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October 28, 2013 | VOL. 49, No. 43

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BY MARK LUNGARIELLO mlungariello@westfairinc.com

I oceanfront community known as the Irish Riviera. Nor is it just the sight of the ubiquitous blue pickup truck he drives with the “HABITAT7” plates and the Habitat for Humanity lettering and blueprint design on its panels that has contractors waving and the retired N.Y.P.D. cop who took a

nsurers have paid $18.7 billion for hurricane-related damages since Sandy, making it the third costliest storm in U.S. insurance history, according to a report from Allianz Global Corporate & Specialty Americas, an international corporate insurer based in New York City. Katrina and 1992’s Andrew saw private insurers pay out more, with $48.7 billion and $25.6 billion, respectively. The cost of the storm and the likelihood that other extreme, high-loss weather events could be a low-pressure system away mean not only changes in premiums and policies for coastal homes and businesses but a new approach from the industry as it dishes out lessons learned and braces for the next “big one.” The average commercial claim for Sandy-related damages was for more than $44,500, according to a new insurance industry analysis. And though businesses accounted for half of the privately-insured losses from the storm, insurers say that many businesses are no better prepared today, one year after the storm, than they were before it made landfall. Eight of the 10 costliest storms in insurance history were in the last decade, the report said. FEMA flood maps were updated this year, with an estimated 35,000 homes in coastal areas along Westchester and New York now added to the high-risk flood plain area, according to the New York Daily News.

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Habitat for Humanity of Westchester’s Jim Killoran, left, and Seshadri Venkatachari in Breezy Point.

Building hopes and homes in ‘Westchester East’ BY JOHN GOLDEN jgolden@westfairinc.com

OUT ON BREEZY POINT on the Rockaway peninsula, people know and like Jim Killoran, and not just for the kind of blue-eyed Irish surname that earns one a familiar welcome in this tight-knit

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Building — bullet in the spine braking to shoot the breeze with the ever-amiable and earnest Killoran. People in Breezy Point, and in other battered communities across The Rockaways, know Jim Killoran as the man who came from Westchester County in the first terrible days after Hurricane Sandy with badly needed supplies – food and water and gasoline, lumber and building supplies and heavyduty contractor trash bags – and volunteers to tackle the muck and mounds of wet sand in their ruined homes and businesses. As executive director of Habitat for Humanity of Westchester, he came with an organization practiced and resourceful in responding to natural disasters. The flood disaster of April 2007 that ravaged Mamaroneck and other Westchester communities was Killoran’s and Habitat’s training ground. One year later, Sandy’s survivors on the Queens shore know him and his crews as the ones who have stayed to help rebuild both homes and hope in Breezy Point. They have stayed long after many have left. Some left with profits from shoddy, incompetent repair work that Habitat work crews have had to undo. “I call this Westchester East, the Rockaways and Breezy Point,” said Killoran, whose Habitat chapter based in Mamaroneck marks its 25th anniversary this year. While the recovery work continues on this outer reach of New York City, Killoran with his Habitat volunteer crews and business partners also is stepping up projects in Westchester to build, reclaim and repair homes for returning military veterans and other residents in need of affordable ownership housing. Rather than a distraction from its Westchester mission, Habitat’s effort in the Rockaways has strengthened and expanded its infrastructure of corporate partners, donors and volunteers for the work in its home county, he said. “We are building nine homes now, from Peekskill to Yonkers and White Plains – new and rehabbed – and with foreclosures up, we anticipate getting empty homes, rehabbing and putting more families in as well,” said Killoran. With the nonprofit’s 25th anniversary, “I made a commitment that we would build even more in Westchester this year.” “Everyone thinks everybody’s in,” Killoran said as we drove Rockaway Point Boulevard on a warm and sunny October day in Breezy Point, a homeowners cooperative that dates to 1960. “There are still thousands of people not in their homes one year later – and we’re in the capital of the world.” “It’s pretty surreal,” he said as we passed a bustling construction site on the community’s ocean side where two-story homes sheathed in plywood were rising on sandy ground in a neighborhood leveled by fire and

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Construction manager Sesh Venkatachari checks his crew’s progress in a Breezy Point home being renovated by Habitat for Humanity of Westchester.

A Breezy Point church is Habitat for Humanity’s operations center in the Rockaways. From left, Jim Killoran, executive director, and volunteers Stacy Walsh and Tom Naughton.

flood. “But in a minute it could happen in Sound Shore, in Hartsdale, in Yonkers.” At Breezy Point, whose narrow side streets of tightly clustered one-story homes are not accessible by auto, “I think 40 percent at most is back,” he said. About 300 homes either were destroyed in the spectacular fire that riveted a watching metropolis and nation on the night of the hurricane or were knocked down in the wake of severely damaging high winds and salty floodwater. “I had about 75 houses around me,” said Betty Jean Darby, who had stopped at Christ Community Church, the whitesteeple summer church that serves as Habitat for Humanity’s operations center. She was looking for help to get a special Federal Emergency Management Agency grant she needs to raise her house above flood level. “I’m one of the few still standing… The wind blew the door down. I had 13 feet of water in a one-story home.” And four feet of wet sand that volunteers removed. “They’re wonderful,” she said of Habitat. “Without volunteers, I would never have survived. I’m not alone in that.” To get the FEMA grant, Darby and other

homeowners must first obtain a letter from New York City officials certifying the substantial damage to their homes. “It’s a nightmare to get the letter,” she said. For disaster-stricken residents navigating government channels, Killoran said, “You need a lawyer just to understand the gobbledyspeak.” For Darby, “It was $20,000 for the engineer and the architect” whose services were needed to qualify for the grant. “Mine, they say it’s $23,000” for those professional services, said Stacy Walsh, a Rockaways hurricane victim who works daily at the Habitat center. She wears a brace on her upper torso and awaits more surgery after a car accident in June left her with a fractured skull and 200 head stitches, three cracked vertebrae, a pair of broken knees and a broken hip. “I only had $80,000 in insurance” on her home, she said. Walsh and her family have been helped financially by Habitat, which itself relies wholly on donations, even as she dispenses aid and knowing sympathy to other victims. Alison Giglio, a Cross River resident whose relief group in northern Westchester, H2H or

Hand to Heart, has sent hundreds of volunteers and donations of money and supplies to Habitat’s Rockaways operation, calls Walsh “the Habitat hero.” In Habitat’s Westchester East work, “We’ve had 8,500 volunteers overall, at least,” said Killoran. “We figure we did over $12 million of work out here with the volunteers” in labor and donations. “We’ve touched over 800 homes” in the various stages of recovery, from mucking to gutting to painting and renovating. “That’s actually closer to 1,000,” he added. Habitat crews have gutted and helped rebuild a dozen businesses. One of those is Breezy Point Lumber Co., whose busy lot adjoins the cooperative’s one-stop strip shopping center, which also serves as residents’ post-storm information exchange. Owner Kathy Dady, who took over the business after her husband died two years ago, was observing the anniversary of his death on the day that Hurricane Sandy hit. On the first mournful anniversary the previous year, a freakish snowstorm swept in. “We’re hoping he’s a bit quiet this year,” the widow said with a rueful smile. In the storm’s aftermath, “This was definitely the hospital” for a community in need of emergency repairs, she said. But for two weeks the hospital itself was closed and in recovery. “The water was five feet high,” said Dady, pointing out the flood level on a drill bits display case. “I lost most of my inventory” along with computers, company trucks and a lumber yard forklift. “Jim sent a bunch of guys out to help me…They were very instrumental in helping me open the doors again.” “We had tons of Master Card employees here,” she said. The company sent six busloads of employees to join the volunteer troops deployed by Killoran across the Rockaways. They were among the many corporate good citizens from Westchester donating equipment, materials and labor to the Habitat team. Dady also turned to Westchester when replacing her company fleet, buying a truck from a Port Chester lumber company that was going out of business. We crossed a parking lot to the shopping center’s Blarney Castle Tavern. Jerry O’Hara – a Vietnam veteran with two prosthetic legs for whom Killoran is trying to find a threewheeled motor scooter to help him across the shifting sand outside his Habitat-renovated home – was tending bar. He had just gotten off his shift at Blarney Castle when Sandy blew in a year ago. “We watched it from here,” O’Hara said. Across the boulevard, 146 homes went up in flames, out of the reach of the community’s volunteer fire department immobilized by the flood. “We’re sitting here and watching Breezy burn and not being able to do anything about it.” Continued on next page

The tavern was largely spared, but its day bartender was left homeless. “I got into my house after eight months and it was mostly due to the Habitat,” O’Hara said. “They did a great job for me. It wasn’t just me, it was the whole neighborhood that they helped. They helped us out tremendously. Some of the craftsmen, they brought in.” “It’s like a deployment of troops,” Killoran said of the disaster operation, “in this case volunteer troops who’ve been with us for years.” One year after the hurricane, Habitat has Walsh and four other volunteers working daily in the Rockaways. They include Tom Naughton, a retired Bank of New York employee with a useful pickup truck. Naughton thought he had it bad when the lights and heat went out for 12 or 13 days at his home in Rye Brook, until he came to Breezy Point. He drives there five or six days each week. Habitat’s volunteer construction manager, Sesh Venkatachari, has hired 12 unemployed Rockaway residents as full-time and part-time workers on Habitat’s rebuilding crews. Some, like Ray Acosta, an auto parts store employee in Rockaway for 23 years, lost their jobs when Sandy put their employers out of business. A resident of Richmond Hill in Queens, Venkatachari was a former stockbroker in

his native India and a foreign exchange trade consultant to New York banks when Sandy hit. “I came here the third day of Sandy,” he said in Breezy Point. “I quit my job the second day.” Now Habitat’s good work is his daily work. “He’s a miracle,” the construction manger said of Killoran. “People make things happen; that’s him.” Though Breezy Point now looks more “like a little town” than the “disaster zone” it was a year ago, “He is still in the disaster mode,” Venkatachari said. Outside a gutted home where a Habitat crew worked, Killoran in his braking truck shouted with joy at seeing a backhoe operator remove a massive uprooted tree stump from the property. “He’s got a house in the Rockaways that we’re gonna help,” said Naughton, who negotiated the curbside deal. Killoran quickly reached for his wallet in his shorts pocket and handed cash to Naughton. “Here, give him this,” he said. “It is New York.” He reached again for his wallet and pulled out another bill. “Here, Tommy, get him lunch too,” he instructed. At Habitat, “We’re not here for money,” he said. “We’re just here to get people in their homes.” “When groups came and went, we stayed,” said the man from Westchester they know and like in Breezy Point. “Every day is make a difference day.”

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oam Bramson, the Democrat running for Westchester County executive, compared his opponent to Newt Gingrich and called him “the Tea Party with a smile.” Republican Robert P. Astorino, the incumbent, said that as New Rochelle’s mayor, Bramson had continually raised taxes and inflicted more pain on the people of the city than anyone in history. Bramson said though there have been improvements to the fiscal and business health of Westchester since Astorino was elected in 2009, it was in spite of and not because of the county executive’s leadership. “Of course things are better now because the economy has broadly recovered,” Bramson said. “But claiming credit for that is like claiming credit for sunlight or the sunrise.” Astorino responded to accusations that his views were extreme by shooting back, “The only thing extreme are your tax increases.” With the Nov. 5 election only weeks away, neither Astorino nor Bramson played much defense at their debate Oct. 16 in White Plains hosted by the Westchester County Association. Instead the two pounded one another over their records, with Astorino portraying Bramson as a tax-and-spender and Bramson painting Astorino as a social conservative who has unsparingly cut social programs in the county. Astorino said he has reined in spending and made the county a destination for businesses. The tax levy has been reduced by $172 million, or 2 percent overall, in the four years since he was elected. Westchester was one of only four counties in the state that had reduced taxes in the last four years, Astorino said. But Bramson said that takes into consideration only the county portion of a total property tax bill, which is made up mostly of public school and municipal taxes. Bramson said Astorino has failed to take a regional approach that would share services and reduce the entire tax bill, rather than just the county portion. “There’s so much low-hanging fruit, but it’s not happening right now,” Bramson said. Westchester taxes have been kept down through cuts to child care subsidies and borrowing to pay county employee pensions, he said. Astorino lashed out at Bramson’s record on economic development, citing projects like the New Rochelle Avalon development that have not yet achieved the widespread

revitalizing effect that was hoped for for the city’s downtown. He said taxpayers were subsidizing the construction through tax abatements to the developers and an influx of new students to the New Rochelle public schools. The county executive compared the city to other municipalities such as Port Chester and White Plains, which have experienced business district “renaissances,” he said. “Now look at New Rochelle, New Rochelle is nowhere near where it could be, there are dollar stores, there are empty stores, there are vacant stores,” Astorino said. “That’s not development, development is a good, comprehensive way.” The challenger criticized Astorino for feuding with the federal government over the terms of a lawsuit settlement in which Westchester is building 750 units of affordable housing in some of its richest – and statistically whitest – communities. The federal government is withholding nearly $20 million in grants from the county due to what it believes is lack of compliance to the terms by Westchester. “The problem isn’t that you’re fighting, the problem is that you’re losing and every single one of us is paying the price for that failure,” Bramson said. Astorino said he was defending Westchester communities’ home rule from a federal over-reach that exceeded the terms of the settlement, which was signed by Astorino’s predecessor Andy Spano. Astorino called his opponent a part-time, ceremonial mayor and took issue that he receives lifetime health benefits and had a pay raise resulting in $89,000 in annual salary. Bramson defended his work ethic and said he voluntarily contributed 18 percent to his health care costs. Astorino countered that taking a pay raise exhibited poor leadership during a financial crisis and budget crunch in the city that has led to a reduction in fire department and other city staff. “You’re lucky you keep your job,” Astorino said. “That’s not the example to set.” Bramson fired back that there had been a lack of vision and leadership on the county level. “I’m wondering if you show up to work at all,” he said. The election for county executive has no clear frontrunner, although Bramson has the inside track in terms of voter registration, with registered Democrats outnumbering registered Republicans by more than 100,000 voters in the county. But Astorino has the advantage of incumbency and has raised roughly $1 million more than his opponent over the course of the campaign which is expected to far exceed 2009’s nearly $4 million race as the most expensive election in Westchester history.

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Tom Varney, regional manager for Allianz Risk Consulting in the Americas, said in a written statement that businesses needed to prepare for a “new normal” of extreme weather, mitigate damages and be prepared to get a business back up and running as quickly as possible following an extreme event. Adapting may not be easy. “For many companies it takes time – in some cases years – to appropriate funding and actually make the much-needed changes,” Varney said. Allianz recommends that businesses prepare by developing a written emer-

gency preparedness plan and a contingency plan that outlines how a company can become functional again after a loss. Other recommendations are knowing what a business should be prepared for in terms of high-likelihood types of damage – be it damage caused by wind or floods – and then understand the insurance coverage in effect to determine if additional insurance needs to be purchased. Business interruption claims were rampant in Sandy’s aftermath, with many businesses contending with power outages. The Allianz report recommended that businesses understand their policy limits of that coverage and to decide whether to add an extended period of indemnity clause. To limit the impact of interruption losses, insurers recom-

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mend that businesses install generators that can operate critical equipment in buildings or even act as a temporary alternative to the main power lines in the case of extended outages. For homeowners, insurers offer similar advice in terms of buying generators for their homes, storing vital equipment and valuables in higher parts of the house when possible, maintaining sump pumps and also dealing with arborists to identify diseased or weak trees likely to topple during storms. Homeowners with means may also learn the lesson that the new normal means a broader insurance coverage: a homeowners policy, flood insurance and even excess insurance. It could also mean foregoing standard insurance for a more high-end option. One year after Sandy made landfall, Privilege Underwriters Reciprocal Exchange, or PURE is seeing an increased interest into their specialty insurance products. PURE is a policyholder-owned insurer that caters to high-net-worth individuals and families. Specialist insurance like PURE has some significant differences from standard insurance and those differences became accentuated during the storm. Standard insurance might cover damage from a tree that falls on a home, but wouldn’t cover the cost of the tree falling in the yard the way certain PURE coverage might. When a car is totaled, specialty insurers often have an “agreed value” written into the contract, which means no surprises and often a quicker settlement. The increased interest in specialty insurance is not just a matter of what is offered in a policy but how a claim is handled, according to Gary Stephen, senior vice president of claims and risk management with PURE. “It may be as much driven by the service differen-

tial as the coverage differential,” he said. Prior to the storm, PURE made 500 outbound calls to its members along the New Jersey shore, Long Island and elsewhere asking if homeowners needed help boarding windows or securing their properties. The company made an app available to track the storm, access policy information and file claims. Forty-five percent of the membership used the app. It brought in a staff of appraisers days before the storm, ran several dry runs and tried to plan for the type of losses they’d be reviewing. The appraisers came with an average experience level of 19 years, Stephen said, which curbed a problem for many homeowners with standard insurers – emergency appraisers underestimating what the cost of repairs would be. “When you’re faced with that type of claim volume, you want to get it right the first time,” he said. After the storm hit, the company overlayed a map of its insured homes with a map of the flood surge. PURE sent damage appraisers to homes within the surge area that hadn’t filed claims in anticipation of damages there. The company also hired its own arborists for its customers. Overall damage from Sandy are estimated at $70 billion, which makes it the second costliest storm in history after Katrina, which caused more than $100 billion worth of damage. Insured losses from Sandy total approximately $28.5 billion, with private insurance companies accounting for about 73 percent of that total, the Allianz report said. Businesses made up 48 percent of the privately insured loss from Sandy. Over 1.5 million claims were filed to private companies and 127,000 to the National Insurance Program.

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Wartburg Adult Care Community, one of Westchester County’s largest providers of services for the elderly, recently celebrated the opening of its $31 million Center of Excellence building on its 34-acre Mount Vernon campus. The three-story, 75,000-square-foot building houses a rehabilitation center and an adult day care services center. Designed for recuperating stroke, heart and surgery patients, the rehabilitation center includes four “neighborhoods,” each with 12 to 13 private bedrooms and a common lounge area, dining space and country kitchen. There are physical, occupational and speech therapy suites and a training apartment to help recovering

patients learn again functional living skills before returning home. Wartburg officials said the day care center offers both a medical and a social model of care. Among its services are podiatry; pain management; psychological and dementia-specific care; an arts program called Creative Aging; spiritual care; live entertainment; community trips and personal grooming services that include a whirlpool bath and beauty salon. Sponsored by the Lutheran Church as a social ministry, Wartburg was founded as a children’s orphanage in the aftermath of the Civil War. The nonprofit nursing home and assisted living facility operator is Mount Vernon’s largest employer, providing jobs for about 800 area residents at its secluded campus off the Hutchinson River Parkway and Lincoln Avenue.

Ridge Hill gives students a taste of retail BY CRYSTAL KANG ckang@westfairinc.com

very Tuesday, a busload of sophomores and juniors from eight high schools in Yonkers heads to the Ridge Hill shopping mall – not to splurge on their allowance money, but to learn how to be astute sales associates, crafty chefs and upstanding security guards. Ridge Hill Academy, a pilot program that launched in the spring, engages students with business owners and mall staff who provide insight into the world of retail. The program, which is funded by a $100,000 grant from mall owners Forest City Ratner Cos. to the nonprofit Yonkers Partners in Education (YPIE), enrolls 25 high school students who are highly interested in pursuing a career in retail. The fall program, which began Oct. 15, is divided into eight workshops held at the mall including seminars on restaurant management with Cheesecake Factory and Frannie’s Goodie Shop and theater management with Showcase Cinema de Lux. Newly participating this year are Brooks Brothers Flatiron Shop and LA Fitness. The workshops range from tours of the kitchen and machinery to testing out the equipment in the fitness center. LA Fitness manager Alex Aponte said he plans to give the students a fitness test when they visit him Nov. 19. One student who graduated from Ridge Hill Academy in the spring said she learned about the behind-the-scenes work that takes place in retail. She mentioned a particularly eye opening experience at Lord and Taylor. “There were a lot of things I didn’t know happened at Lord and Taylor,” said Stacy Fernandez, an 11th-grader at Yonkers High School who is interested in fashion. “For example, I didn’t know one person chooses the way the mannequins are set up. We were also able to see what goes into getting the inventory and what happens if something doesn’t get sold or runs out.” After graduating from the program, Fernandez learned about an intensive summer camp program for fashion through the YPIE network. After spending a week in Manhattan learning about fashion and marketing, Fernandez received a job offer at Ridge Hill. “Miss Ellen Cutler Levy, through the Yonkers Partners in Education and through Ridge Hill, was able to get me a job at South Moon Under, which was a fantastic opportunity,” Fernandez said. She added that Cutler Levy knew about

Fernandez’s interest in fashion through her involvement in the academy program and asked for her resume to send to a manager. Although Fernandez quit her job because of school, she tags along with the new batch of students in the academy and encourages them to take advantage of the program. “I hope to help the new students take this opportunity to expand their horizons and learn about something they may never have known they were

passionate about,” said Fernandez, who plans to apply as a communications major at Barnard, Columbia, Cornell, NYU, Fordham and Vassar colleges next year. The idea behind equipping students with career skills through the academy started with Geraldine Brown, the former marketing director at Ridge Hill. She had been putting together lifestyle workshops for young people, so they can meet, network with each other and create a strategic vision for their future. Along

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s Pace University marks its 50th anniversary, college officials announced plans for a $100 million multiphase project for its Pleasantville campus that includes new residence halls and athletic facilities. “This project, together with new academic programs and related enhancements, represents a significant investment in and commitment to the future of the Pleasantville campus,” Pace President Stephen J. Friedman said. The project, which is expected to use 550 construction workers, also includes upgrades and expansions of the student and environmental centers, renovations on existing buildings and infrastructure and improvements on pedestrian accessibility. Government officials, faculty, staff, students and alumni gathered Oct. 23 for the groundbreaking ceremony, which took place on the environmental center lawn. One of the project’s aims is to consolidate the Pleasantville and Briarcliff Manor campuses, including athletic facilities and administrative functions. Currently, 690 students live on the Pleasantville campus and 590 reside at

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the student experiBriarcliff and comence,” said William J. mute to Pleasantville McGrath, senior vice via bus. The conpresident and chief struction of three administrative officer residence halls will at Pace. eliminate the 3,000 The estimated bus trips annuproject completion ally between the date is summer 2016. two campuses. The “Reconstruction 35-acre Briarcliff may cause an interfercampus, which Pace ence with the campus, opened in 1977, is for but we must remain sale. diligent and focus on The project begins with con- Pace President Stephen J. Friedman with Pace junior seeing the positive,” Qadry Harris. said Qadry Harris, a struction of three junior at Pace. four-story residence Although Qadry, vice president of a stuhalls, which will increase the number of beds on campus from 690 to 1,400. Also dent government association, said his graduincluded are: creating multipurpose artificial ating class won’t get to see all the renovations, turf fields for football, soccer and lacrosse; he’s looking forward to a larger meeting adding artificial turf to the existing baseball space for his unity and social justice club in field as well as lighting; constructing a new the future. He added that he’ll come back field house at the south end of the multipur- to see the finished work on the campus for pose field; creating a grass softball field at the alumni events and homecoming. Pace will preserve more than 60 persouthwest corner of the campus and adding a tennis court to the existing three. The Kessel cent of its campus green space by retaining Student Center will be renovated and the a 115-acre internal wooded buffer around the north, east and southeast portions of space expanded with a welcome center. “This master plan is a vision for a modern the campus. Bedford Road driveways will and sustainable campus designed to improve be reduced from five to three, which will

improve the appearance of the campus road frontage. Near the student center is a pond that is filled with moss and sediment. The project calls for cleaning it and creating a pathway that wraps around the pond. The environmental center buildings, which will be relocated to the space north of the Goldstein Health and Fitness Center, will be LEED Gold certified, which makes them environmentally sustainable, said Richard Schlesinger, associate dean at Pace. The buildings will be connected to a nature walk that allows environmental studies students to study the ecosystems existing in the green space, he said. Pace University, which has campuses in lower Manhattan and White Plains, enrolls nearly 13,000 students in bachelor’s, master’s and doctoral programs through Lubin School of Business, Dyson College of Arts and Sciences, College of Health Professionals, School of Education, School of Law, and Seidenberg School of Computer Science and Information Systems. It’s the 13th largest employer in the county and contributes $64 million annually to the county’s economy in direct and indirect spending, said Robert P. Astorino, county executive. Of its total workforce, 934 live and work in Westchester and of that total, 205 live in the town of Mount Pleasant.

