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Hastings OKs Building 52 demolition FIRST STAGE OF CLEANING LONG-POLLUTED WATERFRONT SITE BY ALEESIA FORNI aforni@westfairinc.com

1970s on a 3-acre block encompassed by Hamilton Avenue, Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard, Cottage Street and Barker Avenue. “It is in need of replacement, I think, and updating to be consistent with the downtown TOD district study,” said attorney William S. Null, a partner at Cuddy+Feder LLP representing the developers.

tlantic Richfield Co. has been given the go-ahead to tear down Building 52, a redbrick industrial building on Hastings-on-Hudson’s waterfront dubbed the “literal birthplace” of polychlorinated biphenyls. The approval comes four months after the village signed a consent decree that would lead to the cleanup of 28 acres of waterfront property owned by Atlantic Richfield, a subsidiary of BP plc. Mayor Peter Swiderski said the building’s future has weighed on the community for more than a decade. The vacant site, formerly the location of manufacturer Anaconda Wire and Cable Co., had been contaminated by toxins including PCBs and metals including copper, lead and zinc. Though initially Atlantic Richfield and the village planned to cap pollution beneath the structure’s surface, the company shifted its position and determined that in order to better remediate the site, the building would need to be brought down. Atlantic Richfield, which came to own the site after buying Anaconda in 1977, applied for a demolition permit earlier this year. Swiderski said the board based its decision to grant the demolition permit on several factors, including the building’s safety,

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Mixed-use makeover sought for White Plains Mall APARTMENTS, CRAFT FOOD HALL PLANNED

BY RYAN DEFFENBAUGH rdeffenbaugh@westfairinc.com

he aging White Plains Mall property on Hamilton Avenue in White Plains could soon be redeveloped as a nearly 900,000-square-foot apartment complex with retail space and a craft food hall. The project could serve as a major

piece in the city’s push to transform the downtown area near its train and bus stations. A development team led by Port Chester-based Street-Works Development and the building’s ownership, WP Mall Realty LLC, presented plans to the White Plains Common Council at a meeting Nov. 28. The team would tear down the existing mall, which was built in the

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Rockland VW dealer claims anti-European car bias

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ockland County car buyers are biased against European brands, a Nyack Volkswagen dealership contends, so VW should not be allowed to use statewide sales statistics to measure the dealership’s sales performance. A U.S. District Court judge in White Plains rejected that argument a year ago, but on Oct. 28 a federal appeals court overturned the ruling and gave the dealer another chance to make its case. Palisades Volkswagen in Nyack and Hudson Valley Volkswagen in Wappingers Falls in Dutchess County sued Volkswagen Group of America in 2013 under New York’s Franchised Motor Vehicle Dealer Act. The jointly owned dealers made two claims: VW used an unreasonable benchmark to measure Palisades’ sales performance and imposed unreasonable conditions when the franchises changed their ownership structure. The first claim is based on a formula that VW uses to calculate how many cars a dealer should sell in its market. For example, if 10,000 new cars are registered in a dealer’s territory and VW has a 5 percent market share in the greater region, then the dealer must sell 500 new VWs to comply with its franchise agreement. But Rockland County has unique consumer characteristics, Palisades claims. The original complaint said Rockland car buyers are biased against German cars, compared to Westchester and nine other downstate counties. In 2014, Palisades filed an amended complaint that describes the bias as being against all European brands. VW had a 3.2 percent market share in Westchester, for instance, but only 2.2 percent in Rockland, for a 31 percent difference. Rockland’s alleged European brand bias resulted in lower market shares ranging from 29 percent to 67 percent for Audi, BMW, Mercedes-Benz, Mini and Porsche when compared with Westchester sales. One way VW uses the benchmark is to give high-performing dealers rebates of up to 2 percent, according to the original complaint. Palisades sold $13.7 million in new cars in 2012 but was denied a 2 percent sales bonus worth $274,641.

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In 2010, VW opened a new dealership, Lash Volkswagen in Elmsford, eight miles from Palisades. The new dealership cut into Palisades sales in Westchester and lowered its sales performance score. When Lash earned the rebates, according to the lawsuit, the new dealer got a pricing advantage that hurt Palisades’ sales. The amended complaint dropped Lash as a defendant and makes no mention of the bonus program. It claims that Palisades has lost sales and profits, and the value of the franchise has diminished, from VW’s use of an unreasonable benchmark. VW answered that the sales targets had been used for many years and it wasn’t until more than two years after Palisades performed below its benchmark that the dealer sued. The second part of the lawsuit concerns the owners’ ability to transfer shares internally. Thomas J. Coughlin, of Greenwich, owned 70 percent of Hudson Valley Volkswagen and Palisades Volkswagen. Owning 10 percent shares each were his son, Sean of Fishkill, Richard Stavridis of Ossining and John Matteson of Stamford. In 2001, the owners created The Premier Collection LLC and transferred their interests in the two dealerships. Premier also owns Audi, BMW, Jaguar, Land Rover, Mazda and Volvo franchises. Thomas Coughlin transferred some of his interests to his son, Sean, daughter, Patricia, and his grandchildren. He still controlled 61.5 percent of Premier. Premier notified VW of the new ownership structure. VW approved the struc-

ture, according to the lawsuit, but imposed new conditions, such as covenants not to sue. None of the other brands that Premier represents imposes similar conditions. VW answered that Palisades and Hudson Valley did not notify VW of ownership transfers or seek written consent, as required by their dealer agreements, until more than a decade after the transfers began. U.S. District Court Judge Nelson Roman said in a 2014 opinion that he was not convinced that sales data established an antiGerman brand bias in Rockland. He rejected the dealers’ argument that Volkswagen had imposed unreasonable conditions when the ownership changed. And he allowed the dealers to file an amended complaint. Last year the federal district judge made a final ruling in favor of Volkswagen Group of America. Palisades and Hudson Valley appealed to the U.S. Second Circuit in Manhattan. While the appeal was pending, the New York Court of Appeals issued a ruling in a similar case. Beck Chevrolet Co. of Yonkers had sued General Motors over the use of statewide market share statistics to establish dealer sales targets. Below-average sales performance could result in termination of a dealership. Beck claimed that the performance standards were unreasonable because they failed to account for local customer preferences or brand popularity in the downstate region. Chevrolet sells a lot of pickup trucks, for example, but pickup trucks are not popular in Yonkers. The state appeals court ruled in May that sales performance standards that rely on statewide data but do not take into account local brand popularity violate the Dealer Act. “The data must take into account the market-based challenges that affect dealer success,” the court ruled. The court also noted that the Dealer Act was enacted to counterbalance unequal bargaining positions in the auto industry. The federal appeals court cited the Beck opinion in vacating the lower court ruling against Palisades and Hudson Valley. The case was sent back to U.S. District Court in White Plains to consider the impact of the Beck decision and to proceed in whatever manner it deems best. Roman ordered Palisades and Hudson Valley to file an amended complaint and scheduled a status conference on Dec. 15.

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New owner plans luxury apartments at White Plains AT&T building BY RYAN DEFFENBAUGH rdeffenbaugh@westfairinc.com

he new owners of the former AT&T building in downtown White Plains, plan to seek city approval of a possible conversion of the 350,000-square-foot office tower at 440 Hamilton Ave. to residential uses. Aaron Wexler, managing principal on Long Island of American Equity Partners I LLC and American Equity Partners II LLC, which closed on the building sale in November, said the new ownership is in the process of filing an application to the city of White Plains to convert the decades-old office building to a luxury residential building with a new facade, terraces and other structural changes. Wexler contacted the Business Journal following the publication of an article on Nov. 28 that reported the building’s new owner was planning renovations and seeking new office tenants for its first Westchester property. Ayall Schanzer, president and CEO of Greiner-Maltz Realty Advisors in Rye Brook, told the Business Journal that his company was seeking office tenants as exclusive leasing agent for the 12-story building and the

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building’s owners had decided to have office space there after initially considering a residential conversion. Wexler, however, said that Greiner-Maltz is exploring possible office tenants only for two floors of the building. “They asked us for the opportunity to lease two floors,” he said in an email. “We agreed to test the office market on a very limited basis.” Plans to convert the property to a luxury residential building have not changed, Wexler stressed. “There was a possibility of leaving part of the building commercial

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and having a mixed-use building,” he said. The 440 Hamilton Ave. building was sold by AT&T for $20.5 million to Wexler’s companies in a deal that closed Nov. 10, according to county property records. Built in the 1960s, the building served as a regional control center for AT&T, according to a company history on its website. Wexler said the new owner has retained architect Philip Fruchter, managing principal of Papp Architects PC in White Plains, to lead the residential conversion. Fruchter said the standing building is

“functionally and stylistically obsolete.” The development team has proposed a plan to remove the building’s aged facade and replace it with a transparent glass one. The residential building as planned would have about 245 rental apartments, with 25 affordable units. Seven units would be what Fruchter described as “maisonettes,” duplex units with access to the street down front stoops, similar to a Brooklyn brownstone. The proposed conversion project would add a 13th-floor penthouse level, including five luxury units with terraces. A small area of ground-floor retail space would be slated for a neighborhood market and coffee shop with access from North Broadway, Fruchter said. On the corner of Hamilton Avenue and North Broadway in the White Plains Central Business District, the building is at about 25 percent occupancy, according to GreinerMaltz. Entergy Corp., the owner and operators of Indian Point Energy Center in Buchanan, is its lone tenant. Entergy uses the top two floors of the building as corporate offices and a disaster recovery site. The owners of 440 Hamilton Ave. have not yet filed plans with the city for the conversion, but Wexler said the company has started the process.

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RXR breaks ground on 28-story New Rochelle tower BY BILL HELTZEL bheltzel@westfairinc.com

elebrants at the ceremonial groundbreaking of a $120 million, 28-story mixed-use building in downtown New Rochelle on Nov. 30 left unspoken a big reason for their joy: Speed equals money. Public officials and principals of RXR Realty, the developer of 587 Main St., boasted about how quickly the project got going. The groundbreaking took place 10 months after the project was announced. Contrast that timetable with RXR’s Garvies Point mixed-use project in Glen Cove, Nassau County. Groundbreaking is scheduled for Dec. 5, 13 years after the project was first pitched. RXR promised to break ground in November, said New Rochelle Mayor Noam Bramson, “and here we are today. They delivered.” City Manager Charles Strome III said starting the project in less than a year is a monumental achievement. “You think it’s easy to get seven city councilmen to unanimously agree?” he asked. “It’s not. With a lot of councils this wouldn’t have happened.” Scott Rechler, RXR’s chairman and CEO, said the city’s urgency gave the firm the confidence to act quickly. Speed counts. Speed lowers the costs of planning and prepping a project. It quickens the schedule for collecting rents and making a return on investment. Construction workers are put on the job sooner and permanent jobs are filled. New stores can open. Replacing a blighted, abandoned property with a modern residential-retail tower enhances property values and expands the tax base. Other developers see what’s going on and propose their own projects. “It creates a self-reinforcing cycle,” Rechler said. The 587 Main St. project is also the proof of New Rochelle’s strategy for positioning the city as an ideal suburb of New York City. As the economy began to improve a few years ago, the city council began looking for ways to reverse falling revenue. The council wanted to attract housing, shops, restaurants, offices and hotels to a downtown that had been in decline for decades. They recognized that the city has a key asset, the New Rochelle Transportation Center, enabling residents to get to Grand Central Terminal quickly on Metro-North trains. Two years ago, New Rochelle hired RDRXR at New Rochelle LLC – a joint venture of RXR Realty and Renaissance Downtowns — as the master developer.

The partners developed ideas and strategies for achieving the city’s goals and completed a comprehensive state environmental quality review for the entire downtown development area. Now any developer can skip that expensive, time-consuming step and take a proposal directly to the city, cutting the approval process by a year or more. The 587 Main St. project is on the site of the old Loew’s Theatre, a massive structure that extends back to Huguenot Street, and a narrow row of storefronts on both sides of the theater entrance. The property owners, Brause Realty and ABS Partners Real Estate, are partnering with RXR. Loew’s was built in 1926. It was designed by Herbert J. Krapp, one of the leading theater architects during the era of movie palaces. It was built in an elaborate SpanishMediterranean style, with a clay tile roof, baroque parapet and gorgeous mosaics. The movie theater closed in 1980, the victim of changing entertainment economics and a gradual decline of the downtown. It was turned into a nightclub called the Palladium. The walls were painted black, and unique architectural elements were stripped out. The club became the site of drug activity and unruly conduct. It closed in 2003. The old movie theater is a crucial part of the city’s plan to transform Main Street into a cultural district, with art galleries and performance studios. New Rochelle allows developers to build up to 20 percent higher if they preserve a historic site, create a cultural space or provide other community benefits. RXR is building four extra floors. It has pledged to preserve the theater’s façade, featuring terracotta architectural embellishments, and to create a new marquee similar to the original. The developer is also building a 10,000-square-foot black box theater, a versatile space that can be used for a variety of events. The building will have 280 rental units, including 28 that will be rented at below market rates, 17,000 square feet of commercial space and 234 parking spaces. RXR spokesman Seth Pinsky could not say how much rents would cost, but said the apartments will be affordable by regional standards. The building will have a full array of amenities and services. “It will be a first-class building at affordable rents,” Pinsky said. Leasing is expected to begin in late 2018. The architect is PS&S of Warren, N.J. The general contractor is Hudson Meridian Construction Group of Manhattan. Rechler said RXR is already looking at other sites for development downtown.

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“Make America Great Again” BY BRIAN CRISCIO, CPA CITRIN COOPERMAN

The citizens of the United States went to the polls on November 8th to cast their ballot for our next Commander-in-Chief and were faced with a very difficult decision. Both candidates were polarizing, and many voters were asking themselves who BRIAN CRISCIO is the lesser of two evils? Now that we know who will be running our great country for the next four years, let’s take a look at what President-elect Trump proposes regarding the economy and taxes: BUILD THE WALL - Trump proposes to remove millions of undocumented immigrants living in the U.S. and to construct a wall across the entire U.S./Mexican border on Mexico’s dime. In addition, Trump wants to re-negotiate trade agreements, specifically with Mexico and China. Trump claims he will add 25 million jobs to the market over the next 10 years by negotiating fair trade deals that will lead to more jobs on U.S. soil, narrow our trade deficit, increase domestic production, and by enacting a massive tax reduction and simplification. Moody’s Analytics issued an analysis of the macroeconomic consequences of Trump’s economic policies. The analysis presented three scenarios: 1 – Trump’s proposals at face value, 2 – Trump’s policies fully adopted but on a smaller scale, and 3 – Trump negotiates with Congress resulting in his policies being scaled back and adjusted. Under each scenario, Moody’s predicts our country will be in a worse position at the end of Trump’s term than we are now in terms of employment, GDP, and the deficit. Why? Undocumented immigrants currently account for over 5% of the labor force, so the labor force will tighten and labor costs will rise as employers attempt to fill positions currently occupied by undocumented immigrants, since many of these jobs are in landscaping, construction, and agriculture, jobs that many native-born Americans may not be willing to do. Trump’s proposal to increase tariffs on Mexico and China would most likely be met with in-kind tariff increases that would have a significant negative impact on U.S. exports. Mexico and China account for approximately one-fourth of total U.S. goods exports. REDUCE TAXES TO INCREASE SPENDING From a tax policy standpoint, Trump wants to implement massive tax reductions. While that sounds great, there needs to be an offset for the reduction in tax revenues to avoid adding to the national debt. Some of the tax reductions Trump proposed are: • Reduction of the corporate income tax rate from the highest current rate of 35% down to 15%; • Reduction of the individual income tax rate from highest rate of 39.6% to 33%; • Repeal of the Estate & Gift Tax; • Repeal of the Alternative Minimum Tax; and • Repeal of the Net Investment Income Tax through repeal of the Affordable Care Act (Obamacare). The Moody’s analysis estimates the cost of Trump’s tax proposals to be $9.5 trillion over the next decade. Trump has been unclear as to how the tax cuts will be paid for, other than saying he will eliminate waste in government. Another practical way to offset tax reductions

is by broadening the tax base (in other words, increase taxable income). The Tax Foundation issued a fiscal fact analysis on options for broadening the U.S. tax base last November. They say broadening the tax base would simplify the tax code, remove unfair preferences, and create economic growth. They mention three options for broadening the tax base: end the exclusion of employer-sponsored health insurance, remove the cap on Social Security payroll tax, and cap itemized deductions. They claim together all three options would raise enough revenue on a static basis to lower the corporate tax rate to 20%, the ordinary income rate to 29.5%, and the top capital gains rate and dividends to 13%. The Moody’s analysis claims of the three scenarios mentioned above, the most likely scenario would be the third one and that it would cost a little more than $1 trillion dollars over the next decade. Further tax changes Trump has proposed include taxing carried interest at ordinary income rates, which would offset some of the costs of these tax rate reductions. The Congressional Budget Office estimates taxing the carried-interest at ordinary rates (presumably 39.6%) would net $18 billion over 10 years. Another potential area of savings would be the Earned Income Credit. The Treasury Inspector General for Tax Administration estimates $15.6 billion of Earned Income Credits was erroneously paid out in fiscal year 2015 and has historically resulted in $13 - $15 billion in erroneous payments annually. THE AFFORDABLE CARE ACT - Trump was very vocal about repealing the Affordable Care Act. The Congressional Budget Office estimates the Affordable Care Act will cost the federal government $1.34 trillion over the next decade. Trump’s proposal for healthcare will be based on “free market principles.” Here is what we know so far about Trump’s plan for healthcare: • Repeal of the Affordable Care Act (including the 3.8% Net Investment Income Tax) • Keep Pre-Existing Conditions • Continue to allow children to be covered under their parent’s health insurance plans until they turn 26 years old • Reduce barriers to interstate sale of health insurance • Institute a full tax deduction for insurance premium payment for individuals • Make Health Savings Accounts inheritable • Require price transparency • Block-grant Medicaid to the states • Allow for more overseas drug providers What impact this will have on uninsured individuals remains to be seen. Every incoming President is faced with profound issues to deal with. President-elect Trump’s acceptance speech was encouraging. He took a much softer approach uncharacteristic of the persona he has come to be known by. We can only hope as a nation he will surround himself with the best people and be true to what he said by working with both sides to “Make America Great Again”. ABOUT THE AUTHOR Brian Criscio, CPA, is a manager based in Citrin Cooperman’s Connecticut office. He can be reached at bcriscio@citrincooperman.com or by phone at (203) 847-4068. Citrin Cooperman is a full-service accounting and consulting firm with 10 locations throughout the Mid-Atlantic region. Visit us at www.citrincooperman.com.

