The Business Journals - Week of January 16, 2023

WHAT’S NEXT FOR WWE?

BY PHIL HALL Phall@westfairinc.com

On the afternoon of Jan. 5, Stamford-based WWE experienced the corporate equivalent of a coup d’état when former Chairman and CEO Vince McMahon, who abruptly retired last July amid revelations of secret hush money payments to former female employees who accused him of sexual harassment, used his voting power through his majority ownership of Class B-stock to elect himself as the company’s executive chairman.

McMahon, who also forced the removal of three independent directors and the appointment of former WWE co-presidents Michelle Wilson and George Barrios to the board of directors, declared that he muscled his way back into the leadership position

so he could engineer the company’s next round of media rights negotiations and possibly set up a sale of WWE.

“WWE is entering a critical juncture in its history with the upcoming media rights negotiations coinciding with increased industry-wide demand for quality content and live events and with more companies seeking to own the intellectual property on their platforms,” said McMahon in a statement issued by the company. “The only way for WWE to fully capitalize on this opportunity is for me to return as executive chairman and support the management team in the negotiations for our media rights and to combine that with a review

Greenburgh’s Feiner on the town and business in 2023

BY PETER KATZ Pkatz@westfairinc.com

“ I’ve never really had the support of the political leadership but I do very well with the average voter because I’m always looking for ways to help any constituent,”

Greenburgh Town Supervisor Paul Feiner told the Business Journals during a discussion of a number of new town initiatives.

“They have total access to me; they can call me on my cell during the day, on the weekend. We’ll have town government officials

make house calls to them, to a neighborhood. The town is super responsive to the voters.”

For Feiner and Greenburgh, businesses both large and small as well as professional practitioners are important as part of the constituency and the town’s economic engine.

“I’ve been driving around Central Avenue and a lot of the small stores that were vacant are now being replaced with small stores,” Feiner said. “We have exceptional services and I want people and a business that comes here to know that if they have a

problem they’re not going to get an answering machine or have to wait on hold for an hour. We’re creating a culture in the town where we want people to feel that we’re going to be responsive to their concerns.”

Feiner had taken notice that Greenburgh does not have a Chamber of Commerce, which he believes can be an important vehicle to lobby on behalf of its business members and permit networking while enhancing a sense of community among businesses. So, he proposed launching just such an organization and

issued an open invitation to a meeting.

“Greenburgh to my surprise over the years never had a Chamber of Commerce. They tried it maybe decades ago and it never worked,” Feiner said. “One of the goals that I have for this year is to have a very active Chamber of Commerce. I posted a notice and we now have about 30 volunteers.”

Feiner’s chamber-in-formation had its second organizational meeting on Jan. 9.

“We’re going to reach out to the businesses and I hope that

we’ll be able to help the local businesses survive, take advantage of programs that can help them,” Feiner said. “There may be tax breaks; there may be marketing efforts. We may try to get students with marketing skills to help with social media. Maybe we could even create student opportunities to help students set up their own businesses. You can’t survive as a small business if you don’t use e-commerce. We’re going to have programs, meetings, social events. We’ll organize street activities. We may have programs

WWE wrestlers Austin Theory and Finn Bálor. Photo courtesy of WWE.

For Tom Connor advertising is second nature

BY PETER KATZ Pkatz@westfairinc.com

During his career as a mover and shaker on Madison Avenue, and for the past 30 years as an advertising and marketing entrepreneur at the White Plains-based Weinrib & Connor Agency, Tom Connor has been at the forefront of helping businesses as the march of technology reshapes what they need to do to tell their stories, sell their products and compete with their competition.

In the weeks and months ahead, Connor will be sharing his expertise with Business Journal readers in a series of columns. He’ll explore various aspects of advertising, marketing and branding in the digital age. He plans to provide vital details of what businesses need to do and how to do it, including the use of mobile platforms to deliver advertising messages.

“If you want to do a social media campaign, you need to know the rules of the road,” Connor said. “People usually don’t watch the social post with the audio on; that’s rare.”

Connor said that some people creating social media materials today could learn a lot from the techniques used by the creators of silent movies that were able to capture attention and keep people focused on the screen. He also noted that businesspeople often need a better understanding of what goes into creating effective strategies for advertising, marketing and branding.

“Advertising is what one does to bring new parties to the franchise. You want to develop these prospects. You want to make it easier for the sales force to crack the code,” Connor said. “Marketing represents the relationships you can maintain through communication with your customer base, colleagues and universe with which you’re dealing.”

Connor referred to McDonald’s as providing a good example of branding.

“A lot of people would say that the branding for McDonald’s is the ‘golden arches.’ No it isn’t,” Connor said. “The branding is the consistency and cleanliness. Everybody can have the same product, but is the image of the product favorable? Product plus image equals brand. A lot of people dwell on logo changes and new websites and all this other stuff. That’s executional; that’s not strategic.”

Connor explained that when he and Arnold Weinrib, a friend and associate from Madison Avenue opened their own agency, Weinrib did most of the interfacing with accounts and he handled the creative side of the operations. They didn’t need a large number of employees and because of their contacts in the advertising world they could hire on a freelance basis some of the same talent that the big agencies used.

“When we opened we specialized in national accounts. At that time there was a great demand for direct marketing,” Connor told the Business Journals “I had expertise with that from my prior agency work. The blue-chip clients that we knew were willing to give us project work in direct marketing and we were happy with that because it usually led to our being put on retainer.”

Connor said that their early clients included Phillip Morris, Monsanto, Ryder Truck and Trump Casinos.

“We were paid three months up front,” Connor said of their work for Trump. “The Trump deal was based on what we were selling at the time, which was called ‘co-marketing.’ We were able to get partners to join forces in promotions with Trump Casinos as a way of bringing in consumers who had an interest in gaming as well as consumers

who had an interest in other things like patronizing places that sold coffee and donuts.”

Connor expressed pride in the ability to bring together various businesses in promotional campaigns.

“I had the appetite as a creative person to handle the solicitation, the negotiation and the securitization of partners,” Connor said. “It’s not easy to get disparate parties together on the same page.”

After Weinrib’s death, Connor elected to keep the company’s name even as it became more of a Connor family operation, with his wife Mary assuming the title of president and their eldest son joining the

business. The Connors have two sons and a daughter.

“I realized I could have the best of both worlds; I could raise a family and run an agency,” Connor said.

Some of Weinrib & Connor’s clients have included: ExxonMobil; New York Yankees; AT&T; Borough of the Bronx; Visa; Westchester Tourism; and Canada Dry. Among the dozens of capabilities and services offered by Weinrib & Connor are: video production; creating and organizing events; media buying; arranging partnerships and licensing; creating and managing social media; and creating animation and other artwork.

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Norwalk PZC addresses a potential cannabis business presence

BY JUSTIN MCGOWN jmcgown@westfairinc.com

The Jan. 4 meeting of the Norwalk Planning and Zoning Commission (PZC) discussed the city’s proposed regulations regarding the placement of stores that can sell recreational use cannabis. Steven Kleppin, the director of Norwalk’s Planning & Zoning Department, provided updates to the commission and highlighted potential issues with the current phrasing prior to a public comment period.

Jan. 10 marked the start of legal sales of cannabis for recreational use in Connecticut. Despite the potential for substantial tax revenue from an industry valued in the billions of dollars, many municipalities across the state have been hesitant to allow stores selling cannabis for recreational use within their borders, even if they already host medical use dispensaries.

While state law precludes the ability of municipal governments to outright ban marijuana use or delivery, it does grant the power to local zoning boards to regulate where adult-use stores can be located. Some municipalities adopted regulations that effectively prevent the opening of any cannabis stores, and Norwalk was among those that imposed a moratorium while zoning plans were developed and implemented.

Kleppin shared several maps indicating the impact of different distances that the PZC considered as a minimum distance between individual cannabis retailers.

“The overlying city wish is to really try to keep it to three (stores) if possible,” Kleppin explained. We think that based on how the city’s grid works in terms of major roadways that seems to make sense. Three could be a good number for us.”

According to Kleppin, the distances proposed include a 1-mile, 1.5-mile and 3-mile minimum distance that could make the goal hard to achieve. To allow three stores within the city at the most likely major retail areas, along Connecticut Avenue, Westport Avenue, and near where Main Street meets New Canaan Avenue.

Kleppin’s map illustrated that the larger distances could lead to a single centrally located store preventing any competition from coming to town.

“At one mile if you have somebody go dead center you still have other areas potentially to the north and you bring in Westport and Connecticut Ave, as well,” he said. “But when you expand that circle out to a mile and a half, a big chunk of Westport Avenue is removed. It also starts to infringe a little bit on Connecticut Avenue.”

Kleppin also cautioned that ambiguity in the proposed text raised confusion about whether a cannabis retailer could be in buildings such as strip malls that contain other stores or restaurants. The possibility of multiuse structures with housing prompted significant internal debate.

Commissioner Louis Schulman advocated for tighter restrictions on the basis that patrons might smoke cannabis products immediately outside the stores.

“If I have a child and live in that building, I don’t want my child exposed to that,” Schulman said.

“How is that different from cigarettes, Lou?” asked Commissioner Nick Kantor.

“Because cannabis can get a child high,” responded Schulman, prompting the commission to briefly discuss if contact highs exist, with Schulman advocating for slowly easing restrictions while most of the commission favored only placing restrictions in cases of proven harms.

Several public comments were also submitted. Erin Kirk, a Norwalk resident who provides pro-bono advocacy work to advance the social equity component of the state’s cannabis plans, urged the commission to remove barriers to the use and sale of

cannabis citing both its therapeutic value and potential to provide a tax windfall.

However, Kirk noted an issue with the maps that Kleppin presented, stating, “It appears that either all or most of the proposed sites are either already occupied, are located near municipal buildings, have a landlord with a stated adversarial approach to this industry or are located less than 200 feet from a residential dwelling unit.”

Two commentors who called into the meeting spoke on behalf of Shangri-La Dispensary. One of them, Neville Patel from Columbia, Missouri, explained that the company had gone to great lengths to find a suitable location for a cannabis retail store.

“We researched about 65 different properties based on a map that was provided with a 1,000-foot restriction,” Patel said. “But as you can see in my emails we spent over 150 hours looking at these properties, three different realtors, troops on the ground, and we were barely able to find one or two properties.”

Adam Blank, an attorney from Wofsey, Rosen, Kweskin & Kuriansky LLP in Hartford, called in to speak on behalf of Fine Fettle dispensaries. He took issue with several requirements in the zoning regulations spe-

cific to the cannabis industry and cautioned that alternative interpretations for several aspects existed, potentially creating future disputes.

To illustrate his point, he indicated a location that Fine Fettle was in the process of leasing, the former used car lot for Garavel Subaru at the intersection of Main Street and New Canaan Avenue, not far from the center of Kleppin’s hypothetical map.

“We think this lot is perfect,” Blank said after listing the dozen or so minimum distances from sensitive locations it complied with alongside being securable and equipped with sufficient parking. “You’re not going to have issues with this lot’s [location]. But this is 0.4 acres. Under your proposal you are asking for 0.5 acres minimum.”

After deliberation the commission decided to reduce the minimum lot size for the dispensaries to 0.25 acres, settled on a one-mile minimum distance and otherwise streamlined the zoning requirements to allow for cannabis retailers to be placed within mixed-use buildings even if they also contain residences. The updated rules were adopted with a 6-1 vote with only commissioner Richard Roina against.

The regulations will go into effect March 1.

The proposed site for the Fine Fettle cannabis dispensary. Photo by Justin McGown.

of strategic alternatives. My return will allow WWE, as well as any transaction counterparties, to engage in these processes knowing they will have the support of the controlling shareholder.”

McMahon added a thorny caveat to his return — he would use his majority stock ownership power to block any media rights deal or potential sale unless he held the executive chairman position.

To make sense of a situation that bears no resemblance to the machinations of any other major corporation operating today, the Business Journals called on the expertise of several prominent wrestling industry-focused journalists who have tracked McMahon and WWE for years. For starters, these experts pointed out that McMahon’s over-the-top behavior was not limited to his often-outrageous antics on the WWE broadcasts.

“It was never outside the realm of possibility,” said Patrick Mocella, content lead with The Sportster, regarding the nature of McMahon’s resumption of power. “But I’m surprised he’s doing it now at this time with the with the Royal Rumble coming up soon and WrestleMania season heating up. I would have thought that he learned the product would be the center of attention right now instead of him coming in like a bull in a china shop and grabbing all this media attention, which would take it away from his events. I guess I’m a little surprised at the timing, but I’m not entirely surprised that he’s doing what he’s doing. He’s always been the control freak.”

Yet Andrew Ravens, pro wrestling beat writer with Wrestling News, pointed to a Wall Street Journal report based on input from unnamed sources that claimed McMahon rued his departure from WWE last summer after it was revealed he paid more than $14 million to four former female employees over 16 years to gain their silence over allegations of sexual misconduct and infidelity.

“Some could say that Vince is a control freak, but I think he did not want to step away this past July,” Ravens said. “He’s reportedly told those close to him that he felt like he was given bad advice to resign as chairman and CEO of the company. And I think after time, he decided, ‘You know what? I want to come back.’”

However, McMahon did not agitate for reinstatement to CEO — his daughter Stephanie McMahon and Nick Khan continue to hold the co-CEO positions they gained in July. Nor did he demand to have a hand in WWE’s creative management, with Stephanie’s husband Paul Levesque — a former WWE wrestler best known to fans as Triple H, has been the chief content officer position since McMahon’s exit.

“I think the executives are going to stay in place — at least their titles are going to stay the same,” predicted Brandon Thurston, editor of Wrestlenomics. “As executive chairman, I think it is going to mean that he’s going to

function as de facto CEO, while co-CEOs Nick Khan and Stephanie McMahon are going to maintain their titles. He did write in his letter to the board, which was published as part of the filing, that he fully supports the management team, but that was before the board said that they wanted him to sign a letter that for a green light to come back that he will repay the expenses related to the investigation.”

The investigation that Thurston referred to was an internal probe conducted by the WWE board of directors after the hush money story broke in the Wall Street Journal — and that investigation cost the company nearly $20 million. Federal prosecutors and the U.S. Securities & Exchange Commission also began their own probes into the matter. McMahon has never issued any public statement on this issue, which wrestling industry experts believed could weigh against any effort to sell the company — especially if McMahon insists that he remains in a leadership position.

“The thought is that he is going to want to sell this to someone who’s going to keep him in power in some capacity,” said Jason Powell, founder and owner of ProWrestling.net. “And the question is: Can you find that buyer? If you’re Fox or if you’re Comcast, do you want a guy with the baggage Vince has to be the face of this company that you acquire? And

that’s where maybe the Saudis make a little more sense — if that’s his ultimate goal, to keep power and to take it private, so then he does what he does.”

Who Will Buy?

Powell’s Saudi Arabian reference was to the kingdom’s Public Investment Fund (PIF), which has $620 billion in assets and has been cited in some media reports as possibly seeking to buy WWE. The company and the kingdom have been doing business together since 2018 when WWE signed a 10-year agreement to produce two live events in Saudi Arabia annually. And the PIF has made itself known in the global sporting world — it has a majority ownership in Newcastle United of the English Premier League and is financing LIV Golf as a challenger to the PGA Tour; it also has stakes in several video game companies including Activision Blizzard, Electronic Arts, Embracer, Nintendo and Take-Two Interactive.

“I don’t know how realistic that is,” said Powell of a PIF takeover. “But that certainly been a topic of conversation.”

On Jan. 10, Cassidy Haynes, owner and editor of BodySlam.net, filed a news story that used unnamed sources to insist WWE was sold to PIF and would become a private company. But neither WWE nor PIF acknowledged

that story and other journalists who cover wrestling rejected it as inaccurate.

For Wrestlenomics’ Thurston, more likely buyers for WWE would be Comcast, Fox Sports and Endeavor Group Holdings — the latter owns Ultimate Fight Championship. Yet he also wondered aloud if having ownership of WWE is something that these companies could manage successfully.

“The question is: Do any of these companies want to acquire a wrestling company and whatever stigma comes with that?” Thurston said. “Wrestling is a strange business and you need people who have the expertise to know how to manage it. There are a lot of examples throughout history of wrestling companies being overseen by larger parent companies that didn’t have a great idea of how to manage them. A great example of that is WCW, when it was overseen by Ted Turner’s company, and that went out of business.”

Advantage, AEW?

Up until relatively recently WWE mostly had the U.S. pro wrestling sector — other national promotions including Impact Wrestling and Game Changer Wrestling are much smaller and have less visibility via television and streaming.

The Bloodline, the reigning stars of WWE. Photo courtesy of WWE.

The only major rival to WWE in terms of the production values and visibility is All Elite Wrestling (AEW), which was started in 2019 by Pakistani-American sports tycoon Shafid Khan and his son Tony Khan; the younger Khan also owns the Ring of Honor wrestling promotion.

AEW has grown in popularity by attracting several major stars who previously worked with WWE, most notably Chris Jericho, Billy Gunn, Jon Moxley (formerly known in WWE as Dean Ambrose), Saraya (formerly known in WWE as Paige) and CM Punk. AEW has also generated its own stars who have begun to show up in mainstream media and pop culture, including MJF, Orange Cassidy and The Acclaimed tag team of Max Caster and Anthony Bowens.

After McMahon left WWE last July, Paul Levesque used his role as chief content officer to bring back several popular wrestlers who had been fired by McMahon — who, according to the wrestling journalists, was not the most beloved presence with either his musclebound workforce or their fans.

“I think Vince has shown he’s out of touch,” said ProWrestling.net’s Powell. “I think he has shown that he can still produce some of the bigger events — it’s the week-to-week television where he really struggles with a lot of rematches, storyline gaps, and just not having his finger

on the pulse of what people want. I think Paul Levesque is a much better booker at this point.”

“A lot of talent is concerned, especially those who were rehired,” said Thurston regarding WWE’s wrestlers. “From employees who I talked to, there’s a lot of anxiety and nervousness about what’s going to happen next.”

Thurston speculated that AEW could potentially capitalize on McMahon’s return “because it means as he’s coming back that may hurt the morale of talent.”

Yet The Sportster’s Mocella believed AEW would not benefit from whatever internal tur-

moil McMahon inflicts on his company.

“I don’t think it really affects them any way at all,” he said. “They might get a little more of a bump because if fans are opposed to Vince returning, which a lot of fans are. But they probably have already left for AEW. I feel any fans that have had enough of Vince would have already left.”

Is There a Plan B?

Although WWE has reportedly retained JPMorgan as its advisor on a sale, there is guarantee that a sale will be transacted. And

that raises another question: What becomes of WWE if there is no sale?

“With the sale of the company, I think that’s just simply a way in for him,” said Wrestling News’ Ravens. “Because he’s essentially forced his way in. I think everything and anything is on the table, but I don’t know if a sale is that likely. Whoever’s going to buy the company, will they want Vince in charge and would Vince make it a stipulation of the contract that he remains in charge? There’s a lot of questions regarding a sale.”

The Sportster’s Mocella believed McMahon’s desire to stay in control of the company that he has run for four decades will ultimately make or break any deal.

“It all depends on to me how much Vince wants to extend his influence and his power again,” he said. “He said there will be as a great management team and he won’t get involved with that — now, of course, that’s what he says. Will he really follow through on that? That’s tough to say — probably not, given he has a history of being a power-hungry egomaniac. And I’m sure he would accept that as a compliment if someone told that to him.”

The Business Journals reached out to WWE for input on this article but received no acknowledgment of its messaging.

Yonkers Kia accused of deceptive tactics in lease buyout

BY BILL HELTZEL Bheltzel@westfairinc.com

AKia customer claims that a Yonkers dealership piled up extra charges that jacked up the price of the car when she opted to buy it at the end of a lease period.

Deborah Bacote-Wood accused Yonkers Kia of violating the federal Truth in Lending Act, in a complaint filed Dec. 30 in U.S. District Court, White Plains, for allegedly not providing clear and conspicuous disclosure of the key terms of the deal.

Yonkers Kia “created multiple versions of the lease with different terms contained in them,” the complaint states, in an “effort to deceive” her.

The dealership’s general counsel, James Castle, did not reply to an email asking for the dealer’s side of the story.

In 2019, Bacote-Wood, who lives in the Bronx near Pelham Bay Park, leased a new Kia Optima from Yonkers Kia on Central Park Avenue. It was her second lease from the dealership.

The car was valued at $44,669, according to the lease.

