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Landmarked mural still in peril BY JOHN GOLDEN jgolden@westfairinc.com

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o cheers and applause from arts and historic preservation supporters, the Yonkers City Council approved landmark status for an acclaimed triptych of outdoor murals only hours after the city’s buildings department condemned one of the three downtown buildings on which artist Richard Haas painted his colorful historic panorama of the city on the Hudson nearly two decades ago. The 79-year-old artist, who had returned to his hometown Yonkers earlier in the day from travels in India, was in the council chambers on Feb. 23 when legislators by a 5-2 vote approved the Richard Haas Mural Historic District at 35 and 36

Main St. and 5 Riverdale Ave., at the heart of the city’s downtown redevelopment area. But the council’s action — which later was backed by Mayor Mike Spano with a pledge to sign the law creating the mural district — and the savor of victory for three Yonkers residents who applied for the landmarking designation and their numerous supporters were shadowed by the prospect that the centerpiece of the 14,000-squarefoot mural might still be endangered by demolition. At 36 Main St., a vacant commercial building owned by developer Nick Sprayregen and his Rising Development Yonkers LLC and slated for redevelopment as live-work lofts and retail and restau» MURAL, page 8

From left, Yonkers residents Susan Hoeltzel, Barrymore Scherer and Terry Joshi led a two-year effort to landmark the Richard Haas historic mural, partially shown in background. Photo by Bob Rozycki

Insurance brokers claim Obamacare hurting their industry BY REECE ALVAREZ

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ith the rollout of the Affordable Care Act, there have been winners and losers. “It has been a godsend for people who were unable to afford coverage without a subsidy,” said James

Newhouse, founder of Newhouse Financial and Insurance Brokers of Rye Brook. But for those working in the private insurance brokerage industry the ACA has been anything but a godsend. “For a lot of people it really has not panned out in a way that anybody had anticipated,” said

Newhouse, whose insurance and employee benefits firm serves Westchester and Fairfield counties. “I think there was a disconnect between what people were told to expect and what really ended up happening.” The sentiment that the ACA has not worked out the way people expected is one held by many in the industry, and understandably so, said Angela Mattie, professor and chair of health care management and organizational leadership at Quinnipiac University. “The brokers have been hit hard in this,” said Angela Mattie, professor and chair of health care management and organizational

leadership at Quinnipiac University. “Your broker used to be your educator and now you have individuals purchasing insurance and the Internet providing information. Yes you are disrupting the market — it’s is a whole different market.” This dramatic shift has not been well received by small private insurance firms, said Andrew Cavaliere, president of Keystone Financial Advisors in White Plains. “The result has been a tremendous loss of income, tremendous loss of clients,” he said. “Every broker in the health insurance business is taking a huge financial hit and most of us are not going to recover from it.”

Both personally and professionally, Cavaliere said he has been negatively impacted by the ACA — from losing his coverage and providers when they were needed most to significantly impacting his firm and its clients. “The resulting economic pressure of the mandates from the health law squeezed insurance companies to cancel coverages, alter coverages or get out of the marketplace all together,” he said. “This resulted in less choice for members. It resulted in lots of people losing their coverage — a vast majority of my clients lost their coverage.” » BROKERS, page 8


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Ritz Carlton office building sells for $20.7M in pending deal SL Green in late 2010 took a 50 percent ownership stake in 7 Renaissance Square when forming the joint venture with Renaissance Office Partners to recapitalize the property, the partners said in a recent announcement. SL Green’s suburban Reckson division took

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wners of a 65,600-square-foot office building in the Ritz Carlton, Westchester complex in downtown White Plains have agreed to a $20.7 million sale deal with an undisclosed buyer.

