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n its first day of business, New York State of Health, the state’s newly branded online health benefit exchange, was not in good health. As the Business Journal went to press, heavy visitor traffic and technical problems continued to hamper the launch of both New York’s health exchange website and the federal operating system for 34 state exchanges in their second day of business. The public health plan markets are mandated by the Affordable Care Act and opened Oct. 1 to individuals and small businesses with 50 or fewer employees. Individuals and families not covered by a group plan have until next March 31 to enroll for individual coverage that will be Exchange, page 6

Shutdown trickles down to Hudson Valley SBA loans a point of concern for business owners BY MARK LUNGARiELLO mlungariello@westfairinc.com

THE GATES TO ST. PAUL’S CHURCH in Mount Vernon were closed, chained and padlocked Oct. 1, the first day of the federal government shutdown. A worker had Scotch-taped a typed letter to the wrought iron, its font size small enough that it was only legible from up close. “Because of the budget impasse, St. Paul’s Church National Historic Site is closed until further notice,” the letter stated. The church, with its Revolutionary Warera bell tower and historical cemetery, is the

only site in Westchester County operated by the National Park Service. Its closing did not draw crowds of disappointed tourists like those 20 miles away at the Statue of Liberty nor did it inspire protests like those at Washington’s World War II monument. But it served as a physical example of the immediate impact of the federal shutdown on Westchester and as a symbol of more significant problems for the county just below the surface. Thomas Morley is the director of the Rockland Small Business Development Center, a center that offers technical assistance for Shutdown, page 6

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n the first award of its kind recognizing members of the medical profession in Westchester County, seven doctors will be honored at a ceremony Oct. 24 at The Bristal in White Plains. Hosting this inaugural award, titled Doctors of Distinction, will be Robert Bazell, the multi-awardwinning former chief health and science correspondent for NBC News and now adjunct BAzELL professor of molecular biology at Yale University. After considering more than 40 stellar nominees, the judges chose seven doctors as winners.

HUMANITARIAN AWARD Jeffrey Sherman, MD, of Westchester Anesthesiologists In recognition of a physician or physicians for a project or service that impacts humanity by significantly improving or enhancing the quality of life for people in the region, nationwide or worldwide.

COMMUNITY SERVICE AWARD Tie: Argyrios Stampas, MD, of The Burke Rehabilitation Hospital and Robert Raniolo, MD, of Phelps Memorial Hospital Center In recognition of a physician for outstanding service to his or her community in providing free medical and patient care

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MEDICAL ENTREPRENEUR AWARD Robert Amler, MD, of New York Medical College In recognition of a physician whose ingenuity and “outside-the-traditional box” thinking and action have significantly contributed to the advancement of medical practice.

RESEARCH EXCELLENCE AWARD Jason Carmel, MD, Burke Medical Research Institute In recognition of a physician whose clinical research in a particular area has caught the attention of his or her peers and deserves special acknowledgement.

LIFETIME ACHIEVEMENT AWARD Avraham Merav, MD, Phelps Memorial Hospital Center In recognition of a physician who is respected by his or her peers for a lifetime career in medical service to the community.

LEADERSHIP IN MEDICAL ADVOCACY AWARD Lawrence Faltz, MD, Phelps Memorial Hospital Center In recognition of a physician who has provided exceptional leadership in the form of

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advocacy on behalf of the medical profession at the local, state or national level or has provided tireless volunteer time to help fellow physicians. “Physicians have always been held in high regard, not only because of their professionalism but also because they have sworn the oath of Hippocrates and provide so much to the community,” said Dr. Robert Lerner, president of the Westchester County Medical Society. “Among all these fine physicians are those who have shown outstanding altruism, accomplishment or contributions to society.” The Westchester Medical Society along with accounting and consulting firm Citrin Cooperman and the Westchester County Business Journal are the three founders of the award. Alan G. Badey, managing partner, Citrin Cooperman’s White Plains office, said: “The awards were created to recognize the outstanding accomplishments of the leading physicians in Westchester County for their contribution to the profession and to the community. All the winners and nominees have represented the highest standards of excellence in the medical community and we congratulate them all.” Dee DelBello, publisher of Westfair Communications, said, “We’re delighted to partner with the Westchester County Medical Society and Citrin Cooperman in presenting this first Doctors of Distinction awards event. The winners are representatives of one of the finest professional groups in the region and they are being recognized by the business

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community for their enormous contribution to the health care industry. This is not a popularity competition; this is based on merit and impartial review.” Hosting the event is a departure for Bazell who worked as a journalist for 30 years before leaving to join Yale University this past summer. He received the George Foster Peabody Award for distinguished achievement and meritorious service in broadcasting. The citation stated that his reports “have exemplified the best reporting on science and medicine.” His tracking of the AIDS epidemic, which began in 1982 when there were just a small number of cases, has included reports from all parts of the U.S., Africa, Europe, the Caribbean and South America. Bazell won an Emmy in the Outstanding Informational or Cultural Programming Category for his in-depth report on experimental brain surgery, featured on the TV newsmagazine “Now with Tom Brokaw and Katie Couric.” He won another Emmy for a three-part series on the brain, featured on “NBC Nightly News.” Bazell is a 1967 Phi Beta Kappa graduate of the University of California at Berkeley with a B.A. in biochemistry. He did graduate work in biology at the University of Sussex, England, in 1969, and was awarded a doctoral candidate degree in immunology at Berkeley. For reservations to the awards event, please contact Holly DeBartolo at hdebartolo@westfairinc.com.

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n end to valet parking at City Center steered Legal Sea Foods L.L.C. to its decision not to renew its lease for its downtown White Plains restaurant, which will close in late December. The Boston-based company recently notified the state Department of Labor of the Dec. 22 closing, which affects 41 employees at the seafood eatery. The company opened its 5 Mamaroneck Ave. location in 2004. With its City Center lease due to expire at the end of January, the company decided not to renew, said Ida Faber, vice president of marketing at Legal Sea Foods. She said the company is searching for alternative sites to open by 2014. “The city took away the valet parking, which made it untenable for us to continue operating in that location,” Faber said. “We need a restaurant that’s readily

accessible for our guests. So had the city not done that, we may have stayed.” She declined to comment on whether the seafood chain will open another restaurant in Westchester County. “We are providing opportunities for our 41 employees to continue employment with us in our other area locations in New York and New Jersey and other markets,” Faber said. The company operates restaurants in shopping malls in Huntington Station on Long Island and in Paramus and Short Hills, N.J. Legal Sea Foods will offer financial incentives for employees who continue to work until the restaurant’s closing, Faber said. The company is working with the state Labor Department to provide resources and assistance to employees seeking new jobs. – Crystal Kang

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Wheelabrator, White Plains Linen partner to keep energy costs low BY CRYSTAL KANG ckang@westfairinc.com

hite Plains Linen, the county’s largest commercial laundry operator, has signed a 10-year contract with Wheelabrator Westchester L.P., a wasteto-energy plant, marking the start of a longterm renewable energy partnership. This partnership helps the Peekskill-based laundry operator reduce its carbon footprint by 90 percent and allows Wheelabrator to take the lead as a clean energy provider for other businesses in the county. The 100,000-square-foot laundry, which once operated on natural gas and oil, will now run on steam power for 88 hours a week. The steam supply at Wheelabrator is highly reliable, said Brett Baker, Wheelabrator plant manager. “Our everyday operating statistics show that steam power is 99 percent reliable, and we’ve been around for 27 years to prove it,” Baker said. “We take our boilers down for planned maintenances maybe three times a year.” Wheelabrator receives anywhere from 150 to 200 truckloads of garbage a day, equivalent to more than 2,000 tons. The gar-

bage is burned in utility boilers creating thermal energy, which is then piped to a turbine where the steam expands and generates electric energy, Baker said. Wheelabrator creates 60,000 kilowatts of power at a time, which is enough to power 88,000 homes, he said. Through steam power, White Plains Linen will significantly reduce the amount of natural gas used to make steam and hot water from 1 million therms per year to less than 90,000 therms per year, said Leonard Labonia, vice president of operations at White Plains Linen. (A therm is a unit of heat equal to 100,000 Btu.) An underground steam pipeline will connect Wheelabrator to White Plains Linen and continuously provide ready-made energy to power its laundry operations. This reduction in natural gas will eliminate 4,775 metric tons of greenhouse gas emissions annually, which is equivalent to taking 995 passenger vehicles off the road, Labonia said. The energy cost will remain fixed at $90,000 a month, said White Plains Linen President Bruce Botchman. He hopes shifting toward cleaner energy will “put us on the map” as an eco-friendly business that knows how to make smart savings and lead the industry in innovative energy solutions.

White Plains Linen, the leading linen supply company in the tristate area, employs 550 people, with the prospect of growing its workforce by 10 percent over the next two years, Botchman said. White Plains Linen’s customers include well-known restaurateurs such as JeanGeorges Vongerichten, owner of several Manhattan restaurants, Danny Meyer, owner of Gramercy Tavern and Union Square Café, and Mario Batali, owner of Tarry Lodge and Babbo Ristorante. In Westchester, White Plains Linen provides services to the RitzCarlton in White Plains and Tappan Hill Mansion in Tarrytown. With a high volume of customers using business services in Peekskill, Mayor Mary Foster said this energy efficient project was a long time coming. In 2009, Foster said Peekskill joined the Northern Westchester Energy Action Consortium with the hope of addressing the high cost of energy and finding ways to fund demonstration projects. Once White Plains Linen found out Wheelabrator had the ability to provide clean energy through an underground steam pipeline, it jumped on board. “The cost of gas and oil is a wild card,” Labonia said. “It responds to headlines in the

White Plains Linen President Bruce Botchman stands inside the factory that provides laundry services and linen supplies to more than 2,500 restaurants in the tristate area.

newspapers. Here we have a fixed cost with steam. We’re dictating our growth instead of predicting it. We know what our energy costs each month.” With a decreased reliance on fossil fuel and a heightened awareness of preserving natural resources, the city will continue looking for ways to find renewable resources that support the growth of businesses, Foster said. “Peekskill has been a city of innovation,” Foster said. “The fact that a laundry company and a business that burns garbage can come together like this to create a new utility is truly innovative. This takes time to develop. It doesn’t just fall out of the sky.”

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State sues Wells Fargo for mortgage servicing BY JOHN GOLDEN jgolden@westfairinc.com

ew York’s attorney general said he has reached a settlement with one bank accused of violating terms of a multistate agreement on mortgage relief by loan servicers but will move forward with a federal lawsuit against another. Attorney General Eric T. Schneiderman said he will ask a federal judge to compel Wells Fargo to honor its commitments under the 2012 National Mortgage Settlement. The attorney general in May announced his intention to sue Wells Fargo and Bank of America, among the nation’s five largest mortgage servicers that were parties to the agreement, for repeatedly violating agreed-to servicing standards in their dealings with New York property owners trying to obtain loan modifications to avoid mortgage defaults and foreclosures on their homes. Schneiderman said his office suspended legal action against Bank of America after the bank agreed to implement “a robust set of systemic reforms” to honor servicing standards in the National Mortgage Settlement. If successful in New York, Bank of America is expected to roll out the reforms nationwide, he said. “While we have brought much needed relief to thousands of New Yorkers, too many homeowners in our state are facing unnecessary challenges as they fight to keep their homes,” Schneiderman said in the announcement. “While Bank of America has chosen to work with us to take the steps required to adhere to their commitments, Wells Fargo has taken a different path. The attorney general said Bank of America has committed to these actions: • Designate high-level staff with decision-making authority to every housing counseling and legal services agency that is part of the attorney general’s Homeowner Protection Program. The senior bank staffers will work with the agencies to reach prompt

resolution on all pending or delayed loan modification requests. • In consultation with the Office of the Attorney General, Bank of America will redesign its “missing documents” letter to ensure that this communication is clear and that borrowers know exactly what information is needed to move forward with a loan modification request. • Bank of America will stop transferring the servicing rights to third parties on New York mortgages when borrowers are already in negotiations for a loan modification with bank staff or are making trial payments on a loan modification. • The bank will grant borrowers’ attorneys permission to negotiate loan modifications with Bank of America staff directly, as opposed to the bank’s outside foreclosure lawyers, who typically are far removed from the loan modification and loss mitigation process. The attorney general could resume legal action if Bank of America fails to meet the terms of the agreement. Schneiderman said Wells Fargo officers declined to sign a similar agreement after months of negotiations. He called it “sad and shameful” that Wells Fargo refused to commit in writing to “common-sense reforms that every mortgage servicer should be following already.” A bankruptcy, foreclosure and mortgage defense attorney in White Plains recently described Wells Fargo and Bank of America as the “two worst offenders” at stalling and delaying loan modifications to which homeowners are entitled by the National Mortgage Settlement. Residential brokers in Westchester and attorneys representing homeowners here recently said delays and denials of loan modifications by banks have led to the surge in foreclosure notices field in the county this year. Through August, foreclosure filings were up 62 percent from the same period last year and foreclosure judgments rose 44 percent.

Citrin Cooperman Corner

Creating a Financial Roadmap For Your Business By Pat SPagnoli, CPa Citrin CooPerman In the words of Yogi Berra: “If you don’t know where you are going, you’ll end up someplace else.” A budget is a financial roadmap for your business. You need the roadmap to understand where your business is going. Planning and budgeting is the most effective way to consistently hit your profit targets, manage your costs, and avoid being ambushed by costly surprises. Whether it’s a startup or existing business, the value of a budget can’t be overstated. Creating a budget will provide a guideline for projecting revenues, expenses, profit and cash flow. You’ll also be able to compare expected results against actual, and judge how your business is performing. For new businesses, a budget assists entrepreneurs to set goals and evaluate the viability of a business idea. Owners of an established business use a budget to plan ahead and make informed business decisions. It’s an early warning system that identifies changes that may be needed, measures the company’s financial health and progress, and assists in future investment possibilities.

Budget types

There are three major budget types that businesses utilize: An operating budget lays out the projected revenues, expenses and profit for the business for a fiscal year. A capital budget estimates all capital asset purchases anticipated for the budgeted year. Capital expenditures include items such as furniture, equipment and leasehold improvements. A cash budget projects all cash inflows and outflows for the budgeted year. It allows management to identify periods of cash overages and shortages and take corrective action in advance.

Cash is King

Although all the various budget types are useful, the most critical to a company’s viability is the cash budget. Your cash position determines when vendors will be paid, capital needs met, financing availability, true profitability, and owner compensation. In today’s environment, some banks require cash budgets before funding capital and expansion needs.

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There are three main components required to create a cash budget: 1. The time period that your cash budget covers. Generally the starting point is the twelve months of the company’s fiscal year. Ideally, a continuous rolling twelve month period should be maintained. 2. Your target cash position at a given point in time (e.g. your desired cash reserve at month end). 3. Estimated future cash receipts and cash expenditures.

Estimating cash receipts and expenditures is the most difficult part of the process. Receipts are estimated by projecting your cash sales and receivable collections for a particular month. Use your previous year’s profit and loss statement and, if available, the operating budget as a starting point. Consider your collection history and customer payment terms. Include other sources of receipts such as loan proceeds, equity infusions, and investment income. Next, detail your estimated expenses and other cash outlays. Again, look at your operating budget and profit and loss statements for expenses from the previous year and months. Adjust expenses for known changes as necessary. Review your accounts payable from the previous months and year. Review the budget for timing problems. Good planning will allow you to spread disbursements throughout the year, resulting in less borrowing, lower interest costs, and possibly more borrowing capacity for other opportunities. Used regularly and revised for changing conditions, the cash budget allows management to take action and make adjustments well before hitting cash flow problems.

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If a company doesn’t have a realistic budget, there is a risk of being ambushed by an ugly financial surprise that could severely hurt a business or worse. Many start-up businesses run blindly, and even if all preconceived sales goals are met, the cash outlays may make the business unviable. Budgets are a valuable tool for any business. They can be used to monitor and benchmark performance, watch cash flow, and adjust spending throughout the year to meet business goals. However, it is a living document that’s only effective if utilized and adjusted as necessary throughout the year. It’s close to the end of the year, and it’s a great time to start planning for next year. The cash and operating budgets are a perfect place to start. The next Citrin Cooperman column on doing business internationally will appear on this page on November 4, 2013. About the Author: Pat Spagnoli, a partner in Citrin Cooperman’s Norwalk, Conn., office, brings more than 20 years of public accounting experience to his clients and provides them with a comprehensive range of tax, accounting and general business advisory services to help meet their business and financial goals. Pat can be reached via email at: pspagnoli@citrincooperman.com or by calling (203) 847-4068. Citrin Cooperman is a full-service accounting and business consulting firm with offices in White Plains, NY; Norwalk, CT; New York City; Livingston, NJ; and Philadelphia.

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required as of Jan. 1, 2014. The federal exchange website, healthcare. gov, had 4.7 million unique visitors in its first 24 hours, according to federal officials. State Department of Health officials said the New York site, nystateofhealth.ny.gov, received 2 million visits in the first 90 minutes of its launch. “With a website providing so much data to so many people, we are working through these growing pains and are confident users will have better access to the site shortly,” the Health Department assured New Yorkers in a statement. At The Business Council of Westchester office in Harrison, Glen Ganaway plunged into his new part-time, temporary job as one of the state’s certified health navigators to guide New Yorkers through the exchange process. More than 25 navigators were stationed at sites in Westchester County for the Oct. 1 opening. The Business Council has subcontracted with the Community Service Society of New York to educate small businesses about the controversial health care reform law

and, with the exchange opening, to provide a navigator to consult with businesses and individuals on an array of health care plans offered in this region and on tax credits for which some businesses with fewer than 25 employees are eligible. Ganaway will be at the Business Council office from 9 a..m. to 5 p.m. Tuesdays and Fridays and will also schedule Saturday appointments, said John Ravitz, the Business Council executive vice president who has led its Affordable Care Act educational initiative. “It’s scrolling,” Ganaway told a caller while watching his computer screen at a desk in the Business Council conference room, “and giving the same error message just like you’re getting. It looks like it’s really getting hit right now.” “I came in,” Ganaway said between calls, “sat right down, signed on and had three calls in the first 15 minutes.” “It is three hours old,” Ganaway said of the state’s balky exchange website, “and there are a lot of people that are interested in engaging in a 3-hour-old service.” Ravitz said he had received a dozen calls about the health plan marketplace launch since the previous night. Though the Business Council’s main mission is to aid its business

members and the larger business community with their insurance options, “We’ve gotten a few calls from individuals,” he said. “We’re not turning individuals down.” “These first few weeks, people need to take a breath on both sides,” Ravitz said. “This is a huge sea change for New York state and the country and it’s all happening at the same time. It’s going to be a roller coaster but I think that New York state is going to be way ahead compared to other states.” Regarding the federal government shutdown that started on the same day as the exchange launch and was a result of House Republicans’ fierce continued opposition to Obamacare and the health insurance mandates, Ravitz said, “I think that is going to muddy the waters.” “Throughout this whole process, we’ve seen that denial is probably the biggest obstacle” when educating and preparing business owners for Obamacare. “We’re not supporting the Affordable Care Act or opposing the Affordable Care Act. We’re saying the Affordable Care Act is here.” At J.D. Moschitto & Associates Inc., an employee benefits brokerage and consulting firm in White Plains, insurance broker James P. Schutzer was not impressed with

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small business owners and entrepreneurs in Putnam, Westchester and Rockland counties. The first days of October would have been a busy day for the center anyway, with the rollout of Obamacare health exchanges. The shutdown only complicated things, Morley said, because navigators were furloughed and the health care law is the basis of the fight. In the first days of the plan, he has been answering the calls of local businesses needing guidance on how to comply with the requirements of the new law. “No one is sure what is going on,” Morley said. “If I had to pick a term at this point I would have to use ‘confusion’ … Everything was changing and no one is here to do the change.” Morley has been advising owners of the current requirements, but reminding them the situation is fluid due to the shutdown. “The biggest impact is (the shutdown) is coming at the worst time, during a sea change in this country,” he said. In the short-term, the operations of the center and others like it won’t be affected by the shutdown as they are have funding contracts and work in collaboration with state and other non-federal agencies. One of the center’s functions is guiding owners through the federal Small Business Administration program, which guarantees loans for small businesses and entre-

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preneurs and seeks opportunity for minority, women and veteran owners. The SBA is shut down, though its website is one of the few government sites still active. During the shutdown, applications are not being processed which means no new SBA loans can be accepted. Morley said the center assists with hundreds of loans per year, meaning a few are filed each day. When the shutdown ends, that means a backlog and a possible logjam. “The folks that I will feel for the most would be the people who have an SBA package in progress as it is,” he said. No paperwork is being processed and that could mean a lengthened timeline to approval or in certain cases, more expenses. When applying for an SBA-backed loan, a small business owner often has set deadlines from lenders or preparers. For example, financial statements may be due within 30 days or an appraisal must be approved within a timeframe usually under 90 days.

A prolonged shutdown could mean missing deadlines, re-filing and maybe even needing a new appraisal. If a rate change kicks in during a new process, it is possible a business owner could lose their original agreed-upon loan rate. The Internal Revenue Service is partially shutdown as well and won’t be processing the 4506 form, which authorizes the government to share an applicant’s earnings information. Not only will business owners be affected in this regard but people who are applying for mortgages and even rent who authorize income verification from the IRS. During the shutdown, Morley said the center would advise current applicants about potential deadline conflicts and also help new applicants get their paperwork lined up for the grand reopening. “It’s an out of office kind of thing,” he said. “Folks can continue to file paperwork.” This is the 18th government shutdown

the state of New York State of Health on opening day. “I didn’t see much,” he said. “We never even got off the ground as far as brokers.” Schutzer, president-elect of the New York State Association of Health Underwriters, completed the certification required of brokers who want to do business on the state exchange. At the launch, he was expecting an email from state health officials that would include his invitation code to log in as a broker. It never came. “I would say that 99 percent of my colleagues that I’ve spoken to have not gotten that email with that code,” he said at the start of the second day of business on the exchange. “I know only one person that got invited.” “Throughout the day there were crashes and error messages,” he said of the online portal. “I don’t think it was a very productive first day.” “The question is, just how bad is it? I don’t think there is going to be an easy fix. Is this just kind of the start of a snowball effect?” At 3 p.m. on the second day of business at New York State of Health, Schutzer still was waiting for that email to brokers.

since the U.S. adopted its current budgeting process in 1976, according to the Washington Post (prior to a legal opinion in the 1980s, a lack of funding approval did not mean that federal agencies actually suspended their daily functions). The longest shutdown to date was the most recent, lasting 21 days from December 1995 to January 1996, with its fallout being the Clinton impeachment and the eventual toppling of the House’s Republican leadership. U.S. Rep. Nita Lowey, a Harrison Democrat, called the current shutdown “the Republican shutdown” based on the House GOP’s stance of tying Obamacare to a continuing resolution for the budget. “The Republicans have lost the battle on health care and their response was to shut down the government,” she told reporters on a conference call last week. Lowey said her office had received calls from furloughed employees in the Hudson Valley and a resident who depends on Social Security checks concerned about his income. More than 800,000 federal employees are furloughed and an extended shutdown may see those numbers go up. U.S. Rep. Sean Patrick Maloney, a Putnam Democrat, said he would be furloughing an unspecified number of his staff. “Even as I continue efforts to end the irresponsible manufactured crisis that puts our economy at risk, Congress should not exempt itself from a government shutdown – and that includes my staff,” he said in a statement.

Burger boom

Franchise partners stick with winning recipe in expanding BY CRYSTAL KANG ckang@westfairinc.com

oss away the frozen patties and oildrenched fries. Premium quality meat and healthy menu options are the new industry standards for a fast-casual burger restaurant to survive in this economy. Smashburger, a fast growing burger chain, has seen tremendous growth by adopting the better-burger concept. This concept places the quality of the product, the quantity of menu options and the affordability of the meal at the head of the table when serving its customers. Within three years, Smash Partners, a Smashburger franchise in the tristate area, opened three Smashburger restaurants in Westchester with their newest one at 149 Tarrytown Road in the town of Greenburgh. The family-owned franchise, operated by three sons and three fathers, plans to expand in areas including the Bronx and Fairfield County. With construction under way and plans to open their fourth restaurant in Scarsdale next year, their goal is 26 restaurants.

Before Smashburger restaurateurs Richard Greenstein, Ronnie Portnoy and Howard Novick formed their Smash Partners franchise in April 2011, they did their research. After learning about the burger market and talking to a number of franchise owners across the food industry, these partners knew Smashburger was the business they wanted to adopt. Through Technomic Inc., a Chicago-based research firm, the Smash Partners found that Smashburger was one of the top 500 chain restaurants with a nearly 43 percent increase in sales from 2011 to 2012. The number of Smashburger locations grew from 193 at the end of 2012 to over 250 this year, almost double the number two years ago. Not only did Smash Partners see their capacity to grow quickly, but they knew they wouldn’t have to compromise the value of serving quality food at an affordable price. Because of Smashburger’s emphasis on providing never-frozen 100 percent certified Angus beef patties and healthier food options including salads, vegetable frites and Burger, page 18

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itting in her spacious office in the administrative suite of White Plains Hospital on a recent afternoon, Susan Fox said she never envisioned herself there when she began in the health care field some 30 years ago. “I didn’t get out of high school thinking I was going to be the president of a hospital,” she said with a laugh. But Fox, who took on that role this past Jan. 1, has followed a path that, in retrospect, seemed to lead exactly there. “I was always on the search for new experiences and new skills, not always knowing where it was going,” Fox said. Joining the hospital in 2010 as senior vice president was the latest move in a career that began as a nurse back in the mid-1980s. The first 10 months in the new job, she said, have been “exciting.” “I describe it as drinking from a fire hose – a tremendous amount going on but it’s a very exciting time to be in the position.” For Fox, it’s been all about the progress. “I was the first to go to college in my fam-

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ily.” Her supportive parents, she said, steered her toward a career with a reputation of being stable and secure. Fox, who grew up on Long Island, graduated from the Columbia University School of Nursing and would spend the next two years as a staff nurse at New York Presbyterian Hospital, specializing as a pediatric ICU nurse. “It was a really challenging job to be a nurse,” she said. “Very quickly I was at the highest end of intensity.” Within a year, she had advanced to a role as the “go-to” nurse. “It seemed to come naturally,” she said. “As quickly as that came what also came quickly was the realization that I wanted to do something different.” Back then, nurses were “not supportive” of each other, and she remembers one particular incident when a colleague showed utter disregard for the task at hand. “It was such a disconnect,” Fox said. She knew she wanted something more: “I love health care, but I want to come back and do something where I can establish a culture.” And from there, she was on her way.

“I connected the dots with health care and management.” It began with enrollment at the City University of New YorkBaruch College, where she earned an MBA in health care administration. “It was ‘Business School 101,’” she said. The school’s connection to Mount Sinai also led to an administrative residency there. Fox, ever looking to advance, wound up sitting next to people from Ernst & Young at an event when her networking kicked into high gear. “I did my thing and I followed up,” she said. “I was pretty aggressive about getting it.” In a case of what she said was “right place, right time,” she was hired by the consulting company where she would spend the next decade rising to the role of senior manager as she handled both nursing- and financialconsulting assignments. The job, she said, was ever-changing, again offering her skills that would prove invaluable.

