Westchester County Business Journal 11/19/2012 Issue

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November 19, 2012 | VOL. 48, No. 47

Commission to investigate response to power outages Con Ed apologizes

G Historic visit • 15 U.S. Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor visits Pace Law School

Betting against the house

BY JOHN GOLDEN jgolden@westfairinc.com

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Harrison company focused on intellectual property assets and patent enforcement has gone to federal court in Mississippi to force some of the nation’s largest casino operators and gaming manufacturers to stop infringing on a patent the company acquired this year in its strategy to reap for investors a bonanza in royalties and court-ordered damages from its patent portfolio.

MGT Gaming Inc., a subsidiary of MGT Capital Investments Inc., has asked a U.S. District Court in Jackson, Miss., to order five defendants to stop infringing on MGT’s ‘088 patent that applies to bonus-round games played on an interactive sign linked to slot machines.

MGT Capital this year paid $200,000 to two Long Island inventors for a majority interest in the patent. One of the inventors was known on Wall Street to Robert Ladd, Betting, page 6

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ov. Andrew Cuomo signed an executive order Nov. 13 to establish a commission to investigate the response, preparation and management of New York’s utility companies in the wake of Hurricane Sandy, five days after Consolidated Edison Inc. issued an apology for its response.

The commission will be tasked to undertake a thorough review of all actions taken by the power companies before and after the storm, and make specific recommendations to reform and modernize oversight, regulation and management of New York’s power delivery services.

“From Hurricane Irene … to Hurricane Sandy, over the past two years New York has experienced some of the worst natural disasters in our state’s history,” Cuomo said in a press release. “As we adjust to the reality of more frequent major weather incidents, we must study and learn from these past experiences to prepare for the future.”

The commission’s mandate includes examining and making recommendations to reform the overlapping responsibilities and missions of New York’s utility companies and the Public Service Commission (PSC).

Con Edison’s apology came at a Nov. 8 press conference at the Westchester County Center, which is being used a FEMA disaster recovery center.

Kevin Burke, chairman and CEO of Con Edison, apologized for the outages and poor communication to residents and elected officials and said that the company was simply not prepared for the storm that left more than 975,000 customers without power. Con Edison’s previous high was 200,000 cusCommission, page 6

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After the storm, Samaritans truck

BY JOHN GOLDEN jgolden@westfairinc.com

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elene Brois could not bear to sit and watch another minute on the rabbit-eared television powered by a generator in her home in the wooded Whippoorwill neighborhood of Armonk.

Many neighbors of Helene and Ted Brois had left their homes in the prolonged blackout on secluded streets where Sandy’s winds had uprooted trees that knocked down utility lines.

The owners of Brois Construction Cos. in Elmsford, builders of cell phone towers from New York to Vermont, were spared the worst of the storm. Their vacation home at Monterey Beach, amid the devastation on New Jersey’s barrier islands, had no flood damage or power loss, though half of their neighborhood was destroyed. They could not reach it, but their Jersey home was safe.

“It was the only point on the whole barrier island that was 11 feet above sea level,” Helene said of her spared summer domain.

“I didn’t know that until now.”

“I felt so lucky to have what I have even if I had no power.” Like other volunteers moved to act in selfless, generous and at times heroic ways to ease the suffering

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and privations of the storm’s front-line victims, Helene decided it was time to stop watching.

“I was just very impulsive. I was watching the news and I just couldn’t watch any more. Literally I made up hand-made signs, on cardboard, and posted them in my town.”

Along Armonk’s Main Street, she left signs soliciting donations of supplies at the town pharmacy, the coffee and bagel and greeting card shops and a popular restaurant hangout. A former real estate broker in New York and New Jersey, she thought to leave a notice too with a broker at the local Prudential Douglas Elliman office. Knowing LaGravinese Jewelers had a large client list, she approached owner Debra LaGravinese, who agreed to send out the donations alert to her business email contacts. That is how the Business Journal heard of Helene’s private relief effort.

“Those were just my initial efforts,” she said at the Elmsford office of the construction company her husband started some 30 years ago. “From that, everything just comes in.

Before I knew it, there were 200 people showing up for two days at my home – bags and bags of things.” The donations still come in.

Someone donated a 5,500-watt generator

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that would end up on Staten Island. “People went to the food store and bought $500 to $600 worth of food,” said Helene. “People were very, very generous. A lot of the stuff was new, not used, especially the baby stuff.”

Another Westchester volunteer teaming with Helene on donations showed up with 25 bags of towels, bed sheets and pillows.

Helene began collecting on the first Saturday after the storm, “By the time Monday rolled around, the truck was full.”

It’s their company’s 14-year-old box truck that, between recent service runs to our most needy metropolitan neighbors, is parked off the driveway of the couple’s mansion-sized home on Tallwoods Road.

Helene is comfortable driving it, though the urban driving conditions were quite uncomfortable on that Monday. Riding with her as “co-pilot” was Scott Cerosky, the couple’s insurance agent at Miller & Miller Insurance in Thornwood.

In the gas shortage, Helene wasn’t sure that the truck would have enough fuel for the relief run. They drove first to Staten Island, an early focal point of disaster aid, but were told the community had excess supplies. Relief workers there loaded still more goods onto the Brois truck but took the donated generator and Helene’s five-gallon reserve can of gas. They asked her to drive to Long Beach in Nassau County, where residents still had not been reached by Red Cross or Federal Emergency Management Agency workers.

The truck’s GPS directed them to main routes closed by storm damage and in some places left impassable by heaps of relocated Atlantic sand. They navigated side streets with one eye on the fuel gauge. “I said to my co-pilot Scott, we’ve got to get this right, because we don’t have enough fuel to get lost,” said Helene.

“They had so much relief” on Staten Island.

“I really wanted to give it to the super-needy.”

They found those Sandy victims in the heart of Long Beach, a city of about 33,000 residents surrounded by water. It was turning dark as they arrived with directions to Cruzada Evangelical Missionary Church on the city’s oceanfront boulevard.

“It was absolutely, positively a nightmare,” said Helene. “When I crossed over

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that bridge, it was the most eerie feeling I’ve ever had in my life.”

“It was sad because there was no help there” one week after the storm struck.

“There’s like two portajohns on the corners. … People barbecuing in driveways. … There was like three or four feet of sand on the streets.”

Within three minutes of the truck’s arrival at the church, about 50 Long Beachers showed up there. “They had no food. They had no electricity. They had no heat,” said Helene. “People crying and praying. Oh my God, it was so emotional.”

“Imagine having nothing, not even a tooth brush. No toilet paper. You can’t keep your children warm.”

It was past the emergency curfew hour when Helene and Scott left Long Beach and skirted past traffic lanes blocked by patiencetesting gas-station lines to make it back to Armonk before the fuel tank ran dry. “It was a long day,” said Helene.

“Your donations were the first to arrive,” she told contributors in her next solicitation.

“They accepted everything we sent, and they are still in desperate need of baby formula, diapers and supplies as well as clothing for all ages. With another storm possibly bearing down on the area, winter clothing is imperative.”

Westchester residents and businesses again generously answered her call. Early on a rennet Sunday, Ted Brois and the couple’s insurance agent and proven co-pilot drove the newly refilled box truck to Rockaway in Queens.

A third run is planned to Coney Island Tabernacle Church in battered Brooklyn.

Helene said she is handing off the private relief operation to Emilia Secchiano, a Bedford Hills resident coordinating donations with Helene.

Unlike government-run disaster recovery centers that have opened for storm victims, “These churches are in the hearts of communities,” she said. “Where they’re making those outreaches is on the outskirts of these communities. I don’t know how people are going to get there.”

“The media is not telling the truth,” Helene said. “The devastation is way more than what people want to say.”

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Chappaqua businesses recover post-Sandy

South Greeley Avenue remains quiet two weeks after Hurricane Sandy hit the hamlet.

By SAM BARRON sbarron@westfairinc.com

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or one week, Chappaqua was a ghost town.

Chappaqua was one of the hardest hit by Hurricane Sandy, with 90 percent of New Castle residents without power and a majority of roads closed due to tree damage.

This left downtown Chappaqua virtually empty. Businesses had no power and many residents were unable or unwilling to travel into downtown.

Pete Zimmerman runs EZ Sports Inc., on South Greeley Avenue. The sporting goods store is back up and running after being closed for a week. He noted that in the aftermath of a storm, essentials like food are on people’s minds, not baseball gloves and tennis balls.

“It has been very quiet,” Zimmerman said. “You look down the street and you don’t see anything. Main Street USA is struggling.”

Zimmerman was without power for a week and didn’t have phone service for another four days. A 200-foot tree fell on his cottage in Armonk.

“That’s 10 days where you are virtually out of business,” Zimmerman said. “We are taking it day by day.”

Zimmerman, who supplies apparel to athletic teams, said that his orders for the last two weeks have been messed up. Despite the storm, he still came to work everyday.

“I did what I could do without phone or Internet,” Zimmerman said. “There wasn’t much to do.”

Many Chappaqua restaurants had to throw away food in the wake of the storm and lost business, as people went to restaurants in nearby Pleasantville and Mount Kisco, which were open and operational

soon after the storm.

Gail Patrick’s Café in downtown Chappaqua was without power for a week, though the restaurant was able to offer limited service after the storm. Lange’s Little Store and Delicatessen on King Street was able to open a few days after the storm and provided food, shelter and Wi-Fi to many beleaguered residents.

“I came here and saw (owner) Richard Lange serving food and kids were running around playing,” Barbara Maddux said. “He told people to stay here and keep warm.

After the first day, he went out and bought power strips so people could charge their phones and laptops. He couldn’t have been more wonderful.”

Maddux, who for two days could not get out of her street, came to Lange’s for three straight days.

“I can’t say enough good things about them,” Maddux said. “It was so nice here.”

Prescriptions for Fitness Inc. was one of the hardest hit businesses in the wake of the storm. The King Street gym was without power for more than a week and a half.

“We’ve all taken a financial hit,” owner Scott Reilly said. “But it’s nothing in terms of what’s happening out there. We lost a couple days of revenue compared to other

people losing their homes.”

Prescriptions for Fitness was open without power, working around 30 percent productivity.

“We couldn’t use treadmills or stereos,” Reilly said. “But we made do. We lost revenue, but it is what it is. Our economy will pick up again and small businesses will flourish. We’re back and running.”

With power restored, business owners are now looking ahead, especially with Black Friday and Small Business Saturday looming. Many businesses are looking at relief efforts, raising money for the Red Cross and collecting unused Halloween candy to send to troops overseas.

“The merchants rose to the occasion and tried to help other communities that were hit harder,” said Robert Greenstein, president of the Chappaqua-Millwood Chamber of Commerce. “It’s a win-win.

We wanted people to get back into the downtown and start visiting shops and the relief efforts encourage them. Everybody had a tremendous response.”

Greenstein hopes residents show their support for small businesses on Small Business Saturday.

“We’re gearing up for that,” Greenstein said.

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Rubeo thought it might translate into more business for the store, located at 43 North Main St. Area residents certainly would need shovels, flashlights and even generators, but Hurricane Sandy provided another surprise for the business owner. “We were completely shut down.

The warehouse was not able to get us merchandise for five days.”

Rubeo owns two hardware stores in Westchester County. The other, Berger Hardware in Hawthorne, never lost power. That store was overwhelmed with customers vying for at least one of the 400 generators they had in stock, while the Port Chester location remained in the dark. “It’s so weird, the difference on the impact in businesses that are 20 minutes apart.”

It was a hardship other Port Chester merchants could empathize with. Several small businesses in the area reported power losses and f looding according to Ken Manning, executive director of the Port Chester-Rye Brook-Rye Town Chamber of Commerce. He acknowledged the village lost 80 percent of its power and areas of Port Chester were challenged with flooding. Manning tried to be proactive with area merchants, offering a 26-page guide on emergency provisions distributed by newly elected New York State Assemblyman Steve Otis.

Still, many small businesses suffered.

Among them, the Port Chester Coach Diner on Boston Post Road closed for five days and lost its inventory. A few blocks away on Westchester Avenue, the newly opened Capitol Theatre also closed its doors. Tom Bailey, owner and operator of the concert venue, decided to cancel five shows including events featuring comedian George Lopez and rock legend Meatloaf.

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lic transport, especially for the shows.

The Capitol Theatre is located across the street from the Metro North train,” he said. “So the decision to shut down New York public transportation was the driving factor behind our move to suspend the show.” The first show was the night Sandy arrived, and then the power went out. Bailey had to tell temp workers who earn money just on show nights and a staff of more than 20 employees to stay home.

Three of the shows including George Lopez have already rebooked. Still, Bailey said, “When you move a show to another date it’s not like you get all you money back from that show. Basically we’re losing a day that we could have had an event.” Bailey says he has moved forward with filing insurance claims and his insurance representative with the Stern Agency, based in Manhattan, is working diligently on his behalf.

But Bailey said he was more concerned about the safety of his workers and patrons of the theater than monetary losses.

Rubeo agreed. “(The storm) put a hurting on our ability to do business, but we couldn’t help people in the community.” And for Rubeo that hurt more. Small business need to foster a relationship with residents of the neighborhood they serve. In that respect, the storm provided some revelations for each owner.

Both Rubeo and Bailey want to maintain their reputations and commitment to their communities by supporting residents in need. It’s a win-win, because customers that know you care come back, Rubeo said. “We are really trying our best to be a good business in the community. We’re trying to do the right thing.”

Bailey feels the same. Looking ahead, the theater owner added, “One thing I would do is buy a bigger generator.”

Ulterior motives

By John Alan James

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ith Congress returning to work Nov. 13, there will be critical discussions over the “fiscal cliff” and over unresolved issues relating to the implementation of the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act, passed in June 2010.

During the recent political campaign, millions of dollars were contributed to Republican causes by individual financial institutions and numerous executives in banks, hedge funds and broker/dealerships.

Each of these groups has its own reasons for wanting parts or all of DoddFrank to be repealed.

Banks, in particular, fear the impacts of the Volker Rule, requiring them to John Alan James split banking and investing functions.

Both U.S. and foreign banks with American operations are also very concerned about the potential impact of the so-called “living will,” which, if mandated, will require banks to provide federal authorities with their specific plans for liquidating their corporations in the event of a financial crisis.

My own concerns regard the underlying, and not frequently discussed, aspects of the living will/liquidation provisions relating to the “quality” of the risk management policies and procedures of each financial institution.

Risk management provisions have long existed in the examination procedures of all the federal and state agencies overseeing banks and other financial institutions.

The goals of the Bank of International Settlements (BIS) in its Basel I, Basel II and the currently discussed Basel III standards also focus on the adequacy of the capitalization of the individual financial institutions in meeting unforeseen risks.

What Dodd-Frank brings to the current scene that troubles me greatly are the new, not clearly written, provisions giving the regulatory agencies the power to require the directors and executive management of a financial institution to discuss its basic mission, risk-appetite definitions, goals and strategies and define the risks their own risk management program indicates could possibly lead to their financial demise.

Each of these provisions has been, up to now, the sole responsibility, under corporate law, of the shareholder elected board of directors. Corporate law in the 50 states defines the role of the individual director as a

“fiduciary agent” of the equity shareholders.

I query whether the authors of the DoddFrank legislation have had in mind a “federalization” of corporate law similar to the process of taking over state laws regarding financial reporting that occurred with the passage and implementation of the Sarbanes-Oxley legislation of 2002.

Defining the key risk issues, their sources and possible impacts have always been the sole responsibility of an individual firm’s board of directors. Corporate governance, the control of both external and internal governance policies and procedures, has been the foundation of corporate charters dating back to the original Anglo-Saxon entities organized to separate the corporate affairs from the interference of the king.

No responsible person, including myself, will deny the need for regulation and oversight of corporate financial reporting and the health of the shareholders’ equity as defined in the strategic plan. Strategic plans are usually designed by corporate executive management and approved and overseen by the board and its separate committees.

Strategic planning and risk management are inseparable ingredients of a corporation’s mission statement. I can see no reasons for the examiner for a regulator to be able to legally overturn or redefine these basic mission statement goals.

Of course, “audits” of the efficiency and effectiveness of the policies and procedures are needed for assuring transparency for investors and controlling deviant behavior from the new and complex regulations from the more than 100 mandates submitted for passage into the Federal Register as law under Dodd-Frank. With many more to come, I am concerned about the intent of the executive branch with its regulatory goals.

These are issues demanding a public debate of the clearly stated objectives of the Financial Stability Oversight Council, which unfortunately have not been provided.

The council has met only twice in the two years since Dodd-Frank became law.

There is lack of clarity regarding each of the regulatory agencies’ has for long-term goals.

The conflicts between agencies, for example, SEC and CFTC over trading regulations, also create uncertainty as to goals and purpose.

I would hope that our newly re-elected administration will provide all of us a far more clear picture of the goals and objectives for the current and yet to come regulations, and soon.

John Alan James is executive director, the Pace Global Center for Governance, Reporting & Regulation at the Lubin School of Business.

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County Executive Robert Astorino speaks at a Nov. 8 press conference at the Westchester County Center to announce its opening as a recovery center. At the press conference, Con Edison CEO Kevin Burke apologized for the prolonged outages that plagued the region.

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tomers without power.

“This has been incredibly frustrating,” Burke said. “We are working around the clock. This is the worst storm we have ever seen. We will continue to get crews here

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president and CEO of MGT Capital and its largest shareholder, formerly a Manhattan money manager and hedge fund operator.

Attorneys for MGT claim that two defendants, WMS Gaming Inc. and Aruze Gaming America Inc., manufactured and sold the products described and claimed in the patent. Three casino operators, Caesars Entertainment Corp., MGM Resorts International Inc., and Penn National Gaming Inc., used the invention and offered it to their gambling customers, according to the court complaint.

The infringing game products’ trade names include Pirate Battle, Reel ‘Em In Compete to Win, Great and Powerful Oz, Battleship, Paradise Fishing and Clue.

MGT asked the federal court to triple any “reasonable royalty” assessed each defendant for the infringement in addition to ordering defendants to pay interest and

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and we are asking for further assistance.

We have people working out of Playland doing whatever we can.”

Burke, who lives in Upper Manhattan and did not lose power, said Con Edison will evaluate its response in the coming weeks.

“We underestimated the storm surge,” Burke said. “If we knew, we would’ve done better. This storm came in greater than we MGT’s legal costs.

The patent, titled “Gaming Device Having a Separate Second Bonusing

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Event,” was issued by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office in February 2011, about 10 years after inventors Steven Brandstetter and James Devlin, of J & S Gaming Inc. in Dix Hills, first field a patent application.

Brandstetter, reacting earlier this year to his deal with MGT, said he was “ecstatic” that he might finally be compensated by manufacturers and casinos that he believes

planned for. We will go back and learn what we can do better. We will improve. We are focused on getting power back.”

Other elected officials have been critical of Con Edison and New York State Gas and Electric Corp.’s [NYSEG] response to the storm. NYSEG did not send a representative to the conference, claiming that power had been restored, even though some of their customers still were without power.

At the press conference, Burke’s apology rang hollow. Assemblyman Thomas Abinanti (D-Pleasantville), who was without power for 10 days, said Con Edison should be unplugged, while County Legislator Michael Kaplowitz (D-Somers) noted he was within spitting distance of Burke. Kaplowitz represents New Castle, where many residents were still without power more than a week after the storm.

“It is terrible,” Kaplowitz said. “They should unplug his apartment. We have probably lost more than $100 million as a direct result of these prolonged power outages. It is not acceptable.”

Congresswoman Nita Lowey (D-Harrison) said she didn’t understand why Con Edison’s response was so poor.

“Nobody seemed to know anything,” Lowey said. “The liaison was a nice person but couldn’t seem to direct me anywhere.

There are too many people without power in the freezing cold.”

Lowey said that Con Edison should’ve had crews in place in the event of outages, and that cleanup work by public works employees was blocked by Con Edison.

“There has to be a better way to communicate,” Lowey said. “We should’ve been prepared as soon as we knew the storm was

coming. There are people that are truly suffering.”

Con Edison representatives planned to be at the County Center to help answer residents’ questions and complaints concerning their power.

Greenburgh Town Supervisor Paul Feiner has been a frequent critic of Con Edison’s response, as many Greenburgh residents were left in the dark for more than a week.

Feiner announced the formation of a citizens committee to lobby the PSC to change how Con Edison operates.

“Our region has had at least one major outage a year for a few years,” Feiner said in an email to residents. “We must make sure that the nightmare which our communities experienced after Hurricane Sandy never happens again.”

The committee’s first meeting will be at Greenburgh Town Hall Nov. 19 at 7 p.m. Resident looking to join the committee should email Feiner at pfeiner@greenburghny.com.

Feiner is looking to have Con Edison work around the clock until power is restored, and to hire licensed electricians to work to restore power. Feiner would like the PSC to investigate when Con Edison hired out-of-state crews and how they dealt with the elderly and disabled.

“I received calls from family members who have spouses who depend on oxygen, some who were bedridden, or had surgeries,” Feiner said.

The PSC has not made any public statements about the response from utility companies to the storm.

“have misappropriated my idea willfully or otherwise.”

Ladd, the MGT CEO, previously told the Business Journal that the gaming patent deal is the first of several planned intellectual property acquisitions “with outstanding risk-reward characteristics.” Ladd also has targeted established patents in thermal energy and electronic commerce that he said could bring “tens of millions in royalties that have been infringed.”

“We are pleased to see that the gaming industry has embraced our patented technology by embedding it in a number of very successful gaming systems,” Ladd said in the company’s announcement of the court action. “Moreover, it is gratifying to see that many casino patrons find enjoyment in playing these casino games. However, we deserve fair compensation for their use of our patent. As the cornerstone of our longterm strategy to create shareholder value, we will vigorously enforce our intellectual property portfolio against infringement.”

The company’s legal team is lead by Robert A. Rowan and Joseph S. Presta, attorneys at Nixon & Vanderhye P.C., a boutique intellectual property firm in Arlington, Va. Rowan and Presta in 2007 won one of the year’s 50 largest jury awards against another gaming company in the same federal court in Mississippi.

What ACA means to New York businesses

BY SAM BARRON sbarron@westfairinc.com

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ith the re-election of President Barack Obama, the Affordable Care Act (ACA) is here to stay.

