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FREE SPEECH AT ISSUE IN OSSINING DEVELOPMENT FIGHT

BY JOHN GOLDEN jgolden@westfairinc.com

T MOVING ALONG An artist rendering of the Rivertowns Square mixed-use development.

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William M. Mooney III, Westchester County economic development director, and Martin G. Berger, a managing member of Saber Dobbs Ferry.

he long-thwarted developer of the historic Brandreth Pill Factory site in Ossining has been accused of “stifling” the free speech of an opponent of the riverfront development in court papers recently filed by attorneys responding to claims by the developer, Peter Stolatis, that he was defamed and libeled by his opponent, Miguel Hernandez, in comments posted on Facebook earlier this year.

In a separate related case in state Supreme Court in White Plains, an attorney for the village of Ossining last month asked a judge to dismiss a petition by Stolatis’ Pleasantville company, Plateau Associates LLC, to lift a stop-work order issued in April by Ossining’s building inspector that halted Plateau’s demolition of the 19th-century factory building. The move to raze the deteriorated building, which is listed on the National Register of Historic Places and was landmarked in 2013 by the village’s newly formed Historic Review Commission, incensed village officials and historic » CLASH IN OSSINING, page 6

Girls build robots as part of Pace’s new STEM outreach program

BY COLLEEN WILSON cwilson@westfairinc.com

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n a recent Saturday, 30 high school sophomores and juniors attended a class at Pace University’s Seidenberg School of Computer Science and Information Systems for a new program dedicated to bringing science, technology, engineering and math to secondary school students.

But this classroom didn’t look quite like the advanced STEM classes many of these students take at their respective high schools because this program is for girls only.

Nancy Treuer, project manager for Pace’s women-in-technology initiative, WIT@PACE,

said at first everyone was shy and quiet but by the end of the first day the girls were excited and talkative.

“They seemed to really enjoy being in a environment with all girls,” Truer said.

STEM Women Achieve Greatness, or SWAG, is the name of the Pace program that started Oct. 3 for the first 30 high schoolers who signed up for the nine-week series in which they will build robots and receive instruction from Pace’s Seidenberg School faculty.

The student body of the program is diverse, Treuer said, and it represents schools in Westchester and Fairfield counties, including Bedford’s Fox Lane High School, Ridgefield High School, Masters School in Dobbs Ferry

and the Academy of Information Technology & Engineering in Stamford.

The sessions are three hours long and the curriculum has been designed by Pace instructors including Nancy Lynch Hale, an associate professor in charge of outreach and corporate education at the school.

The students were split into groups in which they will be “designing, developing and deploying their robot to collect data,” Hale said.

The robots, which are SeaPerch kits to construct remote-controlled vehicles meant to operate in water, will require creative design by the students so the robot can perform cer» STEM, page 6

Biz White Plains anti-bullying app branching out

BY COLLEEN WILSON cwilson@westfairinc.com

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n grade school, there are not many instances in which the students know more than the teachers but, T. Gregory Bender said, when it comes to bullying, suspicious behavior or rulebreaking, children are the best informed.

That thinking is, in part, how Bender, CEO and president of White Plains-based Anonymous Alerts Reporting, came up with the idea for an app that allows students to file incident reports and communicate with school administrators while remaining anonymous if they so desire.

“The tradition was to have a locked box in front of the principal’s office,” Bender said. “I wanted to come up with a mobile way of doing so.”

Since its launch in 2013, Anonymous Alerts has been implemented in 1,500 public and private schools nationwide and serves 1.2 million students.

Anonymous Alerts is used in schools as close to White Plains as Greenwich, Somers, Stamford and North Salem and as far away as Texas and Florida, which has the largest school district at 160,000 students and staff using the app.

The app creates a database of information for school administrators as it receives student reports. Though aspects of the software are designed to be tailored to individual schools — school logo, report recipients, report localities — it gathers the same basic data across the board: location and time of the reported incident, the administrator chosen to see the report and the type of report, which can range from cyberbullying to selfharm to physical violence to reporting aberrant or alarming behavior.

School officials have access to the reports using a companion app, Anonymous Alerts Incident Management, which can send the recipient a push notification as a report is filed and allow the administrators to view the reports and potentially spot trends.

For example, administrators can pull up charts — which the app creates using data supplied by the student users in their reports — to see where most bullying incidents are reported.

Both the student and administrator version of the app can also be accessed

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Anonymous Alerts cost about $500,000 to develop, Bender said, and was patented June 30. He wouldn’t elaborate on how much the app costs, but said the license is issued to school districts on a multiple-year subscription basis and the price depends on the size of the school district.

The idea for this app system came to Bender in 2012 when he started researching incidents of violence in schools and found many of them were linked to harassment and bullying of the individuals who later committed the violence.

“We’d been working on (Anonymous Alerts) for about a year, and then Sandy Hook rolled around,” he said, in reference to the December 2012 mass shooting in which 20-year-old Adam Lanza killed 20 children and six adults at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Connecticut before killing himself.

After that, Bender said his team accelerated work on the software and started pitching the idea to school districts.

On Feb. 7, 2013, Dobbs Ferry was the first school district to roll out Anonymous Alerts but, after more than two years of the app’s implementation, Lisa Brady, superintendent of Dobbs Ferry Union Free School District, said the roughly 750 high school and middle school students who have access to the app do not use it frequently.

“Although we are happy to have the service available, it is not widely used,” she said, adding school administrators receive “a couple of tips each year,” but they are difficult to follow up on because the reports can be anonymous.

The anonymity component is an important part of the app, according to its creator.

“That’s where I think the beauty of this whole thing is,” Bender said, adding incident reports can be anonymous so children can file them without fear of retribution.

The lack of Anonymous Alerts in Dobbs Ferry may be less about the software’s attributes and more about the school’s standing philosophy for reporting troubling incidents.

“It is important to understand we would not expect ‘a lot’ of use,” Brady said, because administrators’ practice is to try to encourage students to report

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Meanwhile, in a neighboring state where the app was made available less than a year ago, there seems to be more commitment to Anonymous Alert.

P.J. Wax, an assistant principal at Westhill High School in Stamford, where the app was implemented in January, said Anonymous Alerts has been useful so far. He said the students are using it and, fortunately, no violent crimes have been reported.

“We wanted to have a safety net in place that was more accessible for our students,” Wax said.

Accessibility was key, he said, because Anonymous Alerts replaced the phonein hotline system the school previously used.

Westhill is piloting the app for the Stamford district, which may implement it in other schools after more time has been spent using the software.

Bender said the company is looking to expand its product line.

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Developers predict $600M in economic benefit for Hyde Park project

BY REECE ALVAREZ ralvarez@westfairinc.com

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evelopers for the Bellefield at Historic Hyde Park project gave town officials a taste of things to come with a brief presentation of the more than $600 million worth of economic activity their $100 million proposed tourist hub is expected to generate through the building of hotels, retail, residential and restaurant spaces highlighting the region’s agricultural and culinary prestige.

“In all the studies we’ve done, there is a real need for higher-end hospitality lodging, not only in Hyde Park but in the county,” Joseph Gaudio of the development company T-Rex Capital told a joint meeting of Hyde Park town and planning board officials.

The company hopes to take advantage of what T-Rex CEO Thomas Mulroy called a heretofore lost opportunity to capitalize on the nearby Culinary Institute of America with the construction of two hotels with a total capacity of 250 guests, a 15,000-squarefoot spa, 15,000-square-foot conference center and a large, free-standing signature restaurant.

Marriot and Hilton have already shown interest in being part of the Bellefield project, Mulroy said.

“People fly in from all over the world to take the CIA classes,”Mulroy said. “It is really a travesty this has gone so long without any hospitality.”

The centerpiece of the project will be a market square, including nearly 50,000 square feet of retail space with 40 residential lofts built above.

Pending final site plan approvals expected later this year, Mulroy hopes to begin transforming the 339-acre parcel into what he referred to as the first phase of a project that may one day grow to become a $500 million investment, including 500 units of varied residential housing mixed with extensive open spaces and a working farm to create a nature-oriented, livable community.

Thus far, developers have only presented plans for the first phase of the project, which is tentatively set to start construction sometime next year and will begin only with the hospitality and retail structures and residential lofts.

T-Rex hopes to turn day trips into weekend and week-long vacations for the more

than 1 million people who visit the town of Hyde Park annually.

Within the first year of operation — tentatively expected to begin on Jan. 1, 2018 — the project is expected to produce $4.25 million in economic activity in Dutchess County and in 10 years combined consumer and commercial spending could total more than $634 million, according to T-Rex. The project is also expected to contribute significantly to the area’s tax base.

Developers estimate Bellefield will generate more than $11 million annually in taxes to be divided among the town, county and state.

Over the first 10 years of operation, tax revenue could generate more than $18 million for Hyde Park, $36 million for the county and $64 million for the state, according to figures presented by developers.

The construction of Phase 1 will generate 550 jobs with 369 full-time permanent, on-site jobs to follow and 37 jobs specifically within the Hyde Park Community, according to T-Rex officials.

The project is seen as a possible gamechanger by Town Supervisor Aileen Rohr, who, along with planning officials and mem-

bers of the Hyde Park Chamber of Commerce, are encouraged by the project.

“Because Hyde Park is in many ways the center of tourism for Dutchess County, a well-designed and executed mixed-use project that focuses on the development of the tourism industry could be transformative for our town,” Rohr said.

Bellefield has been in the works for years.

It was first introduced to the town of Hyde Park in 2004 but, according to Rohr, development plans fell through in 2008 with the impacts of the recession.

T-Rex purchased the property in 2012.

The chances of the project coming to fruition have increased as it has gained support from the Mid-Hudson Regional Economic Development Council, which endorsed it as one of several Dutchess County projects to be considered by Gov. Andrew Cuomo’s office as an eligible recipient for state funding.

“We are off to a great start and we are very enthusiastic about that,” Gaudio said. “It just goes to show all the great assets in the town of Hyde Park, and this truly is the center of tourism, not only for Dutchess County, but the mid-Hudson region.”

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State energy plan a means of creating opportunities

ince 2008, New York’s State Energy Planning Board has been responsible for developing an annual energy plan that anticipates the state’s future energy needs and goals. The 2015 energy plan is the most ambitious yet in its clean-energy aims, setting three goals: • Reduce greenhouse gas emissions by 40 percent from 1990 levels; • Raise the percentage of renewable energy generation from 25 percent to 50 percent of the state’s total; and • Increase energy efficiency in buildings to reduce usage by 600 trillion BTU. These goals will require significant effort on several fronts if they are to be achieved.

Cut greenhouse gas emissions The state seeks an aggressive reduction in greenhouse gas (GhG) emissions, considering them to be the leading “cause of climate change” as well as a threat to the local environment and health of New Yorkers.

The first step in reducing GhG emissions is to support existing sources of clean baseload energy and add to them. Thirty-one percent of our power comes from nuclear plants that emit virtually zero carbon.

Indian Point Energy Center, the nuclear plant that supplies approximately 25 percent of the power to New York City and Westchester County, prevents more than 8.5 million tons of carbon dioxide from being released annually — exceeding the combined annual impact of every state energy program. Should Indian Point cease to operate, GhG emissions would increase significantly because natural gas, a fossil fuel, would be needed to replace most of the lost nuclear power.

The 2015 energy plan recognizes the “continued safe operation of nuclear” is an “important” factor in achieving the state’s objectives, but it stops short of fully endorsing nuclear as a means of reducing GhGs — an omission it should correct. For all intents and purposes, it is impossible to achieve the plan’s GhG goals without nuclear power.

Increase renewable ener�y GhG emissions can be further reduced by deriving more energy from market-competitive renewable sources. Fifty-one percent of New York’s electricity comes from nuclear and hydroelectric generation, as compared to less than 5 percent from solar and wind.

Renewable technologies need substantial private investment, not taxpayer or ratepayer dollars, to grow.

Furthermore, if we’re to deliver renewable power more efficiently from upstate sources to demand-heavy downstate, New York must build new transmission lines and upgrade

older ones. Again, private investors, not taxpayers or ratepayers, must bear the cost.

Increase ener�y ef�iciency The plan proposes buildings reduce their energy use by 600 trillion BTU, the equivalent of a 23 percent reduction from 2012 levels. Energy-efficiency measures will reduce consumption of both the natural gas and heating oil used to warm buildings and the fuels used to generate electricity.

In addition to this initiative, the state is encouraging voluntary consumer participation in energy reduction activities via the Clean Energy Fund, which administers tax breaks, financial incentives and other programs to foster energy efficiency.

Affordability, accountability In order for all our citizens to benefit from the new initiatives, affordability must also be a priority. The most direct way to reduce the burden of energy costs on hardpressed families is to cut or eliminate the surcharges, taxes and fees that comprise 25 percent of the typical utility bill.

Accountability and transparency must also be achieved via specific details and costbenefit analysis for every initiative the state undertakes. For instance, lawmakers are proposing to provide the Clean Energy Fund with $5 billion over the next 10 years; we need to know where this money will go, for what, and why this will be valuable. New Yorkers already pay among the highest electricity costs in the nation; new energy proposals must not add to their bills.

Job creation will rise as New York lowers electricity costs and enhances system reliability, because businesses and industries will have an incentive to stay here and expand even further.

The 2015 energy plan aims to turn challenges into opportunities. To make our state an energy leader, we must keep existing sources of clean baseload energy, reduce ratepayer costs, cover financial risks with private investment and grow jobs in New York.

Arthur “Jerry” Kremer is the former chairman of the Assembly Ways and Means Committee and a principal author of the state’s power plan siting law. He now serves as chairman of the New York Affordable Reliable Electricity Alliance (New York AREA).

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M&T set to acquire Hudson City branches

BY COLLEEN WILSON cwilson@westfairinc.com

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&T Bank Corp. has received federal approval to acquire Hudson City Bancorp Inc. for $3.7 billion in a deal that took more than three years to complete after being held up by the Federal Reserve.

The transaction is still pending approval from the New York state Department of Financial Services and other closing conditions, which M&T said are expected to be completed on or around Nov. 1.

The initial announcement Buffalo-based M&T would take over Hudson City’s 135 branches was in August 2012, but in April 2013 M&T said additional time was needed and the deadline to complete the transaction was extended numerous times thereafter.

“The Federal Reserve has identified certain regulatory concerns with M&T’s procedures, systems and processes relating to M&T’s Bank Secrecy Act and anti-moneylaundering compliance program,” M&T said in 2013.

M&T hired an independent consulting firm as part of the bank’s initiative to address the issues outlined by the Federal Reserve.

In response to requests for comment about those issues, Chet Bridger, an M&T spokesman, provided part of an annual report letter written in March by Robert G. Wilmers, the bank’s chairman and CEO. In the letter, Wilmers wrote the bank invested $151 million in 2014 and $60 million in 2013 to improve its Bank Security Act and

anti-money-laundering program.

Part of that investment includes a new Know Your Customer program, which has now been implemented for over a year and helps bank employees better assess a customer’s potential risks.

“The expanse and depth of our new BSA/ AML program is both imposing and remarkable; it ensures the risk profile of every customer of the bank, old and new, is understood and properly managed,” Wilmers wrote.

The consideration and exchange ratio of the original agreement will remain intact, meaning each Hudson City share will receive consideration valued at 8.4 percent of an M&T share in the form of either M&T stock or cash.

In a previous 2012 report by the Business Journal, the estimated $3.7 billion value of the acquisition was based on the closing price of M&T stock Aug. 24, 2012, which was approved by the boards of directors of each company.

M&T’s presence in Westchester County, which includes 70 employees at seven branches and a regional headquarters office in Tarrytown, will now include Hudson City’s 10 Westchester branches. M&T currently has one commercial banking office in Norwalk and 25 total Fairfield County employees. With the acquisition of Hudson City, M&T will have nine additional branches in the county.

Hudson City’s 29 remaining branches are in New Jersey where the bank is based.

The Hudson City branches will keep that name until being converted to M&T’s network, which is expected in early 2016.

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Putnam County Savings Bank has a new name after 144 years SIX MONTHS AFTER ITS ENTRY into the Westchester market, Putnam County Savings Bank has undergone a change of name after more than 140 years in business.

Bank officials in Brewster announced the regional bank now operates as PCSB Bank to reflect its expansion into Westchester this year.

In April, the company wrapped up its $25.4 million acquisition of CMS Bancorp Inc., the White Plains holding company for CMS Bank. CMS at the time of the deal had five branch offices in Westchester.

PCSB operates 15 banking centers, including eight branches in Westchester County and others in Putnam, Rockland and Dutchess counties.

The renamed bank has a logo with the tagline, “True Local. True Banking.” PCSB officials said the marketing slogan “exempli-

fies the bank’s commitment to understanding local communities and providing individualized service.”

Putnam County Savings Bank was established in 1871. “The name may be different and the footprint larger, but our core values and service remain the same,” Joseph D. Roberto, chairman, president and CEO of PCSB Bank, said.

The bank is relocating its headquarters this fall from Brewster to Yorktown, where it signed a long-term lease for approximately 25,000 square feet of office space in GHP Office Realty’s Northern Westchester Executive Park.

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preservationists who want the building preserved and restored for new uses.

Hernandez and other opponents for several years have claimed that Plateau Associates, owned by Stolatis and his brother Nicholas Stolatis, has pursued a strategy of “demolition by neglect” since buying the property in foreclosure in 2001. Hernandez repeated that claim in a Facebook posting in April.

The brothers’ initial plans for Hidden Cove on the Hudson, a luxury residential complex, incorporated the distinctive mansard-roofed pill factory in the development.

The developers later presented revised plans to replace the graffiti-covered structure with a six-story, 137-unit apartment building, and told village officials that new flood barriers required on the building after Hurricane Sandy and historic preservation work would exceed the property’s value.

“The only thing they’re trying to do now is clean up this property so they can sell it,” said John M. Murtagh, the attorney at Gaines, Novick, Ponzini, Cossu & Venditti LLP in White Plains who represents Peter Stolatis and Plateau Associates in the two lawsuits.

“They’re nothing but two property owners in the village who want to sell their property, but the village is hamstringing them.”

The village granted Plateau Associates a demolition permit in 2008, but attached additional conditions before the work could begin that the developer failed to meet, according to a court document defending the stop-work order that was filed by attorney Paul E. Svensson of Hodges Walsh & Messemer LLP in White Plains. Among them, Plateau was barred from beginning demolition work while any development application that provided for the red-brick factory building to remain standing was pending before village officials.

The demolition work at 36 N. Water St. last spring was reported to village officials by Hernandez, who observed it from his adjacent home property, according to court papers filed by Hernandez’s attorney at Oxman Law Group PLLC in White Plains, Stuart E. Kahan. A front portion of the building was reduced to heaps of rubble and exposed graffiti-covered interior walls before the work was halted.

Hernandez did post the comments on two Ossining community Facebook sites that prompted the libel and defamation charges

by Peter Stolatis, the defendant’s attorney acknowledged in court papers. The neighbor, a former Ossining mayor and trustee and historic preservation commission member whose property the Stolatis brothers initially sought to acquire for their Hidden Cove development in exchange for a future townhouse condominium there valued at

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The Brandreth Pill Factory in Ossining after demolition was stopped last spring. Photo by John Golden

$550,000, labeled a photo of the plaintiff at the Brandreth site, “Peter Stolatis at the site of his crime.” He later posted “additional photos of the crime scene” and described the demolition contractor as “unwitting accessories to the crime.”

Arguing for the libel suit’s dismissal, Hernandez’s attorney said a “reasonable reader” of his client’s posted comments “would believe that the defendant’s language was conveying the defendant’s opinion as to plaintiff’s actions and was not a factual assertion or accusation of any criminal conduct.”

The attorney also claimed that Stolatis did not show “clear and convincing evidence” that Hernandez “acted with actual malice.”

In a counterclaim brought against

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tain data-collecting tasks, such as taking water temperatures.

The next step will be developing a control device enabling the robot to move in the water, collect data and send information back to the students.

Students will also have to learn how to use software to make sure their robot can’t be hacked.

“All of us are more aware of identity theft and (the students) are probably in a place in their lives where people could take over their social media accounts,” Hale said. The security segment of the curriculum will challenge the students, she said, to “look at the best practices that need to be in place to ensure that these kinds of devices” are secure.

The course will end with a showcase Dec. 12 in which the students will present their devices and show how they are used.

The course is free and is being offered in collaboration with GE Capital.

Deth Sao, who is in charge of business research and development at Pace, said the

Plateau Associates, Hernandez’s attorney argued that Stolatis leveled the libel and defamation charges because he and Plateau Associates “want to stifle defendant’s right to comment upon” the developer’s actions, particularly regarding the demolition of the Brandreth Pill Factory building. The developer’s legal action was an attempt to “harass” and “intimidate” the project opponent from exercising his constitutional right of free speech.

The defendant’s attorney asked the state court to award Hernandez compensatory and punitive damages and reimbursement

by Stolatis or his lawyer of all costs and attorney’s fees stemming from the developer’s “frivolous” legal action.

school took this program’s proposal to various corporations in the tri-state area.

“GE Capital came to the table and provided generous funding for us to be able to serve our women in technology initiative,” she said.

Pace’s women in technology initiative is trying to address what Sao said are “disturbing” national trends.

Twenty-five percent of the Seidenberg School students are female, which compares favorably to a national statistic that women make up 18 percent of those who earned computer science bachelor’s degrees last year, according to the nonprofit research group National Student Clearinghouse.

“The middle school level appears to be where girls are still interested in doing (STEM),” Treuer said, adding high school is where girls often begin to shy away from those fields. This is why the Pace program targets high school sophomores and juniors to reintroduce them to these focus areas.

“That would make the difference for their entry into the STEM college career arena and eventually in choosing a discipline” in a STEM field, she said.

Women in Tech winners talk about paving the way in STEM

BY COLLEEN WILSON cwilson@westfairinc.com

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he honorees featured at the second Women in Tech Awards luncheon were lauded as pioneers in their respective fields — ranging from biotech to engineering to telecommunications — both for their professional accomplishments and because they were often the only females among their peers.

The event, hosted by the Westchester County Association at the Tappan Hill Mansion in Tarrytown Oct. 1, highlighted five women for their work in STEM sectors — science, technology, engineering and math — and included one college and one high school student excelling in those fields.

The honorees were JoAnn Difede, director of the program for anxiety and traumatic stress studies at NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital/Weill Cornell Medical Center; Joan Fallon, founder and CEO of biopharmaceutical company Curemark LLC; Lynn Macdonald, executive director of the pain and neurology department at Regeneron

Phamaceuticals Inc.; Rebecca Sommi, senior vice president of operations, support and engineering at Broadview Networks Inc.; Andrea Soto, vice president at MasterCard; Lindsay Peckham, a student at Westchester Community College studying computer information; and Brigette Obermeyer, a senior at Briarcliff High School who aspires to study engineering.

The event was moderated by William M. Mooney Jr., CEO and president of the Westchester County Association. The keynote speaker was Linda Sanford, a senior adviser at IBM Corp.

Westchester County Executive Robert P. Astorino also spoke briefly to a crowd of 250, announcing a new marketing campaign his office is working on to attract leading female executives to the county.

In brief remarks, the honorees shared similar stories about being the only women in their respective conference rooms or laboratories.

Macdonald, of Regeneron, urged the young women in the room to get out of their comfort zones and have confidence in them-

selves in order to grow in what are predominantly male careers.

