feet of space. The central building addition will replace the hospital’s demolished lobby with one designed with 25-foot glass walls and redesigned seating and reception areas for patients and visitors. It will include 24 new private patient rooms on three floors, five new operating rooms, a new labor and delivery suite, a lower-level central supply department and renovations and upgrades to 14,000 square feet of existing hospital space. Among the beam’s signers were representatives of Perkins Eastman, the hospital’s architect on the capital project, and Gilbane Building Co., the project construction manager. “In the last year and a half, we’ve seen a tremendous number of changes and growth at the hospital,” said White Plains

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BURKE, NYMC GET $800K IN FEDERAL RESEARCH GRANTS Burke Rehabilitation Center and New York Medical College will receive more than $800,000 in federal funding, according to an announcement from U.S. Rep. Nita Lowey. Lowey, D-Westchester/Rockland, made the announcement Sept. 29, saying the funding would come from the National Institutes of Health, part of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. She said that every $1 in the grant funding should generate $2.21 in economic benefit. “The health industry is part of the lifeblood of the lower Hudson Valley economy and these NIH grants will help keep our communities safe and healthy,” she said in the announcement. Burke, based in White Plains, and Valhalla’s New York Medical College will receive $402,500 to develop neurotoxin poisoning treatments as part of a Countermeasures Against Chemical threats program. The stud-

growth of the WCA’s Health Tech ’14 conference in May, the participants of which made clear “there is no forum like this for the health tech community.” The invitation-only group “will foster collaboration and invention among Westchester’s scientists and researchers, leading to growth in the health tech innovation sector, which is our ultimate goal,” she said. A WCA spokesperson said meetings will be hosted by a rotating group of scientists and researchers at their labs, research space or companies.

ies will focus on TMDT, which has been used in mass poisonings worldwide, according to Lowey’s office. Burke also will receive $398,879 for studies related to developing effective hand therapies for children with cerebral palsy. Burke’s Clinical Laboratory for Early Brain Injury Recovery has been studying treatments to increase and improve hand movement for children with CP so that they could better perform everyday tasks.

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peaking Sept. 29 at a regional housing summit in New Windsor, state Attorney General Eric T. Schneiderman announced he will allocate an additional $40 million from New York’s share of a national mortgage settlement to extend for two years his office’s Homeownership Protection Program for distressed borrowers facing the loss of their homes. The program, a statewide network of 89 housing counseling and legal services providers, assisted nearly 34,000 New York homeowners in its first two years of operation, according to Schneiderman’s office in a report released during the Democratic attorney general’s appearance at the annual housing summit of Hudson Valley Pattern for Progress. The program provides counselors and lawyers to help delinquent or defaulted borrowers through the loan modification or foreclosure process with mortgage lenders and the courts. The Center for New York City Neighborhoods and the Empire Justice Center, two organizations anchoring the

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the door and wooden shelves covered in checkered plastic contact paper. Until the day it closed, it had the same old Globe Standard scale her father owned (condemned, though it still worked), as well as the original refrigerator, microwave and grill. For the workers that went there each day, there was a familiarity with the interior and also with the deli’s owner. “It’s not ‘hi how are you?’” Sestito said. “It’s ‘how did last night go?’ You know their whole history. You get to know them. You get to know their problems.” *** Mayor Rosenblum said he already had informal interest in developing in The Flats from a boutique hotel, a sports center that wanted to build an Olympic size swimming pool and a boutique hotel for dogs. “They claim that is more profitable than a hotel for people,” he said. He expects that the village’s board of trustees will seek to rezone The Flats within the next 12 months. Part of the proposal, he said, should limit parking lots because a large number of parcels are used to park vehicles from a nearby dealership or to park large trucks and autos from several stations nearby.

As for existing businesses, Rosenblum said the village wasn’t looking to “kick them out” and they would be legally grandfathered in as non-conforming properties. They wouldn’t be able to expand or significantly rebuild unless granted a special permit. Still, he expected businesses in the area would be receptive because a rezone would increase the value of their properties. “You have a zoning where it’s conducive to those people to look for a different place, they could have enough value if they want to move somewhere else,” he said. “That’s a continuous thing that’s happening in Westchester.” Tuckahoe rezoned its Marbledale Road corridor from industrial to allow other uses, and in recent years has seen a brewery open and will soon see a hotel break ground. *** On her last day before retirement, Rose Sestito sat on her stool and reminisced. She packed a small container of her signature meatballs to freeze and later heat up at home. The meatballs, usually served on a wedge, do have a secret unlike the coffee: Don’t pat the meat tightly together like you might a burger patty. “There’s no such thing as packing a meatball,” she said. “You just roll it.” She also considered taking home with

her a framed photo of the old phone booth that stands just outside the store. The old booth, with a red “Telephone” sign, has long been without an actual phone in it but has become an attraction as one of the last of its kind in the area. “You wouldn’t believe how many people stop to take photos,” she said. She had prevented the booth from ever being removed, despite its windows being broken. One local, an artist, decorated the booth’s interior with potted plants and photos. Sestito photographed the booth for her own collection and the photo of it that used to be on display in the deli was gifted by the local artist to Sestito. The new owner will keep the phone booth. “If he wasn’t going to leave it up, I was going to take it,” she said. She shrugged off a question whether holding onto the outdated phone booth held some deeper meaning, saying she just thought her niece could put it as a decorative item in the garden. What she will do in retirement, other than possibly make coffee for her old customers, is go back to work. “I’d love to find a job where I can have two, three days off a week,” she said. “So I can have long weekends on both ends. I’ll miss the customers. What I won’t miss are the hours.”

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INBRIEF COMPTROLLER IDENTIFIES GOVERNMENTS IN FISCAL STRESS Three local governments in the Hudson Valley are under significant financial stress, according to data and analysis released by state Comptroller Thomas P. DiNapoli’s office. Rockland County, the village of Suffern and the city of Poughkeepsie were all labeled as being under significant financial stress based on 2013 financial information provided to DiNapoli’s office by local governments as of Aug. 29. The data analyzed include only municipalities with fiscal years ending Dec. 31, 2013. Statewide, all counties and towns, 44 cities and 10 villages have a calendar-based fiscal year — a total of 1,043 communities. “For the second straight year, our ‘early warning’ system has identified municipalities from every region of this state that are experiencing some level of fiscal stress,” DiNapoli said. “Last year, I implemented this system to provide New Yorkers with an objective analysis to help them understand the economic and budgetary challenges facing their communities. These fiscal scores should serve as a starting point for frank discussions at the local level so actions can be taken before a fiscal crisis develops.” DiNapoli’s monitoring system evaluates local governments on 23 financial and environmental indicators and creates an overall fiscal condition score. Indicators include cash on hand and patterns of operating deficits, together with broader demographic information like population trends, poverty and unemployment. The report also found nearly all communities listed in fiscal stress have low fund balances (100 percent) and operating deficits (97 percent).

The largest discrepancy between stressed and nonstressed municipalities were the entities’ cash position — the ability to fund operations from available cash. More than 82 percent of stressed communities experienced low liquidity in 2013 versus only 4 percent for those with no stress designation. The village of Kiryas Joel in Orange County was listed as being under moderate fiscal stress. No municipalities in Westchester County were found to be under fiscal stress, though the villages of Buchanan, Dobbs Ferry, Sleepy Hollow, Tuckahoe, the coterminous village and town of Mount Kisco, the towns of North Castle, Scarsdale and Rye, and the city of Yonkers did not file their annual financial report or reported data that was inconclusive for the purposes of the comptroller’s report.

LOAN TO HELP TURN BROWNFIELD INTO COMPANY HQ A $2.9 million loan from the U.S. Economic Development Administration will help turn a Newburgh brownfield into a new headquarters for Hudson Valley Lighting. The loan, announced Sept. 25 by U.S. Rep. Sean Patrick Maloney and U.S. Sens. Charles Schumer and Kirsten Gillibrand, will enable the city to upgrade sewer and water infrastructure at 5 Scobie Drive, just south of Interstate 84. The Newburgh Industrial Development Agency currently owns the site. According to the press release announcing the loan, the lighting manufacturer will develop the site as a headquarters, keeping 180 jobs in Newburgh and creating 50 more. The company is currently based on Pierces Road in the city. Hudson Valley Lighting and two of its

affiliates, USAI and Sonneman, are expected to be able to expand their existing capabilities once the project is complete. The infrastructure improvements will also add between 30 and 60 temporary construction jobs, the press release said. Noting that Hudson Valley Lighting affiliate USAI hires 70 percent of its workforce from Newburgh, Orange County Executive Steve Neuhaus in the press release said, “Thanks to this timely funding and the hard work of our partners in the federal government, Hudson Valley Lighting can add more full-time employees and remain right here in Orange County as a family-owned business.” “My family will retain and grow our businesses, employing and creating jobs in our hometown,” said David Littman, CEO of Hudson Valley Lighting, in the press release. “This is a win for all of us.” — Leif Skodnick

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on the page leading to greater appeal and usability. Research is another important part of website development. To be successful, the following questions should be addressed: • What appeals to the user? • Are my text and images in line with my marketing? • Do my colors convey my message? • Are the graphics including my logo appealing? Do I have the right logo? • Is the website easy to navigate? Can an 8-year-old go to my website and figure out how to navigate it? • Is it ready for mobile? Since color plays an integral part in the success of a website and can elicit subliminal and psychological reactions, I asked Ceslov to comment on its usage. “Color is very important in how you convey the company image,” he said. “A common fault of inexperienced designers is that they use a lot of colors. That’s a big mistake; keep it simple. Traditional media design should not exceed more than three colors. Neither should website design, although some shades can be used in specific instances. For example, an ecommerce website with call-to-action buttons may be okay. Think of it as a fourth color — such as in the use of a shopping cart. But, it depends on the website. “My rule of thumb: Don’t use more than three colors.” Website design continues to evolve. If you have not updated your website for several years, it is something you should seriously consider — particularly since it is most likely losing money it could instead be earning. Closely evaluating the amount of business your website has generated over a 12-month period and your conversion rate of traffic to customers should offer a good indication of its effectiveness. Providing improvements to a website that is even moderately effective can significantly enhance your business and the size of your following. Since mobile websites have become an integral part of online activity and website design, a follow-up column will focus on mobile and responsive design. Gabriel Ceslov is based in Ossining and can be reached at gabriel@gabrielceslov.com or gabrielceslov.com. Bruce Newman is vice president at The Productivity Institute LLC and a regular contributor to the Business Journal. He specializes in content creation and digital marketing. He can be reached at bnewman@ prodinst.com.

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INBRIEF TWO FIRMS RELOCATE TO WESTCHESTER PARK CENTER Heritage Realty Services LLC has signed two relocating tenants to office leases at its Westchester Park Center properties in Harrison, the New York City-based land-

lord announced Sept. 25. ACS Consulting Corp. has leased 3,000 square feet of space at 4 Westchester Park Drive. The company previously was at 700 White Plains Road in Scarsdale. The law office of Lettera Mosiello & Gioffre LLP leased 3,500 square feet of space at 2 Westchester Park Drive. The firm relocated from 2900 Westchester Ave in Purchase. Peter Zimmar of Heritage Realty represented both parties in each of the lease deals.

A spokesperson for Heritage Realty said more than 30,000 square feet of office space has been leased to date this year at Westchester Park Center, the former Gannett Office Park off Westchester Avenue. Heritage Realty’s third property in the renovated office park complex, 3 Westchester Park Drive, is in the control of a court-appointed receiver at Newmark Grubb Knight Frank after a special loan servicer in February began foreclosure

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PROGENICS, REGENERON ANNOUNCE POSITIVE PRODUCT NEWS Positive developments continued for two Westchester-based pharmaceutical companies recently, as Regeneron announced positive study results of a sinus drug and Progenics’ drug Relistor gained U.S. Food and Drug Administration approval for use in a new group of patients. Greenbu rgh-based Regeneron Pharmaceuticals Inc. and its partner, Parisbased Sanofi, announced that dupilumab, a drug the companies are developing together, met all primary and secondary endpoints in a phase 2 trial for patients with moderate to severe chronic sinusitis with nasal polyps. The drug also is being tested for use against two allergic conditions, atopic dermatitis and asthma. Regeneron’s stock, which trades on the Nasdaq, is up 29 percent from the start of 2014. Progenics Pharmaceuticals Inc., also based in Greenburgh, announced that its injectable drug Relistor has been approved by the FDA for use in patients with opioidinduced constipation who take opioid painkillers for chronic pain not related to cancer. The drug, which was developed with Raleigh, N.C.-based Salix Pharmaceuticals Ltd., does not reduce the efficacy of the patients’ pain medication, according to a company press release. Approximately 40 percent of chronic pain patients, or nearly 11 million patients, on opioid therapy will experience opioidinduced constipation, the company said. Relistor is the first approved medication that specifically targets the underlying cause of opioid-induced constipation. The drug was first approved for use in 2008. — John Golden and Leif Skodnick

SPECIAL BANKING REPORT AND FINANCE

Putnam County Savings Bank will acquire CMS Bancorp BY JOHN GOLDEN jgolden@westfairinc.com

ine months after its planned merger with a Pennsylvania bank ended over delays in regulatory approval, CMS Bancorp Inc. in White Plains has agreed to be acquired by Putnam County Savings Bank in Brewster in an approximately $25.4 million cash deal. The merger, expected to close in the first half of 2015, will add five CMS Bank retail branches in Westchester County to the Brewster mutual savings bank’s existing 10-branch network in Putnam, Rockland, Dutchess and northern Westchester counties. CMS Bancorp is the holding company for CMS Bank, a stock savings bank with branches in Eastchester, Greenburgh, Mount Vernon, West Harrison and Mount Kisco.

Customers Bancorp Inc., a suburban Philadelphia bank company that operates two New York branches, including one at Rye Ridge Shopping Center in Rye Brook. That deal, which would have exchanged CMS stock for shares of Customers Bancorp stock, was valued at approximately $20.8 million. CMS terminated the agreement in December 2013 after the Pennsylvania bank failed to make all regulatory filings required to have the purchase approved by regulators. Joseph D. Roberto, president and CEO of Putnam County Savings Bank, said his bank began discussions with CMS Bancorp “after that deal fell through” with Customers Bank. With three well-established branch offices in Somers, Yorktown and Jefferson Valley, “We had strategically planned to get more involved in the

“WE’VE NOW CREATED A NICE FOOTPRINT FOR THE FRANCHISE STRETCHING FROM DUTCHESS ALL THE WAY DOWN INTO SOUTHERN WESTCHESTER AND A LITTLE INTO ROCKLAND.” — Joseph D. Roberto, president and CEO of Putnam County Savings Bank

If the deal is approved by CMS stockholders and banking regulators, those branch offices will operate under the Putnam County Savings Bank name, officers at the two bank companies said in a joint press release. One CMS director will join the PCSB board of trustees. The merging banks said the all-cash transaction is valued at $13.25 per share of CMS stock. Sales of CMS Bancorp Inc. stock on the Nasdaq closed at $11.47 per share on Sept. 25, the day the merger agreement was announced, and at $12.87 per share Sept. 30. CMS Bancorp officers in August 2012 announced a merger agreement with

Westchester market,” he said. “We felt that was a natural expansion for us.” With the pending acquisition, “We’ve now created a nice footprint for the franchise stretching from Dutchess all the way down into southern Westchester and a little into Rockland,” Roberto said. Putnam Savings last November opened a branch across the Hudson in New City. Roberto noted the five CMS branches to be acquired do not overlap with Putnam Savings Bank’s existing branches and all will remain in operation. Roberto said Putnam Savings, which was founded in 1871, will continue the personalized service for which both banks in

Joseph D. Roberto, president and CEO of Putnam County Savings Bank.

the deal are known. “We’re going to bring our community style of banking with us,” he said. John E. Ritacco, president and CEO of CMS, in the deal announcement said CMS stockholders “will benefit from the all-cash terms of the merger agreement. Our customers will gain access to a deeper level of products and quality services provided by a strong and committed local community bank, and CMS will serve as a platform for Putnam’s deeper expansion in the Westchester market.” As of June 30, Putnam County Savings

Bank had total assets of $975.8 million, deposits of $860.8 million and stockholders’ equity of $111.6 million. CMS Bancorp Inc. had total assets of $273 million, deposits of $228.1 million and stockholders’ equity of $23.8 million. Putnam County Savings Bank retained Luse Gorman Pomerenk & Schick PC, a Washington, D.C., law firm, as legal counsel in the transaction and FinPro Capital Advisors Inc. as financial adviser. Paul Hastings LLP in New York City acted as legal counsel and Sandler O’Neill and Partners LP was financial adviser to CMS. WCBJ • HVBiz • October 6, 2014

BY GERI PELL

Tax diversification and retirement – what’s your plan?

ost people think of asset allocation as a diversification of asset classes, such as large cap stocks, small cap stocks and bonds. But diversifying assets by taxability can also be important in building a successful financial planning strategy to last you through your working years and into retirement. A portfolio that is diversified well from a tax perspective can include a mix of: • Taxable investments — Examples include mutual funds, stocks and bonds where taxes are paid on an ongoing basis. • Tax-deferred investments — This includes 401(k)s, 403(b)s, traditional IRAs, deferred annuities and EE U.S. savings bonds where the investments can grow taxdeferred until distribution. • Tax-free investments — Roth IRAs, Roth 401(k)s, 529 plans, municipal bonds and cash-value life insurance can provide taxfree income, when certain conditions are met. Investing assets among these categories can help create tax efficiencies within your portfolio while you’re still earning a paycheck and throughout retirement. Here’s one example. If you contribute

money that has already been taxed to a Roth IRA during your working years, it will be allowed to grow tax-deferred as you continue to earn an income. You also will be able to take tax-free withdrawals when you decide to cash out in retirement (assuming all requirements are met). In addition to offering diversification from other investments that receive different tax treatments (e.g. 401(k)s or traditional IRAs), this move may also be beneficial in managing your tax bracket in retirement since money withdrawn from a Roth IRA generally does not count toward your taxable income. Knowing when and how to draw down different assets in retirement can be complex and is best determined in consultation with a tax adviser familiar with your unique situation. However, some basic principles may apply. 1. First, consider the income you are already earning from your existing assets, including Social Security, if that applies. 2. Next, look to see if you can take any long-term capital gains that would possibly be taxed at 0 percent, depending on whether your total income for the year, including the

gains, would be in the 10 percent or 15 percent brackets. Using this strategy can influence the next steps because adding more taxable income can move you into higher brackets. 3. Then, figure out what your taxable income level is and what the top of your tax bracket is. This will help you calculate the room you have to take distributions from tax-deferred investments before you edge up to a higher tax bracket. This may be especially beneficial in years when your income is lower, so you can take full advantage of being in a lower tax bracket. Caveats do apply to distributions, especially if you are over 70½, so it’s crucial when doing this type of planning to consult with a tax adviser. 4. Then, assess the alternatives you have available to liquidate assets where all or most of the tax liability has been paid. If you need to offset capital gains from rebalancing your portfolio, consider liquidating capital assets that will either generate a capital loss or not generate an additional tax liability. 5. Finally, leave your Roth IRA distributions for last. Since there are no required minimum distributions at age 70½, let this money grow tax-free for as long as possible.

This would also hold true for accessing the cash value from a life insurance policy. In addition to the above, you may want to consider some of the following issues. • Although emotionally tempting, it is not necessarily appropriate to pay off your mortgage as you near retirement — especially if you have a locked low interest rate and can benefit from the tax deduction while you are still working. • If your real estate taxes are high and your kids are out of school, you may want to consider moving to a lower tax area. Tax strategies vary from individual to individual and should always be planned with a tax adviser. The key message, however, is that a portfolio can benefit if it is tax diversified as well as asset-class diversified. It may be better to start thinking about tax diversification sooner rather than later. Geri Pell is a private wealth adviser and CEO of Pell Wealth Partners, a private wealth advisory practice of Ameriprise Financial Services Inc., with headquarters in Rye Brook and offices in Manhattan and Port Jervis. Contact her at geri.e.pell@ampf.com or 914-253-8800. This article first appeared on CNBC.com.

