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Start your engine, pay more taxes GAS TAXES IN THE AREA ARE AMONG THE HIGHEST IN THE U.S.

BY PETER KATZ pkatz@westfairinc.com

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ne of the elements that has blended into the background for many people when they stop at the gas pump is the matter of taxes.

Nothing more explicit than the phrase “including all taxes” may appear on price signs. A breakdown of what’s collected and for whom may require some digging.

According to data from the American Petroleum Institute, New York state ranks seventh in the nation when it comes to gas taxes collected at the pump, with 64.36 cents per gallon being added to the cost of the fuel. Connecticut is ranked

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REPORT: PRICE CUTS DRIVE SALES GAINS IN LUXURY REAL ESTATE THE SOFTENING OF PRICES IN NEW YORK CITY IS ‘SHRINKING THE BUYER POOL’

BY PETER KATZ pkatz@westfairinc.com

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most recent Houlihan Lawrence report on luxury home sales in Westchester and Fairfield counties is that realistic pricing is the key to sales.

Anthony Cutugno, senior vice president and the director of private brokerage for Rye Brook-based Houlihan Lawrence, said “Luxury sales

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increased because prices have fallen and buyers are transacting on compelling value propositions.”

In some cases, prices are down dramatically compared with what they were when the houses were first listed.

“In Westchester, the $3 million-to-$4 million price range accounted for most of the gains in third-quarter sales,” Cutugno said.

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he developer of a proposed 64-unit assisted living facility at 11 Mill Road in New Rochelle, ND Acquisitions LLC, has been told to prepare an updated traffic study for the project by a unanimous vote of the city’s planning board.

A public hearing on a slightly revised plan, which replaces a previous plan, was held on Sept. 24.

Several residents expressed concern about traffic and the scale of the project. The size of the site is 3.47 acres.

Attorney Daniel Richmond, a partner in the White Plainsbased law firm Zarin & Steinmetz, referred to a site plan previously having been approved and extended by the board.

“We are here because of the way your code is written. We need to apply for essentially a new application of the site plan though there have been no significant changes to the application,” he said, adding that the applicant made some minor revisions.

The project initially received approval in 2017, but three residents filed a lawsuit alleging that the city council changed the zoning to allow the project to move forward without giving sufficient notice. A judge dismissed the Article 78 proceeding. The property had been the location of Cooper’s Corner Nursery and Garden Center, which closed in 2015 after having operated there for about 72 years.

The Business Journal reported in May 2017 that the assisted living project was expected to cost $15 million to $20 million.

The site is at the intersection of North Avenue and Mill and Wilmot roads, near the Hutchinson River Parkway. Holy Trinity Greek Orthodox Church is across from the site on Mill Road and St. John’s Episcopal Church is adjacent to where Wilmot Road and North Avenue meet. Mill and Wilmot form the upper part of a “Y” intersection with North Avenue at the intersection’s base.

Diego Villareale, associate principal at JMC Site Development Consultants in Armonk, told the board that the updated site plan being presented for review has no material differences from the original plan.

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A portion of the old Cooper’s Corner Nursery and Garden Center.

“This is a two-story building.

That has not changed,” he said.

“There are two levels of residences in the building itself. Access will continue to remain off of Mill Road.”

The project initially received approval in 2017, but three residents filed a lawsuit alleging that the city council changed the zoning to allow the project to move forward without giving sufficient notice.

Villareale said the new plan slightly changes the position of the project’s driveway. He said they added some details to the trash enclosure area and reworked the configuration for an electrical transformer and generator. Other changes included adding landscaping to the area near the building’s front door and shifting a side parking area closer to the building.

“We still have the landscaping that was proposed previously on the application. It’s just that we were able to add a little bit more and a little bit more lawn area between the parking lot and the driveway itself,” he said.

Villareale talked about the traffic study which had been done for the 2017 application. He said the study concluded that the traffic generated by the project will not have an adverse impact on the intersections around the property.

“Ten, 28 and 16 — those are the peak-hour trips that would be generated by this project,” he said, explaining 10 would be the number during the peak morning commuting hour and 16 in the peak afternoon hour.

In addition, they studied the traffic generated while schools were open and that came to 28

trips. He said the developer is proposing pedestrian improvements at the intersection.

Planning Board Chair Sarah C. Dodds-Brown questioned why the traffic study had not been updated. Villareale said the original study projected traffic volumes out to 2019 and emphasized the low count of new trips generated by the project.

“We would need much larger volumes to start affecting the operations of those intersections,” he said.

Joseph Rafalowicz, one of the residents who filed the lawsuit, disputed that notion. He told the board, “During the course of conversations we have had with the developer, we have asked for a new traffic study. It’s useless. It’s old.

There’s more traffic. Traffic patterns have changed.”

Stephen Cohen, a resident who lives on Broadfield Road, said, “The traffic conditions … are … nothing less than a mess. And, those conditions have only increased in messiness and severity in disruptions in the lifestyles of the people that live in the area in the last year or two.”

The hearing was adjourned pending submission of an updated traffic study.

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Yonkers IDA approves incentives for Rose project on the waterfront

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property would connect with waterfront sites located north and south of its property.

The developer estimated the project will create 631 construction jobs and, when completed, 10 full-time jobs. The developer said the project would take 24 months to build with construction beginning in July 2020 with an anticipated completion date in June 2022.

In its application, Rose said the sales and mortgage tax breaks, plus a 20-year property tax abatement, “will help make the project financially viable.”

The site was cited in The Alexander Street Master Plan, which had been adopted by the city council in 2009. The plan established a framework for the redevelopment of a section of the city’s Hudson River waterfront. It called for a mix of residential, retail, commercial and open space uses in an area covering approximately 153 acres.

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$177.3 million apartment project in Yonkers being developed by Rose Associates of Manhattan will receive financial incentives from the Yonkers Industrial Development Agency (IDA) following passage of a final resolution by the IDA board at its Oct. 2 meeting.

The resolution allowed a mortgage recording tax exemption of approximately $1,728,000 for the mortgage loan or loans with an aggregate principal amount of $115,200,000. The resolution also allowed exemptions from state and local sales and use taxes on purchases of goods and services for the project valued at up to $42,900,000. That would save the developer an amount not to exceed $3,807,375.

The resolution also provided for a partial real estate property tax abatement, but did not include details. It was to be negotiated in a separate tax agreement mortgage.

The site of the development covers approximately 6.16 acres of industrial property at the Yonkers waterfront, which the developer proposes to transform into a new waterfront residential neighborhood with public access to the Hudson River.

The site of the development covers approximately 6.16 acres of industrial property at the Yonkers waterfront, which the developer proposes to transform into a new waterfront residential neighborhood with public access to the Hudson River. The project uses the address 57 Alexander St. The site has five warehouses and a storage shed. The Business Journal previously reported that Rose Associates had an agreement to buy the property for $23 million by the end of the year from Altman Stage Lighting Co., Altman Holdings LLC and Ron Rob Realty Corp. The stage lighting company plans to relocate its business, according to the IDA application Rose submitted.

The plan calls for a seven-story building with 440 rental apartments, 10% of which would be in the affordable category. There would be 443 parking spaces. The developer proposes 25,000 square feet of new waterfront open space. There would be a public walkway for access to the river from which there would be unobstructed views of the Palisades. The developer proposes a promenade for walking along with seating and landscaping. It said its

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Ginsburg on the art of developing

BY PETER KATZ pkatz@westfairinc.com

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’m an architect and we have always been very conscious of the appearance of all the work that we do.” Martin Ginsburg, founder and principal of Ginsburg Development Companies LLC, told the Business Journal about incorporating the arts into his company’s projects. “Making a place that’s special depends on the ingredients that you have to start with. The architecture and the site and then the sculptures that we add, or the paintings that we add. It’s part of creating an exciting environment.”

Sculptures are featured in a new park at Ginsburg’s Harbor Square mixeduse development in Ossining and along a scenic river promenade at the Harbor at Haverstraw project across the Hudson River in Rockland County. He’s planning more art for his City Square development in White Plains, which involves remaking the former Westchester Financial Center diagonally across from the White Plains Metro-North train station.

“We’re at the railroad station and that’s important,” he said. “Our focus with City Square really is to create a special place in White Plains.”

Last year he announced a plan to add 188 rental apartments and just under 20,000 square feet of retail space to the office tower site as well as outdoor amenities.

“White Plains has a lot of juice in it and we’re going to make that area pedestrian friendly,” he said. “We’re going to be putting in retail and restaurants and we’re going to close the garage entrance on Main Street which really was an obstacle to pedestrian traffic.”

In late 2017, Ginsburg unveiled a sculpture by Rockland County artist Eric David

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Laxman in the lobby of his apartment building The Metro on the South Lexington Avenue side of the City Square area. More recently, he issued a request for proposals (RFP) for a $120,000 sculpture installation at the City Square site. The RFP produced a number of responses from artists in New

York, New Jersey, Connecticut, Pennsylvania and Australia, to name some of the locations. Ginsburg is working with the nonprofit ArtsWestchester and its Executive Director Janet Langsam and Deputy Director Kathleen Reckling to select the piece to be installed at City Square at the corner of Main

and Bank streets, adjoining an outdoor dining plaza which is planned to be added. ”In many ways, the selected sculpture will serve as a welcoming beacon to both pedestrians coming from the train and vehicles entering the White Plains downtown business district,” Langsam said. “Martin is a true visionary who believes art enhances living spaces.

You’ll find him often, pencil in hand, sketching the perfect angle for a sculpture for here or there.” Ginsburg is scheduled to be honored by ArtsWestchester with its Innovator Award at its annual gala on Nov. 23 at The Barbara Walters Campus Center at Sarah Lawrence College.

“I’m pleased to be recognized because we do experimental things. We like to think that we’re able to use our particular skills to make places special and that’s what we enjoy,” Ginsburg told the Business Journal.

“My focus is always on what can we do to make this place better.”

Ginsburg likened a development without art to taking a picture of a river without the riverbank or hills or sky in view.

“Blank water isn’t as exciting as if you have some foreground, and part of that foreground can be sculpture,” he said. “It can be landscaping. It can be things that make it special.”

As for Ginsburg’s take on the state of development and real estate in Westchester, “I think Westchester is obviously going through a little bit of a growth spurt now. One of the things that had hindered its development is that it really hadn’t been recognized how close it is to New York City. The perception was that Westchester was upstate. People are really bad at geography.

“You would think that there is a threat of overbuilding, but I don’t see that and certainly not in the immediate future.”

No escape from bank fees

BY GLENN J. KALINOSKI gkalinoski@westfairinc.com

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ank fees dig deep into the pockets of consumers nationwide and those in the New York metro area can’t escape that reality.

The area deals with the 11th highest overdraft fee ($33.58) and the 13th highest average out-of-network ATM fee ($4.64) of the 25 major metros examined in Bankrate.com’s latest Checking Account and ATM Fee Study.

Throughout the U.S., the average out-ofnetwork ATM fee — which includes the penalty that ATM owners charge noncustomers and the fee banks charge their own customers to make out-of-network withdrawals — is at a record high $4.72, rising 33% during the past decade. The average overdraft fee is $33.36,

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just below the record $33.38 set in 2017.

Banks are charging noncustomers more than ever to use their ATMs. The average ATM surcharge increased 2% to a record $3.09, the 15th straight year a new record was established. The average surcharge has increased in 20 of the past 21 years.

“One option to withdraw money for free is to get cash back at the point of sale when using a debit card,” said Bankrate.com chief financial analyst Greg McBride. “Banks don’t charge for that and very few merchants do either.”

The cost of overdrawing a checking account increased for the 19th time in 21 years.

“Put in a line of defense by establishing a link between your checking account and savings account at the same bank so that money is immediately transferred into the checking account to cover any shortfall,” McBride said.

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“Nearly all closed properties in this price range were reduced from their original price — some had up to five reductions — and sold nearly 30% to 50% less than the original list price.”

He said something similar was happening to properties priced at $5 million and up.

They were being listed at prices that were unrealistically high and sold substantially below the original listing price.

The report said the strongest performer in the luxury market segment in the third quarter was Darien. It was the only geographic segment covered in the report to show a gain in luxury sales for the year-to-date period. For luxury home sales $2 million and higher, Darien showed a 2.1% increase, with 48 houses sold by the end of the 2019 third quarter compared with 47 sold at the end of the same period a year ago. Sales for the third quarter numbered 22 compared with 16 in the third quarter last year, a 37.5% increase. The median sale price for the quarter was down 3.7% compared with the third quarter of 2018.

The report said Darien had a “sweet spot” in the $2 million-to-$2.99 million range where sales increased in both the third quarter and year-to-date periods, 60% and 25%, respectively. Darien’s numbers received a boost from closings on two waterfront properties priced at more than $10 million each during the third quarter of this year.

In Westchester, the $2 million and higher price category had 119 homes change hands in the third quarter of this year compared with 113 in the third quarter of 2018, an increase of 5.3%. The median sale price was $2,700,000, up 1.9% from $2,650,000 in 2018.

The number of luxury houses sold for the year stood at 235, a drop of 12.6% from the 269 luxury home sales through the third quarter of 2018.

In Putnam and Dutchess, where the luxury market begins at $1 million, there were eight luxury homes sold in the third quarter of 2019 compared with six in the same period of 2018.

There was a 7.5% increase in home sales in Greenwich for the third quarter of 2019 as compared with last year’s third quarter.

There were 43 units sold in this year’s third quarter and 40 sold in the third quarter of 2018. The median sale price went up by 3% from $4,125,000 to $4,250,000. Year-todate, however, there was a 15.7% drop in the number of houses sold from 121 through the third quarter of 2018 to 102 through the same period this year.

A dramatic 45.5% drop was seen in the number of houses sold in the $2 million and higher luxury category in New Canaan.

In the third quarter of this year, 12 houses were sold as compared with 22 in the third quarter of 2018. However, the median sale price increased by 9.8% from $2,425,000 to $2,662,500.

Cutugno said there is evidence that sellers are listening to the market and pricing realistically. “Inventory levels remain high.

When sales slowed down the past several quarters, new listings came to market at a steady pace and inventory accumulated. The

imbalance of supply and demand continues to put pressure on pricing,” he said.

Gay Prizio, director of luxury marketing for the Houlihan Lawrence private brokerage, told the Business Journal that buyers are identifying value in softer luxury housing prices. She said SALT, the limit imposed on deducting state and local taxes when filing federal income tax returns, is being absorbed into the market as a fact of life.

Prizio said the softening of high-end real estate prices in New York City has had an impact. “New York City is a very important feeder market for both Westchester and lower Fairfield County so, if there are sellers in Manhattan who are unable to sell their condos or co-ops or townhomes, they, in turn, cannot become buyers north of New York City,” she said. “So, what that’s doing is shrinking the buyer pool.”

Prizio said sellers need to price their homes properly.

“That’s probably the single-most important message for sellers because we’re in a very, very price-driven market and for buyers we say there are great, great opportunities out there right now.”

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Hype and fear unfounded as gas prices stable after attack against Saudi oil production

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ust a few weeks ago headlines flashed across our smartphones and TV screens about the devastating attack against oil production in Saudi Arabia.

Almost immediately the media’s hype machine was running at full speed with clicks and pageviews at stake.

It wasn’t long before American consumers heard predictions of pump prices increasing 15 to 30 cents a gallon as repairs were undertaken on the other side of the planet.

On Sept. 15, NBC Nightly News reported that “the attack will likely drive up U.S. gas prices.” One analyst told NBC News, “by as much as 25 cents a gallon.”

During the week prior to the attack, the price of West Texas Intermediate crude oil fell from $57.85 a barrel to $54.85 on Sept.

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16 to $62.90.

Bloomberg News cited Jeanette Casselano, a spokesperson with auto club AAA, as saying in a Sept. 16 story that U.S. crude oil at $70 would likely lead to $3 per gallon gas prices.

So, what happened?

Essentially, nothing happened.

Looking to preempt higher prices for consumers about 14 months before he stands for re-election, President Donald Trump authorized the release of oil from the U.S. strategic reserve.

Then, the price began to move down beyond pre-attack levels. It was at $52.28 on Oct. 8.

“The predictions were not borne out,” said John Corlett, director of public and gov-

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tough to say if (Trump’s announcement) had an impact.”

An examination of AAA price data from suburban markets north of New York City revealed that consumers were spared the pain that was predicted.

In lower Fairfield County, Connecticut, the average price for a gallon of regular gas was $2.729 on Oct. 8 and $2.768 on Sept. 26, which was unchanged from Sept. 19. The price had been $2.821 on Aug. 26. One year ago it was $3.097. In Bridgeport, Connecticut,

the average was $2.754 on Oct. 8, $2.779 on Sept. 26 and $2.783 on Sept. 19. On Aug. 26 it was $2.838 and one year ago it cost $3.112.

Across the border in White Plains, New York, the average was $2.85 on Oct. 8, $2.877 on Sept. 26 and on Sept. 19 it was $2.882. The cost on Aug. 26 was $2.934 and one year ago it was at $3.135.

The lesson is simple: Predictions from so-called experts always need to be questioned and knee-jerk reactions should be avoided.

sified as structurally deficient, representing 7.2% of the 4,270 bridges in the state.

Hart believes the annual death toll on the nation’s highways, approximately 40,000, amounts to what he called a “public health disaster.”

He recalled that at the NTSB, “What we saw was consistent with the sort of general learning that the infrastructure is long overdue for some serious maintenance.”

He suggested the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration could show leadership in pressing for comprehensive work on highway infrastructure, but “I’m not seeing much political will to do that at this point in time.”

The NTSB, being responsible for investigating all forms of transportation accidents, has investigated its share of highway wrecks and bridge collapses, such as the Aug. 1, 2007, collapse of the eight-lane highway bridge that carried Interstate 35W across the Mississippi River in Minneapolis in which 13 were killed and 145 injured.

He suggested that the auto industry could learn a lot about adopting automation from the aviation industry.

“There’s a lot to be gained by eliminating driver input because experts say that 95 or 96 percent of highway crashes are due to human error,” he said. “When I was at the NTSB, I remember we investigated a people mover accident at the Miami airport and the people mover was driverless and yet it crashed. When we dug deeper, we found out that the reason it crashed was because of a maintenance error, so even if you eliminate all the drivers you’re not going to eliminate all of the fatalities, but you can bring that number way, way down.”

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increase in the federal gasoline tax.

“That money is 100% dedicated in a locked box to transportation and road and bridge construction and repair,” he said.

Christopher Hart, former chairman of the National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB), told the Business Journal that he foresees a day when the federal and state governments will have to find other sources of revenue to replace gas taxes. He was in the area for a speech at Vaughn College of Aeronautics and Technolo�y in Queens. Hart, who served on the board from 1990 to 1993 and 2009 to 2017, operates the transportation consulting company, Hart Solutions.

“With the electric car there’s going to be less (petroleum-based) fuel, so that’s going to reduce the tax revenue,” he said. “One of the things that I think is going to happen as cars become autonomous is that more will become electric, so that’s going to mean we’re going to have to find another source of revenue to replace that former revenue from gasoline sales.”

Without that, and other sources providing

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ernment affairs for AAA Northeast. “Prices started to stabilize once the reports came out that the facilities should be fully operational by the end of September.”

He also noted that in the Northeast there is a switch to the winter blend fuel that is cheaper to refine than summer blends.

“That blunted the impact,” he said.

