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LIGHTS! CAMERA! YONKERS! Yonkers film industry sees boom in location scouting, but lacks production facilities

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Yonkers City Hall has been a prominent film location for various productions, including the HBO miniseries, “Show Me a Hero,” featuring Oscar Isaac, who played former Yonkers Mayor Nick Wasicsko, shown here.

hirteen years ago, Kohle Yohannan received a knock on the iron door of his 20th Century castle in Yonkers.

His visitors were members of a production team for the movie “Mona Lisa Smile,” who inquired about using his then-dilapidated manor, known as Greystone Court, as a location for the film.

Yohannan said yes and worked out a deal to allow a film crew to stage parts of a movie on his property. It was the beginning of a lucrative formula that made it possible to restore and renovate the 28-room estate.

“Historic buildings deserve the right to outlive us all and pop culture’s willing to help you pay for that,” Yohannan, a cultural historian and writer, said. “This should have taken me 25 years to reno-

vate, but with the film and photo shoots, it expedited the process in a way I never could have guessed.”

Yohannan is one of many Yonkers residents who have benefitted from the surge of location scouting in Yonkers for movies, TV shows, photo shoots and music videos. His property is booked annually for at least two films and six to 10 photo shoots for advertising or editorial publications. The daily costs to rent the castle can range from $5,000 to $20,000.

“We’ve got everyone from the biggest pop stars, to the most important directors, to the biggest advertising people and they’re jockeying for a piece of Yonkers.

That’s a pretty cool thing,” Yohannan said. “You couldn’t have said that 10 years ago; people would laugh at you.”

When Yonkers Mayor Mike Spano took office in 2012, one of » FILM, page 6

Mamaroneck at work on industrial redevelopment plan

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20-year plan to redevelop and rezone a long-blighted industrial area in the village of Mamaroneck for mixed uses would benefit both the village and neighboring towns, according to a committee preparing a master plan for the area.

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Representatives from rePLACE Urban Studio, the Manhattan-based design firm hired by the village of Mamaroneck Industrial Area Redevelopment Committee (IAC) as consultants for the redevelopment project, presented plans to a crowd of about 50 residents and local officials that would transform the roughly 70-acre area of auto body shops, architectural and design firms, machine shops, warehouses,

parking lots and other largely industrial properties into what they called a “24/7 concept” of restaurants, recreational facilities and mixeduse buildings The industrial area is bordered by Interstate 95 to the west; Metro-North Railroad tracks to the east; Rockland Avenue to the south; and the Sheldrake River to the north. The majority » MAMARONECK, page 6

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his first initiatives was to revamp the city’s film office to attract more production business to Yonkers.

“We had 35 days of filming happen in 2011,” Spano said. To find a way to increase that, the mayor said he “asked the governor’s film office to come down and help us.”

The state suggested a few key changes.

The city eliminated a permit fee and hired one person to run it’s film office and be the point of contact for production crews.

The contact person who has helped usher in this new era for Yonkers as a prime real estate for Hollywood’s cameras is Melissa Velez-Goldberg, who has been the director of the city’s film office since April 2013. Her office is known as the one-stop shop for anyone looking to film in the city, eliminating the need for location scouts and production crews to have to contact multiple departments. Velez-Goldberg connects them with homeowners and businesses and helps figure out parking and police presence, when necessary.

By eliminating the filming permit fee, Yonkers created a financial incentive to attract production crews away from nearby municipalities, namely New York City, where there are additional fees for the application and first-time projects.

Crews looking to use Yonkers as a backdrop can expect one fee for the location paid to the owner of the property at which the production takes place. That expense ranges depending on the size of the crew, the nature of the scene and the amount of time spent using the space.

“It was just doing a couple of simple things like that that made an impact,” Spano said.

Between 2012 and 2014, there was a 61 percent increase in film permits administered in Yonkers. For 2015, the mayor’s office said it has collected more than $100,000 in location fees for crews using public property in the city.

While the city and homeowners who rent their properties for filming have seen a boom in the local industry, the city’s efforts have not included the principals of the only existing soundstage in the city, who say they were evicted earlier this year.

Roger Paradiso and Michael Tadross, partners and producers at Greenwich Street Productions, ran that soundstage off Tuckahoe Road, called Yonkers Stage.

They said they were told by the property’s owners in September 2014 that it was being sold to a distribution developer for FedEx. Yonkers Stage — a 16-year-old facility that was the site of the press confer-

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ence for Spano’s film office rejuvenation announcement in September 2012 — was given a nine-month eviction notice in September 2014 by the property owners, Royal Ahold, a Dutch food conglomerate that owns the Stop and Shop supermarket chain, because it decided to sell the property to FedEx Corp.

As part of the plan for the FedEx facility, the shipping company will receive up to $2.33 million in sales tax exemptions on construction materials and tax rebate on the property, according to documents with the city’s Industrial Development Agency.

Spano, the chairman of the Industrial Development Agency, was absent the day in July when the rebates were voted on and granted by the agency. “(We) had our best years in the last five years and we were promised support from the mayor,” Paradiso said. “We brought a lot to the community; we liked the community. We tried to help and we feel we were unceremoniously dumped.”

The producers said the city would help them find a new home for Yonkers Stage and showed them a couple of options, but nothing came of it.

“The city didn’t make a lot of effort,” Paradiso said, and city officials “have not called us since the day we left in April” of this year.

Christina Gilmartin, spokeswoman for the mayor’s office, said she was not aware of a relocation promise to Yonkers Stage, but said the mayor and other departments would help anyone who can identify a possible location for a new soundstage.

Velez-Goldberg said she hasn’t been privy to all of the conversations, but said the city’s planning department “has been working with a few developers who are interested in possibly having a soundstage here.”

“It’s something that we want and we’re pushing for it,” she said, “but there’s so much that goes along with it,” including zoning and permits.

Owen Holland — whose Yonkers-based business, Action Camera Cars Inc., uses retrofitted vehicles with cranes and camera equipment to film chases and actions scenes — said the city should be doing more to complement the movie industry with set places to stage scenes and have green screen options.

“The amount of work in New York right now is at critical mass. There’s literally no more studios available,” he said.

“To make the most of it, they’d need a studio here.”

Despite a lack of soundstages, Yonkers

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Inside Yonkers City Hall is an unused court room that is often booked for various productions. Here is how HBO used this room for its miniseries “Show Me a Hero.”

has attracted some high-profile films and television shows in recent years.

In a case of profits wrung from art illustrating life, the recent HBO miniseries “Show Me a Hero” was filmed where the story it depicts took place — in Yonkers. The series, which chronicles the controversial Yonkers low-income housing conflict of the 1980s and 90’s, took months to film as crews bounced from City Hall to the courtroom to downtown housing complexes.

The city has also provided settings for NBC’s The Blacklist and HBO’s Boardwalk Empire, which have filmed multiple episodes in Yonkers. Most recently, Robert De Niro was in the city to shoot a forthcoming feature film about Ponzi schemer Bernie Madoff.

Taking their cue from Yonkers’s recent success, nearby municipalities are looking to tap into the burgeoning film market as well.

The White Plains Common Council passed legislation in October to help streamline the film permit process by establishing a fee policy for productions. In a letter to members of the council, Mayor Thomas M. Roach said he hopes the change will bring more film companies to White Plains.

Even with such measures in place elsewhere, Velez-Goldberg said she doesn’t consider municipalities to be in competition with each other.

“If we don’t have it, we’ll send (film projects) to the neighboring town or county,” she said. “There’s certain things that we just don’t have in Yonkers and we work together with the county and the state and we help each other out.”

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Running stores thrive as sport’s popularity surges

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s the temperatures cool and the number of local races rise, more and more Westchester runners and walkers are stepping into the county’s running stores to get their training gear before hitting the trails.

The gradual switch from a sedentary to active lifestyle that has swept the U.S. in the past two decades, according to statistics, has meant an influx in the need for apparel and other running gear, especially in the fall, the peak racing season in the Northeast.

Unlike most other sports, running has stores dedicated solely to it without other gear sharing the space. Some, like Westchester Road Runner in White Plains and Run on Hudson Valley in Crotonon-Hudson, are independently owned and operated, while Bronxville Running Company and Rye Running Company maintain a small-business feel but are owned by The Running Specialty Group, a

subsidiary of Indianapolis-based The Finish Line Inc. “Big box” retailers like Modell’s and Dick’s Sporting Goods may sell the same products, Westchester Road Runner owner Andy Kimerling said, but they do not have employees of the same expertise.

“The difference is everyone here actually uses the product they sell,” he said.

“We’re all runners.”

Kimerling operates the county’s oldest running shop, which has occupied its space at 179 E. Post Road for 35 years. Lining the inside of his shop are running shirts, shorts, reflective vests, watches, shoelaces and more than 400 pairs of sneakers. As he’s watched the sport’s popularity rise he’s seen his customer base evolve to include a growing segment of women who sign up for area races benefitting local charities.

“It used to be mainly men coming in here,” Kimerling said. “But in the past 10 to 15 years, the women’s running market has seen the biggest growth. Women are getting more active. People want to say they’ve run

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a marathon to check it off their bucket list.”

The store sponsors several events throughout the year, including the Rocky’s 5K race Oct. 24 in Sleepy Hollow and the Lindsey Run/Walk on Oct. 25 on the SUNY Purchase campus.

Race participants were asked to pick up their race packets in the days leading up to the race at Westchester Road Runner

and were offered an in-store discount on purchases.

On a recent Friday afternoon, Scarsdale resident Graham Broyd visited Westchester Road Runner to upgrade his training sneakers. He’s been coming to the White Plains store for 15 years and said he receives a level of service he wouldn’t be able to get at a big box store.

“If it’s made for running and it’s a good product, they’ve got it here,” he said. “It’s the best runners’ support store in the

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Westchester area.”

While Broyd has been an avid runner for quite a while, it’s the sport’s newcomers helping to make the specialty shops thrive.

In its 2015 state of the sport report, Los Angeles-based nonprofit Running USA said 10.7 million women finished running events last year, accounting for 57 percent of the 18.8 million runners who participated in 2014. The sport, according to the organization, saw a 300 percent increase in event finishers between 1990 and 2013, and

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half of finishers in 2014 races were between 25 and 44 years old.

Ben Drew, owner of Run on Hudson Valley, opened the Croton shop in July 2014 after working in Manhattan for the Bank of New York. A runner of nine years who has finished eight marathons himself, Drew said the transition to becoming a small-business owner has been made easier by the influx of new runners as well as high school cross country runners, whose season runs from late summer through November.

August, he said, is the busiest month, and business remains at its peak during September, October and early November.

Shoes, not surprisingly, are his store’s core seller.

“Typically, it’s the middle-aged new runner we see most,” Drew said. “Someone who is getting healthy and trying to lose a little bit of weight. They’re coming in and may need a little helping just getting into it.

That’s where we can help.”

Though Westchester Road Runner may be his main competition, Drew said he is also battling Internet retailers. He said the web is a good alternative if a customer knows exactly what they are looking for, but making returns can be much more of a hassle than in person.

Kimerling, who’s run his business since before the days of Internet sales, agreed. His suppliers, including New Balance and Nike, now bypass the middle man and sell new products exclusively before offering them to other retailers.

“The whole business has changed in the past several years,” Kimerling said. “Before, the main competition was catalogs. Now it’s websites. The same guys we used to consider our partners are now competition.”

Tim Rabb, manager of Rye Running Company, the subsidiary of The Running Specialty Group that also operates Bronxville Running Co. and Greenwich Running Co., said the Nov. 1 New York City Marathon and other fall races have brought in customers looking for cold weather apparel and nutrition products.

January and February are typically the runner’s slowest months, but Rabb said business remains steady throughout much of the rest of the year. His store sponsors the annual Rye Turkey Trot around Thanksgiving, the Rye Derby in April, July’s Corporate Fun Run in Purchase and the Westchester Triathalon in September.

Though Rabb said he sees a fairly diverse crowd, most are middle-aged women primarily from Rye, Harrison, Mamaroneck and Larchmont.

“This is a family town,” Rabb said. “It’s definitely a big race time of the year, so you do have an influx of people. It’s always running shoes that bring people in here.”

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Proper controls over inventory are vital to any business as inventory is often the largest asset on a company’s balance sheet. Couple this with the fact that inventory is directly tied to cash management and profitability, and you begin to understand why establishing proper controls over inventory is imperative.

Vital inventory controls include safeguarding inventory, maintaining proper stock levels, managing purchasing, establishing proper costing systems, aging of inventory and quality control.

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Mount Kisco company that provides remote video auditing services to hospitals and meatpacking plants will have its technology put to expanded use in the metropolitan area by the North Shore-LIJ Health System.

A spokesperson for Arrowsight Inc. said the Long Island-based health care system, which includes Northern Westchester and Phelps Memorial hospitals in Westchester County, will add Arrowsight’s remote video auditing technology to 140 patient care rooms in multiple hospitals and surgery centers to improve patient safety and efficiency.

The video cameras, which are monitored at a call center in India that relays data back to Arrowsight facilities in the U.S., will be installed in surgery suites, intensive care units, endoscopy suites, labor and delivery rooms and emergency departments, according to the Mount Kisco company’s spokesperson.

A pioneer in infection prevention, North Shore-LIJ Health System is the only hospital in the country using remote video auditing technology in the endoscopy suite to ensure proper cleaning and disinfecting protocols and procedures are followed, according to Arrowsight. If improper procedures are followed, text alerts and reports can be sent by the video consultant to ensure the endoscopic device is not used again until proper cleaning is verified.

The expanded monitoring of endos-

copy procedures comes in the midst of an investigation by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration into the safety of duodenoscopes reprocessed for use in multiple endoscopy patients and the causes of drugresistant bacterial infections or “superbugs” in some patients on whom the devices have been used.

North Shore-LIJ also is expanding its remote video auditing to improve patient flow in intensive care units and reduce the amount of time to transfer patients; to improve patient safety and efficient care in labor and delivery and Caesarean-section rooms, and to ensure continuous Ebola virus preparedness training and protection for all emergency department staff.

North Shore-LIJ’s flagship hospital, North Shore University Hospital in Manhasset, began using Arrowsight’s remote video auditing and feedback in 2008 to monitor hand-washing by staff and improve hand hygiene in its intensive care units. In a three-year study of about 450,000 handwashing incidents captured on video, North Shore officials reported staff compliance had risen from below 15 percent at the start of the study to 90 percent and above.

Arrowsight’s founder and CEO, Adam Aronson, is a former currency trader and hedge funds manager who, in the late 1990s, launched a remote video business, Parent Watch Inc., which enabled parents to go online to monitor their children at day care centers. That venture evolved into Arrowsight and its video technology applications for the health care and meat processing industries.

If inventory was the largest asset on your books, wouldn’t you want to ensure there were safeguards set up to protect it? As you build inventory stock, you will need to warehouse the goods somewhere. You may also have employees involved in the manufacturing, handling and storage of the goods. Business owners should ensure that warehouses that house their goods have proper security measures in place. For example, an alarm system should be in place and access to the warehouse should be limited to authorized personnel. Even with physical security measures, business owners still run the risk of warehouse personnel theft. To that end, background checks should be performed for all employees or only bonded personnel should be used. Safeguarding inventory should also include environmental controls. If you have perishable goods or goods that are sensitive to environmental elements, then business owners should ensure that back-up systems are in place to prevent goods from spoilage or damage in case primary systems fail, as in the case of a power failure or a similar event.

Properly managing inventory stock levels is also a very important inventory control. If you have too little inventory, then you cannot fulfill customer orders and risk losing sales.

Conversely, if you have too much inventory, then you run the risk of goods becoming stale and/or obsolete, as well as potentially incurring unnecessary storage charges. To find the proper balance, controls should be in place to accurately determine the optimal amount of goods to have on hand. There are many accounting and inventory management software programs on the market to assist with this. These programs account for movement of goods and maintain a perpetual inventory.

However, a system of performing periodic physical counts should also be established. This involves physically counting goods on hand at a specific point in time and then comparing the counts to the perpetual records. Variances between physical counts and perpetual records should be analyzed on a regular basis to ensure that the inventory in the system is accurate.

Depending on your business, you may want to consider purchasing goods based specifically on customer orders instead of stock-piling goods. This works in situations when your customers can make purchases and wait for the goods to be delivered. If customers cannot wait for their goods and you need to maintain a certain level of stock, then developing a forecast model is a good practice. If your customer base and demand is fairly static and the seasonality of the business can be reasonably predicted, then you can manage purchasing of goods in an attempt to prevent over or under stocking of inventory.

Since inventory is directly tied to the profitability of a business, business owners should make it a point to ensure they have a system in place to properly account for the cost of inventory. Again, there are many inventory management software programs on the market to assist with this. With reliable costing systems in place, an important control is to ensure costs are properly matched with sales. This allows the business owner to perform gross profit analysis by significant product line on a regular basis. A drop in the gross profit percentage often signals the business owner that it’s time to raise prices or seek alternate suppliers.

An issue that often surfaces as the result of not having proper controls over maintaining proper stock levels and managing purchasing is old inventory. The purpose of analyzing inventory aging is to focus on inventory in stock that is starting to get old. Inventory that is not turning costs business owners money and takes up warehouse space. For this reason, it is a good practice to work in a process to liquidate aged inventory first. This may include selling at a discount, boosting sales commissions on older inventory or donating the inventory.

Finally, effective quality control is also a significant inventory control. Can a business withstand the damage a poor quality product does to its reputation? Again, the proper software program is one of the best things business owners can do to improve inventory operations. The proper software can help the company keep the right resources on hand to produce high quality products. In addition, physical inspection and testing of goods should be performed on a regular basis. For example, if producing mass quantities of goods, a few of these goods should be removed from the line and tested to determine if required predetermined specifications are met.

About the Authors Anthony DeJesus, CPA, is a partner based in Citrin Cooperman’s White Plains office. He can be reached at adejesus@citrincooperman.com or by phone at (914) 949-2990. Frank Romano, CPA, is a partner based in Citrin Cooperman’s White Plains office. He can be reached at fromano@citrincooperman.com or by phone at (914) 949-2990. Citrin Cooperman is a fullservice audit, accounting, tax, and business consulting firm with offices in White Plains, NY; Norwalk, CT; New York City; Plainview, NY; Livingston, NJ; Bethesda, MD; and Philadelphia.

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of proposed development would take place on Fenimore Road, Waverly Avenue and Hoyt Avenue. The area is divided by railroad tracks from the village’s main commercial corridor along Mamaroneck Avenue.

Erik Kath, associate director at rePLACE Urban Studio, said that physical divide has isolated the industrial zone, commonly known as “The Flats,” especially during evening hours, while the nearby blocks of restaurants, bars and stores on downtown Mamaroneck Avenue remain bustling into the night.

“As soon as 6:30 happens, the industrial area starts to become quiet,” Kath said. With redevelopment, “What is a loading or parking zone during the day can become a street cafe or cafe seating during the night.”

“It’s all about having a mix of uses,” he added. “A healthy street is a street diverse in its use. That’s what we’re thinking about for Waverly and a section of Hoyt.”

The area, according to proposed plans, would be anchored by an indoor sports center with soccer, lacrosse and basketball facilities, among other sports. That would be complemented by food trucks, restaurants and pop-up shops along Hoyt Avenue, and

three-story and four-story buildings with industrial, retail and office spaces on Waverly Avenue.

Kath said that Center and Fayette avenues have “very interesting” building stock and properties, including an old rubber factory on Fayette that would be well-suited for future business. Plans also call for a walking trail along the Sheldrake River.

The plans do not include any new residential units for the district, which currently has 17 residential buildings.

Though the district already has been built up with an estimated 1 million to 2 million square feet of construction, another 700,000 square feet is available to be developed, said project consultant Peter Syrett, rePLACE Urban Studio’s founding partner.

Development there is “far from maxed out,” he added.

The Oct. 27 meeting followed two public workshops in May and June that called for ideas and suggestions from residents. A boutique hotel, art galleries, live-work buildings and weekend food markets were among the features suggested for the area over the past 10 months.

The village’s 2012 comprehensive plan emphasizes the need to develop the industrial area, which has seen many contracting businesses, auto body shops and the headquarters of Archie Comic Publications Inc.

leave the Flats and Mamaroneck in recent years. According to the consultant report, manufacturing and wholesale businesses make up 27 percent of the industrial area; general sales and services, 26 percent; residential, 23 percent; auto-related services, 17 percent; and public works operations, 1 percent. Five percent of the district’s properties are vacant. More than half of the area, 57 percent, lies in a flood zone.

The consultants broke the plans down into short term, medium-range and long-term phases. In the one-to-five year “catalytic project” phase, the recreational facility would be constructed. The five-to-10-year goal would be to implement mixed-use developments on Waverly Avenue as well as the riverwalk trail, while the 10- to 20-year plan calls fro an industrial build-out along the dsitrict’s eastern buffer.

Syrett told the roughly 50 area residents and municipal officials at he meeting that the industrial area is the “doorway” into Mamaroneck for many motorists and emphasized its potential for economic growth.

Consultants pointed to examples of existing urban developments in cities like Philadelphia, San Diego and Toronto, and compared the redevelopent proposals for Mamraoneck o the commercial developments of other Westchester municipalities, including Yonkers, Port Chester and

New Rochelle.

Village resident James Abbate, owner of James Abbate Enterprises Inc., said a village like Mamaroneck could not handle the same uptick in traffic that a larger city like Yonkers can.

“It’s a beautiful plan but a lot of work has to be done before that can happen because traffic is already horrendous,” said Abbate.

“And for all of this to take place in our small village - I can’t see anything but catastrophe.

We’re a village, not a city.”

Andrew Spatz, chairman of the Industrial Area Committee, replied that the traffic issue “is paramount. This is obviously something very much in the forefront. We’re not brushing this off.”

Formed last year, the eight-member volunteer committee was tasked with developing an industrial area master plan that would bring economic vitality and environmental sustainability to that western end of Mamaroneck. Spatz said the redevelopment will benefit not just the village but also the surrounding region.

“This vision wasn’t just micro in nature but macro in nature ,benefiting our neighbors in the towns of Mamaroneck, Larchmont, Harrison and Rye,” Spatz said. “Everybody is a stakeholder. With this study we embark on a future that ensures economic and environmental longevity.”