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Northeast Medical Group, a multispecialty physician group affiliated with Yale New Haven Health System, has signed a longterm lease for approximately 4,500 square feet of office space at 3010 Westchester Ave. in the Harrison Executive Medical Park in Purchase. The group includes community physicians in Fairfield and New Haven counties in Connecticut and hospital-employed physicians at Greenwich, Bridgeport and Yale-New Haven hospitals. The deal was announced by owners of the 13-acre, three-building medical office campus, Simone Healthcare Development Group, a division of Simone Development Cos. in the Bronx, and Fareri Associates L.P. in Greenwich, Conn. Glenn Walsh of Newmark Grubb Knight Frank’s Rye Brook office represented the owners in the transaction and Kevin McCarthy of CBRE Inc. in Stamford represented the tenant. Simone and Fareri recently broke ground in the Harrison Executive Medical Park for an 85,000-square-foot medical office building at 3030 Westchester Ave. that will be wholly occupied by Westmed Medical Group. The building is scheduled to open in January 2015.

ciate Peter hansen. Clark Briffel, SL Green’s vice president for leasing, represents the owner. The 35-year-old building was recently renovated and includes 60,000 square feet of contiguous space on the second and third floors. It is currently 60 percent occupied. Its largest tenant is Westcon Group North America. “The ability to accommodate a small, 1,500-square-foot tenant while also providing the market with the only Class-A property with 60,000 square feet of contiguous space west of White Plains makes for a very compelling opportunity,” Carcaterra said in a press release.

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Principals of GHP Office Realty in Harrison hope to capitalize on Westchester’s growing restaurant and retail market with their recent purchase of 81 Main St., a vacant and architecturally distinctive bank build-

ing in Dobbs Ferry. An affiliate of GHP, the office building division of Houlihan-Parnes Realtors L.L.C., paid about $411,000 to acquire the approximately 5,000-square-foot bank from First States Investors TRS, L.P., according to Westchester County land records. Built in 1923, the bank features 36-foot-high vaulted ceilings, plaster detailing and an intact vault. Its architecture could serve as “a priceless backdrop” for a restaurant, bar or high-end professional suite, GHP and Houlihan-Parnes principals Andrew Greenspan and James J. houlihan noted in a press release. The property also could be redeveloped for retail and rental residences, they said. Greenspan brokered the deal, assisted by company leasing associates Bryan houlihan and Brendan hickey. – John Golden

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Regional accounting firms merge

O’Connor Davies L.L.P., the certified public accounting firm headquartered in Harrison, will expand its New Jersey footprint in a merger with Fazio, Mannuzza, Roche, Tankel, LaPilusa L.L.C. (FMRTL), an accounting firm based in Cranford, N.J. The deal creates a firm with combined revenues of approximately $100 million. The firm will operate under the O’Connor Davies name when the merger takes effect Jan. 1. It will have approximately 500 employees and 80 partners in seven offices in New York, New Jersey and Connecticut. Kevin J. Keane, managing partner of O’Connor Davies, in the company’s announcement said the merger establishes a major New Jersey, Northeast and midAtlantic regional accounting and consulting firm and enhances O’Connor Davies’ industry expertise in the areas of commercial businesses, trusts and estates and sports and entertainment. Joseph A. Fazio, managing director of FMRTL, said merging practices with O’Connor Davies “develops many opportunities for our clients, who will benefit from the expanded service offerings, collective depth of talent and industry expertise, as well as the global resources available through PKF International.” O’Connor Davies is a member firm of the PKF International Limited network of legally independent firms. O’Connor Davies is among the 20 largest accounting firms in the New York metropolitan area.

A former head of global corporate real estate at Morgan Stanley and JPMorgan Chase has been picked by Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo to lead the state’s new START-UP NY program to bring businesses to taxfree zones on and around state and private college campuses in partnerships with academic institutions. As executive vice president of the State University of New York Research Foundation, Leslie Whatley will work with the state’s Empire State Development and other public and private entities and organizations in leading and managing all

global real estate association, and currently serves on the executive board of the New York University Schack Institute of Real Estate.

Kudos to county for storm response

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In brief — county officials cited their “well-coordinated and committed response” to the storm disaster a year ago “which mitigated and minimized losses that could have been so much greater.” County Executive Robert P. Astorino in accepting the award said, “The rapid and thorough response to Hurricane Sandy by Westchester County’s emergency management personnel was about one thing: saving lives. Turns out, not only did they save lives, their efforts also saved millions of dollars in property damage and liability for county taxpayers.” New York Municipal Insurance Reciprocal is a nonprofit, statewide property and casualty insurance program for New York State’s local governments formed in 1993 by a partnership of New York State Association of Counties, the New York Conference of Mayors and the Association of Towns of the State of New York. It is the state’s largest underwriter of municipal property and casualty risk.

support innovative solar energy research and development. As part of a $60 million energy department investment through SunShot Initiative, the grant aims to lower the cost of solar electricity, advance grid integration and support a growing U.S. solar workforce. The federal energy department awarded $4.5 million to IBM’s Thomas J. Watson Research Center to develop solar devices that “near the theoretical efficiency limits of single junction solar cells.” The department will also award $1.9 million to GE Global Research to develop “more reliable solar components.” “The tremendous growth in the U.S. solar industry over the past few years is helping to pave the way to a cleaner, more sustainable energy future that protects our air and water and provides affordable clean energy to more and more Americans,” said U.S. energy department secretary Ernest Moniz. The energy department’s SunShot Initiative is a collaborative national effort that seeks to drive innovation to make solar energy cost-competitive with traditional energy sources by the end of the decade.

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11 new stores open in Galleria

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New York state recently received $8 million from the federal government to

Indianapolis-based Simon Property Group Inc. recently opened 11 stores at

The Galleria, adding 50,000 square feet of total retail space to the White Plains shopping mall. Newly opened are a Vans, Zumiez, Stride Rite, P.S. from Aéropostale, Famous Footwear, Rue 21 and Garage, a Montrealbased clothing story for teenage girls. Blink Fitness, Verizon Wireless, iFix and Repair, and The Linen Closet are also among the new stores. The indoor mall has 130 specialty stores and several big-box stores including Sears, Macy’s and H&M. H&M will build a second level, adding 30,000 square feet of space and a wider selection of men and women’s clothing. The Galleria at 100 Main St. in White Plains has “worked extremely hard to attract impact tenants to all four levels of the mall,” said Justin Stein, leasing representative for Simon Property Group’s Northeast Region, in a written statement. “As a result of that effort, shoppers will find all their desired brands under one roof.” By the end of the year, The Galleria will announce two more merchants, said Irene Taub, spokeswoman at Ryan & Ryan PR Inc. “Leases are still being finalized,” so those names won’t be announced until that process is complete, she added.

Local breweries win awards at beer festival

Two Westchester breweries at the fore-

front of the national craft beer renaissance took home medals at this month’s Great American Beer Festival, held Oct. 11 and 12 in Denver, Colo. Elmsford-based Captain Lawrence Brewing Co. took home the gold in the Experimental Beer category for its “Hops n’ Roses” ale while Peekskill Brewery’s “Amazeballs” took home the silver medal in the International-style Pale Ale category. The festival, in its 27th year, saw its largest panel of judges ever, with 201 brew connoisseurs from 11 countries. The judges had the enviable task of judging 4,809 beers in 84 style categories. The event itself drew 49,000 attendees, including representatives from more than 624 breweries across the country. Festival representatives said it was their largest event to date, due in part to the boom in craft brewing and launching of independent breweries that is cutting in on the beer behemoths’ market shares. Captain Lawrence and Peekskill are some of the most prominent breweries in Westchester, which recently saw the unveiling of Yonkers Brewery and Tuckahoe’s Broken Bow Brewery, joining an emerging regional market led by New York City and Long Island breweries including Brooklyn Brewery and Blue Point Brewing Co. – John Golden, Crystal Kang, Mark Lungariello

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Housing Action Council: 40 years of partnerships for fair and affordable housing By Rosemarie Noonan and Jean Pollak

oubling up with their relatives, a young couple who received home ownership counseling is about to buy a home in Rye. A senior citizen now lives near her son because of affordable rental apartments developed in Somers. A single parent has an affordable apartment because a faith-based organization constructed a twofamily home in Ardsley. A single parent feels safe in her new apartment in Cortlandt. What do these activities have in common? Each was made possible by community groups and private developers working in partnership with the Housing Action Council (HAC) where we are celebrating 40 years of service to the community. Developing affordable housing isn’t easy. Land in Westchester and neighboring counties is expensive and building costs are high. Compounding these factors, private and notfor-profit developers find the multilayers of regulation to obtain approvals for affordable housing daunting and public funding has been shrinking. This is where HAC comes in. Since 1974, we have facilitated the production and preservation of permanent housing for low and moderate-income households and specialneeds populations. With the expertise of our board and professional staff we have assisted in the development of more than 3,500 units and have leveraged more than $700 million in public and private funding to create affordable rental and ownership housing. HAC provides technical support in a variety of ways. For example, for a community group like A-HOME, we have served as a development consultant for more than 25 years helping assess the financial viability of potential developments, securing private and public funding and helping them through the development process. With HAC’s help, A-HOME now provides affordable housing for very low income and special-needs populations in Pound Ridge, South Salem, Croton Falls, Katonah, Bedford Hills, Chappaqua, Thornwood and Mount Kisco. With our assistance, the Sharing Community in Yonkers analyzed the feasibility of sites, secured the funding and assisted navigation of the development process. As a result, transitional housing for 13 homeless singles, permanent affordable housing for 30 formerly homeless individuals, 20 apartments for people with special needs were created. Additionally, with HAC’s assistance the Sharing Community acquired and operates Broadway Manor for 16 individuals in transition and provides permanent housing

for 10 formerly homeless individuals. HAC has worked closely with the municipal groups where we analyze the housing needs in their communities and help them review town land-use policies in the context of providing more affordable housing. In Somers, for example, with HAC’s help 73 rental housing units for seniors were created. HAC took the lead in negotiating the purchase of the property, securing public funding and marketing the housing. HAC has recently launched its Acquisition and Rehabilitation Program with support and encouragement from Westchester County. We are developing one- and two-family homes in Buchanan, Peekskill, Pleasantville, Tarrytown and Eastchester to be sold or rented to families of modest income. Since the inception of our homeownership counseling services in 1996, HAC has enabled nearly 1,000 low- and moderateincome households to become and remain homeowners having fixed rate mortgages with reasonable rates and terms. Since 1996, we have counseled more than 8,500 households. When the city of Yonkers settled a 27-year-old housing desegregation case, we stepped in to manage the Yonkers Affordable Housing Office, which was responsible for implementing the housing remedy order. We assisted more than 400 families to buy homes in areas with low percentages of African-American/Black and/or Hispanic Latino populations and helped more than 200 households make integrative moves through a rental assistance program. Today, HAC is working closely with the county in facilitating the development of housing in communities affected by the HUD housing settlement and with marketing the units. In 2001, the United Way of Westchester and Putnam recognized that the greatest need in the area was for more affordable housing. We were designated to oversee the then newly formed Community Housing Resource Center (CHRC) that is dedicated to creating a more favorable climate in the Hudson Valley for affordable housing. The center identifies, trains and assists community leaders to advocate for housing in their communities. In collaboration with Pace University School of Law’s Land Use Law Center, HAC and CHRC have developed a Land Use Leadership Alliance for housing, a training program designed for local officials and community leaders to develop leadership and advocacy skills to create more fair and affordable housing in order to maintain viable and diverse communities throughout the Hudson Valley region.

Homes for Westchester is our newest and broadest partnership, a collaboration with Allied Community Enterprises, Westhab, Westchester Residential Opportunities and Community Capital New York, nonprofits that serve Westchester and beyond, along with The Business Council of Westchester, Westchester County Association, African American Men of Westchester, Westchester Hispanic Coalition and others. The coalition advances healthy, vibrant communities that are racially, ethnically and economically diverse by seeking to expand public and private investment, streamline the approval process by advocating for new regulations for alternative technologies for treatment of waste water and for a review of the impediments in the environmental review process. The need for more affordable housing is acute. There is a well-documented disconnect between housing prices and wages in Westchester. The median-priced home in Westchester is $619,000. To purchase this would require an annual family income in the range of $180,000, which is beyond the range of over a quarter of a million Westchester households. Meanwhile, the average monthly rent for a two-bedroom apartment is $1,600,

requiring an annual average income of over $60,000. This prices-out some 110,000 households making less than $60,000 each year and results in overcrowding and substandard housing conditions. Despite all the difficulties, the Housing Action Council remains dedicated to our mission of providing more fair and affordable housing. And we continue to partner with nonprofit organizations, government agencies and private developers and lenders like the three we will honor at our Oct. 29th anniversary event: The Community Preservation Corp., the Kearney Realty and Development Group and Wilder Balter Partners. As private developers and a lender they have taken on the challenge of providing and financing affordable housing. With continued cooperation with partners like these, the Hudson Valley can and will be successful in addressing its community housing needs. Rosemarie Noonan is the executive director of the Housing Action Council in Tarrytown. She can be reached at rnoonan@ affordablehomes.org. Jean Pollak is a member of the Housing Action Council’s board of directors.

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JOSEPH SIMONE AND JON SCHANDLER HONOREES AT 2013 ANNUAL FALL LEADERSHIP DINNER

The Westchester County Association will honor two of Westchester’s renowned leaders, both visionaries who moved their organizations forward and had a significant impact on the county, at the 2013 Annual Fall Leadership Dinner on November 14. Leadership Awards will be given to Jon B. Schandler, CEO, White Plains Hospital for advancing hospital care, design, and technology that have improved the quality of care for thousands; and Joseph Simone, President, Simone Development Companies, for his foresight in constructing office buildings in Westchester and New York City to accommodate 21st century medical and technology needs. Alfred F. Kelly, Jr., President and CEO of the 2014 NY/NJ Super Bowl Host Committee, will deliver the keynote address. There also will be a special Silent Auction and some surprise entertainment.

FALL LEADERSHIP DINNER Thursday, November 14 5:30–9:30 pm Special Guest: Alfred F. Kelly Jr., President & CEO, 2014 NY/NJ Super Bowl Host Committee Hilton Westchester Hotel, Rye Brook Silent Auction featuring fabulous items $295 (members); $350 (future-members) For sponsorship opportunities, contact Tara Lavery at tlavery@westchester.org To register, visit westchester.org

Alfred F. Kelly, Jr.

JON B. SCHANDLER, CEO, White Plains Hospital, joined the hospital in 1976 as controller and associate executive director, after having been a senior account executive at Price Waterhouse & Co. He was named CEO and president in 1981. During his tenure, he directed the major renovation and repositioning of White Plains Hospital as a leading healthcare provider in Westchester County, and oversaw the gutting and modernization of the 500,000 square foot facility to include new centers for colon cancer and gastro-intestinal screening, seizure diagnosis, sleep disorders, and neo-natal care, and a stateof-the-art emergency room, and the creation of a satellite breast-imaging center in Rye Brook. JOSEPH SIMONE, President, Simone Development Companies has made medical-related assemblage and construction a strategic focus, as the delivery of healthcare services continues to proliferate in Westchester County and has become a $10 billion industry. His visionary development of 42 acres abutting the Hutchinson River Parkway in the Bronx was a bellwether achievement in that county’s revivification. Simone Development owns more than 100 commercial properties comprised of over 5 million square feel in metropolitan New York, among them: Hutchinson Metro Center, a medical tower soon to be occupied by Montefiore Medical Center, and the Harrison Executive Medical Park to be occupied by WESTMED Medical Group. The 2013 Fall Leadership Dinner will take place on Thursday, November 14 at the Hilton Westchester in Rye Town, beginning at 5:30 for cocktail hour and concluding at 9:30 pm. Ticket sales are brisk, so register today! ($295 for members; $350 for future members) For more information and to register, visit westchester.org, and for sponsorship opportunities, contact Tara Lavery at tlavery@westchester.org. For Silent Auction donations, contact Joelle DiNardi at jdinardi@westchester.org. WCA’s Annual Leadership Dinner and Awards ceremony is open to the public. However, pre-registration is required.

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COMING UP

QUARTERLY NETWORKING RECEPTION Tuesday, December 3 6–8:30 pm Location to be announced Kickoff the holiday season. Celebrate with us. An evening of networking and good eats!

WCA-YP SCHOLARSHIP WINNER! Marya Ugolnick is the winner of the 2013–2014 Westchester County Association Young Professionals Group Scholarship for Leadership Westchester. Ugolnick, a senior recruiter at Concorde Personnel in White Plains, will participate will participate in The Volunteer Center of United Way’s intensive, nine-month prestigious program, geared toward preparing today’s passionate professionals for tomorrow’s positions of influence.

ASTORINO-BRAMSON DEBATE: The incumbent, County Executive Rob Astorino, and the challenger, Noam Bramson, Mayor of New Rochelle, each defended their records and offered their vision, between barbs that is, at the highly successful County Executive Debate. Ten media outlets from NYC and Westchester County covered the event. In brief:

BRAMSON: The key question is, How do we have a thriving economy? This will require strengthening the commercial tax base, and having a multi-layered strategy. We need to think about land use regulation. That’s critical. And infrastructure. Do we have employees and potential employees to seize the jobs of the future? Where are the employees going to live and how will they get to work? Do we have a housing policy to keep young professionals in the county? Economic development requires partnerships between government and the for-profits. Have we created a comprehensive environmental plan or equipped municipalities to cut the red tape? Unless we can answer these questions, we don’t have an economic development policy. Yes, we need taxincentives, but that’s not

A LIVELY ONE! enough. We need to take a regional approach and get beyond frivolous, divisive arguments with the federal government that are costing us legal expenses and withheld grants.

ASTORINO: We have a more tax-friendly policy now. People are moving here. We have reduced the property tax by 2%. It’s a signal to business that they can do business here. PepsiCo was ready to leave. We lobbied against the sugar tax. We met with their senior executives and asked what will it take to keep you here. We worked with the Governor’s office. Pepsi is knocking down their building and spending $250 million and that’s good for economic development. Buildings are being repurposed for new employees and new businesses. An LDC was created; Regeneron is exploding; Xylem expanded; two new office buildings are going up, the first time in 25 years. We have been the catalyst for those who want to do business here. We’ve met challenges head on to make Westchester more affordable. We will continue to do what we’ve done: protect the taxpayer and preserve essential services.

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Employers looking to hire the best and brightest people Westchester has to offer found what they needed at Recruit Westchester 2013. The WCA’s second annual job and internship fair drew 140 employers, including New York Life and Target, and over 3000 students and alumni from 15 local colleges and universities. It was impressive. “This is a proactive group,” observed Christina Collins, an account manager with Counterspace, a multimedia design firm in White Plains. “Taking the time to dress and meet with prospective employers speaks volumes about their motivation to find jobs and careers.” Recruit Westchester showcased student and alumni skills and introduced them to local companies and nonprofits looking to keep our up-and-coming talent pool right here in Westchester County.