“Some people were predicting 25-cent hikes, which didn’t bear out in the Northeast or nationally, and 25 cents would have been a big spike for a lot of people. It’s

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Prices at gas pumps often state “all taxes included” but don’t provide details on how much tax is paid to the state and federal government. Photo by Glenn J. Kalinoski.

adequate revenue, money to pay for road and bridge maintenance and improvements will be increasingly hard to find. According to a report released in September by the nonprofit TRIP, 13% of the 2,551 locally and state-maintained bridges in the Hudson Valley are rated poor/structurally deficient. They carry approximately 2.6 million vehicles each day.

For Connecticut, a 2018 study by TRIP showed that the state had 308 bridges clas-

Dalio: Trump’s proposed block on China investments would backfire dramatically WESTPORT-BASED HEDGE FUND EXECUTIVE: ‘CHINA IS FOR THE MOST PART QUIETLY WINNING THE GEOPOLITICAL WAR’ est rates are and the impending deficits and monetizations of them? Of course, China dumping U.S. bonds would have its own terrible consequences, too. In any case, from not having to worry about such things in the past, now all market participants need to worry about them.”

Dalio warned that if the U.S.-China trade feud were to deteriorate further, the global community would not be siding with the

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U.S. for economic alliances.

“Countries are increasingly having to choose whether they are aligned with the U.S. or China,” he stated. “When presented with this choice, they typically answer it based on both economic and military calculations. Almost without exception, they say that the economics favors being aligned with China because China is more important to them economically (because

China is bigger in trade and bigger in capital inf lows) and that the military support favors the U.S. if the U.S. is willing to use it to support them, which is highly doubtful.

At the same time, China’s own military capabilities (including cyber) are rising relative to the U.S., especially in Asia. As a result, China is for the most part quietly winning the geopolitical war, particular in Asia.”

Financial Solutions for your Business

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ridgewater Associates founder and co-chairman Ray Dalio is speculating that President Donald Trump is taking an idea from Franklin D. Roosevelt’s playbook in dealing with an adversary across the Pacific, but cautioned that such a strate�y would have acute repercussions.

In a blog post on LinkedIn, Dalio noted Trump’s raising the notion of blocking U.S. investments in China and recalled how Roosevelt used special emergency powers to freeze Japanese assets and place an embargo on oil sales to Japan in the years prior to the U.S. entry into World War II. “Regarding the capital and currency wars, the ability of the U.S. president to unilaterally cut off capital flows to China and also freeze payments on the debts owed to China and also use sanctions to inhibit non-American financial transactions with China must be considered as possibilities,” Dalio wrote. “That’s why the proposed step of limiting American portfolio investments in China makes me both think about the implications of this step and wonder if it is an inching toward bigger moves.”

The Westport-based hedge fund executive added that if Trump were to go forward with such a move, it could have negative consequences for the U.S. economy.

“Just the realization that these moves can be used has important implications for capital flows,” he wrote. “For example, how would you feel if you were an adversarial foreign investor holding U.S. bonds given this situation, given where U.S. bond inter-

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In CoURT Poughkeepsie attorney Thatcher suspended for 2 years

BY BILL HELTZEL bheltzel@westfairinc.com Wayne Thatcher, a former Poughkeepsie police officer and a well-known attorney since 1993, has been suspended from practicing law for two years for assaulting a criminal defense client.

Thatcher pleaded guilty to a misdemeanor charge of forcible touching and sentenced last year to jail for 45 days.

“We find that (Thatcher) committed serious professional misconduct,” a panel of five appellate judges ruled on Sept. 25.

He “not only abused his position as an attorney, but he relied on his former position as a police officer to insulate himself from accountability.”

Complaints about Thatcher had been lodged as far back as 2006. Nine women, citing nearly identical words and actions, accused him of wrongdoing.

The latest complaint came down to the word of a woman in jail on drug charges against the word of Thatcher, “probably one of the most well-known and respected attorneys in Dutchess County, a former police officer, a lieutenant with the town of Poughkeepsie,” the assistant district attorney told the sentencing judge last year, “accusing him of horrific conduct.”

She agreed to wear a recording device and confront Thatcher, and she captured on video the very actions she had accused him of.

“Had she not come forward,” the assistant district attorney told the sentencing judge, “I have full faith that this defendant would continue to abuse the people that sought help from him, abuse the powerless, abuse those who were in jail depending on him to help them.”

Thatcher did not dispute the accuracy of the prosecutor’s account, but he disagreed with its relevance to the sanctions the Second Appellate Division judges were considering.

Special referee Norma Giffords concluded after a hearing that Thatcher had forcibly touched the woman and squeezed her buttocks “for the purpose of his own sexual desire.”

Thatcher testified that his act was a response to a joke.

He argued to the appellate panel that a public censure would be appropriate, considering several mitigating factors. He had cooperated. He had no prior disciplinary history. He had served jail time. He had lost clients. He has a reputation for honesty. He has provided free legal services to the community. He was remorseful.

Giffords was unpersuaded by his statements and apologies.

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criminal and not a joke,” she reported, “especially in view of his relationship to the complainant.”

The appellate judges adopted Giffords’ finding of no remorse, “as the respondent (Thatcher) viewed his conduct as actions merely taken in jest, rather than as the abusive conduct it was.”

He had “engaged in nonconsensual physical conduct with a client to gratify a sexual desire. Committed in the confines and privacy of the respondent’s law office, the conduct would have continued and gone unchecked, but for the client’s cooperation with law enforcement. The conduct was not isolated,” the judges ruled.

Thatcher was represented by Manhattan attorney Hal R. Lieberman. Gary L. Casella of White Plains represented the attorney grievance committee for the Ninth Judicial District.

The appellate panel included Presiding Justice Alan D. Scheinkman and justices Betsy Barros, Mark C. Dillon, William F. Mastro and Reinaldo E. Rivera.

The suspension will begin Oct. 25.

FEDS ACCUSE WESTCHESTER COUPLE IN APPLIANCE WARRANTY FLIMFLAM

A couple that seemingly owned a lot of broken appliances has been accused of scheming to cash in on warranties.

A criminal complaint unsealed Oct. 3 in U.S. District Court in White Plains charges Nadia Maqsood of Mount Vernon and her fiancé, Azeem Arif of Yonkers, with conspiracy to commit wire fraud and mail fraud.

The couple allegedly pocketed $68,000 by circumventing the warrantor.

Typically, when a customer reports a broken appliance, the warranty company dispatches a local repair service to determine what it will take to fix it.

If the fix is too costly or the appliance is beyond repair, the warrantor issues a check

to the customer.

Maqsood and Arif are accused of tricking the warranty company about 50 times, from June 2018 to June 2019. The company is not identified in the complaint.

They bought warranties for numerous appliances, in their own names and in the names of two other individuals who are not identified but are described as Arif ’s relatives.

Maqsood would call the warrantor about a broken appliance and a service appointment would be scheduled. But Maqsood would cancel the appointment, according to an FBI agent’s complaint, and then call the warrantor posing as someone from the repair service.

She would tell the warrantor that the appliance had to be replaced, according to the complaint. The warrantor would write a check for the fair market value of the appliance and send it to Maqsood’s or Arif’s addresses in Mount Vernon or Yonkers or to an address in Tuckahoe.

Maqsood and Arif admitted to receiving the warranty checks, according to the complaint.

Maqsood stopped filing warranty claims this past June, “when the company started raising questions about the claims she was making.”

Arif was arrested Oct. 2 and released the following day by U.S. Magistrate Judge Lisa M. Smith on a $50,000 personal recognizance bond. His lawyer, Kerry A. Lawrence of Calhoun & Lawrence of White Plains, declined to comment.

Maqsood retained White Plains attorney Benjamin R. Allee to represent her. Allee declined to comment.

Assistant U.S. Attorney Courtney L. Heavey is prosecuting the case.

PELHAM MAN SUES FOR $300,000 BAR TAB ON HELL’S KITCHEN INVESTMENT

A Pelham investor claims that a Rockland bar and restaurant operator embezzled funds meant for developing Scallywag’s Irish Pub in Hell’s Kitchen.

Michael J. Bowe sued Michael T. Doyle in U.S. Bankruptcy Court in White Plains on Sept. 23 to stop Doyle from using bankruptcy to avoid paying back a $300,000 loan.

Doyle used a “set of false books and records,” Bowe charges, to “siphon cash from his businesses … for his own personal benefit.”

Attorneys representing Doyle in two bankruptcy actions did not immediately respond to a request for comment.

Doyle, of New City, filed Chapter 11 reorganization petitions in June, one for his personal finances and another for a business, Walkinstown Inc., the corporation that operates Scallywag’s.

Both petitions cite the Bowe loan and a lawsuit that Bowe filed in Supreme Court in Manhattan, alleging fraud by Doyle. The bankruptcy petitions automatically stopped the lawsuit from proceeding.

Bowe describes Doyle as an acquaintance of more than 30 years. In 2012, according to court records, Doyle asked for a bridge loan to finance the purchase of Albert Hall Tavern, a gastropub at 508 9th Ave in New York.

Bowe loaned $300,000 at 6% interest.

He claims the deal was structured as a 50-50 joint venture. Bowe would design and pay for the new enterprise’s rebranding and intellectual property. Doyle would manage the business and get $4,167 a month until the loan was paid back in March 2013.

But Doyle did not pay back the loan when it was due, Bowe claims in the bankruptcy court complaint, and refused access to the business records.

Bowe filed the Manhattan lawsuit in May 2018, demanding $350,000 and accusing Doyle of fraud and breaches of the loan agreement and joint venture agreement.

He claims Doyle admitted in 2015 to keeping “multiple sets of books for different audiences, including state tax authorities and creditors.”

Doyle “has been engaged in a longstanding income and payroll tax fraud,” Bowe alleges in the bankruptcy complaint. And he claims Doyle admitted to fraud at a creditors meeting when he stated, “There was people off the books.”

Doyle points to an apparent discrepancy between the Walkinstown bankruptcy, in which he shows an annual payroll of $520,000, and a federal tax return that puts the payroll at $232,069.

Bankruptcy court should not discharge the loan debt, Bowe argues, because Doyle “engaged in a fraudulent scheme to misappropriate and embezzle funds.”

Besides Scallywag’s, Doyle runs D&C Dry Cleaning in New City, Albatross Bar in Astoria, Queens, and Doylers bar and restaurant in midtown Manhattan. Previously, he operated Doyler + Dunney’s II bar and restaurant in Pearl River.

He declared assets of $139,850 and liabilities of $788,213 in his personal bankruptcy, and assets of $80,625 and liabilities of $212,863 in the Scallywag’s bankruptcy.

He makes about $13,000 a month from his ventures and his income last year was $156,000.

Scallywag’s made from $1.1 million to nearly $1.3 million a year in the two years before bankruptcy.

Bowe is represented by Matthew B. Stein and David R. Koch of Kasowitz Benson Torres in Manhattan.

PURCHASE-BASED TRICAP TECHNOLOGY SUES ELI GLOBAL FOR $5M ON SHELL COMPANY CLAIM

TriCap Technolo�y Group LLC of Purchase claims that a customer, Eli Global LLC, used a shell company to gain access to its software and to dodge paying for it. On Sept.

20, TriCap Technolo�y sued Eli Global in Westchester Supreme Court and demanded $5 million.

In CoURT Eli Global allegedly used a subsidiary, Arrevio LLC, to gain use of the software and training without the burden “of having to compensate TriCap,” according to the lawsuit.

Eli Global did not respond to an email message requesting comment.

TriCap Technolo�y’s ARxChange software — an accounts receivable exchange platform — sorts, ranks and scores debt portfolios according to how likely they can be collected.

Its principal place of business, according to the complaint, is a house in Purchase that property records indicate as the home of Joseph E. LaManna, who co-founded TriCap with James A. Zadoorian.

Eli Global is based in Durham, North Carolina. It bills itself as a conglomeration of more than 70 businesses across 15 industries that generate more than $1.4 billion in revenue.

TriCap and Eli Global began discussing a licensing deal in 2017. As they were finalizing the terms, according to the complaint, Eli Global senior executive Daphne Hulsey said they had to use Arrevio as the client.

The deal gave Arrevio the right to license and resell the ARxChange software under its own label, for $10,000 a month.

But Arrevio, TriCap claims, was a shell company controlled by Eli Global, with no independent business, management or assets. It is “judgment proof,” the complaint states, and has “refused to compensate TriCap according to the terms of the agreement.”

TriCap took Arrevio to arbitration and last year it won a $231,516 award for actual damages, attorney fees and costs.

Westchester Supreme Court Justice John P. Colangelo confirmed the award May 6.

But Arrevio is insolvent, according to the complaint, and all attempts to collect have been unsuccessful.

TriCap holds Eli Global responsible, as Arrevio’s alleged alter ego. The debt collection software company is demanding that Eli Global pay Arrevio’s judgment and another $5 million for punitive damages and costs.

TriCap is represented by White Plains attorneys Lawrence A. Garvey and Brittany C. Patane.

states that allow “ener�y choice” companies to compete with local utilities.

Financier Greg E. Lindberg owns half of the economic interest and 89% of the voting interest in an affiliate that controls Agera Ener�y, according to the declaration.

Agera Ener�y has 35,000 customers in 15 states and the District of Columbia, including Connecticut and New York. Threefourths of its accounts are commercial and the rest are residential.

About a year ago, according to Sandford, new senior management discovered several problems.

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New management also discovered “poor overall financial planning and forecasting,” weak controls and an inflated balance sheet.

As of August 2018, the balance sheet overstated accounts receivables by $39 million, including $37 million in “unbilled receivables.”

Agera is also facing significant state regulatory problems for failure to provide enough electricity generated from renewable sources. Eight states have demanded $151.2 million in alternative compliance payments, including $8.2 million by the Connecticut Public Utilities Regulatory Authority and $1.9 million by the New York State Ener�y Research and Development Authority.

The company was working on a turnaround plan that would shed the low profit and no-profit contracts. It needed more capital.

Lindberg’s multinational investment company, Eli Global LLC in Durham, North Carolina, was committed to the turnaround and to injecting new capital.

Last month, Eli Global changed its name to Global Growth.

But in April, Lindberg was indicted on federal public corruption charges for allegedly offering hundreds of thousands of dollars in campaign contributions in exchange for official actions that would benefit his business interests.

The indictment was unrelated to Agera, Sandford states in the declaration, and Lindberg had no involvement in Agera’s dayto-day operations.

But by May 9, “it became clear that Eli Global was no longer in a position to inject the requisite capital needed to support the … business.”

Now the plan is to sell Agera’s assets to Constellation NewEner�y, a subsidiary of Exelon Corp., for $24.75 million. If approved by the bankruptcy court, the majority of its customers would be transferred to Constellation.

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AGERA ENERGY OF BRIARCLIFF MANOR FILES FOR BANKRUPTCY PROTECTION

Agera Ener�y LLC, a Briarcliff Manor-based provider of retail electricity and natural gas, filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy on Oct. 4 in U.S. Bankruptcy Court in White Plains, declaring $124.1 million in assets and $207.8 million in liabilities.

The company has “effectively ceased all new sales efforts,” according to a declaration by Todd Sandford, chief operating officer, given “severe liquidity constraints and the lack of interest from third parties in a going-concern sale.”

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Co-op drop drives Westchester real estate sales down

BY PETER KATZ pkatz@westfairinc.com

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he Hudson Gateway Association of Realtors (HGAR) released its data on third-quarter residential sales in the lower Hudson Valley with the report concluding that the housing market “remains vibrant, experiencing modest, but sustainable, gains.”

The report said single-family residential sales for the third quarter of 2019 were on a “solid footing” in the area. It showed a 1% gain in unit sales from the same period a year ago in Westchester County while Orange County’s sales

increased by 2.5%. Rockland County’s sales were up 8.1% and sales in Putnam County went up 8.4%.

Median sale prices for single-family homes in the various counties were either unchanged or modestly higher in the third quarter compared with the same period last year. Westchester had a 3% increase from $678,500 to $699,000. In Rockland, the median sale price remained at $475,000. Putnam’s median sale price went up 3.8%, from $360,000 to $373,000. The median in Orange County increased 4.7% from $275,000 to $288,000.

Sales of two- to four-fam-

ily houses in Westchester went up 6%, from 167 in the third quarter of last year to this year’s 177. Condominium sales went up 3.2%, with 414 sold in this year’s third quar-

ter compared with 401 last year. Sales of co-ops, however, dropped 16.5%. There had been 545 co-ops sold during the third quarter of 2018. This year the number was down to 455.

The decrease in co-op numbers resulted in overall residential sales in Westchester decreasing 1.6%.

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fell 14.8% in the third quarter compared with the same period in 2018, with 23 units sold compared with last year’s 28 units. Co-op sales were off 5%, with 19 sold in this year’s third quarter compared with 20 in 2018. Condominium sales dropped 15.3% to 144 from 170 in the third quarter of 2018.

Residential sales overall were up 6% in Putnam, 2.1%

in Rockland, 1.5% in Orange and 1.8% in Sullivan.

The number of residential units sold in the third quarter of 2019 totaled 5,765. In Westchester, 2,985 units were sold. Orange was in second place with 1,305 units sold. Rockland followed with 829 residential units sold in the third quarter of this year while Putnam had 370 and Sullivan County had 276.

HGAR said low inventory continues to hinder sales growth in the region.

“With a low inventory, buyers often find it difficult to find housing that fits their criteria,” the report said.

The report made note of unemployment remaining at historic lows in the region and ongoing economic development activity such as the building of the Legoland theme park in Orange County and a planned Lionsgate movie and TV studio in Yonkers.

Bed Bath & Beyond stores face potential closings

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ed Bath & Beyond stores in the area are facing an uncertain future as the home goods retailer announced plans to close 60 stores before the end of its fiscal year.

In April, the company announced plans to close 40 stores. The addition of 20 more stores to be closed was announced by interim CEO Mary Winston during the company’s quarterly earnings call to discuss its 7.3% decline in total sales during the second quarter.

Forty of the stores to be closed will be the Bed Bath & Beyond outlets and 20 will be among the company’s other brands, including Buybuy Baby, Harmon Face Values and World Market.

No locations have been identified for closing and the company’s fiscal year ends

in March 2020.

Within Fairfield County, the company’s Bed Bath & Beyond stores are in Brookfield, Danbury, Fairfield, Norwalk, Shelton and Stamford. The county is also home to a single Buybuy location in Stamford and a single Harmon Face Values in Norwalk.

Across the border, the combined WestchesterHudson Valley region has

Bed Bath & Beyond stores in Elmsford, Middletown, Mohegan Lake, Mount Vernon, Newburgh, Poughkeepsie, Port Chester, Spring Valley, West Nyack and Yonkers. This area is also home to Buybuy Baby stores in Port Chester and Scarsdale and Harmon Face Values stores in Hartsdale, Nanuet, New Rochelle and Yonkers. There are no World Market stores in this region.

Westchester Medical Center dedicates ambulatory care pavilion

BY PETER KATZ pkatz@westfairinc.com

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he Archbishop of New York, Cardinal Timothy Dolan, joined with officials of the Westchester Medical Center Health Network (WMCHealth), medical center staff and government and community leaders for the Oct. 3 dedication of the new ambulatory care pavilion on the Valhalla campus.

The 8-story, 260,000square-foot building represents a $230 million investment by WMCHealth. Its first and second floors opened for patient care in June, including the WMCHealth Heart & Vascular Institute and the Advanced Imaging facility.

Before the dedication ceremony, Dolan administered a “blessing of hands” for caregivers who are using their hands in providing patient care in the

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From left: Mary P. Leahy, M.D., CEO, Bon Secours Charity Health System, a member of the Westchester Medical Center Health Network; Cardinal Timothy Dolan; Gary Brudnicki, senior executive vice president, Westchester Medical Center Health Network.

new building. Hospital staff members stood with their hands outstretched as the cardinal gave the blessing.