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Cappelli Organization LLC, led by Bryan Cappelli. Cappelli’s father, Louis R. Cappelli, developed the Ritz Carlton hotel, residential and office complex in White Plains. Jeffrey R. Dunne, vice chairman at CBRE Inc., represented the sellers in the transaction.

over management and leasing of the building, while its joint-venture partner handled all construction. Renaissance Office Partners is a partnership between Ceruzzi Holdings LLC, headquartered in Fairfield, Conn., and the

THE SALE PRICE AMOUNTS TO $316 PER SQUARE FOOT OF BUILDING SPACE. SL Green Realty Corp. and its joint-venture partner at 7 Renaissance Square, Renaissance Office Partners LLC, said the office-building purchase is expected to close in the second quarter this year. A spokesperson for SL Green declined to identify the buyer. The sale price amounts to $316 per square foot of building space. Isaac Zion, SL Green’s co-chief investment officer, in a press release said it represents “one of the highest prices per square foot ever achieved for a Westchester County office asset.” New York City’s largest office landlord,

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Business and the economy intersect at Shelton event BY BILL FALLON

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recent breakfast at the Brownson Country Club in Shelton featured a piping-hot buffet of scrambled eggs, waffles and hash browns. For the main course, the 128 attendees took in a data-packed menu of presentations from industry leaders in hospital administration, tech manufacturing and auto sales and from an economist, Peter Gioia of the Connecticut Business and Industry Association. The event was the Greater Valley Chamber of Commerce Economic Outlook 2016. Gioia, who is also CBIA vice president, said, “This is a critical year in Hartford. It is essential they get their fiscal house in order.” On the plus side he noted the collapse of oil prices “adds $1,000 in purchasing power to every family in the U.S.” while natural gas pipelines now heading to Connecticut from Pennsylvania’s Marcellus Shale deposit will arrive in two to three years.

“ISIS AND CHINA WE CAN’T CONTROL. BUT WE CAN CONTROL WHAT HAPPENS IN THE STATE. RIGHT NOW, OUR POLICY HAS BEEN TO LOAD THE SHOTGUN, POINT IT AT OUR FEET AND PULL THE TRIGGER.”

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“We’ve always been at the end of the pipeline for natural gas,” Gioia said. “Now we’ll have access to the cheapest natural gas on the planet. There will be enormous pressure to spiderweb plants off those pipelines. If you’re along one of those pipelines, you could build steel in Connecticut.” Gioia also said, “ISIS and China we can’t control. But we can control what happens in the state. Right now, our policy has been to load the shotgun, point it at our feet and pull the trigger.” It was a point echoed several times by others.

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Russ Hayden, president, Electri-Cable Assemblies in Shelton and an event speaker. Photo by Bill Fallon

Representing 270 new car dealerships in the state and the 14,000 directly related jobs that he said come with them, James Fleming, president of the Greater Hartford Automobile Dealers Foundation, said, “Auto dealers are not going anywhere.” Their average-salaried workers at $60,000 per year, he said, are “very community oriented.” Dealerships, he noted, are often deep-rooted multigenerational family companies. But Fleming also said dealers are bedeviled by credit issues, taxes and regulations that include a $50,000 classification for luxury cars, which are taxed higher than other cars. He said buyers of true luxury cars — those priced above $100,000 — typically skirt the tax by buying their luxe vehicles in other states. Fleming also said, “The auto industry is back.” He said in-state dealers expect to sell $10 billion worth of cars this year, compared with $6 billion during the recession seven years ago. “We want to keep this industry healthy,” he said. “We are as big as some of the largest corporations in Connecticut.” Russ Hayden is president of ElectriCable Assemblies in Shelton, a company with 25 patents for manufacturing its tech consoles for office furniture. In the 10 years he and two partners have owned the company, it has grown from 35 to more than 120 employees. Local to his core and tieless by practice, he said, “If I showed up at my customers with a tie on they’d throw me out.” Those clients include Mohegan Sun, GE, Gateway Community College in New Haven, the University of Michigan