Above: Ana Yee, Berkeley College; Nicole Brodsky, Mercy College; Janet Hasson, Journal News Media Group; Marissa Brett, WCA; Dori Clarke, Empire City Casino; Angelina Bassano, Pace University; Diane Spizzirro, College of New Rochelle Right: Sandra Natoo, ARC Westchester greets graduates of College of New Rochelle and Westchester Community College Above: Nodar Janashia and Christian Wielage of PlanGuru with Nyla Khan, Sarah Lawrence College Far left: Grant Grastorf and Ann Treantafales of Fordham University, with Daina Brown, College of Westchester

Recruıt WESTCHESTER 2013 DRAWS THOUSANDS! Left: George Hajiyeerou of St. Thomas Aquinas College talks to Dena-Blount Roper and Josian Colon of Target Corporation

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THELIST: software developers Listed alphabetically

Westchester County Next list: November 4 Credit Unions

Software Developers

regional

Listed alphabetically. Name Address Telephone Website

Year established or year software released

Advanced Decisions 4 Corporate Drive, Suite 383, Shelton, CT 06484 (203) 929-1400 • (888) 795-1500 • advanceddecisions.com

The Allen Group Inc. 50 Washington St., Fifth floor, Norwalk, CT 06854 (203) 855-5777 • theallengroup.com

Aristo Data Systems 1010 Summer St., Suite 102A, Stamford, CT 06905 (203) 322-1113 • aristodata.com

Black Diamond Software Inc. 38C Grov St., Suite 6, Ridgefield, CT 06877 (203) 431-9600 • blackdiamond.com

Chateaux Software 50 Riverside Ave., Westport, CT 06880 (203) 222-7118 • chatsoft.com

Cipher Tech Solutions Inc. 407 N. Highland Ave., Upper Nyack, NY 10960 (888) 948-TECH (8324) • ciphertechsolutions.com

Codehorse Inc. 47 Merriam Ave., Bronxville, NY 10708 (914) 961-5636 • codehorse.com

Cool Life Systems 2280 State Route 208, Montgomery, NY 12549 (800) 988-8850 • coollifesystems.com

Costguard/At Your Service Software Inc. 450 Bronxville Road, Bronxville, NY 10708 (914) 337-9030 • costguard.com

Datacap 660 White Plains Road, Tarrytown, NY 10591 (914) 366-0100 • datacap.com

Exeye Software Tools Inc. 51 Hudson Ave., Haverstraw, NY 10927 (845) 942-0941 • exeyesoftware.com

E-Wiz Solutions, Inc. 120 Kisco Ave., Suite F, Mount Kisco, NY 10549 (914) 202-9468 • ewizsolutions.com

FXtrek.com 1234 Summer St., Fifth floor, Stamford, CT 06905 (203) 961-0918 • fxtrek.com

Imperium 164 Kings Highway North, Westport, CT 06880 (203) 221-1500 • imperium.com

Type of software/services

1970

Application development for financial, scientific, voice processing educational industries; embedded system development projects include X-ray systems, satellite sensor software and medical instrumentation; mobile application development

1997

Open source software, custom software development, database design and integration

1986

Business (general ledger enhancements, accounts payable, accounts receivable and sales enhancements, allocation maintenance, GL import with analytical accounting transactions, AP import with analytical accounting transactions, reporting)

1990

Software development for e-commerce and portal development

1985

Business intelligence and application integration solutions

2006

Specializes in ehancing computer and network infrastructures, as well as developing and improving upon existing client operational processes

1996

Custom web-based software systems

2003

Centralized database management, Sales Performance Management (SPM), Customer Relationship Management (CRM), Content Management System (CMS), eMarketing solutions, project management, Software as a Service (SaaS)

1984

Restaurant and food service software

1988

High-performance software for data and image capture

1981

Software for business to improve computer functionality

1999

Website, business and mobile applications across the business spectrum

2001

Software for the foreign exchange market system

1990

Focuses on fraud prevention and identity validation solutions

Name Address Telephone Website

Informa Investment Solutions Inc. 4 Gannett Drive, White Plains, NY 10604 (914) 640-0200 • informais.com

Integrated Systems Management Inc. 303 S. Broadway, Suite 101, Tarrytown, NY 10591 (914) 332-5590 • ismnet.com

LBM Systems 2 Stony Hill Road, Suite 206, Bethel, CT 06801 (203) 966-0661 • lbmsys.com

Loring Software Inc. 3 Hays Hill Road, Pleasantville, NY 10570 (914) 747-0923 • loring.net

MaxQ Technologies Inc. 39 Old Ridgebury Road, Suite 7, Floor N2, Danbury, CT 06810 (203) 748-0481 • maxqtech.com

Media Services Group 1 Landmark Square, Eighth floor, Stamford, CT 06901 (203) 921-1771 • msgl.com

Objective Consulting Inc. 828 S. Broadway, Tarrytown, NY 10591 (914) 524-4151 • spiders.com

Pragmatix Inc. 565 Taxter Road, Elmsford, NY 10523 (914) 345-9444 • pragmatix.com

Program Development Corp Inc. 300 Hamilton Ave., Suite 409, White Plains, NY 10601 (914) 761-1732 • gridpro.com

RustyBrick 2 Executive Blvd., Suite 305, Suffern, NY 10901 (845) 369-6869 • rustybrick.com

Sigmund Software 509 Route 312, Brewster, NY 10509 (845) 279-2026 • sigmundsoftware.com

Software Consulting Associates Inc. 54 Elizabeth St., Suite 17, Red Hook, NY 12571 (845) 758-0104 • sca-corp.com

TwoFour 445 Hamilton Ave., 11th floor, White Plains, NY 10601 (914) 220-8800 • twofour.com

Zen Software Inc. 136 Old Dike Road, Suite 201, Trumbull, CT 06611 (203) 380-9047 • zensoftware.com

Year established or year software released

Type of software/services

1980

Financial strategies software

1990

Financial and health care solutions

early 1990s

Output management software for commercial application developers and end users of the applications

1996

Data-driven applications, developed interactive two-player games

1985

Software for all areas of business from finance through warehousing

1985

Software for magazine and book publishers

1993

Custom software and mobile application development across the business spectrum

1991

Custom software for insurance and publishing

1989

Engineering software

1994

Web software for businesses and organizations of all kinds

Behavioral health services software

1983

Software for building department and code enforcement, planning and zoning, property assessment, tax collection, grievance and small claims, certiorari and utility billing

202

Foreign exchange, treasury cash management, limit monitoring and order-management solutions

1990

Windows reporting tools

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The importance of a well-written job posting BY DAVID LEwIS

hen it comes to advertising your need to hire someone new for your business the job posting has become one of the most critical tools for your firm. Write it wrong and you could be looking at a longer than usual time to hire, impacting multiple facets of your business. Write it correctly and your bottom line will benefit. Here are some critical tips designed to help you better connect with and attract top talent: A job posting is essentially a marketing/ sales document and needs to be treated as such. All too often these seem to be thrown together without much forethought and without serious consideration for how competitive the job market can be, even in uncertain times. Candidates will skip over a poorly written posting, which many view as an indication that uneven effort to explain the job is indicative of the company’s culture and execution as a business. In the past we had the excuse of writing these with very limited text, after all we were paying by the letter for mostly newspaper advertising. Today online is the medium of choice and space is not the same commodity it used to be. With that in mind there’s no good reason to be overly brief. A good job posting consists of the following parts: • Who you are, with a little color on your business, history, all with the focus of selling the reader on why they may want to work for you. • The title of the role, along with a list of the key responsibilities the candidate would own. • A list of requirements focused on past experience, schooling, skills, attitude, core competencies, flexibility requirements, and perhaps education. • A section that talks about company benefits, compensation and even corporate perks and culture (e.g. free lunch, casual dress). • A closing section that describes how to apply for the position, along with what critical information must be provided at that time. There are some legal pitfalls to be aware of as you draft these. For one, be careful about implied age discrimination, specifically from statements about maximum experience or even ranges (e.g. two to four years of experience vs. the more politically correct and less divisive two-plus years). Focus instead on communicating the junior nature of the role in the responsibilities. Stay away from implying the job

requires someone who is physically able to perform tasks as the implied exclusion of candidates who have physical or other handicaps can also lead to trouble. These are tricky areas and as such may require some input from an HR or legal professional to ensure you stay far away from crossing any lines. The above framework can easily leave you with a long document, so be sure to edit accordingly so as not to run on too long and potentially lose the reader as a result. There’s a balance between more

vs. less that takes time to achieve. Getting your marketing/communications team involved in this exercise, something not done enough in the world of recruiting, is bound to result in a far sharper, more complete sales effort toward this audience, resulting in better candidates and shorter times needed to hire. David Lewis is president/CEO of WestchesterCountyJobs.com, the region’s most prolific job board with more than 100,000 area visitors a month to his network

of job boards to view jobs from over 4,000 area employers. His monthly reports will talk to the condition of the job market as measured by data from his sites, as well as data from state, federal and industry sources in the public domain. You can learn more about Lewis and his team at WestchesterCountyJobs.com.

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Obamacare: Opening doors to nontraditional health care By Sherrie Dulworth

midst the long-running debate over the Affordable Care Act (ACA) and the most recent congressional stalemate, one potentially groundbreaking piece of the law has evaded the limelight: Section 2706, titled “Nondiscrimination in Health Care.” This largely overseen piece potentially paves the way for commercial insurance to pay for nontraditional types of caregivers; yet it has not hit the radar screen of many insurers, business associations, human resources professionals and even practitioners of complementary and alternative medicine (CAM). Effective Jan. 1, commercial insurers, including employer-sponsored plans, are not to “discriminate against any health care provider who is acting within the scope of that provider’s license or certification under applicable state law.” Although most people realize that ACA, commonly referred to as Obamacare, will expand health care coverage to many previously uninsured citizens, what is less well known is that it will bring new types of practitioners into insurers’ networks. Nontraditional, but licensed professional providers in New York such as acupuncturists, chiropractors and massage therapists, who are often not reimbursed through commercial insurance, soon may be. For example, if you live in New York and suffer from low back pain and have commercial insurance, you might have the option to seek treatment from an acupuncturist, a chiropractor or a massage therapist, all of whom treat low back pain, and have that treatment covered (at least in part) by your insurance plan. While Section 2706 is part of the law, the practical reality of how and when it will get implemented is still a bit of a mystery. There is general agreement among those in the know that little planning has yet taken place for providing access to nontraditional health care services. It’s been pretty much just “wait and see.” There is still a lot of nuance related to Section 2706. States have different licensure regulations that affect how service providers are included or excluded by the legislation (practitioners must be licensed in order to be included.) For example, naturopathic doctors are not licensed in New York state, whereas they are licensed in nearby Connecticut, as are homeopathic physicians. The legislation doesn’t require insurers to contract with all of any type of specialty provider in a geographic area, and it doesn’t set reimbursement rates.

Although the value of CAM services has some vocal naysayers, almost 30 percent of U.S. adults receive care from some type of CAM practitioner each year. In Westchester County, that equates to roughly 200,000 people. And reimbursement is largely through out-of-pocket patient payment. Right now, a number of local hospitals offer nontraditional services, mostly on an inpatient basis. But, for the most part, nonhospital clinic or office-based practices in this geographic area are still pretty distinctly divided into separate worlds: traditional medical doctors and therapists and nontraditional or CAM practitioners where “never the twain shall meet.” In order to be covered under Section 2706, licensed providers do not have to be part of a traditional medical practice; but in the new world of integrated health care delivery, increased communication among the various caregivers and patients will ideally be more closely coordinated instead of fragmented as it is today. The legislation could motivate hospitals to add CAM services to their outpatient offerings. We might also see a greater number of outpatient practices with traditional and nontraditional service professionals working side by side to integrate patient care. Insurers and employers could design innovative benefit packages and/or look at useful comparative outcomes. Returning to the example of low back pain, this frequently occurring condition is a big contributor to workplace absenteeism and productivity and to increased medical and disability costs. Insurers or large employers could evaluate the impact of medical costs and other factors based upon their members’ use of various types of traditional and nontraditional treatment. How Section 2706 will evolve or what it may mean in the bigger picture of health care is yet to be determined. For right now, it seems to be one of Obamacare’s best-kept secrets. For additional information, The Integrative Healthcare Policy Consortium’s website has a list of frequently asked questions and a video from Deborah Senn, JD (former state of Washington insurance commissioner) about Section 2706 at: ihpc.info. Sherrie Dulworth is a national health care management consultant working with organizations to identify, implement and/or communicate clinical and operational best practices. She is an R.N. and has a Master of Science degree from the Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism. She can be reached at sherriedulworth@gmail.com

WESTCHESTER COUNTY

DOCTORS of

DISTINCTION Saluting those who go beyond the diagnosis

2013

FOUNDERS WESTCHESTER COUNTY MEDICAL SOCIETY | WESTCHESTER COUNTY BUSINESS JOURNAL | CITRIN COOPERMAN

WESTCHESTER COUNTY

2013 DOCTORS OF DISTINCTION AWARDEES PRESENTATION OCT. 24 AT THE BRISTAL IN WHITE PLAINS

DR. ROBERT W. AMLER Vice president for government affairs and dean for the School of Health Sciences and Practice and Institute of Public Health at New York Medical College where he has overseen the launch of several centers of excellence, including the biotech incubator scheduled for opening in 2014.

MEDICAL ENTREPRENEUR AWARD

In recognition of his creative work in the public health sector and his ability to help build out clinical training facilities for biotechnology, disaster medicine and clinical skills, as well as a biotech incubator to attract researchers and start-up firms in early-stage development of new drugs, vaccine strains and medical safety devices and apps at New York Medical College.

DR. JASON B. CARMEL Director of the Motor Recovery Laboratory and Early Brain Injury Recovery Clinic at The Burke Medical Research Institute in White Plains; assistant professor of neurology and neuroscience at Weill Cornell Medical College; and attending neurologist at Blythedale Children’s Hospital.

RESEARCH EXCELLENCE AWARD

In recognition of his clinical research in studying ways to repair the brain-spinal cord connections using activity-based therapies, including electrical stimulation and motor training.

DR. LAWRENCE L. FALTZ Senior vice president for medical affairs and chief medical officer at Phelps Memorial Hospital Center in Sleepy Hollow and professor of medicine at New York Medical College.

LEADERSHIP IN MEDICAL ADVOCACY AWARD

In recognition of his exceptional leadership in advocacy on behalf of the medical profession at the local, state and national level and his tireless efforts to help fellow physicians.

DR. AVRAHAM MERAV Former chief of thoracic surgery at Montefiore Hospital. In 2009, he opened the thoracic center at Phelps Memorial Hospital Center and recently the Westchester Lung Nodule Center. He continues to share his vast experience and cutting-edge and innovative surgical procedures with medical centers around the world.

LIFETIME ACHIEVEMENT AWARD

In recognition of a lifetime career in medical service for the community, respected by his peers and the public he serves.

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Working in the broader business landscape of the Hudson Valley, Dr. Robert W. Amler engaged in the biotechnology sector as a founding member of New York BioHud Valley, an initiative to grow and maintain an economic development corridor with New York Medical College (NTMD) at its hub. Central to this concept was reconstruction of the college’s 120,000-square-foot research building at 7 Dana Road in Valhalla. Amler helped secure more than $8 million in state and federal funds needed to augment college funds to build clinical training facilities for biotechnology, disaster medicine and clinical skills, as well as a biotech incubator to attract researchers and startup firms in early-stage development of new drugs, vaccine strains and medical safety devices and apps. Amler led the

Hudson Valley Regional Advisory Council for New York’s Berger Commission and has served as adviser to the U.S. surgeon general and Environmental Protection Agency administrator on a broad range of medical, environmental and health policy issues. A practicing physician, Amler helped establish the Children’s Environmental Health Center of the Hudson Valley at NYMC and Maria Fareri Children’s Hospital. He is a graduate of Dartmouth College, Robert Wood Johnson Medical School and the CDC’s Epidemic Intelligence Service. He completed residencies at Bellevue Hospital and Roosevelt Hospital. He is an Honorary Paul Harris Fellow of the Rotary Foundation and recipient of the Meritorious Service Medal of the U.S. Public Health Service.

While in medical school, Dr. Jason B. Carmel’s identical twin brother suffered a spinal cord injury, which led him to pursue basic science research. He studied in Dr. Wise Young’s lab at Rutgers University and received a Ph.D. prior to finishing his medical training in child neurology and earning his M.D. at Columbia University. Board certified in child neurology, Carmel received his Bachelor of Arts degree at Stanford University in California. His work at The Burke Medical Research Institute is focused on the recovery of motor function after injury to the central nervous system. He is specifically looking at the direct connection between the brain center that initiates movement and the spinal cord, which ex-

ecutes movement. These connections allow voluntary movement in health and their damage is largely responsible for paralysis after injury. Carmel is studying ways to repair the brain-spinal cord connections using activity-based therapies, including electrical stimulation and motor training. The approach capitalizes on the fact that most brain and spinal injuries preserve some corticospinal connections. These connections become more numerous and stronger when activity is applied. Such a strategy could help people with cerebral palsy, stroke and spinal cord injury to recover movement. His group is currently enrolling children with hemiplegic cerebral palsy in clinical trials.

Overseeing patient care activities, quality programs, medical staff credentialing, joint commission accreditation and other clinical and operational programs keep Dr. Lawrence L. Faltz, senior vice president for medical affairs and chief medical officer at Phelps Memorial Hospital Center in Sleepy Hollow, very busy. He is also clinical professor of medicine at New York Medical College. A native New Yorker, Faltz graduated from the Bronx High School of Science, received his Bachelor of Arts degree from Columbia University and his M.D. from the New York University School of Medicine in 1972, where he was elected

to Alpha Omega Alpha. Faltz did his residency and fellowship training at the University of North Carolina, NYU and the National Institutes of Health, where he also spent three years as a research investigator studying cartilage biochemistry. Board certified in internal medicine and rheumatology, prior to joining Phelps in 1994, he was chairman of the department of medicine, residency program director and director of rheumatology at New York Hospital Queens. Faltz has served as governor of the American College of Physicians (ACP) and president of the New York State Society of Internal Medicine.

Born in Tel Aviv before the creation of the state of Israel, Dr. Avraham (Avi) Merav at age 17 in 1957 entered medical school in Switzerland, graduating at the top of his class from Basel University in 1964. After an internship at Mount Sinai Hospital in New York City, he married Susan (Susie) Bier and returned to Israel to complete his military service. During the 1967 Six-Day War he courageously served as a paratrooper on the Sinai front. In 1969, he and Susie returned to New York City with their first daughter, Tammar. The Meravs’ second daughter, Keren, was born in the Bronx, where Merav was completing surgical training at

Montefiore Medical Center. In October 1973, while still a fellow in cardiothoracic surgery, he returned to Israel when the Yom Kippur war broke out and served for a month in the Refidim field hospital in the Sinai. During the following decades, he operated on thousands of patients, replacing and repairing heart valves and aortas, bypassing coronary arteries and removing lung cancer and other thoracic tumors. In 2009, bringing a lifetime of expertise, knowledge and surgical mastery to Phelps Memorial Hospital Center in Sleepy Hollow, Merav opened the thoracic center and more recently the Westchester Lung Nodule Center.

DR. ROBERT RANIOLO A trauma-trained and board-certified general surgeon, he has maintained a private surgical practice in Westchester since 1988 and is known for his generosity in helping people in need, especially those who cannot pay for medical services.

COMMUNITY SERVICE AWARD

In recognition of his outstanding dedication to his community in providing medical and patient care services for people in need.

DR. ARGYRIOS STAMPAS Director of The Burke Rehabilitation Hospital Spinal Cord Injury Rehabilitation Program and formerly affiliated with Johns Hopkins University and the International Center for Spinal Cord Injury at the Kennedy Krieger Institute, he is part of the evolving movement in rehabilitation that is focusing on the repair and restoration of the damaged nervous system.

COMMUNITY SERVICE AWARD

In recognition of his outstanding dedication to his community in providing medical and patient care services for people in need.

DR. JEFFREY SHERMAN A member of Westchester Anesthesiologists working at White Plains Hospital, he has participated in 20 surgical missions abroad repairing primarily cleft lip and palates, burn scar contractures and orthopedic deformities.

HUMANITARIAN AWARD

In recognition of his surgical missions, which have impacted and significantly improved and enhanced the quality of life for children and young adults in the region, nationwide and worldwide.

A board-certified general surgeon for 25 years, Dr. Robert Raniolo is a fellow of the American College of Surgeons. He is a trauma-trained general surgeon, having spent five years at Lincoln Hospital in the Bronx, which is a Level 1 trauma center. Raniolo has maintained a private surgical practice in the Westchester community since he completed his general surgery residency at New York Medical College in 1988, and has a special interest in breast cancer surgery. Born and raised in Westchester County, Raniolo considers himself a product of two generations — his grandparents, who immigrated to America, and his parents, who have been an integral part of the local community fabric. In addition to being a well-respected gen-

eral surgeon, Raniolo is known in the community as a doctor you can turn to when you need to talk to someone about a medical problem — very often having nothing to do with surgery. He is generous with his time helping many patients navigate the complex health care system and generous with providing surgical services for people who are unable to pay. Raniolo attributes his achievements in life to the strong support he received from his family and his community when he was growing up, and he appreciates the opportunity to give back. “I am home grown and I plan to stay here for the remainder of my career. I am attached to the people in this community and consider it a privilege to care for them,” says Raniolo.

Armed with a wealth of knowledge and experience in physical medicine and rehabilitation, Dr. Argyrios Stampas is well qualified as director of The Burke Rehabilitation Hospital Spinal Cord Injury Rehabilitation Program. He has specialized experience and certification from the American Board of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation in the treatment of patients with spinal cord injuries. A graduate of the State University of New York Upstate Medical University, Stampas completed his residency at the University of Pennsylvania in physical medicine and rehabilitation. Prior to joining Burke,

Stampas was affi liated with Johns Hopkins University and the prestigious International Center for Spinal Cord Injury at the Kennedy Krieger Institute. While there, he completed a fellowship in spinal cord injury medicine. He is part of the evolving movement in rehabilitation that is focusing on the repair and restoration of the damaged nervous system. His interest and research in paralysis is highlighted in the chapter of Handbook of Clinical Neurology, “The changing field of rehabilitation: optimizing spontaneous regeneration and functional recovery.”

His participation in surgical missions around the world repairing primarily cleft lips and palates, burn-scar contractures, strabismus, ptosis, childhood cataracts, urologic and orthopedic deformities brought recognition to Dr. Jeff rey Sherman in 1998 by being named the recipient of the Sue Tiger Memorial Award by Healing the Children, Midlantic for his dedication to its work of “Changing the World… One Child at a Time.” “I was lucky enough to be born at a time and a place when and where

life’s possibilities were like a field of dreams. I dreamed of being a baseball player fi rst and a physician second. Sooner rather than later, I walked off the field and found my calling. The field I have played on for the last 30 years has brought me happiness and success beyond my wildest dreams. Perhaps the best part of it has been the ability to use the gifts that life has given to me to help children who live in a time and place where they don’t get to live out their dreams.”

to tell.” In addition to the Peabody Award, Bazell has been widely honored for his reporting. His extensive tracking of the AIDS epidemic, which began in 1982 when there were only a handful of cases, has included reports from all parts of the United States, Africa, Europe, the Caribbean and South America, and earned the Alfred I. duPontColumbia Award and the Maggie Award from the Planned Parenthood Federation. Bazell won an Emmy in the outstanding informational or cultural programming category for his in-depth report on experimental brain surgery, featured on the news magazine “Now with Tom Brokaw and Katie Couric.” He won another Emmy for a three-part series on the brain, featured on “NBC Nightly News.” During his career with NBC News, Bazell has reported on a wide range of subjects in the areas of science, technology and medi-

cine, from throughout the U.S. and around the world. NBC viewers have long known that when there is a major breakthrough in the science of medicine, Bazell will be there to explain it in a lively and understandable way. A 1967 Phi Beta Kappa graduate of the University of California at Berkeley with a Bachelor of Arts degree in biochemistry, Bazell did graduate work in biology at the University of Sussex, England, in 1969, and was awarded a doctoral candidate degree in immunology at Berkeley. He began his journalism career in 1971 as a writer for the news and comment section of Science magazine. A year later, he moved to the New York Post as a reporter and in 1976, before he joined NBC News, he was briefly a reporter with WNBC-TV.

HOST

ROBERT BAZELL is the most acclaimed broadcast journalist in the field of health and medicine in the history of television. For three decades, Bazell was NBC News’ chief health and science

correspondent. His reports appeared on “NBC Nightly News,” “Today” and “Dateline NBC.” In June 2013, he accepted a position as adjunct professor of molecular biology at Yale University. Bazell has won numerous awards for his reports, which number more than 2,000 to date. When he was awarded the prestigious George Foster Peabody Award for distinguished achievement and meritorious service in broadcasting, the citation said Bazell’s “reports have exemplified the best reporting on science and medicine. From transmission of the AIDS virus to innovations in cancer treatment, from the perceived dangers of cellular phones to alternative modes of health care, Bazell brings intelligence, understanding and reportorial excellence to the task. Bazell is an outstanding television reporter who recognizes when to speak, when to listen and when

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Citrin Cooperman Congratulates the winners of this year's Doctors of Distinction Awards for their contributions to the Westchester medical community.

709 Westchester Avenue White Plains, NY 10604 914.949.2990 CITRINCOOPERMAN.COM Karla Lemus, 32 years old, patient of Dr. Sunny Mitchell

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The entire staff of Phelps Memorial Hospital Center is proud to salute our extraordinary physicians

Burke Rehabilitation Center Congratulates All Doctors of Distinction Including Our Own

Jason B. Carmel, M.D., Ph.D.

Robert J. Raniolo, MD community service award

Director, Motor Recovery Laboratory; Director, Early Brain Injury Recovery Program Burke Medical Research Institute

Argyrios Stampas, M.D.

