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At Phelps Hospital in Sleepy Hollow, they're putting the finishing touches on a new $8.4 million PET/CT imaging suite expected to be operational in February. It houses a scanner manufactured by Seimens Healthineers that simultaneously does Positron Emission Tomography (PET) and Computerized Tomography Imaging (CT) imaging. Obtaining both PET and CT images previously required two separate sessions using two separate pieces of equipment. Phelps is a Northwell Health hospital and the new 3,800-squarefoot imaging suite will be used in the treatment of patients at the Northwell Health Cancer Institute at Phelps. In addition, patients being diagnosed and treated for issues such as cardiac problems, seizures and dementia will under-

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go imaging procedures there. The new imaging suite is located on the first floor of the hospital, not far from the lobby at the hospital's main entrance. “It's very exciting because we're able to fully enhance our radiological capabilities here, our imaging studies, but even more importantly we're going to be able to add to our cancer center and be able to provide care for our cancer patients that we otherwise weren't able to,” Eileen Egan, executive director of Phelps, told the Business Journal. “It seems to be becoming standard of care for cancer patients to have PET/ CT and we've had to refer them elsewhere and now they can get it right here at Phelps.” Egan said that one of the things they're proudest of at Phelps is that the new equipment makes it possible for patients » PHELPS HOSPITAL

raftKings, FanDuel and other sports betting apps have blitzed Connecticut with advertising throughout 2021 after Gov. Ned Lamont signed a bill in May that legalized both online sports books and internet gaming. “By signing this bill into law, Connecticut is now on the cusp of providing a modern, technologically advanced gaming experience that will be competitive with our neighboring states and positions us for success into the future,” Lamont said at the time of the signing. The law’s passing allowed the placing of bets on thousands of sporting events and their outcomes as well as a host of virtual slot machines, roulette wheels and card games. The new law was implemented alongside a memorandum of understanding which would allow the Mohegan Tribal Council and the Mashantucket Pequot Tribe to operate the online sites through their Mohegan Sun and Foxwoods casinos, respectively. In return for being able to realize millions of dollars in additional revenue, tribal nations agreed to send a portion of that money directly into state coffers. In November, the first full month of operations, Connecticut earned $4.2 million with 59% stemming from online sources before taxes on the casino’s earnings were factored in. While the state stands to gain a considerable amount from this change to the law, including potential expansion of casinos which are already major employers, it is not without risk. The presence of gambling and sports betting apps on phones and computers could be » SPORTS BETTING

SUITE TALK Sunil Garga, president and CEO of Foundation Source BY PHIL HALL

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airfield-based Foundation Source is one of the nation’s largest providers of comprehensive support services to private foundations. The company, which celebrated its 20th anniversary, offers management solutions for those seeking to pursue philanthropic endeavors, offers multiple services including setting up a foundation, creating its strategic vision mission and providing an end-to-end solution that covers a wide variety of aspects ranging from researching charities seeking grants to legal input and tax compliance expertise. In this edition of Suite Talk, Business Journal Senior Enterprise Editor Phil Hall discusses Foundation Source’s operations with Sunil Garga, a tech industry entrepreneur who joined the company last February as president and CEO.

How many foundations does your company work with? We are crossing the 2,000mark. We have foundations of all sizes, from the small $100,000 foundations to a foundation in excess of $4 billion. We have many foundations, which are between $1 million and $50 million. In the United States, there are about 100,000 private foundations, and almost two-thirds of them are at $1 million. And interestingly, they give away as many grants a year as a big foundation, except the big foundations are giving bigger-sized checks. But the smaller foundations make a huge difference. We serve every client who wants to start a foundation, regardless of size. Where do you get your clients? Do you look for them, or do they find you? I wish they were finding us. A large part of our business either comes from client referrals and from our partners who are wealth advisors, CPAs, attorneys and accounting firms, because these are these individuals or companies who are helping people that their estate planning and financial planning. For a lot of the

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Sunil Garga. Photo by Phil Hall. high-net-worth individuals, charitable and philanthropy giving becomes an important aspect of the wealth planning. And in that wealth planning, many times it is recommended to them that private foundations should fit their needs. What is the main reason for creating a private foundation? Private foundations provide incredible tax breaks. That's one of the reasons why people prefer them — you put money in a private foundation and you get a deduction of your adjusted gross income. We saw a lot of foundations getting started in November and December, as the year was coming to an end. People are saying, “I want to start a foundation because I'll also get the tax benefit.” How does Foundation Source work with its clients in terms of grant making? We support the entire work process. For example, say that you want to support children’s STEM education. There are 2 million charities in the United States that are approved by the IRS, so our team and our tools will help you research charities that FCBJ

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are approved by the IRS that are geared more towards supporting STEM education. And if have a very special cause and you want to set up a scholarship grant, we will help you do that. We'll go and do the research to find the right recipients, but we don't make any recommendations. Now, let's say you find two or three that you like after we helped you do the research. You would say, “I want to send a $1,000 check to this charity.” You put in a request with us, we will send them the check with the grant letter coming from you. The company’s work sounds very complex. How many people do you have working for you? We have about just under 200 people and the average tenure of our one of our colleagues is six years. People in this company work for less money they can get outside, but they are so energized and engaged about the idea that it's a purpose-driven company. You came to the company nearly one year ago after a career in technology. What attracted you to Foundation Source?

It's the idea behind it. Our clients are on track to give away $1 billion in charitable philanthropy, and that's something to wake up to. I was an entrepreneur all my life — I had a couple of companies in the data analytics, business marketing and media consulting industries, and I wanted to do something that was more purpose driven. How has the Covid-19 pandemic impacted philanthropy? Our clients gave away more money than they have in the past, and they were doing what we call “general purpose” grants. So instead of doing more specific grants that were targeted, in 2021 we had almost 45% of our grants as general purpose grants that were giving it without restrictions or requirements that it has to go to a specific cause. Are there foundations that you would have declined to work with, for whatever reason? Not all money is good money, and because every foundation and every family are different, we go through a discovery phase. And we want to make sure that that family is a good fit for the services we can provide.

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Elmsford company demands royalties for thyroid cancer pills BY BILL HELZEL Bheltzel@westfairinc.com

n Elmsford company that stopped manufacturing iodide tablets for preventing thyroid cancer claims that a company for which it used to make the product must still pay royalties. Pharmacal Co. Inc. is demanding that Anbex Inc. pay royalties for every bottle of Iosat brand tablets sold in the past six years, in a complaint filed Dec. 16 in Westchester Supreme Court. Iosat is one of three brands of potassium iodide tablets approved by the Food and Drug Administration, according to the Federal Trade Commission, for preventing thyroid cancer caused by exposure to radioactive iodide from, for example, nuclear power plants or weapons. Pharmacal, previously known as Bartor Pharmacal Co., had developed "secret ingredients and a proprietary formulation ... and proprietary procedure," the complaint states, for making

Iosat brand potassium iodide Iosat tablets. In 1981, it made a deal to make Iosat exclusively for Anbex, of Williamsburgh, Virginia. If Anbex needed to use a third-party manufacturer, Bartor would disclose

its methods to the manufacturer, the complaint states, and Anbex would pay Bartor a royalty on every bottle sold. If either company terminated the deal or breached the agreement, according to the complaint, Anbex "may not under

any circumstances ... manufacture, sell, promote or market the product." Bartor Pharmacal changed its name to Pharmacal Co. Inc. in 2012, according to a state Division of Corporations record, and Frank M. Bardani is the chief executive officer. At some point, Pharmacal stopped manufacturing Iosat for Anbex, according to the complaint, and it disclosed its secrets so that another company could make the tablets. But for six years, Anbex has allegedly failed to pay royalties. Pharmacal says it terminated the deal but Anbex has continued to market and sell Iosat. It is demanding unspecified damages for unjust enrichment, breach of contract and breach of implied covenant of good faith and fair dealing. Anbex did not respond to a message asking for its side of the story. Pharmacal is represented by Woodbridge, New Jersey attorney Willard C. Shih.

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Why employers should be prepared to comply with OSHA's vaccination mandate BY ZACHARY ZEID

ack in November, the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals issued a stay preventing the implementation of the Occupational Safety and Health Administration's (OSHA) emergency temporary standard (ETS), which requires private companies of 100 or more employees to verify that employees are either vaccinated or tested for Covid-19 weekly. OSHA announced that it has “suspended activities related to the implementation and enforcement of the ETS pending future developments in the litigation.” While its ultimate fate is uncertain, employers should prepare to comply with the original standard until a final decision is rendered by the courts and/or further guidance is issued by OSHA.

Requirements of the ETS Employers have an option when it comes to complying with the ETS’ requirements. They must implement and enforce one of the following: (1) a mandatory COVID19 vaccination policy, or (2) a policy requiring employees to either get vaccinated or elect to undergo regular Covid-19 testing and wear a face covering at work in lieu of vaccination. For purposes of the ETS, a person is considered “fully vaccinated” 14 days after receiving the second dose in a two-dose series (such as Pfizer or Moderna) or a single dose-vaccine (such as Johnson & Johnson). If an employer imposes a mandatory vaccination policy — provided the stay issued by the appeals court is lifted — employees will have to be vaccinated by the deadline set out in the employer’s policy, which was originally supposed to be on or before Jan. 4, 2022. Importantly, the ETS does allow for exceptions from the vaccination requirement for employees with medical conditions that preclude them from being vaccinated and for employees with sincerely held religious beliefs that lead them to reject vaccination. On the other hand, if an employer implements a policy requiring vaccination or weekly

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Illustration by Gerd Altmann / Pixabay. testing, all employees who are not fully vaccinated (including employees who have received only one dose of a two-dose series) must undergo weekly testing. Starting the Process In light of the rapidly approaching original deadlines, employers and employees may have a limited amount of time to comply with the requirements of the ETS. For employers, the priority should be to immediately determine if your organization is subject to the ETS (should it be upheld), which may require coordinating with legal counsel in situations involving multiple entities or complex organizational structures. Companies should also determine which type of policy is appropriate for their workplace and develop a written policy outlining the specific requirements and logistics necessary to comply with the ETS if it is upheld. Employers should also communicate these requirements to employees as soon as possible to provide ample time to comply and to ensure compliance and avoid significant operational disFCBJ

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ruptions and/or fines in the event that the ETS is reinstated with abbreviated deadlines. If vaccination is made mandatory, employees should start the process quickly to ensure they have enough time to meet the vaccination deadline based on which vaccine they choose. The Financial Aspects While employers may impose different levels or types of discipline, employees who fail or refuse to comply with their employer’s vaccination or testing policies should expect to face disciplinary consequences ranging from warnings to employment termination. Since OSHA may fine companies that do not comply with the ETS up to $13,653 per violation, employers are preparing to strictly enforce their OSHA-compliant policies to avoid potentially significant liability. It is also important to note that employees who quit or are terminated for non-compliance will likely be ineligible to receive unemployment. One obvious question is: Who pays for the testing option? The answer: It depends on the

Zachary Zeid. Contributed photo. employer’s policy. The ETS does not require employers to pay for any costs or expenses associated with testing, but it also does not prohibit employers from paying for such costs. While some employers may be required to pay for testing under state or federal laws, regulations, or collective bargaining agreements, most are not. At the end of the day, the ETS was put in place to safeguard the health and safety of people with

whom we come into contact. Ensuring that as many people get vaccinated as possible is an important resource in the battle against COVID-19 and toward achieving the much-desired return to normal. Zachary Zeid is an attorney in the employment Labor, Employment Law & Employee Benefits practice at Pullman & Comley. He can be reached at zzeid@pullcom.com or (203) 330-2077.

No holiday from Covid BY PETER KATZ Pkatz@westfairinc.com

ovid-19 failed to take a break between Christmas and New Year from the damage it has been causing and disruption to daily life. On Dec. 28, the New York State Department of Health (DOH) reported there had been 48,150 Covid-19 deaths in the state with 77 additional deaths after Christmas. Four of those who died over the holiday weekend were from Westchester. DOH statistics showed that a total of 2,612 Westchester residents had died from the disease, along with 762 from Rockland, 94 from Putnam, 880 from Orange and 575 from Dutchess. Fairfield County in Connecticut recorded 2,348 deaths as of Dec. 27, with the state showing a total of 9,077 residents falling victim to the virus. In the 24-hours before Christmas Eve, New York state set a new daily record for Covid cases with 44,442 recorded. That was double the number of single-day new cases reported just eight days earlier on Dec. 16. Westchester County partnered with Quadrant Biosciences to offer free PCR Covid-19 testing at the Westchester County Center starting Dec. 29. The County Center previously had been put to use as a center for mass vaccination. County Executive George Latimer said, “Re-opening the County Center, this time for Covid-19 testing, is an important step to keep County residents safe and try to control this deadly and infectious virus.” On Christmas Eve, Gov. Kathy Hochul announced a change in state guidance regarding workplaces. Guidelines for essential workers were modified so that people working in health care and other fields deemed essential who have been forced to quarantine because of exposure to Covid can return to work after five days, instead of 10 days, if they aren't showing symptoms or their symptoms are resolving. The workers must not be on medication, have been free of fever for 72 hours and must wear a mask while at work. The New Year’s Eve celebration in Times Square was set to take place, but with crowd capacity reduced to just 15,000. Sullivan County announced that it had received 34,500 KN95 masks from New York state and would be distributing them to municipalities in the county. Orange County’s Office of Emergency Management distributed free masks and hand sanitizer to local businesses and residents who went to its Emergency Service Center in Goshen.. Dutchess County had received about 120,000 KN95 masks from the state

and was distributing them along with at-home Covid testing kits to residents and organizations. President Biden on Dec. 28 lifted the restriction that the U.S. had put into effect on travel from South Africa, Botswana, Zimbabwe, Namibia, Lesotho, Eswatini, Mozambique and Malawi after the Omicron variant was first reported in southern Africa. The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) on Dec. 27 released

new guidelines for people who have been exposed to the virus. The CDC cut the isolation period to five days for people who have no symptoms after Covid-19 exposure or whose symptoms are resolving provided a mask be worn when around other people. The CDC said that people who have a fever should continue in isolation until the fever ends. It said that people who test positive should immediately begin to follow iso-

lation guidelines. The CDC also said that people who have been vaccinated and received a booster shot and then are exposed to Covid do not have to quarantine at home. It said that they should wear a mask around others for 10 days. The CDC said vaccinated people who have been exposed to the virus should be tested after a five-day waiting period and if the result is positive they should then begin to follow isolation guidelines.