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White Plains Mall — » From page 1

Null was referring to the city’s ongoing study of uses for its transit district neighborhood near the White Plains TransCenter and Metro-North train station. The city is expected to unveil a plan to help drive transit-oriented development in the corridor at a Dec. 12 meeting. “We’re very close to the Metro-North train station,” Null said. “We consider this to be a key site for activation of the transitoriented development district.” The developer’s plan for the 895,200-square-foot project calls for 600 apartments units in more than 500,000 square feet of residential space, with 95,000 square feet dedicated to retail and a 720space garage. Ten percent of rental units would be reserved as affordable housing for Westchester residents meeting income eligibility requirements. Jess Greene, senior design manager at Street-Works Development, said the development could possibly have six different addresses for multiple residential buildings, each with its own architectural style. “That would break up the overall massing and you could create a look and feel for each one of these residential areas,” he told city officials. Greene said the retail space would be food-oriented. The food hall, similar in design to the Eataly Italian food market in Manhattan, would offer a variety of craft food options, likely from smaller purveyors. “These are not recent phenomena, they’ve been around for more than a thousand years in Europe, but they are emerging very quickly in the tri-state area,” Greene said. “In almost all transit-oriented

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the future use of the property and its financial liability. “To leave these poisons under and immediately adjacent to this building is to punt this problem down the road to a future generation, and possibly not even that far at that,” Swiderski said. Swiderski added that the building poses a “significant — even likely — possibility of becoming a white elephant for the entire site.” “It would require tens of millions of dollars to remediate and renovate with no likely use ever justifying that expense,” he said. Other considerations included the possibility of effects from another superstorm

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districts you’re finding this concept. It’s not a food court... the greatest difference being scale. Each kiosk tends not to be a full-service restaurant, but something more bespoke or specific.” The project would have two open green spaces, an upper level exclusive to residents and a lower level near the food hall open to the public. The developer would still own the land but it would be operated as privately owned public space. Greene said the development team is working with one of the designers of Bryant Park in Manhattan. “We would like to turn this into a large attraction, not just for people who live here but the whole community,” he said, later adding that the area could draw visitors from the region. The project joins a long queue of luxury and market-rate apartments either being considered for approval or set to be built in the city. Among them, a recently approved $275 million mixed-use redevelopment of the Westchester Pavilion on South Broadway by Lennar Multifamily Communities will include 707 rental units, and LCOR Inc.’s approximately $250 million development under construction at 55 Bank St. near the downtown train station will add 561 rental units in twin towers in a two-phase project that began last year. The city is also reviewing a proposed project by George Comfort & Sons Inc., owners of the former Good Counsel campus on North Broadway, to develop 400 rental housing units in two 10-story buildings, 66 units of graduate student housing for the neighboring Elisabeth Haub School of Law at Pace University and a 125-bed assisted living facility. With the boom in residential development, White Plains Common Council Member Milagros Lecuona asked the White

Plains Mall developers if they were confident in what the market will look like once the project is finished. “The market shows that there is plenty of opportunity for more rental housing,” Null said. “And that rental housing in the downtown creates the street life that supports the retail and the restaurants and make it attractive for people to move here.” Mayor Thomas Roach said there is “no issue here that rents are too low, it’s a highcost environment. And if we add to the supply, I’m praying that at some point that starts to mean the rents stabilize or they come down and become more affordable.” Null said the project, if approved, likely wouldn’t break ground for three years, followed by two years of construction. White Plains Mall is currently home to a state Department of Motor Vehicle office, Hecht Hardware, McDonald’s, Bob

Hyland’s Sports Page Pub, the Noda Hibachi & Sushi restaurant, Kam Sen Asian Market, Franklin Clock Shop, Westchester Trains & Hobbies and Chillemi Shoe Repair, which has been open at the mall for decades. The Common Council asked about the fate of those tenants. “Clearly one of the things that happens when buildings come down is that tenants need to be relocated,” Null said. “So I think there’s a fair amount of open, leasable space and that may actually be something that is beneficial, but I’m not telling you that’s the case. I think the DMV will find a location.” The development team submitted a request to the city in November for a zoning change needed for the mixed-use development. The zoning request is expected to be discussed at the common council’s December meeting.

like Hurricane Sandy, traffic patterns constrained by the structure and the building’s location on the property that could later be used to house a transit-oriented development. The building will be taken down in stages, Swiderski said, and demolition work is expected to begin in the late first quarter of 2017. With the demolition permit granted, focus will now shift to the remaining structure on the property: the water tower. The water tower is above a “substantial pocket of pollution,” according to Swiderski, and had always been slated for removal. Atlantic Richfield has pledged up to $1.35 million in matching funds to help either restore or create a new water tower on the property. A preliminary report from an engineering firm hired by the village found that the

structure is in “surprisingly good shape given its roughly 90 years.” After determining the costs involved, the village plans to distribute a questionnaire to residents, asking whether the community would like to save the water tower, replace it or tear it down altogether. The village also plans next year to begin the process of rezoning the waterfront parcel from marine industrial use. Swiderski said the property is unlikely to attract development until it is rezoned. “This is likely to be a multi-year process,” Swiderski said of the rezoning. Signed in July, the consent decree is an update to a 2003 version that settled a lawsuit between Atlantic Richfield, the village and environmental group Riverkeeper and forced Atlantic Richfield to clean the site. Since that time, factors including potential

storm risks, rising sea levels and a new set of directives issued by the state Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC) resulted in the need for changes to the agreement. Atlantic Richfield signed an order in 2014 with the DEC, pledging to fund the more than $250 million estimated cost of removing the contaminated soil and sediment from the designated state superfund site. Ideally, Swiderski said, he hopes to see a concrete ramp or boat launch along with lighter structures such as small cafes, food vendors or kayak storage facilities on the property. The village plans to work with Atlantic Richfield and consultants funded by a DEC grant to finalize the design of the shoreline over the course of the next year. Atlantic Richfield expects the process to take about five years to complete.

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SARAH LAWRENCE COLLEGE PRESIDENT TO STEP DOWN THE PRESIDENT OF THE SARAH Lawrence College will step down next year, according to an announcement from the school. Karen R. Lawrence, who became president of the small, Yonkers private liberal arts college in 2007, will retire in July 2017. Sarah Lawrence College said in a statement it has started a search for its next president and will announce a successor in the winter. The tenth president of the college, Lawrence has no relation to the founding family of the school. Sarah Lawrence College has credited her with leading the university through recession, concerns over the growing costs of higher education, changing student demographics and questions of the place for a liberal arts education in a world growing more dependent on science, technology, engineering and mathematics, or STEM. “Karen Lawrence’s greatest legacy will be her leadership and fundraising suc-

cess, which allowed the college to maintain the affordability of the distinctive Sarah Lawrence education, the hallmarks of which are small classes and on oneon-one interaction between students and faculty, during a period of national economic turmoil,” said John Hill, who chaired the school’s board of trustees from 2008 to May 2016. During Lawrence’s tenure, the college raised more than $120 million toward a goal of $200 million, including a $15 million gift from alumna Barbara Walters to help fund a new campus center. Sarah Lawrence also grew its enrollment, added new curricular offerings in arts and technology and environmental studies. The school also expanded its community outreach, including the establishment of the Sarah Lawrence Center for the Urban River at Beczak, which provides education programs for K-12 students involving Hudson River estuary and urban watershed issues. The college’s sports programs joined Division III of the NCAA.

Lawrence served as dean of the School of Humanities at the University of California, Irvine, before arriving at Sarah Lawrence College, according to a biography on Sarah Lawrence’s website. Before that, she was a member and chair of the Department of English at the University of Utah. Lawrence attended Smith College for two years and received her bachelor’s degree in English from Yale University. She was among the first women to graduate from Yale when it became coeducational. She earned a master’s degree in English from Tufts University and her doctorate in English from Columbia University. At its residential campus in Yonkers, near the Bronxville border, Sarah Lawrence College has about 1,500 total students. —Ryan Deffenbaugh

FORMER ESPN CHIEF BODENHEIMER JOINS IONA FACULTY GEORGE BODENHEIMER, FORMER PRESIDENT AND executive chairman of ESPN Inc., will be a faculty member at Iona’s Hagan School

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of Business next fall, joining former HBO Sports President Ross Greenburg, executive-in-residence at the business school on the New Rochelle campus. ESPN’s lonGeorge Bodenheimer gest-tenured president, Bodenheimer oversaw all multimedia sports assets of the Walt Disney Co. and was co-chairman of Disney Media Networks from 2004 through 2011. In 2012, he became executive chairman of ESPN Inc., providing strategic direction for ESPN’s global business. He left the company in May 2014. At Iona, Bodenheimer will teach in the business school’s sports, entertainment and media division. His appointment was announced at Iona’s fourth SEMI-Annual Honors Reception on Nov. 15 at the Paley Center for Media in midtown Manhattan. Iona officials said the sports media executive will co-teach a leadership and management course with Glenn Horine, director and adjunct professor for the sports, entertainment and media business program. His book, “Every Town Is a Sports Town,” which chronicles the rise of ESPN under his leadership, will be the primary source for the course. Titled “Leadership and Management in Sports, Entertainment, & Media,” the course also will involve other high-level industry executives and will be offered to business graduate students and junior- and senior-year undergraduates. “With the addition of George and Emmy Award producer Ross Greenburg,” Horine said, “our students have the unique opportunity to learn from executives who have blazed the trails in sports media. George’s story of excellence in management and leadership at ESPN will resonate loudly with today’s millennials as they explore career opportunities in the sports, entertainment and media industry.” Bodenheimer also received a Lifetime Achievement Award from Iona at its annual Sports, Entertainment and Media Industry dinner. Iona officials also announced plans by the college and the V Foundation for Cancer Research to develop joint fundraising initiatives to raise awareness and donations for critical cancer research and to honor the memory of former Iona basketball coach and athletics director Jim Valvano, who formed the foundation with ESPN shortly before his death from cancer in 1993. Bodenheimer serves as chairman of the V Foundation’s capital campaign, Not a Moment to Lose, and will donate proceeds from the sale of his book to the V Foundation. —John Golden

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FEDERAL COURT IN TEXAS BLOCKS OBAMA-LED PLAN TO EXTEND OVERTIME A FEDERAL OVERTIME REGULATION THAT WOULD have made an estimated 4 million more American workers eligible for overtime pay was blocked in federal court Nov. 22, a blow to a labor effort pushed by President Barack Obama. The rule, set to take effect Dec. 1, would have required that most salaried workers earning up to $47,476 a year receive timeand-a-half pay when they work more than 40 hours a week, more than double the current threshold of $23,660 above which employees can be exempt from the overtime pay rate. A ruling by the U.S. District Court in the Eastern District of Texas granted a nationwide preliminary injunction against the rule. U.S. District Judge Amos Mazzant III sided with a coalition of 21 states, led by Nevada, that said the Department of Labor’s new rule exceeds the federal agency’s authority. When the new labor rule was announced, Obama described it as “one of the single most important steps we can take to help grow middle-class wages.” Now it is unlikely the rule will take effect before President-elect Donald Trump takes office. Trump consistently criticized regulations from Obama while on the campaign trail. In a statement, the Labor Department said the decision was “delaying a fair day’s

pay for a long day’s work for millions of hardworking Americans.” The new rule received mixed reviews in Westchester and Fairfield counties when it was first announced in May. The revised overtime rule would have affected 982,000 workers in New York and 113,000 in Connecticut, according to estimates from the Economic Policy Institute, a Washington think tank. Both The Business Council of Westchester and the Connecticut Business & Industry Association said at the time that the rule could hurt both employees and employers. “If employers keep getting these things placed on their back they will have to make some tough decisions,” John Ravitz told the Business Journal in May. Ravitz is the executive vice president and CEO of The Business Council of Westchester. The U.S. Chamber of Commerce was a vocal opponent of the overtime regulations and released a statement applauding the decision. “If the overtime rule had taken effect, it would have resulted in significant new costs — more than $1 billion according to the Congressional Budget Office — and it would have caused many disruptions in how work gets done,” the chamber said. The Labor Department said it is considering all legal options. —Ryan Deffenbaugh

KEYSTONE SEALS DEALS FOR 100,000SF IN WESTCHESTER LEASES

555 Taxter Road

KEYSTONE PROPERTY GROUP RECENTLY COMPLETED deals for more than 100,000 square feet of space in new and renewed leases by tenants at its Taxter and Talleyrand Class A office parks in Westchester, according to CBRE Group Inc. in Stamford. Keystone in September named the Stamford-based CBRE brokerage team of William V. Cuddy Jr., Michael McCall and Jacqueline Novotny to spearhead the leasing and marketing campaign for its portfolio of four properties at Taxter Corporate Park in Elmsford and Talleyrand Office Park in Tarrytown. The properties total approximately 530,000 square feet of office space. In Keystone’s Elmsford office complex, CBRE brokers said, one of the largest recent transactions was a 17,600-square-foot lease at 555 Taxter Road by the law firm of Pillinger Miller Tarallo LLP, an insur-

ance defense litigation firm. At 565 Taxter Road, Nationwide Mutual Insurance Co. inked a 13,448-square-foot lease renewal. At 570 Taxter Road, the Westchester Library System newly leased 14,316 square feet of space. CBRE said seven new deals were completed at 200 and 220 Talleyrand in Keystone’s 179,000-square-foot office complex on state Route 120 in Tarrytown. Thomas J. Sklow, vice president of development and leasing at Keystone, in an announcement, said the company’s improvements to common areas, amenities and building components as part of a multimillion-dollar capital program for its Westchester office buildings “have created best-in-class properties and have helped us attract numerous industry-leading tenants to these buildings.” “Today’s leading companies and nonprofits recognize the benefits of collaborative working environments,” said Sklow. “They are increasingly seeking out office facilities with the amenities and meeting spaces to enhance employee productivity.” Headquartered in suburban Philadelphia, Keystone in 2014 purchased the Westchester properties and a Stamford office building for approximately $91.5 million from Mack-Cali Realty Corp. as part of its acquisition of Mack-Cali’s tristate office portfolio. —John Golden

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THELIST: COMMERCIAL REAL ESTATE FIRMS

WESTCHESTER COUNTY AND REGION

COMMERCIAL REAL ESTATE FIRMS

WESTCHESTER COUNTY AND REGION

Listed alphabetically. Licensed agents and/or brokers

Towns and cities served

Services

Jonathan Gordon jgordon@admiralrealestate.com 1997

6 agents, 2 brokers

New York metropolitan area

Tenant representation, agency leasing, and investment sales

Aries Deitch & Endelson Inc.

Barry Endelson barryend@ade-re.com 1993

4 agents, 5 brokers

Westchester, Putnam and Dutchess counties, parts of Connecticut and New Jersey

Appraisal, consulting, leasing, property management and sales

Austin Corporate Properties Inc.

Carl Austin caustin@austincorpprop.com 1971

Westchester, Dutchess and Rockland counties, New Haven and Fairfield counties

Corporate relocation consulting, property representation and sales

Choyce Peterson Inc.

John Hannigan jhannigan@choycepeterson.com 1997

5 agents, 2 brokers

Fairfield and Westchester counties

Coldwell Banker Commercial NRT

Diane Cummins diane.cummins@cbmoves.com 1906

Craig Ruoff and Matthew Lisk Matthew.Lisk@cushwake.com Craig.Ruoff@cushwake.com 1917

110 S. Central Ave., Hartsdale 10530 949-2800 • ade-re.com

31 Bonwit Road, Rye Brook 10573 690-0020

800 Westchester Ave, Rye Brook 10573 422-57000 • choycepeterson.com 30 Village Green, Bedford 10506 234-3647 • cbcworldwide.com

Cushman & Wakefield

7 Renaissance Square, Fifth floor, White Plains 10601 305-9306 • cushmanwakefield.com

Diamond Properties

333 N. Bedford Road, Suite 145, Mount Kisco 10549 773-6249 • diamondproperties.com

GHP Office Realty

4 W. Red Oak Lane, Suite 200, White Plains 10604 642-9300 • ghpoffice.com

Goldschmidt & Associates

1 Chase Road, Scarsdale 10583 723-1616 • ga-re.com

Greiner-Maltz Realty Advisors

800 Westchester Ave., Suite 638, Rye Brook 10591 821-5050 • 203-786-5050 • 718-786-5050 • greiner-maltz.com

land

multifamily

62 Pondfield Road, Bronxville 10708 779-8200 • admiralrealestate.com

industrial

Admiral Real Estate Services Corp.

Properties serviced

retail

Top local executive(s) Email address Year established

office

Name Address Area code: 914, unless otherwise noted Website

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Specializing in tenant representation

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Bedford, Armonk, Chappaqua, Cross River, Goldens Bridge, Mount Kisco, North Salem, South Salem and Waccabuc

Commercial property leasing and investment sales

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Westchester and Fairfield counties

Tenant and landlord representation, acquisitions, sales, appraisals, project and property management

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Jim Diamond 1993

New York, Connecticut and Ohio

Property management, market repositioning and capital upgrades

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Andrew M. Greenspan, James J. Houlihan, James G. Houlihan and Howard L. Parnes andy@ghpoffice.com 1999

New York, New Jersey, Connecticut and nationwide

Construction management, leasing, property management and sales; firm also handles flex warehouse for properties serviced

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Eric Goldschmidt and Pam Bren Goldschmidt eric@ga-re.com 1991

Westchester, Rockland, Putnam, Dutchess and Orange counties; New York City; and Fairfield and New Haven counties

Consulting, development, leasing, property management and sales

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Scott Benson, Paul Pallett, Jeffrey Remin and Ayall Schanzer greinermaltz@greiner-maltz.com 1953

New York and New Jersey metropolitan areas

Properties serviced include medical leasing, subleasing and user and investment sales services and corporate relocation consulting

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THELIST: COMMERCIAL REAL ESTATE FIRMS

WESTCHESTER COUNTY AND REGION

COMMERCIAL REAL ESTATE FIRMS

Listed alphabetically.

Houlihan Lawrence Commercial Group

Services

land

George Constantin info@heritagerealtyservices.com 2005

Towns and cities served

industrial

Heritage Realty Services LLC

Licensed agents and/or brokers

retail

Top local executive(s) Email address Year established

office

Name Address Area code: 914, unless otherwise noted Website

Westchester County and New York City

Acquisition and finance, design and construction management, property management, advisory services and leasing

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Thomas LaPerch tlaperch@hlcommercialgroup.com 2012

Westchester, Putnam, Dutchess and Bronx counties and Fairfield County

Office and industrial leasing, retail leasing, land acquisition and ✔ development, investment opportunities, municipal approvals and affiliate services

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Houlihan-Parnes Realtors

James J. Houlihan, partner jjh@houlihanparnes.com 1891

New York, New Jersey, Connecticut and nationwide

Consulting, leasing, property management, finance and sales

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Howard Properties Ltd.

Howard E. Greenberg howard@howprop.com 1998

National and international, including Westchester and Fairfield counties

Consulting, leasing, sales

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Laurence London & Co. LLC

Laurence London laurence@londonllc.com 2013

Westchester, Dutchess and Putnam counties, lower Fairfield County, Long Island, Manhattan and the boroughs

Tenant and landlord representation

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Marcus & Millichap

John Kruger john.krueger@marcusmillichap.com 1971

New York, New Jersey, Connecticut and tristate region

Real estate investment sales and research information and advisory services

McCarthy Associates

John R. McCarthy john@mcoc.com 1990

5 agents, 3 brokers

Fairfield and Westchester counties

Consulting, office leasing and sales

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Michael Cottle, James H. Ritman jritman@ngkf.com mcottle@ngkf.com 1929

9 agents

Westchester County

Property management, leasing, sales, consulting, appraisal

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Gavin Evans, Susan Gately and Giorgios Vlamis info@normandyrealty.com 2002

Westchester and Fairfield counties

Construction, development, leasing and property management

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Richard Rakow info@rakowgroup.com 1985

10 agents, 2 brokers

Westchester, Fairfield counties and beyond

Representing tenants, landlords and investors

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John Barnes, senior vice president, managing director of suburban division 1997

Westchester and Fairfield counties

Leasing, property management, construction and architecture

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RM Friedland

Sarah Jones-Matturo info@friedlandrealty.com 1970

Metropolitan, tristate area

Owner/landlord representation, buyer/tenant representation and investor representation

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Robert Martin Co. LLC

Robert F. Weinberg dwall@rmcdev.com 1957

Westchester County

Acquiring, developing and managing investment properties

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Royal Properties Inc.

Jeff Kintzer, David Landes info@royalpropertiesinc.com 1993

2 brokers, 7 agents

New York, New Jersey and Connecticut

Consulting, leasing, property management and sales

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Silverman Realty Group Inc.

Leon Silverman info@silvermanrealty.com 1985

New York, Connecticut, New Jersey, Pennsylvania and Massachusetts

Property management and leasing services

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67 Irving Place, New York 10003 212-674-2556 • heritagerealtyservices.com

800 Westchester Ave., Rye Brook 10573 220-4411 • houlihanlawrence.com

4 W. Red Oak Lane, White Plains 10604 694-6070 • houlihanparnes.com

3 Barker Ave., White Plains 10601 997-0300 • howprop.com

333 Westchester Ave., East Terrace No. 1, White Plains 10506 922-2323 • londonllc.com

50 Main St., Suite 925, White Plains 10606 220-9730 • marcusmillichap.com

170 Hamilton Ave., White Plains 10601 948-8900 • mcoc.com

Newmark Grubb Knight Frank

800 Westchester Ave., Suite 706, Rye Brook 10573 881-1024 • ngkf.com

Normandy Real Estate Partners

The Exchange, 701 Westchester Ave., White Plains 10604 988-1100 • normandyrealty.com

Rakow Commercial Realty Group

10 New King St., Suite 212, White Plains 10604 422-0100, ext. 10 • rakowgroup.com

Reckson (A division of SL Green Realty Corp.) 360 Hamilton Ave., First floor, White Plains 10601 750-7200 • slgreen.com 440 Mamaroneck Ave., Suite 405, Harrison 10528 968-8500 • friedlandrealty.com

100 Clearbrook Road, Elmsford 10523 345-5650 • robertmartincompany.com

850 Bronx River Road, Bronxville 10708 237-3400 • royalpropertiesinc.com

237 Mamaroneck Ave., White Plains 10605 683-8000 • silvermanrealty.com

This list is a sampling of commercial real estate firms with offices located in the region. If you would like to include your firm in our next listing, please contact Danielle Renda at drenda@westfairinc.com. Note: This list is currently being reworked so as to rank the firms by size. If you have not already submitted your updated information, please do so at your earliest convenience. NA

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Building a success model If we’re thinking about the future, none of us is passionate about the industry we’re in. We’re seeing troubles and struggles with every aspect of our current business model. How do we decide where to go from here? THOUGHTS OF THE DAY: It’s not just startups that need to come up with a freshstart business plan. Work backwards, building your new plan around success factors. Make a plan to align your com-

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BY MICHAEL GUBERTI

Four ways to outperform your competition on social media

n today’s world where so much online communication happens via social media, it’s vital to understand how to use these platforms better than other businesses in your industry. So let’s get into the four ways to outperform your competition on social media. It comes down to executing the fundamentals. The first strategy is to post with regularity. My friend, if you want to differentiate yourself and prove that you’re not just an abandoned Facebook page, you must post consistently. You can have the best business, yet because you haven’t sent out a message in a week or month, people start thinking, “Did they go out of business? Why haven’t posted anything on social media?” Consumers’ heavy use of these platforms only reinforces this perception. As an example, Facebook’s search functionality is growing rapidly. They’re in active competition with Google. It’s Mark Zuckerberg vs. Larry Page and Sergey Brin (Google’s co-founders). That said, when someone searches for your business

on Facebook and they come to a page that hasn’t posted in three and a half weeks, they’re going to think either you’re struggling mightily, doing this part time or are out of business. That’s the bottom line. Ideally, you have a never-ending waterfall of compelling, engaging and value-driven posts. The second strategy to outperform your competition on social media is to get real fans. You need prospects, not just hollow accounts. Likes and followers build credibility and marketplace trust. For example, if you’re looking for a Realtor on Twitter, one account may have 100 followers while another has 1,000. Which one do you automatically trust more? Furthermore, you can monetize these communities once you have a base of potential customers. Obviously, you want people to believe in and buy from you. To accomplish this, you need to have a fan base that is large and growing. We all start from humble beginnings, but you can get periodically better as you move toward becoming the most liked, most followed person in your indus-

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try. What would it mean for your business to be able to say, “We are the most-followed Realtor on Twitter,” or “We are the mostliked dentist on Facebook?” Even if you segment it by geography, such as the mostliked chiropractor on the East Coast, that designation creates significant credibility. As you know, in business you need someone to know, like and trust you to get a sale. The third component is readily available to you. For your business’ future survival, start growing your customer base online. The third way to make sure you outperform your competition on social media is to engage with the leads you’ve worked hard to acquire. These people want to know more about you. They have expressed an interest in what you do. Reply to and thus involve them. If you avoid doing this, would-be customers begin to think your social media profile is just a vacated Facebook page with scheduled posts. Are they going to stick around? Not very long. On the other hand, if you respond to your customers within 24 to 48 hours, you bring more positive attention to your business. Responsiveness can be the difference between two pages that each have 10,000 likes, but one engag-

es its audience while the other does not. Finally, the fourth way for you to outperform your competition on social media is to measure what works. You can master what you measure. You should determine what picture, headline, blog content and messaging converts best with your audience. How can you measure that? Pay attention to your likes, comments, and shares. If someone shares your content, they trust you enough to expose your brand to their friends. Identify which piece of content received the most engagement and tailor all your other messages around that theme. That’s how you win the game. To boost your business’ online perception, having a regularly updated, growing and responsive social media profile is now just as important as owning a website. If you want to shine online and gain the trust of younger markets like millennials, you need to seriously #GetSocial. Michael Guberti is a Fordham University student and social media and business blogger at Teenager Entrepreneur, the social media marketing and entrepreneurship training business he operates with his brother, Marc Guberti. He can be reached at michael@teenagerentrepreneur.com or at 914-722-6005.