Director, Spinal Cord Injury Program Burke Rehabilitation Hospital

Burke Rehabilitation Center comprises the Burke Rehabilitation Hospital and Burke Medical Research Institute. Both share the Burke mission to ensure that every patient makes the fullest possible recovery from illness or injury. 785 MAMARONECK AVE. WHITE PLAINS, NY 10605 (888) 99-BURKE WWW.BURKE.ORG

Lawrence L. Faltz, MD leadership in medical advocacy award

THE WESTCHESTER COUNTY MEDICAL SOCIETY

CONGRATULATES

Avraham D. Merav, MD

THE

lifetime achievement award

2013 Doctors of Distinction Awards winners Congratulations to

Congratulations on these well deserved honors!

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Dr. robert Amler for your many levels of success but especially for medical entrepreneur of the year 2013! From all of us at The Westchester County Association

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Lingering impact

The scarring health and environmental effects of Hurricane Sandy BY CRYSTAL KANG ckang@westfairinc.com

ne year after Hurricane Sandy hit Westchester and the New York metropolitan area, businesses and homeowners are still coping with the environmental and health impacts of the storm. One of the most common emotional responses people had after being displaced was the fear of not returning to a normal life again. “The saddest part is there are some residents who will never return to their homes,” said Evelyn Bauer, Project Hope team leader for Westchester Jewish Community Services (WJCS). “Right now, we’re talking to an elderly gentleman who was displaced from Howard Beach to Yonkers. We also have two elderly women – one who has a disability and lived in a rental facility before moving in with her friend, but now they’re not friends, and another woman who is in the midst of getting funding to rebuild her home. We’ve been able to connect them to a case manager.” In December, the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) distributed $1.5 million to Westchester’s Department of Community Mental Health. The money in turn was used to contract with the WJCS and the Mental Health Association of Westchester to hire and train people to go door-to-door and provide crisis counseling for Sandy victims. The grant for Project Hope, an international organization that offers health education programs and crisis counseling, assisted 1,235 people in Westchester and reached 8,400 people with its informational fliers and brochures. “The seniors were in a vulnerable place,” said Deborah Akici, administrative support at WJCS. “We went to senior services centers to talk to them about how they can put a network around them. The large majority had experienced power outages and couldn’t get medication, visit family members or get Meals on Wheels.” For those who needed additional services, the nonprofit introduced people to agencies that could assist them with meals, clothing and furniture, places of worship and financial services to rebuild their homes. Initially, WJCS had difficulty finding those hardest hit. Crisis counselors reached out to community stakeholders, clergy,

The device Robert Weitz is holding reads through the wall to let him know if there is dampness.

Robert Weitz gets a sample of the mold, which then gets analyzed in the lab to see what kind of mold it is and whether it is toxic or black mold.

school administrators and other volunteer organizations to gain access to people who needed help the most. “We had to gain their trust, especially among those who spoke Spanish and Portuguese,” Bauer said. “Those who needed the most help were the most afraid to ask for help, but on the flip side, others were more open. In places like New Rochelle, Peekskill, Yonkers and Mount Vernon, there was a great deal of service needs met.” When the first phase of Project Hope ended in mid-March, WJCS began the second part of the project, which involves providing educational services to storm victims who are experiencing trauma, financial burdens and the emotional effects of losing their homes and loved ones. WJCS organized 156 group meetings, hosting events for teenagers to senior citizens and giving each person a chance to talk about topics such as loneliness and resilience and how the storm impacted them. The organization also put together presentations that helped people become more aware of what happened when Sandy hit, who was affected and how the government responded. The project ends in November. “The majority of the people will adjust

and move on,” said Michael Orth, second deputy commissioner at the Department of Community Mental Health. “For the one or two percent, there are lingering mental health issues. We try to connect them to private practitioners, mental health clinics or faithbased groups as long-term support.”

Service providers hit, too Some of the most devastating stories of water damage a year ago were in Mamaroneck, where two environmental cleanup service providers experienced it firsthand. The owners and operators of Northeast Environmental Inc. and Royal Environmental Services Corp. recalled the impact the storm surge had on their businesses as well as homes and businesses close to the Long Island Sound shoreline. Arnie Tschantre, president of Royal Environmental Services, said his business was struggling within the first two weeks the storm hit as his office was flooded and had no electricity. As a cleanup service and oil company, Tschantre’s employees had to pump out water from its basement first before going out to Staten Island and Brooklyn to deliver generators to sewage treatment

plants and pump out water from homes in Mamaroneck and Rye. “We cleaned up basements that were flooded and cleaned up oil leaks,” Tschantre said. “We have vacuum trucks and booms to contain the material that floats on the water by soaking up the hydrocarbons and preventing further contamination.” Dwayne Monaco, operations manager of Northeast Environmental, said his team didn’t have too many Westchester-based cleanup projects because it wasn’t as badly affected as other areas. “There was one incident up in Ossining that was a considerable cleanup,” said Monaco. “The storm surge released oil into a four-block radius and it took us two to three weeks to clean up. That was the first response we had the day after the storm.” But after late February into early March, environmental cleanup service providers began to experience a slowdown in business, Monaco said. “Everything pretty much subsided,” Monaco said. “There really wasn’t a huge sales growth. It wasn’t as spectacular as we thought it would be. We only did two major jobs that were storm-related.” Impact, page 26

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tips for communicating change in an era of mergers and acquisitions BY DANIELLE CYR

t’s no secret that the health care landscape in America is changing. A 2013 report from the American Hospital Association and the Center for Healthcare Economics and Policy reveals 551 hospitals were part of a merger or acquisition from 2007-2012. While mergers and acquisitions may afford practitioners added resources to adapt to changes produced by the Affordable Care Act and superior reimbursement systems, these rapid and significant changes can be scary for patients. While it is easy to get wrapped up in the mechanics of a merger or acquisition, practitioners need to allocate resources to developing a strategic patient communica-

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Where to start Key message points are the single most important thing practitioners need to define before they break the news of a merger or acquisition to patients. Here’s why: Let’s say, for example, that a four-doctor primary care practice is merging with a twodoctor family practice. That’s six doctors, six sets of patients, two long-running business and communication models and the list goes on. Without a framework for communicating the news of a merger or acquisition and agreed-upon core messages, one could easily end up with six variations on the same

announcement. While some communication nuances are more important than others, the last thing you want is for patients to be unclear about what is happening and how they will be impacted. Once the key messages have been defined, it’s time to loop in the entire team and make sure everyone has a clear understanding of their role in sharing these messages. Since secretaries, physician’s assistants, nurses and practice managers are on the front lines of patient communication day-in and day-out, it is critically important that they are well versed in how to communicate about your merger or acquisition. Here are some easy ways to help them effectively communicate the news to patients and ensure they are

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FACTS& FIGURES on the record Westchester Bankruptcies The following petitions were filed in the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of New York in White Plains. Chapter 11 indicates the filer intends to submit a plan of reorganization to the court. Chapter 7 indicates a liquidation of assets.

Manhattan 1118 Longwood Realty L.L.C., 1118 Longwood Ave., Bronx 10476. Chapter 11, voluntary. Attorney: Craig Stuart Lanza, New York City. Filed Oct. 16. Case no. 13-13365. International Foreign Exchange Concepts L.P., 3 Park Ave., 30th floor, New York City 10016. Chapter 11, voluntary. Attorneys for plaintiff: Henry P. Baer Jr., Stamford, and Tony Miodonka, Stamford. Filed Oct. 17. Case no. 13-13380. Mantara Inc., 215 Park Ave., Suite 2001, New York City 10003. Chapter 11, voluntary. Attorneys for plaintiff: Wojciech F. Jung, New York City, and Kenneth A. Rosen, Rosaland, N.J. Filed Oct. 16. Case no. 13-13370.

Poughkeepsie M.E.-R.E. Management Group L.L.C., c/o Mark S. Tulis, 120 Bloomingdale Road, White Plains 10605. Chapter 7, voluntary. Attorney for plaintiff: David L. Tillem, White Plains. Filed Oct. 17. Case no. 13-30004.

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ESRT 10 BK Street L.L.C., New York City. Seller: 1185 Bank Street L.L.C., New York City. Property: 10 Bank St., White Plains. Amount: $39.9 million. Filed Oct. 16.

International Wine Traders Inc., et al. Filed by Villa Cervia Com S.R.L. Action: diversity-other Piab Realty Inc., 2 Joyce Plaza, contract claim. Attorney for plainStony Point 10980. Chapter 11, tiff: Gale P. Elston. Filed Oct. 16. voluntary. Attorney for plaintiff: Case no. 13-07280. Joseph J. Artrip, Cornwall-onHudson. Filed Oct. 16. Case no. Lightinthebox Holding Com13-23695. pany Ltd., et al. Filed by Fernando M. Sabile. Action: claim filed under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934. Attorneys for plaintiff: Court Cases Jeremy Alan Lieberman and Lesley Frank Portnoy. Filed Oct. 16. The following cases appear on the Case no. 13-07310. docket of the U.S. District Court for the county of Westchester in White Roys Pizza Inc., et al. Filed by Plains. Manuel Ochoa. Action: claim filed under the Fair Labor Standards 783 Manhattan Fruit Exchange Act of 1938. Attorney for plainInc., et al. Filed by Jairo Calcano- tiff: Amit Kumar. Filed Oct. 16. Guerrero. Action: claim filed un- Case no. 13-07290. der the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938. Attorneys for plaintiff: Wil- Sony/ATV Music Publishing liam Cafaro Sr. and Amit Kumar. L.L.C., et al. Filed by Ace Arts Filed Oct. 16. Case no. 13-07289. L.L.C. Action: antitrust litigation claim. Attorneys for plaintiff: CaitARS National Services Inc. Filed lin Duffy and Lee Squitieri. Filed by Donna Ottley. Action: claim Oct. 16. Case no. 13-07307. filed under the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act of 1978. Attor- State Technologies Inc., et al. ney for plaintiff: Scott Jonathan Filed by Olaf Soot Design L.L.C. Goldstein. Filed Oct. 17. Case no. Action: patent infringement claim. 13-07316. Attorneys for plaintiff: James M. Bollinger, Timothy Patrick HeaAshland Inc., et al. Filed by the ton and Phoenix Sung Pak. Filed city of Manning. Action: diversity- Oct. 17. Case no. 13-07326. product liability claim. Attorneys for plaintiff: Celeste Evange- Vedder Price P.C. Filed by Rolisti and Brian P. Galligan. Filed berto Cruz. Action: job discrimiOct. 16. Case no.07272. nation claim. Attorney for plaintiff: Andrew Michael Wong. Filed Atlantic Richfield Co., et al. Filed Oct. 16. Case no. 13-07277. by the town of Hinesburg. Action: diversity-product liability claim. Xerox Education Services L.L.C., Attorney for plaintiff: Ernest M. et al. Filed by Sadaf Shirvani. Allen III. Filed Oct. 16. Case no. Action: diversity-other contract 13-07271. claim. Attorneys for plaintiff: Lawrence P. Eagel and Justin Aaron Bet-Yam Food Services Inc., et Kuehn. Filed Oct. 16. Case no. al. Filed by Min Gui Ni. Action: 13-07295. Federal question: other claim. Attorneys for plaintiff: Heng Wang and Wenyu Wu. Filed Oct. 16. Zimmer Inc., et al. Filed by Diane Case no. 13-07274. Health, et al. Action: diversitypersonal injury claim. Attorney for Chrysler Canada Inc. Filed by plaintiff: Christopher R. LoPalo. Daimler Investments U.S. Corp., Filed Oct. 17. Case no. 13-07320. et al. Action: diversity-other contract claim. Attorneys for plaintiff: Jaculin Aaron and Alan Steven Goudiss. Filed Oct. 16. Case no. 13-07311.

GOLDEN BRIDGE, 85 Park Road. Single-family residence; .3 acre. Plaintiff: CitiMortgage Inc. Plaintiff’s attorney: Rosicki & Rosicki & Associates, 2 Summit Court, No. 301, Fishkill; (845) 897ESRT 500 Mamaroneck Avenue Fannie Mae. Seller: Daniel P. 1600. Defendant: Jane Goldman. L.L.C., New York City. Seller: 500 Romano, Yonkers. Property: 150 Referee: Linda Markowitz. Sale: Mamaroneck Avenue L.P., New Linden St., Yonkers. Amount: Oct. 30, 10 a.m. Approximate lien: $336,064.70. York. Property: 500 Mamaroneck $488,391. Filed Oct. 17. Ave., Harrison. Amount: $41.2 million. Filed Oct. 21. HP 81 Main L.L.C., White Plains. MOHEGAN LAKE, 1730 Parmly Seller: First States Investors TRS Road. Single-family residence; lot Hudson City Savings Bank, L.P., New York City. Property: 81 size not available. Plaintiff: Saxon Paramus, N.J. Seller: Albert W. Main St., Greenburgh. Amount: Mortgage Service. Plaintiff’s attorney: Fein, Such & Crane, 28 E. Cornachio III, Rye Brook. Prop- $411,138. Filed Oct. 16. Main St., Suite 1800, Rochester; erty: 322 Highland Road, Harrison. Amount: $1.6 million. Filed Oneness Rehoboth Apostolic (585) 232-7400. Defendant: Luis Mieles. Referee: Joseph Marra. Oct. 21. Church Inc. Seller: Arwin Man- Sale: Nov. 4, 9 a.m. Approximate agement S.A. Inc., New York City. lien: $450,912. My Sister’s Place Inc., White Property: 111 E. Third Ave., Mount Plains. Seller: Warburton Wells Vernon. Amount: $725,000. Filed MOUNT VERNON, 21 S. Eighth Developer L.L.C., Larchmont. Oct. 21. Ave. Two-family; .06 acre. Plaintiff: Property: 54 Warburton Ave., Yonkers. Amount: $2.1 million. Filed RSS Real Estate L.L.C., Mount CitiMortgage Inc. Plaintiff’s attorney: Berkman, Henoch, Peterson Oct. 21. Kisco. Seller: Arthur Stanley McK- & Peddy, 100 Garden City Plaza, inney, Stormville. Property: 40 Garden City; (516) 222-6200. PPC Franklin L.L.C., Haw- West Way, Mount Kisco. Amount: Defendant: Anthony Knowles. thorne. Seller: Benzer Family NY $267,500. Filed Oct. 18. Referee: Carol Mark. Sale: Oct. L.L.C., Ossining. Property: 85128, 10 a.m. Approximate lien: not 855 Franklin Ave., Mount Pleas- TruCap REO Corp., Irvine, Ca- available. ant. Amount: $1.6 million. Filed lif. Seller: Theodore J. Brundage, Oct. 17. Harrison. Property: 91 Stony Run, NEW ROCHELLE, 73 Rolling New Rochelle. Amount: $697,797. Way. Single-family residence; .28 Snowdon 148 L.L.C., Bedford Filed Oct. 18. acre. Plaintiff: Wells Fargo Bank Corners. Seller: Susan D. Weil, et N.A. Plaintiff’s attorney: Mcal, South Salem. Property: 140 U.S. Bank N.A. Seller: Sherman Cabe, Weisberg & Conway P.C. Baldwin Road, Bedford. Amount: Carter, New Rochelle. Property: 145 Huguenot St., Suite 401, New $2.4 million. Filed Oct. 16. 153 10th Avenue South, Mount Rochelle; (914) 636-8900. DefenVernon. Amount: $233,750. Filed dant: Theresa Ricevuto. Referee: Jay Hashmall. Sale: Nov. 4, 10 a.m. Oct. Oct. 18. Approximate lien: $581,261. Below $1 million

C V International Inc. Filed by OOCL (USA) Inc. Action: federal question: breach of contract Above $1 million claim. Attorney for plaintiff: Mark L. McKew. Filed Oct. 16. Case no. 100 SA L.L.C., Yonkers. Seller: 100 13-07287. St. Andrews L.L.C., Yonkers. Property: 100 St. Andrews Place, Yonkers. Amount: $1.2 million. Filed Oct. 16.

Bank of America N.A. Seller: The Bank of New York Mellon. Property: 8F N. James St., Peekskill. Amount: $74,900. Filed Oct. 17.

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2018 North Albany L.L.C., Croton-on-Hudson. Seller: Bruce Bumstead, et al, Croton-onHudson. Property: 2018 Albany Post Road, Cortlandt. Amount: $550,000. Filed Oct. 21. Amber North Associates L.L.C., New Rochelle. Seller: 730 North CHC L.L.C., Ridgefield, Conn. Property: 730 North Ave., New Rochelle. Amount: $975,000. Filed Oct. 21. Antipodal Holding L.L.C., Somers. Seller: Ralph Small, et al, Somers. Property: 356 Route 202, Somers. Amount: $553,333. Filed Oct. 21.

Bayview Property Group L.L.C., Freeport. Seller: 5 Stanley Lane Corp., Jackson Heights. Property: 500 E. Third St., Mount Vernon. Amount: $300,000. Filed Oct. 16.

Coyle Residential Development L.L.C., Bronx. Seller: Savino Losco, Yonkers. Property: 98 Ash St., Yonkers. Amount: $170,000. Filed Oct. 16.

Weichert Relocation Resources Inc., Morris Plains, N.J. Seller: Tony Nguyen, et al, Valhalla. Property: 55 Overlook Drive, Mount Pleasant. Amount: $580,920. Filed Oct. 18.

PEEKSKILL, 217 Husted Ave. Single-family residence; lot size not available. Plaintiff: Hudson City Savings Bank. Plaintiff’s attorney: Cohn & Roth, 100 E. Old Country Road, Mineola; (516) 747-3030. Defendant: Jeffrey Zelenova L.L.C., Scarsdale. Seller: Brown. Referee: Howard Fred Anthony Sammartano, et al, Scars- Dubs. Sale: Nov. 7, 9:45 a.m. Apdale. Property: 7 Carthage Lane, proximate lien: $235,188. Scarsdale. Amount: $895,000. Filed Oct. 16. RYE BROOK, 7 Hawthorne Ave. Single-family residence; .8 acre. Plaintiff: Hudson City Savings Bank. Plaintiff’s attorney: Cohn Foreclosure & Roth; 100 E. Old Country Road, Auctions Mineola; (516) 747-3030. Defendant: Salvatore Rigillo. Referee: ARMONK, 15 Chestnut Ridge Robert Hufjay. Sale: Nov. 7, 9 a.m. Road. Single-family residence; Approximate lien: $490,117. 2.02 acres. Plaintiff: Wells Fargo Bank N.A. Plaintiff’s attorney: Shapiro, DiCaro & Barak, 250 Mile YONKERS, 41 Point St., Apt. Crossing Blvd., Suite 1, Rochester; 1C. Apartment; lot size not avail(585) 247-9000. Referee: Mitchell able. Plaintiff: 341 East L.L.C. Weingarden. Sale: Oct. 30, 11 a.m. Plaintiff’s attorney: Sanders, Gutman & Brodie, 26 Court St., Suite Approximate lien: $925,326.45. 1005, Brooklyn; (718) 522-0666. Defendant: Ravine Gardens Corp. Referee: Richard Glickel. Sale: Oct. 29, 10:15 a.m. Approximate lien: $6,331.96.

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NEWSMAKERS plus awards and events Offering a helping hand

ENTA adds partner

DORF & NELSON L.L.P.’s newly formed female business strategy team is holding a clothing drive for Bottomless Closet, an organization serving economically disadvantaged New York City women who are in need of professional clothing and interview skills. The group is led by partner and chairwoman of the corporate department Martha J. Flanders and includes attorneys Denise Singh-Skeete, Laura G. Alcott, Jessica J. Kastner, LauraMichelle Horgan and director of client relations Marilyn S. Goerler. Current Bottomless Closet volunteer Horgan, an associate in the litigation department, will deliver donations Oct. 30 when she visits the organization for a training session and day of volunteer work.

RUSSELL BECKHARDT, M.D., will serve as a partner at Tarrytown-based ENT and Allergy Associates L.L.P. (ENTA), in both its Astoria and Garden City offices effective now. A board-certified otolaryngologist and a fellowshiptrained head and neck surgeon who has been practicing in the Queens/Nassau area for almost 20 years, Beckhardt received his undergraduate degree from SUNY Binghamton and his medical degree at the Mount Sinai School of Medicine. He then completed his residency in otolaryngology at the University of Wisconsin Hospital in Madison, and went on to complete his fellowship in head and neck surgery at the University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center in Houston. Beckhardt serves as chief of otolaryngology at Franklin Hospital Medical Center in Valley Stream and is a member of the American Academy of Otolaryngology – Head and Neck Surgery and the American Medical Association. He has published many academic articles, abstracts and presentations and has also received research grants for projects related to radiotherapy and immunology. “We are completely delighted to welcome Dr. Beckhardt to our practice site,” commented Dr. Michael Gordon of ENTA’s Garden City office. “His sterling reputation throughout the community is well deserved and his many areas of clinical expertise align perfectly with what we offer…superior medical care one patient at a time. I am certain he is going to be a great fit.”

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Insurance firm adds consultant LAWLEY WESTCHESTER GROUP is expanding its team with the addition of Dave Coughlin, a personal and commercial insurance consultant. He brings more than 20 years of insurance experience with him to Lawley. Most recently, Coughlin worked for Pierson & Smith/First Niagara Risk Management. Lawley Insurance is ranked among the 100 Largest Insurance Brokers in the U.S., as listed by Business Insurance magazine. Specializing in the placement and management of complex personal insurance programs for high-net-worth individuals and families, Coughlin’s commercial insurance specialties fo-

cus on management liability, group personal excess and property/casualty coverage for the financial services, technology, real estate, professional services and manufacturing industries. A graduate of Roger Williams University, Gabelli School of Business, Coughlin holds property and casualty and life, accident and health licenses. “We are extremely excited to have Dave as part of our Lawley Westchester Group team,” said Paul Hallahan, branch partner, Lawley Westchester Group. “He brings with him a wealth of knowledge and experience. He will be a perfect fit and gives us an opportunity to grow further throughout Connecticut through his local connections and client base.”

Bank gives United Way center $30,000 PepsiCo’s CEO honored INDRA NOOYI, chairman and CEO of PepsiCo, was the first recipient of Children’s Hope India (CHI) Special Impact Award, Oct. 21, at the organization’s Viva Calcutta Gala in Pier Sixty in Chelsea Piers, New York City. More than 430 guests helped raise $450,000 for CHI projects in the U.S. and India. Largely volunteer-run, 95 percent of funds raised by CHI go to its programs. CHI President Kavita Lund presented the award, given for

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the first time in the organization’s history, to Nooyi paying tribute to her strong and successful leadership at PepsiCo and to the inspiration she provides to the younger generation.    As she accepted, Nooyi, turned the spotlight on personal responsibility and the power of volunteerism in changing lives and communities. “By being here tonight and supporting Children’s Hope India, you’ve all shown how deeply you accept your responsibility and how seriously you take it,” she said. “Every one of us has known the blessing of a helping hand. The harder we all work – more to the point, the smarter we work – the more children we can save, the more lives we can transform, the more dreams we can fulfill. CHI’s efforts have been simply inspiring and are proof that commitment produces results.”