Soto, of MasterCard, said companies should try to “grow, find and keep” women in technology fields.

“It’s growing the pipeline” of girls interested in STEM fields, she said.

The next step, she said, is finding the fairly small pool of women in technology.

“How do we raise the profile, specifically for MasterCard, so women are considering us as a technology company and coming to be a part of our family?” Soto asked.

The last item companies should look to change, Soto said, is the pattern of women who drop off halfway through their careers.

“Whether it’s institutional barriers, unconscious bias, inflexibility with work schedules; whatever the case may be, we’re seeing we’re just not getting to those senior and executive levels,” she said.

In the keynote speech, Sanford said women should be collaborative and constantly reinventing themselves.

“We have too many silos and everyone stays in their silo, but real solutions come by

Linda Sanford, IBM and William Mooney Jr., WCA.

bringing people together across the organizations to solve the problems,” she said, adding things are constantly changing “and if you don’t, you’re going to become obsolete.”

“We have so many exciting opportunities ahead of us here and it’s not only an opportunity for women, it’s an opportunity that needs women,” she said.

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After a long haul, a Rivertowns Square groundbreaking

BY JOHN GOLDEN jgolden@westfairinc.com

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ive years after their purchase of a former chemical company campus for a mixed-use redevelopment over which Dobbs Ferry residents and officials were deeply divided, partners in the $130 million Rivertowns Square project hosted a ceremonial groundbreaking on Oct. 6 at the ramped-up construction site off the Saw Mill River Parkway.

“A lot of people thought we would never get it done,” including three former village mayors, said current Dobbs Ferry Mayor Hartley Connett, describing a lengthy municipal approval process for the project application of developer Saber Dobbs Ferry LLC that included 81 public hearings, he said. “I thought we would never get it done at times.

But we climbed a mountain.”

Partners at Saber Dobbs Ferry LLC last month cleared another obstacle to the 450,000-square-foot development that will surround Chauncey Square Shopping Center when M&T Bank approved a $42 million construction loan for the developer.

The two-year loan will support the $52 million, 120,000-square-foot construction of

Rivertowns Square’s retail, dining and entertainment facilities and the structural base of a 138-room hotel to be built atop a gutted central research building on the 18-acre hillside campus formerly occupied by Akzo Nobel Chemical Co. Following demolition and excavation work, construction was delayed for a few months this spring and summer while the developer sought an operator for the 83,000-square-foot Hilton Garden Inn planned on Livingstone Avenue after XSS Hotels, a New Hampshire company that operates a Hampton Inn and Suites in Yonkers, pulled out of the project.

Saber Dobbs Ferry last month announced a division of Maryland-based Baywood Hotels Inc. would operate the $17 million hotel.

At the north end of the property across Danforth Avenue, a contractor for Dallasbased Lincoln Property Co. has begun work on a 202-unit, 277,000-square-foot luxury rental apartment building. In August, Saber Dobbs Ferry announced its $9.6-million sale of the parcel to Lincoln.

The project also includes an eight-screen, 39,000-square-foot movie theater complex

to be operated by IPic Theaters, a Floridabased theater chain.

“That’s the wall for Mrs. Green’s” Martin G. Berger, a managing member of Saber Dobbs Ferry said, pointing out to the Business Journal where an 18,000-squarefoot Mrs. Green’s Natural Market is rising at the northeast end of the complex.

Construction crews, briefly idled by the nearby groundbreaking ceremony, also have started work on retail and restaurant building sites off Lawrence Street at the south end of the complex.

Berger, a joint-venture partner in Rivertowns Square who is managing principal of Saber Real Estate Advisors LLC in Armonk, wryly recalled for guests at the ceremony he was told at the start of planning for the mixed-use development the village approval process would take six months.

He noted the same in a subsequent meeting with Mark Weingarten, the White Plains land-use attorney who represented Saber Dobbs Ferry through the village’s project review.

“About a half-hour later, Mark stopped laughing,” Berger recalled.

Berger said financial incentives from the

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Westchester County Industrial Development Agency to Saber Dobbs Ferry — a mortgage tax exemption of $551,200 and a sales tax exemption estimated at $2.2 million — was vital to the project.

“This development, like many others, got to the one-yard line and needed more assistance,” Berger said. “We wouldn’t be here without your assistance,” he told county officials at the ceremony.

“The regulatory process in this state tends to be pretty lengthy,” Westchester County Executive Robert Astorino told Berger with a smile. “I’m actually surprised you got it done in six years. That’s pretty quick.”

Astorino congratulated Connett in his role as mayor for “not being an obstacle to progress but seeing it through.”

“This happened because we listened to the community,” Connett said, “and incorporated that input into the final project,” which the village board two years ago narrowly approved by a 4-3 vote. “And it helped.”

“At the end of the day, this is going to be a positive thing for Dobbs Ferry,” the mayor said.

Rivertowns Square is expected to open by late 2016.

BY DAVID WALTERS

Selling a business has many pitfalls

BY DAVID WALTERS

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uilding a successful business takes years of effort and attention. Having expended plenty of blood, sweat and tears over that time, business owners want to maximize their value when selling.

First, determine why you are selling and what your priorities are. Do you want to hold out for an all-cash sale, which may be harder to successfully negotiate, or are you willing to consider an installment sale or taking equity in the acquiring company? Do you have a minimum price determined by factors other than the business’ value, such as your retirement plans? Do you want to preserve jobs of family members or long-term employees?

Look for advisers who have relevant experience and vet them thoroughly. Make sure your experts have no potential conflicts of interest. Consider hiring an accountant, a tax expert, lawyer, an appraiser or valuation expert, an investment banker and an intermediary or broker. Not every business sale will require all of them, but you will at least need an accountant, lawyer and an intermediary.

The broker or intermediary can be the point

person for identifying and working with potential buyers. The accountant/tax expert will help you get your books in order and consider issues such as how to allocate the business’ purchase price most effectively and how to deal with federal, state and local taxes. Legal counsel will draft and review the documents and agreements necessary to complete the sale.

Many lawyers and other advisers will expect you to sign retainer agreements up front. This can mean a substantial outlay of money at the start. If your business is very small, you may have trouble finding a broker.

For very large businesses, you can hire an intermediary, who functions as a consultant and offers more sophisticated services.

You may also want to obtain an objective third-party valuation. This will give you a realistic idea of your business’ worth.

Many prospective buyers want to see books prepared according to generally accepted accounting principles (GAAP), which most small businesses do not use. The process of converting a business’ books to GAAP can be a significant undertaking and should be addressed early.

The process of selling a business can be

protracted. Ensure your business continues to operate effectively. The sale can occupy a large chunk of your attention if you are not careful. Do not neglect day-to-day operations.

Play it close to the vest. Widespread knowledge the business is for sale can create anxiety among employees, customers and vendors and can reduce the value.

Once you or your broker has identified a prospective buyer, prequalify the candidate. Secure confidentiality or nondisclosure agreements. Serious buyers should not have problems agreeing to such terms; if they resist, it’s a red flag.

The prospective buyer should offer a letter of intent, which is a nonbinding offer outlining all the major terms of the proposed transaction, including the total purchase price, the structure and all other important conditions.

Do you want to structure the sale as an asset or a stock deal? Generally, buyers prefer to purchase assets because they can obtain a step-up in basis, resulting in enhanced tax deductions in the future. Buyers also limit their own risk in an asset sale. Sellers generally benefit more from a stock sale because they

obtain clear, long-term capital gains treatment by doing so. In many cases, the structure of the business dictates the tax treatment of the sale. For example, the sale of a sole proprietorship is always treated as an asset sale.

Allocating the purchase price among assets is often a key part of the negotiation process, as buyers and sellers may want certain assets treated differently to receive the most favorable tax treatment. Buyers might want more of the purchase price allocated to hard assets, which they can depreciate, as opposed to intangible assets or goodwill, which generally must be expensed over longer periods of time. Sellers want the opposite.

Both parties must agree on the final allocation, as the buyer and seller will both disclose this in their tax filings with the IRS. David Walters heads the Portland, Oregon, of�ice of Scarsdale-based Palisades Hudson Financial Group (www.palisadeshudson.com), a fee-only �inancial planning �irm and investment adviser. He is a contributor to Palisades Hudson’s recent book, “Looking Ahead: Life, Family, Wealth and Business After 55.” He can be reached at 971-240-4533.

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THELIST: CHIEF MARKETING OFFICERS & DIRECTORS Chief marketing officers and directors

WESTCHESTER COUNTY WESTCHESTER COUNTY and BEYOND

Listed alphabetically.

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

CMO/Marketing Director Year appointed

Patricia Perez-Ayala Senior vice president, chief marketing officer and brand category president 2014

Avon Products Inc.

1 Avon Place, Suffern 10901 845-369-2000 • avon.com

Eric Smith Vice president and general manager, human nutrition and pharma 2014

Balchem Corp.

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

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

CMO/Marketing Director Year appointed

MasterCard Inc.

Raja Rajamannar Chief marketing officer 2013

2000 Purchase St., Purchase 10577 249-2000 • mastercard.com

NetJets Inc.

38 Loop Road, White Plains 10610 877-356-5823 • netjets.com

Bayer HealthCare Pharmaceuticals

Cynthia North Customer marketing director 2000

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

Burke Rehabilitation Hospital

Richard Sgaglio, Ph.D. Director of marketing and external affairs 2010

1 Martine Ave., White Plains 10606 422-4000 • pace.edu

EMC

Jeremy Burton President, products and marketing 2010

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

555 White Plains Road, Tarrytown 10591 366-1800 • healthcare.bayer.com

785 Mamaroneck Ave., White Plains 10605 597-2500 • burke.org

1133 Westchester Ave., White Plains 10604 948-6200 • emc.com

Francesca Carter Marketing director francesca.carter@emelin.org 2015

Emelin Theatre

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

Northern Westchester Hospital

Frederica Wald Vice president and chief marketing officer 2012

PepsiCo Inc.

Simon Lowden Chief marketing officer 2011

Pernod Ricard USA

Pierre Berard Senior vice president of marketing 2013

Regeneron Pharmaceuticals

Michael Suesserman Vice president marketing 2015

The Ritz-Carlton

Edward French Chief sales and marketing officer 2013

100 Manhattanville Road, Purchase 10577 848-4800 • pernod-ricard-usa.com

Richard Effman Director of marketing 2007

Fujifilm USA Inc.

Ben Cole Marketing manager 2013

3 Renaissance Square, White Plains 10601 946-5500 • ritzcarlton.com/Westchester

Heineken USA

Nuno Teles Chief marketing officer 2014

259 Heathcote Road, Scarsdale 10583 723-8100 • scarsdalemedical.com

Houlihan Lawrence

Gay Prizio Director of marketing and sales, project marketing NA

IntegraMed Fertility

Shannon Delage Chief marketing officer 2014

International Business Machines Corp.

Jon C. Iwata Senior vice president, marketing and commmunications 2008

Montefiore Health System

Loreen Babcock Vice president and chief marketing officer 2015

New York-Presbyterian/Lawrence Hospital

Tracy Wanamaker Conte Vice president, marketing and development NA

Mack-Cali Realty Corp.

Ilene Jablonski Vice president, marketing 2011

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

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

800 Westchester Ave., Suite N-505, Rye Brook 10573 967-7680 • houlihanlawrence.com

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

1 New Orchard Road, Armonk 10504 499-1900 • ibm.com

111 East 210th St., Bronx 10467 718-920-4321 • montefiore.org

55 Palmer Ave., Bronxville 10708 787-1000 • nyplawrence.org

100 Clearbrook Road, Elmsford 10523 592-4800 • mack-cali.com

This list is a sampling of chief marketing officers from a selection of companies located in this region.

If you wish for the inclusion of your chief marketing officer in our next listing, please email Danielle Renda at drenda@westfairinc.com.

Source: Note: NA

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Information obtained from company websites and LinkedIn accounts.

Addresses above contain regional locations, not necessarily company headquarters.

Major companies with CMO position currently unfilled are unlisted.

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Gretchen Mullin Associate director, marketing and communications gmullin@ nwhc.net 2011

Pace University

ENT and Allergy Associates LLP

75 S. Broadway, Suite 300, White Plains 10601 949-3888 • entandallergy.com

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

777 Old Saw Mill River Road, Tarrytown 10591 847-7000 • regeneron.com

Scarsdale Medical Group

Lou-Anne Murphy Director of marketing marketing@scarsdalemedical.com NA

Somnia Anesthesia

Laura Herrera Vice president, marketing 2008

Sotheby's International Realty Affiliates LLC

Wendy S. Purvey Chief marketing officer 2010

Stew Leonard's

Jeff Larson Chief marketing officer 2015

United Way of Westchester and Putnam

Shannon Cobb Senior vice president, marketing and communications 2011

Westchester Medical Center

Barbara Kram Senior director of marketing and communication 2013

WESTMED Medical Group

Lauren Antonietti Director marketing and patient relations NA

White Plains Hospital

Dawn French Vice president, community relations, marketing 2010

10 Commerce Drive, New Rochelle 10801 365-6119 • somniaanesthesiaservices.com

38 Main St., Tarrytown 10591 332-7070 • sothebysrealty.com

100 Westport Ave., Norwalk 06851 847-7214 • stewleonards.com

336 Central Park Ave., White Plains 10606 997-6700 • uwwp.org

100 Woods Road, Valhalla 10595 493-7000 • westchestermedicalcenter.com

210 Westchester Ave., White Plains 10604 682-0700 • westmedgroup.com

41 E. Post Road, White Plains 10601 681-0600 • wphospital.org

ASK ANDI

BY ANDI GRAY

Protection and planning key to prosperity The business has grown and prospered. We just bought a building and are setting it up. Getting around to rethinking a will, insurance and succession plans; never really worked on how to protect my family and my assets before — it’s scary!

THOUGHTS OF THE DAY: Most business owners don’t spend enough time thinking through how to protect their family or business. A clear succession or transition plan provides a roadmap if something were to happen to the owner. As the business grows both assets and liabilities rise, making it an ever-growing challenge to ensure the family and the business are safe. Getting things straight before something happens is essential.

The major assets of most businesses are illiquid, of uncertain value, which is continually changing. Business owners are focused on the growth and development of their businesses. Thinking about mortality can be intimidating. There’s always tomorrow — or is there?

A well-protected business always has a succession operating plan: Who takes over if someone can’t come to work? From entry level to the top of the organization, it’s wise to have more than one person trained to perform every function.

Challenges arise in succession planning because most owners are entwined in every aspect of the business, managing information that no one else knows about.

Additionally, owners guarantee loans, sign letters of credit and are involved in negotiations with key vendors and customers.

Making sure other people are aware of all the owner does and can and will step up and perform at the top of their game during an emergency is essential. Written instructions and rehearsing what to do if the owner of the business is lost can help secure the future health and well being of both business and family.

Unwinding the assets of a privately held business is challenging, especially after the owner is gone. Time and money are wasted and an unfair burden gets placed on the survivors. Dealing with the personal implications of loss makes things even more complicated. And yet, it’s estimated that more than 80 percent of entrepreneurs have no written asset management plan.

Consider what you, family members and employees want. Who should receive which benefits? Who deals with which challenges?

What belongs to the business? As an employee, waking up one morning to find that you

now report to the owner’s spouse or children may not be ideal. As a family member, finding out you’re on the hook for all of the business debts can be devastating. As the owner, it’s your responsibility to figure out the details now.

At different stages of the business’ growth and development, assets may or may not exceed liabilities. Knowing what debts to pay, and who owes what, can be especially challenging because personal and business finances are often intertwined. As early as possible in the business it’s important to separate the company’s finances from personal.

One logical goal is to transfer the owner’s equity to active people in the business. Use a will to dictate who gets the shares. Use insurance to protect the business and individuals from loss of income and taxes. Keep in mind in many states spouses cannot be disinherited. This means spouses must be adequately compensated for inherited ownership of company shares if the goal is to get those shares into the hands of people actively running the business.

When acquiring a new asset, such as a building or company, it’s important to think about who will get that asset later on. Work with an accountant and an attorney to get advice on how to set up purchase and ownership of major assets to insure they end up in the right hands in the future. Secure assets as you pay off any debts by using life insurance policies.

Make sure you understand how the insurance payout works depending on who pays the policy premiums. If the company owns the policy and pays the premiums, then the company benefits, not the family.

The company uses the benefits to fix company problems: debt repayment, purchase of stock, hiring a replacement to handle the owner’s job, purchasing shares, etc. If the goal is to protect the owner’s family, use a personal insurance policy, separate from the business.

Complicated? You bet! Put a team together now and figure it out before you run out of time. Make it part of annual planning with the advisers to review the need for changes.

Looking for a good book? Try “Walk Away Wealthy: The Entrepreneur’s ExitPlanning Playbook” by Mark Tepper.

Andi Gray is president of Strate�y Leaders Inc., strate�yleaders.com, a business-consulting �irm that specializes in helping entrepreneurial �irms grow. She can be reached by phone at 877-238-3535. Do you have a question for Andi? Please send it to her, via email at AskAndi@Strate�yLeaders.com.

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Nine months in, Miles inaugurated as WCC president

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provost of Cuyahoga Community College in Cleveland, started work as the third president of WCC in the two-year college’s 69-year history.

Hundreds of family members and past and present colleagues and academic mentors of Miles attended the inauguration ceremony.

Raised in Queens, she earned a bachelor’s degree in political science at

estchester Community College President Belinda S. Miles, center, was joined by H. Carl McCall, chairman of the State University of New York Board of Trustees, and SUNY Chancellor Nancy Zimpher at an Oct. 2 inauguration ceremony on the WCC campus in Valhalla.

Her formal investiture in the office came nine months after Miles, the former

Queens College of the City University of New York and received master’s and doctoral degrees from Columbia University Teachers College.

“Belinda has been preparing to be an extraordinary president for decades,” said Sharon McDade, a former emerging leaders program director at the American Council on Education and Miles’s doctoral dissertation adviser at Columbia Teachers College.

“While you chose her” as president, “she also chose you,” Jerry Sue Thornton, president emeritus of Cleveland’s Cuyahoga Community College, said. “You are fortunate, Westchester.”

Zimpher, the SUNY chancellor who conferred on Miles the medallion worn by SUNY college presidents, said of her selection to succeed Joseph Hankin, who retired in 2013 after 42 years in the office, “I think we would all agree you got it right.”

David Swope, chairman of the Westchester Community College Board of Trustees, said Miles’s inauguration as the college’s third president was accompanied by “tremendous anticipation” of what she will achieve.

“We are at a critical juncture at commu-

nity colleges around the country,” Swope said. Led by Miles, he said WCC is expected to become “a national leader of the community college movement.”

Miles in her inaugural address outlined early achievements in her first year on the Valhalla campus and said the college has embarked on “a new era of service and success” and “a transformation” that draws on the legacy of the school while looking to the future.

“Affordability must continue to be a hallmark of community college education,” said Miles, noting WCC achieved a balanced budget this year with no tuition increase.

The college also must meet the changing needs of its diverse students and train them in the job skills needed by their future employers and the college’s corporate partners in the Westchester community, she said.

Miles surveyed an auditorium filled with her family members, friends and colleagues, about 20 of whom traveled from Cleveland for the ceremony.

“This is just a wow moment,” she said.

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The White Plains Common Council has authorized a Canadian consulting firm to begin studying the potential of a multimodal transportation center at the city’s train station.

Montreal-based Parsons Brinckerhoff will do the preliminary planning, design and engineering for a White Plains Metro-North station-centered area called “functionally obsolete” in the request for proposals on the yearlong project in August.

The city received a $1 million grant from the New York State Energy Research and Development Authority in December 2013 and will use it to fund Parsons Brinckerhoff to study a 0.5-mile radius around the train station and its potential for redevelopment.

A previous report by the Business Journal said plans to use the grant were held up by talks between the state agency and the city.

White Plains Mayor Thomas M. Roach said, “I am excited to get started, and, with the assistance of the world-class firm Parsons Brinckerhoff, I am confident we are going to

Basil Seggos

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Seggos’ appointment is contingent on a simple majority vote in the state Senate.

Since 2012, Seggos has worked for the Cuomo administration, most recently as deputy secretary for the environment.

Seggos previously worked as the vice president of business development with the sustainability-focused private equity company Hugo Neu Corp. as well as numerous positions with Riverkeeper, where he served as the environmental group’s attorney, chief investigator and Hudson River program director.

Riverkeeper President Paul Gallay said, “Basil has his work cut out for him, but he knows what real environmental leadership looks like. We’re counting on him to be a great commissioner and looking forward to working with him,” Gallay said.

Seggos is a captain in the U.S. Army Reserve and serves in the Judge Advocate General’s Corps in Schenectady.

Seggos earned his law degree from Pace University’s Energy and Climate Center in White Plains.

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At United Hebrew, a therapist changes career tracks in elder care

BY JOHN GOLDEN jgolden@westfairinc.com

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ello, Ruth,” said Nora O’Brien, passing an elderly resident in a hallway at Willow Towers Assisted Living in New Rochelle. “Hello, Carmen,” she said, greeting a smiling elderly man stepping slowly from an elevator with the help of a health care aide.

“I wanted to learn everybody’s names — residents and staff,” said O’Brien, who has started a new job and a new role in elder care in a familiar place as executive director at Willow Towers, a 126-unit assisted living residence on the United Hebrew Geriatric Center campus in New Rochelle.

That feat of memory would include 134 current residents of the 8-story tower, 26 case managers and 84 other employees.

Has she done it?

“Yes,” said O’Brien with a smile.

She smiles often, and has made it part of her management style.

“I believe in fostering staff development. I believe I get more with a smile than I do with a sharp tongue,” she said.

She walked briskly through the lobby to a courtyard, where workers moved patio furniture out of the potential path of Hurricane Joaquin, which threatened a stormy weekend visit to Willow Towers and United Hebrew’s 7-acre elder care campus on Pelham Road near Long Island Sound.

O’Brien worried the temporary hut raised in the courtyard for Succoth, the Jewish holiday, might have to be taken down early to avoid its destructive dismantling by Joaquin.

“I had a great love for Willow Towers even in my previous role,” said O’Brien, who has replaced her physical therapist’s uniform and comfortable work shoes of the rehab clinic with a female executive’s wardrobe of dresses and high heels — and more frequently worn lipstick — in her new executive director’s office.

A physical therapist with a doctoral degree, O’Brien arrived on the New Rochelle campus in 2006 as director of its newly opened Burke Rehabilitation clinic for short-term rehabilitative care.

She was employed at Burke Rehabilitation Hospital for 21 years before accepting the administrative position at Willow Towers.

In her nine years heading Burke’s United Hebrew operation, the clinic grew from four therapists to 22, she said, “because United Hebrew is committed to providing excellent rehabilitative care.”

In that role, O’Brien also trained staff and did consulting at Willow Towers.

“When I made this transition, I knew 50 or 60 residents well” who had received care from Burke Rehabilitation, she said. “So for them it was a good change because it was a familiar face moving in.”

Rita Mabli, president and CEO of United Hebrew, said she was impressed by O’Brien’s “exuberance and her innate kindness.” As a physical therapist, “She could help somebody get better but also help them to feel better at the same time.”

O’Brien herself called her method as therapist “a very human approach.”

That ability and compassion might owe in part to O’Brien’s early experience in her own family.