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and St. Joseph’s High School in Trumbull. Hayden said he faces challenges on fronts that include safety and a health insurance bill up 22 percent this year. “That law is a train wreck,” he said of the Affordable Care Act. “Connecticut is 1.4 percent of the business that I ship, which tells me growth is slow,” Hayden said. Still, he noted company sales were up 12 percent in 2013, 29 percent in 2014, 34 percent last year and are expected to rise 20 percent this year. He added 9,000 square feet to his operations in Shelton last year. He cited the need for budget predictability and stability in Hartford. He raised the topic of family leave, saying, “Let me decide how to handle employees who need time off.” Griffin Hospital in Derby has remained independent as many hospitals are forming networks. Patrick Charmel, its president and CEO, likes it that way, saying it has led to better care ratings. He said the U.S. is witnessing a new paradigm for health care. In the past, he said, you waited until you got sick and then the health system entered the picture. Now, the incentives are to keep you healthy. Calling it “a little secret,” Charmel said, “We incentivized the wait to get sick. The sicker the better and then when they show up we do as much for them as we can, whether they need it or not. Now we need to incentivize ways to get healthy.” He said since the ACA arrived, “In three years we’ve had the slowest growth in the last 30 years.” Shelton Mayor Mark Lauretti, who has served in that office since 1991, said his administration’s policies have been conducive to business and have made businesses want to grow locally. “Shelton has been that place,” he said. “As a business owner you need stability and predictability. Seniors, too, need stability and predictability. These things affect all of us. If you don’t have your financial health, you’re no good to anybody.” Albert Paolozzi, vice president and senior market manager for event co-sponsor People’s United Bank, offered springtime optimism — “Pitchers and catchers have reported” — and a policy of listening at People’s United. “The greatest story ever told is yours,” he said. “It’s about hearing and working with compassion.” The other event co-sponsor was tax and accounting firm BlumShapiro, represented by partner Thomas Walsh Jr. Walsh referenced the importance of teamwork. He noted to the networking-savvy audience that teamwork can extend to baseball; he coaches Paolozzi’s son.

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Developers fight over the meaning of ‘real estate’ in Mount Vernon BY BILL HELTZEL

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he old Fleetwood garage in Mount Vernon looms over Broad Street West, but in a fight that pits developer against developer the question is whether the massive deteriorating parking garage is actually “real property.” Two Fleetwood landlords sued the city and two developers in state Supreme Court in White Plains on Dec. 28, claiming that the Mount Vernon City Council improperly transferred the garage and air rights. Alexander Development Group and the Bluestone Organization have budgeted $85 million for 42 Broad, the address of Fleetwood garage and the name of their proposed 249-apartment, 16-floor building. They plan to demolish a building next to the garage that formerly housed a Metro Fresh market and a Duane Reade pharmacy for the

apartments. The project is three blocks from a Metro-North Railroad station and across from the Cross County Parkway. While merchants want to keep access to the most desirable and convenient parking spaces, the developers need the garage for future tenants. They plan to put in 15,000 square feet of retail space and add 169 parking spaces, bringing the total to 580 spaces. That’s enough, according to the company, to accommodate its residents, shoppers and people who work nearby. The battle pits New York City developers against New York City developers. Alexander Development, based in Manhattan, has built apartments in Harlem and Brooklyn. Mark Alexander, the company president, also co-developed the Horizon at Fleetwood, an apartment building a few blocks away from the Fleetwood garage. Bluestone, based in Queens, is a third-generation family firm that has built more than

The now-closed Metro Fresh market will be the site of an $85 million apartment project. Photo by Bob Rozycki

5,000 housing units. Joseph Simone’s Gramatan Realty leases property near the parking garage to a bank, florist, bakery, drug store, restaurants and medical offices. His Simone Development Cos., based in the Bronx, has built office, industrial and medical center projects, such as Hutchinson Metro Center and Purchase Professional Park. Ralph Della Cava of CD

Fleetwood Associates leases property near the garage to a bank, funeral home, pizzeria, frozen yogurt shop, and restaurant. He is a partner in R.A. Cohen & Associates, a midtown Manhattan real estate investor and property manager. Mount Vernon has operated the garage for 37 years under an unusual arrangement. » FLEETWOOD, page 9

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onvenience was the watchword Feb. 23 when White Plains Hospital showed off its expanded Center for Cancer Care. By expanding and modernizing the center, bringing all services and medical staff under one roof and partnering with Montefiore Health System, the hospital has made it easier for patients to get advanced cancer treatments. “We want to keep our patients as healthy as possible, for as long as possible,” Susan Fox, the hospital’s president and CEO, told a group of dignitaries, staff and supporters who assembled in the new lobby. Fox explained that bringing services close to home and providing a friendly, supportive atmosphere are key parts of the hospital leadership’s vision. Driving yourself to an appointment when you are sick instead of commuting to New York City for treatment is a huge advantage, said Tom Roach, mayor of White Plains and a cancer survivor. The hospital’s Dickstein Cancer Center was the first freestanding cancer center between New York City and New Haven, Conn., when it was built 17 years ago. Now cancer patients are living longer, creating greater demand for services. The expanded and renovated center at Longview Avenue and East Post Road is being billed as the cancer treatment hub for the whole Hudson Valley. The expansion cost about $60 million in private and public money. The Dickstein building was linked to a new six-story tower, doubling space to 70,000 square feet. Most of the new space is devoted to offices for doctors who had been at other locations, thus making it easier for multidisciplinary teams to collaborate on cases.