She paid nearly $16,500 up front in cash and credits, according to the lease, and

agreed to pay $12,104 at $336.23 a month for three years, bringing her total costs to $28,654.

The deal included an option to buy, the complaint states, for $21,213 at the end of the

lease.

Last February Bacote-Wood decided to exercise the option. She says she agreed to make a $20,000 down payment and buy a 10-year “bumper-to-bumper” extended war-

ranty for $5,600.

The dealership allegedly listed the down payment at $25,600 and added $18,320 in charges -- a key replacement plan for $6,160, 3-year maintenance contract for $4,580, paintless dent repair for $4,580, and tire service for $3,000 -- without her consent.

(The contracts for the extras, attached as exhibits to the complaint, show a name signed as Deborah Bacote-Wood.)

The cost of buying the three-year-old Kia Optima, including the down payment, extras and finance charges, totaled $63,756, according to the retail installment contract.

She had to pay $508.74 a month for six years and four months.

Bacote-Wood claims that Yonkers Kia violated the Truth in Lending Act by failing to accurately disclose the total sale price and engaged in “deceptive and unfair practices” under state law. She also accused the dealership of breach of contract for allegedly not selling the car at the price agreed to in the lease.

She is demanding return of all principal paid toward buying the car, twice the amount of the finance charges, and other damages.

She is represented by Queens attorney David M. Kasell.

WWE Executive Chairman Vince McMahon. Photo courtesy of WWE.

where residents get discounts.”

Feiner noted that many of the villages in the Town of Greenburgh already have a Chamber of Commerce presence serving the local community.

“The Rivertowns Chamber is excellent. The Sleepy Hollow-Tarrytown Chamber is excellent,” Feiner said. “We’ll look at what they are doing and try to do the same thing for businesses in unincorporated Greenburgh.”

Feiner underscored that economic development in the town has been happening in many ways, including Regeneron’s $1.8 billion expansion project, the opening of a new ShopRite supermarket in a few weeks, planned improvements to Route 119 as a result of a Complete Streets Study and the planned start of construction of new affordable housing, senior housing and market-rate housing projects.

“Greenburgh has a lot of land that potentially could be developed,” Feiner said. “You have country clubs that are either selling like Elmwood or selling parts of their property like Metropolis did for assisted living. You have office space on Route 119 that

could be redeveloped for mixed-use. You have the Four Corners in Hartsdale, which could be developed for mixed-use. There’s a lot of potential development.”

Feiner envisioned the possibility that some future multifamily developments might take shape as condominiums or

co-ops rather than rental buildings. With that in mind, Greenburgh last year worked with Senate Majority Leader Andrea Stewart-Cousins and Assemblyman Tom Abinanti for passage of legislation they sponsored allowing Greenburgh to assess condos and co-ops at residential property

tax rates rather than lower commercial rates as has been the practice. Gov. Hochul signed the bill affecting only Greenburgh into law on Dec. 23. Existing co-ops and condos in Greenburgh will continue to be taxed at the commercial rate.

“We want to make sure if there’s going to be development that we’re able to keep taxes as low as possible. This year we reduced the tax rate by 6%,” Feiner said. “If we can get more revenue (from new developments) it will help all taxpayers.”

This marks Democrat Feiner’s 32nd year as Greenburgh Town Supervisor. He’s the longest-serving public chief executive in Westchester County. He previously served on the Westchester County Board of Legislators and began in politics at age 12 as a volunteer on the successful 1968 Congressional campaign of Ogden Reid.

“The world is changing and we have to be willing to adapt to the changing business climates,” Feiner said. “Greenburgh’s location is really amazing. We’ve been able to reduce the tax rates but the ratables are going up. We have a triple-A bond rating, the highest rating. It’s not a community that has fiscal problems.”

New report considers challenges of providing affordable post-pandemic health care for employees

BY EDWARD ARRIAZA earriaza@westfairinc.com

The Connecticut Business and Industry Association (CBIA) released “Health Trends Shaping Benefits in 2023,” a report detailing the findings of Mercer Marsh Benefits’ (MMB) global 2023 health trends survey of over 200 insurers in 56 countries. The report concerns insurers and large employers and how both groups navigate post-pandemic challenges.

In addition to the strain on health care that Covid-19 has caused, it also resulted in many instances of deferred care and later diagnoses, the outcome being more expensive treatment options later on. According to CBIA’s report, 55% of insurers from the MMB survey saw “more later-stage illness diagnoses,” cancer being one of the most frequent causes of claims. In order to keep costs at a sustainable level for employers, MMB analysts “urge employers to consider promoting regular screenings and the importance of early diagnosis” but also cited a new challenge from high inflation rates.

“MMB analysts said the impact of inflation needs to be an important factor in any decision making, along with the affordability of coverage and care for both employers and employees,” the CBIA report said.

Small employers have further challenges. Unlike their large counterparts who are self-funded and can negotiate with big carriers, small employers must pick what they can from small group markets.

“Covid and the insurance regulatory framework in Connecticut continues to make it very difficult for small employers to continue providing affordable health care to their employees,” said CBIA Assistant Counsel Wyatt Bosworth. “At CBIA, because we’re so thrilled about all the work that large employers are doing to radically transform and bring down the cost of health care, we’re proposing that small employers be able to do the same thing through association health plans.”

Bosworth added this model would entail small employers collaborating to form “essentially one large employer,” granting them more power including direct negotiation with carriers. Several major regional employers are following that strategy.

The Delamar chain of hotels and restaurants strives to provide employees with affordable health care. The company’s Greenwich and Southport hotels and adjoining restaurants respectively have more than 30 and 50 employees, with more than half on Delamar’s health plan. The company pays 75% of the costs, and early screenings and annual physical checkups are consid-

ered extremely important by Delmar and are covered in full, and in recent years there have been some changes as a result of the pandemic.

“When renewing the benefits plan postCovid, the company did opt to offer more coverage in regard to telemedicine, awarding more sick days, providing a safe harbor 401k contribution to assist employees in saving for retirement, provided staff with paid sick leave as well as continuous PPE to keep employees in a healthy, safe work environment,” said Human Resources Director Annmarie Pepiciello.

The Maritime Aquarium at Norwalk, which employs about 65 full-time employees, has also managed to provide health care to

most of its full-time staff. Regular screenings are promoted, and those covered are encouraged to take advantage of their plans.

“Within the employer-employee ratio, we have, I think as long as our policies have been around, covered 80% of the cost,” said President and CEO Jason Patlis.

Inflation presents a challenge for the aquarium, though it aims to keep employee costs similar to previous years. In 2021, “with the 5% increase in our annual cost, the Maritime Aquarium covered the entire 5% for the premiums,” Patlis said. “We’re now paying effectively greater than 80% share of the cost and making it a little easier for staff to deal with inflation that they’re experiencing elsewhere.”

Greenburgh Town Supervisor Paul Feiner. Photo by Peter Katz.

Photo by Adriano Gadini / Pixabay.

Norwalks Cemetery Street development moves towards public hearing

BY JUSTIN MCGOWN jmcgown@westfairinc.com

Across the street from the East Norwalk Historical Cemetery — where local lore has it the legendary Yankee Doodle is buried — a proposed mixed-use development featuring 77 housing units, retail and office space has received the nod from Norwalk’s Planning & Zoning Commission (PZC) to begin preparations for a public hearing in February.

The original special permit application for the site was submitted in June 2022 after the Wells Fargo bank branch on the site closed earlier in the year. The address of the location is 1 Cemetery St. but joint developers M.F. DiScala & Company and Spinnaker Real Estate Partners refer to it as the Lofts at Mill Pond, emphasizing that the lot borders the Mill Pond once used to power industry in the now primarily residential neighborhood.

“We worked very hard to achieve that New England aesthetic,” Colin Grotheer, an associate architect at Beinfield Architecture said as he presented a watercolor depicting the proposed buildings, consisting of several varied architectural styles facing the street and a Colonial-styled outbuilding which will feature office space. “The site plan is by and large unchanged, most of the substantive changes have had to do with the circulation along the state roadway and the connection to Gregory Boulevard and East Avenue. We have mostly been working to refine the

design and work to mitigate the height and vary the appearance of the streetscape and really anchor this end of the green.”

Additionally, a walkway will pass between the building and the Mill Pond featuring modern lighting fixtures and providing pedestrian access away from Cemetery Street. A small public square will front onto East Avenue, which landscape architect Mike Eckerson pointed out would include convenient seating for those visiting the Sweet Ashley’s ice cream shop just across the street.

The plans allow for the inclusion of a space on a spit of land extending into the pond which belongs to Norwalk, and which could include a deck or pier at the city’s discretion, as well as a rain garden and other landscaping improvements to reduce runoff.

“I’ve been down there after a rain and everything in that parking lot goes right into Mill Pond,” observed Commissioner Mike

Mushak during the presentation. “Oil, grease, garbage, trash, everything washes right in,” he added, appreciating efforts to reduce the site’s runoff.

The need to understand traffic flows caused significant delay in the project. Cemetery Street is part of State Route 136 along with Gregory Boulevard and East Avenue, which it connects. As a result, the changes required input from the Connecticut Department of Transportation, as well as coordination with Norwalk’s municipal government regarding plans to improve walkability in the area immediately south of the East Norwalk Train Station.

Gregory Del Rio, director of transportation planning and engineering at Hardesty & Hanover LLC, explained to the commission that responding to the city’s plans required changes to the driveway for the property, which will feature 98 parking spaces, mostly covered.

“Cemetery Street is currently two lanes without any parking or bike lanes or other facilities, and the sidewalk is on just one side of the street,” Del Rio noted before pointing out the proposal will add both a bike lane and on-street parking to the south-side of the street. He framed this as a necessary improvement, saying “I’ll just call out that the whole area around the cemetery is not very pedestrian friendly or walkable.”

Del Rio walked the PZC through how Norwalk’s Master Plan calls for changes which impacted decision making for the development. A road-diet along both Gregory Boulevard and the southern portion of East Avenue, as well as the installation of several crosswalks, are planned. Additionally, a five-foot-wide sidewalk will be installed around the entire cemetery. Currently, the only pedestrian access is a narrow sidewalk along the East Avenue side of the cemetery and several traffic islands will receive official crossing points.

Adam Blank, an attorney at Wofsey, Rosen, Kweskin & Kuriansky who represented the developers, noted that with finalization of the city’s plans for changes to traffic flows concluded that the project was entering its final phases.

“We’re just waiting on the final peer reviews for traffic and architecture,” Blank said. “I’m sure we’ll have some tweaks but we hope that in consulting with your staff that by your first or second meeting in February we can be on for a public hearing.”

Ethan Book, banker-turned-entrepreneur who staged multiple political campaigns, dies at 74

BY PHIL HALL Phall@westfairinc.com

Ethan Book, a banker who launched a successful limousine service before making repeated attempts to gain elected office, passed away on Jan. 7 at the age of 74.

Book was born 1948 in Waynesboro, Pennsylvania and graduated from California’s Azusa Pacific College in 1972 with degree in business administration and minor in chemistry. While in college, he ran a small business focused on floor covering installations.

After college, Book served for two years with the U.S. Peace Corps in Colombia and continued his education at American Graduate School of International Management, earning a master’s degree in 1977. After gradua-

tion, he joined Bank of America’s Latin America operations and held positions in Guatemala and the Dominican Republic before returning to the U.S. in 1983.

Book joined Connecticut Bank & Trust Co. in 1985 as a vice presidents. Two years later, he became a financial consultant with Stratford-based McCallum Enterprises. In 1988, he started New England Limousine Service of Fairfield.

While Book was a successful businessman, he failed in multiple attempts to gain elected office as a Republican. He sought to become the state representative from Bridgeport’s 128th District on four different occasions, and he tried to secure the 2010 Republican nomination for U.S. senator from Connecticut as a petitioning candidate. He also sought to win his party’s endorsement for the 2019 Bridgeport mayoralty race and for

the 2022 4th Congressional District race. While Book never expressed discouragement that his campaigns always ended in defeat, he nonetheless cautioned other business professionals from trying to become politicians.

“I think some people who have the potential for office are discouraged from office because of the difficulty in running and because of what they see as corruption in both parties of the political system,” he said in a June 2020 interview with the Business Journals. “I would speak to these business people and say that to run for political office, you almost need to be like a church worker who is called by God. And I think businessmen can be a great asset and would certainly be better than the excessive proportion of attorneys who became legislators — that can be a problem.”

An artist’s rendering of the proposed development. Contributed photo.

Ethan Book. Photo by Phil Hall

Women in leadership focus at Westfair, Citrin Cooperman event

BY GEORGETTE GOUVEIA ggouveia@westfairinc.com

At a time when strongmen threaten the world, global leadership — or lack thereof — has never been more important. Equally trending is the rise of women — in colleges, professional schools and C-suite positions.

Yet another trend is the ever-elusive work-life balance, which women have of necessity had to strike as they multitask challenges at home and in the office.

The role of women leaders, never more crucial than today, is the subject of a Tuesday, Jan. 24, “Women in Power” conference at Manhattanville College in Purchase, presented by Citrin Cooperman and Westfair Communications Inc.’s Westchester and Fairfield County Business Journals.

Chelsea Rosen — an audit partner at White Plains-based Citrin Cooperman, one of the nation’s leading professional services firms — will moderate a panel that features Cynthia R. “Cindi” Bigelow, president and CEO of Bigelow Tea in Fairfield; Susan Fox, president and CEO of White Plains Hospital; and Sally A. Paull, executive vice president of human resources at Regeneron Pharmaceuticals.

Cindi Bigelow heads a third-generation, family-owned business that is the U.S. market leader of specialty teas and maker of Constant Comment tea, producing more than two billion tea bags annually. Before assuming this key role in 2005, Bigelow spent nearly 20 years in all areas of a company that her grandmother, Ruth Campbell Bigelow, founded in 1945. As she selects teas and botanicals for Bigelow blends around the world — on Indian, Sri Lankan and Chinese tea estates; in Italian bergamot orchards; and on West Coast farms — and keeps an eye on production in Fairfield, Kentucky and Idaho, Bigelow is also conscious of the company’s role in society. She has championed sustainable practices throughout the organization, with Bigelow becoming a Certified B Corporation in 2019 and a Green-e Certified company a year later. She initiated the annual Bigelow Tea Community Challenge in 1988, which has donated more than $2 million to 23 local charities since its inception, and Bigelow’s Tea for the Troops Project, which has donated more than 8.5 million tea bags to the U.S. armed forces.

Bigelow holds a Bachelor of Science degree from Boston College, an MBA from Northwestern University’s Kellogg

School of Management, honorary doctorates from Fairfield University, the University of New Haven and Johnson & Wales University, and an honorary associate degree from Housatonic Community College. She counts drinking lots and lots of tea among passions that include skiing, tennis, taking long walks and being with her children and friends.

Susan Fox has been at the forefront of the health-care industry transformation regionally, driving the expansion of White Plains Hospital to make it a leading provider in the Hudson Valley.

She first joined the hospital’s team in

2010 as senior vice president of administration, bringing with her more than 25 years of experience in health management administration. In 2011, she was named executive vice president and then president in January 2013. Susan assumed the position of CEO of White Plains Hospital on May 1, 2015.

Prior to White Plains Hospital, Fox was a senior vice president at North Shore-Long Island Jewish Health System, developing and overseeing physician and ambulatory network services, and a senior manager of health-care consulting at Ernst and Young, where she specialized

in strategy and hospital reengineering.

But Fox’s knowledge of health care extends beyond its administrative side. She began her career as a pediatric intensive care nurse at New York Hospital in Manhattan and received her Bachelor of Science in Nursing from Columbia University. She also holds an MBS from Baruch College, Mount Sinai School of Medicine (now the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai).

Susan serves as the chairperson of the Westchester County Association and a member on the Columbia University School of Nursing board of visitors, and the board of the Healthcare Association of New York State (HANYS). She is a former chair of the American Hospital Association (AHA) — Regional Policy Board 2 and an AHA board of trustees member. She has been named to City & State’s “Westchester Power 100” list multiple times and is a fellow of the New York Academy of Medicine.

Sally Paull, who joined Regeneron in 2016, has more than 20 years of experience in human resources executive leadership roles in the life sciences, health care and biopharma industries.,

Previously, she was with Inova Health System, where she built and led HR programs as executive vice president and chief human resources officer. She served as senior vice president and chief human resources officer at Forest Laboratories, a mid-size pharmaceutical company, where she led the global HR function. Earlier in her career, Sally served in progressively senior HR roles at Dentsply International, a global leader in the development and commercialization of professional dental products.

Paull received her Bachelor of Science degree from the United States Air Force Academy and a Master of International Relations degree from the University of Delaware. Following 20-plus years on active duty and in the U.S. Air Force Reserve, Paull retired, having achieved the rank of lieutenant colonel.

She is chair of the board of directors of the International Centre for Missing & Exploited Children (ICMEC), a global nonprofit that combats child sexual exploitation, abuse and the risk of going missing.

“Women in Power” takes place from 8:30 to 10:30 a.m. Tuesday, Jan. 24, at Manhattanville College, 2900 Purchase St. in Purchase. For more, contact Anne Jordan Duffy at anne@westfairinc.com or 914-3580764.

Chelsea Rosen

Susan Fox

Cindi Bigelow

Sally Paull

WOMEN IN POWER

Join us on January 24 and hear from leading CEOs who have effectively smashed through the proverbial glass ceiling while maintaining a healthy work-life balance. How did they do it? And how can you apply the lessons shared to your own professional and personal life?

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Tuesday, January 24, 2023

8:30 a.m. – 10:30 a.m. Manhattanville College 2900 Purchase Street Purchase, NY 10577

CINDI BIGELOW

Spreading the word on proton therapy

BY

When we think of radiation therapy, we think of the standard treatment that uses X-ray technology. But in recent years, proton therapy has become more accessible, offering a more targeted approach to radiation as well as fewer side effects and thus less downtime for the patient.

Among its most articulate advocates is Stamford resident Arpit Chhabra, M.D., an attending radiation oncologist at the threeyear-old New York Proton Center in Harlem. The first facility of its kind in New York state — and indeed the tristate region — the center is one of the anchoring projects of the New York City Economic Development Corp.’s plan to create an innovation corridor around East 125th Street. It is operated by a consortium that includes Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center (MSK), Montefiore Health System and Mount Sinai Health System, serving more than 100 patients daily. (Chhabra is also an assistant clinical professor in the Department of Radiation Oncology at Mount Sinai Health System.)

What makes proton therapy special, he said, is the way it attacks malignant tumors, including even some metastatic ones, using a beam of protons, which are particles in the nuclei of atoms.

“To make a comparison, standard X-ray radiation is like a flashlight, reaching its target but continuing onward, spreading radiation to surrounding normal tissues,” Chhabra said. “Proton therapy, on the contrary, reaches its intended target — and stops.

“This allows the possibility to reduce the risk of side effects and for certain situations when you need a higher dose, proton therapy enables you to deliver that dosage to the tumor.”

The result is better for the patient as well as society as a whole, he added, because that patient can get back to everyday life sooner.

Yet proton therapy is not for every cancer sufferer, said Chhabra, who specializes in the treatment of central nervous system (CNS) tumors and head and neck cancers, as well as malignancies of the gastrointestinal (GI) and genitourinary (GU) tracts. Age, the type of cancer and whether the treatment is curative or palliative are among the factors in determining its use. For example, a case of early-stage breast cancer in which a low dose of radiation on a small, superficial area is indicated, he said, would call for conventional radiation therapy.

Still, he noted, “A subset of radiation patients benefit from proton therapy.

Determining that is the art.”

It’s an art that has long captivated Chhabra, who was born in the Punjab region of northern India and raised in New York City amid a medical family. His parents are doctors, with him and his sister joining his father in oncology.

“It runs in the family,” he said.

What helps distinguish Chhabra — who received his Bachelor of Science degree in the biological sciences and economics from Cornell University and earned his M.D. from New York University Grossman School of Medicine — is his passion for proton therapy. It’s a passion that was fired during his residency and a dedicated fellowship at the University of Maryland Medical Center, which was building its proton center at the time he was there (2017-18). In 2018, he became a radiation oncologist with Hartford HealthCare, moving over in March 2020 to the New York Proton Center, where he is a practitioner of the cutting-edge technique,

which has actually been around since the 1950s but didn’t come into use until the 1990s. Cost is a factor. Proton therapy — requiring large equipment and thus big centers, with the New York Proton Center being 140,000 square feet — is more expensive than X-ray therapy. And even though it’s covered by Medicare, Medicaid and many insurers, other carriers and even some physicians have said the jury is still out on its cost-effectiveness. To date, there are only 40 proton centers nationwide.