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PLANNING AHEAD

A YEAR IN REVIEW… 2016 SPOTLIGHT ORGANIZATIONS NOVEMBER PEDIATRIC CANCER FOUNDATION

AUGUST WESTCHESTER JEWISH COMMUNITY SERVICES

APRIL LIFTING UP WESTCHESTER

Based in Mamaroneck, Pediatric Cancer Foundation’s (PCF) mission is to find a cure for childhood cancer. The 501(c) (3) nonprofit raises money for research, state-of-the-art equipment and instruments and patient and parent care for world-renowned doctors at the hospitals PCF supports. These hospitals include NewYork-Presbyterian Morgan Stanley Children’s Hospital, Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, Stephen D. Hassenfeld Children’s Center for Cancer and Blood Disorders at NYU Langone Medical Center, Feinstein Institute of Medical ResearchNorthwell Health, Maria Fareri Children’s Hospital at Westchester Medical Center and Comer Children’s Hospital, The University of Chicago Medicine & Biological Sciences. Today PCF has grown to include support for children and their families afflicted with all types of cancer. Four decades of support has enabled the foundation to purchase state-ofthe-art equipment, support research projects and bring exceptional fellows to both the surgical and oncology departments. The many hours spent by our caring membership (which consists of more than 200 volunteers) enables us to raise significant funds when hospital financial problems threaten to impede further progress. For more information, please visit www.pcfweb.org.

One of the largest human services agencies in Westchester, Westchester Jewish Community Services (WJCS) provides mental health, trauma, disabilities, youth, home care and geriatric services to people of all ages and diverse backgrounds who are confronting significant challenges. But the agency’s contributions to the Westchester community go beyond those broad areas of care. One key facet of support is in early childhood and youth development, with several educational initiatives that help children and adolescents succeed in school, at home, in the community and eventually the workforce. During the summer, several WJCS programs focus on keeping kids, especially those in under-served areas, ready for school or on track with high-achieving peers and avoiding the “summer slide.” WJCS has been meeting this challenge with research-proven methods for decades now. For more information, please visit www.wjcs.com.

One of the county’s largest social services agencies, Lifting Up Westchester, has been restoring hope to Westchester’s men, women and children in need for almost four decades. The agency provides homeless and poverty services and assists 4,500 individuals every year, lifting them to greater self-sufficiency one person at a time. No one is ever turned away. Its eight programs span a broad range of services, from homeless services to services for seniors. Among the agency’s most notable accomplishments this past year was the opening of the renovated and expanded Open Arms Men’s Shelter, an undertaking paving the way for major changes in the way Westchester County provides homeless services. The agency also formed a partnership with the city of White Plains to provide home health aide training at the new White Plains Education and Training Center. For more information, please visit www.liftingupwestchester.org.

OCTOBER ASSOCIATION OF DEVELOPMENT OFFICERS The Association of Development Officers (ADO) is a nonprofit organization dedicated to the advancement of fundraising and philanthropy in the lower Hudson Valley. ADO achieves this through raising public awareness and interest in philanthropy and charitable giving, promoting high ethical fundraising standards and providing educational opportunities for those involved or interested in the field of fundraising. Founded in 1980, ADO is the oldest and largest organization serving fundraising executives in the region. It is an educational institution that encourages members and guests to enhance their knowledge about development and related fields (e.g. board development, strategic planning, annual giving, major gifts, planned giving, event coordination, grant writing, capital campaigns, volunteer management). ADO members are primarily development officers, executive directors, grant writers, board members and others involved with or interested in fundraising and/or philanthropy. To find out more about ADO, visit www. ADOonline.org.

SEPTEMBER HOSPICE OF WESTCHESTER For 24 years Hospice of Westchester (HOW) has provided exceptional hospice programs and services to residents of Westchester County. The private, not-for-profit health care organization’s mission is to strive to provide extraordinary and dignified comfort, care and compassion to individuals and families facing a serious or life-limiting illness. HOW provides hospice care to more than 104 patients daily and extended services to 588 patients and families throughout Westchester County in 2015. HOW continues to build on its legacy of being an integral member of the Westchester County health care community. In 2016, the organization once again met all 20 standards of charitable accountability established by the Better Business Bureau and received designation as an accredited nonprofit. For more information on HOW and its programs and services, please visit www.hospiceofwestchester.com.

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JULY FURNITURE SHAREHOUSE Westchester’s furniture bank, Furniture Sharehouse, provides free furniture to families in need, including those moving out of homelessness, escaping domestic violence, reuniting after foster care, struggling with poverty and recovering from personal and natural disasters. Since opening in 2007, Furniture Sharehouse has helped more than 10,100 people, more than half of them children, by providing free furniture to fill their empty apartments and begin to rebuild their lives. Furniture Sharehouse accepts good condition, moderately sized, basic home furniture and pick-up is available for qualified items with a requested donation to help defray trucking costs. In 10 years, it has collected and redistributed more than 54,000 items to Westchester families in need, saving hundreds of tons of usable furniture from the waste stream in the process. For complete donation guidelines and more information on pick-up and drop-off options, go to www.furnituresharehouse.org.

JUNE GRANT PROFESSIONALS OF LOWER HUDSON Behind the scenes in the lower Hudson Valley, there is a group of professionals that raises millions of dollars each year for nonprofit organizations. The Grant Professionals of Lower Hudson is a nonprofit association of grant writers in the region that serves the public good and adheres to national standards of professional grant-writing excellence and ethics. The association exists to increase members’ knowledge of industry news and best practices, resources and educational opportunities; help nonprofit organizations seeking grant writers find qualified grant professionals; improve the likelihood of grants being funded; promote the businesses of grant-writing consultants; and encourage the highest ethical standards of grantsmanship. For more information, please visit: www.GPLH.org.

MAY ARTSWESTCHESTER For more than 50 years, ArtsWestchester has been the community’s connection to the arts. As the largest, private, not-for-profit arts council in New York state, ArtsWestchester is one of the most important funders in Westchester County for cultural institutions, as well as for emerging arts organizations, community-based arts groups and individual artists. It is the county’s designated arts agency, responsible for the distribution of funds allocated for arts and culture. Supporting more than 1,300 artists, 300 cultural institutions and partnering with Westchester school districts to bring the arts into classrooms, ArtsWestchester works to ensure the cultural infrastructure of the entire county. In 1998, ArtsWestchester acquired and renovated a historic nine-story building in the heart of downtown White Plains. That building not only serves as ArtsWestchester’s headquarters, but also as a cultural resource for the entire county with artist studios, arts classes, a performance space and a free gallery where artists can showcase their work for residents and visitors to enjoy. For more information, please visit www.artsw.org.

MARCH GIRL SCOUTS HEART OF THE HUDSON We’re the Girl Scouts Heart of the Hudson. We’re 30,000 girls and 13,000 adult members strong. And we’re part of a nationwide sisterhood with more than 2.8 million members and 59 million alumnae. We have girls reaching their fullest potential throughout Dutchess, Orange, Putnam, Rockland, Sullivan, Ulster and Westchester counties. Here, they’re a part of a community of girls and women looking to experience new challenges, make friends, serve the community and discover skills and interests. Right here in the Hudson Valley, girls are given the chance to build robots, advocate for causes, become financial planners, navigate friendships, survive in the outdoors and conquer ropes courses. Today, as yesterday, we continue the Girl Scout mission of building girls of courage, confidence and character who make the world a better place. We know that if you “Invest in Girls, they can Change the World.” To learn more, visit www.girlscoutshh.org/support.

FEBRUARY GUIDING EYES FOR THE BLIND Guiding Eyes is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization that provides superbly bred and trained guide dogs to men and women who are blind or visually impaired. Dogs not suited for guide work may become service dogs for children on the autism spectrum. All Guiding Eyes dogs expand horizons for people to achieve life’s goals. All services are offered free of charge to people who are blind or visually impaired and to families with children with autism. Our headquarters and training center is located in Yorktown Heights, and our Canine Development Center is in Patterson. We are an accredited member of the International Guide Dog Federation (IGDF), the organization establishing worldwide standards for the breeding and training of guide dogs. Guiding Eyes is dependent upon contributions to fulfill its mission. Visit us on our website at www.guidingeyes.org.

JANUARY FAMILY SERVICES OF WESTCHESTER Family Services of Westchester (FSW) is one of the oldest and largest social services and mental health agencies in Westchester County. It serves 30,000 local individuals annually through 50 programs, including Head Start, Big Brothers Big Sisters and the Sharing Shelf clothing bank. Whether placing a child for adoption in a loving family, matching a youth in need with a Big Brother or Big Sister, providing clothing, for the children of a formerly incarcerated mother or offering support groups for veterans as they return home from deployment, FSW’s dedicated staff is there to meet these varying needs. FSW’s new Lanza Family Center for All Ages in White Plains (at the former Red Cross building) is Westchester’s premier intergenerational center modeled after its award-winning older adult day care program in Mount Kisco, My Second Home. The flagship facility epitomizes its commitment to serving young children, older adults and everyone in between — just like a family. For more information, visit www.fsw.org.

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IT’S THE MOST WONDERFUL TIME OF THE YEAR

11th Annual

“You are ‘Cause’ for Celebration!” Holiday Party

Tuesday, December 6, 2016 • 6:00pm – 9:00pm C.V. Rich Mansion, White Plains

It’s that time of year when many people consider donating to nonprofits. In fact, 31 percent of individual gifts are donated in December. As you consider your year-end giving, I offer these suggestions: 1. Follow Your Passion: What inspires you? What stops in your tracks when you’re scrolling through Facebook or Twitter? Is it hunger? Affordable housing? Mental health care? Access to legal representation? The arts? Pick one or two, then do a little research to find out which organizations in our community are working in these areas. Nonprofit Westchester (NPW) makes it easy – see below. 2. Give Where You Live: There are thousands of nonprofits right here in Westchester that are giving everyone in our community the ability to achieve his or her potential. This in turn allows everyone to contribute fully to our community, allowing all of us to thrive. 3. Look At Impact: Take a few minutes to look at the nonprofit’s website and rating organizations (Charity Navigator, Better Business Bureau, Guidestar) reports. Is the organization putting its dollars to good use? And by good use, I mean the people its helped and whether it has made a positive impact – not its overhead rate. For more on that, see Dan Pallotta’s TED talk and overheadmyth.com 4. Consider Giving Time: Do you have more time than cash? Or do you want to get more hands-on in your philanthropic efforts? Make a new year’s resolution to volunteer in January, when the holiday enthusiasm has dissipated. Search available volunteer opportunities at www.volunteernewyork.org. NPW’s 142-member organizations that work 365 days a year to keep Westchester thriving. Find your perfect match at www.npwestchester.org.

This 11th annual party and networking event will recognize and honor the contributions of not-for-profit organizations and their employees in the greater Westchester County area.

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Happy Holidays!

-Joanna Straub Executive Director, Nonprofit Westchester

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

OUR FAMILY OF COMPANIES

The 2016 NFP Educational Summit attracted over 100 not-for-profit leaders for a day of networking and learning presented by Entergy and Hospitality Resource Group at the Westchester Marriott in Tarrytown. Keynote speaker Tara Rosenblum, Cablevision News 12 Anchor, shared her insight and experience working as a reporter and anchor to help present not-for-profit cause events and news, and engaged in a Q&A with attendees. Event sponsors included Entergy, Original Energy, Westchester Bank, Paraco Gas, Corporate AV, Caperberry Events, the County of Westchester, Westchester/Putnam OneStop, Westchester Marriott and the Westchester Business Journal. 1. Keynote Speaker Tara Rosenblum, Anchor, Cablevision News 12 speaks to audience of not for profit leaders in Westchester 2. Robert Sanders, Chairman, Hospitality Resource Group opens program 3. Alana Sweeny, CEO and President, United Way Westchester/Putnam, presents on the Business Sector Partnership 4. HRG Founder and Chairman Robert Sanders with Christine Mortell Plazas, Senior Manager Event Planning at Lyndhurst Mansion

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For the fourth year, Westfair Communications is honoring the leaders that built businesses in Westchester and Fairfield counties and keep them in the community — and in the family. Tell us about your own business or a family-owned business you think deserves recognition.

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Year End Review: Health Care, Eldercare, Recruitment, Education

Peekskill business rebrands doula as a profession, not a philosophy

BY ALEESIA FORNI aforni@westfairinc.com

andy Patterson, co-owner of ProDoula Certification LLC, a 3-year-old company based in Peekskill, has a singular goal: to leave the birthing and delivery process better than it was when she started her career more than two decades ago. “I want to see birth improved, and I know that happens when we support doulas, and we support birth, all kinds of birth,” said Patterson, whose love of heavy metal music, tattoos and an unwillingness to conform has earned her the nickname “The Rock ‘n’ Roll Doula.” To reach her goal, Patterson, whose colorful past includes periods of drug addiction and homelessness and ownership of a hair salon, decided to build upon her decades of experience as a doula and partner with co-owner Debbie Aglietti to launch Northeast Doulas LLC in 2007. The company employs independent doula contractors who serve clients in Westchester, the lower Hudson Valley, New York City and Connecticut’s Fairfield County. Unlike midwives, who are professionally licensed and medically trained, doulas have no medical role in childbirth. Instead they provide physical, emotional and informational support to a mother during the entire process of pregnancy, childbirth and adjusting to parenthood. “As a doula, I’ve done all the work so I can fully support my client educationally so that she’s just able to relax and feel peaceful when she goes into labor, knowing any answer she doesn’t have, I have or I’m able to get,” Patterson said. Because there is no state licensing for doulas — a term coined in the late 1960s and said to have been derived from an ancient Greek word meaning female slave — all certification is done through independent businesses. Patterson and Aglietti soon grew frustrated by the available certification organizations. “What we found was our industry of doulas really was lacking some business structure, lacking sustainability, lacking professionalism as a whole, and we knew we had sort of figured it out,” Patterson said. That mix of frustration and foresight

◀◀ Co-owners Debbie Aglietti, left, and Randy Patterson at their ProDoula Certification office in Peekskill.

prompted Patterson and Aglietti to launch their own doula certification program, ProDoula, three years ago. Patterson is quick to point out that ProDoula is not just about getting doulas certified. Certification is only the beginning of the process. “Let’s get you trained and get you certified,” she said. “Now let’s teach you how to be sustainable, so you can do this work your whole life.” ProDoula provides support for its certified doulas by keeping them up-to-date with the latest industry trends or changes, answering any questions and providing support during difficult times on the job. “If a doula was at a birth last night and the baby died, that doula’s got some heavy load to carry. With other organizations, she’s sort of left on her own to try to find some support,” Patterson said. “Here, she picks up the phone, and I get on the line with her, coach her through it, support her through it.” ProDoula also educates trainees on the ins and outs of setting up a business, sharing advice on everything from registering an L.L.C. to which insurance company to choose. “The business model we’ve set, you can do this forever and you don’t have to get a regular job,” she said. “This is a regular job.” To date, ProDoula has issued more than 3,000 certifications across the U.S., Canada and Europe since its inception. The company charges $595 for a two-day training session and annual membership fees that start at $75 in the first year and $50 thereafter.

While doula rates vary across the nation, in the Westchester County area, doula charges for women in labor range from $1,000 to $2,000, while postpartum care can run from $30 to $50 per hour, according to Patterson. Trainees are primarily women, ranging in age from 18-year-old recent high school graduates to seasoned working professionals looking to make a career change. Working as a doula is a career particularly well suited for middle-age empty nesters, Patterson said. “These women who have spent their whole life raising a family and now find themselves skill-less for the workforce, but they’ve done everything, almost like the prerequisite,” she said. “To take a woman like that and to see her work in some retail position for minimum wage at 50 years old who has so much to give, it’s sinful to not provide that woman with a career option.” Headquartered in a loft space at 104 S. Division St. in downtown Peekskill, ProDoula is among the newest of the 30 to 40 doula certification agencies globally. Since its launch in 2013, the company saw triple-digit growth percentages in its first two years and is expecting 47 percent growth in 2016. “A lot of our growth is coming from people leaving other organizations and deciding to align with us,” Patterson said. Doulas historically have had a “less than stellar” reputation, said Patterson, because some lacked commitment. She said that requiring agreed-upon rates of pay, rather than bartering or irregular compensation for services, would help alleviate that problem.

“You want a doula? That means another human being is going to be on-call for you 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. It doesn’t matter if it’s a snow storm, a doula is going to get up at 2 a.m., shovel her car out of the snow and be at your beck and call, whatever you need, and you’re not going to feel bad about it because you paid her.” Patterson is also working to reclaim the word “doula” as a profession, not just a philosophy or lifestyle. “I think doulas before us have done a lot of work to brand the word doula to mean hippie, home birth, natural birth, and that’s simply not the case,” she said. While those are viable options for birth, doulas can be an asset to women in a variety of settings and with a range of requests and priorities, she said. Patterson, who is not one to shy away from confrontation or profanity, said she was largely shunned by the online doula community, a grassroots group that she said believes that having a doula during delivery is a fundamental right for women, not a privilege. “I don’t believe we deserve doulas any more than we deserve Lexuses,” said Patterson. She blames the short span of a typical doula’s career — usually only a few years — on doulas’ inability to charge clients their actual worth, as she saw in the online doula communities she frequented. “I was so horrified that these doulas were literally exchanging labor support for eggs from the person’s kitchen,” she said. “I dig eggs, but you are not paying me in eggs. That is not a sustainable way to make money.” The profession, which historically has seen some pushback from the medical community, also seems to be making progress toward becoming more mainstream in hospital settings. Patterson was among the first to sign a collaborative agreement with NewYork-Presbyterian/Hudson Valley Hospital in Cortlandt Manor regarding doulas and their role in the delivery room, something she hopes could be replicated at hospitals nationwide. “Nobody likes change, and you have to be willing to disrupt the status quo to build improvement,” she said. “We’re changing this industry whether they like it or not.”

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MONTREIGN RESORT CASINO TO HOST VENDOR OUTREACH EVENTS

Rendering of Monteign Resort Casino

MONTREIGN RESORT CASINO, THE $1.2 billion development in the Catskills town of Thompson by Empire Resorts Inc., will host two outreach events in Sullivan and Orange counties for vendors interested in forming partnerships with the 18-story hotel, casino and entertainment complex. The events will both take place on Dec. 7 at 10 a.m. at SUNY Sullivan in Loch Sheldrake and at 3 p.m. at Orange County Emergency

Services Center in Goshen. Vendors can meet with representatives from Montreign Resort Casino about opportunities to provide services or supplies. Once completed in March 2018, Montreign Resort Casino will feature a 90,000-square-foot casino with 2,150 slot machines, 102 table games and a poker room. The 391-room hotel will also include garden suites and villas, indoor pools, a spa and a fitness center. The nongaming component of the development, Adelaar, will include the Indoor Waterpark Lodge, an Entertainment Village featuring shops, restaurants, movie theater, bowling and outdoor activities. The complex will also include an 18-hole Monster Golf course. Empire Resorts, the company chosen as the casino’s operator in 2014, also owns and operates the Monticello Casino and Raceway near the site. For more information and a full list of vendors the casino is seeking, visit https:// montreign.com/vendors.