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Phelps hospital— needing PET/CT imaging to no longer have to go into Manhattan or travel elsewhere to find an imaging source. Egan explained that when ordinary X-rays or an MRI scan are not able to help physicians pinpoint problems affecting patients, PET/CT imaging may be useful. “It's an advanced level of imaging that really may help identify any problems that may otherwise not have been picked up by other imaging modalities,” Egan said. “The equipment is very expensive but we anticipate with the volume of patients that we're going to be able to see and treat we know it's going to pay for itself very quickly.” She said that a constant goal when designing the new imaging center was patient comfort. “If they require this type of imaging, we want them to feel comfortable in the environment,” Egan said. “This space is very spacious. It's open, there's light, there are windows. We want our patients not to feel claustrophobic when they're having their testing done.” Egan said that the new imaging center coincides with other efforts at Phelps to expand the services it offers to the community. “We are proud to be developing a Center for Advanced Procedures which is

Eileen Egan, executive director, Phelps Hospital. Photo by Peter Katz.

Michael Glennon, assistant vice president, operations, ancillary services, Phelps Hospital. Photo by Peter Katz.

going to be focused on neurosciences and neuroendovascular cases, so this is all part of that, but this particularly is part of our plans to develop a comprehensive cancer center in Westchester on the Phelps campus and this will greatly enhance our oncologists' ability to diagnose and treat cancer,” Egan said. In the term “neuroendovascular,” neuro refers to the nervous system (brain, spinal cord, nerves) and endovascular refers to being inside the blood vessels. Michael Glennon, assistant vice president, operations, ancillary services at Phelps, told the Business Journal, “I've been in radiology most of my life. I actually started out hand-developing X-ray films in tanks.

Now, it's all electronic, all digital. Everything can be sent and seen anywhere.” Glennon explained that with digital files rather than pieces of physical film you can have an expert on Long Island or elsewhere at Northwell instantaneously see the images and collaborate in developing a diagnosis or treatment plan. He said that the lighting level in the imaging center can be adjusted to help the patient relax and music also can be used if the patient wishes. Glennon pointed out that the scanner uses a wide bore, or opening into which the patient is moved, to help reduce patient anxiety and overcome issues that patients had with earlier scanners that

put them into a tight tunnel. “Our technologists already know the CT scan technology and we've hired another nuclear medicine technologist that knows the PET side of it, so combined there will be two experts in the room always working the equipment,” Glennon said. “The procedures vary from about 20 minutes to about 45 minutes. You're getting a radiopharmaceutical injection in your arm and then you lay on the table. It's very easy. It used to be over an hour. It's down to about 20 minutes now for most procedures.” A radiopharmaceutical is a drug that contains radioactive material. It emits radiation that is detected by the imaging equipment. Glennon explained that where standard X-rays show shadows, the PET/CT scans show not only distinct images but also the chemical makeup because the radiopharmaceutical agents actually attach to different cells within the body and they show up in different colors and intensities. “We can see the intensity, we can see the width, the depth, 3D, it's all calculated,” Glennon said. “We've come through so many levels of technology over the years. This is quite amazing. I never thought we'd be here. When you see the 3D imaging it's quite amazing.”

Sports betting— ruinous for problem gamblers according to Diana Goode, executive director of the Connecticut Council on Problem Gambling (CCPG). “We are not here to tell people how to spend their disposable income,” Goode stressed when discussing the potential downsides of this legislation. “We just want to make sure that as gambling becomes easier and more accessible, that there safeguards in place. A lot of people can gamble and it's fun. We are not worried about those people. We are worried about the people who gamble for who it’s not fun.” For Goode, not enough resources are being allocated to help mitigate the potential risks for problem gamblers. “We estimate about 35,000 people in the state have a real problem with gambling,” she explained. “And when you factor in the number of family members that are impacted that number really grows.” According to Goode, problem gamblers are known to empty bank accounts imperil future plans by cashing out 401(k) plans and college savings. “Problem gamblers don’t think they’re stealing money, they think they’re just borrowing it,” Goode said of the risks problem gamblers can pose to businesses. She pointed to the case of Michael DiMassa, the former West Haven state representative who was charged with embezzling more than $600,000 in Covid relief funds primarily to buy gambling chips. “One of the training opportunities we want to do but which we can’t now afford

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to do is talk to business owners about fraud, embezzlement, about how to look for things like that,” she said. “There are some red flags you can look for and we would love to do training with that, but we just can’t afford it.” CCPG is funded by contributions and grants directly from Foxwoods and Mohegan Sun, as well as the state’s Department of Mental Health, private contributions, and a smaller contribution from the Connecticut Lottery. According to their 2020 financial audit, those contributions amounted to more than $740,000 while running the council cost more than $660,000. CCPG’s single largest expense was paying employee salaries, followed by the costs of running the state’s problem gambling hotline service. Goode said that the increased funding brought in by online gambling revenues in combination with the existing funding obligations is only enough to hire an additional hotline operator, which would bring the total to four, while before the pandemic they had five. She anticipated that a flurry of betting during college basketball’s March Madness may cause a dramatic spike in demand for the hotline, particularly given the widespread access phone-based applications provide. “All of this new money is coming into the state with gambling, and we still can’t afford to get back to pre-Covid numbers,” she lamented. “It’s frustrating.” This comes at a time when Goode said that hotline calls have tripled, albeit WCBJ

Courtesy PIRO4D / Pixabay. in part due to some confusion about the hotline’s purpose. Goode added that “a lot of them are not callas about problem gambling, but about how to log into their sports betting accounts,” and she estimated that around 60 calls to the hotline a month at the moment were from people looking for help with FanDuel or DraftKings accounts after finding customer service unhelpful. Ray Pineault, the president and CEO of Mohegan Sun Gaming and Entertainment said that his organization was the single largest contributor to the CCPG. “I can tell you that our funding to the council has not diminished at all in my tenure here and I have been here for almost 15 years,” Pineault said. “We probably will go on to increase our funding to the Connecticut council, but we also think there’s other ways that we can enhance responsible gambling and provide treat-

ment for problem gambling. And it wouldn’t necessarily just be through the council.” Pineault also disputed the idea that mobile gambling is more dangerous for problem gamblers. “I would argue that [internet] gaming is probably a safer form,” he stated. “We are able to identify the problem gambling because we can tell how much you're playing, how often you're playing.” Pineault pointed out that algorithms monitor the players and flag risky behavior for review, triggering pop-up warnings to players designed to call attention they have placed an unusual number of bets in a short period of time. Pineault also indicated that Mohegan Sun is in the process of forming a partnership with “a very prominent partner” to explore alternative means of treating gambling addiction, although he was not at liberty to discuss the details at this time.

New orthopedics center opens in Wilton BY JUSTIN MCGOWN jmcgown@westfairinc.com

n increasing demand for orthopedic services in the region, particularly for those living along the Norwalk-Danbury corridor, has inspired a new collaboration between two leading healthcare providers: Stamford Health and the Hospital for Special Surgery (HSS) have joined forces to open a new medical facility at the Wilton Crossing complex at 195 Danbury Road in Wilton. The facility, formally known as HSS Orthopedics at Stamford Health, had a soft launch in November and is centered on providing musculoskeletal care, with an emphasis on spine, sports medicine, and reconstructive and joint replacement services. The office also offers physiatry, or physical medicine and rehabilitation centered on restoring function and maintaining quality of life for people with disabilities or physical impairments due to a wide range of health problems. Stamford Health and HSS have collaborated since 2017 and the new office has joined HSS Sports rehab locations in Stamford, Greenwich, Wilton and New Canaan. “People are aging but they want to remain active,” said John Finger, HSS’s senior vice president of the New York regional market. Finger explained that the region’s demographic trends show that demand for the ability to stay active at older ages will continue to rise. In fact, the office was already needed. “At Stamford Hospital we’ve about doubled our surgical volume in the last couple of years, and our patient activity at our Stamford office is up about 58 percent compared to what we were doing in

The November opening ceremony for the new orthopedics center. From left: Maria Kansy, registered nurse at HSS, John Finger, senior vice president of New York regional markets at HSS, Dr. Evan Sheha, spine surgery, Jonathan Bailey, senior vice president of operations and chief operating officer for Stamford Health, Viviane Potucek, medical office manager, HSS 2019 pre COVID,” he said. According to Finger, the Wilton business community has been welcoming and HSS looks forward to becoming involved with the town through affiliations with sports teams and community organizations. John Bailey, senior vice president of operations and chief operating officer for Stamford Health, felt much the same. As a Wilton resident, he was excited by the

prospect of seeing the impact of the center in the community where his family lives. He’s also excited to see the ease of access it will provide to people in the region. “We played a key role in making sure that the needs in Wilton were addressed while coming out of the pandemic,” Bailey said. “I get frequent calls about ‘Hey, I or my loved one need to see somebody for an orthopedic related injury or condition.’ And oftentimes those patients

would have to make the drive over to Chelsea Piers. “Coming out of the pandemic traffic has certainly picked back up,” he continued. “What used to be a maybe 15- to 20-minute drive now can be 30 to 40 minutes. And when you have an orthopedic condition and you’re struggling with mobility, the last thing you want is having to sit in a car. You want the convenience.”

IRS tries to collect $2.5M Colasuonno tax fraud debt BY BILL HELZEL Bheltzel@westfairinc.com

ourteen years after New Rochelle resident Philip Colasuonno was convicted of tax fraud, the government is still trying to collect the employee payroll taxes he dodged. The U.S. Attorney's Office sued Colasuonno for nearly $2.5 million, three times more than he was ordered to repay in 2007, on Dec. 20 in U.S. District Court, White Plains. Colasuonno had pleaded guilty to preparing false tax returns and failure to remit income taxes, Social Security, Medicare and unemployment contributions for employees of American

Armored Car Ltd., an Elmsford company he and family members owned. Colasuonno, then a certified public accountant and one-third owner of the company, was charged as the person responsible for exercising significant control over the finances. For more than five years, from 2000 to 2005, the company failed to collect or account for quarterly payroll taxes. "Withholding taxes are not simply a debt," the new complaint states. "They are part of the employees' wages, held by the employers in trust for the government." Employers "merely surrender that which does not belong to them." Colasuonno obscured the company's obligations by creating false records. He

wrote checks to FJC Security Services Inc., a company with whom American Armored Car had no ongoing business relationship and that had no knowledge of the scheme, according to records in the criminal case. The checks were then cashed at Prima Check Cashing, another Elmsford business ow ned by Colasuonno and family members. The cash was paid to employees as wages for overtime work but accounted for on the company's books as payments for outside services. The prosecutors' sentencing memorandum in 2007 described several schemes used by the Colasuonno companies and depicted the businesses as "thoroughly infected with criminality." FCBJ

Colasuonno was sentenced to 46 months of home confinement and ordered to pay $781,467 in restitution. But he failed to make good faith efforts to pay restitution, according to the new complaint, and in 2011 was sentenced to four months in prison. Now Colasuonno, 71, is being assessed $2,490,899 in penalties and interest. Damian Williams, U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of New York, and assistant prosecutor Anthony J. Sun filed the action on behalf of the Internal Revenue Service. The IRS seeks to reduce the outstanding tax assessments to a judgment, a procedure that is used to extend the collection period when there is no present source of funds to collect. WCBJ

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Three new tenants at Harbor Point Building and Land Technology (BLT) has announced the arrival of three new businesses that will be setting up their respective headquarters at the Harbor Point complex in Stamford. The new tenants are Tomo Networks, a fintech startup focused on improving the homebuying experience for buyers; NewEdge Wealth, a boutique wealth management firm; and the global investment firm Schonfeld Strategic Advisors. The three companies will occupy a combined space of 49,000 square feet. “We are thrilled to welcome these world-class companies to Stamford’s thriving Harbor Point,” said Carl R. Kuehner III, chairman of BLT. “Together, they join a growing roster of premier corporate tenants that have added to the historic and unprecedented growth occurring in Stamford over the last year alone. These businesses bring success, talent and a team that will further cement Stamford’s standing as a home to major financial service icons.” Tomo Networks was assisted in the transaction by Newmark, while NewEdge Wealth was represented by CBRE and Schonfeld by JLL.

NatWest Markets pleads guilty to fraud charges NatWest Markets Plc, a London-based global banking and financial services firm with offices in Stamford, has pleaded guilty one count of wire fraud and one count of securities fraud in the markets for U.S. Treasury securities and futures contracts. NatWest will pay approximately $35

million in a criminal fine, restitution and forfeiture, and will serve three years of probation and will agree to the imposition of an independent compliance monitor. According to court documents and the company’s admissions, NatWest traders in London and Stamford independently engaged in schemes to defraud in connection with the purchase and sale of U.S. Treasury futures contracts between January 2008 and May 2014. In each scheme, NatWest traders engaged in “spoofing” by placing orders with the intent to cancel those orders before execution, attempting to profit by deceiving other market participants by injecting false and misleading information regarding the existence of genuine supply and demand in the market. The spoof orders were designed to artificially push up or down the prevailing market price so that the NatWest traders could trade more profitably as a result of these schemes. In 2018, two other traders employed at NatWest’s Singapore branch engaged in a fraud scheme in connection with the purchase and sale of U.S. Treasury securities in the secondary market. The 2018 securities fraud scheme constituted a material breach of the Oct. 25, 2017, Non-Prosecution Agreement between the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the District of Connecticut and NatWest’s U.S. broker-dealer subsidiary, NatWest Markets Securities Inc. (formerly RBS Securities Inc.), and occurred while NatWest (formerly The Royal Bank of Scotland Plc) was on probation following its May 20, 2015 guilty plea and Jan. 5, 2017 sentencing for conspiring to manipulate the foreign currency exchange market. “As we have previously warned, there will be serious consequences for a company that breaches the terms of an agreement with the government. Today’s guilty plea by NatWest and the associated penalty show exactly that,” said Deputy Attorney General Lisa O. Monaco.

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Kohl’s to close Ridgefield store

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The Kohl’s department store chain is shedding another Fairfield County store with the Jan. 16 closure of its Ridgefield location. The store in Copps Hill Plaza has been part of Ridgefield’s retail scene since April 2000. According to combined media reports, the death knell for Kohl’s presence in Ridgefield occurred in July 2020 when the HomeGoods retail chain signed a lease at Copps Hills Plaza for 24,173 square feet out of the 89,573 square feet space now occupied by Kohl’s. This marks the second time in two years that Kohl’s has lost a Fairfield County store. In October 2020, the chain’s store in Fairfield was closed and the property was reassigned to the grocery chain Aldi and the flooring supplies retailer Floor & Decor. Kohl’s retains a regional presence in Brookfield, Norwalk and Trumbull, and it operates 17 stores elsewhere in Connecticut.