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he calls herself the “chief bottle washer,” but Donna Wertenbach, who leads the Community Economic Development Fund, is elbow-deep in the greasy mechanical workings of the small business credit market. While the demand for credit by small businesses is strong, the supply isn’t always there. Wertenbach’s organization, which has doled out $25 million worth of loans to small businesses ranging from a headhunting service to an ice cream shop and a machine shop in Connecticut, is trying to fill that gap. “We cater to the nonbankable small business,” said Wertenbach, who noted that the CEDF’s clients were often too risky for banks to loan money, lacked collateral or just needed too little money for it to be worth a bank’s while to lend to them. “We do what the banks won’t do,” Wertenbach said. “They want the depositor relationship, but they don’t make enough money off of the loans to warrant taking the higher risk. We deal with restaurants — but banks won’t touch restaurants or businesses with bad cash flow and no collateral.” While bank lending to small businesses is down according to the New York Federal Reserve Bank’s most recent Small Business Credit Survey, the Meriden-based CEDF is one of several unique alternatives out there for small businesses looking to borrow money. Notably, eBay subsidiary PayPal lends money to small-business owners through their PayPal accounts, and then siphons a portion of revenue received through the accounts for repayment. “PayPal Working Capital is a great fit for existing PayPal small businesses looking to expand inventory, help open a new location or receive hassle-free access to capital in a timely manner,” a PayPal spokesman told the Business Journal via email. To receive a PayPal Working Capital business loan, businesses must agree to continue to process payments through their current PayPal account until the loan amount and fee are paid in full. It’s not a requirement to do all or even most sales through PayPal, but they must also agree not to direct payment volume away from PayPal intentionally to avoid repayment. “Since its launch in September of 2013, more than $150 million in loans has been distributed, and a high number of businesses have returned for an additional loan after repaying their first,” PayPal’s spokesman stated. “Of course, all of the businesses use PayPal to process sales, but

a majority also happen to sell on eBay.” Not all banks are abandoning the small-business credit market. HSBC Bank announced on Oct. 1 that it was expanding its international business loan program by $3 billion, citing rising demand by small and medium-size U.S. businesses looking to export and expand internationally. “U.S. small and medium-size businesses are key contributors to U.S. exports and domestic job growth,” said Derrick Ragland, executive vice president and head of U.S. middle-market corporate banking for HSBC Bank USA. “Helping them secure financing to tap into the growing buying power of emerging economies to thrive is essential.” Ragland said that HSBC’s program has done a large share of its lending to 0630 ad_Layout 1 Northeast, 8/25/14 2:06and PM that Pagethe 1 businesses in the

Wertenbach explained that banks learned the hard way that they can’t take wild risks. They since applied that lesson to the smallbusiness lending market. Her organization provides working capital, lines of credit, and term loans up to $250,000, served with a side of financial education. “We design loans to meet the circumstances of the borrower,” Wertenbach said. “We’ll ask, ‘How much can you afford to pay in debt service each month?’ From there, we can start the educational process and teach them not to take it right to that limit, and calculate the loan payment using half that amount for debt service.” The educational lesson to the businesses is a simple one. “It’s ‘You need to spend within your means,’” Wertenbach said. “Gosh, I sound like my father.”

bank sees more small businesses taking advantage of overseas markets, noting that 95 percent of the world’s consumers are located outside the U.S. “The typical loan is in the few millions, generally to buy more inventory or equipment to grow the business,” Ragland said. He cited medical devices as a growing segment of the program’s business, but added, “we make it available to any business that wants it.” For the CEDF, the support of banks is a key element to the fund’s existence. Wertenbach’s program is capitalized by both local and national banks. The CEDF enables the banks to point businesses to an entity that can lend to them, while the banks can maintain a deposit banking relationship with the businesses. During the mortgage debacle,

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Treasury revises rules on corporate inversions BY LEIF SKODNICK lskodnick@westfairinc.com

hen the U.S. Treasury Department recently revised regulations pertaining to corporate inversions, the New York State Society of Certified Public Accountants applauded. Just over a month ago, the group had fired back at President Barack Obama after the president blamed the accounting industry for the much-debated practice, in which an American company reincorporates overseas to escape paying corporate taxes to the federal government. Now, the group’s president, Scott Adair, says the blame is focused where it should be. “The New York State Society of CPAs is pleased the Obama Administration has stopped blaming accountants for corporate tax inversions and is rightly placing the responsibility for them with the people who actually determine what is written in the U.S. tax code: members of Congress,” Adair said in a statement on the group’s website. The new rules, released last week, make it more difficult for inverted corporations to access a foreign subsidiary’s earnings tax-free through “hopscotch loans,” when a foreign corporation controlled by an inverted U.S. company makes a loan of its profits to the

new foreign parent — thus escaping U.S. tax liability because the profit was technically not property of the U.S. company. Hopscotch loans now will be considered U.S. property to disincentivize their use. Companies also will no longer be allowed to restructure foreign subsidiaries to access the subsidiaries’ earnings tax-free, and the rules close a loophole that allowed cash or property transfers from foreign subsidiaries to the new inverted parent corporation to avoid U.S. taxes. The recently revised rules are expected to slow inversion transactions, but they won’t stop them. “It’s an interim, middle-of-the-road solution,” said Phillip G. Cohen, a professor in the Legal Studies and Taxation Department of Pace University’s Lubin School of Business and a retired vice president for tax and general tax counsel for Unilever United States Inc. “I think it should adversely affect some inverted corporations, the secretary of the treasury will treat loans and other inbound transactions to foreign subsidiaries as if they were to the American corporation. This will have an effect of stopping companies from tapping into foreign earnings.” In remarks announcing the reinterpreted rules, Treasury Secretary Jacob J. Lew said the

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rules aren’t the ideal solution. “Comprehensive business tax reform that includes specific anti-inversion provisions is the best way to address these transactions,” Lew said. “While that work continues, I have been urging Congress to pass anti-inversion legislation, which is the only way to close the door on these transactions entirely.” Corporate inversions are legal and codified in the federal tax code. While a foreign corporation is still required to pay U.S. taxes on income derived from American sources, income earned abroad is beyond the reach of the IRS. Thus, American corporations that earn significant income outside of the U.S. can decrease their tax liabilities by inverting. Legislation has been introduced to close the corporate inversion loophole. The Stop Corporate Inversions Act of 2014, which broadly follows the proposal laid out by the president in his fiscal year 2015 budget, was introduced by a dozen House Democrats. Sen. Carl Levin, a Democrat from Michigan, introduced similar legislation in the Senate. “We need to reform our tax system so that working families and small businesses, who are already paying much more than their fair share, are not forced to make up for special interests credits and loopholes that benefit only the largest corporations,” said

U.S. Rep. Nita Lowey, a Democrat representing Rockland County and part of Westchester, and a co-sponsor of the bill. Currently, Section 7874 of the tax code prohibits U.S. companies from reincorporating overseas through an inversion unless stakeholders of the foreign company maintain more than 20 percent of the combined foreign corporation. The Stop Corporate Inversions Act would change the threshold so the stakeholders of the foreign company must maintain at least 50 percent of the combined foreign corporation. The bill also would prohibit U.S. companies from reincorporating overseas through an inversion if the affiliated group that includes the combined foreign entity is managed and controlled in the U.S. and conducts significant domestic business activities in the U.S. The bill was referred to the Ways and Means Committee in the House of Representatives and the Finance Committee in the Senate, but has gained no further consideration. The controversy over inversion transactions came to the forefront as major American corporations including Walgreens, Mylan, Medtronic and Burger King have sought to ship their headquarters overseas to reduce their federal corporate tax liabilities and increase profits for shareholders.

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ST. CHRISTOPHER’S INC. JAMES AND BARBARA CHIN GOLF & TENNIS CLASSIC Benefiting: St. Christopher’s Inc. St. Christopher’s invites you to join this momentous occasion to celebrate its greatest achievements – the children! Your support enables St. Christopher’s to fund the scholarship and vocational fund, providing support for children with special needs to attend college and pursue a vocation. Join for a day filled with golf and tennis, raffle prizes, refreshments, brunch, cocktail reception, buffet dinner and fun. EVENT CO-CHAIRMEN: Scott Meador and Larry Weiss TIME: 10:30 a.m. to 7:30 p.m. LOCATION: Leewood Golf Club, Eastchester TICKET PRICE: $425 per golfer; $300 per tennis player; sponsorship opportunities available CONTACT: Katie Johnson at 693-3030, ext. 2313, or kjohnson@sc1881.org

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“AN EVENING IN GOOD TASTE” TO END CHILDHOOD HUNGER Benefiting: Food Bank for Westchester The Food Bank for Westchester’s 24th annual fundraiser will help end child hunger in Westchester. It is a magical gourmet event where some of Westchester’s finest chefs donate their time, talents and delectable delights, and wine for your dining pleasure, plus a silent auction with fabulous items and experiences and special guest emcee Tara Rosenblum of News12 Westchester. EVENT CHAIRMEN: Christopher and Sean Murphy, Murphy Brothers Contracting TIME: 6 to 9 p.m. LOCATION: 1133 Westchester Ave., White Plains TICKET PRICE: $200 per person; sponsorship opportunities available CONTACT: Martha Dubinsky at 418-5210 or visit www.foodbankforwestchester.org

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HUDSON VALLEY HOSPITAL CENTER 125TH ANNIVERSAY CELEBRATION Benefiting: Foundation of Hudson Valley Hospital Center Celebrate Hudson Valley Hospital Center’s 125th anniversary with a historic event. Cocktails, dinner, dancing, and silent auction. TIME: 6 to 10 p.m. LOCATION: Monteverde at Oldstone TICKET PRICE: $650 per person; sponsorship and journal opportunities available CONTACT: Danielle O’Malley at 734-3526 or visit www.hvhc.org

OCT. 27

UNITED HEBREW OF NEW ROCHELLE’S 95TH ANNIVERSARY GALA DINNER DANCE Benefiting: United Hebrew of New Rochelle The United Hebrew of New Rochelle, a comprehensive campus of senior services, is celebrating its 95th anniversary. Proceeds from the event will assist the campus with its programmatic initiatives, including music and art therapy, wellness programs and hospice and palliative care program. EVENT CHAIRMAN: Lenny Tanzer, president of Patient Care Associates Inc. TIME: 6:30 to 10:30 p.m. LOCATION: Glen Island Harbor Club, New Rochelle TICKET PRICE: $600 per person; sponsorship and journal opportunities available CONTACT: Garce Ferri at 632-2804, ext. 1190, or gferri@uhgc.org

OCT. 30

LIGHT UP THE NIGHT

NOV. 1

Benefiting: Andrus Join for cocktails, dinner and short program. Andrus nurtures hope in children by providing care that empowers them to succeed and by promoting innovation and standards of excellence in the care of children in our community and beyond. HONOREES: Dan Bena and Andrew Malcolm EVENT CHAIRPERSONS: Jon Dorf, Susan Guma and Lori Henry TIME: 6 to 10 p.m. LOCATION: Westchester Country Club, Rye TICKET PRICE: $450 per person; sponsorship and journal opportunites available CONTACT: Judy Wood at 965-3700, ext. 1318, or visit www.andrus1928.org

HOPE GALA 2014 Benefiting: Dominican Sisters Family Health Service Inc. (DSFHS) DSFHS is hosting its second holiday Hope Gala with a cocktail hour, raffles, silent auction and special guest, Bernie Williams and his All Star Band. HONOREES: Mother Mary Walsh Awardees: Dr. Thomas Lansen and Tara Meenan-Lansen and Ralph Martinelli; Cimino Community Service Awardees: Jim and Fran Dowling TIME: 7 to 11 p.m. LOCATION: Ritz-Carlton, Westchester, White Plains TICKET PRICE: $450 per person; sponsorship and journal opportunities available CONTACT: Marta Decker at 941-1710, ext. 1156, or email mdecker@dsfhs.org or visit www.dsfhs.org

NOV. 15

DINNER WITH THE DEAD Benefiting: The Historical Society and the Sleepy Hollow Cemetery Historic Fund The Historical Society and the Sleepy Hollow Cemetery Historic Fund have teamed up to celebrate their 125th and 165th anniversaries; with an unhaunted event featuring a delicious dinner by the bite in the company of several special guests who have left their final resting places to join us for an evening of revelry. TIME: 6 to 9 p.m. LOCATION: Lyndhurst, Tarrytown TICKET PRICE: $125 per person; sponsorship and journal opportunites available CONTACT: Email events@cappacrucy.com or visit www. dinngeriwiththedead.org

A MAGICAL EVENING WITH ASI WIND Benefiting: A Magical Evening with Asi Wind Prepare yourself for an out-of-this-world experience with renowned magician and mentalist Asi Wind as he dazzles you with his “Entertainment for the Mind.” Tickets to this one-of-a-kind event include dinner. EVENT CHAIRPERSONS: Paula Berkowitz and Sheri Leonard TIME: 7:30 to 10:30 p.m. LOCATION: Elmwood Country Club, White Plains TICKET PRICE: $125 per person; sponsorship opportunities available CONTACT: Gwen Salmo at 617-4051 or visit www.friendsofkaren.org

WHITE PLAINS HOSPITAL AUXILIARY GALA Benefiting: The Auxiliary of White Plains Hospital The annual gala of the Auxiliary of White Plains Hospital will honor longtime CEO Jon B. Shandler upon his retirement for his exceptional legacy of leadership HONORING: Jon B. Shandler TIME: 6:30 to 10:30 p.m. LOCATION: Trump National Golf Club, Briarcliff TICKET PRICE: $500 per person; sponsorship and journal opportunities available CONTACT: Patricia Laine at 681- 2264 or visit www.givetowphospital.org

20TH ANNUAL FALL GALA “BACK TO THE FUTURE” Benefiting: Foundation for Empowering Citizens with Autism (FECA) Join in celebrating FECA’s past and new beginnings. Event includes cocktails, silent auction and dinner. EVENT CHAIRPERSONS: Ann and Peter DiChiara and Melanie and Drew Schaffran TIME: 6:30 to 11:30 p.m. LOCATION: Westchester Marriott, Tarrytown TICKET PRICE: $200 per person; sponsorship and journal opportunities available CONTACT: Hospitality Resource Group at 761-7111 or visit www.fecainc.org

NOV. NOT-FOR-PROFIT EDUCATIONAL 17 LEADERSHIP SUMMIT

Entergy is proud to be the Presenting Sponsor of the 2014 Educational Summit for the not-for-profit community. We look forward to seeing you at this annual event. PRESENTED BY: Entergy and Hospitality Resource Group TIME: 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. LOCATION: Westchester Marriott Hotel, Tarrytown TICKET PRICE: Complimentary (by invitation only) CONTACT: Hospitality Resource Group at 761-7111 or email Jenna@HRGinc.net or visit www.HRGinc.net

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OCTOBER SPOTLIGHT

UNITED WAY OF WESTCHESTER AND PUTNAM For the past 52 years, United Way of Westchester and Putnam has operated with the fundamental belief that all people deserve a quality education, enough income to support a family and opportunities for a healthy lifestyle. United Way works with agency partners, government, businesses and community leaders to solve problems that are too complex for any one entity alone. United Way’s year-round programs and services strengthen the community in the following focus areas: education, income and health. United Way’s 2-1-1 of the Hudson Valley region is a free,

confidential, multilingual information and referral helpline, covering Westchester and Putnam as well as Dutchess, Orange, Rockland, Sullivan and Ulster counties. It answers hundreds of calls and online inquiries per day ranging from tax, heating and mortgage questions to childcare, basic needs, natural disaster and crisis calls. New this year is the United Way Women’s Leadership Council (WLC). More than four dozen women leaders from across Westchester and Putnam have made their mark as its founding members. Part of a national movement, the WLC mission is to harness women’s leadership and philanthropy to promote fi-

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nancial self-sufficiency, education and health among women and their families. The council engages its members in philanthropy and volunteerism through two compelling United Way initiatives: “Teach Me to Fish,” which gives underemployed adults job training, work-skills coaching and professional opportunities, and “SmartStart,” which helps at-risk elementary school children stay engaged in school through academic support with a focus on reading. United Way of Westchester and Putnam is located at 336 Central Park Ave., White Plains, NY 10606 and can be reached at 914-997-6700 or www.uwwp.org.

United Way of Westchester and Putnam board members and volunteers had a busy spring and summer supporting important community initiatives throughout the county: Women’s Leadership Council (WLC) members, including Gail Carmody, read to children in Yonkers on a service day with JCY-Westchester Community Partners. WLC members Heather Galgan, Amanda Paredes, Janet Belardi and Swati Goel-Patel attended United Way’s Leadership Dinner. Alyzza Ozer, Meyer Koplow and Sascha Rockefeller at the Tocqueville annual reception. Linda Ferone and Kevin Johnson enjoyed United Way’s Day of Golf. Leo Cummings (center) of UPS, joined by Greg Bassuk, 2013-2014 United Way board chairman and Alana Sweeny, United Way president and CEO, accepted the Spirit of Westchester and Putnam Corporate Award at United Way’s 52nd Annual Meeting.

SUBMIT YOUR EVENT Westchester not-for-profit organizations are invited to promote their special events in “Planning Ahead.” To submit an event, visit www.HRGinc.net and click on “Planning Ahead” or for more information, please call 761-7111. Events are compiled in cooperation with Association for Development Officers Inc. www.adoonline.org

Hospitality Resource Group is your “Total Business Link” for all of your meeting and special event needs. www.HRGinc.net | 914-761-7111 info@hrginc.net OUR FAMILY OF COMPANIES

We all want a strong return on our investment and giving to the United Way pays huge dividends for our community. Its ability to bring resources together to address complex community needs translates into more children who remain in school, graduate and use their education to work and give back to the community. It also results in people of all ages living healthier lives, removing a burden from the health care system – and this benefits all of us!”

- Scott Morrison Chairman, United Way of Westchester and Putnam Board of Directors

NONPROFIT WESTCHESTER Those of us working in the nonprofit sector too often feel misunderstood, maybe even a bit overwhelmed. That may be because so many of us are wearing so many different hats – accountant, counselor, executive, fundraiser, problem-solver and plumber. And that’s only our workday responsibilities. We do it all while balancing tight budgets with dwindling resources and a greater demand or need for our services. Nonprofit Westchester has an antidote. We’re holding a halfday conference Friday, Oct. 24 at Manhattanville College aimed at giving you and your staff the tools to build relationships, attract more supporters and spread your mission. Our keynote address will be delivered by Farra Trompeter, vice president of Big Duck Marketing. We also have a lineup of heavy hitters in public relations, marketing, presentation and social media that include: Liz Bracken-Thompson, Thompson & Bender Pat Hennessey, Westchester Community College Robin Liebowitz, rkl3D Nancy Maloy, Speak UP, Speak OUT with Confidence Brian Howard, The Journal News Alisa Kesten, Volunteer New York! Since we’re in the nonprofit sector – and are highly efficient with our time – we’re also going to roll out our big plans for “Giving Tuesday.” So don’t miss out, our nonprofit conference could pay dividends to your organization’s bottom-line.

-Joanna Straub Executive Director, Nonprofit Westchester

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THELIST: MOVING AND STORAGE RANKED BY YEAR COMPANY WAS ESTABLISHED. LISTED ALPHABETICALLY IN EVENT OF TIE.

WESTCHESTER COUNTY WESTCHESTER COUNTY AND REGION

MOVING AND STORAGE COMPANIES

NEXT LIST: OCTOBER 13 LEADING CMOS

Morgan & Brother Manhattan Storage & Co.

11 Labriola Court, Armonk 10504 273-2587 • morganmanhattan.com

Collins Brothers Moving Corp.

620 Fifth Ave., Larchmont 10538 834-0048 • collinsbros.com

William B. Meyer Inc.

V. Santini Inc.

6 7 8 9

181 Route 117 Bypass, Bedford Hills 10507 800-554-2673 • williambmeyer.com

27 S. Sixth Ave., Mount Vernon 10550 668-8000 • vsantini.com

Gold Service Movers

95 Virginia Road, White Plains 10603 949-6333 • goldservicemovers.com

East Side Movers

525 S. Fourth Ave., Mount Vernon 10550 699-1122 • moveesm.com

Al's Moving & Storage Co.

120 Fulton St., White Plains 10606 761-3229 • alsmoving.com

Shleppers Moving & Storage

656 Central Park Ave., Yonkers 10704 684-0606 • shleppers.com

Gentle Giant Moving Co.

28 S. Depot Plaza, Tarrytown 10591 997-0019 • gentlegiant.com

130 Brady Ave., Hawthorne 10532 762-8542 • barrbrosmoving.com

Barr Brothers Moving Co., Inc. McAvey Moving Co.

17 Gramercy Place, Thornwood 10594 747-1533 • mcaveymoving.com

Top local executive Contact (bold) Email address Year company established

Brian Clark

Will Huntting whuntting@morganmanhatan.com

Frank E. Webers

collins@collinsbros.com

Tom Gillon Sr. Ted Kennedy

Year company established

Type of business

Frank Catania

Sanford Gold, president

Nick Guagliardo

sales@moveesm.com

Al Fanelli Jr. Sandra Fanelli

contact@alsmoving.com

Allen Golan, COO

onsite@shleppers.com

Noah Duarte, Regional Manager, N.Y. info@gentlegiant.com

Richard D. Barr Richard D. Barr

toni@McAveyMoving.com

Independent

Air Heat

Full service and self-storage; more than 700,000 square feet of storage space in eight locations; specialized services for piano moving, fine arts, lab and medical and computer and electronics interior design movers; local, long-distance and international moving; commercial moving; and furniture repair

1910



Atlas Van Lines

Air Heat

Full service, storage security system, temperature controlled, full sprinker system, local and international moving

1915



United Van Lines

Air Heat

Full service; alarm system; courier services for university and law documents, climate-controlled items, pharmaceutical and medical items and mail room materials; 24-hour surveillance for storage units; specialized electronics moving; relocation services; rigging services; and library relocation

1923



Atlas Van Lines

WND

Heat

Storage facilities accommodate personal and business accounts; 24-hour alarm service; storage for household items, fine arts, antiques, automobiles, office equipment and records; local, longdistance and international moving; office relocation; and business-records storage

1928



Wheaton Worldwide Moving

Climate Controlled

1945



Skyline

Heat

Office and industrial relocation services, record storage, retrieval and shredding, new furniture distribution and installation, household and international relocations, office and household furniture storage, liquidation services, Mount Vernon warehouse contains 40,000 square feet of military approved space with five loading docks

1948



None

Air Heat

Residential, commercial, in-house, long-distance and interstate moving; packing and unpacking services; storage services; and green-conscious company.

1978



ProMover

Air Heat

1980



Pro Mover

Air Heat

1985



ProMover

Air Heat

Company specializes in written binding estimates for executive relocations, estates, townhouses and commercial moves

1987



Stevens Worldwide Van Lines

Air Heat

Residential, local, long-distance and international; packing and crating; piano moving; commercial moving; storage and warehousing; furniture deliveries to stores; and moving boxes and materials



Heat

Automobile self storage to serve Westchester and Fairfield counties, storage solutions, P.O. boxes and uhaul, and boxes and supply options



Air Heat

Moving concierge service, packing supplies; customer truck rentals, self-storage rooms are secured by individual locks, alarm and security systems, personal access code required to enter building; and month-to-month leases are offered

None

Business-packing services and commercial moving; home-packing services; residential moving; local, long-distance, national and international services

Safe Haven Space Self Storage

444 Saw Mill River Road, Elmsford 10523 • 592-1000 333 N. Bedford Road, Mount Kisco 10549 • 666-7233 safehavenselfstorage.com

Storage type (full or self-storage) Security features Additional features or services Access for customers



rdbarr@optonline.net

Eugene McAvey and Brian McElroy

Climate controlled? Air Heat



info@vsantini.com

customerservice@goldservicemovers.com

Number of warehouses in county

1851

tkennedy@williambmeyer.com

Jack DeSimone

National moving, storage or shipping affiliation

storage

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

moving

Rank

Ranked by year company established; listed alphabetically in event of tie.

Full service; residential, corporate, national and international relocation; short-and long-term storage options; and stored property is accessible within 24-hour notice

Local, long distance and international moving; standard office and medical office moving; office installations; electronic services; art, glass and marble services; special services, including fine art, piano moving, moving for seniors and estate services; personal and business storage; and 24hour storage security Local, long distance, international and in-house moving; office moving and piano moving; packing; craning and specialty moving; storage facilities; art and furniture restoration; warehouses managed by 24-hour security systems; and climate-controlled storage for pianos, artwork, books and wine

Safe Haven Group

1987

John Arredondo, owner

1990



1999



2000



None

Air Heat

Full service, alarm and sprinkler system, 24-hour camera surveillance, local and long-distance moving, residential and commercial moving and access to storage with notice.