“Blessed be your hands that will provide hope and strength to patients who are suffering,” he said. “Blessed be your hands that give peace to those in fear and pain. Blessed be your hands that nurture and care for the lonely and forgotten.”

Speaking at the dedication ceremony in the lobby of the new building, Michael D. Israel, president and CEO of WMCHealth, said, “This building grew to a height of 124 feet as a result of passion and dedication to excellence in patient care and patient and family experience, to meeting the needs of our community, to more than just healing the sick, but to

counseling as well.”

Israel characterized the facility as “the new face of health care in the Hudson Valley.” He said it sets a new standard for patient-centered services in the region.

“The ambulatory care pavilion is not just an investment in steel and glass, but a true investment by Westchester Medical Center in the physical and mental

health of Hudson Valley residents, putting Westchester County and the entire Hudson Valley at the forefront of the health care industry,” he said.

Among the features of the building are 24 procedure rooms, 12 imaging rooms, 36 private pre- and post-procedure areas for patients, eight operating rooms, two cardiac catheterization laboratories and a specialized echocardiogram procedure room.

WMCHealth’s Advanced Physician Services and physician offices will be on the upper floors of the building.

Dolan said he visits the medical center’s campus regularly.

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Kiplinger: CT, NY among worst states for taxes Tax Cuts and Jobs Act of 2017, such residents’ federal tax deductions for state and local taxes have been curtailed.

The Constitution State also has the ninth-highest state and local gas taxes in the U.S. at 42.11 cents a gallon, and taxes estates worth more than $3.6 million for anyone who dies in 2019. Connecticut is the only state with a gift tax on assets that are bequeathed before dying.

However, Kiplinger noted, with no local sales taxes, residents pay the statewide rate of 6.35% (slightly below average) on most of their purchases. Going unmentioned were the new taxes instituted on Oct. 1 for such items as prepared foods and digital services.

New York “has a hefty income tax bite,” the publication said, noting that both New York City and Yonkers impose their own income taxes, while self-employed people working in the New York City metro area pay a commuter tax.

The average property tax on a $400,000 home in New York is about $7,246 — but again, in some high-cost parts of the state like Westchester County, homeowners pay more than twice that amount.

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The publication ranks states according to the sum of income, sales, property and gas taxes paid by a hypothetical married couple with two children, an earned income of $150,000 and qualified dividends of $10,000.

Illinois was judged the least-tax-friendly state in the country.

Connecticut’s property taxes are the fourth highest in the U.S., with the statewide average for a $400,000 home being $8,456 per year. However, residents in such high-income areas as Fairfield County typically pay more than $10,000 in property taxes each year, Kiplinger noted. As mandated by the

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New York’s cellphone wireless service tax is the fifth highest in the country, and its gasoline taxes stand at 45.96 cents per gallon — considerably higher than the national average of 31.7 cents per gallon.

The state gas taxes do not include the federal gas tax of 18.4 cents per gallon.

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proposal for a 3-story, 32-unit apartment building at 82 Wallace St. in Tuckahoe has been approved by the village’s planning board. The site, consisting of eight lots, is along Wallace between Maynard Street and Lime Kiln Road. It is about a half-mile from the Metro-North Railroad Harlem Line station.

Orange World LLC of Yonkers is the applicant as well as the owner of the land to be used for the project. Small, unoccupied structures on the site previously had been demolished.

The planning board at its Sept. 17 meeting adopted a negative declaration of environmental impacts under the State Environmental Quality Review Act and passed a resolution approving the site plan. The application was received by Tuckahoe on Dec. 20, 2018.

Attorney Steven Accinelli of the Yonkersbased law firm Veneruso, Curto, Schwartz and Curto said the structure will have “two studio apartments, seven one-bedroom apartments, 20 two-bedroom apartments and three three-bedroom apartments. The building will also offer green and buffered community amenity spaces for the use and enjoyment of residents.”

Accinelli reminded the board that the applicant had attended a number of planning board work sessions and communicated with village representatives regarding the site plan and other matters.

“As the result of those work sessions and communications, additional information and details were submitted as requested and discussed and numerous functional and design elements were added and/or revised with respect to the project,” Accinelli said.

He recalled that the project had first been discussed with village officials at an August 2018 workshop.

Nima Badaly of Badaly Architects PLLC in Mount Vernon showed renderings and various elevations along with landscaping designs. He said there will be two floors of parking under the apartments with 45 park-

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ing spaces. Badaly showed samples of the brick to be used for the building’s exterior and discussed the street-level landscaping as well as the rooftop recreation terrace for residents.

“We have three different areas on the recreation terrace,” he said. “One area is mostly for barbecuing and entertainment. The other area is more for relaxing if you want to get a suntan or just lay down. In the middle we are providing an area where tenants can have a communal garden.”

Planning Board Chairman Antonio Leo questioned Badaly about the exterior lighting and a retaining wall at the front of the building.

“If some tenant wants to have a barbecue out there at 10 o’clock at night is there any additional lighting, any sort of ambient lighting, that’s being provided?” Leo asked.

Badaly explained that there was one fixture “every 10 feet or so,” but Leo said that the type of lighting fixtures shown in the plans do not give off a lot of light. Badaly said he could use different fixtures and Leo suggested that additional decorative landscape lighting also could be added.

Planning board member David Barra read the resolutions the board would be voting on, which noted that the dilapidated structures previously on the premises had been “viewed as an eyesore to the community.” The site plan resolution referred to the project as “a firstclass proposal that will greatly enhance the premises and surrounding area.” The vote to approve was unanimous.

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In BRiEF Fourth of July opening for Legoland New York

Legoland New York in Goshen will open next year on July 4.

The 150-acre attraction is being promoted as the largest Legoland theme park, featuring more than 50 rides, shows and attractions spread across seven themed “lands.” Singleday tickets and annual passes are being sold on the venue’s website.

British-based Merlin Entertainments operates more than 130 attractions, 19 hotels and six holiday villages in 25 countries across four continents.

WOMEN’S RETAILER ALTAR’D STATE OPENS IN WHITE PLAINS, SETS SIGHTS ON NORWALK

WESTCHESTER COMMUNITY COLLEGE, PACE SIGN TRANSFER AGREEMENT

Westchester Community College (WCC) and Pace University have signed an agreement that allows WCC graduates to transfer to Pace at a junior level.

The agreement covers students in 12 Westchester Community College majors and requires that they graduate from those programs with an A.A. or A.S. degree and a minimum grade point average of 2.5. Nursing students from Westchester Community College with a grade point average of 2.75 or higher will be eligible to enroll in the Pace Registered Nurse Bachelor of Science Online Degree Program and be eligible for a discounted tuition rate. For the transfer students, a maximum of 68 credits will be applied toward the completion of the relevant Pace bachelor’s degree programs, and Pace has committed to offering scholarships to select transfer students.

GOTTLIEB TO LEAD ROBERT MARTIN CO.’s EFFORTS IN LIFE SCIENCES, HEALTH TECH

Altar’d State store in Lone Tree, Colorado.

Courtesy Altar’d State/Synergy Group.

Altar’d State, a women’s fashion brand retailer with more than 100 stores across 34 states, has opened in Westchester with plans to open at the SoNo Collection in Norwalk.

Altar’d State opened one of its first two New York stores in a 5,000-square-foot space at The Westchester Mall in White Plains. The other New York store is at Roosevelt Field Mall in Garden City on Long Island, covering approximately 7,000 square feet. The company will introduce its first Connecticut store at the SoNo Collection in Norwalk, although no opening date has been announced.

Altar’d State was founded in 2009 as Altar’d State Christian Stores — it secularized its name in 2012 — and is headquartered in Knoxville, Tennessee. The company operates the A’Beautiful Soul brand that serves women sizes 10 to 24.

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The Robert Martin Co. has launched an initiative to focus on the regional life sciences and health tech industry.

Laurence Gottlieb, former president and CEO of the Hudson Valley Economic Development Corp. and former head of the Westchester County Office of Economic Development, was hired by the Elmsfordbased company as managing director of life sciences and health technologies.

Gottlieb said in a statement that there are more than 80 biotech and health tech companies in the Hudson Valley with an increasing number of startup firms and incubators.

Westchester is home to two of the nation’s largest biotech firms — Regeneron Pharmaceuticals and Acorda Therapeutics — as well as medical academic research facilities such as New York Medical College and the Burke Neurological Institute.

There are also plans to develop a biotech mixed-use campus on the North 60 property adjacent to Westchester Medical Center in Valhalla.

— Phil Hall

CONTRIBUTING WRITER | By Reese Mitchell

A $4 billion pay raise?

HOSPITALITY INDUSTRY WORKERS MAY BENEFIT FROM NEW OVERTIME RULE

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mployers beware of new overtime rules.

You may want to cut your overtime expenses and save money by hiring new fulltime workers.

That may seem counterintuitive, except for new rules that will become effective in 2020.

More workers will be eligible for overtime pay in 2020 under a new Trump administration policy. This is the result of the U.S. Department of Labor’s federal overtime exemption rule under the Fair Labor Standards Act for salaried “white-collared” workers.

The Department of Labor estimates at least 1.3 million American employees will be eligible for overtime pay under the new rule. The rule raises the salary threshold for overtime exemption to $35,568 per year, or $684 per week. If you earn less than that, you get overtime pay.

More than $35,568, no such pay.

The threshold is currently $23,660 per year, or $455 per week.

The change will require businesses to pay overtime wages to many more employees if those employees work more than 40 hours a week. While this is good news for those 1.3 million workers, it’s a loss for 2.8 million workers who would have received overtime under the rule proposed by the Obama administration.

This has been a closely monitored issue since 2014 when the Obama administration attempted to increase the salary threshold to $47,476. Also, unlike the Obama proposal, future alterations to the threshold will not be connected to inflation.

The Labor Department said the new rule will transfer about $400 million from U.S. employers to their workers each year for the next 10 years.

Employers will either have to raise these employees’ pay to the new salary threshold, so they can remain exempt from overtime pay, or convert the employees to nonexempt hourly status and start tracking their hours to pay them overtime.

Some employers may find that it may be less costly to hire additional full-time workers to completely avoid the need to have anyone work overtime.

Employers also will have to conduct employee training for newly non-exempt managers and begin tracking their hours. In addition, employers will need to consider whether to use bonuses, commissions or other incentive compensation as credit to the new salary threshold. Employers should also think about whether they understand what kinds of compensation will have to be included in the “regular rate of pay” for overtime purposes.

The new rule will benefit retail, fast-food and home health care workers as well as other lower-paid workers, such as those who work for nonprofits or political campaigns. Many

Employers will either have to raise these employees’ pay to the new salary threshold, so they can remain exempt from overtime pay, or convert the employees to nonexempt hourly status and start tracking their hours to pay them overtime.

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who work in those industries have been paid just above the $23,660 threshold that has existed since 2004. They have been required to work overtime without extra pay.

Under the new regulation, qualifying employees would receive pay equal to oneand-a-half times their normal pay rate for any additional time beyond the standard 40-hour workweek.

The Department of Labor is allowing employers to use non-discretionary bonuses and incentive payments, including commissions, that employers pay at a minimum annually to satisfy up to 10 percent of the standard salary level.

Until now, only blue-collar workers and

professionals who earn less than $23,000 a year can earn overtime pay under federal law, with some exceptions.

The new rules are only the second time the threshold has been updated since 1975, after the 2004 change.

Waiting until the day the regulations are effective is probably not a good idea. Planning should begin right away.

Attorney Reese Mitchell is an associate at Stratford-based Mitchell & Sheahan PC. He is involved in handling all types of employment matters, including through all stages of the litigation process. He can be reached at ReeseMitchell@mitchellandsheahan.com or 203-873-0240.

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AsK Andi Getting ready to sell my small business GETTING MY SMALL BUSINESS READY FOR SALE. MAKES ME FEEL ON EDGE AND UNSURE. AFTER 23 YEARS OF RUNNING THIS BUSINESS, I HAVE TO STOP FOLLOWING MY LONG-PRACTICED HABITS AND FOCUS ON WHAT’S NEXT. HOW DO I DO THAT? THOUGHTS OF THE DAY: Transitioning from smallbusiness owner to something else is a process that many people find challenging. Design your future. Make sure you’ve secured the finances you’ll need. Learn about all the ways that business owners sell their businesses when they’re ready to let go.

Decide what you want your legacy to be.

It’s normal to feel anxious or unsettled when facing the uncertainty that accompanies change. It’s a big deal to go from the role of business owner to something else. There will likely

be feelings of loss. But this can also be an opportunity to explore new possibilities, which is something successful business owners are good at.

Fight the temptation to avoid dealing with the unknowns. It’s normal when feeling stress to retreat to familiar day-to-day activities. The better solution is to do what successful business owners always do: get on with tackling the unknown.

Create a picture of the next phase of your life that is rich and joyful and put yourself center stage.

Think about this: • What things did you put

aside as you faced the demands of building and running your business?

• Who would you like to meet? Or get to know better?

• What constitutes fun for you?

Do a financial reality check.

• How much money do you have set aside? How much will you need?

• What’s the gap between money you’ve set aside and your goal for retirement? How can monetizing the business close that gap?

• What’s the business worth? (hint: most business owners don’t know the correct answer to this question.)

• What do you know about successfully monetizing a business?

Build a list of things you need to learn and get to work tackling that list.

Give yourself plenty of time to think about and adjust to the future. Get expert advice along the way. Ideally, allow five to 10 years to prepare a business for optimum sale. If you’re under the gun and have to do this transition more quickly, surround yourself with advisers who can help you do the things you’re not experienced at doing.

Build a picture of what a successful transition for the business looks like. Consider these questions: • What will happen to your employees when you’re done?

• What role will family members play in the future? Do they want it? What do they have to do to prepare?

• You and your business are intertwined right now, based on being together day after day for 23 years.

Your identity and the business’ identity are almost one. What do you want for the business when you turn over the reins?

• What do you care most about inside the business?

Who will care for that after you retire from the field?

• What happens to the great customers? Who will take care of them in the future?

• What about loyal vendors who’ve been there to help you and who rely on your company for work? What happens to them?

• What happens to the positive reputation you’ve worked so hard to build?

Does it disappear or continue?

Build a picture of a positive transition that takes into account all of the great things you imagine. Then get to work building that reality.

Write out your vision. Take

action each week to build toward that future.

BOOK RECOMMENDATION: “The Breakaway: The Inside Story of the Wirtz Family Business and the Chicago Blackhawks,” by Bryan Smith.

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HOSPITALITY WESTCHESTER COUNTY BUSINESS JOURNAL

CONTRIBUTING WRITER | By Mary Gendron

Transforming hospitality brands into solid friendships

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hat resources do travelers consider when planning

a trip?

They include friends, website search results, family members, social media, travel advisers, online reviews, advertising, travel media and social media influencers.

Nielsen’s Global Trust in Advertising survey reports much of the most influential information comes from family and friends. Yet almost 70% of consumers will trust the opinion of a total stranger through an online review.

How do hotels reach consumers in what can be a confusing — even overwhelming — purchase journey? And can they make connections with guests that hold the potential to form more lasting bonds?

Can they develop friendships with their guests that are akin to personal friendships — loyal and lasting?

Mower commissioned the University of Buffalo to conduct a study that did a deep dive into the topic

of friendship. The results revealed nine drivers of friendship that we organized into a philosophy we called Brand as Friend. It guides our daily thinking and is a useful framework for the hospitality segment, a service business that thrives on developing a loyal clientele.

The nine drivers ladder up to three primary tenets that are characteristic of the relationship that exists among true friends, including: • A friend is caring, will listen and will sometimes surprise their friends. These three tenets add up to affection.

• A friend will typically have an interesting story, a certain kind of style and an ability to connect with those closest to them. This gives relationships relevance.

• A friend is honest, willing to give advice and loyal. These attributes add up to trust.

Smart hospitality marketers can use this knowledge to create a distinctive roadmap for fostering guest connections that are

genuine and sustainable.

Granted, no hotel will manifest all nine drivers, and not all drivers equally. The key is to identify the friendship drivers that match the hotel’s personality and communicate those in outreach to potential guests.

AFFECTION

To be a true friend to hotel guests, listening is a vital part of the conversation. When Marriott and Starwood came together, there was consternation among longtime guests over what would happen with each brand’s strong loyalty program. Thoughtful consideration, research and conversation produced Bonvoy, the new loyalty program that aims to take the best of each legacy platform to create something fresh and new. Marriott listened.

Guests now benefit. Bonds are formed, or, in this case, re-formed as the new company and program emerge out of legacy brands.

RELEVANCE

In assessing relevance, many travelers are looking for more than a comfortable place to stay. They want to align with the values of the brand. This is where a hotel’s story, style and ability to connect are key. Some travelers will identify with an historic hotel that has a unique story — such as The Castle at Tarrytown or Tarrytown House — and others are more likely to gravitate to an established national brand, like Hilton. Being able to attract the right traveler through on-point messaging sets the foundation for forming a lasting friendship.

TRUST

Consider how airlines and cruise lines have handled unplanned situations, including airline disasters linked to faulty software and training; treatment of passengers on flights; and various cruise mishaps. Response has either created trust or broken it. Authenticity, accountabili-

ty and action have produced the best outcomes in these situations.

When guests provide less-than-positive comments on social media, it is an opening to connect. Responding — and taking the issue offline for resolution — is an opportunity to create a lasting, positive relationship.

THE MANY WAYS TO MAKE FRIENDS

Consider these additional examples regarding the importance of creating friendships: Friends give advice: TripAdvisor is influential and awards programs like Forbes Five-Star and AAA Five Diamond are followed by legions of travelers. How responsive are their constituents to what they have to say? Very.

Friends care: British Airways gives personality and human traits to aircraft by painting mustaches on the noses of aircraft to mark “No Shave November.”

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Empathy is contagious.

Friends surprise: Those chocolate chip cookies that meet DoubleTree by Hilton guests. They surprise and delight.

Friends connect: Hotels that provide workout gear, in-room exercise equipment and themed rooms for spa or fitness are connecting with guests who want to look after their well-being while on the road.

Nurturing lasting friendships with guests creates satisfied, repeat customers who become ad hoc brand ambassadors. It’s a total win-win.

Mary Gendron heads the New York City office of Mower, an independent marketing, advertising and public relations firm. Gendron also leads the agency’s travel and tourism practice whose clients include Westchester County Tourism & Film. Mower is a member of The Business Council of Westchester (BCW).

She can be reached at 212980-9065 or mgendron@ mower.com.

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Westchester County sets tourism record; Playland attendance up

BY PETER KATZ pkatz@westfairinc.com

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pending by visitors to Westchester grew 5% in 2018 to $1.97 billion, helping push its travel and tourism industry to a record level of economic activity, according to data from the state Department of Economic Development obtained through the county Department of Tourism and Film.

Natasha Caputo, director of the tourism and film office, characterized the county as reaching new heights and demonstrating that “the collective efforts between our tourism partners are paying off.�

In 2017, the spending had been about $1.87 bil-

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lion, which was an increase of 3% over the 2016 result of $1.82 billion.

Westchester ranks third in visitor spending in New York state, with New York City in first place and Long Island coming in second.

Since 2009, the industry has been responsible for $17.1 billion of spending in Westchester.

About 45% of all visitor spending in the Hudson Valley region took place in Westchester, according to the statistics. The spending supported 24,360 jobs directly and indirectly in 2018. Those positions were 5% of jobs in all categories in the county and represent 39% of all visitor-supported jobs in the Hudson Valley region.