PHYSICAL THERAPY MERGERS

From left, John Gallucci Jr. and Richard Giordano

TWO PHYSICAL THERAPISTS WHO HAD worked together as mentor and student have merged their practices in New York and New Jersey. Sleepy Hollow Physical Therapy is merging with JAG Physical Therapy, based in West Orange, N. J. A JAG spokesman declined to discuss the cost or financing of the merger. The combined company has 14 offices, including Westchester County locations in Hawthorne, Sleepy Hollow and Yonkers. Richard Giordano, the mentor, is president and CEO of Sleepy Hollow Therapy. John Gallucci Jr., the student, is president

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and CEO of JAG. Gallucci worked at the Sleepy Hollow practice in the 1990s and Giordano has continued to mentor him. The Sleepy Hollow practice, founded in 1977, has specialized in niches such as hand therapy and pediatric physical therapy. JAG, established in 2005, is an official partner of the New Jersey Devils hockey team. The JAG spokesman said the company has expansion plans for Westchester and Rockland counties. It is opening its 15th office in Chatham, N.J., early next year.

ROCKLAND COMMUNITY COLLEGE PLANS $11M IN ENERGY EFFICIENCY PROJECTS ROCKLAND COMMUNITY COLLEGE IS PLANNING FOR $11 million in energy efficiency investments that the school said can net it more than $550,000 in yearly energy savings. The school announced in November that it had contracted Ecosystem, a Canadabased engineering company with offices in New York City, to lead a retrofit project on nine buildings of the school’s Suffern campus. “We need a lot of capital equipment replacement, boilers and chillers, new lighting,” said Nayyer Hussain, senior vice president of finance and administration at RCC. “So instead of doing patchwork, we thought it would be good to try to tackle a lot of our campus needs, particularly in HVAC (heating, ventilation and air conditioning), in one go.” The project’s 14 retrofit measures include the installation of a combined heat and power plant, stage lighting and air conditioning upgrades at the school’s Cultural Arts Center Theater, installation of efficient lights and electrical outlets at the school’s library, installation of water stations around campus and upgrades to both the chiller and boiler plants. “The project plays a major role in helping us fulfill our sustainability mission statement, in which we pledge to sharply reduce our global warming emissions,” college President Cliff L. Wood said. In regard to the sustainability mission, the school pledged in 2011 that it would dramatically cut back on its carbon footprint with the goal of carbon neutrality within 25 years. It has tracked progress on its website, highlighting efforts such as its recycling program, a clean energy educational initiative and a National Wildlife Foundation Certified Habitat in woods on campus. RCC said it is in talks now with SUNY to fund part of the project. The rest will come from a tax-exempt municipal lease and incentives, including a $1.1 million incentive from Orange & Rockland Utilities Commercial and Industrial Program. The school expects Ecosystem employees to start work on the project in January, Hussain said, with a total construction time of 18 months.

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WHITE PLAINS HOSPITAL ADDS CLINICAL TRIAL OF LUNG CANCER DRUG WHITE PLAINS HOSPITAL ANNOUNCED THAT IT will be the first hospital in Westchester to offer the CheckMate study, a nationwide clinical trial involving patients with latestage locally advanced or metastatic lung cancer. Researchers at the hospital’s Center for Cancer Care are selecting patients to participate in the Phase 3 clinical trial, which evaluates treatment regimens in patients with stage 4 lung cancer for improved overall survival and progressionfree survival. The CheckMate trials are associated with the drug Opdivo, an immunotherapy cancer treatment produced by BristolMyers Squibb Co. Opdivo was approved by the FDA in 2014 as a new treatment for patients with advanced melanoma who no longer respond to other drugs. The FDA then expanded the approved use of the drug to patients with advanced lung cancer. But the drug knocked more than $20 billion off Bristol-Myers’ market value in August after Opdivo did not provide significantly better results than chemotherapy in patients with newly diagnosed lung cancer in a trial dubbed “CheckMate 026”, the Wall Street Journal reported. A spokesperson for White Plains

Hospital said the trial it is offering, CheckMate 370, tests a different cohort of patients. The CheckMate 026 study included patients with advanced lung cancer who received no treatment prior to study enrollment. The CheckMate 370 study at White Plains Hospital includes patients who have either either received previous treatment or have not received previous treatment but present with one of two genetic mutations. “These cohorts were not included in the previous (CheckMate) 026 study,” said Diana Zondorak, clinical research coordinator at White Plains Hospital Center for Cancer Care. “Genetics is playing an increasingly important role in cancer treatment. This trial will help determine if this therapy will work in other patient cohorts, including patients who have specific genetic mutations.” The study is taking place at six sites in New York state. White Plains Hospital’s cancer center, which underwent a $60 million expansion this year, is a study site for clinical trials of treatments for almost every type of lung cancer, the hospital said in a release, as well as a trial for the screening of lung cancer in high-risk individuals. The 292-bed hospital joined the Montefiore Health System last year.

DOZEN WESTCHESTER NURSING HOMES RATED AS BEST A DOZEN WESTCHESTER COUNTY NURSING homes recently received the top rating in a national survey. U.S. News & World Report evaluated nearly 16,000 skilled nursing homes across the country, including 624 in New York. Two thousand were ranked as a “best nursing home.” Forty-three homes were evaluated in Westchester, and 29 percent got high scores. The best ranged from places with 12 beds to 296. They include for-profit, nonprofit and state-run facilities. The top scores went to: • Bayberry Care Center, New Rochelle. • Elizabeth Seton Pediatric Center, Yonkers. • Field Home – Holy Comforter, Cortlandt Manor. • Kendal on Hudson, Sleepy Hollow. • New York State Veterans’ Home at Montrose. • North Westchester Restorative Therapy & Nursing Center, Mohegan Lake. • Northern Westchester Hospital Transitional Care Unit, Mount Kisco. • Schaffer Extended Care Center, New Rochelle. • Sunshine Children’s Home and Rehab

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Center, Ossining. • United Hebrew geriatric center of New Rochelle. • Victoria Home, Ossining. • Westchester Meadows, Valhalla. On any given day, nursing homes house 1.4 million people. Among people who are 85 or older, one in ten are in nursing homes. The publication based its ratings on data from the federal Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services. Most nursing homes receive federal payments, so the agency rates them on three categories: health inspections, nurse staffing and medical quality. The publication and the federal agency both say that the ratings are merely a starting point. Families and caregivers are encouraged to visit nursing homes, observe residents and question the staff before selecting a home. The Medicare agency cautions against transferring a resident based solely on ratings, because of the challenges of adjusting to a new facility. The complete U.S. News ratings are online at: health.usnews.com/best-nursinghomes/search. The Medicare ratings are at: medicare. gov/nursinghomecompare/search.html. —Bill Heltzel

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ALL-PRIVATE PATIENT ROOMS. THE NEW STAMFORD HOSPITAL. BUILT WITH YOU IN MIND. At Stamford Health, we believe that true healing requires looking beyond injury or illness in order to treat the whole person—mind, body and spirit. It is on this foundation of patient-centered care that we have built the first hospital in Fairfield County to offer all-private patient rooms. Designed to support the healing process through surroundings essential to every patient’s comfort, our rooms have private baths, ample natural light and spacious floor plans to accommodate friends and family. Putting patient needs at the center of care—this is much more than a state-of-the-art healthcare facility. This is Healing. Reimagined.

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Susan Spear, Senator Gillibrand’s Office; Pat Keegan, Representative Nita Lowey’s office; Amy Allen, WCA Vice President.

Jane Solnick and Tanya Brown, Con Edison

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United States Broadband Expert Blair Levin says Westchester will be at the forefront of delivering Gigabit Broadband to its cities and diverse communities Blair Levin, the nation’s foremost authority on broadband, spoke at a luncheon in Westchester County today, and painted a bright picture of what the county will gain from the gigabit broadband initiative recently launched by the Westchester County Association (WCA), the county’s preeminent business association, and four of the county’s cities. Levin is a voluntary advisor for the WCA’s Smart Growth Gigabit Broadband project. Said Levin: “By taking the steps you have, you are at the forefront of all communities in delivering affordable, abundant bandwidth for your enterprises and residents.” Levin is executive director of Gig.U: The Next Generation Network Innovation Project and a non-resident Senior Fellow of the Brookings Institution. In the first Obama administration, he oversaw the development of the National Broadband Plan. He served as Chief of Staff for the head of the FCC under the Clinton administration.

Bill Mooney, WCA; Guy Liebler, Simone Development Company; Tim Hall, Mercy College; and Tony Mahler, WMC Health Joan McDonald, WCA Strategic Advisor; Ken Theobolds, Entergy; Blair Levin, featured speaker; White Plains Mayor Tom Roach; Christopher Fisher, Cuddy & Feder (and Chairman of WCA Broadband Task Force); Bob Knight, Harrison Edwards

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Bill Mooney, WCA and Dee DelBello, Westfair Communications with recipients of the Al DelBello Visionary Award: Mayor Richard Thomas (Mt. Vernon); Jill Ianetti, City of White Plains (accepting the award for Mayor Tom Roach); Mayor Noam Bramson (New Rochelle); and Mayor Mike Spano (Yonkers)

Photos: Lynda Curtis

The WCA honored leaders in smart growth, innovation, and talent at its Annual Leadership Dinner on November 17. Over 600 packed the Westchester Marriott as Westchester Mayors Noam Bramson, Thomas Roach, Mike Spano, and Richard Thomas received the annual Al DelBello Visionary Award. The four are WCA Smart Growth ComPACT signatories, and are working with the WCA to bring gigabit broadband to the County in the next three to five years. “By working together in partnership with the WCA, we will enable businesses and residents to truly effect the economies of our cities,” noted Noam Bramson, Mayor of New Rochelle. “Al DelBello continues to influence our lives today.” Yonkers Mayor Mike Spano commented: “Gigabit is the next wave on the information highway. It will help us break the cycle of poverty.” Mt. Vernon Mayor Richard Thomas added that “By banding together in bringing gigabit internet to our cities, we will level the playing field for our kids. This is big!”

Recipients of the WCA Leadership Award: Tarek Pertew, uncubed; Riz Khaliq, IBM; Paula Mandell, M&T

Christopher Fisher, Cuddy & Feder; Anthony Gioffre, Cuddy & Feder; Dave Smith, Planning and Development Advisors

Michael Zarin, Zarin & Steinmetz; Joe Simone, Simone Development Companies; Guy Liebler, Simone Development Companies

WCA LEADERSHIP DINNER Big Awards, Big Vision WCA’s 2016 Leadership awards went to Riz Khaliq, Tony Mahler, WMC Health; Paula Mandell, Senior Vice President, M & T Bank Corporation; and Tarek Pertew, Co-Founder, Uncubed. Khaliq advised: “Westchester is competing in a global market; talent will be attracted to your county when you have gigabit. Don’t worry about being the next Silicon Valley; just look to establish your own brand.” Mandell spoke of the tremendous growth of M&T Bank, now with $3 billion in assets in Westchester and Connecticut; and Pertew pointed out that hiring is changing. “Look at the future; know how to talk to millennial talent. Show them videos so they have a sense of what you do and your culture. The idea is to make work human and be transparent.” A special performance was provided by Matthew Welling, an amazing, inspiring and entertaining 11-year old.

COMING UP Certified Professional Medical Coding Course (CPC) Rolling Admission This online CPC course, offered through American Academy of Professional Coders, includes all course preparation leading up to the CPC Certification Exam, the gold standard for medical coding in a physician office

NYS Senator Andrea Stewart Cousins; Hon. Timothy Idoni, County of Westchester

Samant Virk, Medisprout; Ken Theobolds, Entergy

Performer Matthew Welling with music therapist James Maxson William Harrington, WCA Chairman

Robert Weisz, RPW Group

Empire Center Report Briefing: Benchmarking New York—Local Government Taxes, Spending & Debt Tuesday, December 13, 8:30-9:30 am 1133 Westchester Avenue Lobby Boardroom WCA members only RSVP events@westchester.org County Executive Breakfast Thursday, January 12 8-10 am, Westchester Marriott Presentation by County Executive Rob Astorino followed by a panel discussion. For more information or to register for events:

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Yesterday, advanced genetic testing gave Caitlin the confidence to start a family Caitlinâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s family had a history of cancer. So when she was ready to have kids of her own, her obstetrician recommended genetic testing. At the White Plains Hospital Center for Cancer Care, she found an experienced genetic counselor, Nicole Boxer, and a program designed around prevention and treatment, supported by all the cancer-fighting resources of Montefiore. Nicole guided her through difficult decisions and a life-changing surgery. Today, Caitlin can focus less on her cancer risks and more on her life as a new mom. See if genetic counseling is right for you at exceptionaleveryday.org/genetics

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FACTS & FIGURES BANKRUPTCIES MANHATTAN Three Amigos SJL Rest. Inc. 240 North Ave., Suite 212, New Rochelle 10801. Chapter 11, voluntary. Represented by David Carlebach. Filed: Nov. 28. Case no. 16-13341-smb.

WHITE PLAINS EFDEE Inc. 135 Euclid Ave., Ardsley 10022. Chapter 7, voluntary. Represented by Benjamin M. Adams. Filed: Nov. 29. Case no. 16-23628-rdd. Metallic Sunburst LLC. 9 Eisenhower Ave., Spring Valley 10977. Chapter 7, voluntary. Represented by Metallic Sunburst LLC. Filed: Nov. 29. Case no. 16-23624-rdd.

COURT CASES Cardillo Pools & Spas Services Corp. Filed by Douglas Molina Jr. Action: Fair Labor Standards Act. Attorney: Jordan Alexander El-Hag. Filed: Nov. 24. Case no. 7:16-cv-09153. Continental Organics LLC et al. Filed by Storm King Building Co. LLC. Action: 1961 Racketeering (RICO) Act. No attorney listed. Filed: Nov. 29. Case no. 7:16-cv-09205.

Plitnick Home Fuel & Service Company LLC. Filed by Westchester Teamsters Local Union No. 456. Action: E.R.I.S.A.– civil enforcement of employee benefits. Attorney: Arthur Joseph Muller III. Filed: Nov. 29. Case no. 7:16-cv-09203. Solomon Oliver Mechanical Contracting Corp. Filed by Westchester Teamsters Local Union No. 456. Action: E.R.I.S.A.– civil enforcement of employee benefits. Attorney: Arthur Joseph Muller III. Filed: Nov. 29. Case no. 7:16-cv-09200. Staﬀpro Inc. Filed by Humberto Ferreira. Action: Fair Labor Standards Act. Attorney: Jordan Alexander ElHag. Filed: Nov. 24. Case no. 7:16-cv09154. Walmart Stores East LP. Filed by Rosamarie Simone Adimari. Action: diversity– notice of removal. Attorney: Patricia A. O’Connor. Filed: Nov. 23. Case no. 7:16-cv-09136. Washington Mutual Bank, FA et al. Filed by Pil Soung Park. Action: notice of removal. Attorney not listed. Filed: Nov. 29. Case no. 7:16-cv-09198.

DEEDS Above $1 million

F & M Funding LLC. Filed by the Board of Managers of Trump Towers at City Center Condominium. Action: 1961 Racketeering (RICO) Act. Attorney: Adam B. Oppenheim. Filed: Nov. 28. Case no. 7:16-cv-09188-KMK.

Rockwood Road Holdings LLC, Tarrytown. Seller: New York Life Insurance Co. Property: 1 Rockwood Road, Mount Pleasant. Amount: $50 million. Filed Nov. 23.

Fidelity National Title Insurance Co. Filed by Morris Builders LP. Action: diversity action. Attorneys: Philip M. Halpern and Harry J. Nicolay Jr. Filed: Nov. 23. Case no. 7:16-cv-09114.

The Bethel Methodist Home, Croton-on-Hudson. Seller: Hebrew Hospital Senior Housing Inc., Valhalla. Property: 55 Grasslands Road, Greenburgh. Amount: $16.1 million. Filed Nov. 21.

New Hope Manor Inc. Filed by Donna Schuelie. Action: Fair Labor Standards Act. Attorney: Russell A. Schindler. Filed: Nov. 28. Case no. 7:16-cv-09178-CS.

Items appearing in the Westchester County Business Journal’s On The Record section are compiled from various sources, including public records made available to the media by federal, state and municipal agencies and the court system. While every effort is made to ensure the accuracy of this information, no liability is assumed for errors or omissions. In the case of legal action, the records cited are open to public scrutiny and should be inspected before any action is taken. Questions and comments regarding this section should be directed to: Bob Rozycki c/o Westfair Communications Inc. 3 Westchester Park Drive, Suite G7 White Plains, N.Y. 10604-3407 Phone: 694-3600 • Fax: 694-3680

Below $1 million 1287 North RMR LLC, New Rochelle. Seller: Rod Andrew Lerner, et al, White Plains. Property: 1287 North Ave., New Rochelle. Amount: $700,000. Filed Nov. 28. 149-16 LLC, Chappaqua. Seller: John Balph, Chappaqua. Property: 149-16 King St., New Castle. Amount: $625,000. Filed Nov. 22. 63 Davis Avenue Realty LLC, Harrison. Seller: Donald Kubricky, Naragansett, R.I. Property: 63 Davis Ave., Rye. Amount: $965,000. Filed Nov. 23. 92 Ash Realty Partners LLC, Yonkers. Seller: 92 Ash St LLC, Great Neck. Property: 92 Ash St., Yonkers. Amount: $950,000. Filed Nov. 28.

ON THE RECORD

Broad Yonkers LLC, New York City. Seller: Shihadeh Property Holdings LLC, Stormville. Property: 460 S. Broadway, Yonkers. Amount: $610,000. Filed Nov. 28.

Park Street Laundromat LLC, Peekskill. Seller: Kos P. Street Realty Corp., Peekskill. Property: 1036-1038 Park St., Peekskill. Amount: $350,000. Filed Nov. 21.

Brookﬁeld Relocation Inc., Scottsdale, Ariz. Seller: Alejandra R. Spinetti, Somers. Property: 67E Heritage Hills, Somers. Amount: $419,000. Filed Nov. 28.

PennyMac Corp., Moorpark, Calif. Seller: Lesmah J. Fraser, Bronx. Property: 175 Huguenot St., Unit 802, New Rochelle. Amount: $569,938. Filed Nov. 22.

C2GRE LLC. Seller: Steve Hollatz, Scarsdale. Property: 45 Valerie Drive, Yonkers. Amount: $341,000. Filed Nov. 23.

PHH Mortgage Corp., Mount Laurel, N.J. Seller: Valerie Reynolds, et al, Carmel. Property: 100 Somerston Road, Yorktown. Amount: $305,441. Filed Nov. 22.

Community Housing Innovations, White Plains. Seller: Pizzella Brothers Inc., Cortlandt Manor. Property: Fowler Ave., Cortlandt. Amount: $35,000. Filed Nov. 23. Consulate Better Homes Inc., Scarsdale. Seller: U.S. Bank N.A. Property: 4 Consulate Drive, 1K, Eastchester. Amount: $183,225. Filed Nov. 28. Federal National Mortgage Association. Seller: Daniel Walsh, et al, Eastchester. Property: 209 Dante Ave., Eastchester. Amount: $529,979. Filed Nov. 23. Federal National Mortgage Association. Seller: Michele L. Bermel, Chappaqua. Property: 312 Watch Hill Road, Cortlandt. Amount: $250,472. Filed Nov. 28. FGN Homes LLC, Eastchester. Seller: Lauren C. Enea, Somers. Property: 87 Hildreth Placem, Yonkers. Amount: $300,000. Filed Nov. 22. Finea Realty LLC, Mount Vernon. Seller: Marie Frankowski, et al, Yonkers. Property: 864 Midland Ave., Yonkers. Amount: $250,000. Filed Nov. 28. French Speaking Baptist Church, White Plains. Seller: Robert J. O’Connor, Stony Point. Property: 49 Westview Ave., White Plains. Amount: $382,000. Filed Nov. 23. Gainsborg Developers Inc., Yonkers. Seller: Raffaella DeMarco, West Harrison. Property: 266 Gainsborg Ave., Harrison. Amount: $490,000. Filed Nov. 23. Housing Action Council Inc., Tarrytown. Seller: CV XXVIII LLC, Newport Beach, Calif. Property: 3318 Old Yorktown Road, Yorktown. Amount: $315,000. Filed Nov. 28. National Asset Direct Acquisition LLC, San Diego, Calif. Seller: Joan C. Salwen, Scarsdale. Property: 230 N. Seventh Ave., Mount Vernon. Amount: $300,001. Filed Nov. 21. Nationstar HECM Acquisition Trust 2015-2. Property: 125 Mountain Road, Greenburgh. Amount: $297,500. Filed Nov. 23.