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Purchase College opens center in Yonkers

urchase College and Yonkers city officials recently marked the official opening of the Purchase College Center for Community and Culture in downtown Yonkers.

The arts and educational center occupies a 4,000-square-foot space at 16 Warburton Ave. in the waterfront district. The city of Yonkers granted the State University of New York college $330,000 in federal Community Development Block Grant funding for the project.

College officials said the center will focus on how artists, designers, scholars, students and organizations can act as agents of urban recovery and community empowerment.

The center, dubbed PC4, will offer education programs for both adults and youths, including semester-long and summer-long apprenticeship programs, and promote critical inquiry and creative engagement by city residents through college workshops, courses and public programs.

Speaking at an Oct. 21 opening ceremony, Yonkers Mayor Mike Spano said the center “offers a vibrant hub of programming in the arts and effective social activism to Yonkers, which is a true benefit to the youth of our city.”

Purchase College President Thomas J. Schwarz said college officials hope the center

“will help foster public engagement and will serve as a cultural anchor for the downtown area.”

The Purchase College Center for Community and Culture currently hosts a class, The Arts for Social Change, led by assistant professor Chris Robbins, a member of the arts group Ghana Think Tank. The class is a laboratory in which Purchase students engage with the Yonkers community and uses public art to promote community engagement and cross-cultural interaction.

College officials said the school will roll out a series of community programs at the downtown center through spring 2016. They include a peace workshop in collaboration with multiple SUNY campuses and a graduate student fellowship program geared to build partnerships with Yonkers residents.

The Purchase College Center for Community and Culture is the second satellite facility in Yonkers opened by a Westchester college this fall. The College of New Rochelle and its School of New Resources has opened an annex at 43 Ashburton Ave. in Schoolhouse Terrace, a municipal housing redevelopment.

The college this fall launched an undergraduate degree program for adults in Yonkers.

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Trump campaign, Cuomo no-show in Business Council spotlight

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record-setting crowd of more than 700 guests attended The Business Council of Westchester’s annual dinner Oct. 27, but that turnout was trumped by one notable absentee on the dais: Gov. Andrew Cuomo.

Scheduled to speak at the ballroom event in the Hilton Westchester Hotel in Rye Brook, the Queens-raised governor instead flew to Kansas City with the owner of the New York Mets to root for the team from Queens in the opening game of the World Series. The game ran about three hours longer than the governor’s skipped dinner engagement, ending in a 14-inning loss for the Mets after 5 hours and 9 minutes of play.

Calling the headliner’s cancellation “disappointing news,” Business Council of Westchester President and CEO Marsha Gordon said Cuomo, a Westchester resident, promised to appear at another Business Council event before the end of this year. “So please stay tuned,” she said.

Cuomo’s Republican opponent in the 2014 gubernatorial election, Westchester County Executive Robert P. Astorino, donned a Mets cap as he briefly spoke and gently jibed at Cuomo’s choice of the World Series over the Hilton Westchester’s filet mignon.

“I’m sorry the governor couldn’t make it,” Astorino said, drawing laughs from the crowd. “Look, life is about choices. Given a choice of Kansas City or Westchester, I’ll take Westchester every time.”

Cuomo’s absence in turn might have been trumped by keynote speaker Mark Halperin’s assessment of both parties’ presidential candidates — and especially the prospects for a voluble businessman familiar to Westchester’s business community, Donald Trump.

Halperin, the managing editor of Bloomberg Politics and a chronicler of recent presidential campaigns in two books, including the best-selling “Game Change,” called the current primary-season campaign for party nominations “a very strange race.”

Halperin, who has covered presidential races since 1988, said this one is “the hardest to

understand, the hardest to predict.”

Assessing the crowded field of Republican candidates, he said, “I think it’s the most overrated field either party has had.”

Established politicians, such as Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker, Ohio Gov. John Kasich and Jeb Bush, either already have dropped out of the race or have not been able to gain traction in polling, he noted. The early frontrunners are two anti-establishment candidates, Trump and Dr. Ben Carson, closely trailed by another strong anti-establishment contender, Sen. Ted Cruz of Texas.

“It’s a strange time in the Republican Party and nothing is stranger than the strange rise of Donald Trump,” Halperin said. The analyst said part of Trump’s attraction to voters “is that people don’t want a Bush or a Clinton” to again occupy the White House.

Halperin said his supporters see Trump as extraordinarily successful yet “just like us” in the way he talks and acts, despite that he lives in a Park Avenue building “with his name on it.”

Halperin said Trump is the most likely

Republican nominee for the nation’s highest office. If he wins two of the three early primaries in Iowa, New Hampshire and South Carolina, “He’ll be hard to beat,” he said.

Carson and Cruz also have a strong shot at being their party’s nominee. “The (Republican) establishment will be less happy with Cruz than with Trump,” he said.

Halperin said Trump will stay in the race to the party convention, where the choice of nominee could be a brokered deal if delegates’ votes are split among seven viable candidates.

“I don’t think Donald Trump is going anywhere very easily,” he said of a possible campaign exit by the businessman. “I don’t think Ben Carson is going anywhere easily.”

In the Democratic Party, Hillary Clinton “is the strongest non-incumbent frontrunner the country has ever seen,” Halperin said. While Republicans battle each other in the primaries, “She has the luxury now of thinking about the general election and some solutions” to end the partisan gridlock in Washington, D.C., which President Obama failed to achieve, he said.

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Construction of the new Tappan Zee Bridge progresses Oct. 23 with placement of columns near the Westchester County side of the Hudson River. Photo by Bob Rozycki

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he state Department of Transportation has received a $10 million federal grant to fund the development and implementation of a bus rapid transit system across the new Tappan Zee Bridge.

The grant, which is about half of what the state applied for earlier this year, was awarded Oct. 26 by the U.S. Department of

Transportation through its Transportation Investment Generating Economic Recovery program.

Bus rapid transit includes dedicated bus lanes and traffic-signal priority to prevent frequent red light stops.

U.S. Rep. Nita M. Lowey, a Democrat who represents parts of Westchester and

Rockland counties, sent a letter in July to Anthony Foxx, the federal transportation secretary, pointing out that public transportation is vital to the region and a bus rapid transit plan would make east-west travel more accessible to residents and commuters. There are about 13,700 daily commuters from Rockland to Westchester.

In February 2014, a 31-member mass transit task force released a report saying bus rapid transit should run across the new bridge, which is a $3.9 billion project designed to support public transit, including a bus or rail system. The group outlined a roughly $160 million plan for seven new bus rapid transit lines dispersed among Westchester, Rockland and the Bronx counties. Three of the seven suggested lines would run across the new Tappan Zee Bridge.

Marsha Gordon, CEO and president of The Business Council of Westchester and a member of the task force, told the Business Journal previously bus rapid transit would be available when the new bridge opens in 2018.

The rapid transit bus lines are one portion of the mass transit task force’s 2014 plan.

Other components include updating existing bus lines in the counties, additional studies and making upgrades to the White Plains Metro-North train station, which is currently being studied by a consultant for the city to determine its potential as a multimodal transportation hub.

The task force’s total plan is estimated to cost around $402 million.

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Learning to make more and spend less It was important to take every job we could get our hands on. With that attitude we took on jobs we shouldn’t have; because of that we often operated on a loss. By this time this year we expected to be able to put away $350k of savings, so far we’re at 40 percent of that.

That makes cash on hand, or lack of it, a big obstacle for us.

THOUGHTS OF THE DAY: The size of a job can make it tempting to take. Eating into savings in order to keep things going is dangerous.

No business can afford to operate at a loss.

Knowing what to do to shore up cash on hand is crucial.

Not all jobs are equal. And most businesses’ accounting systems aren’t set up to show an accurate, real-time picture of what’s going on. The charges that relate to doing the work, cost of goods sold, deducted from the invoices to the client, gross revenue, should result in money left over after doing the work, gross profit.

If a job goes sideways with problems, if a customer doesn’t pay, if the original estimate of what the customer would be charged isn’t enough, then the result could be zero or even negative gross profit.

Gross profit from every job is what’s used to pay for overhead. Money left over is net profit, which gets used to pay off balance sheet expenses such as principal payments, and to build up cash reserves. In order to pay off balance sheet expenses and build up reserves, plan on paying one-third of net profit to taxes. No avoiding it. To get ahead you have to admit to having profits and paying taxes.

Some will argue that it’s worth taking low-margin jobs just to keep people working.

After all, profits just go to taxes. That attitude can run the business into the ground. Every business needs cash on hand, or reserves.

Well-run businesses make enough to eventually get debt free.

If current reserves get used to fund a loss, the business loses out big time. It uses up money that could have been used to promote the business to a better quality of client or that could have rewarded employees for jobs well done, or kept on the sidelines to keep the business safe.

Business owners are inherent risk takers.

They look for opportunities and find it hard to turn down work. They hope to be able to figure things out as they go along, but there aren’t a lot of options. If there isn’t enough money coming in, you can either shortcut the job, use lower quality labor or materials,

pay your people less or not pay your vendors what you owe them. None of these are reputation builders.

Most business owners want to do good work and be of service to their clients. To do that, they need to find quality clients and help them to understand and respect the quality of work they can deliver. That includes walking away from bottom-feeder clients who are none of that.

Having a model to use to estimate the profit on every bid is essential. Figuring out how much gross margin is typical and how much overhead to charge to each job takes a bit of work but is well worthwhile. Test the model with a number of completed jobs to find out if it works. Knowing ahead of time that a job is a loser gives you the option to

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renegotiate or walk away from work you’ll come to regret.

Clue your employees in as to what you’re looking to do: make more and spend less.

Review every expense and ask if it’s necessary. Pay employees bonuses out of profits rather than handing out pay increases at review time. Be tight fisted in order to build up the one thing every healthy company needs: profits.

Make it your mission to build up cash on hand and to protect that cash once it’s there.

Put extra cash into money-market accounts.

Tell your bookkeeper that the money is unavailable. Even the business owner needs to show restraint when taking distributions.

At the end of the year, pay taxes and keep the profits inside the business.

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BY MICHAEL GUBERTI

Key strategies for social media success

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ocial media has become a pivotal component of successful businesses.

The first step to manifesting such prosperity involves understanding what social media success looks like. Many entrepreneurs and small-business owners believe they can tweet a product pitch to their audience and then receive payments.

While the platforms can grow one’s business, the process is more detailed than the aforementioned scenario. Building and maintaining a potent online presence through the social media outlets will lead to more clients for your business. But how do we get there?

Key metrics to understand are audience size, engagement, website traffic and your reputation. By consistently posting quality value pieces, you attract a larger

quantity of followers. Furthermore, your quality content can attract the likes, comments and shares from your fans and ideally, industry influencers. Every time another individual spreads your content, your brand grows through online word of mouth. A social media best practice is to provide valuable information with an accompanying link to your website.

This will prompt interested readers to visit your page, and learn about your services or products. As you continue to post and engage with your community, you build a tribe, develop into an authority and evolve into a trusted expert.

There are many strategies to achieve in the hearts and minds of customers. Stellar blog posts that address your audience’s wants, fears and needs are a powerful

foundation upon which to build your social media success. Another method to boost your social presence is sharing, commenting on or retweeting your best followers’ or industry influencers’ posts. If you are retweeting a blog about five health tips, you can add a personal note such as “Name of Their Blog Post — The third strategy is so brilliant! via @username” You should include the username of the organization or individual you are referencing so they are notified of your comment. You encourage reciprocity on their part, undoubtedly give them glee and provide useful advice to your audience. How would you feel if someone raved about your blog to their Facebook and Twitter audiences?

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ing them, which includes favoriting their tweet, endorsing them on LinkedIn, sending a friend request, or liking their post.

Also, your posting style should differ between the various social networks.

Often, individuals will ask Marc and I what they should post. Among other items, we advise that most of your posts include your content, such as your blog article title with its link on your website. To supplement your advice, you should also post niche-related articles published by respectable outlets such as Fast Company, Forbes and The Huffington Post. Occasionally, you should post a personal message to let your audience know you outside of your profession. If you are a fervent advocate of a certain exercise routine or organic food item, post your admiration.

Is all the effort worth it? According to Forbes, there is a “huge potential for social media marketing to increase sales” in businesses. Hubspot discovered 84 percent of marketers who worked six hours per week on social media experienced increased website traffic. The more a person realizes this, the more importance he or she will assign to mastering social media. By posting inspirational and instructional content to your social networks every day, you can build a large, loyal following. Heightened followers and likes bring credibility to your brand, which is often a reason people come to Marc and me. We take social media off your hands by posting to your social media accounts and building your followers so you have the time to focus on your business expertise.

Post uplifting and useful insights consistently, engage with your followers, and intelligently network online to succeed on social media.

Michael Guberti is a Fordham University student and social media and business blogger at Teenager Entrepreneur, the social media marketing and entrepreneurship training business he operates with his brother, Marc Guberti. He can be reached at michael@teenagerentrepreneur.com or at 914-722-6005.

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As you know, high-net-worth individuals face many unique issues. So, with the end of the year rapidly approaching, it’s important to review your estate plan and identify opportunities to minimize your overall income tax burden.

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The Connecticut marketing and design agency will take the name Co-Communications. Founded in 1999 by Gretchen Bruno and Felicia Rubinstein, 341 Studios includes a team of designers, developers, copywriters, marketing strategists, and e-communication specialists.

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t times, life can be harsh for older people. Comedians joke about “senior moments.” Corporations downsize, particularly letting go of employees over age 55. Hair products press for covering up the gray, while anti-aging creams and Botox promise to smooth wrinkles. Or, there’s the well-meaning conversation with the store cashier: “Oh, that’s OK. You don’t need to pull out your driver’s license or AARP card. I can tell by looking at you that you qualify for our senior discount.”

Getting older in America carries its own set of stereotypes and discrimination, which physician and gerontologist Robert Butler coined in 1969 as “ageism.” Ageism includes negative views of a person or group of people based on their age, but predominantly, ageism is considered prejudice toward older adults. Regardless of their age, most seniors stay physically and mentally active, but insults and generalizations about aging run deep in our culture, leaving many elders feeling disrespected and undervalued.

Some young people mock the older generation as slow and confused. Others talk past a senior as if the person were not even in the room. TV commercials often depict aging people as out of touch with modern conveniences and fumbling to keep up.

While hit movies like “Grumpy Old Men,” “Gran Torino” and “The Bucket List” portray aging individuals as everything from cantankerous to cute, Hollywood films can perpetuate the view that older people are eccentric and fading into the sunset. Or, elders are only called upon to dispense mystical wisdom.

A Duke University survey of 84 people ages 60 and older reported that 58 percent of respondents encountered ageism when told a joke about older people. In the same survey that appeared in the journal The Gerontologist, 31 percent of participants reported that they were not taken seriously or were ignored because of their age.

Our culture seems desensitized to uncomplimentary comments and actions against seniors. Sometimes ageism is more subtle, like assuming an older person can’t remember things, and at other times, it can be more jarring, like labeling someone as ‘senile.’ We all are aging. And we can all use reminders to treat others with respect regardless of how many birthdays they’ve had.

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today’s society. Learn to identify ageism language and unfair treatment of seniors.

• Celebrate older role models.

Highlight older people’s contributions to society and how they positively influence all generations. Recognize a senior’s strengths and positive qualities.

• Foster a friendship with a senior.

Anne Karpf, sociologist and author of “How to Age,” writes in the New York Times, “How to enable the growing numbers of old people to live comfortable, meaningful lives is a fundamental issue of equality, with benefits for all. If we make the world better for old people, we make it better for everyone, from stroller pushers to wheelchai-users … Instead of

seeing each other as generic categories, old and young people can discover each other as individuals.”

• Be an aging advocate in your community. Help employers rectify age biases in the workplace. Attend local meetings that represent the interests of the elderly, including intergenerational programs and improved access to urban spaces.

Write a letter to the media. Volunteer at a senior center.

The movie “The Straight Story” rallies people to embrace older individuals for their continued ability to teach all generations about “seizing the day.” Viewers are drawn to 70-something Alvin Straight, who drives his lawnmower from Iowa to Wisconsin to visit his estranged brother.

Alvin’s journey is a tribute to ingenuity, strength, compassion and resolve that perhaps can only come through years of life experience, proving again that the majority of American seniors are selfsufficient, productive members of society who will remain engaged with the world and with others no matter what jokes or misperceptions come their way.

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The honorees include: current President Froma Benerofe; Jacqueline A. Walker (201214); Joseph Oates (2010-12); Stephen K. Dishart (2009-2010); John Peckham (2005-09); Jamie Shenkman (2002-05); LaRuth Gray (2001-02); A. Maren Hexter (1997-2000); Betty Himmel (1995-97); Kenneth J. Gould (1992-95); Francis G. Ronnenberg (1990-92); Timothy J. Curtin (1987-1990); Dorothy Swegel (1985-87); Daniel Idzik (1983-85); Katherine Niles (1977-1983); William J. Bridenbecker (1975-76); A. Corwin Frost (1974-75); Polly Siwek (1969-1973); and founding president George Newlin (1966-69).

The event will be held Nov. 20 at 6:30 p.m. at the Ritz-Carlton, Westchester in White Plains.

“I’m thrilled at how ... ArtsWestchester has survived and made an impact for nearly five decades so far,” Newlin said.

The organization said it has invested more than $35 million in arts and cultural programs throughout the county and supported more than 1,300 artists and cultural institutions.

Founded in 1965, ArtsWestchester provides programs and services expanding arts in the county, including funding for concerts and plays and bringing artists into schools and community centers.

ArtsWestchester CEO Janet T. Langsam said the work of the organization’s presidents has led it to become a mainstay in the county arts community.

“Westchester County is a more vibrant place because of the hard work, dedication and leadership of these devoted individuals,” Langsam said. “The work of these board presidents has grown the cultural industry to an economic impact of more than $156 million. They deserve this tribute.”

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INBRIEF ORANGE COUNTY REALTOR WINS HGAR TOP BROKER AWARD Maryann Tercasio, a longtime real estate broker in Orange County, was honored as Realtor of the Year for 2015 by the Hudson Gateway Association of Realtors.

The four-county association named Patsy Sposato of Parkway Pest Services in Valhalla its Affiliate Member of the Year at its recent annual meeting.

Tercasio, of BHG Rand Realty in Central Valley, is a past president of the former Orange County Association of Realtors and helped found Hudson Gateway’s Make-AWish Committee, which has held successful fundraising events for several years, accord-

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Maryann Tercasio, second from right, with her 2015 Realtor of the Year award. From left are Carol Christiansen, 2014 Realtor of the Year; Drew Kessler, Hudson Gateway Association of Realtors president; Tercasio; and Sharlene Forman, HGAR Recognition Committee chairperson.

ing to Hudson Gateway.

Active in her local community, Tercasio has been a member of the Orange County Chamber of Commerce and has worked on local elections boards in the county.

Hudson Gateway officials said Sposato,

an affiliate member of the Realtors association, has been helping both homeowners and commercial businesses in the area for more than 40 years in his pest control business.

Other award winners announced at the Realtors’ annual meeting were: Spirit Award: Chirag Shah of Gateway Realty Corp. of NY in Mamaroneck.

Extra Mile Award: Barry Kramer of Westchester Choice Realty Inc. in Scarsdale.

President’s Award: Michael Graessle of BHG Rand Realty in White Plains.

Albert P. Schatz Legislative Advocacy Awards: Laurie DiFrancesco of BHG Rand Realty in Suffern and John Kope of Dorothy Jensen Realty Inc. in White Plains.

Stephanie Crispinelli Humanitarian Award: Carol Cirieco of Houlihan Lawrence in Somers.

WALGREENS BUYS RITE AID FOR $17.2B Walgreens Boots Alliance Inc. announced Oct. 27 it acquired competitor pharmacy chain Rite Aid Corp. for $17.2 billion, or $9 per share, including acquired net debt.

The all-cash transaction is expected to close in the second half of 2016. As part of the purchase, Rite Aid will be a wholly owned subsidiary of Walgreens and is expected to continue operating in the short term under its existing brand name.

Deerfield, Ill.-based Walgreens Boots Alliance operates more than 13,100 stores under the Walgreens, Duane Reade and Boots and Alliance Healthcare retail brands.

Rite Aid, based in Camp Hill, Pa., operates eight stores in Westchester County and Walgreens has 15.

Walgreens Boots Alliance Executive Vice Chairman and CEO Stefano Pessina said the move will help with “realizing synergies over time.” He said the acquisition would create a stronger base for growth into the Rite Aid stores.

“Our complementary retail pharmacy footprints in the U.S. will create an even better network, with more health and wellness solutions available in stores and online,” Pessina said. “Today’s announcement is another step in Walgreens Boots Alliance’s global development and continues our profitable growth strategy.”

Walgreens will finance the sale through existing cash as well as assumption of existing Rite Aid debt and issuance of new debt.

Citigroup served as Rite Aid’s financial adviser, while UBS Investment Bank represented Walgreens in the deal.

Walgreens bought pharmacy chain Duane Reade for $1.1 billion in 2010.

Rite Aid Chairman and CEO John Standley said the acquisition would help the company expand its opportunities through increased capital.

“Joining together with Walgreens Boots Alliance will enhance our ability to meet the health and wellness needs of Rite Aid’s customers while also delivering significant value to our shareholders,” Standley said.

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THELIST: FINANCIAL PLANNERS AND WEALTH MANAGERS

WESTCHESTER COUNTY

FINANCIAL PLANNERS/WEALTH MANAGERS

WESTCHESTER COUNTY AND THE HUDSON VALLEY

Ranked by number of financial planners in the region. Listed alphabetically in event of tie.

Strategies for Wealth

1

800 Westchester Ave., Suite N409, Rye Brook 10573 288-8800 • strategiesforwealth.com

2

520 White Plains Road, Tarrytown 10591 846-0100 • clarfeld.com

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2.02 billion

37 (5 additional advisors in Fairfield County, Conn.)

15 million 2,000

5.47 billion

Geri Pell Tony Rizzuto geri.e.pell@ampf.com 1986

8

530,000 1,800

430 million

Lawrence DeNoia larry@itistrategies.com 1993

4

250,000 2,500

William D. Winters, managing director Dimitrios Alissandratos dalissandratos@tompkinsfinancial.com 1846

4

Financial Services Center Asset Management Inc.

Joseph F. Christiana jchristiana@finserctr.com 2003

The Ostrove Group Inc.