Spending on lodging

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rose 8% to $456.2 million in 2018. There was a 5% increase in the category of food and beverage, which was at $570.9 million.

Retail and service stations came in at $354.8 million, also up 5%. Spending on recreation was $185.5 mil-

lion, transportation was $364.1 million and spending on second homes was at $36.9 million, 4% increases for each of those categories.

According to figures originating with Smith Travel Research and report-

ed by the government agencies, hotel occupancy was up with 1.8 million room-nights used during 2018.

Local and state taxes generated in the travel and tourism industry as a result of visitor spending came to $233 million in 2018. This

included sales, property and hotel occupancy taxes. Local taxes rose 1% over what was collected in 2017 to $125.7 million. Sales taxes were $107.3 million, up 4% as compared with 2017. Since 2014, the industry has paid a total of $600.2 million into local tax coffers.

Playland showed attendance growth of about 10.4% during the latest season. The 2019 attendance was 508,413, compared with 460,160 in 2018. The county operated the amusement park this year after canceling a contract with Standard Amusements to take over its management. Standard Amusements charges in a court case that the cancellation was improper and the contract is valid.

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Good Things J. PHILIP REAL ESTATE JOINS LEVERAGE GLOBAL PARTNERS

SENATOR ANNOUNCES $200,000 IN FUNDING FOR PACE UNIVERSITY

Independent real estate brokerage J. Philip Real Estate has been selected by Leverage Global Partners as its exclusive member in Westchester County.

Leverage Global Partners, a network of luxury real estate brokerages around the world, provides a variety of services from training and marketing to networking and referral placement that enhances what its members offer to their clients.

Through Leverage’s “Just Ask” referral program, the company will have access to almost 6,000 agents in more than 130 markets, ensuring their associates network with like-minded professionals around the world.

Leverage Global Partners has members in Los Angeles, New York, London, Miami, Chicago, Toronto, Tokyo and Puerto Vallarta.

Founded in 2013, Leverage Global Partners is based in Santa Monica, California.

CENTER FOR DESIGN THINKING OPENS AT MANHATTANVILLE The Center for Design Thinking at Manhattanville College in Purchase has opened.

Manhattanville President Michael Geisler, in addressing the audience at the opening ceremonies, spoke about the importance of preparing today’s students for the workplace of tomorrow.

“Design Thinking is the key to merging the traditional strengths of a liberal arts curriculum with the practical requirements of training a human workforce for tomorrow’s market,” he said. “The workforce of tomorrow needs to be flexible and capable of adapting to changing work environments quickly, a human workforce that can compete successfully against artificial intelligence and machine learning-based programs that threaten to eliminate 40% of existing jobs.”

New York state Sen. Peter Harckham of the 40th Senate District announced that he has secured $200,000 in funding for Pace University to help build a Student Veterans Center within the Kessel Student

Center on the Pleasantville campus.

Pace University has an Office of Veterans Services dedicated to helping students with their veteran and educational benefits. The center will serve as a one-stop

resource center for student veterans and their dependents that will offer a central location on campus to connect, socialize and utilize resources provided by Pace University.

MEMBERS OF WMCHEALTH WORKFORCE TO COMPETE IN NYC MARATHON

WESTCHESTER ELDER LAW ATTORNEYS NAMED 2019 SUPER LAWYERS Anthony J. Enea and Sara E. Meyers of White Plains and Somers have been selected by their peers for inclusion in “New York Metro Super Lawyers 2019” in the field of elder law.

This marks the 13th consecutive year Enea has been included in the list and the seventh time he has received recognition as a Top 25 attorney in Westchester County.

This marks the seventh consecutive year Meyers has been recognized in the New York Metro Super Lawyers list. She is an authority on Medicaid and special-needs planning, concentrating her practice on elder law.

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Members of Team WMCHealth from the Valhalla campus. From left: Brittany Foote, Kristin Jedziniak, Christopher Castro-Gonzalez, Elizabeth Tilley, Luis Tatem, Michael Kim, Angela Flesland and Brian Geiger.

A group of 11 Westchester Medical Center Health Network (WMCHealth) workforce members will compete in the TCS New York City Marathon Nov. 3. Six are running a marathon for the first time.

Team WMCHealth for 2019 includes

Christopher Castro-Gonzalez, prep specialist; Fabio Danisi, M.D.; Angela Flesland, RN; Brittany Foote, RN; Brian Geiger; Lisa Hirsch, M.D.; Kristin Jedziniak, RN; Michael Kim, M.D.; Luis Tatem, M.D.; Elizabeth Tilley, Ph.D.; and Yurij Tsuvanyk, surgical technician.

Donations collected for each runner’s efforts will support essential programs and services in the local and regional hospitals the runners represent. Tax deductible contributions can be made by visiting wmchealth. org/marathon.

65+ RESTAURANTS IN REGION TO RAISE MONEY FOR MEDICALLY COMPLEX KIDS

Blythedale Children’s Hospital is hosting the second annual Dine Out For Blythedale Children’s Hospital fundraiser on Tuesday, Oct. 22.

More than 65 participating restaurants from Westchester, Dutchess, Rockland, Orange and Ulster counties, New York City, as well as parts of Connecticut, will participate by donating a portion of their day’s proceeds to support the care and treatment of Blythedale’s medically complex children in the “Tiny Miracles Program,” which serves the hospital’s smallest and most fragile babies.

“More than 60% of our patients are under the age of 3 and many come to us from the neonatal intensive care units from the New York metropolitan region,” said Larry Levine, president and CEO of Blythedale Children’s Hospital. “The proceeds from ‘Dine Out’ will help this important inpatient program continue to grow and flourish.”

WESTCHESTER GOES GLOBAL: SEMINAR ON INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS Small businesses looking to grow their international sales are invited to attend “Westchester Goes Global,” a small-business exporter seminar to be held Thursday, Oct. 17 from 8 to 11:30 a.m. at the Little Theater at the Westchester County Center in White Plains.

The free program is being presented by Westchester County Executive George Latimer, the Westchester County Office of Economic Development, U.S. Commercial Service, Small Business Administration and the Export-Import Bank. Among the topics to be discussed include how to find foreign buyers, protecting against the risk of nonpayment, how to extend credit terms to foreign buyers and how to access vital working capital.

The government resources panel will include Joan Kanlian, U.S. Commercial Service, U.S Department of Commerce; Eduard Ekel, Office of International Trade, U.S. Small Business Administration; and Richard Foy, regional director, Export-Import Bank of the United States. Other speakers will include Marc Chandler of Bannockburn Global Forex LLC; Andrea Ratay of TD Bank; and Tom Valentine of Mainfreight Logistics.

To register visit http://bit.ly/2kAz5zl.

For more information, call 914-995-2936.

NEW EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR AT NONPROFIT WESTCHESTER Jan Fisher has been appointed executive director by Nonprofit Westchester’s board of directors. She had served as interim director since July 2019.

Fisher previously served as director of public affairs at Westchester Jewish Community Services, one of the county’s largest nonprofit organizations. In that capacity, she raised millions of dollars to support the agency’s services.

Fisher recently ran her own consultancy, Jan Fisher LLC, Nonprofit Advisors, where she deepened her understanding of the nonprofit landscape.

Nonprofit Westchester (NPW) is Westchester’s only membership organization dedicated solely to advancing the needs and interests of the county’s nonprofit sector. Representing 165 nonprofit organizations, NPW provides professional development, community education, agency consultation, networking and advocacy.

WDOM CELEBRATES 35 YEARS AT STRIVE FOR 35 COMEDY Westchester Disabled on the Move (WDOM) will be celebrating 35 years of serving people with disabilities at their Strive For 35: Comedy For a Cause Celebration featuring comedians Bobby Collins and Joey Vega on Thursday, Oct. 17 from 7 to 10 p.m. at Mulinos at Lake Isle at 660 White Plains Road in Eastchester.

This year’s honorees are Lucille and Gerard Acer who will receive the Spirit of Independence Award. New York state Sen. Shelley Mayer will receive the Public Servant/Advocate of the Year honor and the town of Rye will receive the Corporate Citizen Award.

General tickets are $95. Gift bag tickets are $135 and VIP tickets, which include a VIP Red Carpet Celebration meet and greet with the comedians and private cocktail party, are $200. Tickets as well as sponsorships can be purchased online at http://bit.ly/strive35auction.

For more information about the event or the sponsorship opportunities that are available, contact Events To Remember at 914-218-3968 or email EventsCJH@ EventsRemember.com.

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INTERNATIONAL NEUBERGER AWARD BESTOWED

From left: Jim Neuberger, Helen Stambler Neuberger, artist Yto Barrada and Tracy Fitzpatrick. Photo by Lynda Shenkman.

Yto Barrada was awarded the international Roy R. Neuberger Prize 2019 at an award presentation and reception on Sept. 21.

More than 100 people attended the opening of “Yto Barrada: The Dye Gar-

den” exhibition and the award ceremony at the museum when curator Helaine Posner and museum director Tracy Fitzpatrick presented Barrada with her award. Also in attendance were the consul general of

Morocco, the communications director of the American Academy of Rome where The Dye Garden first opened, and Engels the artist, whose 10-year survey opened at the museum Oct. 9.

DIRECTOR OF NEUROENDOVASCULAR SURGERY JOINS PHELPS HOSPITAL Dr. Yafell Serulle, a board-certified internventional neuroradiologist, has joined Phelps Hospital as the director of neuroendovascular surgery. He is also on the faculty of neuroendovascular surgery at Lenox Hill Hospital in Manhattan.

A subspecialty of neurosurgery, neuroendovascular surgery takes place inside a person’s blood vessels. It is minimally invasive and relies on high-end imaging technology to help a physician guide surgical instruments. Its purpose is to treat problems that occur inside blood vessels in the brain so as to prevent conditions such as headaches, seizures or stroke.

Serulle holds a Ph.D. in neuroscience from New York University School of Medicine (NYU) and an M.D. from Universidad Nacional Pedro Henriquez Urena in his native Dominican Republic. He completed several years of postgraduate training in neuroradiology, diagnostic radiology and internal medicine at the University of Maryland Medical Center in Baltimore and at NYU. Before joining Phelps/Northwell, Serulle was the stroke medical director at Aventura Hospital and Medical Center in Aventura, Florida. Prior to that, he was a neurointerventional surgeon at two regional medical centers in Florida — Westside Regional Medical Center in Plantation and Kendall Regional Medical Center in Miami.

VETERAN EDUCATOR NAMED EDUCATIONAL DIRECTOR AT MONTESSORI SCHOOL Sarah Marinelli has been named educational director at Our Montessori School, which maintains locations in Westchester and Putnam counties.

The announcement was made by Betty Hengst, who held the position previously and co-founded the 47-yearold private school with her late husband Werner Hengst. She will remain active as owner and educational consultant.

For the past six years, Marinelli has been a site director at Montessori preschool The Alcott School, on its Dobbs Ferry campus.

In her new position, Marinelli, a resident of Purdys, will be responsible for supervision and training of faculty, will handle general administrative duties, be the school’s liaison with county and state education officials and will spend part of her time teaching in the classroom.

Marinelli holds a Montessori pre-primary credential, for 3- to 6-year-olds, from the American Montessori Society and earned her master’s degree in music from the Peabody Institute of Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore.

MUSIC AT THE MANSION RETURNS

Dr. Yafell Serulle

The Friends of Crawford Park resumes its Music at the Mansion benefit concert series (on hiatus for a year during renovation) to raise funds for the park.

On Saturday, Oct. 26, at 8 p.m., Irish singer-songwriter Gerry O’Beirne and duo Anna Bosnick and David Sidman star in “An Evening of Irish Music” at 122 N. Ridge St. in Rye Brook O’Beirne of Dingle, County Kerry, Ireland, is a renowned singer, songwriter, record producer and guitarist.

Bosnick was first taught to fiddle by her mother, Kristin Smith, a violin teacher and concert master of two local orchestras in her hometown of Port Townsend, Washington.

Sidman has been guitar picking melodies on Irish, Old-Time and Bluegrass tunes for more than 40 years, performing at festivals and a variety of venues.

Music at the Mansion is presented by Friends of Crawford Park, a 36-acre preserve in Rye Brook. The grounds and mansion were donated by the Crawford family to the town of Rye in 1971.

Tickets are $24 in advance and $28 at the door. Doors open at 7 p.m. Refreshments are available at the show.

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Good Things SLEEPY HOLLOW TECH SCHOOL STUDENT WINS SCHOLARSHIP

IONA COLLEGE HONORS ‘50 YEARS OF WOMEN AT IONA’

Joseph Chin, a 42-year-old from Sleepy Hollow and automotive tech school student at Lincoln Technical Institute in Mahwah, New Jersey, is one of the first 20 students to win a $2,500 scholarship from Icahn Automotive Group LLC for the 20192020 school year. An Icahn Enterprises LP company, which owns and operates leading auto repair and maintenance providers Pep Boys, AAMCO and Precision Tune Auto Care, Icahn Automotive established the scholarship program for students enrolled in accredited post-secondary automotive technology school through its “Race to 2026” initiative.

These scholarships were awarded to young men and women throughout the country based on academics, character and commitment to the automotive service industry. The application process included submission of an essay or video testimonial describing why the applicant would like to be a future top technician and multiple letters of recommendation.

Automotive service is one of several skilled trades facing a shortage of incoming professionals needed to address business growth and worker retirement. The automotive repair industry will need nearly 46,000 more technicians by 2026 to meet anticipated demand, and in any given year there are as many as 75,000 job openings, due in large part to the retirement of the last generation of technicians.

VASCULAR SURGEON JOINS TEAM AT VASSAR BROTHERS MEDICAL CENTER Dr. Mohamed Elsagga has joined the Health Quest Medical Practice Division of Vascular Surgery, now part of Nuvance Health. He treats patients at 21 Reade Place, Suite 200 in Poughkeepsie, and has privileges at Vassar Brothers Medical Center.

Elsagga comes to the Hudson Valley from Panama City, Florida. Most recently, he served as a general surgeon at W.W. Hastings Hospital in Talequah, Oklahoma. In this role, he provided surgical care to Native Americans of the Cherokee tribe.

After earning his medical degree from the Kansas City University of Medicine and Biosciences in Missouri, Elsagga served as a vascular surgery fellow at Deborah Heart and Lung Center in Brown Mills, New Jersey.

His general surgery residency and internship was completed at Rowan University School of Osteopathic Medicine in Stratford, New Jersey.

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​ hite Plains Hospital invites women enW tering their late 30s, 40s, 50s or 60s to join expert women’s health professionals in an open dialogue titled “What the Heck Is Happening to My Body?!” on Thursday, Oct. 24 from 9 to 11 a.m. at the Sunningdale Country Club in Scarsdale.

Featuring some of the top women’s health experts in Westchester County, this candid conversation is a chance for women in the community to ask questions about their health while maintaining privacy.

If desired, attendees can ask their queries anonymously in advance when they register online. Topics will be driven by the concerns of those attending, but will likely include health risk factors, expected and unexpected physical changes, aging norms, perimenopausal and menopausal impacts, sexual health, thyroid health (metabolism and fatigue) and myth-busting, to name a few.

The expert panelists include noted White Plains Hospital physicians.

Tickets to this event are $65 per person. All proceeds will benefit White Plains Hospital. Breakfast will be served.

For more information and to register, visit wphospital.org/whattheheck.

From left: Rita C. Mabli, Anne J. Benefico-Phillippo and Iona College President Seamus Carey.

Fifty years ago this fall, Iona College began welcoming female students into the fulltime student body. The historic moment in 1969 triggered a sweeping change at the traditionally male institution. To commemorate “50 years of Women at Iona,” the

college has embarked on a yearlong celebration, beginning this past September and culminating in May 2020.

The celebration includes lectures, exhibitions and special events hosted by the LaPenta School of Business, the School of

Arts & Science and various campus organizations. Programs will highlight women and their contributions to the college and the larger society.

For more and a calendar of events, visit alumni@iona.edu.

NEW PR ACCOUNT DIRECTOR AT BUZZ CREATORS Jessica Apicella has been welcomed at Valhalla-based Buzz Creators Inc. as an account director on its growing team.

In her role Apicella is responsible for managing the development and implementation of strategic PR and marketing programs for clients, including Heineken USA, CareMount Medical, Castle Hotel & Spa, Sticky’s The Chicken Finger Joint, Ridge Hill and World’s Best Cheese.

She will also help co-manage new business development and, along with her team, oversee the firm’s day-to-day client activities, which include planning strategic PR and marketing campaigns, product launches, media and influencer relations, grand openings and special events, speaking engagements, advertising, social media programs and award submissions.

Prior to joining Buzz Creators, Apicella was the director of marketing, media and special events at Thompson & Bender.

Jessica Apicella

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PEEKSKILL POLICE ACHIEVE RE-ACCREDITATION The city of Peekskill Police Department has been awarded re-accreditation by the New York State Division of Criminal Justice Services’ Law Enforcement Accreditation Program.

This recognition confirms that the department continues to demonstrate a high level of excellence and professionalism in the field of law enforcement by meeting the standards established by the New York State Law Enforcement Agency Accreditation Council.

The state accreditation program is a progressive and contemporary way of helping police agencies evaluate and improve their overall performance. It provides formal recognition that an organization meets or exceeds general expectations of quality in the field.

The Accreditation Program aims to increase the effectiveness and efficiency of law enforcement agencies utilizing existing personnel, equipment and facilities.

The program strives to ensure the appropriate training of law enforcement personnel while promoting public confidence in law enforcement agencies and increased interagency cooperation.

Facts & Figures BANKRUPTCIES Manhattan Franklin NYC LLC New York.

Chapter 11, Voluntary. Attorney: Arnold Mitchell Greene. Filed Oct. 2.

Case number: 19-13136-mew.

Moke Peace 2 Corp. Brooklyn.

Chapter 11, Voluntary. Attorney: Moke Peace 2 Corp. Filed Oct. 7.

Case number: 19-13190-mg.

White Plains Agera Solutions LLC Briarcliff Manor. Chapter 11, Voluntary. Attorney: Darren T. Azman. Filed Oct. 4.

Case number: 19-23807-rdd.

Bobco Productions LLC White Plains. Chapter 11, Voluntary. Attorney: Jonathan S. Henes. Filed Oct. 3.

Case number: 19-23775-rdd.

DX Holdings LLC New York. Chapter 11, Voluntary. Attorney: Jonathan S. Henes. Filed Oct. 3. Case number: 19-23791-rdd.

COURT CASES Abercrombie & Fitch Co. filed by James Smith. Action: Seeking $5 million for Telephone Consumer Portection Act of 1991. Attorney: Philip Lawrence Fraietta. Filed Oct. 1. Case number: 1:19-cv-09114-LAK-SN. ABIOMED Inc. filed by Joseph Barry. Action: Securities Exchange Act. Attorney: Thomas Livezey Laughlin IV. Filed Oct. 7. Case number: 1:19-cv09258-UA. Atlantic Theater Co. filed by James Murphy. Action: Federal question. Attorney: Zare Khorozian.

Filed Oct. 4. Case number: 1:19-cv09205-AT. Bank of America Corp. filed by Dave Shostack. Action: Federal question. Attorney: Dave Shostack.

Filed Oct. 3. Case number: 1:19-cv09162-RA. Items appearing in the Fairfield County Business Journal’s On The Record section are compiled from various sources, including public records made available to the media by federal, state and municipal agencies and the court system. While every effort is made to ensure the accuracy of this information, no liability is assumed for errors or omissions. In the case of legal action, the records cited are open to public scrutiny and should be inspected before any action is taken.