Southpaw, a Greenwich-based owner and operator within the Quick Service Restaurants (QSR) sector, has acquired 35 Taco Bell restaurants across Northern Virginia and the District of Columbia-Metro Maryland markets. The terms of the transaction were not disclosed. Founded in 2009, Southpaw owns and operates more than 135 QSR locations, 70 Taco Bells in Kentucky and the MidAtlantic region. The company intends to begin opening new restaurants in the MidAtlantic market as soon as 2022. “Taco Bell is a world-class brand with a fiercely loyal customer base, and we are delighted to enter the dynamic, affluent Mid-Atlantic region,” said Judd Wishnow, co-founder of Southpaw. “This is a high-quality portfolio of Taco Bells, which have performed well and are led by a highly capable and experienced management team. Importantly, we are eager to continue to grow our footprint in the region.”

FactSet pays $1.9B to acquire CUSIP Global Services

Temporary waiver for out-of-state health professionals

FactSet, the Norwalk-headquartered provider of integrated financial information and analytical applications, has acquired CUSIP Global Services (CGS) from S&P Global for $1.925 billion in cash. CGS manages a database of 60 data elements identifying more than 50 million global financial instruments, and provides the foundation for security master files relied on by front, middle and back-office functions. CGS, which CGS generates annual revenues of approximately $175 million in revenue, is the exclusive global provider of CUSIP and CINS identifiers and is the official numbering agency for ISIN identifiers in the U.S. With this acquisition, CGS will function within FactSet Content and Technology Solutions. The transaction is expected to close in the first quarter of 2022. “We are excited to welcome CGS’s talented team to the FactSet family,” said Phil Snow, CEO of FactSet. “CGS is a unique asset with tremendous market recognition providing deep alliances across the financial industry. Its core competency in securities identification aligns well with FactSet’s industry leading data management capabilities. We believe this acquisition will greatly benefit FactSet’s clients, employees and shareholders.”

The Connecticut Department of Public Health (DPH) has responded to the increasing levels of Covid-19 infections by temporarily waiving the state’s license requirements for certain out-of-state health care professionals looking to practice in Connecticut. According to a new order issued by DPH Commissioner Manisha Juthani, a temporary waiver has been granted through Feb. 15 for health care professionals who are licensed, certified or registered in another state or U.S. territory and the District of Columbia. The temporary suspension of licensure, certification, or registration to practice in Connecticut applies to physicians, physician assistants, advanced practice nurses, registered nurses, licensed practice nurses, psychologists, marital and family therapists, clinical and master social workers and professional counselors. A similar order was issued in March 2020 at the start of the pandemic. “Health care staffing shortages are a nationwide issue,” said Juthani. “This order offers some immediate relief to support Connecticut’s health care infrastructure by authorizing licensed health care providers from other states to immediately work in Connecticut upon the order’s execution. The professions authorized include those who provide critical mental health services which are in high demand.”

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HUDSON VALLEY Moliving brings luxury mobile hotel concept to the Hudson Valley BY BRIDGET MCCUSKER bmccusker@westfairinc.com

his spring, the Hudson Valley will become home to the first iteration of a new, innovative hotel format. The arrival of Moliving’s Hurley House in the town of Hurley, Ulster County, will usher in the brand’s luxury, eco-focused concept. Located at the former Twin Lakes Resort, Moliving’s flagship hotel concept will consist of about 60 units. But that number may be subject to change, depending on the time of year. Moliving bills itself as the “first nomadic hotel concept,” by which it means that all of its units can be moved to a new location at any time. They can be also connected to or used completely off the grid, operating fully self-sustainably for extended periods of time. Hurley House, which was planned to open this winter but will be pushed back a few months due to material supply chain issues, is just the first step in the company’s wide-reaching, maximum-efficiency plan, an idea that CEO and founder Jordan Bem came up with along with his sister during a Hamptons vacation. “The hotels there are ludicrously expensive, because they're only open three or four months out of the year,” Bem said. “And so they have to generate as much revenue as they can. And it's not pure profit — it's mostly because the hotel is shut down the rest of the year. So they have employees to take care of, they also have to winterize units and actually do a ton of maintenance because an empty hotel room is the worst type of hotel room. So we came up with this idea of saying, ‘Hey, what if we can actually build a hotel that's always a present in a hot market during the right season?’” As a result, Moliving created a moveable prefabricated hotel unit, which can be shifted among the company’s hotel locations at any time based on seasonal demand. Bem calls the units a marriage between the ultraluxury space and mobility space, inspired by luxury hotels like the Four Seasons and Six Senses, and autocamping and tiny home rentals popularized by firms like Getaway, with a key difference being that Moliving offers a proprietary option. “We sort of discovered this void in between the mobility and the luxury space,” he said. “So what we decided to do was basically create a product that was tailor-made for the hospitality space and tailor-made for that specific niche.” Although Bem had originally wanted to launch in the Hamptons, he said that the Hudson Valley eventually proved to be a

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A Moliving hotel unit. Photo credit David Mitchell. better fit than the oversaturated hotel market of the Hamptons. “We took a leap of faith and turns out the market's been unbelievable up here,” he said. “We found a site that's honestly a gem, really iconic and beautiful, well-located, an hour and a half from the city. And people are craving to be out in nature. They're craving to get out of the city. And we just felt like the Hudson Valley was more in line with the type of product that we offer than being a follower. We want to be trendsetters.” The units themselves are 45 feet long and 400 square feet in size, with two 120-square-foot decks on the front and back, floor-to-ceiling windows, a spa-inspired bathroom, a smart TV, WiFi and a wireless speaker, among other amenities. They were designed and built in-house, through a partnership with builder SG Blocks, that specializes in prefab and partial prefab buildings. They can stand alone or be grouped together to create a multilevel collection of WCBJ

units, although the 60 at Hurley House will be spread around the 60-acre property. The units stand on jacks, so they don’t impact the ground below, making them an attractive sustainable and minimally invasive option for sites like national parks, where land preservation is especially important. “They’re actually a hundred percent self-sustainable if need be — every single unit has solar panels and has the latest lithium batteries,” Bem said. “Actually, the model units that we have currently on site have been running for over eight months on solar power. They haven't been connected to the grid whatsoever, which is pretty unbelievable.” They also feature a high-tech water recycling system. Used water can be held in a tank if the unit is not connected to the grid, or can be recycled up to seven times before being dumped if the unit is connected to the sewage system on the property. Aside from all the benefits for those renting the rooms, Bem believes the model is also a smart idea for investors. The com-

pany functions through a joint venture partnership model, by which the property owner readies the land for units with utility hookups and even additional amenities to the property — in the Hudson Valley location’s case, a pool, pavilions and event locations — and Moliving supplies the individual rental spaces and operational services. The construction and setup period is much shorter and comes at a lower cost. “The Hudson Valley, for example, is a $22 to $23 million project,” Bem said. “Moliving is actually funding $9 million of the $22 million, by bringing in its units. So the landowner decided when he went to the bank and got his financing, for such a project, he basically went to the bank and said, ‘Hey, we need a mortgage on $13 million, whereas the project is going to be generating returns of a $22 million project.’ So it's very enticing for landowners and developers to actually utilize our services.” The mobility of the setup also allows the company to move units among its properties, Moliving’s most key feature. By doing so, it allows more units to go where there is more demand, and reduces the excess units during off seasons, thus also reducing the need for upkeep. It means that the company can maintain peak occupancy year-round. “Think about it this way: for a beachfront resort in the summertime, demand is, let's say, 100 (units), but in the wintertime there's only demand for 20,” Bem said. “So we can roll off 80 units and put them where the demand actually is. But as we're removing them, if you're removing an actual building with foundation, you're destroying all the ground around. We just come in with a truck in 15 minutes, pull it away and that's it. We haven’t impacted the ground under us — nothing.” For now, Hurley House is Moliving’s only venture, but Bem said that the company has plans to expand rapidly through this year, forging connections with landowners, hotel sites and national parks. According to Bem, Moliving hopes to focus on creating getaways in “iconic” destinations around the country, like Napa Valley, Lake Tahoe or Vail. For now, it is looking to create a name in the U.S., but in the long term will go international, and is already seeing interest from landowners and sites around countries like France, Spain and Greece. The common thread among the sites is an emphasis on seasonality and proximity to nature. “The real beauty of the product is that we respect the land that we're on, and the idea of providing guests with luxury inside the unit, but untouched nature around them,” Bem said.

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Have you considered writing a bylined article? BY FILOMENA FANELLI

he number of newsrooms is shrinking by the year — in fact, data from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics has determined that public relations professionals outnumber journalists at a five-toone ratio. In this regional media market, the list of news outlets that have disappeared reads a bit like the tombstones f dear loved ones who have crossed over to the other side, fondly remembered and sorely missed. This situation creates a dilemma for businesses trying to get media coverage. With more people pitching the media but fewer media people receiving the pitches and turning them into news coverage, the competition by businesses to get in print is challenging. For some businesses, there is a way to get around this dilemma. If you’ve ever stumbled across an article in your favorite business journal or website and noticed it was written by a guest author, consider that author could have been you. These pieces are not written by on-staff reporters or editors, or even freelancers, but are contributed to the business journal or website and carry bylined article status. Bylined articles are not letters to the

editor, which are shorter and usually used to express a quick opinion, give thanks or make people aware of an issue. Nor are they op-ed pieces that typically run alongside letters to the editor and require a zesty or even controversial point of view. Bylined articles often express a viewpoint, backed up by facts or data, and frequently offer tips and insight on a topic, such as “Things Employers Should Consider During the Great Resignation.” For a business professional, there are some clear benefits to putting your name, or byline, atop an article. For starters, it builds your thought leadership in a category, positioning you as a credible go-to expert in your field or an authority on a trending topic, for news stories going forward and for speaking engagements. Also, many business professionals do not take the time to write bylined articles. For those that pursue this endeavor, they are at an advantage in terms of getting coveted column space. Also, contributing an article helps get you on the radar of the editors at that publication and other news outlets — remember, on the internet you can attract readers from Yonkers and Europe at the same time.

Here are five things to know if you’d like to leverage bylined articles as part of your public relations efforts. First, read the publication you’d like to write for. Get familiar with the news outlet, checking to ensure they take submitted columns and what the general style, length and writers’ guidelines are. Most publications have a typical length for their contributed pieces — and to verify, just copy, cut and paste a few examples of articles you see into a Word document and hit “review” and “word count” to establish a baseline length. Also take a look at the end tag — the one or two sentences at the end — to see if there’s a pattern. Some outlets like contact information, some prefer a website and others want the author’s name, title and organization name and nothing more. Second, make sure your idea hasn’t already been used in the place you’re pursuing. You want to ensure the angle or information is fresh before you proceed. Third, cite or link to research, data and statistics to give the article you’re sending along a bit more weight. Fourth, pack some punch when you write — try to begin with a memorable, tight headline and then, if the copy is dense, break it up with short,

snappy subheads or bullets to help make it reader-friendly. Fifth, have another set of eyes review your submission before you pitch it to the outlet. Adhere to the Associated Press Stylebook guidelines, which is the gold standard for most news outlets, so that the person on the decision-making end isn’t overwhelmed with the need to edit or proofread your work. If it’s not ready to run, it may never run. Should you secure an agreement from a media outlet to run your bylined article, be sure to thank the publication or editor who accepted your submission and then do them one better: share the story. Link to their site, tag them and know that when you help news outlets get more clicks, whether via social media, an e-newsletter or otherwise, you’re driving traffic to their work, as well as yours. That appreciation for media goes a long way and helps you become a partner in supporting journalism. Filomena Fanelli is the CEO and founder of Impact PR & Communications Ltd., an award-winning public relations agency based in Poughkeepsie. She can be reached at (845) 462-4979 or filomena@prwithimpact.com.

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pon meeting Patricia Stark, it is easy to assume she has never suffered a moment’s worth of selfdoubt. A former television news anchor and commentator, she has also been a frequent guest lecturer at universities and women’s leadership conferences, and her consulting firm Patricia Stark Communications includes major media organizations, publicly traded companies and iconic entertainment brands among her clients. In theory, she epitomizes the confidence, can-do spirit of a

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media and marketing professional. But during the promotion of her first book, “Calmfidence: How to Trust Yourself, Tame Your Inner Critic, and Shine in Any Spotlight,” Stark freely admitted that there was a time when she was not confident in her own skin. In creating the book, the Rockland County resident acknowledged that she was too familiar with the demographic who have been burdened with insecurities throughout most of their lives. “I know because I was one of them,” she said. “And I've worked with a lot of people also who have had to overcome

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“I think initially it was because books and audio books on both personal and professional development really had a big impact on my life and on my career,” she explained. “It was something that I always hoped I could give back one day. And when I started my coaching and training company, I knew it was something I was working toward.” Stark first plotted the book for an audience of business professionals who needed advice for public speaking or being on camera, but as she developed the text she realized that “it was a » PATRICIA STARK

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Stamford Symphony debuts initiative for local youth The Stamford Symphony has launched Play, Sing, Listen!, a new initiative focusing on education and youth engagement. According to the symphony, the new program will seek to provide local youth with access to high-quality music education opportunities, with the goal of encouraging them to appreciate, perform and create music while nurturing life skills including creativity, listening, problem-solving and self-esteem. “It is our goal that every child in Fairfield County has opportunity and access to engage with music on any level,” said Nicolas Gonzalez, community engagement and education manager at Stamford Symphony. “Play, Sing, Listen! will allow us to be recognized as an integral and important resource to music education and the larger community. Whether you are a music teacher, library, or multicultural organization, we want to share the transformative power of music with you.” The symphony is partnering with community and educational entities on the program, including Project Music, Young Artists Philharmonic, Greater Connecticut Youth Orchestras, Stamford Public Schools, Stamford Museum and Nature Center, New Canaan Public Schools, New Canaan Public Library, Carriage Barn Arts Center and Westport Public Library.

New HCC scholarship honors Ed Gomes

Housatonic Community College (HCC) and Bridgeport-based State Senator Marilyn Moore have announced the creation of the Ed Gomes Memorial Endowment Fund. The new scholarship honors the memory of the former state senator and longtime leader in the steel workers union who passed away in December 2020. A total of $25,000 was donated to the fund, which will support students attending HCC’s Advanced Manufacturing Program, a 10-month certification program. The scholarships will be administered by the Housatonic Community College Foundation. “Senator Ed Gomes was a labor maverick and icon who devoted most of his career working in manufacturing,” said Moore. “This scholarship will assist students who want to pursue a career in that field and keep his memory alive in a profession he loved.” “We are grateful to all those who donated to this meaningful scholarship fund,” said Dr. Dwayne Smith, CEO of Housatonic Community College. “Sen. Gomes was a fighter, and these scholarships will give our scholars a fighting chance at a better life by creating a pathway to rewarding and well-paying careers.”