Yet Chhabra speaks enthusiastically of a 2020 study involving esophageal cancer patients — the first randomized control trial showing the benefit of proton therapy in this population — in which half received proton therapy and half X-ray radiation.

““The X-ray radiation was associated with a two-to-seven times higher rate of side effects possible heart, lung and gastrointestinal issues, among them which proton therapy was able to reduce,” he said. “Many

other studies since have further supported the ability of proton therapy to reduce side effects, not only in esophageal cancer but in many other tumor types.”

As with other technology, such as smartphones, the size of the equipment and the cost will decrease over time, he added: “The upfront cost of proton therapy is offset by the reduction in side effects.”

As for the future of proton therapy, it will be decided by two things — access/affordability and education, which go hand in hand, said Chhabra, who sits on the American Society for Radiation Oncology (ASTRO)

Payor Relations and Government Relations Subcommittee and the American College of Radiation Oncology (ACRO) Education Committee, among others:

“As more data and clinical trials show the effectiveness of proton therapy, it will be up to everyone — providers and patients alike — to advocate for its utilization.”

For more, visit nyproton.com.

Arpit Chhabra, M.D., at the New York Proton Center, where he is an attending radiation oncologist. Photograph courtesy the New York Proton Center.

Studies proceeding for proposed Winston Farm development

BY PETER KATZ Pkatz@westfairinc.com

The Saugerties Town Board has issued a final scoping document that will govern preparation of a Draft Generic Environmental Impact Statement for the mixed-use development that has been proposed for part of an 840acre property known as Winston Farm. While no site plans have been filed, the developer has petitioned for zoning changes and has discussed various concepts for parts of the site including multifamily and single-family housing, an amphitheater, a boutique hotel resort, a technology park, office space, and cabins and campgrounds.

Winston Farm in Saugerties is where the 1994 version of the Woodstock music festival was held. The Saugerties festival attracted about 500,000 people. The original Woodstock festival took place on Max Yasgur’s dairy farm in Bethel, New York.

Current owners Tony Montano, John Mullen and Randy Richers purchased the Winston Farm in 2020 from the Schaller family, which had owned it since 1961. All three have been Saugerties residents and business operators. Using the entity Saugerties Farms LLC, the owners petitioned the Saugerties Town Board to change the zoning of the nine pieces of land making up the farm property from GB, which allows general business; MDR, moderate density residential; and HR, which signifies Hamlet Residential, to PDD, a Planned Development District.

The scoping document outlines studies that the developer will need to submit covering a wide range of issues such as traffic, handling of wastewater and stormwater runoff, impact on animals, changes to topography, impacts on energy usage and climate change, and impacts on noise, lighting, human health and air quality.

According to a document filed by the developer, it is anticipated that construction might be carried out in 10 phases with possible completion by December of 2030. At least 500 multifamily units are contemplated on 74 acres along with approximately 150 lots for single-family homes and estates on 272 acres. It’s estimated that the project would convert about 194 acres of the site into impervious surfaces through construction including roads and buildings. Agricultural activity on the farm site would be reduced from the current 175 acres to 75 acres.

Concept layout for Winston Farm project

Commercial construction would take place on approximately 123 acres of the site with 47 acres set aside for high-tech commercial development including a technology and business park.

A central recreation area would cover 295 acres and include a boutique hotel. cabins, campgrounds and open space.

A spokesman for the project, Josh

Sommers, said that the data gathered in the environmental studies will help in determining details of what would be developed.

“This is an opportunity to make Winston Farm a model for smart, sustainable development that also preserves abundant open space and enhances quality of life for generations to come,” Sommers said.

The area being proposed for development is roughly bounded on the south by Saugerties-Woodstock Road, also identified as New York State Route 212; power lines along the west edge of the property; Mower Mill Road to the north; and State Route 32 to the east. The site is opposite Exit 20 of the New York State Thruway, I-87.

Indoor golf opening at Palisades Center

BY PETER KATZ Pkatz@westfairinc.com

Golfzon Social, which is planning to open an indoor golf center at 691 Central Park Ave. in Scarsdale, plans to open a site at the Palisades Center mall in Rockland County’s West Nyack on Jan. 30.

Golfzon Social was formed by the golfing simulator company Golfzon and golf and hospitality management company Troon. Golfzon, a South Korean company, has its U.S. headquarters in Chantilly, Virginia. Troon is based in Scottsdale, Arizona.

Golfzon reports it has a presence in 62 countries with 6,200 simulator sites around the world and 76 million rounds of golf played on its simulators in 2021. Troon reports it has food and beverage operations located at more than 600 golf resorts, private clubs, and other facilities. In addition to golf club management, it provides home-

owner association management, private residence clubs, estate management and associated hospitality venues.

The Palisades location will feature 22 TwoVision simulator bays, a full bar, food service and flat screen TVs throughout. Troon is managing all aspects of the new venues, including pre-opening development work and project management, guest services and golf instruction, and food and beverage operations. Golfzon is providing its simulators and team of service technicians. Golfzon says that the TwoVision units can simulate more than 200 golf courses and use high-speed sensors to collect data for analysis of a golfer’s swing.

“According to the National Golf Foundation the number of players who enjoy the game at off-course venues is now nearly 25 million, and it is a trend that is especially popular among young professionals,” said Tommy Lim, CEO of Golfzon North America. “Golfzon Social is the per-

Palisades Center. Satellite photo via Google Maps. fect vehicle to service this large and growing population.”

The Palisades Center is a four-level 2.2 million-square-feet shopping center that in addition to numerous retailers has 16

sit-down restaurants, a bowling alley, an ice rink, the world’s largest indoor ropes course and a comedy club. It’s owned by Pyramid Management Group located in Syracuse.

Sullivan County Planning Commissioner Freda Eisen pointed out that in addition to helping promote health and fitness by encouraging walking and use of bicycles, the county can make it easier for people to get around, especially those who do not have cars.

“For example, 18% of Monticello households don’t have a car, meaning they need safe and convenient places to walk and bike,” Eisen said. “Sullivan County’s motor vehicle-related mortality rate is nearly triple that of the entire state, and our health rankings are already near the bottom for all counties in New York.”

O&W Trail is one of the trails in the county that already are suitable for walking, biking and access by those using mobility devices.

The plan to be developed is expected to focus on improving the safety, comfort and convenience of walking and biking paths in local downtowns and along major transportation corridors in Sullivan. Particular attention will be paid to:

Connecting people to work, school, shopping and essential services destinations;

Ensuring access for people with disabilities;

Sullivan gets grant for walking, biking

BY PETER KATZ Pkatz@westfairinc.com

New York state has selected

Sullivan County to receive a $100,000 grant to help with funding of a plan to expand the use and

safety of walking and biking in the county while making the experiences more pleasant. The Climate Smart Communities Grant was awarded by the state’s Department of Environmental Conservation. The program provides 50/50 matching grants. The grant to Sullivan is one of 25 that were awarded.

The county had put out a survey in 2019 looking at some of its walking, hiking and biking trails. Among the communities studied was Hurleyville, home to the Sullivan County Historical Society and Museum, a few local restaurants, and a completed portion of the Sullivan O&W Rail Trail also known as the Milk Train Rail Trail. The completed portion of the trail using the old New York, Ontario & Western Railway right-of-way runs 1.5 miles from Hurleyville to Fallsburg and 1.5 miles from Hurleyville toward Route 17, a total of 3 miles of asphalt trail. The survey noted that at the time the asphalt portion of the trail equaled the distance that an electric wheelchair could travel on a single charge.

Eisen told the Business Journals that the

Seeking guidance from underserved and disadvantaged communities;

Creating alternative modes of transportation that can help reduce greenhouse gas emissions.

Once the state provides Sullivan with a contract for the $100,000, the county plans to issue a request for proposals seeking firms interested in working on the plan’s creation. County officials anticipate that the project could be completed in a year or two even though the state allows up to five years for completion of projects funded by the grants.

Established in 2016, The Climate Smart Communities Grant Program focuses on funding efforts to adapt to climate change and reduce the effects of greenhouse gasses.

A portion of the O&W Rail Trail in Hurleyville.

How does your (indoor succulent) garden grow?

(Editor’s note: Data Bridge Market Research’s “Global Indoor Plants Market” report notes that the indoor plants industry was valued at $17.93 billion in 2021 and is expected to grow to $26.23 billion by 2029, at a CAGR of 4.87% during the forecast period of 2022-2029.

There have always been those who love indoor plants, which provide us with burgeoning beauty, even amid the spare loveliness of winter. But we suspect that the pandemic gave the market a boost, as homeowners looked to reaffirm life while festooning their nests.

As gardening expert and guest columnist Melinda Myers notes, succulents offer a great introduction for plant newbies: )

It’s no surprise that succulents, including cacti, are popular. These easy-care houseplants come in a variety of colors, shapes and sizes, making them perfect for any home.

All you need is a lot of light and benign neglect to raise healthy and beautiful succulents. Place the plants near an unobstructed south-, west- or east-facing window.

Don’t let a lack of light stop you from

enjoying these beautiful plants in your home, though. You’ll find many attractive options for displaying your plants while providing the light they need. A single desktop LED plant light, attractive plant light shelves and carts and furniture-grade light gardens allow you to grow these sun-lovers anywhere in your home.

Grow these plants in cacti- and succulent-potting mix. These fast-draining mixes help reduce the risk of overwatering, which can lead to root rot. Further reduce this risk by using containers with drainage holes that are only slightly larger than the succulents’ root system. Growing them in toolarge containers that retain moisture longer can result in root rot, decline and even the death of your plants.

Water thoroughly whenever the top inch or two of soil is dry. Some gardeners check the soil moisture at the drain hole to ensure it is dry and the plants need to be watered. Always pour off any excess water that collects in the saucer.

Avoid water collecting in the rosette of leaves or the cluster of prickly stems that

can lead to crown rot. Use a watering can like the Haws indoor watering can, which has a long narrow spout that allows you to reach under the plants to water just the soil.

Make slight adjustments in your watering regime and growing environment as the seasons change. Adapting to changing conditions will keep your plants healthy and looking their best year-round.

Find a cool, sunny, draft-free location for your cacti and succulents in the fall and winter. Maximize the amount of light the plants receive by moving them to the sunniest, usually south-facing, window in your home. Water thoroughly but only when the top few inches of soil are dry and just often enough to keep the plants from shriveling. These changes in the growing conditions often encourage a spring display of unique, colorful flowers.

Boost your succulents’ natural beauty by displaying them in unusual containers or places in your home. Create a living wall display with a three-tier vertical wall planter (gardeners.com) or mini magnetic galvanized planter pockets.

Grow a succulent centerpiece that can be enjoyed year-round. Plant a variety of succulents in a long narrow planter like the Veradek GEO Series planter boxes. Display it on the table and, if needed, move it back to its sunny location between dinner parties. Small containers the heart-shaped concrete tabletop planters allow you to create an attractive dish garden even when space is limited.

Whether you’re a busy, experienced or a new indoor gardener, creating a succulent garden may be just what you need to brighten your home and elevate your mood — particularly in the fallow months ahead.

Melinda Myers is the author of more than 20 gardening books, including “Small Space Gardening” and “Midwest Gardener’s Handbook, Second Edition.” She hosts “The Great Courses’” “How to Grow Anything” DVD series and “Melinda’s Garden Moment,” a TV and radio program. Myers is a columnist and contributing editor for Birds & Blooms magazine and was commissioned by Gardener’s Supply Co. to write this article. For more, visit MelindaMyers.com.

This heart-shaped concrete tabletop planter adds beauty indoors even when space is limited.

This three-tier vertical wall planter filled with succulents will dress up any wall with its textured greenery. Photographs courtesy Gardener’s Supply Co.

Level the noise: Surviving and thriving in an unsteady economy

BY CHUCK MCKAY

Where are we? It’s a question that companies around the country are asking these days, and certainly one we hear from our customers and clients.

Going back to early 2020, the U.S. economy was beginning to show cracks. Labor was tight. The yield curve, which had inverted the previous summer, was beginning to invert. The nation was feeling the effects of the China trade war. And the inevitability of a recession, ending the long U.S. expansion, was in hot debate.

The Covid-19 pandemic then intervened to deliver, from an economic perspective, a severe supply-and-demand shock. After this initial shock came more disruption in the form of Delta and Omicron Covid variants, and the Russian invasion of Ukraine. Results of these rolling disruptions have included broken supply chains, product shortages, the largest number of unfilled jobs on record and the highest inflation in 40 years.

After initial slowness in response to the inflation threat, the Federal Reserve has raised interest at an accelerated pace since March in an effort to rein in price growth. However, the return to a more smoothly functioning economy will take time — and some pain.

Global Reach, Local Impact

For individual businesses, this complex combination of domestic and global events and forces means that three things have happened: Costs have increased, labor is more scarce and more expensive, and the cost of capital has gone up.

The resulting margin squeeze has left many business owners and managers bewildered and panicked. When these three base components — the components that drive business success — are out of whack, what do you do?

The answer is the sum total of many actions, but it starts with stepping back and realizing that, at a high level, this actually is business as usual.

The economy has always gone through ups and down, booms and busts, recessions and prosperity. Every decade of the last century has seen major events and trends in which many businesses have failed and others have thrived. And in every one of those times, businesses that have made it

through have adhered to a few key principles.

First, it is crucial to stay close to your customers, your suppliers and your employees. Talk with them. Be upfront and honest. Figure out where they are struggling and what they need. It likely will be somewhat different than it was just three years ago.

Instead of just pushing your product or service, engage with customers and develop real relationships. Once you start talking, keep it up.

Then, figure out your competitive edge. Listening is the first step. Next is taking in the information you’re learning and adapting it to your organization.

Can you meet some of the needs you’re hearing about from customers and pro-

spective customers by adding real value to what you’re already offering? How can you adjust, whether through internal operations, management, partnership development or other?

This is how to determine and hone your competitive advantage — in your industry, in your area, among your competitors. It often means listening in a way you’ve not done before, and developing ways to differentiate through an unfamiliar lens.

This doesn’t mean that every company should make a dramatic shift. It does mean that businesses must take a new look at what their customers and prospective customers need now, and that they must be open to change in ways they may have never thought of before.

Managing Operations

Businesses that can manage well in a volatile economy will have a better chance of making it. This is a time to reevaluate, reassess, and refocus strategy and tactics. Scrutinize processes and procedures, particularly in line with the customer needs you have identified.

Ask yourself: Are you looking at order sizes? Can you minimize shipping costs? Is it possible to make it easier or faster for customers and suppliers to do business with you? Is this the time to fine-tune your supply channel or narrow your offerings?

Remember that when things are going well, details are less important. Now, though, every detail counts.

Don’t overlook employee operations and relations. What kind of environment are you creating for employees? No matter what the industry, businesses with limited ability to attract and keep labor will suffer. Where can you up your competitive edge in the hiring and retention areas?

Level the Noise

Things may just get worse before they get better. But they will get better. Inflation will come down. The demand-supply equilibrium will be restored. In the interim, business owners and managers can put their heads down and follow the best practices that separate good business from bad business.

There will always be turmoil and noise. It’s your choice whether to get caught up in it or not. You can turn down the volume and get to work navigating a different economic environment than we were all used to.

In doing so, you may see your business survive and thrive. And you’ll be putting yourself in a much better position to handle the next economic shift…because we all know it will happen.

Chuck McKay is vice president of corporate development at Mitsubishi HC Capital America, a Norwalk-based provider of customized financing solutions for a wide range of industries, including work trucks/transportation, clean technology/mobility, manufacturing, construction, IT, staffing and healthcare.

(top) Photo by Julita / Pixabay. (bottom) Chuck McKay. Contributed photo.

An authentic taste of China in Fairfield

BY JEREMY WAYNE jwayne@westfairinc.com

I’m not usually one for restaurant customer reviews, because they can put your head in a spin. Customer A posts, “Our favorite bistro.” Customer B posts, “Stay well away.” That said, I was intrigued by the most recent Google review of Ginkgo Sichuan Cuisine, a Chinese restaurant in Fairfield, which I’d always heard good things about but had not gotten around to visiting in the six years since it opened. The online reviewer, David, location not given, had simply posted, “Best f****** Chinese.” Not even an exclamation point — and the asterisks are mine and mine alone. A tell-itlike-it-is kind of guy, a man of few words is David, but if brevity really is the soul of wit, then this may be the best online customer review I’ve ever read.

I’ll tell you what: It certainly whetted my appetite to eat at Gingko, especially with the Lunar New Year (Jan. 22, the Year of the Rabbit) just around the corner.

Located at the far end of the unlovely low-build Fairfield Centre — the most exciting feature of which may be its Anglo/ French spelling of “center” — Gingko has put some real thought into its design, unlike many faceless shopping mall restaurants. Outside, there’s a pretty if narrow heated terrace facing the parking lot and inside, a veritable canopy of filament bulbs, which seem to mimic Chinese lanterns, so do look up. With a bit of imagination — OK, a lot — you could imagine yourself on a junk at night, sailing in Hong Kong Harbor. At floor level, high-backed banquettes, generous, semicircular booths, and heavy use of teak are also a pleasing throwback to the era of comfortable Chinese restaurants, before places like Hakkasan and Vong started to reimagine Asian cuisine in the early 2000s,

TABLE TALK

introducing a heavy design element into the experience and halving the portion sizes in the process.

That’s never going to be an issue at Gingko, where the super-sized portions mean you will carry more home in a doggie bag than you stand any reasonable chance of eating at the table. But I’m getting ahead of myself.

Sichuan cooking implies heat from chili peppers and the liberal use of garlic, tempered with spices such as fennel seed and star anise. On a menu that is so long you might consider familiarizing yourself with it online at home before your visit, starters include surf clam in pepper sauce, various kinds of dumplings, Shanghai spring rolls and beef noodle soup. The rolls, served with a sweet chili sauce, come to the table absolutely piping hot, the batter so thin and crisp it shatters on impact as you bite into them. The soup, a Sichuan classic, hits you in the back of the throat, where it should. It is rich, wintry and immensely satisfying. Other starters I and a small group of friends enjoyed included moreish salt and pepper baby squid, Chengdu-style cold noodles (Chengdu is the home of Sichuan cooking) and fermented black bean-flavored spare ribs. Yet another was a Peking duck-filled bao, or bun, with the more familiar Peking duck with green onions and streamed pancakes served as an elaborate main course. Just remember to order it at least two hours in advance.

The jury was divided over a dish of sliced sweet and sour jellyfish, with its slightly woody, cartilage-y texture. For myself, I quite enjoyed it but wouldn’t rush to reorder it.

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.”

If the restaurant has a signature dish, it is the Sichuan dry pot, a large hot pot of vegetables and spices built around one core ingredient. That might be chicken or beef or pork belly, but it might equally be chitterlings (intestine) or Chinese bullfrog. This is a restaurant that doesn’t dumb down its menu to take account of “local” tastes or sensibilities but rather strives to deliver the real deal. Further authenticity comes in the form of the ma-la dishes, which derive their heat from Sichuan pepper, a unique peppercorn with a zingy, almost citrussy undercurrent.

In addition to the dry pot and a couple of vegetable dishes with ma-la vegetable sides, we also gave the thumbs up to a large dish of shredded beef with celery, green chilies and ginger. It was cooked with a mountain of red chilies, which, left whole, were mercifully easy to see and remove. A side of Singaporean noodles — the East’s

equivalent of angel-hair pasta — with soft onions and almost translucent, barely cooked shrimp provided a kind of balm to the hotter dishes.

Claggy white rice, precooked and not kept sufficiently damp, and jasmine tea, rather swamped in a large teapot so that the flavor had all but gone, could hardly take the pleasure out of what was a delicious and rewarding dinner. So, thank you, David, whoever you are, for the ace review.

On my first trip to Beijing — so long ago now that let’s just say President Richard M. Nixon only beat me by a hair’s breadth

— I took with me Fodor’s guide to China, in which the great Eugene Fodor himself had written this immortal line about Feng Shang, then the most prominent restaurant in the Chinese capital: “Feng Shang is the best restaurant in Peking,” he penned, “which surely makes it the best Chinese restaurant in the world.” It was hard to argue with the logic. Now, I can’t make any such sweeping claims for Gingko, but I will stick my neck out and say it is the best Chinese restaurant in Fairfield, and very likely our region.

For more, visit gingkoct.com.

Gingko Sichuan Cuisine interior. Photographs by Jeremy Wayne.