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“It was one of these ‘love-hate’ things. You’re never really comfortable,” she said of the constant motion and challenges. “You’re always in a situation where you’re with people facing change.” Her last client at Ernst & Young was Long Island Jewish Medical Center. Her Ernst & Young work would mean more travel for the mother of two children under 5 so she accepted a role with LIJ, which was about to merge and become North Shore LIJ Health System. There, she worked on integrating the hospitals from a clinical perspective as they grew into what she said is now a $7 billion entity. Continued on next page

“After 14 years there, I got the bug to kind of run my own place.” Again, it would be all about the timing as Fox met Jon B. Schandler, White Plains Hospital’s president of 30-plus years. Though he’s now transitioned to CEO, Fox said the role of president was not guaranteed. “I was not promised that on the way in,” she said, in three years rising from senior vice president to president. With the promotion, she also became the first woman outside a religious order to serve as president of an acute-care hospital in Westchester County. (The late Sister Mary Linehan had served as president of St. Joseph’s Medical Center in Yonkers from 1969-2000). And the timing, while challenging, suits Fox just fine. “Everybody in health care has, for the most part, the same goals but they have different things to work with and different challenges,” she said. There are regulatory pressures, community needs, staffing issues and fundraising. “You still need to get everything done by the end of the day.” Even though Fox was already on staff, she still said there was a period of settling into the role as president. She noted that fact during the retirement celebration of a 50 year-plus employee. “I had said that this is a really tough place to break in and be accepted,” she said, with many employees having decades of service. Fox, though, would soon have her own “trial by fire.” White Plains Hospital, Fox explains, hires and invites The Joint Commission in for accreditation. They usually come every three years. Though arrival is unannounced, the inspection was expected in November or December. So in the summer, the hospital was just starting to think about it. “That’s when you start ‘waxing your car’ and make sure everything’s ready,” she said. But at 7:30 a.m. on an August morning, Fox got the call that the commission was on site. Fox jumped to service, corralling the staff and assuring everyone they were suitably prepared. Group meetings, pep rallies of a sort, were held daily and they emerged successful. “I really felt like that was my hazing,” Fox said. And her actions, it turned out, led to her being embraced by any lingering doubters. “Having gone through that experience with them, one of my vice presidents said ‘Now, you’re one of us. We’ve got your back.’” And she is savoring the role, welcoming interaction with all employees and continuing an open-door policy that acknowledges “the value and necessity of communication.” The goal is to create an environment that is both encouraging and productive. “That’s one of our strategic visions, to be an employer of choice, which we are,” she said. The hospital, she said, has some 2,500 employees with an additional thousand affiliated doctors.

Their role is a tough one. “We’re in the business of making people better and keeping people well, but we don’t necessarily have control of all those parts,” Fox said. Health care reform, she said, of course will impact the future. “Everybody’s trying to figure out how to get the costs down,” while also maintaining and advancing quality. She said the goal is for the hospital, all hospitals, to move from “episodic care” – treating someone for a specific incident and then not seeing them, perhaps, ever again – to creating a community dedicated to allaround wellness, or “population health.” TWB YWCA “There’s layers and layers of complexity WCBJ to this new paradigm, and we all need to 7.375” w x 7.125” h figure it out,” she said. 2/2113 And as Fox helps White Plains do just NEWSPRINT that, her past is never far from her thoughts. She points to a photograph on an office console. Family pictures surround a young Fox holding a small child, the first AIDS baby she worked with in 1984. She’ll talk

briefly about her and others who remain in memory. It not only reminds her of her own past but also the challenges all in her field continue to face every day. Fox likes nothing more than to motivate young workers, even those joining the hospital at entry-level positions. She will tell them “‘I know this doesn’t sound exciting. If you do it well, somebody’s going to give you something else.’” Fox, though, has never been at a loss for things to do and remains committed to “figuring out how to spend your time.” Though her two children are now in college, her husband is also in the health care field, “so the city never sleeps,” she said. Fox tries to make time for favorite activities such as antiquing and more recently learning golf with her husband, Jeffrey Menkes, a veteran hospital administrator now with Montefiore. A few lovely vases, boxes, mirror and artglass pocketbooks decorate her office, spilling over from her Larchmont home. “We’ve actually filled our house and we

have no more room for it,” Fox said. Outside her office, the newly renovated hallway features historical images from the 120-year-old hospital’s history, and, Fox said, “speak to the progression of the hospital.” Today, she notes, renovations continue. The work ranges from the most cosmetic, from a revamped parking garage to a renovated lobby to the most necessary including new operating rooms and an expanded cancer center. “People need the services, and we’ve got to figure it out,” she said. And while their emergency room alone sees 60,000 patients each year, to Fox serving as president of White Plains Hospital is about much more than the numbers. “It’s one patient at a time, and that’s our moral compass… that one patient.” Winners Circle is a new biweekly feature that will take a look at the top women business executives and top attorneys, men and women, in the region. To nominate someone, please contact John Golden at jgolden@westfairinc.com.

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THOUGHTS OF THE DAY: Human beings are wired to help others. Know when and how to say “enough.” Use favors in advance of requests to build up good will. Help the recipient to distinguish your behavior as giving, not just being cooperative. Recognize that people value things more when they’ve had to work to get them. Keep things equal by allowing others to pay you back and expressing appreciation. Do someone a favor because it makes you feel good. Someone asking for your opinion or help signals that they value what you have to say or do. Being open to requests translates into positive feedback that your psyche needs. Use time to reflect on requests that have come your way as a way to boost your personal sense of worth. Meeting a request doesn’t necessarily mean going “above and beyond.” Do what you can and be honest when you can’t. If you’ve overextended, don’t get mad at the requester, take a good look at your role in going across the line. Try to find a simpler way to respond that is within the boundaries of your available time and energy. Of course there are some people in the world who spend all of their time receiving. They are always there to ask for a favor, never there to help when you need it. Fortunately they’re in the minority. Don’t let them get you down. You might do these “takers” a favor by pointing out the problem: “Why is it that whenever you need something you’re quick to ask, but when I need your help I don’t hear back from you?” See how they respond. Boost their awareness of how their behavior is perceived. See if they can rise above and start to take action. If not, then put your attention elsewhere. As more requests come your way, focus

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on the outcome value. See the results of extending favors as things you’ve helped to make possible. Connect two people and watch to see how their worlds expand as a result of the connection. Give an employee extra time off and circle back to find out how things turned out for them. Extend a customer or vendor a favor and follow up to find out how that favor helped to make things better for them. Get ahead of the curve by offering to do something for someone before they ask. Don’t hesitate to start with a simple introductory statement, “I’m going to do you a favor.” Make the point that you’re intentionally extending yourself now for the potential of a return favor in the future. Human beings are wired to value things they strive for. Flapping your jaw with unsolicited advice on topics that aren’t important to the recipient will likely diminish the value of what you’re offering. Take a moment upfront to establish that the topic at hand is important to the person you’re about to help. Ask them to let you know how things turn out, in order to show your interest in having the favor lead somewhere productive. Many times “givers” are really good at giving and helping, not so good at receiving back. Check your “recipient” quotient. How good are you at letting others help you? Do you even recognize when it’s happening? Do you remember to say, “Thank you for the help”? Do you circle back to fill people in on how their help made your world better? Keep the world in balance by allowing others to help you whenever they can. Looking for a good book? Try “Give and Take, A Revolutionary Approach to Success” by Adam Grant. Andi Gray is president of Strategy Leaders Inc., strategyleaders.com, a business-consulting firm that specializes in helping small to mid-size, privately held businesses achieve doubled revenues and tripled profits in repetitive growth cycles. Interested in learning how Strategy Leaders can help your business? Call now for a free consultation and diagnostic process: (877) 238-3535. Do you have a question for Andi? Email her: AskAndi@ StrategyLeaders.com. Visit AskAndi.com for an entire library of Ask Andi articles.

Nonpartisan team tackles tax relief BY JOHN GOLDEN jgolden@westfairinc.com

ov. Andrew M. Cuomo has named a former Republican governor and Peekskill mayor, George C. Pataki, as co-chairman of a newly formed state Tax Relief Commission. Announcing the commission’s creation at a Wednesday news conference at Manhattanville College in Purchase, Cuomo also named Heather C. Briccetti, president and CEO of The Business Council of New York State, to represent the state business community’s interests on the eight-member board.

simplify the current tax system. McCall said in a press release that high taxes are one of the most challenging issues facing economic growth in New York. “But as a former state comptroller, I can say that New York is in the best fiscal shape it has been in years because of the governor’s constant efforts to control spending and bring jobs to New York. This commission has the opportunity to build on that success to lower taxes for middle class and working families.” Briccetti, who succeeded Cuomo’s eco-

nomic development commissioner and Empire State Development president and CEO Kenneth Adams as head of the state Business Council in Albany, said the organization welcomed the chance to join in the effort “to relieve the burden of property taxes, which cost business in the state more than $17 billion each year, and review the long list of other taxes that are unduly burdensome to business.” Pataki in a statement praisin g Cuomo for putting politics aside since taking office to work for common goals that benefit New

Yorkers. “Growing the economy and promoting a business climate that encourages job creation is one of the most important roles government can play,” he said. Other members of the Tax Relief Commission are Dall Forsythe, former state budget director; James Wetzler, director at Deloitte Tax L.L.P. and former state tax commissioner; William Rudin, senior adviser at Brown & Weinraub P.L.L.C.; Jack Quinn, president of Erie Community College in Buffalo, Denis M. Hughes, former president of New York State AFL-CIO.

“As a former state comptroller, I can say that New York is in the best fiscal shape it has been in years because of the governor’s constant efforts to control spending and bring jobs to New York.” — H. Carl McCall

H. Carl McCall, the former Democratic state comptroller and current chairman of the SUNY board of trustees, was named commission co-chairman with Pataki. Cuomo said the commission will identify ways to reduce the state’s property and business taxes to provide relief to homeowners, renters and businesses. Its recommendations are due Dec. 6 with the governor, who plans to include them in his 2014 State of the State message and legislative agenda. “The responsible budgets and fiscal reforms put in place over the last three years have put the state in a position to seriously tackle the ‘tax capital’ mentality that for too long has driven businesses and families from New York,” Cuomo said. The commission’s recommendations for reducing burdensome taxes will help “make our state more competitive and fuel economic growth,” he said. Cuomo said the commission will collaborate with the Tax Reform and Fairness Commission that he launched last December to conduct a comprehensive review of the state’s taxation policy, including corporate, sales and personal income taxation, and make recommendations to improve and

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ccording to the Bureau of Labor Statistics, there were 12 million unemployed in the U.S. as of February 2013. How can there be a labor crisis? Even with continued slow job growth, Manpower Inc. is predicting that 10 to 20 percent of U.S. businesses will be forced to close by 2020 because of a lack of skilled workers. There is an emerging labor crisis and by

acting now you can gain a long term advantage by having the best people. It’s the result of a convergence of several key economic and demographic trends including the recession of 2008. We already face a shortage of “qualified” people with the scientific and technical skills needed in our new economy. Just as our agrarian economy gave way to the manufacturing economy in the industrial revolution, manufacturing is now giving way to knowledge technology. Although our manufacturing production has increased

fourfold since 1950, total jobs in that sector have fallen from 30 percent of the workforce to less than 10 percent today. Forty-nine percent of our labor force was farming in 1880. Just fifty years later the farm labor force had been slashed to 21 percent but, due to technology, produced many times more food than in 1880. As new technolo¬gy proliferated, productivity improved and crop prices fell. Farmers who failed to change went out of business and were eventually employed in higher paying jobs by the emerging manufac-

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turing economy. Consumers enjoyed more plentiful food at lower cost. This improvement continues through today. The average percentage of income we spend for food has fallen from 32.6 in 1947 to 11.7 today. Brian Westbury, author of “It’s Not as Bad as You Think” and chief economist at First Trust Advisors reminds us that, over the last 50 years what Americans spent on clothing and shoes fell from almost 12 percent to under 4 percent today while the amount we spend on all energy consumption including electricity, gas, heating, and air conditioning went from over 7 percent to, even with high energy prices, 5 percent today. As we have seen with agriculture, although the free market is a perfect democracy and a harsh taskmaster, in the end everyone wins. Although many people were displaced from the farm they wound up with higher paying jobs in manufacturing. They also paid lower prices, as a percentage of their disposable income, for the food they bought. We are continuing to make the painful transition to the new information economy and experiencing an acceleration of creative destruction due, as always, to new technology. Austrian economist Joseph Schumpeter first explained “creative destruction “ as the process by which old business models that once delivered value give way to something new and better. We have had and will continue to have a shortage of qualified knowledge workers and our education system is changing slowly while the number of public-private partnerships continues to grow. Every business in every industry, including government and education is impacted and energy independence will help every organization to be more competitive in today’s global marketplace. By being aware of our impending labor crisis you can act now to attract and retain the best talent and gain long term advantage with the best people. While the invisible force of creative destruction doesn’t obliterate every business, survivors always emerge – changed, stronger, more efficient and delivering to their customers, more value than ever before. Questions for discussion: • What skills do we need for the new knowledge economy? • How can we attract and retain people that have them or retrain people who don’t? Joe Murtagh, The DreamSpeaker, is an international motivational speaker, meeting facilitator and business trainer. For questions or comments,contact Joe@TheDreamSpeaker. com, www.TheDreamSpeaker.com or call (800) 239-0058.

A unique spa experience comes to the region REPORTER’S NOTEBOOK BY GEORGETTE GOUVEiA ggouveia@westfairinc.com

pa lovers from Armonk to Westport no longer have to travel overseas to experience the THANN Sanctuary. The spa, the first of its kind in the United States, has just opened in Tarrytown as part of the tony Castle Hotel’s roughly $11 million renovation. Most of the money (about $9.6 million) has gone into creating the spa, which has offshoots in Finland, China and Japan’s Yakushima Island, where it is part of the Sankara Hotel. That hotel is under the management of Sankara Hospitality, which also manages the Castle. THANN is a Thai-style spa, which Ryoko Ado, spa operations manager, described as using “techniques based on releasing all the energy lines and the tension in all parts of the body. The rhythm is slow and deep and goes deep into the muscles.” The approach is also organic and natural. The 8,700-square-foot space – designed by California’s KTGY Group Inc. with interiors by Gettys of Chicago – is all stone, wood and

HV light in relaxing creams and nutmegs. (The one pop of color is a real conversation piece – a colorful paper lounge chair/coffee table in the lobby that is deceptively strong and comfortable.) THANN may be all airy-spa-y, but there’s no mistaking some real marketing savvy here. Everyone loves a good story, and THANN is smart in making your visit “a journey” in which you, the main character, begin by discussing any aches or allergies and

then pick out a scent from among the many products for your selected services. We chose a light, calming sandalwood, but there’s also an energizing, minty eucalyptus (great for the sinuses) and a refreshing citrus. Samantha Feig, a West Nyack resident, was our expert massage therapist. Under her skilled hands, our muscle tensions dissolved, our tender right shoulder was soothed and our arthritic neck placated. But most of all, Feig proved to be a won-

derful conversationalist and listener – though she said if you like quiet or want to drift off while she works her magic, that’s fine, too. After our massage, we were guided to the common room, where we lounged about in a robe and slippers, looking out at the greenery and savoring oil-less spring rolls with a spicy dipping sauce, crudités with a peanut sauce, a butternut squash spread on toast, tomato juice and jasmine tea. There’s also a special women’s lounge for an extra bit of pampering before the ladies transition back to the real world. The men, who are apparently not considered as social, don’t have one. But otherwise there is total parity, with lockers and lovely bronzed-tiled showers, including those that are handicap accessible, for both sexes. Spa guests can also work out in a small gym and enjoy the steam rooms or facials and scrubs. There’s also a room for yoga as well as a spa menu at the Castle’s Equus restaurant, under the direction of executive chef Marc Lippman. Whatever offerings you choose, you’ll be attended by graceful, gracious staffers. It’s their sympathetic approach that makes the THANN spa truly a sanctuary. For more on the THANN Sanctuary Spa, visit castlehotelandspa.com.

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WCA, Peekskill serve as tour guides for investors BY CRYSTAL KANG ckang@westfairinc.com

he Westchester County Association partnered with the city of Peekskill to provide a tour of several sites in Peekskill that are available for economic development. The Blueprint for Westchester event gave 100 real estate professionals, investors, developers, site selectors, bankers and lawyers the chance to visit potential commercial and residential development parcels including Peekskill’s waterfront and some historical sites. Peekskill mayor Mary Foster, planning director Michael Welti and economic development consultant Jim Pinto served as tour guides. Tour buses departed from Paramount Hudson Valley Theater and traveled through downtown Peekskill’s business district. Some of the properties featured on the tour were the former White Plains Linen complex on Highland Avenue and the nearly 12-acre parcel on Corporate Drive and Central Avenue, which sits between Peekskill’s waterfront and downtown areas. Guests toured the Riverfront Green where city planners presented Peekskill’s vision to develop its three-mile shoreline. The group then made a pit stop at Peekskill’s

Bill Mooney, president, Westchester County Association; Mayor Mary Foster, Peekskill; and Marissa Brett, executive director, Economic Development, Westchester County Association.

Homestyle Desserts Bakery. The last stops were made along John Walsh Boulevard and Lower South Street, home to White Plains Linen and BASF Corp. Foster shared her vision for the city at the luncheon following the tour. She said Peekskill is becoming a “cultural hub,” with space for literary and performance arts, museums and entertainment venues. The

city also has unique shops and restaurants, she said, from a custom window restorer and an oboe maker to a craftsman who makes handcrafted smoking pipes. “We are ready to attract developments that make sense for Peekskill – a mix of businesses that creates jobs, maximizes land use and helps our economy thrive,” Foster said. With six investors interested in starting

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their businesses in Peekskill, the city plans to continue a downtown revitalization, said Jason Angell, executive director of Peekskill’s Business Improvement District The Blueprint for Westchester launched in 2011 to spur economic development in Westchester and has hosted one international showcase and three local showcases in Yonkers, White Plains and New Rochelle.

Two men, two routes in real estate BY JOHN GOLDEN jgolden@westfairinc.com

relative newcomer to the suburban commercial real estate market, developer Jeremy Leventhal already knows what to avoid when looking for new investment opportunities for his 3-year-old company. In Fairfield County, Conn., that means steering clear of “Scinto Land,” the 28-year-old managing partner of Faros Properties told a White Plains luncheon audience recently at a real estate discussion presented by The Business Journals and Wag magazine. “Scinto Land” is Shelton, where Robert D. “Bob” Scinto, chairman of R.D. Scinto Inc., has built a portfolio that includes about 3 million square feet of office and industrial space with a nearly 98 percent overall occupancy rate. Leventhal and Scinto shared the speakers’ stage in front of about 150 real estate industry professionals at The Bristal at White Plains. “Bob’s the reason we don’t invest north of Westport,” Leventhal said in a nod to his white-haired elder in the region’s office market, drawing laughs from the audience. Though a fairly recent arrival in the

Westchester County market, Leventhal grew up in the Boston real estate business started by his grandfather, which went public in the 1990s. His father, Alan M. Leventhal, founded and is chairman and CEO of Beacon Capital Partners in Boston. Beacon Capital owns Westchester One, the county’s oldest office tower, at 44 S. Broadway in White Plains. Leventhal expanded on his family education in the business with a stint in corporate finance at Morgan Stanley, where he worked in the real estate investment banking division and on the firm’s real estate private equity platform. In 2010, he and his brother and a third partner started Faros Properties in Manhattan. The company in the last two years has purchased about $100 million of real estate comprising about 750,000 square feet of office and residential space. Their properties include 120 Bloomingdale Road in White Plains, where Faros Properties and partner Caspi Development this year received city approval to develop up to 50,000 square feet of retail and restaurant space, and the three-building International Corporate Center at 555 Theodore Fremd Ave. in Rye. Venturing into a new real estate sec-

tor and urban market, Faros Properties last November acquired a 300,000-squarefoot, 400-unit apartment complex in Pittsburgh designed by architect I.M. Pei. Scinto’s personal story of success and fortunes made and lost and made again was in sharp contrast to the advantages of family legacy, privilege and higher education described by Leventhal. “Basically when I graduated high school, I couldn’t read,” Scinto said. He joined his father in his Shelton plumbing business, working for five years as a plumber at $92.50 a week. But wearing a suit of black soot threaded by sweat at the end of his work day drove Scinto to imagine and pursue a better life of service to others. He began buying rooming houses, collecting rent and making repairs himself. He took noncredit courses at the University of Connecticut in Stamford and learned to write the feasibility studies needed to obtain bank loans for his real estate ventures. The dyslexia that hindered him in school served him well as a developer, Scinto said, because dyslexics think visually. “It allowed me to see how a building should look and where it should sit,” he said.

Scinto stressed and Leventhal agreed that tenant retention is the key to success as a landlord. “Do things that other people don’t do,” said Scinto, reciting a long list of amenities for tenants at his company’s Enterprise Corporate Park that include free flu shots, club memberships and trips on the landlord’s boat. Like Leventhal, Scinto has learned what to avoid in his real estate business. “I lost $10 million” on a residential tower he opened in his Shelton office park. “That was my first and last apartment building. Building apartments and building office buildings is a night and day business – totally different.” Real estate broker Howard Greenberg, co-moderator of the real estate duo’s discussion, described a scene at a day care center in a Scinto office park that illustrates the landlord’s focus on tenant retention. “Bob Scinto is way ahead of the curve,” Greenberg said. “He’s grooming his own tenants for the next generation.” At the day care center, Scinto follows up his greeting to 3-year-olds with a question: “Hey, kids, who you going to lease space from when you grow up?” Said Greenberg: “They all say, ‘Bob!’”

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A repurposed life down on the farm

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orn second oldest in a farm family of seven children in Larned, Kansas, Mary Ellen Finger pursued a hectic career as an animal veterinarian in a crimeridden section of New York City before choosing to return to her farm roots in 1985 by purchase of property in Cold Spring’s Hudson Highlands. A bout with cancer motivated the former farm girl to unstress her life. Today she presides over 20 acres, producing lambs, mutton, turkeys and eggs for market. Her eggs in white, brown and blue-green hues are popular at the local Foodtown. “We have chosen a life of radical simplicity,” she says of herself and her husband, David Vickery, whom she met after moving to Cold Spring. Her daughter, Johanna Altmann, is moving back to the farm after completing accounting studies. Farming is a third career endeavor for Finger, who resisted her mother’s efforts to shepherd her into nursing. “I worked at a local mental hospital,” she grimaces, adding that she wanted to become a veterinarian at a time when women could not get into veterinary colleges. She became one of 10 female students out of a class of 100 at Kansas

Presiding over 20 acres of Hudson Highlands farmland, Mary Ellen Finger tends sheep, hens and turkeys for market and other animals for family use.

State University’s Department of Veterinary Medicine. Emerging with a Doctor of Veterinary Medicine, she was drawn to New York City by the Animal Medical Center, a teaching hospital. Her practice was in Manhattan’s then crime-ridden East Village. A staunch proponent of alternative medicine, she had journeyed to the Bahamas and Germany for cancer treatment unavailable in this country. Her combined veterinarian training and dedication to alternative medicine has served her in the farm’s operation. Defying a commonly held belief that “a sick sheep is a dead sheep,” she has treated sick sheep with a portable red laser machine, avoiding need for surgery.

“I have brought them back in a half to one hour,” she says, “although it sometimes takes a day for them to fully recover.” Her flock of hens is protected by one or two roosters. Her eggs are known for a deep yellow hue that she attributes to sunlight and freedom to forage for bugs. The bluishgreen eggs are products of an Araucana hen, “a jungle bird that is a great forager and hides eggs in the green lush jungle,” she says. Her heritage hens with brown ears produce brown eggs. The leghorns, with white ears, are a high-production bird producing the white eggs. Predators are a problem. “Skunks eat the heads off chickens,” Finger laments. She also

faces a problem with possums. “They eat the livers out of baby lambs.” Eight sheep recently took a hit from coyotes. The lambs are taken to slaughterhouses. “Some Muslims and Hispanics prefer to do their own slaughtering,” she says. Finger maintains that farm people know the purpose of livestock is for meat production. “It is buried in our genes. City folks tend to be sentimental toward livestock and give them names.” Finger buys turkeys as hatchlings to raise for her table and limited marketing. She maintains a cow and pig to provide her family’s own needs. The animals are raised without hormones or other intrusions. “We grow all our barley grass for extra super nutrition during the winter months,” she explains. Only one member of the household does not work: Tex, the family Devon Rex cat. Guardians include Floyd, a Sardinian donkey; Tag, a quarter horse, and Ethel, the goose. Challenging Careers focuses on the exciting and unusual business lives of Hudson Valley residents. Comments or suggestions may be emailed to Catherine Portman-Laux at cplaux@optonline.net.

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INBRIEF BUCHANAN DRYWALL PLANT SOLD

Lafarge North America Inc. has sold its gypsum wallboard plant in Buchanan to a Texas-based private equity firm for $55.7 million. The deal was part of Lafarge North America’s sale of its gypsum division assets to Lone Star Funds, a private equity firm in Dallas that invests in distressed assets. The division sale, announced in June by Lafarge’s parent company in Paris, had an enterprise value of $700 million. Lafarge North America’s network of gypsum plants in the U.S. and Canada had sales of $310 million in 2012, the company reported. Lafarge declared its gypsum operations for sale in 2011 and said it would focus on its core businesses of cement, aggregates and ready-mix concrete. The sale reportedly was a move by the global construction materials manufacturer and supplier to repair its credit rating, which had fallen below investment grade.

RECYCLER CHANGES ITS NAME

WeRecycle!, the electronics recycling facility at 249 E. Sandford Blvd. in Mount Vernon, has changed its name to Hugo Neu Recycling. The company is a subsidiary of the Hugo Neu Corp., a 66-year-old, privately owned recycling and real estate company in Manhattan. Hugo Neu acquired the Mount Vernon recycling business in July 2009. A founding member of the Coalition for American Electronics Recycling, Hugo Neu Recycling has been an industry leader in developing responsible certification standards for IT asset management and recycling. Wendy Kelman Neu, chairman and CEO of the Hugo Neu group, said: “Over time, WeRecycle! has become a closer part of the Hugo Neu family, so it made perfect sense to rebrand the company.”

MTA CONTRACT-BIDDING MADE EASIER

Empire State Development Corp. has partnered with the Metropolitan Transportation Authority and Manhattanbased Carver Federal Savings Bank to make it easier for small businesses to bid

on construction projects with the MTA. The state’s aim is to increase the availability of funds for the MTA’s high-capital projects through its Small Business Mentoring Program, which provides businesses with mentoring, training, surety bonding services and access to loan capital. “Lack of access to startup capital is probably the most significant barrier preventing small firms from doing business with us,” Thomas F. Prendergast, chairman and CEO of the MTA, said in a statement. The maximum amount of loans Carver Federal Savings Bank will provide increased from $150,000 to $900,000. Through a competitive bidding process, Carver Federal Savings Bank was selected to provide loan capital for the MTA Small Business Mentoring Program. Empire State Development will establish a $480,000 loan loss reserve to support the Small Business Mentoring Program.

NEW RESTAURANT IN LARCHMONT

Chef Nicolas Di Bona, a Westchester native, recently opened his first restaurant, Madison Kitchen, at 7 Madison Ave., Larchmont. The restaurant features fusion dishes including Maine lobster risotto and Hawaiian big eye tuna served with sautéed bok choy and sushi rice. Madison Kitchen, designed by New York-based architect Vincent Celano of Celano Design Studio, has a rustic theme, with a reclaimed wood bar and a biofueled fireplace with textured stone walls.

