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onnecticut’s plan to install tolls that includes a gantry on a 1.4-mile stretch of I-684 that runs through Greenwich — but does not include a Greenwich exit — has resulted in vocal opposition from New York commuters and lawmakers.

On Nov. 20, four New York state legislators rep-

Connecticut in their drive resenting the communiwithin New York State.” ties surrounding I-684 It would also create in Westchester County overf low traffic on local — State Sens. Shelley streets by drivers seeking Mayer (D-37th) and Peter to avoid the toll, “resulting Harckham (D-40th) as well in increased local mainas Assemblymen David TWB Loan Decision tenance and road repair Buchwald (D-93rd) and Banner Ad costs” in both states, they Kevin Byrne (R-94th) — 6” w x 1.5” h said. sent a letter to Connecticut 8-20-19 There have been rumors Gov. Ned Lamont protestthat Connecticut has already ing that the I-684 compoquietly begun to build gannent “would create a ‘New tries to be placed in their York’ tax on our constitdesignated spots should uents who must transverse this small section of » TOLLS 7

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NO SHORTAGE OF ADVICE FOR BUSINESSES LOOKING TO COPE WITH NEXT YEAR

BY PETER KATZ pkatz@wesrtfairinc.com

WESTCHESTER COMPANIES THAT WANT TO SUCCEED IN

whatever economy the year 2020 has in store need to be ready to, among other things: embrace change, not oppose it; adapt developing technologies such as artificial intelligence to their marketing and promotion; offer products

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and services that interest millennials; and, become more aware of incentives and aid that government offers.

Those were among the takeaways from the Nov. 20 forum entitled “2020 A Pivotal Year” presented by Bank of America and the Westchester County Business Journal at the C.V. Rich Mansion in White Plains. » 2020

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IDA OKs preliminary $6.6M tax break for apartments proposed near Wegmans

BY BILL HELTZEL bheltzel@westfairinc.com

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he Westchester Industrial Development Agency (IDA) gave preliminary approval on Nov. 21 for nearly $6.6 million in public subsidies for a proposed $134 million apartment complex in Harrison near where Wegmans is under construction.

Marcus Partners Inc. of Boston and Trammell Crow Residential Co. of Dallas want to demolish a vacant office building at 3 Westchester Park Drive and build two structures with 450 rental apartments.

The project would be another element in the transformation of the so-called teardrop area — between the Hutchinson River Parkway and Interstates 287 and 684 — from obsolete office parks to residential, recreational, retail and medical facilities.

A Life Time Fitness �ym was built on the hill above the project site. Wegmans Food Markets Inc. is building a grocery store on Corporate Park Drive behind the site, next to Toll Brothers Inc.’s 421-

3 Westchester Park Drive.

unit apartment project and near Montefiore Medical Center’s pediatric outpatient center project.

The joint venture is working with a 10.6-acre parcel that Marcus bought last year for nearly $11 million. The developers would replace the 160,000-square-foot

office building with 550,000 square feet of residential space, including two parking garages and four retail spaces.

The project would feature green space, including a walking path and gardens as well as a fitness center and other amenities.

A road would bisect the apartment buildings and connect to the Toll Brothers apartments and Wegmans.

The builders hope to attract working professionals and empty nesters. Twenty-three of the apartments would be rented at below-market rates to tenants whose income is no more than 80% of the area median income ($67,350 for one person and $95,250 for a household of four).

The blended average rent for the market-rate apartments would be about $3,000, beginning at less than $2,000 for a studio.

The project would create an estimated 150 construction jobs and eight positions when the buildings open.

The public subsidies include $5.4 million in a sales tax exemption and nearly $1.2 million for the mortgage tax exemption.

Final approval for the subsidies could be granted early next year after a public hearing. The developers want to demolish the office building early next year and break ground by mid-summer. The apartments could open by the first or second quarter of 2022.

Westfair to select Businessperson of the Year winners

BY PHIL HALL phall@westfairinc.com

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estfair Communications will announce its inaugural Businessperson of the Year winners before the end of 2019 in the Fairfield County Business Journal and Westchester County Business Journal.

The editors of the two weekly newspapers will make their selections from the ranks of the companies and nonprofits in both counties. Those chosen will be honored for their exemplary leadership skills and forging bold and industry-shaping reputations for both themselves and their organizations. They will be celebrated for their ability to inspire and develop ahead-of-the-curve innovations while building a strong marketing brand that contributes to bottom-line success.

Winners will also be recog-

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nized for their role in the wider community as a positive force in social responsibility which reinforces the importance of an organization that is a holistic and integral neighbor in the region.

“The Fairfield County and Westchester markets are rich with amazing men and women who have shaped the local and national economy with their thought leadership, their emotional passion and their ability to inspire others to follow their dream,” said Dee DelBello, publisher of Westfair Communications. “While personality focused articles have been very popular with the readers of our publications, we feel that launching a Businessperson of the Year will call extra attention to the many remarkable personalities that make this section of the country a hotbed for new ideas and an entrepreneurial spirit that is second to none.

Without these amazing people, our economy would be at a loss.”

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Report: Westchester needs 12K additional affordable housing units

BY PETER KATZ pkatz@westfairinc.com

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Housing Needs Assessment report released by Westchester County Executive George Latimer finds that the county needs to add 11,703 affordable units to its housing stock in order to meet its need for 82,451 affordable units.

The report counts 345,885 housing units in the county with 81% of them built before 1979.

In addition to stressing the need for new construction, the study suggests the adaptive reuse of underutilized land and buildings can help increase the inventory of lower-cost homes in areas with high land costs and limited development opportunities.

The report cited the former Public School 6 in Yonkers where the Municipal Housing Authority collaborated with Community Builders on a $63 million project to turn the old school into 120 units of housing. The assessment said the county should inventory its land and buildings with an eye to whether any properties would be useful for repurposing. It also called for creating public-private partnerships to undertake the necessary groundwork for quickly assessing, securing and advancing site development.

The report stated that commercial office parks, which some owners may find are becoming more difficult to keep fully leased, offer redevelopment opportunities.

“As technolo�y advanced, the amount of office space required by tenants decreased and simultaneously telecommuting became more of a business norm,” the report stated. “As a result — many parks became obsolete and eventually became vacant. These vacant and abandoned office parks are ripe for adaptive reuse into affordable housing.”

That’s not a new idea. In 2008, the county’s Department of Planning conducted a study about turning office parks into housing and reissued it in 2010.

The current assessment found that 62% of the housing units in the county are owned while 38% are rental units. The number of owned units in Westchester is slightly lower than the 63% national average. It found that 41.1% of the households in the county are paying more than 50% of their income toward housing costs.

Relying on population statistics from 2000 through 2017, the assessment found the county had a slight decline in the under19 age demographic and an 18.9% decline in those 30 to 44 years of age. It said that, in terms of economic development, the 30-to44 group is considered to be the prime labor force. The study also cited a Cornell University projection that the 30-to-44 population will increase 7.5% by 2025.

“This is important to note as the age cohort of 30 to 44 has typically included first-time homebuyers,” the assessment said.

The assessment found the over-85 group jumped by more than 44% in Westchester since 2000, the 65-to-74 population went up 26.7% and the 75-and-over demographic skyrocketed 52.3%.

The report noted, “Over 30% of the homes throughout Westchester County were built before 1940. The housing stock will likely need major repairs and system replacements in addition to physical modifications to mitigate accessibility challenges as people are aging in place.

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WCCF holds 50th anniversary event

BY PETER KATZ

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he Westchester Community College Foundation (WCCF) celebrated its 50th anniversary with a Nov. 13 gala at Tappan Hill in Tarrytown.

Since its founding, WCCF has raised more than $100 million to benefit the school and its students and provided more than $24 million in scholarships.

“We’ve had a lot of wonderful relationships with the business community,” Eve Larner, WCCF’s executive director, told the Business Journal. “A lot of businesses want to partner with us because they see their future employees being trained here at the college. They know that the college’s students usually wind up living here in Westchester and the strength of the county lies in an educated Westchester.”

Larner had a progress report on a WCCF effort known as “Pathways: The Campaign for Student Success.” She said, “This is a $50 million campaign, the largest in the foundation’s history and we’re delighted to announce that we’ve raised $43 million of that $50 million goal already. We began the campaign in 2013 and will conclude in 2021 to coincide with the college’s 75th anniversary.”

Larner said it’s possible that they may exceed the $50 million goal.

“The funds are already

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being utilized toward student scholarships, toward programs that support student enrollment, retention and completion and also toward some physical projects on campus,” Larner said.

Debbie Raizes and Ruth Suzman, co-chairs of the Pathways Campaign, were among those on the speakers program at the anniversary celebration. Others included Susan Yubas, chair of the foundation’s board of directors; Joanne Landau, board president; Betsy Stern, WCCF board member and a college trustee; Harry Phillips, secretary of the foundation; and Belinda Miles, president of WCC. While WCCF in the past raised funds to double the size of the library and construct the Gateway Center with 70,000 square feet of modern

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From left: Eve Larner; Cecile Singer, former director of Hudson Valley Bank; and Lisa Mitzner, WCC’s CFO.

and environmentally friendly classrooms and student spaces, not all of what WCCF does is measured in dollars and cents. It was responsible for the creation of the Virginia Marx Children’s Center on the college’s main campus in Valhalla, which provides care for the preschool children of students and staff. It also started and now manages the college’s Volunteer Corps, which facilitates volunteering, and also manages the Alumni Association and the Native Plant Center.

“The foundation now bestows about $2 million in student scholarships every year,” Larner said.

College of New Rochelle acquired

by Masons for $32 million

BY KEVIN ZIMMERMAN kzimmerman@westfairinc.com

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he trustees of the Masonic Hall & Asylum Fund have acquired the 15.6acre College of New Rochelle campus at an auction for $32 million — $11 million more than the opening bid.

The U.S. Bankruptcy Court has approved the sale to the Masons. The college filed for bankruptcy

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on Sept. 20 due to $80 million in liabilities, following several years of financial uncertainty.

Earlier this year, Keith Borge, the school’s former controller, pleaded guilty to securities fraud and failure to pay more than $20 million in federal payroll taxes.

Federal prosecutors have maintained that the college’s closure could have been avoided had Borge acted appropriately.

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The college itself was not charged due to its cooperation with the investigation.

There are 20 buildings on the school’s campus, which consists of more than 425,000 square feet.

Opened in 1904, its features include a 19th-century castle, a modern recreational and educational complex, computer and photography labs, a television production studio and a 200,000-volume library.

She said nearly 20,000 students have benefited from a foundation scholarship since it was founded.

“The individuals, corporations and foundations that support the Westchester Community College Foundation and make an education possible for our students really have the gratitude of our students because they are making an incredible difference and a little bit goes a long way,” she said. “Some students are struggling with not just the need to make tuition but also the other costs of attending college. Some struggle with food insecurity, transportation costs and

others may have struggles at home supporting a family.”

A featured speaker at the anniversary event was Wellington Mackey, a Westchester Community College (WCC) alumnus who is attending Yale Law School.

He immigrated to the U.S. from the Bahamas at age 23, could not make ends meet in New York City and wound up sleeping on park benches or in subway cars. In 2012, he received a green card enabling him to work in the U.S. legally, received scholarships to attend WCC and study abroad at Cambridge University for a semester, and was accepted to Yale.

He spoke about how WCC enables students such as him to realize their dreams.

“It’s actually a story we hear a lot,” Larner said of Mackey’s experience. “That is why our donors find it so compelling to work with us.

Many students report stories of transformation, maybe not quite as dramatic as Wellington’s.”

While WCC is affordable when compared with many other colleges, with tuition at about $4,600 a year, transportation, books and living expenses can make the total bill add up to an estimated $16,000 a year.

“Just through scholarships alone, this year we are assisting about 1,200 students and the number of students that are being touched by foundation-funded programs is far more than that,” Larner said.

A.C. Moore stores face closure after retailer’s demise

BY PHIL HALL phall@westfairinc.com

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.C. Moore has become the latest retail chain to announce the termination of its business and the closure of its stores.

Specializing in arts, crafts and floral merchandise, A.C. Moore opened its first store in Moorestown, New Jersey, in 1985 and grew its retail network to 145 stores in the East

Photo by JJBers / Creative Commons.

Coast states stretching from Maine to Florida.

In Westchester County and the Hudson Valley, A.C. Moore operates stores in Yorktown Heights, Wappingers Falls, Nanuet and

Middletown. The chain does not have a Fairfield County presence but has four stores across Connecticut.

The Michaels Companies Inc. will assume leases for up to 40 store locations and a lease on a distribution facility, and will purchase intellectual property from A.C. Moore for an undisclosed fee. The company has yet to determine which stores will be transferred to Michaels and which will be shuttered.

CONTRIBUTING WRITER | By Lindsay C. Farrell

Open Door to Congress: Provide funding for health centers

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pen Door Family Medical Center has become a household name in the lower Hudson Valley for good reason.

Our mission as a Federally Qualified Health Center (FQHC) has remained consistent since we opened in 1972: to provide high-quality health care for those who are most vulnerable.

Several bipartisan bills have been introduced in Congress that will provide long-term, stable funding for health centers like Open Door, as well as for critical programs that help build the primary care workforce we need for the future. We are thankful to U.S. Rep. Nita Lowey for her unwavering support for community health centers. I am hopeful that all our leaders in Congress will do the right thing and join her in the effort to pass legislation.

Community health centers across the country care for 1 in 12 Americans, approximately 28 million people. We save the health care system an estimated $24 billion a year by eliminating waste and generate $54.6 billion in economic activity. With a focus on prevention, we keep people healthy and productive and as a result we save lives.

Yet, Open Door and every

other FQHC in America stand to lose more than 70% of our federal grant funding without Congress’ help. On behalf of the patients we serve, we are urging Congress to act immediately to extend long-term funding for the Community Health Center Fund, the National Health Service Corps and the Teaching Health Centers program.

Congress provided a twomonth extension for all three programs through Nov. 21.

What we need are five years of extended funding that will ensure continued health care services. Such a plan will eliminate the uncertainty caused by year-to-year and now month-to-month, renewals of this critical investment in access to care.

At Open Door we care for nearly 1,000 adults and children every day in Westchester, Putnam and Ulster counties — with more than 300,000 patient visits a year — regardless of one’s ability to pay. The majority of our patients live below the poverty level. In addition to primary medical care, dental care, pediatric care, women’s health care and behavioral health care offered at our Ossining, Port Chester, Sleepy Hollow, Mount Kisco, Brewster and Mamaroneck sites, a dental practice in

Saugerties and our eight school-based health centers, we promote healthy lifestyles, including good nutrition, stress reduction and physical activity to help the region’s most vulnerable families stay healthy.

We are working to meet the demand for our services — including childhood and seasonal illnesses, chronic disease, behavioral health concerns related to stress, opioid and substance addiction as well as preventive care and responses to public health crises.

The work that health centers do to extend and improve lives generates cost savings across the health care system, but the return on investment depends on securing long-term support.

Congress needs to commit secure and sustained health center funding for the people and communities we represent. We are deeply appreciative of the work of our leaders in Congress who support long-term sustained funding for health centers. Please remind Congress of our mission. The health of our community depends on it.

Lindsay C. Farrell is the president and CEO of Open Door Family Medical Center and can be reached at 914502-1451.

Schwab gobbles up TD Ameritrade for $26B

BY KEVIN ZIMMERMAN kzimmerman@westfairinc.com

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harles Schwab is acquiring rival discount brokerage TD Ameritrade in an all-stock deal valued at $26 billion — creating a broker with more than $5 trillion in client assets.

Under terms of the deal, which is expected to close in the second half of next year, TD Ameritrade stockholders will receive 1.0837 Schwab shares for every share held, a 17% premium over the stock’s 30-day average price before the announcement was made.

Schwab’s shareholders will own 69% and TD Ameritrade’s stockholders will own 18% of the combined company. TD Bank, which owns 43% of TD Ameritrade, will own the proportionate 13% of the new company.

The combined company will serve more than 24 million clients. San Francisco-based Schwab has a market value of $57.5 billion while Omaha-based TD Ameritrade has a $22.4 billion market cap.

The combined company’s headquarters will relocate to Schwab’s new campus in Westlake, Texas.

TD Ameritrade CEO Tim Hockey previously announced plans to step down next February. Its CFO, Stephen Boyle, has been named TD Ameritrade’s interim president and CEO and will continue in that role until the acquisition is finalized.

Schwab’s New York locations include Mount Kisco and Scarsdale while TD Ameritrade also has an office in Scarsdale. In Connecticut, Schwab has offices in Fairfield, Greenwich and Ridgefield, while TD Ameritrade has locations in Brookfield, Fairfield and Stamford.

Citrin Cooperman Corner 2019 and Beyond: The Future is Now

BY MARK FAGAN, CPA, AND MATTHEW KUCHINSKY, CPA

MARK FAGAN AND MATT KUCHINSKY

What a difference 20 years makes. As we say goodbye to 2019 and get ready to enter into a new decade, one thing is clear — we have only just scratched the surface of what is possible. At the beginning of the new millennium, the primary concern for businesses was Y2K, and whether their computer systems were going to survive past the time change on January 1, 2000 at 12:01am. There was no social media and the internet was still in its infancy. Today, business concerns are more complex, focusing on issues like data privacy and disruptive technologies like robotics process automation, and how these could impact their businesses.

The business landscape is continuing to become more competitive and consolidated, driven by changing shifts in how companies operate and leverage artificial intelligence, cryptocurrency, robotics, and many other new technologies. The addition of buzzwords like innovation, transformation, and disruption have become the norm, and business owners are facing a significant variety of new and complex challenges as they build strategies for their future.

With all of these advancements in technology and changing customer demands, leading to the commoditization of more and more services, businesses are left asking, how they will keep pace with the competition; what will be the differentiating factors for them to set them apart and above; and, how will they ensure continued growth and profitability?