Gingko Sichuan Cuisine terrace.

Renovating an older Greenwich office space for today’s market

BY PHIL HALL Phall@westfairinc.com

It is no secret that most companies prefer to locate their offices in modern properties featuring the latest amenities. This creates a challenge for older office buildings that may have been cutting edge when they were constructed decades ago but have since become a little too old-fashioned for those focused on contemporary style.

One older office building in the heart of downtown Greenwich is undergoing a significant upgrading to make it a competitive asset in the commercial real estate market. Last month, Newmark Group Inc. announced it had been retained by Win Properties for the marketing and leasing of 145 Mason St., a two-story, 37,602-squarefoot Class A office building that is undergoing a full gut renovation that is slated to be completed during the second quarter. The building will be coming to market during for the first time in over 30 years and it is

being promoted by Newmark as “one of the largest reimagined work environments in the Greenwich market since the start of the pandemic.”

According to Newmark’s Executive Vice President and Managing Director James Ritman, the building previously had the investment bank Piper Sandler as its sole tenant, but the company has since relocated to a smaller space at 1 Greenwich Plaza.

“The ownership is taking this opportunity as the tenant has just moved out,” said Ritman, noting the building became fully vacant with the New Year. “They’re taking this opportunity to completely gut and bring the building down to sort of a core and shell condition, and basically rebuild it from the inside out.”

The renovation to the building’s infrastructure will feature the installation of energy-efficient building systems, including HVAC, roofing, insulation and Merv 13 air filtration with tenant-controlled VRF heating and cooling systems. The design firm Studios Architecture is already at work

providing the building upgraded exterior finishes and operable windows and two levels of upgraded parking including electric car charging stations.

“There will be better air quality and more fresh air coming into the building,” Ritman added. “Plus, all new windows surrounding the building, new elevators, new restrooms and an expanded new modern lobby with security and new ADA compliance.”

Ritman stated that Win Properties was open to having either a single tenant who would occupy the entire building — complete with naming rights on the property’s signage — or dividing the space between two or more companies.

“We have been taking inquiries from a multitude of different tenants thus far,” he added. “We are so excited to work on the project.”

Despite the tumult of the past three years created by the pandemic and the shaky economy, Ritman is optimistic that the Greenwich office market will be able to

maintain its vibrancy into 2023.

“Greenwich has always been a strong market because of the groups that are already here — the hedge fund and private equity groups,” he said. “There’s been an incredible amount of activity, and that continues to be strong. It’s just a desirable location — you’ve got great buildings, a great town, great access to the train and I-95, and then a wonderful Greenwich Avenue with great restaurants and shopping and coffee shops.”

One thing that has been working against Greenwich, he added, was the lack of available inventory.

“The activity remains very strong, but there hasn’t been space,” he continued.

“The issue is that the demand has been there, but we didn’t have any space to market or provide as an opportunity for a tenant to take. This building will be the first full building, and for a really nice space like this to come on the market has been a great opportunity for companies to look at it in town.”

An artist’s rendering of the renovated 145 Mason St. Photo courtesy of Newmark.

The Westchester office market is catching up with reality

BY HOWARD E. GREENBERG

The office availability rate in Westchester has modestly but steadily increased through 2022. It now is at its highest level on record, 26.2%. Leasing velocity has been lower than in the past. There is an ever-increasing amount of space being offered for sublet, most of which just remains on the market statistics with little or no deal activity.

Absorption through the third quarter of 2022 is negative 341,000 square feet, according to Newmark’s market statistics.  This means that we continue to lease less office space than is being returned to the market through tenants vacating or shrinking. We will likely come up well short of Westchester’s typical 2 million square feet of annual leasing in 2022.

Hybrid work is here to stay, with most employees now working in the office two to three days per week, and at home the other days. Even buildings that are well-leased have a physical occupancy no greater than 50% during the middle of the work week, with Friday being a very common work from home day. Many companies and professional firms continue to have most of their employees working fully remote. Whether hybrid or remote, worker productivity has not suffered during the pandemic.

Employers are accepting hybrid work, even though it creates shortfalls in training and collaboration. Many businesses need more employees, and those that insist their people come to the office even a few days per week are having a very hard time competing in the hiring market. Employees want remote work to avoid the time and expense of commuting, to have at least some flexibility in working hours and to spend more time with their families.

The lower demand for office space puts pressure on landlords to keep rents low, which makes it more difficult for them to do deals that make economic sense. Building operating costs and real estate taxes continue to increase, further eating into landlord margins. The costs to build out tenant space have increased significantly in the last three years, and there are still some supply chain issues that delay construction.

There are already a number of building owners that do not have the funds available to build out space, which significantly inhibits their ability to increase occupancy. Their buildings will continue to lose tenants, which will exacerbate their financing issues, eventually leading them into default with their lenders.

While we have repurposed about 6 million to 7 million square feet of office space to other uses in the last decade or so, it is hard to remove obsolete space from the market fast enough to keep up with the reduction in tenant demand.

Touring activity has slowed significantly for all sizes of space, and the county is entering into another cyclical period when we have a number of large blocks of vacant space, which will likely keep the vacancy statistics up for 2023.  One reason for this can be seen in what happened with Transamerica. The company’s space usage shrank from about 117,000 square feet to about 27,000 square feet when it renewed its lease at 440 Mamaroneck Ave. in Harrison. Our average lease is typically around 5,000 square feet, so the re-leasing of just this one block of empty space can and will take years to accomplish.

Tenants are now at the point where they are willing to make long-term leasing commitments, unlike their propensity to extend for only a year or two early

in the pandemic. The dilemma for all tenants is how to estimate how much space they will need in the future, based not only on their present employee count, but how the future of hybrid and remote work will affect their need for office space.

It would appear that 2023 will be a difficult year for the Westchester office market. The overwhelming majority of our office buildings were developed in the 1980s, so they are now almost 40 years old. Almost all of our office leasing is intra-county deals, where an existing tenant relocates from one building to another, with almost no positive absorption from companies moving to Westchester from other areas.

Howard E. Greenberg is president of Howard Properties Ltd., located in Valhalla. He has been active as a commercial real estate broker since 1986.

Downtown White Plains is a key location for office space.

WCA’s Annual Business Breakfast with the County Executive

What’s in

for 2023? Find out next week when County Executive George Latimer addresses the economic challenges facing Westchester, reports on the state of the county and offers his agenda for the coming year His remarks will be followed by a lively Q&A and panel of experts who share insights and intel on the state of the regional economy from inflation to crypto and what’s ahead for businesses in Westchester

Moderated by Brian Amkraut, PhD, VP and GM for Workforce Credentialing and Community Impact at Mercy College, the conversation features the following stellar panel:

Michael P Goldrick, President & CEO, PCSB Bank

Luis Massiani, EVP, Chief Operating Officer, Webster Bank

Tyré Robinson, Regional President, M&T Bank

Melinda A White, Senior Vice President, Commercial Banking, Wells Fargo Bank

Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer

MAKING CONNECTIONS

Training Talent = Big Economic Impact

Workforce development is a key factor in fueling economic growth and development and the WCA is leading the way in helping employers to address their recruitment and retention challenges Notably, our Healthcare Talent Pipeline Program (HTPP) in partnership with Westchester County is on track to exceed training and placement goals

The program will now prepare 150 job seekers for high-demand healthcare jobs In 2022, more than 25 talent pipeline graduates were hired at an average salary of $41,907 for jobs at top employers in the region including Northwell, Epic Healthcare Management, White Plains Hospital, and WMC Health The result? Over $1M in total salaries plus benefits! The HTPP program is projected to have an estimated $6 5 million in economic impact on Westchester County annually

PLATINUM INVESTORS

WCA Impact on NYS Climate Action Plan

The NYS New York State Climate Action Council in December delivered to the Governor and State Legislature its finalized Scoping Plan with recommendations to meet the requirements of the Climate Leadership and Community Protection Act of 2019

We’re encouraged to see that the WCAs comments, particularly the call for massive funding and technical assistance for clean energy construction, building retrofits, and local land use decision making, reflected in this framework for upcoming laws and regulations set to touch every sector of the State economy

The WCA is leading the way to prepare the business community for the changes ahead with our Clean Energy Portal, new chapter focused on climate action and sustainability tools in the Policy Playbook, advocacy for a countywide climate change resiliency study, and a series of educational events with sustainability subject matter experts

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Over 200 people gathered at the Westchester Country Club for the WCAs annual holiday networking party in December to toast a great year and celebrate what’s to come

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REHABILITATION CENTER HONORS A DEDICATED EMPLOYEE

Vincent Zucchetto, social worker at Cabrini of Westchester, was presented with the 2022 Employee of Distinction Award from LeadingAge New York, part of a national association of 5,500 not-for-profit organizations. Zucchetto accepted the award on Dec. 17 at a celebration held in his honor. The award is given to employees who excel in their profession and who have served with distinction and made significant contributions to the betterment of services for the aged and infirmed.

Sandi Schreier, director of social services spoke about Zucchetto’s dedication, professionalism and willingness to learn new skills that will help Cabrini’s residents.

Patricia Krasnausky, president and CEO of Cabrini of Westchester said she “could not think of anyone more deserving of this honor.”

Cabrini of Westchester is a not-forprofit Catholic ministry sponsored by the Missionary Sisters of the Sacred Heart of Jesus and is dedicated to caring for people of all faiths through programs and services, which promote independence, dignity and well-being. Cabrini of West-

chester offers short-term rehabilitation, sub-acute care, respite care, skilled nursing care, palliative care, Alzheimer’s and

DIFFERENCE MAKER OF THE WEEK AWARD

Throughout the 2022 season, the Kraft family, the New England Patriots Foundation and Gillette recognized 17 local volunteers with the “Patriots Difference Maker of the Week Award.” The honorees were celebrated for going above and beyond to support nonprofit organizations in New England communities.

As part of this recognition, the foundation presents a $5,000 donation to the nonprofit organization represented by each honoree.

“It is hard to measure or fully appreciate the positive impact that these volunteers regularly make in their communities,” said Robert Kraft, Patriots chairman and CEO. “They are truly making the world a better place and deserve to be recognized for their many contributions. We have been celebrating volunteerism for many decades and will continue to use our platform to promote their work in hopes of inspiring others to do the same.”

Christine Lai of Greenwich was selected as a 2022 Patriots Difference Maker of the Week for her commitment to Special Education Legal Fund. As part

of this recognition, the Kraft family, the New England Patriots Foundation and Gillette will make a $5,000 donation to support the nonprofit.

Special Education Legal Fund (S.E.L.F.) helps economically challenged families of children with learning disabilities to navigate the special education system. It provides grants of up to $5,000 per child for legal representation to help families achieve better learning and development outcomes helps level the playing field in the special education system so that no child with a learning disability falls between the cracks due to legal or economic challenges.

Following over a decade of educational challenges for her own son, Lai dedicated herself to making special education and services for people with intellectual disabilities more accessible and understandable to all families regardless of economic status.

In four years, S.E.L.F. has provided over $400,000 in legal assistance grants to more than 100 families and educated thousands more via direct community outreach programs and informational

content on its website.

This marks the 12th season that the Patriots Difference Maker of the Week Award has been presented to volunteers from across New England. Since its inception, more than 180 individuals have received this award and over $890,000 has been donated to local nonprofit organizations.

HEALTH PROGRAMS FOR PEOPLE AFFECTED BY POVERTY OR DISASTER

Dr. Julie Varughese has been promoted by Americares in Stamford to senior vice president of programs and chief medical officer. In her new role Varughese oversees the organization’s health programs for people affected by poverty or disaster, including its work with the uninsured in the United States, its Emergency Response Team and its global distribution of more than $1 billion in medicine and medical supplies to an average of 85 countries annually.

She also oversees Americares primary care clinics in Colombia, El Salvador, India and Connecticut and oversees a team of medical experts that reviews offers of donated products from over 200 pharmaceutical and medical supply companies, ensuring items are used safely and effectively by the organization’s health-care partners around the world.

Americares supports more than 4,000 health centers worldwide, improving the health of millions of people worldwide every year affected by poverty or disaster.

Varughese had been serving as interim senior vice president and chief program officer since August.

From 2018 to 2022 she served as vice president of Americares technical unit and chief medical officer. While directing the technical unit, Varughese led Americares global response to the Covid-19 pandemic, including overseeing the distribution of 18 million units of personal protective equipment and infection-prevention supplies, delivery of essential primary healthcare services and training and mental health support for frontline health care workers.

Since joining Americares in 2015

as a member of its medical team, Varughese has traveled to Cambodia, El Salvador, Haiti, India and Tanzania to implement health programs and deliver quality medicine and medical supplies.

Previously, Varughese served as a clinical infectious disease attending physician at Norwalk Hospital in Connecticut and worked in Norwalk Community Health Center’s HIV clinic. She has also participated in medical missions to India and South Africa, researched breastfeeding practices and infant health in Ecuador and worked in primary care and school-based health education in Guatemala.

Trained in a dual internal medicine-pediatrics residency program and maintaining board certification in internal medicine and infectious disease, Varughese earned a bachelor’s degree in biochemistry from Knox College in Galesburg, Illinois, and a medical degree from Rush University in Chicago, where she completed her residency training. She also completed her infectious disease fellowship at the Albert Einstein College of Medicine in the Bronx.

A CALL FOR FUNDING REQUESTS TO IMPROVE SENIORS’ LIVES

Field Hall Foundation in Cortlandt Manor is now accepting Letters of Inquiry (LOL) for its Spring 2023 Grant Cycle. The deadline for submitting is Jan. 31. Grant decisions will be announced at the end of May.

Field Hall Foundation’s mission is to improve the lives of older adults and their caregivers in Dutchess, Putnam, and Westchester counties. It does this by providing grants for programs and projects that directly impact this popu -

lation, with priority given to programs that address basic needs.

Grant requests can range from $5,000 to $50,000-plus. Submittal instructions are on the Foundation’s website fieldhallfoundation.org , as are eligibility requirements, priority areas and recent grants. For more information, contact Patti Lavan Horvath, program officer, at 914-813-9103 or phorvath@fieldhallfdn.org

Patricia Krasnausky, president and CEO of Cabrini of Westchester presents Vincent Zucchetto with his award.

Dr. Julie Varughese

dementia care, pastoral care and home care throughout Westchester County and the Bronx.

Christine Lai

CURRENT STATE OF GLOBAL DISRUPTIVE FORCES

Christ Church Greenwich Parish Hall, 254 E. Putnam Ave., Greenwich, will host an in-person or livestream program titled “Global Disruptive Forces in 2023: Respite or Revolution?,”

Sunday, Jan. 15, 11:15 a.m. led by Tom Sanderson, former director of the Transnational Threats Project at the Center for Strategic and International Studies. Sanderson has conducted terrorist studies for the U.S. government, testifies before the U.S. Congress and teaches courses for the U.S. Intelligence Community, and has worked in 75 countries engaging nongovernmental organizations, terrorists, warfighters, refugees, traffickers and clergy.

He currently is an advisor at Hostage U.S. and serves on the Middle East Institute’s Counterterrorism Advisory Council and co-chairs the Councilors Program at the Atlantic Council. Most recently, he has done field work in the Uzbekistan, Tajikistan, Jordan, Morocco, Burkina Faso, Mali, Niger and the Philippines.

Sanderson holds a Bachelor of Arts

degree and an honorary Doctor of Laws degree from Wheaton College and an Master of Arts degree from the Fletcher School at Tufts University.

Christ Church is a lively community of faith composed of people with diverse backgrounds, circumstances and spiritual journeys, bound together by God’s love for all people everywhere and united in the common mission to seek and serve God in all persons.

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GIFT FOR GREENWICH

Longtime Greenwich residents Richard and Ellen Richman have donated a lead gift to Greenwich Hospital for its Adolescent Behavioral Health Outpatient Program. Designed to inspire others to donate to this important initiative, the Richmans will match any gifts dollar-for-dollar, up to $1 million.

Greenwich Hospital, in partnership with the Greenwich United Way, will open the community’s first mental health program designed for young people ages 12 to 18. With plans to locate at 500 W. Putnam Ave., which also houses Yale New Haven Children’s Hospital Pediatric Specialty Center in Greenwich, adolescents will receive the right level of psychiatric care for their diagnosed depression and/ or anxiety. The opening of the new facility is expected this summer.

Greenwich Hospital President Diane P. Kelly, DNP, MBA, RN, said, “Our nation is grappling with a mental health epidemic that is hitting our younger population extremely hard. …A talented team of Greenwich behavioral health leaders have designed the program with Yale Psychiatry and are recruiting the medical team and readying the space to ensure sustainable care for adolescents in our community.”

In full partnership with Yale Psy-

chiatry, considered a world leader and innovator within the mental health field, Greenwich Hospital’s program will include intensive adolescent outpatient services, cognitive-behavioral group interventions, psychotropic medication management, and a research initiative to improve upon

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the treatment options for young people. Supporters wishing to donate to the Greenwich Hospital Adolescent Behavioral Health Program – and have their contribution doubled – can contact Noël Appel at noel.appel@greenwichhospital.org or 203-863-3861.

LEGO YEAR-LONG BUILDING CLUB

Legoland® Discovery Center Westchester is seeking 12 children to be part of the 2023 Creative Crew, a Lego building club that will work on brick-tastic projects throughout the year at the attraction’s location.

Led by the center’s Master Model Builder Matthew Graham, the crew will assist with important tasks, including creating special Lego builds for events, learning advanced building techniques and more. Each winner will also receive a family four pack of annual passes to Legoland Discovery Center

Westchester for unlimited Lego fun for the entire year.

Applicants can submit their entries online at  Be A Part of Our 2023 Creative Crew! (legolanddiscoverycenter.com) and upload their most creative or technical build to be considered. The center will be accepting entries until Wednesday, Jan.

18. Entries will be judged by Graham and winners will be announced on Legoland Discovery Center Westchester’s social media accounts on Jan. 23.

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Northern Westchester Hospital (NWH) in Mount Kisco, part of Northwell Health, has been named one of the best hospitals in the nation by the Women’s Choice Award®, a leading referral source for the best in health care. The award signifies that NWH is one of the top health-care providers in the country based on a review of almost 5,000 hospitals. This is the only designation that takes into consideration the preferences of women when selecting a hospital. NWH was recognized in the areas of bariatric surgery, obstetrics, cancer care, comprehensive breast care, mammogram imaging, minimally invasive surgery, outpatient experience and women’s services.

“On behalf of our entire staff, it’s an honor to be named a top health-care provider in all of these clinical areas,” said Derek Anderson, executive director at Northern Westchester Hospital. “It’s especially rewarding since the award is based upon patient satisfaction in our community and recognizes the excellent care provided by every single member of our staff….”

Women in health care at Northern Westchester Hospital.

Founder and CEO of the Women’s Choice Award, Delia Passi, emphasized that hospitals that earn the Women’s Choice Award as a Best Hospital truly deliver on the care that matters most to women, who make the majority of health-care decisions.

NWH, ranked in “U.S. News & World Report’s Best Regional Hospitals 2022-23” is internationally known as one of the best person-centered hospitals worldwide. The hospital has been awarded the Gold Certification for excellence in Person-Centered

Care by Planetree International and is the only hospital to achieve this certification five times. The hospital is also Magnet-designated for nursing excellence, a prestigious and coveted recognition that only one in 10 U.S. health-care organizations qualify to receive.

The Women’s Choice Award for Best Hospitals™ is a trusted referral source and coveted credential that identifies the nation’s best hospitals based on robust criteria that includes relevant clinical performance, patient satisfaction and appropriate accreditations.

Tom Sanderson

NWH RECEIVES 2023 WOMEN’S CHOICE AWARD

Ellen and Richard Richman of Greenwich.

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WHAT’S IN A NAME

Pike in Poughkeepsie has recently invested in a new corporate structure and brand foundation to reflect the company more accurately and leverage its name.

The construction enterprise named The Pike Company Inc. will be renamed Pike Construction Services Inc. and the company’s multifamily group Lecesse Construction Services will be rebranded as Pike Residential. To enable these moves Pike Construction Services will be the only corporate entity and Pike Residential will be a branded division of the company. The holding company named The Pike Companies Ltd. will be simplified to

Pike Companies Ltd.

Preparing for its 150th birthday this year Pike is excited to roll out its corporate restructure, a refreshed brand and associated elements.

Through five generations of experience and a promise to always put innovation at the forefront, Pike is finding new ways to establish trust and help clients evolve in their respective spaces. Whether it’s integrating delivery processes or promoting sustainability initiatives, it continuously looks ahead and stands for more than construction-as-usual according to Rufus Judson, CEO.