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Ventures since Nov. 2006 and Portnoy began Canyon Donuts in Oct. 2003. They own 51 Dunkin’ Donut franchises throughout the state. Greenstein and Novick started their first Dunkin’ Donuts franchise in Manhattan, while Portnoy opened shop on Long Island. When the three came together, they all shared the vision of building a burger franchise that would grow as quickly as their Dunkin’ Donuts franchise has. Novick and Greenstein were retired at the time they entered the food industry while Portnoy worked in consumer electronics distribution before opening his first store. Throughout the Smash Partners’ involvement in the food industry, their vision was to bring their families closer together. Lee Novick and Eric Portnoy came on board recently to help their dads run the newest Smashburger restaurant. Portnoy joined the management team in 2010, but he has been working for his dad ever since he was in high school. “I was in 9th grade when I first started working at my dad’s Dunkin’ Donuts and worked my way up from being the cashier to a manager,” said Eric Portnoy, 25, who studied business management at Indiana University. “I always knew this was what I was going to do.” Lee Novick, 25, worked in real estate for three years at Vanderbilt Appraisal in

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Westchester County

Women-owned Businesses

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Listed alphabetically. Name Address Telephone • Fax (914) unless otherwise noted

Website Owner Email address

AAA Emergency Supply Co. Inc. 635 N. Broadway, White Plains 10603 949-0512 • 949-8344

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Name Address Telephone • Fax (914) unless otherwise noted Hyman & Gilbert 1843 Palmer Ave., Larchmont 10538 833-5297

Law firm

ilsognony.com Luana Resulbegu ilsognony@gmail.com

Restaurant

The Inner Group 1000 N. Division St., Suite 2D, Peekskill 10566 788-8471

theinnergroup.com Marjorie Finer innergroup@optonline.net

Advertising agency

Leon Henry Inc. 200 N. Central Ave., Suite 220, Hartsdale 10530 285-3456 • 285-3450

leonhenryinc.com Lynn Henry lh@leonhenryinc.com

Marketing

LV2BFIT 13 Rye Ridge Plaza, Rye Brook 10573 305-6567

lv2bfit.com Patty Palmieri pattypalmieri@aol.com

Fitness apparel and work out boutique

M Boutique 27 S. Greeley Ave., Chappaqua 10512 861-2678

Marie Flavine Brouder marieflavinbrouder@gmail.com

Boutique

March Boutique - Briarcliff 1207 Pleasantville Road, Briarcliff Manor 10510 923-2100

marchboutique.com Lynn Puro marchboutique@aol.com

Boutique

Mary Ann Liebert Inc, Publishers 140 Huguenot St., Suite 3, New Rochelle 10801 740-2100 • 740-2101

liebertpub.com Mary Ann Liebert

Publishing firm

mjdenzer.com Mary Jane Denzer mjdfashion@gmail.com

Designer clothing and accessories

meetinghouserestaurant.com Penny Paglia questions@meetinghouserestaurant.com

Restaurant

momentumclassroom.com Robin Hoberman and Kori Sassower momentumclassroom@gmail.com

Tween and teen boutique fitness studio

morgansfishhouse.net Lisa McKiernan

Restaurant

carolkurtharchitects.com Carol J. W. Kurth FAIA carol.kurth@carolkurtharchitects.com

Architect

Pelham Realty 103 Fifth Ave., Pelham 10803 738-9000 • 738-3414

pelhamrealty.net Donna Materasso

Real estate broker

Reno Rivertown Realty Inc. 94 Main St., Irvington 10533 591-4600 • 591-0368

renorealtyinc.com Janet Nold janetnold@renorealty.com

Real estate broker

reyinsurance.com Linda Rey and Laura Rey Iannarelli service@reyinsurance.com

Insurance agency

rubymediagroup.com Kris Ruby kruby@rubymediagroup.com

Public relations, social media agency

Ruby's Oyster Bar & Bistro 45 Purchase St., Rye 10580 921-4166 • 921-5768

rubysoysterbar.com Lisa McKiernan

Restaurant

Solaris Sports Club 201 Veterans Road, Yorktown Heights 10598 962-4094 • 962-2129

solarisclubs.com Elizabeth Gagliardi

Health club

srofinefoods.com Sharon Snyder info@srofinefoods.com

Caterer

pelhamny.com Marilyn Stiefvater stiefvater@pelhamny.com

Real estate broker

susankuperrealestate.com Susan Kuper susan@susankuperrealestate.com

Real estate broker

tricrest.com Veronica Gargiulo

Real estate broker

T Square Properties Inc. 116 Radio Circle Drive, Mount Kisco 10549 56 Lafayette Ave., White Plains 10603 328-7511 • 328-1416

tsquareproperties.com Phyllis Tunnell phyllis@tsquareproperties.com

Commercial real estate

Public relations and marketing

Uovo Moderno 109 Katonah Ave., Katonah 10536 486-0044

uovomoderno.com MaryAnn and Ana Rose Hawley

Living ware store

Public relations and marketing

Westfair Communications Inc. 3 Gannett Drive, Suite G-7, White Plains 10604 694-3600 • 694-3699

westfaironline.com and wagmag.com Dee DelBello dee@westfairinc.com

Publishing firm

Public relations and marketing

Whispering Pines Florist of Chappaqua 91 N. Bedford Road, Chappaqua 10514 238-5661

whisperingpinesofchappaqua.com Beth Hundgen blkisuzi55@aol.com

Florist

Fire and safety equipment

allanblockinsurance.com Joanne Murray jmurray@allanblockinsurance.com

Insurance

Ambar Realty Group 10 New King St., White Plains 10604 997-7555 • 997-9834

ambarrealty.com Amy Lerner alerner@ambarrealty.com

Commercial real estate broker

An American Bistro 296 Columbus Ave., Tuckahoe 10707 793-0807 • 793-0852

anamericanbistro.com Denise Horton

Restaurant

American Gymnastics 317 Railroad Ave., Bedford Hills 10507 241-1997 • 241-2459

americangymnastics.us Diana Marino amerigym@aol.com

Gymnastic instruction

Angelface Day Spa 322 Underhill Ave., Yorktown Heights 10598 245-1084 • 245-1439

angelfacespa.com Angela De Angellis info@angelfacespa.com

Beauty salon and spa

Ann & Andy Child Care 2170 Saw Mill River Road, Elmsford 10523 592-3027 • 347-2591

annandandychildcare.com Deborah Asadoorian, Cheryl Anstett, Anna Fucci info@annandandychildcare.com

Child care service

artinagroup.com Ina Shapiro

Private label forms

Badger Sports Club Inc./Badger Day Camp 119 Rockland Ave., Larchmont 10538 834-1084 • 834-2165

badgersportsclub.com Ruth Collins info@badgerdaycamp.com

Summer camp

Barksdale Home Care Services Inc. 327 Fifth Ave., Pelham 10803 738-5600 • 738-0658

barksdaleathome.com Rosa Kittrell Barksdale barksdaleceo@verizon.net

Home health care agency

Bedford Stone & Masonry Supply 284 Adams St., Bedford Hills 10507 666-6404 • 666-2526

bedfordstone.com Daryl Burbank (co-owner) info@bedfordstone.com

Masonry products

Momentum - The Physical Classroom 14 Waterfront Plaza, Port Chester 10573 417-2800

beneathyoursole.com Linda Sherman mail@beneathyoursole.com

Complete janitorial service

Morgans Fish House 22 Elm Place, Rye 10580 921-8190 • 921-8193

Blue Chip Limousine 18 N. Central Ave., Hartsdale 10530 993-0200

bluechiplimo.com Mara Russo limo@bluechiplimo.com

Limousine service

The Office of Carol J.W. Kurth, AIA Architect P.C. The Arcade Building, 644 Old Post Road, Bedford 10506 234-2595

Bronxville Wellness Sanctuary 14 Studio Arcade, Bronxville 10708 337-9356

bronxvillewellness.com Stephanie Filardi

Beauty salon and spa

Buzz Creators Inc. 7-11 Legion Drive, Suite 102, Valhalla 10595 358-5080

buzz-creators.com Christina Rae crae@buzz-creators.com

PR, marketing and brand building

Cappy's Travel 195 N. Bedford Road. Mount Kisco 10549 241-0383 • 241-0264

travel-by-net.com Cappy Devlin cappy@travel-by-net.com

Travel agency

Co-Communications Inc. 332 Main St., Mount. Kisco 10549 666-0066

cocommunications.com Stacey Cohen stacey@cocommunications.com

Public relations and marketing

Concept: CARE Inc. 50 Main St., Suite 976, White Plains 10606 682-7990 • 682-8410

conceptcareny.com Carol Greenberg cgreenberg@conceptcareny.com

Home health care agency

couturedossier.com Yulia Omelich info@couturedossier.com

Boutique

C.W. Brown Inc. 1 Labriola Court, Armonk 10504 741-1212 • 741-1274

cwbrown.com Renee Brown rbrown@cwbrown.com

Construction

Diana Gould Ltd. 12 Frontage St., Elmsford 10523 347-7134 • 347-7408

dianagouldltd.com Diana Gould info@dianagouldltd.com

Flowers and event décor

Ease Into Italy & Beyond L.L.C. 207 S. Buckhout St., Irvington 10533 231-5634

easeintoitaly.com Kathleen Guglielmo easeintoitaly@gmail.com

Travel asssistance, specializing in Italy

eileenfisher.com Eileen Fisher

Women's apparel

thegoldstandard.com Nancy Gold marketing@thegoldstandard.com

Public relations and marketing

govisiblepr.com Harriet K. Lerner harrrietlerner@govisiblepr.com harrison-edwards.com Carolyn B. Mandelker cmandelker@harrison-edwardspr.com

Artina Group 250 Clearbrook Road, Elmsford 10523 (800) 278-4622 • (800) 261-1499

Beneath Your Sole Inc. 20 Beechwood Ave., Mount Vernon 10553 (212) 987-2184

Couture Dossier 67 N. Bedford Road, Chappaqua 10512 777-2838 • 238-2777

Eileen Fisher Inc. 2 Bridge St., Suite 230, Irvington 10533 591-5700 The Gold Standard 180 Route 100, Katonah 10536 232-6583 • 232-5227 Harriet Lerner Enterprises L.L.C. Go Visible! 30 E. Hartsdale Ave., Suite 6D, Hartsdale 10530 682-7336 • 682-3772 Harrison Edwards Inc. 51 Babbitt Road, S.7, Bedford Hills 10507 242-0010 • 242-0011

hudsonfusion.com Hudson Fusion L.L.C. 30 State St., Ossining 10562 Cindy Penchina 762-0900 • 762-0856 cindy@hudsionfusion.com Questions or comments, email afrey@westfairinc.com. Note: This list is a sampling of women-owned businesses in Westchester County. This list has been shortened due to space limitation. The complete list will be available on Westfaironline.com.

Il Sogno Ristorante 316 Boston Post Road, Port Chester 10573 937-7200 • 937-7208

Mary Jane Denzer Ltd. 222 Mamaroneck Ave., Suite 101, White Plains 10605 328-0330 • 328-9468 Meetinghouse Restaurant 635 Old Post Road, Bedford 10506 234-5656 • 234-2509

Rey Insurance Agency 219 N. Broadway, Sleepy Hollow, NY 10591 (914) 631-7628 • (914) 631-7409 Ruby Media Group 100 S. Bedford Road, Suite 340, Mount Kisco 10549

Standing Room Only Fine Foods 1491 Weaver St., Scarsdale 10583 472-3002 • 472-3017 Stiefvater Real Estate Inc. 303 Wolfs Lane, Pelham 10803 738-1133 • 738-2431 Susan Kuper Real Estate P.O. Box 463, South Salem 10590 533-6199 • 977-3364 Tri Crest Realty 484 White Plains Road, Suite 1, Eastchester 10709 779-1700 • 961-4440

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aaaemergency.com Patricia Manfredi info@aaaemergency.com

Allan M Block Agency Inc. 24 S. Broadway, Tarrytown 10591 631-4353 • 631-2930

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NOV 18 NonProfit Guard TIP OF THE MONTH “Fall is a great time to kick your fundraising into high gear. The holiday season will be here before you know Markham F. Rollins III it and with a nip in the air and the kids back in school, people are gearing up for the season of giving. Get a jump on the end-of-year fundraising frenzy by starting now. Follow me at my blog, www.nonproﬁtguard.com to learn 10 creative ways to get going. It is still not too late to have a great fall fundraising season.”

NOT-FOR-PROFIT EDUCATIONAL LEADERSHIP SUMMIT “ENTERGY IS PROUD TO BE THE PRESENTING SPONSOR OF THE 2013 EDUCATIONAL SUMMIT FOR THE NOT-FOR-PROFIT COMMUNITY AND WE LOOK FORWARD TO SEEING YOU AT THIS ANNUAL EVENT.” PRESENTED BY: Entergy, Hospitality Resource Group and Caperberry Events Catering TIME: 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. LOCATION: Westchester Marriott Hotel, Tarrytown TICKET PRICE: Complimentary with invitation CONTACT: Hospitality Resource Group at 761-7111 or email Jenna@HRGinc.net or visit www.HRGinc.net

OCT

March of Dimes Signature Chefs Auction 9 Beneﬁ ting: March of Dimes

Join March of Dimes at the Signature Chefs Auction where guests will sample local cuisine prepared by the area’s ﬁnest chefs and participate in both a silent and live auction –– all for moms and babies. The Signature Chefs Auction of the Northern Metro Division will showcase the culinary talents of local chefs while raising money to support March of Dimes and its mission to improve the health of babies. CHAIRMAN: Carl Petrillo, chairman and CEO, Yonkers Contracting Co. TIME: 5:30 to 9 p.m. LOCATION: Westchester Country Club, Rye CONTACT: Sharon Masciovecchio at 610-7523 or smasciovecchio@marchofdimes.com

OCT

Tastes of Northern Westchester 10 Beneﬁ ting: Boys & Girls Club of Northern Westchester

Mount Kisco Rotary Club invites you to an elegant evening of fine food, wine and music to benefit the Boys & Girls Club of Northern Westchester and other Mount Kisco Rotary philanthropic programs. Throughout the evening, some of the area’s finest restaurants will present samplings of their delectable specialties, offering friends and neighbors the opportunity to help worthwhile charities while enjoying some of the finest cuisine northern Westchester has to offer. CHAIRMAN: Carl Weinberg TIME: 6 to 10 p.m. LOCATION: Mount Kisco Country Club, Mount Kisco TICKET PRICE: $125 per person or two for $200; sponsorship and journal opportunities available CONTACT: Lisa Keogh at 666-8069, ext. 112, or lkeogh@bgcnw.com

OCT

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Women’s Health Awareness Luncheon 10 Beneﬁ ting: Cancer Support Tea, Inc.

Anne Moore MD of Weill Cornell Breast Center will speak on “Breast Cancer 2013: What You Need to Know.” CHAIRWOMEN: Judy Boyle, Bonnie Gould and Irene Sodent TIME: 11:30 a.m. to 2 p.m. LOCATION: Westchester Country Club, Rye TICKET PRICE: $125 per person CONTACT: Judith Dobrof at 777-2777 or jdobrof@cancersupportteam.org

Second Annual Lyme Research Alliance Golf Tournament 10 Beneﬁ ting: Lyme Research Alliance OCT

Tee up and raise funds and awareness for Lyme disease at one of the area’s ﬁnest golf courses. With a sponsorship you’ll be able to play a great round of golf and help raise funds to support medical research. Space is limited. TIME: 12:30 p.m. LOCATION: Stanwich Club, Greenwich, CT. TICKET PRICE: Sponsorship opportunities available CONTACT: Peter Wild at 203-969-1333 or visit www.lymeresearchalliance.org

OCT

St. Christopher’s Annual

Golf & Tennis Classic 15 Beneﬁ ting: St. Christopher’s Inc.

Join this annual Golf Classic to help St. Christopher’s, Inc. celebrate their achievements – their KIDS! This year, a Tennis Class has also been added to the day’s activities. Your support of the Golf and Tennis Classic will enable the scholarship and vocational fund, providing support for children with special needs to attend college and pursue a vocation. The day will be filled with golf and tennis, raffle prizes, refreshments, amazing brunch, cocktail reception, buffet dinner and fun! CHAIRMEN: Jim Chin and Larry Weiss TIME: 10:30 a.m. to 7:30 p.m. LOCATION: Leewood Golf & Country Club, Eastchester and Chestnut Ridge Tennis Club, Mount Kisco TICKET PRICE: $425 per golfer; $300 per tennis player; sponsorship opportunities available CONTACT: Kurt Kannemeyer at 693-3030, ext. 2707, or kkannemeyer@sc1881.org

OCT

Adina’s Angels Returns to Gotham Comedy Club

Beneﬁting: Friends of Karen Be an angel and join Friends of Karen for some laugh-out-loud fun with a gallery of irresistible professional comics from TV and comedy clubs nationwide. A side-splitting evening for a heart-warming cause. TIME: 7:30 to 10:30 p.m. LOCATION: Gotham Comedy Club, 208 W. 23 St., New York City TICKET PRICE: $125 per person; sponsorship opportunities available CONTACT: Gwen Salmo at 617-4051 or visit www.friendsofkaren.org

OCTOBER SPOTLIGHT

WESTCHESTER DISABLED ON THE MOVE, INC.

Westchester Disabled On the Move, Inc. (WDOMI), is a notfor-profit independent living center whose staff and board of directors are predominantly people with disabilities. We are devoted to making a difference in the community. Located in Yonkers, we are a nonresidential agency that provides support and services to people of all ages with disabilities living throughout Westchester County. Our motto of “People Empowering People” intends to provide each individual with the self-help skills to live independently and take control of their own lives in matters such as housing, health care, education, employment and public benefits. The agency advocates for civil rights and a barrier-free society and encourages consumers to participate in the political process in their communities. Our passion for continuing

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this work is strong and our programs and services are always available to consumers with disabilities and their families. Here are just a few examples of how WDOMI has given support to the community and made a positive impact in the lives of people with disabilities: • WDOMI has assisted more than 3,651 individuals and families in the last three years. • WDOMI established an agreement with the Municipal Housing Authority of Yonkers to set aside 5 percent of the housing vouchers for people with disabilities leaving institutions. • WDOMI has advocated for municipalities to make all of their facilities accessible to all of their residents. • More than 90 percent of the county’s polling sites are now accessible due to our legal intervention. To learn more about WDOMI, we invite you to visit our website at www.wdom.org.

WHY GIVE?

“The ‘Westchester Disabled On the Move’ motto, ‘People Empowering People,’ serves as a strong message to all individuals with disabilities that personal choices and independence are valuable goals to work toward. 90 percent of our staﬀ and 51 percent of our board are individuals with disabilities. This unique model enables us to empower our consumers through example.” Gail Cartenuto Cohn Board President, Westchester Disabled On the Move Inc.

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“An Evening in Good Taste” to End Childhood Hunger 17 Beneﬁ ting: Food Bank for Westchester OCT

The Food Bank for Westchester’s 23rd annual fundraiser where all funds will go to help end child hunger in Westchester. The evening will showcase foods and wines from the areas restaurants and caterers, as well as a silent auction. Join this exciting tasting event featuring gourmet delights and drinks from some of Westchester’s ﬁnest chefs. EVENT CO-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: Katy Coppinger at 923-1100 or email katy.coppinger@ foodbankforwestchester.org or visit www.foodbankforwestchester.org

Hand in Hand: A Celebration of Clay and Community 17 Beneﬁ ting: Clay Art Center OCT

An annual fundraiser beneﬁtting Clay Art Center’s community arts outreach programming, art scholarships for the under-served and artist-in-residences. Taste food from local restaurants. Special guest: Janet Langsam, CEO, ArtsWestchester. HONOREE: Reena Kashyap, founding director CHAIRWOMEN: Rose Foley, Donna Reed and Georgia Tenore TIME: 6 to 9:30 p.m. LOCATION: Community Synagogue of Rye, Rye TICKET PRICE: $125 per person; sponsorship and journal opportunities available CONTACT: Beth Roach at 937-2047, ext.221, or email development@clayartcenter.org

12th Annual Spirit of Independence Award Gala 17 Beneﬁ ting: Westchester Disabled On the Move, Inc. (WDOMI) OCT

A Yonkers-based independent living center “Empowering People with Disabilities in Westchester County for 29 Years,” WDOMI will be celebrating exceptional achievements by individuals and entities whose guiding force is for the inclusion of independent living for all people with disabilities into the fabric of society. HONOREES: Geralyn “Geri” Mariano, Spirit of Independence Award; Municipal Housing Authority for the City of Yonkers, Corporate Citizenship Award; James Weisman, senior vice president and general counsel, United Spinal Association, The Maureen Keating Tsuchiya Advocate of the Year Award; and Yonkers Mayor Michael J. Spano, Distinguished Service Award. HONORARY CHAIRWOMAN: Hon. Lois T. Bronz, ﬁrst honoree for the WDOMI Humanitarian Award TIME: 6:30 to 9 p.m. LOCATION: Crowne Plaza Hotel, White Plains TICKET PRICE: $150 per person; sponsorship and journal opportunities available CONTACT: Claudia Slater at 968-4717, ext. 11, or visit www.wdom.org

OCT

Top Hat and Cocktails Gala 18 Beneﬁ ting: SPCA of Westchester

Join us for an enchanting evening of delicious food and cocktails to celebrate and raise funds for the animals at the SPCA of Westchester. This formal and elegant evening features a unique twist –– guests are invited to bring along a well-behaved canine “date.” The evening features cocktails and hors d’oeuvres with various complimentary animal-related activities for guests and their pets to enjoy, in addition to a fabulous silent auction and dancing. HONOREES: Lisa P. Rockefeller, Maria Milito, Alexa and Rachel Kitaygorodsky TIME: 7 to 9:30 p.m. LOCATION: The Ritz-Carlton, White Plains TICKET PRICE: $200 per person; sponsorship and journal opportunities available CONTACT: Call 941-2896, ext. 22, or visit www.spca914.org

OCT

Celebrate WISE-ly 24 Beneﬁ ting: WISE Services

Honor the schools, teachers, mentors, community members and parents who have been an integral part of the senior high school experience. Keynote speaker will be Andrew Ross Sorkin, The New York Times editor and columnist and a 1995 graduate of Senior Options (WISE) at Scarsdale High School. HONOREES: Deborah Meier, Eric Rothschild and Bill Brown (in memoriam) TIME: 6:30 to 9:30 p.m. LOCATION: DoubleTree Hotel, Tarrytown TICKET PRICE: $250 per person; sponsorship and journal opportunities available CONTACT: Charlotte Abram at 747-0519

OCT

Ninth Annual Cornucopia 26 Beneﬁ ting: Hudson River HealthCare Foundation

An elegant evening with cocktails, dinner with silent and live auctions. HRHCare is the region’s leading provider of comprehensive primary health services for more than half of the 7,000 farmworkers in the Hudson Valley and Long Island. HONOREES: John L. Ubaldo, owner, John Boys Farm, and Julia and Nigel Widdowson, owners, Red Devon Farm & Restaurant TIME: 6 p.m. reception; 7 p.m. dinner and auction LOCATION: Bedford Post, Bedford TICKET PRICE: $500 per person; sponsorship and journal opportunities available CONTACT: Dotty DeBiase at 734-8736 or visit www.hrhcarecornucopia.com.

NOV

A Taste of Westchester 4 Beneﬁ ting: Cerebral Palsy of Westchester

This event will feature more than 20 of the area’s ﬁnest restaurants and top chefs noted for their cuisine as well as a worldly selection of wine, beer and beverages. All of the proceeds from this event will go toward the various programs oﬀered for children and adults with developmental disabilities. With your support CPW will be able to continue its mission to ensure that disabled individuals receive services and enjoy activities regardless of the level of their abilities. TIME: 6:15 p.m. LOCATION: Renaissance Westchester Hotel, West Harrison TICKET PRICE: $125 per person; $100 if purchased before Oct. 11 CONTACT: Stephanie Russo at 937-3800, ext. 411, or Stephanie.russo@cpwestchester.org

March of Dimes Real Estate Award Breakfast 14 Beneﬁ ting: March of Dimes NOV

This year marks the 75th anniversary of the March of Dimes and the 26th year of the Real Estate Award Breakfast, which draws an attendance of 500 commercial real estate professionals and related industries from the tri-state area honoring outstanding individuals and corporations that have made signiﬁcant contributions to the community. HONORING: National Realty & Development Corp., Purchase EVENT CHAIRPERSONS: Patricia Valenti, Newmark Grubb Knight Frank, and Jim Hurley, Pavarini North East Construction Co. TIME: 7 to 9 a.m. LOCATION: Renaissance Westchester Hotel, West Harrison TICKET PRICE: $300 per person; sponsorship and journal opportunities available CONTACT: Ellen Sanﬁlippo at 610-7528 or visit www.marchofdimes.com

Message from Jim Steets A truly scary time is before us — Halloween! As non-for-proﬁt agencies, you are all a large part of the community and Halloween is a holiday that we can all share. It is not traditionally associated with fundraising, but it should be associated with community involvement. Many towns have parades or encourage children to trick-or-treat at local businesses, which includes you. Take part in your town’s Halloween festivities, and be prepared for trickor-treaters who stop in and share the joy with the families, as these families may come to you to donate or volunteer their time as a family or families who you are helping serve. Consider taking this a step further by inviting families to come and stop by your oﬃces or facilities to trick-or-treat and use this opportunity to show them what you are all about. Include families from the community that you serve, donor families, as well as employee families and bring them all together for an informal gathering of spooky fun and candy! — Jim Steets, Vice President, Communications, Entergy

OCT

Latina Leadership Forum Women & Wisdom 18 Beneﬁ ting: 100 Hispanic Women, Westchester Chapter

Annual Latina Leadership Forum featuring exhibitors, networking luncheon, speaker panel with Q&A and scholarship presentations. TIME: 11 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. LOCATION: DoubleTree Hotel, Tarrytown TICKET PRICE: $75 per person; sponsorship opportunities available CONTACT: Rose Cappa at 747-0519 or visit www.100hispanicwomenofwestchester.org

OCT

Stories, Sips & Specialties 22 Beneﬁ ting: Kids X-Press

Come for live music, a silent auction and a unique fashion presentation by Jesus and Antonio Estrada. The “Touch the Sky” award will be presented to several students who have participated in Kids X-Press programs. The night also gives an opportunity to honor TD Bank, a longtime supporter of Kids X-Press and literacy in the community. Special guest for the evening will be Randi Zuckerberg, founder and CEO of Zuckerberg Media, former marketing director of Facebook and author of Dot Complicated. HONOREES: TD Bank and Randi Zuckerberg CHAIRMAN: Tony Justic HONORARY CHAIRPERSONS: Gianna and Chazz Palminteri TIME: 5:30 to 8:30 p.m. LOCATION: Pepe Inﬁniti, White Plains TICKET PRICE: $100 per person; sponsorship opportunities available CONTACT: Charlotte Abram at 747-0519 or visit www.kidsxpress.net

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.