Raised by her maternal grandparents and her grandmother’s sister from the age of 7, O’Brien was 9 when she was inspired to her first vocation by a made-for-television film that told the story of a car accident victim who learned to walk again with the help of a physical therapist.

“I turned to my grandparents and said, ‘Whatever it is, that’s what I want to be when I grow up.’ That’s corny, but it’s absolutely true,” she said.

At 26, employed at Burke and the mother of two girls, O’Brien became the primary caregiver for the aunt who had financially helped the scholarship student though her undergraduate education in physical therapy at NYU. “It was a full-time job” that left her physically and mentally exhausted, she said. “It is taxing in a way that people who have not been a caregiver cannot understand.”

At United Hebrew, “I’m a firm believer in promoting from within,” Mabli said.

Looking to replace an executive director who had taken another job, she saw in O’Brien an able candidate who knew well

United Hebrew’s campus of comprehensive care, which includes a long-term skilled nursing home, apartments for independent seniors and home health care services in addition to assisted living at Willow Towers, which has a dedicated floor and program for residents with dementia or Alzheimer’s disease.

“She was a champion of our mission” — that is, to treat elderly persons in United Hebrew’s care as family. “Bringing her to Willow Towers was a natural,” Mabli said.

“Rita saw I had a hunger,” O’Brien said, “and she made me a part of her strategic planning committee” at United Hebrew.

O’Brien had served three years on the committee when Mabli offered her a career transition with the executive director’s job.

“She embraced it within an hour,” Mabli said. “She went out of my office and came back an hour later and said, ‘I accept.’ And she said it enthusiastically.”

O’Brien joined a nonprofit organization with a long history of caring for the elderly in New Rochelle. It began in 1919, when the United Home for Aged Hebrews was founded by a charitable society of Austrian Jews.

The founders in 1921 opened a rambling home on Pelham Road to its first elderly residents.

“Our campus is built where that home once stood,” O’Brien said.

While its essential mission has not changed, United Hebrew Geriatric Center — its name was changed in 1988 — is now a nonsectarian organization. About 55 percent of Willow Towers residents are Jewish and many of the rest are Catholic, O’Brien said. Across the United Hebrew campus, a majority of residents are Christian, she said.

Opened 12 years ago, Willow Towers was the first assisted living facility in Westchester County to be triply licensed by the state as an assisted living residence, enhanced assisted living residence for people with extra health needs and residence for people with dementia.

“It was certainly cutting edge in 2003,” O’Brien said. “Now we hear about assisted living in many places. But United Hebrew was ahead of its time.”

O’Brien said the geriatric center serves

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800 people daily in New Rochelle. “It’s a campus of comprehensive care. I think that’s what sets us apart from so many of our competitors.”

Responding to community needs, United Hebrew is completing a $26-million gut renovation of its former skilled nursing pavilion to add housing for low-income seniors and elderly living with dementia.

Expected to open in December or January, Meadow Lane will offer 32 units of affordable housing and Willow Gardens will have 40 units for residents with dementia.

At Willow Towers, “I have to have the bar be high” for staff performance, O’Brien said. “People are paying a great deal of money to live here. They should have excellent customer service, no matter who they’re dealing with.”

“They view us as their extended family,” she said of residents. “Our frontline staff, they view our residents as family as well.”

“It’s a vibrant place to live. People don’t come here to die; people come here to live … When residents move in, they have a greater energy. They have a greater zest for life because they meet people here.

“We want people to come here and enjoy life,” O’Brien said.

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BY MARY K. SPENGLER

Debunking hospice myths

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hile more than 1.5 million Americans die each year in hospice care, accounting for nearly 60 percent of all deaths in the U.S., according to the most recent data, many other Americans eligible for these services did not elect them because of the stigma, fears and misinformation linked to the end-of-life care. Conversely, hospices nationwide report consistently that patients and families wish they elected hospice sooner.

To help make an informed decision about end-of-life care, here is a list of hospice myths debunked and dispelled.

1. Myth: Hospice is a place.

Reality: Hospice care usually takes place in the comfort of an individual’s home, but can be provided in any environment in which a person lives, including a nursing home or assisted living facility.

2. Myth: Hospice is only for cancer patients.

Reality: More than 50 percent of hospice patients nationwide have a diagnosis other than cancer. Hospice cares for people with any serious or life-limiting illness, including heart disease, cancer, Lou Gehrig’s disease, cirrhosis, emphysema, kidney disease, AIDS and Alzheimer’s disease, among others.

3. Myth: Hospice is just for the patient.

Reality: Hospice focuses on comfort, dig-

nity and emotional support of the patient as well as family members and caregivers.

4. Myth: Once you choose hospice care, there’s no turning back to traditional medical treatment.

Reality: Patients are free to leave a hospice program at any time for any reason without penalty. If a patient’s condition improves or the disease goes into remission, he or she can be discharged from hospice and return to aggressive, curative measures. If a discharged patient wants to return to hospice care, Medicare, Medicaid and most private insurance companies and heath management organizations (HMOs) will allow readmission if he or she meets the medical eligibility criteria.

5. Myth: If you choose hospice care, you won’t get other medical care and can no longer receive care from a primary care physician.

Reality: While the hospice team will provide all aspects of care for the illness that qualifies you for hospice services, you are still free to seek treatment for unrelated illnesses or conditions. For example, if you are receiving hospice care for heart disease, you can still get treatment for a broken bone. Hospice also works closely with your primary physician and considers the continuation of the patient-physician relationship to be the highest priority.

6. Myth: After six months, patients are no longer eligible to receive hospice care through Medicare and other insurances.

Reality: According to the Medicare hospice program, services may be provided to terminally ill Medicare beneficiaries with a life expectancy of six months or less. However, if the patient lives beyond the initial six months, Medicare, Medicaid and many other private and commercial insurances will continue to cover hospice services as long as the patient meets hospice criteria of having a terminal prognosis and is recertified with a limited life expectancy of six months or less by the hospice medical director.

7. Myth: All hospices are the same.

Reality: All licensed hospice programs must provide certain services, but the range of support services and programs may differ. Like other medical care providers, the business models differ. Additionally, hospice programs and operating styles may vary from state-to-state depending on laws and regulations, and some programs are nonprofit and some hospices are for-profit.

8. Myth: It’s the doctor’s responsibility to bring up hospice.

Reality: While it is the physician’s responsibility to determine whether a patient meets the medical eligibility criteria to receive hos-

pice services, it is appropriate for the patient or caregiver to initiate the discussion and call

9. Myth: To be eligible for hospice care, a patient must already be bedridden.

Reality: Hospice care is appropriate at the time of the terminal prognosis, regardless of the patient’s physical condition. Many of the patients served through hospice continue to lead productive and rewarding lives.

10. Myth: Hospice care is expensive.

Reality: Most people over 65 years of age may have Medicare insurance. Medicare is not the only insurance that provides coverage for hospice care. Medicare covers hospice services and there is little out of pocket expense. However, most private plans, HMOs and other health care organizations include hospice care as a benefit. Additionally, through community contributions, memorial donations and foundation gifts, many hospice programs are able to provide patients who lack insurance with free services. Other programs charge patients in accordance with their ability to pay.

Mary K. Spengler is executive director of Hospice & Palliative Care of Westchester in White Plains, which provides end-of-life care to people with any life-limiting illness who reside in Westchester County. She can be reached at 914-682-1484.

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The aging brain: Navigating the gray zone

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he line between neurological changes related to normal aging and what constitutes a degenerative neurological condition grays, creating a zone of uncertainty.

The goal, as a neurologist, is to make this distinction black and white, eliminating the gray zone. This can be challenging, and generally the impact weighs heavily on the family as well as the patient. What are normal changes associated with aging and when should symptoms prompt a neurological evaluation?

Mr B. was a 73-year-old account executive who shuffled into the exam room and sat down, slouched in a chair. His face stared blankly and he was reluctant to engage in conversation. I asked him to tell me about himself, where he was from, his upbringing and his family to better understand his experience. This brought vigor into his slouched posture and vitality into his expressionless face. Listening to his story helped me understand his journey. His wife filled in the gaps and clarified their concerns for which he lacked insight. He needed her there for support; I needed her there for guidance.

After a comprehensive history was obtained, we proceeded to the neurological examination. This was the turning point.

The exam allowed me to identify objective abnormalities guiding us out of the gray zone — why his walking had slowed, he had fallen frequently and had difficulty eating with a spoon due to his tremor. He began understanding his family’s concerns and we discussed options available to ease his symptoms, give him back some independence and rekindle the confidence he once knew.

The gray zone of uncertainty — is it normal aging or is it the disease process? — is commonly where the family lives. It is a scary place in which one can both fear the worst and hope for the best, where one vacillates between thinking something is normal for aging versus having an undiagnosed underlying medical condition.

Often patients lack insight into their disease, but families generally sense when something is just “not right.” It is a family member who often alerts me to subtle changes in their loved one’s cognition or behavior. Likewise, it is the family who often can assess if my treatment plan is effective.

Neurological conditions associated with aging include memory changes such as dementia, movement disorders such as Parkinson’s disease, stroke, headache, seizures, pain syndromes, spinal issues and

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nerve and muscle disease. Each of these conditions has associated treatment options designed to optimize overall functionality.

The nature in which each condition affects a person’s ability to perceive or interact with their environment is variable. The burden often falls on family to provide support.

What is “normal aging” when it comes to brain function? It would be considered normal to have a mild decline in the ability to learn new things or retrieve information.

Although attention, learning and memory may be slower than younger counterparts, tasks should still be completed given adequate time. Vocabulary and verbal knowledge may actually improve with age.

It is not entirely clear why some people develop cognitive problems with age and others remain “sharp,” but it is likely a combination of genetics, environment and lifestyle. The Advanced Cognitive Training for Independent and Vital Elderly, or ACTION, study, funded by the National Institutes of Health, demonstrated early cognitive training could provide a lasting benefit over time, specifically in the domains of thinking and learning.

As Mr. B left my office, I wondered what part of our conversation would resonate. Was it the diagnosis, the treatment plan? Or would he forget altogether our discussion about Parkinson’s disease and the implications on his future? Once a physician makes a frightening diagnosis, a “brain barrier” often goes up to avoid the emotional turmoil that may potentially ensue. My job is to break down that barrier and ease any burden the patient and family carries, guiding them out of the gray zone.

Dr. Jennifer Werely is associate medical director at the New England Institute for Neurolo�y and Headache in Stamford, a practice dedicated to patient-centered care and clinical research. She can be reached at jen@neinh. com. For more information, visit NEINH.com.

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BY DEEPANKAR MUKERJI

New law provides for quicker access to Medicaid home care

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uried in a New York state budget bill, (approved as Chapter 57 of the laws of 2015) is a brief, but significant law to speed up the Medicaid process for obtaining home care services. This law could potentially have a positive impact for the elderly and disabled who need care and who qualify financially.

Currently, individuals who qualify for Medicaid and are seeking home care services must enroll in a managed care plan for long term care (MLTC). The current approval process involves a financial eligibility determination for Medicaid, two nursing assessments, enrollment in a MLTC plan, selection of a home care agency and aides to provide services, entry and acceptance of the case

into the statewide computer system and most particularly the payment subsystem, before any services can be rendered. At best, qualified individuals must wait approximately two months to get coverage; most wait longer.

Consumer advocates, including the New York Legal Assistance Group, Empire Justice Center and the Legal Aid Society, have argued this protracted approval process creates dangerous and unsafe conditions for frail seniors and people with disabilities who are seeking Medicaid home care services and violates Article XVII of the state constitution and the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA). The issue of whether people with an immediate need for home care services

could receive such care was brought before the New York courts in a case known as Konstantinov v Daines. This case is ongoing and the current orders of the court have determined New York Social Services Law concerning emergency assistance should be applied and individuals seeking home care coverage under Medicaid, and who are in immediate need, are entitled to temporary services while their applications are pending. In response to the court’s decision, the state passed laws in 2014 restricting such care to a limited category of persons and instances.

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Section 36-b and 36-c of the budget bill, has two sections. The first section requires MLTC providers to “adopt” expedited procedures to approve home care services for people with immediate needs after Medicaid eligibility has been determined. The second section provides for the Department of Health to establish procedures for a determination of Medicaid eligibility within seven days of a complete application.

While it remains to be seen whether the regulations implementing the first section will be workable, the second section is encouraging. Typically, an application takes six weeks to be processed, so reducing that time frame to seven days will considerably improve the prospects for people in immediate need of services. Once the person has been found financially eligible, an MLTC provider would then be responsible for expediting the assessment and enrollment process to ensure that the immediate needs are addressed.

Certainly, the state Legislature has made an attempt to address structural delays in the system; however, the procedures themselves have not yet been published in the form of regulations or policy directives. There are numerous logistical issues that will make the implementation difficult. In the meantime, many who are involved with elder law and elder care remain hopeful of seeing real progress for New York’s elderly and disabled.

Deepankar Mukerji is counsel to Keane & Beane P.C. in White Plains, focusing on elder law. Prior to joining the �irm in 2007, he had a 20-year career with Westchester County, most recently as director of resources for the Department of Social Services. Contact Mukerji at dmukerji@kblaw.com or 914-946-4777.

BY ANTHONY J. ENEA

Is America prepared for an Alzheimer’s crisis? or physically, it is inevitable that the cost of care on the Medicare and Medicaid programs will dramatically increase. As these costs increase, it is also more likely that the financial eligibility requirements for a program such as Medicaid will become more restrictive.

Thus, as my Uncle Eddy likes to say, a person who is “maturing” — not “aging” — must take a proactive approach to planning for their future needs. This proactive approach often consists of a combination of the following actions: • Executing a durable power of attorney with broad powers, including, but not limited to, broad gifting powers. This will allow one’s family to handle all financial affairs in the event one no longer has the capacity to do so;

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aving spent approximately the last 30 years representing seniors and their families with a myriad of legal and familial issues impacting them as they age, I have unfortunately seen firsthand the havoc created by a diagnosis of Alzheimer’s disease.

What has become most apparent is more and more individuals are being diagnosed with Alzheimer’s disease or other forms of dementia-related illness such as Parkinson’s disease and Lewy Body dementia. Sadly, I have also recently observed an increase in number of Alzheimer’s diagnoses at ages earlier than one would normally expect.

In recent years I have counseled a number of families where an Alzheimer’s diagnosis was made of an individual in his 60s and two families where the diagnosis was made in their 50s and 40s; a truly frightening prospect.

The Alzheimer’s Association, in its most recent projections, estimated there are presently 5.3 million individuals diagnosed with the disease. They have also projected that, by 2050, the number will grow to 13.8 million. That is a staggering number. The Alzheimer’s Association is also predicting the costs associated with increased diagnoses to be $1.1 trillion yearly, mostly to Medicare and Medicaid.

Robert Egge, the chief public policy officer of the Alzheimer’s Association, recently said, “Basically, it will bankrupt Medicare.”

At all levels these projections are stunning.

Clearly, as more individuals are diagnosed with the illnesses commonly associated with the aging process, irrespective of whether it impacts one mentally and/

• Executing an irrevocable trust and funding the trust with one’s home and a portion of one’s (non-IRA/retirement) liquid assets to shelter said assets from the cost of long term care; • Considering the purchase of long-term care insurance; • Executing advance directives such as a Health Care Proxy and HIPPA form wherein you can appoint those to make medical decisions for you and have access to your medical records if you are no longer able to do so; and • Executing and funding a revocable living trust to allow continuity of management of ones assets in the event of incapacity. The revocable living trust will also help avoid probate upon your demise.

All too often we are lulled into believing that addressing our mortality and the infirmities and illnesses associated with aging is something that can be pushed to the back burner. It is imperative, though, the public be constantly educated and reminded of the benefits of advance planning. I strongly encourage all seniors to be proactive when it relates to planning for their long-term care.

Attorney Anthony J. Enea is the managing member of Enea, Scanlan & Sirignano LLP, with of�ices in White Plains and Somers. He is a past chairman of the New York State Bar Association’s Elder Law Section. He can be reached at 914-948-1500 or A.Enea@esslaw�irm.com.

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Time is running out for ‘file and suspend’

he vast majority of individuals claiming their entitlement to Social Security benefits do so out of absolute necessity and they usually do so by age 62. These benefits are the major source of income for most of the elderly. In our government’s 2013 fiscal year, almost 58 million Americans received $867 billion in total Social Security benefits.

Looming changes to the Social Security system meant to shore up its pending insolvency have created a renewed sense of urgency for maximizing Social Security benefits for mass affluent and high-net-worth individuals. Regardless of the rush to cash in at age 62 or 65, an opportunity exists that can increase your benefit by more than 40 percent beginning at your full retirement age until mandatory claiming at age 70.

Because these individuals are often financially secure enough to delay their Social Security benefits past the normal retirement age, when they can reap a higher benefit level, they have become the likely target of the impending Social Security reform.

There is a strong possibility the powerful “file and suspend” strategy for maximizing Social Security benefits will not survive the transition, so it is time to engage in a Social Security planning discussion with your financial adviser before it is too late.

The �ile and suspend strate�y Because it is in the government’s interest to encourage workers to delay collecting Social Security benefits, those who wait past the normal retirement age to begin collecting are rewarded with an increase in benefits for each year benefits are delayed.

This results in a higher benefit being paid to the individual, but in some cases, the government comes out ahead when the person does not live long enough to begin collecting benefits.

In some instances, if you have reached full retirement age but wish to delay collecting benefits in order to reap the higher benefit level in later years, you can take advantage of a strategy known as “file and suspend.” This strategy also allows a spouse to begin collecting spousal benefits without jeopardizing the amount of the working spouse’s retirement benefit.

The working spouse simply files for benefits and then makes a subsequent filing to suspend these benefits. During the time that the benefits are suspended, the working individual earns delayed retirement credits, which increase the eventual benefit level by approximately 8 percent for each year in which benefits are suspended. That taxpayer must begin to collect benefits by 70, by which

FAST FACTS • Nine out of 10 individuals 65 and older receive Social Security benefits.

• Social Security benefits represent about 39 percent of the income of the elderly.

• Among beneficiaries, 53 percent of married couples and 74 percent of unmarried persons receive 50 percent or more of their income from Social Security.

• Among beneficiaries, 23 percent of married couples and about 46 percent of unmarried persons rely on Social Security for 90 percent or more of their income.

point the benefit level can have increased substantially.

A working spouse may collect spousal benefits but can similarly suspend any workrelated benefit, so that it too can continue to grow until the working spouse reaches age 70. At that point, both spouses would be entitled to a larger benefit and would still have collected some Social Security income in the intervening years.

The file and suspend strategy removes some of the upside potential the government can realize through encouraging workers to delay collecting benefits — namely, the possibility those benefits will never be collected, thus increasing the Social Security fund level. As of late, proposals for reforming Social Security have focused on eliminating the file and suspend strategy.

The death of Social Security has been discussed for years without any significant action being taken to solve the problems inherent to the system. Today, because pushing the solution to some point in the future is no longer a viable option, reform has become inevitable.

There are numerous options to consider for families with one wage earner, two earners and a difference in ages and earnings.

It makes a lot of sense to discuss this with your accountant, tax/elder law attorney or financial adviser. Ultimately, a retired couple could collect far more in Social Security benefits, creating a larger base for future annual cost-of-living-adjustments.

John Politi is a retirement planning counselor, �inancial adviser and managing director at Main Street Financial Solutions LLC in Harrison. He can be contacted at jpoliti@ msfsolutions.com 914-517-7574.

WCA health care data course offered this month

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he Westchester County Association is offering its second Health Care Analytics workshop this year as part of its Hudson Valley Workforce Academy.

The five-week session will cover digital innovation including how to use data and manage the increasing load of health information. Academic and industry experts from Iona College, Fordham University, Big Four accounting firm Deloitte and Pace University will oversee the workshops.

The Hudson Valley Workforce Academy was created by the Westchester County Association to increase training of the existing regional workforce.

Individuals who complete the course, which will take place at the association’s headquarters in White Plains every Wednesday from 5 to 7 p.m., will receive a certificate.

The workshop costs $595 per person.

More information can be found here.

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Annual gala honors locals committed to hospice care

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ospice & Palliative Care of Westchester hosted its 23rd annual gala earlier this month at the Westchester Country Club in Rye. Sheldon Alter, a doctor with the WESTMed Medical Group; Connie A. Raffa, a lawyer with Arent Fox LLP who specializes in healthcare and hospice; and the Lee Family & Lee’s Funeral Home LLC were all recognized for showing a strong commitment to the hospice community.

The money raised at the gala will support the Anna & Louis H. Shereff Caregiver and Complementary Care Programs, an organization that promotes alternative therapies, such as music or art.

— Colleen Wilson

Fordham offering ‘Health Care Innovation’ workshops this fall

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ordham University announced its fall workshop series will focus on health care innovations like data analytics as well as how to navigate emerging health care systems and the changing roles of its professionals.

The Intensive Experience in Health Care Innovation workshop series being offered at the college’s Harrison campus includes six sessions meant for health care professionals and the general public.

The workshops include: Data Analytics in Health Care; Teambuilding and Effective

Communication in the New Health Care Marketplace; Navigating the Health Care System: Professional Caregivers’ Evolving Roles; Health Care Information Systems and Data Security; Health Care Policy and Regulatory Issues; Health Care Marketing, Social Media, and Ethics.

The workshop instructors include local health care workers, information technology and digital professionals, and professors and other academics.

Individuals who complete all six will receive a certificate of completion for

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The series, which is being offered by the college’s School of Professional and Continuing Studies, will take place on weeknights and weekends starting the third week of October and ending in December.

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Lap of Love helps owners with pets’ end-of-life issues

BY GEORGETTE GOUVEIA

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ap of Love is a nationwide network of veterinarians who help people care for their pets at the end of life. Mary Gardner and fellow veterinarian Dani McVety founded the service, which has a Westchester County presence.

How does Lap of Love differ from a people’s hospice?

“Lap of Love Veterinary Hospice differs from human hospice in that everything is done within the home. There is no facility or hospital to visit. Although some people experience hospice care from home, it is just one viable option available to them. The other major difference is that when the family and veterinarian feel the pet’s quality of life is no longer sustainable and the pet is suffering, we can perform humane euthanasia. Otherwise, the two concepts are similar: Both veterinary and human hospice are centered on quality of

Mary Gardner, DVM, with Serissa, one of the Samoyeds she loved and lost. Courtesy Lap of Love

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life for the patient and support for the family. It’s about caring when we can’t cure.”

How does the service work?

“All of our veterinarians travel to the family’s home. This allows us to evaluate the pet in their own environment, which is crucial to appropriate treatment and longterm care. Seeing how the pet navigates in their home, interacts with the humans and furry housemates, where and how they are fed, where they sleep, how they sleep, etc. all help us come up with a hospice plan.

Usually visits are once and the veterinarian develops a hospice plan, prescribes medications or exercises for the pets and then checks in frequently with the family to see how the pet is. This can be done via phone or email. Occasionally families want us to return for multiple visits to reevaluate the pet.”

Tell us about the service’s origins.

“Lap of Love started in Tampa in 2010

and has since grown to 42 locations in 21 states with over 60 veterinarians helping thousands of families each year.”

What drew you to this kind of veterinary practice?

“Veterinary hospice is definitely not for everyone. Just like human hospice is not for every doctor or nurse. But I love it. The last few weeks and days are so meaningful to the owners, and it is the precious humananimal bond that drew me to this niche.