BANK FOUNDATION ACCEPTING GRANT APPLICATIONS ONLINE

The annual CommunityFirst grant program of First County Bank Foundation headquartered in Stamford is now accepting grant applications through March 31 from nonprofit organizations.

To be eligible for consideration, organizations must serve the communities of Stamford, Norwalk, Darien, Fairfield, Greenwich, New Canaan, Westport or Bridgeport and have nonprofit tax-exempt status under section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code.

“As a community bank, we recognize the importance of supporting the critical work of our local nonprofit organizations, most especially during these challenging times. Each year, First County Bank Foun-

NEW CHAIRMAN FOR BANK BOARD

dation welcomes the opportunity to accept and review grant applications from local Fairfield County nonprofits,” said Robert J. Granata, chairman and CEO of First County Bank and president of First County Bank Foundation.

Established in 2001 in honor of the bank’s 150th anniversary, First County Bank Foundation was created to distribute funds annually to nonprofit organizations that support community and economic development, affordable housing and programs that support educational enrichment for children and families.

To complete an online grant application, visit https://firstcountybank.com/ community/grant-applications/.

OF TRUSTEES

Charles ‘Bud’ Walker has been appointed chairman of the Board of Trustees of Ulster Savings Bank in Kingston.

After chairing the human resources committee and serving on several other committees during his 10 years as a bank trustee, Walker retired recently as the practice administrator at Hudson Valley Foot Associates in Kingston where his 22-year tenure there saw the practice expand to seven counties with nine office locations.

A graduate of SUNY Ulster and SUNY Brockport, he currently serves on the Advisory Board of the Rip Van Winkle Council of Boy Scouts of America. He also serves as chairperson of the Board of Trustees for the First Congregational Church of Saugerties. As a past president of the Community Rehabilitation Center Foundation (United Cerebral Palsy of Ulster County) Walker received a National Award for Commitment to Excellence. He has been active on the boards of many other local nonprofit orga-

nizations, including the United Way of Ulster County and the BOCES Advisory Council.

Headquartered in Kingston, New York, Ulster Savings Bank is a mutual savings bank with assets of $1.3 billion. It has 15 branches located in Lake Katrine, Gardiner, Hyde Park, New Paltz, Newburgh, Phoenicia, Poughkeepsie, Red Hook, Saugerties, Stone Ridge, Wappingers Falls and Woodstock.

WESTCHESTER NONPROFITS AWARDED GRANTS

WAITING ON CAP

United Way of Westchester and Putnam (UWWP) recently announced that dozens of nonprofits serving Westchester County were collectively awarded $350,000 in funding through Phase 40 of the Emergency Food and Shelter Program. These funds are in addition to the $1.5 million allocated in Emergency Food and Shelter grants at the beginning of 2022.

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“With inflation being at 9%, plus a 30% increase in home heating costs and 60% of our community struggling to afford essentials such as food and diapers, we know that nonprofits are stretching every dollar to serve the needs of their clients,” said United Way CEO Tom Gabriel. The funds were made available through the National Emergency Food

and Shelter Program (EFSP) Boards to Westchester County. This program provides federal funding, which helps extend currently available services for the hungry or homeless or at risk of eviction. The United Way of Westchester and Putnam is the administrative agent of the Local EFSP Boards in Westchester and Putnam counties.

TEAM MEMBERS IN ELEVATED ROLES

Michael Janasiewicz and Jesse Wyble, team members at Ulster Savings Bank in Kingston have been recognized for their outstanding achievements by their promotions to new roles.

Janasiewicz has been named first vice president of bank operations at Kingston headquarters overseeing the bank’s loan operations, deposit operations, customer service and the collections department. He holds a Master of Business Administration degree from The College of Saint Rose in Albany and is a graduate of the Ulster Leadership Development Institute, a leadership program provided by the Ulster County Regional Chamber of Commerce.

Wyble, an employee of Ulster Savings Bank since 2019, has been promoted to branch manager of the bank’s Lake Katrine location where he will

manage the operations of the branch and further develop community relations. He is a graduate of the Certified

U.S. Professional Banking Program as well as a graduate of the Ulster Leadership Development Institute.

Jesse Wyble

Michael Janasiewicz

Photo courtesy of Bud Walker.

FEDERAL REPS SECURE FUNDS FOR WESTCHESTER

U.S. Senate Leader Chuck Schumer has secured almost $2.8 Million for Route-9 Westchester Riverwalk Transit Connector for filling missing links in the Waterfront Trail project while former Congressman Mondaire Jones led the House action to fund the project in collaboration with Scenic Hudson, Westchester County and the village of Tarrytown.

The Transit Connector will provide an ADA-compliant route between Tarrytown neighborhoods and businesses along Route 9 and Westchester RiverWalk — the planned 51-mile route along the county’s Hudson River waterfront. The project is an essential component of the broader Westchester RiverWalk

Connection, a proposed riverfront bicycle/pedestrian path that will link existing segments of the RiverWalk in Tarrytown and Irvington. Completion of both projects will facilitate bicycle and pedestrian access to Metro-North Railroad, Bee Line Bus and Lower Hudson Transit Link service at the Tarrytown train station. It also will increase opportunities for nonmotorized transportation to Rockland County and to nearby historic sites such as Lyndhurst, Sunnyside and Old Croton Aqueduct State Historic Park.

This funding brings the total federal, state and county investment in completing the Westchester RiverWalk Connection to more than $9 million.

CONSTRUCTION EXECUTIVES JOIN DEVELOPMENT FIRM

Simone Development Companies has appointed Roger Merriman and Jeremy Schwartz, two real estate industry veterans to senior positions in its construction and leasing departments.

Merriman is the new senior vice president of construction and Schwartz is director of leasing. These executives possess years of experience in the real estate industry and have worked with leading real estate companies in the tristate area.

“Roger and Jeremy bring impressive backgrounds and skills to the Simone team in the realms of construction management, leasing, property marketing, underwriting and property portfolio management,” said Joseph Simone, president of Simone Development Companies. “Both of these individuals will help us strategically position ourselves for future growth as we build our operational capacity and scalability.”

Previously, Merriman served as vice president of Construction at SL Green Realty Corp., and Schwartz worked as assistant vice president of leasing at Urstadt Biddle Properties.

Simone Development Companies is a full-service real estate investment company specializing in the acquisition and development of health care,

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

mixed-use, office, industrial, retail and residential properties. Headquartered at the Hutchinson Metro Center, it boasts a portfolio of more than 7 million square feet throughout the Bronx, Manhattan, Queens, Long Island, Westchester County, Orange and Fairfield counties and the state of New Jersey.

Jeremy Schwartz

Roger Merriman

ON THE RECORD Facts & Figures

COURT CASES

U.S. Bankruptcy Court

White Plains & Poughkeepsie

Local business cases, Nov. 2 - 8

411 Group LLC, Somers, Lisa A. Wilson, member, 22-22837-SHL: Chapter 7, assets $880, liabilities $89,455, Attorney: David L. Stevens.

TKP New York Inc., Rye, Ria Yohoiwa, president, 22-22842-SHL: Chapter 7, assets $21,890, liabilities $11,808,897, Attorney: Steven Wilamowsky.

U.S. District Court,

White Plains

Local business cases, Nov. 2 - 8

Eric Sabatini vs. Atlas Air Worldwide Holdings, Purchase, 22-cv-9389-VB: Securities Exchange Act.

Attorney: Richard A. Acocelli Jr.

Benjamin Halberstam, New York City vs. Atlas Air Worldwide Holdings, Purchase, 22-cv-9408-VB: Stockholder suit.

Attorney: Marc Edelson.

Jamey Stillings, Santa Fe, New Mexico vs. 925 LLC, d.b.a. Elektrek Co., Croton-onHudson, 22-cv-9443-PMH: Copyright infringement.

Attorney: Joseph A. Dunne.

Armando Carrasco, El Paso, Texas vs. Somnia Inc., Harrison, 22-cv-9535: Negligence, data breach, class action.

Attorney: Todd S. Garber.

Randy Polk, Los Angeles, California, et al vs. Somnia Inc., Harrison, 22-cv-9549: Negligence, data breach, class action.

Attorneys: Benjamin Y. Kaufman, Mark C. Rifkin.

Thomas Booth Harris, Ventura, California vs. Somnia Inc., Harrison, et al, 22-cv-9550: Negligence, data breach, class action.

Attorney: James J. Bilsborrow.

DEEDS

Above $1 million

9 Hunts Lane Capital Corp., Briarcliff Manor. Seller: Chappaqua Property Group LLC, Briarcliff Manor. Property: 9 Hunts Lane, New Castle. Amount: $1.6 million. Filed Nov. 3.

11 McKenna Place LLC, Mamaroneck. Seller: David Bader and Devra Bader, Mamaroneck. Property: 11 McKenna Place, Mamaroneck. Amount: $1.2 million. Filed Nov. 3.

238 South 2 Realty LLC, Great Neck. Seller: South Third Avenue Apartments LLC, Mount Vernon. Property: 238 S. Third Ave., Mount Vernon. Amount: $1.2 million. Filed Nov. 2.

636 South Broadway Partners LLC, Pelham. Seller: 632 South Broadway LLC, Brooklyn. Property: 632 S. Broadway, Yonkers. Amount: $4.9 million. Filed Nov. 4.

Abendroth Green LLC, New York City. Seller: Human Development Services of Westchester Inc., Port Chester. Property: 29 Adee St., Rye. Amount: $2 million. Filed Nov. 3.

Abendroth Green LLC, New York City. Seller: Port Chester Holdings I LLC, Montvale, New Jersey. Property: 25-27 N. Main St., Rye. Amount: $18 million. Filed Nov. 4.

BRM Realty Holdings LLC, Mamaroneck. Seller: Marianne T. O’Toole, Wantagh. Property: 351 Orienta Ave., Mamaroneck. Amount: $1 million. Filed Nov. 2.

Disiena, Devon and Brian Lobel, Purchase. Seller: Somers Crossings LLC, Goldens Bridge. Property: 5 Amber Lane, Somers. Amount: $1.2 million. Filed Nov. 1.

EK Cross River LLC and KH Cross River LLC , New York City. Seller: EK Cross River LLC, New York City. Property: 20 N. Salem Road, Lewisboro. Amount: $2 million. Filed Nov. 1.

Vicbea Ventures LLC, New York City. Seller: Christopher C. Kunhardt, Bedford. Property: 82 Mianus River Road, North Castle. Amount: $2.3 million. Filed Nov. 1.

Below $1 million

16 Hardy LLC, Dobbs Ferry. Seller: Kathryn Graziano, Hawthorne. Property: 153 Fairfax Ave., Mount Pleasant. Amount: $405,000. Filed Nov. 4.

AVE 91 LLC, Yonkers. Seller: Guy Hrynko and Mitchell Hrynko, Yonkers. Property: 91 Yonkers Ave., Yonkers. Amount: $310,000. Filed Nov. 1.

Bathija Brothers LLC, Mohegan Lake. Seller: Joao Dos Anjos, Ossining. Property: Lexington Avenue, Cortlandt. Amount: $90,000. Filed Nov. 1.

Sarles Drive U.S.A. LLC, Bronx. Seller: Jane Pullman, Yorktown Heights. Property: 2800 Sarles Drive, Yorktown. Amount: $215,000. Filed Oct. 31.

Spaghetti The Cat LLC, New Rochelle. Seller: Albert G. Young and Mailu Tahan, Pelham. Property: 480 Esplanade, Pelham. Amount: $900,000. Filed Nov. 1.

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:

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Ardisana, John Bernard and Ling Yan, Farmington Hills, Massachusetts. Seller: LL Parcel E LLC, Fort Washington, Pennsylvania. Property: 352 Horseman Blvd., Mount Pleasant. Amount: $2.3 million. Filed Nov. 1.

Holt, Laurence and Cathleen Holt, Neuilly-sur-Siene, France. Seller: DAANCE LLC, Rye. Property: 315 Brevoort Lane, Rye. Amount: $10.2 million. Filed Nov. 2.

JJS 17 Acquisitions LLC, Boca Raton, Florida. Seller: Konstantinos Doukas and Lisa Doukas, Bronxville. Property: 12 Greenfield Ave., Eastchester. Amount: $2.6 million. Filed Nov. 1.

Kuo, Martin and Jennifer Kuo, Irvington. Seller: Mad Real Properties LLC, Yonkers. Property: 30 Country Club Lane, Mount Pleasant. Amount: $1.2 million. Filed Nov. 2.

Martinez, Mariana and Yerald Perez, Larchmont. Seller: JHNL Enterprises LLC, Pelham. Property: 24 Weaver St., Mamaroneck. Amount: $1 million. Filed Nov. 1.

Ossining Development LLC, Rutherford, New Jersey. Seller: JAD LLC, Saint Lucie, Florida. Property: 142-144 S. Highland Ave., Ossining. Amount: $1.3 million. Filed Nov. 3.

Reich, Lisa B., Atlanta, Georgia. Seller: LL Parcel E LLC, Fort Washington, Pennsylvania. Property: 209 Palisades Boulevard, Mount Pleasant. Amount: $1.6 million. Filed Nov. 1.

Shashank, AMT, White Plains. Seller: 3 Ligi Lane LLC, New Rochelle. Property: 265 Worthington Road, Greenburgh. Amount: $1.3 million. Filed Nov. 2.

Verizon New York Inc., New York City. Seller: Mount Vernon Trap Rock Corp., Eastchester. Property: 40 Washington Ave., Greenburgh. Amount: $6.1 million. Filed Nov. 1.

74 Thopson Avenue LLC, Croton-on-Hudson. Seller: Edward C. Walsh and Noreen Walsh, Croton-on-Hudson. Property: 74 Thompson Ave., Cortlandt. Amount: $252,500. Filed Nov. 1.

481 Mamaroneck Avenue LLC, White Plains. Seller: 481 Kayak LLC, White Plains. Property: 481 Mamaroneck Ave., White Plains. Amount: $875,000. Filed Oct. 31.

513 Simpson Place LLC, Croton- on-Hudson. Seller: William R. Conklin and Rose V. Conklin, Clearwater, Florida. Property: 513 Simpson Place, Peekskill. Amount: $425,000. Filed Nov. 1.

898 Nepperhan Holding LLC, Yonkers. Seller: Joseph Amicone, Saratoga Springs. Property: 212 Voss Ave., Yonkers. Amount: $500,000. Filed Nov. 1.

998 McLean LLC, Garden City. Seller: Jeffrey Rosenberg and Tina Rosenberg, Hawley, Pennsylvania. Property: 998 McLean Ave., Yonkers. Amount: $900,000. Filed Nov. 3.

A&F Echo Bay Place LLC, White Plains. Seller: Teodora Spadaro and Antonio Spadaro, New Rochelle. Property: 1 Echo Bay Place, New Rochelle. Amount: $650,000. Filed Nov. 2.

Abbate, Nicole and Brandon Seidenberg, Bronx. Seller: WNW Holdings LLC, Dorado Hills, California. Property: 25 Whippoorwill Road, North Castle. Amount: $765,000. Filed Nov. 3.

AFL Reo LLC, New York City. Seller: William G. Bennett and Rosa P. Bennett, South Salem. Property: 464 Smith Ridge Road, Lewisboro. Amount: $499,000. Filed Oct. 31.

Cardinal Property Holdings Ltd., West Islip. Seller: Deborah Wenger, West Islip. Property: 1445 Baptist Church Road, Yorktown. Amount: $230,000. Filed Nov. 3.

Cartus Financial Corp., Danbury, Connecticut. Seller: Christopher Lawrence and Ann Lawrence, Cortlandt Manor. Property: 42 Park Drive, Cortlandt. Amount: $536,900. Filed Nov. 2.

Cloud 9 Realty LLC, Garfield, New Jersey. Seller: Rose Gold Management LLC, White Plains. Property: 216 N. Main St., Yonkers. Amount: $600,000. Filed Nov. 4.

Croton Properties Inc., Verplanck. Seller: James W. Kelly and Susan Kelly, Harrington, Delaware. Property: 22 Aberdeen Road, Cortlandt. Amount: $560,000. Filed Nov. 4.

Guitano, Eileen, Somers. Seller: Somers Crossings LLC, Goldens Bridge. Property: 6 Amber Lane, Somers. Amount: $999,000. Filed Nov. 3.

Kurkowski, Ellen and Brendan Smith, New York City. Seller: Stillwater Westchester Inc., Harrison. Property: 85 Lincoln Ave., Greenburgh. Amount: $867,300. Filed Nov. 4.

Lucaj Brothers Realty LTD., Millwood. Seller: Mary DeVito, Pleasantville. Property: 30 Clinton Ave., Mount Pleasant. Amount: $847,000. Filed Dec. 31.

MJD Contracting Corp., Mahopac. Seller: Anthony S. Colavita, Eastchester. Property: 219 Westchester Ave., Cortlandt. Amount: $385,000. Filed Nov. 4.

New Rochelle Development Ventures LLC, New Rochelle. Seller: Florence Scott, New Rochelle. Property: 46 Silver Birch Road, New Rochelle. Amount: $522,500. Filed Nov. 1.

Q West LLC, Bronx. Seller: city of Mount Vernon. Property: 7-11 McQuesten Parkway, Mount Vernon. Amount: $942,000. Filed Nov. 2.

Westchester Estates N7 LLC, Tallman. Seller: William Herzfeld, Mount Vernon. Property: 214 N. Eight Ave., Mount Vernon. Amount: $675,000. Filed Oct. 31.

WORKERS’ COMPENSATION BOARD

Failure to carry insurance or for work-related injuries and illnesses.

Hudson Valley Land Management Show Services Corp., Cortlandt Manor. Amount: $3,500.

L&L Interior Renovations LLC, Mount Vernon. Amount: $7,288.35.

Marlon Smith Basketball Camp Inc., Yonkers. Amount: $21,000.

Maximum Medical Management LLC , Mount Vernon. Amount: $2,500.

Nanny Solutions Inc., Armonk. Amount: $16,500.

Precision General Maintenance Inc., Yonkers. Amount: $21,000.

TechX LLC , Mount Vernon. Amount: $19,500.

Valuesetters Inc., White Plains. Amount: $2,500.

JUDGMENTS

A&I General Construction LLC, Ossining. $33,406 in favor of Wesco insurance Co., Dover, Delaware. Filed Nov. 4.

Adderly, Beatrice, New Rochelle. $8,772 in favor of JPMorgan Chase Bank National Association, Wilmington, Delaware. Filed Nov. 2.

Alvarado, Kevin G., Port Chester. $8,324 in favor of Crown Asset Management LLC, Duluth, Georgia. Filed Nov. 1.

westchester county

Awawdeh, Hammad B., Yonkers. $25,212 in favor of Bank of America National Association. Filed Nov. 2.

Blake, Rose, New Rochelle. $10,812 in favor of Bank of America National Association. Filed Nov. 2.

Brown, Leroy E., Mount Vernon. $8,450 in favor of JPMorgan Chase Bank National Association, Wilmington, Delaware. Filed Nov. 1.

Burgess, Darrell, Yonkers. $33,597 in favor of American Express National Bank, Sandy, Utah. Filed Nov. 1.

Canlas, Cristine, Yonkers. $12,172 in favor of JPMorgan Chase Bank National Association, Wilmington, Delaware. Filed Nov. 1.

Carotenuto, Scott F., Long Branch City, New Jersey. $167,966 in favor of HT Amerigreen Partners LLC, White Plains. Filed Nov. 2.

Cubelo, Gracemary, New Rochelle. $12,460 in favor of Absolute Resolutions Investments LLC, Bloomington, Minnesota filed Nov. 4.

Edwards, Marquis A., Mount Vernon. $8,995 in favor of Capital one Bank U.S.A. National Association. Filed Nov. 2.

Ellis, Richard, Valhalla. $29,822 in favor of American Express National Bank, Sandy, Utah. Filed Nov. 2.

Feller, Susan, Mahopac. $33,004 in favor of Waterview Acquisition LLC, Purdys. Filed Nov. 4.

Frederick, Lilith A., White Plains. $5,672 in favor of Citibank National Association, Sioux Falls, South Dakota. Filed Nov. 1.

Gidron, Bridgett, Scarsdale. $20,488 in favor of Citizens Bank National Association, Johnston, Rhode Island. Filed Nov. 1.

Gonzalez, Erla, Peekskill. $9,022 in favor of Wells Fargo Bank National Association, West Des Moines, Iowa. Filed Nov. 1.