1924



North American Van Lines

1 (Dutchess County)

Air Heat

Operates nearly 200 trucks and vans; more than 650,000 square feet of storage space; company owns Pack & Ship locations, Atlantic Restoration and Atlantic Coast Movers and Riggers; local, long distance, international, corporate and commercial moving; 24./7 security and temperaturecontrolled storage units; and records management and medical records moving

1921



United Van Lines

2 (Putnam and Dutchess counties)

Air Heat

Full and mobile self storage; warehouses are central station monitored, card reader access, CCTV and fully sprinklered

1965



Allied Van Lines

Heat

Local, long-distance and corporate moves, storage unit is privately owned and government operated, 24/7 alarm and sprinkler system in storage unit, packing supplies and services available and company offers special military services

1949



Allied Van Lines

None

Home and office relocation, higher education moving; green initiatives, corporate laboratory moving, internal relocation servicesn and storage facility forklifts have lifting capacity of 10,000 pounds

Westy Self Storage

13 14 15

395 Saw Mill River Road, Elmsford 10523 299 Boston Post Road, Port Chester 10573 351 N. Main St., Port Chester 10573 65 Marbledale Road, Tuckahoe 10707 179 Westmoreland Ave., White Plains 10707 855-417-1284 • westy.com

Two Men and a Truck

130 N. Main St., Port Chester 10573 618-4238 • twomenwestchester.com

Smart Moving & Storage Inc.

179 Saw Mill River Road, Yonkers 10701 375-3595

Not Ranked

Arnoff Moving & Storage**

1282 Dutchess Turnpike, Poughkeepsie 12603 888-430-9542 • arnoff.com

Clancy Relocations & Logistics**

2963 Route 22, Patterson 12563 800-836-0331 • clancymoving.com

614 Corporate Way, Unit 7, Valley Cottage 10989 845-268-4200 • santiegomoving.com

301 Fields Lane, Brewster 10509 241-1711 • movewhalens.com

Santiego Worldwide Moving & Storage Inc.** Whalen's Moving & Storage Company LLC**

Steve Viggiano, owner

estimate.request@twomen.com

John Lennon, owner John Lennon

smartmoveny@aol.com

Mike Arnoff, president David Feldman info@arnoff.com

John Clancy Liz Domin

edomin@clancymoving.com

Giulio Zangrilli, CEO

giulio@santiegomoving.com

Denise Rattner, president careful@movewhalens.com

This is a lis(ng of moving and storage companies that serve the region. If you wish for your moving and storage company to be included in our next list, please email Danielle Renda at drenda@wes@airinc.com Source: Data obtained from 2013-‐2014 respondent companies and their company websites. WND Would not disclose. * Informa(on obtained from the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administra(on (FMCSA) safer.fmsca.dot.gov. FMSCA is not responsible for accuracy of informa(on. ** Companies not ranked are located outside of Westchester County, but serve speciﬁed Westchester County loca(ons.

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Biz

Historic Hudson Valley mills eyed for affordable housing BY JOHN GOLDEN jgolden@westfairinc.com

evelopers eyeing vacant buildings in the Hudson Valley’s former industrial centers for adaptive reuse — a reigning buzzword in the region’s real estate industry — face challenging and sometimes project-killing financial, environmental, structural and regulatory obstacles, experts in housing, banking and urban redevelopment told an audience at the recent regional housing summit of Hudson Valley Pattern for Progress. One obstacle often in their way is parking. “Plain and simple, there are too many parking spaces required in affordable housing developments,” Joseph Czajka, executive director of the Center for Housing Solutions at Pattern for Progress, said in his opening remarks at the annual summit in New Windsor. Czajka prepared the nonprofit’s annual housing report that focused on “urban pioneering” in those postindustrial Hudson Valley communities looking to revitalize core neighborhoods and downtown Main Streets and return vacant properties to the tax rolls with an influx of urban pioneers occupying industrial spaces converted to affordable housing and other uses. Costs to develop and maintain “large seas of asphalt” required by municipalities for rental housing projects “are prohibitive, not to mention environmentally unsound,” Czajka said in the report. The required parking also reduces the number of affordable housing units, tenant amenities such as open space and ground-floor space for retail and professional offices. A Pattern for Progress survey of 56 multifamily housing developments in Putnam, Dutchess, Orange, Sullivan and Ulster counties found that less than two-thirds — 64 percent — of required parking spaces are used on a daily basis. The excess parking areas amount to almost 14.75 acres of land, Pattern staff calculated, which could accommodate an additional 177 residential units to meet what the report called “the everincreasing demand for affordable housing” in the region.

Using data from the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, Pattern reported high numbers of both renters and homeowners with incomes at or below 80 percent of the household area median income in the Hudson Valley who contend with what federal officials call unaffordable or severe housing cost burdens. Spending on housing that amounts to more than 30 percent of a household’s gross income is considered unaffordable, while households spending more than half of their gross income on housing are saddled with a severe cost burden, according to HUD. In Rockland County, 47.5 percent of renters at those below-median income levels spend more than half their income on rent. The severe housing cost burden also affects 46.5 percent of those households in Putnam County, 45.9 percent in Orange County and 44.7 percent in Dutchess County. In Westchester County, 41.3 percent of renters with incomes at or less than fourfifths of the area median are severely burdened by housing costs, according to the Pattern report. In the seven-county midHudson Valley region, Westchester has the highest percentage, 30.7 percent, of renters below the income median whose housing costs are unaffordable at more than 30 percent of their gross income. The Pattern for Progress report and the Sept. 29 housing summit examined three adaptive reuse projects for which developers have turned to several state and federal funding and tax credit programs and private grant sources to finance plans to turn vacant industrial buildings that are historic structures into affordable housing for artists and other residents. They are the Lace Mill in Kingston, an approximately $18.9 million project under construction this year and expected to open in mid-2015; the Poughkeepsie Underwear Factory, a projected $5 million commercial and residential redevelopment in the city’s Middle Main neighborhood that was selected this year as a priority project for state funding by the MidHudson Regional Economic Development Council, and The Mill at Middletown, an approximately $14.3 million residential

An architect’s rendering of the Lace Mill redevelopment in Kingston.

development in that Orange County city. Kevin O’Connor, CEO of RUPCO Inc., a nonprofit housing and community development agency in Kingston, told the summit audience that RUPCO’s Lace Mill project is an effort at “creative placemaking — creating a place where people want to be, where people want to linger.” Built in 1903 at a cost of $100,000, the 53,000-square-foot factory building was home to the United States Lace Curtain Mills when Kingston was a thriving textile manufacturing center. The developer will create 55 live-work rental lofts for which artists will be given preference. Other building features such as gallery space and a sculpture garden will cater to the arts community. In Poughkeepsie, Hudson River Housing two years ago paid about $175,000 to acquire a three-story, 140-year-old factory that for many years was home to the Poughkeepsie Underwear Co. The nonprofit developer plans to adapt one-third of the building space for commercial or light industrial tenants and build 15 affordable apartments and live-work lofts. Hudson River Housing Executive Director Ed Murphy at the summit said the developer wants to attract Hudson Valley artists and artisans as tenants to complement the project’s “local foods theme.” By providing affordable housing for renters with incomes at 50 percent to 60 percent of the area median income and food production businesses that offer job training and employment for city residents, Hudson River Housing expects “to re-energize the core of Poughkeepsie,” Murphy said in the Pattern

for Progress report. “This is much more than a real estate development; it is about engaging the community in the revitalization of an entire neighborhood.” “The value to the community is so far beyond the bare costs of a project like this,” Murphy told the New Windsor audience. In Middletown, a development team of Excelsior Housing Group and Regional Economic Community Action Program Inc. (RECAP) plan to rehabilitate a three-story, 30,000-square-foot mill building for rental apartments and a RECAP community service office. The mill and a new four-story, 17,000-square-foot addition will include 42 apartments for low-income and homeless individuals and families. “Many of these (industrial) buildings, which are located throughout the Hudson Valley, need to find a new use in life,” said Patrick Normoyle, principal of Excelsior Housing and Mill Street Partners LLC. But adapting those historic properties to new uses can be a very costly challenge for developers. “These projects require a huge amount of funding,” said Sean Fitzgerald, assistant commissioner and vice president of multifamily development at New York State Homes and Community Renewal in Albany. Adaptive reuse projects “have the highest costs we see, bar none.” But those energy-efficient, “anti-sprawl” projects also serve to revitalize communities and provide affordable housing, Fitzgerald said. “Although you do have a very high-cost project, you’re getting a lot out of it if it works right,” he said. WCBJ • HVBiz • October 6, 2014

CHALLENGING CAREERS

BY CATHERINE PORTMAN-LAUX

Catering director acts as bride’s best friend

heresa Brown makes no bones about being “a party girl.” As director of catering for the Crowne Plaza in Suffern, she arranges about 100 events a year — weddings, anniversaries, birthdays, bar and bat mitzvahs, school reunions and company social events. Speaking of weddings that she books, she says, “I become very protective of the brides. You get attached to them after 16 months or more of making preparations.” “Eight months is last minute,” she adds about bridal bookings. Brown has been known to go to the store to pick up panty hose or hair products for a bride on her wedding day. “A bride’s mom who got out of the hospital the day before the wedding called and told me she did not want to disturb her daughter, but she felt able to attend and lacked transportation,” Brown says. “I rushed to pick her up, surprising the bride upon our return. “I love the anniversaries,” she says. “It’s so nice to see people who have been together for many years and are still devoted to each other.” The most unusual event during her three-year tenure at the Crowne Plaza was

not, however, a wedding or anniversary. It was a bat mitvah. “It had a Cinderella theme, with castle, life-size coach, glass slippers and even our staff in costume, including stepsisters.” she says. Reverting to weddings, Brown notes changes over the years go beyond the wedding gowns, which are more abbreviated than in the era of long sleeves and high necklines. “The music is different than when our present anniversary couples married,” she says. “‘First waltz. What’s that?’ Traditional wedding cakes have given way to elaborate cupcakes. “We only do one wedding at a time, so the bride is like a princess,” she says. “We do smaller parties simultaneously with weddings but never two weddings at once.” Brown says she is grateful that she has not had to deal with any crisis while at the Crowne Plaza. She shudders recalling one on an earlier job. “It involved 250 chair covers,” she says. “They arrived wrinkled. There was no time to send them back. The staff and I labored to wash and iron all 250 before festivities started.” The Crowne Plaza covers all bets, the catering director says. “We have a pergola

garden for outdoor ceremonies. But, we always also prepare an indoor room in case of bad weather,” she adds, recalling with horror a mid-Hudson Valley outdoor wedding at which the guests were issued umbrellas to tough it out. An indoor koi pond and waterfall garden provide settings for a cocktail hour and keepsake photos. A ballroom provides dancing for 360 guests. With 230 rooms, the Crowne Plaza has adequate space for guests to remain on the premises after festivities without need to drive. “Take the elevator home,” Brown says. And, there is a bridal suite. Raised in Brooklyn’s Marine Park section, Brown earned a bachelor’s degree in communications from St. Francis College. She moved to Florida in l989, entering the hospitality business. She later became director of outlets for the Westin hotel there in Southfield, Mich. She then went back to New York City to work at the Hilton and later as banquet manager of the Downtown Athletic Club. Prior to joining the Crowne Plaza, she spent five years with the Ramada Conference Center in Rochelle Park, N.J. All is not work in the Brown’s life. An avid tap dancer, she has taught tap danc-

Theresa Brown is director of catering for the Crowne Plaza in Suffern.

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GOOD HAPPENING IN AND THINGS ABOUT THE HUDSON VALLEY CES PROMOTES FOUNDATION ON NEW TRUCK

NEW EXHIBIT CELEBRATES ARTISTS AND FARMS

CES Manager Mike Taylor, his daughter Drew Taylor, foundation board members Gabrielle Scott Ingber, Barri Glick and Barbara Strong and Allyson’s cousins Abigail Rustic and Sarah Rustic.

A foundation’s efforts to increase awareness about empowering and fighting for the interests of young people stricken with rare cancers will be boosted as Combined Energy Services’ (CES) new propane delivery truck appears on roads featuring the distinctive Allyson Whitney Foundation-themed logo design. “This truck is now a rolling billboard that will further raise awareness of the Allyson Whitney Foundation,” said Mike Taylor, president of CES, a family-owned and one of the largest propane gas and fuel oil suppliers in the Hudson Valley. “CES is also donating one cent from every gallon that goes through this new delivery truck to the foundation. We want to provide as much support as we can to young adults who are dealing with rare cancers.”

The foundation was created in March 2012 to honor Allyson Whitney Strong, a 2004 Monticello High School graduate, who died of a rare and aggressive form of cervical cancer at age 25, only 14 months after being diagnosed. Its mission is to spread awareness for young adults with cancer, as well as, to shine a light on the rare cancer community. Part of that mission is accomplished by providing “life interrupted” patient grants to assist young adults with their varied needs, including current and residual medical bills, rent, utilities, car and health insurance premiums, IVF treatments, integrative therapies, travel expenses, etc. For more information, visit allysonwhitney. org; or visit the Allyson Whitney Foundation Facebook page.

CORNWALL LIBRARY SEEKS FUNDS FOR RENOVATIONS The Cornwall Public Library Board of Trustees is seeking a public referendum to bond $3.68 million to fund major repairs and a renovation plan that will add 30 percent more space to its library. Karen LaRocca-Fels, the library director, said the project is a response to the library’s 2011 long-range strategic plan that surveyed residents about shaping the library’s future direction. LaRocca-Fels said that overall library use has increased by 142 percent over the last five years while the Cornwall population and school enrollment have also continued to rise.

Susanne Vondrak, board president, said the board hopes to present a public referendum later this year for voters to approve the issuance of bonds to fund the project. Under the plan, the $3.68 million bond would be financed over 20 years and homeowners in the Cornwall Central School District would pay an estimated $41 more per year per the average market value of a home in the community. The project would be completed in mid-2016. For more information about the project, visit CornwallLibraryRenovation.com.

Orange Regional Medical Center (ORMC) in Middletown is hosting an art exhibit through Oct. 31 that focuses on local farms and the seasonal harvest. Works from “Farm Art from the Wallkill River School” feature artists’ colorful paintings of Orange County farms, including those created during the school’s yearlong Farm Art Trail project, which paired an artist-in-residence with a partner farm. The exhibiting artists are Janet Howard Fatta, Lorraine Furey, Naomi Genen, Gloria Detore Mackie, Mickie MacMillan, Margaret Morales, Elizabeth Ocskay, Michael Piotrowski, Mitchell Saler and Mary Mugele Sealfon. The Wallkill River School, a nonprofit artists’ collective, supports its environmental mission to save open spaces and small farms by encouraging its artists to create art based on the regional rural landscape. Farm scenes include vernacular architecture and barns,

Lorraine Furey, Drive Slowly, acrylic on canvas, 24 inches by 36 inches.

farmers market stands, pumpkin patches, cows and trees in changing seasons. Artworks will be available for purchase. The Gallery at ORMC is free and open to the public. For more information about Orange Regional’s Art Program, contact ORMC Art Curator Sarah Johnson at 845333-2385 or visit ormc.org/art.

GARNER ARTS CENTER RECEIVES GRANT The Preservation League recently made a $5,800 grant to the Garner Arts Center, the not-for-profit arm of the Garnerville Arts & Industrial Center in Rockland County. The grant is the third made from the Donald Stephen Gratz Preservation Services Fund of the Preservation League of New York State. It will support the cost of a conditions assessment and feasibility study for the reuse of Building 21 in the mill complex known historically as the Garner Print Works. BKSK Architects of New York City was selected to produce this study, which includes the exploration of options for viable uses, a preferred conceptual approach, an annotated drawing for the preferred approach and preparation of a conceptual cost estimate. The Garner Print Works is a remarkably intact manufacturing complex. First established as a textile mill in 1828, the Garner Print Works made uniforms for the Union Army in the Civil War. The mill complex of some 40 buildings

straddles the Minisceongo Creek, which supplied water to the mill for manufacturing it caused significant flooding and damage to the complex during Hurricane Irene. “The hurricane devastated Garner Arts Center’s beautiful loft gallery and base of operations in Building 21,” said Robin Rosenberg, president of GARNER Arts Center. “Thankfully, we were able to save the historic exterior wall of the building but what is left is an empty shell. The Gratz Grant has provided us the opportunity to envision our future and create an exciting new life for this once-beautiful structure that will add to the cultural life and economic vitality of our region….” The Donald Stephen Gratz Preservation Services Fund was established in 2010 and is funded through a permanently endowed charitable contribution from Thomas J. Schwarz, president of Purchase College SUNY. For more information on the Preservation League, call 518-462-5658 or visit preservenys.org.

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JEWISH FEDERATION TO HONOR FOUR

CAMP VENTURE OPENS PRINT SHOP

Raena and Alan Korenman

Venture staffers George Giddies and Christine Forlow, Legislator John Murphy, trainee Nancy Puchniak, Legislators Michael Grant and Nancy Low-Hogan and county Legislature Chairman Alden H. Wolfe

Rockland County legislators recently recognized Camp Venture, a not-for-profit provider of care and services to children and adults with developmental disabilities, for the organization’s successful effort to establish a business that will provide job training and employment opportunities for participants of the organization’s adult day program, which serves more than 450 persons with developmental disabilities on a daily basis. The Camp Venture Print Shop, a specialty advertising business, is training participants to produce imprinted merchandise for sale to area businesses. A competitive wage will be paid to

EMILY THOMPSON WORKS ON EXHIBIT “The Modern Landscape,” an exhibit of recent paintings by Emily Thompson opens with a reception Oct. 10 from 7 to 9 p.m. at the Delaware Arts Center’s Alliance Gallery, 37 Main St. in Narrowsburg. The exhibit will be on view through Nov. 1. “Part of my process is surprising myself,” Thompson said. “My paintings go through many dramatic phases before they are complete: layer upon layer of paint and textures.” An abstract painter working in oils, acrylics, dry pigments, cold wax and some collage, Thompson grew up in New York City and spent her childhood summers in Sullivan County. The country landscape of upstate New York and Pennsylvania influences her work today. Visiting hours are Tuesdays through Saturdays from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. For more information, call 845-252-7576 or visit delawarevalleyartsalliance.org.

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trained participants working on contract orders. County Legislator John Murphy said that state and federal governments have required organizations like Camp Venture to advance career opportunities for their consumers, which will promote community integration and greater independence. “The end goal is to move people from sheltered workshops and nonvocational programs into private-sector jobs.” Certificates of appreciation were presented to print shop participant Nancy Puchniak and to Venture staff members George Giddies, Mynor Lucero and Christina Forlow.

FALL SERIES AT TUSTEN THEATRE The Tusten Theatre, 210 Bridge St., Narrowsburg, started its fall season in September with the Big Eddy Film Festival and will end in early December with “Amahl and the Night Visitors.” Three new plays, all set in New York, make up “Ah, New York – Fortitude, Frustration, Fantasy,” an Act Underground Readers Theatre production directed by Wendy Kaufman, Saturday, Oct. 11, 7:30 and Sunday, Oct. 12 at 2 p.m. Admission is $15 ($12 on advanced sales for DVAA members). Friday, Oct. 17, at 7:30 p.m., brings the Bostonbased band Long Time Courting. This all-women super group offers an extraordinary blend of neo-traditional Irish, Scottish and American music that showcases each musician’s versatility, creativity and mastery. The season continues with “Masque of the Red Death,” an original musical drama written and composed by Gladys Smuckler Moskowitz, based on Edgar Allen Poe’s famous story. Coproduced by Sullivan County Dramatic workshop and Delaware Valley Opera, “Masque” will be performed at Tusten Theatre Nov. 7, 8 and 9. Tickets and reservations are available by calling 845-252-7272 or by dropping by the Delaware Arts Center, 37 Main St., Narrowsburg.

Doris and Steve Rubinsky

Raena and Alan Korenman and Doris and Steve Rubinsky will be the major gifts honorees of the Jewish Federation in recognition of their support of the Orange Jewish community and the community at large at an event to be held Sunday, Oct. 26 at the Seligman Center at the Citizens Foundation, Sugar Loaf. Special guest and speaker Jeremy Bash, the only Obama administration official to have served as chief of staff in two national security agencies will focus his address on the fight against terrorism. Alan Korenman is a retired pharmacist and Raena Korenman is a past president of the Jewish Federation and a retired school

Jeremy Bash

administrator. Steve Rubinsky is deputy executive director for ARC of Rockland in Congers and Doris Rubinsky joined the staff of Jewish Family Service as coordinator for the Friendly Visitor program and presently has the position of program director for the Safety Net programs. Abbe Distelburger, president of the Jewish Federation said, “We are proud to give these generous and dedicated people an opportunity to be honored by the Jewish and Orange County community. Because of the generous support from people like these, the Jewish Federation will continue to be able to support the needs of the community.”

CHILDREN’S MUSEUM RECEIVES FEDERAL FUNDS U.S. Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand and U.S. Rep. Sean Patrick Maloney announced a $146,799 early childhood education investment at MidHudson Children’s Museum in Poughkeepsie. This investment from the Institute of Museum and Library Service’s (IMLS) Museums for America program will enhance school readiness among low-income and underserved children, develop new teaching techniques for early childhood teachers and provide resources for parents in the community. The museum will partner with the Smithsonian Early Enrichment Center, Catharine Street Community Center and the Poughkeepsie City School District with this program. “This is a smart investment that can help give more Hudson Valley children the chance they deserve to start out strong and go as far as their own hard work will take them,” Gillibrand said. “As a father of three kids, I know how important it is to ensure our kids have access to

quality early childhood education all across the Hudson Valley. Investing in early education programs that prepare our kids for the road ahead opens up opportunities for kids now and sets our children up for a lifetime of success,” Maloney said. “It is well documented that success in school begins long before a child ever enters the kindergarten classroom and that a child’s earliest experiences directly influence brain development and the establishment of language, reasoning, problem solving, social skills, behavior and emotional health,” MHCM Executive Director Lara Litchfield-Kimber said. “This project will provide young children with the opportunity to develop fully across the five domains of school readiness, will encourage early childhood teachers to employ new teaching methodologies, and will show parents how to use the children’s museum as a resource to encourage early skill development.”

FACTS& FIGURES BANKRUPTCIES MANHATTAN Flip Services DBA Bounce and Flip. 766 10th Ave., New York 10019. Chapter 11, voluntary. Attorney: Rachel S. Blumenfeld. Filed: Sept. 29. Case no. 14-12748-mg. G.S.O. Graphics Inc. 363 Seventh Ave., Third floor, New York 10001. Chapter 7, voluntary. Attorney: Robert K. Dakis. Filed: Sept. 30. Case no. 14-12779-rg. Syndicate NY LLC. 25 Broadway, Ninth floor, New York 10004. Chapter 7, involuntary. Represented by Syndicate NY, LLC. Filed: Sept. 29. Case no. 14-12754-mg.

WHITE PLAINS J & B Restaurant Partners of NY LLC. 4000 Veterans Memorial Highway, Second floor, Bohemia 11716. Chapter 7, voluntary. Attorney: Michael P. Cooley. Filed: Oct. 1. Case no. 14-23393.