Picartoli Realty LLC, Larchmont. Seller: Lucille M. Menin, Larchmont. Property: 924 Fenimore Road, Mamaroneck. Amount: $875,000. Filed Nov. 22. Reed Family Properties LLC, Cortlandt. Seller: Toni A. Maida, Pleasantville. Property: 29 Mountain Trail, Cortlandt. Amount: $295,000. Filed Nov. 23. Residential Mortgage Loan Trust 2013-TT2. Seller: Dennis Lauzon, et al, Irvington. Property: 30 Lalli Drive, Somers. Amount: $910,000. Filed Nov. 23. Sunset Condo I LLC, Croton-onHudson. Seller: The Bank of New York Mellon. Property: 24 Flanders Lane, Cortlandt. Amount: $709,000. Filed Nov. 23. The County of Westchester, White Plains. Seller: Community Housing Innovations Inc., White Plains. Property: Fowler Ave., Cortlandt. Amount: $35,000. Filed Nov. 23. U.S. Bank N.A. Seller: Dennis E. Krolian, White Plains. Property: 21 S. Terrace Ave., Mount Vernon. Amount: $440,278. Filed Nov. 28. Weichert Workforce Mobility Inc., Morris Plains, N.J. Seller: George Odegi, et al, New Rochelle. Property: 6 Alfred Lane, New Rochelle. Amount: $690,000. Filed Nov. 28.

FORECLOSURES ARMONK, 37 Byram Lake Road. Single-family residence; lot size: 4.06 acre. Plaintiff: MTGLQ Investors LP. Plaintiff ’s attorney: Knuckles, Komosinski & Elliot, 914-345-3020; 565 Taxter Road, Suite 509, Elmsford 10523. Defendant: Nancy Bircham. Referee: Eliot Kaplan. Sale: Dec. 12, 9:30 a.m. Approximate lien: $487,602.74.

BRIARCLIFF, 105 Chappaqua Road. Single-family residence; lot size: .49 acre. Plaintiff: The Bank of New York Mellon. Plaintiff ’s attorney: Druckman & Sinel, 516-876-0800; 242 Drexel Ave., Westbury 11590. Defendant: Robert Solari. Referee: Charles D’Agostino. Sale: Dec. 8, 10 a.m. Approximate lien: $435,999.71. CORTLANDT, 39 Red Mill Road. Single-family residence; lot size: .35 acre. Plaintiff: U.S. Bank National Association. Plaintiff ’s attorney: RAS Boriskin, 516-280-7675; 900 Merchants Concourse, Westbury 11590. Defendant: Hector Perez. Referee: Michael Khader. Sale: Dec. 15, 10:15 a.m. Approximate lien: N/A. ELMSFORD, 31 N. Perkins Ave. Two-family residence; lot size: .11 acre. Plaintiff: Champion Mortgage Co. Plaintiff ’s attorney: Frankel, Lambert, Weiss, Weisman & Gordon, 631-9693100; 53 Gibson St., Bay Shore 11706. Defendant: Public Administrator for the estate of Margaret Mainiero. Referee: Andrew Brotmann. Sale: Dec. 8, 10:15 a.m. Approximate lien: $319,818.59. LARCHMONT, 15 Holly Place. Single-family residence; lot size: .14 acre. Plaintiff: Bank of America National Association. Plaintiff ’s attorney: Shapiro, DiCaro & Barak, 877-759-1835; 175 Mile Crossing Blvd., Rochester 14624. Defendant: Jeffrey Porter. Referee: Carla Glassman. Sale: Dec. 5, 11 a.m. Approximate lien: $395,062.06. MOHEGAN LAKE, 2917 Fox Hall St. Single-family residence; lot size: N/A. Plaintiff: Federal National Mortgage Association. Plaintiff ’s attorney: Gross Polowy LLC, 716-204-1700; 1775 Wehrle Drive, Williamsville 14221. Defendant: Karen Vicinanza. Referee: Stewart McMilan. Sale: Dec. 16, 10 a.m. Approximate lien: $97,819.49. MOUNT VERNON, 215 S. First Ave. Two-family residence; lot size: .08 acre. Plaintiff: Wells Fargo Bank National Association. Plaintiff ’s attorney: Rosicki & Rosicki & Associates, 845-897-1600; 2 Summit Court, No. 301, Fishkill 11254. Defendant: Margaret Mcintyre. Referee: Terry Horner. Sale: Dec. 14, 10 a.m. Approximate lien: $322,825.00. MOUNT VERNON, 347 S. Columbus Ave. Single-family residence; lot size: .12 acre. Plaintiff: Bayview Loan Servicing LLC. Plaintiff ’s attorney: Stiene & Associates, 631-935-1616; 167 Main St., Northport 11768. Defendant: Dorcey Lovejoy. Referee: Jeffrey Binder. Sale: Dec. 19, 10 a.m. Approximate lien: $490,076.10. MOUNT VERNON, 446 S. 10th St. Two-family residence; lot size: .04 acre. Plaintiff: Wilmington Savings Fund Society. Plaintiff ’s attorney: Knuckles, Komosinski & Elliot, 914345-3020; 565 Taxter Road, Suite 509, Elmsford 10523. Defendant: Gregory Taylor. Referee: Albert Cornachio. Sale: Dec. 16, 9:30 a.m. Approximate lien: $331,022.61.

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FRIENDS OF THE ROCKEFELLER PRESERVE GALA Bette Midler, winner of Grammy, Golden Globe, Emmy and Tony awards joins David Rockefeller and Ann Rockefeller Roberts as an honorary chairperson of the Dec. 10 gala marking the 20th anniversary of Friends of the Rockefeller State Park Preserve, Inc. The event will be held at “The Playhouse” on the Rockefeller estate in Pocantico Hills, a French Norman twostory building completed during 1927, which is about three times the size of the Kykuit mansion. Comedian Robert Klein is scheduled to be the master of ceremonies. Daniel Blum, president and CEO of Phelps Hospital/Northwell Health, is scheduled to accept an award honoring Phelps’ longstanding support of the Friends. Clare Pierson, president of the Friends board, noted that “…we always need to create public awareness of the need to participate in supporting this natural treasure and to be sure we are ahead of its next need

that the state is not able to fund.” The preserve has more than 1,400 acres and serves as a sanctuary for people seeking recreation and reflection. There are 32 miles of carriage roads designed by John D. Rockefeller Jr. that traverse woodlands, fields, wetlands, stone arch bridges and also offer locations for viewing the Hudson River. It attracts more than 300,000 visitors from around the world annually and has been designated by the National Audubon Society as an “Important Bird Area” given the 180 bird species found there. The Friends of the Rockefeller State Park Preserve, Inc. is a 501(c)3 nonprofit that was formed in 1983 when 1,600 acres of the family estate were deeded to New York state as a gift from the Rockefeller family. For more information on the Friends or to purchase tickets, visit friends@friendsrock.org or call 914-762-0209.

HUDSON GATEWAY REALTOR FOUNDATION DONATES TO FURNITURE SHAREHOUSE Furniture Sharehouse, a charity based in warehouse space at the Westchester County Airport, received a $2,000 donation from the Hudson Gateway Realtor Foundation, the charitable arm of the Hudson Gateway Association of Realtors. Furniture Sharehouse provides free furniture to economically disadvantaged individuals and families living in Westchester County. Since starting operations in 2007, it has distributed more than 52,000 items of furniture valued at more than $3.1 million to more than 3,300 households. Donated items are located at the airport space, where clients are invited by appointment to select what they need. Among the clients are people moving from home-

less shelters to permanent housing, victims of domestic violence who have been relocated, working families in financial distress and victims of fires or natural disasters. According to Kate Bialo, executive director of Furniture Sharehouse, “Every year in Westchester, many are forced to live without even the most essential household furnishings because after paying for rent and food, they have no money to buy the basic furniture that many of us take for granted.” At an event this fall, The Hudson Gateway Realtor Foundation raised more than $30,000 for distribution to local charities. It accepts applications from nonprofits seeking funding at hgrealtorfoundation.com.

GIROUX JOINS BNY MELLON Stephanie Giroux of Rye has been named regional managing director and team leader for portfolio management in the White Plains office of BNY Mellon Wealth Management. Reporting to managing director Bob Schwerdel, Giroux is responsible for building effective advisory teams, delivering customized client solutions and growing BNY Mellon’s wealth management business. In recent years, BNY Mellon Wealth Management has been focused on growing its presence in key wealth markets around the U.S. and globally. Giroux’s appointment is among a number of new hires in the White Plains office. The firm is looking to fill another opening

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for a portfolio manager. Prior to joining BNY Mellon, Giroux served for five years as a senior investment strategist and regional investment manager at Wells Fargo Private Bank. Prior to that, she was the head of Investments for the Law Firm Group at Citi Private Bank. Giroux earned a Bachelor of Arts degree from Tufts University and holds the chartered financial analyst designation. She has been a supporter of various local nonprofit organizations, including Habitat for Humanity, Rye Youth Council, Family Services of Westchester’s Sharing Shelf, the Alzheimer’s Association and Pace Women’s Justice Center.

RAVA JOINS MARSHALL DENNEHEY Joseph J. Rava, an attorney admitted to practice in New York and Connecticut, has joined the casualty department of Marshall Dennehey Warner Coleman & Goggin at the firm’s Westchester County office in Rye Brook. The law firm has about 500 attorneys assigned to 20 offices in six states. Rava is a veteran of insurance and defense litigation. He previously was house counsel for Harleysville/ Nationwide Insurance, where he focused on attorney

recruitment and development and New York labor law. “His talent and experience will greatly enhance our casualty practice in both New York and Connecticut,” said Howard P. Dwoskin, director of Marshall Dennehey’s casualty department. Rava is a graduate of the University of Pennsylvania and the George Washington University Law School. He is admitted to practice in New York and Connecticut.

UPLIFTING STORIES Beatrice Miller and Minnie Tomlinson, who as youngsters benefitted from the Brighter Futures AfterSchool Mentoring Program run by the organization Lifting Up Westchester, were the featured speakers at the Episcopal Charities Annual Tribute Dinner held recently in Manhattan. They told the audience of 600 at the Cathedral of St. John the Divine about how they met in a homeless shelter and had parents who were drug addicts. They credited Lifting Up Westchester with helping provide the structure they needed to thrive. The Brighter Futures After-School Mentoring Program was established in 2004 to help at-risk children perform better academically and encourage them to

strive for education beyond high school. Guidance counselors, social workers and teachers refer children to the program. The approximately 150 children who are in the program at any given time are or have been homeless or come from very low-income families. There is individual and group tutoring four days a week in five different locations in Yonkers and White Plains. Some students in the program are malnourished or have emotional and attention deficit challenges. In addition to educational basics, tutors discuss life skills and other issues such as hygiene, handling stress and avoiding illegal substance use and gang involvement.

“WONDER WOMEN” HONORED

ArtsWestchester gala honoree Maria Ferreira; ArtsWestchester board president Bob Roth; gala honoree Emily Grant; ArtsWestchester dinner chair Elizabeth Bracken-Thompson; gala honoree Mary Calvi; gala honoree Sen. Andrea StewartCousins; ArtsWestchester dinner chair Geoff Thompson; gala honoree Dr. Barbaralee Diamonstein-Spielvogel.

ArtsWestchester honored what it called five “Wonder Women” during its Annual Gala on Nov. 19 at The RitzCarlton, Westchester in White Plains. All women have demonstrated exceptional leadership and support of the arts. The honorees were: Barbaralee Diamonstein-Spielvogel, chair of the New York State Council on the Arts; New York State Senator Andrea Stewart-Cousins; area president for Wells Fargo, Maria Ferreira; lifetime arts patron Emily Grant; and CBS 2 news anchor Mary Calvi. “We were thrilled to honor these amazing women for their extraordinary leadership and superhero support for the arts in Westchester County and beyond,” said Janet Langsam, CEO of ArtsWestchester. “In addition to recog-

nizing remarkable individuals, the gala was a way for us to gather friends and supporters who believe in the value of the arts in society.” The event’s honorary chairs were Westchester County Executive Robert P. Astorino and his wife Sheila. Astorino noted. “Like everything else of value, the arts need advocates and supporters.” The chairs for the gala were Geoff Thompson and Elizabeth Bracken-Thompson, partners at the public relations and marketing firm Thompson & Bender. Proceeds from the event will help fund ArtsWestchester’s on-going programs. Founded in 1965, it is the largest, private, not-for-profit arts council in New York state. It is headquartered at 31 Mamaroneck Ave. in White Plains.

DONATION OF $50K FOR BREAST CANCER SCREENING AND AWARENESS

TRAINING TO COMBAT DRUG OVERDOSE

◀◀ From left: Christina Faber, American Cancer Society; Lindsay Farrell, CEO Open Door; George Martin, Giants team captain for Super Bowl XXI.

Westchester is among the 32 areas nationwide to benefit from a program run by the National Football League and the American Cancer Society. It’s called “A Crucial Catch” and is designed to provide increased access to breast cancer screening and education in underserved communities. As part of “A Crucial Catch,” Open Door Family Medical Centers received a $50,000 donation from the NFL and cancer society during a recent event at Open Door’s facility in Port Chester. Open Door also has locations in Ossining, Sleepy Hollow, Mount Kisco and Brewster. Its objective is to provide medical care to the disadvantaged regardless of their ability to pay. The majority of Open Door patients live at or below the federal poverty level of $24,300 for a household of four. The organization was founded in 1972 in the basement of the First Baptist Church in Ossining and

operated back then as a free clinic staffed by about 100 volunteers. An oversized check was presented to Open Door CEO Lindsay Farrell by Christina Faber of the American Cancer Society and George Martin, Giants team captain for the Super Bowl XXI champions and Ring of Honor member, who represented the NFL. During the event, more than 100 women were screened for breast cancer, received blood pressure checks and were able to participate in Pilates, tai chi and healthy cooking demonstrations. The cancer society’s communications manager, Patrice Lestrange Mack, said there is a “health disparities gap” in Westchester County just as in other parts of the country, and that racial and ethnic minorities continue to face obstacles when it comes to cancer prevention, early detection, and obtaining high-quality treatment.

VOLUNTEER NEW YORK! AGAIN NAMED A TOP NONPROFIT

From left: Arianna Sylvetre, nursing student; Adrienne Wald, assistant professor of nursing; Myrantz Assade, president of Student Nurses Assn.; Patrick Quinn, Westchester County Health Dept.; Sherlita Amler, MD, Westchester County health commissioner; nursing students Samantha Lindsay, Suhair Vermes, and Jessica Cardone

Forty members of the School of Nursing & Healthcare Professions Class of 2017 at The College of New Rochelle have been trained to administer the drug Naloxone, also known by the trade name Narcan, which can treat an overdose of heroin or other opioids. The college faculty and Student Nurses Association partnered with the Westchester County Department of Health for the training program. Students were trained to recognize overdose symptoms and practiced the proper methods for drug administration to reverse the overdose effects. Narcan is available as a nasal spray or for intravenous, subcutaneous or intramuscular use. When administered properly, Narcan restores breathing that has been dangerously slowed by an opioid overdose. Each nursing student who was trained is now certi-

fied for two years to administer Narcan in New York state. Students received a kit with a needleless syringe and two nasal spray doses of the drug. “Prescription drug and opioid abuse is a growing crisis in our nation,” said H. Michael Dreher, the Elizabeth Bell LeVaca dean of the college’s School of Nursing & Healthcare Professions. Sherlita Amler, Westchester County’s health commissioner, noted that her department has provided this training to more than 2,000 police officers, residents, pharmacists and medical students. “I am confident these future nurses will share what they’ve learned about opioid addiction with their patients and with fellow health care providers. I trust that College of New Rochelle students will use this tool to help save lives and to recognize, treat and prevent future addiction,” she said.

WARWICK VALLEY CHAMBER’S MIXER AT PENNINGS FARM CIDERY ◀◀ Seated around the bar with Pennings Farm Cidery staff Carrie Hallahan and Alex LaBarbera, and co-owners Jill and Steve Pennings are Warwick Valley Chamber of Commerce Programs Committee members Janine Dethmers, John Redman, Sarah Armand, Kristen Weiss and Michael Johndrow.

Top from left: Elena Deforest, Linda Bonci, Allison Chader, Judith Douglas, Katie Pfeifer, Maxine Elkins, Celia Munro, Alisa H. Kesten and Roz Alexander. Bottom from left: Julie Konvisser, Rosario Samudio, Jeanette Gisbert.

For the fifth consecutive year, Volunteer New York!, a nonprofit based in Tarrytown, has been picked as among the top nonprofits in the nation by an organization, which evaluates what people are saying about charities. The 2016 Top-Rated Nonprofit Award was from GreatNonprofits.org, the leading provider of user reviews about nonprofit organizations. The award was based on the large number of positive reviews that were submitted by volunteers, agencies and program participants. GreatNonprofits.org has compiled information on about 1.2 million of the 1.5 million charities in the U.S. Volunteer New York! operates in Westchester, Rockland and Putnam. It maintains databases of people who would like to volunteer and nonprofits looking for volun-

teers, while also helping businesses with their community outreach efforts. “This year we inspired 19,000 volunteers to give over 299,000 hours of service back to 500 nonprofits, which is $8.13 million of value back to our community,” according to Jeanette Gisbert, deputy executive director of Volunteer New York! The organization has been in operation for 66 years. Its executive director, Alisa H. Kesten, said, “To receive this recognition for five years running, is so heartening. It means that we are continuing to make meaningful, efficient connections and strengthening our fellow nonprofits — and through our consistency individuals are coming to us and working with us, when they are ready to volunteer and say, yes, or when they are ready to be inspired.”

Get into the holiday spirit at The Warwick Valley Chamber of Commerce after-hours business mixer at Pennings Farm Cidery, 4 Warwick Turnpike, Wednesday, Dec. 7 from 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. Meet, greet and socialize in the rustic setting with business professionals from around the region and relax around the spacious bar where specialty hard cider and a variety of heavy gourmet hors d’oeuvres will be served (cash bar available). Attendees will also be eligible to win a variety of raffles and prizes. “We are so thankful to host the chamber’s holiday mixer,” said Pennings Farm Cidery owner and cider maker Steve

Pennings. “It’s a great way to say thank you for being chosen as Best New Construction of the Year and to make merry with members of our community.” The Cidery was born of the multigenerational Pennings family of farmers who established both Pennings Farm Market and Pennings Apple Orchard in Warwick. The custom-built 12-tap system at the Cidery offers a lineup of nine Pennings-own crisp and creative hard ciders, featuring seasonal flavors throughout the year. Cost for the mixer is $10 for members and their guests; $20 for nonmembers. For reservations, call 845-986-2720 or email info@warwickcc.org.

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DECEMBER 5, 2016

FACTS NEW ROCHELLE, 30 Morgan St. Single-family residence; lot size: .09 acre. Plaintiff: HSBC Bank USA National Association. Plaintiff ’s attorney: Gross Polowy LLC, 716-204-1700; 1775 Wehrle Drive, Williamsville 14221. Defendant: Linda Francis. Referee: Michael Amodio. Sale: Dec. 12, 10 a.m. Approximate lien: $279,130.58.

YONKERS, 16 Coronet Road. Single-family residence; lot size: .22 acre. Plaintiff: Wilmington Savings Fund Society. Plaintiff ’s attorney: Knuckles, Komosinski & Elliot, 914-345-3020; 565 Taxter Road, Suite 509, Elmsford 10523. Defendant: Michele Foley. Referee: Camille Allen. Sale: Dec. 9, 9 a.m. Approximate lien: $354,094.63.

OSSINING, 4 William St. Two-family residence; lot size: .06 acre. Plaintiff: HSBC Bank USA National Association. Plaintiff ’s attorney: McCabe, Weisberg & Conway PC, 914-636-8900; 145 Huguenot St., Suite 401, New Rochelle 10801. Defendant: Robert Hum. Referee: Dennis Krolian. Sale: Dec. 15, 10 a.m. Approximate lien: $495,262.28.

YONKERS, 641 Valley Ave. a.k.a. 50 Annsville Trail. Single-family residence; lot size: .11 acre. Plaintiff: Bayview Loan Servicing LLC. Plaintiff ’s attorney: RAS Boriskin, 516-280-7675; 900 Merchants Concourse, Westbury 11590. Defendant: Nicolas Charbonneau. Referee: Daniel Romano. Sale: Dec. 15, 11:30 a.m. Approximate lien: N/A.

OSSINING, 12 Martin Road. Single-family residence; lot size: .12 acre. Plaintiff: The Bank of New York Mellon. Plaintiff ’s attorney: Davidson, Fink, Cook, Kelly & Galbraith, 585-546-6448 or 585-760-8218; 28 E. Main St., Suite 1700, Rochester 14614. Defendant: Jorge Cardenas. Referee: Pat Longo Bucco. Sale: Dec. 12, 1 p.m.; Approximate lien: $35,662.00. OSSINING, 20 Osage Drive West. Single-family residence; lot size: .19 acre. Plaintiff: Wells Fargo Bank National Association. Plaintiff ’s attorney: Woods Oviatt Gilman LLP, 700 Crossroads Building, 2 State St., Rochester 14614. Defendant: Jeanne Farande. Referee: Michael Fox. Sale: Dec. 12, 10 a.m. Approximate lien: $33,066.16. PEEKSKILL, 914 Reynolds St. Single-family residence; lot size: N/A. Plaintiff: U.S. Bank National Association. Plaintiff ’s attorney: Rosicki & Rosicki & Associates, 845-897-1600; 2 Summit Court, No. 301, Fishkill 11254. Defendant: Leonidas Lobato. Referee: Anthony Keogh. Sale: Dec. 7, 9 a.m. Approxiamte lien: $338,009.12. SLEEPY HOLLOW, 89 River St., Unit 209. Single-family residence; lot size: .05 acre. Plaintiff: The Bank of New York Mellon. Plaintiff ’s attorney: Shapiro, DiCaro & Barak, 877-759-1835; 175 Mile Crossing Blvd., Rochester 14624. Defendant: Darcy Holmes. Referee: Jay Hashmall. Sale: Dec. 5. Approximate lien: $1,526,237.86.