Allowing owners to care for their pets when they are usually so hopeless gives me a great sense of fulfillment. If I can make the final memories good ones, then I have done my job well.”

How did you become interested in veterinary medicine?

“Actually, the death of my own dog in my 20s is what drew me to veterinary medicine. Her passing was very impactful in my life and I wanted to help people who loved their pets as much as I did. I knew I wouldn’t be able to save every pet and cure every disease, but I can still care for pets. I think that is also why end-of- life care is so meaningful to me.”

One of the biggest issues in losing a pet is that there are fewer avenues for grieving than there are when you lose a person. Is there less compassion toward animals and those who love them?

“I actually disagree. There are the same avenues for grief when it comes to losing a pet. Some people question God and their religious belief system after losing a pet.

Some people fall into deep depression and have even committed suicide after losing a furry child. However, the social aspect is different. There is still a large population of our country that thinks dogs and cats are ‘just a dog’ or ‘just a cat.’ They can’t understand why people grieve so much over them. The social aspect can be challenging to owners. They may feel like no one understands what they are going through; their friends/family may not be there to support them; or they feel like something is wrong with them for caring so much.

“Luckily, pet loss support groups are growing around the country. There are even wonderful hotlines to help people who need to speak with someone who understands. I’ve been in some situations where the pet is the last reminder of a spouse that had passed, or even the pet of a child that had passed. That tie to the lost human is strong and when they lose that pet, it is like losing the person all over

again. I don’t know if there is less compassion towards animals. I feel we live in a society where the majority of us have compassion for animals. But the bonds we have with our pets do vary. It is important to respect someone’s path through the grieving process and not judge their feelings.”

Tell us about your own personal experience with pet loss.

not ready for a new pet. Often, owners are up late, their pet is panting/pacing/barking at night, the owners are worried and anxious and physically exhausted. It’s OK to take that time to get yourself back into a good place.

What would you say to those griefstricken pet owners/readers?

“You’re not alone. Many of us — includ-

ing myself — grieve over the loss of a pet.

They are not ‘just a dog’ or ‘just a cat’ — they are our co-pilots, our companions, our best friends and they leave paw prints on our hearts. It may help to make a scrapbook or a memorial of your pet or even a donation in their name. One day, thoughts of your pet will only bring a smile to your face. And thank you for loving a creature so much.

I’m sure they love you just as much.”

“The first pet I remember losing was Snow White. She was a Samoyed and she died when I was 29. She was my first dog and I got her when I was in high school.

She is the reason I became a veterinarian. I have since lost two dogs and two cats — all in different ways. My Doberman Neo died when I wasn’t home. That was horrific. So many of us want them to ‘die in their sleep,’ but I wanted to be there for him, to tell him how much I loved him and to make sure his death was a good one. I didn’t get that chance. I lost a cat, Herbie, to lung cancer. I euthanized him myself. Then I lost my second Samoyed, Serissa, last October. I promised her that I would not let her die alone and scared. I said goodbye to her on a good day, surrounded by love, good food and good friends. I also euthanized her myself.

Most recently, I lost my cat Goldie to a coyote. This has been hard for me, because she is just gone. I didn’t get to hold her, to make a paw print and to make sure she didn’t suffer. But with all the loss and tears, I can’t imagine my life without them all. Each was a beautiful chapter in my story. And I will always continue to have pets. I couldn’t imagine my home without one.”

What’s the biggest challenge pet owners face at the end of their beloved pet’s life?

“Deciding ‘when is time.’ That is the most common question we hear and there is no black or white answer. That time is dependent on the pet’s ailment, how they are dealing with their ailment, the pet’s personality and the owner’s belief system.

My goal is that all pets pass peacefully, with dignity and on ‘good days.’ It is difficult for me to watch the pets that are suffering and the owner’s still aren’t sure if it is time. I do my best to help guide them during this difficult time.”

Should people who are losing a pet immediately adopt another?

“Some should. It really depends on what’s going on in the family’s lives. Some need a new love right away. Some need time. There is no right or wrong time to adopt a new one. I euthanized Serissa after four months of hospice. It took a toll on me caring for her at the end. I physically was WCBJ | HV Biz

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FACTS & FIGURES BANKRUPTCIES MANHATTAN Integrated Structures Corp. 335 New South Road, Hicksville 11801.

Chapter 11, voluntary. Represented

by Gabriel Del Virginia. Filed: Oct. 2. Case no. 15-12703-smb.

Pasta Bar by Scotto LLC. 220 E. 42 St., Ground floor retail, New York 10017. Chapter 11, voluntary.

Represented by Ralph E. Preite.

Filed: Oct. 5. Case no. 15-12721-smb.

WHITE PLAINS JEM Purveyors Corp. 709 White Plains Road, Scarsdale 10583.

Chapter 11, voluntary. Represented

by Todd S. Cushner. Filed: Oct. 2.

Case no. 15-23447-rdd.

Menichas Usher Inc. 11 Sunrise Drive, Unit 6, Monsey 10952.

Chapter 11, voluntary. Represented

by Menichas Usher Inc. Filed: Oct. 6. Case no. 15-23456-rdd.

Rockland Tobacco Inc. 60 N. Harrison Ave., Unit 39, Congers 10920. Chapter 11, voluntary. Represented by Robert S. Lewis. Filed: Oct. 6. Case no. 15-23458-rdd.

Statewide Ambulette Service Inc. 121 Montgomery Ave., Scarsdale 10583. Chapter 11, voluntary.

Represented by Todd S. Cushner.

Filed: Oct. 5. Case no. 15-23451-rdd.

COURT CASES Bank of America Merrill Lynch.

Filed by Pepi Schafler. Action: diversity action. No attorney listed.

Filed: Oct. 5. Case no. 7:15-cv-07863NSR.

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ON THE RECORD

Bayer HealthCare Pharmaceuticals Inc. Filed by Myesha Yvette Calhoun. Action: diversity action.

Attorneys: Panagiotis V. Albanis and Jay R. Vaugh. Filed: Oct. 7. Case no. 7:15-cv-07911-CS.

The United States Department of Justice. Filed by Patrick Conklin. Action: job discrimination (rehabilitation act). Attorney: Steven Thomas Sledzik. Filed: Oct. 5. Case no. 7:15-07871-NSR.

Bayer HealthCare Pharmaceuticals Inc. Filed by Ricci Jones.

Action: diversity-product liability.

Attorneys: Catherine Theodora Heacox and Lorna A. Dotro. Filed: Oct. 2. Case no. 7:15-cv-07817-CS.

Volkswagen Group of America Inc. Filed by Benjamin Austin. Action: federal question, trademark.

Attorney: Jeffrey Sonnabend. Filed: Oct. 2. Case no. 7:15-cv-07806.

Bayer HealthCare Pharmaceuticals Inc. Filed by Stephanie Lentz. Action: diversity-personal injury. Attorney: Maria S. Diamond.

Filed: Oct. 7. Case no. 7:15-cv-07914CS.

DEEDS

Bayer HealthCare Pharmaceuticals Inc. Filed by Naquita Roshay Warren. Action: diversity-product liability. Attorney: Panagiotis V. Albanis. Filed: Oct. 2. Case no.

7:15-cv-07820-CS. Calvary Portfolio Services LLC. Filed by Karen Gauthier. Action: FCC-unsolicitied telephone sales.

Attorney: Sergei Lemberg. Filed: Oct. 5. Case no. 7:15-cv-07840-VB. Community Coach Inc. Filed

by Roje Porter and David Porter.

Action: petition for removal – personal injury. Attorney: John Andrew Hsu. Filed: Oct. 5. Case no.

7:15-cv-07833-VB. GEM Management Partners LLC. Filed by Daniel Kurtz and Jessica Tuman. Action: Fair Housing Amendments Act. Attorney: James E. Bahamonde. Filed: Oct. 2. Case no. 7:15-cv-07801-NSR. IKON Office Solutions Inc. Filed

by Newburgh Envelope Corp.

Action: diversity action. Attorney: Ralph Jeffrey Carter. Filed: Oct. 2.

Case no. 7:15-cv-07804-CS. Kovatach Mobile Equipment Corp. Filed by City of Port Jervis, N.Y. Action: diversity-breach of contract. Attorney: Michael Louis Fox. Filed: Oct. 2. Case no. 7:15-cv07819-KMK. Law Offices of Richard N. Gottlieb. Filed by Julius Behrend and Gmach Beth Joel. Action: diversity action. Attorney: Brian K. Condon.

Filed: Oct. 5. Case no. 7:15-cv-07861.

Above $1 million 16 Cornell Realty LLC, Brooklyn.

Seller: 16 Cornell Associates Inc., Dix Hills. Property: 16 Cornell Ave., Yonkers. Amount: $1 million. Filed Oct. 2.

171 Saw Mill LLC, Williamsville.

Seller: Zwilling J.A. Henckels LLC, Pleasantville. Property: 171 Sawmill River Road, Mount Pleasant.

Amount: $6.7 million. Filed Sept.

30.

550 Halstead Avenue LLC, White Plains. Seller: 550 Halstead Corp., Harrison. Property: 550 Halstead Ave., Harrison. Amount: $2.6 million. Filed Sept. 28.

69 Mamaroneck Road Corp., White Plains. Seller: Paul Pravda, et al, Scarsdale. Property: 69 Mamaroneck Road, Scarsdale. Amount: $2.2 million. Filed Oct. 2.

Pocantico 2 LLC, New York City.

Seller: Joseph A. Pierson, et al, Hudson. Property: Bedford Road, Mount Pleasant. Amount: $1.3 million. Filed Sept. 30.

WY Ateliers LLC, Nyack. Seller: S3 Global Multi-Strategy RTZ LLC, New York. Property: 1 Renaissance Square, 7A, White Plains. Amount: $20.5 million. Filed Sept. 30.

WY Group NR LLC, Nyack. Seller: New Roc Parcel 1A Residential LLC, White Plains. Property: 175 Huguenot St., 701, New Rochelle. Amount: $16.5 million. Filed Oct. 1.

Below $1 million

Nyack College. Filed by K. Doe. Action: 1681 Title IX Educational Amendments 1992 – sex discrimination. Filed: Jessica Yanefski.

Filed: Oct. 2. Case no. 7:15-cv-07822.

21 Asset Management Holding LLC, Coral Gables, Fla. Seller: Barbara Lerman, White Plains.

Property: 50 Cottage St., Rye. Amount: $808,725. Filed Oct. 1.

Rowab Enterprises Ltd. Filed by the trustees of the National Retirement Fund. Action: E.R.I.S.A.- delinquent contributions. Attorney: David C. Sapp Jr. Filed: Oct. 5. Case no. 7:15-cv-07844-NSR.

26 Angola LLC, Far Rockaway.

Seller: Richard Raszl, Yonkers.

Property: 26 Angola St., Yonkers 10707. Amount: $333,000. Filed Sept. 30.

50 Hudson Ave Holdings LLC, Peekskill. Seller: 50 Hudson Avenue Realty Corp., Peekskill. Property: 50 Hudson Ave., Peekskill. Amount: $675,000. Filed Oct. 1.

Nationstar Mortgage LLC. Seller: James Maisano, New Rochelle.

Property: 275 S. Lexington Ave., White Plains. Amount: $504,516.

Filed Sept. 29.

Deutsche Bank National Trust Co. Seller: Jeffrey S. Shumejda, Sleepy Hollow. Property: 22 Stanley Place, Yonkers. Amount: $568,029.

Filed Oct. 2.

Sirva Relocation Credit LLC. Seller: Lance J. Roller, et al, Cortlandt Manor. Property: 1 Amato Drive East, Cortlandt. Amount: $555,500. Filed Sept. 29.

DMZ Realty Corp., Yonkers.

Seller: Sumaya Samarneh, et al, Yonkers. Property: 34 Caroline Ave., Yonkers. Amount: $480,000.

Filed Sept. 30.

Soma 2014 LLC, Croton-onHudson. Seller: David W. Doskow, et al, Cortlandt Manor. Property: 2063 Albany Post Road, Cortlandt.

Amount: $100,000. Filed Sept. 28.

Edgewood Pk Corp., New Rochelle. Seller: John DeRaffele, et al, New Rochelle. Property: 27 Edgewood Park, New Rochelle. Amount: $515,000. Filed Sept. 28.

Soma 2014 LLC, Croton-onHudson. Seller: David W. Doskow, et al, Cortlandt Manor. Property: 2065 Albany Post Road, Cortlandt.

Amount: $600,000. Filed Sept. 28.

Federal National Mortgage Association. Seller: Michele L. Bermel, Chappaqua. Property: 211 Cleveland St., Rye. Amount: $565,252. Filed Oct. 2.

Sophie’s Place LLC, Port Chester.

Seller: Robert A. Tavolacci, White Plains. Property: 130 N. Kensico Avenue 27, White Plains. Amount: $237,500. Filed Sept. 28.

Global Real Estate USA Inc., New York City. Seller: Alice Reilly, Rye. Property: 225 Purchase Street 4, Rye. Amount: $795,000. Filed Sept. 28.

U.S. Bank N.A. Seller: James J. Veneruso, Yonkers. Property: 823 Webster Ave., New Rochelle.

Amount: $722,046. Filed Sept. 29.

Homebuying 101 Inc., Brooklyn. Seller: Charmain Georgia Thomas, White Plains. Property: 40 Midchester Ave., White Plains.

Amount: $400,000. Filed Sept. 30.

HSBC Bank USA N.A. Seller: Kenneth L. Bunting, White Plains.

Property: 555 Van Cortlandt Park Ave., Yonkers. Amount: $423,184.

Filed Sept. 29.

Jimmy Rosenblum Corp., Maitland, Fla. Seller: David R. Silver, Mamaroneck. Property: 1401 Fairway Green, Mamaroneck. Amount: $820,000. Filed Sept. 30.

LM 415 Fifth Avenue LLC, Pelham. Seller: PC Map Associates LLC, Pelham. Property: 415 Fifth Ave., Pelham. Amount: $715,000.

Filed Oct. 2.

MAA Management Corp., Harrison. Seller: Robin Morabito, et al, Harrison. Property: 106-108 First St., Harrison. Amount: $410,000.

Filed Oct. 1.

Mi Casa Contractor Corp., Ossining. Seller: Town of Ossining.

Property: 49 State St., Ossining.

Amount: $49,000. Filed Sept. 29.

Mistis Properties Corp., White Plains. Seller: Delvito Contracting Company Inc., Mamaroneck.

Property: 311 Waverly Ave., Mamaroneck. Amount: $482,000. Filed Sept. 30.

U.S. Bank Trust N.A. Seller: Edmund G. Fitzgerald, White Plains.

Property: 95 Morningside Ave., Yonkers. Amount: $448,353. Filed Sept. 28.

FORECLOSURES CROTON-ON-HUDSON, 27 Angela Drive. Single-family residence; lot size: N/A. Plaintiff: JPMorgan Chase Bank NA. Plaintiff ’s attorney: Rosicki & Rosicki & Associates, 845897-1600; 2 Summit Court No. 301, Fishkill. Defendant: Teasha Milano.

Referee: Thomas Gallivan. Sale: Oct. 19, 10 a.m. Approximate lien: $624,472.93.

MOHEGAN LAKE, 7 Kamp St. Single-family residence; lot size: .17 acre. Plaintiff: Emigrant Mortgage Co. Plaintiff ’s attorney: Knuckles, Komosinski & Elliot, 914345-3020; 565 Taxter Road, Suite 509, Elmsford. Defendant: Frank Marcella. Referee: Warren Cohen.

Sale: Oct. 21, 9 a.m. Approximate lien: $262,421.17.

MOUNT VERNON, 124 Valentine St. Apartment; lot size: .11 acre.

Plaintiff: Wells Fargo Bank National Association. Plaintiff ’s attorney: Gross Polowy LLC, phone number unavailable; 1775 Wehrle Drive, Williamsville. Defendant: Vivalin Baldeo. Referee: Lynn Maier. Sale: Oct. 28, 9:30 a.m. Approximate lien: $451,484.32.

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HVEDC NAMED GOLD AWARD RECIPIENT The Hudson Valley Economic Development Corp. (HVEDC) in New Windsor announced that the International Economic Development Council (IEDC) has named HVEDC as a Gold Award recipient for the organization’s Hudson Valley 3D Printing (HV3D) cluster development initiative. Competing with some of the largest regions in the nation, HVEDC has received the award in the category of Regionalism and Cross-Border Collaboration for Population Centers Greater Than 500,000 and is now eligible to compete for an additional Best in Show Award to be announced later.

“We are incredibly honored and humbled to have the HV3D initiative internationally recognized by such a prestigious institution, especially when you consider we were competing against some of the largest population centers in the country,” said HVEDC President and CEO Laurence P. Gottlieb. “This award is for all of the HV3D partners who continue investing in the future of the Hudson Valley, as we collectively work toward building a technologically advanced regional workforce that will fortify the area economy against future economic downturns.”

HVEDC’s HV3D focuses on increasing Hudson Valley residents’ access to and engagement with 3D printing facilities and education. Since its launch in 2013, the program has seen immense success and has fostered relationships among academia, business and community leaders, entrepreneurs, investors and students. The initiative was also the catalyst for the incorporation of 3D printing education into curricula across multiple higher learning institutions and high schools in the region. In recent years, HV3D has played a local, statewide and national role in highlighting the importance of increased access to 3D printing technology.

Noah B. Chinitz

Noah B. Chinitz of White Plains has joined the orthopedics department of the Purchase office of Westmed Medical Group.

Chinitz received his medical degree from Mount Sinai School of Medicine and completed a general surgery internship and orthopedic surgery residency at North Shore-LIJ. He trained in adult joint reconstruction, knee and shoulder arthroscopy, pediatric orthopedics, trauma, sports medicine and the nonoperative and operative management of shoulder, elbow, wrist and hand. He subsequently completed a fellowship year in orthopedic foot and ankle surgery at Baylor University in Dallas.

BROWN NAMED TO MAHOPAC BANK BOARD Tompkins Mahopac Bank in Brewster has appointed Renee Brown chairwoman of its Business Development Board.

Brown, an active member of the board since 2011, will be responsible for building relationships in the community on behalf of the organization, leading outreach efforts and increasing referrals from the board. Brown is vice president of CW Brown, a division of LeChase Construction.

Brown is a member of the Westchester Community College Foundation board of directors, The Business Council of Westchester board and the advisory council for Hope’s Door. She is also an elected village trustee for the village of West Hampton Dunes, and has served on the board of the National Minority Business Council.

MAYES TAKES ON NEW ROLE PHELPS MEMORIAL HONORS DOCTOR AND BANK Phelps Memorial Hospital Center in Sleepy Hollow will be honoring Emil Nigro, MD, of Larchmont, director of the hospital’s emergency medicine, and TD Bank at its 28th annual Champagne Ball, Nov. 6, at Sleepy Hollow Country Club in Briarcliff Manor.

“In the course of 38 years, Dr. Nigro’s contribution to Phelps and emergency medicine has been immeasurable,” said Daniel Blum, Phelps president and CEO. “Honoring him at the Champagne Ball gives us all an opportunity to recognize the Emil Nigro tremendous impact he has had in establishing the emergency department at Phelps as one of the finest in the region.”

A unique aspect of the event is the Fund-A-Cause auction, where guests pledge their support to a designated hospital program or service with the goal of completely funding the initiative by the end of the evening. This year, the auction will fund the Phelps Emergency Department, where Nigro began working as a physician 38 years ago. He became director of the Department of Emergency Medicine in 1984. A pioneer in emergency medical services programs, Nigro helped initiate the practice of providing lifesaving interventions for patients prior to their arrival at the emergency department. He was also instrumental in developing the Hoch Center for Emergency Education, where approximately 3,000 first responders receive training every year. In 2008, Nigro led the planning and design of Phelps’ new state-of-the-art emergency department.

The TD Charitable Foundation is the charitable giving arm of TD Bank N.A., which operates as TD Bank, America’s Most Convenient Bank®, and is one of the 10 largest commercial banking organizations in the United States. The foundation’s mission is to serve the individuals, families and businesses in all the communities where TD Bank operates, having made more than $135.8 million in charitable donations since its inception in 2002.

For more information, about tickets and sponsorships, contact Marissa Coratti, at 914-366-3104 or mcoratti@pmhc.us or visit phelpsevents.org.

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Dwayne Mayes

Dwayne Mayes is the new coordinator of the mobile mental health services Northern Westchester Recovery Network and the Westchester Recovery Network for The Mental Health Association of Westchester (MHA) in Tarrytown.

Both services are staffed by peers – individuals with experience living with mental health conditions – to collaborate with people in the community in ways that support recovery.

Most recently the program director of the Mental Health Empowerment ProjectSouth, Mayes has been associated with the mental health peer movement since 1998. Formerly he was the director of Howie the Harp Advocacy Center.

Mayes has presented his idea of recovery-based integrated treatment in the Netherlands in 2013 and 2014 and is a recipient of the 2008 Robin Hood Foundation Heroes Award.

BACH JOINS LSW TRANSPORTATION LSW Chauffeured Transportation of White Plains appointed Meredith A. Bach vice president of sales. CEO Melissa Thornton said that Bach was hired to join the executive team to “leverage her luxury-brand experience and long history of results-oriented sales and marketing strategies.”

Bach, a Rowayton, Conn., resident will play a key role in developing marketing and business plans.

“One reason I was intrigued by this opportunity,” said Bach, “is because it’s a smaller, family-run business.

I grew up in the Melba Inn in New Canaan where my great grandfather started the business. Having lived and worked in the hotel as I was growing up was a great way

to learn the hospitality business first hand. My knowledge continues to grow and stay relevant with changes in our marketplace.”

Bach most recently oversaw all aspects of the hospitality venues, from sales to quality of service and served as the point person for corporate clients, at the inaugural KPMG Women’s PGA Championship, held at Westchester Country Club in June.

LSW and its sister company DLC Ground Transportation have been family-owned and operated for more than 35 years. In 2012, LSW joined the Inc. 500/5000 list of the fastest-growing most successful privately held companies in the United States.

MY SISTERS’ PLACE ADDS NEW BOARD MEMBERS Three new members have been appointed to White Plainsbased My Sisters’ Place board of directors. They are: • Evan Cohen is the regional managing partner in the Americas for Clifford Chance US LLP. He has more than 25 years of experience representing clients in the areas of acquisition and leveraged finance, project finance, syndicated lending and restructuring.

Cohen also serves on the board of City Year New York, a national education-focused nonprofit and previously served on the board of the Carmel School in Hong Kong, where he lived for eight years.

• Josue Sanchez, an associate director at L+M Development Partners, a New York City-based real estate devel-

OC TOURISM ON INSTAGRAM

Orange County Tourism is increasing its social media presence with its recent launch of an Instagram account, instagram.com/visitorangecountyny/. The launch coincided with a challenge to those visiting local pumpkin farms to post their photos using the hashtag #VisitOrangeCountyNY. Instagrammers whose pictures receive the most likes will win free passes for a family of four to three Orange County tourism sites.

oper, has led the acquisition, financing and development of multifamily properties for the past five years. He was one of the project managers of the team that led the creation of a new MSP emergency shelter.

• Audrey Stone, is a managing director at Nardello & Co., a global investigations law firm where she heads the domestic violence and sexual assault compliance and investigations practice.