Sacred Heart announces honorary degree for David Brooks Sacred Heart University will bestow journalist and author David Brooks with an honorary Doctor of Humane Letters degree at its annual Academic Convocation in the Chapel of the Holy Spirit on its Fairfield campus on Feb. 9. Brooks is a frequent contributor to the New York Times and The Atlantic, a commentator on the "PBS NewsHour" and author of "The Second Mountain" and "The Road to Character." “There is not a more appropriate person to address our students,” said Father Anthony Ciorra, Sacred Heart’s vice president of mission integration, ministry and multicultural affairs. “Mr. Brooks’ writings challenge us all to think deeply about the issues of justice and truth that will make our country and world a better place. He brings dignity and a gracious demeanor to his conversations that we can all appreciate, especially around controversial issues. He sets an example for all to follow.” Brooks will also be giving a lecture, “What You Can Do to Heal the Nation,” at the Sacred Heart University Community Theatre on Feb. 9 at 7:00 p.m. This lecture will be open to the public for $20 per person.

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truly a hybrid book between personal development and personal growth and professional development that everybody could use — because who doesn't need more calm and confidence in their lives?” For many people, public speaking is among the least popular activities. Stark observed there is a key stumbling point that f lummoxes people when they find themselves with an audience that they really would prefer not to have. “I think that the first thing that overwhelms us is that we get this incredible feeling of self-focus,” she stated. “We're extremely focused ‘On how do I sound? How do I look? What if I make a mistake? What if I sound stupid? What if I sound

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silly?’ It's very, extremely, hyper-selffocused.” The solution that she offers is for the speaker to shift the focus elsewhere and not make it about themselves. “How can you make it be not about yourself?” she continued. “How can you focus on ways that you're going to be of service, to either have a teacher’s mindset or a volunteer’s mindset where you shift the focus from worrying about how you look and sound to ‘Okay, these people are here and I have information that can hopefully benefit them in some way — let me focus on that.’” In “Calmfidence,” Stark has a section on why people should listen to their “inner coach” rather than their

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“inner critic” — a difficult assignment, she noted, for people with a tendency to accentuate the negative. “I think that it's very easy to listen to our inner critic — it is something that all of us have and it doesn't go away,” she said. “It's something that we share in common with each other. I think that it is just a scared child — it's really us in the back of our mind that it's trying to protect us. It's a very primitive ego type of place that just wants to think worst case scenario, so that we can kind of tried to plan. “But the problem with that,” she added, “is we're really good at visualizing and imagining what could go wrong, almost to the point where we can condition our subconscious to say, ‘Okay, you did a great job of visualizing all this horrible stuff, so we're going to head in that direction.’ It's going to be a self-fulfilling prophecy.” Stark emphasized that the inner coach often emerges when one gives a sympathetic word to a friend or loved one, remarking that voice is “the same voice that we can speak to ourselves with. Rather than saying, ‘What if I don't get the job? What if I fall on my face?’, you should say ‘No, you've got this — you've done your homework and here's your plan.’” “Calmfidence” also considers the role of natural foods and remedies in building self-esteem. Stark recalled learning from Broadway performers how they would rely on bananas as a natural muscle relaxer between shows while media professionals working long hours snacked on dark cherries to fuel their performance. She recommended these strategies rather than habit-forming offerings such as alcohol, which could create more problems than solutions. Stark pointed out that the Covid19 pandemic created new stresses for those with self-confidence issues, and the eventual emergence from remote work back to some degree of pre-pandemic normalcy will only exacerbate the stresses of the past two years. “I know so many people that want to be informed, but they don't want to be inundated constantly with worry or bad news or the what ifs,” she said, adding that she’s seen evidence of people taking control of their stress levels. “A lot of people have been taking a little bit of a diet from media and being on their phone a lot — they'll check in to make sure they're not missing anything important, but they're really trying to get back to old school ways of being in touch and not being so bombarded constantly with everything that's vying for our attention.”

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Brothers Four Building Corp., Katonah. Property: 10 Fallon Ridge Drive, Lewisboro. Amount: $2 million. Filed Dec. 22.

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Above $1 million 2 Elm Associates LLC, Ardsley. Seller: Gisondi Associates, White Plains. Property: 2 Elm St., Greenburgh. Amount: $1.2 million. Filed Dec. 21.

36 Victor Yonkers LLC, Pomona. Seller: 36 Victor Street LLC, Pomona. Property: 36 Victor St., Yonkers. Amount: $1.4 million. Filed Dec. 23. 61 Halls Lane LLC, Rye. Seller: Alexander Kerr and Macaulay Kerr, Rye. Property: 61 Hallis Lane, Rye. Amount: $3.1 million. Filed Dec. 22. 156 Woodworth Properties LLC, New York City. Seller: 156 Woodworth LLC, Scarsdale. Property: 156-158 Woodworth Ave., Yonkers. Amount: $4 million. Filed Dec. 20. 530 Milton Road LLC, Rye. Seller: JPL LLC, Rye. Property: 500 Milton Road, Rye. Property: 530 Milton Road, Rye. Amount: $2.3 million. Filed Dec. 22. 4855 Baldin Street Industrial LLC, Liberty. Seller: Dimifini-Yonkers LLC, Liberty. Property: 151 S. MacQuesten Parkway, Mount Vernon. Amount: $1.9 million. Filed Dec. 20. Becher, Loren and Oren Becher, Evanston, Illinois. Seller: SC Rye Brook Partners LP, Pawling. Property: 15 Primrose Lane, Rye. Amount: $1.4 million. Filed Dec. 20. Cane, Jacob and Yvonne Cane, Pleasantville. Seller: Bedford and Clark LLC, Pleasantville. Property: 245 Bedford Road, Mount Pleasant. Amount: $1.4 million. Filed Dec. 23.

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CH Realty IX/CG New York Stallion LP, Springfield, Virginia. Seller: NY Dealer Stations LLC, White Plains. Property: 395 Central Ave., White Plains. Amount: $4.1 million. Filed Dec. 20. Cohen, Deborah, White Plains. Seller: Opra III LLC, Harrison. Property: 120 Old Post Road, Rye. Amount: $1.7 million. Filed Dec. 23. Cohodes, David and Joanne Polott, Brooklyn. Seller: 84 Weaver Street Realty LLC, Harrison. Property: 84 Weaver St., Mamaroneck. Amount: $2.2 million. Filed Dec. 21. Duggan, Daniel J. and Kaya J. Duggan, Eastchester. Seller: Pleasant Ridge Road Realty LLC, Bronx. Property: 81 Pleasant Ridge Road, Harrison. Amount: $2.9 million. Filed Dec. 23. Extravega Real Estate LLC, New York City. Seller: Chipley Realty Corp., Mayfield. Property: 100 Main St., Greenburgh. Amount: $1.2 million. Filed Dec. 23. Fleishman, Stanley and Martine Fleishman, Harrison. Seller: Zuko Holdings LLC, Boca Raton, Florida. Property: 1209 Greacen Point Road, Mamaroneck. Amount: $9.2 million. Filed Dec. 22. Mettam, Jeffrey Robertson and Jennifer Ann Bowden Mettam, New York City. Seller: Gila Development Realty Corp., Pelham. Property: 970 Edgewood Ave., Pelham. Amount: $2.7 million. Filed Dec. 2. Mr. Kyoto LLC, New York City. Seller: 810 Main Street LLC, New York City. Property: 810 Main St., New Rochelle. Amount: $15.3 million. Filed Dec. 22. O’Connor, James P. and Candice O’Connor, Scarsdale. Seller: Opra III LLC, Harrison. Property: 120 Old Post Road, Rye. Amount: $1 million. Filed Dec. 21. Osada, Kuminko, West Harrison. Seller: Opra III LLC, Harrison. Property: 120 Old Post Road, Unit D101, Rye. Amount: $1.4 million. Filed Dec. 22. R&F 420 Realty LLC, White Plains. Seller: Jackson 420 Corp., Mamaroneck. Property: 420 Center Ave., Mamaroneck. Amount: $1.2 million. Filed Dec. 22.

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Rich, Jeffrey and Rebecca Rich, Scarsdale. Seller: Opra III LLC, Harrison. Property: 120 Old Post Road, Rye. Amount: $2.5 million. Filed Dec. 22. Savasta Marital LLC, Newark, Delaware. Seller: David S. Chao and Marianne Chao, Scarsdale. Property: 155 Underhill Road, Greenburgh. Amount: $2.3 million. Filed Dec. 21. Shoneman, Merle Gordon and Charles H. Shoneman, Nantucket, Massachusetts. Seller: SC Rye Brook Partners L.P., Pawling. Property: 23 Jasmine Lane, Rye. Amount: $1.1 million. Filed Dec. 22. Spann, Holly and Sarah Soann, Whitehouse, Ohio. Seller: 95 Riverview Road Corp., Irvington. Property: 95 Riverview Road, Greenburgh. Amount: $1.9 million. Filed Dec. 22. Westport Bedford Hills Self Storage LLC, Irvine, California. Seller: YB Storage Properties LLC, Pleasantville. Property: In Bedford. Amount: $42.9 million. Filed Dec. 22. Zoe LB LLC, Armonk. Seller: Xiaolian Wang, Mission Viejo, California. Property: 27 Miller Circle, North Castle. Amount: $1.2 million. Filed Dec. 21.

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86 Seminary LLC, Mount Vernon. Seller: Sharon Courtney, Yonkers. Property: 86 Seminary Ave., Yonkers. Amount: $600,000. Filed Dec. 21.

Georgiev, Mark, Mount Vernon. Seller: ZF SPV LLC, Woodland Hills, California. Property: 82 Kingston Ave., Yonkers. Amount: $560,000. Filed Dec. 22.

119 Railroad LLC, Spring Valley. Seller: Bruce Edward Wells and Sheila R. Wells, Leominster, Massachusetts. Property: 191-193 Woodworth Ave., Yonkers. Amount: $650,000. Filed Dec. 21.

Harvey, Melissa and Andrew Fondak, Yonkers. Seller: LNI Industries Inc., Croton-on-Hudson. Property: 63 Thompson Ave., Cortlandt. Amount: $920,000. Filed Dec. 21.

136 Longview LLC, Brooklyn. Seller: Audrey L. Baehr, Trumbull, Connecticut. Property: 136 Longview Ave., White Plains. Amount: $525,000. Filed Dec. 22.

Heon, Dennis and Amy L. Heon, New York City. Seller: Laurel Ridge Development Inc., South Salem. Property: 320 Overlook Court, Lewisboro. Amount: $995,000. Filed Dec. 22.

151 Cottage Realty LLC, Scarsdale. Seller: Jose Pestana, Mount Vernon. Property: 151 Cottage Ave., Mount Vernon. Amount: $500,000. Filed Dec. 23. 170 Berrian LLC, New Rochelle. Seller: Mac J. Gollub, New York City. Property: 170 Berrian Road, New Rochelle. Amount: $620,000. Filed Dec. 22. 208 Highbrook LLC, White Plains. Seller: Gerda Rosenstock-Michori, Pelham. Property: 208 Highbrook Ave., Pelham. Amount: $650,000. Filed Dec. 21. 3210 Deerfield Avenue LLC, Carmel. Seller: Anthony Corrado, Carmel. Property: 3210 N. Deerfield Ave., Yorktown. Amount: $400,000. Filed Dec. 20. Alston Holdings LLC, Elmsford. Seller: Raul R. Coelho and Annabell Bowles, Yonkers. Property: 71 Alta Ave., Yonkers. Amount: $40,000. Filed Dec. 23.

21 Bulkley Manor LLC, Rye. Seller: 9 Kirby Lane North LLC, Rye. Property: 9 N. Kirby Lane, Rye. Amount: $918,000. Filed Dec. 23.

Blackenship, Jessica M. and Stephen D. Olson, San Francisco, California. Property: 27 Hillside Ave., Mount Pleasant. Amount: $927,500. Filed Dec. 22.

28 Vineyard LLC, Brooklyn. Seller: Ruth Sullivan, Yonkers. Property: 28 Vineyard Ave., Yonkers. Amount: $100,000. Filed Dec. 21.

Brown, Trudy Ann G., Bronx. Seller: 359 S. 10th Avenue Corp., Mount Vernon. Property: 359 S. 10th Ave., Mount Vernon. Amount: $825,000. Filed Dec. 21.

46 North Fulton LLC, Mount Vernon. Seller: Clinton Quamily, New Rochelle. Property: 46 N. Fulton Ave., Mount Vernon. Amount: $710,000. Filed Dec. 20.

Castellanos, Jose, New York City. Seller: 171 Remsen LLC, White Plains. Property: 171 Remsen Road, Yonkers. Amount: $540,000. Filed Dec. 22.

82 Pearl Street 2 LLC, Greenwich, Connecticut. Seller: Raney V. Nelson and Hyoncha Nelson, Port Chester. Property: 82 Pearl St., Rye. Amount: $490,870. Filed Dec. 20.

Chefalo Contracting LLC, Pleasant Valley. Seller: U.S. Bank Trust National Association, Irving, Texas. Property: 23 Hillcrest Drive, Cortlandt. Amount: $200,000. Filed Dec. 21.

Ivanhoe Little John LLC, Albany. Seller: Diana Dru Botsford and Anthony Ricky Castellano, Norwalk, Connecticut. Property: 33 Robin Hood Road, Pound Ridge. Amount: $875,000. Filed Dec. 21. Malhotra, Andrew, Rye Brook. Seller: JJPE LLC, Rye Brook. Property: 13 Loch Lane, Rye. Amount: $815,000. Filed Dec. 21. Mazie Real Estate LLC, Harrison. Seller: Richard Rozell and Deanna Rozell, Harrison. Property: 59 Congress St., Harrison. Amount: $652,000. Filed Dec. 23.

WORKERS’ COMPENSATION BOARD Failure to carry insurance or for work-related injuries and illnesses, Dec. 23 to Dec. 29, 2021. 1201 Pleasantville Road Restaurant Holding Group LLC, Briarcliff. Amount: $3,500. All County Cleaners Inc., Ossining and Yonkers. Amount: $20,000. Aziz A Soomro Physician PC d.b.a. Chappaqua Behavioral Medicine, Chappaqua. Amount: $19,500. Chef United Corp. d.b.a. Tijuana Mexican Grill, Sleepy Hollow. Amount: $20,000. Due Cugino LLC, Peekskill. Amount: $20,000. Erin Shea, Pleasantville. Amount: $2,500. Five Stars Flooring Inc., White Plains. Amount: $23,500.

