The Business Journals - Week of January 9, 2023

MOVIE STUDIO PROJECTS SHOOT AHEAD IN SW WESTCHESTER

BY PETER KATZ Pkatz@westfairinc.com

As the new year began, efforts were accelerating to make the southwestern section of Westchester a movie and TV studio megaplex. Recent activity included the sale of the property where a new studio campus is planned in Yonkers and a series of meetings on a proposed $100 million studio campus in Hastings-on-

Hudson, the village, which is located just north of Yonkers along the Hudson River.

National Resources, based in Greenwich, and Great Point Studios helmed by Robert Halmi, which built the Lionsgate Studios in downtown Yonkers and currently expanding that facility, moved ahead with their plan to develop a new studio facility on the Rising Ground campus at 463 Hawthorne Ave. in Yonkers.

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Connecticut ‘Clean Slate’ law to erase criminal records

BY JUSTIN MCGOWN jmcgown@westfairinc.com

Connecticut’s new “Clean Slate” law took effect on New Year’s Day and requires the state automatically erase records of certain felonies and misdemeanors and expand the protections granted to job seekers with criminal records.

For misdemeanor offenses, the law mandates the automatic erasure of convictions seven

years after the court entered the judgment. Class E and D felonies will also be erased from public records 10 years after the court entered the date of conviction.

In Connecticut Class E Felonies carry penalties of up to three years in prison and a fine of up to $3,500 and class D felonies are for up to five years in prison and a fine up to $5,000.

Class D felonies include offenses such as misconduct with a motor vehicle, several non-le-

thal firearms offenses, unlawful possession or sale of gravestones, computer crime to the third degree, criminal mischief, theft of cable television and a wide range of other offenses. Some types of assault and other violent crimes fall in this category. Class E felonies include the use of ransomware to extort money and a number of less serious versions of Class D felonies.

However, convictions reg-

Light color buildings shown on left represent new soundstages proposed by Electric Owl Studios.

Photo by Kerstin Riemer / Pixabay.

Jennifer Reynolds-Kaye envisions a bigger picture for the Housatonic Museum of Art

BY PHIL HALL Phall@westfairinc.com

On Jan. 17, Bridgeport’s Housatonic Art Museum (HMA) will premiere its latest exhibit: “The Practice of Democracy: A View from Connecticut.” According to Jennifer Reynolds-Kaye, the museum’s director, the exhibit presents “a history of housing, land use, zoning and residential segregation in Connecticut” — a distinctive consideration of social, political and economic hot-button topics designed to provoke conversation on difficult issues while simultaneously evoking admiration for its artistic presentation.

Reynolds-Kaye became director of the museum last September; her predecessor, Robbin Zella, had been director since June 1998 and elevated the venue into one of Connecticut’s most respected collections. When Zella announced her plans to retire last spring, Reynolds-Kaye believed the venue would be a perfect next chapter in her professional life.

“My career has pretty much always been in academic museums and galleries,” she said. “I am originally from California and I came here to work at the Yale University Art Gallery and pursue my education as a postdoc at the Yale Center for British Art. I worked in both of those museums for three years each. And then the pandemic hit and I transitioned to working for a fully remote foundation called the Momentum Foundation, but I sort of kept my foot in the museum world — I was also a consultant at the Guggenheim Museum in New York and taught as an adjunct in art history at Manchester Community College.”

Reynolds-Kaye was also impressed that the HMA was home to “one of the largest collections of artworks at any community college in the country” — works by Renoir, Matisse,

Cassatt,

and Rauschenberg are part of its holdings. She was also invigorated by the “incredible student population” at Housatonic Community College, where the museum is based, and by the diversity of the wider Bridgeport community.

“The job was a perfect combination of all the things I’m really passionate about,” she said. “So, it was a dream job.”

Bringing the collection to wider audiences has been Reynolds-Kaye’s priority since she arrived at the museum. Last month, the museum hired its first full-time collections manager — for years, volunteers and part-time workforce helped maintain operations — and the institution is now in process of digitizing the collection and making it available for online viewing.

Reynolds-Kaye stated she is also working to “build more relationships to organizations on campus, including students and faculty. I’ve been creating partnerships with the performing arts department to have really theatrical readings in the gallery, and I am working with our Office of Student Affairs to bring more students into the gallery and museum and bring students’ voices to all aspects of

the HMA.”

“The Practice of Democracy” is curated by Designing for Democracy in partnership with Connecticut State colleges and universities, The Housing Collective, and Regional Plan Association. The HMA is the exhibit’s first stop — after wrapping its presentation at the HMA on Feb. 24, it will next be seen at New Haven’s Gateway Community College before heading to Norwalk Community College.

Reynolds-Kaye plans to follow this exhibit with the college’s annual faculty and students’ shows in March and April, respectively, which will then lead into a summer presentation of the highlights from the HMA’s collection.

Looking forward into 2023, Reynolds-Kaye is eager to reinforce the HMA’s position within the local cultural environment. She cited the museum’s ties with the City Lights Gallery and the Bridgeport Art Trail and is eager to explore future collaborations with Paier College. She is also working with the wider Fairfield County arts community, citing the HMA’s relationship with the Fairfield University Art Museum and MoCa Westport.

And while 2023 has just begun, Reynolds-Kaye is

(top) A view of a Housatonic Art Museum exhibit of African art. (bottom) Jennifer Reynolds-Kaye. Contributed photos.

already planning the HMA’s January 2024 presentations.

“As a museum director, I inherited a few projects — and I’m grateful to have those already in process,” she said. “In January 2024, that will be my first exhibition program as the director.”

She added she was looking ahead with the goal “to make the HMA known nationwide. I am working with the Association of Academic Museums and Galleries, which is our nationwide organization, and I’m also working with other community college museum leaders on applying for grants and putting together panel sessions at conferences. I am hoping that some of those will have come to fruition and our name will be more recognized locally and nationally.”

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Karafin School in Mount Kisco sues to stop eviction

BY BILL HELTZEL

AMount Kisco high school for special needs students is trying to block its landlord from evicting it from its home of nearly 41 years.

The Karafin School Inc. sued Kisco Radio Circle Associates, of Nanuet, Rockland County, Dec. 15 in Westchester Supreme Court. The school claims it does not owe $226,256 in back rent and depicts the quarrel as a “minor rent dispute.”

The threatened eviction would leave “dozens of at-risk, special needs children with nowhere else to turn,” the complaint states, and deprive them of  “crucial education and services.”

Anastasios Manitaras, the principal of Kisco Radio Circle Associates, did not reply to an email asking for his side of the story.

The Karafin School, at 40 Radio Circle Drive near the Mount Kisco post office, is a private high school with 56 students from low-income communities in New York and Connecticut. It serves children with autism, emotional and learning dis-

abilities and other health impairments, according to its website.

The school began leasing the building in 1982 at $11,000 a month plus other fees. The lease has been renewed several times, including a 10-year extension in 2021 where the base rent was set at $29,850 a month and culminated at $35,304 a month.

But on Dec. 2 the school was given 14 days to pay $226,256 for eight months of unpaid rent, according to a default notice, or surrender the premises or face

eviction.

Karafin does not dispute that it owes back rent, but it says the landlord used a monthly rate that is $632 too high and did not include a two-month credit that was promised because of restrictions resulting from the Covid-19 pandemic.

The school also claims it is entitled to rent abatement because of a roof leak, broken air conditioner, broken locks and lack of maintenance.

Karafin is asking the court to declare

that it has not breached the lease and that the landlord may not terminate the lease. Alternatively, if the court finds that the school did breach the lease, it is asking for “reasonable time” to correct the problem.

Karafin has dealt with other financial issues in recent years. In 2021, the IRS issued federal tax liens totaling $179,737 for unpaid quarterly taxes and unemployment taxes in 2020.

Karafin is represented by Nassau County attorney Kevin T. MacTiernan.

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American Can’s corporate campus is a potential home for Greenwich housing development

BY JUSTIN MCGOWN jmcgown@westfairinc.com

American Can once had its headquarters in a striking Brutalist structure surrounded by more than 154 acres of forest in a quiet corner of Greenwich along the New York border and a stone’s throw from the Westchester Airport. Developers are now proposing a major housing development on the land around the office building and its adjoining facilities that could add up to 309 new units of housing along American Lane, which acts as an access road for the offices.

The units are to be spread across 55 buildings, which will comprise a mixture of townhome clusters with two-, three- and four-unit structures and 12-unit apartment buildings.

Currently the property is owned by Tishman Speyer; Greenwich American Inc., the company proposing the development, lists as its president Jerry I. Speyer, a co-founder of the global real estate company.

The current proposal, presented to the Greenwich Planning and Zoning Committee (PZC) on Dec. 20, is significantly scaled back from earlier concepts, which would have placed as many as 456 units on the property

spread across multiple buildings. But even the revised version is on a scale of development, which multiple members of the PZC considered beyond the scope of any other development seen in institutional memory.

PZC Secretary Nick Macri noted that “we’ve seen this kind of housing before in the ‘60s and ‘70s, but there are some things in the text amendment that should probably be discussed in the big picture.”

Given the scope of the project the council members and the applicant’s representative, John Heagney of Heagney, Lennon & Slane LLP, agreed that the best course of action would be to hold a more in-depth discussion of the proposal at a later date. The decision was ultimately made for the development of a more detailed plan on the part of Greenwich American to present at a meeting scheduled for Jan. 11 at 5 p.m., while the PZC would further study the issues at hand and seek clarification from the Greenwich Housing Trust, which is involved in funding affordable housing developments in the city about its involvement in the project.

While there was broad support for moving ahead among the members of the PZC, several public comments were submitted via email voicing concerns about the potential

development. Among the concerns raised was the question of sufficiently available water in the reservoir near the site in case of a fire, and the chances of increased runoff from roofs causing flooding in the Byram River. Another resident was worried that the proximity to the Westchester Airport might require FAA approval.

PZC Chairwoman Margarita Alban was supportive of the project.

“From my own point of view this is fantastic, the direction you’re moving in,” Alban

said. “I hear Mr. Barlow saying the (Housing) Trust would like to see it tweaked but the direction we’re moving in sounds really good. It sounds like you’re really trying to craft a win-win.”

“We think this is something that can be significant to the town,” Heagney agreed. “After more than 30 years founding and funding a trust fund and finally adopting it, we think this is something that will make it actually valuable rather than a trophy on the shelf.”

Six Ossining projects to be funded by $9.7M state grant

BY PETER KATZ Pkatz@westfairinc.com

Six projects have been selected to benefit from the $9.7 million Downtown Revitalization Initiative (DRI) funding awarded to the village of Ossining. The projects are intended to enhance the community’s walkability, historic, cultural and natural resources.

“Ossining is on the move and this funding allows us to move far more swiftly, making longstanding desires a reality and fulfilling our goals for a thriving, inclusive and sustainable community,” Ossining’s Mayor Rika Levin said. “We are grateful to the governor and to New York state for this vote of confidence and acknowledgement of Ossining’s vibrant history and unlimited future.”

A $2,243,000 project involves building a multimodal transportation center to provide approximately 240 parking spaces for vehicles, parking spaces for bicycles and charging stations. Solar panels on the roof will generate electricity for use in the facility.

The Station Plaza neighborhood is due

Part of the planned Ossining transportation center shown in a rendering. to benefit from $857,000 to be spent beautifying the area through improved streets, widened sidewalks and enhanced connectivity between the waterfront and upper Main Street

About $2 million in grant money is being dedicated to enhancing and expanding the

Market Square Public Plaza. The project would include new construction, new seating, new landscaping, a raised stage and kiosks.

$1,500,000 would be spent preserving and revitalizing the Olive Opera House building. Work would include exterior ren-

ovations, restorations and retrofitting of the interior of the building to allow for flexible workspaces, studios and a performance space with modular stage.

The Louis Engel Waterfront Park Performance Space would receive $600,000 worth of work. This would include replacing the existing stage with a new, covered stateof-the-art performance space that would make performances possible even in bad weather.

$2.5 million has been allocated to fund transforming the Joseph G. Caputo Community Center into a state-of-the-art facility for recreation and learning that serves children through seniors.

The state’s DRI program is led by the Department of State, which provides technical assistance as each participating community develops a Strategic Investment Plan identifying specific projects with a unique vision for the revitalization of the downtown area. Marsha Gordon, president and CEO of The Business Council of Westchester and Levin co-chaired Ossining’s Local Planning Committee that worked on the initiative.

American Can in Greenwich. Contributed photo

Fairfield’s business banners build local brand awareness

BY JUSTIN MCGOWN jmcgown@westfairinc.com

By mid-January, Fairfield’s Post Road and Mill Plain Road will feature banners celebrating local businesses and their role in shaping the town’s economy. Placed by the Fairfield Chamber of Commerce, a total of 86 banners will be hung from lampposts lining the two major thoroughfares, highlighting more than 65 companies based in the town

For more than 15 years, the Fairfield Chamber of Commerce provided local businesses the opportunity to display their logos on the banners as both a statement of civic pride and a means for businesses to get their names out there.

“It’s another way to reinforce the importance of ’shopping local, buy local, be local,’” said Beverly Balaz, the president of the Fairfield Chamber of Commerce. “Even after the holidays are over, we want to continue to remind everyone to shop local and support our local business community.”

For members of the chamber the banners cost $320 with the option to purchase an additional two for $245 each.

Nonmember organizations were also invited to participate but were limited to one banner at $375.

The banners for this year’s event are currently in production at Universal Printing, which Balaz emphasized was not only a local Fairfield business but a family-owned operation, which also assisted in the design of the banners. She also noted that there are several different approaches taken by participating businesses.

Some business will have their banner placed near their store, while others use it to reach eyes that may not commonly pass by their location.

“We have one member up on Black Rock Turnpike and this gives them a nice opportunity to feature their brand and logo in the downtown, on the Post Road,” Balaz said. “When we look at Fairfield today it is so vibrant with all sorts of different businesses, and we’ve got such a variety of restaurants and services and retail. It just gives everyone a nice opportunity to be featured.”

Collins Medical Equipment and Collins Accessibility Solutions, on King’s Highway is one of the businesses participating in the banner program.

“Collins has been in business since 1931 and we wouldn’t have succeeded

Mount Vernon and LaPorte Apartments developer tangle over pilot payments

BY BILL HELTZEL Bheltzel@westfairinc.com

The Mount Vernon Industrial Development Agency has sued a developer that it claims has failed to make payments on a property tax deal for seven years.

The IDA accused Blue Rio LLC, the developer of the LaPorte Apartments in downtown Mount Vernon, of breach of contract, in a complaint filed Dec. 22 in Westchester Supreme Court, for allegedly failing to pay $379,347 as part of a payment in lieu of taxes (pilot) agreement.

But Blue Rio attorney Eric Seltzer says the developer alerted the city this past summer that it had not been billed and offered to immediately pay the bill. Then the city sent bills and “tacked on interest and penalties.”

A pilot agreement exempts a developer from paying a site’s full property taxes for many years, as a financial incentive to build something, but includes a schedule of lesser payments to compensate the local government, county and school district for some of their tax losses.

The LaPorte is a $60 million, 14-story mixed-use structure near the Gramatan Avenue roundabout and Hartley Park. It includes 159 apartments and ground floor retail space.

It was conceived by developer Peter Fine around 2007 as affordable housing that would revitalize a blighted neighborhood and spur redevelopment of the city’s downtown.

Blue Rio’s parent company, Atlantic Development Group in Manhattan, negotiated several pilot agreement for the LaPorte Apartment project in 2014.

The pilot agreement in dispute is for the retail portion of the building, Seltzer said, and Blue Rio had been making payments all along on the residential and parking garage pilot deals.

Semi-annual pilot payments on the retail portion of the project were to begin in January 2016, according to the complaint, but “Blue Rio has failed to make any pilot payments.”

The IDA says it demanded full payment by letter and formal notice in December, and Blue Rio rejected the demands.

without the support of our community — that is why we see it as vital to support the community and be represented in it” said Andrea Hance Collins, director of marketing and public relations for the Collins companies. “People need to see and hear about your company many times before they even consider becoming a customer. This is one way we can get our names out there and hopefully reach a few new people while reminding previous customers about us.”

Patrick Monteleone, owner of Harry’s Wine and Liquor Market on the Post Road, is excited for the program and not only because his business is participating. He sees it as part of a vital effort to keep local businesses competitive.

“I think we all as a community like to see our logos up there next to all of the others, even the logos of competition,” Monteleone said. “I really do think that small businesses have to stick together as small businesses, once you get a crack in that wall you see a situation like down south where there’s a Walmart and a Hardee’s and no small businesses. It’s really important to protect what we have. We’re very fortunate in the town of Fairfield to have as many small businesses as we do.”

“It’s absurd,” Seltzer said, “to not send a bill and then demand interest.”

Courtesy of the Fairfield Chamber of Commerce.

Seltzer said the city claimed that the developer knew it had to make payments on the retail pilot deal. But the agreement, he said, requires the city to calculate the

LaPorte Apartments, Mount Vernon.

payments based on a formula and to bill Blue Rio.

Also, according to the Manhattan-based firm Open Impact Real Estate, the nonprofit Rising Ground, which is the successor to the nonprofit Leake & Watts, sold its 28-acre campus on Hawthorne Avenue for $52.6 million to the movie studio developers with the closing taking place just before Christmas.

“Congratulations Rising Ground on this catalytic transaction. We are thrilled to partner with you on this impactful project and many more to come,” Open Impact personnel Stephen Powers, Lindsay Ornstein, Arthur Skelskie and Alexander Smith said in a message.

In addition to soundstages for movie and TV production, plans call for creation of a new Yonkers public school on the production campus that will offer media training to students.

National Resources, through the entity iPark Broadway LLC, has submitted plans for a third Yonkers production facility, which would be just below the Yonkers border with the village of Hastings-on-Hudson. It would be on a site that was purchased from RMC Development Company LLC. With a street address of 1050 N.Broadway, the project has been named North Broadway Studios.

As a follow-up to its plan for North Broadway Studios, iPark is asking Yonkers to approve the use of inflatable movie studios in the city, soundstages that are inflated using high-capacity fans. It has asked for approval of a test installation on Woodworth Avenue.

Just over the border with Hastings-onHudson and west of North Broadway is the site of another planned movie and TV production facility. Electric Owl Studios, based

1 ‘Clean

Slate’ law—

istered by courts on or after Jan. 1, 2020, will be automatically deleted from public records. If an offender was a minor and convicted between Jan 1., 2000 and July 1, 2012, their record will also have eligible crimes erased. Crimes committed by somebody over the age of 18 before 2020 can also be expunged, but only after a petition process which the state has yet to implement.

“The aim of the law is to allow greater work opportunities for individuals who have committed offenses in the past and are trying to either reenter the workforce or find a new job,” said Justin Theriault, a principal at the Hartford office of the law firm Jackson Lewis.

According to Theriault, this law represents an expansion of existing Connecticut laws and could have important

in Atlanta, has proposed constructing a $100 million movie and TV production facility with six soundstages on 20 acres of the Graham Windham Schools 24-acre campus at 1 S. Broadway. Graham Windham would retain four acres to be used for its continuing daytime programs.

Electric Owl Studios was co-founded by Michael Hahn and Dan Rosenfelt, both of whom are experienced in developing and operating movie and TV production facilities. Projects in which they’ve been involved include a studio campus in Doraville, Georgia, that was opened in 2016 and sold in 2021 and a campus with six soundstages that is currently under construction by Electric Owl in Atlanta with a scheduled opening in 2023.

“Studios tend to exist in clusters, development clusters,” Hahn told the Business Journals. “Lionsgate and Great Point sort of broke the seal on making the suburbs north of New York City a known place for building, a place where people will be comfortable going. They know where Lionsgate is and they’ll know where Electric Owl will be.”

Hahn said that he sees an on-going working relationship between Electric Owl and the movie studio operations in Yonkers.

“We’ve reached out to the Lionsgate group. Dan Rosenfelt, who is our head of operations, has a relationship with them and we try to keep in touch with local studios,” Hahn said. “Local demand for studios is in excess of the supply at this point so studios are constantly keeping touch with each other based on availability. If we were full, let’s say, and somebody called us looking for a stage base we’d say, ‘We

don’t have anything but Lionsgate may have some availability’ or if we have a extra stage we may call Lionsgate and say, ‘Hey, if you need any overflow we’ve got an extra stage here.’ So, we do tend to work together and because the demand is so great it’s not as competitive as people would tend to think.”

Hahn said that since presenting its concept to the Hastings-on-Hudson Board of Trustees several weeks ago, Electric Owl has reached out to the community to get the input of residents, community groups and village departments such as fire and police.

“We felt it was important as a first order of business to sit down with various stakeholders. We’ve probably conducted about 20 hours of meetings already. We took a lot of suggestions that they made with regards to traffic and aesthetics and we’re trying to integrate some of those comments into our design,” Hahn said. “We’ve always felt that the more communication you can have the

better. We feel that the positives of the project are going to outweigh the negatives.”

One of the major positives Hahn emphasized was that the entire project would be designed to be environmentally friendly to the extent of being the greenest production studio in the world. He pointed out that the Electric Owl studio campus currently being built in Atlanta has numerous green and energy-saving features.

He said that the project would generate about $3 million a year in local taxes for Hastings-on-Hudson while not adding to the financial burden of the local school system. He added that Electric Owl is not seeking any tax breaks or incentives.

“It’s a very art-oriented community and we’ll have relationships with different artist groups and the schools,” Hahn said.

Hahn said that they have a contract to purchase the Graham Windham property and expect to be able to close sometime in 2023.

implications for both those seeking to reintegrate into society and employers seeking new hires.

“What this will mean practically is that under Connecticut law for the purpose of background checks and the individual’s ability to disclose their criminal history it’s as though erased offenses never have occurred,” Theriault said. “Individuals are also allowed to swear under oath that they have not been convicted of any crime that has been erased by virtue of this law.”