More infusion chairs were added, increasing capacity from 8 to 34. The room includes accommodations for families and friends who want to accompany patients during treatment. The center also features a meditation room, café, wig-fitting service and medical library. A holistic care program offers therapies such as massage, meditation and yoga. The services are first and foremost for the patients, but also are offered to family members who, administrator Una Hopkins explained, suffer stress along with the patients. The Montefiore partnership began a year ago. Health care economics make it advantageous for smaller hospitals to collaborate with large health care systems in order to gain affordable access to the best services. White Plains Hospital, for instance, cannot offer every type of cancer specialist, Fox said. But now it can bring Montefiore’s specialists to its patients. Patients also can participate in more than 500 clinical trials underway at Montefiore Einstein Center for Cancer Care. Louanne Mitchell, 54, of Yonkers, benefited from such collaboration even before the formal partnership began. In 2013, a lesion on her leg was diagnosed as melanoma and the skin cancer had metastasized to her lungs. “They started talking to me about putting my affairs in order,” she said. Medical director Dan Costin put her on an immunotherapy, but by 2014 the cancer had spread to her brain. The news was devastating. But Costin assured Mitchell that more could be done. He consulted with colleagues at Montefiore. She underwent another surgery and was put on a new immunotherapy. For nine months her scans have been clear. Mitchell was beaming as she spoke to the crowd celebrating the formal opening of the Center for Cancer Care. Mitchell said, “I’m in full remission!”


Stamford nonprofit rallies to help Syria and Fiji

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meriCares, the Stamford-based global-response nonprofit, has mustered major efforts to help victims of war in Syria and natural disaster on the island nation of Fiji. AmeriCares has an emergency response team en route to Fiji to help with the recovery from Cyclone Winston. The category 5 storm — the strongest on record in the Southern Hemisphere — made landfall in Fiji on Feb. 20, leaving a path of flattened homes and downed power lines. AmeriCares said six people are confirmed dead on Fiji and 80 percent of the island is without power. Fiji’s government has declared a month-long state of natural disaster to recover from what AmeriCares termed a “catastrophic cyclone.” Besides its response team, AmeriCares reported it has 5,000 pounds of medical and relief supplies prepared and ready to be shipped to Fiji. AmeriCares stocks emergency medicines and relief supplies in its warehouses in the U.S., Europe and India. “The full extent of the damage is still unknown, but given the severity of the storm we are very concerned about the health and safety of survivors,” said AmeriCares Vice President of Emergency Response Garrett Ingoglia. “We have a team on the way and aid shipments ready to go.” Two major hospitals in Fiji have reported damage, including a hospital in the capital city where labor and delivery rooms, the intensive care unit and an operating room were flooded. Part of the roof of another hospital was blown off, forcing patients to be relocated, according to the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs. AmeriCares also has more than $3 million in medicine on the way to help children and families in Syria. The shipments — described as “in transit” — include antibiotics, cardiovascular medicine, intravenous fluids and diabetes medication. The shipments of medicine from AmeriCares will support the Syrian American Medical Society, which operates more than 100 medical facilities in Syria, including underground trauma hospitals. The society also supports dozens more medical facilities with medicine, supplies, equipment and medical personnel. To date, AmeriCares has delivered more than $7 million in medical aid in response to the Syrian crisis, including primary care medicines, chronic disease care medications