On Nov. 8, The Business Council of Westchester hosted a health care forum called The Future of Health Care in New York State at the Crowne Plaza in White Plains, designed to inform businesses what they face in health care costs as the law is implemented.

“The law is intended to make sure that we have universal health care in the private marketplace,” Nancy Taylor, co-chairwoman of health and FDA business practice at Greenberg Trauig L.L.P. said. “A lot of states are working on insurance reform.”

Danielle Holahan, director of policy and planning of the New York State Benefit Exchange, talked about how the state is implementing its own exchange program.

Under the ACA, states must come up with their own health insurance exchanges by 2014, or have the government do it for them.

In New York, 16 percent of New Yorkers under 65 do not have insurance, with most uninsured New Yorkers earning too much to qualify for public assistance, but not enough to purchase insurance. In the past decade, more than 800,000 New Yorkers have lost employer-sponsored coverage.

The ACA will provide more than $2.6 billion in tax credits to New York businesses to offer health care to employees.

Businesses with more than 50 full-time employees could face penalties if they do not provide insurance.

“If the employer had 55 employees and did not provide health insurance and the employees received subsidies to help with the purchase of insurance through the exchange, the employer would be assessed a penalty for the last 25 employees,” Holahan said.

Businesses with less than 50 full-time employees could receive credit for up to 35 percent of coverage. An estimated 20,000 New York small business employers will receive more than $200 million in federal tax credits.

Holahan said that the exchange will allow employers to compare and easily enroll in health plans. Health plans will be assigned a rating, and must offer essential health benefits. Unlike other states, which were waiting until the results of the election to establish an exchange, Holahan said that New York is ahead of the curve.

“New York is best positioned to operate an exchange and is planning actively to carry it out,” Holahan said. “We will conduct a readiness review next year.”

The state is also conducting five regional advisory committees, where 200 individuals are invited to participate to provide advice in the planning and implementation of the exchange.

Holahan said that the exchange will cause one million New Yorkers to gain insurance, and the uninsured rate in the Hudson Valley will drop by six percent.

“New York will save $2.3 billion per year when reform is fully implemented,” Holahan said.

Maggie Moree, vice president for NYS

government relations at Aetna Health Inc., a health insurance provider, said she does not believe the ACA will bring down health care costs and was more critical of what it means to employers.

“They figured out how to cover people, but how do we drive results?” Moree said.

“There is a lot of learning we have to do.

The information does not give you an action plan. Who can read these documents? Who can get past page two? There is a lot of ground we have to make up.”

Moree said the Congressional Budget

Office reported that the ACA will provide 1 to 2 percent relief in the small business market, with long-term tax increases offsetting the cost. Moree said businesses need to begin planning now, as she believes that private insurance will increase in 2014.

“Seize the opportunity,” Moree said.

“Health management can be a real organizational strategy, but it requires an integrated and sustainable approach. You won’t know what data helps fill in the picture until you start asking, interpreting and applying.”

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Two Topps one for Bronxville couple

R. Heath Lachman at his newly opened Topps Wine and Liquor Store.

BY TARICE L.S. GRAY tgray@westfairinc.com

W

hile many businesses in Bronxville suffered through Hurricane Sandy, the newly opened Topps Wine and Liquor and sister store Topps Bakery thrived. The stores were a rare and welcome site for people in search of prepared food and hot beverages after the storm.

The stores’ new owners acknowledge

their measure of good fortune, not only in avoiding the storm’s damaging impact, but with the timing of their opening. R. Heath and Jacqueline Lachman bought the former Wine and Spirit Emporium at 98 Pondfield Road in Bronxville this year and reopened it as Topps Wine and Liquor last month for an undisclosed amount of money.

The beverage store boasts a huge selection of wines and a tasting bar, offering hap-

py-hour tastings every Friday from 4 p.m. to 7 p.m. They also have mood music provided by area pianists.

Heath Lachman, a self-proclaimed lover of wine, doesn’t confess to be a wine expert yet, but he relied on the knowledge of others like Mount Vernon native Ronnie Mostero to help curate the inventory.

Lachman believed it was “just a matter of time” until he started to pursue the business side of his passion. “I have a fairly small collection (of wine) at home and I’ve had my eye on the store because of that,” he said. The time came after the previous owner made it clear she wanted to retire. Heath and his wife pooled their own resources without seeking a loan from a bank and were able to make an attractive offer.

Once the deal was done, the new owners spent roughly 10 weeks on cleanup and renovations before opening the wine and liquor store. The Lachmans, who reside in Bronxville, hired Whitney Vlasaty of Yonkers to conceive the redesign of the store.

The Lachmans also were looking to expand their business profile with the deal.

Before becoming entrepreneurs, Heath worked for Clear Channel Communications Inc. in advertising sales and Jacqueline

worked in television as a media marketer.

The desire to own a small business was in Heath’s blood. His family has a storied history in entrepreneurship going back to his great-great-great grandfather Charles Smylie, who founded the company that invented Twizzlers candy. Lachman and his wife purchased their first business in Bronxville six years ago when they bought the bakery. Now they have roughly 20 employees under the Topps brand.

As entrepreneurs, they felt it was crucial to grow. Years ago, “A family could live off of a single retail, but it isn’t like that anymore,” Jacqueline said. “You see why these chains have multiples, because you need multiple units to actually support a family.”

The Lachmans are also committed to their community and wanted to keep their business investment local.

The couple is looking forward to opportunities the new wine and liquor store may present in their neighborhood and the area.

They plan to expand their wine list in the near future. “Once we get further in, I’ll definitely bring in more small vineyards,” Heath said. “That’s kind of what we’ll tailor our store to, a niche for small vineyard production.”

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Should you sell your business now?

Someone has offered to buy my business. I don’t think I’m ready to get out, but I’m hearing a lot about tax rate changes that would reduce what I’d get if I wait to sell until next year or later.

Should I get out now?

Thoughts of the Day: Take a look at your options. There are lots of questions for you to consider. It comes down to short- and longterm goals and values.

It’s not just about tax rates. In my opinion, as a society we spend way too much time worrying about tax planning and not nearly enough time on strategic planning.

Here’s a partial list of what our taxes go for. Roads, trains and buses to get employees to work and goods to market. Airports so we can fly away to visit customers and ship goods in and out quickly. Storm recovery to get us back to work and help with economic and physical damage repairs. Schools that educate our employees and the next generation. Police and judicial system to keep order.

Military forces to defend our borders and keep goods safe as we import and export. Patent and copyright registration. Internet so we can communicate and transact business at speeds we only imagined a few years ago. This is a small portion of the benefits paid for by taxes.

Think of it this way. You pay for office supplies, rent, phone lines, employees, electricity, etc. You pay bills as they come due. Yet, when it comes to taxes something weird happens. We eagerly consume much of what the government has to offer. And then we look for ways to duck the bill. Instead, let’s focus on strategic planning.

What will happen after you sell? What’s your goal?

• Continued employment for people who helped build the business?

• See sweat equity turn into a legacy?

• Fund retirement?

• Contribute to well being for future generations?

• Shut the door or sell in a hurry, leave value on the table?

You’d be surprised how many owners choose the last option. They didn’t focus on the strategy of exit as much as they did on day-

to-day operations.

Selling a business doesn’t happen overnight. If you don’t have buyers lined up and a business prepared for your exit, it’s too late to get maximum value this year. Selling a business that isn’t prepared for sale means you’ll leave more than tax savings on the table when you negotiate your exit price.

How do you figure out if it’s time to sell and who to sell to? What comes into play is: • Owner’s level of commitment to the business; • Growth and profit given current market conditions and available resources; • Business’ present state of readiness for sale; and • Desire to have the company continue after you depart.

Start with a realistic assessment.

• Are you still willing and able to work hard to help the business thrive?

• Can the business hit 15 percent per year growth and increase profits?

• Are sufficient reserves in place to keep the business safe?

If the answer to any of those questions is “no,” it may be time to get out before things

by andi gray

get any worse.

If the answers are all “yes,” stick around; build the business for tomorrow’s buyer who wants to acquire a turnkey business. Build this: • Management and procedures in place, run without the owner involved; • Profitable customers secured by contracts; • A niche that’s hard for competitors to break into; • A productive, committed, educated workforce; • Up-to-date systems and equipment; and • Profits set aside as reserves to demonstrate the company’s value and to build up cash to take with you when you do sell.

Looking for a good book? Try “11 Things You Absolutely Need To Know About Selling Your Business” by John F. Dini.

Andi Gray is president of Strategy Leaders Inc., strategyleaders.com, a business consulting firm that specializes in helping entrepreneurial firms grow. She can be reached by phone at (877) 238-3535. Do you have a question for Andi? Please send it to her via email at AskAndi@StrategyLeaders.com or by mail to Andi Gray, Strategy Leaders Inc., 5 Crossways, Chappaqua, NY 10514. Visit AskAndi.com for an entire library of Ask Andi articles.

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THELIST: Advertising agencies Listed alphabetically.

Westchester County and Region Next list:

Advertising Agencies

westchester county Nov. 26 CMOs

Listed alphabetically.

AIA/New Dimensions in Marketing 124 S. Central Ave., Elmsford 10523 (914) 347-4872 • effectivepromos.com

AJ Ross Creative Media Inc. 1149 Route 17M, Chester 10918 (845) 783-5770 • ajross.com

As Communications L.L.C. 95 N. Broadway, Suite B1-1, White Plains 10603 (914) 421-9300 • ascommunications.com

BBG&G Advertising & Public Relations 33 Hill Road, Middletown 10941 (845) 695-1880 • bbggadv.com

Deborah Garry and June Bisel smartstrategies@bbggadv.com 1996

1.5 million

45

25 30

Berlin Productions Inc. 199 Main St., Suite 1011, White Plains 10601 (914) 683-5759 • berlinproductions.com

Rick Berlin rick@berlinprod.com 1982

2 million

15

10

Burack Communications 53 Greenway Lane, Rye Brook 10573 (914) 937-6975 • burackcommunications.com

WND burack@jburack.com WND

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50

Catalyst Agency 1155 Warburton Ave., Suite 5S, Greystone (Yonkers) 10701 (914) 207-1108 • catalyst-agency.com

Steve Kane skane@catalyst-agency.com 1999

450,000

25

Co-Communications Inc. 332 E. Main St., Mount Kisco 10549 (914) 666-0066 • cocommunications.com

Stacey Cohen info@cocommunications.com 1997

1 million

10

Co-oper8 Marketing Group

Steven Powell info@c8group.net 2001

150,000 Advertising buys

148 N. Main St., Florida 10921 (845) 651-1650 • c8group.com

15

5

CrosComm Inc. 6 Chatham Place, White Plains 10605 (914) 946-2660 • croscomm.com

Denis Crosley info@croscomm.com 1998

WND

20

10 10

Edgemont Marketing Group Inc. 1 White Oak Lane, Scarsdale 10583 (914) 874-5296 • edgemontworld.com

425,000

100

Ferrante & Associates 1 Sterling Road South, Armonk 10504 (914) 273-5557

Richard Ferrante fandaadv@aol.com 1989

WND

40

10

Focus Media Inc. 10 Matthews St., Goshen 10924 (845) 294-3342 • advertisingandpr.com

Josh Sommers info@advertisingandpr.com 2002

4.4 million

25

20 25

GMG Public Relations Inc. 23 Blauvelt St., Nanuet 10954 (845) 627-3000 • gmgpr.com

Risa B. Hoag risa@gmgpr.com 1991

150,000

10

10 60

Harrison Edwards PR & Marketing 51 Babbitt Road, Suite 7, Bedford Hills 10507 (914) 242-0010 • prharrisonedwards.com

Carolyn B. Mandelker information@harrison-edwardspr.com 1987

1.7 million

20

5

Hudson Fusion L.L.C.

Cindy Penchina info@hudsonfusion.com 1996

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30 State St., Ossining 10562 (914) 762-0856 • hudsonfusion.com

The Inner Group Inc. 1000 N. Division St., Suite 2D, Peekskill 10566 (914) 788-6471 • theinnergroup.com

Marjorie Finer info@theinnergroup.com 1999

WND

25

25

InspiriaMedia Corp.

10 Mitchell Place, Suite 201, White Plains 10601 (914) 239-3421 • inspiriamedia.com

Ronnie Ram and Nick Simard adinfo@inspiriamedia.com 2004

WND

25

50

Media Etc. Inc. 570 Taxter Road, Sixth floor, Suite 673, Elmsford 10523 (914) 610-3710 • mediaetc.com

Jaime Martorano jmartorano@gmail.com 1998

WND

55

20

Messer & Susslin & Others Inc. 274 N. Middletown Road, Pearl River 10965 (845) 735-3030 • msoad.com

Dan Susslin dsusslin@msoad.com 1973

500,000

70

10

Mid-Hudson Marketing 64 Lakeview Drive, Holmes 12531 (845) 493-0070 • midhudsonmarketing.com

Marilyn Bontempo President info@midhudsonmarketing.com 1975

WND

25

25 25

25 Graphic design, online client E-commerce and website design, SEO and maintenance

Thompson & Bender L.L.C. 1192 Pleasantville Road, Briarcliff Manor 10510 (914) 762-1900 • thompson-bender.com

Elizabeth Bracken Thompson liz@thompson-bender.com 1986

4.4 million

30

20 35

15 Social media, special events, government relations, web design, SEO and marketing, vdeo

15

5

5

100

30

5

40

20

40

WND

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5

10

25

10

20

20

10

5

70

25

3

15

10

5

5

7

25

25

75

2006

20

5

5

65

25 Marketing

5

35

60

20

20

5

50 Branding and graphic design 15 Marketing/strategy programs 10 Video

5

40

45

10

40

5

20

50

30

15

40

10

80

20

5

70

20

20 Digital/web 10 Sales consulting

20

10

70

20 Social media

10

10

25

50 Graphic design

40

5

35 Digital marketing

100 Web design and development, social media marketing, SEO, inbond and content marketing, E-commerce, mobile apps and sites 10 Digital 10 15 25 Print

5

5

25

5

5

10

30

30

10

10

10

20

Hudson Valley Ambulatory Services L.L.C. TitleVest Agency Inc. Filomeno and Co. P.C.

10 Video 10 Marketing consulting

WND

Orange Regional Medical Center Elant Ulster County Tourism

5

10

55 Public relations

Bounce! Trampoline Sports IMAX Theatre at Palisades Center Westchester Fine Crafts Show

20

10

20 Digital marketing

Westchester County Association Hudson Health Plan RTK Environmental Group

5

95

5

10

20

10

80

5

10

5

10

75

25

15

5

5

5

20 Design services and websites

15

75

10 33

25 NA

25

50

25

20

55

5

Hearst Corp.

Hospital for Special Surgery Readers' Digest

25 Public relations

5

70

Rockland County Volunteer Firefights Aviations Software Inc. Futrfab Manufacturing

20

20

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Actavis IBM Pfizer

WND

10

10

25

25 Medical education 25 Web technology

20 Package design

50

5

Emblem Health Wyndham Hotels The Blue Book of Building and Construction

Meadville Medical Center LifeLock

100 Customized promotional and branded products

10

20 Design and production

30 Video, social media and interactive-based solutions

WND

75

30 Company/product marketing strategy development

Orange County Tourism Regan Development HILCO Chicago

60

5

10

20

20

50 Web design and technology, medical education

ACM Amalgamated Bank BNY Mellon

15

20

50

25

20

Peter Bianchi pbianchi@edgemontmarketinggroup.com

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50 Corporate communications

75 Promotions

90 Promotional items

10

25

Top three (3) accounts by billing

other

25

25

web design

25

25

print

WND

design

Alex Steinberg as@ascommunications.com 1998

NA

direct mail media buying service

20 20

broadcast

60

retainers

1.5 million

billboards

Allan J. Ross info@ajross.com 1991

100 Promotions, tangible products

per-project basis

1 million

equity

Maria Perez perez@effectivepromos.com 1999

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advertising

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15

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The Blue Pig, in Croton-on-Hudson, and Gumdrop Swap, in Bridgeport, Conn., were chosen by Eileen Fisher for $12,500 grants out of more than 1,600 applicants.

The five grant recipients will also be recognized at a two-day Eileen Fisher conference in New York City next spring.

The Blue Pig, founded by Lisa Moir, was honored for its role as a community hub and for its dedication to sustainability and use of ingredients that are free of steroids, antibiotics, high fructose corn syrup and that are primarily sourced locally.

Gov. Andrew Cuomo announced he is directing the New York State Higher Education Services Corporation (HESC) to grant temporary student loan relief to New Yorkers.

Westchester students, along with those in New York City, Rockland and Long Island are eligible to receive a 90-day grace period, from Oct. 27 to Jan. 25 to repay their student loans.

In addition to the suspension of collections efforts, other actions to assist impacted student loan borrowers will include the suspension or reversal of delinquency or default notifications made by HESC to credit reporting agencies, the suspension of referrals for administrative wage garnishment and the suspension of collections calls to federal student loan borrowers in the tristate area.

More than 80 percent of HESC’s borrowers with delinquent or defaulted student loans live in the New York metropolitan area.

Borrowers should contact HESC to request a temporary suspension by calling 1-866-991-HESC (4372) or by emailing Dept736@hesc.ny.gov. A specific option has been added to the toll free number for Sandy victims.

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The hotline, 800-339-1759, was previously operating from 8 a.m. to 8 p.m. on weekdays and 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. on weekends.

The Department of Financial Services is sending its mobile command center to hard hit areas to help consumers with questions and problems, and is staffing disaster assistance centers throughout the state.

DFS urges homeowners who experienced property losses to file insurance claims with their insurers promptly and as soon as possible after losses occur. Homeowners unable to resolve disputes with insurers can also file complaints at dfs.ny.gov/consumer/fileacomplaint.htm.

Banks include M&T Bank Corp., Apple Bank, Partners, Dime Savings Bank of Williamsburgh, Emigrant Bancorp Inc. and New York Community Bank Foundation.

While details vary from bank to bank, most banks have agreed to waive ATM fees, late payment charges, penalties for checks returned because of insufficient funds, overdraft protection transfer fees and penalties for early withdrawal.

Apple Bank is offering waivers for late fees on mortgage payments. The bank, with locations in Scarsdale and Thornwood, will also work with borrowers who become “seriously delinquent,” according to spokeswoman Constance Martin.

Additionally, Apple Bank is waiving fees on deposit services that were incurred during Hurricane Sandy including those for insufficient funds, and early CD withdrawal penalty fees.

M&T Bank, which services White Plains, has instituted a program to work with customers living in disproportionately affected areas who are struggling to make their mortgage loan payments. They can ask that their late fees to be waived or discuss other payment arrangements.

Banking customers who have been unable to access a branch or ATM location because of the storm can contact M&T to also request waivers for insufficient funds and overdraft transfer fees.

Small business clients of M&T can also benefit from a special discounted rate on lines of credit and term loans.

There is no expiration date to take advantage of these programs.

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Gumdrop Swap, founded by Gabby Fludd, sells new and gently used children’s and maternity items through a unique arrangement, allowing customers to pay for items through earned points called gumdrops.

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The fourth-generation family business, founded in 1934, signed a 10-year, four-month lease at 4 Warehouse Lane, a 195,500-square-foot industrial warehouse building that is about 97 percent leased, said Mack-Cali officials in Edison, N.J. Barrie House has operated from 945 Nepperhan Ave. in Yonkers. The approximately 32,000-square-foot property is listed for sale at $2.95 million by NAI Friedland Realty Inc. Andrew Grossman of Friedand Realty

Closeout giant opens in northern Westchester Big Lots, the nation’s largest broadline closeout retailer, will celebrate the grand opening Friday of its 20,300-square-foot store at 2990 E. Main St. in Cortlandt Manor.

The discount retailer will make a $2,500 donation to Walter Panas High School during the 9 a.m. ceremony at the former Circuit City location.

Headquartered in Columbus, Ohio, Big Lots Stores Inc. is a Fortune 500 company with more than 1,450 stores in 48 states and more than 80 Liquidation World and LW stores in Canada.

consulting firms, has extended its lease while expanding for a third time at 500 Mamaroneck Ave. in Harrison.

O’Connor Davies will occupy an additional 3,144 square feet on the third floor of the five-story, 285,000-square-foot property, said Jeffrey H. Newman, executive vice president of Malkin Properties, owner and marketing and managing agent for the building. The firm will lease a total of 35,580 square feet of office space through 2024. Malkin Construction will build out the additional space.

Newman and senior Malkin Properties leasing associate Kimberly Zaccagnino represented the landlord in the deal. John R. McCarthy, of McCarthy Associates, brokered the deal for the tenant. Attorneys included Peter Bassano of Bleakley Platt & Schmidt L.L.P. for the tenant and David Bleckner and Ian Lester of David Bleckner P.C. for the landlord.

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ENVIRONMENTAL LAW The second in a series of features on legal practices leading to the “2013 ABOVE THE BAR AWARDS.”

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Above the Bar: John Nolon

BY SAM BARRON sbarron@westfairinc.com

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t Pace University’s Land Use Law Center, environmental law is more than just the Clean Air Act and Clean Water Act. John Nolon is a professor at Pace University Law School in White Plains, and is counsel to its innovative Land Use Law Center. At Pace, Nolon teaches property, land use and sustainable development law courses and has been a visiting professor at the Yale School of Forestry and Environmental Studies since 2001.

Nolon, a Tarrytown resident, has written numerous books and law review articles about sustainable development and the environment and received a Fulbright Scholarship to develop a framework law for sustainable development in Argentina where he worked from 1994 through 1996.

Climate change remains a hot–button issue in the environmental movement and Nolan is right in the thick of it. To battle

climate change without dealing with sustainable development would be a mistake, he believes.

“We need to bring the two together,” said Nolon, who has a vanity license plate that reads LAND USE. “They are related to each other. It’s a whole area of law. We need to shape cities and hamlets so there is not a lot of gas guzzling. Not using a lot of energy is the only way to mitigate climate change.”

Hurricane Sandy, the latest natural disaster to hit New York, brings with it some environmental lessons as well. From his perspective, Nolon is looking at how Sandy will impact waterfront development.

During the real estate boom, numerous developments were built along the Hudson River. “In real estate, being on the water has higher value, but it’s like whistling in the wind,” Nolon said. “The local zoning laws need to be rethought to see if we can’t retreat from the water. We are putting people and infrastructure in harm’s way.”