Questions and comments regarding this section should be directed to: Larry Miles c/o Westfair Communications Inc. 701 Westchester Ave, Suite 100 J White Plains, N.Y. 10604-3407 Phone: 694-3600 • Fax: 694-3699

Boxy Charm Inc. filed by Lynette Tatum-Rios. Action: Federal question — other civil rights. Attorney: Douglas Brian Lipsky. Filed Oct. 2.

Case number: 1:19-cv-09150-KPF. Capital Edge Funding LLC filed

by Joergen Geerds. Action: Copyright infringement. Attorney: Richard Liebowitz. Filed Oct. 2. Case number: 1:19-cv-09122-KPF. Charter Communications LLC filed by Carl Glassman. Action: Copyright infringement. Attorney: Richard Liebowitz. Filed Oct. 7. Case number: 1:19-cv-09286-NRB. Experian Information Solutions Inc. filed by Shmuel Lunger.

Action: Fair Credit Reporting Act. Attorney: Edward Y. Kroub. Filed Oct. 4. Case number: 1:19-cv-09210LGS. Island Motor Inn Inc. filed by Stacey Mercer. Action: The Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990. Attorney: Hector V. Ramirez. Filed Oct. 4. Case number: 1:19-cv-09204-JMF. Macy’s Inc. filed by Jevaun George. Action: Diversity — notice of removal. Attorney: Robyn Jacqueline Leader. Filed Oct. 3. Case number: 1:19-cv-09166-VSB.

ON THE RECORD

Staud Inc. filed by Carlos Vila. Action: Copyright infringement. Attorney: Richard Liebowitz. Filed Oct. 1.

Case number: 1:19-cv-09119-JSR. Universal Music Group Inc. filed

by Arthur Usherson. Action: Copyright infringement. Attorney: Richard Liebowitz. Filed Oct. 2. Case number: 1:19-cv-09123-GBD. Univision Communications Inc. filed by Annie Leibovitz. Action: Copyright infringement. Attorney: Michael Douglas Steger. Filed Oct. 1. Case number: 1:19-cv-09093-PAE. Uport LLC filed by Saddiyah Ali. Action: Federal question. Attorney: Hazel Caldwell. Filed Oct. 1. Case number: 1:19-cv-09092-PAE. Wegmans Food Markets Inc. filed by Quincy Steele. Action: Seeking $5 million for diversity-fraud.

Attorney: Spencer Sheenhan. Filed Oct. 4. Case number: 1:19-cv-09227LLS.

DEEDS Above $1 million

Meredith Corp. filed by Jose Alvarado. Action: Copyright infringement. Attorney: Richard Liebowitz.

Filed Oct. 7. Case number: 1:19-cv09288-ER.

280 Fullerton Ave Storage LLC, Culver City, California. Seller: Yonkers 300 LLC, et al, Brooklyn. Property: 300 Fullerton Ave., Yonkers.

Amount: $39.7 million. Filed Sept.

30.

Nadine West Inc. filed by Lynette Tatum-Rios. Action: Federal question – other civil rights. Attorney: Douglas Brian Lipsky. Filed Oct. 7.

Case number: 1:19-cv-09283-VEC.

Family Christian Center Inc., New Rochelle. Seller: 594-604 Main Street LLC, Brewster. Property: 594-604 Main St., New Rochelle.

Amount: $2.8 million. Filed Oct. 3.

Nobull LLC filed by Mary Conner. Action: Federal question. Attorney: Dan Shaked. Filed Oct. 1.

Case number: 1:19-cv-09104-RA.

Mclean Avenue LLC, Yonkers.

Seller: McLean Ave Holding Corp., Floral Park. Property: 665/667 MLean Ave., Yonkers. Amount: $1 million. Filed Sept. 30.

New York Golf Center Inc. filed

by Desmond Delgadillo. Action: The Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990. Attorney: Javier Luis Merino.

Filed Oct. 3. Case number: 1:19-cv09161-DAB.

SGFH Realty Inc., New Rochelle.

Seller: Louis G. Mancuso, West Harrison. Property: 192-194 Park Ave., Harrison. Amount: $1.2 million.

Filed Oct. 3.

NRC Group Holdings Corp. filed

by Devyani Mehta. Action: Securities Exchange Act. Attorney: Juan Eneas Monteverde. Filed Oct. 1. Case number: 1:19-cv-09091-PGG. Sonoma Restaurant Group Inc. filed by James Murphy. Action: Federal question. Attorney: Zare Khorozian. Filed Oct. 4. Case number: 1:19-cv-09216-LGS. Starbucks Corp. filed by Parrish Paschall. Action: Job discrimination (race). Attorney: Walker Green Harman Jr. Filed Oct. 1. Case number: 1:19-cv-09102-DAB.

Warburton Holdings I LLC, Bronx. Seller: Gerald DePaul, Yonkers. Property: 108 Warburton Ave., Yonkers. Amount: $3.2 million.

Filed Oct. 4.

Warburton Holdings I LLC, Bronx. Seller: Warburton Realty Management Corp., White Plains.

Property: 104 Warburton Ave., Yonkers. Amount: $2.1 million. Filed Oct. 4.

Below $1 million 131-133 Wells Street LLC, Croton-on-Hudson. Seller: Eric S. Moss, Pound Ridge. Property: 131-133 Wells St., Peekskill. Amount: $525,000.

Filed Oct. 4.

161 West Kingsbridge Road LLC, Mount Vernon. Seller: Fannie Mae. Property: 184 Columbus Avenue North, Mount Vernon. Amount: $382,130. Filed Oct. 2.

Panthers Partners LLC, Brewster. Seller: The estate of Helen M. Morris, Somers. Property: 484B Heritage Hills, Somers. Amount: $460,000. Filed Sept. 30.

41A Marion LLC, Bronx. Seller: Richard E. Grayson, White Plains.

Property: 41 Marion Ave., Mount Vernon. Amount: $271,000. Filed Oct. 3.

Rippowam Cisqua School, Bedford. Seller: Sherman B. Durfee Jr., et al, Katonah. Property: 33 Clinton Road, Bedford. Amount: $950,000.

Filed Oct. 1.

45 Clinton Realty LLC, Maspeth.

Seller: Gaspar J. Cruz, Ossining.

Property: 45 Clinton St., Mount Pleasant. Amount: $750,000. Filed Oct. 2.

Seymour 3231 LLC, Astoria. Seller: Jose Luis Lopez, New Rochelle.

Property: 57 Crescent Ave., New Rochelle. Amount: $275,000. Filed Sept. 30.

47 Lincoln Terrace LLC, Dobbs Ferry. Seller: Archana Dan, et al, Yonkers. Property: 47 Lincoln Terrace, Yonkers. Amount: $250,000.

Filed Oct. 2.

U.S. Bank N.A. Seller: Anthony Mangone, et al, Purchase. Property: 34 Pinehurst Drive, Harrison.

Amount: $975,000. Filed Oct. 2.

636 Express LLC, White Plains.

Seller: Joan Anne Kadison, White Plains. Property: 145 Saxon Woods Road, White Plains. Amount: $650,000. Filed Oct. 2.

80 Lyncroft LLC, New Rochelle.

Seller: Vancourt Inc., New Rochelle.

Property: 80 Lyncroft Road, New Rochelle. Amount: $975,000. Filed Oct. 3.

88 Henry Association LLC, Harrison. Seller: Donald R. Santoro, et al, Harrison. Property: 88 Henry Ave., Harrison. Amount: $525,000.

Filed Oct. 2.

BC Park LLC, Mount Vernon. Seller: Hayley R. Greenberg, Baldwin.

Property: 140 Park Ave., Mount Vernon. Amount: $455,000. Filed Oct. 4.

Deutsche Bank Trust Company Americas. Seller: Sarah Morrison, et al, Martinsville, Virginia. Property: 23 Clinton Ave., New Rochelle.

Amount: $480,000. Filed Sept. 30.

GA NY Realty Corp., Hartsdale.

Seller: Mohammed Darkye, Jersey City, New Jersey. Property: 8 Cliff St., Yonkers. Amount: $900,000. Filed Sept. 30.

Great American Management Corp., New Rochelle. Seller: Elaine Barsamian, et al, New Rochelle.

Property: 203 Clinton Ave. New Rochelle. Amount: $224,000. Filed Oct. 2.

Kilkee Realty LLC, Yonkers. Seller: Michael Butler, et al, Yonkers.

Property: 719 Kimball Ave., Yonkers.

Amount: $480,000. Filed Oct. 4.

Lockwood Partners Development LLC, Yorktown Heights.

Seller: Cortland Land Corp., et al, Peekskill. Property: 956 Lockwood Drive, Peekskill. Amount: $400,000. Filed Oct. 4.

U.S. Bank N.A. Seller: Nicholas P. Barone, White Plains. Property: 221 Chatterton Parkway, White Plains.

Amount: $731,315. Filed Oct. 3.

U.S. Bank N.A. Seller: Russell M. Smith, Rye. Property: 662 Grant Road, North Salem. Amount: $657,000. Filed Oct. 4.

U.S. Bank Trust N.A. Seller: Barry Fertel, New Rochelle. Property: 74 Rockland Ave., Yonkers. Amount: $775,000. Filed Oct. 1.

West Shore Enterprises LLC, Putnam Valley. Seller: Jesse Stackhouse, et al, Cortlandt Manor.

Property: 6 Wilcox Lane, Cortlandt.

Amount: $150,000. Filed Oct. 1.

FORECLOSURES ARMONK, 4 Raven Court. Single-family residence; lot size: .33 acres. Plaintiff: Wells Fargo Bank NA. Plaintiff’s attorney: Shapiro DiCaro & Barak, 175 Mile Crossing Blvd., Rochester. Defendant: Suzanne Paterson. Referee: Bijal Jani. Sale: Oct. 24, 1 p.m. Approximate lien: $1,692,579.

CORTLANDT MANOR, 194 Frederick St. Single-family residence; lot size: N/A. Plaintiff: Nationstar Mortgage LLC. Plaintiff’s attorney: RAS Boriskin LLC, 900 Merchants Concourse, Westbury. Defendant: Debra Sorano. Referee: Jo-Ann Cambareri. Sale: Oct. 15, 9 a.m. Approximate lien: $513,134.

CROTON-ON-HUDSON, 18 Ridge Road. Single-family residence; lot size: 50x80. Plaintiff: Nationstar Mortgage LLC. Plaintiff’s attorney: Pincus Law Group, 425 RXR Plaza, Uniondale. Defendant: Lenore Palmer. Referee: Michele Bermel.

Sale Oct. 16, 10 a.m. Approximate lien: $363,825.

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MOUNT VERNON, 402 Homestead Ave. Single-family residence; lot size: .11 acres. Plaintiff: CIT Bank NA. Plaintiff’s attorney: Bronster LLP, 156 W. 56 St., New York City. Defendant: Daisy Reynolds. Referee: Christopher Meagher. Sale: Oct. 16, 9 a.m. Approximate lien: $465,112.

PEEKSKILL, 1852 Carhart Ave. Single-family residence; lot size: N/A. Plaintiff: Carrington Mortgage Services. Plaintiff’s attorney: Jeffrey A. Kosterich LLC, 68 Main St., Tuckahoe. Defendant: Luis Meza. Referee: Andrew Brofmann. Sale: Oct. 16, 10 a.m. Approximate lien: $842,969.

PORT CHESTER, 52 Grove St. Apartment; lot size: N/A. Plaintiff: HSBC Bank USA NA. Plaintiff’s attorney: RAS Boriskin LLC, 900 Merchants Concourse, Westbury.

Defendant: Engrid Walden. Refreee: Gerald Geist. Sale: Oct. 15, 10 a.m.

Approximate lien: N/A. YONKERS, 53 Croton Terrace. Single-family residence; lot size: .04 acres. Plaintiff: Citimortgage Inc. Plaintiff’s attorney: Knuckles, Komosinki & Elliot, 565 Taxter Road, Suite 509, Elmsford. Defendant: John Castaneda. Referee: Maria Frank. Sale: Oct. 24, 8:45 a.m. Approximate lien: $395,882.

WHITE PLAINS, 40 Fairview Ave. Two-family residence; lot size: .12 acres. Plaintiff: Deutsche Bank National Trust Co. Plaintiff’s attorney: Fein Such & Crane LLP, 1400 Old Country Road, Westbury. Defendant: Lucio Spista. Referee: Louis Spizzirro. Sale: Oct. 24, 10 a.m. Approximate lien: $1,394,565.

YONKERS, 19 Jody Lane. Single-family. Residence; lot size: .12 acres. Plaintiff: US Bank NA. Plaintiff’s attorney: RAS Boriskin LLC, 900 Merchants Concourse, Westbury. Defendant: Rosalie Shumunnejad. Referee: Lorraine Corsa. Sale: Oct. 16, 11 a.m. Approximate lien: N/A. YONKERS, 233 Woodworth Ave. Apartment; lot size: N/A. Plaintiff: Wells Fargo Bank NA. Plaintiff’s attorney: Shapiro DiCaro & Barak, 175 Mile Crossing Blvd., Rochester.

Defendant: Alicia Carpenter. Referee: Lisa Bluestein. Sal: Oct.15, 10 a.m.

Approximate lien: $263,216.

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

Andreaccio, Matthew G., et al.

Filed by Bank of America N.A. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $415,150 affecting property located at 238 Hutchinson Blvd., Mount Vernon 10552. Filed March 6.

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Facts & Figures Baidoo, Andrew, et al. Filed

by U.S. Bank N.A. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $394,250 affecting property located at 31 Rogers St., Tuckahoe 10707.

Filed March 13.

Bhansali, Surendra, et al. Filed

by Federal National Mortgage Association. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $399,000 affecting property located at 24 Pheasant Run, Scarsdale 10583.

Filed March 8.

Briscoe, Patrick, et al. Filed by Deutsche Bank National Trust Co. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $376,000 affecting property located at 641 S. Fifth Ave., Mount Vernon 10550. Filed March 5.

Brown-Taylor, Nichelle, et al.

Filed by Flagstar Bank FSB. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $613,580 affecting property located at 17 Taylor Road, Elmsford 10523. Filed March 13.

Clott, Jonathan, 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 9 The Logging Road, Waccabuc 10597.

Filed March 12.

Coke, Clifford, et al. Filed by Reverse Mortgage Solutions Inc. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $412,500 affecting property located at 16 Acker Ave., Ossining 10562. Filed March 11.

Kaplan, Patricia, et al. Filed by Deutsche Bank National Trust Co. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $1.1 million affecting property located at 55 Cowdin Circle, Chappaqua 10514. Filed March 8.

Kupferstein, Abraham, et al.

Filed by Deutsche Bank National Trust Co. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $540,000 affecting property located at 85 Surrey Drive, New Rochelle 10804.

Filed March 5.

Loucks, Glenn, et al. Filed by U.S. Bank N.A. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $471,250 affecting property located at 182 Church St., White Plains 10601. Filed March 13.

Maitland, Anne L., et al. Filed by Bank of America N.A. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $250,000 affecting property located at 209 Beechmont Drive, New Rochelle 10804. Filed March 8.

Mason, Darla R., et al. Filed by Carrington Mortgage Services LLC. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure an unspecified amount affecting property located at 648 Kissam Road, Peekskill 10566. Filed March 8.

Mayer, Debra, et al. Filed by Bank of America N.A. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $1.7 million affecting property located at 71 Malverne Road, Scarsdale 10583. Filed March 12.

Felix, Carmen, et al. Filed by Wall Street Mortgage Bankers Ltd. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $344,000 affecting property located at 16 Forster Ave., Mount Vernon 10552. Filed March 11.

Murrell, Cameron E., et al. Filed

by Wells Fargo Bank N.A. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $100,000 affecting property located at 189 Granada Crescent, Greenburgh 10603. Filed March 6.

Healy, Donald J., et al. Filed by Bank of America N.A. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $597,000 affecting property located at 319 N. Salem Road, North Salem 10560. Filed March 12.

Numme, Portia A., et al. Filed by Nationstar Mortgage LLC. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $421,123 affecting property located at 13 Loch Lane, Rye Brook 10573. Filed March 7.

Hearn, William Glyn II, et al.

Filed by Deutsche Bank National Trust Co. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $390,000 affecting property located at 173 Maple St., Croton-on-Hudson 10520.

Filed March 7.

Palmasano, Kenneth, 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 669 Viewland Drive, Yorktown Heights 10598. Filed March 8.

Heimann, Diana E., et al. Filed by U.S. Bank N.A. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $1.3 million affecting property located at 28 Wrightsmill Road, Armonk 10504. Filed March 11.

Perry, Mutima, et al. Filed by U.S. Bank N.A. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $267,953 affecting property located at 353 Mundy Lane, Mount Vernon 10550.

Filed March 11.

Henry, Hector, et al. Filed by Bayview Loan Servicing LLC. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $250,800 affecting property located at 31 McFadden Circle, Yonkers 10701. Filed March 7.

Simoes, Isabel, et al. Filed by U.S. Bank N.A. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $131,250 affecting property located at 61 Morningside Ave., Yonkers 10703.

Filed March 8.

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Skluth, Mark K., et al. Filed by JPMorgan Chase Bank N.A. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $270,000 affecting property located at 10 Manor Drive, Goldens Bridge 10526. Filed March 11.

Stewart, Horace G., et al. Filed

by Wells Fargo Bank N.A. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $344,000 affecting property located at 430 E. Fourth St., Mount Vernon 10553. Filed March 8.

Westchester County public administrator as administrator for the estate of Desmond J. Casey, et al. Filed by Ditech Financial LLC. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $260,000 affecting property located at 182 Ashford Ave., Dobbs Ferry 10522. Filed March 8.

Mechanic’s Liens Bryson, Joseph, as owner. $179,855 as claimed by 1-844-EZ2-Dump LLC, Philadelphia. Property: in Lewisboro. Filed Oct. 4.

Rod, Helene S., et al, as owner. $149,393 as claimed by Noonan Construction Corp., Yonkers. Property: in Rye. Filed Oct. 4.

Sheldrake Station Development LLC, as owner. $304,235 as claimed

by Total Interiors LLC. Property: in Mamaroneck. Filed Oct. 4.

Shi-III Briarcliff Reit LLC, as owner. $391,242 as claimed by Elmsford Sheet Metal Works Inc., Cortlandt Manor. Property: in Ossining.

Filed Oct. 1.

David H. Cheng, M.D., 1 City Place, No. 1607, White Plains 10601, c/o David H. Cheng. Filed July 30.

Deanna Byrd Consulting Services, P.O. Box 1256, Yonkers 10702, c/o Deanne Byrd. Filed July 30.

Deborah Cohen Physical Therapy, 15 Garlen Road, Katonah 10536, c/o Deborah Cohen. Filed July 30.

E G S Cleaning, 86 Gramatan Ave., Mount Vernon 10550, c/o Elaine das Gracas Silva Soares. Filed July 31.

EZ Flooring, 54 Church St., Apt. C-1, New Rochelle 10805, c/o Walter Lopez Perez. Filed July 30.

J Home Improvement, 12G Franklin Court, Tarrytown 10591, c/o Carolin Almonte. Filed July 31.

Leaf Architecture, 173 Somerstown Road, Ossining 10562, c/o Mark A. Warren. Filed July 31.

Local to Global, 5 George St., White Plains 10604, c/o Philip R. Quiroz. Filed July 30.

My Theraplace, 316 Washington Ave., Pleasantville 10570, c/o Syndy Margot. Filed July 31.