MJM Land Development Corp., Somers. Seller: Adrienne Minassian, Dresher, Pennsylvania. Property: 3232 Gomer St., Yorktown. Amount: $825,000. Filed Dec. 21.

Good Life BK LLC, Ossining. Amount: $13,500.

National Residential Nominee Services Inc., Frisco, Texas. Seller: Ksenia Y. Portnoy and Benjamin L. Portnoy, Pleasantville. Property: 27 Hillside Ave., Mount Pleasant. Amount: $927,500. Filed Dec. 22.

LBBBB d.b.a Skratch, Thornwood. Amount: $20,000.

Panthers Partners LLC, Brewster. Seller: Lowell A. Renstrom, Fairfield, Connecticut. Property: 537A Heritage Hills, Somers. Amount: $395,000. Filed Dec. 21.

Oui Oui LLC, Pelham. Amount: $11,000.

Pootrakul, Fatima, Woodside. Seller: Cartus Financial Corp., Danbury, Connecticut. Property: 11 Deshon Ave., Yonkers. Amount: $665,000. Filed Dec. 21. Sylvan Place LLC, Scarsdale. Seller: Zachary Smith, Lantana, Florida. Property: 47 Sylvan Place, New Rochelle. Amount: $665,000. Filed Dec. 22. Waddell, Adam and Yimin Zhang, Avon, Connecticut. Seller: Cartus Financial Corp., Danbury, Connecticut. Property: 150 Webster Road, Scarsdale. Amount: $1 million. Filed Dec. 20.

Knox & Associates LLC, Ossining. Amount: $30,000.

Miracle Wigs & Hair Inc., Yonkers. Amount: $25,500.

R Flores Landscaping Inc., Valhalla. Amount: $20,000.

PATENTS Authenticating a hardware chip using an intrinsic chip identifier. Patent no. 11,210,373 issued to Srivatsan Chellappa, et al. Assigned to IBM, Armonk. Compositions and methods for internalizing enzymes. Patent no. 11,208,458 issued to Andrew Baik, et al. Assigned to Regeneron, Tarrytown. Cryogenic refrigeration for

Facts & Figures low-temperature devices. Patent no. 11,211,542 issued to Steven Holmes, et al. Assigned to IBM, Armonk.

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Debugging quantum circuits by circuit rewriting. Patent no. 11,210,603 issued to Lev Bishop, et al. Assigned to IBM, Armonk.

Detection and prevention of attempts to access sensitive information in real-time. Patent no. 11,212,288 issued to Ashish Kundu, et al. Assigned to IBM, Armonk.

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Distributed platform for computation and trusted validation. Patent no. 11,212,076 issued to Ravi Raman, et al. Assigned to IBM, Armonk. Fabrication of field-effect transistors with different threshold voltages through modified channel interfaces. Patent no. 11,211,379 issued to Takashi Ando, et al. Assigned to IBM, Armonk. Finding precise causal multidrug drug interactions for adverse drug reaction analysis. Patent no. 11,211,169 issued to Sanjoy Dey, et al. Assigned to IBM, Armonk. Learning transcription errors in speech recognition tasks. Patent no. 11,211,046 issued to Andrew Aaron, et al. Assigned to IBM, Armonk. Scalable space-time density data fusion. Patent no. 11,210,268 issued to Conrad Albrecht, et al. Assigned to IBM, Armonk. Self-assembly of nanostructures. Patent no. 11,211,560 issued to Shu-Jen Han. Assigned to IBM, Armonk. Time-series phylogenetic tumor evolution trees. Patent no. 11,211,148 issued to Kahn Rhissorrakai, et al. Assigned to IBM, Armonk. Transmit optical power adjustment based on receive optical power measurements. Patent no. 11,212,001 issued to Pasquale Catalano, et al. Assigned to IBM, Armonk.

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17 Greenbush Road LLC, Spring Valley. Seller: U.S.A. Construction Corp., Calley Cottage. Property: 17-17A Greenburgh Road, Orangetown. Amount: $4 million. Filed Dec. 22.

Axe Luxury Homes Inc., as owner. Lender: Northeast Community Bank. Property: 63 Acres Road, Monroe. Amount: $6.3 million. Filed Dec. 20. Jacob, Yoel, as owner. Lender: TD Bank National Association. Property: 301 Ramsen Ave., Monsey. Amount: $1.5 million. Filed Dec. 21. Spring Valley Preservation LP, as owner. Lender: County of Rockland Industrial Development Agency. Property: in Spring Valley. Amount: $6.3 million. Filed Dec. 23. Village Square at Haverstraw LLC, as owner. Lender: Northeast Community Bank. Property: 49 West Broad St., Haverstraw. Amount: $9.6 million. Filed Dec. 24.

Below $1 million Ameri Tech Land Development Inc., as owner. Lender: PCSB Bank. Property: in Fishkill. Amount: $225,000. Filed Dec. 20.

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500 Funston LLC, Spring Valley. Seller: Funston Properties LLC, Midland Park, New Jersey. Property: 500 Funston Ave., Spring Valley. Property: $8.4. Filed Dec. 23. Cornwall Living LLC, Newburgh. Seller: Hagar E. Constance, Cornwall-on-Hudson. Property: in Cornwall-on-Hudson. Amount: $2.2 million. Filed Dec. 21.

121 Thiells Road LLC, Valley Stream. Seller: Andrew McCune and Catherine McCune, Stony Point. Property: 121 Thiells Road, Stony Point. Amount: $859,000. Filed Dec. 20. 124 Overlook LLC, Pomona. Seller: Gee and Gee Developers Inc., Wesley Hills. Property: 124 Overlook Road, Haverstraw. Amount: $300,000. Filed Dec. 21.

Tall Oaks Preservation LP, New York City. Seller: Pilgrim Woods Preservation Housing Development Fund Company Inc., New York City. Property: 151 Tall Oaks Drive, Middletown. Amount: $9.6 million. Filed Dec. 21.

Adirondack Property Solutions LLC, Hopewell Junction. Seller: Roberto Curcio, Tucson, Arizona. Property: in Washington. Amount: $480,000. Filed Dec. 20.

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Amos Financial LLC, Highland Park, Illinois. Seller: Joseph Buono, Fishkill. Property: in Pawling. Amount: $580,000. Filed Dec. 22.

4-6 Old Lake Road LLC, West Nyack. Seller: 4 Old Lake Associates LLC and 6 Old Lake Associates LLC, Valley Cottage. Property: 4 Old Lake Road, Clarkstown. Amount: $953,125. Filed Dec. 21.

Arbon, Ben and Ayala Arbel, Suffern. Seller: Highview Hills LLC, Suffern. Property: 3 Silverwood Circle, Ramapo. Amount: $615,000. Filed Dec. 23.

10 Memorial Drive LLC, Airmont. Seller: Yosef Grunwald, Brooklyn. Property: 10A Memorial Park Drive, Spring Valley. Amount: $387,500. Filed Dec. 23.

Bard College, Annandale-on-Hudson. Seller: North Park Properties LLC, Elizaville. Property: in Rhinebeck. Amount: $750,000. Filed Dec. 20.

15 Piermont Avenue LLC, Piermont. Seller: Marand Village Realty LLC, Monroe. Property: 15 Piermont Ave., Piermont. Amount: $800,000. Filed Dec. 20.

Barn-Cider LLC, Warwick. Seller: Michael Kannon, Port Saint Lucie, Florida. Property: 1372 Kings Highway, Chester. Amount: $250,000. Filed Dec. 21.

20 Highview Road LLC, Brooklyn. Seller: Hu Garfield and Lewis Garfinkel, Monsey. Property: 20 Highview Road, Ramapo. Amount: $999,000. Filed Dec. 21.

Cabrera, Juan Carlos, Otisville. Seller: Dynamic Progressive LLC, Otisville. Property: 100 Finchville Turnpike, Mount Hope. Amount: $195,000. Filed Dec. 20.

107 Catharine Inc., Monroe. Seller: Mario Runza, Poughkeepsie. Property: in Poughkeepsie. Amount: $150,000. Filed Dec. 22.

Chestney, Carol and Christopher Chestney, Rhinebeck. Seller: 22 Chestney LLC, Rhinebeck. Property: 6322 Mill St., Rhinebeck. Amount: $226,000. Filed Dec. 23.

Cody, Mathew and Christina Tamdjidi, LaGrangeville. Seller: Dorn Road LLC, Farmingham. Amount: $575,000. Filed Dec. 22.

Huberman, Yanky and Golda M. Krieger, Spring Valley. Seller: 25 Ridge LLC, Airmont. Property: 27 Ridge Ave., Spring Valley. Amount: $760,000. Filed Dec. 24.

Delcasale, Lawrence and Nancy Castro, Cortlandt Manor, Wixon Post Estates LLC, Mahopac. Property: 9 Greenbrier Court, Mahopac. Amount: $659,000. Filed Dec. 21.

Jacob, Yoel, Monsey. Seller: Highview Corner LLC, Monsey. Property: 25 Highview, Ramapo. Amount: $529,000. Filed Dec. 21.

Denali Realty Ventures LLC, Middletown. Seller: Edward M. Bloomfield, Howells. Property: 97 Wickham Ave., Middletown. Amount: $200,000. Filed Dec. 20.

Lynch, Maureen, Red Hook. Seller: 25 Old Farm Road Development LLC, Pleasant Valley. Property: in Red Hook. Amount: $85,000. Filed Dec. 20.

Dresdner, Leah, Brooklyn. Seller: Madison Ridge Development LLC, Spring Valley. Property: 16 Ridge Ave., Spring Valley. Amount: $850,000. Filed Dec. 24.

Melendez, Ruben and Valerie Melendez, Mahopac. Seller: Springside Commons LLC, Mahopac. Property: 204 Alexandra Court, Carmel. Amount: $250,000. Filed Dec. 21.

Garcia, Alex and Muriel Garcia, Ringwood, New Jersey. Seller: All Mine Orange Inc., Salisbury Mills. Property: 189 Glenwood Road, Warwick. Amount: $680,000. Filed Dec. 21. George, Shelva and Mary Agatha Abbott, Jamaica. Seller: Allied Property Re-development LLC, Harriman. Property: 22 Ridge St., Middletown. Amount: $195,700. Filed Dec. 21. Gluck, Cham and Toby B. Gluck, Monroe. Seller: BMG Monroe LLC, Monsey. Property: 33 Merribeth Lane, Monroe. Amount: $440,000. Filed Dec. 20. Loonz Inc., Bedford. Seller: Donald A. Weiss and Salli A. Weiss, Mahopac. Property: 122 Dahlia Drive, Mahopac. Amount: $400,000. Filed Dec. 20. Myma Eisenberger, Suffern. Seller: Highview Hills LLC, Suffern. Property: 15 Silverwood Circle, Ramapo. Amount: $614,705. Filed Dec. 21.

Above $1 million 474 Piermont LLC, New City. Seller: Holland Real Estate LLC Series 2, New City. Property: 474 Piermont Ave., Piermont. Amount: $1 million. Filed Dec. 23.

Movil Development Corp., Beacon. Seller: Albert J. Carr, Fishkill. Property: in Fishkill. Amount: $285,000. Filed Dec. 22. MSM Homes LLC, Monroe. Seller: Hamar Clarke and Angela Machicote, Poughkeepsie. Property: in Poughkeepsie. Amount: $285,000. Filed Dec. 22. Ren, Weili and Jing Xiao, Surrey, British Columbia. Seller: Orange County Real Estate Equities LLC, Middletown. Amount: $365,000. Filed Dec. 21. Roth, Yitzchak and Gittel Roth, Spring Valley. Seller: Viola Ventures LLC, Chestnut Ridge. Property: 2210 Corner St., Spring Valley. Amount: $689,000. Filed Dec. 22. Wieselthier, Amrom A., Spring Valley. Seller: 5-7 Hoffman LLC, Spring Valley. Property: 5 Hoffman St., Unit 201, Ramapo. Filed Dec. 21. Weissman, Yoel, Brooklyn. Seller: 5-7 Hoffman LLC, Spring Valley. Property: 5 Hoffman St., Unit 202, Spring Valley. Amount: $820,000. Filed Dec. 20.

Unattended beverage dispensing systems and methods. Patent no. 11,208,315 issued to Robert Crawford, et al. Assigned to Pepsico, Purchase.

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BUILDING PERMITS Commercial 698 West Avenue Associates LLC, Norwalk, contractor for 698 West Avenue Associates LLC. Perform replacement alterations at 698 West Ave., Norwalk. Estimated cost: $2,000. Filed Nov. 2. A PappaJohn Co., Norwalk, contractor for Merritt 7 Venture LLC. Perform replacement alterations at 501 Merritt 7, Norwalk. Estimated cost: $200,000. Filed Nov. 8. Filippidis, Kalliopi, Norwalk, contractor for Kalliopi Filippidis. Remove French doors at 8 Elmcrest Terrace, No.102, Norwalk. Estimated cost: $18,000. Filed Nov. 2. Fink Realty LLC, Norwalk, contractor for Fink Realty LLC. Perform replacement alterations at 26 Pearl St., Norwalk. Estimated cost: $50,000. Filed Nov. 3. George at Work LLC, Norwalk, contractor for Kevin F. McGrath. Renovate bathroom at 113 Rowayton Woods Drive, No. 4/59, Norwalk. Estimated cost: $5,000. Filed Nov. 12. Gregory, Virginia L., Norwalk, contractor for Virginia L. Gregory. Perform replacement alterations at 343 Newtown Ave., Norwalk. Estimated cost: $1,000. Filed Nov. 2. Heritage Remodeling and Construction LLC, Norwalk, contractor for Jensu Realty LLC. Perform replacement alterations at 17 Washington St., Norwalk. Estimated cost: $5,000. Filed Nov. 3. Knight & Grabowski, Norwalk, contractor for AC 26 OZ LLC. Perform replacement alterations at 253 Main Ave., Norwalk. Estimated cost: $150,000. Filed Nov. 4.

Malta Enterprises, Norwalk, contractor for 340 Wilson Avenue Property LLC. Remove interior wall at 340 Wilson Ave., Norwalk. Estimated cost: $61,995. Filed Nov. 10.

Classic Metal Roofs LLC, Norwalk, contractor for Box Ananda Shaula. Remove existing roof and re-roof 5 Barnum Ave., Norwalk. Estimated cost: $26,118. Filed Nov. 3.