Nolon said that buildings have to be built so they are more resilient and able to

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withstand winds of up to 80 mph, particularly since “storm of the century” storms are becoming storms of the year due to climate change.

“Scientists at Yale have been saying that since 2001, hundred-year storms are coming more frequently,” Nolon said. “We’ve seen the sea levels rise due to the warming of the ocean. That water is being pushed in our direction.”

After the damage settles, amnesia sets in, and Nolon said that people often forget about the devastating storm and its consequences. But he sees a future in which waterfront living declines.

“Why should the public sector provide infrastructure?” Nolan said. “Why would an insurance company provide insurance? Why would a mortgage broker offer a mortgage?

After the fourth storm, maybe people will think they shouldn’t live there, but who wants to buy it? The paradigms are subtly shifting.”

With temperatures rising each year, Nolon said measures to curb climate change are simple. He supports cap and trade legislation, more energy-efficient buildings and to stop the removal of vegetation.

The big difference would be to have municipalities with walking neighborhoods built around mass transit. Nolon points to a website, walkscore.com, that calculates a resident’s “walk score” from 0-100 in relation to their address.

“You don’t want to live in an isolated single–family home that is an eight- to 15-minute drive from everything,” Nolon said. “Every trip puts more carbon dioxide into the atmosphere and increases global warming. We have a great capacity to build more density.”

Nolon said there has been a shift from living in a single family home out in the suburbs to living in the heart of a city surrounded by amenities. He points to cities like White Plains and Mount Vernon that have embraced this model of urban development.

Mount Vernon has 67,000 people in 4.4 square miles, with a population density of 15,424 people per square mile.

“Mount Vernon has a high walk score

John Nolon, a professor at Pace University Law School in White Plains, is an outspoken advocate for sustainable development, believing that it will help curb climate change.

and has a lot of mixed-use development,” Nolon said. “They should be proud. We do a lot of work with Mount Vernon; cities should be built like them.”

Nolon said that all of Westchester’s cities have become smart about urban development, noting the Hudson Park development next to the Yonkers train station, and New Rochelle having 95 percent of its new development within walking distance of the New Rochelle train station.

“They are getting it right,” Nolon said. “It is more cost effective to have livable density.

It enhances the quality of life. There are ways to do that.”

Part of this urban development has resulted because we are getting smart about climate change, Nolon believes. There are fewer skeptics and people are being conscious about where they live and work, with office parks becoming relics.

“We are working on local laws to repurpose single–family homes and the office parks on I-287,” Nolon said. “It’s all about the environment and the effect of human settlements on the environment.”

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urveying her Monday-morning audience in White Plains, U.S. Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor noticed a change in the attire of law students from her campus days more than three decades ago. “When I went to law school, I lived in dungarees and T-shirts,” said the 58-year-old, Bronx-raised jurist, who has served on the nation’s highest court since 2009.

Many in her Pace Law School audience share that casual dress code, but had donned suits and ties, business dresses and pantsuits on a historic day at Pace Law School, which was hosting the first visit by a U.S. Supreme Court justice to its North Broadway campus.

This Supreme Court justice, though, already was personally and professionally known by some at Pace, where in 1999 she mentored law students in the Federal Judicial Honors Program as a judge on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit. During her Nov. 12 visit, Sotomayor, the Supreme Court’s first Hispanic justice, met with current and past students in that honors pro-

gram and with members of the school’s Latin American Law Students Association.

Fielding questions from her audience in the law library’s moot courtroom, Sotomayor dispensed advice on career and law school choices and dispelled some popular notions about judges’ bias and guiding philosophies on the Supreme Court.

“To me, being in the law is public service,” she said. “It’s about helping people and institutions manage their problems.”

Sotomayor stressed the importance of finding mentors among law school professors and in the course of one’s legal career. If a law student graduates without having met one mentor for life, “You’ve done yourself a disservice because you haven’t found someone who can actually guide you.”

She spoke passionately of the careful crafting and “artistry” that goes into a Supreme Court decision. “It’s that artistry that is so engaging. … It’s learning how to write and how to write to persuade. If you leave law school learning anything, learn that.

Writing is the lawyer’s craft.”

Judicial activism, she said, “is a meaning-

less label. It’s a label used by the losing party in a case.” Judges draw from a “toolbox” of case precedents and statutory interpretations.

“We’re all using the same tools to arrive at different interpretations,” she said.

Asked about the Senate confirmation hearings required of Supreme Court nominees, Sotomayor said they are “doomed to failure” because senators want to know the nominee’s position on “hot-ticket items.” No judges “worth their salt” will say how they’d rule in advance of hearing a case.

For a nominee, Sotomayor said, the confirmation hearing is the only time “that the nation is actually getting to meet you, to understand something about who you are as a person. I think that has great value.”

Asked what alternative careers she had considered, Sotomayor paused a beat. “It is so horrible to admit this: there is nothing else I ever wanted to do. I’m not sure there’s anything else I’d be good at.”

Reading Nancy Drew crime mysteries as a child, Sotomayor wanted to be a detective.

But she was physically limited by juvenile diabetes, a condition that she was told would

keep her from a detective’s career. Instead, inspired by Perry Mason, the ever-winning lawyer in the popular television courtroom drama, she opted to pursue a career in law.

“I never seriously considered any alternatives,” she said. “I don’t know if I would have found happiness with anything else.”

On the Supreme Court, “I’m dealing with the most important legal questions in the world,” she said. For her, “It’s the best job in the world.”

The court does need more variety of legal experience among its justices, she said, and should include civil rights lawyers and those “who have represented every part of our society.”

Sotomayor, the third female justice named to the court, suggested it might be better served by the addition of women, whom she noted make up about half of law school student bodies.

She told of President Obama approaching Supreme Court Justice Ruth Ginsburg after he had appointed Sotomayor and Elena Kagan to the nine-member court. “Justice Ginsburg, are you happy I brought you two sisters?” the president asked.

“I’m very, very happy,” Ginsburg replied, “but I’ll be happier when you bring me five.”

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The death of the billable hour

By Alan G. Badey

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uch has been written over the years about the death of the billable hour. As law firms struggle to maintain profitability, if not their survival in the current economic climate, the debate over the almighty billable hour has been renewed.

While according to a 2011 Thomson Reuters survey hourly billing still accounts for some 68 percent of firm revenues, there’s no doubt that many clients are forcing their law firms to explore alternative billing methods. And it’s not just about saving money.

It’s about clients seeking value and accountability for the fees they are charged.

Another reason why alternatives need to be considered: Rival law firms may be using their alternative billing methods as a marketing device to steal away clients. There’s some evidence that boutique firms have used this strategy to take away business from larger firms.

Just as the billable hours billing method has its benefits and drawbacks, alternative

billing methods may solve some challenges while creating other issues for both law firms and their clients. Here are some billing options to consider: Fixed/flat fees: Perhaps the most popular of alternative billing methods, fixed fees are favored by clients because they know what they are going to pay in advance. It works quite well with simple transactions such as real estate closings, wills, employee contracts and corporate filings and many law firms already use this method for these types of work. In fact, when law firms have a good handle on what it takes to perform this “standard” type of work, it’s possible that they’ll realize revenues in excess of their hourly rates.

Bids: The New Normal? This economy has created a new “normal” within many industries. Bids or matter-oriented RFPs may not be widespread, but they have gained some ground among corporations looking to cut costs. In-house law departments are realizing savings when they ask law firms to bid on well-defined projects. The downside, though, is that these companies are losing

out on strong client-firm relationships that are sometimes hard to value in dollars.

Discounted hourly billing rates: If alternative billing methods can’t be agreed upon, and clients balk at the billable hour method, they may find a discounted hourly rate more palatable. For clients who insist billable hours inflate costs by “X” percent, a matching discount may prod them to move forward. While corporations may feel that they’ve negotiated a concession, law firms that believe in the fairness of the billable hour may be made to feel like they’ve admitted a problem exists with billable hours.

Value-based billing / Incentive arrangements: Value-based billing is a hybrid billing system, which is likened to a mix of tying the traditional hourly billing and overall cost of representation to service quality and results.

Many law firms believe that the worth of their counsel and services is of much more value than can be discerned by the number of hours put into the project. An attorney may develop a legal strategy in a short timeframe that translates into large money saved or made by a corporation. In these cases, law

firms may bill for the value they provide as opposed to the time spent developing the solution. The value bill is based on client satisfaction. Similarly, incentive or successbased billing arrangements have caught the attention of corporations and law firms alike.

A base fee structure is established and varying levels of success – agreed upon prior to an engagement – are rewarded accordingly.

When all parties are acting reasonably and goals/success are well-defined, value-based or incentive-based billing works and eliminates criticisms associated with billable hours.

There’s no secret method for evaluating which billing methods work best for an individual firm. It’s a combination of what works best for you and your client.

Alan G. Badey is the managing partner of Citrin Cooperman’s White Plains office and also leads the firm’s law practice. He can be reached at 949-2990 or via email at abadey@ citrincooperman.com.

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New ways to withstand climate disruption

BY TARICE L.S. GRAY tgray@westfairinc.com

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urricane Sandy proved to be a costly weather monster for the East Coast. In New York state alone, damage estimates hover around $30 billion.

Last year, recovery after Tropical Storm Irene exceeded $15 billion in total costs.

Those figures have been helpful in the same way an alarm clock can be useful – for many, they’ve been a wakeup call.

While government, community and business leaders have been trying to recover from this latest storm, even before, many were attempting to come up with strategies to prepare for what now seems inevitable: the annual mega-storm.

Franz Litz, executive director at the Pace Energy and Climate Center, a legal think tank based out of Pace University’s Law School, has spent much of his career looking for ways to lessen the impact of what he calls “climate disruption.”

“I think there’s no question that the

climate has changed and we’ve seen much higher frequency of extreme weather,” said Litz. “Governor Cuomo said it well when he said we’re having ‘one-hundred year storms every year now.’ He’s right.”

Regional leaders may have thought they were ahead of the storm due to the efforts of both Republican and Democratic governors from Maine to Maryland. In 2003, former Gov. George Pataki initiated the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative (RGGI), a trade program that aimed to reduce carbon emissions from power plants. Ten states collaborated on the idea in part because there was a growing since of urgency.

According to the United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), carbon emissions increased by human industry is in part responsible for the warming of the atmosphere. Litz, who served as New York’s principal representative for RGGI said, “In the Northeast our winter average temperatures have gone up four degrees Fahrenheit since 1970. It

doesn’t sound like a lot, but when you’re talking about averages it means a great deal, because the highs and the low fluctuate around those average numbers.” This translates to increased precipitation and a shift northward for the path of hurricanes, tropical storms and cyclones.

The original goal for RGGI, which launched in 2009, was to reduce carbon emissions by 10 percent by 2018. But because of the economic downturn, there’s been a 23 percent drop in emissions, Litz said. “Natural gas has become so cheap, certainly cheaper than oil,” he noted.

Natural gas is less carbon intensive, so with its increase in popularity the emissions have lessened substantially.

However, RGGI needs to revise its goals because the impact of climate disruption is still taking a toll on the region, Litz said.

Reportedly, the EPA has initiated a movement to further regulate carbon pollution from power plants. According to Litz, T: 7 in RGGI is primed to be the program that

moves the proposal forward, not just for states in the Atlantic region, but for other states across the country.

There’s also been interest expressed in combating the billion-dollar cost that comes after the hundred-year storms of late. At Pace, Litz has been part of discussions to look at other ways to prepare.

He believes there’s a lot that can be done especially when it comes to power outages, which have proved to be a huge problem for the region to overcome. The think tank has been considering how to get communities to become “more climate resilient and cleaner at the same time,” and is in the process of working with local communities on alternative options including embracing microgrids.

“We have some of the highest electricity rates in the country and because of that it also makes sense for communities to generate their own electricity,” said Litz. That’s something many communities would be willing to rally behind to for savings and convenience.

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by Citrin Cooperman, Pace Law School, Westchester County Business Journal, Westchester County Bar Association and the Westchester Women’s Bar Association.

CITRIN COOPERMAN The Above The Bar Award was co-created by Alan G. Badey, managing partner of Citrin Cooperman’s White Plains office, and the Westchester County Business Journal.

“The award was created to recognize the outstanding accomplishments of the top lawyers of Westchester County for their contribution to the profession and to the community,” Badey said. “All the winners and nominees have represented the highest standards of excellence in the legal community and we congratulate them all.”

Citrin Cooperman (citrincooperman. com) is the 27th largest accounting firm in the United States and the third largest in Westchester County providing assurance, tax, business advisory, valuation and forensic services. The firm has been providing accounting and consulting services in Westchester for more than 20 years.

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PACE LAW SCHOOL Pace Law School has more than 7,000 alumni throughout the country and the world, and is consistently ranked among the nation’s top three programs in environmental law. On its White Plains campus, it offers Juris Doctorate programs and the Master of Law degree in environmental law, including the nation’s first graduate-level programs in climate change and land use and sustainable development, and comparative legal studies, and a Doctor of Law in environmental law. The School of Law is part of Pace University, a comprehensive, independent and diversified university with campuses in New York City and Westchester County.

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The Westchester County Bar Association provides attorney, affiliate and law student members with opportunities to help shape our legal community and to maintain the high standards of the legal profession. Members are kept informed by a monthly newsletter, regular mailings, web postings, emails and by the semi-annual publication of the Westchester Bar Journal.

The Westchester Women’s Bar Association (WWBA) was founded in 1974 and is currently one of the largest chapters of the Women’s Bar Association of the State of New York. The WWBA has more than 650 male and female attorneys and judges working together through over 20 standing and 37 ad hoc committees.

The company mission is to promote justice for all, regardless of sex; to advance the social, economic and legal status for women through the law; to expand opportunities for women and to raise the level of competence and integrity in the legal profession.

The WWBA is a dynamic group of over 650 lawyers in Westchester County. They are a bar association not of women, but for women and issues of importance to women and children. The WBBA attracts, educates and inspires attorneys interested in advancing legal issues involving women and all those who are protected, fostered and nourished by women.

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egal commentators have observed that lawsuits contesting actions taken by municipalities under the State Environmental Quality Review Act (SEQRA) are often unsuccessful because courts must defer to the discretion enjoyed by local boards. However, recent cases confirm that courts will not passively rubber stamp SEQRA determinations and carefully examine whether a municipality has overstepped its review authority.

Two years ago, the Environmental Claims Part of the Westchester County Supreme Court annulled an Environmental Findings Statement (EFS) issued by the Village of Mamaroneck Planning Board restricting the number of seasonal residential units that could be constructed on property owned by the Mamaroneck Beach & Yacht Club within a marine recreation zoning district.

The court held the seasonal residential units were a permitted accessory use and therefore the planning board could not, on the prem-

ise of exercising its environmental review authority, limit the number of seasonal residences without consideration of appropriate environmental and socioeconomic factors as required under SEQRA. Similarly, in Fortress Bible Church v.

Feiner, et al., a federal district court nullified findings made by the town of Greenburgh under SEQRA with respect to the proposed construction of a church and school.

Although the town’s SEQRA findings were overturned based upon the violation of a federal statute, the Religious Land Use and Institutionalized Persons Act, the case confirms that courts will not uphold SEQRA determinations that are not based on legitimate environmental or socioeconomic factors. The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit recently confirmed the lower court decision in this case.

This past year also saw legal victories for applicants who went to court over municipal agencies’ delays or denials of their applications based on environmental reviews undertaken pursuant to SEQRA.

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In Center of Deposit Inc. v. Village of Deposit, a New York state appeals court overturned a lower court decision and determination by the Village of Deposit Planning Board requiring the petitioner to submit a draft environmental impact statement (DEIS) when seeking a simple subdivision of a single parcel of his property. The court ruled the planning board “had completely failed to articulate” how the proposed action could potentially alter drainage flow or patterns or surface water runoff, affect air quality, affect public health and safety, result in the diminution of open space or affect the character of the existing community by changing the density of land use, thereby requiring a DEIS.

Recent cases confirm that courts will not passively rubber stamp SEQRA determinations and carefully examine whether a municipality has overstepped its review authority.

In Kinderhook Development L.L.C. v.

City of Gloversville Planning Board, a New York state appeals court overturned a planning board’s denial of a special use permit for a housing project based on alleged environmental impacts. The court found that the planning board’s decision was not based on substantial evidence, when the planning board ignored its own preliminary study and determination that no environmental impact statement was required under SEQRA. Of course, not all challenges under SEQRA are successful in light of the deferential standards a court must apply. In one unusual twist involving a dispute between two Westchester municipalities, rather than an applicant and a municipal agency, an unsuccessful challenge under SEQRA recent-

ly resulted in a large development project going forward.

The village of Sleepy Hollow and General Motors recently prevailed in a lawsuit brought by the neighboring village of Tarrytown contesting the SEQRA findings made by Sleepy Hollow with respect to the redevelopment of the former GM assembly plant. The village’s approval of the Lighthouse Landing mixed-use development project followed an eight-year review process that entailed more than 50 public meetings and hearings and the adoption of a detailed environmental findings statement.

Tarrytown challenged the project approvals claiming that Sleepy Hollow had failed to take a “hard look” at its traffic impacts in Tarrytown pursuant to SEQRA. The state Supreme Court in Westchester County adopted many of Sleepy Hollow’s arguments and held it was “unreasonable” for Tarrytown to dispute the traffic mitigation measures specified in the Sleepy Hollow’s environmental findings statement when Tarrytown had incorporated the same measures in approving a significant waterfront development within its borders. The court, in upholding the SEQRA environmental findings statement, held that Sleepy Hollow had engaged in a comprehensive review and taken the required “hard look” at environmental impacts associated with the redevelopment of the GM property.

As current developments illustrate, applicants should take heart that actions taken, or not taken, by municipal agencies under SEQRA must be based upon legitimate environmental and socioeconomic factors, as confirmed by the administrative record developed before the local agencies, or the determinations may not be upheld in court.

Eric L. Gordon is an attorney with Keane & Beane P.C. in White Plains who practices zoning, land use and development and environmental law. His firm represented the prevailing parties in the Mamaroneck Beach, Fortress Bible and Sleepy Hollow cases cited above.

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

Manhattan Metex Mfg. Corp., 9 Park Place, Great Neck 10021. Chapter 11, voluntary. Attorney: Michael J. Venditto, New York City. Filed Nov. 9.

Case no. 12-14554.

Fort 2011-1 REO L.L.C., Depew.

Seller: Frederic Zonsius, et al, ChapCourt Cases paqua. Property: 22 Aldridge Road, New Castle. Amount: $1.3 million.

The following cases appear on the Filed Nov. 13. docket of the U.S. District Court for the county of Westchester in White United Water of New RoPlains. chelle Inc., New Rochelle. Seller: D’Agostino Management Corp., U.S. District Court Bronxville. Property: 174-180 Oak St., New Rochelle. Amount: $2 milEnergy Plus Holdings L.L.C. Filed lion. Filed Nov. 7.

by Jim Fortney. Action: diversityaccount receivable claim. Attorneys for plaintiff: Douglas Gregory Below $1 million Blankinship, Andrew N. Friedman and Victoria S. Nugent. Filed Nov. 7.

156 Park Inc., Scarsdale. Seller: 156 Case no. 12-08119.

Park Avenue Realty Corp., Yonkers.

Property: 156 Park Ave., Yonkers.

Google Inc., et al. Filed by Amount: $675,000. Filed Nov. 9.

Gerald Celente., et al. Action: trademark infringement claim.

Attorneys for plaintiff: Dyan 346 Heathcote L.L.C., Scarsdale.

Finguerra-DuCharme and Saritha Seller: Bruce Feffer, et al, New York Chandrupatla Reddy. Filed Nov. 7. City. Property: 346 Heathcote Road, Scarsdale. Amount: $662,500. Filed Case no. 12-08083.

Nov. 8.

Tribecka L.L.C., 784 Columbus Ave., No. 9A, New York City 10025. Chapter 7, voluntary. Attorney: David C. McGrail, New York City. Filed Nov 9.

HartFord Fire Insurance Co. Case no. 12-14564.

Filed by Liberty Mutual Insurance Co. Action: diversity-insurance contract claim. Attorney for plaintiff: Marshall Todd Potashner. Filed Nov. 7. Case no. 12-08069.

51 Church St L.L.C., Hawthorne.

Seller: Concettina Sardanelli, et al, Danbury, Conn. Property: 51 Church St., Bedford. Amount: $345,000. Filed Nov. 9.

Transportation L.L.C., et al. Filed

by Canal Air L.L.C. Action: diversity-breach of contract claim. Attorney for plaintiff: Sarah Kehaunani Ka. Filed Nov. 7. Case no. 12-08080.

Bai Ji Corp., Valhalla. Seller: John A. Matra, et al, Westport, Conn. Property: 381 Bedford Road, Mount Pleasant. Amount: $840,000. Filed Nov. 7.

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

Questions and comments regarding this section should be directed to: Bob Rozycki c/o Westfair Communications Inc. 3 Gannett Drive, Suite G7 White Plains, N.Y. 10604-3407 Phone: 694-3600 • Fax: 694-3680

YONKERS, 150 School St. Industrial building; .08 acre.

Foreclosure Plaintiff: city of Yonkers PlainAuctions tiff ’s attorney: Stuart Kahan, (914) 422-3900; 120 BloomingARMONK, 3 Dogwood Place. dale Road, White Plains. DeSingle-family residence; 2.02 fendant: Peacock Realty Corp. acres. Plaintiff: VNB New York Referee: Mary Smith. Sale: Nov. Corp. Plaintiff ’s attorney: 26, 11:30 a.m. Approximate lien: Kriss & Feuerstein, (212) 661- $105,633.97.

2900; 360 Lexington Ave., Suite 1300, New York City. Defendant: Leslie Dessauer. Referee: YONKERS, 207 S. Waverly Ian Philip Spier. Sale: Nov. 19, St. Vacant land; .11acre. Plain10:30 a.m. Approximate lien: tiff: city of Yonkers. Plaintiff ’s $1,670,147.44. attorney: Stuart Kahan, (914) 422-3900; 120 Bloomingdale Road, White Plains. Defendant: MOUNT VERNON, 22 Mount Seven Odell Inc. Referee: Mary Vernon Ave. Converted resi- H. Smith. Sale: Nov. 26, noon. dence; .06 acre. Plaintiff: 3MM Approximate lien: $254,637.36.

