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From left: George Latimer, Deborah Novick, program participant Jose Hidalgo, Bridget Gibbons, Carola Otero Bracco and Ken Jenkins, all of whom participated in announcing the second season of Launch1000 Feb. 10.

Mortgage industry publisher detours into mystery fiction genre

BY PHIL HALL Phall@westfairinc.com

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n 2010, Wilton-based Tony Garritano launched Progress in Lending, a trade publishing endeavor focused on the mortgage industry. Garritano put forth print and online media resources and coordinated industry-focused trade shows for financial services and real estate professionals, and over time he became one of the most respected figures in the mortgage industry media niche.

But while Garritano was satisfied with his Progress in Lending activities, he secretly harbored another career path that he was never able to actively pursue.

“I've wanted to be a mystery novelist since I was probably about eight years old, when I read my first Agatha Christie novel,” he confided. “It's not something that I talked about a lot. But it's one of those dreams that I felt like I had to fulfill.”

Garritano was not a total stranger to the fiction realm — he

authored plays in high school and short stories in college — but his journalism career did not offer the opportunity to pursue this passion.

“When you become a journalist and you're writing every day, it's really hard to write creatively because it's just a different mindset,” he continued. “When your whole day is about writing about the financial services industry, it's hard to disconnect and then write creatively. But it's something that I did a lot in my youth, and I want-

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estchester County is moving ahead with its Launch1000 program after helping 218 businesses and nonprofits get launched during 2021. The second season begins in earnest in March when the County Office of Economic Development starts accepting new applications from county residents who want help in getting their new businesses or nonprofit organizations off the ground.

Launch1000 had its roots when the economic impacts of the Covid-19 pandemic were beginning to be felt and the county determined it would be helpful to offer residents the opportunity to obtain critical business knowledge and connect with mentors.

As the name implies, the program was designed to help jumpstart 1,000 new businesses and nonprofits in Westchester. The county also went a step further by offering something tangible in the form of a $1,000 grant for each participant completing the program to help in covering startup costs.

On Feb. 10, the second season of the program was announced with a new feature added: all of » LAUNCH1000

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ed to get back to doing it.”

Garritano set time aside in his schedule to turn off the mortgage news and turn on a new track for mystery fiction. And not only did Garritano create his first mystery novel with “I Saw What I Saw,” he also launched a new fiction imprint called Cozy Books LLC as the publishing house for his new writing pursuit.

Subtitled “A Harmony Neighborhood Mystery,” Garritano’s debut mystery novel is focused on Sheila Sammartino, a crime reporter-turned-blogger residing in the small town of Harmony. After she witnesses » MYSTERY

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New Canaan's Glass House pivots in the pandemic era

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BY JUSTIN MCGOWN jmcgown@westfairinc.com

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hile the Covid crisis disrupted public access to Philip Johnson’s Glass House, the influential architectural site in New Canaan, it also sparked an opportunity for the National Trust for Historic Preservation, which owns and operates the site, to expand its visibility for new generations.

Completed in 1949, the Glass House was built as a country retreat for Johnson and his partner the famed gallerist and critic David Whitney. The striking structure has been described by some architecture critics as a rural farmhouse reduced to its barest essentials.

One of the first examples of what became known as the modernist style of architecture, it typified the use of steel and glass as structural materials. Johnson also demonstrated how simple shapes could lead to complex interplays between a building and its surroundings by allowing the viewer to see not just the building, but also consider its surroundings both by seeing through the building and noticing the reflections on the glass walls.

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The surrounding property was also a sandbox for further architectural experimentation and is celebrated today as the site of some of Johnson’s most daring work. There are 15 structures spread across the property, landscaped to resemble one of his favorite paintings, and is also home to an extensive art collection.

Other structures on the property include the Brick House, the solidly built and concealing polar opposite of the Glass House which is where guests of the architect would stay; the whimsical Studio, which hosts a drawing space and wide selection of books on design and architecture; and Da Monsta, based on a museum in Germany, which incorporates organic forms and surprising colors and serves as a jumping-off point for more abstract forms on the grounds which are as much sculpture as building.

In the pre-pandemic years, visitors were only permitted to visit the site from May to November, with attendance levels kept limited out of respect for the surrounding residential community.

With Covid, access was even more restricted. According to Greg Sages, executive director at the FCBJ

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Glass House the site was forced to adapt with expanded online offerings and new tour formats that minimized exposure.

“We like to say that we tried to make lemonade from lemons,” Sages explained. “Just before Covid struck, we updated our strategic plan with several initiatives including increasing our emphasis on the curated landscape of the site. Johnson was also a landscape architect, but we haven’t really capitalized fully on the demand to understand the site from a landscape point of view. Covid accelerated those processes because we couldn’t go into the buildings for a period of time.”

The expansion of outdoor offerings came alongside a more robust online and social media presence, and the launch of seasonal offerings combined to allow the Glass House to weather the storm but thrive. In addition to expanded programming about the unique landscape surrounding the house, the site experimented with self-directed tours where experts on individual aspects of the property were stationed in relevant locations to speak with guests — a change from the more tightly packed and paced guid-

ed tours where the entire group stayed with a single guide.

“We sold nearly four times more online this past year than we ever have before,” said Christa Carr, the communications director for the Glass House. “That’s a lot.”

Carr also emphasized the value of the combined design store and visitor’s center which the Glass House maintains in downtown New Canaan. In addition to providing a staging ground for trips to the property it also exhibits art and is the showcase for online sales. To spur engagement, themed sales of art objects are in rotation.

“We have very specially curated objects that are tied to modernism and design,” Carr said, noting the recent Valentine’s Day collection of heart-shaped keychains and bowls plus dramatically angled vases and flowerpots.

Carr expressed hope for a return to pre-pandemic normalcy as the year progresses.

“We have a special summer party on June 11, which is our annual fundraiser,” Carr said. “It is always very special, and this year we hope to have our first in-person summer party since 2019.”

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NYC sues Yonkers convict in $1.6M cigarette tax case

BY BILL HELTZEL

$250,000, in a petition to lower the Yonkers property tax assessment, and in a 2019 petition Nabil said it was worth $289,234. Zillow estimates it is worth $696,600.

"By transferring ownership of the properties to others," the complaint states, "Nabil Alghazali together with the other defendants have insulated the properties from the city's enforcement efforts."

The city is asking the court to set aside the transfers and declare that the properties may be used to enforce the cigarette tax debt.

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convicted contraband cigarette distributor is using a Yonkers company as a shell corporation to avoid paying $1.6 million in cigarette taxes, according to a lawsuit brought by New York City.

The city accused 25 Palisade Avenue LLC, Nabil Alghazali and two family members of fraudulently transferring two properties to avoid paying taxes on cigarettes seized in a 2012 arrest in the Bronx.

"The defendants have repeatedly transferred the subject properties amongst themselves and the LLC at nominal purchase prices substantially below fair market value," the complaint states, "with the intention of thwarting the city's enforcement of the outstanding tax warrants."

Alghazali did not respond to an email asking for his side of the story.

The city's sheriff's office seized 1,706 cartons of untaxed cigarettes and 95,713 counterfeit cigarette tax stamps from Alghazali in 2012.

Also in 2012, he was one of 10 men indicted by federal prosecutors for conspiring to distribute contraband cigarettes from 2008 to 2011.

"My client was a desperate man earning a very low amount of money," his attorney, Murray Richman, said at a 2013 plea hearing. He "fell in with others of a similar ilk, and I do believe he will never be a threat or a danger to this court again."

U.S. District Judge Loretta Preska noted prior arrests that "indicate that he has been dealing in contraband cigarettes for some years now." But she found that his role in the conspiracy was minimal and that he was cooperating with a Yonkers police investigation. She sentenced him to time served and three years of supervised release.

In the Bronx case, Alghazali pleaded guilty to various tax charges and was assessed more than $1.1 million. New York City filed tax warrants with county clerks in the Bronx and Westchester, and now the debt totals about $1.6 million with interest.

Nabil and family members Helal and Sabah Alghazali, who also are named as defendants in the city's complaint, live on Prescott Street in Yonkers, and 25 Palisade Avenue LLC is also based there.

Nabil bought the Prescott Street property for $430,000 in 2011, according to the complaint, and he bought a four-floor storefront at 25 Palisade Ave., for $300,000 in 2014.

The Prescott Street property has been traded back and forth four times by family members, for $0 to $10 each time, the complaint states, and is now owed by Sabah.

Nabil sold the Palisade Avenue storefront to Helal for $10, who then sold it to the 25 Palisade Avenue LLC for $10.

In 2016, Nabil and Helal estimated the value of the Prescott Street property at

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Sacred Heart University researcher to study ocean literacy

BY JUSTIN MCGOWN jmcgown@westfairinc.com

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o-Marie Kasinak has extensive experience studying the ecology of Long Island Sound. Horseshoe crabs, the fearsome looking but harmless living fossils from the genus Limulus, became a main point of focus for her work, which included participation in Project Limulus, a community-oriented program where volunteers received training and instruction in cataloguing horseshoe crab numbers.

Now, the researcher and instructor at Sacred Heart University has received $143,309 from the Connecticut Sea Grant organization, plus almost $90,000 in matching funds, to study not just horseshoe crabs but the volunteers who participate in community education programs.

Kasinak is seeking to define the “ocean profiles” of participants in public outreach programs like Project Limulus to see if the programs are effective at inculcating a deeper understanding of marine environments and the forces that shape them.

“We’re working together to try to develop an assessment tool to measure ocean identity and specifically how ocean identity can be impacted by informal education,” Kasinak said of the project, which involves a collaboration with partners from University of Connecticut, Southern Connecticut State University and Cardiff University in Wales.

“This is a big collaboration between four different universities,” she said. “I’m excited to be part of this team. This is our second round of applying for the funding, so we know how selective and competitive it is.”

The research could prove important for designing future outreach programs, Kasinak said, and seeks to answer a few key questions such as: “Will they go to a museum afterwards and learn about animals or the ocean? How do these programs change a person’s connection to or understanding of ocean environments?”

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Sacred Heart Ocean Literacy: Sacred Heart University researcher Jo-Marie Kasinak at Stratford Point in Stratford. Sacred Heart University photo by Tracy Deer-Mirek.

Kasinak added that while the specifics of the program are still in development, the team already has a good grasp of how to approach their task.

“We are going to use a survey tool we are developing,” she explained. “That’s actually the first part of the project, coming up with what are called ‘instruments’ in psychology when developing a tool like this. But, basically, we’ll develop a tool that helps assess what a person’s ocean identity is in the beginning and then after they participate in an informal education event to see if that changes.”

While Kasinak has observed people change their attitudes towards the ocean as a result of these programs, she stressed the importance of having more than anecdotal information about the impact of this work on communities. She believed this could have

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a major impact on the design of public outreach programs and help their designers figure out how to make key improvements.

Kasinak intends to analyze the impacts of participants in upcoming horseshoe crab studies, which remain economically important thanks to their role in pharmaceutical research and development.

“We use their blood in a test called Limulus Amebocyte Lysate test that we use to make sure that vaccines are safe and don’t have any bacterial contamination,” Kasinak said, noting the crabs can be repeatedly harvested for this process — they are pulled out of the water and some of their blue blood is extracted before they are released and potentially captured again in a later year.

However, it is unclear at what rate the crabs survive the

process. According to Kasinak, the Long Island Sound has seen horseshoe crab numbers decline, while places with certain limits on harvesting have not.

As a result, measuring the response of outreach programs on improving the ocean identity of laymen could be valuable for

a number of stakeholders — anyone from a fisherman to a politician would need to understand how to improve public awareness of the importance of sea life.

“We are grateful for the opportunity to do the work and excited to see what comes out of it,” she said.

Bilotta bookkeeper accused of embezzling $550,000

BY BILL HELTZEL Bheltzel@westfairinc.com

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federal grand jury has indicted a bookkeeper for allegedly embezzling about $550,000 from Bilotta Kitchen & Home.

Susana Rivera, 40, of the Bronx, was arrested on Feb. 9 and charged with wire fraud and aggravated identity theft. She pleaded not guilty to both charges before Magistrate Judge Paul E. Davison, in U.S. District Court, White Plains.

Bilotta, a second generation, family-run kitchen design and remodeling business based in Mamaroneck, hired Rivera in 2019 as the director of accounting and human resources. She was paid $80,000 annually, according to the indictment.

Rivera allegedly began stealing from her employer in November 2019, the month after she was hired, and continued to July 2021.

She had Bilotta's payroll company make more than $370,000 in payments to a fake vendor she set up, the indictment states.

She charged more than $175,000 for personal expenses on company credit cards and transferred $2,900 from a Bilotta bank account to pay her personal utility bills.

The government says Rivera posed as a Bilotta owner in communications with Bilotta's credit card company by using one of the owner's date of birth and sending images of the owner's driver's license.

Rivera spent the alleged ill-gotten gains

on jewelry, beauty treatments, cosmetic surgery, clothing, pets, and travel, according to the indictment, and some of the money was used to make a partial payment on a $100,000 Corvette.

Rivera was released from custody on

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posting a $250,000 bond.

The FBI ran the investigation and James McMahon, an assistant U.S. attorney, is in charge of the prosecution. Rivera is represented by public defender Elizabeth K. Quinn.

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Launch1000—

its programming will be available in both English and Spanish.

“What we’ve understood now over the last number of years, particularly with the advancement of technology, is that small is the new big,” Westchester County Executive George Latimer said in referencing how small business is playing an important role in today’s economic development.

“This initiative of Launch1000 is one of a number of different innovative programs that have come out of the work that Bridget Gibbons (Westchester’s Director of Economic Development) and her team have constructed to try to figure out how best to help grow businesses in Westchester County,” according to Latimer. “I’ve often said that, when I was a young boy growing up in the county, economic development was a function of big corporations leaving Manhattan homes and putting their corporate campuses here in Westchester County.”

Latimer said that its not enough to have an idea about starting and developing a business or an organization to serve the community.

“It is not enough to have an idea or a skill. That idea or skill in order to become a profitable business requires marketing, it requires a host of different operational understandings germane to that partic-

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Mystery —

a murder in an alley, the local police try to dismiss the crime as a mugging gone awry. But Sheila decides to take investigative matters into her own hands and begins to probe the murdered man’s past to determine why someone would want to kill him.

In creating “I Saw What I Saw,” Garritano quickly discovered significant differences in the fiction writing process versus his financial journalism.

“I went through multiple revisions and I had some beta readers that gave me notes,” he said. “I edited it myself after I was done with the first draft, then I had some of the beta readers give me their feedback. Then I had a literary coach that gave me her edits.

And then I had a developmental editor that gave me his notes as well.”

Although Garritano had significant experience in B2B media, he was an unknown quantity as a mystery writer and he quickly realized it would be difficult to sway book publishers.

“I did a lot of research on what it takes to traditionally publish a book with an established publishing company, and it takes a long time,” he stated. “Most publish-

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ular business or field,” Latimer said. “It requires financial expertise as well as capital to be able to do this. From the individual that takes on the creation of a business no matter what size it is, a very small one, a very large one, it takes a leap of faith.”

Gibbons explained that Launch1000 is designed to help entrepreneurs go from having a concept to actually bringing a business into being.

“We know the program made a difference in people’s lives,” Gibbons said. “Last year we had 218 people who graduated from the program and that included everyone from a locksmith to a person who developed a tech platform for musicians to meet each other and collaborate and schedule rehearsal space.”

Gibbons said that 47% of the participants were African American and, of those that completed the program, 67% were women.

“Only 7% of the participants identified as Latinos,” Gibbons said, “We know we need to do better and that’s why this year we are launching a dual language cohort; the curriculum will be in both Spanish and English. The coaches and mentors will be bilingual. We think this will make it easier for our Spanish-speaking entrepreneurs to participate in the program. We think this new offering will make a very big difference in our ability to reach into the communities and find more budding entrepreneurs.”

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Tony Garritano. Photos courtesy Cozy Books LLC. ing companies will not even speak to you unless you have an agent.”

And even if one gets an agent, he continued, the new writer is assigned an in-house editor tasked with both scrubbing the book to meet company editorial standards and advocating for resources to properly promote and distribute the book. Since Garritano planned to spin his debut book into a series of mysteries, he felt uncomfortable subjecting himself to the lengthy and WCBJ

Gibbons said that 82% of the 218 graduates from the first session of the program are generating revenue or have raised money through investors.

“The program will result over time in the creation of 428 jobs, approximately $23 million in earnings, $63 million in sales, so we know this program is a home run in terms of launching new businesses but also growing our economy,” Gibbons said.

Typical entities that were developed through the first round of the program included: NoNo Markets LLC in Irvington that imports gluten-free pasta from Italy and resells it through Amazon and the company’s own website; Breakthrough Fitness Company in Hartsdale that welcomes all clients seeking to improve their fitness and places special focus on ensuring equal access for the special needs community; Marianne Campolongo Photography in Chappaqua, specializing in photography at hospitals, nursing homes and other places where the use of images has been shown to help with healing; First Steps to Heal, a nonprofit based in Elmsford that provides assistance to survivors of domestic violence who live in Westchester; My Assistant Barber, located in Sleepy Hollow, whose founder Jose Hidalgo owns a barber shop and created a hair clipper that cleans, disinfects and cools itself;

Bloom Healthy, based in Mount Vernon with pop-up shops in other communities, offering fresh fruits and vegetables to families experiencing food insecurity.

The Launch1000 program involves seven phases with the phases taking as few as two and as many as eight weeks. It took a typical participant from six to eight months to complete the program in 2021, according to the county.

Deborah Novick, the county’s director of entrepreneurship and innovation said that the second session of the program will open for applications in March and the activity will begin in April. She said that the program’s website has both English and Spanish content and invited those interested in volunteering to help in the program to contact her.

Helping with the program is Carola Otero Bracco, executive director of Neighbors Link, a nonprofit headquartered in Mount Kisco that is focused on assisting immigrants to become part of the community. She noted, “A program such as this that respects an entrepreneur’s home language serves to further a person’s level of understanding of very critical business concepts.”

Deputy County Executive Ken Jenkins said, “Small business is the lifeblood of the economic engine around the country and certainly Westchester is no different.”

unpredictable process of working with an established publisher.

“Most traditionally published authors publish one, maybe two books a year,” he observed. “Given that, I started my own publishing company — I think I can definitely publish two books a year, maybe even three or four. The stories are in my head and they're just waiting to kind of get on the page.”

Garritano’s Cozy Books company released “I Saw What I Saw” in November, and the book quickly snagged several independent publishing awards and found its way to the top of Amazon.com’s mystery best-seller list.

Garritano is open to the idea of expanding Cozy Books to include mysteries written by other authors, but at the moment he plans to use it as his platform. However, he actively encourages others with a penchant for mystery stories to consider trying their hand at the genre.

“Make sure that it's something that you genuinely love and it'll be a great experience,” he said. “It has been for me. If you have an idea and you really have a desire to say something, start writing.”

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Dine-in, not drive-in, theater opens in Dobbs Ferry

BY PETER KATZ Pkatz@westfairinc.com

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fter a two-month delay from its planned Dec. 9 opening, the LOOK Dine-In movie theater in Dobbs Ferry opened on Feb. 10. Brian Schultz, CEO and founder of Dallas-based LOOK Dine-In Cinemas, told the Business Journal that the delay was due to Covid and supply chain issues.

The new theater at 1 Hamilton St. in Rivertowns Square is in a location that previously had been operated by iPic Theaters.

It had been closed by iPic in November 2019 when the company restructured. The theater has eight screens and an overall seating capacity of approximately 800. In addition to offering patrons food and drinks at their seats while the movies are being shown, the facility has separate bar and restaurant spaces.

The Dobbs Ferry opening comes at a time when the data firm Comscore is reporting the total domestic movie theater box office in 2021 was $4.58 billion. It doubled 2020's total but was down nearly 60% from 2019.

The opening pictures at Dobbs Ferry included “Death on the Nile,” “Moonfall,” “Marry Me,” “Jackass Forever,” “Parallel Mothers,” “Sing 2,” and “Spider-man: No Way Home.”

The menu offers a wide range of beverages, including cocktails, wine and beer. Salads, wraps, sushi, St. Louis BBQ ribs, chips, dips, cheeses, pizza and, of course, popcorn are among the food items offered. Thad Kelly, the company’s executive chef, is charged with crafting the menu and monitoring overall quality and service.

The LOOK Dine-In chain currently has one theater in Arizona, four in California, three in Texas, and one in Florida in addition to the Dobbs Ferry site. Schultz said they plan to expand to more than 20 locations during this year.

“We look at this as a community-based theater and we want to serve this community with any kind of content, meetings, food that they really want,” Schultz said. “You don't see us going into big malls where there are 50 theaters around. We go to places that actually need a great theater.”

Schultz said that the facility would be available for business meetings and special events in addition to its functions as a cinema and eating and drinking establishment.

“We have the best projection, we have high-speed networks so that you can do video conferencing, so whatever the community needs this is the place to see it in a comfortable chair that reclines with the best sightliness and sound that you can imagine, all state-of-theart,” Schultz said.

Schultz told the Business Journal that when theaters had to close because of the pandemic movie studios had a chance to test streaming as an alternative to traditional theatrical motion picture exhibition.

“I think it's come full circle where in the ecosystem we all play off of each other, but realizing that theatrical really is the premium way to watch a film and it's the first step that actually creates all the other revenue streams down the line,” Schultz said. “I think there's still a little bit of shakeout to happen but eventually if you give a great experience that's a great value to the guest theatrical will be healthier than ever and we're looking toward a huge uptick in '22, '23 as people get more comfortable coming out and the studios are getting more comfortable that the box office is back.”

James Meredith of LOOK Dine-In suggested, “I think coming out of Covid people are really interested in looking for something that's above and beyond what they experienced in the past. Oftentimes, people are thinking about 'what am I going to do with my evening from an entertainment standpoint.'

People love to get lost in a good story but they also like to have a great meal so we've created the ability for you to have both in one location.”

Meredith said that the chain encourages its theatergoers to arrive 30 minutes early before the showtime so that they can take a look at the menu, order food and drinks using their cellphones if they wish, and then have their orders before the movie begins.

“I think what's happening is because of the technology we've put in place that we've made it very easy for the guests to control their experience,” Meredith said. “You not only have a great presentation and are able to enjoy your content, you have incredible food and cocktails -- and people like that -- but also you have technology at your disposal. I think the competition will probably take a look at how we're doing some of those different things.