In order to sustain growth and profitability, businesses will have to be able to transform their business models to suit the growing needs of their clients, while providing a lasting, connected, and deeper client experience. Technology and change continue to be top of mind for our clients. Experts agree that technology advances are forcing significant change in all areas of business, and the ability to adapt quickly and understand how to leverage technology in the right way is critical to survival. However, for some private, middle-market enterprises that may not have access to significant amounts of capital, selecting where to invest can become daunting.

As Citrin Cooperman enters the new decade, we bring our deep expertise in advisory services and business consulting to our clients. We have the advantage of working with clients in different industries every day and the ability to see, firsthand, what works for

them and what doesn’t. This allows us to engage our clients through an integrated approach and a consultative mind set, which includes the ability to anticipate future requirements early; understand the industry and business issues our clients are up against and how today’s trends can help or hurt them; and, be ready with timely and proactive insights and solutions, customized to their unique circumstances, so they can adapt quickly.

In 2020, the Citrin Cooperman Corner will focus on addressing evolution from the perspectives of our economy, communities, and our client’s businesses.

We will discuss issues surrounding leadership, growth, and how to not only survive, but thrive by putting evolution into action to unlock the potential of our clients’ businesses. These articles will only serve as a slice of our local programs.

Articles, webinars, panel discussions, seminars, podcasts, networking events, and more, will be rolled out throughout the year, which will be geared towards local business owners and executives.

Throughout 2020 and beyond, our mission is clear. We have aligned our strategy to be centered around our clients’ needs and the changes within their industries. We are focused on forward movement, to help us keep ahead of what is coming and stay nimble, innovative, and entrepreneurial in our approach. Above all, Citrin Cooperman will continue to help our clients improve their processes, grow their business, and put their own evolution into action.

ABOUT THE AUTHORS Matt Kuchinsky serves as the managing partner for the Firm’s White Plains office. He is also a member of Citrin Cooperman’s executive committee.

Matt is a business consulting and tax partner with more than 20 years of experience serving as a business advisor.

Matt can be reached at mkuchinsky@ citrincooperman.com. Mark Fagan is the managing partner of Citrin Cooperman’s Norwalk, Connecticut office. He is also a member of Citrin Cooperman’s Executive Committee and the Firm’s Audit and Attest Committee. With over 25 years of audit, tax, and business advisory experience, he serves clients in a wide range of industries, including technology, financial services, private equity, manufacturing and distribution, and construction. Mark’s clients range from privately held middle-market firms to larger, complex, multi-national organizations. Mark can be reached at mfagan@citrincooperman.com.

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Is the time right for TikTok marketing? get asked questions.”

Martinez added that marketers can ill afford to pass by TikTok for their social media outreach to younger audiences.

“You have to be on top of everything,” he continued. “You might think this platform is just for kids, but kids today play a huge role in what parents do. Parents take into consideration what kids want when they are spending hundreds of dollars.”

But for many local marketing agencies with more of a B2B focus, TikTok is not in their social media strate�y plan.

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or those who consider social media marketing as being limited to Facebook, Twitter and LinkedIn, there is another platform whose potential is quickly being appreciated: TikTok, a Chinesedeveloped app that has become a phenomenon across 150 countries.

And while TikTok has become the next important channel for many B2C campaigns, marketing experts are watching its ongoing evolution to determine whether B2B promotions will soon find a place in its digital orbit.

TikTok began its life in China in September 2016 as Douyin, an app that enabled users to create music and lip-sync videos running between three and 15 seconds and looping videos running between three and 60 seconds. The app was developed by ByteDance, a Beijing-headquartered company, and provided exclusively within China. Douyin was wildly popular and racked up more than 100 million users within its first year.

However, Douyin was subject to Chinese censorship restrictions on content, so ByteDance created TikTok as an international edition of the app and made it available beginning September 2017. Two months later, ByteDance acquired the Chinese app Music.ly for $1 billion, merging its user base with TikTok. “To understand TikTok’s unprecedented growth, the app had around 500 million users in May 2019,” said Emad AbouElgheit, associate professor of marketing at Western Connecticut State University (WCSU). “That is nearly one-fifth of users on the giant Facebook, but only in three years compared to Facebook’s 15 years of growth.”

TikTok has become popular with younger audiences. The market research agency GlobalWebIndex reported that 41% of TikTok users belonged to Generation Z, the next demographic youth wave following the millennials. For those who recall their youth rather than flaunt it, viewing TikTok content can be a little disconcerting.

“One look at the platform and you’ll immediately feel old,” joked Jaime Urteaga, founder and CEO at Digital Chair Inc. in White Plains. “I’ve spent a few hours on it over the years and each time it's been the same experience. It has very Vine-like video clips — many are funny, cute, entertaining or sexual, and probably 95% and more are by creators who are about age 15 to 18 years old.”

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TikTok has generated its share of online stars, including a Pomeranian dog named Jiffpom who has 19.5 million followers.

Prominent entertainers, including Ariana Grande, Bruno Mars and Gwen Stefani are connecting with their fans on TikTok and “Tonight Show” host Jimmy Fallon incorporated TikTok into his program by tapping into the platform’s popular “challenge” feature with his #tumbleweedchallenge, which

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The TikTok app. Photo courtesy Dreamstime Pictures.

resulted in the creation of more than 8,000 videos of TikTok users rolling across the ground like a tumbleweed. Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg reportedly has a TikTok account, although he has not created content on the platform.

“According to Hootsuite, the app was valued at $75 billion in 2019,” observed WCSU’s AbouElgheit. “Their revenue model is in-app purchases where users buy virtual money (coins) to give back to influencers and creators of videos. In return, creators send digital gifts to users.”

From a marketing perspective, the ultra-short video format of TikTok does not enable longer-form advertising that is prevalent on YouTube and Facebook. As a result, much of the marketing efforts on the

TikTok has generated its share of online stars, including a Pomeranian dog named Jiffpom who has 19.5 million followers. Prominent entertainers, including Ariana Grande, Bruno Mars and Gwen Stefani, are connecting with their fans on TikTok and ‘Tonight Show’ host Jimmy Fallon incorporated TikTok into his program.

platform either rely on influencers to hype up a brand or quickie humor that lends itself to meme-level comedy.

“TikTok is less of a conversion platform and more of a general branding platform,” noted Christine Gritmon, a Nyack-based social media strategist.

Major consumer brands, including Apple Music, Chipotle, Fenty Beauty and Nike have adapted to TikTok’s format with videos that eschew the hard-sell for a light and airy approach. The U.S. Army tapped into TikTok for its recruiting efforts, although that was put on indefinite hold after several politicians, including New York Sen. Chuck Schumer, questioned whether the app’s Chinese origins posed a security concern.

Joshua Shuart, a professor at Sacred Heart University's Jack Welch College of Business, noted how the sports world has embraced TikTok with gusto.

“All of the teams and the professional leagues have it,” he said. “The international soccer leagues are cultivating their next generation of fans.”

Shuart also pointed out that e-commerce has gotten into the TikTok act, too.

“Memes that are popularized on TikTok go to Amazon and are turned into merchandise,” he said.

Chase Hutchison, senior vice president at Brookfield-based Mack Media Group, observed that TikTok’s freshness in the social media universe is a marketing plus.

“It is relatively new and therefore is not nearly as saturated as Facebook, Instagram and Twitter,” he said.

Eddie Martinez, owner of the TOP Station podcasting operation in Bridgeport, is using TikTok to stay connected with the young audiences he reaches in his work as an inspirational speaker.

“A lot of people are following and liking,” he said of his TikTok account. “Sometimes I

“Most of the businesses that I work with have an older target audience — business owners, homeowners, etc. — and I don't believe that TikTok would be effective in reaching that audience at the moment,” said Nicholas Mastrogiorgio, owner of MastroTek, a website design and internet marketing agency in Mount Vernon.

Digital Chair’s Urteaga pointed out that the platform is not actively seeking B2B agency participation.

“Their sign-up says they're currently only taking direct clients, which means the client would have to sign up themselves and delegate us access,” he explained. “So, they don't have an agency portal yet, as their ad platform is still in its infancy. And, the sign-up form has it so their team will contact you if you fit their criteria for advertising with them within five days.”

TikTok has attracted entities that many people might not associate with Gen Z appeal. These include the Washington Post, which produces short skits that poke fun at how it covers the news, and the United Nations’ International Fund for Agricultural Development, which offers videos of farm work in developing countries.

Some digital experts believe the B2B potential of TikTok is on the horizon.

Jonathan Soares, founder and CEO of the Bethel-based website and app development firm Agency Sources, believed companies could use TikTok for self-promotion to potential clients and employees.

“Depending on who you are targeting, it could be phenomenal,” Soares said. “We are spending a lot of time looking at content on TikTok and we’re seeing more and more older demographics getting involved in it.

We work with leading digital and creative agencies and a lot of them are starting to talk about how they have to be on the cutting edge on what’s new and emerging.”

Scott Lipow, president of Six7 Marketing in Fairfield, believes TikTok will eventually widen its appeal in the manner that other youth-focused social media sites have.

“I think it's totally possible that TikTok becomes a powerful strate�y for more types of businesses, both large and small, over the longer term,” said Lipow. “Facebook and Instagram both started out with a mostly young demographic and then captured more adults with greater purchasing power and economic influence.”

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tolls be approved — a suggestion that a spokesman for the Connecticut Department of Transportation scoffed at.

“Absolutely false,” he said. “Even if the General Assembly and the governor approved toll legislation tomorrow, the … study process would take up to two years or more. The earliest estimate for toll operations is 2023, assuming legislative approval and that everything else fell perfectly into place.

“One other thing to bear in mind,” he added. “The feds (the Federal Highway Administration) would not approve tolls on Connecticut highways and/or bridges without (state) legislative approval in place.”

Although Senate Democrats in Connecticut told Lamont they could not support the tolls component of his 10-year, $21 billion CT2030 transportation plan — which would have installed 14 gantries around the state — there is now momentum behind an alternate proposal put forward

by House Democrats that would install toll gantries for trucks only at 12 locations — including on I-684.

Following a Nov. 26 meeting with Lamont and leaders of both parties in the state capitol, Senate President Pro Tem Martin Looney, who had led the opposition to CT2030’s toll component, said the plan now is to push tolls through via a special legislative session.

“We think we have momentum on that issue and the time to move is now,” he said.

But Senate Minority Leader Len Fasano told reporters after the meeting that “truck tolling is a nonstarter” and maintained that the Democrats would eventually get around to including tolls for all vehicles.

The Republicans are pushing FASTR CT, which would involve borrowing $1.5 billion from Connecticut’s budget reserve fund, or rainy day fund — a plan whose fiscal soundness has been questioned by some, including Connecticut Treasurer Shawn Wooden, especially in case of a recession.

Fasano later issued a statement describing the Democrats’ remarks as “nothing but political talking points defending their insatiable desire to tax people more.

“They want tolls, they want to borrow more, they want more tax revenue from Connecticut residents — on top of their new taxes on plastic bags and groceries,” Fasano continued. “They do not want to work with Republicans to do what is truly best for our state and its residents. They want tolls. Period.”

“Sen. Fasano must be talking about a completely different meeting and a totally different plan,” said Max Reiss, the governor’s communications director. “Gov. Lamont asked legislative leaders from both sides of the aisle to come together and discuss for nearly two hours how to grow the state’s economy and fix its broken transportation system.”

Motor Transport Association of Connecticut (MTAC) President Joseph Sculley issued a statement maintaining that truckers already pay Connecticut fuel taxes for every mile they drive through

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the state — whether they stop to refuel or not — and disagreed with House Majority Leader Matt Ritter’s assertion that trucks cause 80% of the damage to the state’s roadways.

Sculley called the 80% figure “a made-up number. There is no data to support that statement. In fact, the Federal Bridge Formula ensures that a truck cannot inherently damage a road or a bridge.”

Sculley also noted that truck-only tolls on bridges in Rhode Island are the subject of an ongoing lawsuit against that state by various trucking associations.

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Jonathan Kozy, senior vice president and senior macro strate�y analyst for Bank of America, spoke about national and international economic issues.

There was a panel discussion featuring Bridget Gibbons, director of economic development for Westchester County, Mark Edfort, managing partner of Evolution Health Group, and Mike Mosner, president of Mosner Family Brands.

Gibbons, who had spent the day in Brooklyn, hoped to see a lot of activity in the biosciences in Westchester during 2020. She said she had gone to Brooklyn to attend a business expo and spread the word about the county’s business incubator programs.

“One of the initiatives we launched earlier in the year is Element 46. It consists of business startups going through a program where we provide free mentors, free access to lawyers and accountants and other service providers, free working space and free training,” she said.

Gibbons said they had 68 applicants for the program and selected 12 startups to participate in the first round, which ended in October.

“We’re preparing for the next cohort, which is going to launch in March and so we thought it was a good opportunity to go to Brooklyn, to the business expo, to really promote the incubator program,” she said.

Westchester County also is starting a separate biosciences accelerator program designed to act as a feeder for new business to set up shop at the North 60 biosciences center being developed on country-owned land in Valhalla. The accelerator program begins in January.

Edfort said that Evolution Health Group, which provides advertising, promotion and educational services for major pharmaceutical companies, sees additional growth in 2020 for the pharma industry.

“Most of the growth in the pharmaceutical business is going to come from rare-disease drugs, which are going to be launched or have been launched. In our business this year, we’re looking at 3% growth, so we’re doing well.

But, we’re not a manufacturer. We’re a service provider. So, them spending more money in the marketing field is an indicator that they’re looking to grow more in the next year,” he said.

Edfort explained that in the past “people used to go to the doctor to get information.

Now people are researching on their own.

They have their own health in mind much more than they used to and they’re far more knowledgeable on drugs than they have been in the past.”

He said technolo�y such as intelligent speakers in the home can be used to help people find out more about medical products and also be put to use for chores such as reminding patients when it’s time to take their medicine.

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He recounted one incident, which occurred at home when his wife informed him they were having fish for dinner. He didn’t like fish. She instructed him not to complain because if the children heard him, they wouldn’t want to eat it.

“I said, ‘why would you stand on line for half an hour and spend $17 a pound for something you know none of us like in the first place.’ What did she tell me? ‘Your health.

It’s good for you.’ So, the light bulb went on. I realized then that people will go out of their way and be inconvenienced and spend a lot of money for things they want.”

Mosner realized that he could change food from being largely a commodity to being a special product by selling things with attributes that people found desirable.

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“Antibiotic-free, organic. Those are the things that people will spend money on,” he said.

Gibbons said overall economic growth in Westchester has been fairly steady at about 3%.

“Not really stellar,” she said. “I believe we’ve been constrained by the lack of housing and also the lack of affordable housing. Our economy’s not really going to grow unless we can bring people here to fill the open positions to help our businesses grow.”

She said the county’s recently released Housing Needs Assessment helps identify where affordable and other housing is needed so “we can roll up our sleeves and get to work in terms of building those units.”

Gibbons was asked if she thought Westchester’s economy could withstand a national recession in 2020, with some economists placing the chances of one developing as being around 30%.

She said she was “encouraged by the keynote speaker and his optimism for next year.

Our largest sector in Westchester is the health care sector. That’s been growing and is very

strong. I don’t see that as being impacted by a recession because of the connections our health care sector has to New York City. I think traditional retail is kind of the trouble spot and kind of slowing down currently.”

She added that many retail players in the county have adapted to competition from the internet by shifting toward “experiential retail,” where a visit to the store becomes an event, not just an opportunity to browse through racks of merchandise.

Mosner agreed that retailing will continue to face challenges in 2020.

“The new shoppers, the millennials, don’t shop the way we did and our parents did,” he said. “I remember my mom going through the Sunday papers, cutting out the coupons.

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They don’t carry cash. They swipe. They’re being influenced through bloggers, which is something that we never heard of.”

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When personal cyber assaults spill into the workplace GOLDBERG: ‘THERE IS VERY LITTLE THAT PEOPLE CAN DO TO PREVENT CROSSING PATHS WITH A SOCIOPATH’ company handbooks are clearly defining how to accommodate victims of these workplace assaults. Pointing to the case of the fax-based attacker, Goldberg recounted that the victim’s employer realized her ex-boyfriend “was a complete lunatic and was willing to grant her time off to get an order of protection. They even went with her to his sentencing.”

But is it possible to avoid having these situations permeate the workplace?

Goldberg believed such a question puts the blame on the victim for having been acquainted with an unstable personality rather than the perpetrator.

“Everyone is a moment away from having their life upended by someone who targets us,” she lamented. “There is very little that people can do to prevent crossing paths with a sociopath.”

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arrie Goldberg does not believe in using diplomatic or opaque language when promoting her Brooklyn law firm C.A. Goldberg PPLC. The focus of the firm is fighting on behalf of victims of online harassment and cybercrimes, and the law firm’s website clearly states: “We fight AGAINST the a**holes, psychos, pervs and trolls who think they can get away with it.”

Goldberg came to Connecticut on Nov. 13 to conduct Fairfield University’s 22nd Annual Jacoby-Lunin Humanitarian Lectureship, offering the topic “Demanding Justice for Victims: From Cyber Crimes to Federal Courts.” In an interview with the Business Journal prior to her lecture, Goldberg noted that the workplace has increasingly come under siege from cyber miscreants eager to inflict pain and embarrassment on others.

“Most people who are victims of online harassment or revenge porn have jobs,” she said. “Many of our clients have been harassed by an ex or attacked at the workplace. They are targeting what is often most valuable to their victims: their careers.”

And it is not just Goldberg’s clients who fall victim to such attacks.

“One of our employees was a school principal whose ex-boyfriend posted nude photos on a work computer,” she explained, adding that the incident effectively ended her education career. She later earned her law degree and joined Goldberg’s firm that was established in 2014.

Among the more dramatic attacks she noted involved a man who accumulated text messages where his ex-girlfriend spoke impolitely about her clients and colleagues and then sent them to her workplace’s email system. Another attacker bypassed the internet and went old-school with a fax blast to the executives and board members of his ex-girlfriend’s company where he accused her of having sex with clients and being under police investigation for child pornography and drunk driving.