National Facilities Manager H&O (Nestle Waters North America, Inc. — Elmsford, NY) Rspnsble for driv’g systs & process imprvmnts rel to invntry cntrl. F/T. Reqs a Mast’s dgr in Indus Eng, Logistics, Bus Admin or rel fld & 2 yrs of exp in job offered or w/ Lean/Six Sigma or Continuous Improvmnt. In lieu of Mast’s dgr & 2 yrs of exp as stated, will accpt Bach’s dgr & 5 yrs of exp as stated. Edu, train’g, or exp must incl: lead’g proj & cross-functional teams; Warehouse/Op leadership; prfrm’g stat analysis; & invntry mgmt incl’g adv plann’g optimization (APO) in SAP. Exp may be gained concurrently. Resumes: J. Buenrostro, Nestle USA, 800 N Brand Blvd, Glendale, CA 91203. JobID: NFM-RDI.

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YORKTOWN HEIGHTS, 291 London Road. Single-family residence; lot size: .46 acre. Plaintiff: Nationstar Mortgage LLC. Plaintiff ’s attorney: Gross Polowy LLC, 716-204-1700; 1775 Wehrle Drive, Williamsville 14221. Defendant: Doreen Perry. Referee: Joseph Maria. Sale: Dec. 12, 9 a.m. Approximate lien: $575,450.92.

JUDGMENTS Almstead Tree and Shrub Care Company LLC, New Rochelle. $14,635 in favor of Teletrac Inc. Filed Nov. 23. Chairmasters Inc., Mount Vernon. $14,537 in favor of Garrett Leather Corp., Buffalo. Filed Nov. 23. L. Brookes Plumbing and Heating Company Inc., Bronx. $29,018 in favor of Central Plumbing Specialties Company Inc., Yonkers. Filed Nov. 23. New Bon Buﬀet Inc., Somers. $703,503 in favor of UB Somers Inc., Greenwich, Conn. Filed Nov. 18.

LIS PENDENS The following filings indicated a legal action has been initiated, the outcome of which may affect the title to the property listed. Aponte, Deyanira, et al. Filed by Deutsche Bank National Trust Co. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $360,000 affecting property located at 37 Hardy Place, Yonkers 10703. Filed July 22. Batten, Joseph S., et al. Filed by CitiMortgage Inc. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $317,298 affecting property located at 402 Union Ave., Mount Vernon 10550. Filed July 27. Campbell, Lloyd, et al. Filed by U.S. Bank N.A. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $536,000 affecting property located at 48 S. Seventh Ave., Mount Vernon 10550. Filed July 27.

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Cheng, Andrew, et al. Filed by Wilmington Trust N.A. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $464,700 affecting property located at 9 Elmwood Road, White Plains 10605. Filed July 23. Chiwara, Richard, et al. Filed by EverBank. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $417,000 affecting property located at 3 Park Place, Mount Vernon 10552. Filed July 29. Darko, Samuel, et al. Filed by U.S. Bank N.A. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure an unspecified amount affecting property located at 23 Rossiter Ave., Yonkers 10701. Filed July 27.

FIGURES Hajrizi, Istref, et al. Filed by Structured Asset Mortgage Investments II Inc. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $650,000 affecting property located at 11 The Glenn Road, Pleasantville 10570. Filed July 22. Londin, David, et al. Filed by Wells Fargo Bank N.A. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $297,500 affecting property located at 1270 North Ave., 6B, New Rochelle 10804. Filed July 23. Lynch, Margaret, et al. Filed by U.S. Bank Trust N.A. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $47,838 affecting property located at 170 Lindsey Ave., Buchanan 10511. Filed July 29.

Deschamps, Charles V Jr., et al. Filed by Deutsche Bank National Trust Co. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $310,000 affecting property located at 3 Ronalds Lane, New Rochelle 10801. Filed July 24.

Martinez, Remedios, et al. Filed by Ocwen Loan Servicing LLC. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $526,400 affecting property located at 474 W. William St., Port Chester 10573. Filed July 29.

Dowd, Steven, et al. Filed by Aurora Loan Services LLC. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $360,000 affecting property located at 1802 Amazon Road, Mohegan Lake 10547. Filed July 27.

McNatty, Daniel, et al. Filed by Wilmington Trust N.A. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $1.2 million affecting property located at 16 Prickly Pear Hill Road, Crotonon-Hudson 10520. Filed July 23.

Estatico, Anthony D. III, et al. Filed by Deutsche Bank National Trust Co. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $520,000 affecting property located at 710 N. Broadway, Yonkers 10701. Filed July 24.

Menzenski, Sophie, et al. Filed by Deutsche Bank National Trust Co. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure an unspecified amount affecting property located at 1233 Baldwin Road, Yorktown Heights 10598. Filed July 24.

F and M Venture Realty Inc., et al. Filed by the Comptroller of the State of New York as trustee for the New York State Common Retirement Fund. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure an unspecified amount affecting property located at 47 N. Broadway, Yonkers. Filed July 23. Gabriele, Mauro M., et al. Filed by Deutsche Bank National Trust Co. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure an unspecified amount affecting property located at 139 Highview St., Mamaroneck 10543. Filed July 23. Gannozzi, Szabo, et al. Filed by U.S. Bank N.A. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $332,000 affecting property located at 9 Floral Road, Cortlandt Manor 10567. Filed July 22. Gonzalez, Luis, et al. Filed by HSBC Bank USA N.A. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $456,000 affecting property located at 11 Jones St., New Rochelle 10801. Filed July 23. Graham, Lewis, et al. Filed by Nationstar Mortgage LLC. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure an unspecified amount affecting property located at 175 Huguenot St., Unit 1005, New Rochelle 10801. Filed July 23.

Mulligan, Kim, et al. Filed by The Bank of New York Mellon. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $187,000 affecting property located at 37 Wheeler Drive, Cortlandt Manor 10567. Filed July 27. Pallogudis, Chrysoula, et al. Filed by U.S. Bank N.A. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $479,500 affecting property located at 18 Hudson View Drive, Yonkers 10701. Filed July 27. Palmer, James K., et al. Filed by Deutsche Bank National Trust Co. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $102,000 affecting property located at 7 N. James St., Unit G, Peekskill 10566. Filed July 27. Richards, Glenwall Hugh, et al. Filed by Deutsche Bank National Trust Co. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $100,000 affecting property located at 376 North Ave., New Rochelle 10801. Filed July 29. Robinson, Robert, et al. Filed by Deutsche Bank National Trust Company Americas. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $108,000 affecting property located at 7 N. James St., Unit D, Peekskill 10566. Filed July 27. Rodrigues, Lisa, et al. Filed by HSBC Bank USA N.A. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $171,000 affecting property located at 3116 Donald Court, Mohegan Lake 10547. Filed July 28.

Sterino, Elizabeth T., et al. Filed by Bank of America N.A. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $238,960 affecting property located at 128 Croton Ave., Ossining 10562. Filed July 22. Taylor, Ben Edd, et al. Filed by OneWest Bank N.A. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $615,000 affecting property located at 109 Grandview Ave., Mount Vernon 10553. Filed July 23.

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

Partnerships Lonely Floater, 180 Cottage Ave., Mount Vernon 10550, c/o Lovans Florial and Ryan Wallace. Filed Feb. 16.

Taylor, Paul A., et al. Filed by Wells Fargo Bank N.A. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $380,402 affecting property located at 230 Lafayette Ave., Cortlandt Manor 10567. Filed July 22.

Sole Proprietorships

Tommasiello, Julieta, et al. Filed by Federal National Mortgage Association. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure an unspecified amount affecting property located at 3408 Deerhaunt St., Yorktown Heights 10598. Filed July 27.

Bake and Build, 16 Rockland Ave., Larchmont 10538, c/o Brian Stenson. Filed Feb. 11.

Tymon, Terrence, et al. Filed by The Bank of New York Mellon. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure an unspecified amount affecting property located at 90 Spring St., South Salem 10590. Filed July 24. Unknown heirs of the estate of Christine Valentine, et al. Filed by Reverse Mortgage Solutions Inc. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $465,000 affecting property located at 62 East St., South Salem 10590. Filed July 29. White, Phineas, et al. Filed by Wells Fargo Bank N.A. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $180,858 affecting property located at 41 Point St., Apt. 1B, Yonkers 10701. Filed July 28.

MECHANIC’S LIENS 150 Main St LLC, as owner. $264,187 as claimed by High Valley Designs Ltd. Property: in Eastchester. Filed Nov. 23. 31 Paddington LLC, as owner. $82,543 as claimed by JDA Contracting Corp., Ossining. Property: in Scarsdale. Filed Nov. 23. 70 Grace Church LLC, as owner. $11,121 as claimed by Interstate and Lakeland Lumber Corp., Greenwich, Conn. Property: in Rye. Filed Nov. 22. Habeck, Amy, et al, as owner. $5,550 as claimed by Frank Verdeschi, Somers. Property: in Rye. Filed Nov. 21.

Adolfo Cleaning and Service, 24 Gilbert Place, Port Chester 10573, c/o Adolfo Guillermo Rios. Filed Feb. 11.

CDATATECH, 412 Tallwood Drive, Hartsdale 10530, c/o Joseph Cordero. Filed Feb. 16. Doos 4 Dogs, 852 Commerce St., No. 10, Thornwood 10594, c/o Namhee Bae. Filed Feb. 10. Dream Smiles Family Day Care, 22 Mechanics Ave., Tarrytown 10591, c/o Fabia Andrea Rodriguez. Filed Feb. 10. Gam Reports, 29 N. Terrace Ave., Mount Vernon 10550, c/o Evelin Marmolejos. Filed Feb. 16. Hair to Stay NY, 7 Stonewall Circle, White Plains 10607, c/o Kamiash Brown. Filed Feb. 16. HostJobFair, 1180 Midland Ave., Bronxville 10708, c/o John Thomas. Filed Feb. 10. Inner Design Interiors and Décor, 300 Mamaroneck Ave., Apt. 332, White Plains 10605, c/o Andrea Jaramillo. Filed Feb. 10. JN Painting, 126 Archer Ave., No. 2, Mount Vernon 10550, c/o Jorge L. Nascimento. Filed Feb. 11. John Symonds Defensive Driving, 16 Bramblebrook Road, Ardsley 10502, c/o John P. Symonds. Filed Feb. 11. JVL Tile, 274 Locust Ave., Cortlandt Manor 10567, c/o Jinsop E. ValdiviezoLomas. Filed Feb. 10. Megatown Construction, 109 N. Fulton Ave., Mount Vernon 10550, c/o Christopher Samuel Wallace. Filed Feb. 11. Narska, 200 N. Water St., Peekskill 10566, c/o Tomasz Mlynarski. Filed Feb. 11. Natures Premier Landscaping and Masonry, 68 Maple Ave., Mount Kisco 10549, c/o Erica M. De Leon. Filed Feb. 16.

FACTS Statement Junky Accessories, 70 Locust Ave., No. 612B, New Rochelle 10801, c/o Rashell Evans. Filed Feb. 16. Taxiamigo, 633 Mamaroneck Ave., Mamaroneck 10543, c/o William A. Navarro. Filed Feb. 11. Victoria’s House Cleaning, 58 Dale Ave., Ossining 10562, c/o Maria V. Saguay Albarracin. Filed Feb. 12.

PATENTS Aligning content and social-network audience using analytics and/or visualization. Patent no. 9,509,655 issued to Donald E. Buddenbaum, Raleigh, N.C.; Peter F. Haggar, Raleigh, N.C.; Heather M. Kreger, Louisburg, N.C.; Arnaud J. Le Hors, Santa Clara, Calif.; John V. Meegan, Ridgefield, Conn.; and Keith A. Wells, Angier, N.C. Assigned to International Business Machines Corp., Armonk. Associating sentiment with objects presented via social media. Patent no. 9,509,648 issued to Lisa Seacat DeLuca, Baltimore, Md.; Lydia M. Do, Raleigh, N.C.; and Jenny S. Li, Danbury, Conn. Assigned to International Business Machines Corp., Armonk. Cavity filtered qubit. Patent no. 9,509,280 issued to Baleegh Abdo, Carmel; Jerry M. Chow, White Plains; Jay M. Gambetta, Yorktown Heights; and Hanhee Paik, Danbury, Conn. Assigned to International Business Machines Corp., Armonk. Deleting encoded data slices in a dispersed storage network. Patent no. 9,509,514 issued to Jason K. Resch, Chicago, Ill.; and Manish Motwani, Chicago, Ill. Assigned to International Business Machines Corp., Armonk. Formation of bulk SiGe fin with dielectric isolation by anodization. Patent no. 9,508,851 issued to Thomas N. Adam, Slingerlands; Kangguo Cheng, Schenectady; Bruce B. Doris, Brewster; Pouya Hashemi, White Plains; Ali Khakifirooz, Mountain View, Calif.; and Alexander Reznicek, Troy. Assigned to International Business Machines Corp., Armonk. Method and structure for forming gate contact above active area with trench silicide. Patent no. 9,508,825 issued to Veeraraghavan S. Basker, Schenectady; Kangguo Cheng, Schenectady; Theodorus E. Standaert, Clifton Park; and Junli Wang, Slingerlands. Assigned to International Business Machines Corp., Armonk. Multipath fiber channel over Ethernet networks. Patent no. 9,509,555 issued to Casimer M. DeCusatis, Poughkeepsie; and Anuradha Rao, Hopewell Junction. Assigned to International Business Machines Corp., Armonk.

Punch through stopper for semiconductor device. Patent no. 9,508,833 issued to Effendi Leobandung, Stormville; and Tenko Yamashita, Schenectady. Assigned to International Business Machines Corp., Armonk. Resource over subscription. Patent no. 9,509,627 issued to Casimer DeCusatis, Poughkeepsie; Sujatha Kashyap, Austin, Texas; and Rajaram B. Krishnamurthy, Wappingers Falls. Assigned to International Business Machines Corp., Armonk. Snoop virtual receiver time. Patent no. 9,509,450 issued to Franck Le, White Plains; and Erich M. Nahum, New York. Assigned to International Business Machines Corp., Armonk.

HUDSON VALLEY BUILDING LOANS Below $1 million Bell, Bruce, New York City, as owner. Lender: WoodTrust Bank, Wisconsin Rapids, Wis. Property: in Rochester. Amount: $670,000. Filed Nov. 23. Casareale, Christine, et al, Middletown, as owner. Lender: M&T Bank, Buffalo. Property: in Middletown. Amount: $78,060. Filed Nov. 28. Imperatori, Donna, as owner. Lender: Hudson Valley Federal Credit Union. Property: in Hyde Park. Amount: $195,000. Filed Nov. 22. KM Unlimited LLC, as owner. Lender: JPMorgan Chase Bank N.A. Property: in East Fishkill. Amount: $500,000. Filed Nov. 22. Monti, Jason, et al, Marlboro, as owner. Lender: Walden Savings Bank, Montgomery. Property: in Newburgh. Amount: $265,000. Filed Nov. 25. Opulent Homes Inc., Monroe, as owner. Lender: Lending Home Funding Corp., San Francisco, Calif. Property: 26 Davidge Road, Middletown 10940. Amount: $176,200. Filed Nov. 21. Sheafe Woods Realty LLC, as owner. Lender: PCSB Bank. Property: in Fishkill. Amount: $200,000. Filed Nov. 22. Willems, Josh, et al, as owner. Lender: Hudson Valley Federal Credit Union. Property: in Poughkeepsie. Amount: $364,320. Filed Nov. 22.

DEEDS Above $1 million

FIGURES CEAS Select Properties LLC, Campbell Hall. Seller: Leslie A. Baum, Walden. Property: 13 Angelas Way, Goshen 10924. Amount: $271,000. Filed Nov. 22.

Bluestone Commons Developers LLC, Monroe. Seller: M/M Orange Inc., Monroe. Property: in Maybrook. Amount: $1.5 million. Filed Nov. 21.

Church Communities NY Inc., Rifton. Seller: Robert Hoffman, et al, Bucksport, Me. Property: in Esopus. Amount: $80,000. Filed Nov. 18.

Below $1 million

Clove Branch Holdings Corp., Hopewell Junction. Seller: SRP TRS Sub LLC, Odessa, Fla. Property: 610 Sixth Road, Wappingers Falls 12590. Amount: $57,000. Filed Nov. 18.

1005 US 11 LLC, Pearl River. Seller: GSAA Home Equity Trust 2006-5. Mount Laurel, N.J. Property: 50 Wickham Drive, Warwick 10990. Amount: $130,000. Filed Nov. 21. 205 Hudson LLC, Goshen. Seller: City of Newburgh. Property: 205 Broadway, Newburgh. Amount: $45,000. Filed Nov. 28. 21st Mortgage Corp., Knoxville, Tenn. Seller: Lisa J. Felicissimo, Monroe. Property: 2037 Independence Drive, New Windsor 12533. Amount: $507,800. Filed Nov. 21. 21st Mortgage Corp., Knoxville, Tenn. Seller: William H. Chellis, Jeffersonville. Property: in Middletown. Amount: $140,030. Filed Nov. 23. 3722 Colonist Inc., New Windsor. Seller: Mount Airy Estates Inc., et al, Englewood, N.J. Property: 3722 Colonist Trail, New Windsor. Amount: $426,690. Filed Nov. 28. 65-69 East Main Estates LLC, Monroe. Seller: Alfonso Greco, et al, Middletown. Property: 65-69 E. Main St., Middletown. Amount: $300,000. Filed Nov. 21. Angels Properties LLC, Kensington, Md. Seller: Patricia Morris, Monroe. Property: in Middletown. Amount: $69,400. Filed Nov. 21. Arcanum Holdings LLC, Dallas, Texas. Seller: Megan Schmidt, Portland, Or. Property: in Shandaken. Amount: $435,000. Filed Nov. 18. Bank of New York Mellon. Seller: Lee David Klein, Poughkeepsie. Property: 8 Finkle Road, Pine Plains 12567. Amount: $633,500. Filed Nov. 21. BDK3 Enterprises LLC, Hopewell Junction. Seller: Muirfield Properties Inc., Hut Valley, Md. Property: in Clinton. Amount: $55,000. Filed Nov. 22. Blooming Grove R.E. Holdings LLC, Brooklyn. Seller: Jeff Leine, et al, Monroe. Property: in Blooming Grove. Amount: $230,000. Filed Nov. 25. Blooming Grove R.E. Holdings LLC, Brooklyn. Seller: William J. Birmingham, et al, Monroe. Property: in Blooming Grove. Amount: $250,000. Filed Nov. 25.

Commercial Holdings of Poughkeepsie LLC, Pleasant Valley. Seller: Alex Aurecchione, Newburgh. Property: in Poughkeepsie. Amount: $287,500. Filed Nov. 22. Community Restoration Corp., Dallas, Texas. Seller: Idalio Simoes, Greentown, Penn. Property: 4 and 4 ½ Charles St., Middletown 10940. Amount: $193,883. Filed Nov. 23. Deutsche Bank National Trust Co. Seller: Alan L. Joseph, Goshen. Property: 9-11 Broad St., Middletown 10940. Amount: $438,250. Filed Nov. 25. DL Green Fields LLC, West Nyack. Seller: Barbara J. Quinn, Gardiner. Property: in Shawangunk. Amount: $440,000. Filed Nov. 18. Dovetail Management Inc., New Paltz. Seller: Ronald A. Wager Jr., et al, Clintondale. Property: in Plattekill. Amount: $127,000. Filed Nov. 21. Eljor Properties LLC, New City. Seller: Henrietta Frey, Bloomingburg. Property: 119 N. Beacon St., Middletown 10940. Amount: $75,000. Filed Nov. 28. F and A Concrete Inc., Unionville. Seller: The Hills at Goshen LLC, Clifton, N.J. Property: in Goshen. Amount: $40,000. Filed Nov. 22. Fannie Mae. Seller: Henry N. Christensen, Goshen. Property: 32 Benkard Ave., Newburgh 12550. Amount: $95,500. Filed Nov. 25. Federal National Mortgage Association. Seller: Laurence A. Clemente, Goshen. Property: 104 Hy Vue Court, Newburgh 12550. Amount: $382,336. Filed Nov. 28. FND Realty Group LLC, Monroe. Seller: Donald Brown, Jr., Poughkeepsie. Property: 29 Cora Rose Lane, Huguenot 12746. Amount: $73,000. Filed Nov. 22. FYG Agency Corp., Monroe. Seller: Christopher J. Smith, Middletown. Property: 5 Prospect St., Port Jervis 12771. Amount: $60,100. Filed Nov. 21. Garvilla Construction Inc., Pine Bush. Seller: Em-Ray Inc., Gardiner. Property: in Gardiner. Amount: $95,000. Filed Nov. 23.