Power Home Remodeling Group LLC, Norwalk, contractor for Jean Lochard. Remove existing siding and replace at 8 Stonecrop Road South, Norwalk. Estimated cost: $37,709. Filed Nov. 1.

Menard, Bryan W., Norwalk, contractor for Bridgeport Roman Catholic Church. Install roof-top mounted solar panels at 139 W. Rocks Road, Norwalk. Estimated cost: $68,450. Filed Nov. 9.

Constantine Brothers Construction LLC, Norwalk, contractor for Basilios Poulopoulos. Construct rear deck at 2 Pine Hill Avenue Extension, Norwalk. Estimated cost: $11,000. Filed Nov. 3.

Power Home Remodeling Group LLC, Norwalk, contractor for Emily Irene Martins. Remove and replace seven windows at 4 Senga Road, Norwalk. Estimated cost: $9,109. Filed Nov. 1.

Phoenix Construction & Management Services, Norwalk, contractor for J.M. Church Properties LLC. Perform replacement alterations at 295 Westport Ave., Norwalk. Estimated cost: $281,000. Filed Nov. 5.

Generoso, Frank, Norwalk, contractor for Mark S. Rapfogel. Install a generator at 14 Kreiner Lane, Norwalk. Estimated cost: $10,000. Filed Nov. 2.

Power Home Remodeling Group LLC, Norwalk, contractor for Dominick Sciarretta and Giulia Mariotti. Remove and replace nine windows and one door at 17 Edlie Ave., Norwalk. Estimated cost: $24,120. Filed Nov. 1.

Pierson, Mary Keating, Norwalk, contractor for Mary Keating Pierson. Construct superstructure for a two-car garage at 39 Arnold Lane, Norwalk. Estimated cost: $37,000. Filed Nov. 8. Pustola & Associates, Norwalk, contractor for Waypointe Partners LLC. Core and shell improvements at 637 West Ave., Norwalk. Estimated cost: $2,000,000. Filed Nov. 3. Schlakman, David C., Norwalk, contractor for David C. Schlakman. Add one-half bath at 5 Thomas Place, Unit 20, Norwalk. Estimated cost: $25,000. Filed Nov. 3. Seligson Properties, Norwalk, contractor for 143-145 West Main Street LLC. Install new exterior door and clean up at 143 Main St., Norwalk. Estimated cost: $37,650. Filed Nov. 1.

Residential Anderson, Michael L., Norwalk, contractor for Michael L. Anderson. Renovate a single-family residence at 36 Range Road, Norwalk. Estimated cost: $75,000. Filed Nov. 2. Bartlett, Philip, Norwalk, contractor for David and Heidi Udell. Install a generator at 233 Rowayton Ave., Norwalk. Estimated cost: $9,000. Filed Nov. 2. Brown Roofing Company Inc., Norwalk, contractor for George C. Papastathis. Strip existing roof and re-roof asphalt shingles at 25 Myrtle St., Norwalk. Estimated cost: $28,991. Filed Nov. 1.

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Hussey, Christopher E., Norwalk, contractor for Christopher E. Hussey and Anne E. Hussey. Remove existing roof and re-roof and replace skylights at 70 Witch Lane, Norwalk. Estimated cost: $26,000. Filed Nov. 4. Integrated Management LLC, Norwalk, contractor for Michael Granovsky. Install a generator at west side of 40 McKinley St., Norwalk. Estimated cost: $12,000. Filed Nov. 2. J M Roofing & Siding LLC, Norwalk, contractor for Patel Parimal Nittal Parimal. Remove existing roof and re-roof 148 N. Taylor Ave., Norwalk. Estimated cost: $7,200. Filed Nov. 4. John Discala Construction LLC, Norwalk, contractor for Aiken Preserve LLC. Construct a superstructure for a single-family residence at 3 Argento Lane, Norwalk. Estimated cost: $400,000. Filed Nov. 3. Lecla Home Improvements and Roofing Inc., Norwalk, contractor for Peter Florian. Replace roofing shingles at 212 Gregory Blvd., Norwalk. Estimated cost: $11,500. Filed Nov. 2. Minoff, Jason, Norwalk, contractor for Jason Minoff. Renovate deck at 240 Newtown Ave., Norwalk. Estimated cost: $10,000. Filed Nov. 4. Power Home Remodeling Group LLC, Norwalk, contractor for Andrew B. Vizcarra. Remove existing windows and replace seven windows at 1 Flower Lane, Norwalk. Estimated cost: $10,938. Filed Nov. 1.

Power Home Remodeling Group LLC, Norwalk, contractor for Gama Baldemar. Remove and replace six windows at 36 Oak Hill Ave., Norwalk. Estimated cost: $7,069. Filed Nov. 1. Power Home Remodeling Group LLC, Norwalk, contractor for Dan B. Sedgwick. Remove existing roof and replace at 38 Melrose Ave., Norwalk. Estimated cost: $15,193. Filed Nov. 1. RL Construction LLC, Norwalk, contractor for Magdalena Zakrzewski. Construct superstructure for a single-family residence at 4 Stephen Mather Road, Norwalk. Estimated cost: $650,000. Filed Nov. 1. S&W Building & Remodeling Inc., Norwalk, contractor for Pat J. Cutrone. Install a generator at 194 W. Norwalk Road, Norwalk. Estimated cost: $11,500. Filed Nov. 4. Szekely, Sean, Norwalk, contractor for France Street Construction LLC. Finish basement at 33 France St., Norwalk. Estimated cost: $7,000. Filed Nov. 2. The Barn Yard Enterprises Inc., Norwalk, contractor for Francine R. Even and Roger Brouard. Construct a superstructure for workshop and art studio at 1 Lane Road, Norwalk. Estimated cost: $89,000. Filed Nov. 4. Unlimited Services LLC, Stamford, contractor for Linton Delroy and Christina Espiritu. Remodel kitchen at 180 Turn of River Road, Unit 4D, Stamford. Estimated cost: $37,000. Filed Nov. 17.

Vanveen, Edward, Stamford, contractor for Janet M. Tarzia. Alter basement by adding approximately 123 square feet of finished bedroom area with egress window at 199 Minivale Road, Stamford. Estimated cost: $15,000. Filed Nov. 18. Vasquez, Leonel, Stamford, contractor for Lipskier Yaacov. Replace siding at 46 Rolling Wood Drive, Stamford. Estimated cost: $6,720. Filed Nov. 3. Veliz, Jose Fredy and Veronica Hilda, Stamford, contractor for self. Add second story to an existing building at 26 Raymond St., Stamford. Estimated cost: $85,000. Filed Nov. 18. Venture Home Solar LLC, Southington, contractor for Kumar Abhishek and Choudhary Minakshi. Install roof-mounted solar modules and inverters at 40 Dubois St., Stamford. Estimated cost: $8,000. Filed Nov. 16. Venture Home Solar LLC, Southington, contractor for Bibiano Flores. Install roof-mounted solar modules and inverters at 157 Den Road, Stamford. Estimated cost: $9,200. Filed Nov. 2. Venture Home Solar LLC, Southington, contractor for Abhishek Kumar and Choudhary Minakshi. Remove existing shingles and install new aluminum vent pipe flanges as required, ice and water shields in valleys, ridge cap, aluminum step flashing at connecting side walls and Class A fiberglass self-sealing shingles at 40 Dubois St., Stamford. Estimated cost: $9,000. Filed Nov. 15. Vik’s Exteriors LLC, Orange, contractor for Ronald L. and Sharon A. Lombardo. Repair soft plywood, install new ice and water, drip and rake edges and roofing at residence on Mary Violet Road, Stamford. Estimated cost: $18,700. Filed Nov. 17. Vinylume Inc., Stamford, contractor for Paul Kapteina. Remove and install new asphalt shingles with all required under alignment at 54 Clover Hill Drive, Stamford. Estimated cost: $14,980. Filed Nov. 1. Vinylume Inc., Stamford, contractor for James W. Parker Estate of Deborah E. Parker Remove existing shingles and install new asphalt shingles at 45 Clover Hill Drive, Stamford. Estimated cost: $26,400. Filed Nov. 10.

Vision Solar LLC, Blackwood, New Jersey, contractor for Margaret Mayes. Install roof-mounted solar system at 30 Putter Drive, Stamford. Estimated cost: $11,000. Filed Nov. 22. WHD Carpentry & Construction LLC, Trumbull, contractor for Liane Martins Lindner. Create open-floor plan between kitchen, dining room and living room, which will require opening two walls, kitchen renovation, relocation of guest bathroom and reconfiguration of the laundry at 31 General Waterbury Lane, Stamford. Estimated cost: $80,000. Filed Nov. 4. Zakhar, Theodore, Norwalk, contractor for Joseph V. Clifford. Remove existing roof and install an asphalt roof at 23 Third St., Norwalk. Estimated cost: $16,800. Filed Nov. 3.

COURT CASES Bridgeport Superior Court Kim, Jae Jin, et al, Westport. Filed by Steven Gulick, Milford. Plaintiff’s attorney: Richard H. Raphael, Westport. Action: The plaintiff suffered from medical malpractice by the defendants who prescribed a medicine for the plaintiff without a complete evaluation of his vital signs. As a result, the plaintiff suffered other health conditions and now seeks monetary damages of more than $15,000, exclusive of interest and costs and such other further relief the court deems appropriate. Case no. FBT-CV-216110213-S. Filed Oct. 1. Mego, Felipe, Fairfield. Filed by Robert Matt, West Haven. Plaintiff’s attorney: Mark M. Kochanowicz, New York, New York. Action: The plaintiff suffered a collision allegedly caused by the defendant and sustained severe damages and injuries. The plaintiff seeks monetary damages of more than $15,000, exclusive of interest and costs and such other further relief the court deems appropriate. Case no. FBT-CV-21-6110857-S. Filed Oct. 28. Murray, Christopher, et al, Fairfield. Filed by Travis Russ, West Haven. Plaintiff’s attorney: Leann Riether, North Haven. Action: The plaintiff suffered a collision allegedly caused by the defendant and sustained severe damages and injuries. The plaintiff seeks monetary damages of more than $15,000, exclusive of interest and costs and such other further relief the court deems appropriate. Case no. FBT-CV-21-6110585-S. Filed Oct. 18.

Facts & Figures Old Dominion Insurance Co., Hartford. Filed by Matthew Laudicina, Bridgeport. Plaintiff’s attorney: Edmund Q. Collier LLC, Milford. Action: The plaintiff suffered a collision allegedly caused by the defendant and sustained severe and painful personal injuries. The driver did not have sufficient automobile insurance to fairly compensate the plaintiff so an instant claim for underinsured motorist coverage benefits against the defendant was filed. The defendant was notified and has failed to compensate the plaintiff fairly. The plaintiff seeks monetary damages of more than $15,000, exclusive of interest and costs and such other further relief the court deems appropriate. Case no. FBT-CV-216110560-S. Filed Oct. 15. Yates, Jennifer, Greenwich. Filed by Ashley Lucianos, Norwalk. Plaintiff’s attorney: Papcsy Janosov Roche, Norwalk. Action: The plaintiff suffered a collision allegedly caused by the defendant and sustained severe damages and injuries. The plaintiff seeks monetary damages of more than $15,000, exclusive of interest and costs and such other further relief the court deems appropriate. Case no. FBTCV-21-6110935-S. Filed Nov. 1.

Danbury Superior Court Church, Alexander, et al, Astoria, New York. Filed by Taylor McCafferty, Danbury. Plaintiff’s attorney: Moore O’Brien & Foti, Middlebury. Action: The plaintiff suffered a collision allegedly caused by the defendants and sustained severe damages and injuries. The plaintiff seeks monetary damages of more than $15,000, exclusive of interest and costs and such other further relief the court deems appropriate. Case no. DBDCV-21-6041011-S. Filed Oct. 19. Keystone Place at Wooster Heights LLC, et al, Indianapolis, Indiana. Filed by David Knablin, Shelton. Plaintiff’s attorney: Goff Law Group LLC, West Hartford. Action: The plaintiff was lawfully on the premises controlled and maintained by the defendants as an invitee. The plaintiff was on a ladder in the basement of the premises when water drained through the holes on the first floor of the premises into the basement area of the premises causing the ladder on which the plaintiff was situated to become insecure and wet due to the slippery condition of the concrete, resulting in the ladder shifting. The plaintiff lost his balance and fell violently to the ground. He seeks monetary damages of more than $15,000, exclusive of interest and costs and such other further relief the court deems appropriate. Case no. DBDCV-21-6041156-S. Filed Nov. 2.

Patino-Dota, Eddy, et al, Danbury. Filed by Sabbith M.D., Danbury. Plaintiff’s attorney: Berkowitz and Hanna LLC, Shelton. Action: The plaintiff suffered a collision allegedly caused by the defendants and sustained severe damages and injuries. The plaintiff seeks monetary damages of more than $15,000, exclusive of interest and costs and such other further relief the court deems appropriate. Case no. DBD-CV-21-6041036-S. Filed Oct. 21. Raleigh, Maryann, et al, Sound Beach, New York. Filed by Louis Pirotte, Bethel. Plaintiff’s attorney: The Haymond Law Firm PC, Hartford. Action: The plaintiff suffered a collision allegedly caused by the defendants and sustained severe damages and injuries. The plaintiff seeks monetary damages of more than $15,000, exclusive of interest and costs and such other further relief the court deems appropriate. Case no. DBD-CV-21-6041121-S. Filed Oct. 27. Spaziani, Linda, et al, Danbury. Filed by Victoria Ward, Danbury. Plaintiff’s attorney: Zingaro & Cretella LLC, Bridgeport. Action: The plaintiff suffered a collision allegedly caused by the defendants and sustained severe damages and injuries. The plaintiff seeks monetary damages more than $15,000, exclusive of interest and costs and such other and further relief as the court deems appropriate. Case no. DBD-CV-21-6041279-S. Filed Nov. 12.

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Deisme, Jonas, Norwalk. Filed by Goldman Sachs Bank USA, New York, New York. Plaintiff’s attorney: Zwicker and Associates PC, Enfield. Action: The plaintiff is a banking association that issued a credit account to the defendant who agreed to make payments for goods and services. The defendant failed to make payments. The plaintiff seeks monetary damages of more than $2,500, exclusive of interest and costs and such other further relief the court deems appropriate. Case no. FST-CV-21-6054424-S. Filed Nov. 22. Mendoza Jr., Albert, Norwalk. Filed by Progressive Casualty Insurance Co., Mayfield Heights, Ohio. Plaintiff’s attorney: Greene Law PC, Farmington. Action: The plaintiff suffered a collision allegedly caused by the defendant and sustained severe damages and injuries. The plaintiff seeks monetary damages pf more than $15,000, exclusive of interest and costs and such other further relief the court deems appropriate. Case no. FST-CV-21-6054325-S. Filed Nov. 12. Tambini, Amy, Southport. Filed by Sound View Private Counsel, PLLC, Westport. Plaintiff’s attorney: Sound View Private Counsel PLLC, Westport. Action: The plaintiff provided services to the defendant who failed to pay the balance due for the services provided. The plaintiff seeks monetary damages of less than $15,000, exclusive of interest and costs. Case no. FST-CV21-6054282-S. Filed Nov. 9.