Stone served as the second deputy district attorney and chief of the special prosecutions division in the Westchester County District Attorney’s Office. While there she was appointed by Loretta Lynch, now U.S. Attorney General, as a special assistant U.S. attorney to help lead the prosecution of Westchester cookbook author Joseph Yannai, who was convicted in a notorious international human trafficking case in 2011.

GRAND PRIX NY TO HOST RESCUES FUNDRAISER Grand Prix New York (GPNY) in Mount Kisco will host a fundraising event Oct. 15 to support the animal rescue charity Adopt-A-Dog. Racing for Rescues, an event in which participants can have fun racing go-karts while raising money for Armonk-based Adopt-A-Dog, will be held from 6 to 8 p.m.

“I’m a huge dog lover, so when I heard AdoptA-Dog was looking for a new and unique way to hold a fundraiser I thought Grand Prix would be the perfect place,” said Nat Mundy, vice president of sales and marketing for GPNY. At Adopt-A-Dog’s Armonk facility, staff and volunteers care for more than 35 dogs at a time and more than 150 animals a year including dogs of all ages, breeds and sizes.

Adopt-A-Dog Executive Director Kristen Rice said the organization has set a fundraising goal of $3,000 for the event.

“The biggest expense to our rescue is veterinary care, which is why this event is so important to us,” Rice said. Each and every dog has different needs and different costs associated with those needs. The money raised at ‘Racing for Rescues’ will off set those costs including providing vaccines, preventative care and direct care from shelter staff.”

Individual tickets are $50. Light finger foods and non alcoholic beverages will be served.

All participants must be pre-registered. To register, please visit http://adopt-a-dog.org/. For questions on the event or about Adopt-A-Dog, please call 914-273-1674.

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From left, Erica Santiago, manager of network community mobilization, The Food Bank for Westchester; Linda WhiteRyan, assistant dean, Fordham University Graduate School of Social Service; and Persephone Zill, senior director, strategic partnerships and advocacy, The Food Bank.

‘LUNCH AND LEARN’ Fordham Westchester in West Harrison recently hosted a “Lunch and Learn” event featuring representatives from The Food Bank for Westchester who spoke about the hunger crisis in Westchester County. Attended by students from Fordham’s Graduate School of Social Service the presentation provided an overview of the many programs and services of The Food Bank.

LARCHMONT LIONS HONORED New York state Sen. George Latimer presented The Larchmont Lions Club with its New York State Service Club of the Month award.

The Larchmont Lions Club is preparing for its 90th anniversary in 2016 while The International Lions Clubs will celebrate its 100th anniversary in 2017.

The Larchmont Lions Club had a major presence at the Larchmont 125th anniversary celebration Sept. 26 with the presence of three “guide dogs in training” for the blind (the organization supports Guiding Eyes for the Blind) and launched The 2016 Lions Club International “ Art For Peace” competition open to area youth.

RiverWinds Gallery at 172 Main St., Beacon, presents “Spirit Houses” by Jennie Chien. The show runs through Nov. 8. Viewing hours are Wednesday to Monday noon to 6 p.m., Beacon Second Saturday noon to 9 p.m. There will also be a two-hour workshop titled “Letters to the Dead: Beyond Words” led by Jennie Chien, Saturday, Oct. 24, 10 a.m. to noon at RiverWinds.

Cost of the workshop is $40 per person and includes personalized cast paper and raku Spirit Houses. Pre-Registration is advised as there is limited seating. Call RiverWinds at 845-838-2880 or email info@ riverwindsgallery.com.

OCTOBER 14 Debra Pearlman, president and CEO of Hudson Valley Sales Training, will present “Soft Sales” - A better way for women to overcome objections and enroll clients” Wednesday, Oct. 14 at noon at the monthly meeting of the Rockland Business Women’s Network. Program registration, information on venue and membership details can be found at rbwn.org.

PAYAN JOINS WLS BOARD Alex Payan of Port Chester was named to the Tarrytown-based Westchester Library System board of trustees. He serves as the District X representative covering Port Chester, Rye Brook, Rye City and Rye Town.

Payan has more than 15 years of marketing research experience in the corporate world with an array of international companies. He is the director of Port Chester Cares for Family Services of Westchester and serves as an adjunct ESL teacher at Manhattanville College’s English Language Institute program where he teaches international marketing and advertising. He is also a consultant for the town of Rye where he is responsible for performing community research and outreach services, which includes the town of Rye’s Youth Summer Internship Program.

Information for these features has been submitted by the subjects or their delegates.

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FACTS MOUNT VERNON, 260 Hutchinson Blvd. Single-family residence; lot size: .2 acre. Plaintiff: HomeComing Financial LLC. Plaintiff ’s attorney: Helfand & Helfand, 212599-3303; 350 Fifth Ave., New York City. Defendant: Gretchen Durant.

Referee: Joseph Goubeaud. Sale: Oct. 28, 9:30 a.m. Approximate lien: N/A.

YONKERS, 62 Portland Place, (aka) 60 Portland Place. Singlefamily residence; lot size: .19 acre.

Plaintiff: Nationstar Mortgage LLC. Plaintiff ’s attorney: Rosicki & Rosicki & Associates, 845-897-1600; 2 Summit Court No. 301, Fishkill.

Defendant: Anne Glaser. Referee: Edmund Fitzgerald. Sale: Oct. 14, 10 a.m. Approximate lien: $358,627.95.

PEEKSKILL, 1116 Cortlandt St. Single-family residence; lot size: N/A. Plaintiff: Nationstar Mortgage LLC. Plaintiff: RAS Boriskin, phone number unavailable; 900 Merchants Concourse, Westbury 11590.

Defendant: Jerry Willis. Referee: Danile Pagano. Sale: Oct. 28, 9 a.m.

Approximate lien: N/A.

YONKERS, 80 Westterly St. Single-family residence; lot size: .11 acre. Plaintiff: Wells Fargo Bank National Association. Plaintiff ’s attorney: Woods Oviatt Gilman LLP, phone number available; 700 Crossroads Building, 2 State St., Rochester. Defendant: Michael Errico. Referee: Julio Henrichs.

Sale: Oct. 22, 10 a.m. Approximate lien: $469,884.52.

PEEKSKILL, 1759 Lincoln Terrace. Single-family residence; lot size: N/A. Plaintiff: U.S. Bank National Association. Plaintiff ’s attorney: McCabe, Weisberg & Conway PC, 631-812-4084; 1 Huntington Quadrangle, Melville. Defendant: Larkland Wright. Referee: Alfred Del Rey. Sale: Oct. 21, 9:30 a.m. Approximate lien: $400,895.92.

RYE BROOK, 22 Hawthorne Ave. Single-family residence; lot size: .6 acre. Plaintiff: Hudson City Savings Bank. Plaintiff ’s attorney: Cohn & Roth, 516-747-3030; 100 E. Old County Road, Mineola. Defendant: Andrew Stetlera.

Referee: John Pappalardo. Sale: Oct. 15, 10 a.m. Approximate lien: $442,925.44.

YONKERS, 1419 Nepperhan Ave. Two-family residence; .13 acre.

Plaintiff: HSBC Bank USA National Association. Plaintiff ’s attorney: Clarfield Okon Salomone & Pincus, phone number unavailable; 425 RXR Plaza, Uniondale. Defendant: Victor Sarubbi. Referee: John Romano. Sale: Oct. 15, 9:30 a.m. Approximate lien: $468,236.26.

TUCKAHOE, 51 Rogers St. Twofamily residence; .12 acre. Plaintiff: One West Bank FSB. Plaintiff ’s attorney: Fein Such & Crane LLP, phone number unavailable; 1400 Old Country Road, Westbury.

Defendant: Balmu Martin. Referee: Robert Cypher. Sale: Oct. 14, 8:45 a.m. Approximate lien: $845,521.56.

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WHITE PLAINS, 115 Battle Ave. Single-family residence; lot size: .13 acre. Plaintiff: JPMC Specialty Mortgage LLC. Plaintiff ’s attorney: Stiene & Associates, 631-935-1616; 187 E. Main St., Huntington. Defendant: Norvelle Street Moss. Referee: Massimo Ditabio. Sale: Oct. 26, 11 a.m. Approximate lien: $137,767.10.

Imprimo Inc., d.b.a. Aladdin, Mount Vernon. $26,448 in favor of Lindenmeyr Munroe, Purchase.

Filed Oct. 1.

Phoenix Global Supply Group Inc., West Harrison. $51,527 in favor of Aaipharma Services Corp., Wilmington, N.C. Filed Sept. 28.

YONKERS, 41 Groshon Ave. Three-family residence; lot size: .04 acre. Plaintiff: PMT NPL Financing 2014-1. Plaintiff ’s attorney: Fein Such & Crane LLP, phone number unavailable; 1400 Old Country Road, Westbury. Defendant: Noreen Gonzalez. Referee: John Sarcone. Sale: Oct. 21, 10 a.m. Approximate lien: $1,011,196.01.

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Armonk Entertainment Group LLC, Armonk. $8,994 in favor of Riviera Produce Corp., Englewood, N.J. Filed Sept. 29.

Parchem Nutrition Inc., New Rochelle. $4,484 in favor of Active Concepts LLC, Lincolnton,. N.C. Filed Sept. 30.

WHITE PLAINS, 235 Battle Ave. Single-family residence; lot size: .11 acre. Plaintiff: HSBC Bank USA National Association. Plaintiff ’s attorney: Gross Polowy LLC, phone number unavailable; 1775 Wehrle Drive, Williamsville. Defendant: Juan Naupari. Referee: Albert Cornachio. Sale: Oct. 29, 9:45 a.m.

Approximate lien: $652,945.36.

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YONKERS, 633-635 Warburton Ave. Two-family residence; .14 acre. Plaintiff: Wells Fargo Bank National Association. Plaintiff ’s attorney: Fein Such & Crane LLP, phone number unavailable; 1400 Old Country Road, Westbury. Defendant: Duwayne Shaw. Referee: Bruce Bozeman. Sale: Oct. 14, 8:30 a.m. Approximate lien: $707,594.33.

Vitis LLC, Mamaroneck. $13,521 in favor of Fedex Techconnect Inc., Memphis, Tenn. Filed Oct. 1.

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LIS PENDENS The following filings indicated a legal action has been initiated, the outcome of which may affect the title to the property listed.

Bayon, Jose, et al. Filed by JPMorgan Chase Bank N.A. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $248,846 affecting property located at 158 Helena Ave., Yonkers 10710. Filed Oct. 29.

FIGURES Deutchman, Gary, et al. Filed

by Wells Fargo Bank N.A. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $1 million affecting property located at 67 Shad Road West, Pound Ridge 10576. Filed Oct. 27.

Martin, Michael, et al. Filed by JPMorgan Chase Bank N.A. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $318,500 affecting property located at 127 King Ave., Yonkers 10704. Filed Oct. 28.

Fornelos, Sergio, et al. Filed by Flagstar Bank FSB. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $267,000 affecting property located at 12 Parkway Drive, Cortlandt Manor 10567. Filed Oct. 30.

Martinez, Jordan, et al. Filed

by Deutsche Bank National Trust Co. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $385,000 affecting property located at 87 Robertson Ave., White Plains 10606. Filed Oct. 27.

Brauer, Kathleen L., et al. Filed

by JPMorgan Chase Bank N.A. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $225,000 affecting property located at 3 Willow Place, Mount Vernon 10550. Filed Oct. 28.

Greco, Antonio, et al. Filed by The Bank of New York Mellon.

Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $612,000 affecting property located at 495 W. William St., Port Chester 10573.

Filed Oct. 28.

Bumsey LLC, et al. Filed by 54 LLC. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $210,000 affecting property located at 429 S. Second Ave., 136 N. High St., Mount Vernon, and 20 Hampshire Circle, Yonkers. Filed Oct. 28.

Hecker, Eileen, et al. Filed by Nationstar Mortgage LLC. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure an unspecified amount affecting property located at 12 Lent Ave., Montrose 10548. Filed Oct. 27.

Caballero, Juan Carlos, 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 157 Pelham Road, New Rochelle 10805. Filed Oct. 28.

Carroll, Stephen, et al. Filed by HSBC Bank USA N.A. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $260,000 affecting property located at 78 Penfield Ave., Crotonon-Hudson 10520. Filed Oct. 30.

Castillo, Jason, et al. Filed by Christiana Trust. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $584,469 affecting property located at 326 Roberts Ave., Yonkers.

Filed Oct. 28.

Hernandez, Frank, et al. Filed

by Federal National Mortgage Association. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $332,500 affecting property located at 60 Bruce Ave., Yonkers 10705. Filed Oct. 28.

Isaac, Robert J., et al. Filed by JPMorgan Chase Bank N.A. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $629,000 affecting property located at 30 Kenilworth Road, Yonkers 10701. Filed Oct. 30.

Jordan, Elma, et al. Filed by JPMorgan Chase Bank N.A. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $392,000 affecting property located at 310 McClellan Ave., Mount Vernon 10553. Filed Oct. 28.

Naulaguari, Manuel, et al.

Filed by Green Tree Servicing LLC. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $520,000 affecting property located at 12 Rollhaus Place, No. 1, Port Chester 10573. Filed Oct. 28.

Nordone, Samuel, et al. Filed by FV-1 Inc. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $400,000 affecting property located at 4 Hall Place, Eastchester 10709. Filed Oct. 30.

O’Connor, Kathleen, et al. Filed

by U.S. Bank N.A. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $335,326 affecting property located at 14 N. Chatsworth Ave., Unit 4K, Larchmont 10538. Filed Oct. 29.

Poritzky, Alan, et al. Filed by JPMorgan Chase Bank N.A. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $400,000 affecting property located at 2004 Crompond Road, Cortlandt Manor 10567. Filed Oct. 30.

Somoza, Michael, et al. Filed by The Bank of New York Mellon. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $580,000 affecting property located at 2526 Amawalk Road, Somers 10501. Filed Oct. 30.

Cilento, Bella R., et al. Filed by PNC Bank N.A. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $562,500 affecting property located at 205 Center Ave., Mamaroneck 10543. Filed Oct. 27.

Kiriakos, William, et al. Filed

by Deutsche Bank National Trust Co. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $595,000 affecting property located at 94 Hudson Terrace, Yonkers 10701.

Filed Oct. 28.

Ward, William D., et al. Filed by JPMorgan Chase Bank N.A. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $799,200 affecting property located at 5 S. Bedford Road, Chappaqua 10514. Filed Oct. 27.

Cirio, Michael J., as executor of the estate of Ann Cirio, et al.

Filed by Nationstar Mortgage LLC. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $585,000 affecting property located at 37 Knollwood Road, Elmsford 10523.

Filed Oct. 30.

Koch, Victoria, et al. Filed by The Bank of New York Mellon Trust Company N.A. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $649,950 affecting property located at 33 Westerly Lane, Thornwood. Filed Oct. 30.

Williams, Patricia, et al. Filed

by The Bank of New York Mellon.

Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $445,000 affecting property located at 148 Clove Road, New Rochelle 10801.

Filed Oct. 30.

Corriere, Andrea, et al. Filed

by Deutsche Bank Trust Company Americas. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $278,400 affecting property located at 3222 Lexington Ave., Mohegan Lake 10547. Filed Oct. 30.

Delizo, Eddie M., et al. Filed by U.S. Bank N.A. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $344,701 affecting property located at 627 Van Cortlandt Park Ave., Yonkers 10705. Filed Oct. 30.

Luiso, Robert, et al. Filed by Wells Fargo Bank N.A. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $591,000 affecting property located at 71 Henry St., Harrison 10528. Filed Oct. 27.

Lyons, William, et al. Filed by Wells Fargo Bank N.A. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $400,000 affecting property located at 10 Emmalon Ave., North White Plains 10603.

Filed Oct. 28.

MECHANIC’S LIENS 5 Circle Rd LLC, as owner. $3,400 as claimed by Allgreen Environmental Project, Irvington. Property: in Eastchester. Filed Sept. 30.

Castle Port Chester LLC, as owner. $11,950 as claimed by B and B Sheet Metal Inc. Property: in Rye. Filed Sept. 30.

Huyhua, Antonio, et al, as owner. $5,985 as claimed by Clover Mechanical Inc. Property: in White Plains. Filed Sept. 30.

Makan, Divinder, as owner. $11,000 as claimed by Stanley Thomas, Stony Point. Property: in White Plains. Filed Sept. 30.

Renamba LLC, as owner. $15,658 as claimed by Sherwin-Williams Co. Property: in Yonkers. Filed Sept. 30.

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

Partnerships Westchester Oil and Spice, P.O. Box 185, Yorktown Heights 10598, c/o Alissa Saez and Pamela T. Araneo. Filed June 13.

Sole Proprietorships Affordable Care Credentialing, 81 Charter Circle, Apt. 6B, Ossining 10562, c/o Lee S. Frisbie. Filed June 13.

American Environmental Systems, 188 Midland Ave., Tuckahoe 10707, c/o Maria Cristina Noonan.

Filed June 17.

Beara Builders, 652 Ardsley Road, Scarsdale 10583, c/o Patrick Daniel Harrington Jr. Filed June 16.

Bret Boylan Photography, 27 Mitchell Ave., Yonkers 10701, c/o Bret Boylan. Filed June 17.

D and M Design, 6 Mid Way, Purdys 10578, c/o Nicholas John DeVito. Filed June 12.

D’Yenelsi Barber Shop and Salon, 83 Yonkers Ave., Yonkers 10701, c/o Yenelsi Cruceta. Filed June 17.

Declan Troy, 24 Beechmont Place, New Rochelle 10804, c/o Declan Troy. Filed June 16.

Diamond Asset Research, 31 Plumbrook Road, Katonah 10536, c/o Raymond Neil Simpson. Filed June 17.

Full Court Solutions, 19 Glen Drive, South Salem 10590, c/o Annete G. Sferra. Filed June 12.

Henna on Hudson, 40 Lexington Drive, Croton-on-Hudson 10520, c/o Marlene Ratliff. Filed June 13.

Intelligent Dummy, 46 Nuvern Ave., Mount Vernon 10550, c/o Raymond Montgomery. Filed June 12.

FACTS ITFourteen, 124 Wilmot Road, Scarsdale 10583, c/o Alfonso Lopez Garcia. Filed June 16.

JD Woodworks, 14 Barton Road, Yonkers 10701, c/o John J. Divi.

Filed June 16.

Kathryn Anne Photography, 525 Ellendale Ave., Port Chester 10573, c/o Kathryn Anne Knowles.

Filed June 16.

Love Trenna and Accessories, 28 Jefferson Place, Tuckahoe 10707, c/o Trenna Seney. Filed June 13.

Nursing Care and Consultation, 305 Sherman Ave., Apt. 10E, Peekskill 10566, c/o Linda Carroll.

Filed June 13.

VIP Marble Granite, 75 N. Broadway, Apt. 3A, Yonkers 10701, c/o William Edgardo Suazo Diaz.

Filed June 12.

PATENTS Analysis of chip-mean variation and independent intra-die variation for chip yield determination. Patent no. 9,147,031 issued to Carl J. Radens, LaGrangeville, N.Y. and Amith Singhee, Yonkers, N.Y. Assigned to International Business Machines Corp., Armonk.

Binding multiple addresses to a socket in a network system.

Patent no. 9,148,455 issued to Roy F. Brabson, Raleigh, N.C.; Alfred B. Christensen, Durham, N.C.; and Constantinos Kassimis, Cary, N.C. Assigned to International Business Machines Corp., Armonk.

Clustering-based questions set generation for training and testing of a question and answer system. Patent no.

9,146,987 issued to Christopher S. Alkov, Austin, Texas; Suzanne L. Estrada, Boca Raton, Fla.; Peter F. Haggar, Raleigh, N.C.; and Kevin B. Haverlock, Cary, N.C. Assigned to International Business Machines Corp., Armonk.

Dynamic runtime choosing of processing communication methods. Patent no. 9,148,496 issued to Ryan K. Cradick, Oronoco, Minn.; John M. Santosuosso, Rochester, Minn.; and Brandon W. Schulz, Rochester, Minn. Assigned to International Business Machines Corp., Armonk.

Machine-learning-based datapath extraction. Patent no.

9,147,032 issued to Samuel I. Ward, Austin, Texas. Assigned to International Business Machines Corp., Armonk.

Pivot faces for text mining and search. Patent no. 9.146,994 issued to Barton W. Emanuel, Manassas, Va. and Todd Leyba, Potomac, Md. Assigned to International Business Machines Corp., Armonk.

Reconfiguring an operator graph based on attribute usage.

Patent no. 9,147,010 issued to Michael J. Branson, Rochester, Minn.; Bradford L. Cobb, Cedar Park, Texas; and John M. Santosuosso, Rochester, Minn. Assigned to International Business Machines Corp., Armonk.

System and method for real-world biometric analytics through the use of a multimodal biometric analytic wallet. Patent no. 9,147,060 issued to Aaron K. Baughman, Silver Spring, Md.; Christopher J. Dawson, Arlington, Va.; Barry M. Graham, Silver Spring, Md.; and David J. Kamalsky, San Jose, Calif. Assigned to International Business Machines Corp., Armonk.

System and methods for granular access control. Patent no. 9.147,080 issued to Wai K. So, Daly City, Calif.; and Kwai H. Man, Fremont, Calif. Assigned to International Business Machines Corp., Armonk.

User authentication. Patent no. 9,147,056 issued to Jared A. Limberg, Shaker Heights, Ohio. Assigned to International Business Machines Corp., Armonk.

HUSON VALLEY BUILDING LOANS Above $1 million Jalor Properties LLC, as owner. Lender: 100 Mile Fund LLC. Property: in Beacon. Amount: $1.2 million. Filed Oct. 1.

Ulster Gardens II LP, Warwick, as owner. Lender: CPC Funding SPE 1 LLC, New York City. Property: 3000-4309 Ulster Gardens Court, Ulster. Amount: $6.2 million. Filed Sept. 29.

Below $1 million Dewitt, Tanya L., Accord, as owner. Lender: Walden Savings Bank, Montgomery. Property: in Rochester. Amount: $192,000.

Filed Sept. 29.

Hot Diggity Dog Inc., as owner.

Lender: Wallkill Valley Federal Savings and Loan Association. Property: in Poughkeepsie. Amount: $80,000. Filed Sept. 29.

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McCormick, John, et al, Rosendale, as owner. Lender: Rondout Savings Bank, Kingston. Property: 1042 Creek Locks Road, Rosendale.

Amount: $340,000. Filed Sept. 28.

485 Main LLC, Poughkeepsie.

Seller: 489 Main Street LLC, New York City. Property: in Poughkeepsie. Amount: $250,000. Filed Sept. 30.

Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corp. Seller: Charles P. Obremski, Cornwall-on-Hudson. Property: 63 Mill St., Cornwall-on-Hudson 12518.

Amount: $130,107. Filed Oct. 2.

Fire Tower Road LLC, Bloomingburg. Seller: Duso Properties LLC, Middletown. Property: 402-406 M&M Road, Wallkill. Amount: $60,000. Filed Sept. 30.

Nemeth, Stefan, et al, Goshen, as owner. Lender: Walden Savings Bank, Montgomery. Property: in Crawford. Amount: $175,275. Filed Oct. 1.

51 McEwen LLC, Warwick.

Seller: Julie E. Cirigliano, Warwick.