They should, but I think we're going to be pretty far out in front in creating our brand.”

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According to the SBA, nearly a third of all business owners do not have a retirement plan. Additionally, of those surveyed nearly 40% lack confidence that they will be able to retire by the age of 65. For some business owners there may be help from Uncle Sam in the form of little-known tax credits and incentives.

Many businesses, regardless of size, are eligible to receive congressionally mandated tax-credits and incentives that they probably are unaware of. The IRS reported recently that more than 15,000 large businesses claimed tax credits they were entitled to with an average benefit of over $650,000.

However, according to the Wall Street Journal, only 5% of small businesses claim these tax credits and Incentives, even though they are fully entitled to them.

Congress enacted tax credits in 1982, which have since then been expanded through several administrations. It was specifically designed to help American businesses be more competitive and keep jobs in the United States and in their respective local communities. The purpose was to reward companies that innovate, expand their business and develop or improve an existing product or service. A wide diversity of industries as well as some professional service firms will qualify. This

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BCW identifies WIN as a winner

BY PETER KATZ Pkatz@westfairinc.com

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he Westchester Innovation Network, which also is known as the WIN Initiative, was formed in December by the Business Council of Westchester (BCW) to help in economic development along with business innovation and growth in the county. It has received an outpouring of support, BCW's president and CEO Marsha Gordon said in an online presentation Feb. 11.

She revealed that Luiz Aragon, former development commissioner for New Rochelle, has been hired as a consultant to serve as the program director for WIN. Aragon explained that WIN's Innovation Match Program has already identified 60 entities to bring to Westchester so they can be paired with local companies that will test their products and services in real-world settings.

Aragon said one of the com-

panies, Kool Nerd Connect, encourages students to pursue careers with high-growth companies. It has been paired with the YMCA for Central and Northern Westchester where youngsters will be introduced to the company's offerings.

Another company, SilverBills, helps senior citizens learn to pay their bills using proprietary software. It has been paired with the Municipal Housing Authority of the City of Yonkers.

Aragon said that the Canadian company Last20's has developed a pavement product made out of recycled plastic and WIN put it together with Tarrytownbased Regeneron and the City of Yonkers Department of Public Works, both of which agreed to test the product as a replacement for asphalt.

“This is really the very, very beginning of this process in the WIN Initiative. We have a lot more to announce in the coming months, so you'll have to stay

Luiz Aragon.

Marsha Gordon.

tuned,” Aragon said.

Gordon said, “We know that by bringing innovators and businesses together and organizations together we are going to improve and enhance the level of innovation in Westchester County and make Westchester the place that innovation happens.”.

Gordon said that the second component of the WIN program that has quickly gotten off the ground is The Practical Innovation Project. She said that so far it has brought together experts from Iona College and officials from the City of Mount Vernon to work on changes that have the potential for boosting economic activity in the city, creating cost savings and improving the lives of city residents.

Mount Vernon Mayor Shawyn Patterson-Howard said, “Right now innovation and public-private partnerships are so critical as cities are facing compounding and oftentimes challenging crises whether it's in health, econom-

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Trust me, you are going to see great things coming out of Mount Vernon.”

Gordon said that the BCW is preparing a “WIN Implementation Guide” and will have seminars, trade shows and other events to help build the program.

Gordon identified the founding sponsors of the WIN program as Montefiore, Regeneron, Westchester County Office of Economic Development, KeyBank, Robert Martin Company, Simone Development Companies, Municipal Housing Authority of the City of Yonkers, Verizon, Empire City Casino by MGM Resorts, and Dorf & Nelson.

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BRIEFS NEW WCSU CENTER FOCUSES ON MANUFACTURING

A new manufacturing technology center offering a two-semester certificate program has opened at Western Connecticut State University (WCSU) in Danbury.

The Connecticut State Community College Naugatuck Valley Advanced Manufacturing Technology Center is located in an approximately 3,000-square-foot space within a WCSU warehouse building that was converted into an advanced manufacturing shop and classroom in a $2.4 million project funded through state bond funds. The first cohort of 12 students began the program last August in a space provided by Henry Abbott Technical High School in Danbury and moved into the new facility in January, with a graduation date scheduled for May. WCSU said day and weekend cohorts are planned for a potential of up to 72 graduates per year. Each student can earn an OSHA 10 Certificate and National Institute for Metal Working Skills nationally recognized credential in two semesters.

Currently, manufacturing companies are partnering the center’s programs, where students are placed in internships.

“With more than 6,000 openings presently available in the state’s manufacturing industry, this new advanced manufacturing technology center will help expand educational and economic opportunities for our students with good jobs and a rewarding career, while providing a highly educated and skilled workforce for our state’s manufacturers,” said WCSU President Terrence Cheng.

MASTERCARD TEAMS WITH FINTECHS ON NEW SMBS CARD

Mastercard is partnering with Tillful and Highnote, a pair of San Francisco-based fintechs, on a new credit card designed to help small and medium-sized businesses (SMBs) help increase their access to credit and growth capital.

The new Tillful-branded card will enable SMBs to have their payment history reported to credit bureaus to help build business credit quicker and will include a rewards program tailored to SMB owners.

Business owners can create an unlimited number of virtual cards for their employees at no cost, as well as to make vendor payments, at no cost, and the new card comes with the option for monthly payments compared to fixed daily or weekly payments.

Highnote will handle the card’s issuance and program management and

Mastercard will serve as the card network.

“As the small business segment continues to grow and digitally transform, it is imperative that we provide tools and resources that work harder for them and create an inclusive economy,” said Sherri Haymond, executive vice president of digital partnerships at Purchaseheadquartered Mastercard. “Together with Tillful and Highnote, we are helping small businesses access the credit they need and the digital financial solutions they deserve to build and sustain their operations for the future.”

ETHAN ALLEN OPENS WESTPORT LOCATION

Ethan Allen, the Danbury-headquartered interior design and home furnishings company, has opened its seventh Connecticut location at 605 Post Road in Westport.

According to the company, its new Design Center will enable clients to work with professional interior designers at fully equipped workstations, viewing both detailed 3D floor plans and before-andafter images of their space on a large, high-resolution screen. Clients will also be able to access the company’s furniture and accent selections in partnership with designers or via touchscreen, and can view hundreds of fabrics, leathers, finishes, and other customized options on site.

“The new Westport Design Center projects variety of our styles of classic, country, coastal, modern and highlights our commitment to personal interior design service combined with technology,” said Ethan Allen Chairman and CEO Farooq Kathwari. “Our designers can meet with clients in the Design Center, at their homes, or via virtual appointment, whether designing homes near Westport or vacation homes in other places. Our technology gives clients extraordinary flexibility, and our service is always complimentary.”

PANCAKE CHAIN COMING TO WESTPORT

The Original Pancake House, a national restaurant chain, will be opening its first Connecticut location this summer at 33-51 Main St. in Westport.

The Original Pancake House was founded in Portland, Oregon, in 1953 and now has more than 130 sites in 29 states, as well as locations in Japan and South Korea.

The new eatery will occupy in the space formerly occupied by Boca Restaurant.

The only other Original Pancake House location regionally is at 170 Hamilton Ave. in White Plains.

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WCA’S REAL ESTATE TASK FORCE ADDRESSES NYS CLIMATE ACTION COUNCIL’S DRAFT SCOPING PLAN.

ANNUAL BREAKFAST FEATURING COUNTY EXECUTIVE GEORGE LATIMER

In a meeting held in early February, the Westchester County Association’s Real Estate Task Force addressed the NYS Climate Action Council’s Draft Scoping Plan as it relates to a statewide approach for housing development.

The WCA brought in guest speaker Paul Beyer, Director of Smart Growth Planning for NY Dept. of State and Advisor to NY State Climate Action Council to gain his insights on the topic. A joint presentation by Michael Romita and Paul Beyer outlined key strategies for the buildings sector.

Buildings Sector Key Strategies: • Adopt zero emissions codes and standards and require energy benchmarking for buildings • Scale up public financial incentives and expand access to public and private low-cost financing for building decarbonization • Expand New York’s commitment to market development, innovation, and leading by example in state projects • Transition from HFCs

Followed by a Panel Discussion on Emerging Economic Issues February 24 | 8:00am - 10:00am | Sleepy Hollow Hotel & Conference Center Members: $90.00 | Non-Members: $100.00 Fresh off his re-election, Westchester County Executive George Latimer will address the region’s business, non-profit and community leaders. Latimer will discuss the key initiatives of his administration and the region’s economic opportunities and challenges. He will set forth his vision and goals for the upcoming year.

Moderator: Lynne Richardson, Iona College Panelists: Michael P. Goldrick, PCSB Bank | Shannon Seery, Wells Fargo Corporate & Investment Banking | Michael Vitale, Webster Bank

ALL ACCESS HEALTHCARE: CURRENT AND FUTURE STATE OF THE HEALTHCARE SECTOR March 7 | 2:00pm - 3:00pm | Via Zoom Webinar Topics to be discussed include, financial and operational impacts of the pandemic, budget and legislative update, and strategic approach to restoring financial health during and after the COVID-19 crisis.

Moderator: H. Guy Leibler, Simone Healthcare Development Panelists: Bea Grause, RN, JD, FACHE, Healthcare Association of New York State | Joseph Tomaino, MS, RN, Grassi Healthcare Advisors

MEMBER SPOTLIGHT “AS IONA COLLEGE CONTINUES TO GROW, IT IS CRUCIAL THAT WE MAINTAIN STRONG COMMUNITY CONNECTIONS WITH A KEEN EYE TOWARD THE CHANGING NEEDS OF THE WORKFORCE. THE WCA HAS BEEN A STRONG PARTNER IN BOTH REGARDS. ESPECIALLY AS THE COLLEGE EXPANDS FURTHER INTO THE FIELD OF HEALTHCARE, RECENTLY LAUNCHING THE NEWYORK-PRESBYTERIAN IONA SCHOOL OF HEALTH SCIENCES, THE WCA’S ADVOCACY AND SUPPORT ON BEHALF OF THE INDUSTRY WILL BE INVALUABLE.” – Matt Cardin, Assistant Vice President for Enrollment and Career Initiatives.

Founded in 1940, Iona College is a Catholic institution inspired by the legacy of Blessed Edmund Rice and the Congregation of Christian Brothers embodying opportunity, justice and the liberating power of education. With two Westchester County locations in New Rochelle and Bronxville, N.Y., Iona students can expect small class sizes, engaged professors and an active campus life. Iona currently offers over 65 undergraduate programs and degrees as well as 40 graduate programs within the School of Arts & Science, LaPenta School of Business and the newly established NewYork-Presbyterian Iona School of Health Sciences. With an alumni base of over 50,000 around the world, Iona is a diverse community of learners and leaders. Visit us at iona.edu.

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ITS TIME FOR THE STATE TO TAKE COMPREHENSIVE ACTION ON HOUSING The state government has an essential role in encouraging healthy housing markets. The economic, social, and environmental costs of inadequate housing extend beyond local boundaries and affect the entire region.

A lack of adequate housing, and affordable housing, in particular, is bad for our economy, our businesses, and our communities. When people can’t afford to live where they work, they look for work elsewhere. Jobs go unfilled, talent leaves the area, the economy stagnates, and taxes rise.

However, many local governments face financial and political pressure that prevents them from adopting inclusionary housing policies. This is a statewide issue requiring comprehensive state-level solutions.

The challenges faced by Westchester and the surrounding region are well known and often repeated – a present-day need for greater than 11,000 units of affordable housing and over 20 percent of Westchester households spending more than half their income on a place to live.

Other states with similar problems close to their major metropolitan areas such as Massachusetts and Connecticut are taking comprehensive statewide action. New York should follow their lead.

In the recently released State Executive Budget, Governor Hochul takes the first step, proposing several pieces of legislation targeting the housing crisis. The Governor’s budget proposal includes legislation that strongly encourages both accessory dwelling units and transit-oriented development. With the addition of an explicit affordable housing element, these bills are a good start.

Approaches employed in other states also include a useful right of appeal from local decision-making adverse to affordable housing development and financial incentives for municipalities that embrace smart growth development.

The WCA has joined with representatives from the real estate, construction, and nonprofit communities to bring the importance of this issue to our state lawmakers. We can’t rely on a piecemeal jurisdictional approach to solve our housing crisis. We need stronger action from Albany.

JOIN THE WCA MEMBERSHIP IN THE WESTCHESTER COUNTY ASSOCIATION IS ONE OF THE BEST INVESTMENTS YOU’LL MAKE FOR YOUR BUSINESS. When you join the WCA, you gain the full force of our formidable and proven advocacy infrastructure, working to advance your interests. You benefit from our relationships, our experience and our expertise across a full range of services designed to achieve our members’ business objectives.

Visit westchester.org/member-benefits for more information or contact Melissa Luzzi, Manager Membership & Events, at 914.948.1860 or info@westchester.org.

AG recovers $400K from Covid-19 testers

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also were advised to instruct employees to provide accurate information concerning turnaround times, according to James.

James said that ClearMD Health issued refunds to 1,198 consumers that came to more than $182,000. She said that Sameday Health issued refunds to 3,110 consumers that amounted to more than $230,000.

James alleged that Sameday Health had been telling customers they would have the results of Covid tests in less than 36 hours if they paid a premium price and less than 76 hours if they did not pay the premium but were covered by insurance.

“Testing sites and labs must follow the law and accurately advertise when consumers can expect their results, otherwise they can expect to hear from my office,” James said.

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ew York Attorney General Letitia James today announced having recovered more than $400,000 for customers of two health care operators that failed to live up to promises of providing results of Covid-19 tests in a timely manner.

One of the companies, Sameday Health, has locations in White Plains and Westport, Connecticut.

The other, ClearMD Health, has outlets in New York City.

James said that people had paid for expedited Covid-19 tests, but received their results later than the promised time frame. Her office had issued warning letters to both companies.

The letters from James' office called on the companies to issue refunds to consumers who were unfairly charged and to revise their advertising. They

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BY BILL HELTZEL

Judge certifies class action in Houlihan Lawrence dual agency lawsuit Houlihan Lawrence has responded in a court filing that "nothing was hidden" and clients "were not deceived."

Judge Jamieson considered several legal standards in reaching her decision.

She found, for example, that it would be impractical and too costly for thousands of buyers and sellers to individually bring lawsuits against the real estate firm, and that separate lawsuits would waste judicial resources and possibly lead to inconsistent outcomes.

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Westchester Supreme Court judge has certified a lawsuit against Houlihan Lawrence Inc. as a class action, in a case that alleges that the Rye Brook real estate broker has run up hundreds of millions of dollars in profits by improperly representing both sides in the same transactions.

Justice Linda S. Jamieson certified the class action on behalf of home buyers and sellers in Westchester, Putnam and Dutchess counties where both were represented by Houlihan Lawrence in the same deals from 2011 through July 14, 2018.

She appointed the four people who sued the agency in 2018 as representatives of the class, in the Jan. 24 decision, and she appointed their law firms -- Boies Schiller Flexner, of Armonk, and Mintz, of Manhattan -- as co-counsel.

Houlihan Lawrence said in a prepared statement that it disagrees with the ruling and intends to appeal it.

"We are confident in our business practices," the firm said, "and continue to represent our buyer and seller clients with integrity."

Houlihan Lawrence is the dominant residential real estate agency in the region, with 30 offices and more than 1,450 agents.

The 2018 complaint accused the company of acting as a dual agent in about 10,000 sales, representing both the buyers and the sellers in each deal and collecting the entire commissions rather than splitting the profits with competing agents.

Dual agency is not illegal in New York, but it is considered risky for clients because it can divide the agent's loyalty and lead to a conflict of interest.

The arrangement must be fully disclosed and the clients must give informed, written consent.

The plaintiffs in this case allege that they were unaware of the dual agency arrangements and were led into unfavorable transactions.

Pamela N. Goldstein claims that she was pressured to ignore problems identified in an inspection report and to pay $37,100 more than the initial asking price when in 2017 she bought a four-bedroom colonial in Greenburgh for $637,000.

Ellyn and Tony Berk claim that Houlihan Lawrence failed to publicly list the White Plains home of their deceased mother, Winifred Berk, in 2014, instead marketing it internally to its agents. The house sold for $479,000, "well below the sale price of comparable properties," the complaint states.

Paul Benjamin says that the $1.6 million he paid in 2016 for a house in Bedford was $125,000 above the list price.

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HUDSON VALLEY Mid Hudson Construction sets itself apart with community focus, resilience, versatility

BY BRIDGET MCCUSKER bmccusker@westfairinc.com

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oughly two decades ago when Ray and Scott Travis first started with Mid Hudson Construction Management (MHCM), the company only had two or three employees and focused solely on small construction management projects. Since then, the two have built it up to an almost 50-person operation, expanding its capabilities to manage and develop products large and small, in sectors from commercial to health care to multifamily residences.

Both Ray and Scott had companies of their own. While Ray, now president and CEO of MHCM, was an architectural professional, Scott, now vice president and chief operating officer, had been in the construction industry as well, as a distributor of wholesale building products. They were in the third generation in the business, following their father and grandfather.

“Ray and I got together, and when we did, it complimented us very well as far as his expertise from a project management side of things and my field experience and actually being in the trenches all along,” Scott Travis said. “So when we got together at 20 and 23 or 24 years old, we already had a pretty dynamic edge on the market, because not only were we operators, but we experienced everything from residential to commercial, to construction management, where we evolved into building all the products that we sell today.”

Operating from its headquarters in Poughkeepsie, Mid Hudson Construction’s reach stretches all the way from Albany down to Westchester, and to Connecticut and New Jersey. The company is in the midst of a slew of exciting projects, in spite of all the difficulties and delays the construction industry has faced as a result of supply chain challenges throughout the Covid-19 pandemic.

According to Scott, the company’s ability to improve preplanning and efficiency of scheduling to complete projects and benchmarks on a timely basis when many of its competitors have been failing to do so can be attributed to their emphasis on being a solution-driven company.

“We take all the other things that people use as excuses and basically work through them because we have the ability in house to be able to answer all the questions that sometimes the professionals can't even deliver, based on supply chain,” he said.

“We have a team that instead of just saying,

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Scott (L) and Ray Travis, vice president and president of Mid Hudson Construction Management. Photo provided by Mid Hudson Construction Management.

‘We have a lead time issue, move on to the next,’ we actually find solutions. (We’re a) solution-driven company every day, all day.

That's why we've grown considerably in probably one of the toughest times.”

When Covid hit, the company was in the middle of an office move, with business going on as usual. After losing a significant amount of sales like many small and midsized businesses in the region and country overall, they were able to bounce back and avoid laying off any employees in the field or office over the past two years.

Another part of Mid Hudson’s ability to remain resilient through these challenges comes from its longstanding emphasis on maintaining good relationships with subcontractors and creating safe and reliable work environments.

“We have the capacity to be able to really work with local suppliers and local subcontractors, all throughout New York state, because for the last 20 years, we've had such a great relationship with our subcontractors,” Scott said. “So we're not just dealing with one-off subcontractors. They want to work for Mid Hudson Construction Management. Whereas, you know, all of our competitors have spent the last 20 years and WCBJ

maybe not treated them so well. So when everybody who works for Mid Hudson once wants to work for them again, it's easy for us to be able to go out and secure these products and deliver them in a timely manner because of that relationship.”

Another facet of MHCM is its versatility in terms of types of projects it can work on with expertise. Commercial, industrial, health care, education, residential and multifamily are all on the table for the company, a factor that, according to Ray, sets them apart from competitors.

The company’s most recent projects include Hudson Valley Hospice’s new $10 million, 15,000-square-foot Hospice House, for which it just broke ground. The Hyde Park facility is expected to open in 2023.

MHCM will kick off the build for another health care center next month, this one on the Mount Saint Mary College campus in Newburgh. The community health center is a $6 million project.

It is also working on large multifamily residential projects in the Hudson Valley, currently a hot area considering the number of people moving into the area in the wake of Covid. One of these projects, Fulton Landing in the town of Poughkeepsie, will

contain 70 units upon completion.

Having both been born in the Hudson Valley and remaining residents to this day, Ray and Scott both said that it is important to them that MHCM be an upstanding part of the community, and also seek to run its development and landlord side of the business to cater toward tenants and organizations that help the community.

Scott was also recently named MHCM’s representative as a board member for the Hudson Valley Economic Development Corporation. The business also recently joined the Orange County Partnership, another economic development agency.

The brothers view this as an opportunity to keep MHCM’s finger on the pulse of economic changes around the Hudson Valley, to help the community thrive and to attract new businesses to the area, using their own experiences to help do the work to keep the area buzzing.

“I think we can help those boards and, with our success, we can be able to navigate and hopefully fill a void that nobody else is willing to fill,” Scott said.

“So I'm excited to see what voids are out there and how I can fill them best with my experience.”

Westport's Brian Kelsey builds a talk show studio in his garage

BY JUSTIN MCGOWN jmcgown@westfairinc.com

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ehind an unassuming garage door at a private residence in Westport is a hand-crafted television studio set which includes a desk based on the dimensions of Conan O’Brien’s talk show perch, along with lights, cameras and a model train set that delivers drinks. More than a mancave, it is the production home for Brian Kelsey’s “Ten Minutes With,” an internet talk show that fuels Kelsey’s personal quest to find the most famous person he can book for an interview.

“I can’t say it without laughing,” Kelsey said with a chuckle after describing his current job as the host, crew, editor and booking agent. His friend Pete Scifo, referred to as “The Professor,” performs the vital task of opening the garage door for guests and also assists in some aspects of production, but for the most part Kelsey is on his own.

Earlier in his career, Kelsey hosted Martha Stewart’s satellite radio show and appeared alongside the celebrated tastemaker in televised segments. He also worked on the production teams of several radio stations and served as the “station voice” who represented the persona of numerous radio shows.

Kelsey also does carpentry in his spare time, so between that pursuit and his broadcast experience he thought “Ten Minutes With” would make an interesting project.

“I just kind of started in on a whim, basically like Kramer did in ‘Seinfeld,’” he said. “And then I realized there were a lot of celebrities in the area, some of which I’m friends and acquaintances with. And it’s just kind of grown and grown and grown.”