THE TD CHARITABLE FOUNDATION, the charitable arm of TD Bank, recently donated a total of $30,000 to The Volunteer Center of United Way in Tarrytown. The Volunteer Center is a one-stop resource devoted to increasing volunteerism in Westchester and surrounding communities. For more than six decades, the organization has helped people of all ages and stages in life take action to strengthen the quality of life and respond to pressing challenges addressed by nonprofits. The funds from the TD Charitable Foundation will support its job readiness program that mobilizes skilled volunteers to provide workshops, training and feedback to support job seekers, particularly displaced workers and urban youth. “We are grateful for this grant from TD Charitable Foundation and the opportunity to continue working with our nonprofit partners and (job-readiness) volunteers to show clients how to recognize and promote the skills and experience gained through volunteer service,” said Alisa H. Kesten, executive director of The Volunteer Center. For more information, visit volunteer-center.org.

ready TO run DR. WILLIAM E. MARTINOV JR., Mercy College chief student engagement officer, and MATThEW COVRIGARU, PACT associate director, will be running in The ING New York City Marathon Nov 3. The two are running to raise money for the Mercy College NYC Marathon Scholarship, which is funded entirely by charitable donations. The goal is to raise $26,200, $1,000 for every mile of the 26.2 mile race. The scholarship is open to students who reside in one of the five boroughs of New York City and meet certain academic excellence and financial need requirements. The idea for the scholarship came to Mercy College Trustee Julio Garcia, after a discussion with Martinov about creative ways to raise money for the five schools of Mercy College (business, education, health and natural sciences, liberal arts and social and behavioral sciences). Garcia says, “While running one day, I thought about The ING NYC Marathon tagline – five boroughs, five bridges, 26.2 miles – and thought, why not incorporate running into fundraising.” The two had planned to run the race for the first time last year, but Hurricane Sandy had different plans. Martinov, who can often be seen running around the Mercy College Dobbs Ferry campus early in the morning, says, “We were prepared last year, but never ran. Rather than giving up, the training continued. Running in one of the world’s greatest road races, The ING New York City Marathon, is a tremendous opportunity to raise awareness for the importance of college scholarship funds.” Covrigaru says, “Completing a marathon has always been a goal of mine and having the chance to do so for such a great cause makes it all the better. I’ve been at Mercy for about five years now and know firsthand how some of our students could use this scholarship. Having a chance to meet a goal of mine and help our students at the same time, will make for an exciting day.”

prOviding medical suppOrT SOUND ShORE MEDICAL CENTER (SSMC) in New Rochelle provided medical support for the sixth annual Paine to Pain Half Marathon Trial Run. Each year SSMC has supported this popular event that starts at the historic Thomas Paine House in New Rochelle and meanders through scenic Leatherstocking Trail, taking participants through four municipalities on their way to completing the 13.1-mile race. Similar to past years, a team of Sound Shore Medical Center staff was on hand to address medical issues for not only the runners, but also for supporters. The staff was ready for the minor cuts and scrapes as well as blisters and dehydration at three aid stations. In the event a runner needed aid after the race, another SSMC nursing team waited at the finish line.

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Saturday Nov. 2, 11 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. Stories in Stones: The rock walls that meander through the woods of the Northeast have special stories to tell if you know how to listen. Join Elissa Schilmeister to discover the hidden stories in the nooks and crannies of Teatown Lake Reservation’s rock walls. All are welcome. Free for members, $5 for nonmembers. Sunday Nov. 3, 10 a.m. to noon Trail Trek: Back Forty: Join a Teatown educator on an invigorating hike in the autumn air to energize body and spirit. Adults only. Free for members, $5 for nonmembers. Saturday Nov. 9, 1 to 2:30 p.m. Forest Food Chains: Ever wonder what happens to the many small mammals in the forest? Many of them become food for something else. We will investigate the contents of owl pellets in this program to learn predators and prey in the nearby woodlands. A great program for those 6 and older. Free for members, $5 for nonmembers. Sunday Nov. 10, 1 to 2:30 p.m. Got Worms?: It’s a very busy world under the leaf litter and some of that energy can be harnessed for home composting. We’ll discover the difference between different types of worms and make a worm bin to take home. Fun for families. Free for members, $5 for nonmembers. Additional $8 fee per bin. For more information, visit teatown. org.

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ThE JUNIOR LEAGUE OF CENTRAL WESTChESTER 27th annual Holiday Boutique will be held Nov. 6 from 6 to 10 p.m. and Nov. 7, from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. at Lake Isle Country Club in Eastchester. This shopping extravaganza will feature more than 40 businesses offering a wide variety of merchandise. The Good as Gold Girls return and guests will have an opportunity to bring their gold and silver jewelry to exchange for cash to spend at the event. Admission for Nov. 6 is a $35 suggested donation, and includes entry for both days, while admission for just Nov. 7 is a $20 suggested donation. For more information or to purchase tickets, visit jlcentralwestchester.org/cw/index.jsp or call (914) 723-6130 or email JLCW@ verizon.net.

CAREER DEVELOPMENT DAY: empowering students to explore, define and realize their career goals and provide lifetime tools and skills for professional development, job search success and career satisfaction. A free money conference workshop from 6 to 8 p.m. at the YWCA White Plains & Central Westchester, 515 North St., White Plains, addressing specific financial challenges that women face in their work and personal lives. Led by experienced leaders in the financial services industry who offer practical advice and tools, participants are helped in design and implementation of effective moneymanagement strategies. For more information and reservations, visit ywcawpcw. org or contact the YWCA events office at (914) 949-6227, ext.147.

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FACTS&FIGURES YORKTOWN HEIGHTS, 164 Somerton Road. Single-family residence; lot size not available. Plaintiff: Hudson City Savings Bank. Plaintiff’s attorney: Cohn & Roth, (516) 747-3030; 100 E. Old Country Road, Mineola. Defendant: Beth Kingsley. Referee: Richard Strassfield. Sale: Oct. 28, 10:15 a.m. Approximate lien: $316,768.65.

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Comerford, Michele, et al. Filed by Citimortgage Inc. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to seThe following filings indicated a cure $296,000 affecting property legal action has been initiated, the located at 7-13 Granada Crescent, outcome of which may affect the title Greenburgh. Filed June 20. to the property listed.

401 Columbus Associates L.L.C., et al. Filed by Colfin Metro Funding L.L.C. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $3.5 WHITE PLAINS, 31 Odell Ave. million affecting property located Two-family residence; lot size not at 401 Columbus Ave., Valhalla. available. Plaintiff: Deutsche Bank Filed June 20. National Trust Co. Plaintiff’s attorney: Leopold & Associates Anderson, Vincent N., et al. P.L.L.C., 80 Business Park Drive, Filed by The Bank of New York Armonk. Defendant: Efrain San- Mellon. Action: seeks to foreclose chez Referee: Ian Phillips Spier. on a mortgage to secure $720,000 Sale: Nov. 8, noon. Approximate affecting property located at 15 lien: $878,119.24. Loch Lane, Rye Brook 10573. Filed June 17. Berke, Beverly, et al. Filed by Judgments U.S. Bank N.A. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure 126 Franklin Ave Associates, $573,750 affecting property locatLarchmont. $2,132 in favor of the ed at 215 Grove St., Mount Kisco New York State Tax Commission, 10549. Filed June 20. Albany. Filed Oct. 21. Black, Marie Ennis George, et al. 215 Battle Avenue Corp., Yon- Filed by OneWest Bank F.S.B. Ackers. $512 in favor of the New York tion: seeks to foreclose on a mortState Tax Commission, Albany. gage to secure $440,000 affecting property located at 252 Claremont Filed Oct. 21. Ave., Mount Vernon 10552. Filed June 18. 342 Family Food Market Corp., New Rochelle. $2,911 in favor of the New York State Tax Commis- Branca, Dominic A., et al. Filed by Residential Credit Solutions sion, Albany. Filed Oct. 21. Inc. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $233,694 501 Marble Avenue Restaurant affecting property located at 202 Corp., Pleasantville. $5,912 in Hayward St., Yonkers 10704. Filed favor of the New York State Tax June 17. Commission, Albany. Filed Oct. 21. A and Q Auto Center Inc., Peekskill. $352 in favor of the New York State Tax Commission, Albany. Filed Oct. 21.

Callahan, Scott, et al. Filed by U.S. Bank N.A. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $419,600 affecting property located at 39 Olcott Ave., Croton-onHudson 10520. Filed June 20.

A&T Express International of NY, Mount Vernon. $1,153 in favor Camp-Cecere, Rosemary, et al. of the New York State Tax Com- Filed by Citimortgage Inc. Action: mission, Albany. Filed Oct. 21. seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $330,000 affecting property A.M.P. Construction Corp., Yon- located at 11 Ferris Place, Ossinkers. $1,203 in favor of the New ing. Filed June 19. York State Tax Commission, Albany. Filed Oct. 21. Chilelli, Celeste, et al. Filed by Hudson City Savings Bank. AcFrank Felice Landscaping Inc., tion: seeks to foreclose on a mortBrewster. $731 in favor of the vil- gage to secure $397,000 affecting lage of Harrison. Filed Oct. 16. property located at 7 Archer Place, Harrison. Filed June 18. North Star Motors Inc., Yorktown Heights. $3,000 in favor of Codi, Paul, et al. Filed by The B Green Biodiesel L.L.C., Mount Bank of New York Mellon Trust Kisco. Filed Oct. 18. Company N.A. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure Pascual Rivera Landscaping, $451,000 affecting property locatWhite Plains. $425 in favor of the ed at 3566 Cooper St., Mohegan Lake 10547. Filed June 19. town of Harrison. Filed Oct. 16. The 3 Magnet, Yonkers. $150 in favor of the New York State Tax Commission, Albany. Filed Oct. 21.

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Costa, Richard A., et al. Filed by Sarah R.B. Jones Trust. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $10,500 affecting property located at 35 Gaby Lane, New Rochelle 10804. Filed June 18. Dabbs, Thomas F. Jr., as heir at law and next of kin of Samuel M. Dabbs, et al. Filed by JPMorgan Chase Bank N.A. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure an unspecified amount affecting property located at 1608 Park St., Peekskill 10566. Filed June 20. DeBenedittis, Ann Marie, et al. Filed by Deutsche Bank National Trust Co. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $154,000 affecting property located at 1590 Amazon Road, Mohegan Lake 10547. Filed June 14. Dingwall, Lenworth E., et al. Filed by JPMorgan Chase Bank N.A. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure an unspecified amount affecting property located at 15 Duryea Ave., Mount Vernon 10550. Filed June 18. Drap-Berino, Ann Marie, et al. Filed by Wells Fargo Bank N.A. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $150,000 affecting property located at 357 N. Broadway, Unit 2C, Yonkers 10701. Filed June 19. Eisenberg, Charles, et al. Filed by JPMorgan Chase Bank N.A. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $275,000 affecting property located at 5 Via Trenta Court, Yonkers 10710. Filed June 14. Feinman, Jay A., et al. Filed by U.S. Bank N.A. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure an unspecified amount affecting property located at 8 Eastern Drive, Ardsley 10502. Filed June 19. Ficuciello, Errico, et al. Filed by Wells Fargo Bank N.A. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $295,000 affecting property located at 7 Clarendon Place, Scarsdale 10583. Filed June 14. Hamilton, Beverly, et al. Filed by Eastern Savings Bank F.S.B. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $264,000 affecting property located at 267-271 S. Fourth Ave., Mount Vernon 10550. Filed June 14.

Hoffman, Peter, et al. Filed by JPMorgan Chase Bank N.A. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure an unspecified amount affecting property located at 31 Brooke Club Drive, Ossining 10562. Filed June 18.

Morris, Leartis Jr., et al. Filed by Deutsche Bank National Trust Co. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $175,000 affecting property located at 13 Market St., Ossining 10562. Filed June 19.

Weinbaum, Marni B., et al. Filed by The Bank of New York Mellon. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $267,600 affecting property located at 49 Putnam Road, Cortlandt Manor 10567. Filed June 19.

Johnson, Howard, et al. Filed by Wells Fargo Bank N.A. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $136,000 affecting property located at 232 Ringgold St., Peekskill 10566. Filed June 14.

O’Dell, Christine, et al. Filed by Wells Fargo Bank N.A. Action: Mechanic’s Liens seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $585,000 affecting property located at 32 Roberta Drive, Cort- 132 Garth L.L.C., as owner. landt Manor 10567. Filed June 20. $93,230 as claimed by Dow Construction and Design L.L.C. Property: in Eastchester. Filed Oct. 18. Katsihtis, Panagiotis, et al. Filed Palumbo, Joann, et al. Filed by by Hudson City Savings Bank. Metlife Home Loans. Action: seeks Action: seeks to foreclose on a to foreclose on a mortgage to se- 602 Jefferson Ave Corp., as ownmortgage to secure $644,000 af- cure an unspecified amount af- er. $3,386 as claimed by Affordfecting property located at 156 fecting property located at 60 Glen able Enterprises of Westchester. River Road, Briarcliff Manor. Filed Road, Unit 2D, Eastchester 10709. Property: in Mamaroneck. Filed Oct. 16. June 20. Filed June 14. Kerins, Tracie, et al. Filed by Wells Fargo Bank N.A. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $295,000 affecting property located at 63 Cypress St., Yonkers 10704. Filed June 19.

Raio, Michelle A., et al. Filed by JPMorgan Chase Bank N.A. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $417,000 affecting property located at 308 E. Devonia Ave., Mount Vernon 10552. Filed June 20.

Beaird, Marty, et al, as owner. $6,953 as claimed by Westchester Home Management, Pound Ridge. Property: in Bedford. Filed Oct. 17.

Cappetta Inc., as owner. $55,490 as claimed by Probuild Company L.L.C., Middletown. Property: in Lawrence, Charles, et al. Filed by U.S. Bank N.A. Action: seeks to Rofofsky, Scott, et al. Filed by Rye. Filed Oct. 17. foreclose on a mortgage to secure Bank of America N.A. Action: $312,000 affecting property locatseeks to foreclose on a mortgage to Channer, Charlene, as owner. ed at 70 Delaware Road, Yonkers secure $536,000 affecting property $1,000 as claimed by Mainline 10701. Filed June 14. located at 51 Lambert Ridge, Cross Plumbing Mechanical. Property: River 10518. Filed June 14. in Yonkers. Filed Oct. 15. Lin, Bi He, et al. Filed by Bank of America N.A. Action: seeks to Rollins, J. Metz Jr., et al. Filed Deerway Realty L.L.C., as owner. foreclose on a mortgage to secure by Bank of America N.A. Action: $1,073 as claimed by Scaping Land $417,000 affecting property locatseeks to foreclose on a mortgage Development Corp. Scarsdale. ed at 1 Renaissance Square, Unit to secure an unspecified amount Property: in Eastchester. Filed Oct. 16E, White Plains 10601. Filed affecting property located at 42 17. June 17. McKinley Ave., White Plains 10606. Filed June 20. Hampshire Recreation L.L.C., as Mangieri, Joseph J., et al. Filed owner. $4,481 as claimed by 360 by Wells Fargo Bank N.A. Action: Sandoval, Alodia, et al. Filed by Golf L.L.C., White Plains. Properseeks to foreclose on a mortgage to Citimortgage Inc. Action: seeks to ty: in Mamaroneck. Filed Oct. 17. secure $350,000 affecting property foreclose on a mortgage to secure located at 139 Remsen Road, Yon- an unspecified amount affecting kers 10710. Filed June 18. property located at 25 Chester Hebrew Congregation of North St., Mount Vernon 10552. Filed Tarrytown, as owner. $7,800 as claimed by Calitre L.L.C., RiverMcCarty, Gerard, et al. Filed by June 14. vale, N.J. Property: in Greenburgh. Wells Fargo Bank N.A. Action: Filed Oct. 17. seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to Staats, Eric C., et al. Filed by Bank secure $496,000 affecting property of America N.A. Action: seeks to located at 383 Collins Ave., Mount foreclose on a mortgage to secure Jalo Realty L.L.C., as owner. Vernon 10552. Filed June 19. $73,500 affecting property located $18,350 as claimed by M and S at 1348 Main St., Peekskill 10566. Masonry and Construction Inc., Yonkers. Property: in Eastchester. McLoughlin, John P., et al. Filed Filed June 18. Filed Oct. 17. by U.S. Bank N.A. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure Tellone, Michele, et al. Filed by $460,000 affecting property locat- Wells Fargo Bank N.A. Action: Kim, Dave, et al, as owner. $22,700 ed at 8 Southgate Drive, Cortlandt seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to as claimed by Zappico Homes Inc., Manor 10567. Filed June 20. secure $507,000 affecting property Hawthorne. Property: in Mount located at 13 Richards St., White Pleasant. Filed Oct. 11. Morales, Monica, et al. Filed by Plains 10603. Filed June 17. Westchester Industrial DevelOcwen Loan Servicing L.L.C. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mort- Velazquez, Maria, et al. Filed by opment, as owner. $86,649 as gage to secure $283,148 affecting PNC Bank N.A. Action: seeks to claimed by Naber Electric Corp., property located at 20 Marathon foreclose on a mortgage to secure Yonkers. Property: in White Plains. Place, Port Chester 10573. Filed $450,000 affecting property locat- Filed Oct. 11. June 14. ed at 198 Vredenburg Ave., Yonkers Win Properties Inc., et al, as 10704. Filed June 14. owner. $1,210 as claimed by Marjam Supply Company Inc., Farmingdale. Property: in Rye. Filed Oct. 16.

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

Partnerships

The Children’s School of Yoga of Dynamic run-time allocation Upper Westchester, 465 Bedford of distributed jobs with appliRoad, 2R, Pleasantville 10570, c/o cation specific metrics. Patent Emily Flay. Filed Sept. 10. no. 8,566,837 issued to Michael J. Branson, Rochester, Minn.; and The Copper Fields Design Stu- John M. Santosuosso, Rochester, dio, 394 Midland Ave., Yonkers Minn. Assigned to International 10704, c/o Sam Spano. Filed Business Machines Corp., Armonk. Sept. 7.

Motley, 390 Old Briarcliff Road, Tillinghast Consulting, 13 ClauBriarcliff Manor 10510, c/o Jason det Way, Eastchester 10709, c/o Gates and Benjamin Chehebar. Liza Tillinghast. Filed Sept. 10. Filed Sept. 7. Water For Growth Coaching and Consulting, 40 Memorial No. 32L, New Rochelle Sole Proprietorships Highway, 10801, c/o Robin Nicole West. Filed Sept. 10. Accushipping, 2150 Central Park Ave., Yonkers 10710, c/o Elizabeth Musonda. Filed Sept. 7. Almost Famous, 205 North Ave., New Rochelle 10801, c/o Richard Guzman. Filed Sept. 10. Book Strategies, 923 Saw Mill River Road, Ardsley 10502, c/o Emmanuel Jamali. Filed Sept. 7. Cubby Stuff, 5 Albemarle Road, White Plains 10605, c/o Ester Malka Haber. Filed Sept. 10. Digital Qual, 32 Berrybush Lane, Hastings-on-Hudson 10706, c/o Lynn Greenberg. Filed Sept. 11. EDDM, 328 Langdon Ave., Mount Vernon 10553, c/o Lynda Bagley. Filed Sept. 10. Enjoyable Dog Training, 700 The Crescent, Mamaroneck 10543, c/o Susan McMichael Robertson. Filed Sept. 10. Heartbeat 222, 541 Pelham Road, New Rochelle 10805, c/o Maria Levoce. Filed Sept. 11. MAM Soccer, 126 Rossiter Ave., Yonkers 10701, c/o Michael A. Machado. Filed Sept. 11.

Enterprise evidence repository providing access control to collected artifacts. Patent no. 8,566,903 issued to Roman Kisin, San Jose, Calif.; and Pierre Raynaud-Richard, Redwood City, Calif. Assigned to International Business Machines Corp., Armonk.

Execution of work units in a heterogeneous computing environment. Patent no. 8,566,831 issued to Ivan Jellinek, Hillsboro Patents Beach, Fla.; Alberto Poggesi, Palo Alto, Calif.; Anthony C. SumThe following patents were issued rall, San Jose, Calif.; and Thomas by the U.S. Patent and Trademark A. Thackrey, San Jose, Calif. AsOffice in Washington, D.C. signed to International Business Machines Corp., Armonk. Benchmark profiling for distributed systems. Patent no. Identification of a protocol used 8,566,803 237 issued to Michael in a message. Patent no. 8,566,842 John Branson, Rochester, Minn.; issued to Waseem A. Roshen, Zachary Garbow, Rochester, Hilliard, Ohio. Assigned to InMinn.; David Roy Limpert, Roch- ternational Business Machines ester, Minn.; and Candace Tri- Corp., Armonk. elle Pederson, Rochester, Minn. Assigned to International BusiPortlet template based on a ness Machines Corp., Armonk. state design pattern. Patent no. 8,566,786 issued to Elliot M. Choi, Capturing context information Lewisville, Texas; Tina M. Lemire, in a currently occurring event. Lexington, Ky.; Martin L. Miller Patent no. 8,566,798 issued to Ste- III., Georgetown, Ky.; and William fan Georg Derdak, San Jose, Calif.; P. Shaouy, Atlanta, Ga. Assigned to Michael Joseph Casile, Fuquay International Business Machines Varina, N.C.; Andrew James Mc- Corp., Armonk. Cright, Rochester, Minn.; and Sinee Paungam, Naperville, Ill. Ascommunications signed to International Business Processing events in parallel active mesMachines Corp., Armonk. saging interface by awakening thread from wait state. Patent no. Concurrent data transfer in- 8,566,841 issued to Charles J. Arvolving two or more transport cher, Rochester, Minn.; Michael layer protocols over a single A. Blocksome, Rochester, Minn.; one-way data link. Patent no. Joseph D. Ratterman, Roches8,565,237 issued to Ronald Mraz, ter, Minn.; and Brian E. Smith, South Salem; and James Hope; Rochester, Minn. Assigned to InGreenwich, Conn. Assigned to ternational Business Machines Owl Computing Technologies Corp., Armonk. Inc., Ridgefield, Conn.

Metro Glass and Mirror, 2055 Albany Post Road, Croton-onHudson 10520, c/o Brian V. Curtis. Filed Sept. 10. Detecting and displaying errors in database statements Pheapril, 77 Lime Kiln Road, within integrated development No. 2E, Tuckahoe 10707, c/o Eiko environment tool. Patent no. Makino. Filed Sept. 10. 8,566,793 issued to Azadeh Ahadian, San Jose, Calif.; Stephen AnRoyalshine, 11 Holland Ave., drew Brodsky, Los Gatos, Calif.; Second floor, White Plains 10603, Ardeshir Jamshidi, San Jose, Calif.; c/o Estrella Gomez Carazas. Filed Rebecca B. Nin, Morgan Hill, Calif.; Brian Gerrit Payton, San Jose, Sept. 7. Calif.; and Sonali Surange, San Rafael, Calif. Assigned to InternaSDL Logistics, 36 Haber Place, tional Business Machines Corp., Yonkers 10704, c/o Janak Sewkar- Armonk. raw. Filed Sept. 11.

System and method of arbitrating access of threads to shared resources within a data processing system. Patent no. 8,566,827 issued to Greg R. Mewhinney, Austin, Texas; and Mysore S. Srinivas, Austin, Texas. Assigned to International Business Machines Corp., Armonk.

Hudson River Road Properties L.L.C., Saugerties, as owner. Lender: Ulster Savings Bank, Kingston. Property: in Saugerties. Amount: $135,000. Filed Oct. 16.