Susan Corcoran, a principal at Jackson Lewis based in the firm’s White Plains office and co-leader of the firm’s background check group, noted that while the law expands the number of convictions that can be erased, there is already a law in place that employers should be aware of.

Actions taken due to “the stigma of someone having a conviction or making decisions based on whether someone has a conviction potentially falls under (Clean Slate) law,” Corcoran said. “So, someone has a potential claim under that law if they are treated differently because they had an erased conviction under Connecticut law.”

Corcoran added that employers outside of Connecticut will typically not be able to see erased or expunged records of Connecticut residents that come from the background checks available through consumer reporting agencies.

Several states have laws similar to the Connecticut Clean Slate Law; Corcoran stressed the importance of Corrections Law Article 23-A for employers in New York.

“Our states both have similar type of protections now,” Corcoran said. “It’s a sim-

ilar approach towards making sure that employers are careful about the decisions they make with respect to an individual who may have a conviction before denying someone employment. We’ve been advising on this for years, but one of the things we remind employers of particularly now is that there’s other parts of the screening process that you should take a step back and look at — are you asking the right questions? Are they narrowly tailored? The intent of the laws is to have you focus on the qualifications of the individual and not their conviction status.”

“The takeaway when laws like this go into effect is to take a step back, look at your process, and just evaluate it afresh every now and then,” added Theriault. “The implementation of these laws is always an excellent time to do that.”

Rising Ground. Satellite photo via Google Maps.

Black Bird Studios nests in Norwalk

BY JUSTIN MCGOWN jmcgown@westfairinc.com

Kathy Lechler has found fertile ground for creating art and growing her business after moving to Connecticut two years ago. A graphic designer working in marketing for a hospital in Westchester by day, Lechler has crafted a studio space for herself in her Norwalk home where she can engage in her passion for painting. She sells her work under the banner Black Bird Studios.

Lechler used her creative process to name her business in 2010.

“I just wanted to have a brand for my business, and I was fooling around with logos because I make logos for my day job,” she recalled. While sketching out ideas for a few months while trying to settle on a name she found herself drawing the shape of a simple but distinctive black bird. “I started fooling around with that logo and I came up with a name, I was like oh, Black Bird! That’s how it happened.”

Working mostly in acrylics on canvas, though occasionally exploring watercolors, Lechler also discovered a uniquely festive way to share her art during the holidays.

“I started out doing note cards because I felt like it was a good way to promote my artwork,” Lechler said. “I coined it as ‘affordable art’ because not everybody is an avid art collector. This is more for everyday people who are looking for something they like.”

The cards were an instant hit with customers seeking either a cost-effective decoration or a thoughtful way to send a message to those they care about.

“I started turning almost all of my artwork into note cards, and then last year as I was making more it just came to me that I should make cards for the holiday season.”

Lechler began selling her special holiday editions through word of mouth and social media, as well as some art fairs where she says she typically sold out of the cards entirely. Her holiday cards feature a seasonal phrase over one of her winter themed works with a blank interior so that customers can convey their own personal holiday messages.

Typically, Lechler produces a fullsize painting in her studio and takes a high-resolution photo which she prints on the card, but this year she has branched out into hand painted note cards. She intends to sell the original hand painted cards at art fairs and her website.

Much of her work is inspired by her coastal surroundings. Lechler grew up on Long Island but spent many years in the Midwest before moving to Norwalk. Her recent work heavily features beach scenes, lighthouses and shorebirds, although she has also captured moments of pastoral stillness and detailed depictions of flora she encounters.

Scenery is not the only thing which Lechler has grown to appreciate since

arriving in the area.

“I really lucked out moving to Norwalk. They have a huge art community. Truthfully when I moved here, I didn’t know that,” Lechler said. “As I researched, I learned there is actually a huge art community through a lot of Connecticut.”

Lechler described how she was pleasantly surprised to get to know the community of artists, gallery owners, and art appreciators that has grown in and around the city, and she expressed hope about continuing to grow meaningful relationships in the future. She has already made connections with the Connecticut Spectrum Gallery in Essex and is hoping to work with more local creative spaces such as the Silvermine

Art Center in New Canaan.

Alongside her growing ties to the community, her art has grown into a nationwide business.

“After I put it on my social media, I have gotten people from as far away as South Dakota asking for cards,” Lechler said of the reach she has achieved.

The expanded reach is important for Lechler, who viewed growing her creative skills as part of achieving success.

“It is a business journey as well, that’s for sure,” Lechler said. “It’s been slowly growing but since I’ve moved here it’s definitely taken on a new dimension. It is growing so I am really happy.

Connecticut is the best place I ever moved to.”

Kathy Lechler. Contributed photo.

When photography became an art

BY KATIE BANSER-WHITTLE

In the world of fine art, photography is a new kid on the block (and certainly photographs are relative newcomers on the auction block). The first fixed photographic images were made in the 1820s by the French pioneer cameraman Nicéphore Nièpce. His associate Louis Daguerre went on to develop the process called daguerreotype, which made photographs popular and affordable.

For the next 100 years, there was a persistent attitude that photography was a clever mechanical process rather than a serious form of artistic expression. Most major museums didn’t have departments dedicated to photography until late in the 20th century. (In Manhattan, the Museum of Modern Art’s was founded in 1940; The Metropolitan Museum of Art, in 1992.) Few art galleries held exhibitions of photographs.

Early photography required patience, cumbersome equipment and specialized technical knowledge. By the late 1800s, however, the process started to be democratized. In 1888, Kodak marketed its first camera. It allowed anyone to press a button, take a picture and turn the process of developing the image over to a professional technician. And you could have multiple copies at an affordable price.

Photographic images were regarded as a useful and convenient way of preserving certain kinds of information, such as a great public event or a private record of how handsome a young couple looked on their wedding day. Artistic goals such as creativity, self-expression and even social commentary weren’t perceived as possible or even legitimate goals of “taking a picture.”

Around 1900, attitudes started to change. Alongside the growing popularity of the amateur snapshot, photography as a fine art gained growing recognition. The same schools that flourished in painting — Pictorialism, Tonalism, Realism and Modernism — were explored by men and women using increasingly sophisticated tools and techniques.

Alfred Stieglitz (1864-1946) was a towering giant in the evolution of photography from a trade or a hobby to a fine art form. As well as an accomplished and prolific photographer himself, he had enormous influence as a mentor, writer and gallery owner. In addition, from 1897 to 1917 he was the editor of Camera Notes and Camera Work, at the time the best photographic publications in the world.

Stieglitz’ Little Galleries of the PhotoSecession — later called 291 for the gallery’s

location at 291 Fifth Ave. in Manhattan from 1905 to ’17—started out by featuring the work of Edward Steichen, Clarence H. White, Gertrude Käsebier and Alvin Langdon Coburn. As the increasingly wellknown Stieglitz gallery evolved, he exhibited photographic images alongside paintings and drawings by important contemporary artists, reinforcing his goal of establishing photography as a fine art form. (It was a goal that he continued pursuing in the next chapter of his life as he developed

a professional and personal relationship with painter Georgia O’Keeffe.)

Collectors today continue to seek out the works by Stieglitz and his contemporaries that fascinated collectors in the early 20th century. In addition to the PhotoSecessionists, art photographs by Ansel Adams, Alfred Eisenstaedt and Edward Weston and other modern masters are featured in Bonhams Skinner’s periodic fine photography sales. One such auction will take place in January, with previews

available in the Boston and Marlborough, Massachusetts, galleries.

If you want to add to your own collection of this recent fine art form, or you have fine photographs to consider consigning for sale, contact James Leighton (james. leighton@bonhamsskinnerinc.com). A picture is not only worth a thousand words; it may be worth thousands of dollars.

Contact Katie at katie.whittle@bonhamsskinner.com or 212-787-1114.

An edition of Alfred Stieglitz’s “The Steerage” (1907). Considered one of the most important photographs of the 20th century, it captures lower-class passengers on the bow of a ship Stieglitz took to Europe that spring. Estimate: $4,000 to $6,000. To be sold Jan. 16. Photograph courtesy Bonhams Skinner.

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Understanding our opioid crisis

BY GIOVANNI ROSELLI

Prescription opioids, also known as painkillers, are recognized as a legitimate medical therapy for selected patients who experience pain that does not respond to other treatments. The moderate to severe pain may be acute, chronic, cancer-related, postsurgical or vascular, to name but a few types. For these, doctors may prescribe opioid tablets, capsules, oral or injected solutions or suppositories. However, because of overprescribing and misuse, an opioid-addiction epidemic has developed in the United States, often resulting in death. The health and economic burdens of opioid abuse on individuals, their families and society are substantial.

How did we get here? As with other drugs and alcohol, opioids like hydrocodone, oxycodone and fetanyl — a synthetic opioid that is 50 to 100 times stronger than morphine — can make people feel relaxed and/ or euphoric, which is why they are increasingly used “recreationally.” Specifically, opioids bind to and activate receptors on cells located in many areas of the brain, spinal cord and other organs, blocking pain signals and releasing dopamine, the body’s pleasure

chemical. This release can make the user want to repeat the experience, reinforcing dependency.

But there are plenty of harmful side effects to opioids, including drowsiness, confusion, nausea, constipation and slowed breathing (hypoxia). The last, which is characterized by too little oxygen reaching the brain, can have short- and long-term psychological and neurological effects, including coma, permanent brain damage or even death. Researchers are also investigating the long-term effects of opioid addiction on the brain, including whether the damage can be reversed.

Older adults are at higher risk of accidental misuse or abuse, because they typically have multiple prescriptions and chronic diseases — increasing the risk of adverse drug-drug and drug-disease interactions — as well as a slower metabolism that affects the breakdown of drugs. For all these reasons, the American Medical Association (AMA) estimates that 3% to 19% of people who take prescription pain medications develop an addiction to them.

What makes this particularly tragic is that its causes — and thus its solutions — are more complex than the exploitive pharmaceutical companies/overprescribing physicians scenario would suggest. This scenario

has played its role, as has the rejection of supporting behavioral therapies by insurance companies, which led to the rise of Big Pharma. But experts have said that the inability to get at why people self-medicate — poverty, racism, lack of education and opportunity and an adolescent society with no tolerance for anything but a quick fix — has only fueled the crisis. In other words, the problem isn’t just medical and psychological. It’s socioeconomic and cultural.

Interestingly, the very behavioral therapies for pain management that insurance companies once frowned upon can help people modify their attitudes related to drug use, increase healthy life skills and persist with other forms of treatment. Cognitive behavioral therapy helps modify the patient’s drug-use expectations and behavior and also effectively manage triggers and stress. There is also multidimensional family therapy, developed for adolescents with drug-use problems, that addresses a range of personal and family influences on drug-use patterns and is designed to improve overall functioning. These behavioral approaches may take longer to achieve results than our pill-happy culture might like. But they can affect long-lasting results. Otherwise, we just

end up putting Band-Aids on things and not really fixing anything. Also, there is a certain amount of irony in prescribing prescription medicines to those who are addicted to prescription medicines.

There are ways to avoid prescription drug abuse. When taking any medication, read the instructions and take the dosage exactly as prescribed by the health-care provider. Do not break, chew, crush or dissolve opioid pills. If the medication causes drowsiness, do not drive or use any machinery.

Contact your provider if you experience any side effects and use the same pharmacy for all your medications, so its computer system can alert the pharmacist if taking two or more medicines could cause a dangerous interaction.

As we begin a new year, try to recommit to those aspects of life — proper nutrition, exercise, meaningful work, a comfortable home, family, friends, beneficial leisure and a financial plan that supports all of this — that will mitigate against physical and psychological ills.

When it comes to opioids, an ounce of prevention really is worth a pound of cure.

For more, visit giovanniroselli.com.

Yonkers Mayor Mike Spano looks back at 2022

BY PETER KATZ Pkatz@westfairinc.com

Yonkers Mayor Mike Spano has taken a look back at 2022 and writes about the city’s aspirations and achievements. In 2022, the Yonkers City Council voted to extend term limits, setting the stage for Spano to run for a fourth term should he so choose. Here is how Spano views 2022 and welcomes 2023.

“Yonkers enjoyed a phenomenal 2022, with great accomplishments resulting from years of careful planning. This wasn’t a random occurrence. From education to public safety, we harvested the fruits of our taxpayers’ major investments in our schools, police, and environment.

“Crime was a dominant topic in the midterm elections, yet in Yonkers crime fell almost 50% since 2012. In October, WalletHub.com declared Yonkers the sixth

safest city in the country after an analysis of crime statistics in 180 cities. We also made strides in developing a police department that reflects the communities it serves by hiring one of our most diverse classes of new police officers.

“With education, nothing demonstrated quality better than our Class of 2022, whose students achieved a graduation rate of more than 90% and received a stunning $120 million in college scholarships. That momentum continued with the summer’s groundbreaking ceremony at the Justice Sonia Sotomayor school and the signed lease for a high school at the former Rising Ground campus that will focus on television and media arts.

“Tremendous support for public parks included new fitness centers at Dunn and Columbus parks and a sensory garden at Grant Park. The reopening of the long-dormant Henning Park symbolized a resur-

gent Yonkers that now has the means to open a new, 3-acre waterfront park in the Ludlow neighborhood that will include a boat launch. A new soccer pitch at Pelton Park wasn’t enough for our children—we also secured them free soccer lessons from the prestigious New York City Football Club.

“Stewardship of the environment was central to the 2022 efforts, including new initiatives for paint recycling, electric leaf blower rebates and food-scraps recycling. New green-building rules require developers to make their parking facilities ready for electric vehicles.

“All these improvements are attracting outside investors, who routinely visit in search of opportunities. A huge coup was the January opening of the first phase of the $500 million+ Great Point/Lionsgate Studios, which cements Yonkers’ standing as Hollywood on Hudson. In May, we celebrat-

ed Extell Development’s groundbreaking for the $585 million Hudson Piers project, the largest residential redevelopment project in Westchester County that will eventually deliver about 1,400 luxury and affordable units.

“In 2022 alone, the Yonkers Industrial Development Agency incentivized about $354 million in private investments that are projected to create more than 1,000 construction jobs and nearly 500 units of housing.

“Many of our accomplishments did not make headlines during a year of stock market gyrations, a European war, gas-price shocks, fears of recession, a falling housing market and new viruses.

“Nonetheless, Yonkers rose steadily.

“We should all look back at our collective achievements, congratulate ourselves, and aim even higher in 2023. Happy New Year.”

Mayor Mike Spano of Yonkers.

Photo by Peter Katz.

Yonkers tests electric garbage truck

BY PETER KATZ Pkatz@westfairinc.com

Yonkers ended the year by peeking into the future with a test of an all-electric garbage truck. Made by Mack Trucks, which is part of the Volvo Group headquartered in Gothenburg, Sweden, the vehicle was provided to Yonkers as part of a demonstration program enabling municipalities like Yonkers to test the technology on an actual garbage collection route. The truck was used along Yonkers’ west side between Lake and Ashburton Avenues.

New York City first tested one of Mack’s electric demonstration trucks in September 2020 and recently purchased seven of the all-electric vehicles.

“We want to continue to move the city of Yonkers forward with greener alternatives like this one. Zero-emissions trucks will promote cleaner and healthier air for our city and less noise in our communities, especially during those early

morning collections,” said Spano. “I’m happy to report the vehicle performed well on our noteworthy hilly terrain. While we haven’t made a determination on purchasing a vehicle like this, we know it will be cost-effective when it comes to fuel and maintenance costs.”

The truck’s drivetrain is powered by two electric motors producing a combined maximum total of 536 horsepower. The hydraulic system that operates the garbage compactor in the rear is electrically powered. The electricity used by the truck comes from four rechargeable NMC lithium-ion batteries. The letters NMC designate the batteries as containing the metals Nickel, Manganese and Cobalt in addition to Lithium.

Thomas Meier, the city’s public works commissioner, said, “This demonstration program has shown that electric vehicle technology can be effectively applied to our heavy-duty refuse collection operations. I am excited about the opportunity to bring cleaner, healthier and quieter

BY PETER KATZ Pkatz@westfairinc.com

refuse collection to Yonkers neighborhoods.”

In 2020, Spano put into place a policy

requiring the replacement of gas-powered city vehicles with low- and zero-emission alternatives.

Yonkers studies racial inequities

Members of the Spano Administration in Yonkers, including commissioners, staff directors and Mayor Spano himself have completed a four-day session designed to help root out systemic bias and racial inequities. The nationally recognized racial equity consulting firm Joyce James Consulting was brought in for the sessions. The firm’s facilitators aided city staff in discussing the city’s institutions and structures in a way that looked for systemic rather than individual factors contributing to racism.

“Institutional and structural racism are at the core of racial inequities in all helping systems,” said Joyce James, CEO and president of the company that bears her name. “Thus, the solution requires a systemic response that transforms the culture and holds all levels of the institution accountable. The journey to an antiracism institutional culture requires a long-term commitment.”

James says that rather than fixing what may be wrong with people, her firm concentrates on finding out what’s wrong Joyce James

with systems and institutions and then recommends ways to fix those problems. Her firm is to prepare a written report for Yonkers on what was found and make recommendations on how best to deal with the issues.

The plan in Yonkers is for the training to be a catalyst for developing strategies to build more effective programs, strengthening community partnerships, and beginning to  transform the city’s systems to better understand and respond to the needs of the diverse groups and ethnicities that make up its various communities.

“This training is imperative for a city like Yonkers, which prides itself of the rich diversity and culture of everyone who calls Yonkers their home,” said Spano. “Now more than ever, it is incumbent on us as city leaders to broaden our lens to truly understand the often perpetuating institutional and structural racism that leads to racial inequities in the design and delivery of services and programs, locally and nationally. The training and thought-provoking conversation is about building the trust and support in the community so we can make meaningful change in our city.”

Electric sanitation truck tested in Yonkers.

Where to go in 2023

BY JEREMY WAYNE jwayne@westfairinc.com

Just three years on from the start of the pandemic, when lockdown was the norm and “adventure travel” meant a trip to the grocery store, real travel is back, stronger than ever. And nowhere is it stronger than in the luxury market right now. Five-star hotels, those temples of glamour, excellence, originality and occasionally excess, are bustin’ out all over. But it’s not only the big, five-star luxury brands: The smaller independents are also making travel waves. From New York City to New Delhi, from Riviera Maya to Rabat, here’s a roundup of luxury hotel news: From Hilton comes news of the Waldorf Astoria in New York. Now slated to reopen in April after its four-year, top-to-toe renovation, this will be a svelte, slimmed-down version of the legendary hostelry, with only 375 guest rooms (from 1,400) but boasting 375 new luxury condominium units. And across the pond in London, where plans for the hotel conversion of Admiralty Arch — the historic cluster of buildings off Trafalgar Square, directly facing Buckingham Palace down The Mall — have been on hold for a decade, Hilton has confirmed that the project is now going full steam ahead, with an opening expected in 2025.

Hilton has also just opened a luxury property in the Moroccan capital, Rabat (a city that sorely need upscale hotel inventory). Meanwhile, LXR, Hilton’s newest luxury brand, which is quietly establishing its own sophisticated identity, has a slew of new properties in the pipeline, from Los Angeles to Las Vegas to Tel Aviv — a city that may have been slow to bring luxury hotels to the market but is now playing catch-up fast. (A new Setai and Kempinski are already making waves on the Tel Aviv/Jaffa seafront.)

Marriott, in contention with Accor (see below) as the world largest hotel company — it opens a new hotel approximately every 16 hours — has hardly been burying its head in

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the sand either. In the snazzy Marriott pipeline for 2023 and beyond are a Ritz-Carlton in Portland, Oregon, and St. Regis properties — “luxury without limits,” as Marriott describes them — in Chicago and Riviera Maya, Mexico. Those, along with a new five-star Luxury Collection hotel in Barbados and new JW Marriott properties in Masai Mara, Kenya; Madrid; Goa, India; Munich; and Clearwater Beach, Florida, make it a busy time for the group. And there’s been change of gear — a coming of age, if you will — for Marriott’s W hotels, no longer quite the obstreperous, high-energy hotels they were but now just a little older and wiser. Look out for new Ws in Europe, specifically in Milan, Prague and Budapest, and closer to home in Manhattan’s Union Square and Studio City, California.

If you love The Peninsula brand — and honestly, how could you not? — you probably already know about the new “Peninsula Promise.” The promise is a check-in time from 6 a.m. and checkouts up to 10 p.m., so far unparalleled in the industry. You’ll be able to take advantage at the highly anticipated new Peninsula in London, right on Hyde Park Corner, minutes from Knightsbridge and Buckingham Palace, from early in 2023.

If you’re heading to Asia, the InterContinental Hotel Group (IHG), now part of the French giant, Accor, will be reopening The Regent Hong Kong, a grande dame hotel. And Regents are also coming to Bali and Shanghai. Meanwhile in Europe, the 2023 reopening of the Carlton in Cannes, France, will see it rebranded as a Regent, too.

Preferred Hotels — the world’s largest collection of independent hotels, representing more than 650 distinct hotels resorts and residences across more than 80 countries — is welcoming six new member properties this year, among them The Claridges in New Delhi, a splendid period piece; the eco-friendly little gem that is Hôtel Dame des Arts on the Left Bank in Paris; and the much talked-about, just-opened Passalacqua, an historic, exquisite villa on the shore of Lake Como, Italy.

JEREMY WAYNE

Hotel consultant, travel writer and longtime restaurant editor for Condé Nast, Jeremy Wayne loves casual, unpretentious restaurants serving food which is genuinely seasonal, local and sustainable, while simultaneously lamenting the disappearance of linen tablecloths and the demise of the three-martini lunch. “These are the two sides of my split restaurant personality,” he confides, while also fessing up to his personal travel mantra. “The day to book your next vacation,” says Jeremy, is the day you come home from one.”