When Covid hit, Kelsey found himself with even more time on his hands to refine and tune the set. He set up high-end mirrorless cameras to record the show from three angles at once, picking the best angles while editing on his laptop after the show.

He even installed a studio PA system which he controls during the show, complete with a mixing board on the replica O’Brien desk.

Kelsey’s technical setup is built around top-shelf entertainment industry gear that is available to the general public, while the set itself was built with plain lumber. The real investment was in terms of time and know-how, which Kelsey was able to use to elevate the passion project into the next stage of his career.

Kelsey signed a deal with the streaming platform Moko to produce further episodes of “Ten Minutes With,” and he hopes that the partnership will allow him to grow his audience and attract bigger names to his garage for an interview. Moko offered him a gen-

Brian Kelsey of Ten Minutes With. Contributed photo.

Since starting his show Kelsey has focused on getting local celebrities to visit, ranging from Stew Leonard Jr. to Craig Melvin from NBC’s “Today.” He said he also hopes to partner with local businesses.

erous degree of creative freedom with how he runs his show — and in keeping with the platform’s ethos on providing positive and upbeat content, Moko also donates $1 of its $3.99 a month subscription fee to charities.

“It’s a very low overhead,” Kelsey quipped about how the expenses covered by the agreement have been put to use.

“Only one employee so far.”

Kelsey said that while he has been doing similar work for years, running his own show is the realization of a dream.

“I’ve always been obsessed with late night talk shows, just forever,” he said.

“I’ve always made videos about that on my YouTube channel.”

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hopes to partner with local businesses and has already started reaching out to potential sponsors of segments or providers of guest beverages.

“My dream guest is Jimmy Fallon, just because I’m such a huge fan” Kelsey admitted, adding that he’d love to have his former employer and one-time Westport resident Martha Stewart in his studio.

While he said he has plans to take the show further, he expressed hope that it might inspire younger generations to try pursing their dreams.

“All the tools you need are in your pocket,” he said. “Whether it’s a podcast or a YouTube channel, anything. I think about when I was younger and I can’t even imagine having the internet or high-quality video on your phone. Take advantage of that and just go for it!”

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Good Things COMMERCIAL BUILDING SALES STRONG FOR WHITE PLAINS GROUP The Oak & Avery Group in White Plains recently announced the sale of a 16,000-square-foot mixed-use building at 614 Saw Mill River Road in Yonkers.

Anthony Watkins, president, and David Algarin, vice president, represented both the seller, Don Beniamino, and the buyer, Belfast 12 LLC, in the $2,975,000 transaction.

“Office and retail assets with the right tenants in the right locations are still desirable. With strong historical occupancy, the building was delivered 100% occupied and at a healthy cap rate with upside,” said Watkins.

The Group also announced the sale

of Woodland County Apartments, a 46-unit multifamily complex located in Kingston, New York. Watkins and Algarin represented both the sellers Woodland Commons LLC, and the buyers Ari Goldstein & Evan Weber, in the $5,800,000 transaction, while Abie Kreitenberg of Mansfield Equities procured the debt.

“Having been under long-term ownership, the property presented significant upside to the next owner. There was a lot of competition for this asset, mostly among New York City-based bidders. This sale is indicative of the strong demand for multifamily product in the Hudson Valley,” said Watkins.

ARTS COUNCIL, LIBRARY HOST ARTIST STUDIO VIRTUAL VISIT The Orange County Arts Council (OCAC) in Goshen, in partnership with the Newburgh Free Library, will present a virtual artist studio visit with landscape artist Mitchell Saler on Thursday, Feb. 24, at 5 p.m.

A fine artist who primarily paints realistic landscapes in oil, Saler enjoys conveying vastness, dramatic lighting and atmospheric effects. He exhibits his art in a number of venues and participates in plein air painting events.

Saler graduated with an associate degree in visual arts from SUNY Orange in Middletown and received a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree, summa cum laude, from SUNY New Paltz. He lives in Middletown and has been teaching art at local venues, including the Mulberry House Senior Center and Wallkill River School, as well as

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“Mitchell’s work interprets nature and its surroundings beautifully,” said OCAC Executive Director Sarah McKay. “His pieces are fine examples of plein air art or of familiar landscapes and landmarks throughout the Hudson Valley.”

Registration is required to attend this virtual event. Attendees will be emailed the event link and password to login before the event. Access to the virtual studio visits is free for members of Orange County Arts Council. A donation of $10 is suggested for nonmembers; tickets are free for OCAC members. Registration is mandatory to attend this virtual event.

Visit ocartscouncil.org to register. An email with the event link and password to login will be forwarded to those who register for the event.

A Benefit Concert for Caroline House in Bridgeport – which to date has served more than 2,000 women and children by helping to break down the barriers of social and physical isolation that have kept low-income immigrant women from building better lives – is scheduled for Thursday, March 10, at Fairfield Theatre Company in Fairfield.

The goal is to raise $50,000 so that

the organization can continue instilling hope in the lives of the women and children it serves.

It was a decision by the Sisters of Notre Dame in November 1995 to help immigrant women in the east side of Bridgeport acquire the knowledge and skills to improve their own lives and the lives of their children. To date, more than 2,000 women and children have been served.

Throughout its 25-plus years Caroline House has witnessed hundreds of women, all from different countries and backgrounds, form a supportive community, which enriches their learning experience and builds confidence.

To purchase tickets for the benefit concert, become a sponsor or donate, visit http://www.thecarolinehouse.org/events/ chbenefitconcert.

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SENIOR LEVEL PROMOTION FOR ENGINEER Barton & Loguidice (B&L), a Northeast regional engineering, planning, environmental and landscape architecture firm recently announced that Leigh G. Jones, PLA, of its Somers office has received a senior-level promotion to senior managing landscape architect A resident of Purdy, New York, Jones received her Bachelor of Arts degree from the University of Vermont and her mas-

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ter’s degree in landscape architecture from SUNY Environmental Science and Forestry.

Jones is a member of the firm’s sustainable planning and design practice area.

Barton & Loguidice, is a multidisciplinary consulting firm with 350 employees that provides technical solutions to public and private clients from offices in New York, Pennsylvania, Maryland, New Jersey, Connecticut and Maine.

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Dawn French, senior vice president community relations, White Plains Hospital and John DeCicco Jr. of DeCicco & Sons at Eastchester supermarket location.

White Plains Hospital partnered with DeCicco & Sons for a heart-healthy Valentine’s Day by giving away fresh, fruits and berries to the first 100 shoppers at eight DeCicco & Sons su-

permarket locations. The event, held during American Heart Month, served to remind the community about the importance of maintaining a healthy heart through regular wellness

checkups, health screenings, exercise and eating healthfully. White Plains Hospital and DeCicco distributed a total of 800 bags with strawberries, recipe cards and heart-health tips.

EMPIRE CITY CASINO A SOCIALLY RESPONSIBLE COMPANY

FRENCH SOCIOLOGIST ON FACING OBSESSION WITH SUCCESS French writer, speaker and social commentator Raphaël Liogier will join Trinity Spiritual Center Director Mark Grayson, for a timely in-person and livestream discussion on Sunday, March 6 at 7 p.m. in Trinity Spiritual Center, 651 Pequot Ave, Southport and via Zoom – a special event open to all with advance registration.

Liogier is the author of “The Anguish of the Void,” a major new work, which asserts that the rising violence around the globe that many see as a product of religious fundamentalism or political polarization is symptomatic of a larger problem. He contends that many of our societal ills arise not because people believe too much, but too

Empire City Casino by MGM Resorts workers kicked off the 2022 CSR campaign by partnering with the United Way of Westchester and Putnam (UWWP) to distribute a dozen pallets of new and unused restaurant-style glassware, dishware and kitchen items from Empire City’s many eateries.

Putting community and corporate social responsibility at the forefront of its commitment to New York, Empire City Casino by MGM Resorts in Yonkers recently celebrated its 15th anniversary by surpassing the milestone of generating over $4 billion in funds for New York state schools, as the company remains laser-focused on addressing community needs through its charitable support in the areas of public education, food insecurity, workforce development and environmental sustainability. Yonkers largest private employer and taxpayer kicked off its 2022 CSR campaign by partnering with the United Way of Westchester and Putnam (UWWP) to distribute a dozen pallets of new and

unused restaurant-style glassware, dishware and kitchen items from Empire City’s many eateries as part of United Way’s Essential Goods for Basic Needs program. UWWP helped identify local partner nonprofits throughout the region that will use the donated items to serve families in need and coordinated the distribution event at Empire City.

Avery Zuvic, director of community impact at United Way of Westchester and Putnam, said “These items will bring a smile to so many families who are so focused on covering basic needs like food, rent and utilities, that having access to these quality goods is a gift.”

As one of the largest casino floors in the country, Empire City welcomes

millions of visitors from across the tristate region and beyond each year. As the property looks to secure a full-scale commercial gaming license to offer table games with live dealers, retail sports betting and significantly expand dining and amenities, the property would create nearly 2,500 new dire hires, generate more than $1 billion in economic activity for the region resulting in the creation of over 10,000 indirect and induced new jobs, and would support further expansion for its CSR partnerships.

Empire City Casino by MGM Resorts is one of the largest entertainment and gaming destinations in the Northeast, open seven days a week from 10 a.m. to 6 a.m.

STRONG ACCOMPLISHED WOMEN

Elicia Pegues Spearman

Edna Karanian

Virginia Giuffré.

The highly anticipated honorees of the 25th annual Girl Scouts of Connecticut Breakfast Badge Awards, an event that spotlights the contributions of strong, accomplished women in the state and staunch supporters of the Girl Scouts of Connecticut (GSOFCT) organization will take place Thursday, March 3, at 7:30 a.m. at the Hartford Marriott Downtown, 200 Columbus Blvd.

“These exceptional professionals have

not only reached the pinnacle of success in their chosen fields, they have generously given of their time and expertise to inspire girls in their community through our organization,” said Diana Mahoney, CEO of GSOFCT and a former director at Eversource Energy and a lifelong Girl Scout.

This year’s honorees are: Elicia Pegues Spearman, a Cheshire resident and first general counsel and vice

president of human resources for Quinnipiac University in Hamden.

Edna Karanian, a former director of gas supply at Eversource Energy from Wethersfield.

Virginia Giuffré, formerly of Westport, was a top leader at Citibank Corp. for more than 20 years.

For tickets, sponsorship opportunities and event details visit www.gsofct.org.

little in the promise of the Enlightenment.

A professor at Sciences Po Aix, Liogier is the director of Europe’s first Social Sciences Research Center on the new Salafism.

He argues that the defining characteristic of our age is our obsession with success. “Our global culture idolizes vast quantities of things – money, followers, fans, data – so much that it matters little whether an idea or object has any intrinsic merit,” he said….”

In addition to his work as a sociologist and philosopher, Liogier, who was raised Christian, is a practitioner of Tibetan Buddhism.

Register for $25 per person at tsc_raphael_liogier.eventbrite.com or call 203-255-0454.

OBGYN DOCTOR JOINS HOSPITAL PHYSICIAN ASSOCIATES Dana Bryant has joined the White Plains Hospital Physician Associates Division. A board-certified OBGYN, she has more than 25 years of experience in the field of women’s health, treating conditions that affect the female reproductive system.

Bryant received her medical degree, with a special distinction in research, from the Albert Einstein College of Medicine, later earning a Master of Healthcare Administration degree from Utica College.

She completed both her internship and residency at New York Medical College.

Her many honors include being named Teacher of the Year at St. George’s University School of Medicine in Grenada in 2021, and twice winning the Association of Professors of Gynecology and Obstetrics (APGO) Excellence in Teaching Award.

Dana Bryant, M.D.

BANK FOUNDATION ACCEPTING AWARD APPLICATIONS The First County Bank Foundation in Stamford is accepting applications for its annual Richard E. Taber Citizenship Award. High school seniors can apply at https://firstcountybank.com/ community/awards-and-scholarships/.

Different from many scholarships that are based on top academic achievement or athletic ability, this scholarship is weighted toward those who demonstrate leadership and caring for their community. The Citizenship Award rewards high school seniors residing in the towns of

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Stamford, Norwalk, Darien, Fairfield, Greenwich, New Canaan, Westport or Bridgeport, who are well-rounded citizens as defined by CLASS – Citizenship, Leadership, Academics, Service and Sportsmanship.

The deadline for submitting an application is May 1. Each winning recipient will receive a personalized certificate and a check for $5,000 will be sent directly to the college in which they have been accepted. Decisions on scholarship recipients will be made by the end of May. “…We have recognized countless students and we look forward to receiving this year’s applications.” said Robert J. Granata, president of First County Bank Foundation, chairman and CEO of First County Bank.

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Harold Eylward

Tomashi Jackson

2022 ROY R. NEUBERGER PRIZE WINNER

The Neuberger Museum of Art’s signature Roy R. Neuberger Prize has been awarded to Tomashi Jackson, internationally acclaimed painter, printmaker and video artist according to Museum Director Tracy Fitzpatrick. “Tomashi Jackson: SLOW JAMZ,” an exhibition of the artist’s work, will be on view at the Purchase, New York-based museum from April 13 through Nov. 27. The show will be accompanied by an exhibition catalogue and a $25,000 cash award.

Named for the museum’s founding patron, the biennial prize honors Neuberger’s lifelong commitment to support the work of living artists.

Jackson’s multimedia work includes painting, printmaking, sculpture, photography and video with imagery sourced from archival research, which she uses to create hybrid visual collages.

“I’m just trying to explore the world around me,” says Jackson.

Jackson was born in Houston, Texas, in 1980, raised in Los Angeles and currently lives and works in New York and Cambridge, Massachusetts. She received a BFA from Cooper Union for the Advancement of Science and Art, New York; an MS from the MIT School of Architecture and Planning, Cambridge; and an MFA from the Yale School of Art, New Haven. She has been a visiting lecturer at Harvard University, Cambridge, and an adjunct professor at the Rhode Island School of Design, Providence and the Cooper Union School of Art, New York. New York and Night Gallery in Los Angeles.

The Roy R. Neuberger Prize was introduced during a November 2008 celebration of his 105th birthday. His legacy is carried on today through the ongoing support of his son and daughter-in-law, Jim Neuberger and Helen Stambler Neuberger.

The Neuberger Museum of Art opened on the campus of Purchase College, State University of New York, in 1974 with a core collection donated by Roy R. Neuberger, one of the greatest private collectors, philanthropists and arts advocates of the 20th Century.

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A fashion and beauty event that brings awareness to women’s heart health while supporting care provided

by WMCHealth’s Heart & Vascular Institute, will be held in-person March 3 at Sonesta White Plains Downtown in White Plains.

The annual event, emceed this year by Emmy-award-winning, WCBSTV news anchor Mary Calvi, is an opportunity for colleagues and friends to net-

work while learning the benefits of good heart health.

Heart disease remains the number one killer of women in the United States, causing one-third of all female deaths annually. With proper lifestyle and treatment, however, 80% of heart ailments and strokes are preventable according to the American Heart Association.

Many of these life-changing and life-

saving heart treatments are offered by the Westchester Medical Center Health Network’s Heart & Vascular Institute, the Hudson Valley’s most comprehensive cardiac care program, offering a wide range of cardiology, cardiothoracic surgery and vascular surgery services to women, men and patients of all ages.

For tickets and more information, visit Give.WMCHealth.org/ GNO22. Red attire is encouraged.

GREENBURGH FIGHTS SAM’S CLUB PLAN

SETTING DIRECTION FOR HISTORIC HV

Harold Eylward, a Rye resident and regional head of investments and advice for the Eastern U.S. and New York for J.P. Morgan, is joining the board of directors of Historic Hudson Valley.

As a member of the board, Eylward will be responsible for setting the direction for Historic Hudson Valley, Westchester County’s largest cultural organization that educates and entertains more than 325,000 visitors a year through school programs, tours of National Historic Landmarks and large-scale events like The Great Jack O’Lantern Blaze.

From its lower Hudson Valley base of operations, the organization focuses on delivering quality educational and entertaining experiences, striking a balance between tradition and vision, from preserving the past, to contextualizing it in creative ways for 21st-century audiences.

Harold has spent his entire career at J.P. Morgan and is a graduate of the College of William & Mary.

GREEN MEDALLION AWARD TO DEPUTY COMMISSIONER

At a recent rally attended by dozens of concerned members of the Greenburgh community, including owners, employees and family members of women- and minority-owned small businesses, environmental advocates, civic leaders and New York state legislators, the message was clear: Greenburgh’s Town Board must not approve a zoning change that would allow Elmsford’s Sam’s Club to build a mega gasoline station center. Hundreds of signatures from regular customers and local residents have been collected by the stations opposing the zoning change.

A recent environmental review by DT Consulting Services Inc. concluded that the area proposed for petroleum bulk storage at the Sam’s Club site sits in a special flood hazard area and is within close proximity to three water bodies (Saw Mill FCBJ

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River, Mine Brook and an unnamed tributary, which all feed into the Hudson River). The study concluded that “granting approval of an auto fuel center within this area could cause undue risk.”

“If the Town Board approves Sam’s Club’s request for a spot zoning change, this would have an immediate and drastic impact on 200 local small-business employees and the environment,” said Gerald Bunting, an attorney challenging the zoning change on behalf of the business community. “We are here to say ‘No’ to Sam’s Club’s plan and ‘shame on Town Hall’ for even contemplating this proposal that would store underground tanks holding 60,000 gallons of fuel within close proximity to the Saw Mill and Hudson rivers. This is an environmental risk at best, and a potential catastrophe at worst.”

The zoning law is also opposed by many local civic groups.

Vince Ferrandino, an Elmsford-based planner and principal of Ferrandino & Associates Inc. reported, in a traffic review of the project, that the 16 new fueling stations would have a significant negative impact on traffic and parking at the Sam’s Club site and along the Route 9A corridor: “Sam’s Club intends to eliminate at least 113 parking spaces to make way for their proposed gas station and that would be particularly onerous during holidays and on weekends. Additionally, the proposed fueling facility will negatively impact circulation throughout the parking lot, and along adjacent streets on both Route 9A and Warehouse Lane.

For these and other reasons, we recommend that the town deny the application.”

Peter Tartaglia, first deputy commissioner of the Westchester County Parks, Recreation and Conservation Department, received the 2021 Eastchester Green Medallion Award for his dedication and commitment to preserving the environment and promoting environmental activities.

With 38 years dedicated to public service – much of the latter focused on conservation – Tartaglia has played a crucial role in building the current innovative conservation division within the department by hiring a broad base of professionals in various fields who are highly capable of tackling present and future issues facing parks. The staff also created and implemented safe, creative, educational programs and events during the pandemic both in person and on social media.

Tartaglia praised his department and especially the conservation division, which collaborates daily to bring the reality of conservation and programming to the public while preserving the county’s parkland.

HOLOCAUST EDUCATION CENTER TO HOST AUTHOR

Conor Eckert

ORANGE COUNTY PARTNERSHIP TO ADD DEVELOPMENT OFFICER Conor Eckert will join the not-for-profit economic development organization Orange County Partnership in Goshen as senior development officer and vice president of business attraction, effective March 14.

At the tender age of 25, Eckert is widely known and respected in the business and economic development communities in Orange County and the Mid-Hudson region.

He comes to the Partnership after serving almost two years as the executive director of the town of Montgomery Industrial Development Agency and director of Economic Development for the town of Montgomery where he was involved in significant development projects that included the new Amazon fulfillment center. He was responsible for the business attraction, retention and expansion efforts in the town managing a growing project portfolio of more than $200 million. He also managed the public and community affairs and operations of the IDA. An Orange County resident, Eckert is a graduate of Orange County Community College, SUNY Binghamton, earning both a bachelor’s degree in political science and government and a master’s degree in public administration.

The Orange County Partnership is a private, not-for profit organization that markets the county to growing companies interested in expanding their locations or opening new facilities.

Holocaust & Human Rights Education Center in White Plains will host author Glenn Kurtz as he discusses his book in a virtual presentation, “Three Minutes in Poland: Discovering A Lost World in a 1938 Family Film” on March 2 at 7 p.m.

The book tells how Kurtz stumbled on an old family film in his parents’ closet in Florida. The film was shot on a sightseeing trip throughout Europe, including images of the predominately Jewish town of Nasielski, Poland, a year before the community’s destruction. The book, which reaches out to survivors and their families was named a best book of 2014 by NPR, The New Yorker, The Boston Globe, The Los Angeles Times (called the book “breathtaking”), and was a recipient of high critical praise in national newspapers.

Kurtz is a 2019-2022 Presidential Fellow at Chapman University and the recipient of a 2016-2017 John Simon Guggenheim Foundation Fellowship.

For more information, email mjasper@ hhrecny.org or register at: HHREC to Host Author Glenn Kurtz for Talk on Book – Three Minutes in Poland: Discovering a Lost World in a 1938 Family Film – Holocaust and Human Rights Education Center (hhrecny.org).

Petty Officer 2nd Class David Cifuni.

CONGERS NATIVE SERVES ABOARD FLOATING AIRPORT

WARTBURG RECEIVES EMPIRE STATE AWARD Governor Kathy Hochul recently announced conditional awards totaling $35 million to agencies in every region across New York state to provide support services and operating funding for supportive housing for persons with special needs. Wartburg in Mount Vernon was one of the agencies selected to receive a conditional award.

Wartburg President Dr. David Gentner said, “It was a pleasure working with Rockabill’s Laura Michener who did the heavy lifting on this application and I am looking forward to finding a way to enable the development of more affordable housing for seniors on our campus. We have our work cut out for ourselves as it is expected that we

secure capital funding for the project within two years from the date of the award. I am optimistic; we will need to be creative,” said Gentner.

Rockabill was the financial consultant for Wartburg’s Friedrichs Residence – which closed in December of 2011 and reopened in February 2013. Comprised of 56,000 square feet, the site includes 61 affordable housing units for seniors of all faiths earning up to 60% of the area median income.

“The continued spread of housing insecurity has been one of the pandemic’s most damaging impacts and it is incumbent on all of us to ensure we provide the resources vulnerable New Yorkers need to not only get

through these difficult times but also build a fulfilling life,” Governor Hochul said.

The conditional awards are for service and operating funding needed to operate permanent supportive housing units. The awards will allow applicants to secure separate capital funding to finance the development and construction of their housing project.

Wartburg offers integrated, comprehensive senior residential and health care services. Unlike conventional retirement communities, Wartburg provides a wide range of services to both residents living on its campus and people in their own homes.