Even self-employed entrepreneurs are not immune, Goldberg added, recalling a professional dog walker whose account on the Rover app was hacked by an ex who used lies stating that she was responsible for killing the animals in her care.

Goldberg acknowledged that employer response to such intrusions has been uneven.

“Human resources departments need to be aware the internet plays a role in victimization,” she said. “Law enforcement needs to take cybercrimes seriously and work with employers when someone at a workplace is under attack.”

She added that many companies are cognizant of what is occurring and many

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In Court | Bill Heltzel Hudson Valley men charged in $6M ‘washing and drying’ money scheme Three Hudson Valley men were arrested Nov. 21 in an FBI sting for allegedly transmitting $500,000 and trying to transmit up to $6 million in a “drying and washing” money scheme.

Alter Landau, 64, and Chaskel Landau, 45, of Spring Valley, and Joseph Neuman, 78, of Monsey were each charged with operating an unlicensed money transmitting business, in White Plains federal court.

Investigators used wiretaps and a confidential witness who was cooperating in the hope of receiving a lenient sentence in a separate tax evasion case, to catch the defendants in the act of concealing the source, nature and control of illegal proceeds from 2014 to 2016.

In this case, the Landau family was allegedly trying to induce the witness to invest $6 million in property they owned, using funds that they believed were obtained illegally. The defendants agreed to conceal the source of the witness’ money, according to the criminal complaint, by transmitting it to third parties and then returning it to the witness for a 10% fee.

The scheme allegedly began in early 2014 when a co-conspirator, who has not been charged, told the witness about the land deal at a wedding in Monsey.

In May 2014, the Landaus approached the witness at the airport in Budapest, Hungary, and they knew, according to the complaint, he had been talking with the co- conspirator.

The Landaus allegedly wanted the witness to invest $6.25 million in their real estate project. The witness purportedly told the Landaus that he had cash overseas that he wanted to bring into the U.S. The Landaus pressed for more details at a subsequent meeting.

“I got it not in a legal way,” the witness replied, and admitted that he had not been paying taxes.

“I know a Jew, a very wealthy man that can use part of it,” Alter Landau allegedly stated.

“He is going to give you a check and the check is going to be for us, and that’s all. We are going to be pure. You’re as if you are getting a loan from that person, but you are not going to have to pay the loan.”

Alter Landau allegedly identified Joseph Neuman as the wealthy man and, several months later, described him as a silent partner.

“He is going to need drying and washing,” Alter Landau said, according to the complaint.

“We’ll sit down with him, we’ll give him a hundred (thousand), he’ll write it down, he will give you a check for one hundred thousand.”

The witness met the Landaus and Neuman in June 2015 at Neuman’s home in Monsey, according to the complaint, and purportedly explained his “whole story.” He had run a motor vehicle registration business but had not paid taxes. Now he needed to deposit the money in personal bank accounts without drawing attention. Neuman allegedly described his role and his 10% fee.

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government — to test the process. He got back a check written from Broadway Management LLC, a company controlled by Neuman.

In September 2016, the witness allegedly handed Neuman $69,000 in cash, in exchange for a check written from Inter Global Realty LLC. Neuman allegedly pressed for another $6 million for the Landau property. “The fact that you are getting it back from a legitimate real estate transaction,” Neuman allegedly stated, “you have kosher money.”

The witness responded, “God forbid they ever check into it, ya know.”

“All three of us,” Neuman is said to have replied. “God forbid they ever check into this, there’s problems. Nothing is foolproof.”

In all, the witness exchanged $496,811 in cash for checks, according to the complaint, and paid 10% in fees. The Landaus, Neuman, Broadway Management and Inter Global Realty did not have state licenses allowing them to transmit money.

Operating an unlicensed money transmitting business carries a maximum prison term of five years.

The case was investigated by the FBI, Orange County Sheriff’s Department and District Attorney’s Office and the Internal Revenue Service. Assistant United States attorneys Mathew Andrews and James McMahon are in charge of the prosecution.

NINE COMPANIES SUE TO STOP JPR MECHANICAL OWNER FROM DODGING $9M IN DEBTS

Right up to the end, Westport, Connecticut, businessman Timothy Schmidt was taking millions of dollars in cash advances for JPR Mechanical Inc., on assurances that his New Rochelle HVAC company was financially healthy.

But within weeks, on Aug. 16, JPR and two affiliates filed for Chapter 7 liquidation.

Schmidt and his wife, Dina, simultaneously petitioned for Chapter 11 reorganization in federal bankruptcy court in White Plains.

Now, nine businesses are suing to stop Schmidt, as sole owner of JPR Mechanical, from discharging nearly $9 million in debts.

The complaints, filed as adversary proceedings in bankruptcy court, include accusations that he diverted trust fund monies, disregarded his fiduciary duty, committed fraud, failed to preserve financial records, made false representations and committed embezzlement and larceny.

Schmidt’s bankruptcy attorney, Dawn Kirby of Scarsdale, did not respond to an email request for comment.

JPR Mechanical was a major player in heating and air conditioning subcontracts throughout New York City, including the LaGuardia Airport terminal renovations, Hudson Yards, Long Island Railroad concourse, Cornell Graduate Hotel, Moynihan Train Hall, the Mount Sinai neonatal intensive care unit, NYU Lutheran Cancer Center, Resorts World Casino in Queens, Tammany Hall and more.

Schmidt went to work for JPR Mechanical in 2001 as an assistant project coordinator and he quickly rose through the ranks and ultimately became the sole owner. By the end of last year, according to an affidavit he filed in September, revenue had reached $120 million and he employed more than 500 workers.

But his company’s explosive growth and poorly designed projects “led JPR to financial hardship,” he said.

He blamed the LaGuardia Airport project in particular, citing a construction schedule that compressed the work to 18 months from 31, and required him to triple manpower and spend more on sheet metal fabrication and equipment.

“These challenges at the LaGuardia project made JPR perform inefficiently while eroding profits on all projects companywide,” he stated in the affidavit.

By April, he began taking bridge loans, “in a desperate effort to keep JPR going while I worked diligently to raise a significant capital loan.”

He found a company willing to lend $35 million, but by mid-August, before the loan could close, his accounts were at a deficit. He filed for bankruptcy “for fear of not being able to make payroll,” according to his affidavit.

JPR Mechanical had assets of $47.7 million and liabilities of nearly $23 million, according to a bankruptcy schedule.

Three lenders that made cash advances describe events differently.

Libertas Funding LLC of Greenwich, Connecticut, claims that Schmidt portrayed JPR as healthy in April. He predicted $120 million in revenue this year and he made assurances that the company was not insolvent or contemplating bankruptcy.

Libertas Funding advanced $2 million in exchange for nearly $2.6 million in accounts receivable. On July 3, Libertas advanced another $500,000 for $695,000 in future receipts.

Libertas claims that “Schmidt willfully and maliciously provided false and misleading information.”

On June 27, TVT 2.0 of New York City paid $1 million for nearly $1.4 million in future receipts. Schmidt had allegedly presented a personal financial statement showing a net worth of $17.2 million, according to the complaint, and personally guaranteed the deal.

On July 26, Radium2 Capital LLC of Uniondale bought $1.3 million in future receipts for a price undisclosed in its complaint. Three days later, Radium2 was unable to gain access to funds it was entitled to in the accounts receivable bank account.

Schmidt, the company alleges, “either provided false bank account information … or immediately closed the bank account after obtaining the funds.”

Fidelity and Deposit Co. of Maryland may have the greatest exposure. It issued $193 million in performance bonds on behalf of JPR for 19 construction projects, requiring Fidelity to make payments to JPR’s subcontractors.

“JPR surreptitiously shut its doors on Aug. 16, 2019,” its complaint states, “leaving the bonded projects incomplete.”

Fidelity said it has received millions of dollars in payment bond claims but did not

provide a total.

Schmidt, the surety company claims, diverted trust fund assets to pay “his own salary and personal expenses.”

Five suppliers also filed complaints, including: A.D.E. Systems Inc. of Nassau County, for $1.2 million; Delta Connects Inc. of Monroe, New Jersey, $346,000; Hailey Insulation Corp. of Suffolk County, $717,000; International Asbestos Removal of Babylon, Long Island, $736,000; and S.W. Anderson Sales Corp. of Farmingdale, Long Island, $347,000.

Schmidt and his wife declared nearly $4.2 million in assets and $50.7 million in liabilities in their Chapter 11 case. Assets include a $2.25 million house in Westport, a house and a condominium in Norwalk valued at $500,000 and a 2006 Viking Convertible power boat listed at $799,000. Among their debts is a $2.19 million IRS claim.

Schmidt states in his affidavit that the Chapter 11 petition was filed “so that we can have the opportunity to stabilize our personal life … and formulate a plan of reorganization.

We believe our primary residence and boat may generate approximately $1.5 million for the benefit of creditors. We plan to downsize, cut expenses, get new jobs and do our best to pay creditors and start over.”

Schmidt did not mention by name in his affidavit any of his cash advance lenders or suppliers, but he expressed regret for the impact of the company closing on his extended family and workers.

“It tears me apart and my wife apart to leave them in this way,” he stated.

MAHOPAC NEUROLOGIST CLAIMS BOSTON CHILDREN’S HEALTH IMPEDES HER RIGHT TO WORK ELSEWHERE

A doctor who won a $75,000 judgment against her former employer, Boston Children’s Health Physicians LLP, just weeks ago is suing the Valhalla medical practice again.

Liliah Cantor, a neurologist from Mahopac, sued Boston Children’s Health Physicians and CEO Gerard Villucci on Nov. 13 in Westchester Supreme Court for allegedly preventing her from competing with the medical practice.

By withholding information in her personnel file, Cantor claims, Villucci and the medical practice induced her to continue working for below-average compensation “and prevented her from seeking alternative employment at a higher rate of compensation.”

Villucci did not immediately respond to a request for his side of the story.

Cantor was hired in 2005 as a pediatric neurologist at Children’s & Women’s Physicians of Westchester, the predecessor of Boston Children’s. A partnership agreement negotiated in 2011 set her base pay at $150,000. If terminated, she was restricted from working in seven Hudson Valley counties for two years.

Cantor contends that the medical group verbally agreed to pay her $180,000 a year, though the terms were not put in writing.

Boston Children’s bought Children’s & Women’s in 2015. Cantor’s status was unilaterally changed from limited partner to employee, and she was offered $60,000 less per year.

Cantor refused the lower compensation but conceded to $150,000 a year, she says, because Villucci insisted that he had the legal right to reduce her pay to the rate in the 2011 partnership agreement.

Cantor sued Boston Children’s in 2017 for breach of contract while still employed by the practice.

She continued to be paid $150,000 a year until this past February when her position was terminated.

On Aug. 12, following a two-day trial, Justice John P. Colangelo ruled that Boston Children’s had wrongfully withheld compensation for more than two years. Though the 2011 contract had never been modified, the judge states in the decision, Cantor was paid $180,000 for nearly five years.

That conduct, he said, essentially ratified the higher compensation “on a regular and continuous basis.”

He awarded Cantor more than $75,000.

Cantor states in the new lawsuit that she had requested her personnel file but it was not made available until after Villucci testified in the trial that he had no knowledge of why her salary had been increased in 2012 to $180,000.

The personnel file, she claims, reveals that Villucci had approved the higher compensation and therefore breached the contract when he reduced her pay to $150,000.

Having breached the contract, she argues, Boston Children’s has no right to enforce the noncompete clause.

And because Cantor was unaware that proof of her claims existed, she had been pressured to make a difficult choice.

“She either had to work for reduced salary,” her complaint states, “or terminate employment with no opportunity to practice medicine in the widely restricted area.”

She is demanding unspecified damages, based on the difference between how much she was paid and the “income of physicians with similar level of experience and expertise” have been paid.

DANCING CAT DISTILLERY FILES FOR CHAPTER 11 BANKRUPTCY

Catskill Distilling Co. Ltd., better known to devotees of alcoholic spirits as the Dancing Cat Distillery, has petitioned U.S. bankruptcy court in Poughkeepsie for Chapter 11 reorganization.

The Bethel, New York, microbrewery estimated that assets and liabilities range from $1 million to $10 million. More detailed disclosures are expected to be filed.

Its largest secured debt is nearly $2.7 million to Jeff Bank of Jeffersonville, New York.

The petition lists $5.3 million in unsecured claims by the 20 largest creditors, including $2.3 million to Stacy Cohen, the company president.

Dancing Cat Distillery opened in 2011 with financial assistance from the Sullivan County Industrial Development Agency.

It operates the Dancing Cat Saloon and the Stray Cat Gallery and plays off its proximity to the nearby dairy farm made famous by the 1969 Woodstock Festival.

Catskill Distilling is represented by Michelle L. Trier of Genova & Malin of Wappingers Falls.

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Left to Right: Lauren C. Enea, Esq.; Anthony J. Enea, Esq.; Sara Meyers, Esq.; Richard Scanlan, Esq.; Samantha Lyons, Esq. (not pictured: Stella King, Esq.) Left to Right: Lauren C. Enea, Esq.; Anthony J. Enea, Esq.; Sara Meyers, Esq.; Richard Scanlan, Esq.; Samantha Lyons, Esq. (not pictured: Stella King, Esq.)

From top left: Pakeeza Alam, Ina Gjoni Allkanjari, Kelly Andersen, Amanda Ayala, Theresa Baker, Cathy Hoffman accepted on behalf of Tom Burbank, Nate Checketts, Michelle Colacion, Alexandra Cooley, Nicole Cuglietto, Amanda DiPreta, Laura Donovan, Lauren Enea, Rachel Gould, Rebecca Graziano, David Jones, Adam Kirshner, Brendan Klein, Manette Macias, Jillian McDonnell, Victoria McGruder, Chelsea Merola, Krystina Murawski, Tugba Pal, Loni Richards, Nitin Sekhri, Macki Mongillo accepted on behalf of Stelios Stavrianos, Nicole Thomas, Phoebe French accepted on behalf of Ken Tuccio, John Varamo, Cassandra Vogel and Adam C. Weiss.

Millennials urged to create legacies on social media

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ris Ruby, CEO of White Plains-based Ruby Media Group, told those attending the 2019 Westfair Communications Millennial Awards ceremony that living in the social media age gives millennials

a unique opportunity to have a lasting impact. Ruby was the keynote speaker for the event that took place at Serafina at the Italian Club in Stamford.

“You have this huge opportunity to take the knowledge base that you have developed and acquired in your career starting now and record it.

You can record it in so many different ways that have not been available to people that have come before us,” she said.

Ruby, who has more than a dozen years of experience in public relations and has been a featured commentator on Fox News, CNBC, “Good Morning America” and other television stal-

warts, said millennials who are social media savvy have unique opportunities to create legacies incorporating the knowledge they accumulate throughout their careers.

“Just having all of this knowledge in and of itself in your brain isn’t enough.

I believe as leaders, and all of you are leaders in this

room today because you’ve won this award, we have the responsibility to pass knowledge on and one of the ways that I believe we can do that is through social media,” Ruby said.

One of her goals is to change the perception of women on television.

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Lauren Enea Associate Enea, Scanlan & Sirignano LLP White Plains, NY Rachel Gould Accounting Manager Aquarion Water Company Bridgeport, CT Rebecca Graziano Associate Director of Marketing Westmed Medical Group Purchase, NY David Jones Certified Financial Planner The SKG Team at Barnum Financial Group Elmsford, NY Adam Kirshner Manager of Media and Metadata Operations WWE Stamford, CT Brendan Klein Youth Advocacy and Engagement Coordinator Westchester Institute for Human Development Valhalla, NY Manette Macias Research Chemist Hampford Research Stratford, CT Jillian McDonnell Sales Associate + Jeweler D’Errico Jewelry Scarsdale, NY Victoria McGruder Private Wealth Relationship Manager Merrill Private Wealth Greenwich, CT Chelsea Merola Creative Director Grande Cosmetics White Plains, NY

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on TV not to say, ‘you look great,’ but to say ‘you sounded great. I heard what you had to say and it resonated with me.’ ” She advised the millennials that as their careers progress they should surround themselves with people who will push them to greater heights and not to be content with “yes men.”

The master of ceremonies was Matt Scott, meteorologist and co-host on the Fox 61 Morning News on WTIC-TV in Hartford. The audience broke into laughter when he read some of the emails he received from viewers commenting on the accuracy of his weather forecasts.

“I wish I could get my job as wrong as much as you do and still get paid,” one viewer wrote. “Come to my house and shovel the 14 inches of partly cloudy you forecast out of my driveway, you little weasel,” another viewer complained.

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Kris Ruby was the keynote speaker at the event.

ients, Amanda Ayala of Mahopac, has embarked on a singing career and appeared on the NBC program “The Voice.” After accepting her award, she surprised the audience by performing the song “Lost You,” which she composed and has been issued as her

latest single. Her previous singles, “Mississippi Queen” and “Edge of Seventeen” were listed on the top 100 iTunes Rock Chart in their initial releases.

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Instead of acceptance speeches, the recipients were asked to pretend that they were posting a photo of themselves accepting the award to Instagram and come up with a caption for the photo in six words or less.

“The future starts today, not tomorrow,” said McDonnell.

Varamo said, “The adventures continue tomorrow.” Alam made sure her six words reflected her professional specialty and said, “Let’s increase pelvic health awareness #millennials.” Gould said, “Thanks all who have inspired me.”

The presenting sponsor along with Westfair was the UConn School of Business.

The benefiting sponsor was the Connecticut Fund for the Environment, “Save the Sound.”

Innovators were Aquarion Water Company and Yale New Haven Health Greenwich Hospital.

Community leaders were: Enea Scanlan & Sirignano LLP; Wealth Continuum Group; Deloitte; Val’s Putnam Wines & Liquors; Westchester Institute for Human Development; and D’Errico Jewelry.