COURT CASES Babyvision Inc. Filed by Thomas E. Perez. Action: Fair Labor Standards Act. Attorneys: Elena Stacy Goldstein, David Michael Jaklevic, Jeffrey Scott Rogoff and M. Patricia Smith. Filed: Sept. 30. Case no. 7:14-cv-07821-KMK. Bayer HealthCare Pharmaceuticals Inc. Filed by Brianna Backer. Action: diversity-product liability. Attorneys: Todd S. Hageman and Rachel A. Placitella. Filed: Sept. 29. Case no. 7:14-cv07801-CS.

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Bayer HealthCare Pharmaceuticals Inc. Filed by Jenny De Los Santos and Carlos De Los Santos. Action: diversity-product liability. Attorney: Herbert O. Phillips IV. Filed: Sept. 26. Case no. 7:14-cv07799-CS. Bayer HealthCare Pharmaceuticals Inc. Filed by Laurice Goodhue. Action: diversity-personal injury. Attorneys: Timothy J. Becker, Rolf Fiebiger and Michael K. Johnson. Filed: Sept. 30. Case no. 7:14-cv-07877-CS. Bayer HealthCare Pharmaceuticals Inc. Filed by Patricia Hamlett. Action: diversity-personal injury. Attorneys: Timothy J. Becker, Rolf Fiebiger and Michael K. Johnson. Filed: Sept. 30. Case no. 7:14-cv-07873-CS. Bestweb Corp. Filed by Michael DeVito. Action: Fair Labor Standards Art. Attorneys: Taylor Bell Graham and Brent Edward Pelton. Filed: Sept. 29. Case no. 7:14-cv07872-KMK. Commissioner of Social Security. Filed by Michael Thomas Ibbetson. Action: review of HHS decision (DIWC). Attorney: Stephen Mitchell Jackel. Filed: Sept. 26. Case no. 7:14-cv-07824-KMK. DeMicco Brothers Inc. Filed by Thomas Gesualdi, Louis Bisignano, Anthony D’Aquila, Michael O’Toole, Frank H. Finkel, Joseph A. Ferrara Sr., Marc Herbst, Michael Bourgal, Denise Richardson and Thomas Corbett. Action: E.R.I.S.A. employee benefits. Attorney: James Robert Grisi. Filed: Sept. 30. Case no. 7:14-cv-07852-KMK. Dodson Boatyard LLC. Filed by Jonathan Bernz, Robert Gray, Jonathan Pratt and Jonathan Algozzine. Action: admiralty. Attorneys: Gregory John Lieglis and John T. Lillis Jr. Filed: Sept. 26. Case no. 7:14-cv-07804-NSR. EMC Concrete Inc. Filed by Thomas Gesualdi, Louis Bisignano, Anthony D’Aquila, Michael O’Toole, Frank H. Finkel, Joseph A. Ferrara Sr., Marc Herbst, Michael Bourgal, Denise Richardson and Thomas Corbett. Action: E.R.I.S.A. – employee benefits. Attorney: Jonathan Michael Bardavid. Filed: Sept. 30. Case no. 7:14-cv-07853KMK. Finn Town Rest. Corp. Filed by the trustees of the National Retirement Fund. Action: E.R.I.S.A. employee retirement. Attorneys: Stephanie Myers Bersak and David C. Sapp Jr. Filed: Sept. 25. Case no. 7:14-cv-07742-VB.

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Frank Miceli Jr. Contracting Inc. Filed by the trustees of the Operating Engineers Local 137, 137A, 137B, 137C and 137, Annuity Pension, Welfare and Apprenticeship Skill Improvement & Safety Funds of the International Union of Operating Engineers. Action: E.R.I.S.A. Attorney: Giachhino James Russo. Filed: Sept. 26. Case no. 7:14-cv-07832-CS. Grotto Plumbing Inc. Filed by the trustees of the Plumbers & Steamfitters Local Benefit Funds. Action: federal question. Attorney: Danielle Marlene Carney. Filed: Sept. 25. Case no. 7:14-cv-07781-NSR.

OBMP LLC. Filed by Kinsale Insurance Co. Action: diversityinsurance contract. Attorney: Helmut Beron. Filed: Sept. 29. Case no. 7:14-cv-07792-KMK.

SHThead LLC, Mount Kisco. Seller: Five Ross Realty LLC, Mount Kisco. Property: 11 Main St., Mount Kisco. Amount: $1.7 million. Filed Sept. 30.

Parlay Management LLC. Filed by Keybank National Association. Action: diversity-other contract. Attorney: Daniel C. Fleming. Filed: Sept. 29. Case no. 7:14-cv-07758-VB.

TDJ Contracting Corp., Scarsdale. Seller: Craig P. Zuckerman, et al, Scarsdale. Property: 109 Carthage Road, Scarsdale. Amount: $1.4 million. Filed Sept. 24.

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HSBC Bank USA N.A. Filed by Stacy-Ann Simms. Action: equal rights under the law. Attorneys: Donald L. Sapir and Howard Todd Schragin. Filed: Sept. 25. Case no. 7:14-cv-07775-NSR.

15 Lawn Avenue LLC, Forest Hills. Seller: Maxgen Equities LLC, White Plains. Property: 15 Lawn Ave., New Rochelle. Amount: $1 million. Filed Sept. 25.

ILC Brand Inc. Filed by the trustees of the National Retirement Fund. Action: E.R.I.S.A. Attorneys: Stephanie Myers Bersak and David C. Sapp Jr. Filed: Sept. 25. Case no. 7:14-cv-07778-VB.

45 Sun Valley Partners LLC, New York City. Seller: Michael Curcio, et al, Bedford Corners. Property: 45 Old Post Road, Bedford. Amount: $1.9 million. Filed Sept. 26.

ILC Green Inc. Filed by the trustees of the National Retirement Fund. Action: E.R.I.S.A. Attorneys: Stephanie Myers Bersak and David C. Sapp Jr. Filed: Sept. 25. Case no. 7:14-cv-07777-KMK.

506 South Broadway Realty LLC, Yonkers. Seller: Norman Groner LLC, Dobbs Ferry. Property: 506 S. Broadway, Yonkers. Amount: $1.8 million. Filed Sept. 26.

JNR Restoration Services LLC. Filed by Carlos Guevara. Action: Fair Labor Standards Act. Attorneys: Taylor Bell Graham and Brent Edward Pelton. Filed: Sept. 29. Case no. 7:14-cv-07871-CS. K & D Industries of NY LLC. Filed by the trustees of the Teamsters Local 456 Pension, Health & Welfare, Annuity, Education & Training, S.U.B., Industry Advancement and Legal Services Funds. Action: E.R.I.S.A. Attorney: Giacchino James Russo. Filed: Sept. 26. Case no. 7:14-cv-07830KMK. New York State Division of Naval and Military Aﬀairs. Filed by Daria Ritornato and Vincent Ferrara. Action: job discrimination (employment). Attorney: Neil Vanderwoude. Filed: Sept. 29. Case no. 7:14-cv-07854-CS. New York State Oﬃce for People with Development Disabilities. Filed by Nadire Dosku. Action: personal injury. Attorney: Eric B. Kaviar. Filed: Sept. 30. Case no. 7:14-cv-07822-KMK. New Prime Inc. Filed by Natima Joseph. Action: diversity-motor vehicle product liability. Attorney: Joseph Edmund Gorczyca. Filed: Sept. 25. Case no. 7:14-cv-07767-CS.

626 East LLC, Bronx. Seller: The Exchequer LLC, Mamaroneck. Property: 100-102 Mamaroneck Ave., Mamaroneck. Amount: $2.2 million. Filed Sept. 26. BKP Harrison LLC, New York City. Seller: Rex Realty of Connecticut Inc., Stamford, Conn. Property: 260 Halstead Ave., Harrison. Amount: $1.7 million. Filed Sept. 24.

Below $1 million 160 East Third Inc., Yonkers. Seller: SA Challenger Inc., Oak Park, Ill. Property: 458 10th Ave., Mount Vernon. Amount: $425,000. Filed Sept. 25. 23 Farragut Road Realty LLC, Mamaroneck. Seller: Peter Henry Wayne, et al, Scarsdale. Property: 23 Farragut Road, Scarsdale. Amount: $875,000. Filed Sept. 24. 39 Country Ridge Drive LLC, Rye. Seller: Ira J. Bernstein, et al, Rye Brook. Property: 39 Country Ridge Drive North, Rye. Amount: $715,000. Filed Sept. 29. 761 Titicus LLC, North Salem. Seller: Linda Eder, North Salem. Property: 761 Titicus Road, North Salem. Amount: $300,000. Filed Sept. 25. Astoria Bank, Mineola. Seller: Richard A. Glickel, West Nyack. Property: 15 Gray Rock Ave., Greenburgh. Amount: $229,317. Filed Sept. 30. DDMV LLC, Monroe Township, N.J. Seller: Elton S. Passos, Danbury, Conn. Property: 10 Stewart Place, 6JE, White Plains. Amount: $360,000. Filed Sept. 30.

JJE33 LLC, Rye. Seller: Matthew Healey, Boynton Beach, Fla. Property: 50 Old Oscaleta Road, Lewisboro. Amount: $5.9 million. Filed Sept. 29.

Deutsche Bank National Trust Co. Seller: Pauline Marie Galvin, Yonkers. Property: 36 S. 11th Ave., Mount Vernon. Amount: $582,808. Filed Sept. 25.

Oceanﬁrst Bank, Toms River, N.J. Seller: Ricki Berger, New City. Property: 7 Stratford Drive, Mount Kisco. Amount: $1.1 million. Filed Sept. 26.

Devon Service New York LLC, Phoenixville, Pa. Seller: Blue Real Estate Holdings LLC, Yonkers. Property: 16 Sherwood Ave., Yonkers. Amount: $330,000. Filed Sept. 26.

Peepnut Enterprise LLC, White Plains. Seller: Andrew W. Szczesniak, White Plains. Property: 750 N. Broadway, North Castle. Amount: $2.1 million. Filed Sept. 24. Renaissance41 LLC, Urbandale, Iowa. Seller: CaroJay Realty LLC, White Plains. Property: 1 Renaissance Square, 41Cd, White Plains. Amount: $4.1 million. Filed Sept. 29.

Fannie Mae. Seller: Lisa Goldman, White Plains. Property: 1 Ridgeview Drive, Ossining. Amount: $525,491. Filed Sept. 30. Markland 213 LLC, Bronx. Seller: Valley National Bank, Wayne, N.J. Property: 213-215 W. Third St., Mount Vernon. Amount: $480,000. Filed Sept. 25. National Residential Nominee Services Inc. Seller: Andrew Fong, et al, Peekskill. Property: 4202 Finch Court, Peekskill. Amount: $295,000. Filed Sept. 29. Nationstar Mortgage LLC. Seller: Catherine Towney, Somers. Property: 160A Heritage Hills, Somers. Amount: $280,420. Filed Sept. 26. NewWood Properties LLC, Newburgh. Seller: Stuart R. Baker, et al, Cortlandt Manor. Property: 17 Battery Place, Cortlandt. Amount: $420,000. Filed Sept. 29. Par Development Group LLC, Mount Vernon. Seller: Frank Chiarello, Mamaroneck. Property: 3 Century Trail, Harrison. Amount: $750,000. Filed Sept. 26. Suma Yonkers Federal Credit Union, Yonkers. Seller: SJDB Inc., Warwick. Property: 215 Edwards Place, Yonkers. Amount: $273,108. Filed Sept. 24. The DM Equities of New York LLC, Harriman. Seller: J. Rodger Rice, New Rochelle. Property: Augustine Road, Greenburgh. Amount: $125,000. Filed Sept. 29. USAlliance Federal Credit Union, Rye. Seller: John A. Sarcone, White Plains. Property: 73 Amackassin Terrace, Yonkers. Amount: $449,197. Filed Sept. 29. Wells Fargo Bank N.A. Seller: Charles J. Spiegel Jr., Yonkers. Property: 722 Panorama Drive, Yorktown. Amount: $285,163. Filed Sept. 26. Woodﬁeld Twelve LLC, Garden City. Seller: Nicholas P. Barone, White Plains. Property: 51 French Ridge Road, New Rochelle. Amount: $463,056. Filed Sept. 25.

Edson Avenue Development LLC, Mount Vernon. Seller: OWB REO LLC, Austin, Texas. Property: 130 Vista Place, Mount Vernon. Amount: $135,000. Filed Sept. 30. Fannie Mae. Seller: James Meyer, Chappaqua. Property: 17 Camp Grounds, Ossining. Amount: $152,729. Filed Sept. 25.

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NEWSMAKERS [PLUS AWARDS AND EVENTS] PHELPS HOSPITAL DONATES TWO ‘FLY’ CARS

CENTRAL TURF APPOINTS SALES MANAGER Brian Kishpaugh has joined Central Turf & Irrigation Supply Inc. as its sales manager for the golf and turf division. The appointment is the latest in a series of recent professional placements, which target Central’s commitment to improve its customer service in the golf and turf industries along the Northeast corridor. Kishpaugh has more than 15 years experience in turf maintenance, disease control and environmentally friendly lawn solutions. He is a former golf course superin-

tendent and landscape contractor sales representative for a major turf supply organization. Kishpaugh is a graduate of Pennsylvania State University School of Agriculture with a degree in turf grass science. “We are confident that with Brian’s expertise, customer service acumen, and knowledge of the regional market, Central will be able to enhance our customer care commitments to our turf-based customers along the Northeast corridor,” company President Bernardo Luciano said.

CANOSA NEW DIRECTOR FOR CANCER SUPPORT TEAM Pictured in front of one of the new fly cars are, standing, from left: Emil Nigro, M.D., director, Department of Phelps Emergency Medicine; Nick Franzoso, captain, Ossining Volunteer Ambulance Corps; Keith Safian, Phelps president and CEO; Bill McCabe, captain, Croton Emergency Medical Services; Beth Sanger, paramedic supervisor, Ossining Volunteer Ambulance Corps; Kevin Hunt, captain, Briarcliff Ambulance. Bottom row, from left, Eli Parker, volunteer; George Crown, EMT; and Jake Dinkler, EMT, all of Croton Emergency Medical Services.

Members of the Tri-Community Advanced Life Support System, which includes Croton Emergency Medical Services, the Briarcliff Manor Fire Department and the Ossining Volunteer Ambulance Corps, stopped by Phelps Memorial Hospital Center recently to thank Phelps for the two new “fly cars” the hospital donated to the system. A fly car is a rapid response emergency medical services ve-

hicle featuring advanced lifesupport equipment that usually arrives at the scene of a medical emergency before the ambulance. According to Emil Nigro, director of emergency medicine at Phelps, the fly car, which is staffed with a paramedic and sometimes an EMT, “brings the ER to the patient.” Years ago Phelps formed a partnership with the villages of Croton-On-Hudson and Briarcliff Manor and the Ossining Volunteer

Ambulance Corps, which staffs and manages the Tri-Community ALS system. Phelps has donated a total of six fly cars since 1995. “The partnership that the TriCommunity ALS system has with Phelps continues to allow the residents of Croton-on-Hudson, Briarcliff Manor and Ossining to have high-quality advanced life support at a reasonable cost,” said Nick Franzoso, captain of the Ossining Volunteer Ambulance Corps.

WJCS PARENT-CHILD HOME PROGRAM RECEIVES GRANT Westchester Jewish Community Services in White Plains has announced that it is expanding the Parent-Child Home Program to Mamaroneck, the sixth city in Westchester where children and parents in underserved communities will receive early literacy services to help bridge the educational achievement gap in Westchester and prepare young children for school success at the same level as their more economically advan-

taged peers. The expansion was made possible by a grant from WJCS longstanding partner, the national Parent-Child Home Program, which has just received a two-year, $500,000 grant from the Reader’s Digest Foundation to help expand its services in Westchester, New York City and Milwaukee. “Our Parent-Child Home Program has been successfully engaging parents

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and families in their roles as their children’s first and most important teachers, thereby helping bridge the academic achievement gap in Westchester for more than 40 years,” says Patrice Cuddy, director of the WJCS Parent-Child Home Program,” and we’re delighted that we can now offer these skills to more families, in addition to those in Greenburgh, Mount Vernon, New Rochelle, Port Chester and White Plains.”

The board of directors and staff of the Cancer Support Team have appointed Rosalie Canosa, as its new executive director. Canosa comes to the Cancer Support Team with an extensive background in health care focused on helping patients and their family members cope with medical crises and life-threatening illnesses and conditions. She brings a rich foundation in the field of psychosocial oncology where she is a highly regarded leader, clinician and advocate. Prior to joining the Cancer Support Team, Canosa served as program division director with Can-

cerCare, a national organization headquartered in New York City. She also served in a variety of leadership roles at South Nassau Communities Hospital, the William F. Ryan Community Health Center, St. Mary’s Hospital for Children, and St. Luke’s-Roosevelt Hospital Center. Canosa holds a master’s degree in public administration from Baruch College School of Public Affairs, a master’s degree in social work from New York University School of Social Work, and has studied at the Fordham University Center for Nonprofit Leadership Executive Education Program.

NEW TD BANK MANAGER TD Bank has named Peter J. Rapacioli as vice president, store manager of its downtown branch at 38 Purchase St. in Rye. He is responsible for new business development, consumer and business lending, managing personnel and overseeing the day-to-day operations at the branch. Prior to joining TD Bank, he served as vice president, community banking district manager at Wells

Fargo Bank, managing 12 branches in Westchester and Fairfield counties. He is a member of the Westchester County Association and the Young Professionals of Westchester County. A resident of Yorktown Heights, Rapacioli volunteers with Habitat for Humanity and Junior Achievement. He is a 2000 graduate of Iona College in New Rochelle.

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Marian Hamilton, founder of The Ken Hamilton Caregivers Center at Northern Westchester Hospital, recently received top honors from the Caregiver Action Network. In a list of “25 of the Nation’s Best Practices in Patient and Family Engagement,” Hamilton was named the top “Outstanding Caregiver” in the country. “Once again, Marian’s dedication to helping family caregivers is being recognized, earlier this year by the Volunteer Center of the United Way,

and now the Caregiver Action Network,” said Joel Seligman, president and CEO of Northern Westchester Hospital. “She continues to inspire us, our patients and caregivers who benefit greatly from the resources offered at the Ken Hamilton Caregivers Center here at Northern Westchester Hospital.” Hamilton founded the organization after losing her husband, Ken, in 2004 to a rare form of lung cancer. While she knew that Ken was receiving

messages and marketing campaigns and in the process, gained an understanding for the unspoken needs of consumers around the world. Chan has a Bachelor of Arts degree from the University of California, Berkeley and an MBA from Northwestern University. Ramachandran offers a strong analytical background given her multiple degrees in both economics and finance. Formerly, she worked in corporate finance for many iconic American companies, where she was involved in various roles, including managing, trading and

TACONIC OPERA OPENS ITS 17TH SEASON WITH GIUSEPPE VERDI’S FINAL OPERA, “FALSTAFF,” BASED ON SHAKESPEARE’S HILARIOUS COMEDY, “The Merry Wives of Windsor.” Performances will be held at the Yorktown Stage, 1974 Commerce St., Yorktown Heights, Oct. 18 at 8 p.m. and Oct. 19 at 2 p.m. To encourage youth attendance, student prices are $15 regardless of seating selection. For more information or to buy tickets, visit taconicopera.org or call the toll-free number 855-886-7372.

great care, she felt overwhelmed navigating the complex health care system and care for her two daughters. She envisioned a place for caregivers within a hospital where they could “refuel and recharge,” as well as find trained, caring individuals to talk to. The center offers free supportive services to anyone providing care to a loved one, whether or not they are a patient at NWH, including monthly caregiver support groups and community resource referrals.

TWO JOIN JULIA B. FEE Jessica Chan, a native of China with skills in marketing, and Anu Ramachandran, a former corporate finance expert with degrees from both India and the United States, have joined Julia B. Fee Sotheby’s International Realty and will be based in the firm’s Scarsdale brokerage. Chan comes to the firm as an expert marketer with experience in delivering luxury products and services internationally. Most recently, she worked as a marketing executive at a leading global luxury beauty company for nine years, where she developed strategic product

EL CENTRO HISPANO OF WHITE PLAINS WILL CELEBRATE ITS 40TH ANNIVERSARY OF CONTINUED SERVICE TO THE HISPANIC COMMUNITY AT THE CROWNE PLAZA HOTEL IN WHITE PLAINS. Honored at the gala will be 13 individuals, families and organizations chosen for their commitment to furthering El Centro Hispano’s mission and programs. Telemundo news anchor Jorge Ramos will be master of ceremonies. The evening begins with a cocktail hour, followed by dinner and recognition of honorees. For more information about El Centro Hispano or the 40th Anniversary Gala, call 914-289-0500 or email elcentrohispano1@aol.com.

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HAMILTON NAMED TOP CAREGIVER

HUDSON VALLEY HOSPITAL CENTER WILL CELEBRATE ITS 125TH ANNIVERSARy by honoring some key supporters who have contributed significantly to the hospital’s growth and development. Bernard and Cynthia Curry; Maurice R. Poplausky, M.D., and Michael and Ginger Delfino will be recognized for their contributions at the celebration at Monteverde at Oldstone. The evening will feature cocktails, dinner and a silent auction starting at 6 p.m. Tickets are $600. Sponsorships are still available. For more information and to reserve tickets, call the hospital’s foundation at 914-734-3526.

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tion to clients will make him a great fit for this new role. It means continued quality, accuracy and expediency in servicing the needs of IVI’s clients and so we’re thrilled to see him take on this new role,” company CEO Carl de Stefanis said. Sklenarik is a member of the American Society of Civil Engineers, the Structural Engineering Institute and the Villanova University chapter of Engineers Without Borders. He is licensed as a professional engineer for New York state.

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Glen Sklenarik, has been promoted to senior project manager at IVI International Inc., a construction risk-management and due-diligence consultancy headquartered in White Plains. Previously, Sklenarik was a project manager at IVI, a position he held for the past four years. As senior project manager, he will focus on agency lending reports for Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, reviewing them to ensure quality control and assurance. Also, he’ll have additional supervisory responsibilities. “Glen’s experience and dedica-

analyzing every aspect and trend of the market. “Both Jessica and Anu are worldly individuals with a strong set of skills to offer our company,” said Jason Wilson, manager of Julia B. Fee Sotheby’s International Realty’s Scarsdale brokerage. “Having lived in various locations both internationally and nationally, they clearly have an appreciation for the various lifestyle needs of a global audience of consumers. At the same time, they understand the offerings of our local communities.”