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Mount Kisco company sets its sights on hospitals and meatpackers BY JOHN GOLDEN jgolden@westfairinc.com

n a wall-mounted screen in the demo room at Arrowsight Inc., a surgical unit team is being measured in real time at an unnamed hospital that is a client of this remote video auditing consultant in Mount Kisco. At an Arrowsight partner’s call center in India, a worker monitors video footage from those operating rooms in the U.S. and relays data back to the company’s storage and management locations here. In OR1 on the screen, the housekeeping department has a “cleaning in progress.” They’ve been at it 12 minutes now. The patient in OR2 has been there 53 minutes, prompting an “Alert” on the screen. The same display can be seen on a hospital scoreboard by surgical unit staff. “Positive reinforcement,” Arrowsight founder and CEO Adam B. Aronson calls the feedback his company provides employers and employees on workplace health, safety and efficiency practices. “This kind of feedback has been really successful as far as implementing teaching in many different venues without frustrating staff,” he said. On another monitor in the demo room, a camera fixedly focuses on workers inside a distant meat packing plant. Meat handlers neglecting to wash hands, animal abuse issues, business losses from improper meat preparing: Arrowsight’s video camera auditing can improve food safety, animal welfare and profit margins in the industry. “The meat industry is a core business for us,” said Aronson, who spent three years visiting butchering plants around the country to sell them on his company’s camera services. His industry clients now include Cargill Inc., JBS S.A., the Brazilian beef processing company and world’s largest food processer, and OSI Industries in suburban Chicago. A former currency trader at Credit Suisse First Boston, Aronson in the ’90s ran two hedge funds. “We did very well and life was pretty exciting and good,” he said in the conference room of Arrowsight headquarters at 45 Kensico Drive. “But I knew early on that I didn’t want to do that for my whole career. Currency trading, or trading in general, does not leave you with too many other skills in life.” Inspired by a television show to launch

Adam B. Aronson

a new online service, Aronson in the late ’90s raised seed capital for his venture, ParentWatch Inc. Parents could log in remotely and watch their children on video cameras placed in day care centers. “This was many, many, many years before YouTube,” he said. It was during a very exciting time in the late ’90s, basically anything that had to do with the Internet” attracted financing from investors. “Because of my background, I was able to raise a lot of capital very quickly” – about $80 million, Aronson said. From 1999 to 2001, ParentWatch had 120 employees, he recalled. But investors saw venture capital funds drying up and investment banks pulling out as the dot.com bubble was about to burst. “Just as quickly as it started, we unwound that business just as quickly in 2000, 2001,” Aronson said. Though ParentWatch remains a small division of Arrowsight, Aronson redirected the company’s focus and sought to broaden its target base of industries. “I believed from the very beginning that cameras could be used in a commercial setting to do good things for many people,” he said. He hired L.E.K. Consulting to advise him on the company’s new direction. Aronson said he expected to start with a list of 30 industries identified by the consultant as potential users of Arrowsight’s services. Instead, “They came back and said, ‘The meat industry.’” It is a $170 billion industry, said Aronson, and five companies control one-half of the country’s meat processing

plants. Arrowsight’s CEO went calling on meat plants. Having improved hand-washing hygiene in that industry, Aronson was urged by his father, a prominent Boston physician and professor at Harvard Medical School, to apply his business service to hospitals, where hygiene is critical in preventing infection and the spread of infectious diseases among patients and staff. In 2004 and 2005, Aronson began canvassing New York City and Boston hospitals on their interest in installing cameras. “No one would even look at it,” he said. With hospital administrators concerned about regulatory compliance, privacy and liability issues, “No one wanted to do it.” Aronson said he renewed his effort to expand his business to hospitals after both his mother and sister contracted hospitalacquired infections. He got his break in Macon, Ga., where a hospital allowed his cameras in to monitor and help improve proper handwashing by staff. The hospital’s hand-washing compliance rate shortly improved from 30 percent to 90 percent of workers. That performance record attracted the attention of the head of infection control at North Shore University Hospital in Manhasset, part of the North Shore-LIJ Health System. Using Arrowsight’s video cameras, the hospital conducted a massive study of some 450,000 hand-washing incidents between 2008 and 2011 in its intensive care units. As a result of the camera monitoring and feedback, staff compliance has risen

from below 15 percent at the start of the study to 90 percent and above, a North Shore hospital executive told the trade publication Hospital Peer Review this year. The hand-hygiene program validated the video auditing method to improve staff performance and hospital safety, Aronson said. But expanding the monitoring throughout hospitals has been a tough sell. “Unfortunately, because of Obamacare and the enormous pressure on hospitals financially, hospitals are discouraged from making a lot of big safety-measure improvements,” Aronson said. Adapting to that reality, he has pinpointed the technology’s use for monitoring of hygiene practices in isolation rooms for patients with contagious diseases. The demo-room screen that clocks operating room procedures could be in greater demand from hospitals adjusting to the Affordable Care Act’s focus on both quality of patient care and cost efficiency. “What we’re selling today is really in the operating room,” Aronson said. Hospitals draw 60 percent to 70 percent of their revenue from their surgical units, he noted. The video auditing can improve operating-room performance across the board, from reducing the time that housekeepers clean a room for the next surgery to assuring that surgeons are operating “on the right body part” and not leaving foreign objects in a patient, he said. The information collected by the cameras and processed with Arrowsight software is not used “in a punitive manner,” Aronson said. “We never post individual performance. It’s always team data. The whole concept is, we’re one big family.” Arrowsight employs 73 staff workers and consultants, Aronson said, including 19 employees in Mount Kisco and about 40 staff workers in its Huntsville, Ala., office. Those numbers could grow if Arrowsight’s recent partnership with a global consulting firm brings the video service to the partner’s client businesses in numerous industries. Aronson has his sights on the pharmaceutical industry. “Manufacturing in general is a gigantic opportunity,” he said. “Anywhere there’s a group of people responsible for making something or seeing people could benefit from this kind of program.” HV Biz • WCBJ • October 7, 2013

How well do you use video?

ideo is one of the fastest growing areas in social media. Almost every major platform including Facebook, LinkedIn and Twitter now encourages video to both its users and advertisers. A recent study by Cisco predicted that by 2017, Internet video traffic will more than triple to an astounding 17.1 exabytes per month. Video advertising has grown enormously and is now viewed by many in the advertising industry as being more effective than traditional advertising. Several intriguing findings have also been recently reported relating to video advertising. An August 2013 VideoHub study reported the surprising result that the completion rate of video advertising was largely unaffected by the length of the digital video. (The completion rate is defined as the number of people who remained for an entire advertisement). A video advertisement of fewer than 30 seconds had roughly the same completion rate (84 percent) as a video lasting 30 minutes (82 percent). (I assume that latter video was

a promotional video.) Surprisingly, while the duration of the video had little overall effect, the size of the video did matter. The smaller the video, the smaller the percentage of completion by its viewers. Videos with fewer than 300 pixels had a 66 percent completion rate while videos with 800-plus pixels had a 93 percent completion rate. Some of this disparity, however, might be attributable to the size of the viewing device: mobile vs. platform. Video size also affected the click-through rate. Videos of fewer than 400 pixels had a 0.2 percent to 0.4 percent click-through rate while videos of 400 pixels or larger had at least a 0.9 percent click-through rate, a significant difference. These results do emphasize the facts that size really does matter – at least for video completion and performance. What is it about video that attracts our attention? Is it that we have been conditioned by movies or television? Many people believe that its biggest benefit is engagement. As an audience, we want to be entertained. There is so much going on in our lives and our attention is so easily distracted that video provides a means of reaching out and grab-

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bing our attention and holding it. Video (and webinars) allows an audience to connect with a presenter in a way that can start to build a relationship. Using stories and creating compelling and interesting content can also build trust. In fact, when I create content for my webinar and social media clients, one of the key elements I consider is how to provide great information and insight while keeping the audience engaged and entertained. I recently asked the members in several of my LinkedIn groups a series of questions concerning the effectiveness of video. Almost all of the people who responded said that they would respond faster to a video than to some written text. My findings were similar, although stronger than the results of another study in which 60 percent of the respondents stated they would watch a video on a web page before reading any text on that page. Both results denote the importance of video for gaining and retaining traffic. Videos are most effective when they are part of an overall marketing campaign. Being able to provide a consistent message to your audience that enhances your brand and almost always includes some call to action

(which may be something as simple as driving people to your website or landing page) will effectively help grow your business. The most successful marketing campaigns are highly planned and able to reach their target audience through different “angles.” These can include white papers, coupons (if applicable), webinars, social media postings and videos. If you utilize just email marketing, for example, it will be far less effective than an integrated approach. In most instances, I recommend employing at least one video or webinar toward the beginning of your marketing sequence since it will generate interest and build traffic while facilitating successful interaction and relationship building. Note: In an upcoming article, I will discuss video and webinars, YouTube and SEO (search engine optimization). Bruce Newman is the president of wwWebevents.com, a division of The Productivity Institute L.L.C., and the creator of The Complete Webinar Training Course, an online course that helps companies create and promote highly successful webinars. He can be reached at bnewman@prodinst.com.

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FACTS& FIGURES ON THE RECORD WESTChESTER

Roma 380 Equities Corp., 187 Columbus Ave., New York City 10023. Chapter 11, voluntary. Attorneys: Jonathan S. BANKRUPTCIES Pasternak, White Plains; and Serene K. Nakano, New York The following petitions were City. Filed Sept. 26. Case no. filed in the U.S. Bankruptcy 13-13135. Court for the Southern District of New York in White Plains. Chapter 11 indicates the filer intends to submit a plan of COURT CASES reorganization to the court. Chapter 7 indicates a liquidaThe following cases appear on tion of assets. the docket of the U.S. District Court for the county of WestManhattan chester in White Plains. Acrex Inc., Post Office Box 674, Ramsey, N.J. 07446. Chapter 11, voluntary. Attorney: Alan E. Gamza, New York City. Filed Sept. 25. Case no. 13-13133. Ikeda Inc., 1016 Lexington Ave., New York City 10021. Chapter 7, voluntary. Attorney: Ehsanul Habib, Forest Hills. Filed Oct. 1. Case no. 13-13207.

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UPS Freight, et al. Filed by Liberty International Underwriter. Action: federal question claim. Attorney for plaintiff: Samuel Carl Coluzzi. Filed Sept. 25. Case no. 13-06782.

Industrybuilt Software Ltd. dEEdS Filed by Rockland Bakery Inc. Action: diversity-account receivable claim. Attorney for plaintiff: Richard Anthony De Above $1 million Palma. Filed Sept. 26. Case no. 13-06823. Friendly Silverman Holding Corp., White Plains. Seller: Investance Americas Inc., et Coolidge-Mount Kisco Equial. Filed by Matthew Cole. Ac- ties L.P., Scarsdale. Property: tion: claim filed under the Fair 489 E. Main St., Mount Kisco. Labor Standards Act of 1938. Amount: $3 million. Filed Attorney for plaintiff: Grant Sept. 30. Martin Lally. Filed Sept. 25. Case no. 13-06787.

Allied Interstate L.L.C. Filed by Katherine Leonetti. Action: claim filed under the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act of 1978. Attorney for plaintiff: Craig Thor Kimmel. Filed Sept. 25. Case no. 13-06791. The Jabara Group Inc. Filed by Benson Mills Inc. Action: Big Apple Meat Market Inc., copyright infringement claim. et al. Filed by Luis Oviedo. Attorney for plaintiff: Brett Action: denial of overtime Schatz. Filed Sept. 26. Case no. compensation claim. Attor- 13-06855. ney for plaintiff: Michael Antonio Faillace. Filed Sept. 25. John Paul Mitchell System Case no. 13-06783. Inc. Filed by Unilever P.L.C.,

Parade Place L.L.C., 3145 Coney Island Ave., Brooklyn 11235. Chapter 11, voluntary. Eden Pond Labs L.L.C. Attorney: Arnold Mitchell Filed by HealthyPets Inc. AcGreene, New York City. Filed tion: trademark infringement Sept. 27. Case no. 13-13160. claim. Attorney for plaintiff: Jeffrey Sonnabend. Filed Sept. 25. Case no. 13-06773.

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Google Ireland Ltd. Filed by ActiveCast Media. Action: diversity-other contract claim. Attorney for plaintiff: Joyce Diane Campbell Priveterre. Filed Sept. 25. Case no. 13-06770.

et al. Action: trademark infringement claim. Attorneys for plaintiff: Gregory Paul Guli and Vanessa C. Hew. Filed Sept. 25. Case no. 13-06772. Nestle Waters North America Inc., et al. Filed by Janet Porras. Action: personal injury claim. Attorney for plaintiff: Jonathan F. Banks. Filed Sept. 25. Case no. 13-06767.

FGS Inc. Filed by Car-Freshner Corp., et al. Action: trademark infringement claim. Attorneys for plaintiff: Joel Maximino Melendez, Steven Francis Molo and Ben- News Corp., et al. Filed by oit Quarmby. Filed Sept. 26. Dial Corp., et al. Action: anCase no. 13-06820. titrust litigation claim. Attorneys for plaintiff: Robert Flooring Technologies S. Berry and Justin M. PreInc. Filed by The New York sant. Filed Sept. 26. Case no. City District Council of Car- 13-06802. penters. Action: employee retirement claim. Attorney Retail Royalty Co., et al. Filed for plaintiff: Michael Bau- by Klauber Brothers Inc. Acman. Filed Sept. 25. Case no. tion: copyright infringement 13-06777. claim. Attorneys for plaintiff: Philip Howard Gottfried and Marc Jonathan Jason. Filed Sept. 26. Case no. 13-06826.

AVC Properties L.L.C., Rye. Seller: Robert Kuefner, Floral Park. Property: 1017 Grove St., Rye. Amount: $490,000. Filed Sept. 26. Baj Intel L.L.C., Yonkers. Seller: 237 Chelsea L.L.C., New York City. Property: 127 Downing St., Yonkers. Amount: $320,000. Filed Oct. 1. Chatterton Building Development Corp., Woodbury. Seller: Robert J. Caponera, North White Plains. Property: 57 James St., North Castle. Amount: $155,000. Filed Sept. 25.

CJS Building Corp., Mamaroneck. Seller: Rosemarie C. Below $1 million Widulski, Scarsdale. Property: 37 Malvern Lane, New 15 Standish L.L.C., White Rochelle. Amount: $500,000. Plains. Seller: Robert Zampi- Filed Sept. 30. no, et al, Nyack. Property: 15 Standish Drive, New Ro- Dobbs Ferry Dental PLLC, chelle. Amount: $399,000. Dobbs Ferry. Seller: Edward Filed Sept. 26. J. Zuckerberg, et al, Dobbs Ferry. Property: 2 Russell 410 Westchester Ave L.L.C., Place, Greenburgh. Amount: Rye Brook. Seller: Silverbridge $900,000. Filed Sept. 25. Capital L.L.C., White Plains. Property: 410 Westchester Ginda L.L.C., Mohegan Lake. Ave., Suite 401, Rye. Amount: Seller: Samuel R. Gambino, et $737,940. Filed Sept. 25. al, Mohegan Lake. Property: 1968 E. Main St., Yorktown. 594 Tuckahoe Road Inc., Amount: $350,000. Filed Sept. Pleasantville. Seller: Yonkers Sept. 25. Nissan Inc., Pleasantville. Property: 594 Tuckahoe Road, Global Real Estate USA Inc., Yonkers. Amount: $950,000. New York City. Seller: Joseph Filed Oct. 1. DelVecchio, et al, Harrison. Property: 99 Henry Ave., Har7 Elm Place L.L.C., Rye. rison. Amount: $585,000. Seller: RJL Building Inc., Filed Sept. 26. Rye. Property: 7 Elm Place, Rye. Amount: $750,000. Filed Housing Action Council Sept. 27. Inc., Tarrytown. Seller: Alfonso Sanchez, et al, EastALR Trademark Homes chester. Property: 37 Stewart L.L.C., New Rochelle. Seller: Place, Eastchester. Amount: Fannie Mae. Property: 316 $390,000. Filed Sept. 27. Union Ave., Mount Vernon. Amount: $92,300. Filed Sept. Sept. 25.

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NEWSMAKERS plus awards and events WHITE PLAINS ATTORNEYS RECOGNIZED AS AMONG ‘BEST’ HARRIS MARKHOFF, MICHAEL MARKHOFF and JOSHUA S. LEVINE are included in “The Best Lawyers in America 2014;” JAY FENSTER and MICHAEL MARKHOFF are included in “Super Lawyers.” All four attorneys are partners at Danziger & Markhoff L.L.P. in White Plains, a business and tax-oriented law firm that has JAY FENSTER been representing clients for more than 50 years. Harris Markhoff was selected in the area of corporate law and trusts and estates, Michael Markhoff was selected in the area of trusts and estates and Levine was selected in the area of health care law. Super Lawyers Fenster and Michael Markhoff were select-

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ed for inclusion in the 2013 Metro New York Super Lawyers. Fenster was listed in the area of employee benefits/ERISA and Michael Markhoff was listed in the area of estate planning and probate. Only 5 percent of attorneys practicing in New York state received this honor.

SUPER LAWYERS AT KEANE & BEANE RICHARD L. O’ROURKE, JOEL H. SACHS and STEVEN A. SCHURKMAN of Keane & Beane P.C., a law firm in White Plains, were named to the Metro Super Lawyers List as top attorneys in New York state for 2013. O’Rourke was named in the area of land use and zoning, Sachs in the areas of environmental law and real estate and Schurkman in the areas of estate planning and probate Super Lawyers, a Thomson Reuters business, is a rating

service of outstanding lawyers in more than 70 practice areas who have attained a high degree of peer recognition and professional achievement.

WLS PARTNERS WITH TOTAL BOOX LIBRARY CARD HOLDERS in Westchester County now have access to TOTAL BOOX, a new e-book service with the following features: • Unlimited access – All books are immediately available to all patrons. No need to wait. • Unlimited downloading – Download as many books as you want to your mobile device. • Unlimited reading – No expiration. Books stay on your device for as long as you wish. • Unlimited freedom – all books can be read online and offline. A large selection of more than 17,000 books on the Total Boox platform in all categories and genres are available for Westchester Library System cardholders, which can be accessed on the WLS homepage by simply registering with their library card number and PIN. Just browse through the Total Boox site and select books of interest to add to your collection. “We’re very excited to launch our service with WLS,” said Yoav Lorch, founder and CEO of Total Boox. “This is the first

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time in the history of libraries where all titles are always available to all patrons, regardless if any titles have been checked out or not. We strongly believe our unique model provides true value to readers, librarians and publishers and hope to see it in the near future installed in public and academic institutions nationwide.” “WLS is proud to be the first library system worldwide to integrate this service,” said Terry L. Kirchner, executive director. “Total Boox offers a wide range of e-books, including current titles in computer technology and the sciences, that will help our member libraries better serve the information needs of their communities.” For more information on Total Boox and other digital collection services, visit our website westchesterlibraries.org. The WLS includes 38 member public libraries throughout the county and is one of New York state’s 23 public library systems. WLS and its member libraries have a total collection of 5.3 million items, including 3.8 million books, as well as audio recordings, DVDs, print serials and other materials.

MHA TO HONOR HOSPITAL EXECUTIVE WILLA BRODY, director of government and community relations, New York-Presbyterian Hospital will be honored Oct. 17 by the Mental Health Association of Westchester (MHA) at the Metropolis Country Club in White Plains. She will receive the MHA On the Move Award. The annual event benefits and builds mental health services in Westchester and the honor recognizes an individual who advocates for improved mental health through actions or philanthropy and promotes an understanding of mental health issues. An advocate for individuals seeking support for mental health issues, Brody has been a strong community activist throughout her professional and volunteer life. Responsible for creating deeply committed services across multiple sectors in Westchester, she has had an accomplished career at New YorkPresbyterian Hospital where she has oversight of the Weill Cornell Medical Center, Westchester Division and Children’s Hospital campuses. Brody holds a bachelor’s degree in sociology and English from Queens College, CUNY; a master’s degree in social work and a post-master’s degree in aging from Hunter College, CUNY, and a law degree from Pace University. For the past 12 years, Brody has been a board member of The Business Council of Westchester.

JUST 0.06 SEPARATES FIRM FROM WINNER GOLDBERG SEGALLA was less than one-tenth of a point separated from being named Intelligent Insurer’s Global Law Firm of the Year, placing the firm among the very best law firms serving the insurance and reinsurance industries worldwide. Goldberg Segalla was the runner-up for the award given earlier this month at the Rendez-Vous de Septembre in Monte Carlo, the premier global conference for the insurance and reinsurance industries. Scoring for the award came from Intelligent Insurer’s six-month poll of more than 1,100 insurance and reinsurance executives around the world, which evaluated firms for their quality of service and accomplishments in 2013 through interviews and questionnaires. Goldberg Segalla’s average score was only 0.06 below the winner. The firm finished ahead of Norton Rose Fulbright, Mayer Brown and Locke Lord, who were the other finalists. “We congratulate Clyde & Co on winning this prestigious award,” said Richard J. Cohen, managing partner of Goldberg Segalla. “But achieving the number-two spot as a firm that is only 12 years old and being placed there based on the opinions and feedback from industry leaders, is in itself incredibly rewarding. The competition was very strong.”

KATONAH MUSEUM DIRECTOR SELECTED FOR LONG ISLAND POST NEIL WATSON has been appointed executive director of the Long Island Museum in Stony Brook, filling the position of Jackie Day, who announced her retirement last spring. “After an extensive search, Neil quickly became our unanimous choice to lead the museum into the future,” said attorney James W. Wicks, president of the board of trustees. “We’re truly excited about Neil’s arrival. His enthusiasm has energized all of us and we look forward to great things to come at the museum. Neil is a seasoned museum professional and cultural leader with a compelling vision for our future.” Watson, the former executive director of the Katonah Museum of Art (KMA) for eight years, increased membership by a third and the museum broke new ground with ambitious and award-winning exhibitions and educational programs. His exhibition “Shattering Glass: New Perspectives,” co-curated with Ellen Keiter, broke all previous attendance records for the KMA. Under his leadership, exhibitions such as “Bold Cautious True: Walt Whitman and American Art of the Civil War Era” and “Double Solitaire: the Surreal Worlds of Kay Sage and Yves Tanguy” brought new audiences to the museum. His vision of a museum as a community’s cultural hub led to an expansion of the museum’s public programming through series such as Crosstalk, an innovative speaker series that presented leaders and celebrities, including former CEO of Sesame Workshop Gary Knell, New Yorker cartoonists Roz Chast and Barry Blitt, actress Patricia Clarkson, and political journalist Joe Klein, and the concert series Shades of Jazz, curated by legendary jazz guitarist John Scofield. Watson was also an advocate for educational outreach and collaboration, shepherding new award-winning initiatives to the museum such as Smart Girls, a leadership program designed for at-risk young women, and Thinking Through Art, a program designed for elementary schools focusing on visual literacy. These programs increased the museum’s reach to 8,000 schoolchildren in five counties and along with innovative family programs, provided new avenues for community involvement in the museum. The final exhibitions under Watson’s stewardship include “Beyond the Bed: the American Quilt Revolution of Spring 2013,” and the interactive “Eye to I: 3000 Years of Portraits,” scheduled to open later this fall and for which Watson contributed to the catalog. Watson is known for his community engagement and charismatic style, serving on the board of the Katonah Chamber of Commerce for eight years, as well as the board of ArtsWestchester. He is an appointed museum panelist for the New York State Council for the Arts.

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BOYS & GIRLS CLUB OF NORTHERN WESTCHESTER YOUNG PROFESSIONALS ADVISORY COUNCIL PARTNERS WITH MOUNT KISCO ROTARY CLUB ON THIRD ANNUAL “TASTES OF NORTHERN WESTCHESTER,” from 6 to 10 p.m., at the Mount Kisco Country Club, 10 Taylor Road, Chappaqua. Proceeds will benefit the club’s programs and services. Guests will enjoy an assortment of samplings from the finest area restaurants along with a silent auction and live music. For more information, call Lisa Keogh at (914) 666-8069, ext. 112, or email lkeogh@bgcnw.com. Guests may also register online by visiting bgcnw.com/events.

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THE WOMAN’S CLUB OF WHITE PLAINS FOUNDATION CORKS AND FORKS, EVENING OF FABULOUS FOOD AND SPIRITS, 7 p.m., at The Woman’s Club of White Plains, 305 Ridgeway, White Plains, will benefit Gilda’s Club Westchester, which provides free support for everyone living with cancer. Tickets are $95, reserved seating $120. For more information and reservations, call (914) 391-3909.

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COPLAND’S CHAMBER MUSIC SUNDAY at 3 p.m. at Merestead, 455 Byram Lake Road, Mount Kisco, brings Copland House and the Jacob Burns Film Center together to explore lesser-known sides of Aaron Copland’s artistry and his award-winning film and chamber music. This concert features two of Copland’s greatest works, his hyperkinetic “Sextet of 1933” and the rich, introspective “Quartet for Piano and Strings of 1950.” For Friends of Copland House and Burns Film Center, purchase tickets by Oct. 13 for this concert and get up to two free tickets, subject to availability, to any screening in the Burns series “Warming the Screen: The Film Music of Aaron Copland,” Oct. 17 to Oct. 20. Also, buy tickets for any Copland film series screening at Jacob Burns Film Center and get discounted tickets for this concert, subject to availability. Tickets are $25, $20 (Friends of Copland House); $10 (students w/IDs); includes Q&A and postconcert, meet-the artists reception. For tickets, call (914) 788-4659.

THE WOMEN’S JUSTICE CENTER of Pace University School of Law annual benefit dinner takes place at 6 p.m. at Abigail Kirsch, Tappan Hill Mansion, 81 Highland Ave., in Tarrytown. The theme is “Making a Difference: Pursuing Justice for Westchester’s Aging Community,” and the honorees are attorneys Steven Schurkman and Mary Beth Morrissey. For more information, visit law.pace.edu/ pwjcbenefit or contact Jana Kosberg-Kleidman, associate director at (914) 422-4638.

THE CURRENT STATE OF DEBT MARKETS, a New York ACG (Association for Corporate Growth)-sponsored event from 7:30 to 9:30 a.m. at Abigail Kirsch Tappan Hill Mansion, 81 Highland Ave., Tarrytown. Participants are moderator Durant D. Schwimmer, managing director The Carlyle Group; Gregory Cashman, senior managing director, Golub Capital; Corey Sclar, managing director, Brookside Mezzanine Partners; and Neil Wessan, managing director, head of Capital Markets, CIT Capital Markets. Admission is $75 for members and $100 for nonmembers. To register, call (212) 489-8700, ext. 3.

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FACTS&FIGURES HSBC Bank USA N.A. Seller: Michele L. Bermel, Chappaqua. Property: 10 Stewart Place, 1AE, White Plains. Amount: $388,066. Filed Sept. 26.

Wolf Conservation Center Inc., South Salem. Seller: Molly Flaherty, South Salem. Property: 3 Buck Run, Lewisboro. Amount: $850,000. Filed Oct. 1.

Magginium L.L.C., Mamaroneck. Seller: The Roman Foreclosure Catholic Church of the Most Auctions Holy Trinity, Mamaroneck. Property: 480 E. Boston Post Road, Rye. Amount: $500,000. PEEKSKILL, 300 Highland Filed Sept. 26. Ave. Downtown-row-type building; lot size not availMichael Anthony Holdings able. Plaintiff: Timothy SchInc., Mount Vernon. Seller: urr. Plaintiff ’s attorney: Glen Edward Costello, Yonkers. P. Malisa, 2117 Crompond Property: 46 S. Terrace Ave., Road, Cortlandt Manor. DeMount Vernon. Amount: fendant: Mercedes Bueno. Referee: Gary Rikoon. Sale: $538,000. Filed Oct. 1. Oct. 17, 10 a.m. Approximate lien: $1,010,365.33. NJP Property Holdings L.L.C., Rye Brook. Seller: Jean Poole, Philadelphia, Pa. ELMSFORD, 6 Crest Place. Property: 459 S. Columbus Single-family residence; .12 Ave., Mount Vernon. Amount: acre. Plaintiff: Deutsche Bank National Trust Co. Plaintiff ’s $117,500. Filed Sept. 27. attorney: Fein, Such & Crane, 747 Chestnut Ridge Road, NK Realty L.L.C., Yonkers. Suite 200, Chestnut Ridge; Seller: Nick J. Gionta, et al, (973) 538-4700. Defendant: Yonkers. Property: 250 Win- Melchor Garita. Referee: fred Ave., Yonkers. Amount: Darren DeUrso. Sale: Oct. $625,000. Filed Sept. 30. 7, 9 a.m. Approximate lien: $406,877.53. RAC Closing Services L.L.C., Cheshire, Conn. Seller: Debo- MAMARONECK, 650 Baldrah Nassayan, et al, New Ro- win Place. Single-family resichelle. Property: 117 Wilson dence; .56 acre. Plaintiff: The Drive, New Rochelle. Amount: Bank of New York Mellon $444,000. Filed Sept. 30. Trust Co. Plaintiff ’s attorney: The Pointe Development Group L.L.C., Fairfield, Conn. Seller: K and M Realty Group Ltd., Purchase. Property: Bowman Ave., Rye. Amount: $969,000. Filed Oct. 1. U.S. Bank N.A. Seller: John A. Sarcone, White Plains. Property: 770 N. Barry Ave., Rye. Amount: $283,680. Filed Oct. 1. Wilmington Trust Co. Seller: Albert W. Cornachio III, Rye Brook. Property: 19 Pine St., Greenburgh. Amount: $611,382. Filed Sept. 25.