Morgan, Brianne M., Washingtonville, as owner. Lender: Walden Savings Bank, Montgomery. Property: in Warwick. Amount: Using database knowledge $310,000. Filed Oct. 11. to optimize a computer program. Patent no. 8,566,810 issued Speers, Samuel H., et al, as to Eric Lawrence Barsness, Pine owner. Lender: Rhinebeck Bank. Island, Minn.; Richard Dean Det- Property: in Rhinebeck. Amount: tinger, Rochester, Minn.; and John $308,750. Filed Oct. 15. Matthew Santosuosso, Rochester, Minn. Assigned to International Business Machines Corp., ArDeeds monk. Work packet forecasting in a software factory. Patent no. 8,566,777 issued to Jarir K. Chaar, Tarrytown; Ronald D. Finlayson, Blythewood, S.C.; Thomas A. Jobson Jr., New Paltz; Naomi M. Mitsumori, San Jose, Calif.; and Francis X. Reddington, Richmond, Va. Assigned to International Business Machines Corp., Armonk.

Hudson Valley

397 Lakeside Road L.L.C., Newburgh. Seller: Judith Langer, Newburgh. Property: in Newburgh. Amount: $339,000. Filed Oct. 16. 571 Route 302 L.L.C., Middletown. Seller: Patricia Labagh, Middletown. Property: in Wallkill. Amount: $420,000. Filed Oct. 16. 801 Properties L.L.C., Goshen. Seller: David L. Moore, Walden. Property: in Montgomery. Amount: $55,000. Filed Oct. 21. Allsave Development L.L.C. Seller: Michael H. Forrester, New Windsor. Property: in Port Jervis. Amount: $269,996. Filed Oct. 10.

Auggie’s Acquisition Inc., Poughkeepsie. Seller: Parker Hamilton Corp., Poughkeepsie. Prop51 Partridge Hill Ct L.L.C., erty: in Poughkeepsie. Amount: Miami, Fla. Seller: Marco Batta- $225,000. Filed Oct. 15. glia, Carmel. Property: in Kent. Amount: $1.1 million. Filed Oct. 7. Bais Milka Four Iron Realty Corp., Monroe. Seller: Abraham 51 Partridge Hill Ct L.L.C., Zimmerman, et al, Suffern. PropMiami, Fla. Seller: Marco Batta- erty: 16 Hayes Court, Unit 302, glia, Carmel. Property: in Kent. Monroe. Amount: $475,000. Filed Amount: $2.3 million. Filed Oct. 7. Oct. 18.

Above $1 million

Cole Real Estate Investments, Phoenix, Ariz. Seller: Paum Sales Corp., New York City. Property: 82-84 N. Plank Road, Newburgh. Amount: $9.4 million. Filed Oct. 15.

Bank of America N.A. Seller: Kathaleen Reiff, Middletown. Property: 93 Jimal Drive, Middletown 10940. Amount: $100,000. Filed Oct. 15.

Bank of America N.A. Seller: Min Building Loans PBE Companies L.L.C., Provi- Ja Yun, Highland Mills. Property: dence, R.I. Seller: Dutchess 8 Cliffside Court, Highland Mills Heritage Square Partners, 10930. Amount: $265,917. Filed Oct. 15. Croton-on-Hudson. Property: Below $1 million 2531-2537 Route 52, East Fishkill 12533. Amount: $10.8 mil- Bayview Loan Servicing L.L.C., Castellano, Matthew, et al, as lion. Filed Oct. 18. Coral Gables, Fla. Seller: Alberto owner. Lender: TD Bank N.A. Garcia, Maybrook. Property: 106 Property: 740 Route 311, PatProspect Ave., Maybrook 12543. terson. Amount: $350,000. Filed Amount: $220,000. Filed Oct. 15. Below $1 million Oct. 4. Cooper, Brianna, as owner. Lender: M&T Bank. Property: 1 Park Ave., Highland Mills 10930. Amount: $180,708. Filed Oct. 18.

Cronin Solutions Inc., Pine Bush, as owner. Lender: Walden Savings Resuming a prior debug ses- Bank, Montgomery. Property: sion. Patent no. 8,566,799 issued in Crawford. Amount: $112,500. to Cary L. Bates, Rochester, Minn. Filed Oct. 9. Assigned to International Business Machines Corp., Armonk. Guzman, Carlos J., et al, Bloomingburg, as owner. Lender: NorSelectively obtaining call stack mandy Corp., Rochester. Property: information based on crite- in Crawford. Amount: $142,500. ria. Patent no. 8,566,795 issued to Filed Oct. 11. Jimmie Earl DeWitt Jr., Georgetown, Texas; Riaz Y. Hussain, Austin, Texas; and Frank Eliot Levine, Highland Hills L.L.C., Spring Austin, Texas. Assigned to In- Valley, as owner. Lender: Greater ternational Business Machines Hudson Bank N.A., Middletown. Property: in Middletown. Corp., Armonk. Amount: $780,000. Filed Oct. 17.

125 Lake Avenue Realty L.L.C., Warwick. Seller: Leslie W. Horton III, et al, Crawford. Property: in Crawford. Amount: $120,000. Filed Oct. 16. 1888 Hudson Property L.L.C., Hopewell Junction. Seller: city of Poughkeepsie. Property: in Poughkeepsie. Amount: $162,500. Filed Oct. 17.

Bliss Ventures L.L.C., Melville. Seller: Robert J. Raimondo, et al, Carmel. Property: 910 Egrets Landing, Carmel 10512. Amount: $230,000. Filed Oct. 7. Brookfield Global Relocation Services L.L.C. Seller: Richard Carter, et al, Hopewell Junction. Property: in East Fishkill. Amount: $392,000. Filed Oct. 15.

Butterville Bee Farms L.L.C., 1888 Hudson Property L.L.C., New Paltz. Seller: Louis R.Yess, Hopewell Junction. Seller: Ismael Highland. Property: in New Paltz. Roman Jr., Poughkeepsie. Prop- Amount: $80,000. Filed Oct. 15. erty: in Poughkeepsie. Amount: $15,000. Filed Oct. 17. Cotter Road L.L.C., Annadale, N.J. Seller: Jason Lipiro, Wapping28 Front Street Inc., Mahopac. ers Falls. Property: in Newburgh. Seller: Walter M. Kelly, et al, Amount: $45,000. Filed Oct. 10. Mahopac. Property: 112 Longdale Road, Mahopac. Amount: $100,000. Filed Oct. 10.

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FACTS&FIGURES Cronin Solutions Inc., Pine Bush. Seller: Carol M. Dreyer, et al, Pine Bush. Property: 13 Gross St., Crawford. Amount: $85,000. Filed Oct. 9.

Freeform Development Corp., Roslyn Heights. Seller: John F. Gabriel, et al, Wappingers Falls. Property: in Wappingers Falls and Wappingers. Amount: $55,000. Filed Oct. 19.

Mecfen Contracting Corp., Montgomery. Seller: Balsam Realty Inc., Newburgh. Property: 17 Ralph Brach Road, Shawangunk. Amount: $55,000. Filed Oct. 11.

CWI Land Holdings L.L.C., Walden. Seller: Frances Latini, Gerick Associates L.L.C., New Wallkill. Property: in Montgomery. Hampton. Seller: Dick’s Concrete Amount: $87,600. Filed Oct. 11. Company Inc., New Hampton. Property: in Goshen. Amount: Dellaportas Enterprises Inc., $165,000. Filed Oct. 8. Hopewell Junction. Seller: city of Beacon. Property: in Beacon. Gildan Enterprises L.L.C., Rego Amount: $36,000. Filed Oct. 16. Park. Seller: Blaydon Capital L.L.C., Brookfield, Wis. Property: Drew Avenue Realty Corp., 24 South St., aka 4 Washington Nanuet. Seller: Woodley Charles, St., Middletown 10940. Amount: et al, Highland Falls. Property: 6 $158,000. Filed Oct. 11. Drew Ave., Highland Falls 10928. Amount: $108,000. Filed Oct. 17. Gregorian L.L.C., Fairlawn, N.J. Seller: Mid-Hudson Valley FedEighteen Church Street Coh eral Credit Union, Kingston. PropL.L.C., Cornwall-on-Hudson. erty: in Middletown. Amount: Seller: Paula Argenio, Cornwall- $230,000. Filed Oct. 9. on-Hudson. Property: 18 Church St., Cornwall-on-Hudson 12520. HSBC Bank USA N.A. Seller: Amount: $295,000. Filed Oct. 10. Rose Gramaglia, Greenwood Lake. Property: 685 Jersey Ave., Ekjot L.L.C., Richmond Hill. Greenwood Lake 10925. Amount: Seller: Old Temple Hill Rd L.L.C., $212,283. Filed Oct. 11. Central Valley. Property: in New Windsor. Amount: $581,000. Filed Hudson Capital 168 L.L.C., Oct. 22. Whitestone. Seller: BRC Realty Corp., Newburgh. Property: in EMC Mortgage L.L.C. Seller: Newburgh. Amount: $224,879. Charles E. Stewart III, Pawling. Filed Oct. 17. Property: 73 Hollow Road, Staatsburg 12580. Amount: $215,000. Integrity Investments L.L.C., St. Filed Oct. 10. John, Me. Seller: Anna R. Warren, Dover Plains. Property: in Amenia. Enterprise Farm North L.L.C., Amount: $120,000. Filed Oct. 10. New York City. Seller: Laurence Garrick, et al, Rhinebeck. Prop- JA Group L.L.C., Middletown. erty: in Milan. Amount: $450,000. Seller: Patricia LaBagh, MiddleFiled Oct. 11. town. Property: in Middletown. Amount: $13,500. Filed Oct. 10. Equity Homes of New York Inc., Port Jervis. Seller: David J. Koznits Enterprises Inc., BrookWilliams, New City. Property: in lyn. Seller: Shlomo Ekstein, New Goshen. Amount: $48,000. Filed Hampton. Property: 17 Da Weider Oct. 11. Blvd., Unit 104, Monroe 10950. Amount: $60,000. Filed Oct. 9. Fair Oaks Realty Inc., Poughkeepsie. Seller: Anthony C. Carlini Jr., Manufacturers and Traders Poughkeepsie. Property: in Dover. Trust Co., Fishkill. Seller: Charles Amount: $347,000. Filed Oct. 10. E. Stewart, Pawling. Property: in LaGrange. Amount: $500,000. FDF Enterprises Inc., Middle- Filed Oct. 19. town. Seller: Ohio Realty L.L.C., Middletown. Property: in Mount Maribec Properties NY L.L.C., Hope. Amount: $50,000. Filed Croton-on-Hudson. Seller: Rose Oct. 17. C. Story, Beacon. Property: in Cold Spring. Amount: $229,000. Federal National Mortgage As- Filed Oct. 15. sociation. Seller: Kevin Humphris, et al, Port Jervis. Property 47 Ben- MAT Properties Inc., Baltimore, neywater Road, Port Jervis 12771. Md. Seller: Preston S. Scher, ScarsAmount: $267,271. Filed Oct. 17. dale. Property: in Putnam Valley. Amount: $525,000. Filed Oct. 2. Federal National Mortgage Association. Seller: Preston S. Scher, Meadow Creek Farm of NY Scarsdale. Property: 269 North Realty L.L.C., Wappingers Falls. St., Middletown 10940. Amount: Seller: Briepam Inc., Pleasant Val$171,299. Filed Oct. 8. ley. Property: 321 Skidmore Road, Pleasant Valley 12569. Amount: $650,000. Filed Oct. 10.

Mid Hudson Film L.L.C., Newburgh. Seller: Newburgh Realty Corp., Montgomery. Property: 50-54 Liberty St., Newburgh. Amount: $80,000. Filed Oct. 10.

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Mid Hudson Film L.L.C., Newburgh. Seller: South William Realty Corp., Montgomery. Property: 99 S. William St., aka 21 Liberty St., Newburgh 12550. Amount: $300,000. Filed Oct. 10.

Route 22 Brewster L.L.C., YorJudgments ktown Heights. Seller: Leemilt’s Petroleum Inc., Jericho. Property: 876 Route 22, Brewster. Amount: Aztlan Lawnscape Inc., Highland. $5,998 in favor of the New $286,140. Filed Oct. 8. York State Department of Labor Unemployment Insurance DiviSolomon Lebovits L.L.C., High- sion, Albany. Filed Oct. 18. land Mills. Seller: Niknah Associates L.P., Poughkeepsie. Property: in Woodbury. Amount: $100,000. Birchcreek Retreat, Pine Hill. $2,582 in favor of the New York Filed Oct. 11. State Department of Labor Unemployment Insurance Division, South Hill Farm L.L.C., Graha- Albany. Filed Oct. 18. msville. Seller: Ruth Wells, Grahamsville. Property: in Wawarsing. Amount: $360,000. Filed Oct. 17. Carmine’s Bakery Inc., d.b.a. Carmines Italian-American Pastry Shoppe, Middletown. The Bank of New York Mel- $262 in favor of the New York State lon. Seller: Maura A. Barrett, Department of Labor UnemployPoughkeepsie. Property: 37 Man- ment Insurance Division, Albany. sion Drive, Hyde Park. Amount: Filed Oct. 4. $235,000. Filed Oct. 17.

Moffat Library of Washingtonville, Washingtonville. Seller: George V. Wontz, Salisbury Mills. Property: in Blooming Grove. Amount: $185,000. Filed Oct. 21. Twente Holdings L.L.C., Goshen. Seller: RB Citizens N.A. Property: National Residential Nominee 4120 Whispering Hills, Chester. Services Inc. Seller: Chengyu Niu, Amount: $116,500. Filed Oct. 9. et al, Fishkill. Property: in Fishkill. Amount: $389,000. Filed Oct. 11. U.S. Bank N.A. Seller: Caroline Ojaimi-Adorno, Bronx. PropNationstar Mortgage L.L.C. erty: 184 Lake Peekskill Drive, Seller: Darin Wilkin, et al, Bil- Lake Peekskill 10537. Amount: coxi, Miss. Property: 5 Elk $131,750. Filed Oct. 17. Road, Hopewell Junction 12533. Amount: $200,000. Filed Oct. 16. U.S. Bank N.A. Seller: Hector Cancela, et al, Middletown. PropNava Properties L.L.C., New- erty: 94 Linden Ave., Middletown burgh. Seller: Mary G. Korsnick, 10940. Amount: $147,111. Filed et al, Davidson, Md. Property: Oct. 21. in Newburgh. Amount: $50,000. Filed Oct. 17. U.S. Bank N.A. Seller: Liza K. Scotto-Ambrister. Property: 70 Poughkeepsie Bread of Life Johnes St., Newburgh 12550. Church, Poughkeepsie. Seller: Amount: $224,210. Filed Oct. 22. Triumphant Apostolic Church of Jesus Christ, Poughkeepsie. Prop- Ulster Savings Bank, Kingston. erty: in Poughkeepsie. Amount: Seller: Ronald C. Blass Jr., Pough$375,000. Filed Oct. 17. keepsie. Property: 223 Hurley Road, Salt Point 12578. Amount: Prosave Development Inc. $671,000. Filed Oct. 18. Seller: Justin Lee Sweet, New City. Property: in Minisink. Amount: Walden Savings Bank, Mont$341,869. Filed Oct. 21. gomery. Seller: Drew J. Pearson, et al, Bloomingburg. Property: in R and K Enterprises of Bullville Wallkill. Amount: $230,000. Filed L.L.C., Bullville. Seller: Davnan Oct. 17. L.L.C., Bloomingburg. Property: in Crawford. Amount: $360,000. Weichert Relocation Resources Filed Oct. 22. Inc., Morris Plains, N.J. Seller: William Piccirilli, et al, Monroe. PropReal Management Corporation erty: 15 Prestwick Drive, Monroe N.Y., Newburgh. Seller: Jack Van- 10950. Amount: $465,000. Filed denberg, et al, Mahopac. Property: Oct. 17. in Carmel. Amount: $40,500. Filed Oct. 4. Wells Fargo Bank N.A. Seller: Christopher Callan. Property: 34 Real Management Corporation Sycamore Court, Highland Mills N.Y., Newburgh. Seller: Jack Van- 10930. Amount: $411,103. Filed denberg, et al, Mahopac. Property: Oct. 15. in Carmel. Amount: $210,000. Filed Oct. 4. WTF NY Inc., Modena. Seller: Gigi Frerichs, et al, New York City. Rieger Realty Inc., Newburgh. Property: in Newburgh. Amount: Seller: Pembrook Custom Homes $320,000. Filed Oct. 17. Inc., Wappingers Falls. Property: in Poughkeepsie. Amount: $60,000. Filed Oct. 10.

Red Planet Delivery Corp., Highland. $409 in favor of the New York State Department of Labor Unemployment Insurance Division, Albany. Filed Oct. 18. Reg Transportation Corp., Middletown. $228 in favor of the New York State Department of Labor Unemployment Insurance Division, Albany. Filed Oct. 4. Reno Concrete Corp., Chester. $98 in favor of the New York State Department of Labor Unemployment Insurance Division, Albany. Filed Oct. 4. Retrofoam of NY Inc., Chester. $316 in favor of the New York State Department of Labor Unemployment Insurance Division, Albany. Filed Oct. 4.

Conklin Services and Construction Inc., Newburgh. $704 in favor of the New York State Department Staten Island Towing Service of Labor Unemployment Insur- Inc., Warwick. $681 in favor of ance Division, Albany. Filed Oct. 4. the New York State Department of Labor Unemployment Insurance Division, Albany. Filed Oct. 4. Eastern States Worldwide Movers Corp., New Paltz. $387 in favor of the New York State Department Supply Sider Trucking L.L.C., of Labor Unemployment Insurance Montgomery. $314 in favor of the New York State Department of Division, Albany. Filed Oct. 18. Labor Unemployment Insurance Division, Albany. Filed Oct. 4. Ja Duarte Home Improvements Corp., Warwick. $1,367 in favor of the New York State Department of Terra Firma Corp., Chester. Labor Unemployment Insurance $2,143 in favor of the New York State Department of Labor UnDivision, Albany. Filed Oct. 4. employment Insurance Division, Albany. Filed Oct. 4. Joint Repair Services Corp., Florida. $373 in favor of the New York State Department of Labor The Lynx at River Bend Golf Unemployment Insurance Divi- Club Inc., Port Jervis. $360 in favor of the New York State Departsion, Albany. Filed Oct. 4. ment of Labor Unemployment Insurance Division, Albany. Filed La Hacienda Bar Inc., Newburgh. Oct. 4. $3,973 in favor of the New York State Department of Labor Unemployment Insurance Division, TMG Consulting L.L.C., Salisbury Mills. $238 in favor of the Albany. Filed Oct. 4. New York State Department of Labor Unemployment Insurance Lockdown Security of Orange Division, Albany. Filed Oct. 4. County Inc., Newburgh. $242 in favor of the New York State Department of Labor Unemploy- Tuxedo Ridge L.L.C., Tuxedo ment Insurance Division, Albany. Park. $929 in favor of the New York State Department of Labor Filed Oct. 4. Unemployment Insurance Division, Albany. Filed Oct. 4. Millennium Consulting Bureau L.L.C., Washingtonville. $2,043 in favor of the New York State Department of Labor UnemployLis Pendens ment Insurance Division, Albany. Filed Oct. 4. The following filings indicated a NY Professional Drywall of OC legal action has been initiated, the Inc., Monroe. $435 in favor of the outcome of which may affect the title New York State Department of to the property listed. Labor Unemployment Insurance Division, Albany. Filed Oct. 4. Aizprua, Rosa N., et al. Filed by JPMorgan Chase Bank N.A. AcRandazzo’s Landscaping Inc., tion: seeks to foreclose on a mortCornwall on Hudson. $2,312 in fa- gage to secure $244,800 affecting vor of the New York State Depart- property located at 126 East Ave., ment of Labor Unemployment Walden 12586. Filed July 17. Insurance Division, Albany. Filed Oct. 4.

Babon, Lise K., et al. Filed by Wells Fargo Bank N.A. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $360,027 affecting property located at 72 Marvin Ave., Brewster 10509. Filed Oct. 8.

Brown, Theresa A., et al. Filed by PHH Mortgage Corp. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $77,016 affecting property located at 2 Northgate Drive, Walden 12586. Filed July 12.

Baker, Janet M., the heirs of the estate of Donald H. Baker, et al. Filed by Bank of America N.A. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $160,000 affecting property located at 6 Hudson St., Apt. 1, Port Jervis 12771. Filed July 17.

Camacho, Lydia, et al. Filed by Wells Fargo Bank N.A. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $250,000 affecting property located at 2 Jonathan Court, Middletown 10941. Filed July 15.

Bell, Thomas B., et al. Filed by Bank of America N.A. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure an undisclosed amount affecting property located at 6 Michael Neuner Drive, Brewster 10509. Filed Oct. 15. Belovich, Coleen A., et al. Filed by JPMorgan Chase Bank N.A. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $86,000 affecting property located at 2 Lang Road, Cuddebackville 12729. Filed July 15.

Canela, Arelis D., et al. Filed by JPMorgan Chase Bank N.A. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $323,544 affecting property located at 3041 Molly Pitcher Drive, New Windsor 12553. Filed July 17. Carlucci, Karla, et al. Filed by Wells Fargo Bank N.A. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $215,180 affecting property located at 68 Circle Road, Mahopac 10541. Filed Oct. 15.

Cirelli, Bryan, et al. Filed by Bank of America N.A. Action: seeks to Beltran, William H., et al. Filed foreclose on a mortgage to secure by Bank of America N.A. Action: $153,225 affecting property locatseeks to foreclose on a mortgage ed at 283 Mountain Lodge Road, to secure $325,600 affecting prop- Monroe 10950. Filed July 17. erty located at 8 Oak St., Brewster 10509. Filed Oct. 11. Copper, Dean, et al. Filed by JPMorgan Chase Bank N.A. Action: Betances, Joseph Manuel, et al. seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to Filed by JPMorgan Chase Bank secure $318,202 affecting property N.A. Action: seeks to foreclose on located at 3231 Route 207, Campa mortgage to secure $191,000 af- bell Hall 10916. Filed July 16. fecting property located at 35 S. Montgomery St., Walden 12586. Corbin, Michael J., et al. Filed Filed July 15. by PNC Mortgage. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to seBey, Laverne I., et al. Filed by cure $308,000 affecting property Bank of America N.A. Action: located at 5 Miller Lane Extension, seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to Warwick 10990. Filed July 12. secure $294,364 affecting property located at 2710 Colonial Drive, Cronin, Mary, et al. Filed by New Windsor 12553. Filed July 12. Federal National Mortgage Association. Action: seeks to foreclose Borgen, James Russell, et al. on a mortgage to secure $285,000 Filed by The Bank of New York affecting property located at 369 Mellon. Action: seeks to foreclose Lake Drive, Lake Peekskill 10537. on a mortgage to secure $86,250 Filed Oct. 17. affecting property located at 499 Glasco Turnpike, Saugerties D’Angelo, Christopher, et al. 12477. Filed Oct. 15. Filed by Wells Fargo Bank N.A. Action: seeks to foreclose on a Braunagel, Regina, et al. Filed by mortgage to secure $219,925 afFreedom Mortgage Corp. Action: fecting property located at 320 seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to Lakeside Road, Newburgh 12550. secure $209,302 affecting property Filed July 15. located at 255 Heritage Lane, Unit 25E, Monroe 10950. Filed July 16. DeRosa, Enza, et al. Filed by Deutsche Bank National Trust Brown, Ardis, as executrix of the Co. Action: seeks to foreclose on estate of Gale Brownlee, et al. Filed a mortgage to secure $175,000 afby Nationstar Mortgage L.L.C. Ac- fecting property located at 70 Suntion: seeks to foreclose on a mort- nybrook Circle, Lloyd 12528. Filed gage to secure $390,000 affecting Oct. 18. property located at 7 Downer Lane, Woodstock 12498. Filed Oct. 18.