Petty Officer 2nd Class David Cifuni, a native of Congers, New York, serves the U.S. Navy aboard one of the world’s largest warships, the U.S. Navy aircraft carrier USS Gerald R. Ford.

Cifuni joined the Navy six years ago and today serves as an aviation structure mechanic.

“I was uninspired with my 9 to 5 desk job and wanted to join the Navy, see the world and protect my country,” said Cifuni.

Growing up in Congers, Cifuni attended Clarkstown North High School, graduated in 2009, and relies upon skills and values found in Congers to help him succeed in the military. “I come from a large family of hard working and respectful people who believe that honest work and dedication will follow you anywhere you go,” said Cifuni. These lessons have helped him while serving in the Navy. USS Gerald R. Ford (CVN 78) represents the first major design investment in aircraft carriers since the 1960s. The ship is engineered to support new technologies and a modern air wing essential to deterring and defeating near-peer adversaries in a complex maritime environment.

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WJCS 2022 GALA

Mariquita Blumberg

Andrea Stewart-Cousins

Westchester Jewish Community Services (WJCS) in White Plains will be honoring WJCS Board President Mariquita Blumberg and New York state Senate Majority Leader Andrea Stewart-Cousins on April 5 at the Brae Burn Country Club in Purchase and online at 6:30 p.m. Proceeds from the gala will be used to support programs that serve 20,000 Westchester residents each year, of all ages and backgrounds, who face struggles relating to mental issues.

Blumberg has been a board member for 10 years serving as president for the past three years. Previously she served as president of the Board of the Greenburgh Library and is currently a member of the Edgemont Board of Education. Professionally, she is an executive coach and organizational consultant. She earned her Bachelor of Arts degree at Massachusetts Institute of Technology and a master’s degree from American University.

Stewart-Cousins is widely recognized as a trailblazer in local and state government who has advocated for the

underserved and championed the needs of working families. She has overseen the passage of historic and transformative legislation on issues, including voting reforms, gun safety, women’s rights, health care, immigration and Dreamers and the LGBTQ community.

In 2019, she shattered the glass ceiling when her peers elected her as temporary president and majority leader of the state Senate.

Before her election to office, she was the first African American to serve as director of community affairs for Yonkers.

She earned her Bachelor of Science degree from Pace University, her teaching credentials in business education from Lehman College and her Master of Public Administration degree from Pace University.

To join in celebrating WJCS's 2022 honorees and to support the work of WJCS. Founded in 1943, WJCS is one of the largest nonsectarian, not-for-profit, trauma-informed human services agencies in Westchester.

From left, Senator Reichlin-Melnick tours the Ossining Public Library with Ossining Town Supervisor Dana Levenberg & Ossining Village Trustee Manuel Quezada, and presents a check for $60,000 to Library Director Karen LaRocca-Fels, Board of Trustees President Matthew Weiss and other members of the library team.

A grant of $60,000 for the Ossining Public Library through the State and Municipal Grant Program to support the creation of two new modular spaces at the library was secured by New York state Senator Elijah Reichlin-Melnick.

The grant will cover the costs of construction, HVAC, electri-

cal and cabling work for new modular flexible spaces.

Ossining Public Library Board of Trustees President Matthew Weiss said, “…Having this support will enable our dedicated staff to provide enhanced programs and services to our passionate patrons.”

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FIRM EXPANDS LITIGATION TEAM

Scott Wenzel

Scott Wenzel has been hired as an associate by Yankwitt LLP in White Plains, a goto firm for high-stakes, bet-the-company litigation.

Prior to joining the firm Wenzel worked for Latham & Watkins and served as a federal law clerk for Judge Debra M.

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Brown of the District Court for the Northern District of Mississippi. While in law school, he interned for several judges. “…He brings to the firm unparalleled training from his federal clerkship and work for a global law firm. In our experience, a work history like Scott’s yields persuasive legal writers and skilled oral advocates, both of which are critical to being an effective litigator…, said Russell Yankwitt, managing partner.

In addition to practicing law, Wenzel was part of the Belgium-based Fuji Geox Test Cycling Team, with which he competed in single and multiday endurance races in northern Europe as part of an eight-man team.

Founded in 2009, Yankwitt represents businesses and high-net-worth individuals across a broad range of matters.

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The New Rochelle Public Library Foundation (NRPLF) will hold its Guardian Gala on Thursday, May 12 at the Greentree Country Club in New Rochelle. It will celebrate the return of the New Rochelle Public Library Foundation’s popular fundraising event, and CBS TV reporter Tony Aiello will serve as the evening’s emcee.

The NRPLF’s Guardian Award will be presented to Karen and Dr. Irwin Redlener, dynamic crusaders for children’s health care and strong public health advocates.

Together with legendary singer-songwriter Paul Simon, they founded the Children’s Health Fund in 1987 to serve critical unmet needs of children in New York’s homeless shelters. Today the organization has 50 mobile clinics serving nearly 300,000 kids

Karen Redlener and Dr. Irwin Redlener.

and family members each year in poor and rural communities across America. As Director of Columbia University’s Center for Disaster Preparedness Redlener has been especially busy over the last two years, working to educate the public about the Covid pandemic. Among his most important goals now is to help everyone learn how to distinguish truth from dangerous misinformation.

The gala will also be recognizing two other NRPLF supporters: The foundation’s Community Service Award will be presented to Ellen and Steven Sonet, longtime volunteers and supporters of the foundation’s mission, and Judith Factor, NRPLF Board member who is the executive director of Friends of Karen.

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The Sonets are longtime New Rochelle residents who have contributed to the community and specifically to the New Rochelle Public Library.

A member of the firm of Levy Sonet & Siegel LLP, Steve has been practicing law for more than 40 years.

Ellen Miller-Sonet is the chief strategy and policy officer for CancerCare, a national organization dedicated to providing free, professional support services to anyone affected by cancer.

Factor has had a distinguished career in the nonprofit sector, serving as the executive director of Friends of Karen since 2008.

Tickets are $175 per person and available at nrplfoundation.org.

CONTRACTING FIRM EXPANDS TEAM

Jessica Malise

Zach Sawyer

PTS Contracting, a commercial construction firm in Armonk, has announced a staff expansion designed to help it effectively manage demand for its services. Two new staff members have been hired by Phyllis Dellacamera, owner of PTS, which specializes in outpatient health care construction and project management. Zach Sawyer, a 20-year veteran of the industry, has joined the PTS leadership team in the newly created role of vice president, construction operations, and Jessica Malise,

a project management and construction implementation professional, has been appointed associate project manager.

In his new role, Sawyer will work with manager Neil Formisano to drive efforts around continued quality improvement in the PTS construction management process, growing the bench of talent at PTS and increasing the company’s visibility across market sectors and among business leadership organizations and trade associations.

Prior to joining PTS, Sawyer held an array of roles in health care construction serving clients, including NewYork-Presbyterian, White Plains Hospital and NYU Langone. Most recently, he served as regional director at LeChase Construction. Sawyer attended Purdue University and is currently pursuing a master’s degree in business administration/engineering management from the University of Southern Indiana.

Malise brings a decade of experience in construction management and development with experience working on projects, including One World Observatory in New York City and Legoland in Goshen, New York. Prior to joining PTS, Malise served as an associate project manager at Jones Lang Lasalle in New York City. She also held several roles at CNY Group and JRM Construction. She attended Berkeley College where she earned a degree in applied science, marketing and communications.

PTS Contracting was founded in 2010 and today is a premier full-service health care contractor in the New York tri-state area.

URSULINE SCHOOL CHOIR PERFORMS GOSPEL SPIRITUALS As part of a special program on Feb. 3, students at the Ursuline School in New Rochelle performed Gospel spirituals for Black History Month.

Under the direction of La Fredrick Coaxner, the choir director at Harlem’s famed Abyssinian Baptist Church; the girls own choir director Wendy Bryn Harmer, a soprano with the Metropolitan Opera; Damon Mack on keyboard; singer Carl Arnez Ellis III; and soloist Ahmaya Knoelle Higginson, the choir performed “Freedom Songs” or “Code Songs,” which slaves used to communicate

with one another when they were preparing to run away.

“I was a little nervous at first of how receptive they would be, but we were having rehearsal one day and all of a sudden an energy came into the room and it was as if we were in a Baptist church service,” Coaxner said in an interview with CBS News after the performance.

The Black History performance was organized by Tamisha Chestnut, who was recently brought on as the school’s director of diversity, equity and inclusion.

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STAMFORD GAINING REPUTATION AS PREMIER MEDIA HUB The Ursuline School Honor Choir with Abyssinian Baptist Church La Fredrick Coaxner and church keyboardist Damon Mack.

URSULINE SCHOOL CHOIR PERFORMS GOSPEL SPIRITUALS Westchester Medical Center Health Network (WMCHealth) recently named Phyllis M. Yezzo, DNP, RN, CPHQ, to senior vice president and chief nurse executive, which expands her responsibilities from regional to network oversight of nursing operations at all WMCHealth hospitals, skilled nursing facilities and provider practices.

Most recently, she served for seven years as a senior vice president, at Bon Secours Charity Health System, a member of WMCHealth.

Yezzo has more than 40 years of experience in nursing administration.

Her background includes clinical and administrative positions at Northwell Health’s Lenox Hill Hospital and its Center for Learning and Innovation.

A certified professional in health care quality as well as an Institute for Healthcare Improvement Advisor, Yezzo holds a Doctor of Nursing Practice degree from Rutgers, a Master of Science degree in health care administration from Iona College and a Bachelor of Science degree in nursing from Long Island University. She is also a Graduate Fellow from the Wharton School of Management for Nurse Executives.

A current treasurer of the American Nurses Association – New York and a member of the American Organization for Nursing Leadership, the National Association for Healthcare Quality and the American College of Healthcare Executives, Yezzo also serves as an active member of the Hospital Advisory Committee of The Joint

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Commission for Hospital Accreditation Programs. She was an adjunct professor for quality management at Iona College and is currently an adjunct professor of nursing leadership and nursing research at Touro College.

The region’s economic and community development organization, The Stamford Partnership, launched a major new initiative that will further cement the city’s reputation as a premier media hub.

ITV America’s Executive Vice President of Business Development and Strategy Danielle Bibbo, has joined The Stamford Partnership Board of Directors and together with the organization’s leadership has spearheaded the debut of its new Media Advocacy Group, a coalition of local media companies that will collaborate to fuel the industry’s expansion in Stamford.

Bibbo, who will contribute to The Stamford Partnership across numerous programs, is a 20-plus year veteran of the media industry, with both a creative and business background. Armed with an MBA from Fordham University, Bibbo was the architect of the plan to migrate a significant portion of ITV America’s business to Stamford and is keen to create innovative ways to support a thriving media industry in the city. “…Stamford’s incentives to the media FCBJ

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industry, which include its tax credits, are a core part of driving Stamford’s economic and community development and it’s our goal to ensure that they remain in place,” said Bibbo.

At least 10 new media companies have moved to Stamford in the past 12 months.

According to the Motion Picture Association, the motion picture and television industry is directly responsible for more than $1.81-plus billion in wages across the state of Connecticut each year – bringing jobs, revenue and related infrastructure development that provide an immediate boost to the local economy. “…Despite fierce competition from nearby regions — including New York City — Stamford has built a sterling reputation as a place where media companies and professionals can thrive,” said Jon Winkel, CEO, The Stamford Partnership.

“Stamford is emerging as a nationally significant hub for media capture and production,” noted Jodi Gutierrez, chairperson of The Stamford Partnership’s Board of Directors.

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WESTCHESTER U.S. BANKRUPTCY COURT White Plains & Poughkeepsie Local business cases, Feb. 9 - 15 Trustee of TNT Transport and Logistics, New City vs.

Madonna Thomas, New City, 227013-RDD: Adversary proceeding, fraudulent transfer, in TNT Chapter 7 (20-22221). Attorney: Howard P. Magaliff.

Trustee of TNT Transport and Logistics, New City vs. Tomy Thomas, New City, 22-7014-RDD: Adversary proceeding, fraudulent transfer, in TNT Chapter 7 (20-22221). Attorney: Howard P. Magaliff.

ABCK Realty Management LLC, Palm Tree, Ahron Berlin, president, 22-35063-CGM: Chapter 11, assets $721,000, liabilities $10,088,009.

Attorney: Charles A. Higgs.

Thomas Trivisani re. Standard Consulting Services Corp., Newburgh, 22-35070-CGM: Chapter 13, assets and liabilities $100,000 to $500,000.

Attorney: pro se.

Go-Fast Refrigeration, Hopewell Junction, Gary Federico, president, 22-35073-CGM: Chapter 7, assets $0, liabilities $34,500.

Attorney: Devon Salts.

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

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U.S. District Court, White Plains Local business cases, Feb 9 - 15 Curry Management Corp., Scarsdale, et al, vs. First Country Bank, Norwalk, Connecticut, 22-cv-1119-CS: Unjust enrichment. Attorneys: Fleming L. Ware, Jona han A. Wexler.

392 N. Montgomery LLC, Middletown vs. city of Newburgh, et al, 22-cv-1133-PMH: Civil rights.

Attorney: Joseph J. Haspel.

Luis S. Camacho, Brooklyn vs.

The Barrier Group Inc., Chester, et al, 22-cv-1156-VB: Fair Labor Standards Act. Attorneys: James O’Donnell, Roman M. Avshalumov.

United Food & Commercial Workers Local 2013, Brooklyn vs. Triple A Supplies Inc., Newburgh, et al, 22-cv-1180-NSR: E.R.I.S.A. employee retirement.

Attorney: James M. Steinberg.

Thomas Garben, New Fairfield, Connecticut vs. MedAllies Inc., Fishkill, et al, 22-cv-1190-VB: Removal from Dutchess Supreme Court, employment discrimination.

Attorney: Antonio M. Ocasio.

Arthur Glick Truck Sales Inc., Monticello vs. Hyundai Motor America, Fountain Valley, California, 22-cv-1213-PMH: Automobile Dealers’ Day in Court Act. Attorney: John Clopper.

Ronald Montesdeoca, Queens vs. Paola Painting and Renovations, Bronxville, et al, 22-cv-1276: Class action, Fair Labor Standards Act. Attorney: C.K. Lee.

DEEDS Above $1 million 96 Garden Road LLC, New York City. Seller: Elk Homes Partners II LP, Rye. Property: 96 Garden Road, Scarsdale. Amount: $2.6 million.

Filed Feb. 8.

181 Forest LLC, Rye. Seller: Milly Rye LLC, Rye. Property: 181 Forest Ave., Rye. Amount: $2.3 million.

Filed Feb. 8.

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227 Westchester Avenue LLC, Bronx. Seller: JSN of New York LLC, Mahopac. Property: 227 Westchester Ave., Rye. Amount: $1.7 million.

Filed Feb. 7.

324 Palisades Development LLC, Yonkers. Seller: Nemeh 2 Boys LLC, Yonkers. Property: 324 Palisades Ave., Yonkers. Amount: $5 million. Filed Feb. 7.

365 Warburton LLC, Brooklyn.

Seller: 365 Warburton Avenue LLC, Yonkers. Property: 365 Warburton Ave., Yonkers. Amount: $1 million.

Filed Feb. 9.

4855 Baldwin Street Industrial LLC, Astoria. Seller: Nipidimi BX LLC, Liberty. Property: 318 Bronx River Road, Yonkers. Amount: $6.3 million. Filed Feb. 8.

Doneger, Abraham L. and Valerie J. Doneger, Hewlett Harbor.

Seller: Opra III LLC, Harrison.

Property: 120 Old Post Road, Rye. Amount: $3.1 million. Filed Feb. 7.

Berman, Barbara Miller and Bruce Zakalik, Armonk. Seller: Aranda LLC, Briarcliff Manor.

Property: 49 Agnew Farm Road, North Castle. Amount: $1.4 million.

Filed Feb. 7.

Clarkson, William Banks and Victoria Hill Slarkson, Atlantic Beach. Seller: Rail Side Properties R&S LLC, Hewlett. Property: 19 Railside Ave., White Plains.

Amount: $1.3 million. Filed Feb. 8.

DB Main & Lawton LLC, San Francisco, California. Seller: Manor Realty Group LLC, Pelham Manor. Property: 485 Main St., New Rochelle. Amount: $2.5 million.

Filed Feb. 7.

Elm Street New York LLC, Brooklyn. Seller: Breakthrough Corp., Sleepy Hollow. Property: 121 Elm St., Yonkers. Amount: $1.7 million. Filed Feb. 7.

J&J Team Enterprises LLC, Pelham. Seller: Grand U.S.A. Enterprise Inc., Pelham. Property: 22 Lincoln Ave., Pelham. Amount: $1.4 million. Filed Feb. 10.

New Socio 68 LLC, Brooklyn.

Seller: 80 West Post Road Corp., New York City. Property: 80 W. Post Road, White Plains. Amount: $1.7 million. Filed Feb. 7.

Savignano, Peter, Scarsdale.

Seller: Quaker Center Estates LLC, Holmdel, New Jersey. Property: 5 Quaker Center, Scarsdale. Amount: $1.7 million. Filed Feb. 9.

Sinha, Jabil R. and Hasina Sinha, Chantilly, Virginia. Seller: LL Percel E. LC, Fort Washington, Pennsylvania. Property: 318 Horseman Blvd., Mount Pleasant.

Amount: $1.4 million. Filed Feb. 9.

333 Webster Avenue Realty LLC, New Rochelle. Seller: Anthony Porcello and Anthony Porcello.

Property: 333 Webster Ave., New Rochelle. Amount: $675,000. Filed Feb. 9.

Thurton Place LLC, Valley Stream. Seller: Kerry Hunter 2 LLC, Oradell, New Jersey. Property: 101 Thurton Place, Yonkers. Amount: $1.6 million. Filed Feb. 7.

732 Lafayette Realty LLC, Somers. Seller: M&R Holdings Corp, Thornwood. Property: 732 Commerce St., Mount Pleasant.

Amount: $775,000. Filed Feb. 10.

Weisel, Andrew and Susan Colton Weisel, Brooklyn. Seller: 46 Villa Road Realty LLC, Harrison.

Property: 46 Villa Road, Mamaroneck. Amount: $2.6 million. Filed Feb. 8.

Aquino, Matilde Silfa and Tahisha Fiorentino, Bronx. Seller: Roobob Holdings LLC, Garden City. Property: 140 S. 13th St., Mount Vernon. Amount: $475,000.

Filed Feb. 8.

Below $1 million

Baochi DM LLC, Whitestone.

Seller: Jam Brookside Inc., New Rochelle. Property: 45 Brookside Place, New Rochelle. Amount: $790,000. Filed Feb. 7.

21 Continental Street LLC, Sleepy Hollow. Seller: Diane DelMonaco and Elizabeth Naccari, Sleepy Hollow. Property: 21 Continental St., Mount Pleasant. Amount: $875,000. Filed Feb. 7.

22 South Regent LLC, Somers.

Seller: South Regent Enterprises Inc., Port Chester. Property: 22 S. Regent St., Rye. Amount: $520,000.

Filed Feb. 7.

31 New York LLC, New York City.

Seller: Brandon R. Eum, Caldwell, New Jersey. Property: 31 W. Prospect Ave., Greenburgh. Amount: $420,000. Filed Feb. 7.

48 Pelham Property LLC, New York City and 73 Spring Street LLC, New York City. Seller: 48 Pelham Property LLC, New York City. Property: 48 First St., Pelham.

Amount: $845,564.95. Filed Feb. 10.

108 Mansion Avenue LLC, Scarsdale. Seller: TDA Enterprises LLC, Yonkers. Property: 108 Mansion Ave., Yonkers. Amount: $530,000.

Filed Feb. 10.

112 Nepperhan Avenue LLC, Bedford Hills. Seller: 53Ncenter LLC, Yorktown Heights. Property: 12 Nepperhan Ave., Greenburgh.

Amount: $700,000. Filed Feb. 9.

180 Yonkers Avenue LLC, Las Vegas, Nevada. Seller: Steven M. Reardon and Erin D. Reardon, Yonkers. Property: 180 Yonkers Ave., Yonkers. Amount: $375,000.

Filed Feb. 10.

182 Park Avenue Mount Vernon LLC, New Rochelle. Seller: Kevin McManus and Irena McManus, Mount Vernon. Property: 182 Park Ave., Mount Vernon. Amount: $700,000. Filed Feb. 10.

BDLJN Corp., Ardsley. Seller: Constance E. Brandel, Dobbs Ferry.

Property: 24 Round Hill Road, Greenburgh. Amount: $425,000.

Filed Feb. 8.

Bent, Joanna and Esmin Brown-Anderson, New Rochelle.

Seller: 14 State LLC, Bronx. Property: 14 State St., New Rochelle.

Amount: $715,000. Filed Feb. 8.

Caggiano, Philip, Michael Piccoli and Charles Piccoli, Thornwood. Seller: 51 Hobby Street Corp., Pleasantville. Property: 51 Hobby St., Mount Pleasant.

Amount: $830,000. Filed Feb. 9.

Clam Sank LLC, Bronxville.

Seller: 113 Wallace LLC, Carmel.

Property: 113 Wallace St., Eastchester. Amount: $750,000. Filed Feb. 9.

DeMayta, Hannah J. Sebastian and Raul E. Mayta, Scarsdale.

Seller: PLC Family Sprague LLC, Scarsdale. Property: 55 Sprague Road, Scarsdale. Amount: $890,000. Filed Feb. 7.

Djokic, Ermin, Port Chester. Seller: 22 Alto Avenue Associates LLC, Rye. Property: 22 Alto Associates LLC, Rye. Amount: $780,000. Filed Feb. 9.

Dominguez, Luis and Jonathan Dominguez, White Plains. Seller: TLC Construction Corp., Rockville Centre. Property: 375 County Center Road, Greenburgh. Amount: $640,000. Filed Feb. 8.

Ewell, Karisha and Ann-Maria Ewell, Mount Vernon. Seller: HTM Capital LLC, Newark, New Jersey.

Property: 274 Summit Ave., Mount Vernon. Amount: $676,000. Filed Feb. 8.

Gomez, Daniela Laura, New York City. Seller: Cedar Hill Owner LLC, Ossining. Property: 119 Cedar Lane, Ossining. Amount: $594,000.

Filed Feb. 9.