Then there are the strictly independents, with no affiliations, like Mykonos Cali, over in the eastern Mediterranean, named for the most prominent of the Muses, seven years in the making. Clinging to its hillside on the quiet side of the island, far from the madding Mykonos crowds, this stunning new resort comprises 40 suites and villas; a turquoise swimming pool that curves like an eel above the deep, blue sea; a pretty, private beach; and, of course, wonderful food, too. All as local and organic as can get, along with excellent eco-credentials and staff (call them “family”) who can’t do enough for you.

Balearic burnout? Bored with Ibiza? You’re not alone. But get this: The beautiful people have been drifting toward Formentera,

the smallest of the Balearic Islands, with no airport (because airports are so uncool), just 30 minutes by ferry from Ibiza. The place to see and be seen — although the island is much more low-key than Ibiza, and that’s really the point of it — is the new Five Flowers Hotel & Spa on Formentera, with its hippy-chic style, somewhere where wearing flowers in your hair would seem highly appropriate.

If private islands are your things, then the 800-acre Pine Cay in the Turks and Caicos (which cheekily likes to remind prospective guests that it is “10 minutes closer to the

airport than Parrot Cay,”) will increase its 13 beachfront rooms to 18 this year. That slim increase might not register for larger properties, but it’s big news for this truly exclusive hideaway, originally built in the 1950s. Easily accessible via Jet Blue from New York, it’s then just a six-minute flight by private plane to the resort’s private landing strip.

So up, up and away and here’s wishing you happy and safe travels in 2023 and beyond.

For more, visit hilton.com; marriott.com; accor.com;ihg.com; peninsula.com; calimykonos.com; pinecay.com; fiveflowershotel.co.

River Terrace at Regent Bali. Courtesy IHG.

Pine Cay, Turks & Caicos. Courtesy Pine Cay.

Spa at The Ritz-Carlton, Portland Oregon. Courtesy The Ritz-Carlton: Luxury Hotels & Resorts.

Waldorf Astoria New York, exterior. Courtesy Hilton Hotels & Resorts.

Barbara Walters remembered in Westchester

BY PETER KATZ Pkatz@westfairinc.com

Legendary journalist and broadcasting personality Barbara Walters, who died in New York City on Dec. 30 at age 93, had long-term ties to Westchester through Sarah Lawrence College in Yonkers, which she attended and remained associated with as an alumna.

In 2015, Walters made what was at the time the largest donation in the college’s history. Her $15 million gift was put toward the construction of a state-of-the-art campus center, named in her honor.

“Today, the Barbara Walters Campus Center is the heart of the college’s campus and a true center for students, faculty and staff to connect and create,” the college said in a statement.

“Walters tenaciously served as the eyes

and ears of a generation, holding the powerful accountable and asking questions the country wanted answered — always digging deeper,” the college said. “From presidents and world leaders to celebrities and controversial public figures, Walters was fastidious in her pursuit to be their first major interview, a pursuit, paired with inquisitive and delicate questioning, that became a hallmark of her unparalleled career in a field previously dominated by men.”

Sarah Lawrence in its tribute recalled that in a 2001 commencement address on campus, Walters told the graduating class, “At Sarah Lawrence I learned to ask questions … I attribute my success, in many ways, to the curiosity and confidence I came away with from this remarkable college.”

Walter’s 2015 gift for the campus center was not the only financial support Walters

had shown for the college. She was a longtime supporter of student scholarships. In 2005 she donated the funds for an art gallery in her name, and in 2014, announced she would donate her personal archives to her alma mater.

Sarah Lawrence President Cristle Collins Judd said, “Barbara represented so beautifully the qualities of a Sarah Lawrence education — a passion for asking questions, examining issues from multiple angles, and seeking to embody our motto, ‘wisdom with understanding’. Through her thought-provoking questions and unique style, Barbara reinvented the identity of broadcast journalism. Her name adorns our campus center and we are proud to serve as the repository of her archives. We will cherish her memory and know that the students who follow in her footsteps would fill her with pride.”

Is the Ames department store chain coming back?

BY PHIL HALL Phall@westfairinc.com

The possible resurrection of a once-popular department store chain is generating both excitement and confusion, with several news sources reporting the news as a fact and others questioning whether the story is a hoax.

Ames Department Store was a Rocky Hill, Connecticut-headquartered chain that opened in 1958 and had 700 stores in 20 states during its peak years, making it the nation’s fourth-largest discount retailer. The company went out of business in 2002.

At the end of December, the defunct-company’s AmesStores.com website went live with an announcement that the chain would be returning in “Spring 2023.” Molyneux Group, a British firm that acquired Ames’ domains and name when the company was liquidating, stated the company was serious about restoring Ames to the U.S. retail scene.

“Ames is part of everyone’s hearts,” said Shannon de Molyneux, president of Molyneux’s U.S. subsidiary Cross Moline Ventures, in a RetailWire interview. “We’ve received multiple requests for an Ames store over the years, and we’ve been planning the comeback for six years now.”

De Molyneux added that Ames will open stores in Connecticut, New York and Pennsylvania this year and is planning two Rhode Island locations in 2024.

“Further expansions still require some research at this time as it is still early

days,” she said.

However, the veracity of the story has been questioned. The Twitter page for Ames offered a link to a “careers” page, but that page has the message “Currently we don’t have any open positions.” The

WKBN.com news site pointed out that Cross Moline Ventures has no website or presence online while the Snopes investigative site’s efforts to contact parent company Molyneux Group was thwarted by an inactive email address, a nonexis-

tent Facebook page link and a telephone number was constantly busy.

Nonetheless, the Ames Twitter page stated the company will announce its new locations in February and the opening dates in March.

Photo by Zayre88 / Wikimedia Commons.

Vegan and delicious at Pureganic Café

BY JEREMY WAYNE jwayne@westfairinc.com

Are vegetarians and vegans better human beings than those who crave flesh, fish and fowl? This is the philosophical questions that preoccupies me as I venture out with a friend one sunny Veganuary morning, to road-test Pureganic Café, the vegan, gluten-free and certified-kosher Rye eatery that moved to new premises in Harrison in November.

The new Pureganic café is so clean, I feel I’m entering a spa. The stone composite floor and the potted palms remind me of an indoor swimming pool in a smart members’ club and the chill cabinets – all gleaming chrome and glass – are so attractive they strike me more like installations in a contemporary art gallery rather than practical appliances. The contents aren’t bad either –nourishing soups and broths; freshly made vegan pasta; organic pressed juices; healthy lemonades and even cold remedies – delicious-looking vivid green and orange tinctures. An apothecary of yore meets California the brave.

The fact is, Pureganic isn’t a café at all. Yes, it does sell coffee – very fine Illy coffee, as it happens, professionally brewed and served in heavy china Illy cups – but this is so much more than a place for a morning cup of Joe and a pastry or sandwich. Not that you can’t eat breakfast here, because you certainly can. The tempting morning menu includes waffles, pancakes and “overnight” oats with chia seeds.

But as the day gets in to its stride, out come the soups, and the vegetable platters. The day I visit, there are large crockpots of cauliflower, zucchini and mixed vegetables with chili, and all three are superb. You order at the counter and the soups are brought to the table in generous

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JEREMY WAYNE

Hotel consultant, travel writer and longtime restaurant editor for Condé Nast, Jeremy Wayne loves casual, unpretentious restaurants serving food which is genuinely seasonal, local and sustainable, while simultaneously lamenting the disappearance of linen tablecloths and the demise of the three-martini lunch. “These are the two sides of my split restaurant personality,” he confides, while also fessing up to his personal travel mantra. “The day to book your next vacation,” says Jeremy, is the day you come home from one.”

bowls, deep-flavored, piping hot. Any fool these days can boil up some vegetables and run them through the blender, but it takes a pro to coax maximum taste out of cruciferous and root vegetables and stir and season them so judiciously that you could swear each one has been mixed with a pint of heavy cream, which, this being a vegan joint, naturally it has not.

As for the salads, around 20 of them, they are wonderfully creative combina-

tions that may well have been inspired by the style of Yotam Ottolenghi – leeks with broccoli; lentils with roasted carrots; blacked-eyed peas with sweet potato – all made fresh on the premises daily. Leave space for stuffed Portabella mushrooms as well as tottering towers of quinoa and vegetables.

For assorted salads you pay by weight and yes, the dollars do pile up as the food on your plate inexorably mounts, but

somehow, it’s about value, not price. While eating at Pureganic is not an inexpensive outing, somehow you never resent paying for quality.

Mind you, you can if you wish avoid The Bar altogether and order more conventionally – a kale Caesar, say, or ramen or falafel bowls from the Big Bowls section of the menu. In the menu’s Burger section, you’ll find white bean or lentil burgers as well as wraps and quesadillas. All the buns and patties are made in-house.

Less successful among the myriad offerings, I think, are the more obviously “ersatz” dishes – penne Bolognese or the meatless Shepherd’s pie, which I can’t think shepherds would go crazy for, but then again shepherds’ tastes may have changed over the years. I’ve also made a mental note to avoid dishes with “cheeze” and “sauzage” on return visits, not because they’re in any way bad but because I think Pureganic Café does real dishes – ones that are clearly themselves, rather than purporting to be something else – so much better.

It was an issue that resurfaced in the cheesecake dessert, which relied on coconut and ground nuts for substance but couldn’t replicate the almost sweet/ sour tang of a classic cheesecake. Then again, while I found the brownie square a little dry and chalky, my pal praised its malleability and luxury chocolate content.

I still haven’t answered my own (rhetorical) question as to whether vegetarians and vegans are somehow better human beings than carnivores. A new book by former management consultant turned nutrition and emissions expert, Jayne Buxton, “The Great Plant-Based Con,” draws attention to the amount of misinformation around both the health and environmental impact of meat-eating, and demonstrates how the benefits of plant-only diets are being exaggerated. But I will tell you that the crowd at Pureganic Café is in general a fit and healthy-looking bunch. There’s the rosycheeked young lady in the Mary Quant print dress at a neighboring table; the tall, bronzed guy who looks as if he could be a ski instructor; and virtually everyone looking wholesome and outdoorsy in L.L. Bean quilted vests.

So here’s the thing: Do people look good from following a vegetarian or vegan diet, or do naturally fit and good-looking people tend to eat more healthily? It’s a chicken-and-egg question, if you’ll pardon the expression.

Takeout, delivery and catering services also offered. For more, visit Pureganic-cafe. com.

The Bar at Pureganic Café.

Cold remedies at Pureganic Café. Photographs by Jeremy Wayne.

BY PETER KATZ Pkatz@westfairinc.com

As we previously reported it would, the new casino Resorts World Hudson Valley (RWHV) opened Dec. 28 in the Newburgh Mall, occupying space that formerly housed the BonTon department store. Executives from Genting Group, the Malaysia-based international travel and leisure company that owns Resorts World, joined with local officials and community leaders for a ribbon-cutting ceremony.

The opening event included a lion dance performance in which costumed dancers chase away bad fortune and welcome good fortune while moving rhythmically to the sounds of cymbals and drums. While the traditional Chinese dance is performed to celebrate the Lunar New Year, it also is used at events such as the opening of a new business. It became popular in Malaysia after being introduced there by Chinese immigrants.

More than 1,000 people waited on line to enter the casino when it opened for business after the ceremony.

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“The first week has been extraordinary and exceeded our wildest imaginations,” Meghan Taylor, vice president of government affairs and public relations for Resorts World New York told the Business Journals. “On opening day, guests lined up from one end of the mall to the other ... and the excitement only grew throughout the day and over the holiday weekend. We are thrilled with the reaction.”

Robert DeSalvio, president of Genting Americas East, said, “Along with our partners in Orange County, we are elated the casino is now open for business and we can’t wait for the area to begin to reap the benefits. We’ve received such a warm welcome from the Hudson Valley community and hope residents swing by to check us out.”

RWHV features 60,000 square feet of gaming and hospitality space, including 1,200 electronic slot machines and electronic table games, as well as the Resorts World Bet Sports Bar. The casino is expected to help revitalize the mall and benefit existing tenants as well as attracting new ones.

Lion dance performed at opening of Resorts World Hudson Valley casino in Newburgh as confetti fills the air.

Resorts World Hudson Valley casino opened Dec. 28 in the Newburgh Mall.

Apartment complex with 261 units proposed for Montgomery

BY PETER KATZ Pkatz@westfairinc.com

Sheffield Gardens, a proposed mixed-use complex that would have 261 apartments in three three-story buildings, is moving ahead in Orange County’s town of Montgomery. The Montgomery Planning Board has adopted a scoping plan for the environmental review of the project. The developer will use that to guide its preparation of a Draft Environmental Impact Statement.

The site totals 52.96 acres and is composed of five lots located on New York State Route 17K just west of the intersection with Route 208. Most of the property fronts on 17K while parts front on Montgomery Heights Road. The project is proposed by MILR LLC, whose principal is property owner Gerald Jacobowitz.

Ross Winglovitz of the firm Engineering & Surveying Properties PC, which is based in Montgomery, said the site is directly east of the Valley Central High School and on the same side of 17K adjacent to the school. He said there would be two parking spaces provided for each apartment. Most of the apartments would be two-bedroom units. It is anticipated that 36 of the apartments would have one-bedroom.

Winglovitz said that while commercial development of the site is not part of this application, they have indicated places where future commercial development might take place for purposes of doing a proper environmental review. The commercial section includes a 3,375-square-foot bank and 24,000 square feet of additional retail space.

“We’ve shown some future potential development in the commercial portion of the property,” Winglovitz said. “That commercial zoning extends to Montgomery Heights Road in the rear where it changes to multifamily residential where the three buildings will be located.”

He said that water for the project would come from two wells servicing the site. Sewage would be handled through a sewage treatment plant that would be built along 17K on the eastern side of the property.

“As part of the Environmental Impact Statement we’re going to look at alternatives to on-site sewer but we are propos-

ing a plant as our preferred alternative at this time,” Winglovitz said. “Drainage (of stormwater) will be handled by several ponds throughout the site.”

A Sketch Plan prepared by Engineering & Surveying Properties shows that the residential buildings are designed in an “L” shape with wings of equal length and parking areas within the courtyards formed by each buildings’ wings.

The plan indicates that each building would have 87 apartments and there would be 176 parking spaces at each of the three residential buildings.

At a public hearing prior to the Planning Board approving the scoping document, residents expressed concerns about the increase in traffic that they feared would occur from the project, while others pointed out that there is an abundance of empty retail space in the area and questioned the need to build new retail space.

A section of the Sketch Plan.

Apartment development site with Valley Central High School on left. Satellite photo via Google Maps.

Health Care

St. Vincent Medical Center fined for improper radioactive waste disposal

BY JUSTIN MCGOWN jmcgown@westfairinc.com

In October 2021, an error in the disposal of a small piece of radioactive waste by St. Vincent Medical Center in Bridgeport resulted last month in an $8,000 fine imposed by the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC).. In total, 12 apparent violations of established NRC procedure resulted in both a financial penalty and a comprehensive evaluation and training program of the use of radioactive materials at the medical center.

“Based on our inspection and the medical center’s response, we issued an $8,000 civil penalty for the violations related to the improper disposal because they involved the release of radioactive material to a waste disposal facility not authorized to receive or possess radioactive material,” said Neil Sheehan, the NRC’s Public Affairs Officer for Region 1, which includes Connecticut. “We also identified separate lesser violations, which were documented in our inspection

report. Those violations are related to the failure to maintain an effective radiation safety program and failure to implement an adequate radiation exposure monitoring program.”

During the incident, a spent radiation source used by the medical center to provide radiotherapy services was placed with biologically hazardous materials instead of being handled through a separate set of procedures for radioactive materials. It was transported to a SteriCycle biohazard disposal facility in Rhode Island. The staff at that facility discovered the mistake when radiation detectors were set off and informed St. Vincent Medical Center of the error.

The biowaste disposal facility sent a team from Laundauer Dosimetry Services to safely return the material for proper disposal. According to the NRC, the casing of the source containing Cesium-137 was not breached or damaged during the incident, thus avoiding exposure to the element — a situation that can cause burns, radiation

sickness and increased risk of cancer.

Cesium-137 has a high level of radioactivity and half-life of around 30 years, meaning every 30 years radioactive decay will reduce the total amount of the material by half. As a result of this process, over time the material will lose its effectiveness for certain purposes and need to be replaced. Disposal of Cesium-137 based radiation sources typically require a longterm storage of the material in sealed containers lined with steel or another inert metal that can block radiation until it completely decays.

“While no employee or member of the public was harmed by the temporary loss of this sealed radioactive source, the NRC is concerned anytime there is breakdown in essential controls for such materials,” David Lew, NRC Region I told the American Nuclear Society’s Nuclear Newswire. “St. Vincent’s has recognized what went wrong and taken steps to prevent another such event from occurring.”

The Cesium-137 was used at the medical

center to precisely calibrate radiological detectors necessary to perform the radiation therapy treatments that have played a part in making St. Vincent Medical Center a noted provider of cancer treatments.

The NRC considered the event “Severity Level 3,” the second mildest level of violation out of four levels. The evaluation process for these events emphasizes thoroughness and is mediated by the Institute on Conflict Resolution at Cornell University, resulting in a long lead time between the actual occurrence, a full evaluation, and the ultimate issuance of the civil penalty.

“St. Vincent’s Medical Center appreciates the opportunity to collaborate with the NRC and resolve this matter,” said William M. Jennings, the Fairfield Region President of Hartford HealthCare in a statement. “We have taken this situation very seriously, took appropriate action and made improvements where necessary. We are proud of St. Vincent’s radiation safety program and are committed to the highest levels of safety and compliance.”

St. Vincent Medical Center.

Photo by Justin McGown.

New surveys find growing confusion and concern over health care

BY PHIL HALL Phall@westfairinc.com

Americans are looking at the state of their health care with an increasing degree of agitation and uncertainty, according to three new national surveys.

A survey of 2,026 adults conducted by Akasa, the developer of AI for health care operations, asked: “On a scale from 1-5 (1 being not confusing at all, 5 being extremely confusing), how confusing are medical bills to understand?” More than one-third of respondents were perplexed, with 19% stating medical bills were somewhat confusing and 19% said medical bills were extremely confusing. However, 25% said their medical bills were either not confusing or their opinion “leaned toward medical bills not being confusing,” while 37% reported they were neutral on the confusion of medical bills.

When asked what was the most frustrating about the financial experience after seeking medical care, the results were nearly evenly split: 29% said being able to understand what they’re being billed for, 27% cited the uncertainty if they can pay the bill, 24% said not getting a bill until weeks after they received service and 20% claiming the uncertainty if the final bill will be consistent with the estimate of responsibility.

“The rise of high-deductible health plans, the uncertainty of what’s being billed, the complexities of in- and out-ofnetwork charges, and how much patients are on the hook for makes understanding and managing medical bills challenging for many families,” said Amy Raymond, Akasa’s vice president of revenue cycle operations. “Additionally, as errors in medical bills persist, patients should be diligent in reviewing their bills to ensure they’re getting an accurate bill. I strongly encourage individuals to ask questions of their providers or insurance company before paying a bill.”

A State of Repetition

Separately, a survey of 1,014 adults by Carta Healthcare found 83% of respondents reported they had to provide the same health information or duplicate forms with each appointment, with nearly three-quarters of those surveyed complaining they completed more than two duplicate documents, and 42% said they spent six minutes or more recounting past medical history at every appoint-

ment.

Not surprisingly, this repetition was not appreciated, with one in five respondents stating that having to repeat forms at a doctor’s office makes them less likely to return.

“Physicians, nurses and medical office staff are highly professional, accomplished and dedicated individuals who genuinely care about their patients and provide excellent care. However, healthcare information systems often fall short of their current ability to integrate data among disparate systems, reduce data entry and provide a holistic view of a patient’s medical condition and history,” said Matt Hollingsworth, co-founder and CEO of Carta Healthcare. “This data integration issue results in patients’ frustration with filling out duplicate forms and recounting their medical history, as documented in the survey results, and has an overall negative impact on the patients’ experiences, health care costs and patient outcomes.”

Shopping Around

In another survey, Oscar Health Inc.’s poll of 1,000 adults found that while the vast majority (93%) were either “extremely, very or somewhat’ concerned about the state of the economy, 44% of respondents cited the state of the economy as their top health care concern — which is 19% more than the next most significant health care concern, the Covid crisis.

This survey also found more than one in four respondents were considering a new brand of health insurance while nearly half of all uninsured respondents said they were likely to consider signing up for coverage. This response comes as millions of Americans are shopping on the federal exchange during this year’s open enrollment period.

“The U.S. health care system continues to shift towards a more consumer-driven model to meet the demand for affordability and ease of use,” said Jackie Kahn, chief communications officer of Oscar Health.

BRIEFS

Catalytic converter theft ring yields five arrests

Westchester District Attorney Miriam E. Rocah has announced a 24-count indictment of five men in connection with the countywide theft of 56 van and bus catalytic converters with a fair market value of more than $50,000.

The arrests follow a year-long investigation by 13 law enforcement agencies. The five men are alleged to have participated in a stealing spree from November 2021 through last March. The catalytic convertors were stolen from Ford Econoline vans, Royal Coach Lines buses, and school buses in Briarcliff, Greenburgh, Peekskill, Pelham and Yonkers on 11 different occasions, and at least 42 of the catalytic converters were recovered in a Bronx scrap yard.

“This case sends a clear message that Westchester County is cracking down on catalytic converter thefts, a nationwide scourge plaguing car owners with thousands of dollars in replacement costs and damages,” said Roach. “I applaud the efforts taken by the criminal investigators in my office and all of our law enforcement part-

ners in continuing to protect Westchester residents and businesses from fraud and theft.”

The five men charged in the crime were Timothy Jimenez, 24, Christian Ancrum, 23, and Jason Vargas, 19, all of New Rochelle; Joealen Garcia, 31, of Orlando, Florida; and Nicholas Luzardi, 23, of New Rochelle.

Norwalk multifamily property sells for $2.2 million

The Apartments at Glenwood, a multifamily property at 38-40 Glenwood Ave. in Norwalk, has sold for roughly $2.2 million.