Hernandez, Bryant, Montrose. $19,926 in favor of Discover Bank, New Albany, Ohio. Filed Nov. 1.

Horsman, Susan, Rye. $5,189 in favor of JPMorgan Chase Bank National Association, Wilmington, Delaware. Filed Nov. 2.

Hubbs, Anna, Yonkers. $9,199 in favor of Credit Acceptance Corp., Southfield, Minnesota. Filed Nov. 4.

Johnson, David E., Mount Vernon. $11,732 in favor of Citibank National Association, Sioux Falls, South Dakota. Filed Nov. 1.

Majestic Oceans Pets Inc., Mount Vernon. $11,753 in favor of LCF Group Inc., Lake Success. Filed Nov. 3.

Okyere, Claudia, Scarsdale. $14,905 in favor of JPMorgan Chase Bank National Association, Wilmington, Delaware. Filed Nov. 1.

Olumhense, Sonala, Cortlandt Manor. $18,658 in favor of American Express National Bank, Sandy, Utah. Filed Nov. 2.

Reyes, Nadia R., New Rochelle. $25,971 in favor of JPMorgan Chase Bank National Association, Wilmington, Delaware. Filed Nov. 1.

Shoreline Contracts Inc., Pearl River. $74,163 in favor of All-Tex Inc., Sylmar, California. Filed Nov. 3.

Stambuk, Nilda, Hastings-onHudson. $235,120 in favor of JDRMDBPP SM SKP & JD IRA LLC-PMB 163, Boonton, New Jersey. Filed Nov. 3.

Vinci, Heide, Peekskill. $20,829 in favor of Discover Bank, New Albany, Ohio. Filed Nov. 2.

Wildilski, Elizabeth, Scarsdale. $6,717 in favor of Bank of America National Association. Filed Nov. 1.

Zekaj, Roland, Yonkers. $21,391 in favor of American Express National Bank, Sandy, Utah. Filed Nov. 1.

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

Henry Fair, as owner. Filed by Deutsche Bank National Trust Company. Action: Foreclosure of a mortgage in the principal amount of $481,950 affecting property located at 345 Langdon Ave., Mount Vernon. Filed Oct. 31.

Horsa, Debbie, as owner.

Filed by JPMorgan Chase Bank National Association. Action: Foreclosure of a mortgage in the principal amount of $160,707 affecting property located at 162 Kitchawan Road, South Salem. Filed Oct. 31.

Facts & Figures

Lopes, Anthony, as owner. Filed by Deutsche Bank National Trust Company. Action: Foreclosure of a mortgage in the principal amount of $616,000 affecting property located at 18 Kent Drive, Cortlandt Manor. Filed Oct. 31.

Mastoianni, Doreen, as owner. Filed by Deutsche Bank National Trust Company. Action: Foreclosure of a mortgage in the principal amount of $438,750 affecting property located at 183 Waller Ave., White Plains. Filed Oct. 31.

Richardson, Timothy P., as owner. Filed by Plaza Home Mortgage Inc. Action: Foreclosure of a mortgage in the principal amount of $333,000 affecting property located at 54 East St., South Salem. Filed Oct. 31.

Rock, Cleotielde, as owner. Filed by Deutsche Bank National Trust Company. Action: Foreclosure of a mortgage in the principal amount of $455,000 affecting property located at 57 Cliff Ave., Yonkers. Filed Oct. 31.

Mechanic’s Liens

BRP 10 Commerce LLC, new Rochelle. $249,605 in favor of 9345-1524 Quebec Inc., Quebec, Canada. Filed Nov. 4.

Butler, David M., Rye. $30,047 in favor of Drake Builders LLC, Bedford. Filed Nov. 4.

Ho-Sing, Elizabeth D., New Rochelle. $12,793 in favor of Kweku Development Corp., New Rochelle. Filed Nov. 4.

Iona Preparatory School, New Rochelle. $10,725 in favor of Connolly & Son Construction Inc., Port Chester. Filed Dec. 31.

Northway Medical Condominium Association, Yonkers. $11,1500 in favor of Xinos Construction Corp., College Point. Filed Nov. 3.

SGFH Realty Inc., Harrison. $1 million in favor of JLS 195CD Park LLC, New Rochelle. Filed Nov. 3.

Splatt-Nugent, Juliet, Mount Vernon. $55,271 in favor of Kweku Development Corp., New Rochelle. Filed Nov. 3.

NEW BUSINESSES

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

SOLE PROPRIETORSHIPS

77 Market Street, 27 Claremont Ave., Apt. 3E, Mount Vernon 10550, c/o Unique BrowneJacobs. Filed Oct. 31.

Authenticallyou, 271 Parkview Ave., Yonkers 10710, c/o Martha Magrina. Filed Oct. 31.

Botox Studio NP, 369 Concord Road, Yonkers 10710, c/o Vivian Aponte. Filed Nov. 4.

Dream Drive Rentals, 44 N. Evarts Ave., Elmsford 10523, c/o Kevin Torres. Filed Nov. 1.

Elana Shneyer Strategies, 19 Hillside Ave., Goldens Bridge 10526, c/o Elana Shneyer. Filed Oct. 31.

EVI, 301 Quarropas St., White Plains 10601, c/o Iveline Turner. Filed Oct. 31.

Express Delights, 116 Spring St., Peekskill 10566, c/o Ayavaco Rosa Rocio. Filed Nov. 1.

Jerkysortiz, 3000 Westchester Ave., Purchase 10577, c/o Raul Clements. Filed Oct. 31.

Lecia’s Hair Care Studio, 186 Beechwood Ave., Mount Vernon 10553, c/o Tasha Alecia Turner Carter. Filed Nov. 3.

LM Painting Services, 328 William St., Apt. 3, Portchester 10573, c/o Luis Bolivar Cuji Calle. Filed Nov. 1.

MJM Fashion Colombian Jeans, 1008 Park St., Peekskill 10566, c/o Wilson P. Machuca Pulla. Filed Nov. 1.

Nassimos Home Improvement, 11 Waller Ave., Apt. 1, Ossining 10562, c/o Daniel Nassimos. Filed Nov. 1.

Paolas Cleaning Services, 11 Dewey Ave., New Rochelle 10801, c/o Paola Pajares. Filed Nov. 2.

Pinecrest Creative, 203 Legend Drive, Sleepy Hollow 10591, c/o Daniel Tracy. Filed Oct. 31.

Plasencia’s Holdings, 118 Gavin St., Yonkers 10701, c/o Jorge Luis Plasencia. Filed Nov. 3.

RD Hair Salon, 132 W. Post Road, White Plains 10601, c/o Raquel Dias. Filed Oct. 31.

Selah Services, 128 N. Evarts Ave., Elmsford 10523, c/o Sabina Cotte Baez. Filed Nov. 2.

Sixto Towing Service Co., 43 Broad Ave., Suite 1, Ossining 10562, c/o Sixto Morel. Filed Nov. 4.

Transitional Healing , 157 Park Drive, Eastchester 10709, c/o Jennifer Tormo. Filed Nov. 2.

Tray Lavon, 2 Schroeder St., Apt. 221, Yonkers 10701, c/o Tracey Lavon Alford. Filed Nov. 2.

Two Men One Squeegee, 401 Ashford Ave., Dobbs Ferry 10522, c/o Luis M. Alava Molina. Filed Nov. 4.

Vask Financial Awareness Group, 2 Sadore Lane, Yonkers 10710, c/o Aureo C. Pinto. Filed Nov. 4.

Volps Painting, 96 Bradford St., Harrison 10528, c/o Robson M. Volpani. Filed Nov. 2.

Zachary F.I.X, 678 Warburton Ave., Apt. 5K, Yonkers 10701, c/o Zachariah Keith Polk. Filed Oct. 31.

HUDSON VALLEY

BUILDING LOANS

Above $1 million

Integris Equity LLC, as owner.

Lender: Webster Bank. Property: 280 Nininger Road, Palm Tree. Amount: $86.7 million. Filed Nov. 1.

Integris Equity LLC, as owner.

Lender: Webster Bank, Axos Bank, Berkshire Bank, Pioneer Bank and Bank of Greene County. Property: 280 Nininger Road, Palm Tree. Amount: $128 million. Filed Nov. 3.

Below $1 million

Lima One Capital LLC, as owner. Lender: House Advancements LLC. Property: 12 Louisa St., Beacon. Amount: $179,800. Filed Nov. 3.

Moonlight Drive Properties LLC, as owner. Lender: RCN Capital LLC. Property: 15 Delafield St., Poughkeepsie. Amount: $45,000. Filed Nov. 4.

Nursery Road LLC, as owner.

Lender: Northeast Community Bank. Property: in Tuxedo. Amount: $801,000. Filed Nov. 1.

Pierri, Francis A., as owner. Lender: Walden Savings Bank. Property: in Newburgh. Amount: $430,000. Filed Oct. 31.

Prokosch, Tyler and Maryssa Prokosch, as owners. Lender: Ulster Savings Bank. Property: 40 D’Alfonso Road, Newburgh. Amount: $400,000. Filed Nov. 1.

Relyea, Steven, as owner. Lender: Mid-Hudson Valley FCU. Property: 409 Van Wyck Lake Road, Fishkill. Amount: $250,000. Filed Oct. 31.

Wessler, Charles, as owner. Lender: Ulster Savings Bank. Property: 2115 Route 83, Pine Plains. Amount: $740,000. Filed Nov. 4.

DEEDS

Above $1 million

4-5 Motorsport LLC , Upper Nyack. Seller: West Bike Shop LLC, Upper Nyack. Property: 530 N. Highland Ave., Nyack. Amount: $1.3 million. Filed Nov. 2.

107 Solano Brothers LLC, Brewster. Seller: Thomas Skaarva, Upper Saddle River, New Jersey. Property: in Fishkill. Amount: $1 million. Filed Nov. 3.

Ali Pleasant Property LLC, Pleasant Valley. Seller: Chestnut Mart of Pleasant Valley Inc., New Paltz. Property: in Pleasant Valley. Amount: $1.8 million. Filed Nov. 4.

All Madison LLC, Monsey. Seller: Sarah J. Raymond, Garnerville. Property: 45, 75, 55-63 Madison Ave., Haverstraw. Amount: $1.3 million. Filed Nov. 3.

Antonio Darriguez Group LLC, Rhinebeck. Seller: Alexipharmic Enterprises LTD, Millbrook. Property: in Washington. Amount: $1.1 million. Filed Nov. 4.

Barnett, Berkeley A., Lake Oswego, Oregon. Seller: Lysandra M. Lincoln, Kennebunkport, Maine. Property: in Dover. Amount: $1.2 million. Filed Nov. 3.

Bohr Holdings LLC, Central Valley. Seller: Rochel Montal, Spring Valley. Property: 8 Bohr Court, Ramapo. Amount: $1.1 million. Filed Nov. 1.

Freund, Yisroel, Monsey. Seller: Ramsen Land Inc., Monsey. Property: 29-31 Ramsen St., Unit 29, Monsey. Amount: $1.2 million. Filed Nov. 1.

Facts & Figures

Karniol, Berel, Suffern. Seller: Ashel Lane Family Holdings LLC, Brooklyn. Property: 2 Ashel Lane, Ramapo. Amount: $1.7 million. Filed Nov. 2.

Royal Family Residence LLC, Brooklyn. Seller: Andrew Popik and Judith Friend, Suffern. Property: 22 Golf Course Drive, Montebello. Amount: $2.7 million. Filed Oct. 31.

Westchester Tile and Marble Corp., Scarsdale. Seller: Dreisam Inc., Nyack. Property: 40 S. Franklin St., Nyack. Amount: $1.9 million. Filed Dec. 31.

Below $1 million

7 Blanchard Road, LLC, Stony Point. Seller: Barbara Fitzgerald, Stony Point. Property: 7 Blanchard Road, Stony Point. Amount: $350,000. Filed Nov. 3.

13 Elener LLC, Monroe. Seller: Jesse Gamble and Tammy Gueyser, Spring Valley. Property: 13 Elener Lane, Spring Valley. Amount: $756,000. Filed Nov. 1.

18 Massachusetts LLC, West Nyack. Seller: Velocity Home Buyers LLC, Monroe and Pace Home Buyers LLC, New Rochelle. Property: 18 Massachusetts Ave., Clarkstown. Amount: $305,000. Filed Dec. 31.

38 Graney Court LLC, Spring Valley. Seller: John M. Perone, Larchmont. Property: 38 Graney Court, Orangetown. Amount: $458,000. Filed Nov. 2.

40 Jacaruso Inc., Spring Valley. Seller: Leon Sutton, Long Beach. Property: 127 Union Road, Spring Valley. Amount: $703,502. Filed Nov. 3.

113 Route 303, Valley Cottage. Seller: Johnson Hilltop Realty Corp., New City. Property: 113 Route 303, Clarkstown. Amount: $350,000. Filed Nov. 2.

454 Saddle River Road LLC, Brooklyn. Seller: 454 Saddle River LLC, Monsey. Property: 454 Saddle River Road, Airmont. Amount: $565,000. Filed Nov. 2.

721 Homestead LLC, Monroe. Seller: 51 Homer Avenue LLC, Monsey. Property: in Poughkeepsie. Amount: $555,000. Filed Nov. 4.

2311 Livingston LLC, Tivoli. Seller: Douglas L. Warren and Joy W. Mikler, Red Hook. Property: in Red Hook. Amount: $306,000. Filed Nov. 4.

Chen, Gui Hui, Fishkill. Seller: ABCat Inc., Fishkill. Property: in Fishkill. Amount: $335,000. Filed Nov. 4.

Cousins, Andre, Poughkeepsie. Seller: Antar Holdings Corp., Poughkeepsie. Property: in Poughkeepsie. Amount: $250,000. Filed Doc. 31.

East Blossom Road LLC, Suffern. Seller: Patrick P. Aferiat and Lois Aferiat, Suffern. Property: 5 E. Blossom Road, Airmont. Amount: $755,000. Filed Oct. 31.

JH Filors LLC, Spring Valley. Seller: Frank Ritchie, New York City, Michael Ritchie, Thiells and Camille Ritchie, West Palm Beach, Florida. Property: 124 Filore Lane, Stony Point. Amount: $450,000. Filed Nov. 3.

KTK Enterprises LLC, Pearl River. Seller: Karissa Flanagan, West Nyack. Property: 63 Rose Road, Clarkstown. Amount: $310,000. Filed Nov. 2.

Meridian 1640 Inc., Orangeburg. Seller: Ljerka Boroje, Waikoloa, Hawaii. Property: 99 Parkside Drive, Suffern. Amount: $210,600. Filed Nov. 1.

Skilik, Marcin and Lilian Skolik, New City. Seller: Oualie Pride Properties LLC, Bronx. Property: 118 Lakewood Drive, Clarkstown. Amount: $585,000. Filed Nov. 2.

Ten Mile River Farm LLC, Dover Plains. Seller: Zachary D. Barnett, Jackson, Wyoming. Property: in Dover. Amount: $231,500. Filed Nov. 3.

VDL Holding LLC, Poughkeepsie. Seller: Donald Cappillino, Pawling. Property: in Stanford. Amount: $200,000. Filed Nov. 4.

Wheelhouse Homes LLC, Nyack. Seller: 88 Orchard Terrace LLC, Piermont. Property: 88 Orchard Terrace, Piermont. Amount: $263,000. Filed Nov. 3.

Judgments

Acosta, Francisco M., Middletown. $8,264 in favor of Cavalry SPV I LLC, Valhalla. Filed Nov. 4.

Babik, Jusitn, Middletown. $7,988 in favor of Cavalry SPV I LLC, Valhalla. Filed Nov. 3.

Bedetti, Keith L., New Windsor. $2,559 in favor of Midland Credit Management Inc., San Diego, California. Filed Nov. 3.

Cardona, Susan, Newburgh. $2,772 in favor of Crown Asset Management LLC, Duluth, Georgia. Filed Nov. 3.

Cinquemani, Christopher, Tuxedo. $6,600 in favor of Tuxedo Manor Apartments Inc., Tuxedo Park. Filed Nov. 2.

Colon, Ruth, Middletown. $1,270 in favor of Second Round Sub LLC, Austin, Texas. Filed Nov. 2.

Commercial Project Management Inc., Middletown. $18,848 in favor of L&W Supply Corp., Beloit, Wisconsin. Filed Nov. 2.

Edwards, Dwight, Highland Mills. $2,889 in favor of LVNV Funding LLC, Las Vegas, Nevada. Filed Nov. 4.

Francis, Glenda, Newburgh. $1,887 in favor of Midland Credit Management Inc., San Diego, California. Filed Nov. 2.

Holmes, Raquel R., Newburgh. $2,281 in favor of Midland Credit Management Inc., San Diego, California. Filed Nov. 3.

Kennedy, Robert M., Newburgh. $6,258 in favor of Midland Credit Management Inc., San Diego, California. Filed Nov. 3.

Madera, Neldys, Middletown. $1,035 in favor of North Star Capital Acquisitions LLC, Amherst. Filed: Nov. 3.

Martinez, Jeanette F., New Windsor. $3,510 in favor of Midland Credit Management Inc., San Diego, California. Filed Nov.2.

Moundroukas, Jim, Warwick. $1,235 in favor of LVNV Funding LLC, Las Vegas, Nevada. Filed Nov. 3.

Murphy, Patrick, Middletown. $2,601 in favor of Crown Asset Management LLC, Duluth, Georgia. Filed Nov. 3.

Ohara, Margaret M., Monroe. $5,214 in favor of Bank of America, Charlotte, North Carolina. Filed Nov. 4.

Page, Glenda, Middletown. $1,034 LVNV Funding LLC, Las Vegas, Nevada. Filed Nov. 1.

Phillips, Patricia, Newburgh. $9,870 in favor of Bank of America, Newark, Delaware. Filed Nov. 5.

Santiago, Gretchen, Middletown. $1,538 in favor of LVNV Funding LLC, Las Vegas, Nevada. Filed Nov. 3.

Silva, Patricia, Newburgh. $1,675 in favor of Midland Credit Management Inc., San Diego, California. Filed Nov. 3.

Smith, Marshall, New Windsor. $1,762 in favor of Midland Credit Management Inc., San Diego, California. Filed Nov. 3.

Terezi, Angela, Newburgh. Seller: Credit Acceptance Corp., Southfield, Minnesota. Filed Nov. 3.

Trezza, Janine M. Masula, Newburgh. $11,570 in favor of Crown Asset Management LLC, Duluth, Georgia. Filed Nov. 3.

Watson, Darnell, Middletown. $1,169 in favor of Crown Asset Management LLC, Duluth, Georgia. Filed Nov. 3.

MECHANIC’S LIENS

Bed Bath and Beyond Inc., as owner. $11,416 in favor of USM Inc. Property: 2020 South Road, Unit 20, Poughkeepsie. Filed Nov. 3.

Mer-Kill LLC, as owner. $128,013 in favor of Walter Heitman. Property: 77 Rymph Road, Clinton. Filed Nov. 4.

New Antrim Pointe LLC, as owner. $15,000 in favor of 24/7 Fire Protection Inc. Property: 176-186 Lafayette Ave., Ramapo. Filed Nov. 4.

NEW BUSINESSES

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

PARTNERSHIPS

A&B Consulting Firm, 30 Jacaruso Drive, Spring Valley 10977, c/o Aharon J. Tager and Baila Herman. Filed Dec. 31.

RC Shop, 280 Route 302, Pine Bush 12566, c/o Keith Lee Nestor and Robert Lee Nestor. Filed Nov. 4.

SOLE PROPRIETORSHIPS

AAA Car Rental, 112 W. Eckerson Road, Apt. G-1, Spring Valley 10977, c/o Benji Geevarghese. Filed Nov. 1.

A Diaz Linares Taxi Service, 175 N. Main St., Apt. 20D, Spring Valley 10977, c/o Axel E. Diaz Linares. Filed Nov. 2.

Brent Thomas Mentro Insurance, 244 W. Main St., Goshen 10924, c/o Brent Thomas Mentro. Filed Nov. 2.

Citizens for Voting, 20 Old Turnpike Road, Nanuet 10954, c/o Georges Legrand. Filed Nov. 1.

Dashy Distributor, 8 Sharon Drive, Spring Valley 10977, c/o Eddy Previl. Filed Nov. 3.

Enzo Car Services, 50 Ramapo Road, Garnerville 10923, c/o Enzo Borella Perez. Filed Nov. 2.

Fourfold Intergrative Health, 241 Hungry Hollow Road, Suite L, Chestnut Ridge 10977, c/o Yuklin Ling. Filed Nov. 3.