Mitchell Ostrove mitch@ostrovegroup.com 1965

Clarfeld Financial Advisors

3

Pell Wealth Partners*

4

ITI Strategies Inc.*

800 Westchester Ave., Suite S300, Rye Brook 10573 253-8800 • pellwealthpartners.com

994 Main St., Peekskill 10566 734-2800 • itistrategies.com

Tompkins Financial Advisors

10 Bank St., White Plains 10606 946-1277 • tompkinsfinancialadvisors.com

5

3944 Route 9G, Red Hook 12571 845-876-1919 • finserctr.com

4 New King St., Suite 101, White Plains 10604 428-4095 • ostrovegroup.com

6

Eastern Planning Inc. *

1 Blue Hill Plaza, Fifth floor, Pearl River 10965 845-627-8300 • easternplanning.com

Emerald Retirement Planning Group

5 Joyce Plaza, Larchmont 10538 845-942-8578 • emeraldretirement.com

John G. Ullman & Associates Inc. *

30 E. Market St., Suite 1, Rhinebeck 12572 845-876-4499 • jgua.com

LEXCO Wealth Management Inc. *

120 White Plains Road, Suite 112, Tarrytown 10591 468-8900 • lexcowealth.com

Robert A. Clarfeld rob@clarfeld.com 1981

Beth Blecker Liz Benuscak liz@easternplanning.com 1995 Matthew S. Clement mathew@emeraldretirement.com 2004 Barbara B. Markell Bruce T. Roepe markelb@jgua.com or roepeb@jgua.com 1978 Christopher P. Jordan Caroline Antonelli cantonelli@lexcowealth.com 2005

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100+ billion

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6 billion

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John M. Coughlin Jr. info@coughlinfinancial.com 2000 Scott Greenbaum lifegoals@aol.com 1992

178 Myrtle Blvd., Larchmont 10538 834-1234 • coughlinfinancial.com

Life Goals Asset Management LLC *

500 Mamaroneck Ave., Suite 101, Harrison 10528 798-4226 • lifegoalsllc.com

Paul M. Petrone CFP, CPA

Paul M. Petrone CFP, CPA petronefinancial@yahoo.com 1990

Werlinich Asset Management LLC*

Greg Werlinich greg@waminvest.com 1997

Westchester Wealth Advisers LLC *

Robert E. Mann rem@westwealthadv.com 2007

67 Burns Place, Briarcliff Manor 10510 944-3073 14 Birch Lane, Rye Brook 10573 481-5888 • waminvest.com

800 Westchester Ave., Suite 641 North, Rye Brook 11573 872-4010 • westwealthadv.com

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tax planning

Business planning, business succession planning, disability insurance, life insurance, executive compensation, employee benefits, ! corporate retirement services, corporate education program and corporate executive benefits Family office, bill pay concierge services, tax preparation, personal finance planning, ! retirement planning, executive planning services, cross-border, estate and tax services, and divorce planning !

Divorce, LGBT and intergenerational financial planning, impact investing

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Tax preparation and retirement-distribution planning

Corporate trustee and executor

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800,000 Negotiable

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This list is a sampling of financial planners and wealth management firms serving the region. If you wish your firm to be included in our next listing, please contact Danielle Renda at drenda@westfairinc.com.

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philanthropy

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Michael Mazzilli, private wealth advisor michael.x.mazzilli@ampf.com 1894

Coughlin Financial Services Inc. *

risk management

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Ameriprise Financial Services Inc.

Christopher W. Judge chris@cwjudgefinancial.com 1997

investment management

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125 million

1053 Saw Mill River Road, Suite 204, Ardsley 10502 693-6789 • cwjudgefinancial.com

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Christopher W. Judge CFP, AIF

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George S. Sinnott george@sinnottwealthmanagement.com 1978

111 Brook St., Third floor, Scarsdale 10583 341-1482, ext. 200 • ameripriseadvisors.com/michael.x.mazzilli

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Sinnott Wealth Management Inc. * 555 Taxter Road, Suite 190, Elmsford 10523 909-1524 • sinnottwealthmanagement.com

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Josh Becker & Jerry Harnik Kelly Biondi kbiondi@strategiesforwealth.com 1934

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family and legal

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fee and commission based

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commission based

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Comprehensive wealth-management services performed by a CFP/ accountant/tax attorney

SPECIAL REPORT HOSPITALS

Regional Telehealth Center opens on WMC campus

BY JOHN GOLDEN jgolden@westfairinc.com

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t a high-tech operations center in the Taylor Pavilion on the Westchester Medical Center campus, intensive care nurses this fall are monitoring patients’ health from a distance at new workstations.

A registered nurse — an eICU nurse newly trained for work in the Westchester Medical Center Health Network’s Telehealth Center that began operating in October — sits in front of an array of eight computer monitors. One screen shows a patient’s chest X-ray; another tracks the conditions of patients’ organs with simple screen orbs whose eight segments each represent an organ. Red dots indicate a more seriously diseased organ and the dots enlarge according to the severity of the patient’s illness.

Medications, blood test results, respiratory rates and other information are sent to the operations center through secure, highspeed data lines from bedside monitors.

Two-way video cameras and microphones installed in several adult intensive care units on the Valhalla campus enable eICU nurses to watch patients and talk with bedside nurses, doctors and family members in the distant units.

Working in 12-hour shifts, each nurse in the 5,000-square-foot operations center of WMCHealth’s new eHealth program can monitor 30 to 35 patients at a time, said Kathy Longo, senior director of nursing for ICU. She said three shift nurses monitor about 88 beds.

For the hands-on doctors and nurses attending patients, “They’re like a second set of eyes,” Longo said of the TeleHealth Center’s small crew. A physician will be added for each shift in January, when the telehealth technology is fully launched in ICUs on the Valhalla campus and at MidHudson Regional Hospital in Poughkeepsie, the former St. Francis Hospital acquired out of bankruptcy in 2014 by Westchester Medical Center.

“It’s a second set of eyes and information can be more streamlined,” said Longo, who has overseen the training of 400 intensive care nurses at both ends of the telehealth system. “Processes can be shortened, still

maintaining quality” of care.

Dr. Corey Scurlock joined WMCHealth this year as medical director of its Telehealth Center, having previously served as national medical director of Advanced ICU Care in St. Louis. He said the use of remote technology in intensive care began about 15 years ago to counter a shortage of ICU nurses and doctors, especially in more medically underserved rural areas. As the nation’s Baby Boomer generation ages into their 60s, 70s and 80s, intensive care units are expected to see significantly higher use, he said.

“It started out as a solution for a shortage,” but the technology has wider applications, Scurlock said. It can, for example, alert medical staff to trends in patients’ conditions that might lead to infections, heart attacks or strokes.

Beyond intensive care, telehealth technology can serve “really the whole gamut of any kind of medical field,” he said.

The Telehealth Center director said WMCHealth plans to add stroke patient monitoring across its Hudson Valley network.

The technology — much of which comes from Royal Philips Electronics NV, the Dutch health care and technology company that this year entered into a 15-year, $500 million business partnership with Westchester Medical Center — can get people with acute strokes “optimal care at a distance,” he said.

WMCHealth also has begun remotely monitoring cancer patients at the MidHudson Regional Hospital infusion center in Poughkeepsie, Scurlock said. “We see it reaching about every (medical) field the next two years,” he said.

Hospital officials said WMCHealth initially invested $7 million in technology, infrastructure, staff and additional resources to launch the telehealth program. It is the first of its kind based in the Hudson Valley and serving Hudson Valley residents, they said. In the metropolitan area, only North Shore-LIJ Health System operates a telehealth center, which is limited to North Shore’s Long Island facilities, Scurlock said.

Telemedicine’s efficacy in intensive care units has been reported in the Journal of the American Medical Association. In a 2011 study of about 6,000 patients in the University of Massachusetts health care system, Scurlock

Dr. Corey Scurlock and intensive care nurse Lisa Lapolla check patient information at a high-tech workstation in the new Telehealth Center at Westchester Medical Center in Valhalla.

said, incorporating telehealth monitoring in ICUs decreased patient deaths by 20 percent and reduced the length of hospital stay by 26 percent.

In Poughkeepsie, WMCHealth’s new system is already being used in an ePsychiatry program that connects behavioral health outpatients and staff at MidHudson Regional Hospital with clinical psychiatric physicians at WMC’s Behavioral Health Center in Valhalla. “It has shown remarkable improvement in scheduling,” with patents keeping their appointments at a much higher rate, Scurlock said.

Though it is a telehealth pioneer in the Hudson Valley, WMCHealth is joining an established nationwide trend in medical care, as more than 50 health systems and 400 hospitals operate successful telehealth programs, according to WMC officials.

“The teleICU is not meant to be a replacement for the doctor or nurse at the bedside,” Scurlock said. “It’s really a supplement.”

Scurlock said telehealth technology tends to be most useful to hospitals during off-hours on nights and weekends, when fewer nurses and doctors are on duty. That second set of screen-monitoring eyes can help reduce stress levels for on-site doctors and nurses, he said. The technology also enables highly centralized, consistent care, he said.

WMCHealth President and CEO Michael Israel, in an announcement of the Telehealth Center’s recent opening, said the study of Massachusetts intensive care units showed “an outcome that is certainly worth the investment we are making in eHealth. With seven hospitals and dozens of health-related entities across 6,200 square miles, supported by a workforce of 10,000 dedicated professionals, eHealth will extend our expertise further into the communities we serve, delivering on our commitment to provide the best care as close to home as possible to the residents of the Hudson Valley.”

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PLANNING AHEAD YOUR SOURCE FOR UPCOMING WESTCHESTER NOT-FOR-PROFIT EVENTS NOV. 6

NOV. 6

NOV. 8

28TH ANNUAL CHAMPAGNE BALL

Benefiting: Phelps Memorial Hospital Center Featuring a cocktail reception, sit-down dinner, live band and silent auction, the Champagne Ball is a much-heralded event.

HONOREES: Dr. Emil Nigro, director of the hospital’s emergency department, and TD Bank EVENT CHAIRPERSONS: Pamela and Dr. Paul Terracciano and Laura and Dr. Franklin Zimmerman TIME: 6 p.m.

LOCATION: Sleepy Hollow Country Club, Briarcliff Manor TICKET PRICE: $500 per person; sponsorship and journal opportunities available CONTACT: Please visit www.phelpsevents.org

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LUNCHEON AND PRESENTATION WITH FILMMAKER LUIS ARGUETA (“ABRAZOS”) Benefiting: Neighbors Link Northern Westchester

“Abrazos” is the award-winning documentary film that chronicles the journey of several children who travel to Guatemala to meet grandparents for the first time in their lives. The impact on the children, their families and the communities in which they now live is immense. Attendees will hear from the young adults in our community who are in similar situations of disconnect from families and will share their stories.

TIME: 11:30 a.m.

LOCATION: Old Oaks Country Club, Purchase TICKET PRICE: $150 per person; sponsorship opportunities available CONTACT: Call 666-3410 or visit www.neighborslink.org/events/

HARVEST HOEDOWN

DEC. 1

WEDC: NETWORKING AND WINE TASTING EVENT Benefiting: Women’s Enterprise Development Center (WEDC)

Join WEDC for a fun evening of networking, wine tasting and a short presentation by the winners of WEDC’s InnovateHer Competition and Lillian Vernon Award.

EVENT CHAIRPERSON: Sylvia Herzog TIME: 6 to 8:30 p.m.

LOCATION: Sam’s of Gedney Way, White Plains TICKET PRICE: $40 per person; sponsorship opportunities available CONTACT: Maria Guardado at 948-6098 or email mguardado@wedcbiz.org

Benefiting: The Open Door Foundation Kick-up-your-heels fun with live bluegrass music featuring Love Canon, delicious harvest fare and square dancing.

HONOREE: Joyce Rheingold EVENT CHAIRPERSON: Sue Greene Fuirst TIME: 7 to 11 p.m.

LOCATION: Brynwood Country Club, Armonk TICKET PRICE: $200 per person; sponsorship and journal opportunities available CONTACT: Cristina Sanjuas at 502-1414 or email csanjuas@odfmc.org

NOV. 16

HABITAT FOR HUMANITY: WALK FOR HOMES

Benefiting: Habitat for Humanity of Westchester In partnership with St. Augustine’s Church, the Habitat for Humanity of Westchester looks to raise money to build affordable housing in Westchester.

EVENT CHAIRMAN: Jim Killoran TIME: 1 p.m.

LOCATION: Constitution Park, Larchmont TICKET PRICE: Sponsorship opportunities available CONTACT: Jim Killoran at 403-4821 or email jim@habitatwc.org

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NOV. 13

NOV. 19

A TASTE OF WESTCHESTER

Benefiting: Cerebral Palsy of Westchester Spend an evening sampling some of the finest food, wine and dessert from the area, all while supporting the spectacular work of Cerebral Palsy of Westchester.

TIME: 6:15 p.m.

LOCATION: Renaissance Westchester Hotel, West Harrison TICKET PRICE: $125 per person; sponsorship and journal opportunities available CONTACT: Joan Colangelo at 937-3800, ext. 215, or email Joan.Colangelo@cpwestchester.org

REAL ESTATE AWARD BREAKFAST Benefiting: March of Dimes

Join March of Dimes for the 28th annual March of Dimes Real Estate Awards Breakfast, which draws an attendance of more than 500 commercial real estate professionals and related industries from the tri-state area. Funds raised support our mission to improve the health of babies by preventing birth defects, premature birth and infant mortality.

HONOREES: Kenneth F. Bernstein, Acadia Realty Trust EVENT CHAIRPERSONS: Patricia Valenti, James Hurley TIME: 7 to 9:30 a.m.

LOCATION: Hilton Westchester, Rye Brook TICKET PRICE: $350 per person; sponsorship and journal opportunities available CONTACT: Jessica Fortuna at 610-7530 or email Jfortuna@marchofdimes.org

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NINTH ANNUAL NFP EDUCATIONAL SUMMIT

Please join us for the annual Not-for-Profit Educational Leadership Summit, as local not-for-profit community leaders come together for a day of learning and networking with their peers. Sponsored by Entergy.

TIME: Noon to 6 p.m.

LOCATION: Westchester Marriott Hotel, Tarrytown TICKET PRICE: No fee; sponsorship opportunities available CONTACT: Jenna Donnellan at 761-7111 or email jenna@hrginc.net

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

Events are compiled in cooperation with Association for Development Officers Inc. www.adoonline.org

WCA FALL LEADERSHIP DINNER

Benefiting: Westchester County Association Keynote speaker Thomas Donohue, president and CEO, U.S. Chamber of Commerce and a Special Tribute In Memoriam to Alfred B. DelBello, chairman emeritus, Westchester County Association.

HONOREES: Alfred B. DelBello Visionary Award recipient, Joseph J. DePaolo, president and CEO, Signature Bank. WCA Leadership Award honorees: Ron Cohen, president and CEO, Acorda Pharmaceuticals; New York Medical College, accepted by Edward C. Halperin, M.D., chancellor for health affairs and CEO; and Wilson Kimball, commissioner of planning and development, city of Yonkers TIME: 5:30 to 9:30 p.m.

LOCATION: Westchester Marriott, Tarrytown TICKET PRICE: $295 members; $315 nonmembers; sponsorship and journal opportunities available CONTACT: Julia Emrick at 948-6444 or email jemrick@westchester.org

ARTSWESTCHESTER GALA 2015 Benefiting: ArtsWestchester

A party that was 50 years in the making…come celebrate the golden anniversary of ArtsWestchester! Bring your best memories of the decades since ArtsWestchester was founded in 1965. For five decades ArtsWestchester has been bringing the arts to everyone in Westchester — not just in concert halls, theaters and museums but also in schools, daycare centers, community sites and senior centers. Excitement is already building and suspense is high – our creative parties are legendary in Westchester and this year promises to be “over the top” with ArtsWestchester style and Ritz-Carlton pizzazz!

TIME: 6:30 p.m.

LOCATION: Ritz-Carlton, Westchester TICKET PRICE: $600 per person; sponsorship and journal opportunities available CONTACT: Ann Fabrizio at 428-4220 or email afabrizio@artswestchester.org

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

NOVEMBER SPOTLIGHT ORGANIZATION: UNITED WAY OF WESTCHESTER AND PUTNAM United Way identifies gaps in services, sounds the alarm on growing trends, and works collaboratively with thousands of residents, businesses, government officials, schools and faith communities to solve complex social issues in the areas of education, financial stability and health.

The new United2Read initiative, announced in September, will address the low reading levels of children throughout Westchester and Putnam. Only 38% of the children in both counties are reading on grade level by the end of 3rd grade. Because of the significant data linking 3rd grade reading to success later in life, United Way will be bringing the community together around this issue in 2016 and is also proud to have been chosen as a backbone support in the Yonkers Thrives initiative which supports children “cradle to career.”

Also new this year is the United Way Emerging Leaders Alliance, a young professionals group that comes together

for philanthropy, volunteerism and leadership development. The United Way Women’s Leadership Council (WLC) continues to make a significant difference in the lives of low-income women and their children through job training and literacy supports.

United Way’s 2-1-1 of the Hudson Valley region is a free, confidential, multilingual information and referral helpline which answered over 48,700 calls this year from people needing assistance. Call Specialists answer crisis and noncrisis calls alike, on topics such as tax help, health care, employment, heating, housing, childcare, disaster, elder care and suicide.

United Way of Westchester and Putnam is located at 336 Central Park Ave., White Plains, NY 10606 and can be reached at 914-997-6700 or www.uwwp.org.

WHY GIVE?

NONPROFIT WESTCHESTER Mark Your Calendars: Dec. 1 is #GivingTuesday Nonprofit Westchester (NPW) has kicked off #GivingTuesday in Westchester County. We are thrilled to lead this campaign in the county for the second year in a row.

The global awareness day, which takes place Tuesday, Dec. 1, is dedicated to giving back. NPW’s nonprofit member organizations are ready to show how you can make a difference right here in Westchester by volunteering or making a donation.

On #GivingTuesday, charities, families, businesses, community centers and students around the world come together for one common purpose: to celebrate generosity and to support their favorite charity. We knew it was important for us to bring this global movement here to Westchester, where there are many

nonprofits that provide needed services to our local community.

Our nonprofit members are using social media as a platform to share information on the important work they do and how people can donate money or their time through volunteering at their organizations on #GivingTuesday. The campaign culminates on Dec. 1, when people are encouraged to mark the start of the holiday season by making a donation to a charity.

Together, we can make #GivingTuesday as recognizable as Black Friday and Cyber Monday.

Support your favorite charity Dec. 1. Your neighbors will thank you.

NPW is a membership collective comprised of more than 90 Westchester nonprofits working to strengthen the impact, -Joanna Straub capacity and visibility of the nonprofit sector in the county for Executive Director, a more just and caring community. For more information, visit Nonprofit npwestchester.org.

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“United Way is the best investment a business or resident can make in building a better future for our community.

They are leading the charge for innovative social investments that work.”

—Adam Kintish, Vice President, Retail Market Manager, TD Bank, and United Way of Westchester and Putnam Campaign Cabinet Chair

PHOTO GALLERY: UNITED WAY OF WESTCHESTER AND PUTNAM

United Way of Westchester and Putnam volunteers and staff had a busy year supporting important community initiatives throughout the area: (1) PepsiCo volunteer, Ming Peng (Peekskill), helps a job seeker practice for her next interview as part of a partnership between United Way and PepsiCo to help 50 women obtain a job in 50 weeks. (2) Women’s Leadership Council (WLC) members, including Nan Hayworth, read to children in Yonkers on a service day with JCY-Westchester Community Partners; (3) Emerging Leaders Alliance members Ryan Powell, Regus, Jessica Ruggieri, Cardarelli Design Group, Ariel Poser, PepsiCo, and Bo Zhang, United Way of Westchester and Putnam, celebrate the group’s launch. (4) Alana Sweeny, President and CEO of United Way of Westchester and Putnam, reads to toddlers for #ReadAcrossTheGlobe Day in October.

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BY GERARD J. HEUBEL AND JAMES W. KACHADOORIAN

Can the ACA help to reduce jury awards?

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he Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (ACA) was passed to make health care and health insurance more available and affordable to a greater number of people. The ACA also may have an unintended impact on personal injury litigation, specifically by reducing awards that juries grant plaintiffs to cover the cost of future medical care and preventing plaintiffs from obtaining double recovery.

In personal injury actions in New York, a

plaintiff may recover past and future medical expenses incurred as a result of a defendant’s negligence. However, a defendant is precluded from introducing into evidence the fact that a plaintiff has health insurance that will cover these expenses, thereby creating a scenario for double recovery in which the jury awards money to the plaintiff to pay for medical expenses that the plaintiff’s insurance company will cover.

To address this windfall, New York law

allows for a collateral-source hearing after a jury returns its verdict. At these hearings, the defense can present evidence of other sources the plaintiff has to cover his/her medical expenses, which can lead the trial judge to reduce the jury award. The specter of the application of the ACA also may lead to lower settlements.

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tive in reducing awards for past medical expenses that unquestionably have been reimbursed by insurance carriers, New York courts have been reluctant to reduce monetary awards for future medical expenses based on the existence of health insurance.

Courts routinely have found that the continuation of health insurance coverage is not assured, citing for example the possible loss of coverage connected to employment, refusal of insurers to insure individuals for preexisting conditions and divorce from or death of the spouse who was the primary insured. New York courts have consistently held that it is a defendant’s burden to prove by “clear and convincing evidence” that it is highly probable that the plaintiff’s future medical expenses will be paid by a collateral source. Prior to the ACA, this was a difficult burden to overcome.

The ACA, which requires nearly everyone, with few exceptions, to obtain health insurance, squarely addresses most of the courts’ concerns and establishes that it is highly probable that a plaintiff’s future medical expenses will be covered by health insurance. Additionally, given the ACA’s success in withstanding constitutional and other legal attacks, it is expected to continue in force and effect, further supporting the argument that defendants should be entitled to secure a collateral-source reduction in the cost of future medical care paid by health insurance companies.

While we are aware of no New York court that has used the ACA as a basis to reduce an award for future medical expenses, in a 2013 New York Court of Appeals case, “Caronia v. Philip Morris,” the dissenting opinion made reference to the possibility that under the ACA there may be the potential for a collateral-source setoff. Additionally, in a federal court case in California this year, “Brewington v. United States,” the U.S. District Court, Central District of California used the availability of health insurance under the ACA as a collateral-source setoff to reduce the defendants’ liability for the cost of future medical care.