Property: 51 McEwen St., Warwick 10990. Amount: $100,000. Filed Oct. 1.

Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corp. Seller: Seyed Safizadeh, et al, Harriman. Property: 1 Lexington Hill, unit 7, Harriman 10926.

Amount: $180,472. Filed Oct. 5.

Flipping Cancer LLC, Arlington, Va. Seller: U.S. Bank Trust N.A. Property: 54 Edgewood Drive, Poughkeepsie 12603. Amount: $98,000. Filed Oct. 2.

O’Shea, Sandra, as owner.

Lender: Rhinebeck Bank. Property: in East Fishkill. Amount: $468,000.

Filed Oct. 1.

AC Pizza Group LLC, Kingston.

Seller: Joseph DePoala, Kingston.

Property: in Kingston. Amount: $256,000. Filed Sept. 30.

Federal National Mortgage Association. Seller: Albert P. Pacione Jr., Middletown. Property: 3608 Whispering Hill, Chester 10918.

Amount: $142,500. Filed Oct. 5.

Forest Atlantic Inc., Norwood, N.J. Seller: Michael E. Malone, Saugerties. Property: 168 Market St., Saugerties 12477. Amount: $145,000. Filed Oct. 2.

Parrotta, Antonio, Yardville, N.J., as owner. Lender: Ulster Savings Bank, Kingston. Property: 31 Cabin Lane, Rochester 12440. Amount: $267,408. Filed Sept. 29.

Bank of America N.A. Seller: Miesha Rodriguez, Hopewell Junction.

Property: 18 Spruce St., Poughkeepsie 12601. Amount: $143,000. Filed Sept. 29.

Federal National Mortgage Association. Seller: Cheryl Tanner, Pawling. Property: 39 Nathan Pierce Court, Pawling 12564.

Amount: $250,000. Filed Sept. 28.

Glasco Apartments LLC, Saugerties. Seller: County of Ulster, Kingston. Property: 1131 Main St., Malden. Amount: $72,716. Filed Oct. 1.

Temple Hill I Housing Development Fund Company Inc., Middletown, as owner. Lender: County of Orange, Middletown. Property: 1000-1314 Corporal Tremblay Way and 3000-3316 Nicholas Brooks Court, New Windsor. Amount: $500,000. Filed Sept. 30.

Big Z Holdings LLC, Port Jervis. Seller: Fad Enterprises Inc., Warwick. Property: in Greenville.

Amount: $425,000. Filed Sept. 29.

Whitehead, Brian J., Kerhonkson, as owner. Lender: Ulster Savings Bank, Kingston. Property: 7062 Route 209, Wawarsing 12446.

Amount: $102,638. Filed Sept. 28.

DEEDS Above $1 million Loomis Lab LLC, Tuxedo Park.

Seller: WJB Villa Corp., Tuxedo Park. Property: in Tuxedo.

Amount: $2.5 million. Filed Oct. 1.

Pavestone LLC, Atlanta, Ga. Seller: Leonard Drive Associates LLC, Branchville, N.J. Property: 43 Leonards Drive, Montgomery.

Amount: $2.1 million. Filed Oct. 1.

Below $1 million 104 Elm LLC, Monroe. Seller: Elchan Corp., Monroe. Property: 36 Redwood Drive, Highland Mills 10930. Amount: $108,000. Filed Sept. 30.

Brookfield Global Relocation Services LLC, Burr Ridge, Ill. Seller: Ronald K. Sampson, et al, LaGrangeville. Property: 16 Rita Lane, LaGrangeville 12540. Amount: $537,000. Filed Sept. 30.

Butterville LLC, New Paltz.

Seller: Annie Serrante, New Paltz.

Property: in New Paltz. Amount: $285,000. Filed Sept. 28.

Centric Properties LLC, Newburgh. Seller: Johnston Street Properties LLC, Newburgh. Property: in Newburgh. Amount: $25,000.

Filed Oct. 5.

Corny Cattle Farm LLC, Pine Bush. Seller: Ann Tolton Bergamo, Rock Hill. Property: Route 302, Pine Bush 12566. Amount: $490,000. Filed Sept. 29.

Delafield Street LLC, Wappingers Falls. Seller: Diana Urbanski, Poughkeepsie. Property: in Poughkeepsie. Amount: $105,000. Filed Sept. 30.

Deutsche Bank National Trust Co. Seller: Fred Schaeffer, Poughkeepsie. Property: 1434 Route 44, Pleasant Valley 12569. Amount: $906,500. Filed Oct. 1.

107 Hamilton Place LLC, Wallkill. Seller: Christine Buckman, Fort Montgomery. Property: in Gardiner. Amount: $75,000. Filed Sept. 29.

Doric Vault of the Hudson Valley LLC, Middletown. Seller: Hudson Valley Federal Credit Union, Poughkeepsie. Property: in Middletown. Amount: $165,000.

Filed Oct. 5.

200 West 80th Street Corp., New York City. Seller: County of Orange, Goshen. Property: in Hamptonburgh. Amount: $20,000. Filed Sept. 30.

Double R Capital Inc., Poughkeepsie. Seller: Hermann H. Tietjen, Rhinebeck. Property: 11 Fishkill Glen Drive, Unit 11D, Fishkill 12524.

Amount: $21,000. Filed Oct. 2.

40 Sussex Street LLC, Port Jervis.

Seller: Syed A. Hossain, Port Jervis.

Property: in Port Jervis. Amount: $75,000. Filed Oct. 5.

Fannie Mae. Seller: Terry Forman, Woodbourne. Property: 19-21 Wheeler Ave., Warwick 10990.

Amount: $468,608. Filed Sept. 30.

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FREE STANDING RETAIL / WAREHOUSE BUILDING- POUGHKEEPSIE, NY Location: U.S. RT 44 / NYS RT 55 Area Square Feet: 14,800 ± SF Acreage: 1.83 ± Acres Suitable For: Retail / Shop / Display /Warehouse Utilities: Municipal Water & Sewer/ Gas & Electric Asking Price: $775,000 Contact: info@crproperties.com (845) 485-3100 / www.crproperties.com

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FACTS HRM Pizza LLC, Hudson.

Seller: Stewart’s Shops Corp., et al, Ballston Spa. Property: in Saugerties. Amount: $300,000.

Filed Oct. 2.

HSBC Bank USA N.A. Seller: Nathalie Derozier, et al, Fishkill.

Property: 23 Dragon Trail. Pleasant Valley 12569. Amount: $51,000.

Filed Sept. 29.

Hudson City Savings Bank, Paramus, N.J. Seller: Sol H. Lesser, New Windsor. Property: 10 Buckingham Mews, Middletown.

Amount: $125,817. Filed Oct. 2.

Northern Enterprise NY LLC, Cornwall-on-Hudson. Seller: Diana L. Caccioppoli-Puglisi, Goshen.

Property: 27 Genung St., Middletown 10940. Amount: $60,800.

Filed Oct. 5.

Ulster Gardens II Housing Development Fund Company Inc., Warwick. Seller: Warwick Properties Inc., Warwick. Property: in Ulster. Amount: $400,000. Filed Sept. 29.

Open Space Institute Land Trust Inc., New York City. Seller: Mountain Lodge Park Corp., Montgomery. Property: in Blooming Grove. Amount: $770,959. Filed Oct. 1.

Vassar Brothers Hospital, Poughkeepsie. Seller: Louis L. Chiriatti, et al, South Burlington, Vt. Property: in Poughkeepsie.

Amount: $45,000. Filed Sept. 30.

Oussuk LLC, Newburgh. Seller: Orange Lake Resources Inc., Newburgh. Property: in Newburgh.

Amount: $20,000. Filed Sept. 30.

Wells Fargo Bank N.A. Seller: Dwayne Herman, et al, Middletown. Property: 38 Woodside Knolls Drive, Middletown 10940.

Amount: $260,000. Filed Oct. 1.

JPMorgan Chase Bank N.A. Seller: David G. Ferenz, Poughkeepsie. Property: 63 Broadway, East Fishkill 12533. Amount: $315,500.

Filed Sept. 30.

Radiant City LLC, Rosendale.

Seller: David W. Eighmey, et al, Shady. Property: in Kingston.

Amount: $80,000. Filed Sept. 30.

LJM Automotive Associates LLC, Millbrook. Seller: Frank Susczynski Jr., et al, Salt Point. Property: in Pleasant Valley. Amount: $506,500. Filed Oct. 1.

Ramona 009 Productions Inc., Tarpon Springs, Fla. Seller: City of Kingston. Property: 672 Broadway, Kingston. Amount: $140,000. Filed Oct. 1.

LSP Two LLC, Newburgh.

Seller: The Wheelman’s Club LLC, Newburgh. Property: in Newburgh.

Amount: $343,000. Filed Oct. 1.

Red Truck Organic Farms LLC, Wappingers Falls. Seller: Doris LaRotonda, Poughkeepsie.

Property: in Wappinger. Amount: $125,000. Filed Sept. 30.

M&T Bank, Buffalo. Seller: Lisa Felicissimo, Monroe. Property: 258 North St, Middletown 10940.

Amount: $74,700. Filed Sept. 29.

Menna Building Corp., Chester.

Seller: Summit Avenue Property LLC, Montgomery. Property: 100 Summit Ave., Central Valley 10917.

Amount: $155,000. Filed Sept. 30.

MTGLQ Investors LP, Irving.

Texas. Seller: Herman H. Tietjen, Rhinebeck. Property: 3 Franklin St., Wappingers Falls 12590.

Amount: $120,000. Filed Sept. 29.

MTGLQ Investors LP. Seller: Michelle Anderson, Newburgh.

Property: 2497 Mount Hope Road, Otisville 10963. Amount: $229,412.

Filed Sept. 29.

Nationstar Mortgage LLC. Seller: Beate Joanna Blair, Hyde Park. Property: 54 Horseshoe Drive, Hyde Park 12538. Amount: $242,500. Filed Sept. 28.

New Horizon Real Estate Enterprise Inc., Middletown. Seller: Patricia Ann Theriault, Middletown.

Property: in Middletown. Amount: $61,000. Filed Sept. 30.

Newlife Properties Corp., Commack. Seller: James D. Meier, Poughkeepsie. Property: 1 Clay Hill Road, Tivoli 12583. Amount: $126,000. Filed Sept. 29.

Nisen Ador LLC, Monsey. Seller: Lemberg Gardens LLC, Monroe.

Property: in Monroe. Amount: $100,000. Filed Sept. 29.

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Redhook Apartments LLC, Red Hook. Seller: Gina Borelli, et al, Hyde Park. Property: in Red Hook.

Amount: $800,000. Filed Sept. 28.

Residential Mortgage Loan Trust 213-TT2. Seller: Gary M. Schuster, Walden. Property: in Goshen. Amount: $513,833. Filed Sept. 29.

Sycamore Valley LLC, Poughkeepsie. Seller: Michael D. Kranis, Poughkeepsie. Property: 103 Rombout Ave., Beacon 12508. Amount: $79,500. Filed Sept. 30.

Temple Hill I Housing Development Fund Company Inc., Middletown. Seller: Warwick Properties Inc., Warwick. Property: in New Windsor. Amount: $247,500.

Filed Sept. 30.

Thorne Property Management LLC, Poughkeepsie. Seller: George R. Fitchett Jr., et al, Poughkeepsie.

Property: 25 Hill Top Lane, Poughkeepsie 12603. Amount: $295,500.

Filed Sept. 30.

U.S. Bank N.A. Seller: Peter H. Neuman, Cornwall-on-Hudson.

Property: 160 Sycamore Drive, New Windsor 12553. Amount: $351,558.

Filed Oct. 1.

U.S. Bank Trust N.A. Seller: Bruce A. Petito, Poughkeepsie. Property: 6 Van Wyck Drive, Poughkeepsie 12601. Amount: $206,000. Filed Sept. 28.

FIGURES Good Old Vintage, Kingston. $417 in favor of the New York State Department of Taxation and Finance, Albany. Filed Oct. 2.

Grand Prix Auto Body Inc., d.b.a. Grand Prix Auto, Johnson. $734 in favor of the New York State Department of Taxation and Finance, Albany. Filed April 23.

Nikki’s, New Hampton. $1,555 in favor of the New York State Department of Taxation and Finance, Albany. Filed April 23.

Grunblatt Psycholo�y and Counseling Offices P.C., Kingston. $1,065 in favor of the New York State Department of Taxation and Finance, Albany. Filed Oct. 2.

Ohayo Mountain Plumbing and Heating Corp., Woodstock. $16,342 in favor of the New York State Department of Taxation and Finance, Albany. Filed Oct. 2.

Gwenn’s Closet Inc., Walden. $100 in favor of the New York State Department of Taxation and Finance, Albany. Filed April 23.

Olde Point Inc., Cornwall-onHudson. $1,375 in favor of the New York State Department of Taxation and Finance, Albany. Filed April 23.

A and R Office Equipment Inc., Cornwall-on-Hudson. $30,169 in favor of the New York State Department of Taxation and Finance, Albany. Filed April 23.

Ireland Corners Gas and Convenience Inc., Gardiner. $124 in favor of the New York State Department of Taxation and Finance, Albany. Filed Oct. 2.

PJDV LLC, Pine Bush. $1,856 in favor of the New York State Department of Taxation and Finance, Albany. Filed April 23.

Artisan General Contracting Inc., Highland. $1,300 in favor of the New York State Department of Taxation and Finance, Albany.

Filed Oct. 2.

J.E.F. Restaurant Corp., High Falls. $9,850 in favor of the New York State Department of Taxation and Finance, Albany. Filed Oct. 2.

JUDGMENTS

CJ Heating and Air Conditioning Inc., Highland. $306 in favor of the New York State Department of Taxation and Finance, Albany.

Filed Oct. 2.

Dunn-Well Homes and Contracting Inc., Chester. $430 in favor of the New York State Department of Taxation and Finance, Albany. Filed April 23.

Elite Flooring, Milton. $387 in favor of the New York State Department of Labor Unemployment Insurance Division, Albany. Filed Sept. 28.

Epic Risk Solutions Inc., Goshen. $648 in favor of the New York State Department of Taxation and Finance, Albany. Filed April 23.

Farber’s Fressen Delicatessen, Lake Katrine. $5,318 in favor of the New York State Department of Taxation and Finance, Albany.

Filed Oct. 2.

FEC-Dry LLC, d.b.a. Party Zone USA LLC, Middletown. $52,016 in favor of the New York State Department of Taxation and Finance, Albany. Filed April 23.

Fortune Supplies Inc., Monroe. $1,091 in favor of the New York State Department of Taxation and Finance, Albany. Filed April 23.

GFT Enterprises-Mayo Sports, Otisville. $2,782 in favor of the New York State Department of Taxation and Finance, Albany. Filed April 23.

Jentrip Ltd., d.b.a. Market Market, Rosendale. $566 in favor of the New York State Department of Taxation and Finance, Albany.

Filed Oct. 2.

Kemp Insurance Agency Inc., Goshen. $541 in favor of the New York State Department of Taxation and Finance, Albany. Filed April 23.

Kingston Cuchifritos Inc., Kingston. $1,947 in favor of the New York State Department of Taxation and Finance, Albany. Filed Oct. 2.

Kingston OHA Development Corp., d.b.a. Family Restaurant, Kingston. $443 in favor of the New York State Department of Labor Unemployment Insurance Division, Albany. Filed Sept. 28.

La Tree LLC, West Hurley. $1,614 in favor of the New York State Department of Labor Unemployment Insurance Division, Albany.

Filed Sept. 28.

La Vecchia Sicilia LLC, d.b.a.

Santa’s Pen, Central Valley. $1,946 in favor of the New York State Department of Taxation and Finance, Albany. Filed April 23.

Little Fish Furniture, Kingston. $789 in favor of the New York State Department of Taxation and Finance, Albany. Filed Oct. 2.

Marcelle Transport Inc., Highland. $786 in favor of the New York State Department of Labor Unemployment Insurance Division, Albany. Filed Sept. 28.

Marrone Management Inc., Warwick. $128 in favor of the New York State Department of Taxation and Finance, Albany. Filed April 23.

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More Than Just Bagels, New Windsor. $319 in favor of the New York State Department of Taxation and Finance, Albany. Filed April 23.

Platinum Construction Corp., Middletown. $547 in favor of the New York State Department of Taxation and Finance, Albany.

Filed April 23.

Precise Vision Auto, Montgomery. $1,628 in favor of the New York State Department of Taxation and Finance, Albany. Filed April 23.

Prime Auto Appearance LLC, Saugerties. $113 in favor of the New York State Department of Taxation and Finance, Albany. Filed Oct. 2.

Rick E’ Len’s Country Restaurant and Pizzeria Inc., Napanoch. $298 in favor of the New York State Department of Taxation and Finance, Albany. Filed Oct. 2.

Rodriguez Drywall Inc., Middletown. $830 in favor of the New York State Department of Taxation and Finance, Albany. Filed April 23.

Rosendale Guitars, Rosendale. $168 in favor of the New York State Department of Taxation and Finance, Albany. Filed Oct. 2.

Schenley Construction Inc., Warwick. $15,603 in favor of the New York State Department of Taxation and Finance, Albany.

Filed April 23.

Swat Food Corp., d.b.a. Kennedy Fried Chicken, Kingston. $514 in favor of the New York State Department of Taxation and Finance, Albany. Filed Oct. 2.

Thomas Barones Auto Center Inc., Middletown. $54,479 in favor of the New York State Department of Taxation and Finance, Albany.

Filed April 23.

Village Ford of Pine Bush NY Inc., Pine Bush. $2,168 in favor of the New York State Department of Taxation and Finance, Albany.

Filed April 23.

LIS PENDENS The following filings indicated a legal action has been initiated, the outcome of which may affect the title to the property listed.

Agosto, Woody, et al. Filed by JPMorgan Chase Bank N.A. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $80,907 affecting property located at 187 Linden Ave., Middletown 10940. Filed Feb. 13.

Alkobi, Michael A., et al. Filed by Green Tree Servicing LLC. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $295,200 affecting property located at 3 Tilford Place, Cornwallon-Hudson 12518. Filed Feb. 11.

Allen, Kermit, as heir at law and next of kin of Hester R. Boone, et al. Filed by Metlife Home Loans.

Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure an unspecified amount affecting property located at 243 Third St., Newburgh 12550.

Filed Feb. 13.

Bailey, Cari R., et al. Filed by Wells Fargo Bank N.A. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $360,000 affecting property located at 331 Carpenter Ave., Newburgh 12550. Filed Feb. 9.

Banks, Harry D. Jr., 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 55 Tubby St., Kingston 12401. Filed Sept. 28.

Bell, Steven, et al. Filed by Federal National Mortgage Association. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $281,700 affecting property located at 10 Ridgefield Lane, Newburgh 12550.

Filed Feb. 13.

Best, Sudonna, et al. Filed by U.S. Bank Trust N.A. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $122,735 affecting property located at 23 Sprague Ave., Middletown 10940. Filed Feb. 13.

Boisvert, Carol, et al. Filed by Ditech Financial LLC. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $100,000 affecting property located at 16 Carmine Drive, Wappingers Falls 12590. Filed Oct. 1.

Bottomley, Sherri, et al. Filed

by HSBC Bank USA N.A. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $100,000 affecting property located at 151 Hufcut Road, Middletown 10941. Filed Feb. 13.

Brown, Brenda L., et al. Filed

by U.S. Bank Trust N.A. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $110,000 affecting property located at 1803 Route 44/55, Modena 12548. Filed Sept. 28.

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FIGURES Mather, Elwood E. III, et al.

Filed by CitiMortgage Inc. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $251,650 affecting property located at 25 Castle High Road, Middletown 10940. Filed Feb. 10.

Cramer, Jeffrey R., et al. Filed

by Wells Fargo Bank N.A. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $197,354 affecting property located at 182 Weed Road, Pine Bush 12566. Filed Sept. 30.

Griffith, Nyall, et al. Filed by Wells Fargo Bank N.A. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $182,895 affecting property located at 10 Upperbrook Road, Sparrow Bush 12780. Filed Feb. 11.

Kuttalil, Bindu, et al. Filed by Deutsche Bank National Trust Co. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $230,000 affecting property located at 1 Pilgrim Lane, Blooming Grove 10992.

Filed Feb. 11.

Brown, Liz, et al. Filed by Green Tree Servicing LLC. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $335,000 affecting property located at 42 Lancer Drive, Newburgh 12550. Filed Feb. 13.

Curtis, Tonja E., et al. Filed by Deutsche Bank National Trust Co. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $202,500 affecting property located at 34 Firehouse Road, Port Jervis 12771.

Filed Feb. 13.

Haesche, Jennifer L., et al. Filed

by The Bank of New York Mellon.

Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure an unspecified amount affecting property located at 75 Maple Ave., Warwick 10990.

Filed Feb. 13.

Lagrippo, Steven, et al. Filed

by Wells Fargo Bank N.A. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $300,734 affecting property located at 245 E. End Road, Wappingers Falls 12590. Filed Sept. 29.

Mcelroy, Laurel Gobrecht, et al.

Filed by CitiMortgage Inc. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure an unspecified amount affecting property located at 1635 Route 32, Mountainville 10953.

Filed Feb. 13.

Burke, Richard P., et al. Filed by JPMorgan Chase Bank N.A. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $200,000 affecting property located at 293 Toleman Road, Washingtonville 10992. Filed Feb. 13.

Dellatte, Ginamarie C., et al.

Filed by Nationstar Mortgage LLC. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $187,000 affecting property located at 21 S. Clover St., Poughkeepsie 12601.

Filed Sept. 30.

Harrison, Lacey, et al. Filed

by Wells Fargo Bank N.A. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $146,832 affecting property located at 41 Fitchett St., Poughkeepsie 12601. Filed Sept. 29.

Leavy, Pamela A., et al. Filed by Green Tree Servicing LLC. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure an unspecified amount affecting property located at 15 and 17 Strack Road, Goshen 10924. Filed Feb. 13.

McGowan, Timothy W., et al.

Filed by Deutsche Bank Trust Company Americas. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $359,650 affecting property located at 31 Bull Road, Washingtonville 10992. Filed Feb. 10.

Bynum, Melvin Sr., et al. Filed

by Federal National Mortgage Association. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $153,500 affecting property located at 237 Oak St., New Windsor 12553. Filed Feb. 11.

Dunphy, Sharon, et al. Filed

by Wells Fargo Bank N.A. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $222,400 affecting property located at 6 Grimm Road, newburgh 12550. Filed Feb. 6.

Heirs and distributees of the estate of Robert M. Little, et al. Filed by Nationstar Mortgage LLC. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $375,000 affecting property located at 1 Balfour Drive, Wappinger 12590.

Filed Sept. 30.

Lewinson, Florence I., et al.

Filed by Nationstar Mortgage LLC. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $270,900 affecting property located at 6 Hammersley Ave., Poughkeepsie 12601. Filed Oct. 1.

Miller, Margarett, et al. Filed

by U.S. Bank Trust N.A. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $195,600 affecting property located at 25 Maple St., Walden 12586. Filed Feb. 6.

Brown, Kenton C., et al. Filed

by Deutsche Bank National Trust Co. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $265,630 affecting property located at 11 Natures Way, Wappingers Falls 12590. Filed Oct. 1.

Campbell, Katherine, et al.

Filed by JPMorgan Chase Bank N.A. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $150,647 affecting property located at 2332 Route 32, Saugerties 12477. Filed Sept. 30.