Inc. Plaintiff ’s attorney: Kalter Kaplan Zeiger Forman, 6166 State Route 42, P.O. Box 30, YORKTOWN HEIGHTS, 2994 Woodbourne. Defendant: Glo- Navajo St. Plaintiff: Westchesria Bell. Referee: Henry Neale. ter Tractor Inc. Plaintiff ’s attorSale: Nov. 28, 10 a.m. Approxi- ney: Craig Bumgarner P.C., 118 mate lien: $136,300.

Route 52, Carmel. Defendant: Creative Living Development.

Referee: Joan Salwen. Sale: Nov. PLEASANTVILLE, 27 Wash- 27, 11 a.m. Approximate lien: ington Ave. Single-family resi- $33,204.19. dence; .2 acre. Plaintiff: Washington Funding Associates.

Plaintiff ’s attorney: Novich, Edelstein, Lubell, Reisman, WasJudgments serman & Lefenthal, (914) 3750100; 733 Yonkers Ave., Yonkers. 105 Harbor Restaurant Corp., Defendant: Schloat Properties. Cold Spring. $90,162 in favor of Referee: Joann Cambareri. Sale: JPMorgan Chase Bank N.A. Filed Nov. 28, 9:30 a.m. Approximate Feb. 21. lien: $403,137.

C.J.S. Building Corp., Mamaroneck. Seller: Ricardo R. Morel, Woodside. Property: 6 Soulice WHITE PLAINS, 4 Martine Place, New Rochelle. Amount: Ave., Apt. 510. Condominium.

Plaintiff: Emigrant Bank. Plain$330,000. Filed Nov. 7. tiff ’s attorney: Belkin, Burden, Wenig & Goldman, (212) 867Glibdon Properties L.L.C., World Sports Technology Inc. 4466; 270 Madison Ave., New Filed by Stan Russo and BDL Penn Bronxville. Seller: Joel Thurm, York City. Defendant: Yen SteEnterprises L.L.C. Action: patent Davidson, N.C. Property: 100 S. phen Chen. Referee: Frank Ruinfringement claim. Attorney for Highland Ave., Ossining. Amount: tigliano. Sale: Nov. 21, 2 p.m. the plaintiff: Joshua Adam Scerbo. $39,600. Filed Nov. 8.

Approximate lien: $220,011.39.

Filed Nov. 7. Case no. 08074.

Guiracocha L.L.C., Port Chester.

Seller: SR Holdings I L.L.C., Green- YONKERS, 123 Halsey Road.

Deeds wich, Conn. Property: 65 S. Regent Single-family residence; .18 St., Rye. Amount: $300,000. Filed acre. Plaintiff: 341 East L.L.C. Nov. 7.

Plaintiff ’s attorney: Sanders, Above $1 million Gutman & Brodie, (718) 522MKB Construction Corp., Yon- 0666; 26 Court St., Suite 1005, 30 Haven Avenue L.L.C., East El- kers. Seller: Keiwon Song, et al, Ar- Brooklyn. Defendant: Shirley mhurst. Seller: I-Tek Realty Corp., monk. Property: 42 Evergreen Row, Thompson. Referee: Daniel RoMount Vernon. Property: 30 Haven North Castle. Amount: $757,518. mano. Sale: Nov. 28, 10 a.m. Approximate lien: $12,236.74.

Ave., Mount Vernon. Amount: $2.2 Filed Nov. 7. million. Filed Nov. 7.

Uptick Capital L.L.C. Filed by Abakan Inc. Action: diversitybreach of contract claim. Attorney for plaintiff: Steven E. Rosenfeld.

Filed Nov. 7. Case no. 12-08088.

ALC Enterprises, Irvington. $1,675 in favor of the New York State Department of Labor Unemployment Insurance Division, Albany. Filed Feb. 16.

AMM Capital Holdings Inc., Floral Park. $29,711 in favor of JPMorgan Chase Bank N.A. Filed Feb. 21.

Bricolage Handyman Rentals and Services Inc., Elmont. $47,812 in favor of JPMorgan Chase Bank N.A. Filed Feb. 21.

Carillis Kitchen and Bath Inc., Mount Vernon. $731 in favor of the New York State Department of Labor Unemployment Insurance Division, Albany. Filed Feb. 16.

Cast Stone Details Inc., Holbrook. $50,601 in favor of JPMorgan Chase Bank N.A. Filed Feb. 21.

Cellular Network Corp., Airmont. $97,647 in favor of JPMorgan Chase Bank N.A. Filed Feb. 21.

Charles J. Reiter and Associates Inc., Syosset. $39,207 in favor of JPMorgan Chase Bank N.A. Filed Feb. 21.

Clearview Transportation Inc., Mount Vernon. $83,899 in favor of the Workers’ Compensation Board of the State of New York, Albany.

Filed Feb. 14.

1055 Club Inc., d.b.a. Malibu Club, Uniondale. $50,922 in favor Cloro Corp., Yonkers. $284 in favor of JPMorgan Chase Bank N.A. of the New York State Department of Labor Unemployment Insurance Filed Feb. 21.

Division, Albany. Filed Feb. 16.

Advanced Respiratory Therapeutics Inc., Peekskill. $1,105 in favor of the New York State Department of Labor Unemployment Insurance Division, Albany. Filed Feb. 16.

AF Roman Inc., d.b.a. Compuchild, Yorktown Heights. $2,344 in favor of the New York State Department of Labor Unemployment Insurance Division, Albany. Filed Feb. 16.

Conica Management Company Inc., d.b.a. Bar Vivace, Thornwood. $962 in favor of the New York State Department of Labor Unemployment Insurance Division, Albany. Filed Feb. 16.

Crave Bar and Grille Inc., White Plains. $1,117 in favor of the New York State Department of Labor Unemployment Insurance Division, Albany. Filed Feb. 16.

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FACTS&FIGURES Cross County Pizza Corp., Yonkers. $497 in favor of the New York State Department of Labor Unemployment Insurance Division, Albany. Filed Feb. 16.

George’s Landscaping and Masonry, Mount Kisco. $24,000 in favor of the Workers’ Compensation Board of the State of New York, Albany. Filed Feb. 14.

TK Home Design Inc., d.b.a. By The Yard, Scarsdale. $3,195 in favor of the New York State Department of Labor Unemployment Insurance Division, Albany. Filed Feb. 16.

Daves Maintenance Service Inc., Yonkers. $413 in favor of the New York State Department of Labor Unemployment Insurance Division, Albany. Filed Feb. 16.

Guski Trucking Company Inc., White Plains. $839,652 in favor of Danstan Properties, Clifton, N.J. Filed Feb. 15.

Dimaio Millwork Corp., Yonkers. $10,754 in favor of the New York State Department of Labor Unemployment Insurance Division, Albany. Filed Feb. 16.

Interstate Fire and Safety Equipment Company Inc., Port Chester. $13,469 in favor of the New York State Department of Labor Unemployment Insurance Division, Albany. Filed Feb. 16.

DJN Custom Interiors Inc., Armonk. $2,659 in favor of the New York State Department of Labor Unemployment Insurance Division, Albany. Filed Feb. 16.

JH Mack L.L.C., d.b.a. Kohl Construction Group L.L.C., Congers. $3,263 in favor of Dewaters Plumbing and Heating L.L.C., Yonkers.

Filed Feb. 16.

Dorino Inc., Cold Spring. $59,562 in favor of JPMorgan Chase Bank N.A Filed Feb. 17.

Last Licks Management Co., New Rochelle. $33,665 in favor of Allstate Electric Corp., New York. Filed Feb. 15.

Dukpon International Inc., Croton-on-Hudson. $13,920 in favor of the Workers’ Compensation Board of the State of New York, Albany. Filed Feb. 14.

Manor Paving Company Inc., Mamaroneck. $2,950 in favor of Downstate Trucking Corp., Brewster. Filed Feb. 16.

Westchester Putnam Adult Day Program Inc., Peekskill. $7,425 in favor of the Workers’ Compensa- Colombo, Lois, et al. Filed by tion Board of the State of New York, Emigrant Mortgage Company Albany. Filed Feb. 14.

Inc. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $453,750 affectWiseboc L.L.C., Mamaroneck. ing property located at 5 Limestone $102,599 in favor of Professional Road, Armonk. Filed Oct. 5.

Properties L.L.C., Mamaroneck.

Filed Feb. 15.

Delgado, Aracely, et al. Filed by JPMorgan Chase Bank N.A. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $286,950 affecting property located at 38 Sedgwick Lis Pendens Ave., Yonkers 10705. Filed Oct. 5.

The following filings indicated a legal action has been initiated, the Dominguez, Roberto M., et al. outcome of which may affect the title Filed by OneWest Bank F.S.B. Acto the property listed. tion: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $578,042 affecting 572 Broadway Realty L.L.C., et property located at 61 Haines Blvd., al. Filed by U.S. Bank N.A. Action: Port Chester 10573. Filed Oct. 9. seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure an unspecified amount af- Duff, James W., et al. Filed by fecting property located at 572-574 Deutsche Bank National Trust S. Broadway, Yonkers. Filed Oct. 8. Co. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $376,000 affect6 Gramatan Realty L.L.C., et ing property located at 2923 Hyatt al. Filed by Sovereign Bank N.A. St., Yorktown Heights 10598. Filed Action: seeks to foreclose on a Oct. 10. mortgage to secure an unspecified amount affecting property located Gallego, Norberto, et al. Filed in Mount Vernon. Filed Oct. 9.

by Deutsche Bank National Trust Co. Action: seeks to foreclose on Armogan, Srimavo, et al. Filed a mortgage to secure $532,000 afby Deutsche Bank National Trust fecting property located at 17 EmCo. Action: seeks to foreclose on a malon Ave., White Plains 10603. mortgage to secure an unspecified Filed Oct. 11. amount affecting property located at 751 King St., Port Chester 10573. George, Ingrid, et al. Filed by CiFiled Oct. 10. timortgage Inc. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure Blaine, Diane K., et al. Filed by $104,908 affecting property located Bank of America N.A. Action: seeks at 574 Van Cortlandt Park Ave., to foreclose on a mortgage to se- Yonkers. Filed Oct. 10. cure $80,000 affecting property located at 22 Dunderave Road, White Haywood, James, et al. Filed by Plains 10603. Filed Oct. 9.

HSBC Bank USA N.A. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to Bonomo, Michael A., et al. Filed secure $614,872 affecting property

by Raymond James Bank. Action: located at 28 Cottage St., Port Chesseeks to foreclose on a mortgage to ter 10573. Filed Oct. 11. secure $532,500 affecting property located at 10 Cole Drive, Armonk Herran, Angel I., et al. Filed by 10504. Filed Oct. 8.

Loancare. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $500,101 Carlos, Jumel K., et al. Filed by affecting property located at 97 Bank of America N.A. Action: seeks Helena Ave.,Yonkers 10710. Filed to foreclose on a mortgage to secure Oct. 11. an unspecified amount affecting property located at 9 Winchester Lakow, Scott, et al. Filed by Ave., Unit 1-E, Peekskill 10566. Deutsche Bank National Trust Filed Oct. 11.

Co. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $588,000 affecting property located at 79 Edgewood Ave., Larchmont 10538. Filed Oct. 10.

EBI Landscaping and Masonry Work Corp., New Rochelle. $2,115 in favor of the New York State Department of Labor Unemployment Insurance Division, Albany. Filed Feb. 16.

Map Towing Inc., Peekskill. $6,352 in favor of the Workers’ Compensation Board of the State of New York, Albany. Filed Feb. 14.

Express Limousine Service Inc., Port Chester. $9,358 in favor of the New York State Department of Labor Unemployment Insurance Division, Albany. Filed Feb. 16.

Ralph’s B Auto Repair Inc., Yonkers. $69,159 in favor of the Workers’ Compensation Board of the State of New York, Albany. Filed Feb. 14.

Fulgums Restaurant and Bar Corp., Montrose. $2,616 in favor of the New York State Department of Labor Unemployment Insurance Division, Albany. Filed Feb. 16.

Reliable Lawn, Cortlandt. $862 in favor of the New York State Department of Labor Unemployment Insurance Division, Albany. Filed Feb. 16.

New York Videos Ltd., d.b.a.

Blockbuster Video, White Plains.

El Zarape Inc., Port Chester. $278 in favor of the New York State $2,928 in favor of the New York Department of Labor UnemployState Department of Labor Un- ment Insurance Division, Albany. employment Insurance Division, Filed Feb. 16.

Albany. Filed Feb. 16.

Pacini Custom Metals and Wood Elainess Seafood Inc., Port Ches- Inc., Cortlandt. $53,250 in favor of ter. $308 in favor of the New York the Workers’ Compensation Board State Department of Labor Un- of the State of New York, Albany. employment Insurance Division, Filed Feb. 14.

Albany. Filed Feb. 16.

Park Ave Imaging Management Elizabeth Produce and Meat Inc., Yonkers. $4,000 in favor of the Corp., Port Chester. $520 in favor Workers’ Compensation Board of of the New York State Department the State of New York, Albany. Filed of Labor Unemployment Insurance Feb. 14.

Division, Albany. Filed Feb. 16.

Perfecto Distributors L.L.C., Environmental and Ecological d.b.a. Selecto Products, Blauvelt.

Technologies, Congers. $32,049 in $52,130 in favor of Quickie Manufavor of the State Insurance Fund, facturing Corp., Cinnaminso, N.J. Filed Feb. 17.

White Plains. Filed Feb. 16.

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Chica, Edgar, et al. Filed by The Bank of New York Mellon. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure an unspecified amount affecting property located at 79 Halstead Ave., Port Chester 10573.

Filed Oct. 9.

Lawson, Vilma, et al. Filed by Bank of America N.A. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $489,167 affecting property located at 260 Columbus Ave., Port Chester 10573. Filed Oct. 9.

Rodriguez, Nataliya, et al. Filed by OneWest Bank F.S.B. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $356,000 affecting property located at 21 Drake Ave., New Rochelle 10805. Filed Oct. 10.

Lucio, Sabino, et al. Filed by Beneficial Homeowner Service Corp.

Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $296,750 affecting property located at 509 Washington St., Apt. 1, Peekskill. Filed Oct. 9.

Rodriguez, Victor M., et al. Filed

by Bank of America N.A. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $172,550 affecting property located at 6 Poplar St., Yonkers 10701. Filed Oct. 11.

Milano, Teasha, 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 27 Angela Drive, Croton-onHudson 10520. Filed Oct. 9.

Russo, Anthony, et al. Filed by HSBC Bank USA N.A. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $925,000 affecting property located at 110 Oakland Beach Ave., Rye 10580. Filed Oct. 5.

Slater, Daniel, et al. Filed by JPMorgan Chase Bank N.A. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $243,000 affecting property located at 19 Chalmers Blvd., Amawalk 10501. Filed Oct. 10.

Morris, Annmarie, 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 14 S. 14th Ave., Mount Vernon 10550. Filed Solla, Angelo, et al. Filed by HSBC Oct. 11.

Bank USA N.A. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure Parsonage House L.L.C., et al. $275,000 affecting property located Filed by Cathay Bank. Action: seeks at 17 Old Albany Post Road, Ossinto foreclose on a mortgage to secure ing 10562. Filed Oct. 9. $1.9 million affecting property located at 2 Birch St., New Rochelle. Steenman, Frances, et al. Filed Filed Oct. 8.

by JPMorgan Chase Bank N.A. Action: seeks to foreclose on a Paul, Laureen A., et al. Filed by mortgage to secure an unspecified KeyBank N.A. Action: seeks to amount affecting property located foreclose on a mortgage to secure at 453 Lexington Ave., Mount Kisco $250,000 affecting property located 10549. Filed Oct. 9. at 20 Riverview Road, Irvington 10533. Filed Oct. 9.

Steinschneider, Padriac, et al.

Filed by Hudson City Savings Bank.

Pena, Ofelia, et al. Filed by The Action: seeks to foreclose on a Bank of New York Mellon. Action: mortgage to secure $375,000 affectseeks to foreclose on a mortgage to ing property located at 321 Broadsecure $460,000 affecting property way, Dobbs Ferry. Filed Oct. 10. located at 619 Hillside Ave., Mamaroneck 10543. Filed Oct. 8.

Storino, Gianpalo, et al. Filed

by Deutsche Bank National Trust Perez, Carlos A., et al. Filed by Co. Action: seeks to foreclose on a Deutsche Bank National Trust mortgage to secure $468,000 affectCo. Action: seeks to foreclose on a ing property located at 22 Oak St., mortgage to secure $315,000 affect- Port Chester 10573. Filed Oct. 5. ing property located at 116 Hadden St., Peekskill 10566. Filed Oct. 9.

Trulli, Vincent Jr., et al. Filed by U.S. Bank N.A. Action: seeks to Randazzo, Serafino, et al. Filed foreclose on a mortgage to secure

by HSBC Bank USA N.A. Action: $430,000 affecting property located seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to at 57 Oslo Drive, Yorktown Heights secure $315,000 affecting property 10598. Filed Oct. 5. located at 32 Rome Ave., Bedford 10507. Filed Oct. 10.

Villa, Maria C., et al. Filed by Deutsche Bank National Trust Reynolds, John G., et al. Filed by Co. Action: seeks to foreclose on HSBC Bank USA N.A. Action: a mortgage to secure $490,589 seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to affecting property located at 32 secure $495,000 affecting property Bulkley Ave., Port Chester 10573. located at 80-82 Loring Ave., Yon- Filed Oct. 5. kers 10704. Filed Oct. 9.

Credits, Clients and Awards Mount Kisco Medical Group recently announced 41 of its physicians in 29 different specialties were recently recognized as Top Doctors in a list published by Westchester magazine. The Top Doctors list was compiled by Castle Connolly, a health care research and information firm.

Melissa Thornton, CEO of LSW Chauffeured Transportation, recently received a full scholarship to attend the 2012 Tuck-WBENC Executive Program, a weeklong executivelearning experience held at IBM’s Learning Center in Armonk.

The Tuck-WBENC Executive Program was established in 2003 and has, since then, been sponsored by IBM. Junior League of Central Westchester (JLCW) has announced that a portion of its proceeds from its recent Holiday Boutique fundraiser will benefit hurricane relief. The JLCW is an organization of women committed to promoting volunteerism, developing the potential of women and improving the community through the effective action and leadership of trained volunteers.

Newsmakers

On the Go: Business, Etc.

Boys & Girls Club of Northern Westchester recently announced the addition of two new members to its board of directors.

Michael Becker of Bedford currently serves as managing partner and founder of Broadsword Partners L.L.C., a New York City-based merchant banking firm.

Monday Nov. 26 Professional Women of Westchester (PWW) hosts a Give Thanks Networking Party to benefit Hope’s Door, 6 to 8 p.m., Rye Grill and Bar, 1 Station Plaza, Rye. $20 nonmembers, $15 PWW members. For information, visit professionalwomenofwestchester.com.

Tuesday Nov. 27 Douglas Thea of Katonah is currently The Women’s Enterprise Development Center 14th annual a partner at Thea & Schoen Inc., a man- Women’s Business Networking Event, 5:30 to 8:30 p.m., ufacturers’ representative in the electrical Graziella’s Italian Bistro, 99 Church St., White Plains. $65. For information, call 948-6098, ext. 13, or visit wedcbiz.org. industry, located in Clifton, N.J.

Wednesday Nov. 28 Professional Women of Putnam hosts a Give Thanks Networking Party to benefit the Putnam/ Northern Westchester Women’s Resource Center, 6 to 8 p.m., The Chophouse Grille, 957 Route 6, Mahopac. $15. To register, visit professionalwomenofputnam.com.

Snapshot

Martha J. Flanders has joined Dorf & Nelson L.L.P. The Friends of Sound Shore Medical Center (SSMC), New Rochelle chapter, recently hosted its 14th annual in Rye as a partner in the corporate law practice area. Most Accent on New Rochelle House Tour. This year’s tour benefitted the Solomon Katz Breast Center at SSMC. Nearly $35,000 was recently, Flanders served as a partner at Cozen O’Conner where raised through the sale of approximately 300 tour and raffles tickets. she practiced in the corporate law group. She holds a Juris Doctorate degree from New York University school of law and a bachelor’s degree in English from Barnard College.

WESTMED Medical Group, a Purchase-based multispecialty medical practice, has announced the following individuals have joined its firm.

Kristine Favila, a hospitalist at White Plains Hospital, was awarded her medical degree from the Philadelphia College of Osteopathic Medicine.

Philip Huh of Danbury, Conn., a hospitalist at White Plains Hospital, received his medical degree from the University of Connecticut School of Medicine.

Joseph S. Roy of Westport, Conn., a dermatopathologist, previously served as assistant professor of pathology in the division of dermatopathology at Ohio State University Medical Center.

From left, Accent on New Rochelle House Tour co-chairpersons Felisa DeSanto, Joann Rooney whose home was on the tour, co-chairperson Erin Gilligan Steffensen and John R. Spicer, president and CEO of Sound Shore Medical Center.

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

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FACTS&FIGURES White, Stanford L., et al. Filed by The Bankof New York Mellon. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $326,480 affecting property located at 468 S. 10th Ave., Mount Vernon 10550. Filed Oct. 11.

Gonzalez Landscaping, 140 Morningside Place, Apt. 3, Yonkers 10703, c/o Adriana Ramos. Filed March 12.

GrownKids, 731 Old White Plains Road, Mamaroneck 10543, c/o AarYi, Kyung Sun, et al. Filed by JPM- on Vaughn. Filed March 12. organ Chase Bank N.A. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to Hong Kong Chef Restaurant, secure $354,963 affecting property 470 Mamaroneck Ave., White located at 53 Travers Ave., Yonkers Plains 10605, c/o Juan Chen. Filed 10705. Filed Oct. 8.

March 12.

Zuniga, Sal, et al. Filed by Wells Fargo Bank N.A. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $134,233 affecting property located at 119 Orchard St., Yonkers 10703.

Filed Oct. 10.

Mechanic’s Liens

Kirby’s Lawn Care, 16 N. Chatsworth Ave., Larchmont 10538, c/o Kirby Finn. Filed March 9.

L.N.R. Performance, 616 Washington St., Peekskill 10566, c/o Phillip M. Dehayes. Filed March 9.