New York courts likely will be addressing this issue in the near future.

The coverage mandate While gaining judicial acceptance of a collateral-source reduction of future medical expenses will not be easy, the defense bar is up for the challenge. Defendants must be prepared to present experts on insurance coverage issues, especially those related to the ACA, at collateral-source hearings to establish by clear and convincing evidence that it is highly probable that the plaintiff’s future medical expenses will conACA, page 29

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the patient experience (and thereby satisfaction) was negatively affected. In a critical medical situation, lack of data exchange can delay treatment and lead to harmful medical errors.

Incentives to ‘make the horse drink’ In its effort to transform health care and redesign Medicaid, the New York state Department of Health has made communitywide health networks a priority. It requires all hospitals to connect to their region’s health information exchange by the end of 2016; all outpatient clinics must be connected by the end of 2017.

Unfortunately, simply being connected doesn’t mean providers are making full use of the network’s capabilities. In other words, the Health Department mandate can lead the horse to water, but it can’t make it drink.

So the state has given HealthlinkNY and other information exchanges a pool of money to offer as incentives to encourage data exchange. Some providers can qualify for incentives as high as $40,000 for exchanging data via an exchange. A second incentive, based on volume, is available for image exchanges between providers over the network. However, the pool of money is not limitless, and is available on a firstcome, first-served basis.

Dramatically reducing waste A Brookings Institution study published this spring in the Journal of the American Medical Informatics Association showed that in one emergency department, exchanging data via a New York State health information exchange much like ours reduced duplicate laboratory tests by 52 percent and radiology examinations by 36 percent. Not only does this lower cost — a great concern as hospitals move from fee-for-service to value-based payment models — it also reduces a patient’s needless exposure to radiation and discomfort during lab tests.

Record look-up also can be life saving when someone is taken to the emergency department while unconscious or in a state of confusion. The staff can look up that person’s medical records, which include previous diagnoses, past encounters, procedures and problems, lab results, transcribed reports and current medications. Even if a patient is conscious and coherent, it is far more efficient to print out the patient’s medical record and ask the patient to validate it with you.

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or hospitals, the transparency of social media can be a bigger undertaking than for other businesses in which patient privacy protection is not a concern. To address these issues, hospitals in Westchester County have developed methods to balance social media engagement and patient privacy.

The challenges hospitals are faced with are threefold. Should medical centers have a social media presence? If so, what accounts do they administer in-house?

Last, should hospitals respond to patients and their families who post comments, both negative and positive, on social media sites?

The Business Journal talked to representatives from Northern Westchester Hospital in Mount Kisco and Phelps Memorial Hospital Center in Sleepy Hollow. Though both hospitals are part of the North Shore-LIJ Health System, they have different social media engagement policies.

Northern Westchester’s Joan Kantor, the hospital’s online marketing manager, and Maria Hale, vice president in the office of patient advocacy, said the social media policy was developed at the end of 2009.

“As we were preparing to launch our social media presences, I knew we were going to deal with negative posts,” Kantor said. “We were not going to launch a Facebook page, for example, without having a policy for handling negative posts.”

Northern Westchester responds to positive and negative comments on social media — including Google+, Facebook and a number of other platforms — with specially-crafted responses.

For example, a Google+ commenter said they were treated immediately and professionally in the hospital’s emergency room, giving Northern Westchester a fivestar rating.

The hospital responded with: “We are pleased to care for you. We wish you continued healing and good health.”

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In some cases, when Kantor’s team identifies a critical post with a specific problem, they will refer the problem to Hale.

That way, Hale said, “I have the opportunity to connect with the individual. I also get a chance to do a deeper dive and get more information.”

The method of individually responding to posts and scanning the hospital’s social media pages for feedback is what Kantor called “grassroots in the marketing department” because the hospital doesn’t have the budget for a sophisticated digital media reputation tracking tool.

On a weekly basis, Northern Westchester’s Facebook page receives about 2,500 likes, comments, shares or clicks on its posts.

“We wanted to respond to individual complaints publicly, directly and promptly because we wanted to know as much as possible to see what people were saying about the hospital,” she said.

Phyllis Vonderheide is the senior director of patient experience at Phelps Memorial Hospital Center, which does not respond to social media feedback on the hospital’s three verified accounts with Twitter, Facebook and YouTube.

“One of the concerns about addressing or directly answering a patient in social media is, even though they have chosen to name the experience at the hospital, our concern is acknowledging it” because doing so could violate health privacy laws, Vonderheide said.

“We certainly look at what people say and try to research it,” she said. “I would investigate the issue, I would take it to the department that is appropriate and then I share that information in some form with the leaders.”

Upon learning how other hospitals have handled using social media, Vonderheide was intrigued by the idea of posting a generic statement to acknowledge complaints and compliments while providing information. And rather than engaging in a full conversation about the patient or experience, direct the conversation to a different medium.

Ultimately, there was agreement among the hospitals’ officials social media is evolving and so must their implementation of it.

“Social media is just becoming ubiquitous, to resist it, you’re limiting yourself as an organization,” Hale said.

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tinue to be paid by insurance coverage he/ she is mandated to have under the ACA. Identifying a specific insurance plan and demonstrating precisely what care the plan will cover are necessary.

One potential obstacle to “the ACA argument” is related to plaintiffs who receive Medicaid and may therefore be exempt from buying health insurance under the ACA because their income is so low.

Because Medicaid has a statutory right to reimbursement, future medical expenses paid by Medicaid will not reduce a jury award for those specific costs. Under those circumstances, it may be wise for defendants to offer to pay the plaintiff’s ACA insurance premium. Plaintiffs have always had the obligation to mitigate their damages, so once a defendant agrees to pay an insurance premium, there is no legitimate reason for the plaintiff to insist on receiving Medicaid reimbursement for future medical care. All of the plaintiff’s care would be covered by a private insurance plan at no cost to the plaintiff, the defendant’s expense of providing future medical care would be mitigated and the burden on the Medicaid system would be reduced.

The ACA, tort reform and personal injury litigation have reached a crossroads. With the implementation of mandatory health care coverage for all, the justification for not reducing plaintiffs’ future medical costs by the amount covered by health insurance is without merit.

That said, we expect to see new, innovative arguments challenging “the ACA argument” in New York state courts. Stay tuned.

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For example, a visitor to Niagara Falls from Yonkers with diabetes falls ill goes to an ER in Buffalo. Now that ER can query the patient’s history from the person’s primary care practice or hospital records from Yonkers.

Now that everything can be connected, HealthlinkNY’s job is work with hospitals and other providers to use the tool, particularly in Westchester and the Hudson Valley, where health information exchange adoption has been slow. We will be working with hospital CEOs, CIOs, medical directors, and quality improvement officers to make HIE record look up part of the intake process.

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to ask patients to consent to share records among providers. Our experience is that 95 percent of patients readily consent to make their records available. We also will rollout an online consent form this winter.

But in cases of emergency, no consent is needed unless patients have specifically requested that their records may not be shared at any time. So hospitals should ensure that record look-up is part of the ER intake process. This will make a positive difference in the quality of care, cost, and patient experience in your institution.

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INBRIEF CRYSTAL RUN BUILDS ITS FIRST ROCKLAND MEDICAL CENTER Crystal Run Healthcare recently celebrated the groundbreaking for its 70,000-square-foot medical facility due to open next summer at 2 Centerock Road in West Nyack.

Crystal Run physicians and staff were joined by Clarkstown and Rockland County officials and about 150 guests at an Oct. 20 ceremony marking the start of construction.

The West Nyack medical building will be the first Rockland County location for the approximately 350-physician multispecialty practice group headquartered in Middletown.

Crystal Run has more than 30 practice locations in the Hudson Valley and lower Catskill region.

“We are committed to improving access to high quality health care in Rockland County,” Hal Teitelbaum, managing partner and CEO of Crystal Run, said at the groundbreaking.

“As physicians, we don’t see our role as ‘selling’ health care services but as improving the health of our patients and the health outcomes for our community. This has been Crystal Run’s commitment for the past 20 years and remains our commitment as we grow in Rockland County.”

The West Nyack facility will include multiple medical specialties, an urgent care clinic, an infusion center and diagnostic testing services including a clinical laboratory and diagnostic imaging.

OPEN ENROLLMENT STARTS AT NYS HEALTH MARKETPLACE The third season of open enrollment in the New York State of Health insurance marketplace for individuals opens on Nov. 1.

Officials at the Suburban Hospital Alliance of New York State LLC, an advocacy group representing hospitals in the Hudson Valley region and on Long Island, said the marketplace this year has added an Essential Plan for New Yorkers whose incomes are above the Medicaid limit but who still cannot afford the premiums of other marketplace plans.

Depending on income, monthly premiums for the Essential Plan range from zero to $20 per month, according to the Suburban Hospital Alliance. The new plan covers all major medical needs and is only available through the state marketplace.

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housands of Hudson Valley professionals lost their jobs after the 2008 recession — jobs that did not return as the economy recovered. Yet since then, our region has become a hub of health care innovation, creating hundreds of skilled job opportunities. One of several initiatives to prepare the workforce for today’s jobs, a federal workforce development grant, aims to fill those jobs by providing training and support services for 425 long-term unemployed in the Hudson Valley. On Oct. 29, our first class of 25 graduated from a six-week “boot camp.” And the early consensus is that we’re absolutely on the right path to reach our goal.

I say “we” because the Westchester County Association (WCA) was selected to serve as project manager of the federal Ready to Work grant, known regionally as the

Jobs Waiting program. Administered by the Westchester-Putnam Workforce Development Board in partnership with the Employment Centers throughout seven Hudson Valley counties, Jobs Waiting will prepare 425 longterm unemployed individuals to fill positions in the health care field in data analytics, imaging, clinician assistance, coding and billing, and other areas that employers have identified. The WCA has amassed a dedicated team that includes a program manager, career coaches and job developers to execute all the facets of the grant. In addition to the support and collaboration with Westchester County’s workforce development team, the resources available for this program are tremendous.

To health care employers, who have more than 2,500 vacancies on their hands, this program is a godsend. They know that people

willing to undergo Jobs Waiting’s rigorous boot camp program are committed and motivated to do whatever it takes to qualify for a health care job. This experience is designed to be transformational and prepare longterm unemployed individuals to work. The Workplace, a nationally recognized company in Bridgeport, Connecticut, runs the boot camp, which is in session six hours a day, four days a week for six weeks. The WCA career coaches provide one-on-one counseling, and participants discover how they can transfer existing skills to a new health care career.

Along the way, they regain their confidence and energy they may have lost by being out of work so long.

Employers are driving the process The WCA was awarded the role of project manager because of its experience in manag-

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ing and executing multipartner, multiyear projects and its strong relationship with the region’s health care employers. As part of its Blueprint for Westchester economic development program, the WCA began to address workforce development. Last January, we convened the Hudson Valley Healthcare Consortium, whose members signed a historic memorandum of understanding to address a dire need for more workers trained in new skills now in demand since the Affordable Care Act and changing market dynamics.

Through a highly collaborative effort, the WCA made sure that health care employers had direct input, and identified skill sets and training needed to fill available jobs.

For the WCA, the Jobs Waiting project aligns with the goals of the Blueprint for Westchester initiative to not only boost business development and encourage Westchester’s health care innovation hub to grow, but to build a talent pipeline to match.

In addition to overseeing the Jobs Waiting program, the WCA is upgrading the skills of existing health care employees through the Hudson Valley Workforce Academy. The Academy offers short-term, certificate-based courses in data analytics, critical thinking, empathy training, communication and management, among others — skills that can be put to work immediately on the job.

Personalized approach After boot camp, each program participant will pursue an individualized path.

Those with transferrable skills will be placed in jobs. Others will receive free specialized training in their selected health care discipline. If participants need to take courses at a community college or the Hudson Valley Workforce Academy, the program will provide them with tuition subsidies of up to $6,000.

Recognizing participants may require on-thejob or specialized training once employed, Jobs Waiting offers employers a 50 percent cash reimbursement for customized training costs.

Already, boot camp has started for 25 additional participants in Orange, Rockland and Dutchess counties. Additional boot camps will run for the duration of the grant program and the participants continue to receive dedicated attention from the Jobs Waiting team until they are placed in a job or a training program. The WCA is committed to creating a better future for the region’s employers, but it is gratifying to know this project will create better futures for 425 people as well, who may have lost hope before this terrific opportunity.

Amy Allen is vice president and executive director, Hudson Valley Workforce Academy, Westchester County Association. She can be reached at 914-948-1168 or aallen@westchester. org.

FACTS & FIGURES BANKRUPTCIES MANHATTAN 961-969 Westchester Ave. Corp.

1299 Jerome Ave., Bronx 10452. Chapter 11, voluntary. Represented by 961-969 Westchester Ave. Corp. Filed: Oct. 26.

Case no. 15-12869-scc.

Carousel of Languages LLC. 1309 Madison Ave., New York 10128. Chapter 11, voluntary. Represented by Carousel of Languages LLC. Filed: Oct. 22. Case no. 15-12851-mg.

Mountain Ave. 27 LLC. 1271 73 St., 535 Fifth Ave., Fourth floor, New York 11228.

Chapter 7, voluntary. Represented by W. Marilynn Pierre. Filed: Oct. 26. Case no. 15-12874-reg.

Rajo Inc. 1390 Lexington Ave., New York 10128. Chapter 11, voluntary. Represented by Robert N. Michaelson.

Filed: Oct. 21. Case no. 15-12842-mew.

POUGHKEEPSIE Congregation Hanoe Vhanetzach Inc. 2 Preshburg Blvd, No. 202, Monroe 10950. Chapter 7, voluntary.

Represented by Congregation Hanoe Vhanetzach Inc. Filed: Oct. 26. Case no.

15-36960-cgm.

WHITE PLAINS Shelley Food Stores Inc. II. 93 Albert Ave., Newark, N.J. 07105. Represented

by Julie Cvek Curley. Filed: Oct. 23. Case no. 15-23535-rdd.

U-Too Corp. 237 West Route 59. Chapter 7, voluntary. Represented by Rosemarie E. Matera. Filed: Oct. 23. Case no.

15-23533-rdd.

COURT CASES Bayer HealthCare Pharmaceuticals Inc. Filed by Ninfa Castillo. Action: diversity-product liability. Attorney: Catherine Theodora Heacox. Filed: Oct. 23. Case no. 7:15-cv-08366-CS.

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Bayer HealthCare Pharmaceuticals Inc. Filed by Ashley Fleming.

Action: diversity-product liability. Attorneys: William Harvel Burris and Douglas Robert Plymale. Filed: Oct. 22.

Case no. 7:15-cv-08297-CS. Bayer HealthCare Pharmaceuticals Inc. Filed by Tabitha McDowell.

Action: diversity-product liability. Attorneys: Edward Shuff Cook and William Paul Leverett Jr. Filed: Oct. 23. Case no. 7:15-cv-08367-CS. Bayer HealthCare Pharmaceuticals Inc. Filed by Amanda Rae Lenzer and Jeffrey Lenzer. Action: diversityproduct liability. Attorney: Timothy S. Trecek. Filed: Oct. 23. Case no. 7:15-cv08371-CS. Bayer HealthCare Pharmaceuticals Inc. Filed by Vanessa Rustad.

Action: diversity-personal injury. Attorney: Yvonne M. Flaherty. Filed: Oct. 23.

Case no. 7:15-cv-08373-CS. Calvalry Portfolio Services LLC. Filed by Debbie Worthy. Action: Fair Debt Collection Act. Attorney: Allison Diana Polesky. Filed: Oct. 23. Case no.

7:15-cv-08382.

City of New Rochelle Section 8 Housing Choice Voucher Program.

Filed by Kevin Griffin. Action: The Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990.

Attorney: Jason B. Mays. Filed: Oct. 23.

Case no. 7:15-cv-08356.

Core Contracting of NY LLC. Filed

by Petrillo Contracting Inc. Action: bankruptcy. Attorney: Brian James Hugnagel. Filed: Oct. 22. Case no. 7:15cv-08320.

Eklecco LLC. Filed by Owen Harty.

Action: Americans with Disabilities Act – discrimination. Attorney: Nathaniel Kleinman. Filed: Oct. 23. Case no.

7:15-cv-08357-NSR. Electrolux USA Inc. Filed by The Automobile Insurance of Hartford, Conn.

Action: diversity-property damage/ product liability. Attorney: Murry S .

Brower. Filed: Oct. 22. Case no. 7:15-cv08303-NSR. FDR Services Corp. of New Jersey Inc. Filed by the trustees of the Laundry, Dry Cleaning Workers and Allied Industries Health Fund, Workers United. Attorney: E.R.I.S.A. delinquent contributions. Attorney: David C. Sapp Jr. Filed: Oct. 21. Case no. 7:15-cv-08288-VB. FDR Services Corp. of Virginia Inc. Filed by the trustees of the Laundry, Dry Cleaning Workers and Allied Industries Retirement Fund, Workers United. Action: E.R.I.S.A.: delinquent contributions. Attorney: David C. Sapp Jr. Filed: Oct. 22. Case no. 7:15-cv-08291KMK. Good Samaritan Regional Medical Center. Filed by Viola Charles. Action: job discrimination (unlawful employment practices). Attorney: George J. Cotz. Filed: Oct. 23. Case no. 7:15-cv08363.

ON THE RECORD

Homeric Contracting Co. Inc. Filed by the trustees of the District Council 9 Painting Industry Insurance and Annuity Funds. Action: E.R.I.S.A.: delinquent contributions. Attorney: Dana Lynne Henke. Filed: Oct. 23. Case no. 7:15-cv08383.

Lincoln Technical Institute Inc. Filed by Alex Klein. Action: Telephone Consumer Protection Act of 1991. Attorney: Craig Thor Kimmel. Oct. 23. Case no. 7:15-cv-08364.

MidFirst Bank. Filed by Michael Suttlehan and Nancy Suttlehan. Action: question, personal injury. Attorney: Lori Beth Lewis. Filed: Oct. 22. Case no.

7:15-cv-08348-KMK. Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems Inc. Filed by Onewest Bank NA. Action: diversity-other contract. Attorney: Marc I. Kissel. Filed: Oct. 23. Case no. 7:14-cv-03612-KMK. Petrillo Contracting Inc. Filed by Canal Asphalt Inc. Action: bankruptcy.

Attorney: Brian James Hufnagel. Filed: Oct. 22. Case no. 7:15-cv-08322.

RA Target Painting Inc. Filed by the trustees of the District Council 9 Painting Industry Insurance and Annuity Funds. Action: E.R.I.S.A. delinquent contributions. Attorney: Dana Lynne Henke. Filed: Oct. 22. Case no. 7:15-cv08330-NSR. UBS Financial Services Inc. Filed by Guiliana Houle. Action: job discrimination (unlawful employment practices).

Attorney: Christopher P. Keenan. Filed: Oct. 23. Case no. 7:15-cv-08380.

DEEDS Above $1 million 116 Hook Road LLC, New York City.

Seller: Coleman P. Burke, Bedford.

Property: 116 Hook Road, Bedford.

Amount: $2 million. Filed Oct. 22.

12 Salem LLC, Mahopac. Seller: Eleanor K. Schwartz, Mamaroneck. Property: 12 Salem Drive, Mamaroneck.

Amount: $1.2 million. Filed Oct. 22.

133 King Street Corp., Katonah. Seller: Norm Avenue Partners LLC, Dobbs Ferry. Property: 5-11 Norm Ave., Bedford. Amount: $1.8 million. Filed Oct. 19.

214 S Third Ave LLC, Mount Vernon. Seller: Seasonwein Buildings Inc., Mount Vernon. Property: 214 Third Ave., Mount Vernon. Amount: $1.2 million. Filed Oct. 23.

Brookfield Global Relocation Services LLC, Burr Ridge Ill. Seller: Fred W. Newcomb, et al, Mount Kisco. Property: 40 Carlton Drive, Mount Kisco.

Amount: $1.1 million. Filed Oct. 21.

Mason Main Streets LLC, Port Chester. Seller: 38 Bulkley Avenue Corp., Long Boat Key, Fla. Property: 38 Bulkley Ave., Rye. Amount: $1.6 million. Filed Oct. 22.

Cartus Financial Corp., Danbury, Conn. Seller: Marc-Thomas Heinrich Schmidt, et al, Pound Ridge. Property: 20 Laurel Road, Pound Ridge. Amount: $735,000. Filed Oct. 19.

Ridgewood Assets LLC, Astoria. Seller: 719 Property Corp., Bronx. Property: 41-43 Linden St., Yonkers. Amount: $1.4 million. Filed Oct. 22.

Cartus Financial Corp., Danbury, Conn. Seller: Shiwei Zhou, Yorktown Heights. Property: 110 Northmore Drive, Yorktown. Amount: $399,900.

Filed Oct. 19.

Rising Development - 47 Main LLC, Bronx. Seller: 47 Westchester Group LLC, Yonkers. Property: 47 Main St., Yonkers. Amount: $1.9 million. Filed Oct. 22.

Westchester Torah Academy, New Rochelle. Seller: Saint Nersess Armenian Seminary Inc., Armonk. Property: 150 Stratton Road, New Rochelle.

Amount: $5 million. Filed Oct. 23.

Below $1 million

Eupro Inc., White Plains. Seller: Fannie Mae. Property: 335 Simpson Place, Peekskill. Amount: $141,000.

Filed Oct. 23.

Fannie Mae. Seller: W. Whitfield Wells, White Plains. Property: 1481 Maiden Lane, Yorktown. Amount: $406,715.

Filed Oct. 23.

Federal National Mortgage Association. Seller: Leticia Arzu, Mount Vernon. Property: 49 Darby Ave., Cortlandt. Amount: $420,904. Filed Oct. 23.

10 Emery Street Holdings LLC, Mount Kisco. Seller: Josef Haas, et al, Mount Kisco. Property: 10 Emery St., Mount Kisco. Amount: $834,000. Filed Oct. 19.

Federal National Mortgage Associaton. Seller: Alexis Harry, et al, Peekskill. Property: 1829 Carhart Ave., Peekskill. Amount: $356,561. Filed Oct. 22.