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Banks, Gerald, Greenwich. Filed by Progressive Casualty Insurance Co., Mayfield Heights, Ohio. Plaintiff’s attorney: Greene Law PC, Farmington. Action: The plaintiff was delivering a package to the defendant’s property when the gate malfunctioned and closed on the plaintiff’s vehicle causing damages. The plaintiff seeks monetary damages of more than $15,000, exclusive of interest and costs and such other further relief the court deems appropriate. Case no. FSTCV-21-6054329-S. Filed Nov. 12.

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Chu, Jimmy, Stamford. Filed by Discover Bank, New Albany, Ohio. Plaintiff’s attorney: Zwicker and Associates PC, Enfield. Action: The plaintiff is a banking association. The defendant used a credit account issued by plaintiff and agreed to make payments for goods and services. The defendant failed to make payments. The plaintiff seeks monetary damages of more than $2,500, exclusive of interest and costs and such other further relief the court deems appropriate. Case no. FST-CV-216054059-S. Filed Oct. 25.

1936 Drinkwater LLC, Greenwich. Seller: Cristina Wang and Jonathan Wang, Riverside. Property: 275 Riverside Ave., Riverside. Amount: $N/A. Filed Nov. 2.

103 WW LLC, Fairfield. Seller: TMSL Properties LLC, Fairfield. Property: 103 Weeping Willow Lane, Fairfield. Amount: $737,500. Filed Nov. 22. 1039 East Main LLC, Elmsford, New York. Seller: Belcar Properties LLC, Stamford. Property: Lots 13-18, Strafford Park, Stamford. Amount: $1,150,000. Filed Nov. 9.

230 Round Hill LLC, Greenwich. Seller: Bernard Kuehl, Greenwich. Property: 230 Round Hill Road, Greenwich. Amount: $2,950,000. Filed Nov. 3. 33 Alt LLC, Spring Valley, New York. Seller: Shi Chun and Ciu Gui Sen, Stamford. Property: 237 Ocean Drive East, Stamford. Amount: $1,799,000. Filed Nov. 8.

5 Dempsey Lane LLC, Greenwich. Seller: Pablo Calderini, Greenwich. Property: 5 Dempsey Lane, Greenwich. Amount: $2,150,000. Filed Nov. 3.

Sestovic, Orhan, Stamford. Seller: David Montanari Holdings LLC, Stamford. Property: 114 Summer St., Unit 3A, Stamford. Amount: $180,000. Filed Nov. 8.

Bergman, Nicholas and Victoria Bergman, Stamford. Seller: Jayne D. Bakis, Stamford. Property: 16 Weil St., Stamford. Amount: $740,000. Filed Nov. 8.

Arias, Natalia, Stamford. Seller: AYR Properties September LLC, Stamford. Property: 239 Glenbrook Road, Stamford. Amount: $480,000. Filed Nov. 4.

SSMMRF Real Estate 1 LLC, Westport. Seller: 62 Rhode Island Avenue LLC, Weston. Property: 62 Rhode Island Ave., Fairfield. Amount: $329,000. Filed Nov. 23.

Biggins, Erin, Fairfield. Seller: Rachel A. Barry, Fairfield. Property: 13 Meadowbrook Road, Fairfield. Amount: $265,000. Filed Nov. 22.

Chickery, Thomas and Kristina Chickery, Fairfield. Seller: 17 Welch Terrace LLC, Southport. Property: 239 Nichols St., Fairfield. Amount: $475,000. Filed Nov. 9.

Tan, Raymond and Renee Tan, Greenwich. Seller: Manor Road LLC, Old Greenwich. Property: 16 Manor Road, Old Greenwich. Amount: $1,850,000. Filed Nov. 2.

Citarella, Lauren G. and Anthony Arcamone, Stamford. Seller: Fornell Associates LLC, Dexter, Michigan. Property: 25 Forest St., Unit 4M, Stamford. Amount: $360,000. Filed Nov. 10.

Triad Partners LLC, Middlebury. Seller: Candice M. Takacs, Fairfield. Property: 57 Edge Hill Place, Fairfield. Amount: $465,000. Filed Nov. 22.

City Lending Group LLC, Forest Hills, New York. Seller: Wilmington Savings Fund Society FSB, Houston, Texas. Property: 183 Dudley Drive, Fairfield. Amount: $441,000. Filed Nov. 9. Elcadore LLC, Norwalk. Seller: Peah Properties LLC, New York, New York. Property: 390 North St., Greenwich. Amount: $6,033,000. Filed Nov. 1. Freid, Clifford, Bronx, New York. Seller: Sunshine Management LLC, Old Greenwich. Property: 60 Strawberry Hill Ave., Unit 1204, Stamford. Amount: $145,000. Filed Nov. 10. Hilltop Haven LLC, Greenwich. Seller: Joseph P. Granitto, Greenwich. Property: 434 Riversville Road, Greenwich. Amount: $8,751,000. Filed Nov. 2. Labbancz, Robert F. and Eugenia Ulasewicz Labbancz, New York, New York. Seller: RS 125 Field Point Road LLC, Miami Beach, Florida. Property: 125 Field Point Road, Unit B2, Greenwich. Amount: $3,350,000. Filed Nov. 2. Pawlowicz, Elysia B., Darien. Seller: DB Broad Family Limited Partnership, Stamford. Property: 1 Broad St., Unit 16C, Stamford. Amount: $432,000. Filed Nov. 8. Sadaram, Vinod and Swetha Marisela, Stamford. Seller: Greatview LLC, Stamford. Property: 27 Terrace Place, Unit 3, Stamford. Amount: $635,000. Filed Nov. 8. Seidelmann, Scott P. and Sara B. Seidelmann, Riverside. Seller: 85 Indian Head Road LLC, Santa Rosa, California. Property: 85 Indian Head Road, Riverside. Amount: $10. Filed Nov. 5.

WLDI Texas LLC, Greenwich. Seller: Hannah H. Strasser and Steven C. Greenberg, Harrison, New York. Property: 311 Shore Road, Greenwich. Amount: $4,800,000. Filed Nov. 3.

Residential Abbazia, Mary and Timothy Abbazia, Stamford. Seller: Timothy Abbazia and Mary J. Abbazia, Stamford. Property: 263 Stamford Ave., Stamford. Amount: $1. Filed Nov. 10. Aiese, Scott and Sarah Kaufman, Cos Cob. Seller: Herman Walter Pye III, Riverside. Property: 4 Steep Hollow Lane, Cos Cob. Amount: $2,350,000. Filed Nov. 5. Akinnubi, Samuel Akinwande and Ibiyemi Margaret Akinnubi, Elizabeth, New Jersey. Seller: Nicholas Kopeloff, Cincinnati, Ohio. Property: 160 Mead Ave., Unit C, Greenwich. Amount: $600,000. Filed Nov. 2. Alayo, Maria, Stamford. Seller: Paul D. Wahrenburg and Marcia J. Wahrenburg, Stamford. Property: 262 Glenbrook Road, Unit 44C, Stamford. Amount: $177,500. Filed Nov. 12. Alegria, Sam, Stamford. Seller: Jodi Amato, Stamford. Property: 60 Plymouth Road, Stamford. Amount: $700,000. Filed Nov. 8. Benesh, Steven R.L. and Vedad Alavian Ghavanini, Stamford. Seller: Stephen C. Forsyth and Mary L. Kelleher Forsyth, Stamford. Property: 321 Blackberry Drive, Stamford. Amount: $907,000. Filed Nov. 8.

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Blind, Tyler, Stamford. Seller: Fernando P. Casinelli and Mario Casinelli, Fairfield. Property: 511 Church Hill Road, Fairfield. Amount: $529,000. Filed Nov. 23. Bresiger, Elizabeth, Fairfield. Seller: Jean D. Chard, Fairfield. Property: 96 Southport Woods Drive, Unit G-7-56, Fairfield. Amount: $499,000. Filed Nov. 23. Brown, Terence, New York, New York. Seller: Matthew P. Smith and Annmarie S. Smith, Falun, Sweden. Property: 91 Prince St., Fairfield. Amount: $590,000. Filed Nov. 8. Condon, Alexander L., Stamford. Seller: Lori A. Ferrara, Stamford. Property: 985 Stillwater Road, Stamford. Amount: $N/A. Filed Nov. 12. Coughlin, Sean and Karen Cougglin, Riverside. Seller: Matthew Connolly Lucey and Elizabeth Lucey, Greenwich. Property: 68 Meadow Road, Riverside. Amount: $5,750,000. Filed Nov. 3. Curto, Ryan and Jane Curto, Stamford. Seller: John Farro and Joann Farro, Stamford. Property: 149 Club Road, Stamford. Amount: $1. Filed Nov. 10. Daza, Edwin and Adriana Daza, Stamford. Seller: Jessica Fauci and Joseph Fauci Jr., Stamford. Property: 30 Lumanor Drive, Stamford. Amount: $725,000. Filed Nov. 9. Dematteo-Santa, Marisa, Fairfield. Seller: Ryan P. Shaw and Amy L. Shaw, Madison. Property: 341 Round Hill Road, Fairfield. Amount: $650,000. Filed Nov. 23. Friedberg, Daniel M. and Lynn W. Friedberg, Old Greenwich. Seller: Bertyl Rydevik and Karin Rydevik, London, United Kingdom. Property: 6 Lighthouse Lane, Old Greenwich. Amount: $7,000,000. Filed Nov. 3. Godown, Matthew A., North Palm Beach, Florida. Seller: Laura H. Godown and Dean Allen Godown, Stamford. Property: 325 Hycliff Terrace, Stamford. Amount: $765,000. Filed Nov. 12.

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Facts & Figures Gong, Liang Wu and Yi Gong, North Haven. Seller: Hayward R. Gipson Jr. and Noelia Gipson, Fairfield. Property: 331 Knapps Highway, Unit 331, Fairfield. Amount: $560,000. Filed Nov. 8.

Putnam, Christopher Ryan and Marissa Lizza, Mantoloking, New Jersey. Seller: Clara Cavalli-Chiappardi, Fairfield. Property: 30 Robin Lane, Fairfield. Amount: $1,350,000. Filed Nov. 23.

Torres, Anne and Marie Pagan, Bolton. Seller: Anand Subramanian and Krithika Saikrishnan, Bolton. Property: 189 Seaside Ave., Unit 4, Stamford. Amount: $585,000. Filed Nov. 12.

Beeton, Diana, Fairfield, by Peter Ambrose. Lender: William Raveis Mortgage LLC, 7 Trap Falls Road, Shelton. Property: 193 Knapps Highway, Unit A7, Fairfield. Amount: $155,500. Filed Nov. 10.

Munnelly, Ann M., Fairfield, by Jeffrey G. Lane. Lender: JPMorgan Chase Bank NA, 1111 Polaris Pkwy., Columbus, Ohio. Property: 245 Sunnyridge Ave., Apt 25, Fairfield. Amount: $154,375. Filed Nov. 12.

Hentzel, Timothy and Sunia Y. Ho, Old Greenwich. Seller: Eileen L. Casson and Joseph W. Casson, Stamford. Property: 14 Pleasant View Place, Old Greenwich. Amount: $2,135,000. Filed Nov. 5.

Rifkin, Marc and Jennifer Rifkin, Trumbull. Seller: Vincent Santoro and Amata L. Santoro, Fairfield. Property: 85 Rolling Hills Drive, Fairfield. Amount: $680,000. Filed Nov. 8.

Ward, Rebecca and Mark Shull, Greenwich. Seller: Vincent Felicella and Joan C. Felicella, Greenwich. Property: 10 North St., Old Greenwich. Amount: $0. Filed Nov. 5.

Bok, Carol S. and Dennis P. Bok, Fairfield, by Melissa A. Tharp. Lender: Newrez LLC, 1100 Virginia Drive, Suite 125, Fort Washington, Pennsylvania. Property: 240 Sunnyridge Ave., Unit 82, Fairfield. Amount: $201,600. Filed Nov. 10.

Murphy, Todd W. and Dina Murphy, Greenwich, by Besnike Krasniqi. Lender: Citizens Bank NA, 1 Citizens Plaza, Providence, Rhode Island. Property: 15 Dorchester Lane, Greenwich. Amount: $250,000. Filed Nov. 5.

Huffman, Lewis and Leslie Doctor, Southport. Seller: Mathilde M.P. Noschese, Fairfield. Property: 701 Old Academy Road, Fairfield. Amount: $N/A. Filed Nov. 24.

Rizzaro, Frank and Danielle Monzo, Stamford. Seller: Eric C. Benda and Kathleen C. Benda, Greenwich. Property: 1 Roberta Lane, Greenwich. Amount: $1,850,000. Filed Nov. 3.

Cassette, Daniel J. and Kimberly A. Cassette, Fairfield, by Melissa A. Tharp. Lender: Newrez LLC, 1100 Virginia Drive, Suite 125, Fort Washington, Pennsylvania. Property: 55 Fairway Green, Fairfield. Amount: $433,500. Filed Nov. 12.

Pitt, William S. and Corinne Ferrara, Fairfield, by Emmet P. Hibson Jr. Lender: KeyBank National Association, 127 Public Square, Cleveland, Ohio. Property: 366 Meadowbrook Road, Fairfield. Amount: $548,250. Filed Nov. 8.

Frederick, Pamela M., Greenwich, by Michelle Hanover. Lender: Bank of America NA, 101 S. Tryon St., Charlotte, North Carolina. Property: 44 Woodland Drive, Greenwich. Amount: $345,000. Filed Nov. 5.

Roper Jr., Peter F. and Shannon B. Roper, Fairfield, by Kenneth M. Gammitt. Lender: Wells Fargo Bank NA, 101 N. Phillips Ave., Sioux Falls, South Dakota. Property: 51 Margemere Drive, Fairfield. Amount: $720,000. Filed Nov. 8.

Garrett, Jennifer and Bowman Garrett, Fairfield, by N/A. Lender: Bank South Mortgage Company LLC, 3290 Northside Pkwy., Suite 600, Atlanta, Georgia. Property: 431 Rowland Road, Fairfield. Amount: $1,760,000. Filed Nov. 10.