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FACTS & FIGURES FORECLOSURES CORTLANDT MANOR, 67 Lockwood Road. Single-family residence; lot size: N/A. Plaintiff: Deutsche Bank National Trust Co. Plaintiff ’s attorney: Gross Polowy LLC; 25 Northpointe Parkway, Amherst. Defendant: Felix Torres. Referee: Maria Joy Frank. Sale: Oct. 10, 8:45 a.m. Approximate lien: $446,016.43. CORTLANDT MANOR, 170 Furance Woods Road. Single-family residence; lot size: N/A. Plaintiff: Wells Fargo Bank National Association. Plaintiff ’s attorney: Rosicki & Rosicki & Associates, 845-897-1600; 2 Summit Court, Suite 301, Fishkill. Defendant: Juan Vergara. Referee: Steve Emil Hollatz Castillo. Sale: Oct. 7, 9 a.m. Approximate lien: $334,262.23. MOUNT VERNON, 335 McClellan Ave. Single-family residence; .11 acre. Plaintiff: US Bank National Association. Plaintiff ’s attorney: Gross Polowy LLC; 25 Northpointe Parkway, Amherst. Defendant: Ismael Simpore. Referee: Darren DeUrso. Sale: Oct. 15, 9 a.m. Approximate lien: $737,684.18. MOUNT VERNON, 485 N. Columbus Ave. Single-family residence; .2 acre. Plaintiff: Residential Mortgage Solutions. Plaintiff ’s attorney: Knuckles, Komosinski & Elliot; 914-345-3020; 565 Taxter Road, Suite 509, Elmsford. Defendant: Rose Tucker. Referee: John Molley. Sale: Oct. 22, 10:30 a.m. Approximate lien: $964-465.96. SHENROCK, 8 Greene Road. Single-family residence; lot size: N/A. Plaintiff: JP Morgan Chase Bank NA. Plaintiff ’s attorney: Rosicki & Rosicki & Associates, 845-897-1600; 2 Summit Court, Suite 301, Fishkill. Defendant: Gina Cegielski. Referee: Warren Cohen. Sale: Oct. 7, 9 a.m. Approximate lien: $82,816.34. WHITE PLAINS, 2 Teramar Way. Single-family residence; .28 acre. Plaintiff: Citimortgage Inc. Plaintiff ’s attorney: Sweeney Galo Reich Bolz, 718-459-2634; 95-25 Queens Blvd., Rego Park. Defendant: Glenn Butler. Referee: Christopher Meagher. Sale: Oct. 8, 9:30 a.m. Approximate lien: $688,113.74. YONKERS, 51 Vernon Ave. Single-family residence; .11 acre. Plaintiff: US Bank National Association. Plaintiff ’s attorney: Doonan, Graves & Longoria, 978-921-2670; 100 Cummings Center, No. 213C, Beverly, Mass. Defendant: Ryan Mckenzie. Referee: Wanda Yvette Negron. Sale: Oct. 8, 11:30 a.m. Approximate lien: $558,422.68.

YONKERS, 832 Palisade Ave., (aka) 834 Palisade Ave. Singlefamily residence; .1 acre. Plaintiff: US Bank National Association. Plaintiff ’s attorney: Leopold & Associates. PLLC; 80 Business Park Drive, Armonk. Defendant: Angelina Schwickrath. Referee: John Gifford Molloy. Sale: Oct. 15, 10:30 a.m. Approximate lien: $433,300.96.

JUDGMENTS Fort Ross Homes Inc., Hastingson-Hudson. $719,545 in favor of Business Development International Inc., New York City. Filed Sept. 26. Green Grass Landscaping and Contracting Inc., Crotonon-Hudson. $2,838 in favor of Ossining Hardware Company Inc., Ossining. Filed Sept. 23. Platinum Design Corp., New Rochelle. $3,046 in favor of Window Rama Enterprises Inc., Edgewood. Filed Sept. 24. Renaissance Project Inc., Elmsford. $23,074 in favor of Mack-Cali CW Realty Associates LLC, Elmsford. Filed Sept. 25. Reyes Express Printing, Port Chester. $8,346 in favor of Microcreditos Del Pacifico S.A. Inc., White Plains. Filed Sept. 26. Stonewall Partners 2009 LLC, Port Chester. $20,345 in favor of L and M Highland Properties, Rye Brook. Filed Sept. 26.

LIS PENDENS The following ﬁlings indicated a legal action has been initiated, the outcome of which may aﬀect the title to the property listed. Cannavo, Leonard D., et al. Filed by Wells Fargo Bank N.A. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $469,000 affecting property located at 150 Haseco Ave., Port Chester 10573. Filed Feb. 25. Centeno, Orlando A. Jr., et al. Filed by Bank of America N.A. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $308,700 affecting property located at 357 N. Broadway, Unit 1P, Yonkers 10701. Filed Feb. 21. Collazos, Carlos I., et al. Filed by Advantage Equities L.L.C. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $425,000 affecting property located at 121 Spring St., Ossining 10562. Filed Feb. 25.

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Colon, Victor M., et al. Filed by JPMorgan Chase Bank N.A. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure an unspecified amount affecting property located at 512 S. Second Ave., Mount Vernon 10550. Filed Feb. 24.

Henry, Robert, et al. Filed by Bank of America N.A. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $263,900 affecting property located at 24 S. 11th Ave., Mount Vernon 10550. Filed Feb. 21.

Coppola, Judy M., et al. Filed by Mahopac Bank. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $228,000 affecting property located at 269 Coachlight Square, Montrose. Filed Feb. 20.

Howard, Susan D., as executrix of the estate of Dale G. Howard, et al. Filed by Reverse Mortgage Solutions Inc. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $760,000 affecting property located at 17 Clover Place, New Rochelle 10805. Filed Feb. 20.

Daley, Antionette, et al. Filed by Deutsche Bank National Trust Co. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure an unspecified amount affecting property located at 128 N. High St, Mount Vernon 10550. Filed Feb. 24. Delcuerto, Christina, et al. Filed by Nationstar Mortgage L.L.C. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $220,000 affecting property located at 16 Huntley Road, Eastchester 10709. Filed Feb. 20. Dixon, Branda A., et al. Filed by EverBank. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $394,200 affecting property located at 22 Darling Ave., Mount Vernon 10553. Filed Feb. 20. Epps, Doris A., et al. Filed by Bank of America N.A. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $150,000 affecting property located at 5 Lewis Place, New Rochelle 10804. Filed Feb. 25. Freeman, Diane E., et al. Filed by Wells Fargo Bank N.A. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $357,868 affecting property located at 257 Sheridan Ave., Mount Vernon 10552. Filed Feb. 20. Gardner, Gilmore Cleve, et al. Filed by Aurora Loan Services L.L.C. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $242,000 affecting property located at 535 S. Eighth Ave., Mount Vernon 10550. Filed Feb. 25. Giuliani, Eileen C., et al. Filed by Bank of America N.A. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $320,000 affecting property located at 25 Barker St., Unit 409, Mount Kisco 10549. Filed Feb. 24. Grayson, Scott, et al. Filed by The Bank of New York Mellon Trust Company N.A. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $650,000 affecting property located at 9 Pine Cliff Road, Chappaqua 10514. Filed Feb. 21.

Jones, Alfred C., et al. Filed by U.S. Bank N.A. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $382,500 affecting property located at 265 Coligni Ave., New Rochelle 10801. Filed Feb. 24. Mastroianni, Fred III, et al. Filed by U.S. Bank N.A. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure an unspecified amount affecting property located at 10 City Place, Unit 28A, White Plains 10601. Filed Feb. 25. Meyers, Chynelle M., et al. Filed by JPMorgan Chase Bank N.A. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure an unspecified amount affecting property located at 72 Buena Vista Ave., Yonkers 10701. Filed Feb. 20. Pedlar, Robert J., et al. Filed by JPMorgan Chase Bank N.A. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $288,918 affecting property located at 25 N. Broadway, Apt. 10, Yonkers 10701. Filed Feb. 24. Reece, Laverne, et al. Filed by Wells Fargo Bank N.A. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure an unspecified amount affecting property located at 410 S. Second Ave., Mount Vernon 10550. Filed Feb. 24. Riley, Phyllis, et al. Filed by Wells Fargo Bank N.A. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $300,000 affecting property located at 556 E. Lincoln Ave., Mount Vernon 10552. Filed Feb. 20. Roblero, Renato, et al. Filed by JPMorgan Chase Bank N.A. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $187,380 affecting property located at 548 S. Eighth Ave., Mount Vernon 10550. Filed Feb. 20. Sanchez, Joseph L. Jr., et al. Filed by U.S. Bank N.A. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $506,250 affecting property located at 501 Stratton Road, New Rochelle 10804. Filed Feb. 25.

Serino, Luigi, et al. Filed by Mahopac Bank. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $844,000 affecting property located at 1 Red Oak Trails, Cortlandt Manor. Filed Feb. 24. Todorovich, John B., et al. Filed by JPMorgan Chase Bank N.A. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $1.4 million affecting property located at 9 Threshing Rock Road, Pound Ridge 10576. Filed Feb. 20. Ventura, Arnoldo, et al. Filed by U.S. Bank N.A. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $147,600 affecting property located at 601 N. Division St., Peekskill 10566. Filed Feb. 20. Wieder, Steven T., et al. Filed by HSBC Bank USA N.A. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $880,900 affecting property located at 189 Farragut Circle, New Rochelle 10801. Filed Feb. 20. Williams, Antoinette, et al. Filed by Wells Fargo Bank N.A. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $250,821 affecting property located at 305 Mundy Lane, Unit 305, Mount Vernon 10550. Filed Feb. 20.

MECHANIC’S LIENS Bloomingdale’s Inc., as owner. $124,954 as claimed by Dynamic Energy Solutions LLC, Wayne, Pa. Property: 175 Bloomingdale Road, White Plains 10605. Filed Sept. 22. Toth, Constance Brooks, as owner. $17,351 as claimed by Marjam Supply Company Inc., Brooklyn. Property: 9 Governors Road, Eastchester 10528. Filed Sept. 22.

Hawa Yeboah Enterprise, 85 Riverdale Ave., Apt. B636, Yonkers 10474, c/o Hawa Yeboah. Filed May 31. Hosanna Daycare, 651 Ashford Ave., Ardsley 10502, c/o Haesung Kim. Filed June 3. Iﬁlmusic.com, 300 Pelham Road, New Rochelle 10805, c/o Glenn Gesang. Filed May 31. J. Wesley Entertainment Group, 68 Spruce St., Yonkers 10701, c/o John Wesley Farley. Filed May 31. Learn and Play Daycare, 23 Cliff Ave., Apt. 1, Yonkers 10705, c/o Yndira S. Gonzalez. Filed May 31. M Marmolejos Delivery Service, 29 N. Terrace Ave., Apt. 1, Mount Vernon 10550, c/o Maria Marmolejos. Filed May 31. Manhattan Automobiles, 10 Edna St., Bedford Hills 10507, c/o Sabrina Randazzo. Filed May 31. Michele LoBianco Consulting, 445 Broadway, Apt. 3F, Hastingson-Hudson 10706, c/o Michele LoBianco. Filed June 3. Mina’s Group Family Day Care, 27 Sherman Ave., Yonkers 10705, c/o Herminia Anthony. Filed June 3. Nathallias Catering and Events, 363 Walnut St., Box 270, Hastings-on-Hudson 10706, c/o Nathallia Clarke-Walker. Filed June 3. P Marmolejos Delivery Service, 29 N. Terrace Ave., Apt. 1, Mount Vernon 10550, c/o Porfirio Marmolejos. Filed May 31.

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S. Randazzo, P.O. Box 292, Mount Kisco 10549, c/o Sabrina Randazzo. Filed May 31.

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Shylah’s Day Care, 24 Delrey Drive, Mount Vernon 10552, c/o Sharon James. Filed May 31.

Partnerships Madison Clothing, 4 Madison St., West Harrison 10604, c/o Christina DeFrancisco and Anthony Rosania. Filed May 31.

Sole Proprietorships Claudio’s Restaurant Pizzeria, 135 S. Main St., Port Chester 10573, c/o Claudio Gabriel. Filed May 31. Happy Discount, 112 Mamaroneck Ave., White Plains 10601, c/o Yoo Sun Hoang. Filed June 3.

TP Vending Cleaning Services, 485 E. Lincoln Ave., Apt. 311, Mount Vernon 10552, c/o Tan Parle Marshall. Filed May 31. Wells Delivery Service, 32 Hickory Pass, Bedford 10506, c/o Michael Wells. Filed May 31.

FACTS & FIGURES PATENTS The following patents were issued by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Oﬃce in Washington, D.C. Associating operating system native authorizations with console roles. Patent no. 8,850,561 issued to Gregory C. Birgen, Pflugerville, Texas; Michael A. Bockus, Manor, Texas; Frank P. Feuerbacher, Austin, Texas; and Michael W. Panico, Cedar Park, Texas. Assigned to International Business Machines Corp., Armonk. Collaborative software debugging in a distributed system with client-speciﬁc display of local variables. Patent no. 8,850,397 issued to Cary L. Bates, Rochester, Minn. Assigned to International Business Machines Corp., Armonk. Determining performance of a software entity. Patent no. 8,850,402 issued to Randall Ray Heisch, Georgetown, Texas; and Bret Ronald Olszewski, Austin, Texas. Assigned to International Business Machines Corp., Armonk. Digital-rights management of captured content based on capture-associated locations. Patent no. 8,850,594 issued to Thomas A. Bellwood, Austin, Texas; Gabriel A Cohen, San Mateo, Calif.; Travis M. Grigsby, Austin, Texas; and Michael A. Paolini, Austin, Texas. Assigned to International Business Machines Corp., Armonk. Interactive video captcha. Patent no. 8,850,556 issued to Thomas J. Freund, Austin, Texas; Travis M. Grisby, Austin, Texas; Albert A. Lamb, Somerville, Mass.; and Lee M. Surprenant, Cary, N.C. Assigned to International Business Machines Corp., Armonk. Processor and data processing method with nonhierarchical computer security enhancements for context states. Patent no. 8,850,557 issued to Richard H. Boivie, Monroe, Conn.; William E. Hall, Clinton, Conn.; Guerney D. H. Hunt, Yorktown Heights; Paul A. Karger, Chappaqua; Suzanne K. McIntosh, Clifton, N.J.; Mark F. Mergen, Mount Kisco; Marcel C. Rosu, Ossining; David R. Safford, Brewster; and David C. Toll, Wappingers Falls. Assigned to International Business Machines Corp., Armonk.

Scheduling ﬂows in a multiplatform cluster environment. Patent no. 8,850,445 issued to Andrey Balmin, San Jose, Calif.; Anshul Dawra, San Jose, Calif.; Kirsten W. Hildrum, Hawthorne; Rohit M. Khandekar, Elmsford; Deepak Rajan, Fishkill; and Joel L. Wolf, Katonah. Assigned to International Business Machines Corp., Armonk.

Bell, Christine S., et al, Salisbury Mills, as owner. Lender: Walden Savings Bank, Montgomery. Property: in Cornwall-onHudson. Amount: $240,000. Filed Sept. 29.

Subscribing for application messages in a multicast messaging environment. Patent no. 8,850,451 issued to Kulvir S. Bhogal, Fort Worth, Texas; Kenneth W. Borgendale, Austin, Texas; Paul D. Lewis, Round Rock, Texas; Ramanujam Ravisankar, Austin, Texas; and John J. Wang, Gaithersburg, Md. Assigned to International Business Machines Corp., Armonk.

Denise, George, et al, Shokan, as owner. Lender: Ulster Savings Bank, Kingston. Property: 14 Laurel Lane, Olive 12481. Amount: $125,000. Filed Sept. 25.

System using a unique marker with each software code block. Patent no. 8,850,410 issued to Ramanjaneya S. Burugula, Yorktown Heights; Joefon Jann, Ossining; and Pratap C. Pattnaik, Ossining. Assigned to International Business Machines Corp., Armonk. Warning track interruption facility. Patent no. 8,850,450 issued to Mark S. Farrell, Pleasant Valley; Charles W. Gainey, Jr., Poughkeepsie; Jeffrey P. Kubala, Poughquag; James H. Mulder, Poughkeepsie; Bernard Pierce, Poughkeepsie; Robert R. Rogers, Poughkeepsie; and Donald W. Schmidt, Stone Ridge. Assigned to International Business Machines Corp., Armonk.

HUDSON VALLEY BUILDING LOANS Above $1 million CRH Realty VIII LLC, Middletown, as owner. Lender: Israel Bank of New York, et al, New York City. Property: Union Ave., New Windsor and 167 Old Little Britain Road, 1200 Route 300, 1210 Route 300, 1204 Route 300, and Old Goshen Road, Newburgh. Amount: $20 million. Filed Sept. 26.

Decoster, Catherine, et al, as owner. Lender: Rhinebeck Bank. Property: in Beekman. Amount: $468,000. Filed Sept. 24.

Verven, Stephen G., et al, as owner. Lender: Rondout Savings Bank. Property: in Milan. Amount: $210,000. Filed Sept. 29. Vuksanovich, Delia K., Burlingham, as owner. Lender: Mihope Partners Inc., Goshen. Property: Hill Road, Hamptonburgh. Amount: $150,000. Filed Sept. 26.

DEEDS Above $1 million 228 Route 32 L.L.C., West Harrison. Seller: Petros Gouvis, et al, Central Valley. Property: in Woodbury. Amount: $1.5 million. Filed Sept. 26. Family Health Center of New Paltz Properties LLC, New York City. Seller: New Paltz LaSalle Medical Office LLC, Baltimore, Md. Property: in New Paltz. Amount: $9.5 million. Filed Sept. 22. Kalish Group LLC, Goshen. Seller: Goshen Corp., New York City. Property: in Goshen. Amount: $1.3 million. Filed Sept. 23. MLMT 2005-CIPI Complex 14 LLC, Miami Beach, Fla. Seller: Ralph Andrew Beisner, Poughkeepsie. Property: 14 Schuyler Blvd., Fishkill 12524. Amount: $4 million. Filed Sept. 19. PDH Realty LLC, Goshen. Seller: Newburgh Commons LLC, Monroe. Property: in Newburgh. Amount: $1 million. Filed Sept. 26. Tally Ho NY LLC, Wappingers Falls. Seller: Jewel Equities Corp., Dover Plains. Property: in Amenia. Amount: $6.2 million. Filed Sept. 19.

Below $1 million

42 Windsor Highway LLC, New Windsor, as owner. Lender: Walden Savings Bank, Montgomery. Property: in New Windsor. Amount: $112,500. Filed Sept. 29.

182 Main Street Beacon LLC, Beacon. Seller: Andrit LLC, Beacon. Property: 182 Main St., Beacon 12508. Amount: $630,000. Filed Sept. 25.

190 OSLR LLC, Poughkeepsie. Seller: On The Rise LLC, Hopewell Junction. Property: in East Fishkill. Amount: $755,000. Filed Sept. 24. 27 Johnes Street LLC, Cornwallon-Hudson. Seller: IG4 LLC, Garrison. Property in Newburgh. Amount: $115,000. Filed Sept. 25.

Elite Property Holdings LLC, Monroe. Seller: Deutsche Bank National Trust Co. Property: 156 Barnes Road, Washingtonville 10992. Amount: $128,155. Filed Sept. 29.

Federal National Mortgage Association. Seller: Paul Clifford Brite, Newburgh. Property: 135 Fullerton Ave., Newburgh 12550. Amount: $287,549. Filed Sept. 29.

Fannie Mae. Seller: Robert W. Fink, Goshen. Property: 86 W. Mombasha Road, Monroe 10950. Amount: $382,917. Filed Sept. 25.

Federal National Mortgage Association. Seller: Peter Neuman, Cornwall-on-Hudson. Property: 33 Ferguson Ave., Port Jervis 12771. Amount: $224,828. Filed Sept. 25.

42 Windsor Highway LLC, New Windsor. Seller: Mans Brothers Realty Inc., Vails Gate. Property: 42 Windsor Highway, New Windsor. Amount: $300,000. Filed Sept. 29.

Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corp. Seller: Daniel F. Sullivan, Newburgh. Property: 100 Hillside Drive, A2, Middletown 10941. Amount: $215,157. Filed Sept. 25.

Federal National Mortgage Association. Seller: Ralph L. Puglielle Jr., New Windsor. Property: 122 Dubois St., Newburgh 12550. Amount: $254,621. Filed Sept. 24.

668 Lake Avenue Farm LLC, Greenwich, Conn. Seller: Alberto M. Piedra, New York City. Property: in Washington. Amount: $764,500. Filed Sept. 25.

Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corp. Seller: Jean Frantz Destin, et al, Nanuet. Property: 11 Ted Miller Drive, Maybrook 12543. Amount: $209,774. Filed Sept. 29.

First Taylor Realty LLC, Milton. Seller: Brennie and Associates Inc., Highland. Property: in Lloyd. Amount: $360,000. Filed Sept. 23.

Agape Homes Inc., Middletown. Seller: Brandon/Trujillo LLC, Middletown. Property: 224 Wickham Ave., Middletown. Amount: $115,000. Filed Sept. 24.

Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corp. Seller: Justin Lee Sweet, New City. Property: in Washingtonville. Amount: $109,791. Filed Sept. 24.

Agape Homes Inc., Middletown. Seller: Christopher Reineke, et al, Westtown. Property: in Middletown. Amount: $60,000. Filed Sept. 26.

Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corp. Seller: Lauren Eldred, et al, New Windsor. Property: 229 Bethlehem Road, New Windsor 12553. Amount: $252,439. Filed Sept. 24.

Irish Hills LLC, Stormville. Seller: Providence Management Associates Inc., Yorktown Heights. Property: 6060 Route 82, Stanford. Amount: $304,500. Filed Sept. 23.

BAC Home Loans Servicing LP. Seller: Franklin Lopez, et al, Monroe. Property: 326 N. Main St., Monroe 10950. Amount: $251,997. Filed Sept. 24.

Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corp. Seller: Robert B. Hunter, South Fallsburgh. Property: 113 Route 61, Westbrookville 12785. Amount: $99,760. Filed Sept. 25.

Lanwin Forest Ridge LLC, Hopewell, N.J. Seller: Manna Dells LLC, Nanuet. Property: in Newburgh. Amount: $55,000. Filed Sept. 25.

Bayview Loan Servicing LLC, Coral Gables, Fla. Seller: Carl J. Obermeyer II, et al, Middletown. Property: 20 Kent Court, Middletown 10940. Amount: $180,106. Filed Sept. 24.

Federal National Mortgage Association. Seller: Daniel Sullivan, Newburgh. Property: 82 Hammond St., Port Jervis 12771. Amount $177,747. Filed Sept. 23.