Nailtopia Nail Salon, 77 Quaker Ridge Road, Suite 313, New Rochelle 10804, c/o Sheniqua Brown-Laidlaw. Filed July 31.

Plummie’s Kitchen, 40 E. Sidney Ave., Apt. 11H, Mount Vernon 10550, c/o Shanakay Robinson. Filed Aug. 1.

NEW BUSINESSES

Rawthentic Apparel, 7 Skyline Drive, Suite 350, Hawthorne 10532, c/o James Perrineau Jr. Filed July 31.

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

The Mo’Betta Project, 73-83 Highland Ave., Apt. 4A, Yonkers 10705, c/o Terard Bryant. Filed July 30.

Partnerships 167 Voss Rentals, 167 Voss Ave., Yonkers 10703, c/o Jessica Y. Melendez and Pedro Ingles III. Filed July 31.

215 Business Park Drive, Armonk 10504, c/o Irwin Stockel and Matthew Stockel. Filed July 30.

Sole Proprietorships Bae Cave, 48 N. Eighth Ave., Mount Vernon 10550, c/o Karina J. Santos.

Filed Aug. 1.

Cleen Slate, 241 Spring St., Ossining 10562, c/o Larry J. MacDonald.

Filed July 31.

PATENTS Automatic selection of a camera based on facial detection. Patent no. 10,440,261 issued to Nixon Cheaz, Cary, North Carolina; Anthony M. Diaz, Durham, North Carolina; Richard A. Gebhardt, Rraleigh, North Carolina; Rohit Shetty, Cary, North Carolina. Assigned to IBM, Armonk.

Cognitive routing of calls based on derived employee activity.

Patent no. 10,440,183 issued to Martin G. Keen, Cary, North Carolina; Adam Smye-Rumsby, Reading, Pennsylvania; Hernan A. Cunico, Holly Springs, North Carolina; Paul A. R. Frank, Berlin, Germany. Assigned to IBM, Armonk.

Context-based natural language participant modeling for videoconference focus classification. Patent no. 10,440,325 issued to Stephen A. Boxwell, Columbus, Ohio; Keith G. Frost, Delaware, Ohio; Stanley J. Vernier, Grove City, Ohio; Kyle M. Brake, Dublin, Ohio.

Assigned to IBM, Armonk.

Data center coolant switch. Patent no. 10,440,862 issued to Madhusudan K. Iyengar, Woodstock; Pritish R. Parida, Fishkill; Mark D. Schultz, Ossining. Assigned to IBM, Armonk.

Energy harvesting device with prefabricated thin film energy absorption sheets and roll-tosheet and roll-to-roll fabrication thereof. Patent no. 10,439,084 issued to Hans-Juergen Eickelmann, Mainz, Germany; Ruediger Kellman, Mainz, Germany; Hartmut Kuehl, Mainz, Germany; Markus Schmidt, Mainz, Germany. Assigned to IBM, Armonk.

Experience-directed dynamic steganographic content switching. Patent no. 10,440,434 issued to Aaron K. Baughman, Silver Spring, Maryland; John S. Cope, Richmond, Virginia; Nicholas A. McCrory, Sacramento, California; Diwesh Pandey, Bangalore, India. Assigned to IBM, Armonk.

Hyperparameter and network topology selection in network demand forecasting. Patent no.

10,439,891 issued to Aaron K. Baughman, Silver Spring, Maryland; Brian M. O’Connell, Cary, North Carolina; Michael Perlitz, Ashburn, Virginia; Stefan A.G. Van Der Stockt, Johannesburg, South Africa. Assigned to IBM, Armonk.

Intelligent audio control. Patent no. 10,440,488 issued to David B. Lection, Raleigh, North Carolina; Sarbajit K. Rakshit, Kolkata, India; Mark B. Stevens, Austin, Texas; John D. Wilson, League City, Texas. Assigned to IBM, Armonk.

List insertion in test segments with non-naturally aligned data boundaries. Patent no. 10,438,682 issued to Manoj Dusanapudi, Bangalore, India; Shakti Kapoor, Austin, Texas; Nelson Wu, Austin, Texas.

Assigned to IBM, Armonk.

Mobile telephone number selector. Patent no. 10,440,530 issued to Vijay Kumar Ananthapur Bache, Banglore, India; Jhilam Bera, Bangalore, India; Vijay Ekambaram, Chennai, India; Saravanan Sadacharam, Chennai, India. Assigned to IBM, Armonk.

Nanoparticle with plural functionalities and method of forming the nanoparticle. Patent no. 10,439,136 issued to Qing Cao, Yorktown Heights; Kangguo Cheng, Schenectady; Zhengwen Li, Chicago, Illinois; Fei Liu, Yorktown Heights. Assigned to IBM, Armonk.

Process broker for executing web services in a system of engagement and system of record environments. Patent no.

10,440,139 issued to Jeffrey E. Bisti, New Paltz; Tynan J. Garrett, Poughkeepsie. Assigned to IBM, Armonk.

Protecting encoded data-slice integrity at various levels. Patent no. 10,440,107 issued to Niall J. McShane, Arlington Heights, Illinois; Jason K. Resch, Chicago, Illinois; Praveen Viraraghavan, Chicago, Illinois; Ilya Volvovski, Chicago, Illinois. Assigned to IBM, Armonk.

HUDSON VALLEY BUILDING LOANS Above $1 million Stewart Holdings Group LLC, New York City, as owner. Lender: Connectone Bank, Englewood, New Jersey. Property: 60-90 Hawkins Drive, Montgomery. Amount: $8.1 million. Filed Oct. 4.

Below $1 million 74 Lander Street LLC, New York City, as owner. Lender: Loan Funder LLC Series 8011, New York City.

Property: 74 Lander St., Newburgh 12550. Amount: $135,000. Filed Oct. 4.

Amcam LLC, Brooklyn, as owner.

Lender: Continental Capital Group LLC, Brooklyn. Property: 12 Ferndale Ave., Highland Mills 10930.

Amount: $100,000. Filed Oct. 2.

Deronda, Karl F., Maybrook, as owner. Lender: Primelending.

Property: in Montgomery. Amount: $202,785. Filed Sept. 30.

Equity Homes NY II Inc., Montgomery, as owner. Lender: EH Capital LLC, Port Jervis. Property: 100 Wheatley Road, Wawayanda.

Amount: $370,000. Filed Oct. 4.

Hoefling, John B., et al, Wallkill, as owner. Lender: Walden Savings Bank, Montgomery. Property: in Montgomery. Amount: $561,000.

Filed Sept. 30.

Kistner, William Joseph III, Poughkeepsie, as owner. Lender: Homestead Funding Corp., Albany. Property: in Kingston. Amount: $208,815. Filed Oct. 1.

Lanwin Forest Ridge LLC, Hopewell, New Jersey, as owner.

Lender: Manna Dells LLC, Vero Beach, Florida. Property: 39 Copper Rock Road, Newburgh. Amount: $387,000. Filed Oct. 1.

Facts & Figures Lowe, Samantha R., as owner.

Lender: Primelending. Property: in Washington. Amount: $229,810.

Filed Oct. 2.

M and J Real Estate Management LLC, Bayside, as owner.

Lender: SNCO Cap LLC, Brooklyn.

Property: 24 Balmville Road, Newburgh 12550. Amount: $186,500.

Filed Oct. 4.

OC Homes LLC, as owner. Lender: Commercial Lender LLC. Property: in Beacon. Amount: $87,527. Filed Oct. 2.

Orea, Benjamin, et al, Middletown, as owner. Lender: Walden Savings Bank, Montgomery. Property: 19-19 ½ Grand Ave., Middletown 10940. Amount: $230,964. Filed Sept. 30.

Polimino, Peter, et al, Mahopac, as owner. Lender: PCSB Bank, Yorktown Heights. Property: 101 Teakettle Spout Road, Mahopac. Amount: $562,500. Filed Sept. 30.

RR Plus LLC, as owner. Lender: SNCO CAP LLC. Property: in Poughkeepsie. Amount: $48,000. Filed Sept. 27.

SafeGuard Homes II LLC, as owner. Lender: LendingHome Funding Corp., San Francisco, California. Property: 663 Jersey Ave., Greenwood Lake 10925. Amount: $101,200. Filed Oct. 2.

SDF Capital Fund I LLC, as owner. Lender: Lendinghome Funding Corp. Property: in Poughkeepsie.

Amount: $99,100. Filed Oct. 3.

Tranchina, Ana, Pine Bush, as owner. Lender: Walden Savings Bank, Montgomery. Property: in Crawford. Amount: $237,500. Filed Oct. 1.

Weeden, Michael, et al, Middletown, New Jersey, as owner. Lender: Walden Savings Bank, Montgomery. Property: in Mount Hope.

Amount: $357,000. Filed Oct. 1.

DEEDS Above $1 million 19 S.P.B. LLC, New York City. Seller: Brewster Sports Center Inc., Brewster. Property: in Southeast.

Amount: $4 million. Filed Oct. 1.

711 La Shinju LLC, Los Angeles, California. Seller: David S. Landay, New York City. Property: in Philipstown. Amount: $1.5 million. Filed Oct. 4.

84 Titusville LLC, New York City. Seller: Morgan Manor LLC, Hopewell Junction. Property: in LaGrange. Amount: $2.4 million Filed Sept. 27.

Everitt Road LLC, Mont Clare, Pennsylvania. Seller: Paul Teutul Jr., Montgomery. Property: 95 Judson Road, Montgomery. Amount: $1.5 million. Filed Oct. 3.

Palisades Interstate Park Commission, Bear Mountain. Seller: Open Space Institute Land Trust Inc., New York City. Property: in Tuxedo. Amount: $2.9 million. Filed Oct. 4.

Salisbury Bank and Trust Co., Lakeville, Connecticut. Seller: KSB Holdings LLC, Sparta, New Jersey.

Property: in New Paltz. Amount: $1.5 million. Filed Oct. 4.

The D’Artagnan Farms Foundation, Union, New Jersey. Seller: Craigville Associates LP, New York City. Property: in Goshen. Amount: $1.3 million. Filed Oct. 1.

Town of Paltz, New Paltz. Seller: Samir Ramic, et al, New Paltz. Property: in New Paltz. Amount: $1.3 million. Filed Sept. 27.

Below $1 million 12 Cross Timbers LLC, Long Island City. Seller: Eric Arnold, et al, Garrison. Property: in Philipstown.

Amount: $560,000. Filed Oct. 4.

12 Lexington Avenue LLC, Mount Kisco. Seller: Rami F. Murshed, Poughkeepsie. Property: 12 Lexington Ave., Poughkeepsie 12601.

Amount: $11,500. Filed Sept. 30.

13 N Manheim LLC, Las Vegas, Nevada. Seller: Benjamin J. Miller, New Paltz. Property: in New Paltz.

Amount: $59,500. Filed Oct. 1.

164 Garden Holding LLC, Suffern. Seller: Frank M. Castella Sr., et al, Hyde Park. Property: 164 Garden St., Poughkeepsie 12601. Amount $500,000. Filed Oct. 3.

180 Developers LLC, Ellenville.

Seller: Midfirst Bank, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. Property: 7 Hillcrest Ave., Ellenville 12428. Amount: $47,500. Filed Oct. 7.

200 S William LLC, Monroe. Seller: 200 Liberty Corners Road Inc., Warwick. Property: in Newburgh.

Amount: $253,000. Filed Oct. 3.

239 All Angels LLC, Poughkeepsie. Seller: Barry H. Friedman, Poughkeepsie. Property: 2676 W. Main St., Wappingers Falls 12590.

Amount: $114,500. Filed Oct. 1.

239 All Angels LLC, Poughkeepsie. Seller: The Bank of New York Mellon. Property: 12 Hudson Bluff Circle, Marlboro 12542. Amount: $123,000. Filed Sept. 30.

28 Bain LLC, Jersey City, New Jersey. Seller: Cris Hendrick, Red Hook. Property: in Poughkeepsie.

Amount: $250,000. Filed Oct. 2.

3117 Route 22 LLC, Amawalk. Seller: John T. Mayfield, Brewster. Property: 3117 Route 22, Patterson 12563.

Amount: $200,000. Filed Oct. 1.

5-7 Prince Housing LLC, Monroe. Seller: RCM Realty Inc., Bloomingburg. Property: in Middletown.

Amount: $205,000. Filed Oct. 7.

656 State Route 211 LLC, Montgomery. Seller: Sally Majeski, et al, Montgomery. Property: in Montgomery. Amount: $105,000. Filed Oct. 4.

657 Route 376 Holdings LLC, Hopewell Junction. Seller: Carl E. Bohenkamp, Hopewell Junction.

Property: 657 Route 376, Hopewell Junction 12533. Amount: $250,000.

Filed Sept. 27.

A. Duie Pyle Inc., West Chester, Pennsylvania. Seller: Matrix Newburgh I LLC, Cranbury, New Jersey.

Property: in Newburgh. Amount: $560,000. Filed Oct. 3.

Asbry Frm LLC, New York City.

Seller: Theresa D. Tomaino, et al, Franklin, Massachusetts. Property: in Saugerties. Amount: $500,000.

Filed Oct. 3.

ATM and AFA Properties LLC, New York City. Seller: Mariana Rodriguez, et al, Venice, California.

Property: 1338 Glasco Turnpike, Saugerties. Amount: $370,000.

Filed Sept. 30.

Bank of America N.A. Seller: Augienello, Joseph Anthony, et al, Newburgh. Property: 49 Tuthill Road, Blooming Grove 10914. Amount: $697,964. Filed Sept. 30.

Beech 575 LLC, New York City.

Seller: Stephen T. Naughton, et al, Poughkeepsie. Property: 575 Fitzsimmons Road, Milan. Amount: $35,000. Filed Oct. 2.

Brigadoon at Highland Mills Homeowner’s Association Inc., Franklin, New Jersey. Seller: Larry Wolinsky, Walden. Property: 1 Blackmoor Court, Highland Mills 10930. Amount: $10,859. Filed Sept.

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Brookview Holdings LLC, Pomona. Seller: John Bach Jr., Goshen.

Property: 18 Emily Lane, Monroe 10950. Amount: $265,000. Filed Sept. 30.

Catskill Farms Inc., Eldred. Seller: Michael J. Bernholz, et al, Shokan.

Property: Hanna Lane, Olive.

Amount: $62,000. Filed Oct. 4.

Cemco Development Group Inc., Stormville. Seller: Celestina Tabilago, Stormville. Property: in Beekman. Amount: $50,000. Filed Oct. 2.

City of New York, New York City.

Seller: Arthur F. Haver, Boiceville. Property: in Olive. Amount: $240,000. Filed Sept. 30.

DIBL Industry Inc., Norwood, New Jersey. Seller: Zheming Chen, White Plains. Property: in Maybrook. Amount: $269,000. Filed Oct. 7.

Longhope Enterprise LLC, Otisville. Seller: 845preme LLC, Otisville. Property: in Middletown.

Amount: $135,000. Filed Oct. 3.

Falak 18 LLC, Monroe. Seller: Mount Hope Country Store Inc., Middletown. Property: 2269 Mount Hope Road, Middletown 10940.

Amount: $150,000. Filed Oct. 3.

M and J Real Estate Management LLC, Bayside. Seller: The Bank of New York Mellon Trust Company N.A. Property: 24 Balmville Road, Newburgh 12550.

Amount: $444,000. Filed Oct. 4.

Fast East House Buyer Inc., Monroe. Seller: Quitadamo, Edith, Punta Gorda, Florida. Property: in Newburgh. Amount: $50,000. Filed Sept. 30.

Maplewood Estates NY LLC, Spring Valley. Seller: Hudson Valley Equities LLC, Brooklyn. Property: in Newburgh. Amount: $129,000.

Filed Oct. 4.

Federal National Mortgage Association. Seller: Christopher York, Brewster. Property: 15 Warren Drive, Patterson 12563. Amount: $223,433. Filed Oct. 4.

MEM Private Real Estate LLC, Poughkeepsie. Seller: Gemmati Brothers Inc., Poughkeepsie. Property: 23 Jewett Ave., Poughkeepsie.

Amount: $125,000. Filed Oct. 1.

Federal National Mortgage Association. Seller: Stuart Mitchell, Nyack. Property: 39 Westlake Blvd., Mahopac 10541. Amount: $774,334.

Filed Oct. 4.

Mid-Hudson Valley Federal Credit Union, Kingston. Seller: Laura Wong-Pan, Poughkeepsie.

Property: in Hyde Park. Amount: $100,000. Filed Oct. 1.

Fullerton Group LLC, Newburgh.

Seller: 69 Liberty Street LLC, College Point. Property: in Newburgh.

Amount: $40,000. Filed Oct. 1.

Minisink Valley Home Builders LLC, Unionville. Seller: Dalin Bun, Middletown. Property: 143 Old Minisink Trail, Goshen. Amount: $40,000. Filed Oct. 3.

JMS 609 Broadway LLC, New York City. Seller: L.A. 609 Broadway Inc., Lake Katrine. Property: 609-611 Broadway, Kingston 12401. Amount: $650,000. Filed Oct. 3.

Joe Bellamy Construction Inc., Yorktown Heights. Seller: Leni E. Kirsch, Boynton Beach, Florida.

Property: Watson Way, Putnam Valley. Amount: $78,000. Filed Sept. 30.

Joe Fini Homes LLC, Goshen. Seller: Herbert R. Kolk, Southborough, Massachusetts. Property: in Goshen. Amount: $195,000. Filed Oct. 2.

Junction Plaza LLC, Middletown.

Seller: John Bach, Goshen. Property: 62 Whitman Court, Middletown 10941. Amount: $105,000. Filed Oct. 1.

KAC Realty LLC, Brewster. Seller: Reinhardt Sonnak Jr., Martinsburg, West Virginia. Property: in Pawling.

Amount: $157,000. Filed Oct. 4.

Keybank N.A. Seller: County of Orange, Goshen. Property: in New Windsor. Amount: $2,500. Filed Oct. 4.

KLK Holdings LLC, Wappingers Falls. Seller: Pajtim Vuktilaj, Bronx.

Property: 46 Quaker Road, Carmel 10512. Amount: $565,000. Filed Oct. 1.

Kmaagriculture LLC, Yorktown Heights. Seller: John M. Donoghue, Fishkill. Property: in LaGrange.

Amount: $95,000. Filed Oct. 2.

Morluck Equities LLC, Monroe.

Seller: Peter Yan Zheng, Port Jervis.

Property: in Port Jervis. Amount: $13,000. Filed Oct. 7.

Mountainside Manor LLC, West Park. Seller: William Lombardi, Douglaston. Property: in Esopus.

Amount: $450,000. Filed Sept. 30.

MSF and KS LLC, Brooklyn. Seller: Woodbury Villas A LLC, Brooklyn. Property: 13 Catskill High Rail, Woodbury. Amount: $165,000.

Filed Oct. 4.

MTGLQ Investors LP. Seller: Ryan Gertsen, Bloomfield, New Jersey.

Property: 18 Lakeview Road, Carmel 10512. Amount: $152,631. Filed Oct. 1.

Nationstar HECM Acquisition Trust 2018-3. Seller: Jonathan Victor, Mahopac. Property: 6 Pearse Place, Beacon 12508. Amount $185,500. Filed Oct. 1.

New York State Primo Development LLC, Mahopac. Seller: Shirley M. Evert, Pleasant Valley. Property: 18 Cole Road, Pleasant Valley 12569.

Amount $100,000. Filed Oct. 4.