Highview Project LLC, Bardonia. Seller: Jeanne Barry, Hawthorne. Property: 521 Marietta Ave., Mount Pleasant. Amount: $500,000. Filed Feb. 9.

Igue, Achabi Hossenath, Bronx. Seller: 229 Bronx River Realty Corp., Yonkers. Property: 229 Bronx River Road, Yonkers.

Amount: $640,000. Filed Feb. 9.

Kings Ferry LLC, Briarcliff. Seller: Anthony J. Curinga and Cheryl Curinga, The Village, Florida.

Property: 234 Kings Ferry Road, Cortlandt. Amount: $325,000.

Filed Feb. 7.

Lopez, Joseline M., Harrison.

Seller: LICI LLC, Cortlandt Manor.

Property: 4 Cortlandt Place, Ossining. Amount: $475,000. Filed Feb. 9.

Marji, Farid, Scarsdale. Seller: RAJ Realty New York LLC, Yonkers.

Property: 33 Fort Hill Ave., Yonkers.

Amount: $700,000. Filed Feb. 7.

Mathura, Karamchand and Narisa Saleem Mathura, Bronx.

Seller: Deal House Capital Fund I LLC, Mamaroneck. Property: 7 Alpine Road, Yonkers. Amount: $590,000. Filed Feb. 10.

One Webster Avenue LLC, Harrison. Seller: South Halstead LLC, Stamford, Connecticut. Property: 123-125 Halstead Ave., Harrison.

Amount: $700,000. Filed Feb. 7.

Park Drive Real Estate Corp., Yonkers. Seller: Frank P. Petronella and Marianne S. Petronella, Eastchester. Property: 75 Park Drive, Eastchester. Amount: $400,000.

Filed Feb. 10.

Park, Yun, Lauderhill, Florida.

Seller: Vincere Property Group LLC, Bronx. Property: 400 Highpoint Drive, Greenburgh. Amount: $435,000. Filed Feb. 9.

Samaritan Shelters LLC, Newton, Connecticut. Seller: Tiffany Soars, Alex Siriani and Erik Mitchell, Bronxville. Property: 64 Sagamore Road, Eastchester.

Amount: $350,000. Filed Feb. 10.

Schargel, Gail, New York City.

Seller: Larchmont Units LLC, Great Neck. Property: 2 Washington Square, Mamaroneck. Amount: $585,000. Filed Feb. 9.

Facts & Figures Sibling Rivalry Real Estate LLC, Pleasantville. Seller: Christine L. Iannino, Pleasantville. Property: 14 Stanley St., Mount Pleasant.

Amount: $725,000. Filed Feb. 7.

JUDGMENTS 34th Street Capital LLC, Irvington. $55,022 in favor of DelBello Donnellan Weingarten Wise & Wiederkehr LLP, White Plains.

Filed Feb. 10.

Adams, Duane E., Mount Vernon. $2,456.20 in favor of Midland Credit Management Inc., San Diego, California. Filed Feb. 9.

Addison, Isaac K., Yonkers and Jerimiah Addison, Yonkers. $40,164.75 in favor of Affinity Federal Credit Union, Basking Ridge, New Jersey. Filed Feb. 9.

Ahern, Lydia K., Armonk. $18,031.18 in favor of Citibank National Association, Sioux Falls, South Dakota. Filed Feb. 10.

Alcin, Santa, Yonkers. $20,166.30 in favor of Citibank National Association, Sioux Falls, South Dakota.

Filed Feb. 11.

Allen, Jimy, Yonkers. $101,539.52 in favor of Robin Funding Group LLC, New City. Filed Feb. 9.

Aparisio, David V., White Plains. $14,719.72 in favor of Capital One Bank U.S.A. National Association, Richmond, Virginia. Filed Feb. 9.

Arias, Kenneth K., Port Chester. $13,781.44 in favor of Discover Bank, Woodbury. Filed Feb. 10.

Armah, Prince, Mount Vernon. $8,304.78 in favor of Westchester County Health Care Corp., Valhalla. Filed Feb. 11.

Arnemann, Corey, Mamaroneck. $14,221.10 in favor of JPMorgan Chase Bank National Association, Wilmington, Delaware. Filed Feb. 7.

Atlantic State Development Corp., Pound Ridge. $26,310.72 in favor of Stantec Consulting Services Inc., New York City. Filed Feb. 9.

Ayar Produce New York Inc., Brooklyn. $80,721.14 in favor of Milan Supply Chain Solutions Inc., Jackson, Tennessee. Filed Feb. 9.

Bajaj, Luigi, Yorktown Heights. $10,234.68 in favor of Cavalry SPV I LLC, Valhalla. Filed Feb. 8.

Barcos, Stella M., White Plains. $6,101.46 in favor of Cavalry SPV I LLC, Valhalla. Filed Feb. 10.

BBI New York Inc., Brooklyn. $19,269.44 in favor of State Insurance Fund, White Plains. Filed Feb. 9.

Berdoe, Tracey A., Mount Vernon. $18,062.80 in favor of Capital One Bank U.S.A. National Association, Richmond, Virginia.

Filed Feb. 11.

Berg, Robert, Rye. $26,224.48 in favor of American Express National Bank, Sandy Utah. Filed Feb. 10.

Binyomin Nemon DO PLLC, Brooklyn. $158,363.77 in favor of JPMorgan Chase Bank National Association, Phoenix, Arizona.

Filed Feb. 9.

Braham, David F., Chappaqua. $38,472.35 in favor of Crown Asset Management LLC, Duluth, Geogia.

Filed Feb. 10.

Camposeo, Lucille M., Tuckahoe. $22,339.25 in favor of Discover Bank, East New Albany, Ohio. Filed Feb. 9.

Castle Developers LLC, Brooklyn. $42,117.03 in favor of Euler Hermes North America Insurance Co., Owings Mills, Maryland. Filed Feb. 9.

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

Buonanno, Christopher C. and Tara Buonanno, as owners. Filed

by Wells Fargo Bank National Association. Action: Foreclosure of a mortgage in the principal amount of $1,875,000 affecting property located at 46 Wrights Mill Road, Armonk. Filed Feb. 8.

Danieli, Kenneth, as owner. Filed

by Wells Fargo Bank National Association. Action: Foreclosure of a mortgage in the principal amount of $210,186 affecting property located at 106 Puritan Drive, Port Chester. Filed Feb. 10.

Espada, Connie, as owner. Filed

by Nationstar Mortgage LLC. Action: Foreclosure of a mortgage in the principal amount of $938,250 affecting property located at 115 Beechwood Drive, Mamaroneck.

Filed Feb. 8.

Lopiccolo, Vincenzo and Christina Lopiccolo, as owners.

Filed by Plaza Home Mortgage Inc. Action: Foreclosure of a mortgage in the principal amount of $588,623 affecting property located at 2 Upland Court, South Salem. Filed Feb. 9.

Shands, Annette and Anthony J. Oliver, as owners. Filed by Affinity Federal Credit Union. Action: Foreclosure of a mortgage in the principal amount of $165,737.02 affecting property located at 462 S. Ninth Ave., Mount Vernon. Filed Feb. 9.

JUDGMENTS Workers’ Compensation Board Failure to carry insurance or for work-related injuries and illnesses.

196Clips d.b.a. Great Clips, White Plains. Amount: $18,000.

AKD Homes LLC, New Rochelle.

Amount: $500.

BMNY Contracting Corp., New Rochelle. Amount: $45,000.

Catania Maintenance Inc., Tuckahoe. Amount: $21,000.

Floras Vision Inc. d.b.a. Cohen Fashion, White Plains. Amount: $20,000.

High Image Construction Corp., Port Chester. Amount: $4,000.

InnovationMap Inc., New Rochelle. Amount: $21,000.

Intellr Inc., Scarsdale. Amount: $21,000.

Jeffrey Goldfarb, Scarsdale.

Amount: $21,500.

Samuel L DaSilva, Port Chester.

Amount: $5,764.07.

Shapiro Optical Inc., Yonkers.

Amount: $1,500.

Spectacular Cleaning Services and More LLC, Yonkers. Amount: $19,500.

Thrilling Inc., South Salem.

Amount: $19,500.

WP Burger III Inc., West Harrison. Amount: $19,000.

MECHANIC’S LIENS CH New Rochelle LLC, New Rochelle. $26,792.36 in favor of Colony Hardware Corp., Orange, Connecticut. Filed Feb. 11.

Church of Our Lady of Shkodra, Greenburgh. $11,000 in favor of Fair Oaks Excavating Inc., Fair Oaks. Filed Feb. 9.

KDL Capital LLC, Yonkers. $99,000 in favor of Croton Gorge Consulting Inc., Croton, Ontario.

Filed Feb. 11.

Summit Country Club LLC, North Castle. $204,779.27 in favor of Lexicon Inc., Little Rock, Arizona. Filed Feb. 10.

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

Partnerships Jussa Harlem Bagg, 100 Riverdale Ave., Apt. 3A, Yonkers 10701, c/o Salina Leon and Gorham Valentine. Filed Feb. 8.

Morochos Cleaning Co., 15 South Road, White Plains 10603, c/o Eddy Morocho and Gloria Morocho.

Filed Feb. 8.

Performance Arc., 129 Lockwood Ave., Apt. 8I, New Rochelle 10801, c/o Dianne Job. Filed Feb. 8.

Sole Proprietorships A&B Transportation, 80 Fletcher Ave., Mount Vernon 10552, c/o Adel Baror. Filed Feb. 7.

Aya Hummus, 950 Main St., Apt. 3, Peekskill 10566, c/o Jenny Fernandez. Filed Feb. 8.

Azure Air Climate Control, 13 Kent Road, White Plains 10603, c/o Regina M. Taylor. Filed Feb. 9.

Barajas Landscaping, 388 Washington Ave., New Rochelle 10801, c/o Adrian Barajas. Filed Feb. 7.

Candy Luxury Jewelry, 136 Prospect Ave., Apt. 2, White Plains 10607, c/o Candy P. Osorio. Filed Feb. 8.

Cobalt Construction & Home Improvement, 13 Kent Road, White Plains 10603, c/o Regina M. Taylor. Filed Feb. 9.

Heavenly Scent Candles, 89 Nob Holl Drive, Elmsford 10523, c/o Samantha D. Barnes. Filed Feb. 11.

J Damian Landscaping & Sprinklers, 81 Batavia Place. Apt 3, Harrison 10528, c/o Jesus Damias Galvan. Filed Feb. 8.

JMJ Consultants, 1015 Kimball Ave., Bronxville 10708, c/o Julian Mathil Joshua. Filed Feb. 10.

Julie Kaye Kalb, 2005 Palmer Ave., No.155, Larchmont 10538, c/o Julie Kaye Halb. Filed Feb. 7.

Kat Kekona Designs, 187 Scarsdale Road, Tuckahoe 10707, c/o Kathryn Kekona. Filed Feb. 7.

Killer Work TTG, 667 Ridge Hill Blvd., Yonkers 10706, c/o Oliver B. Levy. Filed Feb. 9.

PR Consulting, 44 Drake Ave., Second floor, New Rochelle 10805, c/o Patricia Ramirez. Filed Feb. 8.

Raul Mendoza Landscaping, 301 Sickles Ave., Apt. 2, New Rochelle 10801, c/o Raul Mendoza.

Filed Feb. 8.

Reclaim Lost Assets, 2005 Palmer Ave., No.155, Larchmont 10538, c/o Julie Kaye Kalb. Filed Feb. 7.

Reviver Chiropractic, 951 E. Boston Post Road, Mamaroneck 10543, c/o Rebecca Larris. Filed Feb. 11.

Angel SV Handyman Co., 143 Babbit Road, Apt. 2, Bedford Hills 10507, c/o Angel S. Vinansaca Cumbe. Filed Feb. 7.

Room 005 Snacks, P.O. Box 32, South Salem 10590, c/o Pamela McNair. Filed Feb. 10.

Atletico San Lucas, 163 Willow St., Apt. 4SF, Yonkers 10701, c/o Elver Resewndiz-Gardono. Filed Feb. 9.

VC Quality Control, 130 Sagamore Road, Tuckahoe 10707, c/o Victoria Maria Caproni. Filed Feb. 10.

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PATENTS Aggregate adjustments in a cross bar neural network. Patent no. 11,250,316 issued to Effendi Leobandung, et al. Assigned to IBM, Armonk.

Autonomous mobile platform and variable rate irrigation method for preventing frost damage. Patent no. 11,246,269 issued to Sergio Bermudez Rodriguez, et al. Assigned to IBM, Armonk.

Control of information units for encryption. Patent no.

11,251,979 issued to Roger Hathorn, et al. Assigned to IBM, Armonk.

Index of usability for a replacement payment card. Patent no. 11,250,436 issued to Itzhack Goldberg, et al. Assigned to IBM, Armonk.

Methods for altering body composition by administering a GDF8 inhibitor and an Activin A inhibitor. Patent no. 11,248,044 issued to Stephen Donahue, et al. Assigned to Regeneron, Tarrytown.

Simulating quantum circuits.

Patent no. 11,250,190 issued to Edwin Pednault, et al. Assigned to IBM, Armonk.

Stacked complementary junction FETs for analog electronic circuits. Patent no. 11,251,185 issued to Karthik Balakrishnan, et al. Assigned to IBM, Armonk.

System and method of analysis of a protein using liquid chromatography-mass spectrometry. Patent no. 11,249,089 issued to Shunhai Wang, et al. Assigned to Regeneron, Tarrytown.

System and method to share and utilize health care data.

Patent no. 11,250,937 issued to Abhishek Malvankar, et al. Assigned to IBM, Armonk.

Systems and methods for enhanced fraud detection based on transactions at potentially compromised locations. Patent no. 11,250,431 issued to Jean-Pierre Gerard, et al. Assigned to IBM, Armonk.

Systems, methods and nontransitory computer-readable media for secure individual identification. Patent no.

11,250,161 issued to Raman Narayanswamy, et al. Assigned to Mastercard, Purchase.

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DEEDS Above $1 million

BUILDING LOANS Above $1 million

40 Lydecker LLC, New York City.

Seller: R&J Nyack Realty LLC, Suffern. Property: 40 and 48 Lydecker and Gedney streets, Nyack.

Amount: $1.9 million. Filed Feb. 7.

KO Storage of Staatsburg LLC, as owner. Lender: Community Bank National Association. Property: in Hyde Park. Amount: $3.9 million. Filed Feb. 10.

216-218 Main Street LLC, Spring Valley. Seller: Star Enterprises of U.S. Inc., New City. Property: 216-218 Main St., Clarkstown. Amount: $1 million. Filed Feb. 11.

Maplebrook Farm LLC, as owner. Lender: Salisbury Bank and Trust Co. Property: in Clinton and Pleasant Valley. Amount: $1.1 million. Filed Feb. 7.

527-529 Route 303 LLC, Orangeburg. Seller: 33 Twin Avenue Corp., Orangeburg. Property: 527-529 Route 303, Orangeburg. Amount: $4.4 million. Filed Feb. 11.

The 30 Elish Parkway Trust, as owner. Lender: First Commerce Bank. Property: 30 Ellish Parkway, Spring Valley. Amount: $6.6 million. Filed Feb. 8.

6370 Mill Street LLC, Rhinebeck. Seller: winning Properties LLC, Rhinebeck. Property: in Rhinebeck. Amount: $1.1 million.

Filed Feb. 8.

Below $1 million

AWS Main Street LLC, Beacon. Seller: 180 Main LLC, Cornwall-on-Hudson. Property: in Beacon. Amount: $1.3 million.

Filed Feb. 7.

14 Woodland LLC, as owner.

Lender: Northeast Community Bank. Property: 14 Woodland Place, Airmont. Amount: $837,500.

Filed Feb. 9.

20 Merrick Drive LLC, as owner.

Lender: Broadview Capital LLC. Property: 20 Merrick Drive, Spring Valley. Amount: $603,000. Filed Feb. 9.

Ace Builders New York LLC, as owner. Lender: Northeast Community Bank. Property: 101 West St., Spring Valley. Amount: $529,425.

Filed Feb. 11.

Aua Holdings BDS LLC, as owner. Lender: ECF Fund II LLC. Property: 131 Spook Rock Road, Suffern. Amount: $660,000. Filed Feb. 10.

Rosario, Vera, as owner. Lender: Nationwide Mortgage Bankers Inc. Property: in Clarkstown. Amount: $461,080. Filed Feb. 8.

KO Storage of Staatsburg LLC, Minneapolis, Minnesota. Seller: 4920 LLC, Rhinebeck. Property: in Hyde Park. Amount: $4.4 million.

Filed Feb. 10.

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Krispine, Machluf, Pomona. Seller: MJ Developers Inc., Chappaqua.

Property: 49 Blauvelt Ave., West Haverstraw. Amount: $350,000.

Filed Feb. 9.

A.H.J.P. LLC, Poughkeepsie. Seller: 239 All Angels LLC, Wappingers Falls. Property: in Poughkeepsie.

Amount: $175,000. Filed Feb. 9.

Moshoe LLC, Monroe. Seller: 3443 Fairview Court LC, Monroe. Property: in Poughkeepsie. Amount: $290,000. Filed Feb. 8.

Aua Holdings BSD LLC, Montebello. Seller: Inkberry Farms Corp., Monsey. Property: 131 Spook Rock Road, Montebello. Amount: $400,000. Filed Feb. 10.

Notredamefatima Homes LLC, Wappingers Falls. Seller: Akrishi Corp., Rye. Property: in Wappinger.

Amount: $285,000. Filed Feb. 9.

Avital, Andrew, Wappingers Falls. Seller: Stone Willow Properties LLC, Poughkeepsie. Property: in LaGrange. Amount: $169,000.

Filed Feb. 7.

Barrett, Wendy and Michael Barrett, Lake Worth, Florida.

Seller: Herb Redl LLC, Poughkeepsie. Property: in Poughkeepsie.

Amount: $251,000. Filed Feb. 8.

Community Growth LLC, Monsey. Seller: Nelson Cuevas and Zuleika Cuevas, New York City.

Property: 11 Filmore Drive, Stony Point. Amount: $650,000.

Filed Feb. 6.

Erez Managing LLC, Brooklyn.

Seller: The Cottages at Cedar LLC, Spring Valley. Property: 3 Cedar Lane, Unit 201, Ramapo. Amount: $975,000. Filed Feb. 10.

Below $1 million

Gluck, Michael, Monsey. Seller: Remsen Gardens LLC, Airmont.

Property: 16 Stein Circle, Unit 114, Ramapo. Amount: $400,000. Filed Feb. 7.

5 West Street LLC, Monsey. Seller: Avraham Sharaby and Rachel Sharaby, Nyack. Property: 5 West St., Clarkstown. Amount: $599,000.

Filed Feb. 8.

Goldenberg, Eugene and Zehava Goldenberg, Monsey.

Seller: Shoshana Gimi LLC, Spring Valley. Property: 10 Melaney Drive, Ramapo. Amount: $805,000. Filed Feb. 10.

8 Albertson Drive LLC, Poughkeepsie. Seller: Robert J. Duke, Red Hook. Property: in Hyde Park.

Amount: $52,500. Filed Feb. 8.

32 Burnside LLC, New City. Seller: Charles T. Brodil, New City. Property: 95 Ridge Road, Clarkstown.

Amount: $525,000. Filed Feb. 7.

398 Church Street Holdings LLC, Wappingers. Seller: Rosanne Konyn, Poughkeepsie. Property: in Poughkeepsie. Amount: $101,000.

Filed Feb. 8.

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Ace Builders New York LLC, Brooklyn. Seller: Leonardo Arciniegas, Spring Valley. Property: 101 West St., Spring Valley. Amount: $555,000. Filed Feb. 9.

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Pollak, Isaac and Liba Pollak, Spring Valley. Seller: Ace Builders New York LLC, Spring Valley. Property: 94 N. Cole Ave., Spring Valley.

Amount: $559,000. Filed Feb. 10.

Rokabec Properties LLC, Wappingers Falls. Seller: Paula Gene Bedell, Pleasant Valley. Property: in Pleasant Valley. Amount: $485,000.

Filed Feb. 8.

Rosenberg, Joel, Monroe. Seller: October Hill LLC, Monsey. Property: 17 Autumn Court, Airmont.

Amount: $995,000. Filed Feb. 10.

Stage Tower LLC, Brooklyn.

Seller: Jeffrey R. Peattie and Shaina Peattie, Suffern. Property: 21 Stage St., Airmont. Amount: $550,000.

Filed Feb. 10.

VA Clarkstown Estates LLC, Suffern. Seller: Lucy DePaulis, Chester.

Property: 14, 23 and 25 Meola Road, Clarkstown. Amount: $550,000.

Filed Feb. 9.

Van Wardt Development LLC, Brooklyn. Seller: Audrey Schneider, Pearl River. Property: 40 Van Wardt Place, Tappan. Amount: $600,000. Filed Feb. 8.

Chapparo, Michael, Chester. $5,141.58 in favor of Midland Credit Management Inc., San Diego, California. Filed Feb. 8.

Depolito, Cynthia M., Wallkill. $6,858.36 in favor of Midland Credit Management Inc., San Diego, California. Filed Feb. 8.

Eagle, Bert, Cuddebackville. $1,976.85 in favor of Wallace Oil Co., Woodbury. Filed Feb. 8.

Friedman, Esther, Monroe. $12,471.37 in favor of Bank of America, Newark, Delaware. Filed Feb. 8.

Hernandez, Timothy, Monroe. $1,701.92 in favor of Midland Credit Management Inc., San Diego, California. Filed Feb. 9.

Partnerships Monroe Arts, 8 Hart Place, Nyack 10960, c/o Monroe S. Hodder and Roland F. Hodder. Filed Feb. 9.

Sole Proprietorships Ailahun Preamers Cleaning Services, 21 Everett Road, Carmel 10521, c/o Massah Kassoh. Filed Feb. 9.

Edwards Painting, 17 Janet Place, Stony Point 10980, c/o Ernesto E. Agustin Sandoval. Filed Feb. 8.

Novo Holdings LLC, Warwick. $247,037.31 in favor of Delage Landen Financial Services Inc., Wayne, Pennsylvania. Filed Feb. 7.

Empower Orthopedic Solutions, 6 Foltim Way, Congers 10920, c/o Allan Bronstein. Filed Feb. 10.