Lichty Properties LLC, Kerhonkon. Seller: Jeoffrey Devor, et al, Kerhonkson. Property: in Kerhonkson and Wawarsing. Amount: $10,500. Filed Sept. 25.

Federal National Mortgage Association. Seller: Dragan Stojanovic, Brairwood. Property: 21 Church St., Wawarsing 12428. Amount: $198,329. Filed Sept. 19.

Meadow View Properties LLC, Pleasant Valley. Seller: Frank Family Corp., Poughkeepsie. Property: in Poughkeepsie. Amount: $350,000. Filed Sept. 25.

D.A. Winn LLC, Bearsville. Seller: County of Ulster, Kingston. Property: 42 Zena Road, Woodstock. Amount: $16,918. Filed Sept. 23.

Federal National Mortgage Association. Seller: John Bach, Goshen. Property: 3 Fedorko Lane, Montgomery 12549. Amount: $318,392. Filed Sept. 24.

MNH Sub 1 LLC, Newport Beach, Calif. Seller: Michele Babcock, Walden. Property: in Newburgh. Amount: $30,000. Filed Sept. 25.

Daisey May Realty LLC, Amenia. Seller: Barry Shatney, Amenia. Property: 5324 Route 44, Amenia 12501. Amount: $115,000. Filed Sept. 19.

Federal National Mortgage Association. Seller: Kevin D. Bloom, New Windsor. Property: 52 Sheffield Drive, Middletown 10940. Amount: $97,556. Filed Sept. 24.

Deutsche Bank National Trust Co. Seller: Benjamin J. Gailey, Middletown. Property: 17 Apple Lane, Middletown 10940. Amount: $332,429. Filed Sept. 25.

Federal National Mortgage Association. Seller: Laurence A. Clemente, Goshen. Property: 356 Union Ave., New Windsor 12553. Amount: $244,120. Filed Sept. 24.

Deutsche Bank National Trust Co. Seller: Glen A. Plotsky, Port Jervis. Property: 64 Excelsior Ave., Middletown 10940. Amount: $211,135. Filed Sept. 26.

Federal National Mortgage Association. Seller: Louis V. Cecchini, Godeffroy. Property: 24 Culvert St., Port Jervis 12771. Amount: $190,246. Filed Sept. 29.

Brookﬁeld Global Relocation Services LLC. Seller: Mark A. Dougherty, et al, Wappingers Falls. Property: in LaGrange. Amount: $402,500. Filed Sept. 26.

HSBC Bank USA N.A. Seller: Jillian A. Concepcion, Goshen. Property: 2 Castleton Drive, Lot C5, Highland Mills 10930. Amount: $475,000. Filed Sept. 26.

Moonhaw LLC, West Shokan. Seller: Roxanna Newberry, West Shokan. Property: in Olive. Amount: $138,820. Filed Sept. 19. Mozo Properties LLC, Newburgh. Seller: Susan E. Torraca, Cornwall-on-Hudson. Property: in Newburgh. Amount: $44,000. Filed Sept. 29. National Residential Asset Corp., Coral Gables, Fla. Seller: Juliana Lobiondo, Newburgh. Property: 25 Pierces Road, Newburgh 12584. Amount: $74,451. Filed Sept. 25.

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FACTS & FIGURES Nationstar Mortgage LLC. Seller: Dennis R. Boyd, Kingston. Property: 17 Arlington Place, Kingston 12401. Amount: $107,000. Filed Sept. 19.

Stockade Ventures LLC, Kingston. Seller: Berkise-Weinmann LLC, Woodstock. Property: in Kingston. Amount: $220,000. Filed Sept. 26.

A Betterweigh Inc., Ellenville. $1,031 in favor of the New York State Department of Labor and the Department of Taxation and Finance, Albany. Filed Sept. 23.

Open Space Institute Land Trust Inc., New York City. Seller: Karen Schneller-McDonald, et al, Red Hook. Property: in Shawangunk and Wawarsing. Amount: $157,500. Filed Sept. 23.

Sugar Bowl LLC, New Paltz. Seller: Mountain Brauhaus Inc., Gardiner. Property: in Gardiner. Amount: $460,000. Filed Sept. 24.

A Cut Above Tree Service Inc., Kingston. $1,031 in favor of the New York State Department of Labor and the Department of Taxation and Finance, Albany. Filed Sept. 23.

Parrotta Realty Inc., Middletown. Seller: John DeBeauvernet, et al, Slate Hill. Property: in Middletown. Amount: $236,000. Filed Sept. 24. Parrotta Realty Inc., Middletown. Seller: Marc Williamson, Durham, N.C. Property: 7 Crawford Place, Middletown 10940. Amount: $79,000. Filed Sept. 24.

The Bank of New York Mellon. Seller: Laura Knapp, Pine Bush. Property: 22 Sunset Trail, Pine Bush 12566. Amount: $126,120. Filed Sept. 24. The Westage Group Inc., Pleasant Valley. Seller: James P. Gilbert, Celebration, Fla. Property: in Pleasant Valley. Amount: $44,000. Filed Sept. 25.

Racebrook Properties LLC, Bethel, Conn. Seller: Lee B. Bahl, et al, Esopus. Property: in Esopus. Amount: $355,000. Filed Sept. 23.

TWJ Real Estate LLC, Blauvelt. Seller: Mans Brothers Realty Inc.,Vails Gate. Property: 6 Old Temple Hill Road, New Windsor 12553. Amount: $350,000. Filed Sept. 29.

Ray Spiak Inc., Florida. Seller: Homestead Farms LLC, Warwick. Property: in Warwick. Amount: $55,000. Filed Sept. 26.

U.S. Bank N.A. Seller: Helen Bletsas, Astoria. Property: 136 S. Clark St., Newburgh 12550. Amount: $207,153. Filed Sept. 25.

Renies Road RE LLC, Woodside. Seller: Daniel Cantu, Augustine Beach, Fla. Property: Renies Road, Monroe. Amount: $30,000. Filed Sept. 26.

U.S. Bank N.A. Seller: Matthew Daddino, Suffern. Property: 307 Route 17A, Warwick 10990. Amount: $224,910. Filed Sept. 26.

Secretary of Housing and Urban Development. Seller: Maureen A. Moran, New City. Property: 10 Wickham Ave., Middletown 10940. Amount: $359,938. Filed Sept. 26. Seven Memorial Holdings LLC., Pawling. Seller: PENSCO Trust Co., San Francisco, Calif. Property: in Pawling. Amount: $66,500. Filed Sept. 19. Shalant Inc., Garrison. Seller: Joseph W. Malouf, Fishkill. Property: 32 Center St., Beacon. Amount: $245,000. Filed Sept. 25. SPF Holdings LLC, Marlboro. Seller: Raymond M. Travis, et al, Hyde Park. Property: in Poughkeepsie. Amount: $32,000. Filed Sept. 26. Stockade Capital 1 LLC, Halcott Center. Seller: David Rosenblum, et al, Woodstock. Property: in Kingston. Amount: $180,000. Filed Sept. 23. Stockade Ventures LLC, Kingston. Seller: Berkise-Weinmann L.L.C., Woodstock. Property: in Kingston. Amount: $260,000. Filed Sept. 26.

U.S. Bank N.A. Seller: Robert Hunter, Monticello. Property: 111 Bull Road, Washingtonville 10992. Amount: $195,959. Filed Sept. 26. Upgrade Property Solutions LLC, Fishkill. Seller: Raymond J. Tyrrell, Fishkill. Property: in Fishkill. Amount: $130,000. Filed Sept. 22.

ACPC Inc., d.b.a. Always Clean Power Clean, Marlboro. $1,242 in favor of the New York State Department of Taxation and Finance, Albany. Filed Sept. 25. Aﬀordable Painting Plus, New Hampton. $511 in favor of the New York State Department of Labor Unemployment Insurance Division, Albany. Filed June 30. All Phase Unlimited LLC, West Hurley. $1,031 in favor of the New York State Department of Labor and the Department of Taxation and Finance, Albany. Filed Sept. 23. Aztlan Lawnscape Inc., Highland. $1,031 in favor of the New York State Department of Labor and the Department of Taxation and Finance, Albany. Filed Sept. 23. B Hons Inc., d.b.a. Wireless Zone, Highland. $1,031 in favor of the New York State Department of Labor and the Department of Taxation and Finance, Albany. Filed Sept. 23. Benji’s Pizzeria and Restaurant, Milton. $1,031 in favor of the New York State Department of Labor and the Department of Taxation and Finance, Albany. Filed Sept. 23.

Valley Services Inc., Walden. Seller: Raju Sundaran, Walden. Property: in Walden. Amount: $260,000. Filed Sept. 29.

Bread Brokers Inc., Kingston. $1,031 in favor of the New York State Department of Labor and the Department of Taxation and Finance, Albany. Filed Sept. 23.

Vassar Brothers Hospital, Poughkeepsie. Seller: Daniel Moore, et al, Wappingers Falls. Property: 14 Livingston St., Poughkeepsie 12601. Amount: $265,000. Filed Sept. 19.

Brennie’s Pizza Inc., Highland. $1,031 in favor of the New York State Department of Labor and the Department of Taxation and Finance, Albany. Filed Sept. 23.

Wells Fargo Bank N.A. Seller: Rachel D. Flanagan, Fishkill. Property: 61 Rochdale Road, Poughkeepsie 12603. Amount: $227,000. Filed Sept. 26.

Caruso Paving Inc., Highland. $1,031 in favor of the New York State Department of Labor and the Department of Taxation and Finance, Albany. Filed Sept. 23.

JUDGMENTS

Center Line Studios Inc., New Windsor. $19,975 in favor of the New York State Department of Labor Unemployment Insurance Division, Albany. Filed June 30.

A and S Slate/Copper Rooﬁng Inc., Marlboro. $1,051 in favor of the New York State Department of Labor and the Department of Taxation and Finance, Albany. Filed Sept. 23.

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CM2 Promotions Inc., Hurley. $1,031 in favor of the New York State Department of Labor and the Department of Taxation and Finance, Albany. Filed Sept. 23.

Communication Alliance Inc., d.b.a. G5 Capital Partners, Stone Ridge. $54,212 in favor of the New York State Department of Taxation and Finance, Albany. Filed Sept. 25.

Hudson Valley Contractors LLC, Gardiner. $1,031 in favor of the New York State Department of Labor and the Department of Taxation and Finance, Albany. Filed Sept. 23.

Country Flowers Gifts and Goodies Inc., Napanoch. $1,031 in favor of the New York State Department of Labor and the Department of Taxation and Finance, Albany. Filed Sept. 23.

HVFSV Inc., d.b.a. Style Fabrics, Kingston. $1,031 in favor of the New York State Department of Labor and the Department of Taxation and Finance, Albany. Filed Sept. 23.

CXV Inc., d.b.a. O’Willy’s Wine and Spirits and Discount Tobacco and Beverage, Wallkill. $1,031 in favor of the New York State Department of Labor and the Department of Taxation and Finance, Albany. Filed Sept. 23.

Indie Hair Inc., Kingston. $1,031 in favor of the New York State Department of Labor and the Department of Taxation and Finance, Albany. Filed Sept. 23.

David Gray Construction, New Paltz. $1,031 in favor of the New York State Department of Labor and the Department of Taxation and Finance, Albany. Filed Sept. 23. Elite Parking Inc., Kerhonkson. $1,031 in favor of the New York State Department of Labor and the Department of Taxation and Finance, Albany. Filed Sept. 23. Enviro Care Environmental Corp., Wallkill. $1,031 in favor of the New York State Department of Labor and the Department of Taxation and Finance, Albany. Filed Sept. 23. Fog�y Cogs Computer Solutions, Highland. $1,031 in favor of the New York State Department of Labor and the Department of Taxation and Finance, Albany. Filed Sept. 23. Gary’s Truck and Trailer Repair Inc., Modena. $1,031 in favor of the New York State Department of Labor and the Department of Taxation and Finance, Albany. Filed Sept. 23. Gloria’s Café Inc., d.b.a. Pub 151, Wallkill. $1,031 in favor of the New York State Department of Labor and the Department of Taxation and Finance, Albany. Filed Sept. 23. GRK Industries, Highland. $1,031 in favor of the New York State Department of Labor and the Department of Taxation and Finance, Albany. Filed Sept. 23. Highland One Inc., Highland. $1,031 in favor of the New York State Department of Labor and the Department of Taxation and Finance, Albany. Filed Sept. 23. Hubster Transport, Saugerties. $1,031 in favor of the New York State Department of Labor and the Department of Taxation and Finance, Albany. Filed Sept. 23.

J and N Staﬀord Corp., Marlboro. $1,031 in favor of the New York State Department of Labor and the Department of Taxation and Finance, Albany. Filed Sept. 23. J Lent and Sons, Kingston. $1,031 in favor of the New York State Department of Labor and the Department of Taxation and Finance, Albany. Filed Sept. 23. J Rocco’s Steakhouse LLC, d.b.a. J Rocco’s Steakhouse and Speakeasy, Shandaken. $206 in favor of the New York State Department of Labor and the Department of Taxation and Finance, Albany. Filed Sept. 23. J.A.V. Auto Center Inc., Monroe. $249 in favor of the New York State Department of Labor Unemployment Insurance Division, Albany. Filed June 30. Joe Precour Inc., Highland. $1,031 in favor of the New York State Department of Labor and the Department of Taxation and Finance, Albany. Filed Sept. 23. John J. Pezzo and Associates CPAs PC, Highland. $1,031 in favor of the New York State Department of Labor and the Department of Taxation and Finance, Albany. Filed Sept. 23. Kings Town Inc., Kingston. $1,031 in favor of the New York State Department of Labor and the Department of Taxation and Finance, Albany. Filed Sept. 23. Kingston OHA Development Corp., d.b.a. Family Restaurant, Kingston. $1,031 in favor of the New York State Department of Labor and the Department of Taxation and Finance, Albany. Filed Sept. 23. Larome Sanx Inc., Highland. $1,031 in favor of the New York State Department of Labor and the Department of Taxation and Finance, Albany. Filed Sept. 23.

Lazreb Inc., Saugerties. $1,031 in favor of the New York State Department of Labor and the Department of Taxation and Finance, Albany. Filed Sept. 23. Lighthouse Automotive Services Inc., Esopus. $770 in favor of the New York State Department of Labor and the Department of Taxation and Finance, Albany. Filed Sept. 23. Livebooks Inc., High Falls. $1,031 in favor of the New York State Department of Labor and the Department of Taxation and Finance, Albany. Filed Sept. 23. Magnolia Luxury Transportation Inc., Marlboro. $143 in favor of the New York State Department of Taxation and Finance, Albany. Filed Sept. 25. Marcelle Transport Inc., Highland. $1,031 in favor of the New York State Department of Labor and the Department of Taxation and Finance, Albany. Filed Sept. 23. Mario’s Landscape Construction Inc., Middletown. $426 in favor of the New York State Department of Labor Unemployment Insurance Division, Albany. Filed June 30. Martelly Painting Inc., Bloomington. $2,238 in favor of the New York State Department of Taxation and Finance, Albany. Filed Sept. 25. Mel Dea Inc., d.b.a. Roudigans, Kingston. $1,051 in favor of the New York State Department of Labor and the Department of Taxation and Finance, Albany. Filed Sept. 23. MG Trattoria Inc., New Paltz. $1,031 in favor of the New York State Department of Labor and the Department of Taxation and Finance, Albany. Filed Sept. 23. Michael and Jello LLC, Milton. $1,031 in favor of the New York State Department of Labor and the Department of Taxation and Finance, Albany. Filed Sept. 23. Mid Hudson Valley Excavation Inc., Ulster Park. $1,031 in favor of the New York State Department of Labor and the Department of Taxation and Finance, Albany. Filed Sept. 23. Minard Law PLLC, Highland. $1,031 in favor of the New York State Department of Labor and the Department of Taxation and Finance, Albany. Filed Sept. 23.

FACTS & FIGURES New York Pest Solutions Inc., Saugerties. $1,031 in favor of the New York State Department of Labor and the Department of Taxation and Finance, Albany. Filed Sept. 23. Orange County Construction Services LLC, Wallkill. $1,031 in favor of the New York State Department of Labor and the Department of Taxation and Finance, Albany. Filed Sept. 23. Orange County Dental Center, Middletown. $896 in favor of the New York State Department of Labor Unemployment Insurance Division, Albany. Filed June 30. Paramount Contracting and Development Corp., Hurley. $1,738 in favor of the New York State Department of Taxation and Finance, Albany. Filed Sept. 25. Quality Dry Cleaners and Laundry, Highland. $1,031 in favor of the New York State Department of Labor and the Department of Taxation and Finance, Albany. Filed Sept. 23. RF Michel Enterprises Inc., Gardiner. $1,031 in favor of the New York State Department of Labor and the Department of Taxation and Finance, Albany. Filed Sept. 23. Richie’s Fencing Co., Ellenville. $1,031 in favor of the New York State Department of Labor and the Department of Taxation and Finance, Albany. Filed Sept. 23. Robert Albrecht Landscape and Tree Service Inc., Shokan. $1,031 in favor of the New York State Department of Labor and the Department of Taxation and Finance, Albany. Filed Sept. 23. Robinson Brothers Electrical Contractors Inc., Kingston. $1,031 in favor of the New York State Department of Labor and the Department of Taxation and Finance, Albany. Filed Sept. 23. Robisons Refuse Service Inc., Highland. $1,031 in favor of the New York State Department of Labor and the Department of Taxation and Finance, Albany. Filed Sept. 23. T and S Crossroads Deli Inc., Cottekill. $1,031 in favor of the New York State Department of Labor and the Department of Taxation and Finance, Albany. Filed Sept. 23. The Body Shoppe of Kingston Inc., Kingston. $100 in favor of the New York State Department of Taxation and Finance, Albany. Filed Sept. 25.

Upstate Sandblast Inc., Saugerties. $1,031 in favor of the New York State Department of Labor and the Department of Taxation and Finance, Albany. Filed Sept. 23. Uptown Elegance Inc., Kingston. $1,031 in favor of the New York State Department of Labor and the Department of Taxation and Finance, Albany. Filed Sept. 23. Vineyard Commons Holdings LLC, Highland. $1,031 in favor of the New York State Department of Labor and the Department of Taxation and Finance, Albany. Filed Sept. 23. Woodstock Outdoor Company Inc., d.b.a. Woodstock General Supply, Woodstock. $1,031 in favor of the New York State Department of Labor and the Department of Taxation and Finance, Albany. Filed Sept. 23. Yesterday’s Restaurant and Pizzeria Inc., Kingston. $1,031 in favor of the New York State Department of Labor and the Department of Taxation and Finance, Albany. Filed Sept. 23.

LIS PENDENS The following ﬁlings indicated a legal action has been initiated, the outcome of which may aﬀect the title to the property listed. Alfonso, Rolando, et al. Filed by Federal National Mortgage Association. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $261,250 affecting property located at 10 Academy Ave., Chester 10918. Filed April 3. Blanco, Leonora M., et al. Filed by Citimortgage Inc. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $308,000 affecting property located at 120 Glendale Drive, New Windsor 12553. Filed April 3. Bright, Douglas G., et al. Filed by Hudson Valley Federal Credit Union. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $160,000 affecting property located at 7 Dorland Ave., Poughkeepsie 12603. Filed Aug. 1. Bush, Adam C., et al. Filed by PennyMac Holdings LLC. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $112,500 affecting property located at 18 Forest Drive, Woodstock 12498. Filed Sept. 24. Ching, Luis E., et al. Filed by U.S. Bank N.A. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $151,200 affecting property located at 9 N. Wilbur Ave., Kingston 12401. Filed Sept. 24.

Cohen, Larry A., et al. Filed by Hudson Valley Federal Credit Union. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $275,000 affecting property located at 504 Route 9D, Beacon 12508. Filed July 31.

Guerra, Carlos A., et al. Filed by Ocwen Loan Servicing LLC. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $277,600 affecting property located at 7 Quarry Drive, Wappingers Falls 12590. Filed July 29.

Cruz, Juan, et al. Filed by JPMorgan Chase Bank N.A. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $187,468 affecting property located at 1 Selena Court, Walden 12586. Filed April 3.

Harrison, James M., et al. Filed by JPMorgan Chase Bank N.A. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $84,000 affecting property located at 22 Old Greenville Turnpike, Deerpark 12771. Filed April 3.

DiStefano, Joseph, et al. Filed by 21st Mortgage Corp. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $417,000 affecting property located at 85 Baker Road, Kerhonkson 12446. Filed Sept. 23. Dooley, Ellen M., et al. Filed by Wells Fargo Bank N.A. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $256,000 affecting property located at 235 Garden St., New Windsor 12553. Filed April 4. Dreher, Claire E., et al. Filed by Citimortgage Inc. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $187,500 affecting property located at 1327 Route 17, Walden 12586. Filed April 7. Emanuele, John F., et al. Filed by The Bank of New York Mellon. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $258,400 affecting property located at 37 Fleetwood Drive, Newburgh 12550. Filed April 4. Evans, Jeanine, et al. Filed by Bank of America N.A. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $288,000 affecting property located at 60 Diddell Road, Wappingers Falls. Filed Aug. 1. Germosen, Maria Del Carmen, et al. Filed by U.S. Bank N.A. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $216,000 affecting property located at 37 Monhagen Ave., Middletown 10940. Filed April 3. Graf, Axel, individually and on behalf of the estate of Curtis Graf, et al. Filed by RBS Citizens N.A. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $212,500 affecting property located at 11 Orchard Lane, Port Jervis 12771. Filed April 3. Gray, Susan, et al. Filed by HSBC Bank USA N.A. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $284,800 affecting property located at 837 Samsonville Road, Kerhonkson 12446. Filed Sept. 24.

Hernandez, Manuel, et al. Filed by Bank of America N.A. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $265,730 affecting property located at 111 Old Forestburgh Road, Sparrowbush 12780. Filed April 3. Hogan, Jay F., et al. Filed by Deutsche Bank National Trust Co. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $151,200 affecting property located at 81-83 German St., Kingston 12401. Filed Sept. 24. Hogan, Michael, et al. Filed by Aurora Loan Services LLC. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $285,200 affecting property located at 32 Farmingdale Road, Chester 10918. Filed April 7. Jeﬀerson, Lonnie E., et al. Filed by Wells Fargo Bank N.A. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $630,000 affecting property located at 229 Phillipsburg Road, Lot. 3, Goshen 10924. Filed April 4. Johns, Daniel P., et al. Filed by JPMorgan Chase Bank N.A. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure an unspecified amount affecting property located at 826 Route 32, Wallkill 12589. Filed April 3. Kennedy, Diane H., et al. Filed by Wells Fargo Bank N.A. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure an unspecified amount affecting property located at 28 Kenilworth Lane, Warwick 10990. Filed April 3. Kleinman, Joel, et al. Filed by Bank of America N.A. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $278,575 affecting property located at 382 Van Duzer Road, Middletown 10940. Filed April 7. Lleshaj, Geta, as administratrix and heir at law of the estate of Pren Lleshaj, et al. Filed by Apex Mortgage Corp. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $150,000 affecting property located at 3 Greenhaven Road, Poughquaq 12570. Filed July 24.