Sheldon May & Associates, 255 Merrick Road, Rockville Centre; (516) 763-3200. Defendant: Rogerio Freitas. Referee: Darren DeUrso. Sale: Oct. 9, 12:30 p.m. Approximate lien: $663,200. MOUNT KISCO, 4 Grove St. Three-family dwelling; lot size not available. Plaintiff: U.S. Bank N.A. Plaintiff ’s attorney: Leopold & Associates P.L.L.C., 80 Business Park Drive, Armonk. Defendant: Ana Calle. Referee: John Perone. Sale: Oct. 16, 10 a.m. Approximate lien: $754,070.55.

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MOUNT VERNON, 9 Grandview Ave. Single-family residence; .05 acre. Plaintiff: Freedom Mortgage Corp. Plaintiff ’s attorney: Fein, Such & Crane, 747 Chestnut Ridge Road, Suite 200, Chestnut Ridge, (973) 538-4700. Defendant: Maxine Douglas. Referee: Carol Mark. Sale: Oct. 7, 9:30 a.m. Approximate lien: $438,333.06. th

MOUNT VERNON, 36 S. 11 Ave. Single-family residence; .12 acre. Plaintiff: Deutsche Bank National Trust Co. Plaintiff ’s attorney: Shapiro, DiCaro & Barak, 250 Mile Crossing Blvd., Suite 1, Rochester; (585) 247-9000. Defendant: Stanley Ridley. Referee: Pauline Marie Galvin. Sale: Oct. 9, noon. Approximate lien: $483,382.08. MOUNT VERNON, 209 Egmont Ave. Single-family residence; .05 acre. Plaintiff: U.S. Bank N.A. Plaintiff ’s attorney: Frenkel, Lambert, Weiss, Weisman & Gordon, (631) 969-3100; 53 Gibson St., Bay Shore. Defendant: Joretha Quarless. Referee: Paul Milkus. Sale: Oct. 7, 10 a.m. Approximate lien: $457,056.36. NEW ROCHELLE, 6 Inwood Place. Single-family residence; .21 acre. Plaintiff: Aurora Loan Services L.L.C. Plaintiff ’s attorney: Davidson, Fink, Cook, Kelly & Galbraith, 28 E. Main St., Suite 1700, Rochester; (585) 546-6448 or (585) 7608218. Defendant: Pietro Enea. Referee: Daniel Pagano. Sale: Oct. 21, 11 a.m. Approximate lien: $685,915.01. NEW ROCHELLE, 344354 Webster Ave. One-story multi-occupant; .38 acre. Plaintiff: Happy State Bank. Plaintiff ’s attorney: Belkin, Burden, Wenig & Goldman, (212) 867-4466; 270 Madison Ave., New York City. Defendant: Born Again United Church Inc. Referee: Harold Wood. Sale: Oct. 23, 2 p.m. Approximate lien: $786,104.21.

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Luigi Siconolfi Landscaping Inc., West Harrison. $147 in favor of the town of Harrison, A to Z Wireless Solutions Harrison. Filed Sept. 24. Inc., Nanuet. $530,965 in favor of VFC Partners 25 L.L.C., Machi Contracting Corp., Waco, Texas. Filed Sept. 27. Sleepy Hollow. $6,694 in favor of Peckham Materials Corp., AGM Painting Inc., Thorn- White Plains. Filed Sept. 26. wood. $1,030 in favor of the New York State Department of Labor and the New York State Pat’s Valhalla DelicatesDepartment of Taxation and sen, Valhalla. $9,115 in favor of Beyer Farms Inc. Jamaica. RYE BROOK, 4 Longledge Finance, Albany. Filed Oct. 18. Filed Sept. 30. Drive. Single-family residence; .62 acre. Plaintiff: Artistic Remodeling SoluManufactures and Traders tions, Riverdale. $77,062 in Pulse 360 Inc., Getzville. Trust Co. Plaintiff ’s attorney: favor of J-Mak Realty Corp., $740,885 in favor of Comcast Interactive Media L.L.C., Costello Cooney & Fearon Yonkers. Filed Sept. 24. White Plains. Filed Sept. 30. P.L.L.C., 500 Plum St., Suite 300 Syracuse; (315) 422-1152. Balog Construction CompaDefendant: Robert Witt. Ref- ny Inc., Sleepy Hollow. $1,050 Simons Candy Buffet Inc., eree: Gerald Geisi. Sale: Oct. in favor of the New York State Yorktown Heights. $5,377 in 9, 10 a.m. Approximate lien: Department of Labor and the favor of Nassau Candy Inc., $507,454. New York State Department of Hicksville. Filed Sept. 30. Taxation and Finance, Albany. TUCKAHOE, 51 Rogers St. Filed Oct. 18. Two-family dwelling; .12 acre. Lis Pendens Plaintiff: One West Bank FSB. BDN Associates Inc., Dobbs Plaintiff ’s attorney: Fein, Such Ferry. $1,030 in favor of the The following filings indicated a & Crane, 747 Chestnut Ridge New York State Department of legal action has been initiated, Road, Suite 200, Chestnut Labor and the New York State the outcome of which may affect Ridge; (973) 538-4700. De- Department of Taxation and the title to the property listed. fendant: Balmu Martin Jr. Ref- Finance, Albany. Filed Oct. 18. eree: Robert Cypher. Sale: Oct. Bonacci, Carla, et al. Filed by 21, 9:20 a.m. Approximate The Bank of New York Mellon Beckstar Express Couriers lien: $845,521.56. Inc., New Rochelle. $1,050 in Trust Company N.A. Action: favor of the New York State seeks to foreclose on a mortYONKERS, 34 Linden St., Department of Labor and the gage to secure an unspecified Single-family residence; New York State Department of amount affecting property .10 acre. Plaintiff: Nation- Taxation and Finance, Albany. located at 12 Autumn Ridge star Mortgage L.L.C. Plain- Filed Oct. 18. Road, South Salem 10590. tiff ’s attorney: Fein, Such & Filed May 31. Crane, 747 Chestnut Ridge Road, Suite 200, Chestnut Bella Paul Restaurant Inc., Caviola, Jennifer L., et al. Ridge; (973) 538-4700. De- Croton-on-Hudson. $1,050 Filed by JPMorgan Chase in favor of the New York State fendant: Reginald Hill. RefBank N.A. Action: seeks to Department of Labor and the eree: Ira Clair. Sale: Oct. 21, foreclose on a mortgage to seNew York State Department of 9:45 a.m. Approximate lien: cure $300,700 affecting propTaxation and Finance, Albany. $178,076.66. erty located at 14 N. Lake CirFiled Oct. 18. cle, South Salem 10590. Filed Capri Enterprises Inc., June 3. Scarsdale. $4,708 in favor of Sysco Metro New York L.L.C., Chen, Hua, et al. Filed by Jersey City, N.J. Filed Sept. 27. Abacus Federal Savings Bank. Action: seeks to foreclose on a Concourse Precast Inc., mortgage to secure an unspecWhite Plains. $16,830 in fa- ified amount affecting propvor of Local Union No. 580 of erty located at 22 Cedar Place, the International Union, New Yonkers. Filed May 31. York City. Filed Sept. 24. PORT CHESTER, 4 Tower Hill Drive. Single-family residence; .38 acre. Plaintiff: Deutsche Bank National Trust Co. Plaintiff ’s attorney: Frenkel, Lambert, Weiss, Weisman & Gordon, (631) 969-3100; 53 Gibson St., Bay Shore. Defendant: Encaracion Garcia. Referee: Christopher Meagher. Sale: Oct. 21, 9:30 a.m. Approximate lien: $651,983.98.

Collins, Stephen P., et al. Filed by The Bank of New York Mellon. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $378,000 affecting property located at 525 Milton Road, Rye 10580. Filed June 3. DeLa Rosa, Guillermo, et al. Filed by Bank of America N.A. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $323,650 affecting property located at 8 Bronson Ave., Scarsdale 10583. Filed June 3.

Johnson, Paula, et al. Filed by JPMorgan Chase Bank N.A. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $227,200 affecting property located at 680-88 W. Boston Post Road, unit 1M, Mamaroneck 10543. Filed May 31.

Mangi, Joseph, et al. Filed by Deutsche Bank National Trust Co. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $1.5 million affecting property located at 11 Stony Brook Place, Armonk 10504. Filed May 31.

Jones, Anthony, et al. Filed by Deutsche Bank National Trust Co. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $445,500 affecting property located at 110 Broad St., Peekskill 10566. Filed June 3.

Mangroo, Rheuben, 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 358 Nuber Ave., Mount Vernon 10553. Filed June 3.

Kim, Choong Sun, et al. Filed by Hudson City Savings Bank. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $405,000 affecting property located at 3 Edgewater Place, Larchmont. Filed June 3.

Mejia, Flora, et al. Filed by U.S. Bank N.A. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $338,000 affecting property located at 87 Mclean Ave., Yonkers 10705. Filed June 3.

Kuhn, Robert J., et al. Filed by The Bank of New York Mellon. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $460,000 affecting property located at 46 Dutch St., Montrose 10548. Filed May 30.

Murray, Ethlean, et al. Filed by U.S. Bank N.A. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $384,817 affecting property located at 3571 Gomer St., Yorktown Heights 10598. Filed May 31.

Lavista, Anthony Luigi, as heir at law and next of kin of Vicentina Lavista, 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 38 Glen Road, Eastchester 10709. Filed Graham, George, et al. Filed June 3. by Citimortgage Inc. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mort- Lipowiecki, Edward J., et al. gage to secure $711,768 af- Filed by Deutsche Bank Nafecting property located at 5 tional Trust Co. Action: seeks Raemont Road, Somers. Filed to foreclose on a mortgage May 31. to secure $290,000 affecting property located at 219 IrenHerrera, Jhonny I., et al. hyl Ave., Port Chester 10573. Filed by Fifth Third Mortgage Filed June 3. Co. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure Luiso, Robert, et al. Filed $282,735 affecting property by JPMC Specialty Mortgage located at 41 School St., Cor- L.L.C. Action: seeks to foretlandt Manor 10567. Filed close on a mortgage to secure June 3. $420,000 affecting property located at 33 Bentay Drive, Harrison 10528. Filed May 30.

Norman, Irene, et al. Filed by Bank of America N.A. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure an unspecified amount affecting property located at 38 Rogers St., Tuckahoe 10707. Filed June 3.

Flores, Xavier, et al. Filed by U.S. Bank N.A. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $487,500 affecting property located at 21 Mitchell Ave., Yonkers 10701. Filed May 31. Francis, Kemone, aka Kenmone Francis, et al. Filed by U.S. Bank N.A. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $351,200 affecting property located at 245 S. Sixth Ave., Mount Vernon 10550. Filed May 31. Gonzalez, Francisco, et al. Filed by Deutsche Bank National Trust Co. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $282,750 affecting property located at 27 Plain Ave., New Rochelle 10801. Filed May 31.

Paterno, Victoria, et al. Filed by JPMorgan Chase Bank N.A. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $450,000 affecting property located at 84 Woodland Road, Pleasantville 10570. Filed May 31. Pennisi, Ettore, et al. Filed by Deutsche Bank National Trust Co. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $619,000 affecting property located at 256 Rich Ave., Mount Vernon 10552. Filed May 31.

Pinto, Lauren, et al. Filed by HSBC Bank USA N.A. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $678,000 affecting property located at 66 Pamela Drive, Cortlandt Manor 10567. Filed May 30.

Thompson, Dennis, et al. Filed by Household Finance Realty Corporation of New York. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $514,485 affecting property located at 165 Lorraine Ave., Mount Vernon 10553. Filed Rice, Andrew, et al. Filed by May 30. BAC Home Loans Servicing L.P. Action: seeks to fore- Treacy, John Edward, et al. close on a mortgage to secure Filed by Wells Fargo Bank $329,446 affecting property N.A. Action: seeks to forelocated at 39 Morris St., New close on a mortgage to secure Rochelle 10801. Filed June 3. $245,000 affecting property located at 1 Landmark Square, Rosenblat, Ronnie, et al. Apt. 106, Port Chester 10573. Filed by Webster Bank N.A. Filed May 30. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $350,000 Valente, Raymond, et al. affecting property located at Filed by Suntrust Mortgage 2195 Oscar Court, Cortlandt Inc. Action: seeks to foreManor. Filed June 3. close on a mortgage to secure $238,000 affecting property Ruiz, Jose L., et al. Filed by located at 3 Oakridge Drive, JPMorgan Chase Bank N.A. South Salem 10590. Filed June Action: seeks to foreclose on 3. a mortgage to secure $264,968 affecting property located at Weinreb, Andrea B., et al. 67 Waller Ave., White Plains Filed by JPMorgan Chase 10605. Filed May 31. Bank N.A. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to Sampaio, Ilda, et al. Filed by secure an unspecified amount The Bank f New York Mellon affecting property located at Trust Company N.A. Action: 12 Barnes Terrace, Chappaqua seeks to foreclose on a mort- 10514. Filed May 31. gage to secure $612,000 affecting property located at 50 Wekstein, Ted, et al. Filed by Grove St., Tarrytown 10591. Deutsche Bank National Trust Filed May 31. Co. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure Sanguino, Julio F., et al. Filed $752,000 affecting property by HSBC Bank USA N.A. Ac- located at 48 Horseshoe Hill tion: seeks to foreclose on a Road, Pound Ridge 10576. mortgage to secure $441,750 Filed June 3. affecting property located at 16 Homesite Parkway, Yonkers Williams, Gisselle, aka Gis10701. Filed May 31. selle Scott, et al. Filed by U.S. Bank N.A. Action: seeks to Tapia, Sergio, et al. Filed by foreclose on a mortgage to seU.S. Bank N.A. Action: seeks cure $344,250 affecting propto foreclose on a mortgage to erty located at 846 McKinley secure an unspecified amount St., Peekskill 10566. Filed May affecting property located at 31. 18 Pershing Ave., Ossining 10562. Filed May 31. Willis, Jerry W., et al. Filed by Nationstar Mortgage L.L.C. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $328,028 affecting property located at 1116 Cortlandt St., Peekskill 10566. Filed May 30.

Mechanic’s Liens Dambrosio, Michelle, et al, as owner. $321,534 as claimed by SBP NY L.L.C., Stamford, Conn. Property: in Rye. Filed Sept. 26. Elias, Fernando, et al, as owner. $99,579 as claimed by Nationwide Contracting Consulting, Bronx. Property: in Mount Vernon. Filed Sept. 24. Ossining TB Flats L.L.C., as owner. $31,750 as claimed by Costa Electrical Contractors Corp., Ossining. Property: in Ossining. Filed Sept. 25. Sabot, Paul, as owner. $5,940 as claimed by Kewis Enterprise Inc., White Plains. Property: in Greenburgh. Filed Sept. 27.

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

Sole Proprietorships Arguello’s Tile and Marble, 267 Hawthorne Ave., Apt. 1C, Yonkers 10705, c/o Francisco Arguello. Filed Aug. 27. DAG Computers, 5 Pearl St., Mount Vernon 10550, c/o Damzon A. Govia. Filed Aug. 28. Excel Fitness Services, 176 Oak St., Suite 1R, Yonkers 10701, c/o Luis A. Perez. Filed Aug. 27. Express Mechanic, 1107 Brown St., Apt. 7H, Peekskill 10566, c/o Phillip W. Braham. Filed Aug. 27. Festival Drop Box, 1 Harrison St., Apt. 4F, New Rochelle 10801, c/o Jana KaraivanovaPetrova. Filed Aug. 27.

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FACTS&FIGURES JHJ Home Improvements, Patents 352 Central Park Ave., Apt. D-15, Scarsdale 10583, c/o Juan Hernandez Jr. Filed The following patents were issued by the U.S. Patent and Aug. 28. Trademark Office in Washington, D.C. L.M. Atelier, 165 Hobart Ave., Port Chester 10573, c/o Leandro Magno Da Silva. Filed Abstraction of computer disk image cloning capabiliAug. 28. ties from bootable media. Patent no. 8,549,545 issued Look Mom Comics!, 75 By- to Brett Ashwood, Prospect; ram Lake Road, Mount Kisco Gregory Jensen Bos, American 10549, c/o Pete Friedrich, Fork, Utah; Rick Allen HamFiled Aug. 27. ilton II, Charlottesville, Va.; and Timothy Moffett Waters, MK Research and Consult- Hiram, Ga. Assigned to Intering, 37 Westfield Road, White national Business Machines Plains 10605, c/o Meeta Ku- Corp., Armonk. mar. Fed Aug. 27. Automated defect classificaNew York Dance Theater, tion for program code. Pat56 Beech Street West, White ent no. 8,549,465 issued to Plains 10604, c/o Maria Te- Corville O. Allen, Morrisville, resa Vicens-Mossman. Filed N.C.; Albert A. Chung, Cary, N.C.; Binh C. Truong, Cary, Aug. 28. N.C.; and Kam K. Yee, Apex, Peekskill Arts Alliance, 925 N.C. Assigned to InternationSouth St., Peekskill 10566, al Business Machines Corp., c/o Maureen Winzig. Filed Armonk. Aug. 28. Pure Vida, 46 Division St., Automated identification New Rochelle 10801, c/o Dilia of redundant method calls. Patent no. 8,549,487 issued Gonzalez. Filed Aug. 27. to Mark Andrew Alkins, Durham, N.C.; Denny Pichardo, Sharon Lavonne Products, Raleigh, N.C.; Martin Joseph P.O. Box 222, Fleetwood Sta- Clayton Presler-Marshall, tion, Mount Vernon 10552, Chapel Hill, N.C.; and Hunter c/o Sharon L. Taylor. Filed K. Presnall, Cary, N.C. AsAug. 28. signed to International Business Machines Corp., ArSunny Side Day Care Cen- monk. ter, 27 Smith St., Port Chester 10573, c/o Paola Pajares. Filed Classification of unwantAug. 28. ed or malicious software through the identification T 4 2 Club, 42 Clinton St., of encrypted data commuSleepy hollow 10591, c/o Lor- nication. Patent no. 8,549,625 raine F. Tierney. Filed Aug. 27. issued to Gunter D. Ollmann, Norcross, Ga. Assigned to Upper Room Creations, International Business Ma8 Sprague Road, Scarsdale chines Corp., Armonk. 10583, c/o Gina Duncanson. Filed Aug. 27.

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Defining a MIDlet region space. Patent no. 8,549,493 issued to Richard Redpath, Cary, N.C. Assigned to International Business Machines Corp., Armonk.

Modifying an information technology architecture framework. Patent no. 8,549,509 issued to Pamela K. Isom, Highlands Ranch, Colo. Assigned to International Business Machines Corp., ArDiscriminating among monk. resources to share. Patent no. 8,549,413 issued to Parallel check pointing for Swaminathan Balasubrama- migration of workload parnian, Southfield, Mich.; Ravi titions. Patent no. 8,549,532 P. Bansal, Tampa, Fla.; Brian issued to Perinkulam I. GaM. O’Connell, Research Tri- nesh, Round Rock, Texas. angle Park, N.C.; and Keith Assigned to International R. Walker, Austin, Texas. As- Business Machines Corp., Arsigned to International Busi- monk. ness Machines Corp., Armonk. Performing runtime analysis and control of folding Early collection of diag- identified threads by asnostic information. Patent suming context of another no. 8,549,360 issued to Joel thread and executing in lieu Leslie Masser, San Jose, Calif.; of another thread folding David Charles Reed, Tucson, tool. Patent no. 8,549,523 Ariz.; and Max Douglas Smith, issued to Kirk J. Krauss, San Tucson, Ariz. Assigned to Jose, Calif. Assigned to InterInternational Business Ma- national Business Machines chines Corp., Armonk. Corp., Armonk. Managing assignment of partition services to virtual input/output adapters. Patent no. 8,549,534 issued to Bryan M. Logan, Rochester, Minn.; Kyle A. Lucke, Oronoco, Minn.; Amartey S. Pearson, Austin, Texas; and Steven E. Royer, Rochester, Minn. Assigned to International Business Machines Corp., Armonk. Method and apparatus to implement secured, layered logout from a computer system. Patent no. 8,549,585 issued to Girish Dhanakshirur, Delray Beach, Fla.; Jason Garrabrant, Somerville, Mass.; Andrew Otte, Boston, Mass.; and Melissa Schoonmaker,Tewksbur y, Mass. Assigned to International Business Machines Corp., Armonk.

RAIM system using decoding of virtual ECC. Patent no. 8,549,378 issued to Luiz C. Alves, Hopewell Junction; Luis A. Lastras-Montano, Cortlandt Manor; Patrick J. Meaney, Poughkeepsie; Eldee Stephens, Waterbury; and Barry M. Trager, Yorktown Heights. Assigned to International Business Machines Corp., Armonk.

Reliability and performance of a system-on-a-chip by predictive wear-out-based activation of functional components. Patent no. 8,549,363 issued to ChenYong Cher, Port Chester; Paul W. Coteus, Yorktown Heights; Alan Gara, Mount Kisco; Eren Kursun, Ossining; David P. Paulsen, Dodge Center, Minn.; Brian A. Schuelke, Rochester, Minn.; John E. Sheets II,Zumbrota, Minn.; and Shurong Tian, Mount Kisco. Assigned to International Business Machines Corp., Armonk.

Using appropriate level of code to be executed in runtime environment using metadata describing versions of resources being used by code. Patent no. 8,549,495 issued to Todd E. Kaplinger, Durham, N.C.; and Stephen J. Kenna, Research Triangle Park, N.C. Assigned to International Business Machines Corp., Armonk. Virtual devices using a plurality of processors. Patent no. 8,549,521 issued to Daniel Alan Brokenshire, Round Rock, Texas; Michael Norman Day, Round Rock, Texas; Barry L. Minor, Austin, Texas; and Mark Richard Nutter, Austin, Texas. Assigned to International Business Machines Corp., Armonk.

Secondary-power utilization during peak power times. Patent no. 8,549,335 issued to Kenneth J. Goodnow, Essex Junction, Vt.; Stephen G. Shuma, Underhill, Vt.; and Peter A. Twombly, Shelburne, Vt. Assigned to International Workplan prioritization for Business Machines Corp., Ar- application development monk. and maintenance using pooled resources in a factoStatic code analysis for ry. Patent no. 8,549,527 issued packaged application cus- to Saeed Bagheri, Croton-ontomization. Patent no. Hudson; Jarir K. Chaar, Tar8,549,490 issued to Julian rytown; Yi-Min Che, YorkT. Dolby, Riverdale; Rich- town Heights; and Krishna C. ard T. Goodwin, Hawthorne; Ratakonda, Yorktown Heights. Anca Andreea Ivan, San Jose, Assigned to International Calif.; and Manas R. Kumar Business Machines Corp., ArSingh, Tarrytown. Assigned to monk. International Business Machines Corp., Armonk. User authentication method and system. Patent no. 8,549,604 issued to Sara H. Basson, White Plains; Dimitri Kanevsky, Ossining; Edward Emile Kelley, Wappingers Falls; and Irina Rish, Rye Brook. Assigned to International Business Machines Corp., Armonk.