Northern Enterprise NY LLC, Cornwall-on-Hudson. Seller: John Fallon, Walden. Property: 30 Mecca Drive, Salisbury Mills 12577.

Amount: $231,100. Filed Oct. 3.

OC Homes LLC, Middletown. Seller: Resi REO Sub LLC, Christiansted, USVI. Property: 6 Spring Valley St., Beacon 12508. Amount: $215,500.

Filed Oct. 2.

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Orange P and D LLC, Monroe.

Seller: William J. Schuler, et al, Chester. Property: Angle Drive, Blooming Grove. Amount: $125,000. Filed Oct. 7.

Prevent Fire Inc., Newburgh.

Seller: Mark Manchester, et al, Port Jervis. Property: 1-5 Montgomery St. and 7 Robert St., Middletown 10940.

Amount: $340,000. Filed Oct. 3.

Quantum View Holdings LLC, Wappingers Falls. Seller: Christopher J. Cardinale, Walden. Property: 14 Kinderhook Drive, Poughkeepsie 12603. Amount: $162,500. Filed Oct. 2.

RCN Capital Funding LLC, South Windsor, Connecticut. Seller: Allison G. Cappella, Newburgh. Property: 2004 Route 300, Newburgh 12550. Amount: $157,193. Filed Oct. 1.

Re Land Holdings LLC, Kingston.

Seller: Alexander Aronson, New Paltz. Property: 32-60 Wilbur Ave., Kingston. Amount: $5,000. Filed Oct. 4.

Rejuvenate Properties II LLC, Gardiner. Seller: Kenpok LLC, New York City. Property: 91 Delafield St., Poughkeepsie 12601. Amount: $55,000. Filed Sept. 27.

Riverway LLC, West Park. Seller: Laurie Gruberg, Kingston. Property: in Kingston. Amount: $469,000.

Filed Oct. 1.

SDF Capital Fund I LLC, Mamaroneck. Seller: Carlos Pena, Newburgh. Property: in Newburgh.

Amount: $145,000. Filed Oct. 1.

Second Generation Building Corp., Wappingers Falls. Seller: Robert W. Segrell, Pleasant Valley.

Property: in Beekman. Amount: $199,000. Filed Sept. 27.

SGB Holdings LLC, Monroe.

Seller: Joseph Bauernfeind, et al, Monroe. Property: 116 Linden Lane, Monroe 10950. Amount: $162,500.

Filed Oct. 7.

Shandaken 52 LLC, New York City. Seller: Harris Cohn, Shandaken. Property: in Shandaken.

Amount: $170,000. Filed Oct. 7.

State of New York Mortgage Agency, New York City. Seller: Jonathan M. Victor, Mahopac. Property: 4122 Whispering Hills, Unit 422, Chester 10918. Amount: $192,537.

Filed Oct. 3.

Stillwater Recovery LLC, Massapequa Park. Seller: Elizabeth A. Jones, Stony Point. Property: Camp Sunset Road, Plattekill. Amount: $16,000. Filed Oct. 2.

Swarn Inc., Saugerties. Seller: Peter M. Lin, et al, Rhinebeck. Property: in Saugerties. Amount: $147,000.

Filed Oct. 3.

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Facts & Figures The Bank of New York Mellon.

Seller: City of Beacon. Property: in Beacon. Amount: $15,000. Filed Oct. 3.

U.S. Bank Trust N.A. Seller: Lisa Felicissimo, Monroe. Property: 2 Spencer Ave., Newburgh 12550.

Amount: $221,100. Filed Oct. 3.

The Bank of New York Mellon.

Seller: Julie A. Cherico, White Plains.

Property: 26 Katonah Road, Carmel 10512. Amount: $399,538. Filed Oct. 3.

U.S. Bank Trust N.A. Seller: Steven P. Faulkner, et al, Goshen. Property: 118 Neelytown Road, Campbell Hall 10916. Amount: $427,062. Filed Sept.

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U.S. Bank N.A. Seller: John Pappalardo, White Plains. Property: 49 Curry Road, Mahopac 10541.

Amount: $260,452. Filed Oct. 4.

U.S. Bank Trust N.A. Seler: Laurence A. Clemente, Goshen. Property: 5 Eagle Valley Road, Highland Falls 10928. Amount: $140,579. Filed Oct. 1.

U.S. Bank Trust N.A. Seller: Bruce Barclay, New Windsor. Property: 146 Brook Trail, Greenwood Lake 10925. Amount: $233,397. Filed Oct. 7.

U.S. Bank Trust N.A. Seller: Keith Byron, Clinton Corners. Property: 309 E. Lake Blvd., Mahopac 10541.

Amount: $264,404. Filed Oct. 1.

A Thru Z Farms and Quality Topsoil Inc., Slate Hill. $65,774 in favor of the Workers’ Compensation Board of the State of New York, Albany. Filed June 25.

Coffee and Leaf LLC, Monroe. $1,042 in favor of the New York State Department of Labor and the Department of Taxation and Finance, Albany. Filed June 25.

Never Stop Transport LLC, Port Jervis. $41,031 in favor of the Workers’ Compensation Board of the State of New York, Albany. Filed June 25.

Accu-Controls Technology LLC, Monroe. $1,042 in favor of the New York State Department of Labor and the Department of Taxation and Finance, Albany. Filed June 25.

Content Analytics Inc., West Point. $1,042 in favor of the New York State Department of Labor and the Department of Taxation and Finance, Albany. Filed June 25.

New York Pest Solutions Inc., Saugerties. $10,713 in favor of the New York State Department of Taxation and Finance, Albany. Filed Sept. 27.

We Luv Property Solutions LLC, Goshen. Seller: Bank of America N.A. Property: 20 Pierces Road, Apt. 43, Newburgh 12550. Amount: $71,725. Filed Oct. 2.

Air Cleaning Blowers LLC, Highland. $1,067 in favor of the New York State Department of Taxation and Finance, Albany. Filed Sept. 27.

Rik-N-Robin Enterprises Inc., New Paltz. $523 in favor of the New York State Department of Taxation and Finance, Albany. Filed Sept. 27.

Wraygray LLC, Wassaic. Seller: William J. Brickelmaier III, Millbrook. Property: in Amenia.

Amount: $160,000. Filed Oct. 2.

Ammad Khan Corp., Kingston. $1,643 in favor of the New York State Department of Taxation and Finance, Albany. Filed Sept. 27.

Custom Awnings by Craig Traska LLC, Greenwood Lake. $1,042 in favor of the New York State Department of Labor and the Department of Taxation and Finance, Albany.

Filed June 25.

JUDGMENTS A and S Quick Stop, Newburgh. $1,042 in favor of the New York State Department of Labor and the Department of Taxation and Finance, Albany. Filed June 25.

Baltia Air Lines Inc., Newburgh. $1,042 in favor of the New York State Department of Labor and the Department of Taxation and Finance, Albany. Filed June 25.

Bristol Motors Corp., Florida. $1,042 in favor of the New York State Department of Labor and the Department of Taxation and Finance, Albany. Filed June 25.

144.9 ACRE HORSE FARM - 1 MILE FROM THE MILLBROOK SCHOOL, 26 MILES FROM THE HUDSON RIVER, AND 93 MILES FROM NYC Property Address: 123 Fraleigh Hill Road, Millbrook, New York 12545.

Section, Block, Lot #: 135889-6967-00-001214-0000.

Property Features: Land area of 144.9+/- acres, improved with an 8,264+/- square foot single family residence, 8,816+/- square foot 18 stall barn, 20,000+/- square foot indoor riding ring, 2,984+/- square foot guest house, 2,313 +/-square foot carriage barn with staff quarters, 1,291+/- caretakers cottage, two workshops/garages, inground pool, tennis court, skeet and sporting clay target range, lighted outdoor ice skating rink with a warming hut, a motocross track, outdoor sand and grass riding rings, and numerous paddocks with room in sheds. No representations or warranties are made as to the habitability or condition of the structures on the property. All measurement references are approximate.

Property Zoning: RR-10 Rural Residential.

Foreclosure Auction Date & Time: Wednesday, October 16, 2019 at 2:30 p.m.

Foreclosure Auction Location: Dutchess County Supreme Court, 10 Market Street, Poughkeepsie, NY 12601.

Terms & Conditions of Sale: Premises will be sold “as is” by Referee Jack Elliot Schachner pursuant to Order of Judgment and Sale, Index # 2016-52542, Dkt. No. 199, subject to existing easements including a conservation easement granted to the Dutchess Land Conservancy, Inc. (Liber 1693 Page 076; Liber 1754 Page 123; and Liber 1762 Page 608). Successful bidders must present a 10% deposit of the sum bid in cash or certified or bank check made payable to “Jack Elliot Schachner.” The approximate amount of judgment is $2,707,405.32, plus interest and costs. For the complete Terms and Conditions of Sale, contact Nirav Bhatt at 212-634-3080.

Viewings: Viewing of the property may be made by appointment by contacting Nirav Bhatt at 212-634-3080.

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DNA Plumbing and Heating Inc., Middletown. $1,042 in favor of the New York State Department of Labor and the Department of Taxation and Finance, Albany. Filed June 25.

Farah Petion Farmers Insurance Agency LLC, Goshen. $1,042 in favor of the New York State Department of Labor and the Department of Taxation and Finance, Albany. Filed June 25.

Foaminator Spray Foam LLC, Middletown. $1,042 in favor of the New York State Department of Labor and the Department of Taxation and Finance, Albany. Filed June 25.

Four Brothers Pizzeria and Deli, Greenwood Lake. $1,042 in favor of the New York State Department of Labor and the Department of Taxation and Finance, Albany.

Filed June 25.

Gemini Tech Holdings Inc., Port Jervis. $1,042 in favor of the New York State Department of Labor and the Department of Taxation and Finance, Albany. Filed June 25.

Grant Street Factory Inc., Walden. $1,042 in favor of the New York State Department of Labor and the Department of Taxation and Finance, Albany. Filed June 25.

J.D. Breitmaier Inc., Highland. $578 in favor of the New York State Department of Taxation and Finance, Albany. Filed Sept. 27.

JP’s Catering Inc., Middletown. $3,231 in favor of the New York State Department of Labor and the Department of Taxation and Finance, Albany. Filed June 25.

Many Marketing Inc., Slate Hill. $1,042 in favor of the New York State Department of Labor and the Department of Taxation and Finance, Albany. Filed June 25.

Nail and Spa, Middletown. $1,042 in favor of the New York State Department of Labor and the Department of Taxation and Finance, Albany. Filed June 25.

Schmick Surveying Inc., Westtown. $1,042 in favor of the New York State Department of Labor and the Department of Taxation and Finance, Albany. Filed June 25.

Somerset Packaging Inc., Monroe. $1,042 in favor of the New York State Department of Labor and the Department of Taxation and Finance, Albany. Filed June 25.

T.J.E. Cleaning Service, Wallkill. $4,539 in favor of the New York State Department of Taxation and Finance, Albany. Filed Sept. 27.

The Aura Bright Clothing Corp., New Windsor. $1,042 in favor of the New York State Department of Labor and the Department of Taxation and Finance, Albany. Filed June 25.

Vin de Vincent Ltd., New Paltz. $1,932 in favor of the New York State Department of Taxation and Finance, Albany. Filed Sept. 27.

Visual Exhibitionism LLC, Ellenville. $349 in favor of the New York State Department of Taxation and Finance, Albany. Filed Sept. 27.

Ye Ole Warwick Book Shoppe LLC, Greenwood Lake. $1,042 in favor of the New York State Department of Labor and the Department of Taxation and Finance, Albany.

Filed June 25.

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

53 Smith Road LLC, 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 53 Smith Road, Middletown 10941. Filed Aug. 22.

Amelio, Clemente, et al. Filed

by PNC Bank N.A. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $175,000 affecting property located at 389 Van Burenville Road, Wallkill 10940. Filed Aug. 26.

Berrezueta, Efren E., et al. Filed

by Homebridge Financial Services Inc. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $131,850 affecting property located at 46 Mathes St., Lake Peekskill 10537. Filed Sept.

30.

Cade, Henry, et al. Filed by HSBC Bank USA N.A. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $136,000 affecting property located at 3430 Route 343, Amenia 12501.

Filed Sept. 30.

Cahill, Francine S., et al. Filed by U.S. Bank Trust N.A. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $244,000 affecting property located at 4 S. Randolph Ave., Poughkeepsie 12601. Filed Sept. 30.

Cercena, Catherine A., et al.

Filed by U.S. Bank N.A. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $343,400 affecting property located at 7 Lakeview Road, Carmel 10512. Filed Sept. 30.

Cook, Robert D. Sr., et al. Filed

by Pennymac Loan Services LLC. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $229,191 affecting property located at 283 Thomas St., Hurley 12443. Filed Oct. 1.

Credaroli, Peter J., et al. Filed

by M&T Bank. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $193,500 affecting property located at 727 Route 376, East Fishkill 12533.

Filed Oct. 2.

Deutsch, Elimelech, et al. Filed

by TIAA FSB. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $165,750 affecting property located at 13 Fillmore Court, Unit 101, Monroe 10950. Filed Aug. 23.

Duffany, Justin P., et al. Filed

by M&T Bank. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $116,758 affecting property located at 320 Fosler Road, Plattekill 12589.

Filed Sept. 27.

Gonzalez, Marisol J., et al. Filed

by The Money Source Inc. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $399,257 affecting property located at 36 Old Route 17K, Montgomery 12549. Filed Aug. 23.

Hanson, Donald L., et al. Filed

by Emigrant Bank. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $875,000 affecting property located at 4 Tower Hill Road East, Tuxedo Park 10987. Filed Aug. 23.

Harter, David J., et al. Filed by Lakeview Loan Servicing LLC. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $441,849 affecting property located at 4 Olympus Drive, Mahopac 10541. Filed Oct. 1.

Hillmann, Rita M., et al. Filed by Central Mortgage Co. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $133,000 affecting property located at 20 Center Road, High Falls 12440.

Filed Sept. 30.

Facts & Figures Kankakee1 LLC, et al. Filed by U.S. Bank Trust N.A. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $345,000 affecting property located at 403 New Unionville Road, Wallkill. Filed Oct. 1.

Moraca, Jeanine, et al. Filed by Wells Fargo Bank N.A. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $96,425 affecting property located at 57 N. Chestnut St., New Paltz 12561. Filed Oct. 4.

Southworth-Brown, Mary E., et al. Filed by Bank of America N.A. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $113,395 affecting property located at 26 Ziegler Ave., Poughkeepsie 12603. Filed Oct. 2.

Kohli, Denise, as administratrix and as heir to the estate of Milton Herring, et al. Filed by HSBC Bank USA N.A. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $274,500 affecting property located at 171 Western Ave., Marlboro 12542.

Filed Sept. 30.

Perez, Ernan, et al. Filed by Deutsche Bank National Trust Co. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $352,000 affecting property located at 158 Bullethole Road, Carmel 10512. Filed Oct. 4.

Strickler, Dawes U., 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 438 Plattekill Road, Marlboro 12542. Filed Oct. 1.

Peters, Michael T., et al. Filed by Ally Bank. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $240,000 affecting property located at 249 Seminary Hill Road, Carmel 10512.

Filed Oct. 3.

Tarrant, Peter, et al. Filed by The Bank of New York Mellon. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $137,750 affecting property located at 17 Grove St., Putnam Valley 10579. Filed Oct. 2.

Putnam County Temple and Jewish Center Inc., et al. Filed by Rhinebeck Bank. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $3 million affecting property located at 31 Mount Ebo Road North, Southeast. Filed Oct. 3.

The public administrator of Ulster County as administrator of the estate of Katie J. London, et al. Filed by Nationstar HECM Acquisition Trust 2018-1. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $172,500 affecting property located at 29 Henry St., Kingston 12401.

Filed Oct. 2.

Kone, Sindou, et al. Filed by Nationstar Mortgage LLC. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $404,955 affecting property located at 116 Bullet Hole Road, Mahopac 10541. Filed Sept. 30.

Kufa, Fernando, et al. Filed by U.S. Bank Trust N.A. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $760,000 affecting property located at 210 Weber Hill Road, Carmel 10512. Filed Oct. 2.

Kyra Corp., et al. Filed by Robert Hankin. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure an unspecified amount affecting property located in Newburgh. Filed Aug. 23.

Lopez, Jessica Nicole, et al. Filed

by Lakeview Loan Servicing LLC. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $211,105 affecting property located at 8 Jean Drive, Poughkeepsie 12601. Filed Oct. 1.

Maldonado, Hector R., et al.

Filed by M&T Bank. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $150,915 affecting property located at 31 Jackson Ave., Middletown 10940. Filed Aug. 22.

Malone, Thomas, et al. Filed by the State of New York Mortgage Agency. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $99,750 affecting property located at 10 Sanford Ave., Chester 10918. Filed Aug. 23.

Massarelli, James V., et al. Filed

by MidFirst Bank. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $270,019 affecting property located at 47 Channingville Road, Wappingers Falls 12590. Filed Oct. 4.

McIntyre, Michael Troy, et al.

Filed by NewRez LLC. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $160,000 affecting property located at 502 Glasco Turnpike, Saugerties 12477. Filed Oct. 1.

Monaghan, Jacqueline, et al.

Filed by Wells Fargo Bank N.A. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $62,726 affecting property located at 20 Pierces Road, Building 3, Unit 35, Newburgh 12550. Filed Aug. 23.

Morabito, Wayne, et al. Filed by PennyMac Loan Servies LLC. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $236,110 affecting property located at 23 Robin Drive, Carmel 10512. Filed Sept. 30.

Rebentisch, Edward, individually and as surviving spouse of Tracey Rebentisch, et al. Filed by Nationstar Mortgage LLC. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $180,000 affecting property located at 163 Crane Road, Carmel 10512. Filed Oct. 4.

Reich, Joel, et al. Filed by The Bank of New York Mellon Trust Company N.A. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $432,000 affecting property located at 118 Seven Springs Road, Monroe 10950. Filed Aug. 23.

Riley, William M., et al. Filed by Lakeview Loan Servicing LLC. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $323,022 affecting property located at 45 San Souci Drive, Pawling 12564. Filed Oct. 2.

Rotella, Ronald R. III, et al. Filed

by Plaza Home Mortgage Inc. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $147,283 affecting property located at 28 Peach Road, Poughkeepsie 12601. Filed Oct. 1.

Ryan, Thomas P., et al. Filed by Caliber Home Loans Inc. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $155,200 affecting property located at 5 Sixth Road, Greenwood Lake 10925. Filed Aug. 22.

Sanchez, William Jr., et al. Filed

by Fifth Third Bank. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $417,382 affecting property located at 31 Tweddle Farm Lane, Montgomery 12549. Filed Aug. 26.

Scott, Tracy, et al. Filed by Mid-Hudson Valley Federal Credit Union. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $256,000 affecting property located at 66 Scott Drive, Middletown 10941. Filed Aug. 22.

Todaro, Joseph G., et al. Filed by TIAA FSB. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $150,000 affecting property located at 29 Doyle Drive, Wappingers Falls 12590. Filed Oct. 2.

Turner, John G., et al. Filed by Nationstar Mortgage LLC. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $154,000 affecting property located at 6 Batt Lane, Campbell Hall 10916. Filed Aug. 23.

Unknown administrator to the estate of Lawrence A. Campo, et al. Filed by U.S. Bank Trust N.A. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $101,750 affecting property located at 107 Grandview Acres Road, Phoenicia 12464. Filed Oct. 1.

Unknown heirs as heir to the estate of Grace Farrelly, et al.