Goshen Development Company LLC, Princeton, N.J. Seller: Kenneth S. Kolk, Goshen. Property: in Goshen. Amount: $975,000. Filed Nov. 21. Hatzlucha Brucha LLC, Highland Mills. Seller: Allsave Development LLC, Montebello. Property: 315 Bloomingburg Road, Wallkill. Amount: $250,000. Filed Nov. 21. HCR Holdings LLC, Poughkeepsie. Seller: Fannie Mae. Property: 16 Briarwood Drive, Poughkeepsie 12601. Amount: $110,000. Filed Nov. 22. High Garden Holdings LLC, White Plains. Seller: Edward C. Bruno, Pine Bush. Property: 8 Ford Court, Monroe 10950. Amount: $250,751. Filed Nov. 25. High Garden Holdings LLC, White Plains. Seller: Patricia A. Cocchia, Cornwall-on-Hudson. Property: 32 Jordan Lane, Building 7, Middletown 10940. Amount: $95,001. Filed Nov. 25. Hod Shbehod LLC, Monroe. Seller: John J. Fallon, Walden. Property: 9 Virginia Circle, Newburgh 12550. Amount: $99,230. Filed Nov. 21.

Orange County Home Solutions LLC, Monroe. Seller: Anne Monahan, Goshen. Property: 45 Wells Road, Newburgh 12550. Amount: $185,000. Filed Nov. 25. Pin Point Trading Inc., Brooklyn. Seller: Phillip Martini, et al, Monroe. Property: 18 King St., Monroe 10950. Amount: $330,000. Filed Nov. 21. Precision Auto Storage LLC, Ancramdale. Seller: Irondale Development Corp., Millerton. Property: 6050 Route 22, Millerton. Amount: $150,000. Filed Nov. 21. RRCH No. 4 LLC. Seller: JPMorgan Chase Bank N.A. Property: 84 Nine Partners Road, Staatsburg 12580. Amount: $171,500. Filed Nov. 21. Sams Home Inc., Monroe. Seller: Herman Perl, Blooming Grove. Property: in Blooming Grove. Amount: $100,000. Filed Nov. 21. Secretary of Housing and Urban Development, Philadelphia, Pa. Seller: Dennis Horner, Jr., Goshen. Property: 725 Big Pond Road, Huguenot 12746. Amount: $182,280. Filed Nov. 22.

Insource East Properties Inc., Hauppauge. Seller: Wells Fargo Bank N.A. Property: 12 Meadow St., Newburgh 12550. Amount: $77,000. Filed Nov. 25.

Shinda Holdings LLC, Monroe. Seller: Cynthia Murray, Middletown. Property: 5 Richmond Place, Middletown. Amount: $61,600. Filed Nov. 23.

J and B Front Street 78 LLC, Hempstead. Seller: 78 Front Street LLC, Garrison. Property: 78 Front St., Port Jervis 12771. Amount: $335,000. Filed Nov. 25.

Simon Says Properties LLC, Livingston Manor. Seller: Western Sullivan O.R.E. LLC, Jeffersonville. Property: in Ellenville. Amount: $15,000. Filed Nov. 18.

Mid-Hudson Development Corp., Fishkill. Seller: RJA Holding Inc., Wappingers Falls. Property: in Wappinger. Amount: $118,000. Filed Nov. 18.

Sirva Relocation Properties LLC. Seller: David Stark, et al, Montgomery. Property: 36 Abraham Drive, Montgomery 12549. Amount: $334,000. Filed Nov. 25.

Nationstar HECM Acquisition Trust 2016-1. Seller: Samuel P. Brooke, Poughkeepsie. Property: 26 Beaver Road, LaGrangeville 12590. Amount: $391,500. Filed Nov. 18. New Life Properties of Hudson Valley LLC, Goshen. Seller: Preston Scheri, Scarsdale. Property: 24 Woodside Knolls Drive, Unit 402, Middletown 10940. Amount: $163,100. Filed Nov. 22. Norris Quality Trimmers Inc., Goshen. Seller: Marie F. Tomcho, Florida. Property: Werner Ave., Florida 10921. Amount: $85,000. Filed Nov. 28. Open Space Institute Land Trust Inc., New York City. Seller: Leland Realty LLC, New York. Property: in Shawangunk. Amount: $621,898. Filed Nov. 23. Opulent Homes Inc., Monroe. Seller: Fannie Mae. Property: 26 Davidge Road, Middletown 10940. Amount: $120,000. Filed Nov. 21.

Stark Facilities LLC, Clintondale. Seller: Iron Falls Management LLC, Goshen. Property: 41 Washington Terrace, Newburgh 12550. Amount: $545,000. Filed Nov. 28. Supemo Realty LLC, Monroe. Seller: Michael S. Blustein, Goshen. Property: 77 W. Main St., Port Jervis 12771. Amount: $18,500. Filed Nov. 28. U.S. Bank N.A. Seller: Andrea Dumais, Walden. Property: 1055 Ridgebury Road, New Hampton 10958. Amount: $664,391. Filed Nov. 25. U.S. Bank N.A. Seller: Andrew D. Wikane, New York City. Property: 67 Pine Hill Road, Pleasant Valley 12569. Amount: $326,500. Filed Nov. 22. U.S. Bank N.A. Seller: David L. Russell, Newburgh. Property: 292 First St., Newburgh 12550. Amount: $298,762. Filed Nov. 28. U.S. Bank N.A. Seller: Michael Catania, Newburgh. Property: 35 Clintonwood Drive, New Windsor 12553. Amount: $428,069. Filed Nov. 21.

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FACTS U.S. Bank N.A. Seller: Michelle Anderson, Newburgh. Property: 29 Lakeside Drive, New Windsor 12553. Amount: $333,767. Filed Nov. 23.

David L. Kempton Inc., Cornwallon-Hudson. $795,679 in favor of Cadlerock III LLC, Newton Falls, Ohio. Filed Nov. 25.

U.S. Bank N.A. Seller: Michelle Anderson, Newburgh. Property: 82 Merritt Lane, Newburgh 12550. Amount: $690,708. Filed Nov. 23.

Dream Team Laser Beam Inc., Kingston. $28,000 in favor of the Workers’ Compensation Board of the State of New York, Albany. Filed Nov. 22.

U.S. Bank N.A. Seller: Samuel P. Brooke, Poughkeepsie. Property: 23 Cedar Heights Road, Rhinebeck 12572. Amount: $393,000. Filed Nov. 22. U.S. Bank Trust N.A. Seller: Michelle Anderson, Newburgh. Property: 36 Pennsylvania Ave., Port Jervis 12771. Amount: $98,726. Filed Nov. 25. Wagar Farm LLC, Grahamsville. Seller: Benjamin Edward Avery, Wilmington, N.C. Property: in Wawarsing. Amount: $120,000. Filed Nov. 23. Wells Fargo Bank N.A. Seller: John B. Swift, III, Goshen. Property: 224 Summit Drive, New Windsor 12553. Amount: $443,396. Filed Nov. 23. Wilmington Savings Fund Society FSB. Seller: Ralph L. Puglielle Jr., New Windsor. Property: 189 W. Searsville Road, Montgomery 12549. Amount: $367,255. Filed Nov. 23.

EJGC Inc., Wallkill. $796 in favor of the New York State Department of Labor Unemployment Insurance Division, Albany. Filed Nov. 21. Ellenville Diner Inc., Ellenville. $3,068 in favor of the New York State Department of Labor Unemployment Insurance Division, Albany. Filed Nov. 21. Hudson Valley Shuttle Inc., Kingston. $26,367 in favor of Tibetan Charities Inc., Kingston. Filed Nov. 22. Iron Mountain Information Management Inc., Rosendale. $7,885 in favor of the New York State Department of Labor Unemployment Insurance Division, Albany. Filed Nov. 21. Joy Fellowship Ministries Inc., Newburgh. $2,408 in favor of Harriman Auto, Harriman. Filed Nov. 21.

Wilmington Trust N.A. Seller: Rachel D. Flanagan Frost, Fishkill. Property: 164 O’Halloran Circle, Pleasant Valley 12569. Amount: $234,500. Filed Nov. 18.

McDonough LLC, Highland. $1,041 in favor of the New York State Department of Labor and the Department of Taxation and Finance, Albany. Filed Nov. 23.

JUDGMENTS

Quisqueya Mini Market Corp., Kingston. $1,000 in favor of the Workers’ Compensation Board of the State of New York, Albany. Filed Nov. 22.

Accord Speedway Inc., Accord. $2,055 in favor of the New York State Department of Labor Unemployment Insurance Division, Albany. Filed Nov. 21. Angel’s Cleaning and Maintenance, New Hampton. $7,000 in favor of the Workers’ Compensation Board of the State of New York, Albany. Filed April 6. Aztlan Lawnscape Inc., Highland. $843 in favor of the New York State Department of Labor Unemployment Insurance Division, Albany. Filed Nov. 21. Catbab Corp., Monroe. $1,000 in favor of the Workers’ Compensation Board of the State of New York, Albany. Filed April 6. Congregation Joseph Schwartz of Prague Inc., Monroe. $25,500 in favor of the Workers’ Compensation Board of the State of New York, Albany. Filed April 6. Crystal Clear Trucking, Accord. $19,000 in favor of the Workers’ Compensation Board of the State of New York, Albany. Filed Nov. 25.

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Rey Del Pollo III Inc., Newburgh. $26,500 in favor of the Workers’ Compensation Board of the State of New York, Albany. Filed April 6. Showalter’s Auto Equipment, Florida. $3,014 in favor of Albany Avenue Truck and Trailer Inc., Kingston. Filed Nov. 22. South American Trucking, Saugerties. $14,500 in favor of the Workers’ Compensation Board of the State of New York, Albany. Filed Nov. 25. Steve’s Finishing Touches LLC, Middletown. $2,000 in favor of the Workers’ Compensation Board of the State of New York, Albany. Filed April 6. The Secret City Inc., Woodstock. $673 in favor of the New York State Department of Labor Unemployment Insurance Division, Albany. Filed Nov. 21. The Wine Store of Marlborough Inc., Marlboro. $1,041 in favor of the New York State Department of Labor and the Department of Taxation and Finance, Albany. Filed Nov. 23.

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Total Car Care and Tire Center Inc., Harriman. $5,000 in favor of the Workers’ Compensation Board of the State of New York, Albany. Filed April 6. Town and Country Paving and Property Management Inc., New Paltz. $211 in favor of the New York State Department of Labor Unemployment Insurance Division, Albany. Filed Nov. 21. Wilber’s Painting, Central Islip. $4,078 in favor of The Sherwin-Williams Co., Bethlehem, Penn. Filed Nov. 23. William Wallace Construction Inc., Woodstock. $1,030 in favor of the New York State Department of Labor Unemployment Insurance Division, Albany. Filed Nov. 21. Wine Worldwide Inc., New Paltz. $3,724 in favor of the New York State Department of Labor Unemployment Insurance Division, Albany. Filed Nov. 21. Yeats Contracting Inc., White Plains. $4,593 in favor of The SherwinWilliams Co., Bethlehem, Pa. Filed Nov. 23.

LIS PENDENS The following filings indicated a legal action has been initiated, the outcome of which may affect the title to the property listed. Adams, William I IV, et al. Filed by Bank of America N.A. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $349,536 affecting property located at 4 Guernsey Hill Road, LaGrangeville 12540. Filed Nov. 23. Adler, Stefan L., 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 127 Brooks Ave., Monroe 10950. Filed May 26. Ahern, Thomas G., et al. Filed by Ditech Financial LLC. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $130,500 affecting property located at 242 Oak Ridge Road, East Fishkill 12533. Filed Nov. 22. Ajoloko, Adeniyi, et al. Filed by Freedom Mortgage Corp. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $181,649 affecting property located at 8 Palmer Ave., Monroe 10950. Filed May 23. Albert, Ana D., et al. Filed by U.S. Bank N.A. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $223,250 affecting property located at 13 W. Dogwood Drive, Poughkeepsie 12601. Filed Nov. 22. Athens, Christopher J., et al. Filed by U.S. Bank N.A. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $359,650 affecting property located at 254 Echo Hill Court, Saugerties 12477. Filed Nov. 22.

FIGURES Avalos, Juan, et al. Filed by Wells Fargo Bank N.A. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $375,000 affecting property located at 9-11 Beattie Ave., Middletown 10940. Filed May 23.

Crisci, Denise Y., et al. Filed by Carrington Mortgage Services LLC. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $153,020 affecting property located at 20 Fowler St., Beacon 12508. Filed Nov. 17.

Gallo, Barbara J., et al. Filed by U.S. Bank N.A. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $108,000 affecting property located at 111 Railroad Ave., Kingston 12401. Filed Nov. 22.

Bills, Flournoy, et al. Filed by MidIsland Mortgage Corp. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $304,500 affecting property located at 18 Gavin Ave., Middletown 10940. Filed June 1.

Debree, Christopher R., et al. Filed by Federal National Mortgage Association. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure an unspecified amount affecting property located at 64 Wickham Ave., Goshen 10924. Filed June 2.

Gomez, Pedro Jr., et al. Filed by Nationstar Mortgage LLC. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $200,000 affecting property located at 29 CE Penney Drive, Wallkill 12589. Filed Nov. 21.

Bimonte, Angela, et al. Filed by Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems Inc. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $314,153 affecting property located at 160 Lake Walton Road, Hopewell Junction 12533. Filed Nov. 18.

Deluca, Nancy A., 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 188 Brook Trail, Greenwood Lake 10925. Filed May 23.

Byrnes, Dennis M., et al. Filed by Walden Savings Bank. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $244,000 affecting property located at 60 Wallkill Road, Walden 12586. Filed May 27.

Derose, Lisa, et al. Filed by The Bank of New York Mellon. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure an unspecified amount affecting property located at 5 Liberty Drive, Highland Mills 10930. Filed May 27.

Calderin, Robert A., et al. Filed by Bank of America N.A. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $314,366 affecting property located at 18-20 Eisenhower Drive, Middletown 10940. Filed May 24.

Drago, Anthony J., et al. Filed by U.S. Bank Trust N.A. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $124,500 affecting property located at 123 Old Davis Hill Road, Stormville 12582. Filed Nov. 23.

Campbell, Victoria, as executrix under the last will and testament of Judith A. Shear, et al. Filed by Deutsche Bank National Trust Co. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $133,560 affecting property located at 35-37 Orchard St., Port Jervis 12771. Filed June 1.

Edwards, Tesna, et al. Filed by Bank of America N.A. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $312,120 affecting property located at 4 Leighton Court, No. 8133, Middletown 10940. Filed May 27.

Carelli, Dominick, et al. Filed by Sterling National Bank. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure an unspecified amount affecting property located at 29 Beattie Road, Washingtonville 10992. Filed June 2. Cariaga, Wilfred J., et al. Filed by Federal National Mortgage Association. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $416,400 affecting property located at 8 Corinne Court, Monroe 10950. Filed May 26. Charles, Michael K., et al. Filed by Bank of America N.A. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $198,000 affecting property located at 3 Hillcrest Drive, Middletown 10940. Filed May 24. Clough, Patrick N., et al. Filed by Wells Fargo Bank N.A. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $360,000 affecting property located at 6 Morley Circle, Newburgh 12550. Filed May 23. Conklin, Jessica A., et al. Filed by Federal National Mortgage Association. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $130,000 affecting property located at 25 Laurel Trail, Monroe 10950. Filed May 25.

Erickson, John C., et al. Filed by Federal National Mortgage Association. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $187,000 affecting property located at 6 Penney Lane, East Fishkill 12533. Filed Nov. 17. Espana, Edwin, et al. Filed by One West Bank FSB. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $229,500 affecting property located at 13 Knox Ave., Middletown 10940. Filed June 6. Estate of Clarence W. Drake, et al. Filed by Deutsche Bank National Trust Co. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $160,000 affecting property located at 8 Old Town Road, Monroe 10950. Filed May 24. Felico, Edward, et al. Filed by Wells Fargo Bank N.A. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $384,000 affecting property located at 3390 Route 208, Hamptonburgh 10916. Filed May 25. Florestal, Mirlene C., et al. Filed by James B. Nutter and Co. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $360,000 affecting property located at 185 Linden Ave., Middletown 10940. Filed June 3. Galkovich, Bella, et al. Filed by HSBC Bank USA N.A. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $97,500 affecting property located in Middletown. Filed June 2.

Gray, Roger P., et al. Filed by Jeff Bank. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $1.1 million affecting property located in Cornwall-onHudson. Filed May 24. Hakaj, Joe, et al. Filed by Eastern Savings Bank FSB. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $220,000 affecting property located at 24-32 Front St. and Ball Street, Port Jervis 12771. Filed May 31. Hanson, Donald L., et al. Filed by Emigrant Bank. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $875,000 affecting property located at 4 Tower Hill Road East, Tuxedo Park 10987. Filed May 26. Hart, Christopher J., et al. Filed by Deutsche Bank National Trust Co. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $389,500 affecting property located at 83 Old Post Road, Staatsburg 12580. Filed Nov. 23. Hoge, Joan, et al. Filed by Lakeview Loan Servicing LLC. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $272,902 affecting property located at 165 Union Corners Road, Warwick 10990. Filed May 27. Hurley, Francis X., et al. Filed by PHH Mortgage Corp. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure an unspecified amount affecting property located at 54 Route 343, Millbrook 12545. Filed Nov. 22. Izzo, Charles, et al. Filed by Deutsche Bank National Trust Co. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $500,000 affecting property located at 3 Shale Lane, Goshen 10916. Filed May 25. Ji, Yongsoo, et al. Filed by Wells Fargo Bank N.A. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $295,000 affecting property located in Woodbury. Filed May 26. Kunic, Myrna J., et al. Filed by Wells Fargo Bank N.A. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $345,000 affecting property located at 24 Fairway Drive, Pawling 12564. Filed Nov. 21. Landeros, Raul, et al. Filed by Bank of America N.A. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $245,217 affecting property located at 13 Split Tree Drive, New Windsor 12553. Filed May 25.

FACTS MECHANIC’S LIENS 45-2 Sportsmans Road LLC, as owner. $153,403 as claimed by Solar Foundations USA Inc., Ballston Lake. Property: in Wawarsing. Filed Nov. 22. Congregation Machneh Rav Tov Inc., Brooklyn, as owner. $153,403 as claimed by Solar Foundations USA Inc., Ballston Lake. Property: in Wawarsing. Filed Nov. 22. Kelley, Mattie, et al, Middletown, as owner. $18,900 as claimed by Home Pro Exteriors Inc., Middletown. Property: in Wallkill. Filed Nov. 28. Lucas Meadows LLC, Kingston, as owner. $2,159 as claimed by Carl Bell Plumbing and HVAC Inc., Kingston. Property: 120 Maxwell Lane, Kingston 12401. Filed Nov. 18. Marist College, as owner. $83,156 as claimed by Diener Brick Co. Property: 3399 North Road, Poughkeepsie. Filed Nov. 22. Peura, James Michael, et al, as owner. $2,150 as claimed by BSHMA Inc., Highland. Property: 21 Sharon Drive, Highland 12528. Filed Nov. 18.

Rohan, William G., et al, Montgomery, as owner. $3,259 as claimed by KAM of Western Dutchess County, Beacon. Property: in Montgomery. Filed Nov. 28.

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

Doing Business As Further Fitness Inc., d.b.a. Overhaul Training, 38 Old Sawkill Road, Kingston 12401. Filed Nov. 22. J. Pal Enterprises Inc., d.b.a. Milton Hardware and Building Supply, 1837 Route 9W, Milton 12547. Filed Nov. 18. Miss Joy Inc., d.b.a. Red House, 30 Main St., Milton 12547. Filed Nov. 18. Mosdos Satmar of Bloomingburg, d.b.a. Khal Yetev Lev of Bloomingburg, 52 Winterton Road, Bloomingburg 12721. Filed Nov. 18. Petco Animal Supplies Stores Inc., d.b.a. Petco #3790, 1175 Ulster Ave., Kingston 12401. Filed Nov 18.

Partnerships TGB Sales, 12 Cherry Lane, Ellenville 12428, c/o Terri L. Blaunstein and Glen A. Blaunstein. Filed Nov. 21.

Sole Proprietorships 24/7 Logistics, 165 Ohayo Mountain Road, Woodstock 12498, c/o Sifu Sitayotin Jai. Filed Nov. 21. A and B Equipment, 3 Stralisk Court, Unit 101, Monroe 10950, c/o Nusen Weinstock. Filed Jan. 7. Allhomes Siding and Windows, 81 Center St., Ellenville 12428, c/o Mohi Uddin Khan. Filed Nov. 22. American Tradition Carpentry, 425 Coldenham Road, Walden 12586, c/o Nicholas M. Drost. Filed Jan. 4. Bennett Mechanical, 259 Shaw Road, Middletown 10941, c/o William J. Bennett III. Filed Jan. 6. Boyle Family Chiropractic, 12 John St., Suite C, Kingston 12401, c/o John F. Boyle. III. Filed Nov. 18. Calm at the Core, 36 Eddie Lane, New Paltz 12561, c/o Keri A. Zurlini. Filed Nov. 18.

FIGURES Daniel Rose, 1726 Albany Post Road, Wallkill 12589, c/o Daniel W. Rose. Filed Nov 21.

Joseph Mazzurco Consulting, 20 Shagbark St., Middletown, c/o Joseph P. Mazzurco. Filed Jan. 7.