105 Vineyard LLC, Astoria. Seller: KAM Properties Inc., Yonkers. Property: 105 Vineyard Ave., Yonkers. Amount: $160,000. Filed Oct. 23.

Freddie Mac/Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corp., McLean, Va. Seller: Joy S. Joseph, White Plains. Property: 4414 Villa at the Woods, Peekskill.

Amount: $238,501. Filed Oct. 22.

13 Adams Street LLC, North Salem.

Seller: Diana B. Stevens, Brewster. Property: 13 Adams St., Bedford. Amount: $750,000. Filed Oct. 19.

Green Tree Servicing LLC, Tampa, Fla. Seller: Robert D. Ryan, White Plains.

Property: 58 Sherwood Road, Cortlandt. Amount: $166,972. Filed Oct. 22.

188 Jefferson Ave Realty LLC, Tempe, Ariz. Seller: Michael Picinelli, et al, Stamfordville. Property: 188 Jefferson Ave., Mount Pleasant.

Amount: $475,000. Filed Oct. 19.

LNV Corp., Plano, Texas. Seller: Neal D. Futerfas, White Plains. Property: 47 Point St., 1D, Yonkers. Amount: $185,981.

Filed Oct. 22.

322 Kear LLC, Armonk. Seller: Sigi Realty Inc., Carmel. Property: 322 Kear St., Yorktown. Amount: $355,000. Filed Oct. 19.

PC Real Estate Development Group Inc., Ossining. Seller: Khalil Ajram, Peekskill. Property: 218 Bleloch Ave., Peekskill. Amount: $45,000. Filed Oct. 20.

50Mast LLC, Bronxville. Seller: Rita M. Fitzpatrick, et al, Bronxville. Property: 72 Siwanoy Blvd., Eastchester. Amount: $725,000. Filed Oct. 23.

552 Corp., Yonkers. Seller: Madeleine Aberg, Tarrytown. Property: 255 Broadway, Greenburgh. Amount: $715,000.

Filed Oct. 22.

Pensmore Investments LLC, New York City. Seller: Elizabeth Sprague, et al, Bronxville. Property: 3 Rittenhouse Road, Eastchester. Amount: $800,000.

Filed Oct. 20.

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RFAT LLC, Rye. Seller: Frank T. Zmuda, et al, Rye. Property: 5 York Ave., Rye. Amount: $949,750. Filed Oct. 19.

94 Beekman Corp., Little Falls, N.J. Seller: GHP Beekman LLC, White Plains. Property: 94 Beekman Ave., Mount Pleasant. Amount: $560,000.

Filed Oct. 21.

Ridgewood Assets LLC, Astoria.

Seller: Highland Avenue Realty LLC, Yonkers. Property 114 Stanley Ave., Yonkers. Amount: $900,000. Filed Oct. 22.

Artistic Estates LLC, Armonk. Seller: Susan Bohm, Armonk. Property: 4 Hunter Drive, North Castle. Amount: $905,000. Filed Oct. 20.

Ridgewood Assets LLC, Astoria.

Seller: Maple Street Property Corp., Bronx. Property: 105 Maple St., Yonkers.

Amount: $578,550. Filed Oct. 22.

Capital One N.A. Seller: Joan C. Salwen, Scarsdale. Property: 30 Lake St., White Plains. Amount: $340,373. Filed Oct. 22.

Secretary of Housing and Urban Development, Washington, D.C. Seller: Gail P. Robinson, White Plains.

Property: 1 Adams Place, Greenburgh.

Amount: $392,045. Filed Oct. 20.

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CLUB NAMES BASSO VP OF SALES, MARKETING ATTORNEYS SELECTED FOR AJC AWARD AJC Westchester/Fairfield announced that it would be presenting the Judge Learned Hand Award to attorneys Mary McInnis Boies of Boies, Schiller & Flexner LLP in Armonk and Robert Feder of Cuddy & Feder LLP in White Plains. The award is the highest honor the AJC bestows on members of the legal profession.

Established in memory of Hand, senior judge of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit from 1924 to 1951, who is widely admired as a dean among American jurists, the award will be presented to the honorees for their many contributions to the fields of law and human rights.

The event will be held Nov. 12 at the Ritz Carlton, Westchester at 6 p.m.

Guest speaker Graham Allison, professor of government at Harvard’s John F. Kennedy School of Government will discuss “The Iran Deal, What’s Next?”

AJC’s mission is to enhance the well being of the Jewish people and Israel, and to advance human rights and democratic values in the United States and around the world. The recipients of this award are people who embody much of what AJC represents and has promoted since its inception in 1906.

DURANTE RENTALS WINS 2015 INNER CITY 100 AWARD

Kyla Basso

Kyla Basso of Rockland County has joined Edgewood Country Club in River Vale, N.J., as vice president of sales and marketing, bringing 10 years of golf club marketing experience. She will develop and direct the club’s expanding social and recreational programming, including its new lifestyle programs, golf outings and tournaments, banquets and special events and membership drives. She previously was director of membership and marketing at The Woodmere Club in Woodmere. Her background includes positions as assistant golf professional, golf outing coordinator, merchandise manager and membership director for several golf clubs along the East Coast.

Basso plays competitive golf with the Metropolitan Golf Association and Metropolitan Section of the PGA, as well as travels the country participating in private tournaments. She previously toured as a Professional Golfer with the LPGA Duramed Futures Tour and the SunCoast Series Tour.

Raised in Nanuet, she competed on the Junior PGA Tour and with the Police Athletic League as a young golfer. While attending high school, she played varsity boy’s golf in the number one position and later earned a scholarship to play division one college golf at Hofstra University. While earning a Bachelor of Arts degree magna cum laude, in marketing, she also won All-Conference and Athletic Academic Honors at Hofstra.

HABITAT FOR HUMANITY RECIVES $10,000 GIFT

The Initiative for a Competitive Inner City (ICIC) and Fortune magazine have selected Durante Rentals as one of the 2015 Inner City 100, a list of the fastest-growing inner-city businesses in the U.S. The Inner City 100 program recognizes Durante Rentals as a successful inner-city business and a role model for entrepreneurship, innovative business practices and job creation in urban communities.

Companies were ranked by revenue growth over the five-year period between 2010 and 2014. Durante Rentals ranked 33rd overall on the list of 100 with a five-year growth rate of 319 percent.

The rankings for each company were announced at the Inner City 100 Conference and Awards at the JFK Presidential Library and Museum in Boston.

Founded in 2009 by three entrepreneurs, Durante Rentals, a trusted firm in construction equipment and tool rentals in the New York tristate area, is used by general contractors for their equipment needs.

SINGER JOINS BERKSHIRE HATHAWAY Diana Singer has joined Berkshire Hathaway Home Services Westchester Properties as a licensed real estate sales executive in the Scarsdale office.

Singer returns to the Scarsdale/Edgemont community where she and her husband, Doug, had lived for 28 years. In addition to serving all buyers and sellers, Singer’s unique niche in real estate are seniors and their families, providing knowledgeable advice and guidance on the best housing options to fit the needs of her clients.

“I am thrilled to be returning to my roots in the Scarsdale/Edgemont community and reconnecting with old friends,” Singer said. “I am also excited and appreciative of the opportunity afforded me by Berkshire Hathaway HomeServices to combine my years of experience with senior living communities and real estate.”

Singer is licensed as a real estate salesperson in both New York state and Connecticut, affiliated with both the Scarsdale and Stamford offices of Berkshire Hathaway Home Services. She represents buyers and sellers in Edgemont and Scarsdale, is certified as a Seniors Real Estate Specialist and is the owner of Senior Living Choices LLC.

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The Amalgamated Family of Companies, which includes Amalgamated Life Insurance Co. in White Plains, presented a $10,000 donation to Habitat for Humanity of Westchester.

Amalgamated Life President and CEO David J. Walsh said, “We are proud to support the vital mission of Habitat for Humanity of Westchester to help provide homes for families in need. Like the organization, we believe every American deserves a decent home for themselves and their families.”

Walsh, left, along with Amalgamated’s Executive Vice President and CFO Paul Mallen, right presented the money to Habitat for Humanity of Westchester’s Executive Director Jim Killoran at Amalgamated’s White Plains headquarters.

OB/GYN DOCTOR JOINS WHITE PLAINS HOSPITAL

Chad Klauser

White Plains Hospital recently welcomed obstetrician/gynecologist and maternal fetal medicine specialist Chad Klauser to its maternal fetal medicine group.

Klauser, who specializes in complex obstetrics and prenatal diagnostic ultrasound, received his MD from the University of Alabama School of Medicine in Birmingham, completed a residency in obstetrics and gynecology and a fellowship in maternal fetal medicine at the University of Mississippi Medical Center in Jackson, Miss., and is board certified in obstetrics and gynecology and maternal fetal medicine.

Prior to joining White Plains Hospital, Klauser was the director of Carnegie South Imaging for Women in New York, where he directed a maternal fetal medicine and gynecology ultrasound unit. He also served as an assistant clinical professor in the departments of obstetrics and gynecology at Mount Sinai School of Medicine and New York University School of Medicine and was the director of labor and delivery at Bellevue Hospital.

White Plains Hospital’s maternity program includes an advanced Level III neonatal intensive care unit and will be unveiling new, private labor and delivery suites that will be available beginning in 2016.

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Emma, oil painting by Dana Hawk.

NEW TD BANK MANAGER IN PORT CHESTER

Erick A. Mendez

TD Bank has named Erick A. Mendez as vice president, branch manager at its 250 Boston Post Road location in Port Chester. He is responsible for new business development, consumer and business lending, managing personnel and overseeing the day-to-day operations at the store.

Mendez has 25 years of retail banking experience. Prior to joining TD Bank, he served as branch manager at JPMorgan Chase in Greenwich, Conn. He is a member of the Port Chester-Rye Brook-Rye Town Chamber of Commerce and a graduate of Fordham University.

TD Bank is one of the 10 largest banks in the U.S., providing more than 8 million customers with a full range of retail, small business and commercial banking products and services.

BRONXVILLE RESIDENT NAMED TO POWER GROUP BOARD The Solar Electric Power Association (SEPA) has named Bronxville resident Jill Anderson, New York Power Authority (NYPA) senior vice president for public affairs and business development, to its board of directors. SEPA is an educational nonprofit organization based in Washington, DC, dedicated to enabling the transition to a clean energy economy by facilitating utility integration and deployment of solar, distributed energy resources and supporting technologies onto the grid. NYPA is the nation’s largest state public power or-

PET PORTRAITS EXHIBIT AT ORMC Orange Regional Medical Center in Middletown is presenting a multimedia art exhibit titled “Constant Companions: Contemporary Pet Portraits” featuring the work of Hudson Valley painters and textile artists. The opening reception will be held Nov. 13 from 3 to 5 p.m. at the center. Meet the artists and the animal volunteers of Orange Regional’s Pet Therapy program. The exhibit space is at 707 E. Main St. in Middletown, in the ground-floor gallery adjacent to the conference center. The exhibit will remain on view through Jan. 8.

For more information, contact Art Curator Sarah Johnson, at 845-3332385 or visit ormc.org/art for more information.

Town of Warwick Deputy Supervisor James Gerstner, Deputy Mayor Barry Cheney and members of the Warwick Valley Chamber of Commerce joined the new owners Walter Welsh and Joanne Magro of The Garage at the Eclectic Eye, 16-18 Railroad Ave., their friends and associates for a grand opening.

“For over 13 years The Eclectic Eye has been a destination for the discriminating customer,” said Joanne Magro. “The Eclectic Eye is now under new ownership and will continue to provide customers with an Old-World touch and an extension of a flare of modernism. We would like to take this opportunity to introduce you to a one-time shopping experience.”

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A Taste of Westchester, a food and wine-tasting event featuring more than 20 of the area’s finest restaurants and top chefs at the Renaissance Westchester Hotel, West Harrison, Monday Nov. 9 at 6:15 p.m. to benefit Cerebral Palsy of Westchester. $123 per person; tickets can be purchased at ticketdriver.com/event/16634.

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BRISTAL EXEC HONORED

BY BURKE REHAB HOSPITAL

White Plains Hospital is partnering with the Lustgarten Foundation to host its third annual Pancreatic Cancer Symposium on Friday, Nov. 13 from 11:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. at Gilda’s Club Westchester, 80 Maple Ave., White Plains. The symposium is free and open to the public, and lunch will be provided. The Pancreatic Cancer Symposium seeks to educate individuals about the risk factors, early detection options and treatment updates for pancreatic cancer. To register for the symposium or request more information, call 914-681-1119.

From left, Faraz Kayani, executive director of The Bristal at White Plains; Dan Foley, chairman of the Burke Rehabilitation Hospital Board of Directors; and John Ryan, executive director of administration at Burke Rehabilitation Hospital.

The Jazz Age returns to Uptown Kingston for an evening of cabaret performances, presented by the Shaut Family, to benefit the Alzheimer’s Association of the Hudson Valley.

Featured performers are The Dan Shaut Swing Orchestra, dancers Nathan Bugh and Gaby Cook, Ultimate Lindy Hop Showdown and Lindy Focus and singer Rhonda Denet, at BSP Kingston, 323 Wall St., Kingston, Saturday, Nov. 14. Doors open at 6:30 p.m. and performance starts at 7 p.m. Tickets are $20 and $15 at door or discounted advanced tickets at shautjazz.com

ganization, which uses no tax money or state credit.

Rather it finances its operations through the sale of bonds and revenues earned in large part through sales of electricity.

Gil Quiniones, NYPA president said, “I want to congratulate Jill for being elected a director of the Solar Electric Power Association Board. This reflects the industry’s recognition of Jill as a technical and policythought leader in renewable energy and smart-grid technology.”

ECLECTIC EYE OPENS UNDER NEW MANAGEMENT

Award-winning Spanish Writer José Ovejero will speak at The College of New Rochelle on Thursday Nov. 5 at 7 p.m. in Romita Auditorium as part of a series of events organized by the Westchester Consortium for International Studies, a partnership between The College of New Rochelle and Manhattanville College. Born in Madrid, Ovejero has lived outside Spain for the greater part of his life and worked as a conference interpreter at the European Union from 1998 to 2001.The event is free and open to the public. For more information, contact amckernan@cnr.edu.

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Faraz Kayani, executive director of The Bristal at White Plains, was honored by Burke Rehabilitation Hospital Auxiliary for being a vital part of its centennial anniversary through various partnership efforts. At the luncheon event honoring Kayani, he said, “The Bristal Assisted Living Communities and Burke Rehabilitation Hospital both know what it means to open our doors to the community both at a corporate level and involving our resident population. It is this approach that provides such a great marriage between us.”

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KEYBANK NAMES SENIOR RELATIONSHIP MANAGER, COMMERCIAL BANKING

Timothy M. Foley

Timothy M. Foley has been named senior vice president and senior relationship manager, commercial banking, for KeyBank Hudson Valley/Metro New York market. He is responsible for business development and serves as senior account executive and trusted advisor for commercial banking clients throughout the metropolitan New York area. He is based in the bank’s New York City office at 45 Rockefeller Plaza.

Prior to joining KeyBank, Foley was senior relationship manager, commercial banking, for Citibank N.A. in Uniondale. He also worked as risk management manager for JPMorgan Chase in New York Cityand a banker for Commercial Banking Group in Melville. He has 18 years experience in the financial services industry.

Foley earned his bachelor’s degree in finance from Long Island University and has a master’s degree in business administration from Columbia University and a master’s degree in business administration from the University of California, Berkeley.

WRIGHT JOINS SCENIC HUDSON BOARD Usha Wright, Piermont resident and a champion for environmental health, corporate social responsibility and workplace diversity takes a place on the board of directors of Scenic Hudson. She is president and chairman of the board of SHARE Africa. Based in Nyack the nonprofit saves lives, fosters a sustainable future and vastly improves the quality of life of children and adults in African communities devastated by AIDS, other life threatening diseases and abject poverty.

Prior to her post at SHARE Africa, Wright served as executive vice president at the environmental engineering firm of O’Brien & Gere, headquartered in Hawthorne. Earlier she was senior vice president and director of global workforce strategy for ITT Industries Inc. in White Plains. Previously at ITT she was vice president and associate general counsel responsible for environment, safety and health. Before joining ITT in 1993, Wright was the executive director of health, safety and the environment at Ciba Geigy, a Swiss corporation.

Wright serves on many professional and environmental boards and has a master’s degree from the Department of Environmental Sciences and Engineering at the University of North Carolina and is a graduate of Rutgers University School of Law, where she was an editor of Rutgers Law Review.

Scenic Hudson President Ned Sullivan stated, “Usha Wright’s corporate, nonprofit and legal experience — as well as her deep knowledge of environmental science — will help shape Scenic Hudson’s work and advance our mission. Our organization will additionally benefit from her workforce diversity leadership and her direct understanding of what riverfront communities on the Hudson are dealing with in terms of climate change and sea level rise.”

HOULIHAN LAWRENCE RAISES $88,146 FOR WESTCHESTER CANCER WALK Houlihan Lawrence, the leading real estate firm serving New York City’s northern suburbs, raised $88,146 in the fight against breast cancer through its 16th year of participation in the American Cancer Society’s annual Westchester Making Strides Against Breast Cancer walk.

The corporate sponsorship, coupled with $68,753 in fundraising, made the combined amount the largest single donation for any 2015 sponsor.

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a dozen Houlihan Lawrence teams that participated, the highest contribution came from the Bedford office ($16,367) followed by the firm’s Rye office team ($13,805), led by Marianna Amato.

“Cancer research is an important and very personal cause to Houlihan Lawrence. Many of our colleagues or their family members are survivors and others are actively battling the disease in some form,” said Debra Dalton, senior vice president of Houlihan Lawrence. “It’s wonderful to see the entire company rally together, support each other and help move us closer to a cure.”

CLASS TO HONOR TEACHER

John Debold

Graduates and students of John S. Burke Catholic High School in Goshen, have not forgotten high school science teacher John Debold. A 1974 graduate of Burke, Debold has been teaching science at the school for more than 34 years and his 1974 classmates wish to support the school and honor him by raising funds to update the science lab. While the majority of the funds raised will go toward the science lab, which will be named for Debold, a portion will help with science-related scholarships to the school.

A special ceremony, Mass and alumni breakfast Wednesday is planned for Nov. 25 at 8:30 a.m. at the school 80 Fletcher St., Goshen.

Burke Principal John Dolan said, “It is an honor long overdue to a good man who has successfully taught science for 34 years, producing many doctors, physical therapists, nurses and engineers. This endeavor not only pays tribute to John Debold, but shows a commitment, on behalf of the school, to our students.”

LAW FIRM HIRES ASSOCIATE Barbara J. Hart, president and CEO of Lowey Dannenberg Cohen & Hart PC in White Plains, a law firm specializing in complex litigation, announced the addition of Lee J. Lefkowitz as an associate.

A graduate of Binghamton University cum laude and the Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law cum laude, Lefkowitz has prior experience at two national law firms focusing in the areas of finance litigation and attorney malpractice, on both the plaintiff and defense sides. He is admitted to practice in New York, New Jersey, Connecticut and Washington, D.C., and is a member of the bars of the United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit, the District Court for the Southern and Eastern Districts of

New York and the District of New Jersey.

Hart said, “I am very pleased Lee decided to join our growing team of talented litigators. His experience will unquestionably add even more breadth to the already renowned representation we provide to our clients, from Fortune 100 companies to individuals and small businesses.”

Founded in 1969, Lowey Dannenberg has, since its beginning, represented clients in litigation to recover investment losses from securities and commodities. Since 1998, the firm has been a leader in prosecuting health insurers’ claims to recover overpayments for prescription drugs and reimbursement from mass tort settlements.

TOMPKINS MAHOPAC BANK PROMOTES TWO EMPLOYEES Tompkins Mahopac Bank has promoted Franklin Vasquez, branch manager of the Yonkers Avenue branch, to assistant vice president and Glenn Wu, mortgage loan originator for Dutchess and Putnam counties, to officer.

Vasquez has been with the bank for more than three years, with a total of 16 years of experience in the industry.

He is responsible for leading a team of six professionals, increasing branch growth, business development and building relationships in the community.

“Franklin has done a phenomenal job leading the growth of the Yonkers Avenue branch,” said Carol Schmitz, senior vice president, community banking manager.

Active in the community, Vasquez is a member of The

Westchester Business Council, the Yonkers Chamber of Commerce and is a junior board member for St. Christopher’s Inc. Wu has also been with the bank for more than three years, with a total of 21 years of experience in banking. He is responsible for originating all mortgage loan requests, ensuring a positive experience for customers throughout the entire process.

“Glenn has done a phenomenal job as a member of our mortgage team,” said David Carey, vice president, residential lending manager. “His commitment to helping members of our community secure a mortgage for their home is unmatched and I could not be more pleased with his accomplishments.”

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FACTS Sirva Relocation Credit LLC, Independence, Ohio. Seller: Victor Zyuban, Yorktown Heights. Property: 15 Devonshire Road, Yorktown. Amount: $390,000. Filed Oct. 22.

Sprain Brook Realty Corp., Yonkers.

Seller: Richard Hopwood, et al, Harrison. Property: 12 Westwood Drive, Harrison. Amount: $730,000. Filed Oct. 21.

U.S. Bank N.A. Seller: Andrew Brotmann, White Plains. Property: 477 Illington Road, Yorktown. Amount: $650,342. Filed Oct. 22.

U.S. Bank N.A. Seller: Pauline Galvin, Yonkers. Property: 7 Cross Ridge Road, New Castle. Amount: $790,000. Filed Oct. 16.

U.S. Bank Trust N.A. Seller: Anthony S. Colavita, Eastchester. Property: 23 Hillcrest Drive, Cortlandt. Amount: $266,553. Filed Oct. 16.

Wells Fargo Bank N.A. Seller: Stephen P. Gold, White Plains. Property: 1462 Iroquois St., Yorktown. Amount: $493,771. Filed Oct. 22.

Westchester Holding Company LLC, Yonkers. Seller: Wells Fargo Bank N.A. Property: 64 Stephen Drive, Mount Pleasant. Amount: $341,250. Filed Oct. 22.

Wilmington Savings Fund Society FSB. Seller: Albert W. Cornachio III, Rye Brook. Property: 1834 Highbrook St., Yorktown. Amount: $270,000. Filed Oct. 23.