NYLedgers, 514 Gramatan Ave., Payne, David, et al, as owner. Apt. 3A, Mount Vernon 10552, $81,291 as claimed by WFC Con- c/o Vincent A. DiNunzio. Filed struction Management Inc., Har- March 9. rison. Property: in Harrison. Filed Nov. 8.

Ollocal in NY For Westchester, 1350 E. Main St., No. 271, Shrub Windward School, as owner. Oak 10588, c/o Warren Phelps. $20,496 as claimed by Trulite Glass Filed March 9. and Aluminum Solutions. Property: in Harrison. Property: in HarP.T.M. Transport, 43 Rockledge rison. Filed Nov. 5.

Ave., Mount Vernon 10550, c/o O’Neil D. Gill. Filed March 9.

Windward School, as owner. $52,600 as claimed by Westchester Metal Works Inc., Yonkers. Prop- Redecoration Station, P.O. Box 177, Amawalk 10501, c/o Cristina erty: in Harrison. Filed Nov. 5.

Hopper. Filed March 9.

New Businesses

Rhythm Acupuncture, 81 Stephen Drive, Tarrytown 10591, c/o Mital Khatri. Filed March 9.

This paper is not responsible for typographical errors contained in the Tradiciones-Andinas-N.Y., 13 original filings.

Laurel St., Hartsdale 10530, c/o Jose Cangana. Filed March 9.

Sole Proprietorships

Tri-State Commercial and Realty Services, 101 Old Mamaroneck Annie’s “Dream” Cuisine, 19 Road, Apt. 3C4, White Plains W. Prospect Ave., Mount Vernon 10605, c/o Paul Catalano. Filed 10550, c/o Andrea L. Ayers. Filed March 9.

March 9.

United Distribution, 263 WashAuto Title Private Service Bu- ington St., Mount Vernon 10550, reau, 36 E. Main St., Elmsford c/o Nasser Awadallah. Filed 10523, c/o Nancy Garcia. Filed March 9.

March 9.

Patents

Casarellanutrifit, 44 High Street West, Harrison 10604, c/o Carmine The following patents were issued by G. Casarella. Filed March 9. the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office in Washington, D.C. Daily Just, 10 Francis Terrace, Yonkers 10704, c/o Jose Torres. Filed Central repository for wakeMarch 9. and-go mechanism. Patent no.

8,312,458 issued to Ravi K. Arimilli, Global Difference, 102 Sunnyside Austin, Texas; Satya P. Sharma, AusDrive, Yonkers 10705, c/o Saman- tin, Texas; and Randal C. Swanberg, Round Rock, Texas. Assigned to tha Feinstein. Filed March 12.

International Business Machines Corp., Armonk.

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Dependency management when upgrading application components. Patent no. 8,312,446 issued to David Louis Kaminsky, Chapel Hill, N.C.; David M. Ogle, Cary, N.C.; and Richard Dean Telford, Morrisville, N.C. Assigned to International Business Machines Corp., Armonk.

Implicit interaction of portal application components. Patent no.

8,312,469 issued to Oliver Koeth, Stuttgart, Denmark; Hendrik Haddorp, Holzgerlingen, Denmark; Stefan Hepper, Holzgerlingen, Denmark; Stefan Liesche, Boeblingen, Denmark; and Michael Marks, Kirchheim-Teck, Denmark. Assigned to International Business Developing and executing ap- Machines Corp., Armonk. plications with configurable patterns. Patent no. 8,312,382 is- In lining native functions into sued to Yuval Gilboa, Pardesiya, Ill.; compiled java code. Patent no.

Frank Stienhans, Wiesloch, Den- 8,312,439 issued to Allan Henry mark; Gennady Shumakher, Hod Kielstra, Ajax, Calif.; Levon SasHasharon, Ill.; Peter Giese, Kaiser- soon Stepanian, Toronto, Calif.; slautem, Denmark; Victor Shabu- and Kevin Alexander Stoodley, rov, Leimen, Denmark; Adi Kavaler, Richmond Hill, Calif. Assigned to Hod-Hasharon, Ill; and Vinay Nath International Business Machines Penmatsa, Vijaywada, Ind. Assigned Corp., Armonk. to International Business Machines Corp., Armonk.

Mashup application processing system. Patent no. 8,312,383 issued Dynamic template instantiation. to Michael Gilfix, Austin, Texas. AsPatent no. 8,312,425 issued to Ste- signed to International Business fan Hepper, Holzgerlingen, Den- Machines Corp., Armonk. mark; Stefan Liesche, Boblingen, Denmark; Andreas Nauerz, Boblin- Method and system for simpligen, Denmark; Juergen Schaeck, fied service composition in web Boblingen, Denmark; and Thomas environment. Patent no. 8,312,426 Stober, Bonlingen, Denmark. As- issued to Eric Bouillet, Englewood, signed to International Business N.J.; Zhen Liu, Tarrytown; and AnMachines Corp., Armonk. ton V. Riabov, Ossining. Assigned to International Business MaFinding the source statement of chines Corp., Armonk. the definition of a storage location. Patent no. 8,312,434 issued Method, apparatus and system to Cary L. Bates, Rochester, Minn.; for applying timed operations to and William J Schmidt, Rochester, Minn. Assigned to International nontimed functions. Patent no.

Business Machines Corp., Ar- 8,312,474 issued to Zhong Ping Wang, Chang Zhou, China; and monk.

John Matthew Ward; Vail, Ariz. Assigned to International Business Guarding code check-in with Machines Corp., Armonk. test-case execution results. Patent no. 8,312,430 issued to Debora O’Berry Best, Acton, Mass.; Steven Method, computer program Francis Best, Acton, Mass.; Robert product and hardware product James Eggers Jr., Austin, Texas; and for providing program individJanice Marie Girouard, Austin, Tex- uality analysis for source code as. Assigned to International Busi- programs. Patent no. 8,312,440 issued to Futoshi Iwama, Yokoness Machines Corp., Armonk. hama, Japan; and Taiga Nakamura, Kanagawa-ken, Japan. Assigned to Hardware-based dynamic load International Business Machines balancing of message passing Corp., Armonk. interface tasks by modifying tasks. Patent no. 8,312,464 issued to Lakshminarayana B. Arimilli, Method to recognize GUI object Austin, Texas; Ravi K. Arimilli, Aus- in globalized environment. Pattin, Texas; Ramakrishnan Rajamo- ent no. 8,312,428 issued to Nai Y. ny, Austin, Texas; and William E. Zhao, Beijing, China. Assigned to Speight, Austin, Texas. Assigned to International Business Machines International Business Machines Corp., Armonk.

Corp., Armonk.

Methods, apparatus and articles of manufacture for imposing security measures in a virtual environment based on user-profile information. Patent no. 8,312,511 issued to Zachary Adam Garbow, Rochester, Minn; and Candace Trielle Pederson, Rochester, Minn. Assigned to International Business Machines Corp., Armonk.

Methods for generating code for architecture encoding an extended register specification.

Patent no. 8,312,424 issued to Michael Karl Gschwind, Chappaqua; Robert Kevin Montoye, New York City; Brett Olsson, Cary, N.C.; and John-David Wellman, Hopewell Junction. Assigned to International Business Machines Corp., Armonk.

Recursive locking of a threadshared resource. Patent no.

8,312,470 issued to Lisa D. Banks, Poughkeepsie; and Jason A. Keenaghan, Poughkeepsie. Assigned to International Business Machines Corp., Armonk.

Reducing remote-memory accesses to shared data in a multinodal computer system. Patent no. 8,312,462 issued to Lynn Keat Chung Rochester, Minn.; Mark Robert Funk, Mantorville, Minn.; Richard Karl Kirkman, Rochester, Minn.; Angela Mae Newton, Oronoco, Minn.; and Don Darrell Reed, Mantorville, Minn. Assigned to International Business Machines Corp., Armonk.

Multisegments modeling bond wire interconnects with 2D simulations in high-speed, highdensity, wire-bond packages. Patent no. 8,312,404 issued to Haitian Hu, Hopewell Junction; Timothy W. Budell, Essex Junction, Vt.; Charles S. Chiu, Essex Junction,Vt.; and Eric Tremble, Essex Junction, Vt. Assigned to International Restricting resources conBusiness Machines Corp., Ar- sumed by ghost agents. Patent monk. no. 8,312,466 issued to Thomas Creamer,Boca Raton, Fla; Bill Operating system aided code H. Hilf, La Habra, Calif.; Peeycoverage. Patent no. 8,312,433 is- ush Jaiswal, Boca Raton, Fla.; Neil sued to Shmuel Ben-Yehuda, Haifa, Katz, Parkland, Fla.; Michael Mirt, Ill; and Moshe Klausner, Ramat Deerfield Beach, Fla.; and Victor S. Yishay, Ill. Assigned to Interna- Moore, Lake City, Fla. Assigned to tional Business Machines Corp., International Business Machines Armonk.

Corp., Armonk.

Optimizing execution of singlethreaded programs on a multiprocessor managed by compilation. Patent no. 8,312,455 issued to Robert H. Bell, Jr., Austin, Texas; Louis Bennie Capps, Jr., Georgetown, Texas; Michael A Paolini, Austin, Texas; and Michael Jay Shapiro, Austin, Texas. Assigned to International Business Machines Corp., Armonk.

Selecting a set of candidate code expressions from a section of program code for copying. Patent no. 8,312,427 issued to Gordon Douglas Hutchison, Eastleigh, Great Britain; David Geoffrey Screen, Winchester, Great Britain; and Joseph Robert Winchester, Hursley, Great Britain. Assigned to International Business Machines Corp., Armonk.

Presenting a continuous programming sequence at a client terminal. Patent no. 8,312,494 issued to Jean-Luc Collet, La Gaude, France; Francois-Xavier Drouet, La Gaude, France; Fabien Valbonne Lanne, France; and Gerard Marmigere Drap, France. Assigned to International Business Machines Corp., Armonk.

System and method for optimizing interrupt processing in virtualized environments. Patent no. 8,312,456 issued to David Alan Hepkin, Austin, Texas; Sujatha Kashyap, Austin, Texas; and Bret Ronald Olszewski, Austin, Texas.

Assigned to International Business Machines Corp., Armonk.

Presenting energy consumption information in an integrated development environment tool.

Patent no. 8,312,441 issued to Eric L Barsness, Pine Island, Minn.; David L Darrington, Rochester, Minn.; Amanda Peters, Cambridge, Mass.; and John M. Santosuosso, Rochester, Minn. Assigned to International Business Machines Corp., Armonk.

User-specified install locations.

Patent no. 8,312,445 issued to Julie Levell Craft, Austin, Texas; Roji John, Austin, Texas; Edward Shvartsman, Austin, Texas; and Marc Joel Stephenson, Austin, Texas. Assigned to International Business Machines Corp., Armonk.

Using dynamic call graphs for creating state machines. Patent no. 8,312,417 issued to Sandeep Real-time CPU dispatcher af- Kohli, Karnataka, Ind. Assigned to finity re-balancing. Patent no. International Business Machines 8,312,465 issued to Bernard Pierce, Corp., Armonk.

Poughkeepsie; Daniel V. Rosa, Highland; and Donald W. Schmidt, Stone Ridge. Assigned to International Business Machines Corp.

Armonk.

Viral installation of operating systems in a network. Patent no.

8,312,449 issued to Christopher J. Dawson, Arlington, Va.; Peter G. Finn, Brampton, Calif.; Rick A. Hamilton II, Charlottesville, Va.; James W. Seaman, Falls Church, Va.; and Timothy M. Waters, Hiram, Ga. Assigned to International Business Machines Corp., Armonk.

North Plank Plaza L.L.C., Middletown, as owner. Lender: Ulster Savings Bank, Kingston.

Property: in Newburgh. Amount: $405,000. Filed Nov. 8.

Tre Vlaznit L.L.C., Campbell Hall, as owner. Lender: Walden Savings Bank, Montgomery.

Property: in Hamptonburgh.

Amount: $305,000. Filed Nov. 7.

Visualization of implicit relaDeeds tionships in a trace query for model-driven development. Patent no. 8,312,418 issued to Scott D. Cowan, Ottawa, Calif.; and Brent A. Above $1 million Nicolle, Nepean, Calif. Assigned to International Business Machines Extra Space of Central Valley Corp., Armonk.

L.L.C., Salt Lake City, Utah.

Seller: Central Self-Storage L.L.C., Morristown, N.J. Property: in Woodbury.

Amount: $15.2 million. Filed Nov. 8.

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Stewart Commons L.L.C., Middletown.

Seller: Scope Development L.L.C., New York.

Property: in Newburgh. Amount: $1.5 million. Filed Nov. 8.

Above $1 million

Below $1 million

CRH Realty VI L.L.C., Middletown, as owner. Lender: Orange County Trust Co., Middletown. Property: 109 Rykowski Lane, Wallkill.

Amount: $10.5 million. Filed Nov. 9.

1 Tevarya L.L.C., Monroe. Seller: Devorah Kaufman, Monroe.

Property: in Monroe. Amount: $72,000. Filed Nov. 9.

Below $1 million

32 Beilke L.L.C., Millerton, Seller: Barbara A. Russo, St. Johnsville. Property: in North East. $130,000. Filed Nov. 2.

42 Stonybrook Road L.L.C., Borsch, Matthew R,, et al, Tivoli. Seller: Mary Kathryn as owner. Lender: Berkshire Missett, Brooklyn. Property: in Bank. Property: in Washington. Red Hook. $175,000. Filed Nov. 2.

Amount: $800,000. Filed Nov. 8.

A and B Properties of Goshen Camerlingo, Philip R., L.L.C., Chester. Seller: Cesare Middletown, as owner. Lender: L. Rotundo, et al, Middletown. in Wawayanda.

Normandy Corp., Rochester. Property: Property: in Wawayanda. Amount: $145,000. Filed Nov. 7.

Amount: $270,000. Filed Nov. 8.

Carino Holdings L.L.C., Church Street Commons Yorktown Heights. Seller: Stone L.L.C., et al, New Paltz, as owner. Hill Developers Inc., Pawling.

Lender: Sawyer Savings Bank, Property: in Patterson. Amount: Saugerties. Property: in New $335,000. Filed Oct. 26.

Paltz. Amount: $960,000. Filed Catskill Farms Inc., Eldred.

Nov. 7.

Seller: Kathleen Ellen Beaulieu, Mid Hudson Development Stone Ridge. Property: in Corp L.L.C., as owner. Lender: Marbletown. Amount: $70,000.

Rhinebeck Bank. Property: in Filed Nov. 8.

Wappinger. Amount: $242,500.

Deutsche Bank National Trust Filed Nov. 5.

Co. Seller: Glen A. Plotsky.

Property: 90 Montgomery St., Middletown 10940. Amount: $291,028. Filed Nov. 7.

Deutsche Bank National Trust Co. Seller: Glen Plotsky, Port Jervis. Property: 4747.5 Commonwealth Ave., Middletown 10940. Amount: $245,425. Filed Nov. 9.

DLJ Mortgage Capital Inc. Seller: Ronald W. Rueger, et al, New Hampton. Property: 97 Haselton Drive, Slate Hill 10973.

Amount: $189,714. Filed Nov. 7.

Premium Builders of Orange Inc., Cornwall. Seller: Angelo J. Ingrassia, Middletown. Property: 8 Park Row, Middletown 10941.

Amount: $48,350. Filed Nov. 8.

A. Morano Construction Inc., Clintondale. $168 in favor of the New York State Department of Taxation and Finance, Albany.

Filed Nov. 6.

Card Carousel South Inc., Newburgh. $245 in favor of the New York State Department of Taxation and Finance, Albany.

Filed Sept. 4.

Schulte-Harlow Ltd., High Falls.

Seller: Karen Whitford, Franklin, Tenn. Property: in Marbletown.

Amount: $100,000. Filed Nov. 9.

Andrew and Rebecca Realty Inc., Fort Montgomery. $1,583 in favor of the New York State Department of Taxation and Finance, Albany. Filed Aug. 22.

Carrier Development Corp., Wallkill. $447 in favor of the New York State Department of Taxation and Finance, Albany.

Filed Nov. 6.

Sclafani Petroleum Inc., Mahopac. Seller: City of New Anton’s on the Lake, Greenwood Eglise Evangelique Haitienne York. Property: in Carmel. Lake. $21,165 in favor of the of CMA of Newburgh, Amount: $125,000. Filed Oct. 26. New York State Department of Taxation and Finance, Albany.

Newburgh. Seller: The Newburgh Institute for the Arts and Ideas, Seakill Inc., New Paltz. Seller: Filed Sept. 4.

New York City. Property: 155 Hickory Ridge Development Liberty St., Newburgh. Amount: L.L.C., High Falls. Property: in Archer Air and Heating Inc., $150,000. Filed Nov. 7.

New Paltz. Amount: $105,000. Highland. $3,002 in favor of the New York State Department of Filed Nov. 5.

Taxation and Finance, Albany.

FE Clinton L.L.C., Pleasant Valley. Seller: Millbrook Chase Simon Family L.P., Mount Filed Nov. 6.

Inc., Clinton Corners. Property: Tremper. Seller: Warren Pires, et in Clinton and Stanford. al, Wallkill. Property: 16 Myers B and D Taxi Company L.L.C., $455,000. Filed Nov. 5.

Road, Wallkill. Amount: $90,000. Walden. $2,311 in favor of the New York State Department of Filed Nov. 6.

Labor Unemployment Insurance Federal National Mortgage Association. Seller: Mohammed The Putnam County National Division, Albany. Filed Aug. 27.

N. Moadeli, New York. Property: Bank of Carmel, Carmel. in Shawangunk.

Amount: Seller: Raymond M. Maguire, B and H Builders of Orange $302,928. Filed Nov. 5. et al, Patterson. Property: 266 County Inc., Monroe. $2,969 Tammany Hall Road, Patterson. in favor of the New York First Class Landscaping of the Amount: $377,300. Filed Oct. 26. State Department of Labor Unemployment Insurance Hudson Valley Inc., Clintondale.

Seller: Donald A. Powles, et al, VAG Consulting L.L.C., Chester. Division, Albany. Filed Sept. 4.

Wallkill. Property: in Plattekill. Seller: HSBC Bank USA N.A. Amount: $26,000. Filed Nov. 6.

Property: 52 Erie St., Port Jervis B.M. Briggs Excavating Inc., 12771. Amount: $64,000. Filed Middletown. $6,600 in favor of the New York State Department Griffin Properties, Red Hook. Nov. 7. of Taxation and Finance, Albany.

Seller: Jared T. Griffin, Red Hook.

Property: Route 199, Red Hook. Valley Services Inc., Newburgh. Filed Sept. 4. $78,750. Filed Nov. 2.

Seller: Minisink Turnpike Estates L.L.C., Monroe.

Property: Benny Havens Pub and HR Marketing Corp., Monroe. in Minisink and Greenville. Restaurant, Highland Falls. $685 Seller: Moshe E. Fried, Monroe. Amount: $403,592. Filed Nov. 8. in favor of the New York State Department of Taxation and Property: in Monroe. Amount: $70,000. Filed Nov. 8.

Venditti Properties L.L.C., Finance, Albany. Filed Sept. 4.

Mahopac. Seller: Lindemann HSBC Bank USA N.A. Seller: Properties Inc., Ulster Park. Bernardino Alvarado Inc., Ronald E. Helhoski, Middletown. Property: in Esopus. Amount: Newburgh. $1,437 in favor of the New York State Department Property: 1137 Route 211 W., $174,900. Filed Nov. 5. of Taxation and Finance, Albany.

Middletown 10940. Amount: Filed Aug. 22. $133,608. Filed Nov. 8.

Hudson Heritage Federal Credit Union, Middletown.

Seller: CNL APF Partners L.P., Scottsdale, Ariz. Property: 163 Dolson Ave., Middletown 10940.

Amount: $550,000. Filed Nov. 7.

Hudson Valley Federal Credit Union, Poughkeepsie. Seller: Andrew L. Phillips Jr., et al, Poughkeepsie. Property: in LaGrange. Amount: $191,000.

Filed Nov. 5.

Judgments

193 Deli Corp., Newburgh. $430 in favor of the New York State Department of Taxation and Finance, Albany. Filed Aug. 22.

2009 Rufino Grocery Corp., Newburgh. $415 in favor of the New York State Department of Taxation and Finance, Albany.

Filed Aug. 22.

98 Clinton Market Inc., Montgomery. $139 in favor of North Plank Plaza L.L.C., the New York State Department Middletown. Seller: Mid-Hudson of Taxation and Finance, Albany.

II Holding Company Inc., New Filed Aug. 22.

Paltz. Property: in Newburgh.

Amount: $160,000. Filed Nov. 8.

CNC Creative Solutions Inc., Otisville. $1,371 in favor of the New York State Department of Taxation and Finance, Albany.

Filed Sept. 4.

Commercial Project Management Inc., d.b.a. CPM, Middletown. $2,224 in favor of the New York State Department of Labor Unemployment Insurance Division, Albany. Filed Aug. 27.

Cookies ‘N’ Milk, Marlboro. $1,969 in favor of the New York State Department of Taxation and Finance, Albany. Filed Nov. 6.

Corner Stone Homes II Inc., Newburgh. $198 in favor of the New York State Department of Taxation and Finance, Albany.

Filed Aug. 22.

Country Siding and Windows Inc., Monroe. $17,340 in favor of the New York State Department of Taxation and Finance, Albany.

Filed Sept. 4.

Dahlquist Painting and Contracting Inc., Port Jervis. $468 in favor of the New York State Department of Taxation and Finance, Albany. Filed Aug. 22.

Darkness L.L.C., Pine Bush. $530 in favor of the New York State Department of Taxation and Finance, Albany. Filed Sept. 4.

Darlin Enterprises Inc., Maybrook. $1,380 in favor of Best Deal Auto Inc., Newburgh. the New York State Department $477 in favor of the New York of Taxation and Finance, Albany.

State Department of Taxation and Filed Sept. 4.

Finance, Albany. Filed Sept. 4.

DeEorge Inc., Highland Mills.

BLR Land Group L.L.C., $734 in favor of the New York Harriman. $106 in favor of the State Department of Taxation and New York State Department of Finance, Albany. Filed Sept. 4.

Taxation and Finance, Albany.

Filed Sept. 4.