The 10-unit property includes eight two-bedroom townhomes and two one-bedroom apartments. It is located between the South Norwalk and Spring Hill neighborhoods and situated just off Route 1 and less than one minute from Interstate 95 on and offramps.

Rich Edwards and Jeff Wright, senior associates at Shelton-based Northeast Private Client Group, represented the seller, Pak Holdings LLC, and procured Jay Glenwood LLC as the buyer.

Photo by Tumisu / Pixabay.

Good Things

CONNECTICUT AIA BOARD

The Connecticut Chapter of the American Institute of Architects (AIA Connecticut) announced the appointment of four new members for its Board of Directors, as well as the elected officers for 2023 at its 2022 annual meeting, The 2023 officers elected for a one-year term are:

Paolo Campos, AIA, NOMA Patriquin Architects New Haven, 2023 president.

Susan Wyeth, AIA, NOMA, Centerbrook Architects and Planners, Centerbrook, president-elect.

Marc Andre, AIA, Marc G. Andre Architects, Fairfield, treasurer.

F. Michael Ayles, FAIA, Antinozzi Associates, Bridgeport, secretary.

Elected to a three-year term (20232025) are:

Amy Samuelson, AIA LEED AP, The SLAM Collaborative, Glastonbury.

Thaddeus Stewart, AIA, Integrated Design & Construction LLC, Hamden.

Jennifer Huestis, AIA, Huestis Tucker Architects LLC, Woodbridge.

Elected to a one-year term are: Jason Levy, Associate AIA, QA+M Architecture, Farmington; Thomas Haskell, AIA, UCONN, Storrs;

Julia Su Jack, AIA NCARB, PMI, city of Hartford;

Jeremy Jamilkowski, Amenta Emma Architects, Hartford;

Andrew Gorzkowski, Pickard Chilton, New Haven; and Michael Tyre, AIA, Amenta Emma Architects, Hartford.

Randall Anway, AIA, LEED AP, New Tapestry LLC, Old Lyme remains on the board as past president.

AIA Connecticut, a statewide chapter of the American Institute of Architects, serves the architectural profession, encourages design excellence and works

PROMOTIONS AT BRIDGEPORT FIRM

to improve society through a concern for the quality of the built and natural environments. Members commit themselves to the highest standards of practice and code of ethics that addresses responsibilities to the public, clients, the building industry and the art and science of architecture.

AIA Connecticut serves as a resource to architects and the public. Its membership of over 1,500 is comprised of architects, associates working towards licensure, students and professionals in affiliated fields.

ENTA WELCOMES DOCTOR TO ITS WHITE PLAINS OFFICE

ENT and Allergy Associates (ENTA), based in Tarrytown, recently announced that Rafael Cardona, M.D., will be joining its White Plains clinical office at 222 Bloomingdale Road, on Sept. 1.

Cardona will provide both adult and pediatric patients with care for general ear, nose and throat diseases. He completed his Bachelor of Science degree in electrical engineering at the University of Puerto Rico, graduated with a doctorate from Universidad Central del Caribe-School of Medicine in Puerto Rico, and completed his residency in otolaryngology — head and neck surgery at Albany Medical College in Albany. He is fluent in Spanish and English.

Thomas S. Lambert has been promoted to member and Lauren C. Davies to counsel at Pullman & Comley LLC in Bridgeport. Both serve in the law firm’s litigation and trusts and estates practices.

Lambert represents businesses, individuals, fiduciaries and municipalities in all stages of litigation in state and federal courts as well as Connecticut’s Probate Courts. He joined Pullman & Comley in 2019 as an associate. Currently, he is presidential fellow of the Connecticut Bar Association and was recently named to The Best Lawyers in America “Ones to Watch” list in three separate litigation areas for the third consecutive year. He has also been listed as a Super Lawyers “Connecticut Rising Star” since 2018.

He started his legal career serving as a summer clerk in the Fairfield Probate Court in college and an intern for U.S. Magistrate Judge William Garfinkel in the United States District Court while in law school. He now serves as chair of the Civil Litigation Committee of the Fairfield County Bar Association — where he was elected to the board of directors — and was recently elected to the Fairfield Representative Town Meeting.  He received his Juris Doctorate in 2013 from Wake Forest University School of Law and his Bachelor of Arts degree, magna cum laude, from Pepperdine University in 2010.

Davies has distinguished herself building her practice by focusing on the preservation of wealth for families, estate planning, trust and

estate administration and succession planning. She joined Pullman & Comley in 2018 as an associate. In addition to her experience in estate planning and estate administration, Lauren has broad experience in civil litigation,

federal practice, arbitration and real estate.

She received her Juris Doctorate from the University of Connecticut School of Law in 2005 and her Bachelor of Arts degree from the University of Pennsylvania in 2002.

“We are thrilled to welcome Dr. Cardona to our experienced team,” said Daniel Gold, M.D., otolaryngologist and partner at ENTA’s White Plains office. “He joins us with a strong focus on comprehensive ENT and we know that he will add immeasurable quality and value to our practice and to our patients’ health-care experience.”

To learn more about ENTA, visit entandallergy.com or call 1-855-ENTA-DOC.

ENTA is the largest ENT, allergy and audiology practice in the country, with more than 300 providers practicing in over 55 clinical locations throughout New York and New Jersey. Each ENTA clinical office is comprised of world-class physicians who are specialists and sub-specialists in their respective fields, providing the highest level of expertise and care. ENTA is also affiliated with some of the most prestigious medical institutions in the world, including The Mount Sinai Hospital, Montefiore Medical Center, Northwell Health and Cooperman Barnabas Medical Center.

Paolo Campos

Amy Samuelson

Susan Wyeth

Thaddeus Stewart

Marc Andre

Jennifer Huestis

Thomas S. Lambert

Lauren C. Davies

F. Michael Ayles

F. Michael Ayles

Rafael Cardona, M.D.

MURPHY BROTHERS RECEIVES STATE AWARD

New York State Senator Shelley Mayer (District 37) recently presented Chris and Sean Murphy of the Murphy Brothers and its entire team at Murphy Brothers Contracting Inc. with the New York State Empire Award. Based in Mamaroneck for

more than 40 years, Murphy Brothers is known for its award-winning “green” and energy-efficient construction projects.

The New York State Empire Award honors small businesses and nonprofit organizations that make outstanding con-

tributions to the growth, prosperity and betterment of their community and New York state. In response the Murphy Brothers and its team committed to “continue to build a ‘Tradition of Quality’ as we have since 1979.”

VITAL OPERATIONAL SUPPORT GRANT

ART AND DANCE AT CONTEMPORARY MUSEUM

The Aldrich Contemporary Art Museum in Ridgefield, Connecticut, will present “moments” by Ali Kenner Brodsky, a multifaceted performance piece of dance, music and art. This evening length dance-theatre work explores memory, loss and love and will be performed live at The Aldrich on Saturday, Jan. 21 at 7 p.m. Weather date is Sunday, Jan. 22 at 7 p.m. Tickets are available at thealdrich.org.

Unfolding through subtle gestural movement and emotionally evocative music, moments evokes memories of past relationships, the longing for a closeness once felt and the

challenge of how to move forward through grief. Through a collection of embodied vignettes, it breaks the stigma around grief by giving audiences a moment to be present in their individual experience of loss.

Performed by Ali Kenner Brodsky, Scott McPheeters, Jenna Pollack, Jessi Stegall and Ilya Vidrin, with costume design by Hertling and fiber artist Alex Davis, live and recorded music by MorganEve Swain, graphics by Cyrus Highsmith, and set design by Keri King, moments surveys themes of devotion, remembrance, passing and grief.

MUSIC CONSERVATORY AWARDED GRANT

Music Conservatory of Westchester in White Plains received a Support for Organizations grant award of $40,000 from the New York State Council on the Arts (NYSCA). Following New York state’s investment for the arts, NYSCA has awarded $90 million since spring 2022 to a record number of artists and organizations across the state.

As a nonprofit community music school, the conservatory’s mission is to provide the extraordinary benefits of music to all in the community through high-quality music instruction available to everyone, the Scholarship Program providing need-based tuition assistance, and its music programs serving students with disabilities as well as military veterans.

New York state arts organizations such as the Music Conservatory of Westchester are the cornerstone of our vibrant arts economy. As crucial drivers of our health and vitality, we are grateful to the unwavering dedication of arts workers across the state.”

The Community Foundations of the Hudson Valley strengthens the community by helping individuals, businesses and organizations such as Rebuilding Together Dutchess County, which recently received a grant to help support vital needs in the community.

Darcy McCourt, executive director of Rebuilding Together Dutchess County, said, “A generous $2,500 grant from the

foundation allows us to make all we do happen behind the scenes.”

The nonprofit was honored to accept the award at the Dutchess County Donor Reception on Dec. 7. Representing Rebuilding Together Dutchess County was Outreach Coordinator Joseph Rivera-Ramos, who said, “We are grateful for all your support and the amazing partnerships we have made over the years to

get us here. Let us all continue to make a difference in all our neighbors’ lives.”

Rebuilding Together Dutchess County is entering its 31st year of serving the greater community and is committed to ensuring that neighbors are safe, warm and healthy. Its programs provide qualified, low-income Dutchess County homeowners with critical home repairs at no cost.

Conservatory Executive Director Jean Newton said, “We are honored and proud to have earned NYSCA support this year. As a long-time NYSCA grantee, we recognize the vital importance of the council in ensuring a thriving cultural community in our great state of New York.”

NYSCA Executive Director Mara Manus said, “We are immensely grateful to Governor Hochul and the Legislature for their unprecedented investment of $240 million to support arts organizations across the state.

The Music Conservatory of Westchester (MCW) was founded in 1929 in the American settlement house tradition of community service and the European conservatory tradition of excellence. The legendary cellist Pablo Casals was among its founders, and jazz legend Cab Calloway once served on its board. Today, there are 2,500 students of all ages, abilities and backgrounds with one-on-one instruction, performing ensembles, theory, composition, early childhood classes, lifelong learning for adults, and free community performances. Its Scholarship Program provides need-based tuition assistance for financially deserving students, ensuring they can continue their music training through high school. One of only 16 nondegree-granting schools nationwide to be accredited by the National Association of Schools of Music, the conservatory has inspired generations of students and contributed to a vibrant musical life in the county, the region and beyond.

The Murphy brothers with New York State Senator Shelley Mayer.

Rebuilding Together Dutchess County Outreach Coordinator Joseph Rivera-Ramos, left, with Community Foundations of the Hudson Valley Vice Chair Nevill Smythe.

Photo courtesy Nikki Lee.

Good Things

CONNECTICUT REALTORS 2023 PRESIDENT

David P. Gallitto of Huntsman, Meade & Partners in New Haven has been installed as the CT Realtors 2023 president. The installation and foundation benefit dinner was held at Saybrook Point Resort and Marina in Old Saybrook, Connecticut.

Gallitto, a Realtor® for 20 years, has served on the CT Realtors® Board of Directors for the past 10 years and has held several positions on its executive committee. Gallitto was president of the New Haven Middlesex Association of Realtors® in 2016 and was the association’s local Realtor® of the Year in 2013.

“I have dedicated myself to my community and my profession and look forward to serving our members and the industry across the state,” said Gallitto. “I believe active involvement in legislative issues that impact homeowners and real estate as a whole is a priority. We, as an association, need to be the voice for property owners.”

A native of Middletown, Gallitto graduated from the University of Notre Dame.

The following 2023 officers were also installed:

• President-Elect: Carl Lantz, Coldwell Banker Realty, West Hartford;

• First Vice President: Steve Miller, Keller Williams, Wallingford;

• Treasurer: Bryan Tunney, Brown Harris Stevens, Greenwich;

• Region 1 Vice President: Julie Peters, Coldwell Banker Realty, Greenwich;

• Region 2 Vice President: Adele Unger, William Pitt Sotheby’s International Realty, Danbury;

• Region 3 Vice President: Alexa Kebalo Hughes, eXp Realty, Stamford;

• Region 4 Vice President: Jed Backus, Backus Real Estate, Hamden;

• Legal Division Vice President: Joel Grossman, Calcagni Real Estate, Cheshire;

• Legislative Division Vice President: Gayle Dennehy, Dennehy and Company, Plainville;

• Vice President at Large: Scott Cooney, Coldwell Banker Realty, Danbury;

• Vice President at Large: Marilyn Lusher, RE/MAX Legends, Waterford;

• Vice President at Large: Barb McKee, Compass, Greenwich;

• Vice President at Large: Gus Ryer, Ryer Associates Commercial Real Estate, Danbury;

• Vice President at Large: Kimberly Tapscott, Keller Williams Prestige Properties, Stamford; and

• Immediate Past President: Tammy Felenstein, William Raveis, Southport.

CT Realtors® is the state’s largest trade association, advocating for real estate for more that 100 years and currently representing nearly 20,000 members involved in all aspects of real estate in Connecticut.

WESTCHESTER CHRISTMAS DINNER

For the past 29 years, the  Westchester Christmas Dinner has hosted almost 10,000 neighbors who had fallen on hard times.  Run strictly by volunteers the organization provides a warm meal, gifts and friendship on Christmas Day. Up to 2020, the dinner hosted approximately 325 residents of all faiths living in shelters and seniors living on their own throughout the Westchester County at St. Mary’s Church in Katonah.

Once the pandemic hit, the Board of Directors quickly pivoted and made the decision to call for volunteers and deliver hearty meals to guests on Christmas Day.  Dozens of volunteers responded who called guests to help organize wish lists, shop for gifts and deliver a Christmas miracle year after year.  This year, on Christmas morning, the volunteers fulfilled memories for 65 families and 235 individuals.

Led by longtime volunteer Jane Emmer, 137 residents responded to the call for help.

Jamer Breene, president of the Board of the Westchester Christmas Dinner said, “Each year we host the dinner we consider all outside factors, including weather, a global pandemic, space etc.  We do what we can do to touch as many lives as possible and make Christmas special for those that don’t usually have that privilege.  Watching the faces when the guests receive their meal and gifts is why we do what we do.  No one should feel alone at Christmas.”

Clare Murray, executive director of the Katonah Community Center, said, “We were so grateful for the opportunity to partner with the Westchester Christmas Dinner again this year and truly appreciate all for making Christmas special for so many individuals and families. Thank you for helping our neighbors who face extraordinary challenges to celebrate and feel cared for with your meals and gifts and loving support.”

NPW ANNONCES 2023 BOARD

The organization welcomes new Board President Rich Nightingale, new Executive Committee, and returning second-term Board Members. And extends a warm welcome to its newest NPW Board Member Masha Turchinsky, director and CEO of the Hudson River Museum in Yonkers.

David Gallitto

‘TAKE A WALK IN HER SHOES’

The United Way of Westchester and Putnam Women’s Leadership Council hosted a panel discussion about helping the ALICE population in the county at its “Take a Walk in Her Shoes” breakfast, Tappan Hill, Tarrytown, on Tuesday, Dec. 6.

The event recognized as Women of Distinction the outstanding work of Jan Fisher, executive director of Nonprofit Westchester, and Aleida Frederico, former senior relationship manager, vice president, TD Bank and chair of the Westchester Hispanic Chamber of Commerce. CBS News anchor and author Mary Calvi was a guest speaker at the breakfast.

ALICE is an acronym coined by United Way to describe asset-limited, income-constrained and employed individuals – what was formerly called the working poor. At its core, it is a new way of defining and understanding the struggles of households that earn just above the federal poverty level but not enough for a survival budget.

In Westchester County, 40% of families live as ALICE or in poverty and some groups are disproportionately represented.

“ALICE households are everywhere … in Peekskill and Mount Vernon, but also Scarsdale and Pound Ridge,” said United Way CEO

Tom Gabriel. “These are hard-working families struggling to make ends meet, but when a crisis or tragedy occurs, they must make difficult decisions between paying the rent or fixing a car so they can get to work. These people add to our economy and enrich our lives and community.”

The panel discussion was led by Elizabeth Bracken Thompson, partner at Thompson & Bender and a former Women of Distinction honoree, and featured Fisher, Frederico, Taryn Duffy, the 2021 Woman of Distinction and vice president, Public Affairs Northeast Group, Empire City Casino & MGM Springfield; and Michelle A. Nicholas, chief diversity officer and director of community development, PCSB Bank.

As individuals who lived as ALICE, the

group mentioned what would have helped them the most during that time. “When I was struggling, having access to information and resources would have helped,” said Duffy. Frederico added that there should be ways to help immigrants learn English and about local programs and services available.

The ALICE survival budget shows that a single adult needs to earn at least $15.64 in a full-time position to survive in Westchester County. A family with two adults and two children in childcare must earn a minimum of $49.50 per hour to survive. Fisher, who advocates for companies to pay their employees a decent wage, spoke about how hourly workers are the lifeblood of the community and should be paid their value.

FIRM WELCOMES NEW ATTORNEYS

Pullman & Comley LLC in Bridgeport recently announced the addition of Kristin B. Mayhew and Sebastian D’Acunto as members of the firm. Mayhew is a member of the litigation practice and is based in the firm’s Bridgeport office while D’Acunto is a member of the trusts and estates practice based in Pullman’s Westport office.

Mayhew focuses her practice in the areas of bankruptcy, corporate restructuring, creditors’ rights, workouts, business law and business litigation.

Prior to joining Pullman, Mayhew was a partner for nearly 20 years at a large regional law firm and has experience handling complex commercial litigation matters, including resolving business-related disputes in both state and federal courts.

A past president and chairperson of the Connecticut Chapter of the Turnaround Management Association — and current member of its board of directors — Mayhew also serves as chair of the Connecticut Bar Association’s Commercial Law & Bankruptcy Section Executive Committee and is on the Public Outreach Committee. She earned her Bachelor of Arts degree from Lafayette College and her Juris Doctorate, magna cum laude,

from Pennsylvania State University Dickinson School of Law. She is admitted to practice law in Connecticut, New Jersey, Pennsylvania and the U.S. Court of Appeals, Second Circuit.

D’Acunto has 20 years of experience counseling clients in general estate planning and business succession planning. He works collaboratively with clients and their financial and insurance advisors to create effective strategies to govern and preserve assets and transfer wealth while minimizing tax exposure. D’Acunto assists individuals with preparing, executing and implementing estate planning documents from simple wills, living wills and powers of attorney to complex tax planning and asset preservation trusts.

Fluent in Italian and a dual citizen of the United States and Italy, D’Acunto has served

the city of Stamford as a member of the Tax Assessment Board of Appeals, the Board of Ethics, and the Mayor’s Multicultural Council. He earned his Bachelor of Arts degree from Central Connecticut State University and received his Juris Doctorate and ABA-approved International Law Certificate from Pace University School of Law. He is admitted to practice law in Connecticut and New York.

With nearly 90 attorneys, Pullman & Comley, founded in 1919, is one of Connecticut’s largest firms and provides a wide range of legal services to clients in the New England region, as well as throughout the United States and internationally. The firm has offices in Bridgeport, Hartford, Waterbury and Westport, Connecticut; Springfield, Massachusetts; Wakefield, Rhode Island; and White Plains.

All members of the local community are invited to join an intergenerational dinner conversation on the importance of love in these difficult times sponsored by Trinity Spiritual Center at Trinity Episcopal Church, 651 Pequot Ave., Southport, Connecticut.

Part of the nationwide “Generations Over Dinner” movement, the dinner party led by Michael Hebb whom “The New York Times” calls an “underground restauranteur and provocateur,” will take place Sunday, Jan. 29, from 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. and is open to all. No affiliation with Trinity is required.

The importance of intimate relationships will be a major theme of the evening.

More than one million individuals around the world have participated in Hebb’s dinner parties over the past 10 years.

Over the course of the evening, Hebb will engage participants in a deeply engaging conversation about the many ways that intimacy and connection in all its forms transforms our lives.  Following this highly interactive discussion, over a family-style dinner, attendees will begin to share ways in which love has transformed their lives. The mix of generations around each table will bring each age group’s perspective to bear on the topic.

“Gen Z, millennials, baby boomers, and the silent generation can all benefit from a better understanding of each other’s lessons of love,” said Mark Grayson, director of Trinity Spiritual Center. “Don’t know what a ‘situationship’ is, or what ‘this magic moment’ means? This is your chance to bridge the gap.”

Hebb is the founder of Deathoverdinner.org, Drugsoverdinner.org and EOL. community. He is also the founding partner of Convivium, a creative agency that specializes in shifting culture through the use of thoughtful food and discourse-based gatherings. Convivium’s client list includes The Obama Foundation, Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, TEDMED, The World Economic Forum, Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, Clinton Global Initiative, X Prize Foundation, and The Nature Conservancy.

“We’re thrilled to help create a national movement that encourages shared wisdom,” said Hebb. “There is no question that cross-generational connection and collaboration can genuinely change the world. We hope that Generations Over Dinner drives meaningful conversations that deepen understanding across generations, underscoring the value of the life experience that is ours to share at every age.”

Registration is $40 per person.

WACKY LEGO TOY CONVERTOR

Now through Jan. 15 th, kids that visit Legoland ® Discovery Center Westchester can place a new, unopened toy into a wacky Lego toy convertor and watch their donated item be transformed into Legoland Discovery Center Westchester tickets. Guests can bring up to two items to be donated and in return they will receive one free admission ticket to Legoland Discovery Center Westchester, the “Ultimate Indoor Playground” located in Yonkers that can be used at a future date.

Master Model Builder Matthew Graham structured this Legotastic creation out of 1,000 Lego bricks, which took

over six hours to build. It features a working conveyer belt and two rotating eyes that bring it to life.

“Trying to make it actually dispense tickets required a lot of Lego mechanics that I usually don’t have to implement with a normal Lego model,” said Graham. “To use it, you load up tickets in the slot in the back and when a toy is dropped in the box, the creation comes to life and dispenses the ticket.”

All items collected by Legoland Discovery Center Westchester will be donated to local community organizations supporting children and families in need.