LEGAL NOTICES Legal Advertising Notice of Formation of WHITE PLAINS PSYCHOLOGY PLLC, a Professional Limited Liability Company. Arts. of Org. filed with Secretary of State of New York (SSNY) on 7/29/2013. Office location: Westchester County. SSNY has been designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail copy of process to: c/o the PLLC, 95 North Broadway, Apt. B1-1, White Plains, NY 10603. Purpose: any lawful activities. #58948

Name of Limited Liability Company (LLC): JMJ CONTRACTING AND DEVELOPMENT LLC. Date of filing Articles of Organization with the Secretary of State (SSNY) 4/5/2013. The LLC is located in Westchester County. The SSNY has been designated as agent of the LLC upon whom process against it may be served. The post office address to which the SSNY shall mail a copy of any process against it served is to the principal business location at c/o 16 Ridge Place, Pelham Manor, NY 10803. Purpose of business of LLC is any lawful act or activity. #58958

TENANT RECOVERY SERVICES, LLC, Arts. of Org. filed with the SSNY on 08/16/2013. Office loc: Westchester County. SSNY has been designated as agent upon whom process against the LLC may be served. SSNY shall mail process to: 92 S. Central Park Ave, Hartsdale, NY 10530. reg Agent: Purpose: David Newberg, c/o CHNNB 1 North Lexington, White Plains, NY 10601. Any Lawful Purpose. #58949

Notice of Formation of Ghana ThinkTank, LLC Art. Of Org. filed with SSNY on 7/31/2013. Office Location: Westchester. SSNY designated as agent of the LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to: 167 E Middle Patent Road Bedford, NY 10506. Purpose: any lawful purpose. #58959

Notice of Formation of PURVIEW MARKETING LLC. Arts. of Org. filed with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 7/1/13. Office location: Westchester County. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to: The LLC, 271 North Avenue, Ste. 1011, New Rochelle, NY 10801. Purpose: any lawful activity. #58952 NOTICE OF FORMATION of Woodlands Village Development LLC Art. of Org filed Secíy of State (SSNY) 8/21/13. Office location: Westchester Co. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail copy of process to Four West Red Oak Lane, Suite 200, White Plains, NY 10604. Purpose: any lawful activities. #58953 Notice of Formation of RMJB, LLC. Arts. of Org. filed with the Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 8/7/13. Office location: Westchester County. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to: 564 Mamaroneck Ave., Mamaroneck, NY 10543. Purpose: any lawful act or activity. #58954 Name of Limited Liability Company (LLC): Trippy Hippy Company LLC. Date of filing Articles of Organization with the Secretary of State (SSNY) 5/14/13. Office location: Westchester County. SSNY has been designated as agent of the LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail a copy of process to: The LLC, P.O. Box 118 White Plains NY, 10602. Purpose of business of LLC is any lawful act or activity. #58955 PENROSE CAPITAL 410 LLC, Arts. of Org. filed with the SSNY on 08/23/2013. Office loc: Westchester County. SSNY has been designated as agent upon whom process against the LLC may be served. SSNY shall mail process to: 1 Franklin Ave, 2D, White Plains, NY 10601. Purpose: Any Lawful Purpose. #58956 Notice of Formation of Global Realty Development, LLC. Arts. of Org. filed with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 8/22/13. Office location: Westchester County. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to: c/o The LLC, 11 Martine Avenue, 12th Fl., White Plains, NY 10606. Purpose: any lawful activity. #58957

Notice of Articles of Organization of MALENA DRESSAGE, LLC, filed August 9, 2013, pursuant to Section 203 of the New York Limited Liability Law: The name of the limited liability company is MALENA DRESSAGE, LLC. Its principal business office will be at 94 Tripp St., Bedford Corners, New York 10506. The principal office of the limited liability company is located in WESTCHESTER County. The Secretary of State is designated as agent of the limited liability company upon whom process against it may be served. The address to which the Secretary of State shall mail a copy of any process against the limited liability company served upon him or her is: c/o Equine Business Institute, P.O. Box 286, South Deerfield, MA 01373. The principal business of the limited liability company is training and teaching of horses and riders. #58960 Notice of Qualification of ABOUT CHOOSE USA, LLC. App. for Auth. filed with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 3/18/13. Office location: Westchester County. LLC formed in Delaware (DE) on 1/24/13. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to: 204 Chase Avenue, Yonkers, NY 10703. DE address of LLC: 2711 Centerville Road, Ste. 400, Wilmington, DE 19808. Arts. of Org. filed with DE Secy. of State, 401 Federal St., Ste. 4, Dover, DE 19901. Purpose: to engage in any lawful act or activity for which an LLC may be organized under the provisions of the LLC Act of the State of Delaware. #58961 Notice of formation of WELLATIVITY LLC, Arts. of Org. filed with SSNY on 8/8/13. Office location: Westchester County. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process may be served. SSNY shall mail process to the LLC, 16 Main Street, Irvington, New York, 10533. Purpose: any lawful purpose. #58962 EMERALD OIL SOLUTIONS, LLC, Authority filed with the SSNY on 04/02/2013. Office loc: Westchester County. LLC formed in DE on 06/15/2012. SSNY is designated as agent upon whom process against the LLC may be served. SSNY shall mail process to: 700 Nepperhan Avenue, Yonkers, NY 10703. Address required to be maintained in DE: 2711 Centerville Rd Ste 400 Wilmington DE 19808. Cert of Formation filed with DE Div. of Corps, 401 Federal St., Suite 4, Dover, DE 19901. Purpose: Any Lawful Purpose. #58965

Notice of Formation of 239 Central Ave. Holdings, LLC. Arts. of Org. filed with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 7/31/13. Office location: Westchester County. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to: 450 Somerset Avenue, Suite 604, Taunton, MA 02780. Purpose: any lawful activity. #58966 Notice of Formation of Westchester Media Works, LLC Art. Of Org. filed with SSNY on 7/31/13. Offc. Loc: Westchester Cty. SSNY desig. as agent of the LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to the LLC, 6 Meadow Road Montrose, NY 10548. Purpose: any lawful purpose. #58967 NOTICE OF FORMATION OF LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY (LLC) Name: Seaglass Properties, LLC. Articles of Organization filed with the Secretary of State of New York (SSNY) on August 26, 2013. Office location: Westchester County. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail copy of process to 1313 Baldwin Road, Yorktown Heights, New York 10598. Purpose: to engage in any lawful act or activity for which a limited liability company may be formed under section 201 of the Limited Liability Company Law. #58968 Notice of Formation of T&D Travel & Tours LLC. Arts. of Org. filed with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 8/27/13. Office location: Westchester County. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to: The LLC, c/o Falcon & Singer P.C., 14 Harwood Court, Ste. 220, Scarsdale, NY 10583. Purpose: any lawful activity. #58969 Notice of Formation of ParentNation, LLC. Arts. of Org. filed with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 8/29/13. Office location: Westchester County. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to: 25 Rutgers Place, Scarsdale, NY 10583. Purpose: any lawful activity. #58970 Notice of Formation of Squadron Development Partners, LLC. Arts. of Org. filed with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 8/30/13. Office location: Westchester County. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to: c/o The LLC, 42 North Lake Road, Armonk, NY 10504. Purpose: any lawful activity. #58971 ALPHA RACING LLC Art. of Org. filed with NY Secretary of State on June 6, 2013. Office located in Westchester County. Secy. of State designated as agent upon which process may be served. Secy. Of State shall mail a copy of any process against it served upon him/her to: 300 Mamaroneck Ave. Suite 505 White Plains, NY 10605 (the LLCís primary business location). LLC may engage in any lawful act or activity for which a limited liability company may be formed. #58972 NOTICE OF FORMATION of Ritz North Hills Investors, LLC Art. of Org filed Secíy of State (SSNY) 9/4/13. Office location: Westchester Co. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail copy of process to c/o Alfred E. Donnellan, One N. Lexington Ave, White Plains, New York 10601. Purpose: any lawful activities. #58975

Notice of Formation of 11 East Post Rd Realty, LLC. Arts. of Org. filed with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 8/30/13. Office location: Westchester County. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to: c/o The LLC, 555 South Columbus Avenue, Ste. 201, Mt. Vernon, NY 10550. Purpose: any lawful activity. #58977 Notice of Formation of 751 White Plains Rd Realty, LLC. Arts. of Org. filed with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 8/30/13. Office location: Westchester County. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to: c/o The LLC, 555 South Columbus Avenue, Ste. 201, Mt. Vernon, NY 10550. Purpose: any lawful activity. #58978 Notice of Formation: Leitenberger Design Group LLC. Articles of Organization filed with the Secretary of State of NY (SSNY) on June, 2013. Office location: Westchester County. SSNY has been designated as agent upon whom process against it may be served. The Post Office address to which the SSNY shall mail a copy of any process against the LLC served upon him/her is: 2 Beech Place, Valhalla, NY 10595. Attention: Gus Leitenberger. Dissolution date: None. Purpose: any lawful act or activity. #58979 Notice of Formation of Skills2Drill Entertainment, LLC Articles of Organization filed with The New York Department of State on 2/14/13. Its office is Located in Westchester County. The secretary of State has been designated as agent upon whom process against the company may be served. SSNY shall mail a copy of process to: 104 Pine Ave., Ossining, NY 10562. The purpose of the Company is any lawful activity. #58981 NOTICE OF FORMATION of GD BOWMAN, LLC. Arts. of Org. filed with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 8/27/13. Office location: Westchester County. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to: 177 Golden Pond Lane, Fairfield, CT 06824. Purpose: any lawful activity. The LLC is to be managed by one or more managers. #58982 Notice of Formation of E&J Jimenez Rentals, LLC Art. Of Org. filed with SSNY on 7/17/13. Offc. Loc: Westchester Cty. SSNY desig. as agent of the LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to the LLC, 165 Beech St. Eastchester, NY 10709. Purpose: any lawful purpose. #58984 NOTICE OF FORMATION of FAMOUS CHEF PRODUCTS LLC. Arts. Of Org. filed with SSNY on 07/15/2013. Office in Westchester County. SSNY designated as agent of the LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to: C/O FAMOUS CHEF PRODUCTS LLC, 200 Vail Lane, North Salem, NY 10560. Purpose: any lawful purpose. #58985

The Articles of Organization of Litchfield Crossing LLC (the “Company”) were filed with the Secretary of State of the State of New York on May 10,2013. The office of the Company is located in Westchester County, New York. The Secretary of State has been designated as agent of the Company upon whom process against it may be served. The post office address within or without the State to which the Secretary of State shall mail a copy of any process against the Company served upon him or her is: 201 Saw Mill River Road, Yonkers, New York 10701. The name and the street address within the state of the registered agent of the Company upon whom and at which process against the Company can be served is: Raymond Gizzi 201 Saw Mill River Road, Yonkers, New York 10701. Raymond Gizzi is a Member of the Company and is actively engaged in the business and affairs of the Company. The inclusion of the name of a person(s) in this notice does not necessarily indicate that such person(s) is personally liable for the debts, obligations or liabilities of the limited liability company and such person’s liability, if any, under applicable law is neither increased nor decreased by reason of this notice. The Company was formed for any lawful business purpose or purposes permitted under the New York Limited Liability Company Act. #58986 Notice of Formation of Psychology Services of Northern Westchester, PLLC. Arts. of Org. filed with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 9/6/13. Office location: Westchester County. SSNY designated as agent of PLLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to: 85 Wykagyl Terrace, New Rochelle, NY 10804. Purpose: practice the profession of psychology. #58987 WESTCHESTER INDOOR PAINTBALL LLC, Arts. of Org. filed with the SSNY on 08/29/2013. Office loc: Westchester County. SSNY has been designated as agent upon whom process against the LLC may be served. SSNY shall mail process to: 1 Elm Street, Ardsley, NY 10502. Purpose: Any Lawful Purpose. #58989 NOTICE OF FORMATION of 73 Elm Place, LLC Art. of Org filed Secíy of State (SSNY) 9/13/13. Office location: Westchester Co. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail copy of process to 7 Elm Place, Rye, NY 10580. Purpose: any lawful activities. #58990 NOTICE OF FORMATION of 11 Henry Street Associates, LLC Art. of Org filed Secíy of State (SSNY) 9/18/13. Office location: Westchester Co. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail copy of process to c/o Susan Cappelli, 16 Elm Pl, Ste 202, Rye, NY 10580. Purpose: any lawful activities. #58991 DIRUSSO FOODS, LLC, Arts. of Org. filed with the SSNY on 09/10/2013. Office loc: Westchester County. SSNY has been designated as agent upon whom process against the LLC may be served. SSNY shall mail process to: 1016 Mc Lean Avenue, Yonkers, NY 10704. Purpose: Any Lawful Purpose. #58992

Notice of Formation of Collective Communications, LLC. Arts. of Org. filed with SSNY on 09/09/13. Office location: Westchester County. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process may be served. SSNY shall mail process to Celia Atassi, 6 North Island Drive, Rye, NY 10580. Purpose: any lawful act or activity. #58993 Notice of substance of the Articles of Organization filed with the New York Secretary of Stateís Office (SSNY) on 9/12/2013 for DIGITAL PHOTO, LLC. Principal office: Westchester County. Business: To engage in any lawful act or activity. SSNY is designated as the agent of the company upon whom process against it may be served. The address to which the SSNY shall mail a copy of any process is 27 Roberta Drive, Cortlandt Manor, NY 10567. #58994

Notice of Formation of JLA 555 LLC. Arts. of Org. filed with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 9/25/13. Office location: Westchester County. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to: c/o Caspi Development Company LLC, 3010 Westchester Ave., Purchase, NY 10507. Purpose: any lawful activity. #59002 Notice of Formation of Shirley Petroleum LLC. Arts. of Org. filed with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 9/26/13. Office location: Westchester County. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to: The LLC, 555 Columbus Ave., Ste. 201, Mt. Vernon, NY 10550. Purpose: any lawful activity #59003

Notice is hereby given that an on-premises license, #TBA has been applied for by Trojet LLC d/b/a Sapori to sell beer, wine and liquor at retail in an on premises establishment. For on premises consumption under the ABC law at 324 Central Avenue White Plains NY 10606. #58995

LACAKES LLC, Arts. of Org. filed with the SSNY on 09/13/2013. Office loc: Westchester County. SSNY has been designated as agent upon whom process against the LLC may be served. SSNY shall mail process to: Maria Amodeo, 1585 Overhill Street, Yorktown Heights, NY 10598. Purpose: Any Lawful Purpose. #59004

Notice of Formation of EDUCATIONAL AWARENESS, LLC. Arts. of Org. filed with the Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 2/22/13. Office location: Westchester County. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to: P.O. Box 638, Goldens Bridge, NY 10526. Purpose: any lawful act or activity. #58997

Notice of Formation of Techanisms, LLC. Art. Of Org. filed with SSNY on 9/21/2013. Office Location: Westchester Cty. SSNY designated as agent of the LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to: 980 Broadway #302, Thornwood, NY 10594-1139. Purpose: any lawful purpose. #59005

Notice of Formation of CONIBO PRODUCTIONS LLC. Arts. of Org. filed with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 9/20/13. Office location: Westchester County. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to: 6 Allapartus Circle, Ossining, NY 10562. Purpose: any lawful activity. #58998 Notice of Formation of FalconPeak Capital LLC. Arts. of Org. filed with SSNY on 9/11/13. Office location: Westchester County. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process may be served. SSNY shall mail process to FalconPeak Capital LLC, 21 Willett Avenue, Penthouse 13, Port Chester, NY 10573. Purpose: any lawful act or activity. #58999 Notice of Qualification of VILLA JEWEL LLC. Authority filed with Secy. Of State of N.Y. (SSNY) on 9/25/13. Office location: Westchester County. LLC formed in Delaware (DE) on 9/23/13. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to: c/o The LLC, 28 Church Lane, Scarsdale, NY 10583. DE address of LLC: 3500 S. Dupont Hwy, Dover, DE 19901. Arts. Of Org. filed with the DE Secy. Of State, 401 Federal St. #4, Dover, DE 19901. Purpose: any lawful activity. #59000

NOTICE OF FORMATION of LC Milford, LLC Art. of Org filed Secíy of State (SSNY) 9/27/13. Office location: Westchester Co. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail copy of process c/o Cappelli Organization, 7 Renaissance Sq, 4th Fl, White Plains, NY 10601. Purpose: any lawful activities. #59006 HAIGHT AVE, LLC, Arts. of Org. filed with the SSNY on 08/13/2013. Office loc: Westchester County. SSNY has been designated as agent upon whom process against the LLC may be served. SSNY shall mail process to: Robert Ciardiello, 100 Alkamont Ave., Scarsdale, NY 10583. Purpose: Any Lawful Purpose #59007 Notice of formation of Crannell Lease Advisory Services LLC, Articles of Organization filed with the Secretary of State of New York (SSNY) on 9/16/2013. 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: C/O Crannell Lease Advisory Services LLC, 38 David Road, Somers, NY 10589. Purpose: Any lawful purpose. #59008

Notice of Formation of Michigan Avenue FundingCo, LLC. Arts. of Org. filed with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 9/23/13. Office location: Westchester County. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to: c/o United Corporate Services, Inc., 10 Bank St., Ste. 560, White Plains, NY 10606. Purpose: any lawful activity. #59001

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LEGAL NOTICES Continued from previous page

INDEX NO.: 68923/2012

SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK COUNTY OF WESTCHESTER ------------------------------------------------------------x INDEX NO. 63801/2013 IN THE MATTER OF FORECLOSURE ON TAX LIENS PURSUANT TO ARTICLE PETITION OF ELEVEN OF THE REAL PROPERTY TAX FORECLOSURE AND LAW BY THE TOWN OF RYE NOTICE OF FORECLOSURE OF PETITION AND NOTICE OF FORECLOSURE TAX LIENS BY THE TOWN OF RYE BY ------------------------------------------------------------x ACTION IN REM 2013 PROCEEDING NICHOLAS C. MECCA, being duly sworn, affirms as true, deposes and says under the penalties of perjury as follows: The above-captioned proceeding is hereby commenced to enforce the payment of delinquent taxes or other lawful charges which have accumulated and become liens against certain property. The parcels to which this proceeding applies are attached hereto and made a part hereof, identified as ASchedule A@. PLEASE TAKE NOTICE that on the 5TH of SEPTEMBER, 2013, the Receiver of Taxes, hereinafter the Enforcing Officer of the Town of Rye, pursuant to law, filed with the Clerk of Westchester County, a Petition of Foreclosure against various parcels of real property for unpaid tax liens. Such Petition and Notice of Foreclosure pertains to the parcels on the list attached hereto and made a part hereof. All persons having or claiming to have an interest in the real property described in such list of delinquent taxes are hereby notified that the filing of such list constitutes the commencement by the Town of Rye of an action and proceeding in the Supreme Court, Westchester County to foreclose each of the tax liens therein described by a foreclosure proceeding in rem. Such action and proceeding is brought against the real property only, and is to foreclose the tax liens described in such list. No personal judgment will be entered herein for such taxes or other legal charges or any part thereof. This notice is directed to all persons owning or having or claiming to have an interest in the real property described in such list of delinquent taxes. Such persons are hereby notified further that a duplicate of such list of delinquent taxes has been filed in the Office of the Enforcing Officer, the Receiver of Taxes of the Town of Rye, and will remain open for public inspection up to and including the date specified below as the last day for redemption.

136.78-3-18

146 Poningo Street

136.78-2-1.826

141.36-1-8

141.44-3-9

Kerrick A. Agee 146 Poningo Street Port Chester, NY 10573

1 Landmark Square

Mitchell R. Sanchez 1 Landmark Square #332 Port Chester, NY 10573

West Street

76 Inwood Avenue

141.44-3-10 70 Inwood Avenue

142.21-1-31

18 Prospect Street

142.22-1-39

26 Poningo Street

142.39-1-20

63 Purdy Avenue

$27,039.94

$2,410.97

Roberto Alcantara 178 Highland Street Port Chester, NY 10573

$20,122.35

Century Maxim Construction Corp. 76 Inwood Avenue Port Chester, NY 10573

$55,754.50

Century Maxim Construction Corp. $39,823.75 6 Inwood Avenue Port Chester, NY 10573 Javier Reyes 18 Prospect Street Port Chester, NY 10573

$53,093.38

Plaintiff designates Westchester County as the place of trial; venue is based upon the county in which the mortgaged premises is situate. STATE OF NEW YORK SUPREME COURT: COUNTY OF WESTCHESTER DEUTSCHE BANK TRUST COMPANY AMERICAS AS TRUSTEE FOR RALI 2007QS3, Plaintiff, -againstELIDES GONZALEZ, if living, and if dead, the respective heirs at law, next of kin, distributees, executors, administrators, trustees, devisees, legatees, assignors, lienors, creditors and successors in interest, and generally all persons having or claiming under, by or through said defendant who may be deceased, by purchase, inheritance, lien or otherwise of any right, title or interest in and to the premises described in the complaint herein, and their respective husbands, wives or widows, if any, and each and every person not specifically named who may be entitled to or claim to have any right, title or interest in the property described in the verified complaint; all of whom and whose names and places of residence unknown, and cannot after diligent inquiry be ascertained by the Plaintiff, JAMES GONZALEZ, METRO PORTOFOLIOS, INC., MORTGAGE ELECTRONIC REGISTRATION SYSTEMS, INC., AS NOMINEE FOR HOMECOMINGS FINANCIAL, LLC F/K/A HOMECOMINGS FINANCIAL NETWORK, INC., DISCOVER BANK, “JOHN DOE #1” through “JOHN DOE #10” inclusive, the last ten names being fictitious and unknown to Plaintiff, the persons or parties intended being the persons, tenants, occupants, or corporations, if any, having or claiming an interest in or lien upon the mortgaged premises described in the Complaint, Defendants. TO THE ABOVE NAMED DEFENDANTS:

Crate Things, Inc. $27,687.94 c/o Juan A. Martinez 26 Poningo Street (Tax mailing) 6 N. Pearl Street (Assessor’s Office) Port Chester, NY 10573

YOU ARE HEREBY SUMMONED to answer the Complaint in this action and to serve a copy of your answer, or, if the Complaint is not served with this Summons, to serve a notice of appearance on the attorneys for the Plaintiff within 20 days after the service of this Summons, exclusive of the day of service (or within 30 days after service is complete if this Summons is not personally delivered to you within the State of New York). In case of your failure to appear or answer, judgment will be taken against you by default for the relief demanded in the Complaint. NOTICE

Brunilda Cruz PO Box 1383 Port Chester, NY 10573

$46,281.22

OWNER NAME

AMT. DUE

Scott & Jill Zecker 16 Red Roof Drive Rye Brook, NY 10573

$72,533.60

Sending payment to your mortgage company will not stop this foreclosure action.

Aventura Realty Corp. 558 Westchester Avenue Rye Brook, NY 10573

$52,531.45

YOU MUST RESPOND BY SERVING A COPY OF THE ANSWER ON THE ATTORNEY FOR THE PLAINTIFF (MORTGAGE COMPANY) AND FILING THE ANSWER WITH THE COURT. NOTICE OF NATURE OF ACTION AND RELIEF SOUGHT

YOU ARE IN DANGER OF LOSING YOUR HOME If you do not respond to this summons and complaint by serving a copy of the answer on the attorney for the mortgage company who filed this foreclosure proceeding against you and filing the answer with the court, a default judgment may be entered and you can lose your home.

RYE BROOK

Speak to an attorney or go to the court where your case is pending for further information on how to answer the summons and protect your property.

Any person having or claiming to have an interest in any such real property and the legal right thereto may, on or before said date, redeem the same by paying the amount of all such unpaid tax liens and unpaid taxes thereon including all interest and penalties and other legal charges included in the lien which are against such real property, computed to and including the date of redemption. Such payments shall be made to NICHOLAS C. MECCA, Receiver of Taxes, Town of Rye, 10 Pearl Street, Port Chester, New York 10573. In the event that such taxes are paid by a person other than the record owner of such real property, the person so paying shall be entitled to have the tax liens affected thereby satisfied of record.

PARCEL ID

The last day for redemption is hereby fixed as DECEMBER 20, 2013.

141.26-1-1

Bowman Avenue

K&M Realty Group 11 Sylvanleigh Road Purchase, NY 10577

$71,465.71

THE OBJECT of the above captioned action is to foreclose a Mortgage to secure $ 352,000.00 (modified to $ 402,696.55 by loan modification agreement dated December 1, 2008) and interest, recorded in the Office of the Clerk of Westchester on March 6, 2007 at Control No. 470520532, covering premises known as 357 Upland Ave., Yonkers, NY 10703 – Sec. 3; Block 3084; Lot 28.

141.36-3-13 141.36-3-15

20 Lyon Street

George & Anna Jones 20 Lyon Street Rye Brook, NY 10573

$11,363.39

The relief sought in the within action is a final judgment directing the sale of the premises described above to satisfy the debt secured by the Mortgage described above. The Plaintiff also seeks a deficiency judgment against the Defendant and for any debt secured by said Mortgage which is not satisfied by the proceeds of the sale of said premises.

Every person having any right, title or interest in or lien upon any parcel of real property described in such list of delinquent taxes may serve a duly verified answer upon the attorney for the Town of Rye setting forth in detail the nature and amount of his or her interest and any defense or objection to the foreclosure. Such answer must be filed in the office of the County Clerk and served upon the attorney for the Town of Rye on or before the date above mentioned as the last day for redemption. In the event of failure to redeem or answer by any person having the right to redeem or answer, such person(s) shall be forever barred and foreclosed of all his or her right, title and interest and equity of redemption in and to the parcel described in such list of delinquent taxes and a Judgment of Foreclosure may be taken by default. Dated: Mamaroneck, New York SEPTEMBER 5, 2013 NICHOLAS C. MECCA Receiver of Taxes Enforcing Officer TOWN OF RYE 10 Pearl Street Port Chester, New York 10573 914-939-3558

SCHEDULE “A” PORT CHESTER

136.31-1-3 $36,263.21

PROPERTY LOCATION 41 Francis Lane

OWNER NAME

AMT. DUE

Thomas J. Klinka and Veronica Klinka 41 Francis Lane Port Chester, NY 10573 Also 41 Francis Lane Greenwich, CT 06831

136.78-1-5

31 Bush Avenue

136.38-2-1

5 Tower Hill Drive

Roberto Alcantara 178 Highland Street Port Chester, NY 10573 Gregg Pappadake and Maria Pappadake 5 Tower Hill Drive Port Chester, NY 10573

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TO the Defendant ELIDES GONZALEZ, the foregoing Summons is served upon you by publication pursuant to an Order of the Hon. JOAN B. LEFKOWITZ of the Supreme Court of the State of New York, and filed on August 26, 2012, with the Complaint in the County of Westchester, State of New York.

RYE NECK PARCEL ID

PROPERTY LOCATION

154.26-1-68

538 Jefferson Avenue

154.36-1-72

270 Fifth Street

154.44-1-19

STATE OF NEW YORK : COUNTY OF WESTCHESTER : ss: On the 5TH day of SEPTEMBER, 2013 before me personally appeared NICHOLAS C. MECCA, the Receiver of Taxes and Enforcing Officer for the Town of Rye to me known to be the individual described herein and who executed the foregoing instrument and acknowledged to me that he executed the same. ________________________________ NOTARY PUBLIC

16 Red Roof Drive

135.83-1-44 558 Westchester Avenue

154.43-1-67 154.43-1-68

PAUL J. NOTO, PLLC Attorney for the Town of Rye 650 Halstead Avenue - Suite 105 Mamaroneck, New York 10543 914-698-9331

PARCEL ID

135.43-1-5.9

PROPERTY LOCATION

AMENDED SUMMONS AND NOTICE MORTGAGED PREMISES: 357 UPLAND AVE., YONKERS, NY 10703. (SBL #: 3-3084-28).

154.50-1-37

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OWNER NAME

AMT. DUE

Frank Grutteria 538 Jefferson Avenue Mamaroneck, NY 10543

$34,672.95

Gabino Rodolfo Soriano Saula Soriano 270 Fifth Street Mamaroneck, NY 10543

804-806 E. Boston Post Rd. Sound Shore LLC 800 Boston Post Road Mamaroneck, NY 10543 133 Jensen Avenue

209 Union Avenue

Peter J. Primrose 133 Jensen Avenue Mamaroneck, NY 10543 Rosemarie Vitro Antoinette Vitro Frank Vitro Theresa Vitro Joanne Gorlon 209 Union Avenue Mamaroneck, NY 10543

$43,114.04

$30,007.68

$25,785.80

$31,276.27

The property in question is described as follows: ALL that certain plot, piece or parcel of land situate lying and being in the City of Yonkers, County of Westchester and State of New York, shown and designated as the southeasterly one quarter of Lot Number 80 on a certain map entitled, “Map of Land in Yonkers belonging to James Blackwell, Esq., dated October 5, 1871, made by Cornell, Bradford and Baldwin, C.E.’S and filed in the Office of the Clerk of the County of Westchester, Division of Land Records on November 17, 1871 as Map No. 562 and which part of said lot is more particularly bounded and described as follows: BEGINNING at a point on the westerly side of Upland Avenue, distant southerly as measured along the same, 590 feet from the corner formed by the intersection of the southerly side of Lewis Street with the said westerly side of Upland Avenue and which point is at the southeasterly corner of Lot No. 80; RUNNING THENCE westerly along the dividing line between Lots 80 and 78 as shown on said map, a distance of 100 feet to a point; RUNNING THENCE northerly through said Lot 80 and at right angles with the last described RUNNING THENCE still through said Lot 80, in a easterly direction and at right angles with the last described course, a distance of 100 feet to the westerly side of Upland Avenue, aforesaid; and RUNNING THENCE southerly along the westerly side of Upland Avenue, 50 feet to the point or place of BEGINNING. Dated: New Rochelle, NY August 26, 2013 McCABE, WEISBERG & CONWAY, P.C. By: Leroy J. Pelicci Jr., Esq. Attorneys for Plaintiff 145 Huguenot St., Ste. 210 New Rochelle, NY 10801 p. 914-636-8900 f. 914-636-8901 HELP FOR HOMEOWNERS IN FORECLOSURE NEW YORK STATE LAW REQUIRES THAT WE SEND YOU THIS NOTICE ABOUT THE FORECLOSURE PROCESS. PLEASE READ IT CAREFULLY. SUMMONS AND COMPLAINT YOU ARE IN DANGER OF LOSING YOUR HOME. IF YOU FAIL TO RESPOND TO THE SUMMONS AND COMPLAINT IN THIS FORECLOSURE ACTION, YOU MAY LOSE YOUR HOME. PLEASE READ THE SUMMONS AND COMPLAINT CAREFULLY. YOU SHOULD IMMEDIATELY CONTACT AN ATTORNEY OR YOUR LOCAL LEGAL AID OFFICE TO OBTAIN ADVICE ON HOW TO PROTECT YOURSELF. SOURCES OF INFORMATION AND ASSISTANCE.