Oditi, Ebeleojor, Middletown. $8,880.34 in favor of Citibank, Sioux Falls. Filed Feb. 7.

Ezra Pool Service, 640 Route 306, Suffern 10901, c/o Esdras Saul Guerra Morales. Filed Feb. 7.

Patel, Rameshkant, New Windsor. $1,296.60 in favor of Petro Inc., Woodbury. Filed Feb. 8.

Fahey’s Home Cleaning, 1 Westwood Drive, Walden 12586, c/o Rene Goupil Fahey. Filed Feb. 8.

Robert Knebel General Contractor Inc., Florida. $10,325.09 in favor of Kenneth Lorenzen Wood Railings & Trim Inc., Goshen. Filed Feb. 7.

Fatima Tailor, 113 Rock Hill Road, Spring Valley 10977, c/o Elsa Fatima Pinacapa Andilema. Filed Feb. 7.

Barrier Group Inc., Chester. $25,121.35 in favor of GMX Inc., Cleveland, Ohio. Filed Feb. 7.

100 Snake Hill Road LLC, as owner. $233,792 in favor of Long Island Roofing and Repairs Service Corp., Bellmore. Property: 100 Snake Hill Road, Clarkstown. Filed Feb. 7.

Herbst and Wiss P.C., Spring Valley. Seller: Gibraltar Abstract Corp., Airmont. Property: in East Fishkill.

Amount: $305,000. Filed Feb. 9.

Bellardi, Candice, Carmel and Mary E. McGouey, Carmel. $34,853.22 in favor of Fox Run Condo Building of Managers, Carmel.

Filed Feb. 8.

Armoni Inn & Suites, as owner. $4,284.30 in favor of Edgelandscape Inc., Orangeburg. Property: 329 Route 303, Orangeburg. Filed Feb. 3.

House of Fire LLC, Monsey.

Seller: 87 Cragmere LLC, Airmont.

Property: 87 Cragmere Road, Suffern. Amount: $650,000. Filed Feb. 7.

Brown, Salasia, Middletown. $2,638.82 in favor of Capital One Bank, Ruchmond, Virginia. Filed Feb. 8.

Fantini, Anthony, as owner. $2,145.42 in favor of Kam of Western DUT Co. Property: 7 Kinkead Lane, Poughkeepsie. Filed Feb. 7.

Olympic Construction and Pools Inc., Stony Point. Seller: HECM 2020 LLC, White Plains.

Property: 26 Orchard St., Montebello. Amount: $256,000. Filed Feb. 7.

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

Mora, Edward, Middletown. $1,867.30 in favor of Capital One Bank, Richmond, Virginia. Filed Feb. 8.

Mechanic’s Liens JUDGMENTS

NEW BUSINESSES

Future Trendz, 116 Massachusetts Ave., Congers 10920, c/o Reghunathan Natarajan. Filed Feb. 7.

GEM70, 218 Drake Road, Middletown 10940, c/o Ronald Lee Hickey. Filed Feb. 8.

Iron Soul, 52 Franck Road, Stony Point 10980, c/o Michael Anthony Derosa. Filed Feb. 10.

JF Trading, 79 Ludingtonville Road, Holmes 12531, c/o Jerome Floyd. Filed Feb. 10.

Kent Taxi, 20 Darien Road, Carmel 10512, c/o Segundo M. Lozano.

Filed Feb. 7.

Macs Moto Repair, 71 Erie St., Port Jervis 12771, c/o George Douglas Maceachern. Filed Feb. 10.

Facts & Figures Majestic Mechanical, 39 Jones Road, Warwick 10990, c/o John Jonghyun Cho. Filed Feb. 7.

Mamma Tongue Productions, 126 Camp Hill Road, Pomona 10970, c/o John McDowell. Filed Feb. 11.

Matts Piano Studios, 18 Craigville Road, Goshen 10924, c/o Ernest Testoni. Filed Feb. 8.

New York Truck Repairs & Towing, 299 Bloomingburg Road, Middletown 10940, c/o Gary B. Mann. Filed Feb. 9.

Painting Partners, 28 Old Nyack Turnpike, Apt. 16C, Spring Valley 10977, c/o Fernando Josue Orellana Barrera. Filed Feb. 7.

Positive Computers Communication C&S Newburgh Technology, 1400 Corporate Blvd., Newburgh 12550, c/o Gregory Lee Rostran. Filed Feb. 8.

Rainbows Daycare, 26 Third St., Apt. 1F-N, Haverstraw 10927, c/o Lovianny Maria Vargas Ferreiras.

Filed Feb. 7.

RMF Professional Cleaner, 1119 Maggie Road, Newburgh 12550, c/o Fidela Moreno. Filed Feb. 10.

Saca Eatery & Baked Goods, 59 Shipp St., Newburgh 12550, c/o Melita Lynn West. Filed Feb. 9.

Shannon Ramos LMSW, 7 Doansburg Road, Carmel 10512, c/o Shannon McKernan Ramos.

Filed Feb. 7.

Smooth, 10 Carter Lane, Monroe 10950, c/o Abraham Rosenberg.

Filed Feb. 9.

So Glam Esthetics & Beauty, 815 Blooming Grove Turnpike, New Windsor 12553, c/o Shermaine M. Chambers. Filed Feb. 10.

Top Level Security, 247 Secor Road, Mahopac 10541, c/o Joseph J. Rosco. Filed Feb. 10.

Zoft Clothing & Accessories, 59 Shipp St., Newburgh 12550, c/o Melita Lynn West. Filed Feb. 9.

PAY SPECIAL ATTENTION TO EMPLOYEES DURING COVID-19 RECOVERY You need to make sure that they’re healthy and you need to make sure that there’s a sense that you as an employer have their best interests at heart.

However, you will find there are circumstances with the potential for employer liability. There are quite a few State, Federal and NYC employment laws you need to be very sensitive to in terms of whether you can compel somebody to come to work…”

(Excerpted from the Westchester County Business Journal, Aug. 3.)

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BUILDING PERMITS Commercial Antonelli, John E., Norwalk, contractor for Nik Razali. Repair garage entry and replace beam at 10 Prospect St., No. 5, Norwalk. Estimated cost: $64,700. Filed Jan. 11.

Baybrook Remodelers Inc., West Haven, contractor for Ari of Connecticut Inc. Renovate existing bathroom; no structural changes required at 1131 Newfield Ave., Stamford. Estimated cost: $12,000.

Filed Jan. 31.

Baybrook Remodelers Inc., West Haven, contractor for Ari of Connecticut Inc. Renovate existing bathroom on the first floor at 26 First St., Stamford. Estimated cost: $8,000. Filed Jan. 7.

Baybrook Remodelers Inc., West Haven, contractor for Ari of Connecticut Inc. Renovate existing bathroom at 55 Hazelwood Lane, Stamford. Estimated cost: $8,000.

Filed Jan. 12.

J. Cali Road Construction & Masonry LLC, Norwalk, contractor for R&R Investments Group LLC and Lora Franklyn. Replace siding, re-roof and replace windows at 22 Vernon Place, Stamford. Estimated cost: $20,000. Filed Jan. 6.

Carpentry Unlimited Inc., Stamford, contractor for Northwind Development. Construct a new single-family home at 855 Newfield Ave., Stamford. Estimated cost: $600,000. Filed Jan. 24.

City of Stamford Cloonan Middle School, Stamford, contractor for city of Stamford. Perform the 2021 annual blanket permit for the Stamford Board of Education trade workers at 11 W. North St., Stamford. Estimated cost: $5,000.

Filed Jan. 6.

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.

City of Stamford Davenport Ridge Elementary School, Stamford, contractor for the city of Stamford. Perform the 2021 annual blanket permit for the Stamford Board of Education trade workers at 1300 Newfield Ave., Stamford.

Estimated cost: $5,000. Filed Jan. 6.

City of Stamford Hart Elementary School, Stamford, contractor for the city of Stamford.

2021 annual blanket permit for the Stamford Board of Education trade workers at 61 Adams Ave., Stamford. Estimated cost: $5,000.

Filed Jan. 6.

City of Stamford Newfield Elementary School, Stamford, contractor for the city of Stamford.

Perform the 2021 annual blanket permit for the Stamford Board of Education trade workers at 345 Pepper Ridge Road, Stamford. Estimated cost: $5,000. Filed Jan. 6.

City of Stamford Northeast Elementary School, Stamford, contractor for the city of Stamford.

Perform the 2021 annual blanket permit for the Stamford Board of Education trade workers at 82 Scofieldtown Road, Stamford. Estimated cost: $5,000. Filed Jan. 6.

City of Stamford Roxbury Elementary School, Stamford, contractor for the city of Stamford.

Perform the 2021 annual blanket permit for the Stamford Board of Education trade workers at 751 W. Hill Road, Stamford. Estimated cost: $5,000. Filed Jan. 6.

Corporate Construction Inc., Norwalk, contractor for 1 Park Norwalk II LLC. Remove nonstructural wall at 761 Nain Ave., Norwalk. Estimated cost: $35,000.

Filed Jan. 10.

Jordan, Marcia, Norwalk, contractor for Marcia Jordan. Convert first floor to an apartment at 77 Ely Ave., Norwalk. Estimated cost: $4,000. Filed Jan. 12.

LCP Homes Inc., Norwalk, contractor for Van Zant Apartments LLC. Perform replacement alterations at 12 Van Zant St., Norwalk. Estimated cost: $62,000.

Filed Jan. 11.

Mathis Services LLC, Norwalk, contractor for One Eighty-five Stagg Association. Install three duplex receptacles at 120 Connecticut Ave., Norwalk. Estimated cost: $5,000. Filed Jan. 11.

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Norwalk Hospital Association, Norwalk, contractor for Norwalk Hospital Association. Renovate for sensory processing disorder modifications at 34 Maple St., Norwalk. Estimated cost: $73,451.

Filed Jan. 11.

PPF SS 535 Hope Street LLC, Georgia, contractor for PPF SS535 Hope Street LLC. Demolish complete structure at 535 Hope St., Stamford. Estimated cost: $200,000. Filed Jan. 21.

Pyramid Network Services LLC, Norwalk, contractor for 40 Richards LLC. Remove call clear wire equipment at 40 Richards Ave., Norwalk. Estimated cost: $8,500. Filed Jan. 11.

RI Pools Inc., Norwalk, contractor for Andrew and Heather Schoff.

Install in-ground pool and spa at 16 Juniper Road, Norwalk. Estimated cost: $75,000. Filed Jan. 4.

Residential Accent Signs LLC, Stamford, contractor for Gregory Frisoli.

Install an electric sign in front of building at 909 High Ridge Road, Stamford. Estimated cost: $22,000.

Filed Jan. 28.

Alcraft Inc., Norwalk, contractor for James E. Cadlett. Strip roof and re-roof at 24 Glasser St., Norwalk.

Estimated cost: $6,000. Filed Jan. 12.

Altamura Homes LLC, Stamford, contractor for Luigi Altamura. Renovate town home at 255 Strawberry Hill Ave., Unit B1, Stamford. Estimated cost: $40,000.

Filed Jan. 7.

Barbot, Steven N., Greenwich, contractor for Jose J. Morales. Install new roof shingles; new kitchen cabinets, counter tops, flooring throughout, patio door and retile bathroom at 45 Reynolds Ave., Stamford. Estimated cost: $56,447.

Filed Jan. 10.

Bartlett, Philip, Norwalk, contractor for John Lewis Tomlinson. Install generator and three propane tanks at 10 Dewal Drive, Norwalk. Estimated cost: $11,000.

Filed Jan. 7.

Baybrook Remodelers Inc., West Haven, contractor for Judith N. Block and Cecil B. Jordan. Replace tub/shower, remove interior door and relocate switches at 17 Farm Hill Road, Stamford. Estimated cost: $4,500. Filed Jan. 14.

Bellamy Home Improvement Inc., South Windsor, contractor for Andrew J. and Juliette P. Parker.

Remove existing siding, install house wrap, foam insulation, vinyl-vented soffit in overhang, cap all windows and doors, rake fascia boards with aluminum coil, replace front-entry door with energy star and storm door at 49 Black Twig Place, Stamford. Estimated cost: $60,858. Filed Jan. 4.

Boguska, Teresa, Stamford, contractor for Teresa Boguska.

Legalize bathroom in the basement at 120 Willowbrook Ave., Stamford. Estimated cost: $5,000.

Filed Jan. 24.

Brown Roofing Company Inc., Seymour, contractor for Peter A. Salomone. Remove and dispose of existing shingles, inspect and replace any rotted sheathing as needed, install ice and water barrier on all eaves, rakes and valleys at 36 Rutz St., Stamford. Estimated cost: $9,646. Filed Jan. 21.

Brown Roofing Company Inc., Seymour, contractor for Steven L. and Barbara T. Zimmerman.

Remove and dispose of existing shingles, inspect and replace any rotted sheathing as needed, install ice and water barriers, new stormtight synthetic underlayment, leading-edge starter shingles, drip edges, ridge vents and flashing as required, and Install new asphalt shingles at 401 Wildwood Road, Stamford. Estimated cost: $22,706.

Filed Jan. 21.

Buxton, Donald K., Wilton, contractor for Philip J Panzeca Revocable Trust. Remove and replace existing roof at 95 Intervale Road, Unit 30, Stamford. Estimated cost: $9,126. Filed Jan. 10.

Cannondale Generators Inc., Wilton, contractor for Christopher Robert Como. Install 24kw Generac generator, connected to propane tanks at 1117 Westover Road, Stamford. Estimated cost: $13,355. Filed Jan. 5.

Cannondale Generators Inc., Norwalk, contractor for Mark Silberman. Install a generator at side of single-family residency at 32 Douglas Drive, Norwalk. Estimated cost: $12,180. Filed Jan. 11.

Carpentry Unlimited Inc., Stamford, contractor for Doug Alderman. Build a new single-family house at 855 Newfield Ave., Stamford. Estimated cost: $600,000.

Filed Jan. 24.

Cassone, John and Geraldyn, Stamford, contractor for John and Geraldyn Cassone. Renovate and update existing residence at 24 Akbar Road, Stamford. Estimated cost: $130,000. Filed Jan. 4.

Conetta, Valentina Maria, Stamford, contractor for Valentina Maria Conetta. Bump-out back of existing detached garage, maintaining original width and height at 31 Shadow Ridge Road, Stamford. Estimated cost: $7,000.

Filed Jan. 25.

Contreras, Gladys, Stamford, contractor for Gladys Contreras.

Change of use to include residential and group day care home at 70 Alvord Lane, Unit A, Stamford.

Estimated cost: $N/A. Filed Jan. 4.

Dariusz, Lesniewski, Darien, contractor for Zefa and Maria Skrelja. Install 24kw generator fueled with natural gas at 108 Westover Road, Stamford. Estimated cost: $12,000. Filed Jan. 14.

DMV Equity Inc., Mamaroneck, New York, contractor for Pawel Frankowski, et al. Install roof top solar panels at 32 Cedar Circle, Stamford. Estimated cost: $34,884.

Filed Jan. 21.

DMV Equity Inc., Mamaroneck, New York, contractor for Cecilia M. Barnett and John J. Keller. Install roof-top solar panels at 104 Clearview Ave., Stamford. Estimated cost: $32,076. Filed Jan. 25.

Elite Electrical Contracting, East Windsor, contractor for Rose Marie Lester. Install roof-top solar panels at 130 Van Buskirk Ave., Stamford. Estimated cost: $40,000.

Filed Jan. 5.

Faros Design LLC, Milford, contractor for Peter V. and Patricia Romano. Renovate kitchen and add second-story room on top of a pre-existing extension at 32 Pierce Place, Stamford. Estimated cost: $80,000. Filed Jan. 28.

Freedman, Nancy S., Stamford, contractor for Nancy S. Freedman.

Renovate first-floor kitchen, family room and office, and second-floor master bedroom/bathroom spaces at 115 Haviland Road, Stamford.

Estimated cost: $125,000. Filed Jan. 4.

Hallas Associates LLC, Norwalk, contractor for Evan Clark Coleman. Construct a new wood deck, covered front porch and replace windows at 20 Richmond Road, Norwalk. Estimated cost: $30,000.

Filed Jan. 7.

Harrick-Koziol, Diane M., Norwalk, contractor for Diane M. Harrick-Koziol. Remove all existing basement wiring and wire new lights at 2 Wallace Ave., Norwalk.

Estimated cost: $6,300. Filed Jan. 6.

Herdic, Peter J. and Debora A., Norwalk, contractor for Peter J. Herdic. Install gas fireplace for single-family residence at 116 Shorefront Park, Norwalk. Estimated cost: $3,000. Filed Jan. 12.

Hertz Construction, Norwalk, contractor for Anthony J. Prunotto.

Build front porch and rear deck at 5 Knollwood Road, Norwalk. Estimated cost: $150,000. Filed Jan. 6.

Meehan, Dolores, Norwalk, contractor for Dolores Meehan. Repair second-floor bathroom at 47 Clinton Ave., Norwalk. Estimated cost: $7,500. Filed Jan. 11.

Michael AESIF Contracting and Carpentry LLC, Norwalk, contractor for Bennett Garrett.

Construct a superstructure addition for mudroom and deck at 4 Point Road, Norwalk. Estimated cost: $50,000. Filed Jan. 11.

Nad Electric, Norwalk, contractor for Alicia H. Kerr. Install a generator with automatic transfer switch at 1 Hillandale MNR, Norwalk.

Estimated cost: $8,000. Filed Jan. 3.

Palmer, Nathan Mark, Norwalk, contractor for Nathan Mark Palmer. Construct an addition for a two-car garage at 67 Bluff Ave., Norwalk. Estimated cost: $45,000.

Filed Jan. 10.

Petrucci Builders Inc., Norwalk, contractor for Yew Street Partners LLC. Construct a superstructure for new single-family residence, Unit D on Brierwood Road, Norwalk. Estimated cost: $500,000.

Filed Jan. 6.

Facts & Figures Petrucci Builders Inc., Norwalk, contractor for Yew Street Partners LLC. Construct a superstructure for a new single-family residence, Unit C on Brierwood Road, Norwalk. Estimated cost: $28,000.

Filed Jan. 6.

Petrucci Builders Inc., Norwalk, contractor for Yew Street Partners LLC. Construct a superstructure for a new single-family family residence, Unit B, on Brierwood Road, Norwalk. Estimated cost: $28,000.

Filed Jan. 6.

Petrucci Builders Inc., Norwalk, contractor for Yew Street Partners LLC. Construct a superstructure for a new single-family residence, Unit A on Brierwood Road, Norwalk. Estimated cost: $28,000.

Filed Jan. 6.

Power Home Remodeling Group LLC, Norwalk, contractor for Muhammed Bhutta and Sidique Mohsin. Remove and replace windows at 1 Spruce St., Norwalk. Estimated cost: $25,428.

Filed Jan. 13.

Pugo’s Painting LLC, Norwalk, contractor for Virginia Clinchy.

Alter and renovate single-family residence at 1 Briar St., Norwalk.

Estimated cost: $75,000. Filed Jan. 11.

Refined Living LLC, Norwalk, contractor for Supreme Acquisitions LLC. Finish basement with bathroom and wet bar at 77 1/2 Broad St., Norwalk. Estimated cost: $12,000. Filed Jan. 5.

Shorefront Park Properties LLC, Norwalk, contractor for Shorefront Park Properties LLC. Install a generator at side of single-family residence at 72 Shorefront Park, Norwalk. Estimated cost: $10,000. Filed Jan. 6.

Sierra, Yolanda, Norwalk, contractor for Yolanda Sierra.

Install electric heat in basement at 27 Leuvine St., Norwalk. Estimated cost: $24,035. Filed Jan. 4.

Torres Zuniga, Dixon, Norwalk, contractor for Dixon Torres Zuniga. Renovate basement, front porch, rear porch, bathroom and bedrooms at 3 Appletree Lane, Norwalk. Estimated cost: $80,000.

Filed Jan. 6.

Vonashek, Justin R., Norwalk, contractor for Justin R. Vonashek.

Construct playroom in basement at 169 A W. Norwalk Road, Norwalk. Estimated cost: $16,320.

Filed Jan. 11.

Wendell, Eugene N. and Susan M., Norwalk, contractor for Eugene N. Wendell. Renovate the single-family residence at 10 Brookhill Lane, Norwalk. Estimated cost: $227,703. Filed Jan. 6.

Western Group LLC, Norwalk, contractor for Francisco Ochoa.

Construct superstructure for rear addition at 37 Lowe St., Norwalk.

Estimated cost: $250,000. Filed Jan. 12.

COURT CASES Bridgeport Superior Court Cummings, Shayla, et al, Bridgeport. Filed by America Vargas-Pineda, Bridgeport. Plaintiff’s attorney: The Flood Law Firm LLC, Middletown. 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. FBTCV-21-6112006-S. Filed Dec. 20.

Fabbri, Armand, West Haven.

Filed by Tomasz Salamon, Stratford. Plaintiff’s attorney: Rosati & Rosati LLC, Stratford. 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-22-6112011-S. Filed Dec. 20.

Fairfield University, et al, Fairfield. Filed by Jane Doe, Middlebury. Plaintiff’s attorney: Moore O’Brien & Foti, Middlebury. Action: The plaintiff suffered a sexual attack by a security guard employed by the defendants. As a result, the plaintiff suffered damages. The plaintiff seeks monetary damages of more than $15,000, exclusive of interest and costs and such other further relief the court deems appropriate. Case no. FBT-CV-216112040-S. Filed Dec. 21.

McIntyre, Douglas, et al, Newtown Filed by Suzanne Martins, Danbury. Plaintiff’s attorney: Goff Law Group LLC, West Hartford.

Action: The plaintiff suffered a collision allegedly caused by the defendant and sustained severe damages and injuries. The plaintiff seeks monetary damages of more than $15,000, exclusive of interest and costs and such other further relief the court deems appropriate.

Case no. DBD-CV-22-6041687-S. Filed Dec. 27.

Netter, Shannon Yvanna, Stratford. Filed by Dawn Jackson-Hepburn, Waterbury. Plaintiff’s attorney: Vessicchio & Smith LLC, 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. FBTCV-21-6111760-S. Filed Dec. 8.