FORECLOSURES HARTSDALE, 1414 The Colony.

Apartment; lot size: N/A. Plaintiff: National Mortgage LLC. Plaintiff ’s attorney: Shapiro, DiCaro & Barak, 877-7591835; 175 Mile Crossing Blvd, Rochester 14624. Defendant: Nam Hoon Kim. Referee: Dennis Krolian. Sale: Nov. 12, 10 a.m. Approximate lien: $393,613.59.

MOUNT VERNON, 245 Langdon Ave. Single-family residence; lot size: .22 acre. Plaintiff: Deutsche Bank National Trust Co. Plaintiff ’s attorney: Frenkel, Lambert, Weiss, Weisman & Gordon, 631-969-3100; 53 Gibson St., Bay Shore 11706. Defendant: Hazel Fair.

Referee: Frank Futighano. Sale: Nov. 12, 10 a.m. Approximate lien: $526,164.76.

PEEKSKILL, 700 Lindbergh Ave. Single-family residence, lot size: N/A. Plaintiff: Reverse Mortgage Solutions Inc. Plaintiff ’s attorney: Frenkel, Lambert, Weiss, Weisman & Gordon, 631969-3100; 53 Gibson St., Bay Shore 11706. Defendant: Loretta Steiz. Referee: Peter Rosato. Sale: Nov. 5, 2 p.m.

Approximate lien: $374,840.10.

VALHALLA, 25 Wall St. Single-family residence; lot size: .17 acre. Plaintiff: Citimortgage Inc. Plaintiff ’s attorney: Fein Such & Crane LLP, 585-232-7400; 1400 Old Country Road, Westbury 11590. Defendant: Judy Burra. Referee: Francis Malara. Sale: Nov. 9, 10 a.m. Approximate lien: $291,503.79.

VERPLANCK, 134 Sixth St. Singlefamily residence; lot size: N/A. Plaintiff: National Mortgage LLC. Plaintiff ’s attorney: Gross Polowy LLC, 716-204-1700; 1775 Wehrle Drive, Williamsville 14221.

Defendant: Corina Werner. Referee: Joann Cambareri. Sale: Nov. 2, 9 a.m.

Approximate lien: $246,309.77.

WHITE PLAINS, 86 North Road.

Single-family residence; lot size: .14 acre. Plaintiff: Deutsche Bank National Trust Co. Plaintiff ’s attorney: Shapiro, DiCaro & Barak, 877-759-1835; 175 Mile Crossing Blvd., Rochester 14624. Defendant: Arlene Nembhard. Referee: Jay Hashmall. Sale: Nov. 12, 11 a.m. Approximate lien: $603,130.21.

YONKERS, 34 Onondaga St., aka 32 Onondaga St. Single-family residence; lot size: .11 acre. Plaintiff: Wells Fargo Bank National Association. Plaintiff ’s attorney: Frenkel, Lambert, Weiss, Weisman & Gordon, 631-969-3100; 53 Gibson St., Bay Shore 11706. Defendant: Edgardo Gonzalez. Referee: Lonya Ann Gilbert. Sale: Nov. 9, 9:30 a.m. Approximate lien: $441,131.50.

YONKERS, 28 Palmer Road. Threefamily residence; lot size: .12 acre.

Plaintiff: U.S. Bank National Association. Plaintiff ’s attorney: Gross Polowy LLC, 716-204-1700; 1775 Wehrle Drive, Williamsville 14221. Defendant: Bartolo Leal. Referee: Jeffrey Binder. Sale: Nov. 16, 12 p.m. Approximate: $658,514.19.

YONKERS, 165 Ashburton Ave. Single-family residence; lot size: .22 acre. Plaintiff: Emigrant Bank. Plaintiff ’s attorney: Knuckles, Komosinski & Elliot, 914-345-3020; 565 Taxter Road, Suite 509, Elmsford 10523. Defendant: Cuenca Realty Inc. Referee: Peter Goldman. Sale: Nov. 18, 10 a.m. Approximate lien: $389,689.44.

YORKTOWN HEIGHTS, 3271 Old Yorktown Road.

Single-family residence; lot size: .5 acre. Plaintiff: Deutsche Bank National Trust Co. Plaintiff ’s attorney: McCabe, Weisberg & Conway PC, 631-812-4084; 1 Huntington Quadrangle, Melville 11747. Defendant: Manuel Da Silva. Referee: Daniel Saul Finger. Sale: Nov. 9, 11:30 a.m. Approximate lien: $417,723.44.

JUDGMENTS Contracting Systems Incorporated II, Quakertown, Penn. $32,751 in favor of DLG Adv LLC, Jericho. Filed Oct. 21.

John Boys Farm LLC, Bedford. $3,875 in favor of Paganos Inc., South Norwalk, Conn. Filed Oct. 21.

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

Ascanio, Anthony, et al. Filed by Wells Fargo Bank N.A. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $262,000 affecting property located at 561 Panorama Drive, Unit 561, Mohegan Lake 10547. Filed Nov. 7.

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Bennett, Delores, 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 359 S. First Ave., Mount Vernon 10550. Filed Nov. 7.

Nayberg, Marina, et al. Filed by Deutsche Bank National Trust Co. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $420,000 affecting property located at 76 Lenox Ave., Pleasantville 10570. Filed Nov. 10.

Crosby, Ruth, et al. Filed by Wells Fargo Bank N.A. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $463,941 affecting property located at 165 Oakland Ave., Mount Vernon 10552. Filed Nov. 7.

Nista, Joseph J. Jr., et al. Filed by Nationstar Mortgage LLC. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $780,000 affecting property located at 14 Governors Road, Bronxville 10708.

Filed Nov. 7.

Faupel, J. Scott, et al. Filed by Flagstar Bank FSB. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $705,711 affecting property located at 1117 North St., White Plains 10605. Filed Nov. 10.

Fruhling, Aaron, et al. Filed by Wells Fargo Bank N.A. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $1 million affecting property located at 2 Kingdom Ridge, North Castle 10506.

Filed Nov. 10.

Janik, George T., et al. Filed by Federal National Mortgage Association. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $230,000 affecting property located at 11 Benedict Ave., Tarrytown.

Filed Nov. 7.

Logan, Harriet, et al. Filed by Green Tree Servicing LLC. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure an unspecified amount affecting property located at 137 Sixth St., Pelham 10803.

Filed Nov. 7.

Lombardi, Teresa E., et al. Filed

by JPMorgan Chase Bank N.A. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $250,000 affecting property located at 15 Iroquois St., Peekskill 10566.

Filed Nov. 10.

Lopez, Marcia E., et al. Filed by Deutsche Bank Trust Company Americas. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure an unspecified amount affecting property located at 66 Crisfield St., Unit 3G, Yonkers 10710.

Filed Nov. 10.

Lynch, Eugene T., et al. Filed by JPMorgan Chase Bank N.A. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $468,700 affecting property located at 479 Old Chappaqua Road, Briarcliff Manor 10510. Filed Nov. 7.

Muja, Sahit, et al. Filed by Nationstar Mortgage LLC. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $380,000 affecting property located at 216 N. Columbus Ave., Mount Vernon 10552. Filed Nov. 7.

Muller, Kathryn, as executor and heir of the estate of Arthur J. Zander, et al. Filed by OneWest Bank N.A. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $315,414 affecting property located at 162 Barnegat Road, Pound Ridge 10576. Filed Nov. 10.

Mure, Cheryl, individually as heir and as administratrix to the estate of Caroline Corley, et al. Filed by CitiMortgage Inc. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $140,000 affecting property located at 130 Sears Ave., Elmsford 10523. Filed Nov. 7.

Penchansky, Susan D., et al. Filed by Nationstar Mortgage LLC. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $175,000 affecting property located at 1005 Colony Drive, Hartsdale 10530.

Filed Nov. 10.

Rooney, Roseanne, et al. Filed by Federal National Mortgage Association. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $240,000 affecting property located at 261 Old Farm Lane, Mohegan Lake 10547. Filed Nov. 10.

Shaver, Bonnie Rae, et al. Filed

by Federal National Mortgage Association. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $277,500 affecting property located at 93 Lake Kitchawan Drive, Lewisboro 10590. Filed Nov. 10.

Spiegelman, Kenneth F., et al. Filed

by HSBC Bank USA N.A. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $122,060 affecting property located at 71 Forest Range, Katonah 10536. Filed Nov. 7.

Strumwasser, Laura S., 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 49 Rockwood Drive, Larchmont 10538. Filed Nov. 10.

Valdovinos, Fernando, et al. Filed

by Wells Fargo Bank N.A. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $351,693 affecting property located at 185 Woodland Ave., New Rochelle 10805. Filed Nov. 7.

Van Le, Binh, et al. Filed by CitiMortgage Inc. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $357,142 affecting property located at 934 Lyman Ave., Peekskill 10566. Filed Nov. 7.

Villegas, Lorena, et al. Filed by U.S. Bank N.A. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $372,000 affecting property located at 253 Elm St., Yonkers 10701. Filed Nov. 7.

MECHANIC’S LIENS Industrial Development Agency, as owner. $45,117 as claimed by CRH Contracting Group Inc., Yonkers. Property: in New Rochelle. Filed Oct. 21.

Khan, Muhammed F., as owner. $7,005 as claimed by Precast Concrete Sales Co., Valley Cottage. Property: in Greenburgh. Filed Oct. 14.

MT V LLC, as owner. $17,094 as claimed by Maxwell Plumb Mechanical Corp., Bayside. Property: in Mount Vernon. Filed Oct. 22.

Picudella, Francine, as owner. $148,265 as claimed by Woodstone Builders Inc., Holmes. Property: in Greenburgh. Filed Oct. 22.

Reinlib, Carl, as owner. $780 as claimed by Michael Kenny, Yonkers.

Property: in Mamaroneck. Filed Oct. 15.

Ribeiro, Elizabeth, et al, as owner. $5,000 as claimed by Rene Gonzalez, Yonkers. Property: in Yonkers. Filed Oct. 19.

NEW BUSINESSES

EMJ Trucking, 27 S. Goodwin Ave., Elmsford 10523, c/o Edison J. Pauta. Filed June 25.

Three Cranes and a Wish, 52 Parkway, Katonah 10536, c/o Mary C. Pickwell. Filed June 25.

Krybaby Clothing, 632 S. Sixth Ave., Mount Vernon 10550, c/o Sheron Norwood, Jenesis Norwood, and Karen Dunkley. Filed June 25.

Labelle Real Estate, 95 Waring Place, 3A, Yonkers 10703, c/o Labelle De La Rosa. Filed June 25.

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

AZ Sewers and Drain Service, 117 Union Ave., New Rochelle 10801, c/o Augusto Zumaeta. Filed June 25.

Sole Proprietorships

nVision Planning, 136 Union Ave., Peekskill 10566, c/o Christopher N. Gomez. Filed June 25.

MWDesignz, 300 Gramatan Ave., Apt. A9, Mount Vernon 10552, c/o Latoya Wright. Filed June 24.

Clinton F. Eubanks Jr., 32 Windle Park, Tarrytown 10591, c/o Clinton Franklin Eubanks Jr. Filed June 24.

Discount TV and VCR Service, 94 Hudson Ave., Irvington 10533, c/o Leonard DiChiara Jr. Filed June 24.

Eric Alan Oral Design Studio, 1 Turner Lane, Mount Kisco 10549, c/o Eric Alan Samuels. Filed June 24.

G.A.M. Trucking, 361 S. Fifth Ave., Mount Vernon 10550, c/o Godfrey A. Mitchell. Filed June 24.

Gifthorseusa, P.O. Box 2212, Mount Vernon 10551, c/o William Brandon.

Filed June 24.

Matisse Holding Co., 36 Meadow Road, Scarsdale 10583, c/o Hamid Yousefian and Mehrnaz Yousefian.

Filed June 26.

Mirror Image, 23 Buxton Road, Bedford Hills 10507, c/o Steven Cambareri.

Filed June 26.

PMC Construction, 121 Primrose Ave., Mount Vernon 10552, c/o Paulo Sergio Da Silva. Filed June 26.

Auto Quick Center, 29 State St., Basement, New Rochelle 10801, c/o Zineelabidine Sbai. Filed June 27.

Perfection Air, 16 Drake Ave., New Rochelle 10801, c/o Derrick Jones. Filed June 27.

Genetic Researcher Level 2. Ossining ,( NewYork) To perform DNA extraction from various types of human specimens, PCR amplification, DNA sequencing using Ilumina MiSeq & analyzing HLA gene codes. Develop scripts/protocols for new/existing laboratory equipments. To analyze homozygous & heterozygous combinations of HLA genes using the nomenclature provided by NCBI/WHO. Perform calibration /verification /PM for laboratory instruments. Perform quality check for the reagents. Masters of Science in Life Science w/10 mts exp. No reloc. Reply w/2 copies of res: HRD, Histogenetics LLC.300, Executive Blvd, Ossining, New York 10562

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FIGURES DCW Services Unlimited, 1 W. Prospect Ave., Suite 37, Mount Vernon 10550, c/o Wayne Douglas. Filed June 27.

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A method for controlling an electro-optic modulator device includes measuring a performance metric of the device to define a first measured performance value and changing a state of a first tuning portion of the device to connect the first tuning portion to ground. Patent no. 9,170,439 issued to Douglas M. Gill, South Orange; William M. Green, Astoria; and Alberto Valdes Garcia, Hartsdale. Assigned to International Business Machines Corp., Armonk.

Charge sensors using inverted lateral bipolar junction transistors.

Patent no. 9,170,338 issued to Jin Cai, Cortlandt Manor; Tak H. Nin, Yorktown Heights; Jeng-Bang Yau, Yorktown Heights; and Sufi Zafar, Briarcliff Manor.

Assigned to International Business Machines Corp., Armonk.

Colorimetric radiation dosimetry based on functional polymer and nanoparticle hybrid. Patent no.

9,170,337 issued to Qing Cao, Yorktown Heights; Kangguo Cheng, Schenectady; Zhengwen Li, Scarsdale; Fei Liu, Yorktown Heights; and Zhen Zhang, Ossining. Assigned to International Business Machines Corp., Armonk.

Solid state nanopore devices for nanopore applications to improve the nanopore sensitivity and methods for manufacture. Patent no. 9,168,717 issued to Yann Astier, White Plains; Jingwei Bai, Elmsford; Satyavolu Papa Rao, Poughkeepsie; Kathleen Reuter, Yorktown Heights; and Joshua T. Smith, Croton on Hudson. Assigned to International Business Machines Corp., Armonk.

FSB Properties Inc., Lake Success.

Seller: Jay B. Hashmall, White Plains.

Property: in Carmel. Amount: $1 million. Filed Oct. 14.

Pooja Inc., Clifton, N.J. Seller: Krunim Inc., New Paltz. Property: in Lloyd.

Amount: $1.5 million. Filed Oct. 22.

Unmanned aerial vehicle navigation assistance. Patent no. 9,170,117 issued to Kelly Abuelsaad, Somers; Gregory J. Boss, Saginaw, Mich.; Kevin C. McConnell, Austin, Texas; and Shane B. McElligot, Apex, N.C. Assigned to International Business Machines Corp., Armonk.

Below $1 million

HUDSON VALLEY BUILDING LOANS Above $1 million

High-frequency capacitancevoltage nanoprobing characterization. Patent no. 9,170,273 issued to Terence L. Kane, Wappingers Falls; Matthew F. Stanton, Salt Point; and Michael P. Tenney, Poughkeepsie. Assigned to International Business Machines Corp., Armonk.

Below $1 million

Semiconductor device defect monitoring using a plurality of temperature-sensing devices in an adjacent semiconductor device.

Patent no. 9,170,296 issued to Kelly Malone, Newburgh; and Brian L. Walsh, New Paltz. Assigned to International Business Machines Corp., Armonk.

Above $1 million

Trimming of dummy-fill shaped holes to affect near-neighbor dummy fill shapes with built-in optical proximity corrections for semiconductor applications. Patent no. 9.170,482 issued to Howard S. Landis, Underhill, Vt. Assigned to International Business Machines Corp., Armonk.

Duplex flexible heat exchanger.

Patent no. 9,170,056 issued to Maurice F. Holahan, Lake City, Minn.; Eric V. Kline, Rochester, Minn.; Paul N. Krystek, Highland; Michael R. Rasmussen, Mazeppa, Minn.; Arvind K. Sinha, Rochester, Minn.; and Stephen M. Zins, Oronocco, Minn. Assigned to International Business Machines Corp., Armonk.

Method and apparatus for mitigating effects of memory-scrub operations on idle time power savings mode. Patent no. 9,170,639 issued to Joab D. Henderson, Plugerville, Texas; Richard Nicholas, Round Rock, Texas; Stephen J. Powell, Austin, Texas; and Kenneth L. Wright, Austin Texas.

Assigned to International Business Machines Corp., Armonk.

DEEDS

Meadow Hill Apartments LLC, Campbell Hall, as owner. Lender: Orange County Trust Co., Middletown.

Property: in Chester. Amount: $1.4 million. Filed Oct. 23.

110 Market Street Commons LLC, as owner. Lender: CPC Funding SPE 1 LLC. Property: in Wappinger. Amount: $295,000. Filed Oct. 21.

Heet LLC, Rock Hill, as owner. Lender: Wallkill Valley Federal Savings and Loan Association, Wallkill. Property: in Port Jervis. Amount: $431,250. Filed Oct. 21.

O’Keefe, Charles H., et al, Hurley, as owner. Lender: Ulster Savings Bank, Kingston. Property: 42 Crofts Road, Hurley 12443. Amount: $272,000. Filed Oct. 20.

Ramirez, Ovidio A., Jr., Carmel, as owner. Lender: M&T Bank, Ballston Lake. Property: in Carmel. Amount: $281,841. Filed Oct. 8.

The Gables of Orange County LLC, Pine Bush, as owner. Lender: Walden Savings Bank, Montgomery. Property: 411 Route 17M, Monroe. Amount: $570,000. Filed Oct. 22.

SJAR Realty LLC, Montgomery.

Seller: Wiedy Furniture of Middletown Inc., Shokan. Property: in Wawayanda.

Amount: $1.1 million. Filed Oct. 20.

13 Center Street LLC, Otisville.

Seller: Anthony Property Group LLC, Middletown. Property: in Middletown.

Amount: $200,000. Filed Oct. 22.

18 Davis LLC, Hopewell Junction. Seller: Sheila Maratto, Fishkill. Property: in Fishkill. Amount: $67,000. Filed Oct. 20.

25 First Ave KJ LLC, Brooklyn. Seller: Donald Shank, Monroe. Property: in Woodbury. Amount: $305,000. Filed Oct. 23.

5044 Route 17M Inc., New Hampton.

Seller: John J. Palmer, Washingtonville.

Property: in Wawayanda. Amount: $350,000. Filed Oct. 23.

76 Albany Street LLC, Hyde Park.

Seller: Adrian H. Anderson, et al, Poughkeepsie. Property: in Poughkeepsie.

Amount: $80,000. Filed Oct. 20.

American International Relocation Solutions LLC, Pittsburgh, Pa. Seller: Annmarie Wheeler, Wappingers Falls. Property: 13 Dutchess Ave., Wappingers Falls 12590. Amount: $126,000.

Filed Oct. 15.

APCR LLC, Phoenicia. Seller: Kaatskill Development Holdings LLC, Mount Tremper. Property: in Shandaken.

Amount: $80,000. Filed Oct. 21.

Bais Shel Torah LLC, Monroe. Seller: Audrey Edley, et al, Montgomery.

Property: 25 Wallkill Ave., Middletown.

Amount: $87,500. Filed Oct. 19.

Bayview Loan Servicing LLC, Coral Gables, Fla. Seller: Teara N. Wilson, et al, Montgomery. Property: 338 Angelo Drive, Montgomery 12549. Amount: $296,998. Filed Oct. 23.

Beacons Community LLC, Woodstock. Seller: Aaron Lemma, Bearsville.

Property: 3247 Route 212, Bearsville 12409. Amount: $389,000. Filed Oct. 23.

Beaver Dam Properties Inc., Hunt Valley, Md. Seller: Alex Selca, et al, White Plains. Property: 140 Horsepound Road, Carmel 10512. Amount: $350,000. Filed Oct. 6.

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Bitu JBC LLC, Monroe. Seller: Shemesh Realty Group Inc., Monroe. Property: 447 Elting Corners Road, Lloyd.

Amount: $89,250. Filed Oct. 22.

Federal National Mortgage Association. Seller: Robyn H. Lefcourt, New City. Property: 52 S. Miller St., Newburgh 12550. Amount: $53,100. Filed Oct. 23.

JJH Properties NY LLC, Middletown. Seller: William J. Garry Jr., Signal Mountain, Tenn. Property: in Wallkill.

Amount: $45,000. Filed Oct. 21.

Cartus Financial Corp., Danbury, Conn. Seller: Mark Burt, et al, Putnam Valley. Property: in Putnam Valley.

Amount: $395,000. Filed Oct. 19.

First Dinian Inc., Beacon. Seller: Deutsche Bank Trust Company Americas. Property: 35 Orchard Place, Beacon 12508. Amount: $266,000. Filed Oct. 23.

JNJ Land Company LLC, Goshen.

Seller: Paul Brite, Newburgh. Property: in Goshen. Amount: $167,100. Filed Oct. 19.

Chabad Lubavitch of Brooklyn Heights, Brooklyn. Seller: Own Flooring Corp., Brooklyn. Property: 39 Laurel Mountain Road, Cragsmoor 12420.

Amount: $200,000. Filed Oct. 20.

Freddie Mac/Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corp. Seller: Maureen Fleming, Kent Lakes. Property: 11 Troy Place, Patterson 12563. Amount: $290,752. Filed Oct. 20.

Kondaur Capital Corp., Orange, Calif. Seller: Sandra L. Greenstein, Myrtle Beach, S.C. Property: 4 Tower Road, Newburgh 12550. Amount: $261,840.

Filed Oct. 20.

Champion Properties Inc., Hyde Park. Seller: The Secretary of Veterans Affairs. Washington, D.C. Property: 86 Innis Ave., Poughkeepsie 12603.

Amount: $41,000. Filed Oct. 20.

G and M Moustakas LLC, LaGrangeville. Seller: Phil’s Realty LLC, Wallkill.