$55,919.80

$32,393.90

The State encourages you to become informed about your options in foreclosure. In addition to seeking assistance from an attorney or legal aid office, there are government agencies and non-profit organizations that you may contact for information about possible options, including trying to work with your lender during this process. To locate an entity near you, you may call the toll-free helpline maintained by the New York State Banking Department at 1-877-226-5697 or visit the Department's website at www.dfs.ny.gov. FORECLOSURE RESCUE SCAMS Be careful of people who approach you with offers to "save" your home. There are individuals who watch for notices of foreclosure actions in order to unfairly profit from a homeowner's distress. You should be extremely careful about any such promises and any suggestions that you pay them a fee or sign over your deed. State law requires anyone offering such services for profit to enter into a contract which fully describes the services they will perform and fees they will charge, and which prohibits them from taking any money from you until they have completed all such promised services. # 58974

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COLOR MY WORLD

“THE DELAWARE RIVER AND THE UNIVERSE,” an exhibit of paintings by Kathe Frantz are on view at the Delaware Arts Center’s Alliance Gallery, 37 Main St., in Narrowsburg, through Nov. 2. Hours are Tuesdays through Saturdays from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. “The subjects of my work are landscape and concepts of visual process,” said Frantz, who uses saturated pigments in her oil paintings in order to explore concepts of vision, reality and interpretation. “Part observation, part reflection and part creative, I present an experience of being in the dynamic natural world.” For more information, call (845) 252-7576 or visit ArtsAllianceSite.org.

FOR THE KIDS

ASTOR SERVICES FOR CHILDREN in Rhinebeck and Families’ Bronx Programs received a $25,000 grant from the Countess Moira Foundation, New York City, to support its parent child interaction therapy training (PCIT) the art and music program and a family fun day. “Parent child interaction therapy is a proven parentchild treatment program that assists parents by giving them the tools to work with their children who have behavioral problems (aggression, noncompliance, defiance and temper tantrums). Parents are videotaped and they can actually see themselves using skills successfully and when they are not. They are delighted to see themselves mastering good parental skills, which help to build their confidence. “PCIT is a popular treatment modality providing parents with immediate feedback and showing them the tools that work to assist them with their child’s behavioral problems. We are so thankful for the Countess Moira Foundation’s continued support of this program,” said Rod DiMotta, Ph.D., assistant executive director, Astor Bronx Community-Based Behavioral Health & Prevention Programs. For more information, visit astorservices.org or call (845) 871-1117.

their community,” said Schumer. “This is an important investment for the Newburgh Fire Department,” Gillibrand said. “Working step-by-step with Newburgh Fire Department, we cut through red tape and secured this strategic investment that not only creates jobs, but adds valuable personnel to make our community safer,” said Maloney. “The City of Newburgh Fire Department is excited to receive its first SAFER grant from the Department of Homeland Security. The grant will allow the fire department to return to daily staffing levels that were last seen in the 1970s and early 1980s. Not only will this grant improve the overall safety of the city’s residents and firefighters, it allows the fire department to further improve the quality of life in Newburgh through greater code compliance efforts,” Fire Chief Michael Vatter said.

HOUSING HELPER

WISHES DO COME TRUE

THE HUDSON GATEWAY ASSOCIATION OF REALTORS (HGAR) recently raised $17,100 for Make-A-Wish Hudson Valley at its “Wish Upon a Star” cocktail party held at the Clubhouse at Patriot Hills in Stony Point. The nonprofit group grants the wishes of Hudson Valley children who are suffering with life-threatening medical conditions. This year’s event featured guest speaker Anthony Gordon, 14, a “wish” recipient, who is in remission from leukemia. Anthony, the grandson of Christine Gordon of BHG Rand Realty in Goshen, was diagnosed with leukemia at the age of 12. Since then, he has had two years of chemotherapy and has one more year of treatments. “Spending weeks at a time in the hospital in isolation was terrifying, knowing that any moment could be my last,” Anthony said. “I want to personally thank Make-A-Wish for all they have done for me. They put a smile on my face when nothing else could.” Last year, Anthony was granted a shopping spree at Palisades Mall in Rockland County. Make-A-Wish sent a limousine to pick up the family and also booked a hotel room for himself, his mother, sister and brother. The family enjoyed dinner, then shopping the following day. Anthony was able to buy a laptop, flat-screen TV and clothing. “This organization has been making a huge difference in the lives of these children for more than 25 years, and we are so pleased to be able to offer our help,” said Richard Haggerty, HGAR CEO. Since 1986, Make-A-Wish Hudson Valley has granted more than 2,000 wishes to Hudson Valley children with lifethreatening medical conditions.

THE ULSTER SAVINGS CHARITABLE FOUNDATION recently awarded a $10,000 grant to the Hudson Valley Housing Development Fund Company Inc. (HVHFDC) in support of its Kingston Meadows Intergenerational Housing Development project. The development, which will offer 47 units to both seniors and families, will be located at 191 Hurley Ave. in Kingston. The Charitable Foundation grant will be applied toward pre-development expenses, including a revision of earlier interior design plans. “This is an important project for seniors and families in the city of Kingston and surrounding area,” said MaryRose Warcholak, executive director of the Ulster Savings Charitable Foundation. “The Charitable Foundation is pleased to assist in this effort to create safe, decent and affordable housing for seniors and families in need.”

RESTORING THE RANKS

U.S. SENS. CHARLES E. SCHUMER and KIRSTEN E. GILLIBRAND and REP. SEAN PATRICK MALONEY announced that the city of Newburgh will receive $2.4 million to hire 15 firefighters. “With these funds, Newburgh residents can rest easy knowing even more firefighters stand at the ready to protect

From left, Tammy Gillon foundation board member; Ronald K. Myers, Ulster Savings Charitable Foundation treasurer; Peg O’Leary, CEO, Hudson Valley Housing Development Fund Company Inc.; and MaryRose Warcholak, executive director, Ulster Savings Charitable Foundation,

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under the direction of chairpersons Linda Panico and Kathy Seeley. The show’s masters of ceremony were Christine Jones and Evan Handel; music was provided by DJ Matt Santoro. An education component was presented by court attorney Lisa Rubenstein who gave an educational seminar titled “The Law on Foreclosure & Short Sales.” Fund raising accompanied the fashion show, which featured 24 volunteer models from the Dutchess County real estate community. New fall collections from Talbot’s, Kohl’s and CAbi were modeled.

NEVERMORE!

Kelly Campbell, WCR State President, Margaret Nagy, WCR Danbury Ct. Chapter President, Dawne Salamone, WCR Dutchess Chapter President, Lisa Rubenstein, Dutchess County Court Attorney for Foreclosure Mediation.

FASHIONABLE REALTORS

THE WOMEN’S COUNCIL OF REALTORS DUTCHESS COUNTY CHAPTER hosted its sixth annual fashion show Sept. 19 at Villa Borghese in Wappingers Falls. The event, attended by more than 100 real estate professionals, was

Meet winged resident “Edgar Allan Crow” Oct. 12-13 at the Hudson Highlands Nature Museum’s Wildlife Education Center, 25 Boulevard, Cornwall-on-Hudson. Visitors will learn some interesting facts about these familiar and captivating birds. “Crows are very intelligent, inquisitive and sometimes mischievous birds,” says Pam Golben, director of the Wildlife Education Center. Enjoy listening to a reading of Edgar Allan Poe’s “The Raven” and special crow crafts for kids. Museum admission is $3 and museum members are free. For more information, call (845) 534-5506, ext. 204, or visit hhnaturemuseum.org

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FACTS& FIGURES on the record Hudson Valley Building Loans

Fazio, Michael, et al, New Paltz, as owner. Lender: Wallkill Valley Federal Savings and Loan Association, Wallkill. Property: 13 Carroll Lane, New Paltz 12561. Amount: $280,000. Filed Sept. 23.

HSBC Bank USA N.A. Seller: James D. Meier, Poughkeepsie. Below $1 million Property: 17 Ridge Road, Red Hook 12571. Amount: $428,000. A and J.V. Financial L.L.C., Mi- Filed Sept. 25. ami, Fla. Seller: Robert DeMattio Sr., et al, Poughkeepsie. Property: in Poughkeepsie. Amount; Jenco Real Estate Inc., Pleasant Valley. Seller: Christopher S. $168,500. Filed Sept. 24. Coleman, Poughkeepsie. Property: 46 Parker Ave., PoughkeepAckiss Monteith Property sie 12601. Amount: $30,500. L.L.C., New York City. Seller: Filed Sept. 26. Theodore H. Krisowaty, Clinton. Property: in Clinton. Amount: King, Christopher L., et al, $452,500. Filed Sept. 26. Kerhonkson, as owner. Lender: Payment Plans Inc., Elma. Appollonia, Michael III, et al, Property: 11 Anna St., KerGlasco, as owner. Lender: Pay- honkson. Amount: $109,362. ment Plans Inc., Elma. Prop- Filed Sept. 25. erty: 1258 Churchland Lane, Saugerties 12477. Amount: Redl Real Estate L.L.C., $155,450. Filed Sept. 25. Poughkeepsie. Seller: Apex Mortgage Corp., Fort WashCarragher, Donald, et al, Ul- ington, Pa. Property: in Poughster Park, as owner. Lender: keepsie. Amount: $120,000. Mid-Hudson Valley Federal Filed Sept. 26. Credit Union, Kingston. Property: 1608 Route 213, Esopus 12487. Amount: $134,000. Filed Rhinebeck Bank, Poughkeepsie. Seller: James Meier, PoughSept. 23. keepsie. Property: 385 Main St., Poughkeepsie. Amount: Dream Home Properties $523,500. Filed Sept. 24. L.L.C., Poughkeepsie. Seller: Gail Richardson, Red Hook. Property: in Poughkeepsie. Amount: Ross-Walker, Damon, et al, Milford, Penn., as owner. $127,500. Filed Sept. 24. Lender: Homestead Funding Corp., Albany. Property: in Warwick. Amount: $245,743. Filed Sept. 26.

The DM Equities of New York L.L.C., Harriman, as owner. Lender: Libertyville Capital Group II L.L.C., Montgomery. Property: 5 Apple Hill Drive, Woodbury. Amount: $250,000. Filed Sept. 24.

Deeds Below $1 million AMP Property Management L.L.C., Greenwood Lake. Seller: U.S. Bank N.A. Property: 15 Orion Ave., Greenwood Lake 10925. Amount: $107,299. Filed Sept. 25. Astoria Federal Savings and Loan Association, Mineola. Seller: Edward P. Kallen, New City. Property: 27 High Hill Ave., Warwick. Amount: $369,427. Filed Sept. 25. Blue Roof Properties Inc., Thornwood. Seller: Richard J. Brady, et al, Warwick. Property: in Wawayanda. Amount: $450,000. Filed Sept. 25. DC and KM Properties L.L.C., Hurley. Seller: 73 West Pierpont Street APO Estate Plan L.L.C., Saugerties. Property: in Kingston. Amount: $100,000. Filed Sept. 23. Deutsche Bank National Trust Co. Seller: Richard S. Birnbaum, Newburgh. Property: 222 Meadow Road, Newburgh 12550. Amount: $278,298. Filed Sept. 30. Double Value L.L.C., New York City. Seller: Luis E. Zarate, Gillette, N.J. Property: in Kingston. Amount: $136,500. Filed Sept. 24. Equity Homes of New York Inc., Port Jervis. Seller: Jacobs Road Associates L.L.C., Warwick. Property: in Chester. Amount: $340,000. Filed Sept. 26.

Fannie Mae. Seller: Gary M. Schuster, Walden. Property: 39 Church St., Port Jervis 12771. Amount: $103,988. Filed Sept. 26. Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corp. Seller: John B. Swift III, Goshen. Property: 2 Evergreen Lane, Walden 12586. Amount: $321,653. Filed Sept. 27. Federal National Mortgage Association. Seller: James E. Castillo, et al, Oceanside, Calif. Property: 30 Continental Road, Cornwall 12518. Amount: $234,138. Filed Sept. 30. Federal National Mortgage Association. Seller: Larry Blanding, Newburgh. Property: 46 Farrington St., Newburgh 12550. Amount: $215,333. Filed Sept. 26.

Regency Enterprises L.L.C., Paterson, N.J. Seller: Henz Management L.L.C., Passaic. Property: 14 Underwood St., Saugerties 12477. Amount: $62,500. Filed Sept. 23.

Bangs and Body Salon and Day Spa Corp., Lake Katrine. $1,071 in favor of the New York State Department of Labor and the Department of Taxation and Finance, Albany. Filed Sept. 24.

Sixteen Acres L.L.C., Milton. Seller: Hudson Summit L.L.C., Suffern. Property: in Lloyd. Amount: $350,000. Filed Sept. 23.

Center Line Studios Inc., New Windsor. $33,775 in favor of the New York State Department of Labor Unemployment Insurance Division, Albany. Filed Sept. 27.

STA Realty L.L.C., Cornwallon-Hudson. Seller: Walden Savings Bank, Montgomery. Property: in Cornwall-onHudson. Amount: $475,000. Filed Sept. 25.

Colby Kennels, Vails Gate. $335 in favor of the New York State Department of Labor Unemployment Insurance Division, Albany. Filed Sept. 24.

The DM Equities of New York L.L.C., Harriman. Seller: Libertyville Capital Group II L.L.C., Montgomery. Property: in Woodbury. Amount: $150,000. Filed Sept. 24.

Conklin Decorators Inc., Port Jervis. $514 in favor of the New York State Department of Labor Unemployment Insurance Division, Albany. Filed Sept. 24.

Driving Excellence Auto School Inc., Port Jervis. $76,000 U.S. Bank N.A. Seller: Peter in favor of the Workers’ ComBotti, Goshen. Property: 15 pensation Board of the State of Orion Ave., Greenwood Lake New York, Albany. Filed Sept. 23. 10925. Amount: $187,710. Filed Sept. 25. Ely Enterprises Inc., Port Jervis. $1,392 in favor of the New York State Department of Labor UnGreenards L.L.C., Cortlandt employment Insurance Division, Manor. Seller: Catherine A. LyJudgments Albany. Filed Sept. 24. ons, Middletown. Property: 38 Albert St., Middletown 10940. Amount: $90,000. Filed Sept. 27. 16 Main Street Inc., Otisville. Four Seasons Vending Inc., $100,000 in favor of the Workers’ Compensation Board of the Montgomery. $80,000 in favor HW Cap L.L.C., Brooklyn. State of New York, Albany. Filed of the Workers’ Compensation Board of the State of New York, Seller: S and Z Partnership, Sept. 23. Albany. Filed Sept. 23. Brooklyn. Property: in Plattekill. Amount: $40,000. Filed Sept. 19. Affordable Painting Plus, New Hampton. $327 in favor of the Goshen Area Day Care Center Lanwin Forest Ridge L.L.C., New York State Department of Inc., Warwick. $6,000 in favor Hopewell, N.J. Seller: Manna Labor Unemployment Insurance of the Workers’ Compensation Dells L.L.C., Nanuet. Prop- Division, Albany. Filed Sept. 27. Board of the State of New York, Albany. Filed Sept. 23. erty: in Newburgh. Amount: $110,000. Filed Sept. 24. American Commercial Constructors Inc., Middletown. J.C. Hendricksen Associates Lokum Realty L.L.C., Middle- $1,465 in favor of the New York Inc., Kingston. $1,071 in favor of town. Seller: Nake Ltd., Howells. State Department of Labor Un- the New York State Department Property: 285 Route 211 W., employment Insurance Division, of Labor and the Department of Taxation and Finance, Albany. Middletown. Amount: $415,000. Albany. Filed Sept. 24. Filed Sept. 24. Filed Sept. 25. Federal National Mortgage Association. Seller: Ralph Louis Puglielle Jr., New Windsor. Property: 29 Wallkill Ave., Middletown 10940. Amount: $100,932. Filed Sept. 24.

F and A Concrete Inc., Unionville. Seller: Anita Ricke, Wesley, Wells Fargo Bank N.A. Seller: Ia. Property: Greycourt Ave., Recycles Realty L.L.C., KingsAlbert Gomez, Poughkeep- Chester. Amount: $67,500. Filed ton. Seller: Sheila Sickler, Sept. 25. sie. Property: 23 Briarcliff Ave., Kingston. Property: in KingsPoughkeepsie 12603. Amount; ton. Amount: $245,000. Filed $173,500. Filed Sept. 24. Fannie Mae. Seller: Andrea Sept. 23. Pawliczek, Montgomery. Property: 71 Jordan Lane, No. 91, Middletown 10940. Amount: $336,988. Filed Sept. 25.

Aspen Landscaping and Tree Services Inc., Middletown. $227 in favor of the New York State Department of Labor Unemployment Insurance Division, Albany. Filed Sept. 24.

JB Tech Solution Inc., Chester. $1,295 in favor of the New York State Department of Labor Unemployment Insurance Division, Albany. Filed Sept. 24.

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NEWSMAKERS plus awards and events POWERS JOINS BOYS AND GIRLS CLUB BOARD BRIAN POWERS, director of marketing for Judelson, Giordano & Siegel, an accounting and business consulting firm in Middletown, recently became a member of the board of directors for the town of Wallkill Boys and Girls Club. In his role on the board, Powers will help the Boys and Girls Club’s mission to provide guidance and leadership to the youth of Wallkill and the surrounding areas. The board will benefit particularly from Powers’ expertise in business, public relations and marketing. “I am very proud to have this opportunity to contribute my efforts to such an amazing organization,” Powers said. “In my role at JGS, I have had the privilege of working for a company that shares many of the values as the Boys and Girls Club. Our firm is dedicated to helping the community whenever the opportunity presents itself and this is the perfect chance to do just that.” Powers has a bachelor’s degree in public relations, as well as an MBA in business from Mount Saint Mary College. Powers has previously served as the director of integrated marketing for Clear Channel of the Hudson Valley.

TWO JOIN CENTRAL HUDSON BOARD MARY D. MADDEN and MARK KASTNER, two business and community leaders have been appointed to serve on the board of directors of Central Hudson Gas & Electric Corp., the combination electric and gas utility that became the first American utility subsidiary of Canadian holding company Fortis Inc. in June 2013. Madden, president and CEO of Hudson Valley Federal Credit Union (HVFCU), and Kastner, president and principal of The Chazen Cos., were welcomed by Fortis President and CEO H. Stanley Marshall, who also serves as the chairman of the board of Central Hudson and its holding company parent CH Energy Group. Madden leads one of the nation’s largest credit unions, with assets of $3.7 billion and 270,000 members. She joined HVFCU in 1995 and assumed positions of increasing responsibility in operations, information technology, marketing, retail services, lending and human resources before being named president and CEO 11 years ago. She earned an MBA from the University of Massachusetts/Boston and a Bachelor of Arts degree from Indiana University. Madden’s volunteer leadership includes service with the boards of Health Quest, American Heart Association and Hudson Valley Pattern for Progress. She is a resident of Ulster County. “We’re extremely pleased to add Mary’s substantial financial acumen to Central Hudson’s board and we are certain that her wide-ranging experience will add tremendous value to our deliberations,” Marshall said. Kastner is a licensed professional engineer with more than 25 years of experience in finance, operations and general corporate management. Appointed as the president of The

Chazen Cos. in 2008, he oversees one of the region’s largest engineering, land surveying, environmental, planning and landscape architecture services firms. He earned an MBA from Union College and a bachelor’s degree in electrical and computer engineering from Clarkson University. Kastner’s volunteer involvement includes service on behalf of the Beacon Institute for Rivers and Estuaries, the Dutchess County Economic Development Corp. and the Hudson Valley Economic Development Corp. He resides in Ulster County. “Mark’s extensive business experience will be particularly beneficial to Central Hudson as we invest substantial amounts of capital to improve our region’s electric and gas infrastructure to better serve customers and communities in the years ahead,” said Marshall who also announced that Fortis Vice President of Finance and Chief Financial Officer Barry V. Perry and FortisAlberta Inc. President and CEO Karl W. Smith have also joined the board of the Poughkeepsiebased utility.

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ULSTER SAVINGS ADDS EXEC CHRISTOPHER ROSENBERGEN has been named Ulster Savings Bank’s vice president of residential mortgage lending at its Kingston headquarters. “We’re excited to have Chris lead our mortgage lending team,” said Joan M. Eck, chief credit and service officer at the bank. “He brings a wealth of residential lending and management expertise with him to this position. In the end, the real beneficiaries will be the customers of Ulster Savings Bank.” Rosenbergen joins Ulster Savings Bank with more than 20 years of mortgage lending service and will manage all aspects of the bank’s residential mortgage lending team in his new position. He previously served as a certified mortgage planning specialist at the Hudson Valley Federal Credit Union. In addition to being a certified mortgage planning specialist, Rosenbergen is also registered with the National Mortgage Licensing System. He has actively participated with local and national mortgage industry associations over the years, including the Dutchess County Association of Realtors and the National Association of Professional Mortgage Women. Rosenbergen resides in Pleasant Valley with his wife and two daughters.

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THE RE-IMAGINE GARNER exhibition celebrates the new vision for Garner Arts Center by featuring more than 100 artists. The opening reception, Oct. 12, from 6 to 11 p.m. at the center, 55 W. Railroad Ave., Garnerville, will be a celebration with live music, food, wine and beer and silent auction benefiting the rebuilding and reopening of the center in Building 35. Gallery hours are Saturday Oct. 12, from 2 to11 p.m. and Sunday Oct. 13, from noon to 5 p.m.

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THE ARTIST STUDIO TOURS, also Oct. 12 will allow visitors to see more than 30 artists working at their crafts, including the center’s first artist-in-residence, worldrenowned artist-photographer Spencer Tunick 2 to 7 p.m. and Sunday Oct. 13, noon to 5 p.m. The exhibition is made possible with support from First Niagara Bank Foundation, Garnerville Holding Co. Inc., the town of Haverstraw, the village of West Haverstraw and Tashi Dolma and Tashi Rabten, founders of Tibetan Home of Hope. For more information, visit garnerartscenter.org or call (845) 947-7108.

STAR LIGHT, STAR BRIGHT COME SIT BY THE FIRELIGHT at Boscobel, Route 9 D in Garrison, from 6 to 9 p.m.; a traditional bonfire for some old-fashioned “kindled” fun. Also, new this year will be stargazing with Boscobel museum educator Lisa Dimarzo. Limited seating around the bonfire will be provided; feel free to bring your own chairs. Admission is $12 for adults, and children 10 and under are free. Friends of Boscobel members receive a 10 percent discount. Advance ticket purchase preferred; stop by or call during business hours or visit Boscobel.org 24/7.

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FACTS&FIGURES Joy Transportation L.L.C., Middletown. $1,206 in favor of the New York State Department of Labor Unemployment Insurance Division, Albany. Filed Sept. 27. Kingston’s Grand Slam Tavern Inc., Kingston. $1,071 in favor of the New York State Department of Labor and the Department of Taxation and Finance, Albany. Filed Sept. 24.

Red Oak Construction Inc., Campbell Hall. $74,000 in favor of the Workers’ Compensation Board of the State of New York, Albany. Filed Sept. 23. Redi Corp., Warwick. $142,000 in favor of the Workers’ Compensation Board of the State of New York, Albany. Filed Sept. 23.

Ricketson Bro Inc., New Paltz. $1,071 in favor of the New York State Department of Labor and Lalo Drywall Inc., New Paltz. the Department of Taxation and $3,361 in favor of the New York Finance, Albany. Filed Sept. 24. State Department of Labor Unemployment Insurance Division, Rock Cut Fence Company Inc., Albany. Filed Sept. 20. Walden. $1,926 in favor of the New York State Department of Millennium Contractors Inc., Labor Unemployment Insurance Pine Bush. $1,071 in favor of the Division, Albany. Filed Sept. 27. New York State Department of Labor and the Department of Satisfaction Repair Inc., MonTaxation and Finance, Albany. roe. $74,000 in favor of the Filed Sept. 25. Workers’ Compensation Board of the State of New York, Albany. Miya Entertainment Inc., Filed Sept. 23. Wallkill. $783 in favor of the New York State Department of Labor Sight and Sound CommuniUnemployment Insurance Divi- cations Corp., New Hampton. sion, Albany. Filed Sept. 20. $1,071 in favor of the New York State Department of Labor and Mountain Valley Guides the Department of Taxation and L.L.C., d.b.a. Paddles and Finance, Albany. Filed Sept. 25. Scoops, New Windsor. $54,000 in favor of the Workers’ Com- SL Enterprises Inc., Middletown. pensation Board of the State of $2,145 in favor of the New York New York, Albany. Filed Sept. 23. State Department of Labor and the Department of Taxation and Narsinh Inc., d.b.a. Capri Mo- Finance, Albany. Filed Sept. 25. tel, Port Ewen. $296 in favor of the New York State Department Speedway Transportation Inc., of Labor Unemployment In- Newburgh. $974 in favor of the surance Division, Albany. Filed New York State Department of Sept. 20. Labor Unemployment Insurance Division, Albany. Filed Sept. 27. Ohayo Mountain Plumbing and Heating Corp., Woodstock. The Dance Diamond, Middle$1,071 in favor of the New York town. $255 in favor of the New State Department of Labor and York State Department of Labor the Department of Taxation and Unemployment Insurance DiviFinance, Albany. Filed Sept. 24. sion, Albany. Filed Sept. 24. Platinum Mechanical L.L.C., Chester. $38,000 in favor of the Workers’ Compensation Board of the State of New York, Albany. Filed Sept. 23. Rainmaker Fire Systems Corp., d.b.a. Fire Sprinkler Installation, Port Jervis. $2,161 in favor of the New York State Department of Labor and the Department of Taxation and Finance, Albany. Filed Sept. 25.

TMED Services Inc., Westtown. $1,071 in favor of the New York State Department of Labor and the Department of Taxation and Finance, Albany. Filed Sept. 25.

Anderson, Artoria, et al. Filed by HSBC Bank USA N.A. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $519,900 affecting property located at 15 Arrowhead Road, Hopewell JuncWe Bryant’s Inc., Kingston. tion 12533. Filed Sept. 11. $4,660 in favor of the New York State Department of Labor Un- Andrews, James H., et al. Filed employment Insurance Division, by Citimortgage Inc. Action: Albany. Filed Sept. 20. seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $219,900 affecting Woodstock Landscaping and property located at 168 E. SearsExcavating L.L.C., West Hurley. ville Road, Montgomery. Filed $1,698 in favor of the New York July 3. State Department of Labor and the Department of Taxation and Aziz-Antal, Zsolt, et al. Filed by Finance, Albany. Filed Sept. 24. Wells Fargo Bank N.A. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $216,000 affecting property located at 13 Albert Drive, Wallkill 10941. Filed July 2. Lis Pendens The following filings indicated a legal action has been initiated, the outcome of which may affect the title to the property listed. 1042 Main Street L.L.C., et al. Filed by Capital Bank and Trust Co. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure an unspecified amount affecting property located at 1042 Main St., Fishkill 12524. Filed Aug. 30. 2 Broad Street L.L.C., et al. Filed by Capital Bank and Trust Co. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure an unspecified amount affecting property located at 2 Broad St., Fishkill 12524. Filed Aug. 30. Acevedo, Efrain, et al. Filed by Bank of America N.A. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $274,134 affecting property located at 1425 Route 32, Wallkill. Filed Sept. 26.

Agunzo, Michael F., et al. Filed by JPMorgan Chase Bank N.A. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $75,000 afThe Very Best Preschool fecting property located at 71 L.L.C., Middletown. $2,649 in Osborne Hill Road, Fishkill favor of theNew York State De- 12524. Filed Sept. 11. partment of Labor Unemployment Insurance Division, AlbaAiello, John S., et al. Filed by ny. Filed Sept. 27. U.S. Bank N.A. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to The Westtown Company Inc., secure $324,000 affecting propWesttown. $1,071 in favor of the erty located at 14 Sycamore New York State Department of Way, Poughkeepsie 12603. Filed Labor and the Department of Aug. 30. Taxation and Finance, Albany. Filed Sept. 25.