Monroy-Acevedo, Luis, et al, Danbury. Filed by Michael Downing, Danbury. Plaintiff’s attorney: The Flood Law Firm LLC, Middletown. Action: The plaintiff suffered a collision allegedly caused by the defendant and sustained severe damages and injuries. The plaintiff seeks monetary damages of more than $15,000, exclusive of interest and costs and such other further relief the court deems appropriate.

Case no. DBD-CV-22-6041674-S. Filed Dec. 23

Santilla, Thomas, Trumbull.

Filed by Norbert Dudas, Norwalk.

Plaintiff’s attorney: James Owens Gaston, 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-21-6111694-S. Filed Dec. 6.

Danbury Superior Court Danbury Fair Dodge LLC, et al, Danbury. Filed by Fermin Archer, Bronx, New York. Plaintiff’s attorney: Aeton Law Partners LLP, Middletown. Action: The plaintiff filed a charge of racial discrimination and unjustified termination of his job against the defendant, who is his former employer. As a result, the plaintiff suffered damages. The plaintiff seeks monetary damages less than $15,000, exclusive of interest and costs and such other further relief the court deems appropriate. Case no. DBD-CV-226041710-S. Filed Dec. 28.

New Creek II LLC, et al, Jericho, New York. Filed by Marta Garcia, Binghamton, New York. Plaintiff’s attorney: Moore O’Brien & Foti, Middlebury. Action: The plaintiff was lawfully on the defendant’s premises when she fell due to an uneven pavement in the pedestrian area of the parking lot, thereby causing the plaintiff to suffer 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-22-6041689-S. Filed Dec. 27.

Stamford Superior Court Grunberg, Michael, East Hampton, New York. Filed by Robin Jahncke, Old Greenwich.

Plaintiff’s attorney: The Schwartzberg Law Firm, Ridgefield. Action: The plaintiff was lawfully on the premises owned and maintained by the defendant when she was caused to fall and sustain severe and permanent injuries as the garage door struck her while closing due to the failure of the garage door sensor. 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-22-6054777-S. Filed Dec. 21.

Norwalk Commercial Realty Corp., aka Fischel Corp., Fairfield. Filed by Jose Montanez, Bridgeport. Plaintiff’s attorney: Papcsy Janosov Roche, Norwalk.

Action: The plaintiff was lawfully on the premises controlled and maintained by the defendant, when he was caused to fall due to snow on the steps, thereby causing him to suffer injuries. The fall was caused by the negligence of the defendant. 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-22-6054610-S. Filed Dec. 8.

Reid, David, Shelton. Filed by Brian Landry, Rye Brook, New York.

Plaintiff’s attorney: The Reinken Law Firm, Stamford. Action: The plaintiff was attempting to pull into the Dunkin Donut parking lot when the defendant was impeding traffic with his vehicle.

The defendant then exited his vehicle, approached the plaintiff as he was walking in the parking lot and attempted to enter the store violently assaulting him by repeatedly punching him in the back of the head and face and strangling him causing him to blackout. As a result, the plaintiff suffered damages. The plaintiff seeks monetary damages of more than $15,000, exclusive of interest and costs and such other further relief the court deems appropriate.

Case no. FST-CV-22-6054751-S. Filed Dec. 21 Sargent, Charles M., et al, Stratford. Filed by Heather Brown, Wilton. Plaintiff’s attorney: Zeldes Needle & Cooper, 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. FST-CV-22-6054734-S. Filed Dec. 20.

DEEDS Commercial 10 Garefield Drive LLC, Greenwich. Seller: Lynn V.K. Hagerbrant, Greenwich. Property: 10 Gatefield Drive, Greenwich. Amount: $3,415,000. Filed Jan. 10.

1143 East Putnam Avenue LLC, Yonkers, New York. Seller: Frank Currivan Jr., Riverside. Property: 1143 E. Putnam Ave., Greenwich.

Amount: $1,225,000. Filed Jan. 12.

122 Fox Street LLC, Fairfield. Seller: Susan Bento, Fairfield. Property: 122-124 Fox St., Fairfield. Amount: $850,000. Filed Jan. 14.

9 W Broad Land LLC, Brooklyn, New York. Seller: Broad Bro’s LLC, Houston Texas. Property: 9 W. Broad St., Stamford. Amount: $10.

Filed Jan. 3.

Carmona-Giraldo, Natalie, Darien. Seller: TB & TZ LLC, Easton.

Property: 118-120 Tunxis Hill Cut Off, Fairfield. Amount: $565,000.

Filed Jan. 11.

GNR Investments Corp., Fairfield. Seller: Gary J. Zingo, Palam City, Florida. Property: 80 Philemon St., Fairfield. Amount: $150,000. Filed Jan. 6.

KCC 143 OZF LLC, Greenwich.

Seller: John Lyons and Marilyn Lyons, Stamford. Property: 30 Nurney St., Stamford. Amount: $695,000. Filed Jan. 3.

Lencsak, Christian and Nathalie Banker, Old Greenwich.

Seller: L-Rock LLC, Old Greenwich.

Property: 74 Laddins Rock Road, Old Greenwich. Amount: $1. Filed Jan. 13.

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Facts & Figures Phikev LLC, Stamford. Seller: Susan Christolini, Watertown.

Property: 1111 Hope St., Unit 9, Stamford. Amount: $235,000. Filed Jan. 5.

Shima LLC, Greenwich. Seller: Martha Lam, Greenwich. Property: 59 Mooreland Road, Greenwich.

Amount: $0. Filed Jan. 12.

Sunny 66 LLC, Greenwich. Seller: David J. Hirsch and Amy Fallon, Newton, Massachusetts. Property: 6 Lockwood Drive, Old Greenwich.

Amount: $1. Filed Jan. 12.

Residential Abdalah Herrera, Rene M., Mansfield, Texas. Seller: Darren Ho-Yen, Stamford. Property: 59 Elizabeth Ave., Stamford, Amount: $659,500. Filed Jan. 3.

Anovick, Paul C. and Theresa M. Anovick, Newport, Rhode Island. Seller: Gay Tice, Fairfield.

Property: 2027 Hillside Road, Fairfield. Amount: $1,051,000. Filed Jan. 14.

Biondi, Ada, Stamford. Seller: Donald K. Drelich, Stamford.

Property: 105 Harbor Drive, Unit 122, Stamford, Amount: $505,000.

Filed Jan. 4.

Collins, Brandon and Jannaise Rodriguez, Fairfield. Seller: Robert E. Deciutiis Jr. and Odilia Cristabel Deciuttis, Fairfield.

Property: 26 Adelaide St., Fairfield.

Amount: $544,000. Filed Jan. 10.

Daniel, Christopher J. and Kayla Daniel, New Canaan. Seller: Lauren Bove, Fairfield. Property: 25 Quaker Lane, Fairfield. Amount: $540,000. Filed Jan. 11.

Derenzis, Jenna and Eric Garcia, Fairfield. Seller: Christopher Kvaka and Jessica Lynne Gottfried, Stratford. Property: 107 Bennett St., Fairfield. Amount: $550,000.

Filed Jan. 11.

Durand Rodriguez, Maribel Roxana, Stamford. Seller: Dorota Swicki, Stamford. Property: 284 Glenbrook Road, Stamford, Amount: $530,000. Filed Jan. 3.

Enclave Greenwich LLC, Miami, Florida. Seller: North Broadway Development LLC, Valhalla, New York. Property: 8 Sound Beach Ave., Extension, Riverside. Amount: $5,762,500. Filed Jan. 11.

Gersten, Stacey, Southport. Seller: Janet S. Stephen, Southport. Property: 92 Sherwood Drive, Fairfield.

Amount: $859,000. Filed Jan. 13.

Gulli, Rocco and Cindy Lynn Moss, Greenwich. Seller: Dominick Victor Chiappetta, Greenwich.

Property: 49 Nicholas Ave., Greenwich. Amount: $600,000.

Filed Jan. 11.

Haygood, Alia, Stamford. Seller: Albina Ejupi, Fairfield. Property: 71 Strawberry Hill Ave., Unit 507, Stamford, Amount: $215,000. Filed Jan. 6.

Hernandez Avila, Juan C. and Cesar Avila, Mount Vernon, New York. Seller: Rahwa Senay, New York, New York. Property: 127 Greyrock Place, Unit 1602, Stamford, Amount: $370,000. Filed Jan. 6.

Hopkins, Robert A. and Cassandra Hopkins, Old Greenwich.

Seller: Robert A. Hopkins, Old Greenwich. Property: 401 S. Beach Ave., Old Greenwich. Amount: $0.

Filed Jan. 12.

Illaisaca Illaisaca, Ruben Arturo and Ana Lucia Segovia Lopez, Stamford. Seller: Elidon Amiti and Gjyste Martinaj, Stamford. Property: 87 St. Charles Ave., Stamford, Amount: $400,000.

Filed Jan. 4.

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Maunula, Teah and Adam Kindilien, Trumbull. Seller: Elliott Turek and Michelle Turek, Fairfield. Property: 19 Putting Green Road, Fairfield. Amount: $465,000.

Filed Jan. 10.

McMichael, Gregory A. and Renee Burger-McMichael, Fairfield.

Seller: Raymond P. Caldiero and Lois M. Caldiero, Fairfield. Property: 958 Hillside Road, Fairfield.

Amount: $1,700,000. Filed Jan. 14.

Sosa, Juan, Stamford. Seller: Simon M. Blanc and Patricia V. Blanc, Stamford. Property: 51 Schuyler Ave., Unit 2B, Stamford, Amount: $188,663. Filed Jan. 6.

Mekonen, Simon, Stamford. Seller: Asmeret F. Mekonen, Stamford.

Property: 1 Valley Road, Unit 207, Stamford, Amount: $370,000. Filed Jan. 5.

Messina, Anthony, Ridgefield.

Seller: Michael Messina and Nevena Messina, Cos Cob. Property: 453 E. Putnam Ave., Unit 1E, Greenwich. Amount: $630,000.

Filed Jan. 11.

Kohnert, Dianne and Alexander Kohnert, Fairfield. Seller: Sharon B. Manskar, Stamford.

Property: 370 Vine Road, Stamford, Amount: $622,000. Filed Jan. 6.

Nicolay, Gillian, Greenwich.

Seller: Harry J. Nicolay, Greenwich.

Property: 112 Old Stone Bridge Road, Greenwich. Amount: $1.

Filed Jan. 14.

Larson, Christopher and Christine Larson, Fairfield. Seller: Petur Masson and Edwina A. Masson, Fairfield. Property: 197 Burr St., Fairfield. Amount: $876,000. Filed Jan. 10.

O’Shaughnessy, Michael and Laura O’Shaughnessy, Albany, California. Seller: Brian L. Phillips and Robin H. Phillips, Costa Mesa, California. Property: 98 Fair Oak Drive, Fairfield. Amount: $1,075,000. Filed Jan. 11.

Martinez, Tina Kapoor, Harrison, New York. Seller: Richard Huffman and Valrae Reynolds Huffman, Stamford. Property: 123 Harbor Drive, Unit 209, Stamford, Amount: $590,000. Filed Jan. 6.

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Sakharian, Edouard, Stamford.

Seller: Daniel Beltran, Stamford.

Property: 21 Meadowpark Ave., South, Stamford, Amount: $565,000. Filed Jan. 5.

Seivwright, Daniele and Conrad Seivwright, Stamford. Seller: Irma Alejandra Real, Stamford.

Property: 35 Depinedo Ave., Unit 2, Stamford, Amount: $330,000.

Filed Jan. 3.

Molina, Kimberly, Mount Kisco, New York. Seller: Prakash Srinivasan, Stamford. Property: 19 Lindale St., Unit F., Stamford, Amount: $1. Filed Jan. 6.

Levy, Amanda Brooke, Fairfield.

Seller: Patrick LaBella Sr., Fairfield.

Property: 160 Fairfield Woods Road, #6, Fairfield. Amount: $320,000. Filed Jan. 11.

Pizzimbono, Marcelo and Jasmyn Pizzimbono, Greenwich. Seller: Craig Cerretani and Deborah Cerretani, Greenwich.

Property: 98 Valley Road, Unit 5, Cos Cob. Amount: $725,000. Filed Jan. 10.

McCarthy, Simon P. and Meghan McCarthy, Stamford.

Seller: Dmitry Melnick and Olga Loukitcheva, Darien. Property: 670 Hope St., Unit 2, Stamford, Amount: $457,000. Filed Jan. 4.

Jacobs, Matthew and Katherine Jacobs, Riverside. Seller: Mikhail Shilshtut and Wen Shilshtut, Old Greenwich. Property: 10 Neighborly Way, Riverside. Amount: $0.

Filed Jan. 14.

Frank, George Andrew, Norwalk. Seller: Rosalie M. Bygott, Shelton. Property: 1353 Mill Plain Road, Fairfield. Amount: $450,000.

Filed Jan. 14.

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Massarsky, Daniel and Jessica Sarah Massarsky, Stamford.

Seller: Nat Kamhi, Boca Raton, Florida. Property: 89 Florence Road, Riverside. Amount: $1,405,000.

Filed Jan. 11.

Parmelee, Brian and Courtney Louise Sullivan, Fairfield. Seller: Caitlin B. Kneisel, Fairfield. Property: 45 Glover St., Fairfield. Amount: $782,000. Filed Jan. 6.

Stoffers, Tyler and Juliann Steiner, Greenwich. Seller: Peter O’Farrell and Sheila O’Farrell, Greenwich. Property: 7 Chateau Ridge Drive, Greenwich. Amount: $2,975,000. Filed Jan. 12.

Turczyn, Zdenek and Daniela Hristova, Fairfield. Seller: Theresa M. Croteau, Derby. Property: 157 Old Stratfield Road, Fairfield.

Amount: $240,000. Filed Jan. 6.

Zubko, Mark Adrian and Alexandra Charters Zubko, Greenwich. Seller: David Cannon and Juliette R. Cannon, Greenwich.

Property: 17 Wynnwood Road, Greenwich. Amount: $8,000,000.

Filed Jan. 12.

LIENS Federal Tax Liens Filed 36 Washington Ave LLC, 40 W. Elm St., Greenwich. $7,217, civil proceeding tax. Filed Jan. 19.

Barron, Jennifer L., 12 Deacon Hill Road, Stamford. $27,905, civil proceeding tax. Filed Jan. 20.

Capalbo, Joseph J. and Electra M. Capalbo, 459 Stanwich Road, Greenwich. $6,476, civil proceeding tax. Filed Jan. 25.

Clark, Ann, 231 Somerset Ave., Fairfield. $4,935, civil proceeding tax. Filed Jan. 3.

CRJ COBB LLC, 148 Clapboard Ridge Road, Greenwich. $19,464, civil proceeding tax. Filed Jan. 19.

D’Agostino Jr., Joseph, 75 Highview Ave., Stamford. $5,487, civil proceeding tax. Filed Jan. 4.

Donovan, Shawn and Ann Donovan, 51 Eastern Point Road, Gloucester, Massachusetts. $32,654, civil proceeding tax. Filed Jan. 3.

L&S Investments LLC, 53 William St., Greenwich. $2,713, civil proceeding tax. Filed Feb. 7.

Papaioannou, Dimitrios, 78 Northfield St., Greenwich. $4,067, civil proceeding tax. Filed Jan. 5.

Theodorescu, Mario, 486 Den Road, Stamford. $217,802, civil proceeding tax. Filed Jan. 13.

Tigerrisk Partners LLC, 100 First Stamford Place, Stamford. $62,482, civil proceeding tax. Filed Jan. 20.

Weller, Kevin, 30 Oak St., Stamford. $20,004, civil proceeding tax.

Filed Jan. 13.

LIS PENDENS Pierre-Saint, Culsoir, et al, Stamford. Filed by Ackerly & Ward, Stamford, for Lawn Hill Association Inc. Property: 80 Lawn Ave., Unit U3, Stamford. Action: to foreclose defendants’ mortgage.

Filed Jan. 3.

Taveras, Yamil, et al, Stamford.

Filed by Ackerly & Ward, Stamford, for Stamford Water Pollution Control Authority. Property: 56 Lenox Ave., Stamford. Action: to foreclose defendants’ mortgage. Filed Jan. 3.

Trimboli, Elsie, et al, Stamford.

Filed by Ackerly & Ward, Stamford, for Volley Court Association Inc. Property: Unit 24, Volley Court Condominium, Stamford. Action: to foreclose defendants’ mortgage.

Filed Jan. 3.

Williams, Janet, et al, Stamford.

Filed by Ackerly & Ward, Stamford, for Soundview Towers Association Inc. Property: Unit 2B, Soundview Towers Condominium, Stamford.

Action: to foreclose defendants’ mortgage. Filed Jan. 3.

MORTGAGES Adams, Andrew and Laura Adams, Greenwich, by Denise Lynn Evarts. Lender: HSBC Bank USA NA, 452 Fifth Ave., New York, New York. Property: 249 Shore Road, Greenwich. Amount: $1,500,000.

Filed Jan. 5.

Aldana, Noe, Stamford, by Michael J. Culk. Lender: Loandepot. com LLC, 26642 Towne Centre Drive, Foothill Ranch, California.

Property: 5 Willowbrook Cottage, Stamford. Amount: $226,200. Filed Jan. 5.

Allen, Lenford L., Stamford,

by Jozefina Pistulli. Lender: Secretary of Housing and Urban Development, 451 Seventh Street SW, Washington, D.C. Property: 16 Saxon Court, Stamford. Amount: $113,192. Filed Jan. 3.

Anderson, Glenn B. and Jane Nolan, Greenwich, by Susan L. Goldman. Lender: JPMorgan Chase Bank NA, 1111 Polaris Pkwy., Columbus, Ohio. Property: 8 Glendale St., Cos Cob. Amount: $943,100. Filed Jan. 4.

Bagley, James M. and Beatrice D. Bagley, Fairfield, by Elizabeth Ciancimido. Lender: People’s United Bank NA, 850 Main St., Bridgeport. Property: 263 Galloping Hill Road, Fairfield. Amount: $500,000.

Filed Jan. 6.

Brancale, David E. and Suzanne A. Brancale, Fairfield, by Justin F. Halor. Lender: Liberty Bank, 315 Main St., Middletown. Property: 375 Galloping Hill Road, Fairfield.

Amount: $697,015. Filed Jan. 7.

Brock, Alexandra and Steven Brock, Stamford, by Cynthia M. Salemm-Riccio. Lender: JPMorgan Chase Bank NA, 1111 Polaris Pkwy., Columbus, Ohio. Property: 2299 Long Ridge Road, Stamford.

Amount: $187,000. Filed Jan. 6.

Cagnoni, Pablo J. and Lesley B. Hathaway, Greenwich, by William Louis Birks III. Lender: Bank of America NA, 101 S. Tryon St., Charlotte, North Carolina.

Property: 7 Little Cove Lane, Old Greenwich. Amount: $3,500,000.

Filed Jan. 4.

Facts & Figures Capone Jr., Joseph G., Stamford,

by Peter V. Lathouris. Lender: Caliber Home Loans Home Inc, 1525 S. Belt Line Road, Coppell, Texas.

Property: 26 Court St., Stamford.

Amount: $480,000. Filed Jan. 3.

Como, Christina and Louis J. Como, Fairfield, by Robea A. Pacelli. Lender: CrossCoutry Mortgage LLC, 6850 Miller Road, Brecksville, Ohio. Property: 14 Henderson Road, Fairfield. Amount: $399,000.

Filed Jan. 4.

DH Holdings of Connecticut LLC, Fairfield, by David K. Kurata.

Lender: Union Savings Bank, 225 Main St., Danbury. Property: 439 Round Hill, Fairfield. Amount: $1,785,000. Filed Jan. 3.

Dunne, Richard J., Greenwich,

by David E. Hoyle. Lender: Wells Fargo Bank NA, 101 N. Phillips Ave., Sioux Falls, South Dakota. Property: 105 Lockwood Road, Riverside.

Amount: $1,250,000. Filed Jan. 7.

Espinal, Huendy D. and Allison R. Espinal, Stamford, by Melissa A. Tharp. Lender: Better Mortgage Corp., 175 Greenwich St., 59th floor, New York, New York. Property: 253 Sun Dance Road, Stamford.

Amount: $455,499. Filed Jan. 6.

Filipakis, Nicolas, Stamford,

by Bruce D. Jackson. Lender: CrossCountry Mortgage LLC, 6850 Miller Road, Brecksville, Ohio. Property: 91 Strawberry Hill Ave., Unit 324, Stamford. Amount: $223,250. Filed Jan. 7.

Finkelstein, Alexander and Gillian Levy, Greenwich, by Seth J. Arnowitz. Lender: US Bank National Association, 4801 Frederica St., Owensboro, Kentucky. Property: 167 Lake Ave., Greenwich. Amount: $870,000. Filed Jan. 6.

Galindo, Andres, Fairfield, by Courtney KJ Alford. Lender: Better Mortgage Corp., 175 Greenwich St., 59th floor, New York, New York.

Property: 10 Knapps Park Drive, Fairfield. Amount: $217,369. Filed Jan. 6.

Gibson, Benjamin T. and Angela Gibson, Fairfield, by Emily D. Wilson. Lender: Evolve Bank & Trust, 6070 Poplar Ave., Suite 200, Memphis, Tennessee. Property: 331 Riverside Drive, Fairfield. Amount: $840,000. Filed Jan. 5.

Glen Jr., Jairo, Greenwich, by Stephen J. Carriero. Lender: Loandepot.com LLC, 26642 Towne Centre Drive, Foothill Ranch, California. Property: 171 N. Water St., Greenwich. Amount: $577,500.

Filed Jan. 4.

Kapchan, Nancy and Jerry Kapchan, Stamford, by Elizabeth Carmen Castillo. Lender: Webster Bank NA, 145 Bank St., Waterbury.

Property: 26 Campbell Drive, Stamford. Amount: $200,000.

Filed Jan. 4.

Lazarus, Jeffrey and Kate Lazarus, Greenwich, by Descera Daigle. Lender: Morgan Stanley Private Bank NA, 4270 Ivy Pointe Blvd., Suite 400, Cincinnati, Ohio.

Property: 21 Marshall St., Old Greenwich. Amount: $1,160,000.

Filed Jan. 6.

Legere, Maria T. and Christopher M. Legere, Stamford, by Nicole Corea. Lender: Rocket Mortgage LLC, 1050 Woodward Ave., Detroit, Michigan. Property: 21 Ledge Terrace, Stamford. Amount: $436,100. Filed Jan. 7.