Colandrea, Aimee E., et al. Filed

by Wells Fargo Bank N.A. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure an unspecified amount affecting property located at 70 Johnes St., Unit 322E, Newburgh 12550. Filed Feb. 13.

Esteves, Fernando R., et al. Filed

by Walden Savings Bank. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $120,000 affecting property located at 34 Red Barn Road, Shawangunk 12566. Filed Sept. 29.

Fernandez, Chad E., et al. Filed

by Bank of America N.A. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $314,498 affecting property located at 23 Cobblestone Lane, Unit 4001, Middletown 10940.

Filed Feb. 6.

Colon, Casilda, et al. Filed by JPMorgan Chase Bank N.A. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $142,500 affecting property located at 93 N. Vincent Drive, Middletown 10940. Filed Feb. 10.

Ferris, Robert W. Jr., et al. Filed

by Ocwen Loan Servicing LLC. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $328,000 affecting property located at 39 Bull Mine Road, Blooming Grove 10918.

Filed Feb. 9.

Colonna, Brian D., et al. Filed

by PHH Mortgage Corp. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $208,141 affecting property located at 398 Hicks Hill Road, Stanfordville 12581. Filed Oct. 1.

Funicello, Filomena, et al. Filed

by HSBC Bank USA N.A. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $115,000 affecting property located at 16 Village Common, Fishkill 12524. Filed Oct. 1.

Connolly, Frank R., et al. Filed

by Fifth Third Mortgage Co. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $213,675 affecting property located at 5 Stuart Drive, Marlboro 12542. Filed Sept. 29.

Garrison, John, et al. Filed by Bayview Loan Servicing LLC. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure an unspecified amount affecting property located at 37 Lake Claire Drive, Middletown 10940. Filed Feb. 6.

Constable, Gary O., et al. Filed

by HSBC Bank USA N.A. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $522,500 affecting property located at 34 Hillview Drive, Florida 10921. Filed Feb. 10.

Cook, Tracy A., et al. Filed by The Bank of New York Mellon.

Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $121,000 affecting property located at 234 Concord Lane, Middletown 10940.

Filed Feb. 13.

Gordon, Todd P., et al. Filed by HSBC Bank USA N.A. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $359,000 affecting property located at 38 Elfwood Path Lane, Port Jervis 12771. Filed Feb. 13.

Gravesande, Delano, et al. Filed

by Bank of America N.A. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $301,800 affecting property located at 3 Wesley Court, Newburgh. Filed Feb. 10.

Hendricksen, Karen, et al. Filed

by U.S. Bank Trust N.A. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure an unspecified amount affecting property located at 97 Bogert Lane, Lake Katrine 12449.

Filed Sept. 30.

Hossain, Mosiur, et al. Filed

by Wells Fargo Bank N.A. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $335,673 affecting property located at 44 Williams Ave., Newburgh 12550. Filed Feb. 6.

Jackson, Robert S., et al. Filed

by Federal National Mortgage Association. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $190,000 affecting property located at 10 Blueberry Lane, Newburgh. Filed Feb. 10.

Jimenez, Viola D., et al. Filed

by M&T Bank. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $34,000 affecting property located at 208 Meadow Hill Road, Newburgh 12550. Filed Feb. 6.

Jusino, Almarene, et al. Filed

by U.S. Bank N.A. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure an unspecified amount affecting property located at 62 Hudson Drive, New Windsor 12553. Filed Feb. 11.

Kime, Richard L. Jr., et al. Filed

by U.S. Bank N.A. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $172,500 affecting property located at 287 Lauren Tice Road, Saugerties 12477. Filed Sept. 28.

Kramer, Lucy, 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 70 Smith Clove Road, Central Valley 10917. Filed Feb. 6.

Parker, Latoya, et al. Filed by Deutsche Bank National Trust Co. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $370,400 affecting property located at 504 Bull Mill Road, Blooming Grove 10914. Filed Feb. 6.

Patel, Mahendra, et al. Filed

by Federal National Mortgage Association. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $149,850 affecting property located at 24 Cherry Hill Road, New Paltz 12561.

Filed Oct. 1.

Riccardi, Rowland, et al. Filed

by Greenpoint Mortgage Funding Inc. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $144,000 affecting property located at 280 First St., Newburgh 12550. Filed Feb. 6.

Riley, Robert, et al. Filed by The Bank of New York Mellon. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $225,000 affecting property located at 20 Roe St., Newburgh 12550. Filed Feb. 11.

Lewis-Kenan, Betty A., et al.

Filed by The Bank of New York Mellon. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $90,000 affecting property located at 31 Roe St., Newburgh 12550. Filed Feb. 9.

Molina, Jeffrey, 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 5 Lexington Hills Road, Unit 8, Harriman 10926. Filed Feb. 13.

Ritchings, Brian E., et al. Filed

by Wells Fargo Bank N.A. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $257,098 affecting property located at 140 N. Main St., Florida 10921. Filed Feb. 11.

Lewis, Eleanor, et al. Filed by Nationstar Mortgage LLC. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $144,000 affecting property located at 213 Third St., Newburgh 12550. Filed Feb. 11.

Montalvo, Gilberto, et al. Filed

by HSBC Bank USA N.A. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $315,000 affecting property located at 626 Route 78, Middletown 10941. Filed Feb. 13.

Rivas, Elena, et al. Filed by First Niagara Bank N.A. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $196,900 affecting property located at 25 Lexington Hill, Unit 2, Harriman 10926. Filed Feb. 6.

Lightfoot, Robert, et al. Filed

by Deutsche Bank National Trust Co. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $236,550 affecting property located at 93 Fair St., Kingston 12401. Filed Oct. 2.

Morales, Eddie, et al. Filed by JPMorgan Chase Bank N.A. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $247,305 affecting property located at 38 City Terrace North, Newburgh 12550. Filed Feb. 6.

Robinson, Pallmore I., et al.

Filed by Nationstar Mortgage LLC. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $297,000 affecting property located at 5 Oak Hill Drive, Rock Tavern 12575. Filed Feb. 11.

Lopez, Gilbert, et al. Filed by Wells Fargo Bank N.A. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $148,500 affecting property located at 274 Van Ness St., Newburgh 12550. Filed Feb. 10.

Mulla, Farook, et al. Filed by Federal National Mortgage Association. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $178,600 affecting property located at 708 Route 32, Newburgh 12589. Filed Feb. 9.

Macri, Joseph, et al. Filed by Wells Fargo Bank N.A. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $175,000 affecting property located at 28 Prospect Ave., Middletown 10940. Filed Feb. 11.

Mahmoud, Sufyana Sharon Pecoma Relaford, et al. Filed

by Federal National Mortgage Association. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $183,000 affecting property located at 92 Poplar St., Newburgh 12550. Filed Feb. 10.

Mann, William N., et al. Filed

by Bank of America N.A. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $269,990 affecting property located at 26 Skinners Lane, Port Jervis 12771. Filed Feb. 13.

Navarro, Frances, et al. Filed

by Wells Fargo Bank N.A. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $240,900 affecting property located at 881 Pulaski Highway, Goshen 10924. Filed Feb. 9.

Nunez, Osman, et al. Filed by Green Tree Servicing LLC. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $224,000 affecting property located at 86 Overlook Drive, Newburgh 12550. Filed Feb. 13.

O’Sullivan, Sean, et al. Filed by Quicken Loans Inc. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $128,402 affecting property located at 40 Red Barn Lane, Middletown 10940. Filed Feb. 13.

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Ruiz, Miguel E., et al. Filed by Federal National Mortgage Association. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $355,000 affecting property located at 4 Bates Circle, Florida 10921. Filed Feb. 10.

Russell, Richard A., et al. Filed

by JPMorgan Chase Bank N.A. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $596,000 affecting property located at 189 N. Plank Road, Newburgh 12550.

Filed Feb. 11.

Ryan, Denis S., et al. Filed by U.S. Bank N.A. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $217,500 affecting property located at 62 Clover Ridge Road, Minisink 10998. Filed Feb. 10.

Sakow, Gordon, et al. Filed by Federal National Mortgage Association. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $259,960 affecting property located at 47 Lancer Drive, Newburgh 12550.

Filed Feb. 13.

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FACTS Santiago, Daniel R., et al. Filed

by Wells Fargo Bank N.A. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $220,000 affecting property located at 199 Ridge Road, Woodbury 10930. Filed Feb. 11.

Tucciariello, Adam, et al. Filed

by Wells Fargo Bank N.A. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $357,000 affecting property located at 234 Park Terrace, Monroe 10950. Filed Feb. 6.

Unknown heirs at law of Paul Gregory III, et al. Filed by HSBC Bank USA N.A. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $55,000 affecting property located at 79 Sodom Road, Clinton 12580.

Filed Sept. 29.

Selle, Sandra Ann, et al. Filed

by Deutsche Bank National Trust Co. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $128,800 affecting property located at 37 Brigham St., Kingston 12401. Filed Sept. 29.

Smith, Bradley H., et al. Filed

by HSBC Bank USA N.A. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure an unspecified amount affecting property located at 20 Walker Ave., Highland Falls 10928.

Filed Feb. 13.

Somar, Rennie, et al. Filed by Deutsche Bank National Trust Co. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $97,500 affecting property located at 145 N. Miller St., Newburgh 12550. Filed Feb. 10.

Telvi, Steven M., et al. Filed by JPMorgan Chase Bank N.A. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $261,600 affecting property located at 108 Crow Hill Road, Highland 12528. Filed Oct. 1.

Vaccaro, Peter, et al. Filed by The Bank of New York Mellon. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $384,750 affecting property located at 58 Muirfield Court, Poughkeepsie 12603. Filed Sept. 30.

Vanderwerff, Shawn, et al. Filed

by U.S. Bank N.A. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $232,000 affecting property located at 8 James St., Poughkeepsie 12603. Filed Sept. 29.

Verlaque, Richard J., et al.

Filed by JPMorgan Chase Bank N.A. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $650,000 affecting property located at 14 Tower Hill Loop, Tuxedo Park 10987. Filed Feb. 6.

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Wade, William, et al. Filed by Green Tree Servicing LLC. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $232,000 affecting property located at 36 Fairview Road, Beacon 12508. Filed Sept. 30.

Zolotar, Martin, et al. Filed by The Bank of New York Mellon. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $187,500 affecting property located at 19 Echo Valley, Huguenot 12746. Filed Feb. 10.

NC Retailer Inc., d.b.a. NC Shop, 630 Broadway, Kingston 12401.

Filed Oct. 2.

MECHANIC’S LIENS

Tri-State Associated Services Inc., d.b.a. Ulster County Pennysaver, 71 Ten Broeck Ave., Kingston 12401. Filed Oct. 2.

Weygant, Linda J., as executrix to the estate of Thomas J. Weygant, et al. Filed by M&T Bank. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $136,000 affecting property located at 8 Victory Court, Newburgh 12550. Filed Feb. 9.

Wilmot, Wayne, et al. Filed by Wells Fargo Bank N.A. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $146,301 affecting property located at 84 Smith St., Poughkeepsie 12601. Filed Oct. 1.

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Hagerty, Ed, et al, as owner. $3,400 as claimed by BRW Builders and Development Inc., Monroe.

Property: 141 Mills Road, Walden 12586. Filed Oct. 2.

Houle, Andre, et al, as owner. $2.8 million as claimed by AAA Paving and Contracting Inc., Tallman. Property: 96 Goldin Blvd., Walden 12586. Filed Oct. 2.

O’Brien, Francis, as owner. $2,500 as claimed by Bitts Excavating LLC, Montgomery. Property: 511 Orchard Hill Road, Harriman 10926. Filed Oct. 2.

Orange and Rockland Utility Inc., as owner. $103,258 as claimed

by Boyce Excavating Company Inc., Slate Hill. Property: 157 Cheechunk Road, Goshen. Filed Oct. 5.

Weiss, Jamie B., et al, as owner. $32,000 as claimed by Arlz Contracting, LaGrangeville. Property: 26 Albrecht Lane, Pleasant Valley.

Filed Sept. 30.

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Luminary Publishing Inc., d.b.a.

Luminary Media, 314 Wall St., Kingston 12401. Filed Oct. 2.

Waterton, Claudwayne S., et al. Filed by Wells Fargo Financial Credit Services New York Inc. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $177,517 affecting property located at 118 Patio Road, Middletown 10941. Filed Feb. 9.

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Keyser Funeral and Cremation Service Inc., d.b.a. Simplicity Funeral and Cremation Care, 216 Broadway, Port Ewen 12466.

Filed Sept. 28.

Witkowski, Peter, et al. Filed

by U.S. Bank N.A. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $180,000 affecting property located at 445 Route 49, Middletown 10940. Filed Feb. 10.

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Winston, Joy, et al. Filed by Deutsche Bank National Trust Co. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $191,236 affecting property located at 145 E. Main St., Port Jervis 12771. Filed Feb. 10.

Warren-Staiger, Jennifer, et al.

Filed by PNC Bank N.A. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $128,350 affecting property located at 295 Grand St., Newburgh 12550. Filed Feb. 6.

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Doing Business As Curtiss-Wright Flow Control Service Corp., d.b.a. CurtissWright Nuclear Division, 701 Grant Ave., Lake Katrine 12449.

Filed Oct. 2.

Farm To Table Community Inc., d.b.a. The Farm Bridge, 750 Enterprise Drive, Kingston 12401.

Filed Oct. 2.

Ganio and Smith Inc., d.b.a. A Tavola, 46 Main St., New Paltz 12561. Filed Sept. 28.

Mystudiodesigns Inc., d.b.a. Silk and Willow, 1 Hawk Hill Road, New Paltz 12561. Filed Sept. 28.

RVGA Inc., d.b.a. Rondout Valley Growers Association, 1915 Lucas Ave., Cottekill 12419. Filed Oct. 2.

Sole Proprietorships Airco Heating and Cooling, 2 Fisher Court, Spring Valley 10977, c/o Chesky Schlesinger. Filed Sept. 17.

All Around Improvements, 2 Bodine Tavern Road, Montgomery 12549, c/o Daniel Ryan Stickles.

Filed Sept. 22.

Flash Transport and Logistics, 53-55 N. Main St., Ellenville 12428, c/o Rosanna Santisteban. Filed Sept. 29.

Fyha’s Juice and Jerk, 110 Williams St., Newburgh 12550, c/o Joyanne Wilson. Filed Sept. 18.

High Falls Farm, P.O. Box 3, High Falls 12440, c/o Ethan C. Roland.

Filed Oct. 1.

Hudson Valley Lawn Care, P.O. Box 215, Hurley 12443, c/o Collin R. Reynolds. Filed Oct. 1.

J.P.’s Luxury Car Service, 60 Peach Place, Middletown 10940, c/o Jose Manuel Pollock. Filed Sept. 22.

J.S. Nail, 562 Route 17M, Suite 3, Monroe 10950, c/o Cun Nan Chen.

Filed Sept. 23.

Little Rose Rabbit, 105 Flatbush Camp Road, Apt. 2, Saugerties 12477, c/o Katrina L. Grassi. Filed Oct. 1.

LuLu’s Lushscapes, P.O. Box 641, Bearsville 12409, c/o Lauren Armanie. Filed Sept. 30.

Nelson’s Landscaping, 71 Greenkill Ave., Kingston 12401, c/o Nelson R. Martinez. Filed Oct. 2.

Apple Valley Interiors, 165 Bailey’s Gap Road, Highland 12528, c/o Megan M. Wheeler. Filed Sept. 28.

New Again Collection, 18 Squirrel Hill, Highland Mills 10930, c/o Raymond Joseph Stewart. Filed Sept. 23.

Bottom Line Business Services, P.O. Box 1258, New Paltz 12561, c/o Myriam Bouchard. Filed Sept. 28.

Newson Publishing, 2 Washington Place, Newburgh 12550, c/o Gregory G. Newson. Filed Sept. 22.

Burgos Performance Training, 69 Brookside Ave., Chester 10918, c/o Wilberto Burgos Jr. Filed Sept.

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Popp’s Trophies, 158 W. Main St., Walden, c/o Todd Kenneth DeGroat. Filed Sept. 18.

C.S.C. Consulting, 37 Highland Ave., Cornwall-on-Hudson 12518, c/o Christopher Scott Corkery.

Filed Sept. 22.

Charles P. Wesley Architectural Design, 67 N. Broadway, Port Ewen 12466, c/o Charles R. Wesley.

Filed Sept. 30.

Correct Copy Freelance, 49 Sugar Maple Lane, Saugerties 12477, c/o Natalie W. Mortensen.

Filed Sept. 29.

Davidiot Skydiving, 59 Sawdust Ave., Kingston 12401, c/o David Alan Laidlaw. Filed Sept. 29.

Dreamrose Gallery, 38 Lake St., Monroe, c/o Steven Lee. Filed Sept. 18.

R.G. Custom Solutions Welding, 55 Parish Lane, Lake Katrine 12449, c/o Rogger F. Gutierrez. Filed Sept.

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Sinfully Sweet Desserts, 108 Howells Road, Middletown 10940, c/o Carla Leary. Filed Sept. 19.

Unique Cuts, 116A Broadway, Newburgh, c/o Eugene Davis. Filed Sept. 18.

Vinny Mozzarella, 9 Plymouth Rock Court, Washingtonville 10992, c/o Vincent Lang. Filed Sept. 22.

LEGAL NOTICES Crescita Fund 1 LLC, a domestic LLC, filed with the SSNY on 6/11/15. Office location: Westchester County. SSNY is designated as agent upon whom process against the LLC may be served.

SSNY shall mail process to The LLC, c/o Midco Accounting Services, 1075 Central Park Ave., Ste. 205, Scarsdale, NY 10583. General purpose. #60154

Notice of Formation of? Golden Crown CDL Driving LLC. filed with SSNY on?3/27/15. 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, 185 Chatterton Avenue, White Plains, NY 10606.?Purpose: any lawful purpose. #60167

Six 98 LLC, a domestic LLC, filed with the SSNY on 7/29/15. Office location: Westchester County. SSNY is designated as agent upon whom process against the LLC may be served. SSNY shall mail process to Curtis C. Ames, 684 Bedford Rd., Armonk, NY 10504.

General purpose. #60155

Notice of Formation of PO149, LLC. Articles of Organization filed with the Secretary of State of New York (SSNY) on August 25, 2015. Location: Westchester County. SSNY designated as agent for service of process on LLC. SSNY shall mail copy of process to: Law Offices of Alozie N. Etufugh, PLLC 230 Park Avenue, Suite 1000 New York, NY 10169. Purpose: For restaurant & lounge services and any other legal business activity. Date of Dissolution: No specific date. #60169

Notice of formation of FGR Enterprises, LLC. Art. Of Org. filed with State of New York Department of State on 8/13/2015.

The 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: United States Corporation Agents, Inc., 7014 13th Avenue, Suite 202, Brooklyn, NY 11228.

Purpose of business of LLC is any lawful act or activity. #60156 Notice of Formation of BADALY & BADALY CONST. LLC. Principal office Westchester County. Secretary of State of NY (SSNY) designated as agent for service of process. SSNY shall mail a copy of any process served against the LLC to 2 Wilson Place, Mount Vernon, NY 10550. Articles of Organization of the LLC filed with the SSNY on August 25, 2015. Purpose: Any lawful act(s) #60158 Notice of Formation of JWH CONSTRUCTION, LLC. Arts. of Org. filed with SSNY on 7/31/15. Office location: Westchester County. SSNY designated as agent of LLC whom process against may be served. SSNY shall mail process to: c/o THE LLC, 1111 Boston Post Rd., Rye, NY 10580. Purpose: all lawful activities. #60159 Notice of Formation of JESTAM REALTY, LLC. Arts. of Org. filed with SSNY on 4/23/04. Office location: Westchester County. SSNY designated as agent of LLC whom process against may be served. SSNY shall mail process to: c/o THE LLC, 344 White Plains Rd., Eastchester, NY 10709. Purpose: all lawful activities. #60160 Notice of Formation of HILLARY K, LLC. Arts. of Org. filed with SSNY on 8/17/15. Office location: Westchester County. SSNY designated as agent of LLC whom process against may be served. SSNY shall mail process to: c/o THE LLC, 444 S. Fulton Ave., Mt. Vernon, NY 10553. Purpose: all lawful activities. #60161 Notice of Formation of 17 S. DIVISION STREET REALTY LLC. Arts. of Org. filed with SSNY on 8/14/15. Office location: Westchester County. SSNY designated as agent of LLC whom process against may be served. SSNY shall mail process to: c/o THE LLC, 10 St. Casimir Ave., Yonkers, NY 10701. Purpose: all lawful activities. #60162 Notice of Formation of CANINE TIME, LLC. Arts. of Org. filed with SSNY on 8/11/15. Office location: Westchester County. SSNY designated as agent of LLC whom process against may be served. SSNY shall mail process to: c/o THE LLC, 2 Hilldale Pl., Eastchester, NY 10707. Purpose: all lawful activities. #60163 Notice of Formation of 17 Dogwood Realty LLC ,a domestic LLC Art.of Org. filed with SSNY on 8/4/15 Office location: Westchester County. SSNY has been designated as agent of the LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to the LLC, 185 Kisco Avenue, Ste 604, Mount Kisco, NY 10549. Purpose: any lawful purpose. #60164 Notice of Formation of 19 Dogwood Realty LLC ,a domestic LLC Art.of Org. filed with SSNY on 8/4/15 Office location: Westchester County. SSNY has been designated as agent of the LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to the LLC, 185 Kisco Avenue, Ste 604, Mount Kisco, NY 10549. Purpose: any lawful purpose. #60165

197 Carolina Realty, LLC, a domestic LLC, filed with the SSNY on 7/17/15.

Office location: Westchester County.

SSNY is designated as agent upon whom process against the LLC may be served. SSNY shall mail process to The LLC, 197 Carolina Rd., Yorktown Heights, NY 10598. General purpose. #60170 Notice of Formation of LLC, Michael Ritchie LLC, Articles of Organization filed with SSNY 8/6/15. 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, 107 Betsy Brown Road, Port Chester, NY 10573.

Purpose: any lawful purpose. #60171 Notice of Formation of Beyond Structures LLC. Principal office Westchester County. Secretary of State of NY (SSNY) designated as agent for service of process. SSNY shall mail a copy of any process served against the LLC to 2 Wilson Place, Mount Vernon, NY 10550. Articles of Organization of the LLC filed with the SSNY on August 25, 2015. Purpose: Any lawful act(s) #60172 Notice of Formation of Limited Liability Company (LLC). Name: Creative Land, LLC. Articles of Organization were filed with the Secretary of State of New York (SSNY) on 08/25/15. 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: 3 Clarendon Place, Scarsdale, NY10583. (LLCís primary business location)Purpose: any lawful business activity #60174 Notice of Formation of Help Whelp, LLC. Art. Of Org. filed with SSNY on 4/27/15. 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, 5 Banks Farm Rd. Bedford NY 10506.

Purpose: any lawful purpose. #60176 Notice of Formation of Lumalcuri Tax & Accounting, LLC Art. Of Org. filed with SSNY on 08/14/2015. 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, P.O. Box 392, Hastings-on-Hudson, NY 10706.