Lucente, Mark, et al. Filed by Nationstar Mortgage LLC. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $222,550 affecting property located at 174 Tally Ho Road, Middletown 10940. Filed April 3.

O’Flaherty, Brian T., et al. Filed by Wells Fargo Bank N.A. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $231,000 affecting property located at 902 Route 211 West, Middletown 10940. Filed April 4.

Maillet, Anthony, et al. Filed by Nationstar Mortgage LLC. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $185,000 affecting property located at 63 Boehmler Road, Sparrow Bush 12780. Filed April 7.

Pisaniello, Susan, et al. Filed by JPMorgan Chase Bank N.A. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $242,077 affecting property located at 1488 Route 300, Newburgh 12550. Filed April 7.

Mann, Don L., et al. Filed by Walden Savings Bank. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $142,450 affecting property located in Deerpark. Filed April 7. Monegro, Ana C., et al. Filed by JPMorgan Chase Bank N.A. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure an unspecified amount affecting property located at 102 Hillcrest Drive, Marlboro 12542. Filed Sept. 23. Morse, Douglas, et al. Filed by Nationstar Mortgage LLC. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $188,000 affecting property located at 60 Airport Road, Accord 12404. Filed Sept. 24. Mortimer, Denis S., et al. Filed by Deutsche Bank National Trust Co. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $212,000 affecting property located at 427 Howells Road, Middletown 10940. Filed April 4. Mozetich, Darlene P., et al. Filed by Citimortgage Inc. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure an unspecified amount affecting property located at 15 Foxhill Road, Warwick 10990. Filed April 3. Nelson, Nancy K., et al. Filed by the State of New York Mortgage Agency. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $164,400 affecting property located at 2005 Whispering Hills Drive, Unit 15, Chester 10918. Filed April 4. Nenni, James, et al. Filed by Normandy Corp. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $350,000 affecting property located at 7 Hiko Place and 1534-1538 Route 52, Fishkill. Filed July 24. O’Brien, Joshua, et al. Filed by Bank of America N.A. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $159,212 affecting property located at 12 Cafaldo Drive, Saugerties 12477. Filed Sept. 24.

Post, James C. Jr., et al. Filed by Bank of America N.A. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $176,200 affecting property located at 3 Hook Road, Unit 61, Hyde Park 12601. Filed July 29. Price, Robert R., et al. Filed by Rhinebeck Bank. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $170,000 affecting property located at 35 Peacock Road, Rhinebeck. Filed July 28. Quackenbush, Chad L., et al. Filed by Westchase Residential Assets LLC. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $188,000 affecting property located at 395 Kings Highway, Warwick 10990. Filed April 7. Rodriguez, Richard Victor, et al. Filed by CitiMortgage Inc. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $161,050 affecting property located at 2051 Greenville Turnpike, Port Jervis 12771. Filed April 7. Russell, John, et al. Filed by Nationstar Mortgage LLC. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $122,546 affecting property located at 233 Lucas Ave., Kingston 12401. Filed Sept. 23. Santiago, Rafael, et al. Filed by Mid-Hudson Valley Federal Credit Union. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $183,197 affecting property located at 517 South St., Newburgh 12550. Filed April 4. Scarlett, Jason P., et al. Filed by U.S. Bank N.A. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $260,550 affecting property located at 4 Beth Place, Middletown 10940. Filed April 7. Scheible, Bernadette E., et al. Filed by Wells Fargo Bank N.A. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure an unspecified amount affecting property located at 404 Riley Road, New Windsor 12553. Filed April 3.

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NEWSMAKERS [PLUS AWARDS AND EVENTS] NEW FOUNDATION PRESIDENT AT ORMC William Dauster, has been appointed president of the Orange Regional Medical Center Foundation in Middletown. His primary functions include major donor cultivation and solicitation and he will be highly involved in the capital campaign for Orange Regional’s new pediatric center. With a broad array of experience in philanthropy, specializing in fundraising development, Dauster most recently was vice president of marketing and development for Hudson Valley Hospital Center where he was

responsible for foundation operations, capital campaign and revenue growth. He also was responsible for marketing, public, community, government and physician relations. He completed a $16 million campaign at Hudson Valley Hospital Center and a $20 million campaign for a replacement facility for Jersey City Medical Center in New Jersey. “We are pleased to welcome William to the Orange Regional Medical Center community. He will bring a high level of experience in community-based health care and will lend

additional creativity to our already successful foundation,” said Jonathan Rouis, foundation chairman. Dauster received his Master of Science degree in specialized journalism- industrial advertising and public relations from New York University Polytechnic University and his Bachelor of Arts degree in English from William Paterson University. He is a certified fundraising executive and founding president of the Association of Fund Raising Professionals, Westchester Chapter.

FIRST NIAGARA NAMES BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT OFFICER First Niagara Commercial Finance Inc., the asset-based lending arm of First Niagara Financial Group Inc., that David Raphaels has joined the bank as first vice president and senior business development officer. In his new role, Raphaels is responsible for developing new assetbased lending relationships with

companies in the metro New York, New Jersey, Connecticut, Hudson Valley and eastern Pennsylvania markets. He reports to FNCF National Director of New Business Development Keith Broyles, and will be based in Nyack. Raphaels brings to the bank 30 years of commercial lending and

business development experience. He previously held similar positions at PNC Business Credit, CIT, Wells Fargo Capital Finance and People’s United Bank. Raphaels holds an MBA from Lehigh University and a BS in Finance from Rider College. He resides in Basking Ridge, N.J. with his family.

INFECTIOUS DISEASES DIVISION ADDED AT HEALTH QUEST Stuart Feinstein has joined Health Quest Medical Practice in Poughkeepsie and will head its new division of infectious diseases. “I’m really excited about this opportunity,” Feinstein said. “It’s a chance for me and Vassar Brothers Medical Center to join together and make further advances in treating infectious diseases.” Feinstein said he expects to improve upon infection control, antibiotic utilization and clinical care. He is board certified in infec-

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tious diseases and internal medicine and attended medical school at SUNY Downstate Medical Center in Brooklyn. His post-graduate work was conducted at Montefiore Medical Center in the Bronx and a fellowship in infectious disease at Albert Einstein College of Medicine in the Bronx. A certified specialist in HIV treatment from the American Association of HIV Medicine and a member of the Infectious Disease Society of America, Feinstein has been in practice since 1985.

Chris Meyer, president, Meyer Contracting, far right, Christina Boryk, executive director of RTDC, second from right, and Pleasant Valley homeowners recently served by Rebuilding Together.

BUSINESSMAN NOMINATED FOR NATIONAL AWARD Dutchess County resident and business owner, Chris Meyer, has been selected by Rebuilding Together as one of six finalists eligible to receive the National 2014 Tradesperson of the Year Award. The fourth annual award honors America’s skilled trades volunteers who use their talents to lend a hand to their neighbors and their communities. The six finalists were selected from applications received from Rebuilding Together affiliates nationwide. Meyer, president of Meyer Contracting, is one of Rebuilding Together Dutchess County’s (RTDC) most valued supporters and has been involved with the local nonprofit for nearly 15

years. “Chris has been an integral supporter of RT Dutchess County,” Executive Director Christina Boryk said. “His contracting expertise contributed greatly to the development of our organization as well as our Rebuilding Day Programs. We are thrilled to learn that such a great friend and community leader is being recognized for his selfless service to better our local community.” For more information on Rebuilding Together Dutchess County or how you can support its community efforts, please visit rebuildingtogetherdutchess.org or call 845-454-7310.

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FOOD & BEVERAGE ALLIANCE WELCOMES NEW MEMBER Bobbysue’s nuts!, a company that produces a broad range of artisanal nuts, has joined the Hudson Valley Food & Beverage Alliance as a member. The company is based in Westchester County, but all of its products are roasted and packaged at Farm to Table Co-Packers in Kingston. “As our company has grown through the years, some of our biggest accomplishments were due to the relationships we’ve built with other companies in the Hudson Valley,” said Barb “Bobbysue” Kobren, owner of bobbysue’s nuts! “In this tight-knit business community, everyone is vested in each others’ successes. We’re very excited to join the Hudson Valley Food & Beverage Alliance to have even more opportunities to network so we can gain insights, continue to grow the company and, in turn, help others.” “We are very pleased to wel-

come bobbysue’s nuts! to the Food & Beverage Alliance, as this company exemplifies modern, socially responsible entrepreneurism,” said Laurence P. Gottlieb, president and CEO of HVEDC. “We look forward to the insights and contributions Barb Kobren and her team will bring to our organization, as we rapidly expand in order to increase the Alliance’s extensive network of food and beverage entrepreneurs in the Hudson Valley region.” In addition, “bobbysue” and her team are dedicated to improving the lives of homeless animals throughout the community, donating a portion of the company’s profits from every sale. Over the past five years, bobbysue’s nuts! has contributed more than $40,000 to this cause and it aims to help the SPCA of Westchester raise enough money to build a modern shelter facility and provide educational opportunities to children.

Woods Center for the Arts and the Museum at Bethel Woods, will accept the Quality of Life Award for Education on behalf of the museum. • Tony Danza, Ron Israelski and Ken Steier, visionaries behind the establishment of the Touro College of Osteopathic Medicine new Middletown campus, will receive the Quality of Life Award for Healthcare. • John P. Stern, president and CEO of Storm King Art Center in Mountainville will accept the Quality of Life Award for Tourism on behalf of the center. • Wendy Nadel, executive director of Yonkers Partners in Education will accept the Quality of Life Award for Improvement of Urban Areas on behalf of the organization. The awards will be given Nov. 6 at Anthony’s Pier 9 in New Windsor. The event takes place from 5:30 to 8:30 p.m. To reserve a seat or a table at the awards dinner, call Pattern’s office at 845- 5654900, email rdegroat@pfprogress.org, or visit www.Pattern-for-Progress.org for more information.

MARIST GRADUATE MADE PRINCIPAL OF NYC FIRM Rosen Seymour Shapss Martin & Co. LLP certified public accountants and probability consultants in New York City has promoted John P. Giordano to principal. A CPA, Giordano joined the firm in September 2004. He is a graduate of Marist College and holds a B.B.A. in accounting and business administration. With more than 10 years experience in public accounting, he specializes in providing accounting, assurance and advisory services for a broad array of clients.

“AN ARTISTIC JOURNEY: THE MAKING OF THE HUDSON RIVER PORTFOLIO” will be presented by Nicole Simpson at 1 p.m. in the gallery at Boscobel in Garrison. She will trace the creation of the portfolio and examine the collaborative relationship between artist, printmaker and publisher. The gallery talk is free with paid admission to Boscobel house or grounds. To register in advance for the talk, visit Boscobel.org.

HAMZA YUSUF, PRESIDENT OF ZAYTUNA COLLEGE, THE FIRST MUSLIM LIBERAL ARTS COLLEGE IN THE UNITED STATES, will deliver a talk, “The Arts of Freedom: Protecting the Mind in an Age of Mass Media,” 5:30 p.m. in Taylor Hall, Room 102, Vassar College, Raymond Avenue, Poughkeepsie.

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Dutchess County Chamber of Commerce, will each receive the Excelsior Award for Regional Leadership. • Michael Israel, president and CEO of Westchester Medical Center, will accept the Regional Achievement Award on behalf of the medical center. • Harold Lepler and Larry Nadel, founders and proprietors of Covington Development, will receive the Economic Development Award on behalf of their Putnam County-based residential and commercial-scale development firm. • Diane Serratore, executive director of People to People in Nanuet will receive the Regional Fellows Award, which honors the spirit of regionalism. With this award comes a one-year term on the Pattern board of directors commencing in January 2015. • Robert Dandrew, director of the Local Economies Project, will accept the Quality of Life Award for Conservation and Land Use on behalf of the project with its Hudson Valley Farm Hub and related initiatives. • Darlene Fedun, CEO of Bethel

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Hudson Valley Pattern for Progress will honor a wide-ranging group of innovators and community leaders Nov. 6 when it presents the 2014 Henry Awards at its annual awards reception. “We give these awards, to take stock of the many positive initiatives and achievements in the Hudson Valley,” said Pattern for Progress President and CEO Jonathan Drapkin. “And it really is no exaggeration to say that these individuals and organizations infuse the region with a great deal of vision and hope.” Recipients of the 2014 Henry Awards are: • Daniel Aronzon, former CEO of Vassar Brothers Medical Center in Poughkeepsie, will receive the Lifetime Achievement Award as a former Pattern board member who has remained active in promoting quality of life in the region. • John D’Ambrosio, recently retired president of the Orange County Chamber of Commerce, and Charlie North, soon-to-retire president of the

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HISTORY CRUISE ON THE HUDSON ON THE MYSTERE LEAVES AT 11:30 A.M. FROM WAYRAS PARK, POUGHKEEPSIE. The boat will go south to Marlboro with John Wadlin discussing the interesting sites on both shores. Food and beverages available on board. Limit of 50 passengers. $22 New Paltz Chamber members, $25 for nonmembers. Send checks made payable to “TOLHPS” to Vivian Wadlin, 38 Bellevue Road, Highland 12528 and include names of passengers. Your check will be your reservation.

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FACTS & FIGURES Valentin, Marissa, et al. Filed by Jeffrey Strang. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $265,000 affecting property located in New Paltz. Filed Sept. 26. VanVoorhis, Ronald, et al. Filed by LNV Corp. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $183,400 affecting property located at 73 Stewart Ave., Newburgh 12550. Filed April 4. Velasquez, Pedro E., et al. Filed by Wells Fargo Bank N.A. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $220,500 affecting property located at 18 Sterling St., Middletown 10940. Filed April 7. Watt, Elizabeth M., et al. Filed by Wells Fargo Bank N.A. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $336,538 affecting property located at 41 Clinton Drive, Washingtonville 10992. Filed April 7.

Williams, Jeanne L., et al. Filed by U.S. Bank N.A. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $143,000 affecting property located at 739 Route 82, Hopewell Junction 12533. Filed July 25. Woods, Debra A., et al. Filed by Citimortgage Inc. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure an unspecified amount affecting property located at 84 Highland Ave., Marlboro 12542. Filed Sept. 25. Young, James, et al. Filed by U.S. Bank N.A. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $390,000 affecting property located at 4 Saddle Ridge Drive, Hopewell Junction 12533. Filed July 25. Zavala, Ernesto, et al. Filed by Nationstar Mortgage LLC. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $206,000 affecting property located at 454 Third St., Newburgh 12550. Filed April 3.

MECHANIC’S LIENS 3312 Group LLC, as owner. $28,094 as claimed by Dick’s Concrete Company Inc., New Hampton. Property: in Port Jervis. Filed Sept. 26. 3312 Group LLC, Buffalo, as owner. $298,920 as claimed by Community Rental Centers Inc., Milford, Pa. Property: 100 Pike St., Port Jervis. Filed Sept. 24. Ferrer, Ubaldino, as owner. $8,300 as claimed by Al Rodriguez, Patterson. Property: 21 Montfort Road, Wappingers. Filed Sept. 29. Giovagnoli, John M., et al, as owner. $1,046 as claimed by E. Tetz and Sons Inc., Middletown. Property: 1 Red Bird Drive, Monroe 10950. Filed Sept. 23.

Wern, Robert, et al. Filed by Dennis Chaissan. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $150,000 affecting property located in Plattekill. Filed Sept. 22.

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Lixi Poughkeepsie Hotel Inc., as owner. $2.689 as claimed by United Rentals North America Inc., Charlotte, N.C. Property: 2361 South Road, Poughkeepsie. Filed Sept. 26. Nine Mall Associates LLC, as owner. $5,397 as claimed by N and S Supply of Fishkill Inc., Fishkill. Property: 1830 South Road, Wappingers Falls. Filed Sept. 23. Raahat L.L.C., as owner. $3,242 as claimed by Calculated Fire Protection Company Inc., Salt Point. Property: 20 W. Main St., Beacon. Filed Sept. 26.

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Doing Business As Choose Your Toy Inc., d.b.a. Mr. Lazer Furniture Repair, 6 Chernobyl Court, No., 201, Monroe 10950. Filed Jan. 30.

Marine Exploration Group, 131 Rym Rock Road, No. 52, Kingston 12401, c/o Mark M. Trezza. Filed Sept. 26.

Sole Proprietorships

Ooh Mami, 31 DuBois Road, New Paltz 12561, c/o Robin J. Whitmore. Filed Sept. 26.

Bruno Krauchthaler, 18 Bay View Terrace, Newburgh 12550, c/o Benjamin B. Gordon. Filed Feb. 4.

RB Artistry, 8 Tweed Place, Florida 10921, c/o Rachael Elizabeth Bailey. Filed Feb. 4.

Busco Productions, 45 Ryan Drive, West Hurley 12491, c/o Nick Busco. Filed Sept. 23.

Reservoir Road Productions, P.O. Box 34, Olivebridge 12461, c/o Elizabeth C. de Nesnera. Filed Sept. 25.

Cassondre Mae Photography, 544 Hoagerburgh Road, Wallkill 12589, c/o Cassondre M. Myers. Filed Sept. 26.

Robert Lucy Animals, 483 Upper Byrdcliffe Road, Woodstock 12498, c/o Robert M. Lucy. Filed Sept. 22.

Classy Cuts III, 400 Route 211 E., Store No. 22, Middletown, c/o Jessica M. Yozzo. Filed Jan. 31.

Rondout Valley Landscaping and Plowing, 707 Granite Road, Kerhonkson 12446, c/o Nicholas S. Panchyshyn. Filed Sept. 25.

Enthusiastic Foods Inc., d.b.a. Village Market and Eatery, 125 Main St., Gardiner 12525. Filed Sept. 26.

Common Ground Harvest Celebration, P.O. Box 255, Rosendale 12472, c/o Chris R. FenichelHewitt. Filed Sept. 22.

Evolve Design Gallery and Showroom Inc., d.b.a. Evolve Design Gallery, 88 Mill Hill Road, Woodstock 12498. Filed Sept. 26.

Daphina’s Custom Hair Studio, 22 Evan Court, Middletown 10940, c/o Daphina Salomon. Filed Feb. 4.

Saiji Corp., d.b.a. The Beer Store, 3160 Route 9W, Saugerties 12477. Filed Sept. 26.

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S and D Shipping, 8 Pine St., Kingston 12401, c/o Samuel A. DeCicco and Laselies A. Hylton II. Filed Sept. 22.

Corporate Glass Solutions Inc., d.b.a. Highland Glass, 385 Vineyard Ave., Highland 12528. Filed Sept. 26.

R and M Crystals Inc., d.b.a. Asfour Crystal, A210 Galleria at Crystal Run, 1 Galleria Drive, Middletown 10941. Filed Jan. 30.

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Luxurious Vapors, 3743 Route 9West, Highland 12528, c/o Justin Richard Hockman. Filed Sept. 24.

Romance, 31 Rebel Lane, Port Jervis 12771, c/o Jennifer Yoon. Filed Jan. 30.

PEH Corp., d.b.a. E and Contracting, 135 Bluebird Drive, Montgomery 12549. Filed Jan. 30.

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Lisa Hansen, LCSW, 24 Main St., Highland 12528, c/o Lisa L. Hansen. Filed Sept. 23.

Cherished Companion Pet Services, 10 Pumpkin Hill Road, Warwick 10990, c/o Carol Ann Linguanti. Filed Jan. 30.

Evolve Design Gallery and Showroom Inc., d.b.a. Evolve Design Showroom, 88 Mill Hill Road, Woodstock 12498. Filed Sept. 26.

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Tomas A. Torres D.D.S. P.C., d.b.a. Scotchtown Family Dentistry, 301 Main St., Suite C, Goshen 10924. Filed Jan. 30.

Details, 592 Hurley Ave., Hurley 12443, c/o David M. Rosenberg. Filed Sept. 25. Jason Taylor Interiors, 206 Montgomery St., Newburgh 12550, c/o Jason Michael Taylor. Filed Jan. 30. Kim’s M.V., 1635 Route 211 E., Middletown 10941, c/o Raymond C. Miller. Filed Feb. 4. KM Investigations, 4 Edinburgh Road, Middletown 10941, c/o Kenneth Theodore McGuigan. Filed Jan. 31.

Stone Ridge Tax-Financial Services, 4185 Route 209, Stone Ridge 12484, c/o August D. Girard and Sandra J. Girard. Filed Sept. 25. Tavern on Tamaque Greens, 103 Fordlea Road, Westtown, c/o Frances McCormick. Filed Jan. 30. Top Taste Restaurant, 446 Hasbrouck Ave., Kingston 12401, c/o Albert A. Bartley. Filed Sept. 22. Visual Music Studio, 98 Shufeldt St., Kingston 12401, c/o Kathleen M. Gavin. Filed Sept. 26. William DuBois, 405 Broadway, Apt. 3, Ulster Park 12487, c/o William J. DuBois. Filed Sept. 22.