Mentors included: Barnum Financial Group - The SKG Team; CR, Rajni Menon; Center for Children’s Advocacy; Gloria Ferrer; kinapure; Blossom Flower; Webster Bank; Freixenet Mionetto; WWE; Le Caprice Paris; Intuitive Interiors; Perfect Provenance; Salt Cave; and Helen Ainson.

Vendors who were with Val’s included: Villa Ponzi; Cylinder Vodka; Sono 1420; and Litchfield Distillery.

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In BrIEF Multifamily complex Peaks of Nanuet sells for $180M

The 504-unit Peaks of Nanuet apartment community in Rockland County was sold for $180 million to Mill Creek Residential Trust of Boca Raton, Florida.

The 54-acre development at 100 Avalon Gardens Drive was built by AvalonBay Communities in 1998 and features one-, two- and three-bedroom apartments with rents ranging from $1,850 to $3,050. The new owner has rebranded the development as Alister Nanuet.

The property’s sellers, Harbor Group International LLC and Azure Partners LLC, acquired Peaks of Nanuet in 2016 for $147 million.

HEALTHFIRST OPENS FIRST WESTCHESTER COMMUNITY OFFICE IN YONKERS

Healthfirst, a not-for-profit health insurance company, has opened its first Westchester community office at 13 Main St. in Yonkers.

A grand-opening ceremony was held with Yonkers

Mayor Mike Spano in attendance. The office will be open Monday to Saturday from 9 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. and the staff will include representatives fluent in Spanish, Russian and several African languages.

Healthfirst stated that it has more than 3,000 members in Westchester since it first entered the county in late 2018. The company’s Westchester members have access to programs, including Medicaid Managed Care, Medicare Advantage Plan, managed long-term care and individual and family qualified health plans.

wide, including locations in Greenwich, Westport and White Plains.

Tiffany had previously received an unsolicited takeover bid of $120 per share from LVMH, whose 75 brands also include Bulgari, Christian Dior, Dom Pérignon and Moet & Chandon.

The companies negotiated the transaction up to $135 per share.

It is not clear if the acquisition will result in the closure of Tiffany retail stores.

TIFFANY STORES FACE UNCERTAINTY AFTER $16.3B ACQUISITION

Coldwell Banker Residential Brokerage in Connecticut and Westchester County, New York, is joining with HomeAdvisor on the regional introduction of RealVitalize, a digital platform designed to provide sellers with home improvement resources prior to or during the home listing period.

Homeowners who list

The future of the region’s Tiffany & Co. retail stores has become cloudy following the $16.3 billion acquisition of the luxury jewelry store by Louis Vuitton owner LVMH. The luxury chain, founded in 1837, operates more than 300 stores world-

COLDWELL BANKER-HOMEADVISOR RENOVATION PLATFORM DEBUTS REGIONALLY

their properties with a participating brokerage company will be able to make nonstructural home improvements and repairs using a service professional from the HomeAdvisor network. The brokerage covers the up-front costs of the repairs, which will be repaid by the seller when the property sale closes or the listing expires.

Participation in RealVitalize does not require additional fees and the properties are not limited by a minimum listing price. The projects covered by the program include staging, appliance purchasing and installation, handyman services, painting, kitchen and bathroom upgrades.

CHARLOTTE RUSSE RETURNING TO STAMFORD TOWN CENTER; BACK IN POUGHKEEPSIE GALLERIA

Charlotte Russe is returning to Stamford Town Center in time for the holidays.

The teen apparel retailer,

which is eyeing a mid-December opening at the Stamford mall, filed for bankruptcy in February and began liquidating its assets in March.

It has emerged from bankruptcy and is looking to expand again.

The company has also returned to the Poughkeepsie Galleria in the same location it had previously occupied at the Dutchess County mall.

Charlotte Russe is one of the few national retail chains to bounce back from bankruptcy.

According to research firm Coresight, more than 8,600 stores are slated to close in 2019. To date, there have been 48% more store closings announced than in all of 2018.

In addition, Taubman Centers, the real estate investment trust that owns the 853,000-square-foot Stamford Town Center, recently announced that the mall is for sale.

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CONTRIBUTING WRITER | By Anne Docimo

Low-back pain and the opioid epidemic

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or the millions of people suffering from low-back pain, the condition can range from a minor nuisance to a major disability.

For some, it may even lead to opioid use and abuse.

Opioids are prescribed for 9% of people with new-onset low-back pain, making it the most common reason for an opioid prescription.

Nearly 70% of people experience low-back pain at least once in their life and about one-quarter of adults in the U.S. report experiencing the condition in the past three months. The causes vary, including previous injury, aging, muscular issues or

arthritis of the spine.

Recognizing the connection between back pain and opioids is important, considering that almost 2 million people in the U.S. experience opioid use disorder, and more than 47,000 Americans each year die from overdoses related to prescription or illicit opioids.

Consider these tips to help reduce the risk of low back pain and complications.

STAY ACTIVE

While some people with low-back pain may be tempted to consider bed rest, studies show that remaining active is the best option

in most cases. Activities to consider include walking and swimming, while yoga and tai chi have been shown to ease moderate to severe low back pain. Avoid long hours of sitting as this can reduce mobility and hinder recovery.

CONSIDER CARE OPTIONS

The American College of Physicians (ACP) recommends nonsurgical options for initial treatment, including physical therapy, chiropractic care, acupuncture and over-thecounter, anti-inflammatory medicines.

Osteopathic manipulative treatment, a hands-on technique that includes stretching and

gentle pressure, has been shown to reduce back pain.

These noninvasive care options help 95% of people with back pain recover after 12 weeks. Muscle relaxants and imaging, such as an MRI, should be secondary options and surgery should be a last resort. Opioids should be avoided. Certain red-flag symptoms, such as fever or loss of bladder and bowel control, may require immediate testing and intervention.

THE RISKS OF DIGITAL DEVICES

The average American spends nearly three hours per day on smartphones, which can contribute to

poor neck posture. This look at the screen may change the natural curvature of your spine, placing strain on your neck muscles. Instead of tilting your chin down, raise the device to eye level. Also, avoid tucking your mobile device between your ear and shoulder and instead use a speakerphone or headset.

STAY SAFE AT WORK

When standing or sitting at your computer or workstation, make sure your shoulders are in a straight line over your hips and your ears are directly over your shoulders.

Generally, when working at a computer, people’s

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hands, wrists and forearms should be straight, in line and parallel to the floor to help reduce the risk of musculoskeletal issues.

Even for people with chronic low-back pain that lasts more than two months, only a small percentage will need to have more invasive procedures or surgery. By taking preventive steps — and selecting evidence-based care approaches — you may help reduce the risks and complications associated with low-back pain.

Dr. Anne Docimo is the chief medical officer at UnitedHealthcare in Minneapolis. She can be reached at 877-636-9718.

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CONTRIBUTING WRITER | By Anne Marie Tarangelo

Taking the fear out of dental visits for people with developmental disabilities

hen I met 35-yearold Leon, he had no teeth due to a lack of access to dental care and poor oral hygiene. Leon told me, “I want teeth,” and he was very cooperative and patient through the process of making his teeth. After many months of coming in every two weeks and never missing an appointment, Leon finally got his teeth — a complete upper and lower denture!

Leon didn’t only get teeth but a new chance at living a full and productive life. Leon now smiles and laughs openly. He goes out into the community and volunteers and speaks to people. He went from being a shy and reluctant person to now being able

to enjoy interacting with everyone he comes into contact with.

Leon now has a job where he finds satisfaction and greater independence.

He looks forward to joining in on activities and can be found among people speaking, eating and enjoying himself. He eats everything he wants without worry or embarrassment. From the first day Leon received his teeth, I knew how important they would be and what a significant impact they would have on his life. He is now able to fully appreciate his bright and cheerful demeanor and personality which was just waiting to be set free.

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for Human Development (WIHD) Dental Department gave him teeth but really they were wings allowing him to fly and go about his life in the way he was meant to.

Leon is just one of the success stories from WIHD’s dental clinic.

Having clean teeth and a mouth free of dental disease is a goal for each of our

patients. Each year we have more than 8,500 dental visits and more than 3,400 patients. Our staff is made up of the most compassionate, dedicated and competent dental professionals.

We have eight dentists and three hygienists as well as six dental assistants and two office staff who coordinate all our patients.

Touro Dental School has combined efforts with us and has their students rotating through our clinic.

Students are being taught the importance of serving individuals with disabilities and their families with compassion while utilizing effective techniques.

To most people going to the dentist evokes fear and apprehension. The dental department at Westchester Institute for Human Development goes the extra mile to assist those with severe anxiety and behavioral limitations to have the dental treatment they so desperately need.

We also guide caregivers by teaching them proper home care techniques and directing them on the care

of dentures as well as nutritional counseling.

In the instances where fear and apprehension are not able to be overcome with anxiolytics and behavior management techniques, our patients will be seen in the operating room and put under general anesthesia so treatment can be rendered.

In all cases, our goal is to prevent infection, promote periodontal health and maintain cavity-free teeth while saving all teeth whenever possible.

Anne Marie Tarangelo, DMD, is the director of dental services at the Westchester Institute for Human Development. She can be reached at 914493-8138 or atarangelo@ wihd.org.

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ASK THE DOC when should I see a surgeon for back pain

Dr. Jared Brandoff, orthopedic specialist, answers your question about when to see a spinal surgeon.

Up to 80% of people will experience back and neck pain at some point in their lives.

Separately or together, back and neck pain result in the largest number of job-related disability claims and are one of the most common reasons for missed workdays, according to the National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke.

Many people will often dismiss musculoskeletal pain as just

TIME TO CALL THE DOCTOR

a “normal” part of aging, but when it gets in the way of daily living, it is time to seek help.

Spinal disorders most commonly affect the cervical spine (the neck) and the lumbar spine (the lower back), and can also be associated with pain, numbness and tingling in the arms or legs.

“Back surgery is only scary to those who don’t really understand what’s happening to them and why. Most of my patients, by the time we’ve gone down the path and made the decision to pursue surgery, understand exactly what they’re having and why they’re having it”, says Dr. Brandoff.

If you’ve tried other non-invasive treatments without relief, it may be time to speak with your physician about spinal surgery.

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If back pain doesn’t go away with rest and over-the-counter medications it could be time to seek help.

Numbness, weakness or tingling could indicate the pain is nerve related.

Difficulty walking without assistance, losing balance or dropping things more than usual.

If a specialist or primary care physician believes that a surgical consultation is prudent, it’s time to come in!

Call (914) 849-MyMD to request an appointment with Dr. Brandoff or one of our other spine surgeons

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GooD THInGS GREEN BUSINESS PARTNERSHIP RECEIVES GRANT

Alison Luisi

NEW TEAM MEMBER AT RM FRIEDLAND’S INVESTMENT SALES Virginia Barajas with Westmed Medical Group in Rye.

GREETING CARDS FOR THE HOLIDAYS In partnership with Volunteer New York, Westmed Medical Group patients and staff made holiday cards for patients of St. John’s Riverside Hospital.

Tables were set up at all of Westmed’s locations in Westchester and Fairfield counties so that Westmed employees and patients would have an opportunity to get involved in giving back to a person who needs it. The Westmed leadership team and Westmed volunteers will deliver the cards to the patients of St. John’s Hospital in December.

The Green Business Partnership (GBP), a membership organization that helps businesses become sustainable and achieve green certification, has received a grant of $25,000 from the Westchester Community Foundation.

The funds will be used to expand membership in the GBP, to provide technical assistance and coaching to member

organizations so they may achieve green certification, and to train and place college students as sustainability interns.

Any organization that leases or owns commercial or industrial space can join the Green Business Partnership. More than 150 businesses and nonprofits are members and 57 have achieved certification since the GBP launched its official accreditation in 2014.

From left: Tara Seeley, senior program officer, Westchester Community Foundation; Scott Fernqvist, GBP co-founder and program director; John Ravitz, executive vice president, The Business Council of Westchester; and Dani Glaser, GBP co-founder and program director.

TOURO COLLEGE OF DENTAL MEDICINE HELD GALA

COPLAND HOUSE CONCERT AT LYNDHURST MANSION

NONPROFIT WESTCHESTER SIGNS NEW SILVER SPONSOR

Nonprofit Westchester announced it has inked an agreement with Charles Newman Co. as a new silver sponsor.

A full-service employee benefits broker, Charles Newman Co. maintains agent and brokerage relationships with more than 60 insurance companies. It provides group health insurance as well as ancillary and voluntary employee benefit insurance.

LEGENDARY HURLING MANAGER VISITS IONA Kilkenny hurling manager and former player Brian Cody recently toured Iona College and visited his friend, Iona College President Seamus Carey.

Cody came to Westchester County on his way to attend the New York Hurling Classic at Citi Field. He has been the manager of the Kilkenny senior team since 1998.

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Having just launched its 11th season of mainstage Westchester concerts, the Music from Copland House ensemble returns to the Lyndhurst mansion for “The Listening Eye,” a program as vibrantly colored in sound as in sight.

Eye meets ear at this multimedia con-

cert of music inspired by line drawings and paintings by Pablo Picasso, bold abstracts of Robert Motherwell, stained glass of Frank Lloyd Wright and ancient ceramics and statuary of the Incas.

The hour-long program is the second in the ensemble’s series showcasing a cen-

Alison Luisi has joined RM Friedland as vice president in its investment sales division.

Beginning her brokerage career at Avison Young, Luisi helped lead the capital markets team’s expansion into Fairfield and Westchester counties. She specializes in land development for senior housing and multifamily as well as the sale of income-producing assets of all types.

tury of America’s rich musical legacy and takes place on Sunday, Dec. 8 at 4 p.m. in the Lyndhurst Carriage House in Tarrytown.

Tickets are $25 and $20. Information and tickets may be obtained at Copland House at 914-788-4659 or visit coplandhouse.org.

The Touro College of Dental Medicine (TCDM) hosted its fourth annual gala Nov. 7 at The Westchester Hilton in Rye Brook.

This year’s event brought together members of the Touro Dental community to raise funds that will support student scholarships and help provide dental services to underprivileged patients. The gala also celebrated Touro Dental’s partners in technology and the inaugural class of 2020.

The awards presented included: Distinguished Visionary Leadership Award to Tais Clausen, co-founder and chief technology officer of 3Shape; Innovation in Dentistry Awards to Andrew Oransky, president and CEO of Roland DGA and Ian O’Neill, eastern regional sales manager of Roland DGA; Transformative Technology Awards to Jerry Kent, chairman and CEO of Tierpoint and Tony Rossabi, executive vice president and chief revenue officer of Tierpoint; Corporate Partnership Award to Hudson River CIO Advisors LLC, a Hawthorne-based information and operational technology company; and Faculty of the Year Award to Golda Erdfarb, D.D.S., associate professor of dental medicine.

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‘DEFYING THE ODDS’

Robert Ranieri

NEW CHAIR OF WARTBURG BOARD Mount Vernon-based Wartburg, a senior residential and health care provider, announced the appointment of Robert Ranieri as the new chair of the Wartburg Home Board of Directors.

Ranieri has been a member of the Wartburg Home Board since 2014. With over 30 years of experience in commercial real estate finance, he recently served as the chair of Wartburg’s Real Estate and Infrastructure Committee.

Ranieri serves as senior vice president/ managing director of NorthMarq’s Greater Westchester New York/Connecticut-based regional office.

THERAPY NEST EXPANSION The Therapy Nest, providing pediatric occupational therapy in the Rye Ridge Shopping Center, Plaza and South, has signed an expansion to nearly double its size.

The new space is located on the second floor of Rye Ridge Plaza and will allow more clients to enjoy its benefits.

WHAT’S NEXT FOR AN AGING AMERICA? The Collaborative for Palliative Care in partnership with The Hastings Center, University of Rochester Finger Lakes Geriatrics Education Center (FLGEC) and Calvary Hospital, will host its annual conference Dec. 11 at Iona College in New Rochelle titled “The Next Generation of Palliative Care: Integrating Palliative and Social Ethics of Care.”

In just 15 years, the number of Americans over 65 will outnumber children.

This interdisciplinary and interfaith conference of the Collaborative aims to raise awareness about integrating palliative and social care within a global framework of ethics and ethical practice.

For more information, visit urmc.rochester.edu/medicine/geriatrics/flgec/educational-events.aspx or contact Susan Gilbert at gilberts@thehastingscenter.org or LauraM_Robinson@urmc.rochester.edu.

United Hebrew short-term rehab patient Ranjan Shah with Sylvana Giamarino, a physical therapist.

UNITED HEBREW AMONG TOPPERFORMING FACILITIES IN NATION

Ann Mara Cacase (left) and Vanessa Williams. Photo by Simon Feldman.

Ann Mara Cacase, daughter of the late Ann T. Mara and from the family that owns the New York Giants, honored her mother by accepting the IMPACT Award from the San Miguel Academy of Newburgh at the recent “Defying the Odds”

dinner held at the Westchester Country Club.

Vanessa Williams, dinner committee chair, former New York Giant David Diehl and the 2012 Giants Super Bowl Trophy were on-hand for the

celebration.

Cacase carries on the family tradition of support for the human services program that begins in middle school for disadvantaged, at-risk young men and sees them through college.

THE ART OF WRITING GRANTS The Grant Professionals Certification Institute presented Lydia Howie, founding president of the Grant Professionals of Lower Hudson, (GPLH), with its 2019 Pauline G. Annarino Award, the grant-writing industry’s highest national honor, for her impact on the grant-writing industry and profession.

The award was presented Nov. 8 in Washington, D.C. at the Grant Professional Institute’s annual conference.

A Somers resident, Howie established GPLH as one of the major nonprofit support agencies in Westchester County, offering professional education, an internship program, job and consultant referrals, counseling for those interested in becoming grant writers and for nonprofits seeking grant-writing advice, as well as providing a speakers bureau and online resources. For more information, visit https://www.gplh.org.