Property: in Newburgh. Amount: $250,000. Filed Oct. 19.

MidFirst Bank, Oklahoma City, Okla.

Seller: Stewart P. Glenn Jr., Newburgh.

Property: 22 Thompson St., Newburgh 12550. Amount: $195,826. Filed Oct. 23.

Chatham Ridge LLC. Seller: Sarah Ramos. Property: in Cornwall-on-Hudson. Amount: $126,000. Filed Oct. 20.

General Control Resources LLC, Washingtonville. Seller: James Roth, et al, Campbell Hall. Property: 65 E. Main St., Washingtonville. Amount: $240,000. Filed Oct. 21.

Mortgage Equity Conversion Asset Trust 2011-1. Seller: Christopher S. Coleman, Poughkeepsie. Property: 5 West Court, unit 39B, Rhinebeck 12572.

Amount: $306,000. Filed Oct. 16.

GHD Developers LLC, Brooklyn.

Seller: Linda Baldwin, et al, Canastota.

Property: 3 Nevins St., Ellenville 12428.

Amount: $50,000. Filed Oct. 23.

Mount Hope Country Ranch LLC, Brooklyn. Seller: Rajko Eljuga, et al, Middle Village. Property: 938 Mt. Hope Road, Middletown. Amount: $85,000.

Filed Oct. 20.

Denu Properties LLC, Red Hook.

Seller: Wells Fargo Bank N.A. Property: 232 Whalesback Road, Red Hook 12571.

Amount: $57,500. Filed Oct. 19.

Endeavors Inc., Milton. Seller: Frank Williams III, et al, Marlboro. Property: in Marlborough. Amount: $25,000. Filed Oct. 23.

Fannie Mae. Seller: Leslie A. Baum, Walden. Property: 3 Trotter Lane, Rock Tavern 12575. Amount: $593,772. Filed Oct. 21.

Fannie Mae. Seller: Michael L. Fox, Walden. Property: 101 Watkins Ave., Middletown 10940. Amount: $141,727.

Filed Oct. 21.

Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corp. Seller: Leslie Baum, Walden.

Property: 424 Carpenter Ave., Newburgh 12550. Amount: $27,440. Filed Oct. 20.

Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corp. Seller: Peter C. Monopoli, Middletown. Property: 22 Loch Lomond Lane, Middletown 10941. Amount: $178,776. Filed Oct. 20.

Federal National Mortgage Association. Seller: Carline E. Moodie, Newburgh. Property: 47 Carpenter Ave., Newburgh 12550. Amount: $31,900.

Filed Oct. 20.

Glebe House LLC, Newburgh. Seller: Jay El Properties Corp., Monroe. Property: in Newburgh. Amount: $50,000.

Filed Oct. 21.

Golden Spike LLC, Hughsonville.

Seller: SKJ Rejuvenators, Hughsonville.

Property: 157 N. Clinton St., Poughkeepsie. Amount: $60,000. Filed Oct. 20.

Greenfeld Super Pty Ltd., Monroe.

Seller: 2 Lizensk LLC, Monroe. Property: in Monroe. Amount: $375,000.

Filed Oct. 23.

Hananah Farms LLC, Cornwall-onHudson. Seller: Stephen G. Harrison, et al, Cornwall-on-Hudson. Property: in Cornwall-on-Hudson. Amount: $700,000. Filed Oct. 19.

Hay-Sam Properties LLC, Fishkill.

Seller: N. Singh Corp., South Ozone Park. Property: 31 Fairview Road, Fishkill 12508. Amount: $132,500. Filed Oct. 22.

HomeBridge Financial Services Inc., Iselin, N.J. Seller: Joseph Catania, Newburgh. Property: 31 Charles St., Montgomery 12549. Amount: $201,833.

Filed Oct. 21.

Federal National Mortgage Association. Seller: Jorge E. Rivera, et al, Port Jervis. Property: 17 N. Maple Ave., Port Jervis 12771. Amount: $172,322.

Filed Oct. 23.

HSBC Bank USA N.A. Seller: Daniel Miller, Mahopac. Property: 11 Cottage Road, Carmel 10512. Amount: $395,480.

Filed Oct. 14.

Federal National Mortgage Association. Seller: Judith L. Lubinsky, Campbell Hall. Property: in New Windsor. Amount: $225,000. Filed Oct. 19.

IPA Asset Management LLC, Farmingdale. Seller: Tam Inc. Property: Ruby Road, Kingston 12401. Amount: $50,000. Filed Oct. 23.

Federal National Mortgage Association. Seller: Mark A. Dema, Campbell.

Property: 35 Ellis Ave., Newburgh 12550.

Amount: $335,361. Filed Oct. 22.

J and M Realty Group LLC, South Fallsburg. Seller: Eliezer Krieger, Spring Valley. Property: 66 Lander St., Newburgh 12550. Amount: $95,000. Filed Oct. 23.

Federal National Mortgage Association. Seller: Mark David Stern, Goshen. Property: 143 Benedict Road, Montgomery 12549. Amount: $310,000.

Filed Oct. 20.

J and P Property Holding LLC, New Windsor. Seller: Leemilt’s Petroleum Inc., Jericho. Property: 1224 Route 22, Brewster. Amount: $908,620. Filed Oct. 20.

Nationstar Mortgage LLC. Seller: Edward T. McCormack, Fishkill. Property: 14 S. Cedar St., Beacon 12508. Amount: $98,500. Filed Oct. 21.

Wells Fargo Bank N.A. Seller: Laurence A. Clemente, Goshen. Property: 302 Pocatello Road, Middletown 10940. Amount: $473,981. Filed Oct. 19.

Wells Fargo Bank N.A. Seller: Laurence A. Clemente, Goshen. Property: 8 Lincoln St., Walden 12586. Amount: $352,877. Filed Oct. 21.

Wells Fargo Bank N.A. Seller: William E. Duquette Jr., Walden. Property: 9 Cherry Ave., New Windsor 12553.

Amount: $368,466. Filed Oct. 19.

Wilmington Trust N.A. Seller: Gaetano Gizzo, West Harrison. Property: 2501 Village Drive, Brewster 10509.

Amount: $290,364. Filed Oct. 19.

Wilmington Trust N.A. Seller: Michael Forrester, New Windsor. Property: 10 Van Cleft Ave., Newburgh 12550.

Amount: $265,128. Filed Oct. 19.

JUDGMENTS Apex and Wise Building Company Inc., Kingston. $1,029 in favor of the New York State Department of Labor and the Department of Taxation and Finance, Albany. Filed Oct. 22.

Ashley Homes Construction Company LLC, Saugerties. $1,029 in favor of the New York State Department of Labor and the Department of Taxation and Finance, Albany. Filed Oct. 22.

Aztlan Lawnscape Inc., Highland. $1,029 in favor of the New York State Department of Labor and the Department of Taxation and Finance, Albany.

Filed Oct. 22.

FIGURES Big Indian Market and Deli Corp., Big Indian. $1,029 in favor of the New York State Department of Labor and the Department of Taxation and Finance, Albany. Filed Oct. 22.

Joe Precour Inc., d.b.a. Precour Development, Highland. $1,029 in favor of the New York State Department of Labor and the Department of Taxation and Finance, Albany. Filed Oct. 22.

Matula-Evans Law Firm PC, Kingston. $1,029 in favor of the New York State Department of Labor and the Department of Taxation and Finance, Albany. Filed Oct. 22.

Blue Moon Detective Agency of NY, Bloomington. $1,029 in favor of the New York State Department of Labor and the Department of Taxation and Finance, Albany. Filed Oct. 22.

John J. Pezzo and Associates CPAs PC, Highland. $1,029 in favor of the New York State Department of Labor and the Department of Taxation and Finance, Albany. Filed Oct. 22.

Mel Mike Corp., d.b.a. Riverside Pizza, Saugerties. $1,029 in favor of the New York State Department of Labor and the Department of Taxation and Finance, Albany. Filed Oct. 22.

D. Te-O. Solutions and Car Wash Inc., Kingston. $3,932 in favor of the New York State Department of Taxation and Finance, Albany. Filed Oct. 22.

Johnny G’s Inc., d.b.a. Genesis Restaurant and Diner, New Paltz. $100 in favor of the New York State Department of Taxation and Finance, Albany.

Filed Oct. 22.

Mi Casita Restaurant, Kingston. $1,029 in favor of the New York State Department of Labor and the Department of Taxation and Finance, Albany.

Filed Oct. 22.

KGCI Inc., Saugerties. $1,029 in favor of the New York State Department of Labor and the Department of Taxation and Finance, Albany. Filed Oct. 22.

New Paltz United Methodist Church, New Paltz. $1,029 in favor of the New York State Department of Labor and the Department of Taxation and Finance, Albany. Filed Oct. 22.

David Pulliam and Son Inc., Marlboro. $1,029 in favor of the New York State Department of Labor and the Department of Taxation and Finance, Albany. Filed Oct. 22.

Del-Roy Taxi Inc., Highland. $8,845 in favor of the New York State Department of Taxation and Finance, Albany.

Filed Oct. 19.

Dermot Mahoney’s Irish Pub LLC, Kingston. $10,006 in favor of the New York State Department of Taxation and Finance, Albany. Filed Oct. 22.

DJ’s Contracting and Creative Services Inc., Glasco. $1,029 in favor of the New York State Department of Labor and the Department of Taxation and Finance, Albany. Filed Oct. 22.

DMG Installs, Ellenville. $1,029 in favor of the New York State Department of Labor and the Department of Taxation and Finance, Albany. Filed Oct. 22.

Doc Orders Inc., Esopus. $1,029 in favor of the New York State Department of Labor and the Department of Taxation and Finance, Albany. Filed Oct. 22.

DWL Designs Inc., Kerhonkson. $1,029 in favor of the New York State Department of Labor and the Department of Taxation and Finance, Albany.

Filed Oct. 22.

Elite Flooring, Milton. $1,029 in favor of the New York State Department of Labor and the Department of Taxation and Finance, Albany. Filed Oct. 22.

Ered Enterprises Inc., d.b.a. Alpine Inn, Oliverea. $10,451 in favor of the New York State Department of Taxation and Finance, Albany. Filed Oct. 22.

Foggy Cogs Computer Solutions, Highland. $1,029 in favor of the New York State Department of Labor and the Department of Taxation and Finance, Albany. Filed Oct. 22.

Harmonic Research International, Woodstock. $1,179 in favor of the New York State Department of Taxation and Finance, Albany. Filed Oct. 22.

Hoot Owl Bar and Grill Inc., Pine Bush. $22,530 in favor of the New York State Department of Taxation and Finance, Albany. Filed Oct. 22.

J Whalen Roofing and Co., Kingston. $1,029 in favor of the New York State Department of Labor and the Department of Taxation and Finance, Albany.

Filed Oct. 22.

Larome Sanx Inc., Highland. $1,029 in favor of the New York State Department of Labor and the Department of Taxation and Finance, Albany. Filed Oct. 22.

Legaci Records and Management, Kingston. $1,029 in favor of the New York State Department of Labor and the Department of Taxation and Finance, Albany. Filed Oct. 22.

Marcelle Transport Inc., Highland. $1,029 in favor of the New York State Department of Labor and the Department of Taxation and Finance, Albany.

Filed Oct. 22.

New York Pest Solutions Inc., Saugerties. $1,029 in favor of the New York State Department of Labor and the Department of Taxation and Finance, Albany. Filed Oct. 22.

Partition Street Wine Shop Inc., Saugerties. $1,054 in favor of the New York State Department of Labor and the Department of Taxation and Finance, Albany. Filed Oct. 22.

Pizza Picnic Inc., Kingston. $17,677 in favor of the New York State Department of Taxation and Finance, Albany.

Filed Oct. 22.

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Redleaf Landscaping Inc., Marlboro. $1,029 in favor of the New York State Department of Labor and the Department of Taxation and Finance, Albany. Filed Oct. 22.

Visions Hair Studio, Ellenville. $1,029 in favor of the New York State Department of Labor and the Department of Taxation and Finance, Albany. Filed Oct. 22.

Santini’s Lawn Care Corp., Milton. $1,029 in favor of the New York State Department of Labor and the Department of Taxation and Finance, Albany.

Filed Oct. 22.

Wiles Chiropractic PC, Marlboro. $1,029 in favor of the New York State Department of Labor and the Department of Taxation and Finance, Albany.

Filed Oct. 22.

Shawn Shader Septic Service, Saugerties. $1,029 in favor of the New York State Department of Labor and the Department of Taxation and Finance, Albany. Filed Oct. 22.

Willin Specialized Services Inc., Big Indian. $1,029 in favor of the New York State Department of Labor and the Department of Taxation and Finance, Albany. Filed Oct. 22.

Stagecoach Taxi LLC, Saugerties. $1,029 in favor of the New York State Department of Labor and the Department of Taxation and Finance, Albany.

Filed Oct. 22.

Winchell’s of Ulster Inc., Shokan. $5,850 in favor of the New York State Department of Taxation and Finance, Albany. Filed Oct. 19.

The Brown Group LLC, Kingston. $2,350 in favor of the New York State Department of Taxation and Finance, Albany. Filed Oct. 22.

The Restaurant at Vineyard Commons LLC, Highland. $1,054 in favor of the New York State Department of Labor and the Department of Taxation and Finance, Albany. Filed Oct. 22.

Town and Country Paving and Property Management Inc., New Paltz. $1,029 in favor of the New York State Department of Labor and the Department of Taxation and Finance, Albany. Filed Oct. 22.

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

Afanador, Angel, et al. Filed by Nationstar Mortgage LLC. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $181,000 affecting property located at 49 Beechmont Road, Carmel 10512.

Filed Oct. 13.

Altieri, Diane, et al. Filed by Wilmington Savings Fund Society FSB. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $363,498 affecting property located at 268-272 Orchard Road, Highland 12528. Filed Oct. 22.

FIGURES Chastang, Jean C., et al. Filed by Wells Fargo Bank N.A. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $421,123 affecting property located at 13 Hatfield Road, Mahopac 10541. Filed Oct. 13.

Chvascakova, Marcela, 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 811 Vista on the Lake, Carmel 10512. Filed Oct. 9.

Hayes, Scott M., et al. Filed by Hudson Valley Federal Credit Union. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $182,132 affecting property located at 63 Deerfield Road, Boiceville 12412. Filed Oct. 21.

Hennessey, James A., et al. Filed

by JPMorgan Chase Bank N.A. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $320,000 affecting property located at 47 Union Valley Road, Mahopac 10541. Filed Oct. 19.

Van Buren, Michele P., et al. Filed

by HSBC Bank USA N.A. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $193,600 affecting property located at 60 Warren Drive, Patterson 12563. Filed Oct. 13.

Van Duesen, Kirk, et al. Filed by M&T Bank. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $196,879 affecting property located at 22 Blossom Lane, Wallkill 12589. Filed Oct. 20.

Walls, Jennifer M., et al. Filed by HSBC Bank USA N.A. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $123,250 affecting property located at 16 White Gate Drive, Apt. C, Wappingers Falls 12590. Filed Oct. 16.

Beazer, David, et al. Filed by OwnMaltz 57078 erschoice Fudning Inc. Action: seeks Robert, et al. Filed by Wells Westchester Journal to foreclose on a mortgage to secure BizWard, 3.25”located x 4.75” Fargo Bank N.A. Action: seeks to fore$216,000 affecting property 10.23.15Falls close on a mortgage to secure $241,052 at 33 Maloney Drive, Wappingers affecting property located at 129 Meadp2 12590. Filed Oct. 19. ow Lane, Poughkeepsie 12603. Filed Oct. 20.

Brown, Justin K., et al. Filed by Hudson Valley Federal Credit Union. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage Zamot, Edward L., et al. Filed by to secure $216,800 affecting property Bank of America N.A. Action: seeks located at 478 Liberty St., Newburgh to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $250,267 affecting property located 12550. Filed March 12. at 661 Mullock Road, Greenville 12771.

Filed March 11.

Brown, William M., et al. Filed by Ditech Financial LLC. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $183,350 affecting property located at 57 Southgate Drive, Poughkeepsie 12601. Filed Oct. 22.

360 Route 211 LLC, Mount Kisco, as owner. $17,744 as claimed by Williams Burker, Christa, et al. Filed by U.S. Lumber Inc., Rhinebeck. Property: 360 Bank N.A. Action: seeks to foreclose on Route 211, Wallkill. Filed Oct. 22. a mortgage to secure an unspecified amount affecting property located at Alice Liu, trustee of the Alice Liu Re4 Whittier Road, Carmel 10512. Filed vocable Trust, et al, as owner. $74,884 Oct. 23. as claimed by JP Moore Home Improvements, Dobbs Ferry. Property: 9 Buskey, Larry B., et al. Filed by Taft Lane, Cornwall-on-Hudson. Filed Wells Fargo Bank N.A. Action: seeks Oct. 22. to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $201,819 affecting property located at Chester Agricultural Center, as 26 Overlook Drive, Woodstock 12498. owner. $11,266 as claimed by MJS EngiFiled Oct. 21. neering and Land Surveying PC, Goshen. Property: in Chester. Filed Oct. 26.

Carton, Christopher, et al. Filed by The Bank of New York Mellon. Action: DG Strategic II LLC, as owner. $5,233 seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to as claimed by Devitt’s Supply Inc., New secure $160,000 affecting property loWindsor. Property: 1170 Route 17K, cated at 355 South Road, Holmes 12531.

Montgomery. Filed Oct. 23.

Filed Oct. 20.

MECHANIC’S LIENS

Dharmakaya, Cochecton, as owner. $361,162 as claimed by Shawnlee Construction LLC, Plainville, Mass. Property: 191 Cragsmoor Road, Cragsmoor 12420. Filed Oct. 20.

Premier Virtual Business Solutions, 15 Max Place, New Windsor 12553, c/o Rasheena Wilson and Janee J. Bricourt. Filed Oct. 15.

Diecidue, Domenick, et al, as owner. $240 as claimed by Calculated Fire Protection Company Inc., Salt Point.

Property: 399 Main St., Poughkeepsie.

Filed Oct. 26.

Sole Proprietorships

Oak Mill Plaza LLC, as owner. $11,054 as claimed by Citrel Inc., Brooklyn.

Property: 51 Vassar Road, Poughkeepsie. Filed Oct. 23.

Ulster Commons III LLC, Pleasant Valley, as owner. $16,619 as claimed

by Williams Lumber Inc., Rhinebeck.

Property: 1601 Ulster Ave., Ulster. Filed Oct. 22.

Ward, Mclain L., Brewster, as owner. $8,954 as claimed by Northeast Builders Supply and Home Center LLC, Bridgeport, Conn. Property: 2-12 Castle Hill Lane, Brewster. Filed Oct. 19.

A-Z Home Improvement, 44 Johnes St., Apt. 304, Newburgh 12550, c/o Miguel Marrero. Filed Oct. 16.

Anna and Hannah, 108 Sunset Drive, Newburgh 12550, c/o Delia G. Tabanao.

Filed Oct. 16.

BC Engineering Design, 4 Hampton Road, Goshen 10924, c/o Brent Eric Chanin. Filed Oct. 17.

Berniecarb75 Collectibles, 13 National St., Napanoch 12458, c/o James William Welch. Filed Oct. 22.

Blazin’ Crochet, 153 Renwick St., No. 2, Newburgh 12550, c/o Karima N. Blaize.

Filed Oct. 17.

Werczberger, Chaim, as owner. $7,383 as claimed by MB Professional Services Inc., Monroe. Property: 163 Pine Hill Road, Woodbury. Filed Oct. 27.

Brainbow Media and Entertainment, 20 Edgewood Terrace, Newburgh, c/o Na’Jee Johnell Kenan. Filed Oct. 17.

NEW BUSINESSES

CGR Payback Plumbing and Heating, 94W Hurkley Road, Unit 4, Woodstock 12498, c/o Christopher Gene Rose. Filed Oct. 22.

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

Doing Business As Merchant Wine and Spirits Inc., d.b.a. The Merchant, 730 Ulster Ave., Kingston 12401. Filed Oct. 20.

Northern Heart Specialist PC, d.b.a.

Digestive Disease Center, 400 Westage Business Center, Suite 209. Fishkill 12524. Filed Oct. 16.

Saugerties Methodist Church Inc., d.b.a. Mother Goose of Saugerties, 67 Washington Ave., Saugerties 12477.

Filed Oct. 20.

Christians Flower Shop, 3 Sunset Drive, Kerhonkson 12446, c/o Darlene J. Lake. Filed Oct. 19.

CV Realty Services, 90 Hooker St., Kingston 12401, c/o Carlos E. Vazquez.

Filed Oct. 19.

DC Painting Plus, 35 Intorlochen Pkwy., Monroe, c/o Daniel Rutherford Carsley. Filed Oct. 16.

Doms Bagels, 113 Orange Ave., Walden 12586, c/o James Amorosso. Filed Oct. 15.

Funshotz Photobooths, 1 Phyllis Drive, Ellenville 12428, c/o Michael Moschetta. Filed Oct. 20.

Partnerships

Jackie’s Small Engine, 53 Martin Road, Huguenot 12746, c/o Jacqueline Mary Martinez. Filed Oct. 17.

Advanced Mechanical and Radiant, 25 All Husen Road, New Paltz 12561, c/o David F. Ale and Frederick K. Fraser. Filed Oct. 23.

Joy’s Jewelry, 61 Brewster St., Kingston 12401, c/o Shepherd A. Goodlife. Filed Oct. 23.

DUH Mobile Restaurant, 632 Delaware Ave., Kingston 12401, c/o Horace G. Allen and Dahlia J. Allen Henry. Filed Oct. 19.

H and R Professional Property Management, 4 Hemock Court, Saugerties, c/o Franklin Ronald Reggero and Kevin P. Hallock. Filed Oct. 19.

Hum and Bellow, 111 Sundown Road, Kerhonkson 12446, c/o Adriel Y. Johnnes and Jennifer M. Johnnes. Filed Oct. 23.

Lakeview Landscapes, 92 Camp Road, Ellenville 12428, c/o Michael C. Kennel. Filed Oct. 21.

Orange Coins and Watches, 25 Cascade Lake Road, Warwick 10990, c/o Jake Jose Freijo. Filed Oct. 17.

Regal Noir, 45 Birch St., Apt. 15G, Kingston 12401, c/o Daikwe Franklin.