Filed by U.S. Bank N.A. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $150,000 affecting property located at 3295 Route 52, Pine Bush 12566. Filed Oct. 1.

Watson, Dawn K., et al. Filed by Citizens Bank N.A. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $360,843 affecting property located at 23 Misty Ridge Road, New Windsor 12553. Filed Aug. 26.

Williams, Ray A., et al. Filed by Wilmington Savings Fund Society FSB. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $309,600 affecting property located at 2 Academy Ave., Cornwall-on-Hudson 12520. Filed Aug. 26.

Williamson, Charles, et al. Filed

by Selene Finance LP. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $117,675 affecting property located at 87 Ball St., Port Jervis 12771. Filed Aug. 23.

Mechanic’s Liens 105 Bracken Rd LLC, as owner. $269,006 as claimed by Dick’s Concrete Company Inc., New Hampton.

Property: in Montgomery. Filed Oct. 2.

4 Hudson River Lane LLC, Croton-on-Hudson, as owner. $42,074 as claimed by Desai Chia Architecture PC, New York City. Property: 4 Hudson River Lane, Garrison 10524.

Filed Sept. 30.

Chrystal, Colleen, as owner. $5,800 as claimed by Bob Gibbons Framing Company LLC, Goshen.

Property: 301 Highland Ave., Maybrook 12543. Filed Oct. 3.

Cricket Valley Energy Center LLC, as owner. $6.7 million as claimed by API Construction Co., New Brighton, Minnesota. Property: 2241 Route 22, Dover Plains 12522. Filed Sept. 27.

Dzina, Lucy, et al, as owner. $48,180 as claimed by Woodchips Construction Inc., Pine Bush. Property: 3 Acoma Road, Tuxedo. Filed Oct. 2.

Green, Patricia, Middletown, as owner. $4,500 as claimed by Quinco Enterprises, Scotchtown. Property: 36 Whitman Court, Middletown 10940. Filed Oct. 7.

Rogen LLC, Highland, as owner. $3,155 as claimed by Clemente Latham Concrete, Albany. Property: in Lloyd. Filed Oct. 1.

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

Bidizza Gifts, 43 Tiffany Lane, Wallkill 12589, c/o Mary Jo Reed.

Filed Sept. 13.

Raw Femininity, 15 Rapelje Road, Walden 12586, c/o Victoria Dahne McMillan. Filed Sept. 12.

Blue Moon Studio, 1606 Baldwin Lane, Newburgh 12550, c/o Michele J. Fornal. Filed Sept. 16.

Render, 175 Sterling Place, Highland 12528, c/o Tara Danelle Kleinhans. Filed Sept. 30.

C.J.S., 105 Cedar St., Apt. 2, Kingston 12401, c/o Charlie W. Jarrin. Filed Oct. 4.

Rene’s Construction, 265 Fullerton Ave., Newburgh 12550, c/o Adan Rene Nataren. Filed Sept. 13.

Cigar La Vie, P.O. Box 282, Ellenville 12428, c/o Maria Jean Ghisolfi.

Filed Oct. 4.

Schneeway Home Repair, 105 Bloomingdale Road, Tillson 12486, c/o Scott E. Schneeweiss. Filed Sept.

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Copperhead, P.O. Box 187, Bearsville 12409, c/o Ralph J. Ferrusi III. Filed Oct. 3.

Smooth Rides Auto Sales, 378 E. Chester St., Kingston 12401, c/o Katrina F. Gallo. Filed Oct. 3.

D and J Construction, 1188 Albany Post Road, Gardiner 12525, c/o David Gilberto Rodriguez Ortega.

Filed Sept. 27.

Tecco Construction Co., 225 Mulberry Lane, Milton 12547, c/o Tyler Bryce Choate. Filed Oct. 4.

D and P Auto Repair, 338 E. Chester St., Kingston 12401, c/o Marissa S. Costello. Filed Oct. 1.

The Right Price, 2 Kahan Drive, No. 102, Monroe 10950, c/o Josef Aker. Filed Sept. 12.

Desmond H. Moore Carpentry, 20 Grand St., Suite 493, Goshen 10924, c/o Desmond Henry Moore.

Filed Sept. 12.

Thinking Out Loud, 22 Rogers St., Kingston 12401, c/o Joseph B. Prout.

Filed Sept. 27.

Ellen Farrell Holistic Therapy, 181 Williams St., Port Ewen 12466, c/o Ellen Joyce Farrell. Filed Oct. 4.

Tommy DeCicco Paving and Excavation, 151 Delaware St., Glasco 12432, c/o Thomas J. DeCicco. Filed Oct. 2.

Elwyn New York, 22 Elwyn Lane, Woodstock 12498, c/o Anmy L. Leuthold. Filed Oct. 2.

Tranquil Acres, 138 Jansen Road, Pine Bush 12566, c/o John A. Hochstetler. Filed Sept. 27.

Jessica Brodsky, 813 Plattekill-Ardonia Road, Clintondale 12515, c/o Jessica A. Brodsky-Vega. Filed Oct. 3.

Uniform Sports Apparel, 227 Ridgeview Road, Kerhonkson 12446, c/o Darrial W. Kouhout. Filed Oct. 1.

Lisa Hinkley Gardener, 337 W. Saugerties Road, Saugerties 12477, c/o Lisa Sue Hinkley. Filed Sept. 30.

Partnerships

Memories Are Made… To Last a Life Time, 40 Groove St., Middletown, c/o Angelica Rodriguez. Filed Sept. 16.

Trapani’s Excavation, 99 Milton Turnpike, Milton 12547, c/o Cos A. Trapani III and Sarah L. Trapani.

Filed Sept. 27.

Mendoza’s Construction, 113 John St., New Windsor 12553, c/o Jorge Eduardo Mendoza. Filed Sept.

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Sole Proprietorships

MJG Co., P.O. Box 282, Ellenville 12428, c/o Maria Jean Ghisolfi. Filed Oct. 4.

1209 Arts, 165 Cornell St., Suite 123, Kingston 12401, c/o Franklyn R. Waters. Filed Oct. 3.

Morning Glory Soaps, P.O. Box 553, Kerhonkson 12446, c/o Raven J. Wolf. Filed Oct. 3.

AG Consulting, 19 Niles Drive, Woodstock 12498, c/o Alan D. Gottesman. Filed Sept. 30.

Nataren Tiles, 265 Fullerton Ave., Newburgh 12550, c/o Adan Eduardo Nataren. Filed Sept. 13.

Anthony General Construction, 12 Park Circle, Florida 10921, c/o Anthony S. Stephenson. Filed Sept. 12.

Precision Construction, 154 Delaware Ave., Kingston 12401, c/o Robert T. Schoonmaker. Filed Oct. 1.

Beacon Painters, 248 North St., Newburgh 12550, c/o Andre A. Williams Jr. Filed Sept. 16.

Prime Heating and Air, 65 ½ Main St., Highland 12528, c/o Richard J. Bulson III. Filed Oct. 4.

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Wings-N-Fries, 141 North St., Newburgh 12550, c/o Craig H. Bevier.

Field Sept. 11.

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LEGAL NOTICES Notice of Formation of Miitra, LLC. Art. of Org. filed with SSNY on 8/6/19.

Office Loc: Westchester County. SSNY has been designated as agent of the LLC upon whom process against it may be served.

SSNY shall mail process to the LLC, 23 Winnetou Road, White Plains, NY 10603. Purpose: any lawful act or activity #62317 NOTICE OF FORMATION of New Roc Asset Management, LLC. Arts of Org filed with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 08/26/2019. Office location: Westchester County.

SSNY designated agent upon whom process may be served and shall mail copy of process against LLC to principal business address: 41 Flatbush Ave., Ste 229, Brooklyn, NY 11217. Purpose: Any lawful act. #62319 Notice of Formation of Judi Hark, LLC Art. Of Org. filed with SSNY on 9/3/19.

Offc. Loc: Westchester Cty. SSNY desig. agent upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to the LLC, 75 Meadow Lane New Rochelle, NY 10805.

Purpose: all lawful purpose. #62321 ALPHA STRATEGISTS LLC Articles of Organization were filed with the Secretary of State of New York (SSNY) on 08/07/19. Office location: Westchester County. SSNY has been designated as agent of the LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail a copy of process to: The LLC, 240 Halstead Avenue, A7, Harrison, New York 10528, principal business location of the LLC. Purpose: any lawful business activity. #62322 Notice of Formation of 88 HENRY ASSOC. LLC. Arts. of Org. filed with the Secy of State of NY (SSNY) on 8/15/19. Office location: Westchester County.

SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served.

SSNY shall mail process to: 94 Henry Avenue Harrison, NY 10528.

Purpose: any lawful act or activity. #62323 Victoria Cairl, LLC, Art. of Org. filed with NY Secy. of State on 06/17/19. 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: 1452 Elm Street, Peekskill, NY 10566. LLC may engage in any lawful act or activity for which a limited liability company may be formed. #62324

Prime Wholesale Autos, LLC. Filed 9/12/19. Office: Westchester County. SSNY designated as agent for process & shall mail to the LLC at 3603 James St., Shrub Ok, NY 10588.

Purpose: Any lawful. #62325 NOTICE OF FORMATION OF PROFESSIONAL SERVICE LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY. NAME: THE LAW FIRM OF CHERYL A. MERRITTGILES, ESQ. Articles of Organization were filed with the Secretary of State of New York (SSNY) on 8/28/2019. Office location: Westchester County.

SSNY has been designated as agent of the LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail a copy of process to the PLLC, c/o The Law Firm of Cheryl A. Merritt-Giles, Esq. White Plains Post Office Box 127, 100 Fisher Avenue White Plains, NY 10606-1953.

Purpose: For the practice of the profession of law. #62326 Notice of formation of Limited Liability Company (ìLLCî). Name: South Regent Street Developer LLC. Articles of Organization filed with the Secretary of State of the State of New York (ìSSNYî) on September 11, 2019. 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 South Regent Street Developer LLC, 211 South Ridge Street, Rye Brook, New York 10573.

Purpose/character of LLC is to engage in any lawful act or activity. #62327 Peerenboom-Bowyer Racing Stables LLC, App of Auth. filed with Sec. of State of NY (SSNY) 6/10/2019. Cty: Westchester. SSNY desig. as agent upon whom process against may be served & shall mail process to 26 Oak Ln., Scarsdale, NY 10583. General Purpose. #62328 KOMFY KIDS LLC. Arts. of Org. filed with SSNY on 08/28/2019. Office location: Westchester County.

SSNY has been designated as agent of the LLC upon whom process against it may be served and shall mail a copy of process to: The LLC, 6 Page Avenue, Yonkers, NY 10704, principal business location of the LLC. Purpose: any lawful. #62329

NOTICE OF FORMATION OF LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY (ìLLCî). NAME: Jxson Housing Fund LLC. Articles of Organization filed with the Secretary of State of the State of New York (ìSSNYî) on 9/09/19. 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: Cogency Global, 10 East 40th Street, New York, NY 10016. Purpose: any lawful business activity. #62330 Notice of Formation of McVey International Group LLC Art. Of Org. filed with SSNY on 8/27/19. Offc.

Loc: Westchester Cty. SSNY design. As agent of the LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to the LLC, 1035 E Boston Post Road, Unit, 2-11, Mamaroneck, NY 10543. Purpose: any lawful purpose. #62332 Notice of Formation of 114 Tinker, LLC. Art. Of Org. filed with SSNY on 5/29/15.

Offc. Loc: Westchester Cty. Reg. Agent of LLC, upon whom process against it may be served, is United States Corporation Agents, Inc. 7014 13th Ave., Ste 202, Brooklyn, NY 11228.

Purpose: any lawful purpose #62333 Notice of Formation of 76 Thirteenth, LLC. Art. Of Org. filed with SSNY on 5/29/15. Offc. Loc: Westchester Cty. Reg. Agent of LLC, upon whom process against it may be served, is United States Corporation Agents, Inc. 7014 13th Ave., Ste 202, Brooklyn, NY 11228.

Purpose: any lawful purpose #62334 Notice of Formation of 1829 Highland, LLC. Art. Of Org. filed with SSNY on 4/14/15. Offc. Loc: Westchester Cty. Reg. Agent of LLC, upon whom process against it may be served, is United States Corporation Agents, Inc. 7014 13th Ave., Ste 202, Brooklyn, NY 11228.

Purpose: any lawful purpose #62335 Notice of Formation of SOUNDVIEW LOT 2 LLC Articles of Organization Filed with the NY Secretary of State (SSNY) on 09/12/2019. 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, 875 Mamaroneck Ave., Suite 400, Mamaroneck, NY 10543. Purpose: any lawful purpose. #62337

Notice of Formation of SOUNDVIEW LOT 3 LLC Articles of Organization Filed with the NY Secretary of State (SSNY) on 09/12/2019. 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, 875 Mamaroneck Ave., Suite 400, Mamaroneck, NY 10543. Purpose: any lawful purpose. #62338 Notice of Formation of SOUNDVIEW LOT 4 LLC Articles of Organization Filed with the NY Secretary of State (SSNY) on 09/12/2019. 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, 875 Mamaroneck Ave., Suite 400, Mamaroneck, NY 10543. Purpose: any lawful purpose. #62339 CSB3 Properties LLC, Arts of Org. filed with Sec. of State of NY (SSNY) 7/2/2019. Cty: Westchester.

SSNY desig. as agent upon whom process against may be served & shall mail process to Beth Shubin Stein, MD, 34 Riverview Rd., Irvington, NY 10533.

General Purpose. #62340 Notice of Formation (LLC).

Name: 7208 TONNELLE REALTY, LLC. Articles of Organization filed with NY Dept. of State on 11/13/2018. Office location: Westchester COUNTY. NY DOS shall mail copy of process to: THE LLC, 1179 YONKERS AVE,YONKERS, NY 10704.Purpose: Any lawful activity #62342 MEGA PRINTS AND SIGNS, LLC Articles of Organization were filed with the Secretary of State of New York (SSNY) on 06/27/19. Office location: Westchester County. SSNY has been designated as agent of the LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail a copy of process to: The LLC, 1725 Front Street, Yorktown Heights, New York 10598, principal business location of the LLC. Purpose: any lawful business activity. #62343 SFP 2019 LLC, Conversion to an LLC filed with Sec. of State of NY (SSNY) 7/29/2019. Cty: Westchester. SSNY desig. as agent upon whom process against may be served & shall mail process to 90 Paulding Dr., Chappaqua, NY 10514.

General Purpose. #62344

CDAS Home Improvements LLC, App of Auth. filed with Sec. of State of NY (SSNY) 9/17/2019. Cty: Westchester. SSNY desig. as agent upon whom process against may be served & shall mail process to 538 Westchester Ave., Rye Brook, NY 10573.

General Purpose. #62346 Dental Algorithm, LLC, Art. of Org. filed with NY Secy. of State on 09/12/2019. 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: 46 Bowbell Road, White Plains NY 10607 (the LLCís primary business location). LLC may engage in any lawful act or activity for which a limited liability company may be formed. #62347 Aquarius Engineering, PLLC. Art. of Org. filed 9/17/19. Office in Westchester Co. SSNY designated for process and shall mail to Reg. Agent: Thomas Law Firm, 175 Varick St, NY, NY 10014.

Purpose: Engineering #62348 NR SPORTS LLC. Arts of Org. filed with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 9/30/19. Office loc.

Westchester County. SSNY designated as agent upon whom process against LLC may be served and shall mail copy of any process to LLC, 8 Garden Dr., Rye, NY 10580. Purpose: any lawful #62349 The Dentist of Mount Vernon, PLLC. Art. of Org. filed 7/3/19. Office in Westchester Co. SSNY designated for process and shall mail to Reg. Agent: Thomas Law Firm, 175 Varick St, NY, NY 10014.

Purpose: Dentistry #62350 CREATING MINDFUL COMMUNITIES, LLC filed with the Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on August 2019. Office location: Westchester County. SSNY designated as agent of the LLC upon whom process may be served. SSNY shall mail process to the LLC, 11 Devon Road, Larchmont, NY10538. Purpose: Mindfulness and Self Care Practices. #62351

Notice of Formation of Northridge Holdings Group LLC. Office location: Westchester County.

Date of filing Article of Organization with Secretary State New York(SSNY) 1/9/19. Legal Zoom shall be designated the agent to which process shall be served. Legal Zoom shall mail process to Northridge Holdings Group LLC, 62 Rocky Ridge, Cortlandt Manor,NY 10567.

Purpose: any lawful act or activity. #62352 Notice of Formation of M.S. State Services LLC. Arts. of Org. filed with SSNY on 01/29/2019. Office location: Westchester County.

SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process may be served.

SSNY shall mail process to 152 Westchester Ave, Buchanan, NY 10511 Purpose: any lawful act or activity. #62353 Notice of Formation of Valentinoís Painting LLC. Arts. of Org. filed with SSNY on 10/30/2018. Office location: Westchester County.

SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process may be served. SSNY shall mail process to 95 Short Street, Peekskill, NY 10566 Purpose: any lawful act or activity. #62354 RYAN ADVISORY, LLC. Articles of Organization filed with Secretary of State of New York (SSNY) on September 16, 2019. Office Location: Westchester County.

SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail copy of process to: 7 S Ridge Road, Larchmont, NY 10538. Purpose: to engage in any and all business for which LLCs may be formed under the New York LLC law. #62355 NOTICE OF FORMATION OF LIMITED LIABITITY COMPAY (LLC) INDIE DIGITAL INTERNATIONAL LLC. Articles of Organizations were filed with the Secretary of State of New York (SSNY) on 06/06/19. Office location: Westchester County. SSNY has been designated as agent of the LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail a copy of process to: The LLC, 312 William St. Rye Brook, New York 10573, principal business location of the LLC. Purpose: any lawful business activity. #62356

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The Articles of Organization of AVENUES 2 HEALTH, LLC, a limited liability company, (the ìCompanyî) were filed with the Secretary of State of the State of New York on September 5, 2019. The office of the Company is located in Westchester County, New York. The Secretary of State has been designated as agent of the Company upon whom process against it may be served. The post office address within or without the State to which the Secretary of State shall mail a copy of any process against the Company served upon him or her is: 1415 Boston Post Road, Larchmont, NY 10538. The Company was formed for any lawful business purpose or purposes permitted under the New York Limited Liability Company Act. #62357 31 Maple, LLC, Arts of Org. filed with Sec. of State of NY (SSNY) 7/9/2019. Cty: Westchester. SSNY desig. as agent upon whom process against may be served & shall mail process to Anthony Cassano, Jr., 84 Hix Ave., Rye, NY 10580.

General Purpose. #62358 Bailey Avenue LLC, Arts of Org. filed with Sec. of State of NY (SSNY) 7/12/2019.

Cty: Westchester. SSNY desig. as agent upon whom process against may be served & shall mail process to 731 Main St., New Rochelle, NY 10801.

General Purpose. #62359 THE ANNUAL RETURN OF THE G. HAROLD AND LEILA Y. MATHERS FOUNDATION for the calendar year ended December 31, 2018 is available at its principal office located at 800 Westchester Avenue, Suite N-503, Rye Brook, NY 10573-1373 for inspection during regular business hours by any citizen who requests it within 180 days hereof.

Principal Manager of the Foundation is RICHARD A. HANDELMAN. #62360 Rachel Deliz Productions, LLC. Arts. Of Org. Filed with the SSNY on 9/3/19.

Office: Westchester County. SSNY designated as agent of the LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail copy of process to the LLC at 155 Weskora Ct, Yorktown Hts, NY 10598.

Purpose: Any lawful purpose. # 62320

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