Julie Assel, president of the Grant Professionals Certification Institute, left, presents Lydia Howie with the grant-writing industry award.

“U.S. News & World Report” has named United Hebrew of New Rochelle for the second year in a row among the top 15% in the nation for the best short-stay rehabilitation facilities.

Of the 15,000 facilities evaluated, 2,250 were recognized as U.S. News Best Nursing Homes in Short-Term Rehabilitation, with United Hebrew earning the coveted “High Performing” rating for its facility, which is staffed by Burke Rehabilitation therapists.

UJA-FEDERATION WESTCHESTER BUSINESS AND PROFESSIONAL BREAKFAST Ron Moelis of Larchmont, CEO and co- founder of L + M Development Partners, discussed the double bottom-line impact of investing in affordable housing at UJA-Federation of New York’s Westchester Business and Professional Division fall breakfast at Willow Ridge Country Club in Harrison.

The company specializes in community-driven urban development and the preservation of affordable housing. The firm is responsible for more than $7 billion in development and investment and has acquired, built or preserved nearly 25,000 residential units in the tri-state area and across the country.

Judy Stern Rosen of Purchase and Alan Weissman of Rye chaired the event.

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GooD THInGS SISTER TO SISTER INTERNATIONAL CELEBRATES 25TH

Nancy Mundy

Edward F. Kealy

TOMPKINS MAHOPAC BANK EXPANDS TEAM

ATTORNEY JOINS HUDSON VALLEY LAW FIRM Feldman, Kleidman, Coffey & Sappe LLP (FKC&S), a Fishkill-based law firm specializing in personal injury law and professional liability defense, announced the addition of Edward F. Kealy of Stormville to its legal team.

Before joining FKC&S, Kealy was at Catania, Mahon, Milligram & Rider PLLC in Newburgh for more than four years.

Previously, he worked as a team lead specializing in new client onboarding for JPMorgan Investment Bank in New York City.

Sister to Sister International (STSI) marked its 25th anniversary with an event at which it honored four individuals for their support to the Westchester community.

STSI Founder Cheryl Brannan presented awards to Deputy County Executive Ken Jenkins; Shawyn Patterson Howard, president and CEO of the Yonkers Family YMCA; Pamela Bratton, STSI former board mem-

ber; and Andrea Stewart-Cousins, New York state Senate majority leader.

Sister to Sister International is a nonprofit, nongovernmental organization that links women, girls and families of African descent globally to the resources that connect, advance and strengthen them through advocacy, education and promotion of African culture.

From left: Deputy County Executive Ken Jenkins; Shawyn Patterson Howard, president and CEO, Yonkers Family YMCA; Cheryl Brannan, STSI founder; Pamela Bratton, STSI former board member; Andrea Stewart-Cousins, New York state Senate majority leader; and News12’s Michelle Brown.

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COLLEGE STUDENTS REVITALIZE PORT CHESTER COMMUNITY GARDENS About 20 ASEZ (Save the Earth from A to Z) volunteers joined forces with Port Chester Trustee Alex Payan to beautify the village Community Gardens, as part of their SAVE Movement: Social Service, Awareness Raising, Victim Relief and Environmental Protection.

ASEZ is an international volunteer group consisting of university student members of the World Mission Society Church of God. They organize and perform various community service activities in the 175 countries where the church is located.

FOUR DANZIGER & MARKHOFF PARTNERS RECOGNIZED AS TOP PRACTITIONERS Danziger & Markhoff LLP, a business and tax-oriented law and actuarial firm with offices in White Plains and Melville, has been representing clients in the New York metropolitan area since 1960 and will be celebrating its 60th anniversary in 2020.

It is celebrating the inclusion of four of its partners in The Best Lawyers 2020 in the areas of corporate law and trusts and estates.

Harris Markhoff, managing partner, was selected for inclusion in the areas of corporate law, trusts and estates. He has been selected for this list for over 26 years.

Michael Markhoff was selected in the areas of trusts and estates, estate planning and probate.

Joshua S. Levine was selected in the area of health care law.

Jay Fenster was selected in the area of employee benefits/ERISA.

Tompkins Mahopac Bank welcomed Bronxville resident Nancy Mundy as a senior learning and development business partner.

Mundy will assist with the onboarding and training of new employees while supporting employees with new, companywide initiatives and technology.

Mundy was previously an agency trainer for Farmers Insurance.

MUSIC TO HELP THE PARK

Thanksgiving may have come and gone but the turkey lingers on. “Mooney” the turkey was pardoned during an official ceremony on Nov. 21 at Stew Leonard’s in Yonkers to live out his remaining days in happiness on a Westchester turkey farm.

“Mooney” the turkey is named for Bill Mooney Jr., who recently retired as CEO of the Westchester County Association. The practice of pardoning a turkey dates to the days of President Abraham Lincoln and has become a beloved American tradition carried out at the White House each year.

From left: WOW the COW, the Stew Leonard mascot; Yonkers Mayor Mike Spano; William M. Mooney III, son of Bill Mooney Jr.; and Stew Leonard, CEO of Stew Leonard’s. Photo courtesy Maurice Mercado, city of Yonkers.

The Friends of Crawford Park’s next Music at the Mansion benefit concert to raise funds for the park is scheduled for Saturday, Dec. 7 at 8 p.m. at 122 N. Ridge St. in Rye Brook, with progressive rock band IZZ. IZZ blends classic and modern influences with strong melodies under the musical vision of brothers Tom and John Galgano.

Tickets are $20 in advance and $24 at the door. Doors open at 7 p.m. Refreshments are available at the show, including beer and wine.

Facts & Figures BANKRUPTCIES Manhattan Analytical Research US LLC New York. Chapter 7, Voluntary. Attorney: Elizabeth Austin. Filed Nov. 21. Case no. 19-13750-mg.

DBTG Chambers LLC New York.

Chapter 7, Voluntary. Attorney: Hanh Vinh Huynh. Filed Nov. 20.

Case no. 19-13733-mg.

Maria O Maria LLC New York.

Chapter 11, Voluntary. Attorney: Courtney Davy. Filed Nov. 20. Case no. 19-13738-jlg.

OOH PITCH INC. New York.

Chapter 7, voluntary. Attorney: Paris Gyparakis. Filed Nov. 21. Case no.

19-13752-mew.

Poughkeepsie Catskill Distilling Company Ltd. Bethel. Chapter 11, voluntary. Attorney: Michelle L.Trier. Filed Nov. 19.

Case no. 19-36861-cgm.

COURT CASES Blooom Inc. filed by Joseph Guglielmo. Action: The Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990. Attorney: Russel Craig Weinrib. Filed Nov. 22.

Case no. 1:19-cv-10842-AT.

Highland Associates Architecture Engineering Design PC. filed by Bill Cannon. Action: Copyright infringement. Attorney: Richard Liebowitz. Filed Nov. 24. Case no. 1:19-cv-10862-ALC. Hudson Yards Construction LLC filed by Atilla Toth. Action: Seeking $9.9 million for diversity – personal injury. Attorney: Holly Ostrov Ronai. Filed Nov. 21. Case no.

1:19-cv-10802-AJN.

DEEDS Above $1 million 234-250 Martine LLC, et al, Tuckahoe. Seller: Martine Associates LLC, Mahopac. Property: 234250 Martine Ave., White Plains.

Amount: $21 million. Filed Nov. 12.

JP Morgan Chase Bank filed

by Jeriel Alexander. Action: Discrimination, segregation; public accommodation – injunctive relief.

Attorney: Jeriel Alexander. Filed Nov. 20. Case no. 1:19-cv-10811-CM.

Kensico Commons LLC, et al, New York City. Seller: Kensico Development LLC, Thornwood. Property: 108 N. Kensico Ave., White Plains.

Amount: $1.2 million. Filed Nov. 13.

Legend Securities Inc. filed by Frederick Blake. Action: Seeking $967,000 for motion to confirm arbitration award.

Attorney: Chester R. Ostrowski. Filed Nov. 22. Case no. 1:19-cv-10840-GBD.

LNV Corp., Plano, Texas. Seller: Joseph Ruggiero, Chappaqua. Property: 35 Gaby Lane, New Rochelle.

Amount: $1 million. Filed Nov. 14.

Maura’s Kitchen Inc. filed by Luigi Girotto. Action: Federal question – other. Attorney: Ben-Zion Bradley Weitz. Filed Nov. 25. Case no. 1:19cv-10887.

Metro-North Commuter Railroad Co. filed by Linda Montanino.

Action: Railways – Federal Employer’s Liability Act. Attorney: Stephen John Fitzgerald. Filed Nov. 25. Case no. 1:19-cv-10863-AT. Nordstrom Inc. filed by Kareem Nisbett. Action: Federal question.

Other civil rights. Attorney: Christopher Howard Lowe. Filed Nov. 19.

Case no. 1:19-cv-10689-AJN.

Cox Radio Inc. filed by Justin Goldman. Action: Copyright infringement. Attorney: Kenneth P. Norwick. Filed Nov. 19. Case no.

1:19-cv-10691-JMF.

Ra Pharmaceuticals Inc. filed

by Allen Papouban. Action: Securities Exchange Act. Attorney: Richard Adam Acocelli Jr. Filed Nov. 21. Case no. 1:19-cv-10805-LAK.

Scholastic Inc. filed by Bonnie Verburg. Action: Diversity – employment discrimination. Attorney: Donald David Conklin. Filed Nov. 22. Case no. 1:19-cv-10837-JGK.

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.

Skift Inc. filed by Natalie Bonacasa. Action: Job discrimination (unlawful employment practices) Attorney: Lawrence Michael Pearson. Filed Nov. 21. Case no. 1:19-cv10798-DLC.

Questions and comments regarding this section should be directed to:

US Foods Inc. filed by Carlos Morales. Action: Diversity – personal injury. Attorney: Carlos Morales.

Filed Nov. 25. Case no. 1:19-cv-10878.

Larry Miles c/o Westfair Communications Inc. 701 Westchester Ave, Suite 100 J White Plains, N.Y. 10604-3407 Phone: 694-3600 • Fax: 694-3699

Whitestone Hospitality LLC filed by Deborah Laufer. Action: Americans with Disabilities Act – Discrimination. Attorney: Peter Erik Sverd. Filed Nov. 19. Case no.

1:19-cv-10702.

Jagged Peak Energy Inc. filed

by Kelly Small. Action: Securities Exchange Act. Attorney: Juan Eneas Monteverde. Filed Nov. 19.

Case no. 1:19-cv-10698-GHW.

Capital Management Services LP. filed by Shanequa FelderGreen. Action: Fair Debt Collection Act. Attorney: Novlette Rosemarie Kidd. Filed Nov. 22. Case no. 1:19-cv10859-JPO.

Harmon Stores Inc. filed by Emanuel Delacruz. Action: Federal question. Attorney: Jeffrey Michael Gottlieb. Filed Nov. 19. Case no.

1:19-cv-10706-LGS.

ON THE RECORD

Staud Inc. filed by David Krieger.

Action: Copyright infringement.

Attorney: Richard Liebowitz. Filed Nov. 24. Case no. 1:19-cv-10861-KPF.

Matgn Realty LLC, Mahopac. Seller: Forfam Equities Corp., Mount Kisco. Property: 128 Main St., Mount Kisco. Amount: $1.2 million. Filed Nov. 12.

Mount Vernon Sandford LLC, Clifton, New Jersey. Seller: Vernon Retail LLC, Quincy, Massachusetts.

Property: 275 Sandford Boulevard East, Mount Vernon. Amount: $5.7 million. Filed Nov. 14.

Palmer Partners LLC, Lakewood, New Jersey. Seller: Fred Stevens, New York City. Property: 759 Palmer Road, Yonkers. Amount: $11.9 million. Filed Nov. 12.

U.S. Bank N.A. Seller: Jo-Ann Cambareri, White Plains. Property: 76 Chestnut St., Mount Pleasant.

Amount: $1.2 million. Filed Nov. 15.

Warburton Holdings I LLC, New York city. Seller: Daniel Napoletano, Yonkers. Property: 92 Warburton Ave., Yonkers. Amount: $3.8 million.

Filed Nov. 14.

Young Israel of Scarsdale, Scarsdale. Seller: Jonathan Morgenstern, et al, Scarsdale. Property: 11 Westview Lane, Scarsdale. Amount: $1.6 million. Filed Nov. 13.

Below $1 million 120 Wells Street LLC, Brooklyn. Seller: Renee Gilleo, Croton-on-Hudson. Property: 120 Wells St., Peekskill. Amount: $200,500.

Filed Nov. 12.

129 Fifth Realty LLC, Great Neck.

Seller: Terrence Raynor, Mount Vernon. Property: 129 N. Fifth Ave., Mount Vernon. Amount: $375,000.

Filed Nov. 14.

16 Jennifer Lane LLC, Harrison.

Seller: Josephine Patricia Barbano, et al, Rye Brook. Property: 16 Jennifer Lane, Rye. Amount: $525,000.

Filed Nov. 13.

20 BH LLC, Bronx. Seller: Samuel H. Jackson, Baltimore, Maryland. Property: 20B Heritage Hills, Somers. Amount: $340,500. Filed Nov. 12.

34 Graham Road LLC, Scarsdale.

Seller: Joan Ratner, Hartsdale. Property: 34 Graham Road, Scarsdale.

Amount: $941,500. Filed Nov. 13.

53 Highland Avenue Realty LLC, Brooklyn. Seller: Maria Concetta Tradito, et al, Pine Hurst, Texas.

Property: 53 Highland Ave., Yonkers. Amount: $350,000. Filed Nov. 13.

606 North Bedford Road, Bedford Hills. Seller: Somers Crossings LLC, Goldens Bridge. Property: 61 Sienna Drive, Somers. Amount: $833,822. Filed Nov. 12.

98-106 Ashburton LLC, Pleasantville. Seller: City of Yonkers. Property: 96 Ashburton Ave., Yonkers.

Amount: $5,020. Filed Nov. 12.

Al Dar LLC, Buchanan. Seller: Albany Post Road Properties LLC, Peekskill. Property: 3102 Albany Post Road, Cortlandt. Amount: $370,000. Filed Nov. 13.

Dair Realty LLC, Bronx. Seller: 119 NT LLC, White Plains. Property: 119 N. Terrace Ave., Mount Vernon.

Amount: $840,000. Filed Nov. 14.

DSL 561 LLC, Roslyn Heights. Seller: RCM Enterprises of New York Inc., Bronx. Property: 561 Manhattan Ave., Mount Pleasant. Amount: $235,000. Filed Nov. 12.

Eureka3 Home Buyers LLC, Garrison. Seller: Glenn D. Preiser, Elmsford. Property: 528 N. James St., Peekskill. Amount: $150,000. Filed Nov. 14.

Fasny Holdings LLC, Ardsley.

Seller: John M. Perone, Larchmont.

Property: 4 Upland Court, Lewisboro. Amount: $430,000. Filed Nov. 14.

Fasny Holdings LLC, Ardsley. Seller: Pat Longobucco, White Plains.

Property: 16 West Road, Lewisboro.

Amount: $476,000. Filed Nov. 14.

Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corp. Seller: W. Whitfield Wells, White Plains. Property: 35 Ann St., Ossining. Amount: $413,599. Filed Nov. 12.

Idjh Bronxville LLC, Bronxville.

Seller: Iain Horsburgh, Bronxville.

Property: 14 Wellyn Road, Yonkers.

Amount: $20,000. Filed Nov. 15.

Joe Bellamy Construction Inc., Yorktown Heights. Seller: Secretary of Housing and Urban Development, Washington, D.C. Property: 3202 Lexington Ave., Yorktown.

Amount: $300,000. Filed Nov. 12.

JYF Investors LLC, Scarsdale.

Seller: Bernard T. Kravitz, Scarsdale. Property: 347 Heathcote Road, Scarsdale. Amount: $725,000. Filed Nov. 13.

Meg Deshpande Holdings II LLC, Larchmont. Seller: Henry Mandell, Mamaroneck. Property: 606 Orienta Ave., Mamaroneck.

Amount: $831,000. Filed Nov. 14.

Monrovia Realty Corp., Tuckahoe. Seller: Patrick Hudson, et al, Yonkers. Property: 5 Leighton Ave., Yonkers. Amount: $355,000. Filed Nov. 14.

MTGLQ Investors LP, Greenville, South Carolina. Seller: Chrystalia King, White Plains. Property: 19 Fuller Road, Ossining. Amount: $304,500. Filed Nov. 13.

MTGLQ Investors LP, Irving, Texas. Seller: Janis Chin, White Plains.

Property: 73 Greenwood Lane, Greenburgh. Amount: $622,394.

Filed Nov. 14.

Orange Bank and Trust Co., Mount Vernon. Seller: John DeRosa, et al, Yonkers. Property: 4 Windsor Terrace, Yonkers. Amount: $805,000. Filed Nov. 15.

Robcar Realty LLC, Putnam Valley. Seller: Joseph R. Bochichio, Hopewell Junction. Property: 698 N. Division St., Peekskill. Amount: $500,000. Filed Nov. 13.

Sleepy Elm LLC, Yonkers. Seller: SDF Capital LLC, Mamaroneck.

Property: 29 Elm St., Mount Pleasant. Amount: $255,000. Filed Nov. 13.

Spectacle One Holdings LLC, Tarrytown. Seller: Mona Page, Tarrytown. Property: 459 Martling Ave., Greenburgh. Amount: $485,000. Filed Nov. 13.

The Luxuria NR LLC, New Rochelle. Seller: Lawrence Cunningham Jr., et al, New Rochelle. Property: 53 Grand St., New Rochelle.

Amount: $375,000. Filed Nov. 13.

U.S. Bank N.A. Seller: Dana Stricker, Scarsdale. Property: 35 12th Avenue South, Mount Vernon. Amount: $468,323. Filed Nov. 12.

U.S. Bank Trust N.A. Seller: George Pappas, Hawthorne. Property: 38 Beekman Ave., Cortlandt.