Lane, Thomas, et al. Filed by Walden Savings Bank. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $80,000 affecting property located in Shawangunk. Filed Oct. 18.

Monz, Vance A., et al. Filed by Gmac Mortgage L.L.C. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $163,704 affecting property located at 17 Pine St., Kingston 12401. Filed Oct. 15.

Latimore, Patricia, et al. Filed by Indymac Bank F.S.B. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $160,000 affecting property located at 26 Vincent St., Kingston 12401. Filed Oct. 16.

Ndreu, Rose, et al. Filed by U.S. Bank N.A. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $520,000 affecting property located at 56 Summit Drive, Mahopac 10541. Filed Oct. 11.

Leon-Lopez, Felipe A., et al. Filed by Deutsche Bank National Trust Dominguez, Irvin, et al. Filed Green, Stephen, et al. Filed by Co. Action: seeks to foreclose on by Bank of America N.A. Action: Wells Fargo Bank N.A. Action: a mortgage to secure $231,600 seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to affecting property located at 3 secure $196,000 affecting property secure $235,000 affecting property Muller Ave., Highland Falls 10928. located at 81 Greenway Terrace, located at 55 Forest Lane, Brewster Filed July 12. Middletown 10941. Filed July 16. 10509. Filed Oct. 8. Lopez, Mary Ann, et al. Filed by Dwyer, Phyllis B., et al. Filed by Howard, Lisa M., et al. Filed The Bank of New York Mellon. AcNationstar Mortgage L.L.C. Ac- by M&T Bank. Action: seeks to tion: seeks to foreclose on a morttion: seeks to foreclose on a mortforeclose on a mortgage to secure gage to secure $240,000 affecting gage to secure $208,587 affecting $171,000 affecting property locat- property located at 22 Oxford property located at 4 Marilyn ed at 11 Watkins Ave., Middletown Road, New Windsor 12553. Filed Court, Highland Mills 10930. Filed 10940. Filed July 12. July 12. July 17. Hunt, Michele, et al. Filed by Manzi, Angelo A., et al. Filed by Elwell, David, et al. Filed by Wells Gerard N. Bucci. Action: seeks to JPMorgan Chase Bank N.A. AcFargo Bank N.A. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure tion: seeks to foreclose on a mortforeclose on a mortgage to secure $75,000 affecting property located gage to secure $216,000 affecting $212,000 affecting property locat- at 116 Sodom Road, Brewster property located at 6 Lakelands ed at 1228 Blue Mountain Road, 10509. Filed Oct. 11. Ave., Greenwood Lake 10925. Filed Saugerties 12477. Filed Oct. 16. July 12. Hutcoe, Margaret L., et al. Filed Elwyn, Michael, aka Michael Ely- by Bank of America N.A. Action: Marrero, Victor M., et al. Filed wn, et al. Filed by Bank of Amer- seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to by EMC Mortgage Corp. Action: ica N.A. Action: seeks to foreclose secure $228,628 affecting property seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to on a mortgage to secure $225,000 located at 239 Towners Road, Kent secure $292,000 affecting property affecting property located at 2 Old Lakes 10512. Filed Oct. 16. located at 37 Orchard Lake Drive, Celery Ave., New Hampton 10958. Monroe 10950. Filed July 17. Filed July 16. Jackson, Susan M., et al. Filed by JPMorgan Chase Bank N.A. Ac- McKenna, Peggy A., et al. Filed by Esquijarrosa, Lucy, et al. Filed by tion: seeks to foreclose on a mort- H & R Block Bank. Action: seeks to Citimortgage Inc. Action: seeks to gage to secure $95,000 affecting foreclose on a mortgage to secure foreclose on a mortgage to secure property located at 25 Sycamore an unspecified amount affecting $174,939 affecting property lo- Drive, Middletown 10940. Filed property located at 26 Brittany cated at 20 Heathcote Road, Kent July 12. Lane, Carmel 10512. Filed Oct. 10. 10512. Filed Oct. 10. Jones, Izora L., et al. Filed by Mendez, Silverio, et al. Filed by Fabrizio, Richard, et al. Filed by Wells Fargo Bank N.A. Action: OneWest Bank F.S.B. Action: seeks U.S. Bank N.A. Action: seeks to seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to to foreclose on a mortgage to seforeclose on a mortgage to secure secure $148,824 affecting property cure $359,910 affecting property $104,000 affecting property lo- located at 47 Gardner Ave., Mid- located at 38 Highland View Place, Middletown 10940. Filed July 17. cated at 608 Fox Run Lane, Carmel dletown 10940. Filed July 17. 10512. Filed Oct. 15. Kiess, Jeffrey L., et al. Filed by Meres, Danielle E., et al. Filed Figueroa, Joseph A., et al. Filed JPMorgan Chase Bank N.A. Action: by Bank of America N.A. Action: by the State of New York Mortgage seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to Agency. Action: seeks to foreclose secure $300,000 affecting property secure $150,000 affecting property on a mortgage to secure $101,850 located at 823 Mountain Ave., Port located at 2019 Route 208, Montgomery 12549. Filed July 16. affecting property located at 172 Jervis 12771. Filed July 16. Wickham Ave., Middletown 10940. Filed July 15. King, Shirley Ann, et al. Filed Miskiewicz, Eugenia C., et al. by Walden Savings Bank. Action: Filed by JPMorgan Chase Bank Flanagan, Kevin T., et al. Filed by seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to N.A. Action: seeks to foreclose on Household Finance Realty Corpo- secure $119,000 affecting property a mortgage to secure $174,000 afration of New York. Action: seeks to located in Greenville. Filed July 17. fecting property located at 4 Melnick Place, Lake Peekskill 10537. foreclose on a mortgage to secure $31,498 affecting property located Krebs, Christella Bernardene, et Filed Oct. 15. at 256 Quassaick Ave., Unit 34, New al. Filed by Nationstar Mortgage Windsor 12553. Filed July 16. L.L.C. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $352,500 affecting property located at 173 Schultz Lane, Kingston 12401. Filed Oct. 16.

Oliverio, Gertrude E., aka Trudy Oliverio, et al. Filed by PNC Mortgage. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $137,000 affecting property located at 193 Sycamore Drive, Newburgh 12553. Filed July 12.

Desisso, Antoinette, et al. Filed by Real Estate Mortgage Network Inc. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure an unspecified amount affecting property located at 30 Winding Ridge Lane, Unit 8104, Middletown 10940. Filed July 16.

Fusco, Rosaria, et al. Filed by Wells Fargo Bank N.A. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure an unspecified amount affecting property located at 37 Somers Hills Road, Carmel 10512. Filed Oct. 15.

Gerbes, Frank P. Jr., et al. Filed Dobrzynski, Douglas S., et al. by Nationstar Mortgage L.L.C. Filed by Bank of America N.A. Ac- Action: seeks to foreclose on a tion: seeks to foreclose on a mort- mortgage to secure $460,400 afgage to secure $112,000 affecting fecting property located at 46-48 property located at 8 Roy Place, St. Andrews Road, Walden 12586. Newburgh 12550. Filed July 17. Filed July 17.

Ortiz, Kenny, et al. Filed by Ally Bank. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $225,000 affecting property located at 9 ½-11 Talcott Place, Middletown 10940. Filed July 17. Perez, Angela A. Daly, aka Angela Dogostiano, et al. Filed by HSBC Bank USA. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $216,000 affecting property located at 2 Walnut Way, Highland Mills 10930. Filed July 17. Ponder, Ethel, individually and as surviving spouse of George Edgar Ponder, et al. Filed by Nationstar Mortgage L.L.C. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $264,000 affecting property located at 68 Bay View Terrace, Newburgh 12550. Filed July 17. Price, Ericka A., aka Ericka A. Donnelly, et al. Filed by Wells Fargo Bank N.A. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $130,000 affecting property located at 36 Houston St., Florida 10921. Filed July 17. Primiano, John Paul, et al. Filed by JPMorgan Chase Bank N.A. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $1.9 million affecting property located at 15 Summit Road, Tuxedo Park 10987. Filed July 16. Quinn, Susan A., et al. Filed by JPMorgan Chase Bank N.A. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $176,000 affecting property located at 303 Ashbury Way, Brewster 10509. Filed Oct. 15. Rani, Sunita, et al. Filed by JPMorgan Chase Bank N.A. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $296,250 affecting property located at 308 Elm Road, Mahopac 10541. Filed Oct. 7.

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FACTS&FIGURES Raso, Phyllis, et al. Filed by Bank of America N.A. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $276,500 affecting property located at 618 Oakland Valley Road, Cuddebackville 12729. Filed July 16. Rauso, Anthony J., et al. Filed by Citimortgage Inc. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure an unspecified amount affecting property located at 146 Kent Shore Drive, Carmel 10512. Filed Oct. 8. Ricks, Daryl, et al. Filed by Deutsche Bank National Trust Co. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $304,000 affecting property located at 346 Angelo Drive, Montgomery 12549. Filed July 15. Rivera, Michael, et al. Filed by Deutsche Bank National Trust Co. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $283,510 affecting property located at 28 Maple Lane, Monroe 10950. Filed July 17. Roopchand, Alan, et al. Filed by Bank of America N.A. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $255,290 affecting property located at 1981 Greenville Turnpike, Greenville 12771. Filed July 16.

Shelley, James M., et al. Filed by Federal National Mortgage Association. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $252,000 affecting property located at 412 Sprout Brook Road, Garrison 10524. Filed Oct. 15.

Van Trees, Victoria, et al. Filed by John LaSpina and Sue LaSpina. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $250,000 affecting property located at 40 Whangtown Road, Kent. Filed Oct. 10.

Smith, Bryan P., et al. Filed by Wells Fargo Bank N.A. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $182,960 affecting property located at 3 Brinkerhoff Ave., Highland 12528. Filed Oct. 16.

Wong, Selina, aka Selina Gonzalez, et al. Filed by Green Tree Servicing L.L.C. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $202,400 affecting property located at 1218 Union Ave., Newburgh 12550. Filed July 16.

Smith, Lorie J., et al. Filed by Wells Fargo Bank N.A. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $151,070 affecting property located at 39 Fiero Road, Saugerties 12477. Filed Oct. 16.

Woody, Vanessa, et al. Filed by Bank of America N.A. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $149,699 affecting property located at 138 Chambers St., Newburgh 12550. Filed July 12.

Soderstrom, Stephen E., individually and as executor of the estate of Joanne M. Soderstrom, et al. Filed by the State of New York Mortgage Agency. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $70,000 affecting property located at 173 Terry Hill Road, Carmel 10512. Filed Oct. 16.

Zumbo, Frank P. Jr., as executor of the last will and testament of John R. Zumbo Sr., et al. Filed by Wells Fargo Bank N.A. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure an unspecified amount affecting property located at 91 Salem Road, Carmel 10512. Filed Oct. 10.

Straub, Bernard C., et al. Filed by The Bank of New York MelMechanic’s Liens lon. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $50,000 affecting property located at 1879 Blumenthal, Celia Beth, et al, as Route 300, Newburgh 12550. Filed owner. $463 as claimed by Cranesville Block Company Inc., AmsterRuiz, Maritza A., et al. Filed by July 16. dam. Property: 1531 Wittenberg Bank of America N.A. Action: Road, Shandaken. Filed Oct. 18. seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to Terrazas, Jose, et al. Filed by The secure $323,364 affecting property Bank of New York Mellon. Action: located at 1 Avoncroft Lane, Unit seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to Bull Run Properties L.L.C., as 5901, Middletown 10940. Filed secure $179,200 affecting property owner. $12,750 as claimed by RobJuly 17. located at 276 Temple Hill Road, ert McMahon, Wallkill. Property: Unit 207, New Windsor 12553. in Cornwall-on-Hudson. Filed Oct. 10. Santilli, Elizabeth E., et al. Filed Filed July 16. by RBS Citizens N.A. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to se- Thomas Lane Construction DePompeis, Michael, et al, as cure $171,830 affecting property Ltd., et al. Filed by Walden Savings owner. $18,0000 as claimed by located at 3 Camp St., Wawarsing. Bank. Action: seeks to foreclose on Jar Construction Corp., Carmel. Filed Oct. 15. a mortgage to secure $200,000 af- Property: 29 Enrico Court, Mafecting property located in Craw- hopac 10541. Filed Oct. 9. Schnell, Priscilla, et al. Filed by ford. Filed July 17. Gordis, Josh, as executor of the Citimortgage Inc. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure Tinsley, Linda, et al. Filed by estate of Lucille Gordis, as owner. $118,000 affecting property lo- Wells Fargo Bank N.A. Action: $5,660 as claimed by R.J. Chestnut cated at 528 Lakeside Road, Pine seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to Construction Co., Putnam Valley. Bush 12566. Filed Oct. 15. secure $223,492 affecting property Property: 22 Cove Road, Putnam located at 59 Seybolt Ave., Otisville Valley 10579. Filed Oct. 10. Schultz, Loretta A., et al. Filed by 10963. Filed July 16. HBR Homes L.L.C., as owner. JPMorgan Chase Bank N.A. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mort- Torres, Harry, et al. Filed by JPM- $54,100 as claimed by Val Bruni gage to secure $97,203 affecting organ Chase Bank N.A. Action: Plumbing and Heating Inc., Midproperty located at 25 Euclid Ave., seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to dletown. Property: in Middletown. Middletown 10940. Filed July 17. secure $101,600 affecting property Filed Oct. 17. located at 304 Kings Way, Unit 304, Henandez, Christopher, et al, Shaw, Melinda A., et al. Filed by Carmel 10512. Filed Oct. 8. as owner. $5,009 as claimed by Wells Fargo Bank N.A. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to Van Gorden, Daniel B., et al. Cranesville Block Company Inc., secure $213,425 affecting property Filed by BAC Home Loans Ser- Amsterdam. Property: 17 Maurice located at 179-181 Highland Ave., vicing L.P. Action: seeks to fore- Drive, Lot C16, Wappingers. Filed Middletown 10940. Filed July 12. close on a mortgage to secure Oct. 18. an unspecified amount affecting property located at 6 Woods Place, Lanigan, Colm, as owner. $3,800 Middletown 10940. Filed July 12. as claimed by Enercept Inc., Watertown, S.D. Property: 112 Sandhill Road, Gardiner. Filed Oct. 15.

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Larkin Drive L.L.C., as owner. Partnerships $194,000 as claimed by Noam Estates L.L.C., Monroe. Property: 23-25 Larkin Drive, Monroe. Filed Dutches and Coffee Productions, 73 Stephan St., Kingston Oct. 10. 12401, c/o Richard R. Penney and William S. Kartis. Filed Oct. 15. LLC Millennium Pipeline Co., as owner. $1,432 as claimed by James Kelley, Milton. Property: Hudson Valley Lawn and GarLong Meadow Road, Tuxedo. den, 612 N. Elting Corners Road, Highland 12528, c/o Gregory R. Filed Oct. 18. Smith and Stephen J. Thomas. Filed Oct. 15. Pisarik, Robert, et al, as owner. $12,683 as claimed by Orange County Drywall II L.L.C., New Structual Builders, 746 GranWindsor. Property: 452 Holmes ite Road, Kerhonkson 12446, c/o Marcin M. Tomaszewski Road, East Fishkill. Filed Oct. 16. and Christopher J. Morici. Filed Oct. 15. Prince, David M., et al, as owner. $4,044 as claimed by H.G. Page and Sons Inc., Poughkeepsie. Trendz Fashions and AccesProperty: 2 Duhamel Drive, East sories, 1431 Route 208, Wallkill 12589, c/o Lisa DeGroodt and Fishkill. Filed Oct. 16. Dina Barnhart. Filed Oct. 17. Takasgo International Corp., Harriman, as owner. $37,589 as claimed by Stan Chem Inc., East Berlin, Conn. Property: 114 Commerce Drive, Harriman. Filed Oct. 17.

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

Doing Business As Dorian DeHaan Rossi Inc., d.b.a. Artisan Discovery, 1389 Kings Highway, Chester 10918. Filed June 21.

Hudson Area Behavioral Associates, 2118 Route 32, Modena 12548, c/o William Joseph Meyer. Filed Oct. 18. Hudson Farm, 1210 Berme Road, Kerhonkson 12446, c/o Wayne C. Bradford. Filed Oct. 17. Hudson Valley Website Designs, 3743 Route 32, Saugerties 12477, c/o Anne J. Emerick. Filed Oct. 15. J and J Contracting, 127 Coutant Road, Circleville 10919, c/o Jason Robert Moore. Filed June 20. J’s Nail Spa, 594 Ulster Ave., Kingston 12401, c/o Zhuangping Lin. Filed Oct. 18.

Walkway Café and Market, 21 Haviland Road, Highland, c/o Jim Graf Construction, 82 Upper Ann Marie Scaturro and Gerard W. Ohayo Mountain Road, BearsM. McCluskey. Filed Oct. 15. ville 12409, c/o James C. Graf. Filed Oct. 17.

Vogt, John, Highland, as owner. Sole Proprietorships $14,199 as claimed by Bio-One Inc., Shokan. Property: 115 Bar- A to Z Merchandise, 315 Pine Hill clay Lane, Saugerties. Filed Oct. 15. Road, Chester 10918, c/o Dorothy Olson. Filed June 21. VS Walden L.L.C., as owner. $172,472 as claimed by Metro In- Additions Plus, P.O. Box 389, dustrial Wrecking and Environ- Slate Hill, c/o George M. Carey. mental Contractors Inc., Hunting- Filed June 21. ton Station. Property: 78 Oak St., Walden. Filed Oct. 16. Bryan K. Martinez Finished Carpentry, 8 Spruce Road, MidWallach, Benjamin, et al, as own- dletown 10940, c/o Bryan Keith er. $18,261 as claimed by Mastroe- Martinez. Filed June 22. ni Contracting, Rhinebeck. Property: in LaGrange. Filed Oct. 17. Butterfly Kreationz, 115 Blake Road, Maybrook 12543, c/o Shumekia C. Conley. Filed June 20.

New Businesses

GC Tree Service, 2 Morgans Way, Greenwood Lake 10925, c/o Gavin Owen Clifford. Filed June 22.

JPJ Godinezz, 15 Martin St., Middletown 10940, c/o Rosaura Godinez. Filed June 25. La Casita Inn Grocery Store, 97 Greenwich Ave., Goshen 10924, c/o Luis F. Mancilla. Filed June 21. Murorosso, 32 Esopus Ave., Ulster Park 12487, c/o Kimberly Huntington. Filed Oct. 16. Paz Accessories, 34 Carter Road, New Hampton 10958, c/o Amelia Daisy Crumm. Filed June 21. Poverty Barn, 1 Old Route 299, New Paltz 12561, c/o Heather L. McGill. Filed Oct. 15.

Clover, 351 Acorn Hill Road, Olivebridge 12461, c/o Barbara H. SCU Tactical, 6 Skyview Court, Campbell Hall 10916, c/o Francis Schnell. Filed Oct. 16. Paul Burns. Filed June 25. Deliver With Care, P.O. Box 164, Ellenville 12428, c/o Jason Levi Ke- SMC Construction, 198 Rogers St., Ulster Park 12487, c/o Scott M. ating. Filed Oct. 15. Celuch. Filed Oct. 15. DK Enterprise, 43 Continental Drive, New Windsor 12553, The Hair Boutique, 298 Main St., c/o Darrick Todd Kettner. Filed Cornwall-on-Hudson 12518, c/o June 20. Kelly Ardouino. Filed June 21.

Edvent Learning Services, 680 Tough Dog Gear, 3 Daisy Drive, Route 211 E, suite 3B-129, Middle- Port Jervis 12771, c/o David M. town 10941, c/o Margery Wadkins. Newman. Filed June 25. Filed June 22. VGR Referral Co., 3656 Main St., The Ortho Store Inc., d.b.a. EZ Handyman Services, 131 Stone Ridge 12484, c/o Raymond DePuy NY, 15 Little Brook Lane, Gladstone Ave., Walden, c/o Rob- J. Iaia. Filed Oct. 15. ert Richard Zinser. Filed June 25. Newburgh 12550. Filed June 21. Whimsies and Whatnots, 169 FYI Inspections, 234 Old Ca- Hillside Terrace, Kingston 12401, hoonzie Road, Sparrowbush, c/o Cynthia I. Marcotte. Filed c/o Valerie Lynn Maginsky. Filed Oct. 17. June 20. King Service Holding Inc., d.b.a. Trampoline and Parts, 2 Mill St., Bldg. 1, Suite 203, Cornwall-onHudson 12518. Filed June 21.