From left: Aleida Frederico, former senior relationship manager, vice president, TD Bank and chair of Westchester Hispanic Chamber of Commerce; Tom Gabriel, CEO United Way Westchester and Putnam; Jan Fisher, executive director, Nonprofit Westchester; Mary Calvi, WCBS TV anchor and author; Michelle A. Nichols, chief diversity officer and director of community development, PCSB Bank; Taryn Duffy, vice president, public affairs Northeast Group, Empire City Casino and MGM Springfield; and Elizabeth Bracken Thompson, partner Thompson & Bender.

Kristin B. Mayhew

Sebastian D’Acunto

COURT CASES

U.S. District Court, White Plains

Local business cases, Dec. 28Jan. 3

George R. Augustin, Boca Raton, Florida vs. K.C.K International, Sparrowbush, Orange County, et al, 22-cv-10969-PMH: Foreclosure.

Attorney: Michael A. Eisenberg.

Deborah Bacote-Wood, Bronx vs. Yonkers Kia, 22-cv-10970-CS: Truth in Lending.

Attorney: David M. Kasell.

Mordechai Kessler, Rockland County vs. Eastern Account System of Connecticut Inc., Brookfield, Connecticut, 22-cv-11004-NSR: Fair Debt Collection Practices Act, class action.

Attorney: Robert T. Yusko.

International Brotherhood of Teamsters, Rock Tavern, Orange County vs. A&W Products Inc., Port Jervis, Orange County, 23-cv-11: Civil enforcement of employee benefits.

Attorney: Dana L. Henke.

Michael Gorman, Yonkers vs. ASR Group Inc., Yonkers, et al, 23-cv-23: Americans with Disabilities Act.

Attorney: Max C. Bracero.

Shannon Victor, Newburgh, et al vs. Steelways Inc., Newburgh, et al, 23-cv-27: Employment discrimination, removal from Orange Supreme Court.

Attorneys: Shannon Victor and John Apungo for plaintiff, Peter Schuyler for defendant.

DEEDS

ON THE RECORD Facts & Figures

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

Questions and comments regarding this section should be directed to:

Fatime Muriqi

c/o Westfair Communications Inc. 701 Westchester Ave, Suite 100 J White Plains, N.Y. 10604-3407

Phone: 694-3600 • Fax: 694-3699

Above $1 million

113 Capital-49 Palisade Road LLC, Bedford Corners. Seller: Richmo Realty LLC, Bronx. Property: 49 Palisade Road, Rye. Amount: $1.2 million. Filed Dec. 21.

14 Kenilworth Lane LLC, Rye. Seller: Benjamin Schein and Elizabeth Winship, New York. Property: 14 Kenilworth Lane, Harrison. Amount: $1.3 million. Filed Dec. 20.

165 Huguenot Property Owner LLC, New York. Seller: FBRT Printhouse LLC, New York. Property: 165 Huguenot St., New Rochelle. Amount: $24 million. Filed Dec. 21.

34 Graham Road LLC, White Plains. Seller: Mooncrest Properties LLC, West Nyack. Property: 27-29 Fremont St., Harrison. Amount: $1.1 million. Filed Dec. 22.

8 Alden Place LLC, Dobbs Ferry. Seller: James B. and Jacqueline Bunn, Tuckahoe. Property: 8 Alden Place, Mount Vernon. Amount: $1.5 million. Filed Dec. 20.

Biltmore Gardens LLC, White Plains. Seller: Biltmore Gardens Development LLC, Fairfield, Connecticut. Property: Polly Park Drive, Harrison. Amount: $3.9 million. Filed Dec. 21.

Brooks Realty of Mount Kisco LLC, Mount Kisco. Seller: 15 Kensico LLC, Bethesda, Maryland. Property: 15 Kensico Drive, Mount Kisco. Amount: $3.5 million. Filed Dec. 21.

Capano, Gerald Jr. and Jenine Capano, Yonkers. Seller: 6 Whistler LLC, Delray Beach, Florida. Property: 6 Whistler Road, Yonkers. Amount: $1.2 million. Filed Dec. 21.

Humphrey Design & Build LLC, Pelham Manor. Seller: Jacqueline Dow and Brian Fithian, New York. Property: 85 Third St. Pelham. Amount: $1.2 million. Filed Dec. 19.

Kl Toll Fort Aiv LLC, New York. Seller: Toll Northeast V Corp., Fort Washington, Pennsylvania. Property: 4 Wallace Way, New Castle. Amount: $1.9 million. Filed Dec. 22.

Lowney, Christine, White Plains. Seller: Weichert Workforce Mobility Inc., Morris Plains, New Jersey. Property: 62 Greenridge Ave., White Plains. Amount: $1.2 million. Filed Dec. 20.

Millman, Paul Martin, Mamaroneck. Seller: FG Monitor LLC, Larchmont. Property: 18 Helena Ave., Mamaroneck. Amount: $1.7 million. Filed Dec. 16.

Morris Pl Yonkers LLC, Scarsdale. Seller: 2 Morris Place Realty Corp., Bronx. Property: 2 Morris Place, Yonkers. Amount: $1.1 million. Filed Dec. 16.

Schilling, Augustine and Laura, Rye, Seller: Blue Fin Holdings LLC, Old Greenwich, Connecticut. Property: 5 Hook Road, Rye. Amount: $1.5 million. Filed Dec. 22.

Sugar Magnolia Investors LLC, Jupiter, Florida. Seller: WMN Key Estates LLC, Valley Stream, Property: 190 Gramatan Ave., Mount Vernon. Amount: $1 million. Filed Dec. 22.

Below $1 million

164 Richard LLC, Rye. Seller: 35 Summit LLC, East Elmhurst. Property: 35 Summit Ave., Rye. Amount: $630,000. Filed Dec. 21.

231 Lockwood Ave Realty Corp, Yonkers. Seller: 231 Lockwood Avenue LLC, Yonkers. Property: 231 Lockwood Ave., Yonkers. Amount: $600,000. Filed Dec. 22.

506 Ashford Avenue LLC, Bay Harbor Islands, Florida. Seller: Ardsley44 LLC, New York. Property: 506 Ashford Ave., Greenburgh. Amount: $475,000. Filed Dec. 19.

52 Et LLC, Rye. Seller: Genesis Provider LLC, Bronx. Property: 52 Emmett Terrace, New Rochelle. Amount: $775,000. Filed Dec. 16.

Cairde LLC, Leonia, New Jersey. Seller: City of Yonkers. Property: 263 Central Park Ave., Yonkers. Amount: $58,000. Filed Dec. 20.

Diplan, Caroline, Yonkers. Seller: 320 VC Realty LLC, Yonkers. Property: 322 Van Cortland Park Ave., Yonkers. Amount: $900,000. Filed Dec. 21.

Duberry, Catherine L., et al, Brooklyn. Seller: 28 Duryea Ave LLC, Bronx. Property: 28 Duryea Ave., Mount Vernon. Amount: $740,000. Filed Dec. 20.

Edelman, Karl and Alyce Paniagua, Katonah. Seller: Elevation Real Property LLC, Putnam Valley. Property: 64 Griffin Ave., Bedford. Amount: $645,000. Filed Dec. 16.

Equity Ventures Group LLC, Stamford, Connecticut. Seller: Bradford C. and Candance Gregory. Property: 287 Clinton Ave., New Rochelle. Amount: $680,000. Filed Dec. 20.

Fleischman, Roseanne, Yonkers. Seller: 178 Wyndcliff LLC, Yonkers. Property: 38 Cantitoe Road, Yonkers. Amount: $500,000. Filed Dec. 20.

Fontana, Richard, White Plains. Seller: Lord & Chin Properties LLC, Yonkers. Property: 15 Hutchinson Blvd., Mount Vernon. Amount: $282,000. Filed Dec. 20.

Gallego, Maria C., Ossining. Seller: Chuchuca Family LLC, Ossining. Property: 35 Clinton Ave., Ossining. Amount: $465,000. Filed Dec. 16.

Gorham, Ralph and Ernestine Gorham, Mount Vernon. Seller: 330 1AMV LLC, Brooklyn. Property: 330 First Ave., Mount Vernon. Amount: $500,000. Filed Dec. 19.

Grafton 13 LLC, Port Chester. Seller: Loracon LLC, Port Chester. Property: 19 Washington St., Rye. Amount: $650,000. Filed Dec. 16.

Hedgerow Properties LLC, Weston, Connecticut. Seller: Steven Gallen and Elizabeth Haas, Larchmont. Property: 1 Winding Brook Drive, Mamaroneck. Amount: $150,000. Filed Dec. 22.

Hedgerow Properties LLC, Larchmont. Seller: Maysoon Holdings LLC, Larchmont. Property: 1 Winding Brook Drive, Mamaroneck. Amount: $925,000. Filed Dec. 19.

Karben, Ryan S., Pomona. Seller: Deutsche Bank National Trust Co, West Palm Beach, Florida. Property: 66 Saratoga Ave., Yonkers. Amount: $841,000. Filed Dec. 21.

Lewis, Marcelle G., Mount Vernon. Seller: Moa Realty Investor LLC, Bronx. Property: 52 Winfield Ave. Mount Vernon. Amount: $900,000. Filed Dec. 19.

Mauro, Brenda M., New Rochelle. Seller: New Project Management LLC, Forest Hills. Property: 24 Island View Place, New Rochelle. Amount: $226,000. Filed Dec. 20.

McCrudden, Carol, Cortlandt Manor. Seller: LoBiondo Mary J., Croton-on-Hudson. Property: 1302 Jacobs Hill Road, Cortlandt. Amount: $349,000. Filed Dec. 21.

McGuire Lane LLC, West Hempstead. Seller: GM6 Cortlandt LLC, Yonkers. Property: Mount Airy Road, Cortlandt. Amount: $370,000. Filed Dec. 21.

Midas Holding Corp, Ossining. Seller: Andre M. Fernandes, Cortlandt Manor. Property: 209211 Main St., Ossining. Amount: $350,000. Filed Dec. 20.

Ruggiero, Joseph, Chappaqua. Seller: Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corp., McClean, Virginia. Property: 121 Foxwood Circle, Mount Kisco. Amount: $409,000. Filed Dec. 22.

Sayegh, Fadia and Nadia Shehadeh, Yonkers. Seller: 151 AM Realty Corp, Yonkers. Property: 151 Douglas Ave., Yonkers. Amount: $700,000. Filed Dec. 22.

Somers Crossings LLC, Goldens Bridge. Seller: Alan R. and Elise Kaufman, Cross River. Property: 11 Amber Lane, Somers. Amount: $939,000. Filed Dec. 16.

Steck, James, Mahopac. Seller: 3 Narcissus Drive LLC, Brewster. Property: 3 Narcissus Drive, Somers. Amount: $135,000. Filed Dec. 20.

TLC Contractors Corp., Rockville Centre Seller: Shane I. Markey, White Plains. Property: 60 Smith Ave., White Plains. Amount: $710,000. Filed Dec. 20.

Us Bank Trust NA, Dallas, Texas. Seller: Carr Olga, Glendale. Property: 358 B Heritage Hills, Unit B, Somers. Amount: $476,000. Filed Dec. 22.

Zhang, Zhengqi and Mingjing Sun, Goldens Bridge. Seller: Ras Closing Services LLC, Glen Ellyn, Illinois. Property: 14 Quincy Court, Lewisboro. Amount: $399,000. Filed Dec. 16.

Zoom Forward LLC, Woodland Hills, California. Seller: Zhunio T. Junior and Andres Enriquez, Ossining. Property: 37 Kings Ferry Road, Cortlandt. Amount: $429,000. Filed Dec. 20.

FEDERAL TAX LIENS, $10,000 or greater,

Westchester County, Dec 28Jan. 3

Angelos Pizza and Pasta Inc.: Port Chester, 2018 - 2020 quarterly taxes, $10,724.

Bachi & Son Corp. Scarsdale: 2021 quarterly and unemployment taxes, $23,011.

Carolyn Dempsey Design Inc.: Port Chester, 2021 - 2022 quarterly taxes, $75,516.

Clarke, Juan: Cortlandt, 2016 personal income, $23,910.

CR Enterprises Ltd. Ossining, 2018 - 2021 unemployment and quarterly taxes, $24,259.

Cupak, Francis Bronxville, 2013, 2015 - 2016, 2018 - 2020 personal income, $74,894.

Cupak, Patricia: Bronxville, 2013, 2015 - 2016, 2020 personal income, $39,108.

Egan, James P. Jr.: Yonkers, 2016 - 2017, 2020 - 2021 personal income, $22,016.

Egan, Hedwig M.: Yonkers, 2016, 2020 - 2021 personal income, $13,186.

Ferrante, Louis Valhalla, 20172019 personal income, $87,703.

Gordon, Thelma: White Plains, 2021 personal income, $13,168.

Kim, Soojin S.: White Plains, 2018 personal income, $29,485.

Martabano, Alfred V.: Katonah: 2021 personal income, $38,743.

Premier Advance Contracting Inc.: White Plains, 2019, 2021 corporate income, unemployment and failure to file correct information, $10,427.

Siegle, Amy R. and Eric W. Siegle: Pleasantville, 2020 personal income, $192,574.

Warshafsky, Stephen: White Plains, 2018 personal income, $29,485.

Yudell, Kenneth S.: Scarsdale: 2017 - 2021 personal income, $219,607.

JUDGMENTS

Atlantic Specialty Insurance Co., Plymouth, Minnesota. $651,281 in favor of CNB Contracting Corp., Bronx. Filed Dec. 23.

Brio Digital Inc., Purchase. $33,462 in favor of Anthony Watkins, White Plains. Filed Dec. 16.

Cambell, Cynthia B., White Plains. $13,571 in favor of Wells Fargo Bank NA, West Des Moines, Iowa. Filed Dec. 19.

Caraballo, Ana, Yonkers. $9,695 in favor of Synchrony Bank, Draper, Utah. Filed Dec. 16.

Carter, Renae, Mount Vernon. $13,537 in favor of LVNV Funding LLC, Greenville, South Carolina. Filed Dec. 22.

Crea Stone Corp., New York. $75,605 in favor of State Insurance Fund, White Plains. Filed Dec. 19.

Crossroad Building Corp., et al, Tarrytown. $1,365,665 in favor of Patrick J. Kennedy, Brewster. Filed Dec. 20.

Giandurco, Michael J., Port Chester. $12,972 in favor of John D. Cooney, Port Chester. Filed Dec. 21.

westchester county

Facts & Figures

Greem, Zegory A., Hopewell Junction. $5,749 in favor of Merchants Insurance Group, Buffalo. Filed Dec. 16.

Klein, Stephanie, Hartsdale. $27,000 in favor of Natalia Gourari, White Plains. Filed Dec. 23.

Latimer, David C., White Plains. $32,581 in favor of Security Credit Services LLC, Oxford, Mississippi. Filed Dec. 16.

Leahy, Theresa, South Salem. $6,879 in favor of Association of Oakridge Condominiums Inc., Stamford, Connecticut. Filed Dec. 23.

Lojano, Pablo A., White Plains. $3,507 in favor of Absolute Resolutions Investments LLC, Bloomington, Minnesota. Filed Dec. 22.

Marrou, Arturo, Yonkers. $7,213 in favor of Wells Fargo Bank NA, West Des Moines, Iowa. Filed Dec. 22.

Mundo, Steven and Tobias Lionel, Fishkill. $7,318 in favor of Jeffrey Park Ltd, Scarsdale. Filed Dec. 16.

Perez, Jasmine B., Ossining. $4,584 in favor of JWD & Sons Ltd., Ossining. Filed Dec. 21.

Prashad, Steven, Yonkers. $10,064 in favor of Westchester County Healthcare Corp, Valhalla. Filed Dec. 16.

Roth, Jeffrey, Wilmington, Delaware. $14,468 in favor of S&K Distribution LLC, White Plains. Filed Dec. 22.

Soho Construction NYC Inc., et al, Harrison. $88,556 in favor of Sali Rakower, Scarsdale. Filed Dec. 16.

Valerio, Yrkania A., Yonkers. $26,125 in favor of William Kraus, Yonkers. Filed Dec. 16.

LIS PENDENS

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

Gaynor, Gail L., as owner. Filed by Deutsche Bank National Trust Co. Action: Foreclosure of a mortgage in the principal amount of $500,000 affecting property located at 953 Wilmot Road, Scarsdale. Filed Dec. 22.

Henriques, Luis M., as owner.

Filed by Deutsche Bank National Trust Co. Action: Foreclosure of a mortgage in the principal amount of $346,500 affecting property located at 140 Stone Ave., Yonkers. Filed Dec. 21.

Hicks, Ruthmarie G., as owner.

Filed by US Bank National Association Trust. Action: Foreclosure of a mortgage in the principal amount of $172,000 affecting property located at 2 Hunting Ridge Road, White Plains. Filed Dec. 19.

Johnson, Cyrus, as owner. Filed by Lakeview Loan Servicing LLC. Action: Foreclosure of a mortgage in the principal amount of $455,840 affecting property located at 68 Bruce Ave., Yonkers. Filed Dec. 19.

Kessel, Janet, as owner. Filed by US Bank National Association Trust. Action: Foreclosure of a mortgage in the principal amount of $284,000 affecting property located at 404 S. Second Ave., Mount Vernon. Filed Dec. 20.

Landmark Condo Board Manager, as owner. Filed by Valley National Bank. Action: Foreclosure of a mortgage in the principal amount of $225,000 affecting property located at 1 Landmark Square, Unit 405, Port Chester. Filed Dec. 23.

Levin, Jeffrey L., as owner. Filed by Wells Fargo Bank NA. Action: Foreclosure of a mortgage in the principal amount of $450,000 affecting property located at 16 Ridgedale Road, Scarsdale. Filed Dec. 19.

Mcintosh, Robert, as owner. Filed by US Bank National Trust. Action: Foreclosure of a mortgage in the principal amount of $294,000 affecting property located at 463 E. Fifth St., Mount Vernon. Filed Dec. 23.

Reyes, Sandra, as owner. Filed by HSBC Bank USA Trust. Action: Foreclosure of a mortgage in the principal amount of $335,000 affecting property located at 4 Linden Ave., Ossining. Filed Dec. 22.

Scanlan, Dennis, as owner.

Filed by Wells Fargo Bank National Trust. Action: Foreclosure of a mortgage in the principal amount of $650,000 affecting property located at 144 Old Lake St., West Harrison. Filed Dec. 19.

State of New York, as owner.

Filed by Deutsche Bank National Trust Co. Action: Foreclosure of a mortgage in the principal amount of $385,000 affecting property located at 228 N. Fifth Ave., Mount Vernon. Filed Dec. 22.

United States of America Secretary of Housing and Urban Development, as owner.

Filed by Bank of America NA. Action: Foreclosure of a mortgage in the principal amount of $847,500 affecting property located at 99 Colonial Ave., Larchmont. Filed Dec. 21.

Williams, Rachel, as owner. Filed by Cascade Funding Mortgage Trust. Action: Foreclosure of a mortgage in the principal amount of $1,239,300 affecting property located at 91 Cortlandt Ave., New Rochelle. Filed Dec. 21.

Woodchips Construction Inc., as owner. Filed by New Hope Ventures LLC. Action: Foreclosure of a mortgage in the principal amount of $1,210,000 affecting property located at 70 Hook Road, Cortlandt. Filed Dec. 21.

Mechanic’s Liens

114 Birchall Drive LLC, Scarsdale. $80,000 in favor of Emerald Tree & Shrub Care Inc., New Rochelle. Filed Dec. 22.

Brown, Calvin B., White Plains. $1,400 in favor of Danny’s Electric Builders Corp., White Plains. Filed Dec. 22.

Long Court Realty Inc., White Plains. $7,348 in favor of CRP Sanitation Inc., Cortland Manor. Filed Dec. 22.

McBean, Carl-Ann, Mount Vernon. $14,000 in favor of Danny’s Electric Builders Corp., White Plains. Filed Dec. 22.

Miroza Tower LLC, Yonkers. $23,800 in favor of 4JS Express LLC, Newark, New Jersey. Filed Dec. 21.

Naulaguari, Jose, White Plains. $3,550 in favor of Danny’s Electric Builders Corp., White Plains. Filed Dec. 22.

Nicholas, Joseph C., Mount Vernon. $227,173 in favor of Urena Construction & Design Inc., Queens. Filed Dec. 23.

Zuckerman, Kenneth, Somers. $7,000 in favor of Honey Do Men Gutters Inc., Carmel. Filed Dec. 21.

NEW BUSINESSES

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

PARTNERSHIPS

SOLE PROPRIETORSHIPS

Ardyss Processing Center, 38 Cliff Ave., Yonkers, 10705. Filed Dec. 22.

Beauty Salon, 39 Park Hill Ave., Yonkers, 10701. Filed Dec. 21.

Clarity Energy Healing, 1007 McKinley St., Peekskill, 10566. Filed Dec. 21.

D. Natalie Ludewig Lcsw-R, 21 Herbert Ave., White Plains, 10606. Filed Dec. 22.

Danny Fran Construction & Carpentry, 11 Croton St., Ossining, 10562. Filed Dec. 20.

Dimitry, Francois M.D., 600 Mamaroneck Ave., Harrison, 10528. Filed Dec. 20.

Edge To Edge Contracting, 63 Elmore Ave., Croton-on-Hudson, 10520. Filed Dec. 21.

Feleecie, 160 Long Ridge Road, Bedford, 10506. Filed Dec. 22.

Gedney Trading Co., 155 Ferris Ave., White Plains, 10603. Filed Dec. 21.

Indios Automotive, 891 Saw Mill River Road, Ardsley, 10502. Filed Dec. 22.

Jemee Cake, 85 Riverdale Ave., Yonkers, 10701. Filed Dec. 20.

Lcc Consulting, 11 Mount Joy Place, New Rochelle, 10801. Filed Dec. 22.

Navarro Repair, 13 Belway, White Plains, 10601. Filed Dec. 23.

Nicrest, 87 High St., No. 7E Yonkers, 10703. Filed Dec. 21.