Good 4ur Health, 73 Pipetown Hill Road, Nanuet 10954, c/o Marcia Angella Lewis. Filed Nov. 1.

HZ Contracting, 35A Snoop St., Monroe 10950, c/o Hrachya Ziroyan. Filed Oct. 31.

Infinitely, 8 Edward Diana Way, Apt. 127, Middletown 10941, c/o Ashley Nicole Parkinson. Filed Nov. 1.

Jimenez M. Car Services, 58 Fairview Ave., Spring Valley 10977, c/o Antonio Jimenez Morales. Filed Nov. 2.

Joy Of Life Coaching for Executives & Professionals, 10 Land Mark Drive, Apt. 118, Cornwall-on-Hudson 12518, c/o Suzanne A. Corrado. Filed Nov. 3.

Katelyn Mcdonagh LCSW, 75 Lake Road, Suite 308, Congers 10920, c/o Katelyn A. Mcdonagh. Filed Nov. 3.

Mark Fogel CPA, 16 Orchard Hill Drive, Monsey 10952, c/o Yitzie Fogel. Filed Nov. 1.

Mia African Hair Braiding, 497 Liberty St., Apt. 4I, Newburgh 12550, c/o Mariam Coulibaly. Filed Oct. 31.

Mike Pride Music, 89 Farmingdale Road, Chester 10918, c/o Michael Leon Pride. Filed Nov. 4.

Pena Tile Installation, 12 Greenridge Way, Spring Valley 10977, c/o Guiobani Morales Pena. Filed Dec. 31.

Rebel 6 ENT, 11 Levitsky Court, Spring Valley 10977, c/o Erick J. Adrien. Filed Nov. 2.

R. Sanguirima Pintado Taxi Service, 21 State St., Spring Valley 10977, c/o Wilson R. Sangurima Pintado. Filed Nov. 2.

Whites Family Food Truck, 188 N. Miller St., Newburgh 12550, c/o Quaniesha Shanea White. Filed Oct. 31.

Yobanis Car Services, 278 N. Main St., Apt. 1D, Spring Valley 10977, c/o Henry Yobani Palma Colindres. Filed Nov. 2.

ON THE RECORD Facts & Figures

BUILDING PERMITS

Commercial

Pavarini North East Construction Company LLC, Stamford, contractor for ESRT Metro Center LLC. Erect demising wall and two code-required egress doors within the existing tenant space, to separate it and the new office suite at 429 Washington Blvd., Stamford. Estimated cost: $160,000. Filed Sept. 6.

Peerless Consulting Inc., Old Greenwich, contractor for Stamford Town Center LLC. Construct a new restaurant kiosk on the first floor at 100 Greyrock Place, Stamford. Estimated cost: $135,000. Filed Sept. 6.

Rc3 Electric, New Milford, contractor for Girl Scouts of Connecticut Inc. Install new antenna and associated equipment to existing tower at 69 Guinea Road, Stamford. Estimated cost: $48,000. Filed Sept. 22.

Romano, John A., Stamford, contractor for Pasquino Family Partnership Ltd. Renovate existing kitchen and bath at 255 Strawberry Hill Ave., Unit E11, Stamford. Estimated cost: $35,000. Filed Sept. 28.

Signature Construct Group of Connecticut Inc., Norwalk, contractor for The Stanwich Congregational Church. Perform replacement alterations at 252 Atlantic St., Stamford. Estimated cost: $200,000. Filed Sept. 28.

Signature Construct Group of Connecticut Inc., Norwalk, contractor for One Stamford Plaza Owner LLC. Perform replacement alterations at 263 Tresser Blvd., Stamford. Estimated cost: $146,000. Filed Sept. 22.

Signature Construct Group of Connecticut Inc., Norwalk, contractor for 777 Canal LLC. Renovate an existing seating area, including new lighting, floating ceilings, column enclosures, ceramic tile, millwork, sprinkler relocations and painting. No work in existing kitchen area, outdoor dining or seating is included in this work at 845 Canal St., Stamford. Estimated cost: $200,000. Filed Sept. 14.

Significant Homes LLC, New Canaan, contractor for 123 Saddle Rock LLC. Renovate two and one half - story dwelling with new kitchen, two new bathrooms and general interior facelift at 123 Saddle Rock Road, Stamford. Estimated cost: $575,000. Filed Sept. 20.

Vasser, Bryan M., Milford, contractor for UB Stamford LP. Install signage per plans at 2215 Summer St., Stamford. Estimated cost: $25,000. Filed Sept. 13.

Vasser, Bryan M., Milford, contractor for LT Stamford LLC. Attach flat panels to building per drawings in place of existing signage at 110 High Ridge Road, Stamford. Estimated cost: $10,000. Filed Sept. 15.

Walsh, Michael, Fairfield, contractor for Sylvan Knoll Section II Inc. Remove interior wall between kitchen and living room at 276 Sylvan Knoll Road, Stamford. Estimated cost: $3,000. Filed Sept. 21.

Residential

Rich & John’s Complete Chimney Service LLC, Woodbury, contractor for Ricardo Squitieri. Install a Majestic, prefabricated wood fireplace and venting at 499 Westover Road, Stamford. Estimated cost: $1,500. Filed Sept. 26.

Rienzo, John M., North Branford, contractor for Kenneth H. Young and Virginia Lee. Install a new 16kw propane-fueled generator to be located at center back of house and install a new 200-amp transfer switch in garage next to panel at 69 Wilder Road South, Stamford. Estimated cost: $10,000. Filed Sept. 12.

Shore Point Builders LLC, Easton, contractor for Jacqueline Browning Trust. Renovate a single-family dwelling’s three existing bathrooms, replace windows and install new windows and doors in enlarged wall openings, modify interior load-bearing partitions and refinish existing family room on lower floor at 75 Partridge Road, Stamford. Estimated cost: $250,000. Filed Sept. 8.

Sicco Construction LLC, Stamford, contractor for Richard L. and Lorraine S. Olson. Repair supporting post between two garage doors at 8 Skymeadow Drive, Stamford. Estimated cost: $20,000. Filed Sept. 27.

Signature Construction Group of Connecticut Inc., Norwalk, contractor for Two Harbor Point Square LLC. Perform replacement alterations at 100 Washington Blvd., Stamford. Estimated cost: $189,000. Filed Sept. 8.

Solimine Contracting LLC, Danbury, contractor for Christopher and Monica Sheldon. Remove nonload-bearing walls to open space for new kitchen location and renovation in home and install a new window at 81 Coachlamp Lane, Stamford. Estimated cost: $38,850. Filed Sept. 7.

Sunny House LLC, Norwalk, contractor for Lisa P. GroveRaider. Renovate kitchen at 56 Sawmill Road, Stamford. Estimated cost: $49,690. Filed Sept. 7.

Sunrun Installation Services Inc., San Francisco, California, contractor for Thomas F. Siwicki III and Amanda Siwicki. Install roof-mounted solar panels at 36 Hidden Brook Drive, Stamford. Estimated cost: $42,725. Filed Sept. 9.

Sunrun Installation Services Inc., San Francisco, California, contractor for Juan C. and Maria B. Pazmino. Install roof-mounted solar panels at 235 Vine Road, Stamford. Estimated cost: $47,461. Filed Sept. 29.

Sunrun Installation Services Inc., San Francisco, California, contractor for Charles W. Ford Jr. and Beth A. Ford. Install roof-mounted solar panels at 105 Snow Crystal Lane, Stamford. Estimated cost: $28,753. Filed Sept. 22.

Super K Electric LLC, Stamford, contractor for Phyllis Graham. Install a Generac 22kw air-cooled generator to proposed 120-gallon propane tank above ground at 18 Ridge Brook Lane, Stamford. Estimated cost: $15,248. Filed Sept. 8.

Tl Home Improvement LLC, Shelton, contractor for Joanne S. Spalla. Remove existing roof and re-roof 154 Pepper Ridge Road, Unit 2, Stamford. Estimated cost: $20,280. Filed Sept. 26.

Tl Home Improvement LLC, Shelton, contractor for Adam Martin and Callie Ann Betz. Remove existing roof and re-roof 60 Bertmor Drive, Stamford. Estimated cost: $39,100. Filed Sept. 27.

Tl Home Improvement LLC, Shelton, contractor for Mary C. Baliotti. Remove existing roof and re-roof 154 Pepper Ridge Road, Unit 7, Stamford. Estimated cost: $20,690. Filed Sept. 29.

Transform Sr Home Improvement Products LLC, Hoffman Estates, Illinois, contractor for Clayton and Patricia Samaroo. Replace 13 windows of the same size and kind at 148 Clay Hill Road, Stamford. Estimated cost: $15,680. Filed Sept. 9.

Trinity Solar Inc., Cheshire, contractor for Viviana Miranda. Install roof-mounted solar panels at 12 Judy Lane, Stamford. Estimated cost: $36,080. Filed Sept. 12.

Vinylume Inc., Stamford, contractor for Mark and Leslie Berni. Install vinyl siding to the main part of house at 205 Pinewood Road, Stamford. Estimated cost: $43,703. Filed Sept. 26.

Waypoint Home Improvement LLC, Norwalk, contractor for Christopher Markline and Mary-Teresa Grandville. Renovate and update bathroom at 50 Edgewood Ave., Stamford. Estimated cost: $17,983. Filed Sept. 28.

COURT CASES

Bridgeport Superior Court

Alany, Yasser, Shelton. Filed by Layth Almunajed, Stamford. Plaintiff’s attorney: Rubin & Jacobson LLC, Stamford. Action: The plaintiff and defendant each own a 50% membership interest in three commercial gasoline filling stations. The defendant has acted in a manner that is offensive to the plaintiff and among other things converted and/ or embezzled funds from each of the companies for his own personal use. As a result, the plaintiff suffered damages and seeks an order dissolving the companies and claims 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-22-6118555-S. Filed June 20.

Franco, William G., Bridgeport. Filed by Abdul Noorzad, Stamford. Plaintiff’s attorney: Miller Rosnick D’Amico August & Butler PC, Bridgeport. 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-226118248-S. Filed Sept. 21.

Larsen, Brooke E., Monroe. Filed by Kristen L Zawatski, Southbury. Plaintiff’s attorney: Aeton Law Partners LLP, Middletown. Action: The plaintiff and defendant were married and own a marital residence. The plaintiff expended funds for the upkeep, maintenance and required repairs of the residence necessary for the habitable function of the premises. The defendant took funds from the plaintiff and allegedly applied them to the mortgage and maintenance of the home. However, the defendant permitted the home to go into foreclosure and then filed for bankruptcy in which the defendant was to give the home back to the foreclosing bank as part of her bankruptcy action. Defendant is now attempting to remove the plaintiff from the premises. The defendant allegedly committed fraud against the plaintiff who 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-22-6118139-S. Filed May. 23.

Reed, Marilynn J., Westport. Filed by John D. Provenzano, Monroe. Plaintiff’s attorney: Esposito & Annunziata Law Offices, New Haven. Action: The plaintiff suffered a collision allegedly caused by the defendant and sustained severe damages and injuries. The plaintiff seeks monetary damages of more than $15,000, exclusive of interest and costs and such other further relief the court deems appropriate. Case no. FBT-CV-226118025-S. Filed Sept. 13.

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Facts & Figures

Goncalves Dias, Renan, et al, Danbury. Filed by Oswaldo Llanos-correa, Danbury. Plaintiff’s attorney: Ventura Law, Danbury. Action: The plaintiff suffered a collision allegedly caused by the defendants and sustained severe damages and injuries. The plaintiff seeks monetary damages of more than $15,000, exclusive of interest and costs and such other further relief the court deems appropriate. Case no. DBD-CV-226043912-S. Filed Aug. 26.

Danbury Superior Court

Hollington, Shalema N., Danbury. Filed by TEG Federal Credit Union, Poughkeepsie, New York. Plaintiff’s attorney: Philip H. Monagan, Waterbury. Action: The plaintiff is a financial institution at which the defendant applied for and received a loan and agreed to make payments for goods and services. The defendant failed to make payments. The plaintiff seeks monetary damages less than $15,000, exclusive of interest and costs and such other a further relief the court deems appropriate. Case no. DBD-CV-226043295-S. Filed June 21.

Olson, Peter, Bethel. Filed by Bank of America NA, Atlanta, Georgia. Plaintiff’s attorney: Crystal Lyn Cooke, Canton. Action: The plaintiff is a banking association from which the defendant obtained a loan and agreed to make payments for goods and services. The defendant breached the contract by failing to make payments. The plaintiff now demands judgment and monetary damages, exclusive of interest and costs and such other further relief the court deems appropriate. Case no. DBD-CV-22-6043531-S. Filed July 17.

Ridgefield Motor Inn Inc., Ridgefield. Filed by Joseph C. Sansome Co., Chesterfield, Missouri. Plaintiff’s attorney: Bendett & McHugh PC, Farmington. Action: The plaintiff and the defendant entered into a written agreement, whereby the plaintiff would perform certain property tax review and appeal services for the defendant for which the defendant would compensate the plaintiff for services rendered. The agreement further provided that in the event of nonpayment by the defendant, the plaintiff could recover interest at a rate of 18% per annum on the outstanding balance and a reasonable attorney’s fee and other expenses incurred by the plaintiff for any arbitration. The defendant breached the terms of the agreement by failing to pay the plaintiff. 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-226043577-S. Filed July 21.

Stamford Superior Court

Gisselle, Alicea, Stamford. Filed by Hector Torres, Stamford. Plaintiff’s attorney: Andre Cayo, Fairfield. 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-22-6058299-S. Filed Sept. 21.

Jensen, Katharine Isabelle, et al, Greenwich. Filed by Reem Alloush, Norwalk. Plaintiff’s attorney: Berkowitz and Hanna LLC, Shelton. Action: The plaintiff suffered a collision allegedly caused by the defendants and sustained severe damages and injuries. The plaintiff seeks monetary damages of more than $15,000, exclusive of interest and costs and such other further relief the court deems appropriate. Case no. FST-CV-226058282-S. Filed Sept. 19.

LJ 18 Properties LLC, New Canaan. Filed by Marion A. Zitani, New Canaan. Plaintiff’s attorney: Barr & Morgan, Stamford. Action: The plaintiff was in the parking lot controlled and maintained by the defendant when she was caused to slip and fall on a dangerous and defective condition existing on the parking lot. As a result, the plaintiff suffered injuries and 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-226058095-S. Filed Aug. 31.

Mullings, Tyrone S., et al, White Plains, New York. Filed by Michael A. Perry, Ludlow, Massachusetts. Plaintiff’s attorney: Robert Joseph Williams Jr., Suffield. 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-22-6058127-S. Filed Sept. 2.

DEEDS

Commercial

28 Mona Terrace Equity Inc., Fairfield. Seller: Judith Vida, Fairfield. Property: 28 Mona Terrace, Fairfield. Amount: $862,300. Filed Oct. 7.

Atlantic Coast LLC, San Francisco, California. Seller: Brian T. Urda, Fairfield. Property: 166 Grasmere Ave., Fairfield. Amount: $450,000. Filed Oct. 3.

Derella,Breana and Ian Hall, Fairfield. Seller: 53 Marian Road LLC, Norwalk. Property: 53 Marian Road, Fairfield. Amount: $1,264,000. Filed Oct. 4.

Grebe LLC, Greenwich. Seller: 11 Highgate Road LLC, Greenwich. Property: 11 Highgate Road, Riverside. Amount: $10. Filed Oct. 20.

Jimenez, Monica, Stamford. Seller: HDF Community Land Trust Inc, Stamford. Property: 287 Washington Blvd, Unit 2E, Stamford. Amount: $240,000. Filed Sept. 29.

Perry, Chanell Nikole Stamford. Seller: HDF Community Land Trust Inc., Stamford. Property: 287 Washington Blvd., Unit 3C, Stamford. Amount: $275,000. Filed Sept. 29.

The Greenwich Chateau Condominium Association Inc., Stamford. Seller: Tizita Fekredengel, Port Chester, New York. Property: 4 Lafayette Court, Unit 1AA, Greenwich. Amount: $307,000. Filed Oct. 18.

The Whitby School, Greenwich. Seller: Wendy L. Rachlin, Bedford, New York. Property: 983 Lake Ave., Greenwich. Amount: $1,000,000. Filed Oct. 19.

Toro Corral LLC, Marco Island, Florida. Seller: Eric Bull and Patrizia Andriolo-Bull, Marco Island, Florida. Property: 561 Penfield Road, Fairfield. Amount: $1. Filed Oct. 4.

Town of Fairfield. Seller: Benedict Sinnott and Vanessa Sinnott, Fairfield. Property: 150 Villa Ave., Fairfield. Amount: $100. Filed 0ct. 3.

West Rock Properties LLC, Hamden. Seller: Richard F. McKnight and Judith A. McKnight, Fairfield. Property: 320 Old Oaks Road, Fairfield. Amount: $830,000. Filed Oct. 6.

Residential

Albert, Jake Nathan and Alison Eve Garron, Middlebury. Seller: Lorraine Wacha, Fairfield. Property: 40 Tanglewood Road, Fairfield. Amount: $1,099,000. Filed Oct. 4.

Ali, Mohammed, Stamford. Seller: George W. Baker, Stamford. Property: 130 Richmond Hill Ave., Stamford. Amount: $520,000. Filed Sept. 29.

Andreini, Michael K. and Kristen M. Caldon, Southport. Seller: Bryan C. Myers and Erin K. Lehaney Myers, Fairfield. Property: Lot 5, Map 6259, Fairfield. Amount: $1,528,000. Filed Oct. 4.

Bartlett, Michael and Danielle Bartlett, Bridgeport. Seller: Jeffrey S. Provost and Traci A. Provost, Fairfield. Property: 425 Half Mile Road, Fairfield. Amount: $1,190,000. Filed Oct. 3.

Beltran, Daphnie Au and Jayson Coronel Beltran, New Canaan. Seller: Robert Bird and Laura Kern, Berlin. Property: 51 Wagon Hill Road, Fairfield. Amount: $370,000. Filed Oct. 6.

Bogatch, Amy and Jacob Bogatch, Mahwah, New Jersey. Seller: Jeffrey Saunders, Stamford. Property: Unit L6, Palmer Landing, Stamford. Amount: $35,000. Filed Sept. 28.

Brito Ulloa, Angel C. and Melanie K. Brito Heredia, Stamford. Seller: Barbara M. Brown, Stamford. Property: 14 Vernon Place, Stamford. Amount: $430,000. Filed Sept. 27.

Casement, Christopher and Laura DeStefanis, Fairfield. Seller: John Casano and Meghan Casano, Fairfield. Property: 91 Labbance Lane, Fairfield. Amount: $1,080,000. Filed Oct. 6.

Croucher, Jay Daoming and Sofia Moa Svedin, Stamford. Seller: LaRhonda J. BrownBarrett, Stamford. Property: Lot A2, Map 11,732, Stamford. Amount: $1,000,000. Filed Sept. 27.

Crova, Karen, Stamford. Seller: Joseph K. Heyer and Margaret L. Heyer, Glendale, Arizona. Property: 70 Dora St., Unit 2, Stamford. Amount: $670,000. Filed Sept. 27.

Facts & Figures

Duffy Consulting LLC, Irmo, South Carolina. Seller: Charles M. Arnold, New York, New York. Property: 127 Greyrock Place, Unit 1101, Stamford. Amount: $330,000. Filed Sept. 29.

Federici, Joseph and Lisa M. Macera, Old Greenwich. Seller: Bradford A. Diorio and Avis B. Diorio, Greenwich. Property: 42 Greenwich Hills Drive, Unit 42, Greenwich. Amount: $910,000. Filed Oct. 20.

Fredrickson, Elizabeth and Erick Quay, New York, New York. Seller: Wendy Beth Friedman and Craig Friedman, Greenwich. Property: 7 Bolling Place, Greenwich. Amount: $1,190,000. Filed Oct. 20.

Freeman, Raechelle Sandra and Raymond Freeman, Stamford. Seller: Francine Iacona, Stamford. Property: 21 Nichols Ave., Stamford. Amount: $515,000. Filed Sept. 26.

Garfinkel, Anne Van Dijkum, Greenwich. Seller: Mary Ann McGowan, Greenwich. Property: 25 Upland Drive, Lot 2, Greenwich. Amount: $10. Filed Oct. 20.

Garfinkel, Neil, Greenwich. Seller: John T. McGowan, Greenwich. Property: 25 Upland Drive, Lot 1, Greenwich. Amount: $10. Filed Oct. 20.