Purpose: any lawful purpose. #60177 Notice of Formation of Mid-Westchester Sewer & Drain Service, LLC Art. Of Org. filed with SSNY on 08/11/2015. 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, 35 Pinecrest Pkwy, Hastings-on-Hudson, NY 10706.

Purpose: any lawful purpose. #60178 Amber Bow Associates, LLC, a domestic LLC, filed with the SSNY on 7/10/15.

Office location: Westchester County.

SSNY is designated as agent upon whom process against the LLC may be served. SSNY shall mail process to Peter M. Levine, 1333A North Ave., Box 765, New Rochelle, NY 10804. General purpose. #60180

303 Union Avenue LLC, a domestic LLC, filed with the SSNY on 9/2/15.

Office location: Westchester County.

SSNY is designated as agent upon whom process against the LLC may be served. SSNY shall mail process to The LLC, 56 Hutchinson Blvd., Scarsdale, NY 10583. General purpose. #60181 329 Lockwood Avenue LLC, a domestic LLC, filed with the SSNY on 9/2/15.

Office location: Westchester County.

SSNY is designated as agent upon whom process against the LLC may be served. SSNY shall mail process to The LLC, 56 Hutchinson Blvd., Scarsdale, NY 10583. General purpose. #60182 Notice of Formation of 23 Glen Eagles LLC, a domestic Limited Liability Company (LLC). Articles of Organization filed with the Secretary of State of NY (SSNY) on 6/25/2015. NY Office location: WESTCHESTER County. SSNY is designated as agent upon whom process against the LLC may be served.

SSNY shall mail a copy of any process against the LLC served upon him/her to The LLC, 875 Mamaroneck Avenue, Suite 400, Mamaroneck, New York 10543. Purpose: Any lawful act or activity. #60183 Notice of formation of Limited Liability Company (ìLLCî). Name: Senior Horizons at Silver Lake Investor Member, LLC. Articles of Organization filed with the Secretary of State of the State of New York (ìSSNYî) on September 10, 2015. N.Y. office location: Westchester County. The SSNY has been designated as agent of the LLC upon whom process against it may be served. The SSNY shall mail a copy of any process to Senior Horizons at Silver Lake Investor Member, LLC, 1055 Saw Mill River Road, Suite 204, Ardsley, New York 10502. Purpose/character of LLC is to engage in any lawful act or activity. #60186 Notice of formation of Limited Liability Company (ìLLCî). Name: Newburgh Seniors Investor Member, LLC. Articles of Organization filed with the Secretary of State of the State of New York (ìSSNYî) on September 10, 2015. N.Y. office location: Westchester County. The SSNY has been designated as agent of the LLC upon whom process against it may be served. The SSNY shall mail a copy of any process to Newburgh Seniors Investor Member, LLC, 1055 Saw Mill River Road, Suite 204, Ardsley, New York 10502. Purpose/character of LLC is to engage in any lawful act or activity. #60187 NOTICE OF FORMATION of MumEase, LLC Art. Of Org. filed with SSNY on 6/24/15. Office Location: Westchester County. SSNY designated as agent of the LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to the LLC, 508 Third Avenue Pelham, NY 10803. Purpose: any lawful act or activity. #60190 Forever Amour Bridal Boutique Limited Liability Company, a domestic LLC, filed with the SSNY on 5/8/15. Office location: Westchester County. SSNY is designated as agent upon whom process against the LLC may be served. SSNY shall mail process to Joanna Daidone, 420 E. 72nd St., NY, NY 10022. General purpose. #60191 Notice of Formation of All Sports News, LLC Art. Of Org. filed with SSNY on 8/28/15. 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, 645 Kimball Ave Yonkers, NY 10704.

Purpose: any lawful purpose. #60192 Notice of Formation of Live Edge LLC Art. Of Org. filed with SSNY on 8/13/2015. Offc. Loc: Westchester Cty. SSNY desig. as agent of the LLC upon whom process against it may be served.

SSNY shall mail process to the LLC, 28 Mallard Rise, Irvington, NY 10533.

Purpose: any lawful purpose. #60193

Notice of Formation of 21 Rectory LLC, a domestic Limited Liability Company (LLC). Articles of Organization filed with the Secretary of State of NY (SSNY) on 5/29/2015. NY Office location: WESTCHESTER County. SSNY is designated as agent upon whom process against the LLC may be served. SSNY shall mail a copy of any process against the LLC served upon him/her to The LLC, 875 Mamaroneck Avenue, Suite 400, Mamaroneck, New York 10543.

Purpose: Any lawful act or activity. #60194 Notice of Formation of RLM Consulting Service, LLC. Articles of Organization filed with SSNY on 08/10/2015. Office located in Westchester Co. SSNY designated as agent of the LLC upon whom process against it may be served.

SSNY shall mail process to the LLC, 391 Carrollwood Drive, Tarrytown, NY 10591. Purpose: any lawful business activity. #60195 Platinum Propane LLC, a domestic LLC, filed with the SSNY on 9/2/15. Office location: Westchester County. SSNY is designated as agent upon whom process against the LLC may be served.

SSNY shall mail process to The LLC, 26 Kiscona Rd., Mt. Kisco, NY 10549.

General purpose. #60196 Notice of Application for Authority to do business in New York of SILVERBILLS LLC (ìLLCî). Application for Authority filed with the Secretary of State (SSNY) on 9/15/15. LLC formed in Delaware (ìDEî) on October 4, 2013. Office location is Westchester County. SSNY has been designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served.

SSNY shall mail a copy of such process to the LLC c/o 1333A North Avenue, #332, New Rochelle, NY 10804. Office address in DE is c/o United Corporate Services, Inc., 874 Walker Rd., Ste. C, Dover, DE 19904. Copies of Certificate of Organization of LLC are on file and may be obtained from the Secretary of State of DE, Townsend Bldg., Federal & Duke of York Sts., Dover, DE 19901.

Purpose of business of LLC is any lawful act or activity. #60197 Hexecutable, LLC Articles of Organization were filed with the Secretary of State of New York (SSNY) on 07/24/15. 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: Hexecutable, LLC, 149 West Main Street Tarrytown, NY 10591, principal business location of the LLC. Purpose: any lawful business activity. #60199 Westchester Office Based Surgery, PLLC, a domestic PLLC, Arts. of Org. filed with the SSNY on 6/17/15. Office location: Westchester County. SSNY is designated as agent upon whom process against the PLLC may be served.

SSNY shall mail process to Dr. Dominick Artuso, 128 Ashford Ave., Dobbs Ferry, NY 10522. Purpose: Medicine. #60201 Notice of formation of Limited Liability Company (ìLLCî). Name: Westhab Community Revitalization, LLC. Articles of Organization filed with the Secretary of State of the State of New York (ìSSNYî) on October 8, 2004. N.Y. office location: Westchester County. The SSNY has been designated as agent of the LLC upon whom process against it may be served. The SSNY shall mail a copy of any process to Helen Rosenberg, Westhab, Inc., 85 Executive Blvd., Elmsford, NY 10523. Purpose/ character of LLC is to engage in any lawful act or activity. #60202 Notice of Formation of Abe & Takizawa LLP. Arts. of Org. filed with SSNY on 9/16/2015. Office location: Westchester County. SSNY designated agent upon whom process may be served and shall mail copy of process against LLP to principal business address: 192 Park Dr., Eastchester, NY 10709. Purpose: any lawful act or activity #60203

Notice of Formation of HPP ASSOCIATES LLC. Arts. of Org. filed with the Secy of State of NY (SSNY) on 6/22/15. Office location: Westchester County. SSNY designated as agent of LLC whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to: 18 Highland Pk Pl, Rye, NY 10580.

Purpose: any lawful act or activity. #60204 Notice of Formation of EXCELARYST LLC. Arts. of Org. filed with the Secy of State of NY (SSNY) on 7/6/15. Office location: Westchester County. SSNY designated as agent of LLC whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to: 18 Highland Pk Pl, Rye, NY 10580. Purpose: any lawful act or activity. #60205 Notice of Formation of 18 SPRING POND DRIVE LLC. Arts. of Org. filed with the Secy of State of NY (SSNY) on 9/1/15. Office location: Westchester County. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to: 88 Greenwood Lane, Mt. Kisco, NY 10549. Purpose. Any lawful act or activity. #60206 Notice of Formation of 46 MYSTIC DRIVE LLC. Arts. of Org. filed with the Secy of State of NY (SSNY) on 9/1/15. Office location: Westchester County. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to: 88 Greenwood Lane, Mt. Kisco, NY 10549. Purpose. Any lawful act or activity. #60207 Notice of Formation of 357 ASHFORD AVENUE LLC. Arts. of Org. filed with the Secy of State of NY (SSNY) on 9/1/15. Office location: Westchester County. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to: 88 Greenwood Lane, Mt. Kisco, NY 10549. Purpose. Any lawful act or activity. #60208 Notice of Formation of Chunky Pops Publishing, LLC Art. Of Org. filed with SSNY on 9/21/15. 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, 1 Corell Road, Scarsdale NY 10583. Purpose: any lawful activities. #60209 NOTICE OF FORMATION OF LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY (LLC). NAME: VICTOR INTEGRATED CONTROL SOLUTIONS GROUP, LLC. Art. Of Org. filed with SSNY on 7/22/2015. Office Loc: Westchester County. SSNY has been desig. as agent of the LLC upon whom process against it may be served.

SSNY shall mail copy of process to the LLC, 445 Gramatan Ave unit # CD3, Mt. Vernon NY 10552. Purpose: The LLC may engage in any lawful business purpose. #60210 NOTICE OF FORMATION OF LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY (LLC).

NAME: Alexandria Capital, LLC Application for Authority was filed with the Secretary of State of New York (SSNY) on 08/07/2015. 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: Alexandria Capital, 287 Bowman Ave, Purchase, NY 10577 principal business location of the LLC. Purpose: any lawful business activity #60211 Notice of Formation of CASH FLOW INVESTING, LLC, Arts. of Org. filed with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 9/25/15. Office located in Westchester.

SSNY has been designated For service of process. SSNY shall mail copy of any process served against the LLC to Peter Birzon & Associates, P.C., 400 Jericho Tpke, Ste 100, Jericho, NY 11753. Purpose:any lawful business purpose. #60212 Main Chiropractic Rehabilitation PLLC Arts. of Org. filed with SSNY 9/4/15. Off. Loc.: Westchester Cnty. SSNY designated as agent of LLC whom process may be served. SSNY shall mail process to: c/o the LLC, 634 Main Street, New Rochelle, NY 10801. Purpose: chiropractic. #60213

DT Rye Custom Homes LLC, a domestic LLC, filed with the SSNY on 7/15/15.

Office location: Westchester County.

SSNY is designated as agent upon whom process against the LLC may be served. SSNY shall mail process to David J. Turiano, 7 Lea Place, Rye, NY 10580. General Purpose #60214 Notice of Formation of Gratitude Land Ventures, LLC. Arts. of Org. filed with SSNY on 09/24/2015. Office location: Westchester County. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process may be served. SSNY shall mail process to Gratitude Land Ventures, LLC, 36 Wampus Lake Drive, Armonk, NY 10504. Purpose: any lawful act or activity. #60215 Notice of Formation of NEW YORK HUAQI BIOENGINEERING, LLC. Arts Of Org. filed with SSNY on 06/25/15.

Office Location: Westchester County.

SSNY designated as agent of the LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to the LLC: 2 Montross Street, White Plains, NY 10603. Purpose: Biosciences research. #60216 Notice of Formation of Nestoís, LLC. Articles of Organization were filed with the Secretary of State of New York (SSNY) on 08/18/15. Office Location: Westchester County. SSNY designated as agent upon which process may be served. SSNY shall mail a copy of any process against it served upon him/ her to: 24 Tarrytown Rd, White Plains NY 10607 (the LLCís primary business location). LLC may engage in any lawful act or activity for which a LLC may be formed. #60217 The Samson Pet Group, LLC, Art. of Org. filed with NY Secy. of State on 09/23/15. Office located in Westchester Co. Secy. of State designated as agent upon which process may be served.

Secy. of State shall mail a copy of any process against it served upon him/her to: 2220 Van Cortlandt Circle, Yorktown Heights, NY 10598 (the LLCís primary business location). LLC may engage in any lawful act or activity for which a limited liability company may be formed. #60218 Notice of Formation of Limited Liability Company (LLC). Name: 322 Kear LLC. Articles of Organization were filed with the Secretary of State of New York (SSNY) on 9/28/15. Office location: Westchester County. SSNY is designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to: 200 Business Park Dr, Ste 203, Armonk, NY 10504, which is the principle business location of the LLC. Purpose: any lawful activity. #60219 Notice of Formation of Vapen Up LLC. Arts. of Org. filed with SSNY on 9/2/15.

Office location: Westchester County.

SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process may be served. SSNY shall mail process to Alfred W. Christian, Jr., 100 Lane Crest Avenue, Apt. 2E, New Rochelle, NY 10805. Purpose: any lawful act or activity. #60220 Notice of Formation of MML Trading LLC. Arts. of Org. filed with SSNY on 9/3/15. Office location: Westchester County. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process may be served. SSNY shall mail process to Mona Longman, 8 Varian Lane, Scarsdale, NY 10583. Purpose: any lawful act or activity. #60221 102 Waller, LLC, a domestic LLC, filed with the SSNY on 9/25/15. Office location: Westchester County. SSNY is designated as agent upon whom process against the LLC may be served. SSNY shall mail process to Norman Dichiara, 25 Heatherbloom Rd., White Plains, NY 10605. General purpose. #60222

Notice of Formation of ACTIVE Training, LLC. Art. Of Org. filed with SSNY on 8/7/15. Office Location: Westchester County. SSNY designated as agent of the LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to: c/o United States Corporation Agents, Inc., 7014 13th Avenue, Suite 202, Brooklyn, NY 11228. Purpose: any lawful purpose. #60224 857 Southern Realty LLC, a domestic LLC, filed with the SSNY on 10/1/15.

Office location: Westchester County.

SSNY is designated as agent upon whom process against the LLC may be served. SSNY shall mail process to The LLC, 27 Storey Ln., Yonkers, NY 10710.

General purpose. #60225 Notice of Formation of New York Environmental, LLC Art. Of Org. filed with SSNY on 7/16/15. 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, 18 Stevens Ave. Yonkers, NY 10704. Purpose: any lawful purpose. #60226 South 9th Partners LLC, a domestic LLC, filed with the SSNY on 9/24/15.

Office location: Westchester County.

SSNY is designated as agent upon whom process against the LLC may be served. SSNY shall mail process to The LLC, 506 S. 9th Ave., Mt. Vernon, NY 10550. General purpose #60227 RNR Halstead, LLC, a domestic LLC, filed with the SSNY on 9/30/15. Office location: Westchester County. SSNY is designated as agent upon whom process against the LLC may be served.

SSNY shall mail process to Robert Deluccia, 232 Gregory Rd., Franklin Lakes, NJ 07417. General purpose. #60228 NOTICE OF FORMATION OF Tres Ochos, LLC Arts. of Org. filed w/Secy of State of NY on 9/29/15, Office loc: Westchester Cty, SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to: 51 Willard Ave, Sleepy Hollow, NY 10591. Purpose: Any lawful activity #60229 Notice of Formation of EIAM, LLC Art of Org. filed with SSNY on 8/31/15. 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, 4 Ledgewood Commons Millwood, NY 10546.

Purpose: any lawful purpose. #60230 Notice of Formation of FJC Properties LLC. Arts. of Org. filed with SSNY on 9/25/15. Office location: Westchester County. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process may be served. SSNY shall mail process to FJC Properties LLC 19 Galloway Lane Cortlandt Manor, NY 10567. Purpose: any lawful act or activity. #60231 Cave Drawing Games LLC, a domestic LLC, filed with the SSNY on 7/28/15.

Office location: Westchester County.

SSNY is designated as agent upon whom process against the LLC may be served. SSNY shall mail process to The LLC, 16 Marilyn Rd., Cortlandt Manor, NY 10567. General purpose.

Ad # 60232 25 Grant LLC, a domestic LLC, filed with the SSNY on 9/21/15. Office location: Westchester County. SSNY is designated as agent upon whom process against the LLC may be served. SSNY shall mail process to The LLC, 25 Grant St., West Harrison, NY 10604. General purpose. AD # 60233

Spring Value Resources LLC, a domestic LLC, filed with the SSNY on 8/21/15.

Office location: Westchester County.

SSNY is designated as agent upon whom process against the LLC may be served. SSNY shall mail process to The LLC, 320 N. Columbus Ave., Mt. Vernon, NY 10552. General purpose. #60223

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LEGAL NOTICES SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK COUNTY OF WESTCHESTER ------------------------------------------------------------x

INDEX NO. 2920/15

IN THE MATTER OF FORECLOSURE ON

PETITION OF FORECLOSURE AND NOTICE OF FORECLOSURE OF TAX LIENS BY THE TOWN OF RYE BY ACTION IN REM 2015 PROCEEDING

TAX LIENS PURSUANT TO ARTICLE ELEVEN OF THE REAL PROPERTY TAX LAW BY THE TOWN OF RYE PETITION AND NOTICE OF FORECLOSURE ------------------------------------------------------------x

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 25th of AUGUST, 2015, 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.

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, 222 Grace Church 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.

The last day for redemption is hereby fixed as DECEMBER 15, 2015.

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

SCHEDULE “A” PORT CHESTER

PARCEL ID

PROPERTY LOCATION

136.31-1-7

38 Francis Lane

Christopher Stauch and Samantha Stauch 12924 Appaloosa Drive Austin TX 78732

$489.19

136.46-1-47

6 Quintard Drive

Stephanie & William Mills 6 Quintard Drive Port Chester, NY 10573

$42,592.83

136.47-1-20

136 Hobart Avenue

William M. Krol 136 Hobart Avenue Port Chester, NY 10573

$17,225.36

136.47-2-13

159 Hobart Avenue

Anna L. Scarpati and Stella Ann McDonald 159 Hobart Avenue Port Chester, NY 10573

$40,312.39

136.55-1-58

551 Willett Avenue

551-553 Willett Ave Realty LLC 31 Columbus Avenue New Rochelle, NY 10801

136.78-3-16

136 Poningo Street

Noila M. Catala 7 Maple Place Port Chester, NY 10573

136.78-3-52

262 Willett Avenue

262 Willett Ave Realty LLC 31 Columbus Avenue New Rochelle, NY 10801

141.28-3-75

16 S. Regent Street

Robert G. Li Marzi 16 South Regent Street Port Chester, NY 10573

$43,714.73

141.44-2-16

14 Touraine Avenue

Pia Gliatta 14 Touraine Avenue Port Chester, NY 10573

$105,753.86

142.21-1-45

34 Spring Street

Random Property Group LLC $14,596.79 507 North Main Street Port Chester, NY 10573

142.22-1-13

12 Oak Street

Sophia & Joseph Kulpinski $21,614.00 12 Oak Street Port Chester, NY 10573

142.30-1-1

211 William Street

211 William Street Realty LLC 31 Columbus Avenue New Rochelle,NY 10801

$57,509.43

142.30-1-12.1

38 Grove Street

Random Property Group 507 North Main Street Port Chester, NY 10573

$14,471.04

142.30-1-12.2

40 Grove Street

Random Property Group 507 North Main Street Port Chester, NY 10573

$14,459.55

142.30-2-47

16 S. Main Street

Pierre & Huguette Sinis PO Box 204 Rye, New York 10580

$157,674.12

142.38-2-24

78 Purdy Avenue

78-80 Purdy Ave Holding LTD $51,717.28 78 Purdy Avenue Port Chester, NY 10573

142.38-2-25

80 Purdy Avenue

78-80 Purdy Ave Holding LTD $51,500.87 78 Purdy Avenue Port Chester, NY 10573

142.46-2-9

70 Grace Church St.

70 Grace Church LLC 484 Long Ridge Road Stamford, CT 06902

142.54-1-35.2

Grace Church Street

Random Property Group LLC 507 N. Main Street Port Chester, NY 10573

$14,104.27

142.54-1-35.3

3 Leonard Street

Random Property Group LLC 507 N. Main Street Port Chester, NY 10573

$16,059.91

142.55-1-7

64 ½ Fox Island Rd.

Eula Miller, Nina Jones and Sheila Miller 64 ½ Fox Island Road Port Chester, NY 10573

$25,855.67

147.82-1-9

795 N. Barry Ave.

Sandra & Mario Gironda 795 N. Barry Avenue Mamaroneck, NY 10543

$29,208.64

154.34-2-24

626 Halstead Avenue

Nino Tripicchio 626 Halstead Avenue Mamaroneck, NY 10543 Nino Tripicchio and Pasqualina Tripicchio 403 Beach Avenue Mamaroneck, NY 10543

$88,061.77

AUGUST 25, 2015 _________________________________ NICHOLAS C. MECCA Receiver of Taxes Enforcing Officer TOWN OF RYE 222 Grace Church Street Port Chester, New York 10573 914-939-3558 _________________________________ PAUL J. NOTO, PLLC Attorney for the Town of Rye 650 Halstead Avenue - Suite 105 Mamaroneck, New York 10543 914-698-9331 STATE OF NEW YORK COUNTY OF WESTCHESTER : ss:

:

On the 25th day of AUGUST, 2015 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

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RYE NECK

OWNER NAME

AMT. DUE

$38,168.77

$25,058.96

$26,274.46

$32,807.52

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WOMEN IN TECH

The Westchester County Association hosted its Second Annual Women in Tech Awards luncheon on Oct. 2 at the Tappan Hill Mansion in Tarrytown. More than 200 people attended the sold-out luncheon that celebrated outstanding women in life sciences and technology who are making an impact in Westchester County.

Photo identifications are from left.

1. Andrea Soto of MasterCard.

2. Howard Klein, Citrin Cooperman; Rebecca Sommi and Lou Sommi, Broadview Networks.

3. James Ellis, Jzaneen Lalani and Matthew Heil, Curemark LLC. 4. Geri Shapiro, Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand’s office; Dianna Zhou, Sterling Bank.

5. Brian Murray, OFI; Keron Edwards, Morgan Stanley Wealth Management; and Bill Tagleta, OFI. 6. Renee Fogarty, HRG; April Horta, Verizon; Shelly Pryce.

7. Lynn Macdonald, Regeneron Pharmaceuticals; Lindsay Peckham, Westchester Community College; JoAnn Difede, NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital/ Weill Cornell Medical Center; Joan Fallon, DC, Curemark; Andrea Soto, MasterCard; Rebecca Sommi, Broadview Networks; Brigette Obermeyer, Briarcliff High School; and Linda Sanford, IBM Corp. Â

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AWARDS

A call for nominations

Nominate an exceptional millennial* who is changing the world in the following categories: ❱ Community involvement ❱ “Millipreneur” (entrepreneur) ❱ Nonprofit

❱ Innovation ❱ Creative ❱ Technology

❱ Medical ❱ Green ❱ Finance

*Living or working in Fairfield or Westchester counties, age 21-34

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November 17 CHELSEA PIERS CONNECTICUT #milliawards

To Benefit:

❱ To submit a nomination visit westfaironline.com or call Danielle Brody, 914-358-0757 with any questions or sponsorship inquiries.

NoMINATIoN DEADLINE: OCTOBER 12

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PRESENTED BY THE FAIRFIELD COUNTY BUSINESS JOURNAL, THE WESTCHESTER COUNTY BUSINESS JOURNAL, AND WAG MAGAZINE