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Bowman, Joseph P., et al. Filed by Fifth Third Mortgage Co. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $237,840 affecting property located at 531 Center St., Newburgh 12550. Filed July 9.

Corkery, Timothy M., et al. Filed by Wells Fargo Bank N.A. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $223,985 affecting property located at 125 Zena Road, Hurley 12443. Filed Sept. 26.

Branton, Steve C., et al. Filed by JPMorgan Chase Bank N.A. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $153,000 affecting property located at 22 Grandview Trail, Monroe 10950. Filed July 8.

Correjter, Natasha, et al. Filed by Nationstar Mortgage L.L.C. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $306,348 affecting property located at 86 Reservoir Road, Pawling 12564. Filed Sept. 12.

Carino, Franco, et al. Filed by PHH Mortgage Corp. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $350,000 affecting property located at 19 Autumn Way, Poughquag 12570. Filed Sept. 9.

Crawford, Craig, et al. Filed by OneWest Bank F.S.B. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $152,000 affecting property located at 150 Linderman Ave., Kingston 12401. Filed Sept. 24.

Carney, John T. III, et al. Filed by Nationwide Advantage Mortgage Co. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure an unspecified amount affecting property located at 144 Travis Bastiano, Paula N., aka Paula Road, Hyde Park 12538. Filed N. Frissora, et al. Filed by JPM- Aug. 29. organ Chase Bank N.A. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mort- Casil, Gislene, et al. Filed by gage to secure $159,000 affect- Wells Fargo Bank N.A. Action: ing property located at 104 W. seeks to foreclose on a mortgage Spring St., Maybrook 12543. to secure $55,732 affecting propFiled July 3. erty located at 706 Courtland Drive, Newburgh 12550. Filed Baxter, Cheryl L., et al. Filed July 9. by Nationstar Mortgage L.L.C. Action: seeks to foreclose on a Choffo, Daniel D., et al. Filed mortgage to secure $264,000 af- by U.S. Bank N.A. Action: seeks fecting property located at 157 to foreclose on a mortgage to White Ave., Pine Bush 12566. secure $215,400 affecting propFiled July 3. erty located at 4 Colleen Lane, Wallkill 12589. Filed Sept. 20. Bethea, Ronald, et al. Filed by M&T Bank. Action: seeks to Cofield, Jonathan J., et al. Filed foreclose on a mortgage to se- by RBS Citizens N.A. Action: cure $180,405 affecting property seeks to foreclose on a mortlocated at 265 Ruth Court, No. gage to secure $276,700 affect265, Middletown 10940. Filed ing property located at 2698 July 8. W. Main St., Wappingers Falls 12590. Filed Sept. 6. Bloom, Debra, et al. Filed by Wells Fargo Bank N.A. Action: Conklin, Chayne S. Sr., et al. seeks to foreclose on a mort- Filed by JPMorgan Chase Bank gage to secure $165,293 affecting N.A. Action: seeks to foreproperty located at 110 Laudaten close on a mortgage to secure Way, Warwick 10990. Filed July 3. $185,963 affecting property located at 413 Vassar Road, PoughBookman, Pauline V., et al. keepsie 12603. Filed Sept. 3. Filed by Household Finance Realty Corporation of New York. Conners, Stella R., et al. Filed Action: seeks to foreclose on a by JPMorgan Chase Bank N.A. mortgage to secure $212,198 af- Action: seeks to foreclose on a fecting property located at 3912 mortgage to secure $100,000 Whispering Hills, Unit 397, affecting property located at Chester 10918. Filed July 9. 2 Dapple Terrace, Newburgh 12550. Filed July 3.

Crystal Clear Water Mechanical Inc, et al. Filed by Rhinebeck Bank. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $477,500 affecting property located in Hyde Park. Filed Sept. 4.

Barry, Kevin P., et al. Filed by Riverside Bank. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $225,000 affecting property located at 310 Mill St., Poughkeepsie. Filed Sept. 3.

Cummings, Donald G. Jr., et al. Filed by Wells Fargo Bank N.A. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $260,000 affecting property located at 345 Sinpatch Road, Wassaic 12592. Filed Sept. 5. Curtis, Donna, et al. Filed by Household Finance Realty Corporation of New York. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $241,745 affecting property located at 22 Rymph Blvd., Poughkeepsie 12601. Filed Sept. 5. Daly, Robert, et al. Filed by CitiMortgage Inc. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $71,200 affecting property located at 2749 Route 32, Kingston 12401. Filed Sept. 20. Davidson, Michael J., et al. Filed by RBS Citizens N.A. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $300,000 affecting property located at 6 Van Ness Road, Beacon 12508. Filed Sept. 16. Davis, Aaron L., et al. Filed by Bank of America N.A. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $82,900 affecting property located at 103 Fairfax Ave., Middletown 10940. Filed July 9.

Dean, Lee E., et al. Filed by Deutsche Bank National Trust Co. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $140,600 affecting property located at 12 Hill St., Port Jervis 12771. Filed July 2. Demilio, Denise, et al. Filed by Deutsche Bank National Trust Co. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $343,440 affecting property located at 36 Ryerson Road, Warwick 10990. Filed July 3. Dia, Abdoulaye, et al. Filed by Chase Home Finance L.L.C. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $237,650 affecting property located at 121 Rolling Meadows Road, Middletown 10940. Filed July 9. Dickinson, Matthew, et al. Filed by U.S. Bank N.A. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $234,000 affecting property located at 51 S. Cross Road, Staatsburg 12580. Filed Aug. 29.

Ferrelli, Walter, 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 47 Seitz Terrace, Poughkeepsie 12603. Filed Aug. 29.

Giammatteo, Marc W., individually and as administrator of the estate of Melina W. Giammatteo, et al. Filed by Citimortgage Inc. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $80,000 affecting property located at 16 MacFarlane Road, Wappingers Ferrieri, Stephen D., individu- Falls 12590. Filed Sept. 13. ally and as co-administrator D.B.N. of the estate of Dennis Giardina, John, et al. Filed by Ferrieri, et al. Filed by Nationstar JPMorgan Chase Bank N.A. Mortgage L.L.C. Action: seeks Action: seeks to foreclose on a to foreclose on a mortgage to mortgage to secure $600,000 afsecure $173,500 affecting prop- fecting property located at 21 erty located at 21 Russo Drive, W. Barrett Hill Road, Hopewell Hopewell Junction 12533. Filed Junction 12533. Filed Sept. 4. Sept. 13. Gibbs, Blaine, et al. Filed by Fowler, Jama, et al. Filed by Mid-Hudson Valley Federal HSBC Bank USA N.A. Action: Credit Union. Action: seeks to seeks to foreclose on a mort- foreclose on a mortgage to segage to secure $115,000 affecting cure $45,000 affecting property property located at 5 Warren St., located at High Falls Road, SauEllenville 12428. Filed Sept. 23. gerties 12477. Filed Sept. 20.

Francese, Michael L., et al. Filed by Citimortgage Inc. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $185,500 affecting property located at 17 Mildred Ave., Poughkeepsie. Dolan, Jeffrey S., et al. Filed by Filed Sept. 12. Citimortgage Inc. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to se- Galarza, Alvin A., et al. Filed by cure $210,000 affecting property The Bank of New York Mellon. located at 169 E. Main St., Wash- Action: seeks to foreclose on a ingtonville. Filed July 2. mortgage to secure an unspecified amount affecting property Dorrian, Mary F., et al. Filed by located at 10 Milo Drive, MidWells Fargo Bank N.A. Action: dletown 10941. Filed July 9. seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $35,000 affecting prop- Galarza, Jose A., et al. Filed by erty located at 41 Cambridge Wells Fargo Bank N.A. Action: Drive, Red Hook 12571. Filed seeks to foreclose on a mortgage Aug. 30. to secure an unspecified amount affecting property located at 67 Enriquez, Maria, et al. Filed Kings Way, Pawling 12564. Filed by JPMorgan Chase Bank N.A. Sept. 16. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure an unspeci- Gaspard, Rodney F., et al. fied amount affecting property Filed by Wells Fargo Bank N.A. located at 12 Laroc Road, Ches- Action: seeks to foreclose on a ter 10918. Filed July 2. mortgage to secure $280,819 affecting property located at 161 Faherty, Thomas J., et al. Filed Bayview Terrace, Newburgh by Flagstar Bank F.S.B. Action: 12550. Filed July 3. seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $280,000 affecting prop- Germano, Lawrence S., et al. erty located at 7 Edenville Road, Filed by Webster Bank N.A. Warwick 10990. Filed July 5. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $150,000 Ferber, Chad W., et al. Filed affecting property located at by JPMorgan Chase Bank N.A. 3549 Route 82, Millbrook. Action: seeks to foreclose on a Filed Sept. 16. mortgage to secure an unspecified amount affecting property located at 16 Cramer Road, Rhinebeck 12572. Filed Sept. 9.

Guck, John E., et al. Filed by Wells Fargo Bank N.A. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $257,810 affecting property located at 22 Blumel Road, Middletown 10941. Filed July 9.

Lapertosa, Thomas J., et al. Filed by Citimortgage Inc. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure an unspecified amount affecting property located at 7 Franklin Lane, Otisville 10963. Filed July 5.

Nocket, Edward, et al. Filed by U.S. Bank Trust N.A. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $138,650 affecting property located at 6 Bethlehem Place, Poughkeepsie 12603. Filed Sept. 4.

Herbin, Marvin R., et al. Filed by Mid-Hudson Valley Federal Credit Union. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $180,000 affecting property located at 61 Whitetail Run Road, Blooming Grove. Filed July 2.

Leroy, Michael W., et al. Filed by The Bank of New York Mellon. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $75,000 affecting property located at 38 Anthony St., Middletown 10940. Filed July 9.

Nyulassy, Karen, et al. Filed by Wells Fargo Bank N.A. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $236,645 affecting property located at 67 Magic Drive, Kingston 12401. Filed Sept. 25.

Maggiolo, Denise, et al. Filed by Loancare. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $343,151 affecting property located at 49 Pewter Circle, Chester 10918. Filed July 2.

O’Banks, Darrin M., et al. Filed by Wells Fargo Bank N.A. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $132,444 affecting property located at 836 Goshen Turnpike, Circleville 10919. Filed July 8.

Hernandez, Gregory D. Jr., et al. Filed by Flagstar Bank F.S.B. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $222,924 affecting property located at 11 Glendale Road, Greenwood Lake 10925. Filed July 3. Hylton, Collin, et al. Filed by M&T Bank. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $162,000 affecting property located at 3 Franklin St., Wappingers Falls 12590. Filed Sept. 12.

Gilbert, Jennifer A., et al. Filed by Eastern Savings Bank F.S.B. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $170,000 affecting property located at 504 Delaware Ave., Kingston 12401. Filed Sept. 26. Johnson, Louella, et al. Filed by JPMorgan Chase Bank N.A. Gimmarino, Anthony C., et al. Action: seeks to foreclose on a Filed by Wells Fargo Bank N.A. mortgage to secure an unspeciAction: seeks to foreclose on a fied amount affecting property mortgage to secure an unspeci- located at 350 Water St., Unit 7-8, fied amount affecting property Newburgh 12550. Filed July 2. located at 246 Titusville Road, LaGrange. Filed Aug. 29. Jordan, Guy, et al. Filed by Federal National Mortgage AssociaGlick, Kathy J., et al. Filed by tion. Action: seeks to foreclose on Wells Fargo Bank N.A. Action: a mortgage to secure $207,000 seeks to foreclose on a mort- affecting property located at 117 gage to secure $229,900 affecting Harold Ave., Cornwall-on-Hudproperty located at 79 Jefferson son 12518. Filed July 2. Road, Red Hook 12571. Filed Sept. 5. Keith, Robert, et al. Filed by Deutsche Bank National Trust Gordon, Samuel G., et al. Filed Co. Action: seeks to foreclose on by Deutsche Bank National Trust a mortgage to secure $338,200 Co. Action: seeks to foreclose on affecting property located at 5 a mortgage to secure $229,000 Sands Ring Drive, Cornwall-onaffecting property located at 50 Hudson 12518. Filed July 2. Ireland Drive, Poughkeepsie 12603. Filed Sept. 12. Kirby, Patrick O., et al. Filed by Hudson Valley Federal Credit Gronner, Eleni, et al. Filed by Union. Action: seeks to foreclose U.S. Bank N.A. Action: seeks to on a mortgage to secure $160,000 foreclose on a mortgage to se- affecting property located at 367 cure $256,000 affecting property Angelo Drive, Montgomery located at 12 Briarwood Drive, 12549. Filed July 8. Middletown 10940. Filed July 5. Labarbera, Virginia M., et al. Filed by M&T Bank. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $105,000 affecting property located at 68 N. Road, Tivoli 12583. Filed Sept. 16.

Martinez, Isabel, 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 12 Dorland Ave., Poughkeepsie 12603. Filed Aug. 29.

Overton, William R., et al. Filed by Deutsche Bank National Trust Co. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $189,952 affecting property located at 1523 Route 300, Newburgh 12550. Filed July 5.

Masterson, Cynthia L., et al. Filed by Household Finance Realty Corporation of New York. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $246,743 affecting property located at 94 Greycourt Road, Blooming Grove 10918. Filed July 3.

Ozello, Darryl T., et al. Filed by The Bank of New York Mellon. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $178,500 affecting property located at 17 Elizabeth St., Port Jervis 12771. Filed July 2.

Meadows, Richard A., et al. Filed by Wells Fargo Bank N.A. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $160,000 affecting property located at 64 Capital Drive, Washingtonville 10992. Filed July 3.

Pagan, George, 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 271 Minisink Turnpike, Westtown 10998. Filed July 3.

Michaud, John J., et al. Filed by Citimortgage Inc. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $150,000 affecting property located at 1474 Route 376, Wappingers Falls. Filed Sept. 11.

Parker, Kevin, et al. Filed by JPMorgan Chase Bank N.A. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $361,250 affecting property located at 41 Sedgewick Road, Poughkeepsie 12603. Filed Sept. 9.

Mounier, Erica L., et al. Filed by Wells Fargo Bank N.A. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $250,400 affecting property located at 102 W. Meadow Wind Lane, Newburgh 12550. Filed July 5.

Pilkington, Theresa G., et al. Filed by Loancare. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $287,952 affecting property located at 130 Carboy Road, Middletown 10940. Filed July 2.

Moza, Anthony F., et al. Filed by RBS Citizens N.A. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $125,000 affecting property located at 392 Briggs Highway, Wawarsing. Filed Sept. 26.

Pinon, Salisa, et al. Filed by Wells Fargo Bank N.A. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $229,862 affecting property located at 197 Martin Road, LaGrangeville 12540. Filed Aug. 30.

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FACTS&FIGURES Portuese, Sam aka Sebastiano Portuese, et al. Filed by Hudson Valley Federal Credit Union. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $270,000 affecting property located at 1067 Creek Locks Road, Rosendale 12472. Filed Sept. 20. Predmore, Jason R., et al. Filed by Bank of America N.A. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $264,550 affecting property located at 67 Franklin Ave., Monroe. Filed July 9. Qaqish, Raja Y., et al. Filed by Wells Fargo Bank N.A. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $204,020 affecting property located at 21 Lexington Ave., Poughkeepsie 12601. Filed Sept. 4. Rahman, Zakiyah Abdul, et al. Filed by Bank of America N.A. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $196,100 affecting property located at 276 Ingrassia Road, Middletown 10940. Filed July 5. Reich, Anita, et al. Filed by Capital One N.A. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure an unspecified amount affecting property located at 314 Route 105, Highland Mills 10930. Filed July 2. Rocha, Sara, aka Sara Rocha Santos, et al. Filed by OneWest Bank F.S.B. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $126,500 affecting property located at 168 Cottage St., Middletown 10940. Filed July 8. Schmidt, Michael E., et al. Filed by Nationstar Mortgage L.L.C. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $200,000 affecting property located at 30 Anthony St., New Windsor 12553. Filed July 3. Scholz, Jennifer A., et al. Filed by Federal National Mortgage Association. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $134,941 affecting property located at 901 Tower Ave., Maybrook 12543. Filed July 2. Seaman, Glen S. Jr., et al. Filed by Wells Fargo Bank N.A. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $150,000 affecting property located at 24 Probst Terrace, Hopewell Junction 12533. Filed Aug. 29.

Serringer, Neal, et al. Filed by JPMorgan Chase Bank N.A. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $430,550 affecting property located at 360 Springtown Road North, New Paltz 12561. Filed Sept. 20.

Terwilliger, Harry Alan, as administrator of the estate of Paul A. Terwilliger, et al. Filed by BAC Home Loans Servicing L.P. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure an unspecified amount affecting property located at 153 Wilber Ave., Sledziejowski, Roman, et al. Kingston 12401. Filed Sept. 20. Filed by Self Reliance NY Federal Credit Union. Action: seeks Thompson, Raymond L., et al. to foreclose on a mortgage to Filed by JPMorgan Chase Bank secure an unspecified amount N.A. Action: seeks to foreclose affecting property located at on a mortgage to secure $133,500 310 Mansion St., Poughkeepsie affecting property located at 39 12601. Filed Sept. 16. S. Randolph Ave., Poughkeepsie 12601. Filed Sept. 12. Small, Edward L., et al. Filed by U.S. Bank N.A. Action: seeks to Touri, William J., et al. Filed foreclose on a mortgage to se- by JPMorgan Chase Bank N.A. cure $67,832 affecting property Action: seeks to foreclose on a located at 81 Hammond St., Port mortgage to secure $112,917 afJervis 12771. Filed July 8. fecting property located at 1435 Route 292, Holmes 12531. Filed Smith, Robert W., et al. Filed Sept. 4. by JPMorgan Chase Bank N.A. Action: seeks to foreclose on a Travis, Devin A., et al. Filed by mortgage to secure $171,830 af- Hudson Valley Federal Credit fecting property located at 50 Union. Action: seeks to foreChurch St., Port Jervis 12771. close on a mortgage to secure Filed July 3. $232,000 affecting property located at 21 Alpert Drive, WapSmythe, Timothy, et al. Filed pingers Falls 12590. Filed Sept. 9. by U.S. Bank N.A. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to se- Tveit, Robert P., et al. Filed by cure $198,000 affecting property Ocwen Loan Servicing L.L.C. located at 33 Poppletown Road, Action: seeks to foreclose on a Esopus 12429. Filed Sept. 24. mortgage to secure $197,500 affecting property located at 141 Sroka, Ellen, et al. Filed by Ci- Blumel Road, Wallkill 10941. timortgage Inc. Action: seeks Filed July 2. to foreclose on a mortgage to secure an unspecified amount Vail, Daniel P., et al. Filed by affecting property located at 11 Nationstar Mortgage L.L.C. Donny Drive, Wappingers Falls Action: seeks to foreclose on a 12590. Filed Sept. 12. mortgage to secure $175,200 affecting property located at 17 Staiano, Anthony F., et al. Filed Van Wyck Drive, Poughkeepsie by Hudson Valley Federal Credit 12601. Filed Sept. 3. Union. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure Valdina, Jordan, et al. Filed by $202,500 affecting property lo- U.S. Bank N.A. Action: seeks cated at 22 Tiger Road, Hopewell to foreclose on a mortgage to Junction 12533. Filed Aug. 30. secure $274,400 affecting property located at 41 S. Chestnut St., Star Beverage at Ward’s Bridge New Paltz 12561. Filed Sept. 25. Inc., et al. Filed by Band Rosenbaum and Martin P.C. Profit Van Dyke, Theodore Jr., et al. Sharing Okand and Trust, et al. Filed by New York Community Action: seeks to foreclose on a Bank. Action: seeks to foreclose mortgage to secure $130,000 af- on a mortgage to secure $228,478 fecting property located at 135 affecting property located at 6 Ward St., Montgomery. Filed Glenview Drive, Glenford 12433. July 3. Filed Sept. 25. Swope, Allen, et al. Filed by Hudson Valley Federal Credit Union. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $252,000 affecting property located at 2284 Route 55, Hopewell Junction 12533. Filed Sept. 10.

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Velasquez, Paula, aka Paula White, et al. Filed by Wells Fargo Bank N.A. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $274,900 affecting property located at 80 Shale Drive, Middletown 10940. Filed July 3.

Wesley, Mark, et al. Filed by EverBank. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $238,095 affecting property located at 4835 Route 22, Amenia 12501. Filed Sept. 3. Westrick, Stefanie A., et al. Filed by Citimortgage Inc. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $240,000 affecting property located at 56 Hemlock Drive, Hopewell Junction 12533. Filed Sept. 16.

Mechanic’s Liens

Jai Pavanputra Inc., d.b.a. F.L. Kane Appraisals, 68 ClinBlooming Grove Sunoco, 1197 ton Ave., Kingston 12401, c/o Route 208, Monroe 10950. Filed Francis L. Kane. Filed Sept. 26. June 14. Get It Out!, 25 Brooklyn St., Kniffen Corp., d.b.a. Kniffen Port Jervis 12771, c/o Andre Homes, 29 S. Chestnut St., New Ladson. Filed June 15. Paltz 12561. Filed Sept. 25. Hair and Makeup by Shaina, 9 The Mount Hope Dollar Inc., Fortune Road East, Middletown d.b.a. Dollaway Dollar, 486 Tal- 10941, c/o Shaina Amy Aronowly Ho Road, Middletown 10940. itz. Filed June 14. Filed June 14. Hearth and Home, 2039 Route 32, Rosendale 12472, c/o Matthew S. Tierney. Filed Sept. 24. Partnerships Eco Cloth, 84 Breezy Heights, Marlboro 12542, c/o Mitchell J. McKiever and Marie Pierre Brule-McKiever. Filed Sept. 23.

Hudson Valley Honor Flight, 3 Highland Ave., Walden 12586, c/o Steven Michael Nicoli. Filed June 13.

Hydra Strength Training, 45 Catskill Ave., Monroe 10950, c/o 28 Industrial Drive Associates Joseph G. Pesce Jr. and Daniel J. L.L.C., Upper Saddle River, N.J., Wyman. Filed June 14. as owner. $175,536 as claimed by Sunwize Technologies Inc., San Uniqueness Counts, 23 Tammy Jose, Calif. Property: in Middle- Drive, Middletown, c/o Denise town. Filed Sept. 24. Brown, Yovanka Nicasio-Mojica,

Hudson Valley Vintage Rentals, 751 Samsonville Road, Kerhonkson 12446, c/o Tamara Anne Basten. Filed Sept. 24.

10 Boulevard L.L.C., as owner. $39,935 as claimed by Aristocrat Paint Contracting, Deer Park. Property: 2 E. Main St., Beacon. Filed Sept. 25.

Lipton, Beth M., as owner. $107,751 as claimed by Mitre Construction Ltd., Phoenicia. Property: 7 Arnold Drive, Woodstock 12498. Filed Sept. 24.

New Businesses

Integrity Lawn Care, 5 Madre DeCristo Road, Wallkill 12589, c/o Richard Bruschi. Filed June 14.

and Angelina Brady. Filed June 14. Level Headed Property ServicZowiePC, P.O. Box 41, Green- es, 115 Harding Ave., Kingston field Park 12435, c/o Andrew J. 12401, c/o David E. Coffey. Filed McCabe and Justin L. Posner. Sept. 26. Filed Sept. 25. Natural Skull Designs, 43 S. Ohioville Road, New Paltz Sole Proprietorships 12561, c/o Joshua A. Marsh. Filed Sept. 25.

This paper is not responsible for According 2 Garp, 95B Fairmont typographical errors contained in Ave., Kingston 12401, c/o Jenna L. On the Move Mobile Bookkeeping, 26 Buena Vista Ave., Goldstein. Filed Sept. 23. the original filings. Shawangunk 12589, c/o Christine M. Rhodes. Filed Sept. 26. Affordable Services, 342 Glenerie Blvd., Saugerties 12447, Doing Business As c/o Arturo E. Castaneda Torres. Pitter Patter Doula Services, 17 Carroll St., Tillson 12486, c/o Leigh Filed Sept. 24. Alert Security and InvestigaAnn Goodyear. Filed Sept. 23. tions Inc., d.b.a. Alert Security Training School, 71 Albany Ave., Auto Center Soriano, 349 Ann St., Newburgh, c/o Luis A. So- Presage Services, 304 HomeKingston 12401. Filed Sept. 25. stead Ave., Maybrook 12543, c/o riano. Filed June 15. Numa N. Pinto. Filed June 13. Antviceli Transportation Corp., d.b.a. Antviceli Pro- Bottoms Up Chimney, P.O. Box duce, 116 Fosler Road, Highland 2452, Kingston 12402, c/o Wayne Riah Products, 105 Penstock Edward Richter Jr. Filed Sept. 25. Lane, Lake Katrine 12449, c/o 12528. Filed Sept. 24. Benny Wilder. Filed Sept. 24. Earth’s Green Company Inc., d.b.a. My Earth Water, 34 Lower James St., Rosendale 12472. Filed Sept. 24.

Dannysdelights, 235 Carpenter Ave., Newburgh 12550, c/o Social Evolution EnterprisVeronica Abigail Purcell. Filed es, 116 Liberty St., Newburgh 12550, c/o Anthony M. Bostick. June 13. Filed June 15.

Hospice Foundation Inc., d.b.a. Decks by John Berger, 801 Hudson Valley Hospice Foun- Route 42, Sparrow Bush 12780, dation, 34 Broadway, Kingston c/o John Berger. Filed June 14. 12401. Filed Sept. 25. Divine Designs, 10 Cara Court, Hospice Inc., d.b.a. Hudson Goshen 10924, c/o Olivia Kate Valley Hospice, 34 Broadway, Zaphiris. Filed June 15. Kingston 12401. Filed Sept. 25.

Te-Ma, 14 Maple Lane, Woodstock 12498, c/o Dorothee Telson. Filed Sept. 20. The Knob Store, 14 Maple Lane, Woodstock 12498, c/o Dorothee Telson. Filed Sept. 20.

FACES& PLACES Insiders perspective Doing business in commercial real estate: Has it really changed over the years? That question framed a lively 90-minute lunch at The Bristal at White Plains, the new senior living facility at 305 North St. in the former, completely remade St. Agnes Hospital. The speakers were developers Bob Scinto, a veteran of Fairfield County properties from his Shelton office who began his career as a plumber, and Jeremy Leventhal, whose youth, academic experience and international credentials constituted another path to real estate success. Howard Greenberg, president, Howard Properties Ltd., moderated, along with Liz Bracken-Thompson, partner, Thompson & Bender. — Photographs by Bill Fallon

1. Event speaker and Shelton-based developer Bob Scinto. 2. Real Estate developer and event speaker Jeremy Leventhal. 3. Craig Schiavone, executive vice president, Westport-based Soluxe Energy Solutions, and Elliott Fisher, managing director, Westport-based Business Concierge Solutions. 4. Steven Schapiro and Andrew Hascoe, principals, Stamford-based Catalyst Real Estate Partners. 5. Architect David Chau, New Rochellebased DC Architects P.C. 6. Nicholas Fiore, business development, project management and cost segregation, CB Richard Ellis’s Manhattan office. 7. Dennis Noskin, architect and president, Dennis Noskin Architects, Tarrytown. 8. Kate DeFeo, Perkins Eastman, Stamford. 9. Ingrid Richards, manager, downtown and economic development, village of Ossining. 10. Frank Skuthan, executive vice president, commercial banking, event co-sponsor Hudson Valley Bank. 11. Jeff Conrad, executive vice president, commercial division, Westport-based Soluxe Energy Solutions.

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