LEGAL NOTICES Notice of Formation of Skills2Drill Entertainment, LLC Articles of Organization filed with The New York Department of State on 2/14/13. Its office is Located in Westchester County. The secretary of State has been designated as agent upon whom process against the company may be served. SSNY shall mail a copy of process to: 104 Pine Ave., Ossining, NY 10562. The purpose of the Company is any lawful activity. #58981 NOTICE OF FORMATION of GD BOWMAN, LLC. Arts. of Org. filed with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 8/27/13. Office location: Westchester County. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to: 177 Golden Pond Lane, Fairfield, CT 06824. Purpose: any lawful activity. The LLC is to be managed by one or more managers. #58982 Notice of Formation of E&J Jimenez Rentals, LLC Art. Of Org. filed with SSNY on 7/17/13. Offc. Loc: Westchester Cty. SSNY desig. as agent of the LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to the LLC, 165 Beech St. Eastchester, NY 10709. Purpose: any lawful purpose. #58984 NOTICE OF FORMATION of FAMOUS CHEF PRODUCTS LLC. Arts. Of Org. filed with SSNY on 07/15/2013. Office in Westchester County. SSNY designated as agent of the LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to: C/O FAMOUS CHEF PRODUCTS LLC, 200 Vail Lane, North Salem, NY 10560. Purpose: any lawful purpose. #58985 The Articles of Organization of Litchfield Crossing LLC (the “Company”) were filed with the Secretary of State of the State of New York on May 10,2013. The office of the Company is located in Westchester County, New York. The Secretary of State has been designated as agent of the Company upon whom process against it may be served. The post office address within or without the State to which the Secretary of State shall mail a copy of any process against the Company served upon him or her is: 201 Saw Mill River Road, Yonkers, New York 10701. The name and the street address within the state of the registered agent of the Company upon whom and at which process against the Company can be served is: Raymond Gizzi 201 Saw Mill River Road, Yonkers, New York 10701. Raymond Gizzi is a Member of the Company and is actively engaged in the business and affairs of the Company. The inclusion of the name of a person(s) in this notice does not necessarily indicate that such person(s) is personally liable for the debts, obligations or liabilities of the limited liability company and such person’s liability, if any, under applicable law is neither increased nor decreased by reason of this notice. The Company was formed for any lawful business purpose or purposes permitted under the New York Limited Liability Company Act. #58986 Notice of Formation of Psychology Services of Northern Westchester, PLLC. Arts. of Org. filed with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 9/6/13. Office location: Westchester County. SSNY designated as agent of PLLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to: 85 Wykagyl Terrace, New Rochelle, NY 10804. Purpose: practice the profession of psychology. #58987

WESTCHESTER INDOOR PAINTBALL LLC, Arts. of Org. filed with the SSNY on 08/29/2013. Office loc: Westchester County. SSNY has been designated as agent upon whom process against the LLC may be served. SSNY shall mail process to: 1 Elm Street, Ardsley, NY 10502. Purpose: Any Lawful Purpose. #58989 NOTICE OF FORMATION of 73 Elm Place, LLC Art. of Org filed Secíy of State (SSNY) 9/13/13. Office location: Westchester Co. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail copy of process to 7 Elm Place, Rye, NY 10580. Purpose: any lawful activities. #58990 NOTICE OF FORMATION of 11 Henry Street Associates, LLC Art. of Org filed Secíy of State (SSNY) 9/18/13. Office location: Westchester Co. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail copy of process to c/o Susan Cappelli, 16 Elm Pl, Ste 202, Rye, NY 10580. Purpose: any lawful activities. #58991 DIRUSSO FOODS, LLC, Arts. of Org. filed with the SSNY on 09/10/2013. Office loc: Westchester County. SSNY has been designated as agent upon whom process against the LLC may be served. SSNY shall mail process to: 1016 Mc Lean Avenue, Yonkers, NY 10704. Purpose: Any Lawful Purpose. #58992 Notice of Formation of Collective Communications, LLC. Arts. of Org. filed with SSNY on 09/09/13. Office location: Westchester County. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process may be served. SSNY shall mail process to Celia Atassi, 6 North Island Drive, Rye, NY 10580. Purpose: any lawful act or activity. #58993 Notice of substance of the Articles of Organization filed with the New York Secretary of Stateís Office (SSNY) on 9/12/2013 for DIGITAL PHOTO, LLC. Principal office: Westchester County. Business: To engage in any lawful act or activity. SSNY is designated as the agent of the company upon whom process against it may be served. The address to which the SSNY shall mail a copy of any process is 27 Roberta Drive, Cortlandt Manor, NY 10567. #58994 Notice of formation of JD & JA LLC Arts. Of Org. filed with the sectíy of State of NY (SSNY) on 9/03/2013. Office location: Westchester. The street address is: None. SSNY has been designated as agent of the LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process served to: Juliet Anderson, 125 Lake Street, Suite 6GS, White Plains, NY 10604. Purpose: any lawful act. #58996 Notice of Formation of EDUCATIONAL AWARENESS, LLC. Arts. of Org. filed with the Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 2/22/13. Office location: Westchester County. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to: P.O. Box 638, Goldens Bridge, NY 10526. Purpose: any lawful act or activity. #58997 Notice of Formation of CONIBO PRODUCTIONS LLC. Arts. of Org. filed with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 9/20/13. Office location: Westchester County. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to: 6 Allapartus Circle, Ossining, NY 10562. Purpose: any lawful activity. #58998

Notice of Formation of FalconPeak Capital LLC. Arts. of Org. filed with SSNY on 9/11/13. Office location: Westchester County. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process may be served. SSNY shall mail process to FalconPeak Capital LLC, 21 Willett Avenue, Penthouse 13, Port Chester, NY 10573. Purpose: any lawful act or activity. #58999 Notice of Qualification of VILLA JEWEL LLC. Authority filed with Secy. Of State of N.Y. (SSNY) on 9/25/13. Office location: Westchester County. LLC formed in Delaware (DE) on 9/23/13. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to: c/o The LLC, 28 Church Lane, Scarsdale, NY 10583. DE address of LLC: 3500 S. Dupont Hwy, Dover, DE 19901. Arts. Of Org. filed with the DE Secy. Of State, 401 Federal St. #4, Dover, DE 19901. Purpose: any lawful activity. #59000 Notice of Formation of Michigan Avenue FundingCo, LLC. Arts. of Org. filed with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 9/23/13. Office location: Westchester County. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to: c/o United Corporate Services, Inc., 10 Bank St., Ste. 560, White Plains, NY 10606. Purpose: any lawful activity. #59001 Notice of Formation of JLA 555 LLC. Arts. of Org. filed with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 9/25/13. Office location: Westchester County. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to: c/o Caspi Development Company LLC, 3010 Westchester Ave., Purchase, NY 10507. Purpose: any lawful activity. #59002 Notice of Formation of Shirley Petroleum LLC. Arts. of Org. filed with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 9/26/13. Office location: Westchester County. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to: The LLC, 555 Columbus Ave., Ste. 201, Mt. Vernon, NY 10550. Purpose: any lawful activity #59003 LACAKES LLC, Arts. of Org. filed with the SSNY on 09/13/2013. Office loc: Westchester County. SSNY has been designated as agent upon whom process against the LLC may be served. SSNY shall mail process to: Maria Amodeo, 1585 Overhill Street, Yorktown Heights, NY 10598. Purpose: Any Lawful Purpose. #59004 Notice of Formation of Techanisms, LLC. Art. Of Org. filed with SSNY on 9/21/2013. Office Location: Westchester Cty. SSNY designated as agent of the LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to: 980 Broadway #302, Thornwood, NY 10594-1139. Purpose: any lawful purpose. #59005 NOTICE OF FORMATION of LC Milford, LLC Art. of Org filed Secíy of State (SSNY) 9/27/13. Office location: Westchester Co. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail copy of process c/o Cappelli Organization, 7 Renaissance Sq, 4th Fl, White Plains, NY 10601. Purpose: any lawful activities. #59006

HAIGHT AVE, LLC, Arts. of Org. filed with the SSNY on 08/13/2013. Office loc: Westchester County. SSNY has been designated as agent upon whom process against the LLC may be served. SSNY shall mail process to: Robert Ciardiello, 100 Alkamont Ave., Scarsdale, NY 10583. Purpose: Any Lawful Purpose #59007 Notice of formation of Crannell Lease Advisory Services LLC, Articles of Organization filed with the Secretary of State of New York (SSNY) on 9/16/2013. Office location: Westchester County. SSNY designated as agent of the LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail a copy of process to: C/O Crannell Lease Advisory Services LLC, 38 David Road, Somers, NY 10589. Purpose: Any lawful purpose. #59008 Notice of Formation of Lauraís Legacy LLC. Arts. of Org. filed with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 9/26/13. Office location: Westchester County. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to: The LLC, 57 Elmwood Road, South Salem, NY 10590. Purpose: any lawful act or activity. #59009 Notice of Formation of Tree Frog LLC. Arts. of Org. filed with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 8/21/13. Office location: Westchester County. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to: 8 Boulder Road, Rye, NY 10580. Purpose: any lawful activity. #59010 NOTICE OF FORMATION of Davis Avenue Associates, LLC Art. of Org filed Secíy of State (SSNY) 9/30/13. Office location: Westchester Co. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail copy of process c/o Susan Cappelli, 16 Elm Pl, Ste 202, Rye, NY 10580. Purpose: any lawful activities. #59011 2426 University Fund LLC filed with SSNY on 4/5/2013, Office Location, Westchester County NY, SSNY is designated as agent upon process against the LLC may be served, SSNY shall mail the copy of process against the LLC to 7 Edgewood Avenue Larchmont, NY 10538 Purpose: Any Lawful Purpose. #59012 Notice of Formation of RMJB II, LLC. Arts. of Org. filed with the Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 9/17/13. Office location: Westchester County. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to: 564 Mamaroneck Ave., Mamaroneck, NY 10543. Purpose: any lawful act or activity. #59015 Notice of Formation of IMPERIAL CONTRACTING, LLC. Arts. of Org. filed with the Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 9/4/13. Office location: Westchester County. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to the principal place of business: c/o Ileana Rivadeneira, 56 Temple St., Harrison, NY 10528. Purpose: any lawful act or activity. #59016

Notice of Formation of Levine Mandelbaum PLLC, a professional service limited liability company (PLLC). Arts. of Org. filed with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 9/27/13. Office location: Westchester County. SSNY designated as agent of PLLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to: c/o The PLLC, 222 Bloomingdale Rd., White Plains, NY 10605. Purpose: practice the profession of law. #59018 Notice of formation of SEK Real Estate Services, LLC Arts. of Org. filed with Secy of State of NY (SSNY) on 9/9/13. Office location: Westchester County. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to: 12 Kempster Road, Scarsdale, NY 10583 (the LLC’s principal business address). Purpose: any lawful activity. #59019 Notice of Formation of Manor Park Securities LLC. Arts. of Org. filed with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 9/30/13. Office location: Westchester County. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to: c/o United Corporate Services, Inc., 10 Bank St., Ste. 560, White Plains, NY 10606. Purpose: any lawful activity. #59020 Notice of Formation of Red Sea Ventures LLC. Arts. of Org. filed with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 10/3/13. Office location: Westchester County. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to: United Corporate Services, Inc., 10 Bank St., Ste. 560, White Plains, NY 10606. Purpose: any lawful activity. #59021 JAGGER AND JADE LLC, Arts. of Org. filed with the SSNY on 09/10/2013. Office loc: Westchester County. SSNY has been designated as agent upon whom process against the LLC may be served. SSNY shall mail process to: 402 Main Street, Store 2, Armonk, NY 10504. Reg Agent: Elizabeth Talbot, 402 Main Street, Store 2, Armonk, NY 10504. Purpose: Any Lawful Purpose. #59023 David Kirschenbaum LLC Arts of Org. filed NY Secy of State (SSNY) 9/19/13. Office:Westchester. SSNY is design. agent of LLC upon whom process may be served and shall mail copy to 375 N. Broadway#204 Jericho, NY 11753. Purpose: any lawful activity. #59024 Crusoe Ventures LLC Arts of Org. filed NY Secy of State (SSNY) 7/11/13. Office:Westchester. SSNY is design. agent of LLC upon whom process may be served and shall mail copy to 93 N Broadway Irvington, NY 10533. Purpose: any lawful activity. #59025 Peninsula Distribution LLC Arts of Org. filed NY Secy of State (SSNY) 9/16/13. Office:Westchester. SSNY is design. agent of LLC upon whom process may be served and shall mail copy to 56 Harrison St.#405 New Rochelle, NY 10801. Purpose: any lawful activity. #59026 Catamount Flatbush LLC Arts of Org. filed NY Secy of State (SSNY) 9/19/13. Office:Westchester. SSNY is design. agent of LLC upon whom process may be served and shall mail copy to Peter Burack 550 Mamaroneck Ave #404 Harrison, NY 10528. Purpose: any lawful activity. #59027

Music Intelligentsia LLC Arts of Org. filed NY Secy of State (SSNY) 9/4/13. Office:Westchester. SSNY is design. agent of LLC upon whom process may be served and shall mail copy to 450 Scarborough Rd. Briarcliff Manor, NY 10510. Purpose: any lawful #59028 NOTICE OF FORMATION of Concetta, LLC Art. of Org filed Secíy of State (SSNY) 10/8/13. Office location: Westchester Co. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail copy of process c/o Connie Cappelli, 11 Meadow Brook Rd, White Plains, NY 10605. Purpose: any lawful activities. #59029 NOTICE OF FORMATION of Rockland Capital Partners LLC Art. of Org filed Secíy of State (SSNY) 11/7/03. Office location: Westchester Co. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail copy of process c/o Mark Rufeh, 48 Lake Shore Dr, Eastchester, NY 10709. Purpose: any lawful activities. #59030 NOTICE OF FORMATION of Weaver Street Properties, LLC Art. of Org filed Secíy of State (SSNY) 10/26/04. Office location: Westchester Co. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail copy of process c/o Mark Rufeh, 48 Lake Shore Dr, Eastchester, NY 10709. Purpose: any lawful activities. #59031 Notice of Formation of EVEREST PROPERTY GROUP, LLC. Arts. of Org. was filed with SSNY on 10/7/13. Office location: Westchester County. SSNY designated as agent of LLC whom process against may be served. SSNY shall mail process to: c/o The LLC, 6 Limerick Ct., White Plains, NY 10603. Purpose: all lawful activities. #59032 J KUHL, PHYSICIAN, P.L.L.C., a Prof. LLC. Arts. of Org. filed with the SSNY on 10/08/2013. Office loc: Westchester County. SSNY has been designated as agent upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to: 600 Mamaroneck Ave., Ste. 4, Harrison, NY 10528. Purpose: Any Lawful Purpose. #59033 27 FULLER ROAD, LLC, Arts. of Org. filed with the SSNY on 10/08/2013. Office loc: Westchester County. SSNY has been designated as agent upon whom process against the LLC may be served. SSNY shall mail process to: 27 Fuller Rd., Ossining, NY 10562. Purpose: Any Lawful Purpose. #59034 Notice of Formation of Saunders Logistics Transfer, LLC. Articles of Org filed with SSNY on 10/4/13. Office Loc: Westchester County. SSNY designated as agent of the LLC upon whom Process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to the LLC at: 11 Deer Run Rd., South Salem, NY 10590. Purpose: any lawful purpose. #59035 NOTICE OF FORMATION of Beem Consulting, LLC Art. of Org filed Secíy of State (SSNY) 10/10/13. Office location: Westchester Co. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail copy of process to 501 N. Barry Ave. Apt. 2G, Mamaroneck, NY 10543. Purpose: any lawful activities. #59036

NOTICE OF FORMATION of Bryco LLC Art. of Org filed Secíy of State (SSNY) 10/9/13. Office location: Westchester Co. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail copy of process c/o Bryan Cappelli 157 East 74th St, New York, NY 10021. Purpose: any lawful activities. #59037 NOTICE OF FORMATION of Manursing Way Associates, LLC Art. of Org filed Secíy of State (SSNY) 10/10/13. Office location: Westchester Co. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail copy of process is One Hunter Ave, Armonk, NY 10504. Purpose: any lawful activities. #59038 Ee Dental, PLLC Arts of Org. filed NY Secy of State (SSNY) 8/7/13. Office:Westchester. SSNY is design. agent of LLC upon whom process may be served and shall mail copy to 470 Halstead Ave. #2A Harrison, NY 10528. Purpose: any lawful activity. #59039 Oyster Consulting, LLC Authority filed with the SSNY on 6/17/13. Office: Westchester. LLC formed in VA on 8/6/08. SSNY is designated as agent upon whom process against the LLC may be served and shall mail copy to 4405 Cox Rd. #150 Glen Allen, VA 23060. Cert of Org. filed with SOS of VA 1300 E. Main St., Richmond, VA 23219. Purpose: Any lawful activity. #59040 East Asia Land Fund, LLC Arts of Org. filed NY Secy of State (SSNY) 9/30/13. Office:Westchester. SSNY is design. agent of LLC upon whom process may be served and shall mail copy to c/o Kurzman Eisenberg Corbin & Lever, LLP Attn: Ketherine R. Steiner Esq. 1 N. Broadway- 10th Fl. New York, NY 10601. Purpose: any lawful activity. #59041 Renewable energy credit clearing LLC Arts of Org. filed NY Secy of State (SSNY) 8/9/13. Office:Westchester. SSNY is design. agent of LLC upon whom process may be served and shall mail copy to 114 S. Pearl St. #2C Port Chester, NY 10573. Purpose: any lawful activity. #59042 Champions West 90th Street LLC Arts of Org. filed NY Secy of State (SSNY) 10/3/13. Office:Westchester. SSNY is design. agent of LLC upon whom process may be served and shall mail copy to 333 Fifth Ave. Pelham, NY 10803. Purpose: any lawful activity. #59043 Notice of Formation of Kevin Luker Photography, LLC Art. Of Org. filed with SSNY on 10/15/13. Office Location:Westchester County. SSNY designated as agent of the LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to: Kevin Luker Photography, 50 Birchwood Lane, Hartsdale, New York 10530. Purpose: any lawful purpose. #59044 Notice of Formation of Limited Liability Company. Eastleigh Properties LLC. Articles of Org. filed with the Secretary of State of NY (SSNY) on 8/15/13. Office location: Westchester County. SSNY has been designated as agent of the LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail a copy of process to the LLC, 199 Main Street, #708, White Plains, NY. For any lawful purpose. #59045

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LEGAL NOTICES Continued from previous page Notice of Formation of Limited Liability Company. Clearpoint Atlantic Company LLC. Articles of Org. filed with the Secretary of State of NY (SSNY) on 9/23/13. Office location: Westchester County. SSNY has been designated as agent of the LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail a copy of process to the LLC, 199 Main Street, #708, White Plains, NY. For any lawful purpose. #59046

Notice of Formation of JAMES W HOLDINGS LLC. Arts. of Org. filed with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 8/19/13. Office location: Westchester County. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to: c/o Central NationalGottesman Inc., 3 Manhattanville Road, Purchase, NY 10777, Attn: General Counsel. Purpose: any lawful activity. #59049

Notice of Formation of Limited Liability Company. Maribec Properties NY LLC. Articles of Org. filed with the Secretary of State of NY (SSNY) on 9/27/13. Office location: Westchester County. SSNY has been designated as agent of the LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail a copy of process to the LLC, 21 Battery Pl, Croton, NY. For any lawful purpose. #59047

Notice is hereby given that an on-premise license, #TBA has been applied for by Cuozzo Corp d/b/a Tuck’d Away to sell beer, wine and liquor at retail in an on premises establishment. For on premises consumption under the ABC law at 90 Yonkers Ave Tuckahoe NY 10707. #59050

Notice of Formation of JULIA W HOLDINGS LLC. Arts. of Org. filed with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 8/19/13. Office location: Westchester County. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to: c/o Central NationalGottesman Inc., 3 Manhattanville Road, Purchase, NY 10777, Attn: General Counsel. Purpose: any lawful activity. #59048

NOTICE OF FORMATION of Cedar Place Associates, LLC Art. of Org filed Secíy of State (SSNY) 10/11/13. Office location: Westchester Co. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail copy of process to One Hunter Ave, Armonk, NY 10504. Purpose: any lawful activities. #59051

NOTICE OF FORMATION of One Body Wellness LLC Art. of Org filed Secíy of State (SSNY) 10/16/13. Office location: Westchester Co. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail copy of process to 144 Bedford Rd, Fl. 2, Armonk, NY 10504. Purpose: any lawful activities. #59052

Notice of Formation of Dream2IMG, LLC Art.Of Org. filed with SSNY on 7/3/13. Ofc. Loc: Westchester Cty. M. Petrellese desig. as agent of the LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to the LLC, 2005 Palmer Ave #217, Larchmont, NY 10538. Purpose: any lawful purpose. #59056

NOTICE OF FORMATION of Almost Science LLC Art. of Org filed Secíy of State (SSNY) 10/16/13. Office location: Westchester Co. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail copy of process c/o Mark Stevens, 800 Westchester Ave, Rye Brook, NY 10573. Purpose: any lawful activities. #59053

Notice of Formation Of A NY LLC Pursuant To NY Limited Liability Company Law Section 206. The name of the limited liability company is 3 Boys and a Girl, LLC (the ìCompanyî). The date of filing of the articles of organization with the Secretary of State was 9/27/2013. The county in NY in which the office of the Company is located is Westchester. The Secretary of State has been designated as agent of the Company upon whom process may be served, and the Secretary of State shall mail a copy of any process against the Company served upon him or her to 29 Quarry Lane, Bedford, NY 10506. The business purpose of the Company is to engage in any and all business activities permitted under the laws of the State of NY. #59058

NOTICE OF FORMATION of 265 Milton Road Associates, LLC Art. of Org filed Secíy of State (SSNY) 10/17/13. Office location: Westchester Co. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail copy of process c/o Susan Cappelli, 16 Elm Place, Suite 204, Rye, NY 10580. Purpose: any lawful activities. #59054 AK EDUCATIONAL CONSULTING LLC, Arts. of Org. filed with the SSNY on 10/08/2013. Office loc: Westchester County. SSNY has been designated as agent upon whom process against the LLC may be served. SSNY shall mail process to: One Franklin Avenue-Apt. 2E, White Plains, NY 10601. Purpose: Any Lawful Purpose. #59055

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Notice of Formation of Northeast Residential Equities, LLC. Arts. of Org. filed with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 6/19/13. Office location: Westchester County. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to: c/o United Corporate Services, Inc., 10 Bank St., Ste. 560, White Plains, NY 10606. Purpose: any lawful activity. #59059 Notice is hereby given that an Application for a Restaurant Wine Liquor License, Serial #1274302, has been applied for by the undersigned in a Restaurant under the Alcoholic Beverage Control Law at 382 Midland Ave., Rye, New York 10580 Westchester County /s/ GIACOMINA INC. d/b/a Tinaís Pizza and Pasta #59060 London and White LLC. Arts of Org. filed NY Secy of State (SSNY) 10/15/13. Office:Westchester Co. SSNY design. agent of LLC upon whom process may be served and shall mail copy to 210 B Fulton Rd. Mamaroneck, NY 10543. Purpose: any lawful activity. #59061 Lawn Terrace Properties, LLC. Arts of Org. filed NY Secy of State (SSNY) 9/24/13. Office:Westchester Co. SSNY design. agent of LLC upon whom process may be served and shall mail copy to 561 Lawn Terrace Mamaroneck, NY 10543. Purpose: any lawful activity. #59062

Notice of Formation of DMAB Enterprises, LLC. Arts. of Org. filed with SSNY on 9/13/13. Office location: Westchester County. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process may be served. SSNY shall mail process to the LLC, 1468 Midland Ave. Apt. GA, Bronxville, New York 10708. There is no specific date set for dissolution. Purpose: any lawful act or activity. #59064 Notice of Formation of HUDSON W HOLDINGS LLC. Arts. of Org. filed with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 8/19/13. Office location: Westchester County. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to: c/o Central NationalGottesman Inc., 3 Manhattanville Road, Purchase, NY 10777, Attn: General Counsel. Purpose: any lawful activity. #59066 Notice of Formation of EMERY W HOLDINGS LLC. Arts. of Org. filed with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 8/19/13. Office location: Westchester County. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to: c/o Central NationalGottesman Inc., 3 Manhattanville Road, Purchase, NY 10777, Attn: General Counsel. Purpose: any lawful activity. #59067

Notice of Formation of KNIGHTS & DAZE, LLC. Arts. of Org. was filed with SSNY on 10/18/13. Office location: Westchester County. SSNY designated as agent of LLC whom process against may be served. SSNY shall mail process to: c/o The LLC, 121 Wappanocca Ave., Rye, NY 10580. Purpose: all lawful activities. #59068 Notice of Formation of SAMUEL W HOLDINGS LLC. Arts. of Org. filed with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 8/19/13. Office location: Westchester County. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to: c/o Central NationalGottesman Inc., 3 Manhattanville Road, Purchase, NY 10777, Attn: General Counsel. Purpose: any lawful activity. #59069

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