O Fresh Food, 23 Sarah St., Ossining, 10562. Filed Dec. 21.

Pinpin Collectibles, 2005 Palmer Ave., No. 171, Larchmont, 10538. Filed Dec. 20.

Rite On Tim3, 891 Saw Mill River Road, Ardsley, 10502. Filed Dec. 21.

Scott Consulting, 1104 Elm St., Peekskill, 10566. Filed Dec. 19.

HUDSON VALLEY

BUILDING LOANS

Above $1 million

Arthur May Redevelopment Holdings LLC, as owner. Lender: NY Green Bank. Property: in Poughkeepsie. Amount: $19 million. Filed Dec. 22.

Northeast Community Bank, as owner. Lender: 24 Memorial Park LLC. Property: 22 Memorial Park Drive, Spring Valley. Amount: $6.9 million. Filed Dec. 22.

Below $1 million

Conventus LLC, as owner. Lender: 25 Park Ave LLC. Property: 25 Park Ave., Monroe. Amount: $320,000. Filed Dec. 14.

Flatiron Realty Capital LLC, as owner. Lender: Return Home Solutions LLC. Property: 806 Foster Ave., Brooklyn. Amount: $75,000. Filed Dec. 15.

Katz, David, as owner. Lender: Prime Lending. Property: in LaGrange. Amount: $585,900. Filed Dec. 19.

Kiavi Funding Inc., as owner. Lender: Deal House Capital Fund I LLC. Property: 12 Van Cleft Ave., Newburgh. Amount: $202,000. Filed Dec. 15.

Ko Storage of Staatsburg LLC, as owner. Lender: Community Bank National Association.

Property: in Hyde Park. Amount: $300,000. Filed Dec. 22.

RC Property Holdings Inc., as owner. Lender: Velocity Commercial Capital LLC. Property: in Poughkeepsie. Amount: $189,000. Filed Dec. 20.

Rock East Funding LLC, as owner. Lender: 146 Johnston Street LLC. Property: 146 Johnston St., Newburgh. Amount: $116,000. Filed Dec. 14.

TEG Federal Credit Union, as owner. Lender: Xtreme Construction & Properties LLC. Property: Woodside Court, Crawford. Amount: $250,000. Filed Dec. 14.

DEEDS

Above $1 million

16 Manor LLC, Monsey. Seller: Shmuel and Reisel Melber, Monsey. Property: 18 Manor Drive, Monsey. Amount: $1.2 million. Filed Dec. 19.

247 249 North Middletown Road LLC, Valley Cottage. Seller: Three Q LP, Nyack. Property: 247 249 North Middletown Road, Pearl River, New York 10965 Amount: $2.5 million. Filed Dec. 23.

Marmorstein Union City Package Holdings LLC, Monsey. Seller: Mendy and Bracha Fisher, Spring Valley. Property: 60 N. Cole Ave., Spring Valley, New York 10977 Amount: $1.5 million. Filed Dec. 20.

Shulammite LLC and LFMH LLC, Fort Lee, New Jersey. Seller: Panera LLC, St. Louis, Missouri.

Property: 15 N. Airmont Road, Airmont. Amount: $4.6 million. Filed Dec. 14.

Sperber, Shlomie and Sperber, Pessy, Spring Valley. Seller: 70 Union LLC, Monsey. Property: 70 Union Road, Spring Valley, New York 10977 Amount: $1.2 million. Filed Dec. 22.

Weisz, Binyomin, Spring Valley. Seller: 21 SAML LLC, Monsey. Property: 21 Sam Law Drive, Spring Valley, New York 10952 Amount: $1.5 million. Filed Dec. 21.

Below $1 million

123 Depew LLC, Brooklyn. Seller: Christine Borno and Catherine Laine, Spring Valley. Property: 123 Depew Ave., Nyack, New York 10960 Amount: $500,000. Filed Dec. 20.

292 Middle LLC, Pearl River. Seller: Poletto Family Trust, et al, Nanuet. Property: 292 S. Middletown Road, Nanuet, New York 10954 Amount: $550,000. Filed Dec. 20.

298 Middle LLC, Pearl River. Seller: Poletto Family Trust, Nanuet. Property: 298 S. Middletown Road, Nanuet. Amount: $550,000. Filed Dec. 19.

35 Algonquin LLC, Newburgh. Seller: Norman and Racheline Schwartz and Joseph N. Hood, New City. Property: 35 Algonquin Drive, Stony Point. Amount: $600,000. Filed Dec. 16.

35 Dickinson LLC, Monsey. Seller: Diane Goldberg and Family Guardian ServicesGuardian, Cedarhurst. Property: 35 Dickinson Ave., Nyack, New York 10960 Amount: $225,000. Filed Dec. 23.

5 Coolidge LLC, Brooklyn. Seller: Victor Brown and Audrey Lee, Haverstraw. Property: 5 Coolidge St., Haverstraw. Amount: $280,000. Filed Dec. 14.

Battaglia, Stacy and Schlacter, Ean, Piermont. Seller: Vendra Capital LLC, Valley Cottage. Property: 39 Lake Road, Valley Cottage. Amount: $399,000. Filed Dec. 15.

Busari Alabi, Funsho, Elmsford. Seller: SMK Home Builders Inc., Congers Property: 32 Endicott St., Congers. Amount: $745,000. Filed Dec. 19.

CCET LLC, New City. Seller: Kenneth S. and Linda A. Rones, New City. Property: 5 Gem Court New City, New York 10956 Amount: $730,000. Filed Dec. 20.

Druid Court LLC, Monsey. Seller: Stephen and Hindee Eldridge, Suffern. Property: 7 Druid Court Montebello, New York 10901 Amount: $460,000. Filed Dec. 20.

Herman, Shlomo, Lakewood, New Jersey. Seller: 2 4 Park LLC, Spring Valley. Property: 2 Park St., Spring Valley, New York 10977 Amount: $825,000. Filed Dec. 23.

Facts & Figures

Kron Management Inc., New City. Seller: Greater Horizon Homes Real Estate LLC, New City. Property: 135 Maple Ave., New City. Amount: $450,000. Filed Dec. 19.

Lamm, Yaakov and Mondrowitz, Esther M., Spring Valley. Seller: ZH Holdings 2 LLC, New City. Property: 16 Appledale Lane, Chestnut Ridge. Amount: $648,270. Filed Dec. 14.

Martinez, Jorge, Hyde Park. Seller: TC Losee Realty LLC, LaGrangeville. Property: in Hyde Park. Amount: $50,000. Filed Dec. 19.

NC 77 Main Owner LLC, Norwood, New Jersey. Seller: 77 Main Street LLC, Tappan. Property: 77 Main St., Tappan, New York 10983 Amount: $275,000. Filed Dec. 20.

Neiman, Pinchus S., Monsey. Seller: Jeckyll Associates LLC, Myrtle Beach, South Carolina. Property: 71 Wayne Ave., Suffern, New York 10901 Amount: $400,000. Filed Dec. 22.

Pasikov, Shlomo B. and Pasikov, Chaya S., Brooklyn. Seller: 14 Calvert LLC, Airmont. Property: 14 Calvert Drive, Monsey. Amount: $580,000. Filed Dec. 14.

Rosenberger, Hindy and Mechelovits, Jankel, Monsey. Seller: 14 Calvert LLC, Airmont. Property: 14 Calvert Drive, Monsey. Amount: $595,000. Filed Dec. 15.

S&M Portfolio LLC, Brooklyn. Seller: White Falcon Farms Inc., et al, Grandview-on-Hudson. Property: 17 Ash St., Piermont, New York 10968 Amount: $90,000. Filed Dec. 20.

Schwartz Main Street Holding LLC, Brooklyn. Seller: DNF Enterprises Inc., Garnerville. Property: 125 Hudson Ave., Garnerville. Amount: $745,000. Filed Dec. 14.

Schwartz Main Street Holding LLC, Brooklyn. Seller: Sondra J. Nadohl and Stefano Bongiorno, Nyack. Property: 9 New Main St., Haverstraw. Amount: $910,000. Filed Dec. 14.

Stonehedge Heights Corp, Spring Valley. Seller: Ira Blassberg, Nanuet. Property: 25 Fant Farm Lane Montebello, New York 10901 Amount: $350,000. Filed Dec. 23.

Suffern Community Development LLC, Monsey. Seller: Maria Ann Grillone, Suffern. Property: 4 Noe Ave., Suffern. Amount: $570,000. Filed Dec. 14.

Suffern Hill LLC, Brooklyn. Seller: Clapton Holdings LLC, Brooklyn. Property: 103 Montebello Road, Montebello. Amount: $741,000. Filed Dec. 15.

Taub, Avraham, Spring Valley. Seller: 169 South Pascack LLC, Brooklyn. Property: 169 S. Pascack Road, Nanuet. Amount: $990,000. Filed Dec. 16.

Tweed VP Holdings LLC, Monsey. Seller: James D. and Pamela L. Watson, Owl’s Head, Maine. Property: 29 Tweed Blvd., Nyack. Amount: $15,000. Filed Dec. 19.

JUDGMENTS

Alvarez, Claudio J., Middletown. $15,115 in favor of Citizens Bank, Johnston, Rhode Island. Filed Dec. 20.

Artistic Landscapes LLC, Montgomery. $15,592 in favor of TD Bank, Jacksonville, Florida. Filed Dec. 16.

Balles, Jason, Washingtonville. $11,176 in favor of Ford Motor Credit Company LLC, Dearborn, Michigan. Filed Dec. 14.

Bannister, Janiece, Newburgh. $808 in favor of Midland Credit Management Inc., San Diego, California. Filed Dec. 19.

Cabrera, Leandro G., Highland Falls. $1,248 in favor of Lissette M. Rojas. Filed Dec. 16.

Chapman, Cynthia, Port Jervis. $1,253 in favor of LVNV Funding LLC, Las Vegas, Nevada. Filed Dec. 20.

Chiriguaya, Johnny, Middletown. $1,715 in favor of Cavalry SPV I LLC and Comenity Bank, Greenwich, Connecticut. Filed Dec. 13.

Colandrea, Robbin, Newburgh. $1,164 in favor of Midland Credit Managenment Inc., San Diego, California. Filed Dec. 14.

Cortez, Eric, Newburgh. $1,204 in favor of Midland Credit Management Inc., San Diego, California. Filed Dec. 14.

Depuy, Evan, New Windsor. $4,340 in favor of LVNV Funding LLC, Las Vegas, Nevada. Filed Dec. 16.

DSM Inc., Monroe. $75,000 in favor of Monroe Village, Monroe. Filed Dec. 16.

Dutra, Christina A. Pltf, Washingtonville. $1,209 in favor of Sunday Riley Modern Skincare LLC Deft, Houston, Texas. Filed Dec. 13.

Garcia, Mario, Warwick. $4,132 in favor of Credit Acceptance Corp, Southfield, Michigan. Filed Dec. 20.

Halaychuk, Irina, Newburgh. $2,212 in favor of Cavalry SPV I LLC, Las Vegas, Nevada. Filed Dec. 20.

Hawkins, Taisha, Monroe. $6,183 in favor of Cavalry SPV I LLC, Greenwich, Connecticut. Filed Dec. 20.

Iglesias, Leonardo, Port Jervis. $2,413 in favor of Toyota Motor Credit Corp., Plano, Texas. Filed Dec. 14.

Illenberg, Christopher M. and Calabrese Felicite L., Walden. $4,500 in favor of 35 Orange LLC, Walden. Filed Dec. 19.

Lenci, Mary, Florida. $4,859 in favor of JPMorgan Chase Bank, Wilmington, Delaware. Filed Dec. 13.

Mack, Mark E. Jr., Middletown. $16,798 in favor of Melissa S. Beecher, Sparrowbush. Filed Dec. 12.

Mckenzie, Marcus, Newburgh. $2,222 in favor of LVNV Funding LLC, Las Vegas, Nevada. Filed Dec. 19.

Motta, Victor, Middletown. $1,039 in favor of Midland Credit Management Inc., San Diego, California. Filed Dec. 19.

Negron, Rafael J., Newburgh. $1,089 in favor of Yasmin M. Alvarez, Newburgh. Filed Dec. 12.

Pavuluri, Dulcie J., Warwick. $6,546 in favor of JPMorgan Chase Bank, Wilmington, Delaware. Filed Dec. 16.

Peterson, Travonna S., Monroe. $3,689 in favor of Synchrony Bank, Draper, Utah. Filed Dec. 13.

Ramos, Aristedes, Newburgh. $4,249 in favor of Synchrony Bank, Draper, Utah. Filed Dec. 12.

Riccio, Alea Nicole, Newburgh. $1,741 in favor of Midland Credit Management Inc., San Diego, California. Filed Dec. 19.

Rivas, Nelson R., Monroe. $25,299 in favor of Janeen M. Giler, New City. Filed Dec. 16.

Rivera, Joseph and Carmen A. Negron, Harriman. $8,257 in favor of MYB Monroe Inc., Monroe. Filed Dec. 14.

Sanchez, Samuel J., Middletown. $3,309 in favor of Capital One Bank, Glen Allen, Virginia. Filed Dec. 16.

Schwartz, Simon and Matty Schwartz, Monroe. $1,712 in favor of Ford Motor Credit Company LLC, Dearborn, Michigan. Filed Dec. 14.

Shiles, Maria, Newburgh. $2,438 in favor of Jefferson Capital Systems LLC, St. Cloud, Minnesota. Filed Dec. 13.

Smith, James J., Monroe. $2,648 in favor of Jenny E. Brandao, Port Jervis Filed Dec. 16.

Snoop, Patrick, Monroe. $13,066 in favor of LVNV Funding LLC, Las Vegas, Nevada. Filed Dec. 20.

Sooknarine, Teeluck, Walden. $7,617 in favor of Calvalry SPV I LLC and Citibank, Greenwich, Connecticut. Filed Dec. 15.

Spylios, Denise L., Newburgh. $2,605 in favor of Discover Bank, New Albany, Ohio. Filed Dec. 12.

Urban, Jose Jr., Newburgh. $9,112 in favor of Credit Acceptance Corp., Southfield, Michigan. Filed Dec. 14.

Valladares, Maryalma, Newburgh. $2,610 in favor of Synchrony Bank, Draper, Utah. Filed Dec. 12.

Vaquero, Felipe, Newburgh. $3,555 in favor of Toyota Motor Credit Corp., Plano, Texas. Filed Dec. 14.

Vazquez, Edwin, Newburgh. $3,435 in favor of Synchrony Bank, Draper, Utah. Filed Dec. 12.

MECHANIC’S LIENS

Berkowitz, Mayer, as owner. $8,533 in favor of M&S Electric Services Corp. Property: 4 Austra Pkwy. Woodbury. Filed Dec. 23.

Buck Knoll Hunting Club Inc., as owner. $444,026 in favor of Terrasmart Inc. Property: in Deerpark. Filed Dec. 14.

Delicio, Daniel N. and Claudia Franciamore Delicio, as owner. $23,195 in favor of Leonard Development LLC. Property: in Montgomery. Filed Dec. 22.

Elizabeth, Colleen and Colleen Klages, as owner. $8,969 in favor of Jim Wild Well Drilling LLC. Property: 100 Grand Vista Court, Newburgh. Filed Dec. 19.

Gramazio, Anthony, as owner. $3,085 in favor of Roberts SC Inc. Property: 1430 Route 300, Newburgh. Filed Dec. 23.

Harris, Eula, as owner. $17,568 in favor of Emilia Restoration LLC and Servpro of Yonkers North LLC. Property: 86 Maple Road, Middletown. Filed Dec. 12.

Legoland New York LLC, as owner. $62,494 in favor of Stonhard and Stoncor Group Inc. Property: 420 Harriman Drive, Goshen. Filed Dec. 27.

MC Joint Venture Ltd., as owner. $61,485 in favor of Minuta Architecture PLLC, Minuta Joseph. Property: 314 Main St., Highland Falls. Filed Dec. 9.

Nugent, John and Kathleen Nugent, as owner. $5,791 in favor of Northwest Plumbing & Mechanical LLC Property: 25 Orchard St., Canaan, Connecticut. Filed Dec. 20.

OSJ of Newburgh LLC, as owner. $16,362 in favor of Roberts SC Inc. Property: 1430 Route 300, Newburgh. Filed Dec. 22.

Pickens Lance and Mincey Lance, as owner. $530 in favor of Hudson Valley Home Renewal Inc. and N. Hance Wood Refinishing. Property: 7 Wayne Place, Middletown. Filed Dec. 14.

Starlight Holdings LLC, as owner. $10,042 in favor of Grand Plumbing Inc. Property: Wildwood Drive, Newburgh. Filed Dec. 16.

NEW BUSINESSES

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

PARTNERSHIPS

Bristo, 1 Butternut Court, Highland Mills 10930. c/o Joseph A. Damico and Dylan Michael Dwyer. Filed Dec. 27.

SOLE PROPRIETORSHIPS

Brannu Aesthetics, 86 90 North St., Suite 207, Middletown 10940. c/o Danial Chareen Moses. Filed Dec. 28.

D&D Foods, 1 Homewood Ave., Newburgh 12550. c/o Darlene A. Green. Filed Dec. 28.

Downright Clever, 695 Lakes Road, Monroe 10950. c/o Daniel James Sutherland. Filed Dec. 22.

Dvc Distributors, 14 Dinev Road, No. 102, Monroe 10950. c/o Abraham Schwartz. Filed Dec. 28.

Harmony By Maria, 19 Estrada Road, Central Valley 10917. c/o Silva Maria Dela Luz. Filed Dec. 21.

Immune Center, 4 Innis Ave., Suite A, Newburgh 12550. c/o Albert L. Caccarile. Filed Dec. 20.

Jessica Makes, 27 Westwood Drive, Walden 12586. c/o Jessica Janet Perea. Filed Dec. 28.

Kingsfol Acupuncture, 75 Main St., Suite 1R, Goshen 10924. c/o Liang Jing Huang. Filed Dec. 27.

Myers Pickup Truck Rental, 175 Collarbar Road, Montgomery 12549. c/o Keith Samper Myers II. Filed Dec. 27.

Nib & Needle Designs, 3126 Radiere Loop, Apt. D, West Point 10996. c/o Grace Isabella McGiffin. Filed Dec. 20.

So Vicki, 327 Liberty St., Newburgh 12550. c/o Anne Elizabeth McCurdy. Filed Dec. 22.

Soulliftication Consulting Services, 283 River Road, Walden 12586. c/o Amy Palffy. Filed Dec. 22.

ON THE RECORD Facts & Figures

BUILDING PERMITS

Commercial

64 Wall Street Condominium Association Company LLC, Norwalk, contractor for 64 Wall Street Condominium Association Company LLC. Perform replacement alterations at 64 Wall St., Norwalk. Estimated cost: $25,000. Filed Nov. 15.

ABM 28 Bouton LLC, Norwalk, contractor for RCM 28 Bouton LLC. Perform replacement alterations at 28 Bouton St., Norwalk. Estimated cost: $3,000. Filed Nov. 3.

C&D Contractors LLC, Norwalk, contractor for Norman C. Bloom and Paul Zill. Remove shingles and install new asphalt shingles at 7 Edgewater Place, Norwalk. Estimated cost: $9,000. Filed Nov. 16.

Elite Construction Rentals, Norwalk, contractor for Westport Ave Partners LLC. Perform replacement alterations at 596 Westport Ave., Norwalk. Estimated cost: $329,030. Filed Nov. 7.

F. Akter M.D., Norwalk, contractor for F. Akter, M.D. Renovate attic and kitchen for living space at 145 S. Main St., Norwalk. Estimated cost: $4,000. Filed Nov. 16.

Forty-Six Chestnut Street LLC, Norwalk, contractor for Forty-Six Chestnut Street LLC. Perform replacement alterations at 46 Chestnut St., Norwalk. Estimated cost: $10,000. Filed Nov. 16.

Gilbane Building Co., Norwalk, contractor for Norwalk Hospital Association. Renovate first floor at 31 Stevens St., Norwalk. Estimated cost: $250,000. Filed Nov. 4.

Home Depot USA Inc., Norwalk, contractor for Christopher M. Guzman. Remove and replace five windows at 1 Walter Ave., No. 37, Norwalk. Estimated cost: $4,267. Filed Nov. 14.

KT Weldon Contracting, Norwalk, contractor for Wall Street Opportunity Fund LLC. Perform replacement alterations at 97 Wall St., Norwalk. Estimated cost: $15,000. Filed Nov. 15.

Lang Pool Service Inc., Norwalk, contractor for John Stephen Woodward. Install an in-ground rectangle vinyl pool at 97 County St., Norwalk. Estimated cost: $79,200. Filed Nov. 15.

MA Home improvement, Norwalk, contractor for Rudolph Passero Jr. Perform replacement alterations at 500 Connecticut Ave., Norwalk. Estimated cost: $250,000. Filed Nov. 10.

Magna Construction Limited LLC, Norwalk, contractor for Merritt 7 Venture LLC. Perform replacement alterations at 601 Merritt 7, Norwalk. Estimated cost: $1,480,000. Filed Nov. 1.

Moran Construction Management LLC, Norwalk, contractor for Sono Square Associates LLC. Construct additional storage space at 85-99 Water St., Norwalk. Estimated cost: $90,000. Filed Nov. 9.

Onice International LLC, Norwalk, contractor for 32 Knight Street Property LLC. Remove existing roof and re-roof 32 Knight St., Norwalk. Estimated cost: $28,800. Filed Nov. 4.

Rick’s Main Roofing Ltd., Norwalk, contractor for 295 Main Street LLC. Remove existing shingles and replace with new asphalt shingles at 295 Main St., Norwalk. Estimated cost: $34,160. Filed Nov. 2.

Seaman Construction Inc., Norwalk, contractor for Chestnut Street LLC 56. Construct a superstructure for one-story building at 54 Chestnut St., Norwalk. Estimated cost: $100,000. Filed Nov. 16.