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LEGAL NOTICES NUTRICIOUS TROPICAL DELIGHTS, LLC, Arts. of Org. filed with the SSNY on 08/14/2014, name changed to NUTRITIOUS TROPICAL DELIGHTS, LLC on 08/22/2014. Office loc: Westchester County. SSNY has been designated as agent upon whom process against the LLC may be served. SSNY shall mail process to: Everard Rhoden, 180 Pearsall Dr., Apt. 3C, Mt. Vernon, NY 10552. Purpose: Any Lawful Purpose. #59587 1969 CENTRAL PARK AVE LLC, Arts. of Org. filed with the SSNY on 8/22/2014 . Office loc: Westchester County. SSNY has been designated as agent upon whom process against the LLC may be served. SSNY shall mail process to: 1955 Central Park Ave., Yonkers, NY 10710. Reg. Agent: Mark Fonte CO, 1955 Central Park Ave., Yonkers, NY 10710. Purpose: Any Lawful Purpose. #59588 45 SUN VALLEY PARTNERS LLC, Arts. of Org. filed with the SSNY on 08/21/2014. Office loc: Westchester County. SSNY has been designated as agent upon whom process against the LLC may be served. SSNY shall mail process to: 45 Old Post Rd., Bedford Corners, NY 10549. Purpose: Any Lawful Purpose. #59589 Notice of formation of HighPoint Electric, LLC Arts. Of Org. filed with the Secretary of State of NY (SSNY) on July 8, 2014. Office location: Westchester County. The street address is: 180 East Prospect Avenue,#217, Mamaroneck, NY 10543. SSNY has been designated as agent of the LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process served to: Wade Langdon, 180 East Prospect Avenue,#217, Mamaroneck, NY 10543. Purpose: any lawful act. #59592 Notice of formation of Doctor House Inspections LLC. Arts. of Org. Filed with SSNY on 07/18/14. Offc. Loc: Westchester Cty. SSNY designated as agent of the LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to: 2249 Mohansic Av., Yorktown Hts., NY 10598. Purpose: any lawful purpose. #59593

EVENTS BY JESSE, LLC, Arts. of Org. filed with the SSNY on 08/22/2014. Office loc: Westchester County. SSNY has been designated as agent upon whom process against the LLC may be served. SSNY shall mail process to: Jesse Reing, 1360 Sunny Ridge Rd, Mohegan Lake, NY 10547. Reg Agent: Jesse Reing, 1360 Sunny Ridge Rd, Mohegan Lake, NY 10547. Purpose: Any Lawful Purpose. Ad # 59594 #59594 ANGENEHM LLC, Arts. of Org. filed with the SSNY on 09/03/2014. Office loc: Westchester County. SSNY has been designated as agent upon whom process against the LLC may be served. SSNY shall mail process to: 717 Fifth Ave., NY, NY 10022. Purpose: Any Lawful Purpose. Ad # 59595 #59595 571B HERITAGE HILLS, LLC, Arts. of Org. filed with the SSNY on 08/28/2014. Office loc: Westchester County. SSNY has been designated as agent upon whom process against the LLC may be served. SSNY shall mail process to: C/O Steinvurzel & Levy Law Group, 34 South Broadway, White Plains, NY 10601. Purpose: Any Lawful Purpose. Ad # 59596 #59596 Etchell Consulting LLC, Arts. of Org. filed with the SSNY on 08/27/2014. Office loc: Westchester County. SSNY has been designated as agent upon whom process against the LLC may be served. SSNY shall mail process to: The LLC, 24 Oscaleta Rd., South Salem, NY 10590. Purpose: Any Lawful Purpose. Ad # 59597 #59597 Notice of formation of Limited Liability Company (ìLLCî). Name: Cornell Pace Development Partners LLC. Articles of Organization filed with the Secretary of State of the State of New York (ìSSNYî) on August 25, 2014. 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 Cornell Pace Development Partners LLC, Leonard Shendell, 542 Main Street, New Rochelle, New York 10801. Purpose/character of LLC is to engage in any lawful act or activity. Ad # 59598 #59598

Notice of formation of Limited Liability Company (ìLLCî). Name: MacQuesten 22 South LLC. Articles of Organization filed with the Secretary of State of the State of New York (ìSSNYî) on August 26, 2014. 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 22 South 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. Ad # 59599 #59599 Notice of Formation of WOO BROTHERS LLC. Arts. of Org. filed with the Secy of State of NY (SSNY) on 6/30/14. 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 Moses & Singer LLP, Attn: Daniel S. Rubin, Esq., 405 Lexington Ave., NY, NY 10174-1299. Purpose. Any lawful act or activity. Ad # 59600 #59600 NOTICE OF FORMATION OF LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY (LLC). NAME: Unicorp International, LLC Articles of Organization were filed with the Secretary of State of New York (SSNY) on 08/19/14. 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: Unicorp International, 128 Fuller Road, Briarcliff Manor, New York 10510, principal business location of the LLC. Purpose: any lawful business activity. 59601 #59601 Trident Professional Services, LLC Articles of Organization filed with the Secretary of State of NY (SSNY) on 08/21/14. 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: 233 S. Highland Ave, Ossining, NY 10562. The principal business address of the LLC is: 233 S. Highland Ave, Ossining, NY 10562. Purpose: any lawful act or activity. #59605

Notice of Formation of Lamartine Properties LLC. Principal office Westchester County. Secretary of State of NY (SSNY) designated as agent for service of process. SSNY shall mail a copy of any process served against the LLC to Paul Kilmartin, 876 McLean Avenue, Yonkers, NY 10704. Articles of Organization of the LLC filed with the SSNY on 8/19/2014. Purpose: Any lawful act(s). #59606 Mudsizer, LLC Arts of Org. filed NY Secy of State (SSNY) 8/18/14. Office: Westchester Co. SSNY design. agent of LLC upon whom process may be served and shall mail copy to 1843 Palmer Ave. Larchmont, NY 10538. Purpose: any lawful activity. #59607 Notice of Formation of 175 Croton Avenue LLC. Articles of Organization filed with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 9/4/2014. Office location: Westchester Co. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to the LLC, 8 Katrina Avenue, Sleepy Hollow, NY 10591 , Purpose: any lawful act or activity #59608 NOTICE OF FORMATION OF umo LLC. Arts of Org filed with Secy of State of NY (SSNY) 08/25/14. Office location: WESTCHESTER County. SSNY designated agent upon whom process may be served and shall mail copy of process against LLC to principal business address: 746 Mamaroneck Ave; #1315, Mamaroneck NY 10543. Purpose: any lawful act. #59610 Notice of Formation of Gilrose Pharmaceuticals, LLC. Art. Of Org. filed with New York Secy of State (SSNY) on 8/11/2014. Office located in Westchester County. SSNY designated as agent upon whom process may be served. SSNY shall mail a copy of any process against it served upon him/ her to 125 S. Broadway, White Plains, NY 10605. Purpose: any lawful activity. #59611

NOTICE OF FORMATION OF Danchin Art LLC. Articles of Organization filed with Secretary of State of NY (SSNY) 8/13/14. Office location: Westchester County. SSNY designated agent upon whom process may be served and shall mail copy of process against LLC to principal business address: 35 Church Lane, Scarsdale, NY 10583. Purpose: any lawful act. #59612 NOTICE OF FORMATION OF Saturday Art LLC. Articles of Organization filed with Secretary of State of NY (SSNY) 8/14/14. Office location: Westchester County. SSNY designated agent upon whom process may be served and shall mail copy of process against LLC to principal business address: 180 Gaylor Road, Scarsdale, NY 10583. Purpose: any lawful act. #59613 Notice of Formation of Hudson Riley, LLC Art. Of Org. filed with SSNY on 8/5/14. 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, 700 Old Post Rd. Bedford, NY 10549. Purpose: any lawful purpose. #59614 Name of LLC: Novelista Publishing, LLC. Arts of Org. filed NY Sec. of State 6/27/2014. Princ. Ofc. loc: Westchester Cty. Sec. of State designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. Sec. of State shall mail a copy of process to the LLC, c/o 16 Minerva Place, 4C, White Plains, NY 10601, Attn.: Monica Cooper. Purpose: Any lawful Activity #59615 Notice of formation of TGM Real Estate Group,LLC Art. Of Org. filed with the Sectíy of State of NY (SSNY) on 7/14/14.Office in Westchester County.SSNY has been designated as agent of the LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to:143 New Chalet Drive, Mohegan Lake NY 10547.Purpose: any lawful purpose #59616

Notice of formation of Limited Liability Company (ìLLCî). Name: Horton Winthrop III, LLC. Articles of Organization filed with the Secretary of State of the State of New York (ìSSNYî) on September 11, 2014. 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 Horton Winthrop III, 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. #59617 Notice of formation of Limited Liability Company (ìLLCî). Name: Horton Winthrop Managers III, LLC. Articles of Organization filed with the Secretary of State of the State of New York (ìSSNYî) on September 11, 2014. 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 Horton Winthrop Managers III, 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. #59618 Notice of formation of Limited Liability Company (ìLLCî). Name: MacQuesten Winthrop III, LLC. Articles of Organization filed with the Secretary of State of the State of New York (ìSSNYî) on September 11, 2014. 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 Winthrop III, 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 #59619 NOTICE OF FORMATION of Sommelier Home, LLC. Arts Of Org. filed with the Secretary of Sate of New York (SSNY) on 05/15/2014. Office in Westchester County. SSNY designated as agent of the LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to the LLC: 1 Augusta Drive, Cortlandt Manor, NY 10567. Purpose: any lawful business activity #59620

Notice of Formation of SAVAGE LAW, PLLC. Arts. of Org. filed with SSNY on 8/29/14. Office location: Westchester County. SSNY designated as agent of LLC whom process against may be served. SSNY shall mail process to: C/O THE PLLC, 400 Blinn Rd., Croton On Hudson, NY 10520. Purpose: to engage in the practice of Law. #59621 Notice of Formation of 28 MIDDLE POND ROAD ASSOCIATES, LLC. Arts. of Org. filed with SSNY on 8/25/14. Office location: Westchester County. SSNY designated as agent of LLC whom process against may be served. SSNY shall mail process to: c/o THE LLC, 12 Water St., #204, White Plains, NY 10601. Purpose: all lawful activities #59622 Notice of Formation of 39 MIDDLE POND ROAD ASSOCIATES, LLC. Arts. of Org. filed with SSNY on 8/25/14. Office location: Westchester County. SSNY designated as agent of LLC whom process against may be served. SSNY shall mail process to: c/o THE LLC, 12 Water St., #204, White Plains, NY 10601. Purpose: all lawful activities. #59623 Notice of Formation of KWPCREATIVE, LLC. Arts. of Org. filed with SSNY on 8/26/14. Office location: Westchester County. SSNY designated as agent of LLC whom process against may be served. SSNY shall mail process to: c/o THE LLC, 72 Robert Ave., Port Chester, NY 10573. Purpose: all lawful activities #59624 Notice of Formation of EVOLUTIONEAT LLC. Arts. of Org. filed with the Secy of State of NY (SSNY) on 7/23/14. Office location: Westchester County. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to: 17 Bonnie Briar Lane, Larchmont, NY 10538. Purpose. Any lawful act or activity. #59625

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LEGAL NOTICES Notice of Formation of 52 ELDREDGE STREET REALTY, LLC. Arts. of Org. filed with the Secy of State of NY (SSNY) on 7/11/14. 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 Frank Testa, 48 Lindy Drive, Carmel, NY 10512. Purpose. Any lawful act or activity. #59626 Notice of Formation of 263 SOUTH 11TH AVE, LLC. Arts. of Org. filed with the Secy of State of NY (SSNY) on 7/14/14. 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 John Caparelli, 126 Lincoln Ave., W. Harrison, NY 10604. Purpose. Any lawful act or activity. #59627 Notice of formation of KIMMIMI LLC. Art. Of Org. filed with the Sectíy of State of NY (SSNY) on 09/09/14. Office in Westchester County. SSNY has been designated as agent of the LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to the LLC, 15 Water St New Rochelle, NY 10805. Purpose: Any lawful purpose #59628

Notice of Formation of dogí N ñ it LLC. Art. Of Org. filed with SSNY on 09/11/14. Office Location: Westchester County. SSNY designated as agent of the LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to: 23 Kings Grant Way, Briarcliff Manor, New York 10510. Purpose: any lawful purpose. #59629 NOTICE OF FORMATION OF Todmar Investor Group, LLC. Articles of Organization filed with Secretary of State of New York (SSNY) on August 28, 2014.Office Location: Westchester County. SSNY designated as agent upon whom process may be served and SSNY shall mail a copy of process against LLC to W. Thomas Clark, 4 Surrey Lane, North Salem, New York 10560. Purpose: Any lawful act. #59630

SH PROPERTIES 1 LLC, Arts. of Org. filed with the SSNY on 09/22/2014. Office loc: Westchester County. SSNY has been designated as agent upon whom process against the LLC may be served. SSNY shall mail process to: Steinvurzel & Levy Law Group, 34 South Broadway, White Plains, NY 10601. Purpose: Any Lawful Purpose. #59633 Notice of Formation of Dr Sue Cancer Vet PLLC. Art/Org. filed with SSNY 8/22/14. NY office location: Westchester County. SSNY designated as agent for process. SSNY shall mail copy of process to c/o The LLC, 80 Van Wart Ave., Tarrytown, NY 10591. Purpose: To engage in any lawful act or activity. #59634

Notice is hereby given that a license, pending for wine and beer has been applied for by the undersigned to sell wine and beer at retail in a coffee house under the Alcoholic Beverage Control Law at 1301 North Avenue, New Rochelle, Westchester for on premises consumption. Swirl Hospitality LLC DBA Swirl Coffee & Tea Room #59632

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Notice of formation of limited liability company (LLC). Name: MAMARONECK TOWERS MANAGERS, LLC. Articles of Organization filed with the Secretary of State of the State of NY (SSNY) 8/13/14. 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 any process to 570 Taxter Rd, Suite 673, Elmsford, NY 10523. The latest date the LLC is to dissolve is 12/31/80. The LLC shall indemnify each member to the fullest extent permitted by law. #59636 Notice of Formation of Grandview Drive Properties LLC. Art. Of Org. filed with SSNY on 09/17/2014 . Office Location: Westchester County. SSNY designated as agent of the LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to: Anthony P. Andreacchi, Esq., 7 Grandview Drive, Pleasantville, NY, 10570. Purpose: any lawful purpose. #59637 Notice of Formation of HUI ENTERPRISES LLC. Arts. of Org. filed with the Secy of State of NY (SSNY) on 7/31/14. Office location: Westchester County. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to: 333 Westchester Ave., White Plains, NY 10604. Purpose. Any lawful act or activity. #59638

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Notice of formation of limited partnership (LP). Name: MAMARONECK TOWERS, L.P. Certificate of Limited Partnership filed with the Secretary of State of the State of NY (SSNY) 8/13/14. Office location: Westchester County. Principal business location: 570 Taxter Rd., Suite 673, Elmsford, NY 10523. SSNY has been designated as agent of the LP upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail a copy of any process to 570 Taxter Rd, Suite 673, Elmsford, NY 10523. The name and business address of each general partner is available from SSNY. The latest date the LLC is to dissolve is 12/31/80. Purpose of LP is to own and operate real property at 233-235 Halstead Ave., Mamaroneck, NY. #59635

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Notice of formation of MJ CON LLC. Art. Of Org. filed with the Sectíy of State of NY (SSNY) on 09/08/14. Office in Westchester County. SSNY has been designated as agent of the LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to the LLC, 830 South St apt 2d Peekskill, NY 10566. Purpose: Any lawful purpose #59639 Notice of Formation of Imagine Power LLC Art. Of Org. filed with SSNY on 7/31/14. Offc. Loc: Westchester Cty. SSNY desig. as agent of the LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to Raya Salter, 35 Forest Circle, New Rochelle, NY 10804. Purpose: any lawful purpose. #59640 Notice of Formation of DM Design Build LLC Art. Of Org. filed with SSNY on 8/14/14. Office Location: Westchester County. SSNY designated as agent of the LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to the LLC, 55 Lakeside Road Mount Kisco NY 10549. Purpose: any lawful business activity. #59641 Notice of formation of Alastar Family & Senior In-home Care LLC, filed with SSNY on 8/25/14. Office Location: Westchester County. SSNY designated as agent upon whom process against the LLC may be served. SSNY shall mail process The LLC, 333 Church St,. White Plains, NY 10603. Purpose any lawful act or activity. #59642 Name of Limited Liability Company (LLC) ShaLew Events. Date of filing Articles of Organization with the Secretary of State of New York (SSNY) on 8/26/2014. The LLC is located in Westchester County. The SSNY has been designated as agent of the LLC upon whom process against may be served. SSNY shall mail a copy of process to : The LLC 122 Depew St 2b Peekskill, NY 10566, the principal business location of the LLC. Purpose of the business of LLC is any lawful act or activity #59643

Notice is hereby given that an on-premise license, #TBA has been applied for by Spadaro Restaurant LLC to sell beer, wine and liquor at retail in an on premises establishment. For on premises consumption under the ABC law at 751-753 Central Park Avenue Scarsdale, NY 10583. #59644 Notice is hereby given that an on-premise license, #TBA has been applied for by El Olivar Restaurant Corp. to sell beer, wine and liquor at retail in an on premises establishment. For on premises consumption under the ABC law at 583 Main Street New Rochelle, NY 10801. #59645 Notice is hereby given that a Tavern Wine license, #TBA has been applied for by Bedford Brew, LLC d/b/a Brew & Co. to sell beer and wine at retail in an on premises establishment. For on premises consumption under the ABC law at 532 Bedford Road Bedford Hills, NY 10507. #59646 Notice is hereby given that an on-premises license, #TBA has been applied for by Zanni Restaurant Group, LLC to sell beer, wine and liquor at retail in an on premises establishment. For on premises consumption under the ABC law at 45 Bedford Road Armonk, NY 10504. #59647 NOTICE OF FORMATION OF Ernie Hicks Contracting LLC Arts. of Org. filed w/Secy of State of NY on 08/25/14, Office loc: Westchester Cty, SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to: c/o Ernest Hicks, 2 Fennimore Ave., Yonkers, NY 10701. Purpose: Any lawful activity #59648 Notice of formation of Westchester Putnam Pottery, LLC, a domestic limited liability company. Articles of Organization were filed with the Secretary of State of New York (SSNY) on 09/10/2014. NY Office location: Putnam County. SSNY is designated as agent upon whom process against the LLC may be served. SSNY shall mail a copy of process to the LLC at: 114 Austin Road, Mahopac, New York 10541. Purpose: For any lawful purpose. #59649

570E HERITAGE HILLS, LLC, Arts. of Org. filed with the SSNY on 09/26/2014. Office loc: Westchester County. SSNY has been designated as agent upon whom process against the LLC may be served. SSNY shall mail process to: C/O Steinvurzel & Levy Law Group, 34 South Broadway, White Plains, NY 10601. Purpose: Any Lawful Purpose. #59650 HARLEM APP COLLECTIVE, LLC. Art. of Org. filed w/ NY Sec. of State (SSNY) on 6/6/14. Office in Westchester Co. SSNY designated as agent for service of process. SSNY shall mail process to The LLC, 11 Park Hill Place, Yonkers, NY 10705. Purpose: Any lawful activity. #59651 Notice of Formation: Royís Elite Dealer Services LLC, Filed with SSNY on 8/6/2014. Office Location: Westchester County. SSNY designated as agent of the LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail a copy of process to: Royís Elite Dealer Services LLC, 170 Glover Ave. Yonkers, NY 10704. Purpose: Any lawful Purpose. #59652 CITI CONNECT INDUSTRIES, LLC, Arts. of Org. filed with the SSNY on 09/25/2014. Office loc: Westchester County. SSNY has been designated as agent upon whom process against the LLC may be served. SSNY shall mail process to: Citi Connect, LLC, 255 Huguenot St., Ste 2001, New Rochelle, NY 10801. Purpose: Any Lawful Purpose. #59653 WILL’S WAY LLC, Arts. of Org. filed with the SSNY on 10/01/2014. Office loc: Westchester County. SSNY has been designated as agent upon whom process against the LLC may be served. SSNY shall mail process to: 131 Radio Circle Dr., Mt. Kisco, NY 10549. Purpose: Any Lawful Purpose. #59654 CIRCLE Z LLC, Arts. of Org. filed with the SSNY on 10/01/2014. Office loc: Westchester County. SSNY has been designated as agent upon whom process against the LLC may be served. SSNY shall mail process to: 131 Radio Circle Drive, Mt. Kisco, NY 10549. Purpose: Any Lawful Purpose. #59655

FACES& PLACES

AN AUTUMN NETWORKING

More than 200 turned out for the Westchester County Association’s fall networking reception held Sept. 16 at 42 in White Plains. The Westchester Knicks sponsored the event, which served as a kickoff for fall and getting back to business. Photographs by Lynda Shenkman Curtis

1. Steven Bryde, Marks Paneth. 2. Jamie O’Connell and Ruth Mahoney, Key Bank N.A.; and Carolyn Mandelker, Harrison Edwards, Inc. 3. Marissa Brett, WCA; and Michael Bucci, Barnum Financial Group. 4. Lisa Westerfield, Westage Companies; and Ken Addeo, Greenberg Traurig LLP. 5. Katie Hatch, Earlina Green and Marc Miller, Westchester Knicks; and William Gaskins, Herman Miller. 6. Aleksandra Roemig and Michael Lois, Keybank N.A. 7. Charles Gottlieb, Cuddy & Fedder LLP; and Joseph Foster, tw telecom. 8. Matthew White and Chris Sebik, CohnReznick; and Erin Pryor, Strategies for Wealth. 9. Jasmine Hernandez, Tilem & Associates; and Dawn Terry and Armilee Siton, O’Connor Davies LLP. 10. Ted Havelka, Berkeley College; Charlotte Abram, Cappa Crucy & Co.; and Shaun Asbury, TD Bank. 11. William Mooney Jr., WCA; State Sen. Andrea Stewart-Cousins; Amy Allen, WCA; and Gerry Ryan, DGC Capital Contracting Corp. 12. Bill Mooney III, Westchester County; and Kevin McCarthy, CBRE. 13. Andy Clinkman, The Premier Group; and Emily Genzlinger and Diana Rukaj, The Leukemia & Lymphoma Society.

All identifications are from the left unless otherwise noted.

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BEYOND THE BOTTOM LINE Conscientious, Proficient, Accomplished CPAs

Inaugural awards program for outstanding CPAs in Westchester and the Hudson Valley. CALL FOR NOMINATIONS: Members of the Westchester and Hudson Valley business and accounting communities are encouraged to nominate, pursuant to the criteria, one or more candidates for the following award categories: AHEAD OF THE CURVE – A CPA who stays ahead of his/her respective discipline as it relates to new legislation and trends and thereby providing exceptional customer service. MOST COMMUNITY ORIENTED – A CPA who provides an exemplary level of service and attention to the nonprofit and government sectors and gives back to the community through volunteer work and sharing his/her expertise. TOP ACCOUNTANT UNDER 40 – A promising young CPA who shows a high level of technical expertise and customer service as well as an ability to develop new business.

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AWARD CELEBRATION NOVEMBER 17

MOST TRUSTED ADVISOR – A CPA who is customer focused and gives sound advice to his/her clients, which helps to make an impact. BEST MANAGING PARTNER –A CPA who provides exceptional guidance and leadership to create a culture and vision for his/her firm resulting in growth and exceptional service.

This award program is co-sponsored by the Westchester County Business Journal and HVBiz, divisions of Westfair Communications Inc. SPONSOR

For more information or questions, call Holly DeBartolo at 914-694-3600, ext. 3006, or email hdebartolo@westfairinc.com

HOW TO SUBMIT NOMINATIONS

Visit westfaironline.com to access the nomination form. Each nomination should consist of a minimum of 200 words describing the credentials of the nominee pursuant to the chosen award category. Please submit nominations no later than Oct. 3.