DeNardo Excavating L.L.C., Wallkill. $2,000 in favor of the Capital Brokerage Associates New York State Department of Inc., Monroe. $257 in favor of Taxation and Finance, Albany. the New York State Department Filed Nov. 6. of Taxation and Finance, Albany.

Filed Aug. 22.

Direct Carrier Corp., Goshen. $2,617 in favor of the New York Capital Style Art Inc., Monroe. State Department of Taxation and $218 in favor of the New York Finance, Albany. Filed Sept. 4.

State Department of Taxation and Finance, Albany. Filed Aug. 22.

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FACTS&FIGURES DMZ Computing Inc., Monroe. $915 in favor of the New York State Department of Taxation and Finance, Albany.

Filed Sept. 4.

Freeman’s Power Equipment Inc., Monroe. $210 in favor of the New York State Department of Taxation and Finance, Albany.

Filed Sept. 4.

Dunleavy Title Abstractors Inc., Newburgh. $150 in favor of the New York State Department of Taxation and Finance, Albany. Filed Aug. 22.

Future Funding and Construction Corp., Middletown. $1,580 in favor of the New York State Department of Taxation and Finance, Albany.

Filed Aug. 22.

DZ Internet Solutions Inc., Cornwall-on-Hudson. $1,380 in favor of the New York State Department of Taxation and Finance, Albany. Filed Sept. 4.

Eastern Pest Management L.L.C., Newburgh. $21,014 in favor of the New York State Department of Taxation and Finance, Albany. Filed Aug. 22.

Eastern States Worldwide Movers Corp., New Paltz. $391 in favor of the New York State Department of Taxation and Finance, Albany. Filed Nov. 6.

El Tumi Restaurant Inc., Newburgh. $4,549 in favor of the New York State Department of Taxation and Finance, Albany.

Filed Aug. 22.

Emerald Car Service Inc., New Windsor. $1,466 in favor of the New York State Department of Taxation and Finance, Albany.

Filed Aug. 22.

Ganpati Donuts Inc., Newburgh. $518 in favor of the New York State Department of Taxation and Finance, Albany.

Filed Sept. 4.

GBSays Inc., New Windsor. $310 in favor of the New York State Department of Taxation and Finance, Albany. Filed Sept. 4.

Gear Up Apparel, Wallkill. $4,528 in favor of the New York State Department of Taxation and Finance, Albany. Filed Nov. 6.

Gordon’s Auto Body Inc., Wallkill. $41,106 in favor of the New York State Department of Taxation and Finance, Albany.

Filed Nov. 6.

Helale Corp., Maybrook. $1,211 in favor of the New York State Department of Taxation and Finance, Albany. Filed Aug. 22.

Home and Barn Improvements Inc., Warwick. $1,477 in favor of Empire Services and More, the New York State Department Newburgh. $995 in favor of the of Taxation and Finance, Albany.

New York State Department of Filed Aug. 22.

Taxation and Finance, Albany.

Filed Aug. 22.

Hudson Valley Paving Inc., Monroe. $3,109 in favor of the Empire State Concrete New York State Department Company Inc., Pine Bush. $306 of Labor Unemployment in favor of the New York State Insurance Division, Albany.

Department of Taxation and Filed Aug. 27.

Finance, Albany. Filed Aug. 22.

Importbook.com Inc., Port Empire Transport USA Inc., Jervis. $1,477 in favor of the Monroe. $1,481 in favor of the New York State Department of New York State Department of Taxation and Finance, Albany.

Taxation and Finance, Albany. Filed Aug. 22.

Filed Aug. 22.

J. Lang Inc., Highland Falls.

Exclusive Realty Management $1,582 in favor of the New York Inc., Middletown. $464 in State Department of Taxation and favor of the New York State Finance, Albany. Filed Aug. 22.

Department of Taxation and Finance, Albany. Filed Aug. 22.

JAS Property Management and Realtors Corp., Pine Bush.

Executive Settlements and $88,000 in favor of the Workers’ Closings Inc., Monroe. $1,557 Compensation Board of the in favor of the New York State State of New York, Albany. Filed Department of Taxation and Nov. 5.

Finance, Albany. Filed Aug. 22.

Jethall L.L.C., d.b.a. Steak and Foxx Pools By Charles Burger, Stein L.L.C., New Windsor.

Highland. $2,893 in favor of the $26,975 in favor of the New York New York State Department of State Department of Taxation and Taxation and Finance, Albany. Finance, Albany. Filed Aug. 22.

Filed Nov. 6.

Junk-Be-Gone L.L.C., Chester. $1,112 in favor of the New York State Department of Taxation and Finance, Albany. Filed Aug. 22.

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KDL Home Health Care Agency Inc., Cuddebackville. $2,120 in favor of the New York State Department of Labor Unemployment Insurance Division, Albany. Filed Aug. 27.

Pittaluga Drive Inc., Goshen. $1,597 in favor of the New York State Department of Taxation and Finance, Albany. Filed Aug. 22.

Pizza Margherita Inc., d.b.a.

Picnic Pizza, New Paltz. $109 Lamendola Enterprises Inc., in favor of the New York State Middletown. $504 in favor of Department of Taxation and the New York State Department Finance, Albany. Filed Nov. 6. of Taxation and Finance, Albany.

Filed Aug. 22.

Pro Express Inc., Florida. $1,837 in favor of the New York Las Delicias/ Jackies, State Department of Labor Middletown. $100 in favor of Unemployment Insurance the New York State Department Division, Albany. Filed Aug. 27. of Taxation and Finance, Albany.

Filed Aug. 22.

Rockland HVAC Inc., Chester. $4,421 in favor of the New York Leigh’s, Monroe. $1,966 in State Department of Labor favor of the New York State Unemployment Insurance Department of Taxation and Division, Albany. Filed Aug. 27.

Finance, Albany. Filed Sept. 4.

Rosen Water Inc., Monroe. $504 Liberty Pipe and Supply Inc., in favor of the New York State Kingston. $369 in favor of the Department of Taxation and New York State Department of Finance, Albany. Filed Aug. 22.

Taxation and Finance, Albany.

Filed Nov. 6.

S and S Air Corp., Monroe. $1,922 in favor of the New York Luhal L.L.C., Marlboro. $4,188 State Department of Taxation and in favor of the New York State Finance, Albany. Filed Aug. 22.

Department of Taxation and Finance, Albany. Filed Nov. 6.

Segal Realty Inc., Highland Mills. $1,580 in favor of the Luna Consulting Inc., Campbell New York State Department of Hall. $359 in favor of the New Taxation and Finance, Albany.

York State Department of Filed Aug. 22.

Taxation and Finance, Albany.

Filed Aug. 22.

Ship To Shore Realty Inc., Kingston. $2,088 in favor of the LWP Construction Inc., New York State Department of Middletown. $1,656 in favor of Taxation and Finance, Albany. the New York State Department Filed Nov. 6. of Taxation and Finance, Albany.

Filed Aug. 22.

Smile Labs-NY Inc., Chester. $100 in favor of the New York Manci Motors, Highland. $200 State Department of Taxation and in favor of the New York State Finance, Albany. Filed Aug. 22.

Department of Taxation and Finance, Albany. Filed Nov. 6.

Soccer Plus Newburgh Inc., New Windsor. $200 in favor of Marlboro Supermarket Inc., the New York State Department Marlboro. $845 in favor of the of Taxation and Finance, Albany.

New York State Department of Filed Aug. 22.

Taxation and Finance, Albany.

Filed Nov. 6.

Song of the Bird King L.L.C., Kerhonkson. $220 in favor of Miranda Foods L.L.C., Monroe. the New York State Department $1,120 in favor of the New York of Taxation and Finance, Albany.

State Department of Taxation and Filed Nov. 6.

Finance, Albany. Filed Aug. 22.

Sparkle Laundry and Linen MT Gate Lodge and Restaurant, Service Corp., Middletown.

Big Indian. $146 in favor of the $237 in favor of the New York New York State Department of State Department of Taxation and Taxation and Finance, Albany. Finance, Albany. Filed Aug. 22.

Filed Nov. 6.

St. Francis Center at the Orange County Construction Knolls Inc., Warwick. $9,038 Services L.L.C., Wallkill. in favor of the New York $72,000 in favor of the Workers’ State Department of Labor Compensation Board of the Unemployment Insurance State of New York, Albany. Filed Division, Albany. Filed Aug. 27.

Nov. 5.

Storm King Building Company Oxford Publishers Inc., Pine Inc., New Windsor. $157 in favor Island. $1,589 in favor of the of the New York State Department New York State Department of of Taxation and Finance, Albany.

Taxation and Finance, Albany. Filed Aug. 22.

Filed Aug. 22.

Sunset Mountain Inc., Ellenville. $153 in favor of the New York State Department of Taxation and Finance, Albany.

Filed Nov. 6.

Tulsi Laundromat Inc., Vails Gate. $1,583 in favor of the New York State Department of Taxation and Finance, Albany.

Filed Aug. 22.

Tamsit Inc., d.b.a. Metro Pizza, Kingston. $1,730 in favor of the New York State Department of Taxation and Finance, Albany.

Filed Nov. 6.

TWS Wings Inc., d.b.a. Planet Wings, Monroe. $22,125 in favor of the New York State Department of Taxation and Finance, Albany. Filed Aug. 22.

Tarelli Development Corp., Pine Island. $1,466 in favor of the New York State Department of Taxation and Finance, Albany.

Filed Aug. 22.

Ulster Scientific Inc., New Paltz. $100 in favor of the New York State Department of Taxation and Finance, Albany.

Filed Nov. 6.

The Aspen Group Inc., d.b.a.

Aspen Personnel Services, Newburgh. $21,122 in favor of the New York State Department of Labor Unemployment Insurance Division, Albany. Filed Aug. 27.

Utopian Direction Inc., Warwick. $245 in favor of the New York State Department of Taxation and Finance, Albany.

Filed Aug. 22.

The Coure Fashion Inc., Middletown. $754 in favor of the New York State Department of Taxation and Finance, Albany.

Filed Sept. 4.

Valarie’s Hair Salon Inc., Slate Hill. $1,100 in favor of the New York State Department of Labor Unemployment Insurance Division, Albany. Filed Sept. 4.

The Gallery, Middletown. $100 in favor of the New York State Department of Taxation and Finance, Albany. Filed Sept. 4.

Van Den Heuvel K9 Corp., Ruby. $324 in favor of the New York State Department of Taxation and Finance, Albany.

Filed Nov. 6.

The Marian and Vincentian Corp., d.b.a. Shooters Bar and Café, Port Ewen. $1,317 in favor of the New York State Department of Taxation and Finance, Albany. Filed Nov. 6.

Vilma’s Home Decorator, Newburgh. $1,931 in favor of the New York State Department of Taxation and Finance, Albany.

Filed Aug. 22.

The Right Goal Inc., Monroe. $1,589 in favor of the New York State Department of Taxation and Finance, Albany. Filed Aug. 22.

Vining Contracting Inc., Ulster Park. $6,034 in favor of the New York State Department of Taxation and Finance, Albany.

Filed Nov. 6.

The Teacher’s Treasure Box, Ulster Park. $4,528 in favor of the New York State Department of Taxation and Finance, Albany.

Filed Nov. 6.

West Park Union Free School District No. 2, West Park. $4,179 in favor of the New York State Department of Taxation and Finance, Albany. Filed Nov. 6.

T-Lev Inc., Kingston. $1,489 Willin Specialized Services in favor of the New York State Inc., Oliverea. $72,000 in favor Department of Taxation and of the Workers’ Compensation Finance, Albany. Filed Nov. 6.

Board of the State of New York, Albany. Filed Nov. 5.

Trans N Dance N Drum Center, Rosendale. $101 in Woodstock Farm Animal favor of the New York State Sanctuary Inc., Woodstock.

Department of Taxation and $1,276 in favor of the New York Finance, Albany. Filed Nov. 6.

State Department of Taxation and Finance, Albany. Filed Nov. 6.

Trapp’s Development Corp., Wallkill. $214 in favor of the YC Flooring Expert Corp., New York State Department of Middletown. $335 in favor of Taxation and Finance, Albany. the New York State Department Filed Nov. 6. of Taxation and Finance, Albany.

Filed Aug. 22.

Triple Play Baseball and Softball Training Inc., New Windsor. $151 in favor of the New York State Department of Taxation and Finance, Albany.

Filed Aug. 22.

Bobinski, Christopher R., et al. Filed by Embrace Home Loans Inc. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure an unspecified amount The following filings indicated a affecting property located at legal action has been initiated, 144 Shore Drive, New Windsor the outcome of which may affect 12553. Filed Oct. 24. the title to the property listed.

Bodie, Vivian M., et al. Filed Aldrich, Burton L., et al. by OneWest Bank F.S.B. Action: Filed by the State of New York seeks to foreclose on a mortgage Mortgage Agency. Action: seeks to secure $225,000 affecting to foreclose on a mortgage property located at 61 Prince St., to secure $124,160 affecting Kingston 12401. Filed Nov. 8. property located at 126 VlyAtwood Road, Marbletown Bourbeau, Lisa A., et al. Filed

by JPMorgan Chase Bank N.A. 12484. Filed Nov. 6.

Action: seeks to foreclose on a Andersen, Mark J., et al. Filed mortgage to secure $342,000

by M&T Bank. Action: seeks to affecting property located at 84 foreclose on a mortgage to secure Entrance Way, Mahopac 10541. $130,500 affecting property Filed Oct. 26. located at 5 Franklin St., Port Brach, Samuel, et al. Filed by Jervis 12771. Filed Oct. 25.

Bank of America N.A. Action: Anderson, Michael, et al. Filed seeks to foreclose on a mortgage

by JPMorgan Chase Bank N.A. to secure an unspecified amount Action: seeks to foreclose on a affecting property located at mortgage to secure $216,300 15 Koznitz Drive, Unit 202, affecting property located at 223 Monroe 10950. Filed Oct. 24.

Carter Ave., Newburgh 12550.

Brophy, Ronald A. Jr., et al.

Filed Oct. 31.

Filed by JPMorgan Chase Bank Bartley, Keith, et al. Filed by N.A. Action: seeks to foreclose HSBC Bank USA N.A. Action: on a mortgage to secure an seeks to foreclose on a mortgage unspecified amount affecting to secure $270,300 affecting property located at 94 Keats property located at 5 Flemming Drive, New Windsor 12553.

Drive, Newburgh 12550. Filed Filed Oct. 31.

Oct. 31.

Brown, Charles J., et al. Filed Bender, Gloria Ann, et al. Filed by Bank of America N.A.

by Nationstar Mortgage L.L.C. Action: seeks to foreclose on a Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $185,000 mortgage to secure $180,000 affecting property located at 24 affecting property located at Burr Lane, Holmes 12531. Filed 291 Baxtertown Road, Fishkill Oct. 3.

12524. Filed Oct. 2.

Brown, Noella, et al. Filed by Beneway, David M., et al. Filed The Bank of New York Mellon

by M&T Bank. Action: seeks Trust Company N.A. Action: to foreclose on a mortgage seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $79,500 affecting to secure $223,250 affecting property located at 242 Schultz property located at 135 Evan Hill Road, 1, Staatsburg 12580. Road, Warwick 13104. Filed Oct. 26.

Filed Oct. 2.

Lis Pendens

Bukovac, Lori, et al. Filed by U.S. Bank N.A. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $157,500 affecting property located at 219 Union Center Road, Esopus 12401.

Filed Nov. 9.

Dejesus, Saturnino, et al.

Filed by HSBC Bank USA N.A. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $149,150 affecting property located at 129 Fairmont Road, Mahopac 10541. Filed Nov. 6.

Carretero, Henry, et al. Filed

by U.S. Bank N.A. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $202,672 affecting property located at 89 Beattie Ave., Middletown 10940. Filed Oct. 31.

Del Bene, Elizabeth A., 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 129 Moonlight Drive, Stormville 12582. Filed Oct. 3.

Cartwright, David J., et al.

Filed by PNC Bank N.A. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $390,500 affecting property located at 41 Horizon Farms Drive, Warwick 10990.

Filed Oct. 25.

Chin, Jonathan L., et al.

Filed by Bank of America N.A. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $304,950 affecting property located at 5661 Searsville Road, Pine Bush 12566. Filed Oct. 31.

Ciardullo, John N., et al. Filed

by OneWest Bank F.S.B. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $316,000 affecting property located at 65 Mandalay Drive, Poughkeepsie 12603.

Filed Oct. 2.

Colandrea, Mark B., et al.

Filed by Bank of America N.A. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $272,000 affecting property located at 29 Travis Lane, Newburgh 12550.

Filed Oct. 24.

Conti, Joseph S., et al. Filed

by JPMorgan Chase Bank N.A. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $225,768 affecting property located at 25 Townsend Blvd., Poughkeepsie 12603. Filed Oct. 2.

Dalrymple, Vincent F., et al.

Filed by Bank of America N.A. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $183,200 affecting property located at 1236 Dutchess Turnpike, Poughkeepsie 12603. Filed Oct. 2.

Biddle, Jennifer, et al. Filed by Bruncaj, Ibrahim, et al. Filed Wells Fargo Bank N.A. Action: by JPMorgan Chase Bank N.A. seeks to foreclose on a mortgage Action: seeks to foreclose on a to secure $304,232 affecting mortgage to secure $300,000 property located at 6 Summit affecting property located at 38 Drive, Mahopac 10541. Filed Brookdale Road, Putnam Valley 10579. Filed Oct. 26.

Dalton, Jennie Brandon, et Nov. 5. al. Filed by M&T Bank. Action: Bruno, Benjamin, et al.

Filed seeks to foreclose on a mortgage Blaine, Joseph W., et al. Filed

by Wells Fargo Bank N.A. by Bank of America N.A. to secure $40,000 affecting Action: seeks to foreclose on Action: seeks to foreclose on a property located at 649 Farm To a mortgage to secure $75,000 mortgage to secure $302,100 Market Road, Patterson 10509. affecting property located at 100 affecting property located at in Filed Nov. 5.

Oregon Trail, Pine Bush 12566. Newburgh. Filed Oct. 23.

Filed Nov. 7.

Delgado, Mario A., et al. Filed

by PNC Bank N.A. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $254,400 affecting property located at 47 Creamery Drive, New Windsor 12553.

Filed Oct. 23.

Doering, Thomas, 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 29 Brook Trail, Warwick 10925.

Filed Oct. 23.

Donnery, Andrea A. Cirllo, et al. Filed by PNC Bank N.A. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $298,507 affecting property located at 12 Hilltop Drive, New Windsor 12553. Filed Oct. 23.

Douglass, Christine K., et al.

Filed by Ulster Savings Bank.

Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $100,000 affecting property located at 62 North Road, Milan 12571. Filed Oct. 2.

Dowdell, Christopher P., et al.

Filed by JPMorgan Chase Bank N.A. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure an unspecified amount affecting property located at 12 McNally St., Goshen 10924. Filed Oct. 26.

Duval, Hector J., et al. Filed by Bank of America N.A. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $147,175 affecting property located at 35 Lake Trail, Carmel 10512. Filed Nov. 5.

Folefack, Paul L., et al. Filed by PNC Bank N.A. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $409,314 affecting property located at 5 Blossom Court, Walden 12586. Filed Oct. 31.

Friedman, Mordechai, et al. Filed by Franklin Credit Management Corp. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure an unspecified amount affecting property located at 13 Eahal Court, Monroe 10950.

Filed Oct. 24.

Gabriel, John, et al. Filed by JPMorgan Chase Bank N.A. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $284,000 affecting property located at 304 Temple Hill Road, New Windsor 12553. Filed Oct. 26.

Hayes, Lawrence, et al. Filed

by JPMorgan Chase Bank N.A. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $85,000 affecting property located at 43 Beacon St., Newburgh 12550.

Filed Oct. 24.

Heit, Michael, 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 371 Gillespie St., Pine Bush 12566. Filed Oct. 26.

Garcia, Louis, et al. Filed by Morequity Inc. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $236,000 affecting property located at 22 Briarcliff Road, Carmel 10512. Filed Nov. 5.

Hess, Thomas J., et al. Filed

by Bank of America N.A. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $228,000 affecting property located at 18 Kitchawan Road, Carmel 10512.

Filed Nov. 5.

Gonzales, Nelson R., et al.

Filed by OneWest Bank F.S.B. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $150,000 affecting property located at 58 Linden Ave., Middletown 10940. Filed Oct. 25.

Hilton, Dennis, et al. Filed by Chase Home Finance L.L.C. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure an unspecified amount affecting property located at 29 Oregon Trail, Pine Bush 12566. Filed Nov. 8.

Gonzalez, Nelson R., et al.

Filed by Astoria Federal Savings and Loan Association. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure an unspecified amount affecting property located at 312 North St., Middletown 10940.

Filed Oct. 24.

Hughes, Fran Abramsky, individually and as administrator of the estate of Harvey Abramsky, et al. Filed by M&T Bank. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $99,500 affecting property located at 509 Tonetta Lake Road, Brewster 10509. Filed Gonzalez, Nelson R., et al. Nov. 5.

Filed by OneWest Bank F.S.B. Action: seeks to foreclose on a Kent, Thomas R. Jr., et al. Filed mortgage to secure $150,000 by M&T Bank. Action: seeks to affecting property located at foreclose on a mortgage to secure 56 Linden Ave., Middletown $60,000 affecting property located 10940. Filed Oct. 31. at 66 Main St., Sparrowbush 12780. Filed Oct. 23.

Green, Paula L., et al. Filed by U.S. Bank N.A. Action: seeks Khan, Afzal Begum, et al. Filed to foreclose on a mortgage by Aurora Loan Services L.L.C. to secure $194,750 affecting Action: seeks to foreclose on a property located at 56 Shelley mortgage to secure $243,000 Court, Middletown 10941. Filed affecting property located at 53 Park Ave., Highland Mills Oct. 26.

10930. Filed Oct. 26.

Greenough, John, et al. Filed

by American Bank F.S.B. Action: Lecei, Dennis, et al. Filed by seeks to foreclose on a mortgage OneWest Bank F.S.B. Action: to secure $344,000 affecting seeks to foreclose on a mortgage property located at 6 Cornell to secure $160,000 affecting Lane, Highland Mills 10930. property located at 2011 William Kirby Drive, Middletown 10940.

Filed Oct. 26.

Filed Oct. 26.