Ryan Jr., Stephen M. and Marie P. Ryan, Fairfield, by Donald E. Wetmore. Lender: UBS Bank USA, 299 S. Main St., Suite 2275, Salt Lake City, Utah. Property: 21 Trillium Circle, Fairfield. Amount: $555,000. Filed Nov. 9.

Gladstone, Jason P. and Dana L. Gladstone, Fairfield, by David J. Rucci. Lender: Stearns Lending LLC, 401 E. Corporate Drive, Suite 150, Lewisville, Texas. Property: 42 Barberry Road, Southport. Amount: $492,000. Filed Nov. 10.

Sucic, Steve and Lori Ann Sucic, Fairfield, by Josie Ponce. Lender: Sikorski Financial Credit Union, 1000 Oronoque Lane, Stratford. Property: 56 Sasco Hill Road, Fairfield. Amount: $173,800. Filed Nov. 9.

Griffin, Colleen and Eamon Griffin, Fairfield, by Benjamin McEachin. Lender: Better Mortgage Corp. ISAOA, 175 Greenwich St., 59th floor, New York, New York. Property: 60 Dorking Drive, Fairfield. Amount: $422,798. Filed Nov. 8.

Victor, Jason C. and Sara G. Victor, Fairfield, by Emmet P. Hibson Jr. Lender: Nationstar Mortgage LLC, 8950 Cypress Water Blvd., Dallas, Texas. Property: 108 Nutmeg Lane, Fairfield. Amount: $394,503. Filed Nov. 12.

MacAluso, Donna and Gregory Lynch, Monroe. Seller: Daniel Bedoya, Stamford. Property: 104 North St., Unit 102, Stamford. Amount: $375,000. Filed Nov. 12. Mazzella, Vanessa Voltolina and Frank Mazzella, New Rochelle, New York. Seller: Jason Bonsignore and Emily Bonsignore, Fairfield. Property: 164 Rockland Road, Fairfield. Amount: $657,000. Filed Nov. 24. McCarthy, Rieko, Camden, Maine. Seller: Harry Tournas, Stamford. Property: 188 Franklin St., Unit 502, Stamford. Amount: $270,000. Filed Nov. 8. Nelson, Andre and Jacqueline Nelson, New York, New York. Seller: Kevin J. Kallahan and Donna M. Callahan, Fairfield. Property: 98 Cherry Hill Road, Fairfield. Amount: $650,000. Filed Nov. 8. O’Brien, Sharon and Dennis O’Brien, Newport Beach, California. Seller: Ian L. Maddocks and Victoria Maddocks, Greenwich. Property: 24 Brown House Road, Old Greenwich. Amount: $N/A. Filed Nov. 2. Poteau, Gary and Edwidge F. Poteau, Stamford. Seller: Andrea S. Affalo, Montgomery, Ohio. Property: Lot 25, Map 1002, Stamford. Amount: $497,000. Filed Nov. 9.

Schwartz, Jacob T., Stamford. Seller: Georgia L. Riddle, Stamford. Property: Unit 11D, Classic Condominiums, Stamford. Amount: $390,000. Filed Nov. 10. Smith, Kaitlyn Jennifer and Michael Drazin, Fairfield. Seller: Tyrone C. Curran and Kathryn L. Curran, Fairfield. Property: 38 Fern St., Fairfield. Amount: $1,800,000. Filed Nov. 22. Stockton, Ryan N. and Danielle S. Stockton, Westport. Seller: Michael M. Traum and Julie M. Traum, Fairfield. Property: 55 Longview Ave., Fairfield. Amount: $335,000. Filed Nov. 22. Stoogenke, Daniel and Joyce Stoogenke, Stamford. Seller: Stefanka Timneva and Ivan Timneva, Stamford. Property: Unit P-5G, Prospect Grove Condominium, Stamford. Amount: $179,000. Filed Nov. 9. Szwajkowski, Michael Christopher and Courtney Jones Miller, Greenwich. Seller: Maria DeCarvalhosa, Stamford. Property: 37 Haviland Court, Stamford. Amount: $1,270,000. Filed Nov. 9. Tolisano, Jason Harrison and Kerry Beth Tolisano, Fairfield. Seller: Lisa Wolin and Leonard Wolin, Fairfield. Property: 384 Wormwood Road, Fairfield. Amount: $1,425,000. Filed Nov. 23.

Zur, Yair and Nubia Ramos, Long Beach, New York. Seller: Krishnamurthy Kalyanakrishan and Sharda P. Sridhar, Scarsdale, New York. Property: 25 Forest St., Unit 12L, Stamford. Amount: $455,000. Filed Nov. 9. Zusy, Mark L. and Amy J. Zusy, Palm Beach Gardens, Florida. Seller: John R. French, Stamford. Property: 155 Field Point Road, Unit 3N, Greenwich. Amount: $N/A. Filed Nov. 3.

FORECLOSURES Badman, John B., et al. Creditor: The Bank of New York Mellon, Greenville, South Carolina. Property: 20 MacKenzie Lane, Greenwich. Mortgage default. Filed Sept. 27. Maraj, Janusz. Creditor: US Bank National Association, Coppell, Texas. Property: 81 W. Forest Lawn Ave., Stamford. Mortgage default. Filed Nov. 15. Taborda, Hugo L., et al. Creditor: Wilmington Savings Fund Society, Irvine, California. Property: 62 Seaton Road, Unit 3A, Stamford. Mortgage default. Filed Nov. 8. Webb, Edward A., et al. Creditor: US Bank National Association, Owensboro, Kentucky. Property: 145 Howard St., Fairfield. Mortgage default. Filed Oct. 4.

JUDGMENTS MORTGAGES Baksay, Marcia, Fairfield, by John R. Fiore. Lender: Connecticut State Employees Credit Union, 84 Wadsworth St., Hartford. Property: 26 Lola St., Fairfield. Amount: $253,000. Filed Nov. 12.

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Kim, Amy Heiin and Hak Chan Lim, Fairfield, by William Louis Birks III. Lender: US Bank National Association, 4801 Frederica St., Owensboro, Kentucky. Property: 209 Alma Drive Fairfield. Amount: $788,900. Filed Nov. 10. Lee, Jianming and Yan Wei, Fairfield, by Amanda W. Tiernan. Lender: MLD Mortgage Inc., 30B Vreeland Road, Suites 200 and 220, Florham Park, New Jersey. Property: 85 Churchill St., Fairfield. Amount: $262,500. Filed Nov. 9.

NEW BUSINESSES The Barony Collection, 1 N. Water St., Unit 419, Norwalk 06854, c/o Drew H. Penn Jr. Filed Nov. 29. BW Designs, 597 Westport Ave., C565, Norwalk 06851, c/o Elizabeth Woodhull. Filed Nov. 29. Cos Cob Kelp Company, 16 Winnipauk Drive, Norwalk 06851, c/o Steve Timchak. Filed Nov. 17.

Dogtopia of Norwalk, 30 Belden Ave., Norwalk 06850, c/o Thomas Maddaloni. Filed Nov. 16. Oasis by Sara LLC, 70 S. Main St., Suite 70F, Norwalk 06854, c/o Sara Gomez. Filed Nov. 16. Orange Restoration Lab., 5 Holmes St., Norwalk 06851, c/o Michael Astorino. Filed Nov. 17. Ozone Solution, 150 Newtown Ave., Norwalk 06851, c/o Maria E. Ramirez. Filed Nov. 29. Spanking Clean Auto Sound & Security, 151 E. Rocks Road, Norwalk 06851, c/o Kevin Feighery. Filed Nov. 29. Tio Agustin, 99 New Canaan Ave., Norwalk 06850, c/o Agustin Navaro. Filed Nov. 29.

PATENTS Modifying media content playback based on user mental state. Patent no. 11,211,095 issued to Joseph Verbeke, et al. Assigned to Harman International, Stamford.

LEGAL NOTICES Notice of Formation of 914TACTICAL LLC. Arts. of Org. filed with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 11/18/2021. Office location: Westchester County. Princ. Office of LLC: c/o Anthony J. Barberan 500 High Point Dr. #315, Hartsdale, NY 10530. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to the LLC at the address of its principle office. Purpose: Any lawful activity. #63030 689 MCLEAN LLC, Art. Of Org. filed with SSNY 10/4/2018. Office location: Westchester County. SSNY designated as agent for process & shall mail process to: c/o Russell Amoruso, 689 McLean Ave., Yonkers, NY 10704. Purpose: any lawful act or activity. #63031

Notice of Formation of VLADIS ECOMMERCE LLC Art. Of Org. filed with SSNY on 11/23/2021. 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,79 FERRIS PLACE, OSSINING, NY,10562. Purpose: any lawful purpose. #63032

Notice of Formation of JUDGE COURT RD LLC Art. Of Org. filed with SSNY on 08/05/2021 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, 2804 Gateway Oaks Dr # 100 Sacramento CA 95833. Purpose: any lawful purpose. #63035

Notice is hereby given that an On Premise license, #TBA has been applied for by ODO LLC to sell beer, wine, cider and liquor at retail in an on premises establishment. For on premises consumption under the ABC law at 72 B Main Street Tuckahoe NY 10707. #63033

Dolan Delano LLP. Filed 9/1/21 Office: Westchester Co. SSNY designated as agent for process & shall mail to: 200 Business Park Dr, Ste 207, Armonk, NY 10504 Purpose: Public Accountancy #63036

Notice of Formation of Art .Of Org. filed with SSNY on 09/21/21.Office location: Westchester County. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process may be served. SSNY shall mail process to Belkadi Consulting LLC, 8 Rutherford Avenue, # 2C, White Plains ,New York 10605. Purpose: any lawful act or activity. #63034

1182 Montauk LLC. Filed 10/28/21 Office: Westchester Co. SSNY designated as agent for process & shall mail to: 337 Guard Hill Road, Bedford, NY 10506 Purpose: All lawful #63037 V J G LLC. Filed 12/1/20 Office: Westchester Co. SSNY designated as agent for process & shall mail to: 356 Central Park Ave Suite E 5, Scarsdale, NY 10583 Purpose: All lawful #63038

155 W 71st 2a LLC. Filed 8/12/20 Office: Westchester Co. SSNY designated as agent for process & shall mail to: 50 Midland Ave, Bronxville, NY 10708 Purpose: All lawful #63039 250 West 2nd Oswego, LLC. Filed 8/18/20 Office: Westchester Co. SSNY designated as agent for process & shall mail to: 399 Knollwood Road, Suite 318, White Plains, NY 10603 Purpose: All lawful #63040

BLACK NERD DISABLED LLC. Arts. of Org. filed with the SSNY on 10/25/21. Office: Westchester County. United States Corporation Agents, Inc. and the SSNY has been designated as agents of the limited liability company upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail a copy of process to UNITED STATES CORPORATION AGENTS, INC. at 7014 13TH AVENUE, SUITE 202, BROOKLYN, NY, 11228, USA . Purpose: Any lawful purpose. #63043

46TMHDEH LLC, Art. of Org. filed with SSNY on 10/26/21. Office location: Westchester County. SSNY designated as agent of the LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail a copy of any process to Clay B. Lifflander, 1 Cricket Lane, Dobbs Ferry, CA 10522-1202. A Cert. of Change, reflecting correct address of Clay B. Lifflander, 1 Cricket Lane, Dobbs Ferry, NY 10522-1202 was file 10/28/2021.Purpose: Any Legal Purpose. #63046

Notice of Formation of PROCUREMENT TEAMS FOR NEW YORK, LIMITED. Articles of Organization filed with the Secretary of State of New York (SSNY) on 12/07/2021. Office in Westchester County. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to: 2048 Quaker Ridge Road, Croton on Hudson, NY 10520. Purpose: any medical service. #63047

Sealed bids will be received as set forth in Instructions to Bidders (https://www.dot. ny.gov/bids-and-lettings/construction-contractors/important-info) until 10:30 A.M. on Thursday, January 20, 2022 at the NYSDOT, Office of Contract Management, 50 Wolf Rd, 1st Floor, Suite 1CM, Albany, NY 12232 and will be publicly opened and read. Maps, Plans and Specifications may be seen at Electronic documents and Amendments which are posted to www.dot.ny.gov/doing-business/opportunities/const-notices. The New York State Department of Transportation, in accordance with the Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, 78 Stat. 252, 42 U.S.C. 2000d to 2000d-4 and Title 49, Code of Federal Regulations, Department of Transportation, Subtitle A, Office the Secretary, Part 21, Nondiscrimination in Federally-assisted programs of the Department of Transportation and Title 23 Code of Federal Regulations, Part 200, Title IV Program and Related Statutes, as amended, issued pursuant to such Act, hereby notifies all who respond to a written Department solicitation, request for proposal or invitation for bid that it will affirmatively insure that in any contract entered into pursuant to this advertisement, disadvantaged business enterprises will be afforded full opportunity to submit bids in response to this invitation and will not be discriminated against on the grounds of race, color, national origin, sex, age, disability/handicap and income status in consideration for an award. BIDDERS SHOULD BE ADVISED THAT AWARD OF THESE CONTRACTS MAY BE CONTINGENT UPON THE PASSAGE OF A BUDGET APPROPRIATION BILL BY THE LEGISLATURE AND GOVERNOR OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK. Please call (518)457-2124 if a reasonable accommodation is needed to participate in the letting. Region 08: New York State Department of Transportation 4 Burnett Blvd., Poughkeepsie, NY, 12603 D264705, PIN 881444, Orange, Rockland Cos., BIENNIAL MOWING, Palisades Interstate Parkway in Clarkstown, Haverstraw, Highlands, Orangetown, Ramapo, Stony Point, Woodbury, Bid Deposit: 5% of Bid (~ $20,000.00), Goals: MBE: 5.00%, WBE: 10.00%, SDVOB: 6.00% D264707, PIN 881347, FA Proj Z24E-8813-473, Columbia, Dutchess, Orange, Putnam, Rockland, Ulster, Westchester Cos., BIENNIAL GEOTECH SUBSURFACE EXPLORATIONS - REGIONWIDE, Bid Deposit: 5% of Bid (~ $75,000.00), Goals: DBE: 0.00%

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PAY SPECIAL ATTENTION TO EMPLOYEES DURING COVID-19 RECOVERY You need to make sure that they’re healthy and you need to make sure that there’s a sense that you as an employer have their best interests at heart. However, you will find there are circumstances with the potential for employer liability. There are quite a few State, Federal and NYC employment laws you need to be very sensitive to in terms of whether you can compel somebody to come to work…” (Excerpted from the Westchester County Business Journal, Aug. 3.)

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