Treglia, Richard, Norwalk, contractor for Gardella Brothers Limited Partnership. Construct a one-story addition for expanding kitchen at 48 Calf Pasture Beach Road, Norwalk. Estimated cost: $100,000. Filed Nov. 17.

Yew Street Partners LLC, Norwalk, contractor for Yew Street Partners LLC. Construct a superstructure for a two and ½-story single-family residence at 14 Yew St., Norwalk. Estimated cost: $500,000. Filed Nov. 4.

Residential

Able Construction Inc., Norwalk, contractor for White Barn LLC. Finish basement at 7 White Barns Lane, Unit 7A, Norwalk. Estimated cost: $20,000. Filed Nov. 4.

Able Construction Inc., Norwalk, contractor for White Barn LLC. Construct a superstructure for a single-family residence at 8 White Barns Lane, Norwalk. Estimated cost: $550,000. Filed Nov. 21.

Bankside Partners LLC, Norwalk, contractor for William P. and Mary Jo Fornshell. Replace deck at 38 Orchard Hill Road, Norwalk. Estimated cost: $5,624. Filed Nov. 17.

Brown Roofing Company Inc., Norwalk, contractor for Judith P. and William A. Corprew. Strip existing roof and re-roof 9 Orlando Place, Norwalk. Estimated cost: $11,356. Filed Nov. 4.

Carpentry and Handyman Concepts LLC, Norwalk, contractor for Grace M. Laporta. Replace existing deck at 18 Oak Hill Ave., Norwalk. Estimated cost: $17,000. Filed Nov. 7.

Charly Fandino Painting LLC, Norwalk, contractor for Victoria E. Bennett and Raymond D. Fagan. Remodel kitchen at 4 Farm Creek Road, Norwalk. Estimated cost: $30,000. Filed Nov. 2.

Dimeo, Michael, Norwalk, contractor for Francine R. Even and Roger Broward. Add space to workshop for yoga studio at 1 Lane Road, Norwalk. Estimated cost: $90,000. Filed Nov. 17.

Garian Property Maintenance Inc., Norwalk, contractor for Stephen J. Keeley. Strip existing roof and re-roof 21 Beverly Place, Norwalk. Estimated cost: $15,770. Filed Nov. 15.

Giczey, Paula A., Norwalk, contractor for Paula A. Giczey. Remove existing roof and re-roof 20 Priscilla Road, Norwalk. Estimated cost: $23,000. Filed Nov. 18.

Grimaldi, Anthony, Norwalk, contractor for Anthony Grimaldi. Construct a one-story addition at 4 Beechwood Road, Norwalk. Estimated cost: $53,000. Filed Nov. 14.

Home Energy Repair LLC, Norwalk, contractor for Ulrick Schambeck. Remove existing roof and re-roof 8 Pine Hill Ave., Norwalk. Estimated cost: $154,000. Filed Nov. 9.

Huerta, Julian B., Norwalk, contractor for Roxanne Bailey. Construct addition to single-family residence at 5 Junebar Lane, Norwalk. Estimated cost: $267,050. Filed Nov. 8.

J&J Angeles Home Improvement LLC, Norwalk, contractor for Arthur J. Milton Jr. Remove kitchen walls and install beam to create open space at 229 E. Rocks Road, Norwalk. Estimated cost: $7,200. Filed Nov. 7.

Jarlath Carbin Building & Remodeling Control LLC, Norwalk, contractor for Carbin and Celine G. Jarlath. Construct a foundation for a one-story addition at 18 Perry Ave., Norwalk. Estimated cost: $8,000. Filed Nov. 18.

Larchevesque Jr., Lee G. and Adriana M. Larchevesque, Norwalk, contractor for Lee G. Larchevesque Jr. Construct a superstructure for a single-family residence at 56 E. Rocks Road, Norwalk. Estimated cost: $145,000. Filed Nov. 7.

Larkin, Larry E., Norwalk, contractor for John David Massengil and Julia Kremer. Add a rear deck with a pergola and step down to grade at 5 Vincent Place, Norwalk. Estimated cost: $30,000. Filed Nov. 3.

Long Roofing LLC, Norwalk, contractor for David E. Smith. Strip roof and re-roof with asphalt shingles at 11 Patchen St., Norwalk. Estimated cost: $17,000. Filed Nov. 1.

Looney, Stephen T., Norwalk, contractor for Karen Brown. Remove existing roof and re-roof 5 Gregory Court, Norwalk. Estimated cost: $67,800. Filed Nov. 1.

MGM Renovations LLC, Norwalk, contractor for Helene Parker. Install a new screened porch with skylights at 70 Highland Ave., Norwalk. Estimated cost: $18,000. Filed Nov. 10.

Miecznikowska, Wanda and Katarzyna Miecznikowska, Norwalk, contractor for Wanda and Katarzyna Miecznikowska. Install a generator at a single-family residence at 109 Dry Hill Road, Norwalk. Estimated cost: $10,000. Filed Nov. 18.

Murphy, Laura E., Norwalk, contractor for Laura E. Murphy. Construct a two and 1/2 story residence at 20 Stony Brook Road, Norwalk. Estimated cost: $20,000. Filed Nov. 2.

Nestor Salinas Home Improvement Contractor LLC, Norwalk, contractor for Lauren E. Rath. Install a knee wall in the basement of a single-family residence in Norwalk. Estimated cost: $3,000. Filed Nov. 17.

O’Connor, Patrick, Norwalk, contractor for Patrick O’Connor. Construct a superstructure for a single-family residence at 198 1/2 W. Rocks Road, Norwalk. Estimated cost: $54,000. Filed Nov. 18.

Opalinski, Thomas A. and Nicole Opalinski, Norwalk, contractor for Thomas A. and Nicole Opalinski. Renovate the garage and construct a new deck at 158 Newton Ave., Norwalk. Estimated cost: $20,000. Filed Nov. 14.

Padilla, Jeffrey C. and Katherine E. Padilla, Norwalk, contractor for Jeffrey C. and Katherine E. Padilla. Add a bathroom and playroom at 65 Broad St., Norwalk. Estimated cost: $10,000. Filed Nov. 7.

Pirone Construction LLC, Norwalk, contractor for Robert E. Woods Jr. and Mary W. Woods. Renovate bathrooms at 7 Harbor Bluff Lane, Norwalk. Estimated cost: $275,000. Filed Nov. 18.

Power Home Remodeling Group LLC, Norwalk, contractor for West Avenue Properties LLC. Remove existing roof and re-roof 83 Cranbury Road, Norwalk. Estimated cost: $49,789. Filed Nov. 2.

Power Home Remodeling Group LLC, Norwalk, contractor for Sonny and Ninfa Mendoza. Remove and replace 15 windows at 104 Spring Hill Ave., Norwalk. Estimated cost: $24,724. Filed Nov. 4.

Power Home Remodeling Group LLC, Norwalk, contractor for Ronald S. and Jeanne C. Egut. Remove existing roof and re-roof 4 Silverledge Road, Norwalk. Estimated cost: $16,885. Filed Nov. 7.

Power Home Remodeling Group LLC, Norwalk, contractor for Grzegorz and Joanna A Fin. Remove existing siding and replace with vinyl siding at 6 Autumn St., Norwalk. Estimated cost: $35,564. Filed Nov. 7.

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

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Facts & Figures

Power Home Remodeling Group LLC, Norwalk, contractor for Estate of Sangkachand Pongsri. Remove existing roof and re-roof 1 Lake St., Norwalk. Estimated cost: $25,721. Filed Nov. 15.

Power Home Remodeling Group LLC, Norwalk, contractor for Carlos Perez and Nancy Rusinque. Remove existing roof and re-roof 2 Avenue C, Norwalk. Estimated cost: $25,232. Filed Nov. 15.

Power Home Remodeling Group LLC, Norwalk, contractor for Lawrence Reddock Sr. and Deborah Reddock. Remove existing siding and replace with insulated vinyl siding at 14 Lakewood Drive, Norwalk. Estimated cost: $32,036. Filed Nov. 15.

Power Home Remodeling Group LLC, Norwalk, contractor for Bonnie R. Judkins and Mark R. Judkins. Remove and replace roofing, vinyl siding and 12 windows at 8 Bayne Court, Norwalk. Estimated cost: $84,363. Filed Nov. 15.

Riga LLC, Norwalk, contractor for Dane S. Morrissey. Strip existing roof and re-roof and place new vinyl siding at 15 Ravenwood Road, Norwalk. Estimated cost: $39,475. Filed Nov. 7.

Riga LLC, Norwalk, contractor for James McEwan Jr. and Lisa McEwan. Strip existing roof and install new vinyl siding at 6 Coachmans Court, Norwalk. Estimated cost: $49,045. Filed Nov. 15.

Rudra, Tamm, Norwalk, contractor for Tamm Rudra. Construct a superstructure for a single-family residence at 7 Adams Lane, Norwalk. Estimated cost: $350,000. Filed Nov. 16.

Ruiz, Martha, Norwalk, contractor for Martha Ruiz. Convert garage to a parking space at 55 Pettom Road, Norwalk. Estimated cost: $10,000. Filed Nov. 8.

S&W Building & Remodeling Inc., Norwalk, contractor for Andrew Schoff. Relocate air conditioning and expand second floor at 16 Juniper Road, Norwalk. Estimated cost: $20,000. Filed Nov. 4.

S&W Building & Remodeling Inc., Norwalk, contractor for Andrew Schoff. Install a generator for single-family residence at 16 Juniper Road, Norwalk. Estimated cost: $57,000. Filed Nov. 4.

Sandoval, Maria, Norwalk, contractor for Maria Sandoval. Convert garage space at 10 Harris St., Norwalk. Estimated cost: $6,350. Filed Nov. 17.

Simone Development LLC, Norwalk, contractor for Carol A. Andreoli, Construct a superstructure for a single-family residence at 13 Chester St., Norwalk. Estimated cost: $240,000. Filed Nov. 21.

Sound Renovation LLC, Norwalk, contractor for Maria R. Mocciola. Construct a new asphalt roof at 6 Myrtle St., Norwalk. Estimated cost: $10,000. Filed Nov. 15.

Strazza Building & Construction, Norwalk, contractor for Thomas A. and Carolyn H. Strazza. Renovate kitchen, two bathrooms and install slider patio door at 1 Coachmans Court, Norwalk. Estimated Cost: $74,500. Filed Nov. 10.

Wagner, Christopher J. and Cara B., Norwalk, contractor for Christopher J. Wagner. Install four new windows at rear of a single-family residence at 45 Pine Point Road, Norwalk. Estimated cost: $65,000. Filed Nov. 7.

COURT CASES Bridgeport Superior Court

Khan, Sarah M., et al, North Haven. Filed by Marquis Curry, Stratford. Plaintiff’s attorney: Bert McDowell Injury Law LLC, Bridgeport. 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. FBT-CV-226119558-S. Filed Nov. 17.

Menendez, Jamie, Milford. Filed by Mercedes Bowman, New Haven. Plaintiff’s attorney: Babatunde A. Adebayo, Manchester. 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-226119344-S. Filed Nov. 9.

Ngoumou-Edou, Louis, Bridgeport. Filed by Richard Blackwell, Bridgeport. Plaintiff’s attorney: The Flood Law Firm LLC, Middletown. 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-226119245-S. Filed Nov. 7.

Rolleri, John M., et al, Monroe. Filed by Michael J. Knight, Fairfield. Plaintiff’s attorney: Nugent & Bryant, New Haven. Action: The plaintiff receives and is to receive weekly compensation by and/or through direct deposit from Bank of America. The defendants have interfered with and precluded the receipt of weekly compensation for the plaintiff. Instead they have kept the money, to the detriment of the plaintiff. The plaintiff seeks monetary damages less than $15,000, exclusive of interest and costs and such other further relief the court deems appropriate. Case no. FBT-CV-226119268-S. Filed Nov. 7.

Schulefand, Sarah A., et al, Cheshire. Filed by Janis McDuffie, Bridgeport. Plaintiff’s attorney: Etemi Law LLC, Watertown. 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. FBT-CV-226119046-S. Filed Oct. 27.

Danbury Superior Court

540 Diamond Nails & Beauty Inc., Brookfield. Filed by Anne Ungar, Danbury. Plaintiff’s attorney: Michael Baylor Ronemus, New York. Action: The plaintiff was a patron on the premises controlled by the defendant when she was instructed to step down from a salon chair and was caused to slip and fall resulting in a severe injury. 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-226044199-S. Filed Oct. 5.

Evans & Lewis LLC., et al, Brookfield. Filed by Dameisha Moore, Danbury. Plaintiff’s attorney: Donald M. Brown, Avon. Action: The plaintiff hired the defendants to prosecute and conduct a legal case for the benefit of the plaintiff. The plaintiff paid the defendants for their services, however the plaintiff suffered malpractice by the defendants. Due to the incompetence of the defendants, the plaintiff, and her husband, lost their home to foreclosure and are facing eviction and eventual homelessness. 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-226044055-S. Filed Sept. 14.

Howard, Celines, Danbury. Filed by Jose Nunez, Danbury. Plaintiff’s attorney: Moore O’Brien & Foti, Middlebury.

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. DBD-CV-226044053-S. Filed Sept. 14.

Roseff, Ruth, Boynton Beach, Florida. Filed by Angelo Luis Velez, Danbury. Plaintiff’s attorney: Ventura Law, Danbury.

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. DBD-CV-226044054-S. Filed Sept. 14.

Blumenfeld, James D., et al, New City, New York. Filed by Nicole Kadar, Astoria, New York. Plaintiff’s attorney: Andrew Parker Dwyer II, Wallingford. 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. FST-CV-226058455-S. Filed Oct. 4.

DeLaurentis, Laura Ann, Port Chester, New York. Filed by Christopher Elbert, Stamford. Plaintiff’s attorney: Mark D. Phillips, Stamford. 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. FST-CV-226058377-S. Filed Sept. 27.

Gu, Haoyu, New Canaan. Filed by Shun Chen, Coventry. Plaintiff’s attorney: Jinggao Li, Norwalk. Action: The plaintiff is a home-improvement contractor and was requested by the defendant to help cut down three trees on his property. The plaintiff informed the defendant that the plaintiff needed the boom lift truck for the work. The defendant refused to allow the plaintiff to bring a boom lift truck onto his property in order to protect the lawn. The defendant instructed the plaintiff to use a ladder to climb the trees and further instructed the plaintiff to drop heavy tree branches slowly using a rope from a ladder more than 20 feet above ground to be safe for the grasses but hazardous to the plaintiff. As a result of the defendant’s negligence, the plaintiff suffered a fall from a height of 25 feet, resulting in serious injuries Case no. FST-CV22-6058432-S. Filed Oct. 3.

Stamford Superior Court

Facts & Figures

DEEDS

Commercial

OG 2023 LLC, Greenwich.

Seller: Michelle Swan-Timney, Old Greenwich. Property: 195 Shore Road, Old Greenwich. Amount: $10. Filed Dec. 12.

2 Cardinal LLC, Greenwich. Seller: The Greenwich Country Day School, Incorporated, Greenwich. Property: 2 Cardinal Road, Greenwich. Amount: $1. Filed Dec. 16.

91 Russo Drive LLC, Branford. Seller: Matthew Tenney, Stamford. Property: 32 Blackberry Drive East, Stamford. Amount: $475,000. Filed Nov. 21.

Cartigny, Ludovic and Simona Szabova, Astoria, New York. Seller: One Glenville LLC, Middletown, New Jersey. Property: Lot A, Map 6731, Greenwich. Amount: $970.000. Filed Dec. 15.

Clos-Versailles, Julien, Stamford. Seller: Greysound LLC, New York, New York. Property: Sound Beach Avenue Extension, Greenwich. Amount: $10. Filed Dec. 16.

Conti, Alexandra and Mark Viggiano, White Plains, New York. Seller: 680 Hope Street LLC, Stamford. Property: 680 Hope St., Unit 6, Stamford. Amount: $402,000. Filed Nov. 23.

Dailey, Thomas A., Southport. Seller: 24 SWD LLC, Bridgeport. Property: 10 Southport Woods Drive, Southport. Amount: $30,000. Filed Dec. 1.

FJM Realty LLC, Stamford. Seller: Ernesto Hermosura and Visitacion Hermosura, Stamford. Property: 55 Vine Road, Stamford. Amount: $680,000. Filed Nov. 23.

JLGO LLC, Greenwich. Seller: James Eisenberg and Jesse Eisenberg, Greenwich. Property: 49 Meadow Wood Drive, Greenwich. Amount: $10. Filed Dec. 15.

Khouri, Christopher and Olivia Khouri, Rye, New York. Seller: 20 West Brother 2 LLC, Greenwich. Property: 20 W. Brother Drive, Greenwich. Amount: $2,350,000. Filed Dec. 15.

Pistone, Filippo, Darien. Seller: RJM Brothers LLC, Stamford. Property: 165 Highview Ave., Unit D, Stamford. Amount: $732,000. Filed Nov. 22.

Ramble Farm Connecticut LLC, Greenwich. Seller: William J. Gedale and Kathrin S. Brown, Greenwich. Property: Lot 2, Map 5958, Greenwich. Amount: $1. Filed Dec. 16.

RTB Fairfield LLC, Trumbull. Seller: Mary Conroy, Fairfield. Property: 61 James St., Fairfield. Amount: $N/A. Filed Nov. 28.

Tide Mill Real Estate LLC, Fairfield. Seller: Harbor Tide Associates LLC, Westport. Property: 95 Harbor Road, Southport. Amount: $10. Filed Nov. 30.

Residential

Baez, Jason, Bronx, New York. Seller: Brijesh Dhawan, Shelton. Property: 24 Poe Court, Fairfield. Amount: $314,500. Filed Dec. 2.

Barcia, Jillian and John Pacelli Jr., Stamford. Seller: Holly V. Pinto, Fairfield. Property: 64 Country Road, Fairfield. Amount: $618,000. Filed Dec. 1.

Bauman, Lauren, Wilton. Seller: Edward P. Topar, Fairfield. Property: Lot D, Andrassy Ave., Fairfield. Amount: $465,000. Filed Nov. 29.

Blanco, Heather, Norwalk. Seller: Michele Kaplan, Trumbull. Property: 144 Bennett St., Fairfield. Amount: $535,000. Filed Nov. 29.

Brzostek, Blazej and Katarzyna Krupa, Fairfield. Seller: Elzbieta Rescsanski, Fairfield. Property: 273 Toll House Lane, Fairfield. Amount: $430,000. Filed Nov. 28.

Caimano, Michael and Kaitlyn M. Caimano, Fairfield. Seller: David Salerno and Sharon Salerno, Fairfield. Property: 33 Old Hickory Road, Fairfield. Amount: $1,637,500. Filed Dec. 2.

Cantave, Nathanaelle Karen and Marie C. Cantave, Stamford. Seller: Tony Sterlin Cantave, Hamden. Property: 15 Florence Court, Stamford. Amount: $305,000. Filed Nov. 22.

Capozzi, John Peter and Jeffrey Wilson, New York, New York. Seller: Maria Lobo, Easton. Property: 2015 Redding Road, Fairfield. Amount: $2,300,000. Filed Dec. 1.

Dawson, Krystina and Benny M. Dawson, Stamford. Seller: Sanjeev S. Pandit and Charulata S. Pandit, Moorseville, North Carolina. Property: 32 Arbor Road, Stamford. Amount: $765,000. Filed Nov. 21.

Farrelly, James and Laura Farrelly, Greenwich. Seller: Adam Friedman and Alexandra M. Friedman, Greenwich. Property: 10 Perryridge Road, Greenwich. Amount: $10. Filed Dec. 15.

Fuchs, Peter H. and Henricka A. Fuchs, Aspen, Colorado. Seller: Peter H. Fuchs and Henricka A. Fuchs, Aspen, Colorado. Property: 20 Doral Farm Road, Stamford. Amount: $0. Filed Nov. 23.

Gambaro, Jenna, Fairfield. Seller: David Kent and Rachel Kent, Fairfield. Property: 84 Oldfield Road, Fairfield. Amount: $850,000. Filed Nov. 28.

Garych, Maura J., Bridgewater. Seller: Andrew J. Heck and Diane J. Heck, Southport. Property: 156 Pequot Ave., Southport. Amount: $10. Filed Dec. 2.

Ghilardi, Luigi, Greenwich. Seller: Rodolfo Rodriguez, Riverside. Property: 35 Bonwit Road, Riverside. Amount: $850,000. Filed Dec. 15.

Hewitt, Carol and Adrian McLean, Fairfield. Seller: Arthur F. Capozzi Jr. and Mary Ellen Capozzi, Fairfield. Property: 140 Halley Ave., Fairfield. Amount: $359,000. Filed Nov. 30.

Higdon, Henry G. and Erika J. Higdon, Greenwich. Seller: Matheus Cassola de Barros and Natalia Saravia Correa, Greenwich. Property: 509 W. Lyon Farm Drive, Greenwich. Amount: $10. Filed Dec. 16.

Horrigan, David Greg and Judith Anne Horrigan, Fairfield. Seller: Jacqueline F. Herbert, Fairfield. Property: 1111 Sasco Hill Road, Fairfield. Amount: $3,100,000. Filed Nov. 28.

Islam, Mohammed N. and Kamrun Nessa, Stamford. Seller: Thuan Le, et al, Stamford. Property: 37 Bradley Place, Stamford. Amount: $530,000. Filed Nov. 22.

Lenhart, Eric J., Fairfield. Seller: Jerry Ing, Greenwich. Property: 2606 Congress St., Fairfield. Amount: $1,215,000. Filed Nov. 29.

Lester, Courtney Shay, Stamford. Seller: Tara L. Stickney and Robert J. Vossler, Omaha, Nebraska. Property: 272 Sylvan Knoll Road, Stamford. Amount: $255,000. Filed Nov. 21.