Shinjituned, 56 Walnut Lane, Middletown 10940, c/o Mingye Liu. Filed Jan. 4.

Evan Monroe Group, 9 Arbor Trail, Monroe 10950, c/o Sarah A. Parmely. Filed Jan. 6.

JPJ Contractors, 15 Martin St., Middletown 10940, c/o Pedro G. Godinez. Filed Jan. 5.

Simply Wedding Décor, 47 Edgewater Lane, Port Jervis 12771, c/o Mary Margaret Kurtz. Filed Jan. 7.

Express Taxi, 84 Viola Road, Suffern 10901, c/o Carlos Lucero. Filed Jan. 8.

Katz Tree Farm, 253 Upper Byrdcliffe Road, Woodstock 12498, c/o Todd A. Katz. Filed Nov. 22.

SJK Custom Carpentry, 17 Hickory Hill Road, New Paltz 12561, c/o Steven J. Kassouf. Filed Nov. 22.

Lexie Lou Photo, 224 Main St., Kingston 12401, c/o Alexandra M. Coulum. Filed Nov. 23.

Smart Biz Web Media, 59 Harriman Woods Drive, Harriman 10926, c/o Gene G. Guerrero. Filed Jan. 6.

Mad Fred Music, 89 Railroad Ave., Montgomery 12549, c/o Milton John Madonia. Filed Jan. 8.

V-Twin Locksmith Services, 191 Crawford St., Pine Bush 12566, c/o Steve Dileo. Filed Jan. 4.

New Image, 427 Broadway St., Newburgh, c/o Julio Anjel Davila. Filed Jan. 4.

VanBuren Editions, 253 Route 208, New Paltz 12561, c/o Kevin VanBuren. Filed Nov. 23.

Hairline by Klein, 18 Israel Zupnick Drive, no. 205, Monroe, c/o Chaya Klein. Filed Jan. 5.

Omega Signs, 603 Broadway, Newburgh, c/o Philip Apronti. Filed Jan. 5.

Werd Shirt, 916 Route 2, Accord 12401, c/o Heather Stokes. Filed Nov. 22.

Handyman Hoﬀ, P.O. Box 33, Phoenicia 12464, c/o Jon D. Hoffman. Filed Nov. 21.

Raﬃa Ribbon, 23 D.A.Weider Blvd., Monroe 10950, c/o Yoel Moshe Kahana. Filed Jan. 8.

Ishan Music Group, 285 Riley Road, New Windsor 12553, c/o Malik Lesharn Nemley. Filed Jan. 8.

Sal’s Drywall, 14 Valley Ave., Newburgh 12550, c/o Salatiel Luna. Filed Jan. 7.

John Valek Home Improvements, 1003 Old Route 28, No. 7, Shandaken 12464, c/o John J. Valek. Filed Nov. 23.

Second Life Repair, 476 Burlingham Road, Bloomingburg, c/o Giovanni Alphonse. Filed Jan. 6.

Frenchy Helping Hands, 139 W. Main St., Apt. 1, Walden, c/o James Michel. Filed Jan. 4. Go To Guy Handyman Services, 64 Amity Road, Warwick 10990, c/o Carmine P. Lamattina, Jr. Filed Jan. 4. Gunks Pet Sitters, 208 Libertyville Road, New Paltz 12561, c/o Evelyn U. Heinbach. Filed Nov. 22.

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LEGAL NOTICES Hair to Stay NY, LLC, Articles of Organization filed with Secretary of State of New York (SSNY) on 10/12/16. Office located in Westchester County. Secretary of State designated as agent upon which process may be served. Secretary of State shall mail a copy of any process against it served upon him/her to: 75 N. Saw Mill River Road, Elmsford, NY 10523. LLC may engage in any lawful act or activity for which a limited liability company may be formed. #60826 Notice of Formation of Promenade Yonkers LLC. Arts. of Org. filed with SSNY on 7/29/2016. Office location: Westchester Co. SSNY has been designated for service of process and shall mail a copy of any process served against the LLC to 62 Buena Vista Ave., Yonkers, NY 10701. Purpose: any lawful act or activity. #60827 Notice of Formation of HH Stonehouse Office LLC. Arts. of Org. filed with SSNY on 9/9/2016. Office location: Westchester County. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process may be served. SSNY shall mail process to Corporation Service Company, 80 State Street, Albany, New York 12207-2543. Purpose: any lawful act or activity. #60828 Name of Formation of Searle Advisors, LLC. Arts of Org. filed with SSNY on 6/29/16. 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 purpose. #60829 Bakal Law PLLC, a domestic PLLC, Arts. of Org. filed with the SSNY on 10/19/16. Office location: Westchester County. SSNY is designated as agent upon whom process against the PLLC may be served. SSNY shall mail process to The PLLC, 22 Cottontail Trl., Upper Saddle River, NJ 07458. Purpose: Law. #60830 Notice of formation of VZ5, LLC or Org. filed with SSNY on 9/26/2016. Office location: Westchester County. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process may be served. SSNY shall mail process to Jonathan Vasquez, 165 Woodland Ave, 2nd fl, New Rochelle, NY 10805. Purpose: any lawful act or activity. #60831 Butterhill Bakery LLC, a domestic LLC, filed with the SSNY on 10/21/2016. Office location: Westchester County. SSNY is designated as agent upon whom process against the LLC may be served. SSNY shall mail process to The LLC, 21 Lakeview Ave., Sleepy Hollow, NY 10591. General purpose. #60832

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MOMA DEVELOPMENT, LLC, a domestic LLC, Arts. of Org. filed with the SSNY on 10/19/2016. Office location: Westchester. SSNY is designated as agent upon whom process against the LLC may be served. SSNY shall mail process to Pamela Nodiff, 1170 Greacen Point Rd., Mamaroneck, NY 10543. General Purpose #60833 Notice of Formation of Lovely Event Planning, LLC Art. Of Org. filed with SSNY on 7/29/2016. 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, 7014 13th Ave. Suite 202, Brooklyn, NY 11228. Purpose: any lawful purpose. #60834 PROFESSIONAL PET PAL, LLC. Filed 9/15/16 Office: Westchester Co. SSNY designated as agent for process & shall mail to: 11 Bryant Crscnt, #2F, White Plains, NY 10605 Purpose: all lawful #60837 ACE RE LLC. Filed 8/31/16 Office: Westchester Co. SSNY designated as agent for process & shall mail to: 178 Clarence Rd Scarsdale, NY 10583 Purpose: all lawful #60838 SKY MEADOW FARM LLC. Filed 10/17/16 Office: Westchester Co. SSNY designated as agent for process & shall mail to: 12 Water St, #204, White Plains, NY 10601 Purpose: all lawful #60839 BMG CONSULTING GROUP LLC. Filed 10/17/16 Office: Westchester Co. SSNY designated as agent for process & shall mail to: 12 Water St, #204, White Plains, NY 10601 Purpose: all lawful #60840 SCOTT CONSULTANTS II LLC. Filed 9/7/16 Office: Westchester Co. SSNY designated as agent for process & shall mail to: 12 Water St, #204, White Plains, NY 10601 Purpose: all lawful #60841 43 MIDDLE POND ROAD ASSOCIATES LLC. Filed 9/28/16 Office: Westchester Co. SSNY designated as agent for process & shall mail to: 12 Water St, #204, White Plains, NY 10601 Purpose: all lawful #60842 BEECHWOOD 5 ASSOCIATES LLC. Filed 10/5/16 Office: Westchester Co. SSNY designated as agent for process & shall mail to: 12 Water St, #204, White Plains, NY 10601 Purpose: all lawful #60843 Notice of Formation of G Hardscape LLC Arts. of Org. filed with SSNY on 10/31/2016. Office location: Westchester County. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process may be served. SSNY shall mail process to 65 Pine Avenue, Ossining, NY 10562 Purpose: any lawful act or activity. #60844

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Notice of Formation of OneL Consulting LLC Art. of Org. filed with SSNY on 9/30/16. Offc. Loc: Westchester Cty. SSNY design. as agent of the LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to the LLC, 8 Applegate Way, Ossining, NY 10562. Purpose: any lawful purpose. #60845

360 Bradhurst Ave LLC, a domestic LLC, filed with the SSNY on 11/8/16. Office location: Westchester County. SSNY is designated as agent upon whom process against the LLC may be served. SSNY shall mail process to The LLC, 76 Kathwood Rd., Yonkers, NY 10710. General purpose. #60854

Notice of Formation of Domanic Guzman LMT, LLC Art. Of Org. filed with SSNY on 7/18/16. 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, One City Place #1106 White Plains, NY 10601. Purpose: any lawful purpose. #60846

JAMY Holdings LLC. Date of filing Articles of Organization with the Secretary of State (SSNY) 11/03/2016. The LLC is located in Westchester County. Rocket Lawyer has been designated as agent of the LLC upon whom process against it may be served. The post office address to which the SSNY shall mail a copy of any process against it served is to the principal business location at c/o Rocket Lawyer, 1967 Wehrle Drive, Suite 1-086, Buffalo, NY 14221. Purpose of business of LLC is any lawful act or activity. #60855

CJ of Peekskill, LLC, Art. of Org. filed w/SSNY on 8/08/16. Offc. Loc: Westchester Co. SSNY designated as agent upon which process may be served. SSNY shall mail process to LLC, 923 Saw Mill River Road, Ste 218, Ardsley, NY 10502. Purpose: any lawful purpose. #60847 NOTICE OF FORMATION OF LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY (LLC). NAME: THERAQUEST LLC. Articles of Organization were filed with the Secretary of State of New York (SSNY) on 10/25/2016. Office location: Westchester County. SSNY has been designated as agent of the LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail a copy of the process to: The LLC, 444 E Boston Post Road, Mamaroneck, New York 10543, principle business location of the LLC. Purpose: any lawful business activity. #60848 Vanessa & Lauren LLC, a domestic LLC, filed with the SSNY on 10/28/16. Office location: Westchester County. SSNY is designated as agent upon whom process against the LLC may be served. SSNY shall mail process to The LLC, 160 Davis Ave., White Plains, NY 10605. General purpose. #60850 Mako Consulting LLC, a domestic LLC, filed with the SSNY on 8/8/16. Office location: Westchester County. SSNY is designated as agent upon whom process against the LLC may be served. SSNY shall mail process to Mark Lonnegren, 85 Drake Smith Ln., Rye, NY 10580. General purpose. #60851 Notice of formation of Liane Douglas, Licensed Behavior Analyst, PLLC. Arts. Of Org. filed with SSNY on 9/2/16. Offc. Loc: Westchester Cty. SSNY desig. as agent of the PLLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to the PLLC, P O Box 93, Waccabuc, NY 10597. Purpose: For the practice of Applied Behavior Analysis #60853

Bellwether Consulting, LLC. Art. of Org. filed w/ SSNY 9/15/16. Office in Westchester Co. SSNY designated for service of process and shall mail to: The LLC, 22 Wilson Dr, New Rochelle, NY 10801. Purpose: Any lawful activity #60856 Notice of Application for Authority (AA) for Van Meter, LLC (LLC) to do business in New York. AA filed with the Secretary of State (SSNY) on 5/17/16. LLC formed in VA on 6/11/09. Office located in Westchester County. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY to mail a copy of process to LLCís principle office at 450 Milton Rd Rye, NY 10580. Copies of Cert. of Org. of LLC may be obtained from SCC of VA, P.O. Box 1197 Richmond, VA 23218. Purpose of business of LLC is any lawful act or activity. #60860 Notice of Application for Authority (AA) for West Ghent Studio, LLC (LLC) to do business in New York. AA filed with the Secretary of State (SSNY) on 9/13/16. LLC formed in VA on 1/11/13. Office located in Westchester County. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY to mail a copy of process to LLCís principle office at 450 Milton Rd Rye, NY 10580. Copies of Certif. of Org. of LLC may be obtained from SCC of VA, P.O. Box 1197 Richmond, VA 23218. Purpose of business of LLC is any lawful act or activity. #60861 Circle Concepts LLC Arts. of Org. filed w/ SSNY 11/4/16. Off. in West. Co. SSNY desig. as agt. of LLC whom process may be served. SSNY shall mail process to the LLC, 59 Griffen Ave, Scarsdale, NY 10583. Purpose: any lawful activity. #60863

SKYHOOK PRODUCTIONS LLC. Articles of Organization were filed with the Secretary of State of New York (SSNY) on 11/01/2016. Office location: Westchester County. SSNY has been designated as agent of the LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail a copy of process to: The LLC, 215 Loring Avenue, Pelham, New York 10803, principal business location of the LLC. Purpose: any lawful business activity. #60864 Notice is hereby given that an on-premise license, #TBA has been applied for by Dig Inn Rye Ridge LLC d/b/a Dig Inn Seasonal Market to sell beer, wine and liquor at retail in an on premises establishment. For on premises consumption under the ABC law at 112A South Ridge Street Rye Brook NY 10573. #60866 Notice is hereby given that an on-premise license, #TBA has been applied for by Homestyle Golf LLC to sell beer, wine and liquor at retail in an on premises establishment with one additional bar. For on premises consumption under the ABC law at 285 Blue Hill Road Pearl River NY 10965. #60867 Notice is hereby given that an on-premise license, #TBA has been applied for by Homestyle Foods at Chappaqua Crossings Inc. to sell beer, wine and liquor at retail in an on premises establishment. For on premises consumption under the ABC law at 1 Bronx River Road Valhalla NY 10595. #60868 ITSM Associates, LLC, Art. of Org. filed with NY Secy. of State on 08/01/16. Office located in Westchester Co. Secy. of State designated as agent upon which process may be served. Secy. of State shall mail a copy of any process against it served upon him/her to: 93 Shelley Avenue, Port Chester, NY 10573 (the LLCís primary business location). LLC may engage in any lawful act or activity for which a limited liability company may be formed #60869 Notice is hereby given that a restaurant wine license, #TBA has been applied for by Ice 1 Food Corp d/b/a Center Ice Grill to sell beer and wine at retail in an on premises establishment. For on premises consumption under the ABC law at 91 Fairview Park Drive Elmsford NY 10523. #60870 Notice is hereby given that a restaurant wine license, #TBA has been applied for by 10PS Corp d/b/a T & J Pizza & Pasta to sell beer and wine at retail in an on premises establishment. For on premises consumption under the ABC law at 10 Pearl Street Port Chester NY 10573. #60871

Taliageorgette LLC, a domestic LLC, filed with the SSNY on 11/9/16. Office location: Westchester County. SSNY is designated as agent upon whom process against the LLC may be served. SSNY shall mail process Talia Salvati, 171 Cedar Dr. E., Briarcliff Manor, NY 10510. General purpose. #60874

Notice of Formation of Ottavio’s Studio, LLC. Arts. Of Org. filed with SSNY on 9/30/16. Office location: Westchester County. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process may be served. SSNY may mail process to the LLC, 711 Main Street, New Rochelle, NY, 10801. Purpose: Any lawful purpose. Ad # 60835

Notice of formation of The Birch Collective WP, LLC. Art. of Org. filed with the Sect’y of State of NY (SSNY) on 08/01/2016. Office in Weschester County. SSNY has been designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to: 91 Mamaroneck Avenue, White Plains, NY 10601, principal business location of the LLC. Purpose: any lawful purpose. #60875

Adama Advisors LLC, Art. of Org. filed with SSNY 10/13/16. Offc. loc.: Westchester Cty. SSNY desig. as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to LLC, 35M Rockledge Rd, Hartsdale, NY 10530. Purpose: any lawful act. Ad # 60852

SNS Technology, LLC. Filed 10/20/16 Office: Westchester Co. SSNY designated as agent for process & shall mail to:34 Norm Ave, Bedford Hills, NY 10507 Purpose: all lawful #60876 Pie Brothers International LLC. Filed 11/16/16 Office: Westchester Co. SSNY designated as agent for process & shall mail to:12 Water St #204 White Plains, NY 10601 Purpose: all lawful #60877 3800 Tremont Associates LLC. Filed 10/31/16 Office: Westchester Co. SSNY designated as agent for process & shall mail to:12 Water St #204 White Plains, NY 10601 Purpose: all lawful #60878 9 North Realty LLC. Filed 10/25/16 Office: Westchester Co. SSNY designated as agent for process & shall mail to:25 Wolffe St Yonkers, NY 10705 Purpose: all lawful #60879 43 Middle Pond Road Holding LLC. Filed 11/15/16 Office: Westchester Co. SSNY designated as agent for process & shall mail to:12 Water St #204 White Plains, NY 10601 Purpose: all lawful #60880 227 E 67PH LLC. Filed 11/16/16 Office: Westchester Co. SSNY designated as agent for process & shall mail to:12 Water St #204 White Plains, NY 10601 Purpose: all lawful #60881 Notice of Formation of Sorkin 61 North 9th Street Debt LLC. Arts. of Org. filed with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 11/22/16. 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 Sierra Assets Group, 30 Glenn Street, White Plains, NY 10603. Purpose: any lawful activity. #60882 Pierce Mental Health Advocacy Services, LLC. Filed 11/30/16 Office: Westchester Co. SSNY designated as agent for process & shall mail to:150 Stone Meadow, South Salem, NY 10590 Purpose: all lawful. #60883

Jenny Yovine, LCSW PLLC, a domestic PLLC, Arts. of Org. filed with the SSNY on 11/10/16. Office location: Westchester County. SSNY is designated as agent upon whom process against the PLLC may be served. SSNY shall mail process to Law Offices of Kelly Paul Peters P.C., 79 Madison Ave., 2nd Fl., New York, NY 10016. Purpose: Licensed Clinical Social Work. Ad # 60865 NOTICE OF FORMATION OF LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY (LLC). NAME: B AND B RESTAURANT GROUP LLC Articles of Organization were filed with the Secretary of State of New York (SSNY) on 02/09/15. Office location: Westchester County. SSNY has been designated as agent of the LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail a copy of process to: The LLC, 21 Bramblebrook Rd, Ardsley, New York 10502, principal business location of the LLC. Purpose: any lawful business activity. Ad # 60872 Notice of formation of THE BELLIN GROUP, LLC. Articles of Organization filed with the Secretary of State of New York SSNY on November 17, 2016. Office located in WESTCHESTER. SSNY has been designated for service of process. SSNY shall mail copy of any process served against the LLC to 500 Mamaroneck Ave, Ste 320, Harrison, NY 10528. Purpose: any lawful purpose. Ad # 60873 NOTICE OF FORMATION OF PROFESSIOINAL SERVICE LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY. NAME: W ORTHODONTICS, PLLC. Articles of Organization were filed with the Secretary or State of New York (SSNY) on 11/03/16. Office location: Westchester County. SSNY has been designated as agent of the PLLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail a copy of process to the PLLC, 95 Church Street, Suite 400, White Plains, New York 10601. Purpose: For the practice of the profession of Dentistry. Ad # 60884

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Visionaries and leaders

he Westchester County Association (WCA) held its 2016 Leadership Dinner on Nov. 17 at the Westchester Marriott. The Al DelBello Visionary Awards were presented to four Westchester mayors, while the WCA’s 2016 Leadership Awards went to three members of the business community. Mayors Noam Bramson of New Rochelle, Thomas Roach of White Plains, Mike Spano of Yonkers, and Richard Thomas of Mount Vernon received Al DelBello Visionary Awards presented by Westchester County Business Journal Publisher Dee DelBello. The four were honored for having joined WCA’s Smart Growth ComPACT, designed to bring ultra-high speed internet service, known as gigabit broadband, to Westchester in the next three to five years. WCA’s 2016 Leadership awards went to Riz Khaliq, director, marketing and communications, IBM Global Public Sector and Smarter Cities; Paula Mandell, senior vice president, M&T Bank Corp.; and Tarek Pertew, co-founder of Uncubed, a career and hiring online platform. Khaliq advised, “Westchester is competing in a global market; talent will be attracted to your county when you have gigabit.” Mandell described the growth of M&T Bank, now with $3 billion in assets in Westchester and Connecticut; and Pertew pointed out that hiring is changing and recommended, “Look at the future; know how to talk to millennial talent.” The more than 600 attending the event were entertained by songs from Matthew Welling, the 11-year-old son of WCA member Michael Welling. Matthew has overcome major health issues since birth, making his performance a highlight of the evening. Photos by Lynda Curtis. 1. Attorney Michael Zarin, Joe Simone and Guy Liebler of Simone Development 2. New York state Sen. Andrea Stewart-Cousins and Westchester County Clerk Timothy Idoni 3. M&T Bank’s Paula Mandell and Westfair Communications Publisher Dee DelBello 4. Developer Robert Weisz, WCA President and CEO Bill Mooney, and Family Services of Westchester’s Michelle Nichols 5. Jill Iannetta representing White Plains Mayor Tom Roach, New Rochelle Mayor Noam Bramson and Yonkers Mayor Mike Spano 6. Mount Vernon Mayor Richard Thomas 7. WCA’s Annette McLaughlin and Uncubed co-founder Tarek Pertew 8. IBM’s Riz Khaliq and WCA Strategic Advisor Joan McDonald 9. Citrin Cooperman’s Howard Klein and Westchester County Board of Legislators Chairman Michael Kaplowitz 10. Young performer Matthew Welling

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