Mara, Aidan P. and Erica Mara, Fairfield, by Mark C. Valentine.

Lender: William Raveis Mortgage LLC, 7 Trap Falls Road, Shelton.

Property: 1158 Mill Hill Road, Fairfield. Amount: $820,000. Filed Jan. 7.

McKeon, Steven M. and Martha D. McKeon, Fairfield, by Matthew V. Bertolino. Lender: Fairway Independent Mortgage Corp., 4201 Marsh Lane, Carrollton, Texas.

Property: 362 Joan Drive, Fairfield.

Amount: $600,000. Filed Jan. 5.

Mekonen, Simon, Stamford, by Susan O’Hara. Lender: Axos Bank, 4350 La Jolla Village Drive, 140, San Diego, California. Property: 1 Valley Road, No. 207, Stamford. Amount: $296,000. Filed Jan. 5.

Meringolo, Kathleen and Richard Meringolo, Greenwich,

by Daniel H. Walsh. Lender: First County Bank, 117 Prospect St., Stamford. Property: 147 Putnam Park, Unit 147, Greenwich. Amount: $519,200. Filed Jan. 3.

Migliaccio, Michael, Stamford,

by M.L. Bloomenthal. Lender: First Republic Bank, 111 Pine St., San Francisco, California. Property: 154 Cold Spring Road, Unit 32, Stamford. Amount: $246,000.

Filed Jan. 7.

Murrer, Michael C. and Diana F. Murrer, Greenwich, by Nicole Corea. Lender: JPMorgan Chase Bank NA, 1111 Polaris Pkwy., Columbus, Ohio. Property: 8 Wildwood Drive, Greenwich. Amount: $1,875,000. Filed Jan. 3.

Myers, Kristina L., Fairfield, by Timothy M. Lodge. Lender: JPMorgan Chase Bank NA, 1111 Polaris Pkwy., Columbus, Ohio. Property: 140 Old Farm Road, Fairfield.

Amount: $148,000. Filed Jan. 3.

O’Brien, Maureen and James Lee, Fairfield, by Patricia N. Kodz.

Lender: Better Mortgage Corp., 175 Greenwich St., 59th floor, New York, New York. Property: 273 Arbor Drive, Southport. Amount: $479,912. Filed Jan. 5.

Osterberg, Annika, Stamford, by Alexandra Gene Duffy. Lender: TD Bank NA, 2035 Limestone Road, Wilmington, Delaware. Property: 25 Windermere Lane, Stamford.

Amount: $1,000,000. Filed Jan. 4.

Piccininni, Mauro and Domenica Piccininni, Fairfield,

by Henrietta A. Taranto. Lender: Secretary of Housing and Urban Development, 451 Seventh Street SW, Washington, D.C. Property: 86 Mayweed Road, Fairfield. Amount: $70,825. Filed Jan. 7.

Polonia, Cesar de Jesus, Stamford, by Jeffrey G. Lane. Lender: Rocket Mortgage LLC, 1050 Woodward Ave., Detroit, Michigan.

Property: 52 Manor St., Stamford.

Amount: $500,050. Filed Jan. 3.

Polonius, Joerg, Greenwich, by unreadable. Lender: Finance of America Mortgage LLC, 1 W. Elm St., First floor, Conshohocken, Pennsylvania. Property: 35 Deep George Road, Greenwich. Amount: $840,000. Filed Jan. 5.

Reinken, Eric L., Greenwich, by Myrna McNeil. Lender: Bank of America NA, 101 S. Tryon St., Charlotte, North Carolina. Property: 101 Bowman Drive, Greenwich.

Amount: $689,400. Filed Jan. 6.

Satterfield, Carmen and Kris Satterfield, Stamford, by Jeffrey G. Lane. Lender: Rocket Mortgage LLC, 1050 Woodward Ave., Detroit, Michigan. Property: 377 Glenbrook Road, Apt. 17, Stamford. Amount: $288, 000. Filed Jan. 6.

Shanley, Janet M., Greenwich, by Elizabeth L. Grimm. Lender: Wells Fargo Bank NA, 101 N. Phillips Ave., Sioux Falls, South Dakota.

Property: 81 Sherwood Place, Apt., Greenwich. Amount: $1,036,000.

Filed Jan. 6.

Sierra, Juan Felipe, Fairfield,

by Jason J. Morytko. Lender: Navy Federal Credit Union, 820 Follin Lane Southeast, Vienna, Virginia.

Property: 28 Andrassy Ave., Fairfield. Amount: $420,000. Filed Jan. 3.

Stoma, Mark and Maureen Stoma, Fairfield, by Robert E. Colapietro. Lender: Bank of America NA, 100 N. Tryon St., Charlotte, North Carolina. Property: 131 Hulls Highway, Southport. Amount: $50,000. Filed Jan. 4.

Traynor, Gary F. and Eman E. Joseph-Traynor, Greenwich,

by Jeremy E. Kaye. Lender: Wells Fargo Bank NA, 101 N. Phillips Ave., Sioux Falls, South Dakota. Property: 7 Field Road, Riverside. Amount: $1,080,898. Filed Jan. 5.

Urquiaga, Carlos and Tracy Urquiaga, Greenwich, by Robert V. Sisca. Lender: Wells Fargo Bank NA, 101 N. Phillips Ave., Sioux Falls, South Dakota. Property: 29 Hope Farm Road, Greenwich. Amount: $1,300,000. Filed Jan. 6.

Vargas, David and Yvette S. Maitland-Vargas, Stamford, by Nicole Corea. Lender: JPMorgan Chase Bank NA, 1111 Polaris Pkwy., Columbus, Ohio. Property: 51 Lancer Lane, Stamford. Amount: $282,682. Filed Jan. 4.

Vega, Marisol and Michael Vega, Stamford, by Scott Rogalski.

Lender: Freedom Mortgage Corp., 951 Yamato Road, Suite 175, Boca Raton, Florida. Property: 555 Glenbrook Road, Stamford. Amount: $338,278. Filed Jan. 5.

Vickers, Jeffrey P. and Emily G. Vickers, Greenwich, by Myrna McNeil. Lender: Bank of America NA, 101 S. Tryon St., Charlotte, North Carolina. Property: 151 Stanwich Road, Greenwich. Amount: $1,790,000. Filed Jan. 3.

NEW BUSINESSES Ace of Trades Home and Auto, 349 Chestnut Hill Road, Wilton 06897, c/o Nicholas Lee Leventhal.

Filed Jan. 12.

Kevin Carpentry, 32 Woodrow St., Stamford 06902, c/o Kevin Alejandro Diaz-Gonzalez. Filed Jan. 5.

Los Toros Restaurant, 821 E. Main St., Stamford 06902, c/o Los Toros Inc. Filed Jan. 3.

Antojitos Latinos Food Truck, 128 Ludlow St., Apt. E, Stamford 06902, c/o Antojitos Latinos LLC. Filed Jan. 5.

Mathnasium of Wilton, 607 Main Ave., Norwalk 06851, c/o Dimitry Kriger. Filed Jan. 12.

Antonio’s Restaurant, 405 W. Main St., Stamford 06902, c/o Ruben & Gloria Inc. Filed Jan. 3.

Moran Tile Services LLC, 33 Concord St., Norwalk 06854, c/o Dilmer Javier Moran. Filed Jan. 19.

Apetitos Aventureros, 970 E. Main St., Stamford 06902, c/o Santos David Martinez-Euceda.

Filed Jan. 6.

Murphy’s Townhouse Cafe, 97 Franklin St., Stamford 06901, c/o Murphy’s Townhouse Café Inc. Filed Jan. 5.

Contigo Homes Loans, 9999 Bellaire Blvd., Suite 700, Houston, Texas 77036, c/o Philip G. Clayton.

Filed Jan. 6.

Nm Home Improvement, 146 Minivale Road, Stamford 06907, c/o Nestor Guillermo Muralles Mejia. Filed Jan. 6.

Corbo’s Southside Deli, 90 Washington Blvd., Stamford 06901, c/o Corbo’s Deli Southside LLC. Filed Jan. 6.

Parfum Pa Nou Rose, 190 Lawn Ave., Stamford 06902, c/o Frantzca Telima. Filed Jan. 4.

El Jalapeno Food Truck LLC, 25 East Ave., Apt. 2 Norwalk 06851, c/o Geremias Carvente-Carrillo.

Filed Jan. 6.

Fairfield County Mobility, 28 Knight St., Norwalk 06851, c/o Edward Infurna. Filed Jan. 5.

Frontside Capital Management, 53 Ledge Lane, Stamford 06905, c/o Zachary Markovych.

Filed Jan. 3.

Vohra, Riyaz and Imran Vohra, Fairfield, by Stephen Fournier.

Lender: Nationwide Mortgage Bankers Inc., 68 S. Service Road, Suite 400, Melville, New York.

Property: 195 Jennings Road, Fairfield. Amount: $448,000. Filed Jan. 6.

Glenbrook Athletic Club, 937 Hope St., Stamford 06907, c/o Michael Vakos. Filed Jan. 4.

Watson, Felicia B., Fairfield, by Gennaro Bizzarro. Lender: CrossCoutry Mortgage LLC, 6850 Miller Road, Brecksville, Ohio. Property: 84 College Place, Fairfield. Amount: $460,000. Filed Jan. 3.

Gospa Translation Services, 28 Southfield Ave., Apt. 134, Stamford 06902, c/o Mirna Colli. Filed Jan. 4.

Go Rising Star, 2130 High Ridge Road, Stamford 06903, c/o Mackey Bailey. Filed Jan. 6.

Jumo, 163 Cold Spring Road, Stamford 06905, c/o Justin Morhunsky.

Filed Jan. 3.

Karp’s Ace Hardware, 485 Hope St., Stamford 06906, c/o Rocky’s Hardware Inc. Filed Jan. 5.

Restaurant Associates, Fifth floor, 677 Washington Blvd., Stamford 06901, c/o James Branigan.

Filed Jan. 6.

Restaurant Associates, First floor, 677 Washington Blvd., Stamford 06901, c/o James Branigan.

Filed Jan. 6.

Waltonalt Energy, 2 West Ave., Unit 6, Norwalk 06854, c/o Stephen Walton. Filed Jan. 18.

PATENTS Adjustable trigger assembly.

Patent no. 11,248,869 issued to Larry Lopata, et al. Assigned to Cor34, Bethel.

Software defect creation. Patent no. 11,249,890 issued to Aseem Bakshi, et al. Assigned to Webomates, Stamford.

System and method for computer aided detection (CAD) in a breast specimen radiograph.

Patent no. 11,246,551 issued to Vikram Butani, et al. Assigned to KUB Technologies, Stratford.

Kendall Property Management LLC, 60 Stone St., Stamford 06902, c/o Ali Hassan. Filed Jan. 3.

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LEGAL NOTICES SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK COUNTY OF WESTCHESTER INDEX NO.: 67415/2021 IN THE MATTER OF FORECLOSURE ON TAX LIENS PURSUANT TO ARTICLE PETITION OF ELEVEN OF THE REAL PROPERTY TAX FORECLOSURE AND LAW BY THE TOWN OF RYE NOTICE OF FORECLOSURE OF PETITION AND NOTICE OF FORECLOSURE TAX LIENS BY THE TOWN OF RYE BY ------------------------------------------------------------x ACTION IN REM 2021 PROCEEDING NICHOLAS C. MECCA, being duly sworn, affirms as true, deposes and says under the penalties of perjury as follows: The above-captioned proceeding is hereby commenced to enforce the payment of delinquent taxes or other lawful charges which have accumulated and become liens against certain property. The parcel to which this proceeding applies is attached hereto and made a part hereof, identified as Schedule A. PLEASE TAKE NOTICE that on the 8th of DECEMBER, 2021, the Receiver of Taxes, hereinafter the Enforcing Officer of the Town of Rye, pursuant to law, filed with the Clerk of Westchester County, a Petition of Foreclosure against a parcel of real property for unpaid tax liens. Such Petition and Notice of Foreclosure pertains to the parcel on the list attached hereto and made a part hereof.

All persons having or claiming to have an interest in the real property described in such list of delinquent taxes are hereby notified that the filing of such list constitutes the commencement by the Town of Rye of an action and proceeding in the Supreme Court, Westchester County to foreclose each of the tax liens therein described by a foreclosure proceeding in rem. Such action and proceeding is brought against the real property only, and is to foreclose the tax liens described in such list. No personal judgment will be entered herein for such taxes or other legal charges or any part thereof.

This notice is directed to all persons owning or having or claiming to have an interest in the real property described in such list of delinquent taxes. Such persons are hereby notified further that a duplicate of such list of delinquent taxes has been filed in the Office of the Enforcing Officer, the Receiver of Taxes of the Town of Rye, and will remain open for public inspection up to and including the date specified below as the last day for redemption.

Any person having or claiming to have an interest in any such real property and the legal right thereto may, on or before said date, redeem the same by paying the amount of all such unpaid tax liens and unpaid taxes thereon including all interest and penalties and other legal charges included in the lien which are against such real property, computed to and including the date of redemption. Such payments shall be made to NICHOLAS C. MECCA, Receiver of Taxes, Town of Rye, 10 Pearl Street, Port Chester, New York 10573. In the event that such taxes are paid by a person other than the record owner of such real property, the person so paying shall be entitled to have the tax liens affected thereby satisfied of record.

The last day for redemption is hereby fixed as April 4th, 2022.

Every person having any right, title or interest in or lien upon any parcel of real property described in such list of delinquent taxes may serve a duly verified answer upon the attorney for the Town of Rye setting forth in detail the nature and amount of his or her interest and any defense or objection to the foreclosure. Such answer must be filed in the office of the County Clerk and served upon the attorney for the Town of Rye on or before the date above mentioned as the last day for redemption. In the event of failure to redeem or answer by any person having the right to redeem or answer, such person(s) shall be forever barred and foreclosed of all his or her right, title and interest and equity of redemption in and to the parcel described in such list of delinquent taxes and a Judgment of Foreclosure may be taken by default.

Dated: White Plains, New York December 8th, 2021 _________________________________ NICHOLAS C. MECCA Receiver of Taxes Enforcing Officer TOWN OF RYE 222 Grace Church Street, 3rd Floor Port Chester, New York 10573 914-939-3558 ________________________________ JEFFREY M. BINDER, ESQ Attorney for the Town of Rye 690 North Broadway - Suite 205 White Plains, New York 10603 914-946-3191 STATE OF NEW YORK COUNTY OF WESTCHESTER

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On the ___ day of December 2021 before me personally appeared NICHOLAS C. MECCA, the Receiver of Taxes and Enforcing Officer for the Town of Rye to me known to be the individual described herein and who executed the foregoing instrument and acknowledged to me that he executed the same. ________________________________ NOTARY PUBLIC #63062

Five Seventy Two, LLC, Arts of Org. filed with Sec. of State of NY (SSNY) 11/23/2021. Cty: Westchester.

SSNY desig. as agent upon whom process against may be served & shall mail process to 590 Commerce St., Rear Entrance, Thornwood, NY 10594. General Purpose #63057 NOTICE OF FORMATION OF LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY (LLC). NAME: WESTCHESTER MATERIAL HANDLING, LLC Articles of Organization were filed with the Secretary of State of New York (SSNY) on 1/12/2022. Office location: Westchester County. SSNY has been designated as agent of the LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail a copy of process to: The LLC, c/o CellMark, Inc., 80 Washington Street, Norwalk, CT 06854. The limited liability company designates the following as its registered agent upon whom process against it may be served within the State of New York is: C T Corporation System, 28 Liberty Street, New York, NY 10005. Purpose: any lawful business activity. #63058 Notice of formation of Meta Logistics LLC Art. If Org. Filed with SSNY On 1/12/2022. Offc. Loc: Weschester Cty.SSNY Desig. DeAngelo Williams as agent of LLC upon whine process against it maybe served SSNY shall mail process to the LLC 63 nobhill Dr Elmsford NY10523.

Purpose:Any lawful purpose. #63059 Notice of Formation of: Brianna Staudt LLC Articles of Organization filed with Secretary of State of New York (SSNY) on 1/6/22.

Office location: Westchester County. SSNY is designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to: 34 Sunnyside Avenue, Tarrytown, NY 10591. Purpose: any lawful act or activity. #63063 Notice of Formation of 7 Cider Mill Circle, LLC. Arts. of Org. filed with SSNY on 1/18/22. Office location: Westchester County. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process may be served. SSNY shall mail process to Michael E. Fareri, 4 MacDonald Ave., Armonk, NY 10504. Purpose: any lawful act or activity. #63064

Lawton Hill Sportsmen LLC, Arts of Org. filed with Sec. of State of NY (SSNY) 1/12/2022. Cty: Westchester.

SSNY desig. as agent upon whom process against may be served & shall mail process to 83 Dimond Ave., Cortlandt Manor, NY 10567.

General Purpose #63065 The Annual Return of the Mucci Family Foundation for the year ended December 31, 2021 is available at its principal office located at c/o Shulman Jones & Company, 287 Bowman Avenue, Suite 236, Purchase, New York 10577 for inspection during regular business hours by any citizen who requests it within 180 days hereof.

Principal manager of the Foundation is: Robert Mucci #63066 Notice of formation of Limited Liability Company (ìLLCî). Name: 206 Smith LLC. Articles of Organization filed with the Secretary of State of the State of New York (ìSSNYî) on January 31, 2022. N.Y. office location: Westchester County. The SSNY has been designated as agent of the LLC upon whom process against it may be served. The SSNY shall mail a copy of any process to 206 Smith LLC, 1055 Saw Mill River Road, Suite 204, Ardsley, New York 10502.

Purpose/character of LLC is to engage in any lawful act or activity. #63067

Notice of formation of Limited Liability Company (ìLLCî). Name: 206 Smith Manager LLC. Articles of Organization filed with the Secretary of State of the State of New York (ìSSNYî) on January 31, 2022. N.Y. office location: Westchester County. The SSNY has been designated as agent of the LLC upon whom process against it may be served.

The SSNY shall mail a copy of any process to 206 Smith Manager LLC, 1055 Saw Mill River Road, Suite 204, Ardsley, New York 10502.

Purpose/character of LLC is to engage in any lawful act or activity. #63068 Notice of formation of Limited Liability Company (ìLLCî). Name: 206 Smith Associates LLC. Articles of Organization filed with the Secretary of State of the State of New York (ìSSNYî) on January 31, 2022. N.Y. office location: Westchester County. The SSNY has been designated as agent of the LLC upon whom process against it may be served.

The SSNY shall mail a copy of any process to 206 Smith Associates LLC, 1055 Saw Mill River Road, Suite 204, Ardsley, New York 10502.

Purpose/character of LLC is to engage in any lawful act or activity. #63069

Notice of Formation of Y&Y Business Consultants of New York/New Jersey LLC filed with SSNY on 3/23/2021.

Office Location: Westchester County. SSNY designated as agent of the LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to: P.O. Box 90, White Plains NY 10602. Purpose: any lawful purpose. #63070 Vacanza LLC, Arts of Org. filed with Sec. of State of NY (SSNY) 1/17/2022. Cty: Westchester. SSNY desig. as agent upon whom process against may be served & shall mail process to Frank Delponte, 936 Esplinade, Pelham, NY 10803. General Purpose #63071 23 Glen Rd, LLC, Arts of Org. filed with Sec. of State of NY (SSNY) 1/25/2022. Cty: Westchester. SSNY desig. as agent upon whom process against may be served & shall mail process to 24 Lenox Ave., White Plains, NY 10461. General Purpose. #63073

Sealed bids will be received as set forth in instructions to bidders until 10:30 A.M. on Thursday, March 10, 2022 at the NYSDOT, Office of Contract Management, 50 Wolf Rd, 1st Floor, Suite 1CM, Albany, NY 12232 and will be publicly opened and read. Bids may also be submitted via the internet using www.bidx.com. A certified cashier’s check payable to the NYSDOT for the sum specified in the proposal or a bid bond, form CONR 391, representing 5% of the bid total, must accompany each bid. NYSDOT reserves the right to reject any or all bids.

Electronic documents and Amendments are posted to www.dot.ny.gov/doing-business/ opportunities/const-notices. The Contractor is responsible for ensuring that all Amendments are incorporated into its bid. To receive notification of Amendments via e-mail you must submit a request to be placed on the Planholders List at www.dot.ny.gov/doing-business/opportunities/const-planholder. Amendments may have been issued prior to your placement on the Planholders list.

NYS Finance Law restricts communication with NYSDOT on procurements and contact can only be made with designated persons. Contact with non-designated persons or other involved Agencies will be considered a serious matter and may result in disqualification.

Contact Robert Kitchen (518)457-2124.

Contracts with 0% Goals are generally single operation contracts, where subcontracting is not expected, and may present direct bidding opportunities for Small Business Firms, including, but not limited to D/W/MBEs. The New York State Department of Transportation, in accordance with the Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, 78 Stat. 252, 42 U.S.C. 2000d to 2000d-4 and Title 49, Code of Federal Regulations, Department of Transportation, Subtitle A, Office the Secretary, Part 21, Nondiscrimination in Federally-assisted programs of the Department of Transportation and Title 23 Code of Federal Regulations, Part 200, Title IV Program and Related Statutes, as amended, issued pursuant to such Act, hereby notifies all who respond to a written Department solicitation, request for proposal or invitation for bid that it will affirmatively insure that in any contract entered into pursuant to this advertisement, disadvantaged business enterprises will be afforded full opportunity to submit bids in response to this invitation and will not be discriminated against on the grounds of race, color, national origin, sex, age, disability/handicap and income status in consideration for an award.

BIDDERS SHOULD BE ADVISED THAT AWARD OF THESE CONTRACTS MAY BE CONTINGENT UPON THE PASSAGE OF A BUDGET APPROPRIATION BILL BY THE LEGISLATURE AND GOVERNOR OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK. Please call (518)457-2124 if a reasonable accommodation is needed to participate in the letting.

Region 08: New York State Department of Transportation 4 Burnett Blvd., Poughkeepsie, NY, 12603 D264746, PIN 881544, Westchester Co., CULVERT REPLACEMENTS, Towns of New Castle, North Castle, North Salem & Yorktown., Bid Deposit: 5% of Bid (~ $200,000.00), Goals: MBE: 9.00%, WBE: 13.00%, SDVOB: 6.00%

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