Mahoney, Timothy O. and Jeannette L. Mahoney, Paradise Valley, Arizona. Seller: Ewan A. Mirylees, Fairfield. Property: 245 Unquowa Road, Unit 132, Fairfield. Amount: $425,000. Filed Nov. 30.

Mousa, Basenty, Stamford. Seller: Carlos P. Solana, Stamford. Property: 12 Oxford Court, Stamford. Amount: $485,000. Filed Nov. 22.

Nunes, Rachel, Fairfield. Seller: Russell G. Nunes, Shelton. Property: 16 Horace Court, Fairfield. Amount: $308,000. Filed Dec. 2.

Pogoreski, Matthew and Jade A. Curtis, Stamford. Seller: Shalinder Singh Ahuja, Stamford. Property: 118 Woodside Green, Unit 1A, Stamford. Amount: $325,000. Filed Nov. 21.

Rai, Nameet and Amisha Rai, Fairfield. Seller: David A. Rosenfeld and Kathleen M. Rosenfeld, Fairfield. Property: 530 Unquowa Road, Fairfield. Amount: $1,495,000. Filed Nov. 28.

Rogers, James F. and Kate V. Rogers, Laguna Beach, California. Seller: George Dewey, Fairfield. Property: 221 Harbor Road, Fairfield. Amount: $2,000,000. Filed Nov. 30.

Roper, Philip and Blake Barney, Fort Collins, Colorado. Seller: Andrew E. Lencyk and Iryna Zaluzhna-Lencyk, Stamford. Property: 48 N. Meadows Lane, Stamford. Amount: $1,275,000. Filed Nov. 23.

Santana, Juan, Stamford. Seller: Georgette Penzavecchia, Stamford. Property: 65 Glenbrook Road, Unit 8H, Stamford. Amount: $248,490. Filed Nov. 21.

Sharma, Vibhor Sharma, Wilton. Seller: Philip Liu, Stamford. Property: 55 Highland Road, Stamford. Amount: $425,000. Filed Nov. 23.

Sterling, Deborah Platt, Greenwich. Seller: Deborah Platt Sterling, Greenwich. Property: 16 Pheasant Lane, Greenwich. Amount: $0. Filed Dec. 15.

Todd, Matthew and Caroline Phillips, Riverside. Seller: Kyle M. Hartley and Lisa M. Hartley, Riverside. Property: 20 Crescent Road, Riverside. Amount: $2,403,250. Filed Dec. 16.

Valencia, Lia and Eric Valencia, Stamford. Seller: Atul Rathore and Santosh Rathore, Stamford. Property: 50 Glenbrook Road, Unit 3J, Stamford. Amount: $370,000. Filed Nov. 23.

Weiss, Chad, Bedford Corners, New York. Seller: Bradley Lowenstein and Devorah Lowenstein, Stamford. Property: 55 Fieldstone Road, Stamford. Amount: $850,000. Filed Nov. 22.

Wolosoff, Marcie, Greenwich. Seller: Marcie Wolosoff, Greenwich. Property: 11 River Road, Unit 117, Greenwich. Amount: $N/A. Filed Dec. 12.

MORTGAGES

Ashley, Jennifer, Greenwich, by Russell S. Brinn. Lender: Morgan Stanley Private Bank NA, 4270 Ivy Pointe Blvd, Suite 400, Cincinnati, Ohio. Property: 54 Almira Drive, Unit A, Greenwich. Amount: $511,000. Filed Dec. 2.

Baez, Jason, Fairfield, by Frank P. Bevilacqua. Lender: Rocket Mortgage LLC, 1050 Woodward Ave., Detroit, Michigan. Property: 24 Poe Court, No. 24, Fairfield. Amount: $283,050. Filed Dec. 2.

Barcia, Jillian and John Pacelli Jr., Fairfield, by Matthew C. Reale. Lender: JPMorgan Chase Bank NA, 1111 Polaris Pkwy., Columbus, Ohio. Property: 64 Country Road, Fairfield. Amount: $494,400. Filed Dec. 1.

Blanco, Heather, Fairfield, by William M. Raccio. Lender: Newtown Savings Bank, 39 Main St., Newtown. Property: 144 Bennett St., Fairfield. Amount: $428,000. Filed Nov. 29.

Borges Do Canto, Nathaniel, Stamford, by Jenna Cardile. Lender: Cross Country Mortgage, 2160 Superior Ave., Cleveland, Ohio. Property: 300 Broad St., Apt 403, Stamford. Amount: $155,000. Filed Dec. 2.

Burrows, Mary G. and David D. Burrows, Greenwich, by M. Cassin Maloney. Lender: First Republic Bank, 111 Pine St, San Francisco, California. Property: 504 W. Lyon Farm Drive, Greenwich. Amount: $1,137,500. Filed Dec. 1.

Caimano, Michael and Kaitlyn M. Caimano, Fairfield, by Adam J. Hirsch. Lender: JPMorgan Chase Bank NA, 1111 Polaris Pkwy., Columbus, Ohio. Property: 33 Old Hickory Road, Fairfield. Amount: $860,000. Filed Dec. 2.

Cimera, Megan, Stamford, by Lauren J. Mashe. Lender: First County Bank, 117 Prospect St., Stamford. Property: 108 Sylvan Knoll Road, Unit 108, Stamford. Amount: $208,000. Filed Nov. 29.

Colon, Anthony and Iris Colon, Stamford, by Morris Darocas. Lender: Citibank NA, 1000 Technology Drive, O’Fallon, Missouri. Property: 12 Tuttle St., 2D, Stamford. Amount: $129,375. Filed Nov. 28.

Daniele, Ralph, Stamford, by Connie S. Fair. Lender: First County Bank, 117 Prospect St., Stamford. Property: 14 Idlewood Drive, Stamford. Amount: $50,000. Filed Nov. 30.

DiPietro, Frank, Pleasantville, New York, by Anthony J. Chach. Lender: 2020 Kennedy Group Inc., 10 Noel Lane, Jericho, New York. Property: 26 Riversville Road, Greenwich. Amount: $1. Filed Dec. 2.

Dolia, Mitesh and Dhwani Shah, Stamford, by Jonathan T. Hoffman. Lender: Savings Bank of Danbury, 220 Main St., Danbury. Property: 103 Rock Spring Road, Unit 6-3 B, Stamford. Amount: $556,000. Filed Nov. 29.

Dudzik Jr., John, Greenwich, by Jeremy E. Kaye. Lender: JPMorgan Chase Bank NA, 2500 Westfield Drive, First and Second floors, Elgin. Illinois. Property: 62 Sherwood Place, Apt C, Greenwich. Amount: $1,342,999. Filed Dec. 2.

Dupont, Peter William and Laura Alison Green, Greenwich, by Jonathan J. Martin. Lender: Citibank NA, 1000 Technology Drive, O’Fallon, Missouri. Property: 32 Bedford Road, Greenwich. Amount: $2,180,000. Filed Nov. 30.

Fitzgerald, Scott and Leigh Attwood, Stamford, by Clare Bolduc. Lender: JPMorgan Chase Bank NA, 1111 Polaris Pkwy., Columbus, Ohio. Property: 30 Field St., Stamford. Amount: $740,000. Filed Dec. 1.

Ford, Brian, Greenwich, by Nedzmina Cecunjanin. Lender: TD Bank NA, 2035 Limestone Road, Wilmington, Delaware. Property: 297 Cognewaugh Road, Cos Cob. Amount: $183,500. Filed Dec. 1.

Gonzales, Jessie and Marilou Gonzales, Stamford, by Manuel M. Rodriguez. Lender: KeyBank National Association, 4910 Tiedeman Road, Suite C, Brooklyn, Ohio. Property: 119 Selleck St., Apt 1, Stamford. Amount: $60,000. Filed Dec. 1.

Hernandez de la Cruz, Oscar and Antonio Hernandez de la Cruz, Stamford, by Harvey Melzer. Lender: Cross Country Mortgage, 2160 Superior Ave., Cleveland, Ohio. Property: 114 Oaklawn Ave., Stamford. Amount: $579,008. Filed Dec. 1.

Hewitt, Carol and Adrian McLean, Bronx, New York, by Tony E. Jorgensen. Lender: Bank of America NA, 101 S. Tryon St., Charlotte, North Carolina. Property: 140 Halley Ave., Unit B, Fairfield. Amount: $359,000. Filed Nov. 30.

Itua, Ivie, Stamford, by Louis A. Spadaccini. Lender: Contour Mortgage Corp., 990 Stewart Ave., Suite 660, Garden City, New York. Property: 236 Glenbrook Road, Unit 13C, Stamford. Amount: $184,500. Filed Nov. 30.

Janis, Andrew J. and Charlotte A. Janis, Fairfield, by Gina Marie Davila. Lender: Citizens Bank NA, 1 Citizens Plaza, Providence, Rhode Island. Property: 1446 Bronson Road, Fairfield. Amount: $175,000. Filed Nov. 29.

Kim, Cheryl Sousa and Min Seok Kim, Fairfield, by J. Brian Fates. Lender: William Raveis Mortgage LLC, 7 Trap Falls Road, Shelton. Property: 122 Sunnyridge Ave., Fairfield. Amount: $365,500. Filed Nov. 30.

Kuhn, John K. and Margaret D. Kuhn, Fairfield, by Gina Marie Davila. Lender: Citizens Bank NA, 1 Citizens Plaza, Providence, Rhode Island. Property: 125 Mayweed Road, Fairfield. Amount: $140,000. Filed Dec. 1.

Laws, Joseph Leslie, Stamford, by Shetal Nitin Malkan. Lender: Cardinal Financial Co., 3701 Arco Corporate Drive, Suite 200, Charlotte, North Carolina. Property: 37 Woodway Road, Apt. B4, Stamford. Amount: $140,000. Filed Nov. 28.

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Facts & Figures

Margenot, John R., Greenwich, by Richard J. Margenot. Lender: First County Bank, 117 Prospect St., Stamford. Property: 29 Davenport Ave., Greenwich. Amount: $2,000,000. Filed Nov. 29.

McKenna, Daniel James and Shannon Marie McKenna, Stamford, by Gerald M. Fox III. Lender: Wells Fargo Bank NA, 101 N. Phillips Ave., Sioux Falls, South Dakota. Property: 74 Nichols Ave., Stamford. Amount: $658,750. Filed Dec. 2.

Millhauser, Ariel and Stanley Letowski, Greenwich, by Robert V. Sisca. Lender: Wells Fargo Bank NA, 101 N. Phillips Ave., Sioux Falls, South Dakota. Property: 8 Hassake Road, Old Greenwich. Amount: $1,000,000. Filed Dec. 2.

Mitchell, Nicole, Westlake, Ohio, by Diane Inzitari. Lender: Trust Bank, 1001 Semmes Ave., Richmond, Virginia. Property: 70 Lower Cross Road, Greenwich. Amount: $11,000,000. Filed Nov. 28.

Oakes, Spencer D. and Thalia Moran-Solórzano, Fairfield, by Scott Rogalski. Lender: Bank of America NA, 100 N. Tryon St., Charlotte, North Carolina. Property: 287 Pansy Road, Fairfield. Amount: $100,000. Filed Nov. 29.

O’Brien, Robert and Stephanie O’Brien, Stamford, by Jonathan T. Hoffman. Lender: Savings Bank of Danbury, 220 Main St., Danbury. Property: 104 Nutmeg Lane, Stamford. Amount: $699,200. Filed Nov. 29.

Peralta, Arturo Sebastian, Stamford, by Gregory J. Vetto. Lender: LNB Commercial Capital LLC, 185 Highland Ave., Moorestown, New Jersey. Property: 50 Oak Ridge St., Greenwich. Amount: $400,000. Filed Nov. 28.

Ragusa, John J. and Pauline G. Adjami, Stamford, by Vjosana Sylejmani Kelmendi. Lender: Keybank National Association, 4910 Tiedeman Road, Suite C, Brooklyn, Ohio. Property: 25 Brundage St., Stamford. Amount: $62,800. Filed Nov. 28.

Robarts, Alexander, Greenwich, by William M. Carello. Lender: Warshaw Capital LLC, 2777 Summer St., Suite 306, Stamford. Property: 123 Riverside Ave., Riverside. Amount: $450,000. Filed Dec. 2.

Santelle, Gail M. and Victor Varza Jr., Fairfield, by N/A. Lender: Sikorsky Financial Credit Union, 1000 Oronoque Lane, Stratford. Property: 12 Bulkley Drive, Fairfield. Amount: $150,000. Filed Dec. 2.

Schwert, Michael William and Monica Christine Schwert, Greenwich, by Robb Heering. Lender: Wells Fargo Bank NA, 101 N. Phillips Ave., Sioux Falls, South Dakota. Property: 12 Frontier Road, Cos Cob. Amount: $1,336,000. Filed Nov. 30.

Starke, Kevin J. and Marie Ann Pajaro, Fairfield, by Kathryn L Braun. Lender: JPMorgan Chase Bank NA, 1111 Polaris Pkwy., Columbus, Ohio. Property: 517 Stratfield Road, Fairfield. Amount: $200,000. Filed Nov. 28.

The Washington Trust Company, Westerly, Rhode Island, by William M. Petroccio. Lender: Tide Mill Real Estate LLC, 405 N. Cedar Road, Fairfield. Property: 95-101 Harbor Road, Southport. Amount: $1,350,000. Filed Nov. 30.

Tierney, Brian and Jennifer Tierney, Fairfield, by Antonio Faretta. Lender: Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems Inc., P.O. Box 2026, Flint, Michigan. Property: 710 Rock Ridge Road, Fairfield. Amount: $235,000. Filed Nov. 28.

Vadas, Peter J., Fairfield, by Nicola Corea. Lender: Rocket Mortgage LLC, 1050 Woodward Ave., Detroit, Michigan. Property: 123 Division Ave., Fairfield. Amount: $326,871. Filed Nov. 28.

Vandall, John M and Katherine M Vandall, Stamford, by Harvey Melzer. Lender: US Bank NA, 4801 Frederica St., Owensboro, Kentucky. Property: 59 Bertmor Drive, Stamford. Amount: $719,000. Filed Nov. 30.

Volberg, Daniel and Michaela Volberg, Stamford, by Philip J. Toohey. Lender: Savings Bank of Danbury, 220 Main St., Danbury. Property: 1 Eagle Drive, Stamford. Amount: $1,096,000. Filed Dec. 2.

Weiss, Brian S. and Ruby I. Klashman, Stamford, by Jonathan T. Hoffman. Lender: The Guilford Savings Bank, 1 Park St., Guilford. Property: 500 River Road, No. 22, Cos Cob. Amount: $692,000. Filed Nov. 28.

Wilson, Jeffrey and John Peter Capozzi, Fairfield, by Brain T. Silvestro. Lender: Wells Fargo Bank NA, 101 N. Phillips Ave., Sioux Falls, South Dakota. Property: 2015 Redding Road, Fairfield. Amount: $930,000. Filed Dec. 1.

Wolfe, William Gerald, Riverside, by Dean Pomper. Lender: Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems Inc., 3131 Camino del Rio North, Suite 1100, San Diego, California. Property: 141 Lockwood Road, Riverside. Amount: $1,456,200. Filed Dec. 1.

Wren, Philip and Bianca Wren, Greenwich, by Tiago A. David. Lender: Citizens Bank NA, 1 Citizens Plaza, Providence, Rhode Island. Property: 11 Zygmont Lane, Greenwich. Amount: $70,000. Filed Nov. 29.

NEW BUSINESSES

Bartaco, 222 Summer St., Stamford 06901, c/o Bar Taco LLC. Filed Nov. 29.

Bela Pele, 75 Waterbury Ave., House 2R, Stamford 06902, c/o Karolina Gabrielle Galo. Filed Nov. 29.

Brandon J. Broderick, Personal Injury Attorney at Law, 500 Newfield Ave., No. 12C, Stamford 06905, c/o Brandon Broderick LLC. Filed Nov. 23.

Brandon J. Broderick, Personal Injury Attorney at Law, 161 East Ave., No. 208, Norwalk 06851, c/o Brandon Broderick LLC. Filed Nov. 28.

Connecticut Massage and Bodywork LLC. 47 Oak St., Suite 280, Stamford 06905, c/o Maria T. Abalos. Filed Nov. 28.

First Cut Barrel Co., 375 Fairfield Ave., Unit 13-1A, Stamford 06902, c/o First Cut Barrel Company LLC. Filed Nov. 23.

Hampton Inn & Suites, 26 Mill River St., Stamford 06902, c/o Greenwich Hospitality LLC. Filed Nov. 29.

Just Cats Hospital, 1110 E. Main St., Stamford 06902, c/o Everet Connecticut LLC. Filed Nov. 22.

Just Cats Veterinary Hospital & Pet, 1029 E. Main St., Stamford 06902, c/o Everet Connecticut LLC. Filed Nov. 22.

Rajeev Verma, 1085 Hope St., Stamford 06907, c/o Krish USA LLC. Filed Nov. 28.

Santiago IV Properties LLC, 66 Lexington Ave., Norwalk 06854, c/o Santiago Norberto III. Filed Nov. 28.

Soluma Agency LLC, 37 Lexington Ave., Norwalk 06854, c/o Sophia Vega. Filed Nov. 30.

Stamford Marriott HotelCatering, 243 Tresser Blvd., Stamford 06901, c/o Stamford Hotel Opco LLC. Filed Nov. 23.

Stay Irie Clean, 110 Prospect St., Suite 12, Stamford 06905, c/o Stay Irie Home Care LLC. Filed Nov. 29.

Sweeney Todds Hair Salon, 189 Bedford St., Stamford 06901, c/o Antonio Carrizzo. Filed Nov. 28.

T-Mobile, 27 High Ridge Road, Stamford 06905, c/o GP Mobile LLC. Filed Nov. 30.

T-Mobile, 2000 W. Main St., Stamford 06902, c/o GP Mobile LLC. Filed Nov. 30.

Vibrant Cosmetics, 515 West Ave., Suite 17, Norwalk 06850, c/o Briani Esquilin. Filed Nov. 30.

LEGAL NOTICES

Notice of Formation of Love Balloons, LLC

Art. Of Org. filed with SSNY on 5/11/22. 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, 75 Island Drive, Rye, NY 10580. Purpose: any lawful purpose. #63244

57 West Patent LLC, Arts of Org. filed with Sec. of State of NY (SSNY) 8/17/2022.

Cty: Westchester. SSNY desig. as agent upon whom process against may be served & shall mail process to 17 Elm Place, Rye, NY 10580. General Purpose #63280

Kensy Realty LLC, Arts of Org. filed with Sec. of State of NY (SSNY) 8/3/2022.

Cty: Westchester. SSNY desig. as agent upon whom process against may be served & shall mail process to Kenneth M. Vega, 57 Alida St., Yonkers, NY 10704. General Purpose #63281

Articles of Organization filed with Secretary of State of New York on 7/23/2022. Office location Westchester County. The New York Secretary of State is designated as agent of the LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail copy of any process against the LLC to Registered Agent Corporate Filings of New York 90 State street STE 700, Office 40 Albany, NY 12207, USA. Purpose: Any lawful acts. #63297

Notice of Formation of Nightside Realty LLC.

Art. Of Org. filed with SSNY on 10/20/2022. 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, 588 W. Hartsdale Ave. Hartsdale NY 10530.

Purpose: any lawful purpose. #63299

Chickens in Trees, LLC Art of Org. filed with the SSNY on 11/03/2022 Office: Westchester County. SSNY designated as agent of the LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail copy of process to the LLC. SARAH 104 EASTWOODS ROAD, POUND RIDGE, NY, 10576. Purpose: Any lawful purpose. #63300

Notice of Formation of Able Retired Pensionists, LLC. Arts. Of Org. Filed with SSNY on 8/31/22.

Office location: Westchester County. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process may be served. SSNY shall mail process to Able Retired Pensionists LLC, 23 Chester Street, Mount Vernon, NY 10552. Purpose: any lawful act or activity. #63301

Jlux Realty Consultants LLC, Arts of Org. filed with Sec. of State of NY (SSNY) 5/23/2022.

Cty: Westchester. SSNY desig. as agent upon whom process against may be served & shall mail process to 11 Nile St., Yonkers, NY 10704. General Purpose #63304

Notice of Formation of FG HOME SERVICE LLC Art. Of Org. filed with SSNY on 05/04/2022.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,176 VOSS AVENUE 2ND FL,YONKERS, NY 10703. Purpose: any lawful purpose.

#63305

Courtlandt Manor &Rosewood, LLC . Articles of Organization were filed with the Secretary of State of New York on 8/29/2022. Principal office located at 778 Pelhamdale Ave New Rochelle, New York 10801. Northwest Registered Agent upon whom process against it may be served. Secretary of State shall mail process to the LLC c/o Northwest Registered Agent LLC, 522 W Riverside Ave, Suite N Spokane, Washington 99201. #63307

Notice of Formation of The Garden of Monét, LLC. Arts. of Org. filed with SSNY on 08/16/22. Office location: Westchester County. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process may be served. SSNY shall mail process to 418 Broadway, Ste N, Albany, NY 12207.

Purpose: any lawful purpose. #63303

NOTICE OF FORMATION OF Kismet Communications, LLC. Articles of Organization filed with SSNY on 12/27/22. Office is located at 85 Jefferson Avenue in Westchester County. SSNY designated as agent upon which process against it may be served to the office location above. Purpose: any lawful act or activity. #63316

Nehal Manente Physical Therapy, PLLC, Arts of Org. filed with Sec. of State of NY (SSNY) 11/30/2022. Cty: Westchester. SSNY desig. as agent upon whom process against may be served & shall mail process to 114 Orient St., Yonkers, NY 10704. Purpose: Physical Therapy #63314

CN BOOKKEEPING AND ACCOUNTING LLC. Art of Org. filed with the SSNY on 11/29/2022.Office: Westchester County. SSNY designated as agent of the LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail copy of process to the LLC, LEGALCORP SOLUTIONS 1060 Broadway Suite 100 ALBANY, NY 12204

Purpose: Any lawful purpose. #63309