Amount: $494,606. Filed Nov. 12.

Wilmington Savings Fund Society FSB. Seller: John Guttridge, White Plains. Property: 14 Boutonville Road, Lewisboro. Amount: $425,000. Filed Nov. 12.

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FORECLOSURES CORTLANDT MANOR, 395 Furnace Dock Road. Single-family residence; lot size: .94 acres. Plaintiff: Wells Fargo Bank NA. Plaintiff’s attorney: RAS Boriskin LLC, 900 Merchants Concourse, Westbury.

Defendant: Dawn Fray. Referee: Albert Cornachio 111. Sale: Dec. 2, 9:30 a.m. Approximate lien: N/A. HASTINGS-ON-HUDSON, 368 Warburton Ave. Two-family residence; lot size: N/A. Plaintiff: NSO154LLC. Plaintiff’s attorney: Richland & Falkowski PLLC, 35-37 36th St., Astoria. Defendant: Robert Gibbons. Referee: Barbara Lerman.

Sale: Dec. 2, 9 a.m. Approximate lien: $206,697.

MOUNT VERNON, 130 E. First St. Bar; lot size: .03 acres. Plaintiff: Hampton Partners LLC. Plaintiff’s attorney: David A. Gallo, 99 Powerhouse Road, Roslyn Heights. Defendant: Laverne Jones. Referee: Karl Scully. Sale: Dec. 4, 10 a.m. Approximate lien: $229,146.

MOUNT VERNON, 544 E. Lincoln Ave. Single-family residence; lot size: .19 acres. Plaintiff: Bank of America NA. Plaintiff’s attorney: Frenkel Lambert Weiss, 53 Gibson St., Bay Shore. Defendant: Rosalind Pritchard. Referee: Andrew Brotmann. Sale: Dec. 10, 10:30 a.m. Approximate lien: $559,313.

OSSINING, 82 Underhill Road.

Single-family residence; lot size: .5 acres. Plaintiff: Deutsche Bank National Trust Co. Plaintiff’s attorney: McCabe Weisbery & Conway, 145 Huguenot St., New Rochelle. Defendant: Jamie Cotel. Referee: Leticia Arzu. Sale: Dec. 11, 9 a.m. Approximate lien: $701,012.

RYE, 144 Maple Ave. Two-family residence; lot size: .08 acres. Plaintiff: The Bank of New York Mellon.

Plaintiff’s attorney: Druckman Law Group, 242 Drexel Ave. Westbury.

Defendant: Alejandro Cayetano.

Referee: Christopher Bonante. Sale: Dec. 2, 9 a.m. Approximate lien: $493,574.

SOMERS, 259 Route 100. Single-family residence; lot size: 2.27 acres. Plaintiff: Reverse Mortgage Solutions. Plaintiff’s attorney: RAS Boriskin LLC, 900 Merchants Concourse, Westbury. Defendant: Raymond Sears Sr. Referee: Carla Glassman. Sale: Dec. 3, 9:30 a.m. Approximate lien: N/A. WHITE PLAINS, 12 Teramar Way. Single-family residence; lot size: N/A. Plaintiff: The Bank of New York Mellon Trust. Plaintiff’s attorney: Eckert Seamans Cherin & Mellott, 10 Bank St., White Plains. Defendant: Altagracia Contreras. Referee: Frank Lombardi. Sale: Dec. 4, 8:15 a.m. Approximate lien: $670,625.

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Facts & Figures YONKERS, 28 Hillside Ave. Two-family residence; lot size: .11 acres. Plaintiff: Select Portfolio Servicing Inc. Plaintiff’s attorney: Frenkel Lambert Weiss, 53 Gibson St., Bay Shore. Defendant: Virginia Sayegh. Referee: Michele Bermel.

Sale: Dec. 3, 9 a.m. Approximate lien: $421,793.

JUDGMENTS Ata General Contracting LLC, Yonkers. $500 in favor the city of Yonkers. Filed Nov. 18.

Clear It Out Contracting LLC, Mount Vernon. $1,646 in favor of Colgate Scaffolding Corp., Bronx.

Filed Nov. 15.

Cobble Creek Builders Inc., Rye Brook. $286,551 in favor of Acaba Holdings LLC, Harrison. Filed Nov. 13.

John D Rocco Sales Company LLC, Freehold, New Jersey. $54,482 in favor of Cerullo LLC, Elmsford.

Filed Nov. 19.

Quick Bite Convenience Store Inc., Yonkers. $500 in favor of the city of Yonkers. Filed Nov. 18.

RHCC Inc., Yonkers. $750 in favor of the city of Yonkers. Filed Nov. 18.

Rooms by Beca SS Corp., Yonkers. $500 in favor of the city of Yonkers. Filed Nov. 14.

Gil, Miguel, et al. Filed by Emigrant Funding Corp. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $480,000 affecting property located at 176 S. Lexington Ave., White Plains 10606. Filed April 1.

Hunter, Kingsley, et al. Filed by Deutsche Bank National Trust Co. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $595,000 affecting property located at 113 Frankline Ave., Mount Vernon 10550. Filed April 3.

Paolicelli, Paul F. Jr., as heir to the estate of Lillian Grippo, et al. Filed by FAReverse LLC. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $745,500 affecting property located at 150 Park Hill Ave., Yonkers 10701. Filed April 2.

Salov, Ante, et al. Filed by Deutsche Bank National Trust Co. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $650,000 affecting property located at 17 Pheasant Drive, Rye 10580. Filed April 3.

Sanchez, Levid, et al. Filed by Deutsche Bank National Trust Co. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $137,000 affecting property located at 102 Touraine Ave., Rye 10573. Filed April 2.

Wauchope-Greenland, Lisa, et al. Filed by JPMC Specialty Mortgage LLC. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $490,428 affecting property located at 275 5th St., Mamaroneck 10543. Filed April 3.

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

Darko, Samuel, et al. Filed by U.S. Bank N.A. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $432,000 affecting property located at 23 Rossiter Ave., Yonkers 10701. Filed April 2.

Duncan, Scott J., et al. Filed by The Bank of New York Mellon. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $405,000 affecting property located at 10 David Drive, North Salem 10560. Filed April 2.

Farquharson, Boyd, et al. Filed

by HSBC Bank USA N.A. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $500,000 affecting property located at 4 Park Ave., Ardsley 10502. Filed April 3.

Ferrante, Angela, individually and as surviving spouse of Emilo Ferrante, et al. Filed by Nationstar Mortgage LLC. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $938,250 affecting property located at 86 Eastview Drive, Valhalla 10595.

Filed April 2.

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165 Huguenot Property Owner LLC, as owner. $105,580 as claimed

by MJM Industries Inc., Stamford, Connecticut. Property: in New Rochelle. Filed Nov. 14.

Anchin, Lee, as owner. $16,245 as claimed by BDW Roofing LLC, Mount Kisco. Property: in New Castle. Filed Nov. 15.

Carrafiello, Gerald, et al, as owner. $8,026 as claimed by Bilotta Home Center Inc., Mamaroneck.

Property: in Ossining. Filed Nov. 20.

Earth to Sky Asset LLC, as owner. $6,498 as claimed by Macintosh Electric Corp., Yonkers. Property: in White Plains. Filed Nov. 14.

Flood, Robert, as owner. $9,000 as claimed by AGI Air Inc., Mamaroneck. Property: in New Rochelle.

Filed Nov. 20.

Iona College, as owner. $43,619 as claimed by Kamco Supply Corp., Brooklyn. Property: in New Rochelle. Filed Nov. 15.

Siwanoy Country Club Inc., as owner. $11,446 as claimed by Alba Services Inc., New York City. Property: in Eastchester. Filed Nov. 20.

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

Sole Proprietorships Beauty by Jaquelin R, 58 Scond St., Third floor, New Rochelle 10801, c/o Jaquelin S. Ramirez. Filed Aug. 28.

Christopher P. Keefe, 355 Old Tarrytown Road, Apt. 410, White Plains 10603, c/o Christopher P. Keefe.

Filed Aug. 23.

CHVP General Contracting, 9 Sylvan Place, Rye 10580, c/o Carlos Henrique Veiga Pereira. Filed Aug. 26.

Clean N Handy, P.O. Box 935, Larchmont 10538, c/o Victor Ibelli.

Filed Aug. 26.

Cleaning by Ramos, 335 Lexington Ave., Apt. 3, Mount Kisco 10549, c/o Eva Ramos. Filed Aug. 27.

Helping Hands Services, 2074 Albany Post Road, Montrose 10548, c/o Guerlyne Septembre. Filed Aug. 28.

King’s Automotive, 50 McLean Ave., Yonkers 10705, c/o Silvio Valdez. Filed Aug. 23.

Laura’s Instant Beauty, 1 Wolf Lane, Suite 309, Pelham 10801, c/o Laura M. Escobar. Filed Aug. 23.

Lety’s Cleaning, 200 Rockledge Ave., Buchanan 10511, c/o Alba Leticia Garcia C. Filed Aug. 28.

LJM Medical Aesthetic, 115 N. Ninth Ave., Mount Vernon 10550, c/o Lynnette Mantilla. Filed Aug. 28.

M and J Co., 51 Whiteoak St., Apt. 5C, New Rochelle. 10801, c/o Michael A. Formisano. Filed Aug. 27.

Mario’s Commercial Cleaning Service, 13 Maurice Ave., Ossining 10562, c/o Mario Luis Mieles Montele. Filed Aug. 27.

MHA Refrigeration, 6 Harding Drive, Rye 10580, c/o Moustafa H. Abdou. Filed Aug. 28.

My Bright Start Family Daycare, 103 McGuire Ave., Peekskill 10566, c/o Iliana Diaz. Filed Aug. 23.

N and S Automotive, 669 N. Terrace Ave., Suite 56, Mount Vernon 10552, c/o Carlos Martinez,III. Filed Aug. 26.

Vintage Vine Designs, 711 Garth Court, Yorktown Heights 10598, c/o Nora Berishaj. Filed Aug. 23.

Window Opening, 28 Scotts Lane, South Salem 10590, c/o Charles Buri. Filed Aug. 27.

PATENTS Adaptive algorithm for cloud admission policies. Patent no.

10,491,538 issued to Yurdaer N. Doganata, Chestnut Ridge; Malgorzata Steinder, Leonia, New Jersey; Asser N. Tantawi, Somers; Merve Unuvar, New York. Assigned to IBM, Armonk.

Coating for limiting substrate damage due to discrete failure.

Patent no. 10,492,289 issued to Bruce J. Chamberlin, Vestal; Scott B. King, Rochester; Joseph Kuczynski, North Port, Florida; David J. Russell, Oswego. Assigned to IBM, Armonk.

Configurable pacing for messaging systems. Patent no.

10,491,532 issued to Andre D.J. Banks, Romsey, England; Jonathan Isaac, Winchester, England; Jonathan Levell, Winchester, England; Trevor Lobban, Eastleigh, England.

Assinged to IBM, Armonk.

Controlling the state of duplexing of coupling facility structures. Patent no. 10,491,675 issued to David A. Elko, Austin, Texas; Steven N. Goss, Kingston; Michael J. Jordan, Hurley; Georgette L. Kurdt, Wappingers Falls; Jeffrey M. Nick, West Park; Kelly B. Pushong, Highland; David H. Surman, Milton. Assigned to IBM, Armonk.

Copper microcooler structure and fabrication. Patent no.

10,490,480 issued to Fee Li Lie, Albany; Kamal K. Sikka, Poughskeepsie; Donald Francis Canaperi, Bridgewater; Daniel A. Corliss, Waterford; Dinesh Gupta, Hopewell Junction; Dario Goldfarb, Dobbs Ferry. Assigned to IBM, Armonk.

Correlating computing network events. Patent no. 10,491,453 issued to Edith H. Stern, Yorktown Heights; Kristian J. Stewart, Surrey, England.

Assigned to IBM, Armonk.

Gate formation scheme for nanosheet transistors having different work function metals and different nanosheet width dimensions. Patent no.

10,490,559 issued to Takashi Ando, Tuckahoe; Ruqiang Bao, Niskayuna; Pouya Hashemi, White Plains; Choonghyun Lee, Rensselaer. Assigned to IBM, Armonk.

Quota management protocol for shared computing systems.

Patent no. 10,491,541 issued to Paolo Dettori, Hartsdale; Hai Huang, Danbury; Ali Kanso, Elmsford; Mariusz Sabath, Ridgefield; Michael Joseph Spreitzer, Corton-on-Hudson; Alaa Salah Youssef, Valhalla. Assigned to IBM, Armonk.

Remote monitoring of software. Patent no. 10,491,610 issued to Keith A. Jenkins, Sleepy Hollow; Raphael P. Robertazzi, Ossining; Alberto Valdes Garcia, Chappaqua.

Assigned to IBM, Armonk.

Retrieving network packets corresponding to detected abnormal application activity.

Patent no. 10,491,625 issued to KuoChun Chen, New Taipei, Taiwan; Chih-Hung Chou, Taipei, Taiwan; Wei-Hsiang Hsiung, Taipei, Taiwan; Sheng-Tung Hsu, Taipei, Taiwan.

Assigned to IBM, Armonk.

Website security tracking across a network. Patent no.

10,491,621 issued to James C. Ground, Wappingers Falls; David F. Hans, Castleton; Ronald E. Van Buskirk, Nederland, Colorado. Assigned to IBM, Armonk.

HUDSON VALLEY BUILDING LOANS Below $1 million Barrett, Elizabeth Miller, as owner. Lender: Salisbury Bank and Trust Co. Property: in North East.

Amount: $240,000. Filed Nov. 8.

Gazal, Abdallah M., as owner.

Lender: American Financial Resources Inc. Property: in Wappinger. Amount: $633,780. Filed Nov. 15.

Hoti, Celja, et al, Pine Bush, as owner. Lender: Walden Savings Bank, Montgomery. Property: in Shawangunk. Amount: $220,000.

Filed Nov. 8.

Ios Homes LLC, Ossining, as owner. Lender: Bayport Funding LLC, Great Neck. Property: 28 Valley Lane, Garrison 10524. Amount: $40,000. Filed Nov. 13.

KLK Holdings LLC, Wappingers Falls, as owner. Lender: 5 Arch Funding Corp., Irvine, California.

Property: 46 Quaker Road, Carmel 10512. Amount: $62,000. Filed Nov. 6.

Lynch, Lawrence J. Jr., Accord, as owner. Lender: Primelending, Dallas, Texas. Property: in Rochester.

Amount: $195,114. Filed Nov. 15.

Orsetti, Anthony, et al, as owner. Lender: Farm Credit East ACA, Hudson. Property: in East Fishkill.

Amount: $400,000. Filed Nov. 12.

RR Plus LLC, as owner. Lender: SNCO Cap LLC. Property: in Poughkeepsie. Amount: $137,500. Filed Nov. 20.

Shaffer, Bryan E., et al, as owner. Lender: Walden Savings Bank.

Property: in Milan. Amount: $267,150. Filed Nov. 8.

Spaier, Matthew, et al, as owner.

Lender: Rhinebeck Bank. Property: in East Fishkill. Amount: $627,000.

Filed Nov. 22.

VMS Pizza I LLC, Mahopac, as owner. Lender: The Gross Family Holdings LLC, et al, Sands Point.

Property: 96 Kentview Drive, Kent Lakes 10512. Amount: $135,000.

Filed Nov. 22.

Young, Heidi, Brooklyn, as owner.

Lender: Homestead Funding Corp., Albany. Property: in Wawarsing.

Amount: $39,536. Filed Nov. 21.

Dynamically integrating contact profile pictures into messages based on user input. Patent no. 10,491,553 issued to Shadi E. Albouyeh, Raleigh, North Carolina; James E. Fox, Apex, North Carolina; Trudy L. Hewitt, Cary, North Carolina; Prasad L. Imandi, Chapel Hill, North Carolina. Assigned to IBM, Armonk.

Decker, Margaret Emily, et al, Saugerties, as owner. Lender: Ulster Savings Bank, Kingston. Property: 4035 Route 9W, Saugerties 12477.

Amount: $350,000. Filed Nov. 20.

Above $1 million

Dentico, Richard A., et al, as owner. Lender: Rhinebeck Bank.

Property: in Rhinebeck. Amount: $726,525. Filed Nov. 22.

258 Salt Point LLC, New York City. Seller: Seelbach LLC, New York City. Property: in Pleasant Valley.

Amount: $1.4 million. Filed Nov. 15.

Forming on-chip metal-insulator-semiconductor capacitor. Patent no. 10,490,546 issued to Zhenxing Bi, Niskayuna; Kangguo Cheng, Schenectady; Peng Xu, Guilderland; Chen Zhang, Guilderland. Assigned to IBM, Armonk.

Exit 19 Realty LLC, Kingston, as owner. Lender: Mid-Hudson Valley Federal Credit Union, Kingston.

Property: 40 Clarendon Ave., Kingston. Amount: $126,000. Filed Nov. 19.

70 Parker Holding LLC, Poughkeepsie. Seller: Parker Avenue Associates LLC, Purchase. Property: 58 Parker Ave., Poughkeepsie 12601.

Amount: $2 million. Filed Nov. 14.

DEEDS

Facts & Figures Oakwood Apartment Homes LLC, Rhinebeck. Seller: Lellojill Realty LLC, Purchase. Property: 339347 and 349 E. Chester St. and 135 Lincoln St., Kingston. Amount: $2 million. Filed Nov. 18.

T-Rex/Shaner Hyde Park Hotel LLC, State College, Pennsylvania.

Seller: T-Rex Hyde Park Owner LLC, Harrison. Property: Albany Post Road, Route 9, Hyde Park. Amount: $1.8 million. Filed Nov. 8.

U.S. Bank N.A. Seller: Pasqualina Mohr, et al, Mahopac. Property: 230 Peaceable Hill Road, Brewster 10509. Amount: $1 million. Filed Nov. 12.