Grant Ross, Andrew Robert and Adrianna Ross, Greenwich. Seller: Langwich LLC, Greenwich. Property: 269 Stanwich Road, Greenwich. Amount: $3,100,000. Filed Oct. 20.

Greco, Patrick Francis and Meghan Graco, Greenwich. Seller: David S. Li and Christine S. Sun, Cos Cob. Property: 130 N. Old Stone Bridge Road, Greenwich. Amount: $N/A. Filed Oct. 21.

Hamilton, Allison and Chad Hamilton, Redding. Seller: David Sokolski, Fairfield. Property: 61 Cedar Road, Fairfield. Amount: $865,000. Filed Oct. 7.

Jasinski, John, Fairfield. Seller: Johanna Swartley, Fairfield. Property: 555 Old Dam Road, Fairfield. Amount: $442,500. Filed Oct. 4.

Lara Ramirez, Felix Emilio and Sarah Kuras New Rochelle, New York. Seller: Adam J. Margolin, Stamford. Property: 668 Glenbrook Road, Unit 34, Stamford. Amount: $494,500. Filed Sept. 26.

Lynch, Ryan J. and Ashley Rose Croft-Moore, Stamford. Seller: Christopher Cerreta, Stamford. Property: 104 North St., Unit 804, Stamford. Amount: $399,000. Filed Sept. 29.

MacDonald, Deirdre M. and Douglas G. MacDonald, Rye, New York. Seller: Michael Annunziato and Julia Annunziato, Greenwich. Property: 5 Seton Lane, Greenwich. Amount: $10. Filed Oct. 20.

Mahmood, Khalid and Zainab Bibi, Stamford. Seller: Gilbert D. Rozier and Juanella Rozier, Stamford. Property: 217 Strawberry Hill Ave., Stamford. Amount: $495,000. Filed Sept. 28.

McDonald, Deirdre Marie, New York, New York. Seller: Deirdre M. MacDonald, New York, New York. Property: 45 Glen Avon Drive, Riverside. Amount: $1. Filed Oct. 21.

Moore, Ross James, Old Greenwich. Seller: Ross James Moore and Beth Allen Moore, Old Greenwich. Property: 23 Hillcrest Park Road, Old Greenwich. Amount: $1. Filed Sept. 27.

Ossama, Nihal and Ahmed Ramzy, Cos Cob. Seller: Jeanne Balczewski, Riverside. Property: 2 Gerald Court, Riverside. Amount: $875,000. Filed Oct. 19.

Phelps, Brian, Guilford. Seller: Ashwin Jayaraman, Stamford. Property: 44 Strawberry Hill Ave., 10J1, Stamford. Amount: $249,000. Filed Sept. 27.

Sattler, Stanley B. and Izabella Sattler, Norwalk. Seller: Pauline B. Dupree, Stamford. Property: 8 Wardwell St., Unit 7, Stamford. Amount: $125,000. Filed Sept. 26.

Sauchelli, Mark A. and April Sauchelli, Fairfield. Seller: David J. Berman and Jodi C. Berman, Fairfield. Property: 625 Towne House Road, Fairfield. Amount: $1,425,000. Filed Oct. 4.

Scinto, Elizabeth R., Fairfield. Seller: Glen David Scinto and Robin Scinto, Stratford. Property: 194 Papurah Road, Fairfield. Amount: $300,000. Filed Oct. 7.

Silva, Hector F., Stamford. Seller: Rosario P. Pugliese Jr. and Martha L. Pugliese, Stamford. Property: Lots 13 and 14, Bedford St., Stamford. Amount: $865,000. Filed Sept. 27.

Taracka, Richard, Greenwich. Seller: Barbara T. Olank, Cheshire. Property: Lot 7, Map 3589, Greenwich. Amount: $500,000. Filed Oct. 21.

Vericker, Joseph P. and Nancy M. Vericker, Stamford. Seller: Janet Riley, et al, Brewster, New York. Property: 125 Sylvan Knoll Road, Stamford. Amount: $225,000. Filed Sept. 28.

Ziac, Nancy Margaret and John Ziac III, Old Greenwich. Seller: John Ziac III and Nancy Ziac, Old Greenwich. Property: 19 Maple Drive, Old Greenwich. Amount: $1. Filed Oct. 21.

MORTGAGES

Abille, Mark and Madelaine Abille, Greenwich, by Andrew G. Brucker. Lender: US Bank NA, 4801 Frederica St., Owensboro, Kentucky. Property: 15 Talbot Lane, Greenwich. Amount: $706,500. Filed Oct. 3.

Almerino, Jacqueline, Stamford, by Robert E. Colapietro. Lender: Bank of America NA, 100 N. Tryon St, Charlotte, North Carolina. Property: 1197 Hope St., Apt 4, Stamford. Amount: $50,000. Filed Sept. 29.

Andreini, Michael K. and Kristen M. Caldon, Fairfield, by Brad M. Aron. Lender: Bank of America NA, 101 S. Tryon St., Charlotte, North Carolina. Property: 315 Acorn Lane, Southport. Amount: $1,222,400. Filed Oct. 4.

Belletsky, David M. and Deborah Belletsky, Fairfield, by Joe H. Lawson II. Lender: Loandepot.com LLC, 26642 Towne Centre Drive, Foothill Ranch, California. Property: 139 Barryscott Drive, Fairfield. Amount: $420,000. Filed Oct. 3.

Brito Ulloa, Angel C. and Melanie K. Brito Heredia, Stamford, by Ricky M. Capozza. Lender: Loandepot.com LLC, 26642 Towne Centre Drive, Foothill Ranch, California. Property: 14 Vernon Place, Stamford. Amount: $408,500. Filed Sept. 27.

Collias, John and Grace Meagher, Stamford, by Robert E. Murray Jr. Lender: Citizens Bank NA, 1 Citizens Plaza, Providence, Rhode Island. Property: 2435 Bedford St., Unit 21F, Stamford. Amount: $429,660. Filed Sept. 26.

Conte, Michael and Doreen Conte, Greenwich, by Tyler Andrew Whitley. Lender: TD Bank NA, 2035 Limestone Road, Wilmington, Delaware. Property: 5 Circle Drive Extension, Greenwich. Amount: $400,000. Filed Oct. 6.

Croucher, Jay Daoming and Sofia Moa Svedin, Stamford, by Sebastiano Tornatore. Lender: JPMorgan Chase Bank NA, 1111 Polaris Pkwy., Columbus, Ohio. Property: 14 Mary Violet Road, Stamford. Amount: $500,000. Filed Sept. 27.

Crova, Karen, Stamford, by John B. Devine. Lender: Rocket Mortgage LLC, 1050 Woodward Ave., Detroit, Michigan. Property: 70 Dora St., Apt 2, Stamford. Amount: $385,000. Filed Sept. 27.

DeStefanis, Laura and Christopher Casement, Fairfield, by Felicia B. Watson. Lender: US Bank NA, 4801 Frederica St., Owensboro, Kentucky. Property: 91 Labbance Lane, Fairfield. Amount: $864,000. Filed Oct. 6.

Drinkall, Timothy Owen and Ulrika Drinkall, Greenwich, by John M. Eichholz. Lender: Change Lending LLC, 16845 Von Karman Ave., Suite 200, Irvine, California. Property: 7 Holman Lane, Old Greenwich. Amount: $500,000. Filed Oct. 6.

Figueroa, Carter and Sarah Figueroa, Fairfield, by Marisa Dooney. Lender: TD Bank NA, 2035 Limestone Road, Wilmington, Delaware. Property: 65 Forest Ave., Fairfield. Amount: $1,200,000. Filed Oct. 7.

Giordan, Lynne, Stamford, by Ronald J. Brien. Lender: The First Bank of Greenwich, 444 E. Putnam Ave., Cos Cob. Property: 41 Ledge Lane, Stamford.

Amount: $378,000. Filed Sept. 27.

Goodman, Douglas and Meredith Spatz, Greenwich, by Michelle Hanover. Lender: Citizens Bank NA, 1 Citizens Plaza, Providence, Rhode Island. Property: 72 Riverside Ave., Greenwich. Amount: $250,000. Filed Sept. 30.

Gregory, Justin, Riverside, by M. Cassin Maloney Jr. Lender: First Republic Bank, 111 Pine St., San Francisco, California. Property: 42 Breezemont Ave., Riverside. Amount: $2,310,000. Filed Oct. 3.

Hall, Ian and Breana Derella, Fairfield, by Descera Daigle. Lender: US Bank NA, 4801 Frederica St., Owensboro, Kentucky. Property: 53 Marian Road, Fairfield. Amount: $1,074,400. Filed Oct. 4.

Hamilton, Chad and Allison Hamilton, Southport, by Tiffany Robertson. Lender: Fairfield County Bank, 150 Danbury Road, Ridgefield. Property: 61 Cedar Road, Southport. Amount: $692,000. Filed Oct. 7.

Hernandez, Gianna, Greenwich, by Cynthia M Salemme-Riccio. Lender: Lakeview Community Capital LLC, 507 Prudential Road, Suite 100B, Horsham, Pennsylvania. Property: 5 Silver St., Greenwich. Amount: $500,500. Filed Oct. 3.

Facts & Figures

Hopp, Eric and Karen Hopp, Greenwich, by Andrew B. Wallach. Lender: Webster Bank NA, 1959 Summer St., Stamford. Property: 156 Stanwich Road, Greenwich. Amount: $4,550,000. Filed Oct. 4.

Jasinski, John, Fairfield, by Andrew L. Wallach. Lender: Fairfield County Bank, 150 Danbury Road, Ridgefield. Property: 555 Old Dam Road, Fairfield. Amount: $708,000. Filed Oct. 4.

Jimenez, Monica, Stamford, by Seth J. Arnowitz. Lender: Savings Bank of Danbury, 220 Main St., Danbury. Property: 287 Washington Blvd., Unit 2E, Stamford. Amount: $187,000. Filed Sept. 29.

Katsetos, Paulos S. and Maria Katsetos, Stamford, by N/A. Lender: Bank of America NA, 100 N. Tryon St, Charlotte, North Carolina. Property: 125 Jonathan Drive, Stamford. Amount: $194,700. Filed Sept. 29.

Klemperer, Ethan and Alexia Brue, Greenwich, by M. Cassin Maloney Jr. Lender: Morgan Stanley Private Bank NA, 4270 Ivy Pointe Blvd., Suite 400, Cincinnati, Ohio. Property: 70 Otter Rock Drive, Greenwich. Amount: $3,720,000. Filed Oct. 7.

Koirala, Suresh and Saranue Sharma Koirala, Stamford, by Michelle Hanover. Lender: Citizens Bank NA, 1 Citizens Plaza, Providence, Rhode Island.

Property: 32 Ivy St., Stamford. Amount: $239,000. Filed Sept. 28.

Kuri, Jorge, Greenwich, by James Kavanagh. Lender: TD Bank NA, 2035 Limestone Road, Wilmington, Delaware. Property: 53 Rock Maple Road, Greenwich. Amount: $3,185,000. Filed Oct. 4.

Lara, Felix and Sarah Kuras, Stamford, by Robb Heering. Lender: Loandepot.com LLC, 26642 Towne Centre Drive, Foothill Ranch, California.

Property: 668 Glenbrook Road, Stamford. Amount: $395,600. Filed Sept. 26.

Lynch, Alexander and Carolyn Lynch, Riverside, by Lisa Gioffre Baird. Lender: JPMorgan Chase Bank NA, 3050 Highland Pkwy., Fourth floor, Downers Grove, Illinois. Property: 14 Lake Drive, Riverside. Amount: $745,000. Filed Oct. 4.

Mahmood, Khalid and Zainab Bibi, Stamford, by N/A. Lender: United Wholesale Mortgage LLC, 585 S. Boulevard East, Pontiac, Michigan. Property: 217 Strawberry Hill Ave., Stamford. Amount: $420,750. Filed Sept. 28.

Matis, Helen M., Southport, by Denise Lynn Evarts. Lender: Finance of America Reverse LLC, 8023 E. 63rd Place, Suite 700, Tulsa, Oklahoma. Property: 476 Mill Hill Terrace, Southport. Amount: $0. Filed Oct. 5.

Ramsey, Rachel, Fairfield, by Eric Willinger. Lender: Webster Bank NA, 1959 Summer St., Stamford. Property: 351 Hunyadi Ave., Fairfield. Amount: $79,500. Filed Oct. 6.

Righter, Robin D. and Wayne P. Righter, Fairfield, by Carmen Luna. Lender: TD Bank NA, 2035 Limestone Road, Wilmington, Delaware. Property: 109 South St., Fairfield. Amount: $200,000. Filed Oct. 6.

River Road Development LLC, Greenwich, by Stuart S. Ratner. Lender: Fairfield County Bank, 150 Danbury Road, Ridgefield. Property: 89 River Road, Greenwich. Amount: $1. Filed Sept. 30.

Ruggiero, Anthony William, Greenwich, by Robert V. Sisca. Lender: Bank of America NA, 20 Greenway Plaza, Suite 900, Houston, Texas. Property: 39 Aiken Road, Greenwich. Amount: $2,000,000. Filed Oct. 5.

Schraa, Arnold and AnnCaroline Van Der Ham Greenwich, by John M. Eichholz. Lender: M&T Bank, 1 M&T Plaza, Buffalo, New York. Property: 1 Midbrook Lane, Old Greenwich. Amount: $777,000. Filed Oct. 5.

Schukin, Pavel and Zora Schukin, Riverside, by Anna Soave. Lender: M&T Bank, 1 M&T Plaza, Buffalo, New York. Property: 234 Riverside Ave. Riverside. Amount: $1,000,000. Filed Oct. 6.

Sproule, Byron and Dayna Sproule, Fairfield, by Michelle Hanover. Lender: Citizens Bank NA, 1 Citizens Plaza, Providence, Rhode Island. Property: 278 Penfield Road, Fairfield. Amount: $200,000. Filed Oct. 3.

Strater, Bradford and Megan Strater, Fairfield, by Josie Ponce. Lender: Sikorsky Financial Credit Union, 1000 Oronoque Lane, Stratford. Property: 103 Rock Major Road, Fairfield. Amount: $247,697. Filed Oct. 5.

Tobar, Maria del Carmen and Ociel Tobar, Stamford, by John R. Itall. Lender: Washington Mutual Bank FA, 400 E. Main St., Stockton, California. Property: 16 Frank St., Stamford. Amount: $277,500. Filed Sept. 26.

Volberg, Daniel and Michaela Volberg, Riverside, by Alessandro F. Salafia. Lender: Webster Bank NA, 1959 Summer St., Stamford. Property: 12 Neighborly Way, Greenwich. Amount: $80,000. Filed Oct. 7.

Wu, Mark and Sharon Wu, Greenwich, by M. Cassin Maloney Jr. Lender: US Bank NA, 4801 Frederica St., Owensboro, Kentucky. Property: 190 Weaver St., Greenwich. Amount: $1,140,000. Filed Sept. 30.

Eden Farms LLC, 947 Stillwater Road, Stamford 06902, c/o Marshal Condon. Filed Sept. 20.

Kjd ll Wood Remodeling, 7 Rippowan Road, Stamford 06902, c/o Donny Morales. Filed Sept. 21.

Leon of Juda, 12 Tuttle Court, Apt. 2D, Stamford 06902, c/o Deborah M. Mejia. Filed Sept. 19.

Little Jem’s Embroidery Co., 39 Unity Road, Stamford 06905, c/o Jemma Lynn LLC. Filed Sept. 19.

Lucas Group, 3 Stamford Place Stamford 06902, c/o Kom Ferry. Filed Sept. 21.

Senior Manager – Design, Gartner, Inc., Stamford, CT. Ld & drive the end to end exp dsgn process, incl. UX dsgn strategy, rsrch, UI dsgn & usability testing, helping cross functional project teams. Req Bach’s deg or foreign equiv in Comp Sci or rel field + 8 yrs rel work exp; OR 10 yrs rel work exp. Up to 20% domestic and international travel may be req. Telecommuting permitted. Employer will accept any suitable combo of edu, training or exp. To apply, please email resume to: Josh. Dubinsky@gartner.com and reference job code: 72863.

Mantzikos, Nancy, Greenwich, by David E. Hoyle. Lender: William Raveis Mortgage LLC, 7 Trap Falls Road, Shelton. Property: 20 Deep George Road, Greenwich. Amount: $796,000. Filed Oct. 5.

Salerno Jr., Richard A. and Lisa Salerno, Deerfield Beach, Florida, by Stacy C. Surgeon. Lender: Webster Bank NA, 1959 Summer St., Stamford. Property: 109 Baldwin Terrace, Fairfield. Amount: $250,000. Filed Oct. 3.

Takami, Josephine R. and James K. Takami, Fairfield, by Pedro S. Vazquez. Lender: Bank of America NA, 100 N. Tryon St, Charlotte, North Carolina. Property: 64 Edge Hill Place, Fairfield. Amount: $50,000. Filed Oct. 6.

Tan, Ryan and Gabriela Valles, Fairfield, by Andrew L. Wallach. Lender: Ally Bank, 601 S. Tryon St. Suite 100, Charlotte, North Carolina. Property: 260 Gilbert Highway, Fairfield. Amount: $718,000. Filed Oct. 5.

Yavonditte, Nathalie and Michael Yavonditte, Greenwich, by Tiago A. David. Lender: Citizens Bank NA, 1 Citizens Plaza, Providence, Rhode Island. Property: 23 Wyckham Hill Lane, Greenwich. Amount: $250,000. Filed Oct. 7.

NEW BUSINESSES

Antojitos Latinos Food Truck II LLC, 128 Ludlow St., Apt. E, Stamford 06902, c/o Bikina Reyes Martinez. Filed Sept. 21.

Carmel Café, 700 Main St., Stamford 06901, c/o The Stamford LLC. Filed Sept. 20.

Creative Kids Child Home Day Care, 18 Burr St., Stamford 06902, c/o Maria Elinor OrtegaPolanco. Filed Sept. 20.

RR Construction, 29 Orchard St., Apt. 2, Stamford 06902, Richard del Orden Rosario. Filed Sept. 22.

Red Shoe Friday, 121 Towne St. Apt. 616, Stamford 06902, c/o Edgar Marmen. Filed Sept. 19.

Skincare Studio of Stamford, 76 Progress Drive, Stamford 06902, c/o Lynda Ann Cesiro. Filed Sept. 21.

St Cecilia-St Gabriel Parish Corpo, 1184 Newfield Ave., Stamford 06905, c/o Rev. John Connaughton. Filed Sept. 20.

The Stamford Bistro, 700 Main St., Stamford 06901, c/o The Stamford LLC. Filed Sept. 20.

The Stamford Hotel Catering, 700 Main St., Stamford 06901, c/o The Stamford LLC. Filed Sept. 20.

Universo Records LLC, 14 Wells Ave., Stamford 06902, c/o Juan D. Corrales. Filed Sept. 21.

Vice President, Retentions Program, Gartner, Inc., Stamford, CT. Mnge & lead team responsible for retaining & growing strategic & high revenue relationships with HighTech vendors in software, hardware & prfssnl srvcs companies in support of our High-Tech Sales & Global Srvcs Group. Req. Master’s deg or for equiv in Bus Admin, Econ, Mrktng or rel. + 7 yrs rel work exp; OR a Bach’s deg or for equiv in Bus Admin, Econ, Mrktng or rel. + 9 yrs rel work exp. Up to 10% domestic travel req. Employer will accept any suitable combination of education, training, or experience. To apply, please email resume to: Patrick Kennedy, Patrick.Kennedy@ gartner.com and reference job code: 73610.

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

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

Notice of Formation of The Garden of MonÈt, 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

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

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

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

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

RIGHT ROUTE LLC Articles of Organization filed with the SSNY on 12/23/2022. Office location: Westchester. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served.

SSNY mail process to 121 Main Street, Ossining, NY 10562. Any lawful purpose. #63317

Notice of Formation of: (based) Foods, LLC. Art. Of Org. filed with SSNY on 10/17/2022. 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, 1767 Central Park Ave., #402, Yonkers, NY 10710. Purpose: any lawful purpose. # 63296

Notice is hereby given that a license, number Pending, for beer, wine & cider has been applied for by the undersigned to sell beer, wine & cider at retail in a restaurant under the Alcoholic Beverage Control Law at 305 Halstead Avenue, Harrison, NY 10528 for on premises consumption. Robert Deak, Pureganic Cafe LLC. # 63139