Filed Oct. 21.

Reggae Boy Café, 5271 Route 9W, Newburgh 12550, c/o Noel George Hall.

Filed Oct. 17.

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LEGAL NOTICES Platinum Propane LLC, a domestic LLC, filed with the SSNY on 9/2/15.

Office location: Westchester County.

SSNY is designated as agent upon whom process against the LLC may be served. SSNY shall mail process to The LLC, 26 Kiscona Rd., Mt. Kisco, NY 10549. General purpose. #60196 Notice of Application for Authority to do business in New York of SILVERBILLS LLC (ìLLCî).

Application for Authority filed with the Secretary of State (SSNY) on 9/15/15. LLC formed in Delaware (ìDEî) on October 4, 2013. Office location is Westchester County.

SSNY has been designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail a copy of such process to the LLC c/o 1333A North Avenue, #332, New Rochelle, NY 10804.

Office address in DE is c/o United Corporate Services, Inc., 874 Walker Rd., Ste. C, Dover, DE 19904. Copies of Certificate of Organization of LLC are on file and may be obtained from the Secretary of State of DE, Townsend Bldg., Federal & Duke of York Sts., Dover, DE 19901. Purpose of business of LLC is any lawful act or activity. #60197 Hexecutable, LLC Articles of Organization were filed with the Secretary of State of New York (SSNY) on 07/24/15. Office location: Westchester County. SSNY has been designated as agent of the LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail a copy of process to: Hexecutable, LLC, 149 West Main Street Tarrytown, NY 10591, principal business location of the LLC. Purpose: any lawful business activity. #60199 Notice of formation of Limited Liability Company (ìLLCî). Name: Westhab Community Revitalization, LLC. Articles of Organization filed with the Secretary of State of the State of New York (ìSSNYî) on October 8, 2004. N.Y. office location: Westchester County. The SSNY has been designated as agent of the LLC upon whom process against it may be served. The SSNY shall mail a copy of any process to Helen Rosenberg, Westhab, Inc., 85 Executive Blvd., Elmsford, NY 10523. Purpose/character of LLC is to engage in any lawful act or activity. #60202 Notice of Formation of Abe & Takizawa LLP. Arts. of Org. filed with SSNY on 9/16/2015. Office location: Westchester County. SSNY designated agent upon whom process may be served and shall mail copy of process against LLP to principal business address: 192 Park Dr., Eastchester, NY 10709. Purpose: any lawful act or activity #60203 Notice of Formation of HPP ASSOCIATES LLC. Arts. of Org. filed with the Secy of State of NY (SSNY) on 6/22/15. Office location: Westchester County. SSNY designated as agent of LLC whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to: 18 Highland Pk Pl, Rye, NY 10580. Purpose: any lawful act or activity. #60204 Notice of Formation of EXCELARYST LLC. Arts. of Org. filed with the Secy of State of NY (SSNY) on 7/6/15. Office location: Westchester County. SSNY designated as agent of LLC whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to: 18 Highland Pk Pl, Rye, NY 10580.

Purpose: any lawful act or activity. #60205 Notice of Formation of 18 SPRING POND DRIVE LLC. Arts. of Org. filed with the Secy of State of NY (SSNY) on 9/1/15. Office location: Westchester County. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to: 88 Greenwood Lane, Mt. Kisco, NY 10549. Purpose. Any lawful act or activity. #60206 Notice of Formation of 46 MYSTIC DRIVE LLC. Arts. of Org. filed with the Secy of State of NY (SSNY) on 9/1/15. Office location: Westchester County. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to: 88 Greenwood Lane, Mt. Kisco, NY 10549. Purpose. Any lawful act or activity. #60207

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Notice of Formation of 357 ASHFORD AVENUE LLC. Arts. of Org. filed with the Secy of State of NY (SSNY) on 9/1/15. Office location: Westchester County. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to: 88 Greenwood Lane, Mt. Kisco, NY 10549. Purpose. Any lawful act or activity. #60208 Notice of Formation of Chunky Pops Publishing, LLC Art. Of Org. filed with SSNY on 9/21/15. Offc. Loc: Westchester Cty. SSNY desig. as agent of the LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to the LLC, 1 Corell Road, Scarsdale NY 10583. Purpose: any lawful activities. #60209 NOTICE OF FORMATION OF LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY (LLC). NAME: VICTOR INTEGRATED CONTROL SOLUTIONS GROUP, LLC. Art. Of Org. filed with SSNY on 7/22/2015. Office Loc: Westchester County. SSNY has been desig. as agent of the LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail copy of process to the LLC, 445 Gramatan Ave unit # CD3, Mt. Vernon NY 10552. Purpose: The LLC may engage in any lawful business purpose. #60210 NOTICE OF FORMATION OF LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY (LLC). NAME: Alexandria Capital, LLC Application for Authority was filed with the Secretary of State of New York (SSNY) on 08/07/2015.

Office location: Westchester County.

SSNY has been designated as agent of the LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail a copy of process to: Alexandria Capital, 287 Bowman Ave, Purchase, NY 10577 principal business location of the LLC. Purpose: any lawful business activity #60211 Notice of Formation of CASH FLOW INVESTING, LLC, Arts. of Org. filed with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 9/25/15. Office located in Westchester. SSNY has been designated For service of process. SSNY shall mail copy of any process served against the LLC to Peter Birzon & Associates, P.C., 400 Jericho Tpke, Ste 100, Jericho, NY 11753. Purpose:any lawful business purpose. #60212 Main Chiropractic Rehabilitation PLLC Arts. of Org. filed with SSNY 9/4/15. Off. Loc.: Westchester Cnty.

SSNY designated as agent of LLC whom process may be served. SSNY shall mail process to: c/o the LLC, 634 Main Street, New Rochelle, NY 10801. Purpose: chiropractic. #60213 DT Rye Custom Homes LLC, a domestic LLC, filed with the SSNY on 7/15/15. Office location: Westchester County. SSNY is designated as agent upon whom process against the LLC may be served.

SSNY shall mail process to David J. Turiano, 7 Lea Place, Rye, NY 10580.

General Purpose #60214 Notice of Formation of Gratitude Land Ventures, LLC. Arts. of Org. filed with SSNY on 09/24/2015.

Office location: Westchester County.

SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process may be served.

SSNY shall mail process to Gratitude Land Ventures, LLC, 36 Wampus Lake Drive, Armonk, NY 10504.

Purpose: any lawful act or activity. #60215 Notice of Formation of NEW YORK HUAQI BIOENGINEERING, LLC. Arts Of Org. filed with SSNY on 06/25/15.

Office Location: Westchester County. SSNY designated as agent of the LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to the LLC: 2 Montross Street, White Plains, NY 10603.

Purpose: Biosciences research. #60216 Notice of Formation of Nestoís, LLC. Articles of Organization were filed with the Secretary of State of New York (SSNY) on 08/18/15. Office Location: Westchester County.

SSNY designated as agent upon which process may be served. SSNY shall mail a copy of any process against it served upon him/her to: 24 Tarrytown Rd, White Plains NY 10607 (the LLCís primary business location). LLC may engage in any lawful act or activity for which a LLC may be formed. #60217

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The Samson Pet Group, LLC, Art. of Org. filed with NY Secy. of State on 09/23/15. Office located in Westchester Co. Secy. of State designated as agent upon which process may be served. Secy. of State shall mail a copy of any process against it served upon him/her to: 2220 Van Cortlandt Circle, Yorktown Heights, NY 10598 (the LLCís primary business location). LLC may engage in any lawful act or activity for which a limited liability company may be formed. #60218 Notice of Formation of Limited Liability Company (LLC). Name: 322 Kear LLC. Articles of Organization were filed with the Secretary of State of New York (SSNY) on 9/28/15.

Office location: Westchester County.

SSNY is designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to: 200 Business Park Dr, Ste 203, Armonk, NY 10504, which is the principle business location of the LLC. Purpose: any lawful activity. #60219 Notice of Formation of Vapen Up LLC. Arts. of Org. filed with SSNY on 9/2/15. Office location: Westchester County. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process may be served. SSNY shall mail process to Alfred W. Christian, Jr., 100 Lane Crest Avenue, Apt. 2E, New Rochelle, NY 10805. Purpose: any lawful act or activity. #60220 Notice of Formation of MML Trading LLC. Arts. of Org. filed with SSNY on 9/3/15. Office location: Westchester County. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process may be served. SSNY shall mail process to Mona Longman, 8 Varian Lane, Scarsdale, NY 10583. Purpose: any lawful act or activity. #60221 102 Waller, LLC, a domestic LLC, filed with the SSNY on 9/25/15. Office location: Westchester County. SSNY is designated as agent upon whom process against the LLC may be served. SSNY shall mail process to Norman Dichiara, 25 Heatherbloom Rd., White Plains, NY 10605. General purpose. #60222 Spring Value Resources LLC, a domestic LLC, filed with the SSNY on 8/21/15. Office location: Westchester County. SSNY is designated as agent upon whom process against the LLC may be served.

SSNY shall mail process to The LLC, 320 N. Columbus Ave., Mt. Vernon, NY 10552. General purpose. #60223 Notice of Formation of ACTIVE Training, LLC. Art. Of Org. filed with SSNY on 8/7/15. Office Location: Westchester County. SSNY designated as agent of the LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to: c/o United States Corporation Agents, Inc., 7014 13th Avenue, Suite 202, Brooklyn, NY 11228. Purpose: any lawful purpose. #60224 857 Southern Realty LLC, a domestic LLC, filed with the SSNY on 10/1/15. Office location: Westchester County. SSNY is designated as agent upon whom process against the LLC may be served. SSNY shall mail process to The LLC, 27 Storey Ln., Yonkers, NY 10710. General purpose. #60225 Notice of Formation of New York Environmental, LLC Art. Of Org. filed with SSNY on 7/16/15. Offc.

Loc: Westchester Cty. SSNY desig. as agent of the LLC upon whom process against it may be served.

SSNY shall mail process to the LLC, 18 Stevens Ave. Yonkers, NY 10704. Purpose: any lawful purpose. #60226 South 9th Partners LLC, a domestic LLC, filed with the SSNY on 9/24/15.

Office location: Westchester County.

SSNY is designated as agent upon whom process against the LLC may be served. SSNY shall mail process to The LLC, 506 S. 9th Ave., Mt. Vernon, NY 10550. General purpose #60227

RNR Halstead, LLC, a domestic LLC, filed with the SSNY on 9/30/15.

Office location: Westchester County.

SSNY is designated as agent upon whom process against the LLC may be served. SSNY shall mail process to Robert Deluccia, 232 Gregory Rd., Franklin Lakes, NJ 07417. General purpose. #60228 NOTICE OF FORMATION OF Tres Ochos, LLC Arts. of Org. filed w/ Secy of State of NY on 9/29/15, Office loc: Westchester Cty, SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to: 51 Willard Ave, Sleepy Hollow, NY 10591. Purpose: Any lawful activity #60229 Notice of Formation of EIAM, LLC Art of Org. filed with SSNY on 8/31/15. Offc.Loc: Westchester Cty. SSNY desig. as agent of the LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to the LLC, 4 Ledgewood Commons Millwood, NY 10546. Purpose: any lawful purpose. #60230 Notice of Formation of FJC Properties LLC. Arts. of Org. filed with SSNY on 9/25/15. Office location: Westchester County. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process may be served. SSNY shall mail process to FJC Properties LLC 19 Galloway Lane Cortlandt Manor, NY 10567. Purpose: any lawful act or activity. #60231 Cave Drawing Games LLC, a domestic LLC, filed with the SSNY on 7/28/15. Office location: Westchester County. SSNY is designated as agent upon whom process against the LLC may be served. SSNY shall mail process to The LLC, 16 Marilyn Rd., Cortlandt Manor, NY 10567. General purpose. #60232 25 Grant LLC, a domestic LLC, filed with the SSNY on 9/21/15. Office location: Westchester County. SSNY is designated as agent upon whom process against the LLC may be served. SSNY shall mail process to The LLC, 25 Grant St., West Harrison, NY 10604. General purpose. #60233 Susan McGovern Stylist LLC Arts.of Org. filed with the SSNY on 9/3/15. in Westchester County. SSNY designated agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served.

SSNY shall mail process to Susan Mcgovern, 142 Grandview Ave.,Rye, NY 10580. General purposes. #60234 Name: F&J Caffe Roma LLC. Articles Of Organization were filed with the Secretary of State of New York (SSNY) on 10/05/15. Office Location: Westchester County.

SSNY has been designated as agent of the LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail a copy of the process to: 1133 Westchester Ave., White Plains, NY 10604, principal business location of the LLC. Purpose: any lawful business activity. #60235 NAME: MTH CAPITAL MANAGEMENT LLC Articles of Organization were filed with the Secretary of State of New York (SSNY) on 10/8/2015. Office location: Westchester County. SSNY has been designated as agent of the LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail a copy of process to: The LLC, 651 N Terrace Ave 2K Mount Vernon, NY 10552, principal business location of the LLC. Purpose: any lawful business activity. #60236

Notice of Formation of CARPAC LLC. Principal office Westchester County. Secretary of State of NY (SSNY) designated as agent for service of process. SSNY shall mail a copy of any process served against the LLC to 612 Granite Springs, Yorktown Heights, NY 10598.

Articles of Organization of the LLC filed with the SSNY on September 28, 2015. Purpose: Any lawful act(s) #60237

Willett Solutions LLC. Articles of Organization were filed with the Secretary of State of New York (SSNY) on 9/15/15. Office location: Westchester County. SSNY has been designated as agent of the LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail a copy of process to: 21 Willett Avenue, Apt. 225, Port Chester, NY 10573 (LLCís primary business location). Purpose: any lawful business activity. #60247

Notice of Application for Authority to do business in New York of JUNKLUGGERS, LLC (ìLLCî).

Application for Authority filed with the Secretary of State (ìSSNYî) on 09/04/15. LLC formed in Connecticut (ìCTî) on 04/21/06.

Office Location: Westchester County. SSNY designated as agent of the LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to the LLC, 77 Selleck Street, Stamford, CT 06902. Copy of Articles of Organization of LLC is on file and may be obtained from Connecticut Secretary of the State, 30 Trinity Street, Hartford, CT 06106.

Purpose of business of LLC is any lawful act or activity. #60238

CERBERUS AUDIO, LLC. Arts. of Org. filed w/SSNY on 10/5/15. Office: Westchester Co. SSNY designated as agent for process & shall mail to: c/o THE LLC, 327 E. 12th St. #4, New York, NY 10003. Purpose: all lawful. #60248

CP Factoria LLC, a domestic LLC, filed with the SSNY on 10/7/15.

Office location: Westchester County.

SSNY is designated as agent upon whom process against the LLC may be served. SSNY shall mail process to The LLC, 28 Reynolds Ln., Buchanan, NY 10511. General purpose. #60239 Notice is hereby given that an on premises license, #TBA has been applied for by Tre Dici of Westchester LLC d/b/a Tre Dici North to sell beer, wine and liquor at retail in an on premises establishment. For on premises consumption under the ABC law at 578 Anderson Hills Road Purchase, NY 10577. #60240 Notice is hereby given that an on premises license, #TBA has been applied for by Capatosta Inc. d/b/a Capatosta Trattoria to sell beer, wine, and liquor at retail in an on premises establishment. For on premises consumption under the ABC law at 121 East Main Street Elmsford, NY 10523. #60241 Notice is hereby given that an on premises license, #TBA has been applied for by Open4business Inc. to sell beer, wine and liquor at retail in an on premises establishment. For on premises consumption under the ABC law at 26 Purchase Street Rye, NY 10580. #60242 Notice of formation of AURA TRAINING, LLC. Articles of organization filed with the Secretary of State of N.Y. (SSNY) on 10/15/2015. Office location: Westchester County. SSNY has been designated as agent of the LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to the LLC, 51 Bellain Ave Harrison, NY 10528. Purpose: Any lawful activity. #60243 NOTICE OF FORMATION OF Bronx Born Media, (ìLLCî). Art. of Org. filed with the Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 08/21/15. Office location: Westchester County. SSNY designated as agent upon whom process may be served. SSNY shall mail copy of process against LLC to Hakim Mulraine and Enrique Benitez II, 75 S. Broadway 4th Floor White Plains, New York 10601. Purpose: General Purpose. #60244 Notice of formation of Limited Liability Company (ìLLCî). Name: SACL Farmers Manager LLC. Articles of Organization filed with the Secretary of State of the State of New York (ìSSNYî) on October 8, 2015. N.Y. office location: Westchester County. The SSNY has been designated as agent of the LLC upon whom process against it may be served. The SSNY shall mail a copy of any process to SACL Farmers Manager LLC, 200 Clearbrook Road, Suite 134, Elmsford, New York 10523. Purpose/ character of LLC is to engage in any lawful act or activity. #60245

KH Facility Management Group LLC, a domestic LLC, filed with the SSNY on 9/28/15. Office location: Westchester County. SSNY is designated as agent upon whom process against the LLC may be served.

SSNY shall mail process to The LLC, 40 Lockwood Rd., South Salem, NY 10590. General purpose. #60249 Marolda 365 Central, LLC, a domestic LLC, filed with the SSNY on 8/27/15. Office location: Westchester County. SSNY is designated as agent upon whom process against the LLC may be served. SSNY shall mail process to Lawrence Marolda, 31 Howell Ave., Larchmont, NY 10538. General purpose. #60250 Notice of Formation of Rocket Global, LLC Art. Of Org. filed with SSNY on 5/29/15. Offc. Loc: Westchester Cty. SSNY desig. as agent of the LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to the LLC, 26 Noel Drive, Ossining, NY 10562.

Purpose: any lawful purpose. #60254 L&C Property 1275 LLC, a domestic LLC, filed with the SSNY on 9/11/15.

Office location: Westchester County.

SSNY is designated as agent upon whom process against the LLC may be served. SSNY shall mail process to The LLC, 1275 E. Boston Post Rd., Mamaroneck, NY 10543. General purpose. #60255 Notice of Formation of Monaco Brothers Realty Management, LLC, a domestic limited liability company.

Articles of Organization were filed with the Secretary of State of New York (SSNY) on 10/08/15. NY Office location: Putnam County. SSNY is designated as agent upon whom process against the LLC may be served. SSNY shall mail a copy of process to the LLC at 704 Route 6 ñ Suite 21, Mahopac, NY 10541.

Purpose: For any lawful purpose. #60256 THE ANNUAL RETURN OF BARBARA J. AND LAWRENCE J. GOLDSTEIN DOGOOD FOUNDATION, INC for the calendar year ended December 31, 2014 is available at its principal office located at 1865 PALMER AVENUE, LARCHMONT, NY 10538 for inspection during regular business hours by any citizen who requests it within 180 days hereof. Principal Manager of the foundation is LAWRENCE J. GOLDSTEIN. #60257 THE ANNUAL RETURN OF THE PEG SANTVOORD FOUNDATION for the fiscal year ended June 30, 2015 is available at its principal office located at 800 Westchester Avenue, Suite S-618, Rye Brook, NY 105731373 for inspection during regular business hours by any citizen who requests it within 180 days hereof.

Principal Manager of the Foundation is WILLIAM R. HANDELMAN. #60258

The Annual Return of the DAVID AND KATHERINE MOORE FAMILY FOUNDATION for the calendar year December 31, 2014 is available at its principal office located at D’Arcangelo & Co., LLP, 800 Westchester Avenue, Suite N-400 Rye Brook, NY 10573 for inspection during regular business hours by any citizen who requests it within 180 days hereof. Principal Manager of the Foundation is Katherine Moore. #60259 The annual return of the Doris & Stanley Tananbaum Foundation for the calendar year December 31, 2014 is available at its principal office located at C/O D’Arcangelo & Co.,LLP 800 Westchester Ave, Rye Brook, NY 10573 for inspection during regular business hours by any citizen who requests it within 180 days hereof. Principal Manager of the Foundation is Stanley Tananbaum #60260 The annual return of the Terra Nova Foundation for the calendar year December 31, 2014 is available at its principal office located at C/O Technical Services, 60 East 42nd Street, New York, NY 10163-4566 for inspection during regular business hours by any citizen who requests it within 180 days hereof.

Principal Manager of the Foundation is Inez D’Arcangelo. #60261 The annual return of the Edelweiss Foundation for the calendar year December 31, 2014 is available at its principal office located at c/o Veneruso, Curto, Schwartz & Curto, LLP 35 East Grassy Sprain Road, Suite 400, Yonkers, NY 10710 for inspection during regular business hours by any citizen who requests it within 180 days hereof. Principal Manager of the Foundation is Josephine Abplanalp. #60262 Westchester Office Based Surgery, PLLC, a domestic PLLC, Arts. of Org. filed with the SSNY on 6/17/15.

Office location: Westchester County.

SSNY is designated as agent upon whom process against the PLLC may be served. SSNY shall mail process to Dr. Dominick Artuso, 128 Ashford Ave., Dobbs Ferry, NY 10522. Purpose: Medicine. Ad # 20601 Notice is hereby given that a license, number pending for wine and beer has been applied for by the undersigned to sell wine and beer at retail in a restaurant, Italian 101 under the Alcoholic Beverages Control Law at 155 Route 202 Somers, NY 10589, for on premises consumption. Ad # 60246 Special Moms Network, LLC has filed articles of organization with the Secretary of State of NYS on 09/09/15. The offices of this company are located in Westchester County, NY. The Secretary of State has been designated as agent of the limited liability company upon whom process against it may be served. The address to which the Secretary of State shall mail a copy of any process against the limited liability company served upon him or her is 18 Upland Lane, Armonk, NY 11706. The company is organized to conduct any lawful business for which limited liability companies may be organized. Ad # 60251 Notice is hereby given that an on premises license, #TBA has been applied for by Loe Bar & Grill LLC d/b/a Rooster Bar & Grill to sell beer, wine and liquor at retail in an on premises establishment. For on premises consumption under the ABC law at 108 Centre Avenue New Rochelle, NY 10801. Ad # 60252 Notice is hereby given that an on premises license, #TBA has been applied for by Blanco Plains LLC to sell beer, wine and liquor at retail in an on premises establishment. For on premises consumption under the ABC law at 40 Mamaroneck Avenue White Plains, NY 10601. Ad # 60253

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