Below $1 million 1041 Dejong Management LLC, Brewster. Seller: 1041 Brewster Business Corp., Brewster. Property: 1041 Routes 6 and 22, Brewster. Amount: $555,000. Filed Nov. 21.

12468 Corp., New York City. Seller: Jytte Buchet, Rhinebeck. Property: in Rhinebeck. Amount: $825,000.

Filed Nov. 20.

2019 Castle LLC, White Plains.

Seller: U.S. Bank N.A. Property: 160 Smith St., Poughkeepsie 12601.

Amount: $6,500. Filed Nov. 15.

420 Main Street LLC, New York City. Seller: EB I LLC, Beacon. Property: in Beacon. Amount: $950,000.

Filed Nov. 21.

65 Hoose Boulevard LLC, Fishkill. Seller: Michelle Costabile, Fishkill. Property: 65 Hoose Blvd., Fishkill. Amount: $400,000. Filed Nov. 12.

9 Hone St Corp., Kingston. Seller: Sawkill Meadow LLC, Kingston. Property: in Ulster. Amount: $210,000. Filed Nov. 12.

928 Development Group LLC, Patterson. Seller: Michele H. McCarthy, Holmes. Property: Lot 2, South Road, Holmes 12563. Amount: $31,000. Filed Nov. 19.

Aim High Property LLC, Beacon. Seller: U.S. Bank N.A. Property: 125 Titusville Road, Poughkeepsie 12603. Amount: $173,000. Filed Nov. 21.

And Another Thing LLC, Newburgh. Seller: Helen LaFalce, Beacon. Property: 99 E. Main St., Beacon. Amount: $440,000. Filed Nov. 21.

Ankush Bajaj Realty LLC, White Plains. Seller: Nationstar Mortgage LLC. Property: 44 Bennett Road, Poughkeepsie 12601. Amount: $8,000 Filed Nov. 12.

Bank of America N.A. Seller: Patrick T. Gartland, Poughkeepsie.

Property: 242 Cream St., Hyde Park 12601. Amount: $388,000. Filed Nov. 21.

Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corp. Seller: Gordon B. Fine, Yorktown Heights. Property: 281 N. Terry Hill Road, Carmel 10512. Amount: $147,615. Filed Nov. 20.

NRZ REO VI LLC, New York City.

Seller: Niki Pagones Quinn, Poughkeepsie. Property: 435 Union Valley Road, Mahopac 10541. Amount: $170,000. Filed Nov. 14.

U.S. Bank Trust N.A. Seller: Adolph Albert Buonamici, White Plains. Property: 38 Barrett Hill Road, Carmel 10512. Amount: $137,458. Filed Nov. 13.

Castaldo Brothers Inc., Poughkeepsie. Seller: Margaret Durkin, Poughkeepsie. Property: 29 Heaney Drive, Beacon. Amount: $190,000.

Filed Nov. 20.

Ios Homes LLC, Ossining. Seller: The Bank of New York Mellon. Property: 28 Valley Lane, Garrison 10524.

Amount: $212,950. Filed Nov. 13.

Oak St 8 LLC, Brooklyn. Seller: David R. Gillis, et al, Brewster. Property: in Southeast. Amount: $850,000.

Filed Nov. 14.

U.S. Bank Trust N.A. Seller: John A. Pappalardo, White Plains. Property: 214 Walnut Road, Lake Peekskill 10537. Amount: $225,460. Filed Nov. 19.

Jenco Real Estate Inc., Pleasant Valley. Seller: Colleen A. McCormack, Fishkill. Property: 10 Daniels Court, Poughkeepsie 12603.

Amount: $137,000. Filed Nov. 14.

P and P Home Services, Highland. Seller: 2019 Castle LLC, White Plains. Property: 22 Woodside Place, Highland 12528. Amount: $60,000. Filed Nov. 13.

JWP 2656 Corp., Patterson. Seller: 2656 Route 22 LLC, Patterson.

Property: 2656 Route 22, Patterson 12563. Amount: $400,000. Filed Nov. 19.

Quicken Loans Inc., Detroit, Michigan. Seller: Margaret Nicholson, Somers. Property: 103 Hewitt St., Lake Peekskill 10537. Amount: $288,841. Filed Nov. 12.

Catherine Main St Property LLC, Poughkeepsie. Seller: Jonathon Realty LLC, Poughkeepsie.

Property: 650 Main St., Poughkeepsie 12601. Amount: $250,000. Filed Nov. 20.

Champi Associates LLC, Garrison. Seller: RVGG Acquisition LLC, Long Beach. Property: in Philipstown. Amount: $375,000. Filed Nov. 22.

Classic Hudson LLC, Brooklyn.

Seller: Christopher W. Jaeger, Saugerties. Property: 1738-1740 9W, West Park 12493. Amount: $170,000.

Filed Nov. 15.

Colonial Builders Excavation Inc., Fishkill. Seller: Sandra Johnson, et al, Beacon. Property: in Fishkill. Amount: $125,000. Filed Nov. 13.

Das Management Company Inc., Montgomery. Seller: Secretary of Veterans Affairs, Washington, D.C. Property: 139 Reservoir Road, Wallkill 12589. Amount: $75,150.

Filed Nov. 18.

Deutsche Bank National Trust Co. Seller: Peter K. Nardone, Mount Kisco. Property: 15 Mountain Drive, Garrison 10524. Amount: $432,006.

Filed Nov. 19.

Deutsche Bank National Trust Co. Seller: Raymond W. Savoie, et al, Poughkeepsie. Property: 127 Noxon Road, Poughkeepsie 12603.

Amount: $223,500. Filed Nov. 8.

Dwilliams Enterprise LLC, Hopewell Junction. Seller: Matthew M. Azimi, et al, Somers. Property: 2710 South Road, Unit F-11, Poughkeepsie 12603. Amount: $95,000.

Filed Nov. 14.

East Real Estate MK LLC, Yonkers. Seller: Urban/Gerlach Realty LLC, Poughkeepsie. Property: 7 N. Grand Ave., Poughkeepsie. Amount: $50,000. Filed Nov. 12.

East Real Estate MK LLC, Yonkers. Seller: Urban/Gerlach Realty LLC, Poughkeepsie. Property: 737 Main St., Poughkeepsie. Amount: $450,000. Filed Nov. 12.

Equity Trust Co. Seller: Pat Longobucco, White Plains. Property: 301 Drew Lane, Carmel 10512. Amount: $80,101. Filed Nov. 22.

VMS Pizza I LLC, Mahopac. Seller: Jennifer Baillargeon, Putnam Valley.

Property: in Kent. Amount: $55,000.

Filed Nov. 22.

Wells Fargo Bank N.A. Seller: Judith Reardon, Katonah. Property: 581 Route 52, Carmel 10512.

Amount: $482,796. Filed Nov. 22.

Avery, Anthony R., et al. Filed

by Deutsche Bank National Trust Co. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $150,100 affecting property located at 1698 Ulster Heights Road, Ellenville 12428. Filed Nov. 20.

Bell, Ronald, et al. Filed by Flagstar Bank FSB. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $164,326 affecting property located at 1100 Churchland Lane, Saugerties 12477. Filed Nov. 18.

Bentley, Andrea A., et al. Filed

by M&T Bank. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $379,900 affecting property located at 4 Clearwater Court, Unit 31, Fishkill 12508. Filed Nov. 7.

Branche, Cicely, et al. Filed by Newrez LLC. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure an unspecified amount affecting property located at 167 Old Indian Road, Milton 12547. Filed Nov. 20.

KFS Associates LLC, Armonk.

Seller: Eva Thomas, Hopewell Junction. Property: in Wappinger.

Amount: $79,500. Filed Nov. 15.

RPS2019 Inc., Kingston. Seller: Diane Dickensheid, et al, Stone Ridge.

Property: in Marbletown. Amount: $349,000. Filed Nov. 18.

Wilmington Savings Fund Society FSB. Seller: Joseph A. Charbonneau, Brewster. Property: 8 Norah Lane, Hyde Park 12538. Amount: $165,000. Filed Nov. 12.

Mortgage Assets Management LLC, New York City. Seller: Jeffrey Rothschild, Pawling. Property: 118 Lime Kiln Road, Dover Plains 12522.

Amount: $378,500. Filed Nov. 14.

RR Plus LLC, Monsey. Seller: 641 Main Street LLC, Mount Kisco.

Property: 641 Main St., Poughkeepsie. Amount: $575,000. Filed Nov. 20.

Wolf of Woodstock LLC, Kingston. Seller: Amalicia Addrizzo, Montvale, New Jersey. Property: in Saugerties. Amount: $49,000. Filed Nov. 15.

Byers, Charles J., et al. Filed by Fifth Third Bank. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $273,125 affecting property located at 23 Caroline Ave., Poughkeepsie 12603. Filed Nov. 19.

MPR Asset Management LLC, Hauppauge. Seller: Jane Rutledge, Kingston. Property: 29 Jarrold St., Kingston. Amount: $170,000. Filed Nov. 18.

Samantha Next Door LLC, New York City. Seller: Thomas E. Dunn, et al, Millbrook. Property: in Unionvale. Amount: $100,000. Filed Nov. 8.

JUDGMENTS

MTGLQ Investors LP. Seller: Elmer P. Knapp Jr., et al, Clinton.

Property: 68 Old Bulls Head Road, Clinton 12514. Amount: $232,000.

Filed Nov. 20.

SDF Capital Fund I LLC, Mamaroneck. Seller: Connor Bixby, et al, Poughkeepsie. Property: 2 Cresthill Lane, Poughkeepsie. Amount: $111,000. Filed Nov. 8.

Cantine, Peter, et al. Filed by CitiMortgage Inc. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $500,000 affecting property located at 40 Sugar Bear Lane, Woodstock 12498. Filed Nov. 21.

MTGLQ Investors LP. Seller: Sanjay L. Bhatt, White Plains. Property: 601 Drew Lane, Carmel 10512.

Amount: $259,143. Filed Nov. 12.

The Bank of New York Mellon.

Seller: Julie A. Cherico, White Plains.

Property: 179 Oak Ridge Circle, Mahopac 10549. Amount: $828,149.

Filed Nov. 12.

Nationstar Mortgage LLC. Seller: Christopher York, Brewster. Property: 18 Peter Road, Brewster 10509.

Amount: $391,679. Filed Nov. 12.

Nemes Partners LLC, Poughkeepsie. Seller: Nemes Way Property Owners LLC, Croton-on-Hudson.

Property: 25 and 50 Nemes Way, Poughkeepsie. Amount: $900,000.

Filed Nov. 14.

NES 292-358 LLC, Carmel. Seller: Debra P. Marin, Valhalla. Property: 358 Route 292, Pawling. Amount: $150,000. Filed Nov. 14.

Newburgh Broadway Property Inc., Brooklyn. Seller: Woodfield Associates Inc., Hyde Park. Property: 396 Main St., Poughkeepsie.

Amount: $405,000. Filed Nov. 21.

Northchester Woods LLC, Chappaqua. Seller: TD Bank N.A. Property: Fair Haven Court, Beekman 12533. Amount: $301,500. Filed Nov. 20.

The Bank of New York Mellon.

Seller: Kevin L. Wright, Mahopac.

Property: 94 Patterson Village Court, Patterson 12563. Amount: $417,520. Filed Nov. 22.

The People of the State of New York, Albany. Seller: Open Space Institute Land Trust Inc., New York City. Property: in Wawarsing.

Amount: $83,000. Field Nov. 12.

U.S Bank Trust N.A. Seller: Robert C. Martire, et al, Pine Bush. Property: 99 Pirog Road, Pine Bush 12566.

Amount: $200,283. Filed Nov. 18.

3 Guys Pizzeria and Catering Inc., Highland. $1,740 in favor of the New York State Department of Taxation and Finance, Albany. Filed Nov. 19.

Dave’s Tree Service, Saugerties. $500 in favor of the New York State Department of Taxation and Finance, Albany. Filed Nov. 8.

Jay’s Quality Landscaping, Pine Bush. $6,492 in favor of the New York State Department of Taxation and Finance, Albany. Filed Nov. 8.

K E Hughes and Sons Expert Tree Service LLC, Saugerties. $12,156 in favor of the New York State Department of Taxation and Finance, Albany. Filed Nov. 19.

Ver-Birr Corp., New Paltz. $613 in favor of the New York State Department of Taxation and Finance, Albany. Filed Nov. 8.

LIS PENDENS

U.S. Bank N.A. Seller: Eve Bunting-Smith, White Plains. Property: 47 Ticonderoga Road, Carmel 10512.

Amount: $860,523. Filed Nov. 19.

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

U.S. Bank N.A. Seller: Reginald Barnor, et al, Brewster. Property: 63 Fairview Road, Brewster 10509.

Amount: $135,377. Filed Nov. 19.

Angevine, Brian Lee, et al. Filed

by Deutsche Bank National Trust Co. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $210,000 affecting property located at 121-2 Mountain Road, Shokan 12481. Filed Nov. 14.

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Castillo, Miguel S., et al. Filed by JPMorgan Chase Bank N.A. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $88,000 affecting property located at 147 Center St., Ellenville 12428. Filed Nov. 20.

Coffey, Timothy D., administrator of the estate of Mary C. Van Loan, et al. Filed by KeyBank N.A. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $96,000 affecting property located at 21 Prince St., Kingston 12401. Filed Nov. 12.

D’Alessandro, Raymond, et al.

Filed by USAA Federal Savings Bank. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $144,000 affecting property located at 300 Seminary Hill Road, Carmel 10512.

Filed Nov. 13.

Dzubak, Kevin M., et al. Filed

by U.S. Bank N.A. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $140,000 affecting property located at 206 Chelsea Cove South, Hopewell Junction 12533. Filed Nov. 11.

Gershenson, Sandra, et al. Filed

by JPMorgan Chase Bank N.A. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $200,000 affecting property located at 471 Bullet Hole Road, Mahopac 10541. Filed Nov. 18.

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Facts & Figures Gileno, Andrew, et al. Filed by Manufacturers and Traders Trust Co. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $206,043 affecting property located at 21 Yorktown Road, Carmel 10512. Filed Nov. 13.

Haber, John, et al. Filed by Ulster Savings Bank. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $250,000 affecting property located at 20-22 Creek Side Drive, Shandaken 12480. Filed Nov. 21.

Hagen, Christina, et al. Filed

by U.S. Bank N.A. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $152,000 affecting property located at 1343 Route 212, Saugerties 12477.

Filed Nov. 18.

Harrell, Thelma, et al. Filed by Hudson Valley Credit Union. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $149,380 affecting property located at 16 Maryland Ave., Poughkeepsie 12603. Filed Nov. 15.

Hasslebach, Richard E., et al.

Filed by U.S. Bank N.A. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $503,886 affecting property located at 133-137 Bullet Hole Road, Carmel 10512. Filed Nov. 13.

LaPolla, Robert Wayne, as purported administrator of the estate of Richard LaPolla, et al.

Filed by U.S. Bank N.A. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $204,000 affecting property located at 866 Lattintown Road, Milton 12547. Filed Nov. 13.

Magnusson, Norman A., et al.

Filed by U.S. Bank N.A. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $200,000 affecting property located at 119 Mink Hollow Road, Woodstock 12498. Filed Nov. 20.

Mejorado, Edward J., et al. Filed

by Newrez LLC. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure an unspecified amount affecting property located at 25 Lake Road, Hopewell Junction 12533. Filed Nov. 11.

Polakowski, Thomas E., et al.

Filed by State of New York Mortgage Agency. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $159,565 affecting property located at 11 E. Do�wood Road, Poughkeepsie 12601. Filed Nov. 7.

Montalvo, Miguel, et al. Filed

by Wells Fargo Bank N.A. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $305,800 affecting property located at 459 Lattintown Road, Marlboro 12542. Filed Nov. 20.

Reilly, Adrianne M., et al. Filed

by Nationstar Mortgage LLC. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $162,157 affecting property located at 109 Third St., Wallkill 12589. Filed Nov. 12.

Moraca, Jeanine, et al. Filed by Wells Fargo Bank N.A. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $50,000 affecting property located at 57 N. Chestnut St., New Paltz 12561. Filed Nov. 20.

Riccardi, Daniel, et al. Filed by Wells Fargo Bank N.A. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $355,562 affecting property located at 14 Elizabeth Terrace, Wappingers Falls 12590. Filed Nov. 8.

Ochoa, Joaquin M., et al. Filed by Nationstar Mortgage LLC. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $262,900 affecting property located at 675 Plattekill Ardonia Road, Plattekill 12568. Filed Nov. 13.

Rivero, David, et al. Filed by The Bank of New York Mellon. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $304,000 affecting property located at 13 Sylvan Road, Lake Peekskill 10537. Filed Nov. 19.

Pankey, Karen, et al. Filed by Wells Fargo Bank N.A. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $223,850 affecting property located at 44 Haviland Road, Poughkeepsie 12601. Filed Nov. 19.

Robbins, Martin W., et al. Filed

by Citimortgage Inc. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $128,905 affecting property located at 28 Yates Ave., Poughkeepsie 12601. Filed Nov. 18.

Pannazzo, Michael J., et al. Filed

by Wells Fargo Bank N.A. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $231,465 affecting property located at 33 Kinry Road, Poughkeepsie 12603. Filed Nov. 7.

Singh-Parmar, Bhupinder, et al. Filed by The Bank of New York Mellon. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $182,000 affecting property located at 2 Millholland Drive, Unit E, Fishkill 12524.

Filed Nov. 13.

Parikh, Akshay A., et al. Filed by Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corp.

Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $391,811 affecting property located at 14 Salk Drive, Highland 12528. Filed Nov. 13.

Smith, H.R., et al. Filed by Nationstar Mortgage LLC. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $314,646 affecting property located at 227 Lily Lake Road, Highland 12528. Filed Nov. 15.

Peltz, Michael, et al. Filed by Nationstar Mortgage LLC. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $278,400 affecting property located at 25 Rural Ave., Dover 12594. Filed Nov. 7.