Gyomai, Pal, et al. Filed by U.S. Bank N.A. Action: seeks Lukach, Brett M., et al. Filed by to foreclose on a mortgage Wells Fargo Bank N.A. Action: to secure $246,000 affecting seeks to foreclose on a mortgage property located at 23 to secure $261,800 affecting Woodland Trail, Carmel 10512. property located in Minisink.

Filed Oct. 31.

Filed Nov. 7.

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FACTS&FIGURES Mallon-Williams, Sandra L., et al. Filed by JPMorgan Chase Bank N.A. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $110,000 affecting property located at 29 Waltke Lane, Wallkill 12589. Filed Nov. 9.

Mazanec, Thomas M., et al.

Filed by Emigrant Mortgage Company Inc. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $121,000 affecting property located at 162 Brook Trail, Greenwood Lake. Filed Oct. 31.

Muscolino, Christopher, et al.

Filed by One West Bank F.S.B. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $256,800 affecting property located at 15 Azalea Drive, Putnam Valley 10579. Filed Nov. 6.

Napolitano, Jerry, et al. Filed by Deutsche Bank National Trust Co. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $212,000 affecting property located at 3 Garden Drive, New Windsor 12553. Filed Oct. 23.

Nigro, Vincent, et al. Filed by The Bank of New York Mellon.

McCluskey, Gerard, et al. Action: seeks to foreclose on a Filed by Wells Fargo Bank mortgage to secure $250,000 N.A. Action: seeks to foreclose affecting property located at 212 on a mortgage to secure an Granite Road, Accord 12404. unspecified amount affecting Filed Nov. 6. property located at 1 Cross Creek Run, Highland 12528. Noa, Gilbert, et al. Filed by Filed Nov. 8.

Hometown Bank of the Hudson Valley. Action: seeks to foreclose McGinley, Steven, et al. Filed on a mortgage to secure

by JPMorgan Chase Bank N.A. $417,000 affecting property Action: seeks to foreclose on a located at 3715 Colonist Trail, mortgage to secure $261,040 New Windsor. Filed Oct. 25. affecting property located at 18 Van Dam Road, Hyde Park Orange Lake Construction 12538. Filed Oct. 2.

Corp., et al. Filed by Influential Partners L.L.C. Action: seeks McKenna, Frances B., et al. to foreclose on a mortgage Filed by JPMorgan Chase Bank to secure $55,000 affecting N.A. Action: seeks to foreclose property located at 110 Lakeside on a mortgage to secure Drive, Newburgh 12550. Filed $150,000 affecting property Oct. 24. located at 35 Rumsey Road and 9 Tyler Ave., Greenwood Lake Pampalone, Jeanne, et al. Filed 10925. Filed Oct. 26.

by West Coast Servicing Inc. Action: seeks to foreclose on a Moberg, Barbara A., et al. mortgage to secure $360,000 Filed by HSBC Bank USA N.A. affecting property located at 44 Action: seeks to foreclose on a Starr Lea Road, Brewster. Filed mortgage to secure $195,000 Nov. 5. affecting property located at 26 Parker Drive, Carmel 10541. Pombo, Carlos E., et al. Filed Filed Oct. 26.

by Bank of America N.A. Action: seeks to foreclose on a Morris, Jeffrey D., et al. Filed by mortgage to secure $387,000 PNC Bank N.A. Action: seeks to affecting property located at foreclose on a mortgage to secure 158 Whitney Drive, Woodstock $78,750 affecting property 12498. Filed Nov. 7. located at 14 Bernhart Road, Wallkill 12589. Filed Nov. 8.

Port, Teri, et al. Filed by Wells Fargo Bank N.A. Action: seeks Morris, Robert D., et al. Filed to foreclose on a mortgage

by Nationstar Mortgage L.L.C. to secure $131,440 affecting Action: seeks to foreclose on a property located at 49 mortgage to secure $195,000 Manorville Road, Saugerties affecting property located at 37 12477. Filed Nov. 7.

Pocatello Road, Middletown 10940. Filed Oct. 23.

Porter-Younger, Georgia, et al. Filed by OneWest Bank F.S.B. Morrone, Sabrina, et al. Filed Action: seeks to foreclose on a

by Federal National Mortgage mortgage to secure $280,000 Association. Action: seeks to affecting property located at 23 foreclose on a mortgage to secure Courtland Place, Middletown an unspecified amount affecting 10940. Filed Oct. 31. property located at 5 Grove St., Putnam Valley 10579. Filed Nov. 5. Quainoo, Edward, et al. Filed

by Bank of America N.A. Action: Murphy, Thomas Scott, et al. seeks to foreclose on a mortgage Filed by JPMorgan Chase Bank to secure $298,370 affecting N.A. Action: seeks to foreclose property located at 50 Avoncroft on a mortgage to secure $45,000 Lane, Unit 5204, Middletown affecting property located at 33 10940. Filed Oct. 24.

N. Montgomery St., Walden 12586. Filed Oct. 23.

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Ruggiero, Salvatore J., et al.

Filed by JPMorgan Chase Bank N.A. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $255,000 affecting property located at 296 Main St., Cornwall-on-Hudson 12518.

Filed Oct. 25.

Ryan, Vincent P. Jr., et al. Filed

by JPMorgan Chase Bank N.A. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $91,800 affecting property located at 57 Brandt Road, Westbrookville 12785. Filed Oct. 25.

Sabatino, Aniello N., et al.

Filed by The Bank of New York Mellon. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $300,000 affecting property located at 7 Sylvan Park Drive, Newburgh 12550.

Filed Oct. 26.

Van Kleeck, Jacqueline P., et al.

Filed by Deutsche Bank National Trust Co. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $240,000 affecting property located at 3275 Route 212, Bearsville 12409. Filed Nov. 6.

West, Robert W., et al. Filed by Deutsche Bank National Trust Co. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $144,000 affecting property located at 15 York Place, Kingston 12401.

Filed Nov. 8.

Woodruff, Michael J., et al.

Filed by Wells Fargo Bank N.A. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $283,900 affecting property located at 6 Tears Court, Wallkill 12589.

Filed Nov. 7.

Zappier, Ralph, et al. Filed by Wells Fargo Bank N.A. Action: Shneider, Rita, et al. Filed by seeks to foreclose on a mortgage JPMorgan Chase Bank N.A. to secure $204,676 affecting Action: seeks to foreclose on a property located at 26 Guernsey mortgage to secure an unspecified Drive, New Windsor 12553. amount affecting property located Filed Oct. 26. at 29 Smith St., Middletown 10940. Filed Oct. 23.

Shurman, Michael J., et al.

Filed by JPMorgan Chase Bank N.A. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $274,966 affecting property located at 18 Jessup Court, Lake Carmel 10512. Filed Oct. 29.

Siedlecki, Leszek, et al. Filed

by Bank of America N.A. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $229,800 affecting property located at 7 Durland Drive, Chester 10918.

Filed Oct. 24.

Smith, Harold H., 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 2 Waring Road, Newburgh 12550.

Filed Oct. 24.

Stuart, Catherine, et al. Filed

by Deutsche Bank National Trust Co. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $615,000 affecting property located at 66 Scout Hill Road, Mahopac 10541. Filed Oct. 26.

Sultan, Julie E., et al. Filed by Bank of America N.A. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $181,649 affecting property located at 71 Commonwealth Ave., Middletown 10940. Filed Oct. 31.

Tsesmetzis, George H., et al.

Filed by U.S. Bank N.A. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $300,000 affecting property located at 13 Linden Road, Carmel 10512. Filed Nov. 5.

Mechanic’s Liens

Perrella Designs, 189 Fair St., Great Green Painting, 25 Kingston, c/o Jeremy Perrelle Phillips Ave., Highland 12528, and Jonathan Perrelle. Filed c/o John M. Wier. Filed Nov. 8.

Nov. 8.

H. Morris and Partners, 3 Pirate Paws Barkery, 1819 Points of View, Warwick 10990, Route 300, Newburgh, c/o c/o Susan Hope Fogel-Morris.

Kristin Mullarkey and Karen Filed Oct. 27.

Ambrosetti. Filed Oct. 28.

Hudson Valley Graffiti Richard Syracuse Development, Removal, 734 Lucas Ave., 3929 Route 32, Saugerties, Hurley 12443, c/o Scott W. c/o Richard M. Syracuse and Schaffrick. Filed Nov. 6.

Rosemarie Syracuse. Filed Nov. 9.

J.R.L. Home Improvements, 28 Karen Drive, Bloomingburg Sole Proprietorships 12721, c/o Jason Donald Gorman. Filed Oct. 28.

8Four5 Magazine Productions, 2509 Vails Gate Heights Drive, Jacob Gabriella Construction, Pine Grove Road, New Windsor 12553, c/o Duane 272 Linwood Spearman. Filed Oct. 27. Middletown 10940, c/o Carlos Luis Gonzalez. Filed Oct. 31.

Adam Lopez Home Improvements, 31 Briarwood La Pupusa Cosita Rica Crescent, Newburgh 12550, c/o Restaurant, 498-496 Broadway, c/o Gustavo Adam Joshua Lopez. Filed Oct. 27. Newburgh, Armando Rosales. Filed Oct. 31.

Botanica Massage and Wellness, 21 S. Chestnut St., MAIKO, 271 Main St., New New Paltz 12561, c/o Amy M. Paltz 12561, c/o Kyaw Soe. Filed Nov. 7.

Mosbacher. Filed Nov. 6.

Country Cookies, 160 Marks on Liska, 1 Liska Way, Wittenberg Road, Bearsville Unit 204, Monroe 10950, c/o Resek, Cheryl, et al, as owner. 12409, c/o Yvette L. Martin. Herman Werzberger. Filed Nov. 1. $15,000 as claimed by James Filed Nov. 9.

Mid-Hud Tactical, 442 Clove Nevins, et al, Wappingers Falls. Property: 9 Twin Road, David Rodi Improvements, 31 Road, Monroe, c/o Gerald P. Poughkeepsie. Filed Nov. 9.

Briarwood Crescent, Newburgh Seigerman. Filed Oct. 31.

12550, c/o David Anthony Rodi.

Mosaic Bodyworks, 10 Main Three Arrows Cooperative Society Filed Oct. 27.

St., New Paltz 12561, c/o Marisa Inc., as owner. $7,940 as claimed by Fixman Home Improvement L.L.C., David’s Car Service B, 290 C. Pileggi. Filed Nov. 9.

Holmes. Property: 73 Rochdale Road, Larkin Drive, 103-375, Monroe Putnam Valley 10579. Filed Oct. 26.

10950, c/o David Bakuradze. Newburgh Hook Elite Boxing Club, 401 Washington St., Filed Oct. 28.

Newburgh, c/o Leonard V. Lee. Evision Multimedia Productions, Filed Oct. 27.

3710 Whispering Hills, Chester, c/o New Businesses Official Cuts, 130A Wickham James McHugh. Filed Oct. 31.

Ave., Middletown, c/o Darryl This paper is not responsible for typographical errors contained Extra Mile Auto Mechanics, Jason Baskerville. Filed Nov. 1.

432 Plattekill-Ardonia Road, in the original filings.

Wallkill 12589, c/o Benjamin Oscars Plumbing, 21 McEwen St, Warwick 10990, c/o Elizabeth Rodriguez. Filed Nov. 9.

F. Alvarado. Filed Nov. 1.

Doing Business As Ferrara’s Heating Service, Ba Mirabella Corp., d.b.a. 337 Morgan Hill Road, Hurley Sabor a Mi Terra, 207 Mirabellas, 123 Partition St., 12443, c/o Thomas E. Ferrara. Broadway, Newburgh 12550, c/o Luis Miguel Cepeda. Filed Filed Nov. 7.

Saugerties 12477. Filed Nov. 9.

Oct. 27.

Goldmineaudio, P.O. Box 203, Gourmet Vends Inc., d.b.a.

Hudson Valley Wine Market, West Hurley 12491, c/o Jeffrey The Salemart, 5 Satmar Drive, No. 101, Monroe 10950, c/o 119 Main St., Gardiner 12525. R. Gold. Filed Nov. 7.

Shmuel Einhorn. Filed Oct. 31.

Filed Nov. 6.

Gospel Mountain Baptist Lemon Cherry Bell Records Church, 5575 Route 28, Touchofdecor.com, 2 Glenn Inc., d.b.a. Cushlamochree Phoenicia 12464, c/o Craig L. St., Warwick 10990, c/o Jason K. Caruso. Filed Oct. 31.

Music, 5 Park Lane, Kerhonkson Smith. Filed Nov. 9.

12446. Filed Nov. 9.

Great Green Creative, 25 Viresali Naturals, 40 Elizabeth Phillips Ave., Apt. A, Highland Drive, Wallkill 12589, c/o Vivian 12528, c/o April V. Wier. Filed K. Brooks. Filed Nov. 6.

Partnerships Nov. 8.

Makuen Machinery Co., 18 Route 17A, Goshen 10924, c/o Thomas R. Makuen and Susan S. Makuen. Filed Oct. 31.

NOTICE OF FORMATION OF LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY: Babies & Grands Music LLC. Articles of Organization were filed with the Secretary of State of New York (SSNY) on 07/31/12. 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 at PO Box 454, Yonkers, NY, 10703. Purpose: any lawful business activity. #58233 Notice of Formation of a Limited Liability Company (LLC): Name: 51 CHURCH ST LLC, Articles of Organization were filed with the Secretary of State of New York (SSNY) on 8/21/12. 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, 138 Myrtle Ave., Hawthorne, NY 10532. Purpose: Any Lawful Purpose. #58234 Notice of Formation of a Limited Liability Company (LLC): Name: BP CAPITAL LLC, Articles of Organization were filed with the Secretary of State of New York (SSNY) on 8/21/12. 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, 138 Myrtle Ave., Hawthorne, NY 10532. Purpose: Any Lawful Purpose. #58235 PONDFIELD MEADOW LLC, Arts. of Org. filed with the SSNY on 10/01/2012. Office loc: Westchester County. SSNY has been designated as agent upon whom process against the LLC may be served. SSNY shall mail process to: Cheryl Tague, 130 Pondfield Road, #8, Bronxville, NY 10708. Purpose: Any Lawful Purpose. #58236 Notice of Formation of A&S Burner Service 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 168 King Avenue, Yonkers, NY 10704. Articles of Organization of the LLC filed with the SSNY on September 26, 2012. Purpose: Any lawful act(s). #58237 Notice of Formation of SAMADI RE LLC. Arts. of Org. was filed with SSNY on 9/27/12. Office location: Westchester County.

SSNY designated as agent of LLC whom process against may be served. SSNY shall mail process to: c/o The LLC, 32 Faraway Rd., Armonk, NY 10504. Purpose: all lawful activities. #58238 NOTICE OF FORMATION OF LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY (LLC).

NAME: PHOTOS FOR GOOD, LLC Articles of Organization were filed with the Secretary of State of New York (SSNY) on 06/8/12. Office location: Westchester County. United States Corporation Agents, Inc. has been designated as agent of the LLC upon whom process against it may be served. United States Corporation Agents, Inc. shall mail a copy of process to: The LLC, 26 Cleveland Street, White Plains, New York 10606, principal business location of the LLC. Purpose of business of LLC is any lawful act or activity. #58240

Notice of Formation of Lipinski Real Estate Advisor, LLC. Arts. of Org. filed with NY Dept. of State on 8/29/12. Office location: Westchester County. Sec. of State designated agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served and shall mail process to: The LLC, c/o Neil Lipinski, 34 S. Cottenet St., Irvington, NY 10533, principal business address.

Purpose: any lawful activity. #58242 TAXVANTAGE, LLC, Arts. of Org. filed with the SSNY on 09/26/2012.

Office loc: Westchester County.

SSNY has been designated as agent upon whom process against the LLC may be served.

SSNY shall mail process to: 222 Bloomingdale Rd Ste 400, White Plains, NY 10605. Reg Agent: Deo Singh, 222 Bloomingdale Rd Ste 400, White Plains, NY 10605.

Purpose: Any Lawful Purpose. #58243 PORCELAIN UNLIMITED LLC Notice of formation of Limited Liability Company (ìLLCî).

Articles of Organization filed with the Secretary of State of NY (ìSSNYî) on October 3, 2012. 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 any process to the LLC at 145 Spring Street, South Salem, New York 10590. Purpose: To conduct any lawful act or activity for which an LLC may be organized under the LLCL of NY. #58244 Notice of Conversion of Executive Tower South Associates, a NY limited partnership, to Executive Tower South Associates, LLC, a NY limited liability company (ìLLCî). Certificate filed with the Secretary of State of NY (ìSSNYî) on October 4, 2012. Office location: Westchester County. The LLC shall be managed by one or more managers. SSNY designated as Agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail a copy of any process served upon him to 100 Clearbrook Rd., Elmsford, NY 10523. #58245 Notice of substance of the Articles of Organization filed with New York Secretary of Stateís office (SSNY) on 9/26/2012 for BLOOM FAMILY, LLC. Principal office: Westchester County. To engage in any lawful act or activity. SSNY is designated as the agent of the company upon whom process against it may be served The address to which the SSNY shall mail a copy of any process is 11 Wrightsville Road, Armonk, NY 10504. #58247

LEGAL NOTICES

Notice of formation of limited liability company (LLC). Name: WB LLOYD INVESTOR ASSOCIATES, LLC. Articles of Organization filed with the Secretary of State of the State of NY (SSNY) 9/04/12.

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 any process to 570 Taxter Rd, Suite 673, Elmsford, NY 10523.

The latest date the LLC is to dissolve is 12/31/70. The LLC shall indemnify each member to the fullest extent permitted by law. #58248

Notice of Formation of I AM. creative LLC. Arts. of Org. was filed with SSNY on 7/30/12. Office location: Westchester County.

SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process may be served. SSNY shall mail process to: c/o The LLC, 949 Palmer Road: 5C, Bronxville NY 10708. Purpose: Any lawful activities. #58249 NOTICE OF FORMATION OF LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY (LLC). NAME: ANDEL BABY, LLC Articles of Organization were filed with the Secretary of State of New York (SSNY) on 09/20/2012. 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, 168 Stone Avenue, Yonkers, NY. Principal business address of the LLC: 168 Stone Avenue, Yonkers, NY 10701.

Purpose: any lawful act or activity. #58250 “Eaglestone Capital Management LLC. Art. of Org. filed with NY Secy. of State (SSNY) on 10/01/12.

Office location: Westchester Co. SSNY is designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to: 39 Garden Ave., Bronxville, NY 10708. Purpose: any lawful activity. “ #58251 LEGAL NOTICE The Articles of Organization of L&L KIOSK, LLC (the ìCompanyî) were filed with the Secretary of State of the State of New York on September 27, 2012. The office of the Company is located in Westchester County, New York. The Secretary of State has been designated as agent of the Company upon whom process against it may be served. The post office address within or without the state to which the Secretary of State shall mail a copy of any process against the Company served upon him or her is: Louis R. Cappelli, c/o Cappelli Enterprises, Inc., 115 Stevens Avenue, Valhalla, New York 10595.

The Company was formed for any lawful business purpose or purposes permitted under the New York Limited Liability Company Act. #58252

LEGAL NOTICE

The Articles of Organization of HC HOSPITALITY PARTNERS LLC (the ìCompanyî) were filed with the Secretary of State of the State of New York on October 10, 2012. The office of the Company is located in Westchester County, New York. The Secretary of State has been designated as agent of the Company upon whom process against it may be served.

The post office address within or without the state to which the Secretary of State shall mail a copy of any process against the Company served upon him or her is: c/o Alfred E. Donnellan, One North Lexington Avenue, White Plains New York 10601.

The Company was formed for any lawful business purpose or purposes permitted under the New York Limited Liability Company Act. #58253 LEGAL NOTICE The Articles of Organization of FULLER MARQUISE II LLC (the ìCompanyî) were filed with the Secretary of State of the State of New York on September 25, 2012. The office of the Company is located in Westchester County, New York. The Secretary of State has been designated as agent of the Company upon whom process against it may be served.

The post office address within or without the state to which the Secretary of State shall mail a copy of any process against the Company served upon him or her is: Louis R. Cappelli, 115 Stevens Avenue, Valhalla, New York 10595.

The Company was formed for any lawful business purpose or purposes permitted under the New York Limited Liability Company Act. #58254 LEGAL NOTICE The Articles of Organization of DUAL GROUPE HOSPITALITY LLC (the ìCompanyî) were filed with the Secretary of State of the State of New York on October 10, 2012. The office of the Company is located in Westchester County, New York. The Secretary of State has been designated as agent of the Company upon whom process against it may be served.

The post office address within or without the state to which the Secretary of State shall mail a copy of any process against the Company served upon him or her is: Louis R. Cappelli, c/o Cappelli Enterprises, Inc., 115 Stevens Avenue, Valhalla, New York 10595.

The Company was formed for any lawful business purpose or purposes permitted under the New York Limited Liability Company Act. #58255

Notice of Formation of CIS REALTY, LLC. Arts. of Org. was filed with SSNY on 10/11/12.

Office location: Westchester County. SSNY designated as agent of LLC whom process against may be served. SSNY shall mail process to: c/o The LLC, 78 Morningside Ave., Yonkers, NY 10703. Purpose: all lawful activities. #58256 David M. Jacobs LLC, Art. of Org. filed with SSNY 8/22/12. Office in Westchester Cty. SSNY designated as agent upon which process may be served. SSNY shall mail process to 203 Cedar Ln, Ossining, NY 10562. Purpose: any lawful purpose. #58257 MSA VITAMIN STORE SIX, LLC, a domestic LLC. Arts. of Org. filed with the SSNY on 04/02/2012.

Office location: Westchester County. SSNY has been designated as agent upon whom process against the LLC may be served.