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Steichel, Diane Ruth, as heir to the estate of Sondra MacDonald, et al. Filed by Bayview Loan Servicing LLC. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $120,000 affecting property located at 4 Linda Lane, Ellenville 12428.

Filed Nov. 15.

Stephenson, Brittany A., et al.

Filed by PennyMac Loan Services LLC. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $296,530 affecting property located at 170 Kent Shore Drive, Carmel 10512. Filed Nov. 20.

Steward Holdings Group LLC, et al. Filed by Hof I Grantor Trust 5. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $123,000 affecting property located at 144 Railroad Ave., Kingston. Filed Nov. 22.

Thornton, Linda M., et al. Filed

by The Bank of New York Mellon.

Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $311,920 affecting property located at 493 Sprout Brook Road, Garrison 10524. Filed Nov. 15.

Treglia, John, 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 18 Hasbrouck Road, Wallkill 12589. Filed Nov. 12.

Van Tassel, Barkley W., et al.

Filed by 1900 Capital Trust II. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $170,054 affecting property located at 13 Saugerties Manor Road, Saugerties 12477. Filed Nov. 21.

Werking, Michael A., et al. Filed

by Sterling National Bank. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure an unspecified amount affecting property located in Ulster.

Filed Nov. 8.

Wright, Lewis W. Jr., et al. Filed

by Hudson Valley Credit Union.

Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $96,000 affecting property located at 23 Clover Hill Drive, Poughkeepsie 12603. Filed Nov. 14.

Mechanic’s Liens Ascenzi, Eric M., et al, Ulster Park, as owner. $12,698 as claimed by Herzog Supply Company Inc., Kingston.

Property: 45 Carney Road, Ulster Park 12487. Filed Nov. 15.

Caston, Hunter, as owner. $7,500 as claimed by J C Heating and AC LLC, Poughkeepsie. Property: 302 Church St., Poughkeepsie. Filed Nov. 18.

Greenberg, Ellen, et al, as owner. $12,173 as claimed by Gene’s Pools and Spas, Rifton. Property: 52 Cooper Lake Road, Woodstock. Filed Nov. 12.

Mad Homes LLC, New Paltz, as owner. $31,440 as claimed by Herzog Supply Company Inc., Kingston.

Property: 83 Friedlander Drive, Kerhonkson 12446. Filed Nov. 15.

Mahopac Drive In Theatre Inc., as owner. $280,925 as claimed by Kane Builders S and D Inc., Glenside, Pennsylvania. Property: 9831005 Route 6, Carmel. Filed Nov. 8.

McNerney, Christine, et al, Carmel, as owner. $19,905 as claimed

by Peak Construction, Fishkill.

Property: 10 Birch Trail, Carmel 10512. Filed Nov. 14.

Patterson, Willie L., as owner. $2,272 as claimed by Tri County Maintenance and Contracting, Carmel. Property: 22 Blue Grass Lane, Beacon. Filed Nov. 21.

RE LLC, et al, as owner. $2,916 as claimed by Franklin Plumbing and Mechanical, Saugerties. Property: 148 Tinker St., Woodstock. Filed Nov. 8.

Shirley, Elizabeth, as owner. $12,868 as claimed by New Bath Today Inc., Clifton Park. Property: 21 Mulford Ave., Staatsburg. Filed Nov. 18.

Small World LLC, as owner. $18,797 as claimed by Veith Enterprises Inc., Poughkeepsie. Property: 80 W. Dorsey Lane, Hyde Park. Filed Nov. 21.

Tucker, Jed, et al, as owner. $14,862 as claimed by Claverack Builders Inc., Ghent. Property: 106114 Bruceville Road, Rosendale.

Filed Nov 18.

Vassar Brothers Hospital, as owner. $3.4 million as claimed by Cives Corp., Alpharetta, Georgia.

Property: 45 Reade Place, Poughkeepsie. Filed Nov. 20.

Vassar Brothers Hospital, as owner. $533,275 as claimed by Schnabel Foundation Co., Cary, Illinois.

Property: in Poughkeepsie. Filed Nov. 20.

NEW BUSINESSES

Sole Proprietorships A and R Solutions, 80 Prospect St., Kingston 12401, c/o Allen R. Campbell Jr. Filed Nov. 20.

Affirming Life Hypnosis, 35 Mary Lou Lane, Shokan 12481, c/o Judy M. Craig. Filed Nov. 13.

Black History Month Kingston, 165 Cornell St., Apt. 123, Kingston 12401, c/o Franklyn R. Waters. Filed Nov. 19.

Blue Mountain Holdings, 333 Pine St., Saugerties 12477, c/o Jennifer M. Ellsworth. Filed Nov. 14.

Fire Princess, P.O. Box 757, Stone Ridge 12484, c/o Rebecca Catherine Kalin. Filed Nov. 22.

GM. All Brite Window Cleaning, 4 Skyline Drive, Saugerties 12477, c/o Gerson Josue Juarez Monroy.

Filed Nov. 15.

Harsiana, 21 Belvedere St., Kingston 12401, c/o Dolores Chub Putul.

Filed Nov. 21.

HS Co., 1371 Ulster Ave., Kingston 12401, c/o Ha Du. Filed Nov. 20.

Integrity Fire Protection, 430 Vineyard Ave., Highland 12528, c/o Barbara E. Marshall. Filed Nov. 19.

Jungle Medicine House, 88 Ulster Ave., Ulster Park 12487, c/o Wayne R. Johnson. Filed Nov. 18.

La Ceramic Studio, 346 Broadway, Apt. 2, Kingston 12401, c/o Lauren E. Aitken. Filed Nov. 22.

Logstock of Woodstock, 39 Rock City Drive, Woodstock 12498, c/o Joann Elenson Filed Nov. 8.

LT Systems and Management, 40 Hanratty St., Kingston 12401, c/o Rudi M. Farrell. Filed Nov. 15.

Mark K Body Repairs, 26 Van Keuren Highway, Kingston 12401, c/o Mark Herbert Kuhnel. Filed Nov. 22.

Ray Rossler Construction, 711 Route 28, Kingston 12401, c/o Raymond E. Rossler, III. Filed Nov. 12.

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

TG Handworks, 120 North Road, Apt. 12, Highland 12528, c/o Teresa L. Genovese. Filed Nov. 18.

Partnerships

The Bat Kingdom of Pet Sitting, 34 N. Front St., Kingston 12401, c/o Benjamin L. Fields. Filed Nov. 15.

Gray Co Homes, 23 Lon�year Ave., Tillson, c/o Christine E. Striano and Karl J. Gray. Filed Nov. 14.

LEGAL NOTICES Derma Studio NYC LLC, Arts of Org. filed with Sec. of State of NY (SSNY) 9/30/2019. Cty: Westchester. SSNY desig. as agent upon whom process against may be served & shall mail process to 819 Carpenter Pl., Mamaroneck, NY 10543.

General Purpose. #62370 Notice of formation of Limited Liability Company (ìLLCî). Name: Broad Street Commons Holdings LLC. Articles of Organization filed with the Secretary of State of the State of New York (ìSSNYî) on October 16, 2019. N.Y. office location: Westchester County. The SSNY has been designated as agent of the LLC upon whom process against it may be served. The SSNY shall mail a copy of any process to Broad Street Commons Holdings LLC, 1055 Saw Mill River Road, Suite 204, Ardsley, New York 10502. Purpose/ character of LLC is to engage in any lawful act or activity. #62371 Notice of Formation of Navis Tax LLC. Art. Of Org. filed with SSNY on 10/18/2019. Office Location: Westchester County. SSNY designated as agent of the LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to: 800 Westchester Ave, STE S-602, Rye Brook, NY 10573. Purpose: any lawful purpose. #62372 Notice of Formation of Benvenuto & Kim LLP. Certificate filed with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 10/08/2019. Office location: Westchester County. SSNY designated as agent of LLP upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to: 520 White Plains Road, Suite 500, Tarrytown, NY 10591.

Name/address of each genl. ptr. available from SSNY. Purpose: law practices. #62376 Notice of Formation of Royal Care of Westchester LLC Arts. of Org. filed with SSNY on 05/24/19. Office location: Westchester County. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process may be served. SSNY shall mail process to United States Corporation Agents, Inc., 7014 13th Avenue, Suite 202, Brooklyn, NY 11228.

Purpose: any lawful act or activity. #62377

DERMA STUDIO NYC LLC, Arts of Org. filed with Sec. of State of NY (SSNY) 9/30/2019.

Cty: WESTCHESTER. SSNY desig. as agent upon whom process against may be served & shall mail process to 819 CARPENTER PL., MAMARONECK, NY 10543.

General Purpose. #62379 NOTICE OF FORMATION of TALLYRAND LLC. Arts. of Org. filed with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 10/2/2019. Office location: Westchester County. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served.

SSNY shall mail copy of process to: THE LLC 45 BROADWAY, SUITE 3010, NEW YORK, NY 10006.

Purpose: any lawful purpose. #62380 PMSB Management LLC. Filed 9/11/19 Office: Westchester Co. SSNY designated as agent for process & shall mail to: 69 Remsen Circle, Yonkers, NY 10710 Purpose: all lawful #62382 Derek's Walks LLC. Filed 9/17/19 Office: Westchester Co. SSNY designated as agent for process & shall mail to: 113 Main St. Apt 1N, Irvington, NY 10533 Purpose: all lawful #62383 Dita Balaj Beauty LLC. Filed 8/27/19 Office: Westchester Co. SSNY designated as agent for process & shall mail to: 40 West Main St, Mt. Kisco, NY 10549 Purpose: all lawful #62384 51 Central Realty, LLC. Filed 8/22/19 Office: Westchester Co. SSNY designated as agent for process & shall mail to: 51 Central Avenue, Ossining, NY 10562 Purpose: all lawful #62385 204 DRAKE LLC, Arts of Org. filed with Sec. of State of NY (SSNY) 8/22/2019. Cty: WESTCHESTER. SSNY desig. as agent upon whom process against may be served & shall mail process to 186 SETON DR., NEW ROCHELLE, NY 10804. General Purpose. #62386

Notice of Formation of FILOPEI LEGAL CONSULTING PLLC. Articles of Organization filed with the Secretary of State of New York (SSNY) on 07/02/2019. Office location: Westchester County. SSNY has been designated as agent of the LLC upon whom process against it may be served.

SSNY shall mail process to The LLC, 68 E. Hartsdale Avenue, Ste S1, Hartsdale, NY 10530. Purpose: Any lawful activity. #62387 Mobius Veterinary Services PLLC. Art. of Org. filed with SSNY on 9/5/19. Office location: Westchester County. SSNY designated as agent of the PLLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail a copy of any process to The PLLC, 80 Van Wart Ave., Tarrytown, NY 10591.

Purpose: To practice the profession of Veterinary Medicine #62388 BRC Global Security Group LLC, Art. of Org. filed with the SSNY on 10/04/2019.

Office: Westchester County. SSNY designated as agent of the LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail copy of process to the LLC, 2 The Court, New Rochelle, NY 10801.

Purpose: Any lawful purpose. #62389 Don Vonne LLC filed with SSNY on 12/27/18. Off. Loc: Westchester Cty. SSNY desig. as agent of the LLC upon whom process against it may be served.

SSNY shall mail process to the LLC, 26 First Ave #8053 Pelham, NY 10803.

Purpose: any lawful purpose. #62390 Notice of Formation of LRM MEDIA STRATEGIES, LLC. Art. Of Org. filed with SSNY on 10/7/19.

Offc. Loc: Westchester Cty. SSNY desig. as agent of the LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to the LLC, 7 Crawford Dr. Tuckahoe, NY 10707. Purpose: any lawful purpose. #62391

Notice of Formation of Maverick Multimedia, LLC Application for Authority filed with N.Y.S. Department of State on 10/28/19. Westchester County. CT Corporation System designated as agent of the LLC upon whom process against it may be served. N.Y.S. Department of State shall mail process to the LLC, 28 Liberty St, New York, NY, 10005. Purpose: any lawful purpose. #62392 North of Mad LLC. Art. of Org. filed with SSNY 7/9/19. Office Location: Westchester Cty. SSNY designated as agent for process & shall mail to: 3 Fermi Ct., Cortlandt Manor NY 10567 Purpose: all lawful. #62393 AlignerInsider LLC. Art. of Org. filed with SSNY 10/15/19. Office Location: Westchester Cty. SSNY designated as agent for process & shall mail to: 1983 Crompond Rd, Cortlandt Manor NY 10567 Purpose: all lawful. #62394 HLW Ventures, LLC. Art. of Org. filed with SSNY 9/18/19. Office Location: Westchester Cty. SSNY designated as agent for process & shall mail to: 98 Dunston Ave, Yonkers, NY 10701 Purpose: all lawful. #62395 FOAT Consultants, LLC, Arts of Organization filed with Sec. of State of NY (SSNY) 8/02/2019. Cty: Westchester. SSNY desig. as agent upon whom process against may be served & shall mail process to 15 Lake Street, #4D, White Plains, NY 10603. Purpose: all lawful. #62397 Notice of Formation of Montauk Recruitment Group, LLC Art. Of Org. filed with SSNY on 9/12/19.

Offc. Loc: Westchester Cty. SSNY desig. as agent of the LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to the LLC, 9A Lewis Road, Pound Ridge, NY 10576. Purpose: any lawful business purpose #62398

Notice of Formation of Bedford Baby Co. LLC Art. Of Org. filed with SSNY on 9/6/19. Offc. Loc: Westchester Cty. SSNY desig. as agent of the LLC upon whom process against it may be served.

SSNY shall mail process to the LLC, 9A Lewis Road, Pound Ridge, NY 10576.

Purpose: any lawful business purpose. #62399 Notice of Formation of KAY DEE SQUARE, LLC. Arts. of Org. filed with SSNY on 10/18/19. Office location: Westchester County. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process may be served. SSNY shall mail process to MSJ Financial Svcs., 1 Prospect Ave., White Plains, New York 10607. Purpose: any lawful act or activity. #62400 Notice of Formation of East & West Integrative Therapy, LLC. Art. of Org. Filed with SSNY on 9/3/19.

Offc. Loc: Westchester Cty. SSNY desig. as agent of the LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to the LLC , 9 Valentine Road, Briarcliff Manor, NY 10510. Purpose: any lawful purpose. #62401 Notice of formation of Frithco LLC. Articles of Org. filed with SSNY on 4/02/18. Office loc Westchester Cty. SSNY desig. as agent of the LLC upon whom process aganst it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to the LLC, 310 Nob Hill Dr., Elmsford, NY 10523. Purpose: all lawful. #62405 Notice of Formation of CVP CREATIVE SOLUTIONS LLC. Arts. of Org. filed with the Secy of State of NY (SSNY) on 10/21/19. Office location: Westchester County.

SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to: c/o Christopher James Vander Putten, 36 Westview Ave., Apt. 3A, Tuckahoe, NY 10707.

Purpose: any lawful act or activity. #62407

JLO Realty LLC, Arts of Org. filed with Sec. of State of NY (SSNY) 12/13/2007. Cty: Westchester. SSNY desig. as agent upon whom process against may be served & shall mail process to 40 Whitman St., Hastings On Hudson, NY 10706. General Purpose. #62408 THE ANNUAL RETURN OF THE BARBARA J. AND LAWRENCE J. GOLDSTEIN DOGOOD FOUNDATION, INC. for the calendar year ended December 31, 2018 is available at its principal office located at 1865 Palmer Avenue, Larchmont, NY 10538 for inspection during regular business hours by any citizen who requests it within 180 days hereof. Principal Manager of the foundation is Lawrence J. Goldstein. #62409 Notice of Formation of EYERIS CAPITAL LLC. Arts. of Org. filed with the Secy of State of NY (SSNY) on 6/17/19. Office location: Westchester County. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served.

SSNY shall mail process to: 10 Seneca St., Rye, NY 10580. Purpose: any lawful act or activity. #62410 Notice is hereby given that a license (#TBA) for WINE & BEER has been applied for by NORTH BROADWAY USA INC, AT RETAIL, IN A RESTAURANT, UNDER THE ABC LAW at 279 N BROADWAY SLEEPY HOLLOW, NY 10591 for on-premises consumption. #62411 NOTICE OF FORMATION OF LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY (LLC). NAME: NEW LIFE DONE RIGHT LLC (NLDR). Articles of Organization were filed with the Secretary of State of New York (SSNY) on 10/17/19. Office location: WestchesterCounty. 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: NLDR LLC, 1767 Central Park Ave, #363, Yonkers, New York 10710, principal business location of the LLC. Purpose: business/ personal consulting. #62412

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NOTICE OF FORMATION OF LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY (LLC). NAME: SEARCH/SAVE/BUY LLC (S/S/B) . Articles of Organization were filed with the Secretary of State of New York (SSNY) on 10/17/19. Office location: WestchesterCounty. 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: NLDR LLC, 1767 Central Park Ave, #363, Yonkers, New York 10710, principal business location of the LLC. Purpose: business/ personal consulting. #62413 Notice of Formation of Pelham 327 LLC Art. Of Org. filed with SSNY on 10/16/19. Offc. Loc: Westchester Cty. SSNY desig. as agent of the LLC upon whom process against it may be served.

SSNY shall mail process to the LLC, 3957 Provost Avenue, Bronx, NY 10466.

Purpose: any lawful purpose. #62414

645 South Columbus LLC, Arts of Org. filed with Sec. of State of NY (SSNY) 11/4/2019. Cty: Westchester. SSNY desig. as agent upon whom process against may be served & shall mail process to 89 Edison Ave., Mount Vernon, NY 10550. General Purpose. # 62396 Notice of formation of Island Breeze Grill & Cafe LLC. Articles of Organization filed with Secretary of State (SSNY) on 11/21/2016. County : Westchester. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served and shall mail process to: 40 Meriweather Trail, Congers, NY 10920.

Purpose: all lawful. # 62415

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