SSNY shall mail process to: The LLC, 1955 Grand Ave, Baldwin, NY 11510. Purpose: Any Lawful Purpose. #58258 FMFS OF RIVERDALE, LLC, Arts. of Org. filed with the SSNY on 09/27/2012. Office loc: Westchester County. SSNY has been designated as agent upon whom process against the LLC may be served. SSNY shall mail process to: 115 Stevens Ave., Valhalla, NY 10595. Reg Agent: James Bitzonis, 115 Stevens Ave., Valhalla, NY 10595. Purpose: Any Lawful Purpose. #58259 Notice of Formation of BP Auto Broker 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 51 Cricklewood North, Yonkers, NY 10704. Articles of Organization of the LLC filed with the SSNY on October 04, 2012. Purpose: Any lawful act(s). #58260 SOLOMON LEGACY LLC, Authority filed with the SSNY on 09/26/2012. Office loc: Westchester County. LLC formed in FL on 04/17/2012. SSNY is designated as agent upon whom process against the LLC may be served. SSNY shall mail process to: 1900 NW Corporate Blvd Ste 201 East Bldg , Boca Raton, FL 33431. Address required to be maintained in FL: 1900 NW Corporate Blvd Ste 201 East Bldg Boca Raton FL 33431. Cert of Formation filed with FL Dept. of State, Div. of Corps, P.O. Box 6327, Tallahassee, FL 32314.

Purpose: Any Lawful Purpose. #58261 Notice of Formation of Good Doggie Software, LLC. Arts. of Org. filed with SSNY on 5/8/12.

Office location: Westchester County. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process may be served. SSNY shall mail process to 810 Hudson Ave, Peekskill, New York 10566.

Purpose: any lawful act or activity. #58262

Notice of Formation of Winston Advisories LLC. Arts of Org. filed with NY Secy of State (SSNY) on 10/03/12. Office location: Westchester County. SSNY is designated as agent of the LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to: The LLC, 135 Mystic Drive, Ossining, NY 10562, principal business location of the LLC. Purpose: any lawful activity. #58264 Notice of Formation of JSR MANAGEMENT LLC. Arts. of Org. was filed with SSNY on 10/16/12.

Office location: Westchester County. SSNY designated as agent of LLC whom process against may be served. SSNY shall mail process to: c/o The LLC, 50 Main St, #1025, White Plains, NY 10606. Purpose: all lawful activities. #58265 Coffee Related Company, LLC. Articles of Organization were filed with the Secretary of State of New York (SSNY) on 10/09/2012. Office Location: Westchester County.

SSNY has been designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail copy of process to: Coffee Related Company, LLC, 19 William St Apt H Mount Vernon, NY 10552, principal business location of the LLC. Purpose: Any lawful business activity. #58268 Notice of Formation of 575 Grant LLC. Arts. of Org. filed with NY Dept. of State on 9/24/12. Office location: Westchester County.

Sec. of State designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served and shall mail process to: 571 Grant Rd., North Salem, NY 10561, principal business address. Purpose: any lawful activity. #58269 Notice of Qualification of NewGen Plastics, LLC. App. for Auth. filed Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 9/6/12. Off. loc.: Westchester Cty. LLC formed in DE on 8/29/12.

SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to: The LLC, 8 Hickory Kingdom Road, Bedford, NY 10506. DE address of LLC: Stellar Corporate Services LLC, 3500 S. DuPont Hwy., Dover, DE 19901.

Cert. of Form. filed DE Secy. of State, 401 Federal St., Ste. 4, Dover, DE 19901. Purpose: any lawful activity. #58270 Notice of Formation of ROSEVEST PROPERTIES LLC. Arts. of Org. filed with SSNY on 8/20/12. Office location: Westchester County.

SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process may be served. SSNY shall mail process to LLC, 99 LILY POND LANE KATONAH, NY 10536. Purpose: any lawful act or activity. #58271 Notice of qualification of TRANSFABRIC LLC. Authority filed with the Sectíy of State of NY (SSNY) on 09/25/12. Office in Westchester County. Formed in DE on 08/23/12. SSNY has been designated as agent of the LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to the LLC, 463 1st Ave, Pelham, NY 10803. Purpose: any lawful purpose. #58272

Analysts Compass LLC. Art. of Org. filed with NY Secy. of State (SSNY) on 9/18/12. Office location: Westchester Co. SSNY designated as agent upon whom process may be served. SSNY shall mail process to U.S. Corporation Agents, Inc. 7014 13th Ave. #202, Brooklyn, NY 11228. Purpose: Any lawful activity. #58273 RAJJ Services, LLC filed with NY Secy. of State on 07/25/12. 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: 9 Bowbell Rd, White Plains, NY 10607 (the LLCís primary business location). LLC may engage in any lawful act or activity for which a limited liability company may be formed. #58274 Name of LLC: AKSD Enterprises LLC. Arts. of Org. filed NY Sec. of State 08/08/12. Princ. off. loc.: Westchester Cty. Sec. of State designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. Sec. of State shall mail a copy of process to the LLC, c/o Stephen D’Incelli, 225 Stanley Ave., Mamaroneck, NY 10543, Attn: Aaron H. Pierce. Purpose: any lawful activity. #58277 Name of LLC: Manhattan Helicopters LLC. Arts. of Org. filed NY Sec. of State 10/10/06. Princ. off. loc.: Westchester Cty. Sec. of State designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. Sec. of State shall mail a copy of process to the LLC, c/o Javier Diaz, 501 Purchase Street, Rye NY 10580. Purpose: any lawful activity. #58278 NOTICE OF FORMATION of Playland Sports Center LLC Art. of Org filed Secíy of State (SSNY) 10/23/12. Office location: Westchester County. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail copy of process to 77 Forest Ave, Rye, NY 10580. Purpose: any lawful activities. #58279 Danfrat Limited Liability Company.

Arts. of Org. filed with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 9/20/12.

Office in Westchester County.

SSNY designated agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to 24 Franklin Rd, Scarsdale, NY 10583. Purpose: General. #58280 3451 Delavall Avenue, LLC. Arts. of Org. filed with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 9/11/12. Office in Westchester County. SSNY designated agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served.

SSNY shall mail process to 11 Jordan Ln, Ardsley, NY 10502.

Purpose: General. #58281 4030 Boston Road, LLC. Arts. of Org. filed with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 9/11/12. Office in Westchester County. SSNY designated agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served.

SSNY shall mail process to 11 Jordan Ln, Ardsley, NY 10502.

Purpose: General. #58282

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LEGAL NOTICES Continued from previous page 3967 Provost Avenue, LLC. Arts. of Org. filed with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 10/3/12. Office in Westchester County. SSNY designated agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served.

SSNY shall mail process to 11 Jordan Ln, Ardsley, NY 10502.

Purpose: General. #58283 FIDI Media Partners LLC. Arts. of Org. filed with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 9/26/12. Office in Westchester County. SSNY designated agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to Christopher T. Vecchio, 56 Pine St. Apt 9G, NY, NY 10005.

Purpose: General. #58284

PEGO North America LLC. Arts. of Org. filed with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 9/10/12. Office in Westchester County. SSNY designated agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to Lisa Smith, 449 Guard Hill Rd, Bedford, NY 10506. Purpose: General. #58286 James N. Benz DC PLLC. Arts. of Org. filed with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 9/7/12. Office in Westchester County. SSNY designated agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served.

SSNY shall mail process to James Benz, 16 N. Broadway 1H, White Plains, NY 10601. Purpose: Chiropractic. #58287

13 North Bond Street LLC. Arts. of Org. filed with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 9/25/12. Office in Westchester County. SSNY designated agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served.

SSNY shall mail process to c/o Troy G. Blomberg, Esq., 365 North Ave, New Rochelle, NY 10801.

Purpose: General. #58285

UNITED STATES BANKRUPTCY COURT SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF NEW YORK In re:Chapter 11 SHELDRAKE LOFTS LLC,Case No. 10-23650 (RDD) Debtor and Debtor in Possession.

Notice is hereby given that Sheldrake Lofts LLC (the “Debtor”) intends to sell at a public auction (the ìAuctionî) its real property in the Village of Mamaroneck (ìVillageî), known as 270 Waverly Avenue, 188 Waverly Avenue, 206 Waverly Avenue, 208 Waverly Avenue and 147 Plaza Avenue, together with E Plaza Avenue (section/block/lot 8-103-12B and section/block/lot 8-103-40) (collectively, the ìReal Propertyî), and related assets including an approved site plan for a 96-unit residential development, construction drawings and the rights and obligations of the owner of the Real Property under a settlement agreement with the Village (collectively the ìPurchased Assetsî), as set forth in the Order of the Bankruptcy Court dated October 17, 2012 (the ìSales Procedure Orderî - Docket No. 244).

The Auction and a hearing to approve the sale will be held on December 19, 2012, at 10:00 a.m., before the Honorable Robert D. Drain, United States Bankruptcy Judge for the Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of New York, 300 Quarropas Street, White Plains, New York.

The terms of the Auction are described in detail in the Sale Procedures Order, a copy of which may be obtained by contacting the undersigned.

The Real Property and Purchased Assets will be sold free and clear of all liens, claims, interests, tenancies, licenses and any other agreements pursuant to which any third party has any right to possession of any portion of the Real Property, and encumbrances of any kind or nature whatsoever, with the proceeds of sale to attach thereto, if valid, according to the priorities established under applicable law; provided, however, that any person or entity with a residential lease, license or other agreement, whether written or oral, may upon agreement of the purchaser of the Real Property and Purchased Assets be provided additional time to remain in possession of the premises they currently occupy, as may be provided for in a sale agreement or Order approving the sale of the Real Property and Purchased Assets.

Any objection to the proposed sale shall be filed in writing, in accordance with the Electronic Filing Rules, with the Clerk, United States Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of New York, 300 Quarropas Street, White Plains, NY 10601 (the “Court”) on or before December 12, 2012 at 4:00 p.m. (the “Objection Deadline”), and actually received by counsel for the Debtor, Davidoff Hutcher & Citron LLP, 605 Third Avenue, New York, New York 10158; Attn: David Wander, Esq., email: dhw@dhclegal.com., no later than the Objection Deadline; provided, however, that any tenant, licensee or other person or entity with an agreement to occupy any portion of the Real Property may file an objection on or before December 17, 2012. Any objection to the sale must state with particularity the grounds for the objection and why the intended sale should not be approved. Any objection to the sale shall be governed by Fed. R. Bankr. P. 9014.

Any questions concerning the Auction should be addressed to the undersigned.

David Wander, Esq. Davidoff Hutcher & Citron LLP 605 Third Avenue, 34th Floor New York, New York 10158 (212) 557-7200 dhw@dhclegal.com #58290

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Notice of Qual. of Anchor Capital Advisors LLC. filed with Sec of State NY (SSNY): 8/21/12. Office in Westchester County. Formed in MA: 5/31/06. SSNY designated agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served & shall mail process to: 1 Post Office Sq Ste 3850, Boston, MA 02109. Principal Office: 1 Post Office Sq Ste 3850, Boston, MA 02109. Arts. of Org. filed with Commonwealth of MA, Sec. of The Commonwealth, State House, Boston, MA 02133. Purpose: General. #58288

Get Start L.L.C. Arts. of Org. filed with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 7/5/12. Office in Westchester County. SSNY designated agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to Steven Michael Bucci, 11 Sterling Ave 1, Yonkers, NY 10702. Purpose: General. #58291 14 Amsterdam Place, LLC. Arts. of Org. filed with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 10/18/12. Office in Westchester County. SSNY designated agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served.

SSNY shall mail process to c/o Troy G. Blomberg, Esq., 365 North Ave, New Rochelle, NY 10801.

Purpose: General. #58292 Notice of Formation of WASHINGTON AVE PARTNERS LLC. Arts. of Org. was filed with SSNY on 10/25/12. Office location: Westchester County. SSNY designated as agent of LLC whom process against may be served.

SSNY shall mail process to: c/o The LLC, 1025 Westchester Ave. #320, White Plains, NY 10604.

Purpose: all lawful activities. #58293 Notice of Formation of 204 EAST 83 ASSOCIATES, LLC. Arts. of Org. was filed with SSNY on 10/23/12. Office location: Westchester County. SSNY designated as agent of LLC whom process against may be served.

SSNY shall mail process to: c/o The LLC, 119 Montgomery Ave., Scarsdale, NY 10583. Purpose: all lawful activities. #58294 NOTICE OF FORMATION of Comprehensive Child Development Consulting, LLC Art. of Org filed Secíy of State (SSNY) 10/25/12. Office location: Westchester County. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served.

SSNY shall mail copy of process to 22 Overlook Lane, Brewster, NY 10509. Purpose: any lawful activities. #58296 NOTICE OF FORMATION of 185 Canal Street, LLC Art. of Org filed Secíy of State (SSNY) 10/31/12.

Office location: Westchester County. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail copy of process to c/o Shleppers Moving & Storage, 656 Central Park Ave, Yonkers, NY 10704. Purpose: any lawful activities. #58297 NOTICE OF FORMATION of Lizard Telecom LLC Art. of Org filed Secíy of State (SSNY) 7/09/12. Office location: Westchester County.

SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail copy of process to 44 Maple Avenue, Hastings On Hudson, NY 10706. Purpose: any lawful activities. #58298

NOTICE OF FORMATION OF M BADALY, LLC. NAME: M BADALY, LLC Articles of Organization were filed with the Secretary of State of New York (SSNY) on 10/09/12.

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, 2 Wilson Place, Mount Vernon, New York 10550, principal business location of the LLC. Purpose: any lawful business activity. #58301 Name of LLC: Fete Beget LLC. Arts. of Org. filed with NY Dept. of State: 10/11/12. Office loc.: Westchester Co. Sec. of State designated agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served and shall mail process to: c/o Business Filings Inc., 187 Wolf Rd., Ste. 101, Albany, NY 12205, regd. agt. upon whom process may be served. Purpose: any lawful act. #58302 Notice of Formation of RAZ FAMILY LLC. Arts. of Org. filed with NY Dept. of State on 10/5/12.

Office location: Westchester County. Sec. of State designated agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served and shall mail process to the principal business address: c/o E. Daniel Raz, 26 Old Forge Lane, Tarrytown, NY 10591. Purpose: any lawful activity. #58303 Notice of Formation of BADALY ARCHITECT, PLLC. Principal office Westchester County.

Secretary of State of NY (SSNY) designated as agent for service of process. SSNY shall mail a copy of any process served against the LLC, to 2 Wilson Place, Mount Vernon, NY 10550. Articles of Organization of the LLC were filed with the SSNY on 11/01/12.

Purpose: Architecture. #58305 Notice of Formation of Rye Greenridge LLC. Arts. of Org. filed Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 10/26/12. Off. loc.: Westchester County. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served.

SSNY shall mail process to: c/o Hofheimer Gartlir & Gross, LLP, 530 Fifth Ave., NY, NY 10036, Attn: Jules E. Levy, Esq., the registered agent upon whom process may be served. Purpose: any lawful purpose. #58306 Notice of Formation of MJ & R Communications LLC amended to R & MJ Communications LLC. Arts. of Org. filed Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 10/11/12. Off. loc.: Westchester County. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served.

SSNY shall mail process to: 23 Great Oak Lane, Pleasantville, NY 10570. Purpose: any lawful activity. #58307

Lane, Pleasantville, NY 10570.

Purpose: any lawful activity. #58307 Notice of Formation of GHP Norwalk LLC. Arts. of Org. filed Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 10/18/12. Off. loc.: Westchester County. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to: c/o GHP Office Realty, LLC, 4 West Red Oak Lane, Ste. 200, White Plains, NY 10604. Purpose: any lawful purpose. #58308

Notice of Formation of ROCKLEDGE FARM LLC. Arts. of Org. filed with the Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 5/1/12. Office location: Westchester County. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to: 345 Whippoorwill Road, Chappaqua, NY 10514. Purpose: any lawful act or activity. #58309 Notice of formation of Fine Finishes, LLC. Arts. Of Org. filed with Secy of State of NY (SSNY) on 9/20/12. Office location: Westchester County. SSNY is designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to Fine Finishes, 1879 French Hill Road, Yorktown Heights, NY 10598. Purpose: Any lawful purpose. #58310 Rosehill Fund 2 LLC, Art. of Org. filed with NY Secy. of State on 9/04/2012. Office located in Westchester County. Secy. of State designated as agent upon which process may be served.

Secy. of State shall mail a copy of any process against it served upon him/her to: PO Box 503, Rye, NY 10580 (the LLCís primary business location). LLC may engage in any lawful act or activity for which a limited liability company may be formed. #58311 THE ANNUAL RETURN OF THE PEG SANTVOORD FOUNDATION for the fiscal year ended June 30, 2012 is available at its principal office located at 800 Westchester Avenue, Suite S-618, Rye Brook, NY 10573-1373 for inspection during regular business hours by any citizen who requests it within 180 days hereof. Principal Manager of the Foundation is WILLIAM R. HANDELMAN. #58312 Notice of Formation of 40 Bruce Avenue LLC. Arts. of Org. filed Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 7/6/12. Off. loc.: Westchester County. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served.

SSNY shall mail process to: The LLC, 53 Post St., Yonkers, NY 10705. Purpose: any lawful activity. #58313 Notice of Formation of Mar-Vin Family LLC. Arts. of Org. filed Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 11/6/12. Off. loc.: Westchester County. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to: The LLC, 18 North Central Ave., Hartsdale, NY 10530. Purpose: any lawful activity. #58314 Notice of Formation of Bedford Assisted Living, LLC. Arts. of Org. filed Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 5/22/12. Off. loc.: Westchester County. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to: 58 Willow St., Pleasantville, NY 10570. Purpose: any lawful activity. #58315 NOTICE OF FORMATION of Pundit Partners 2 LLC Art. of Org filed Secíy of State (SSNY) 10/29/12.

Office location: Westchester County. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail copy of process to 4 New King Street, White Plains, NY 10604. Purpose: any lawful activities. #58316

Center for Christ Conscious Leadership, LLC, Articles of Organization filed with NY Secy. of State (SSNY) on 10/16/2012.

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: 10 Laurie Lane, Salem, NY 10590 (the LLCís primary business location).

Purpose: any lawful act or activity for which a limited liability corporation may be formed. #58318 Social Radio Dispatcher, LLC. Arts. of Org. filed with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 7/6/12. Office in Westchester County. SSNY designated agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served.

SSNY shall mail process to c/o Corporation Service Company, 80 State St, Albany, NY 12207.

Purpose: General. #58319 Cosmopup, LLC. Arts. of Org. filed with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 8/14/12. Office in Westchester County. SSNY designated agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to 57 Bellwood Rd, White Plains, NY 10603.

Purpose: General. #58320 NOTICE OF FORMATION of 2771 Webster Avenue, LLC Art. of Org filed Secíy of State (SSNY) 11/9/12. Office location: Westchester County. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served.

SSNY shall mail copy of process to c/o Eileen Simnica, 68 Verona Ave, Yonkers, NY 10710. Purpose: any lawful activities. #58321

NOTICE OF FORMATION of 2769 Webster Avenue, LLC Art. of Org filed Secíy of State (SSNY) 11/9/12. Office location: Westchester County. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served.

SSNY shall mail copy of process to c/o Eileen Simnica, 68 Verona Ave, Yonkers, NY 10710. Purpose: any lawful activities. #58322 NOTICE OF FORMATION of 2767 Webster Avenue, LLC Art. of Org filed Secíy of State (SSNY) 11/9/12. Office location: Westchester County. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served.

SSNY shall mail copy of process to c/o Eileen Simnica, 68 Verona Ave, Yonkers, NY 10710. Purpose: any lawful activities. #58323 NOTICE OF FORMATION of 2765 Webster Avenue, LLC Art. of Org filed Secíy of State (SSNY) 11/9/12. Office location: Westchester County. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served.

SSNY shall mail copy of process to c/o Eileen Simnica, 68 Verona Ave, Yonkers, NY 10710. Purpose: any lawful activities. #58324 Notice of formation of Limited Liability Company (ìLLCî). Name: 150 Housing, LLC. Articles of Organization filed with the Secretary of State of the State of New York (ìSSNYî) on 04/06/2006.

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 150 Housing, LLC, 901 Main Street, Peekskill, NY 10566. Name/ address of each member available from SSNY. Purpose: any lawful activity. #58325

NOTICE OF SECURED PARTY SALE Please take notice that the collateral described below (the ìCollateralî) will be sold at a sale (the ìSaleî) held to enforce the rights of the Secured Parties in the Collateral. The Collateral is subject to a certain Pledge and Security Agreement dated as of April 18, 2008 (the ìSecurity Agreementî) by and between Anthony Piazza (the ìDebtorî), and certain secured parties (such secured parties and their successors and assigns, the ìSecured Partiesî). The Debtor is in default of its obligations under the Security Agreement and obligations secured thereby.

Collateral: A 12.375% Percentage Interest in WBP Central Associates, LLC (ìWBPî), a New York limited liability company, which owns a fee simple interest in the land and improvements located at 2141 Central Park Avenue, Yonkers, New York. The sale may be made in whole or in parts.

Time and Place of Public Auction: The Sale will take place on Monday, December 3, 2012, at 10:00 a.m., at the offices of Olshan Frome Wolosky LLP, 65 East 55th Street, 2nd Floor, New York New York, 10022, counsel to the Secured Parties.

Method of Sale; No Warranties:The Sale will be a public sale on terms and conditions to be provided at the Sale. The Secured Parties shall have the right, but not the obligation, to credit bid at the auction and to adjourn the Sale one or more times as may be announced at or prior to the scheduled date of the Sale. The Collateral is being sold on an ìas is, where isî basis.

Further inquiries: For further information, please contact counsel for the Secured Parties, Olshan Frome Wolosky LLP, attn: Jason Saltsberg, Esq., 212-451-2320. #58317

FACES& PLACES Empowering women

Some 300 people gathered for breakfast at Abigail Kirsch at Tappan Hill in Tarrytown for the Planned Parenthood Hudson Peconic’s (PPHP) annual Empower benefit.

A highlight of the event was a service auction that raised $25,075 for staffing for a Smart Wheels mobile education and testing van.

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1. Reina Schiffrin, president and CEO of PPHP; Frankie Stein, former president and CEO of PPHP; and Sarah Weddington, attorney who argued Roe v. Wade in 1972.

2. Sarah Weddington.

3. Ilyse Tretter, Lisa Eisenstein and Deborah Silverman.

4. Ken Jenkins, chair of the Westchester County Board of Legislators; Janet DiFiore, Westchester County district attorney; Anne Janiak, executive director of the Women’s Enterprise Development Center; and Victoria Morris.

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5. Ruth Lapidus and Judy Widmann.

6. Carole Stix, Herb Hochberg and Lynn Kotze.

7. Johanna Alter Wilson, Paul Warhit, Ilissa Warhit, Denise Lipson and Donna Rabinowitz.

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