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rant space, a city engineer earlier in the day condemned the brick building as structurally unstable and a threat to public health and safety. The city inspection followed a private structural engineer’s report submitted to council members by Rising Development five days before their scheduled vote on landmarking. In a visual inspection of the property, Neil Wexler, president of Wexler Associates Investigative Engineers in Manhattan, found that mortar bonds on the building’s brick walls had deteriorated to “sand and dust,” he told the city council. Wexler in his report said the eastern wall — on which the towering Haas mural depicts Henry Hudson’s arrival on the Half Moon framed by trompe l’oeil architectural elements of former Yonkers buildings — was the “main concern” where bricks “are visibly un-bonded.” “The smallest ground shake,” he told the council, “will send the bricks tumbling to the ground.” Wexler recommended demolition and replacement of the building rather than repairs in unsafe working conditions caused by the extent of the property’s “distress.” The owner’s consultant said the existing mural should not be maintained in its current location. Wexler drew the ire of some council members and spectators when he claimed that the mural had “aggravated” the deterioration because it had been applied “in an unprofessional way.” “It was done with all the correct methods and materials,” Haas said during a council

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Both Cavaliere and Newhouse point to drastic reductions or outright eliminations of broker commissions by health insurers that are damaging, if not driving brokers out of the health insurance industry. “Many brokers have given up trying to work with the exchanges, they are so cumbersome and time consuming to assist anybody you discover it is simply not worth the time investment needed,” Newhouse said. “If it takes an hour or more to sign somebody up and then you are responsible to service their needs — it is very difficult to run a business if you are making $6 a month on that transaction.” “I could make more money busing tables,” Cavaliere said. For firms that have not been hit hard financially in the wake of the ACA, the law still poses challenges for the industry, said Brian Eifert, president of the Pelham-based insurance agency Eifert, French & Ketchum. “It is creating more of a hectic marketplace,” he said. “It is creating more regulation

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recess. He said he has used the same mineral paint, a material developed in Germany in the 18th century for the Bavarian castle of King Ludwig I, on about 100 buildings on which he has painted murals across the U.S. “It is the best material of its kind in the world,” Haas said. As with frescoes, “It bleeds into the wall and stays porous and open and allows it to breathe, therefore allowing water to pass through.” Council Minority Leader Michael R. Sabatino called Wexler’s criticism of the mural’s application “an insult” to the artist. “I’ll have you know that Mr. Haas does murals all over the world and I would believe that they’re all standing and all in great shape,” the Democratic leader said. Terry Joshi, one of three Yonkers residents who applied to the city Landmarks Preservation Board and collected 450 signatures on a petition in support of the mural district, accused Sprayregen of “demolition by neglect” since his purchase of 36 Main St. in 2007. A leaky roof and open windows have not been repaired for several years, she said. “I think it is a clear-cut case of neglect,” said Haas. “The building was let go by the owner; it wasn’t maintained.” Both council members and landmarking supporters questioned the timing of the structural engineer’s report and of the building condemnation. Council Majority Leader John J. Larkin said the council real estate committee that he heads in November requested a report on the building’s structural condition from Rising Development. The committee granted

the owner an extension but no report was produced, leading the committee to recommend in February that the council proceed with the landmarking application “on its merits alone.” “It seems almost ironic that once it was put out to the council, a report was done” and only received by council members on the Friday before their Tuesday vote, the Republican leader said. Larkin also noted that the condemned building “withstood Hurricane Sandy when there so many other problems around the city” from flooding and related damage. “This building has been standing through two hurricanes recently and nobody has condemned it,” Joshi said. Tim Rutledge, director of Rising Development, defended the downtown developer against the criticism. “We’ve always maintained that there were structural issues to the property,” he told the council. Following the structural engineer’s inspection, they were surprised, however, by “how significant the structural issues were and are.” Council Member Dennis E. Shepherd, one of two Republicans who opposed the landmarking, said, “I hated the timing of the report. It should have been here sooner to us.” But the report was prepared by a professional whose assessment should be accepted, he added. “You always have to err on the side of safety for the people of Yonkers,” he said. “We always have to stop and think, is this privately owned?” He suggested city officials could be “overstepping our bounds” by landmarking the developer’s property. Council President Liam J. McLaughlin noted that a previous developer at the Boyce-

Thompson Institute property on South Broadway had argued that that historic brick building was structurally unsound, beyond repair and should be torn down. Yet the building is now being restored and expanded in a $35 million, 85,000-square-foot mixed-use redevelopment project by Simone Development Cos. “The loss of the mural would be a tragedy,” said McLaughlin, who cast the fifth vote that gave the landmarking law supermajority support on the council and prevented a possible veto by the mayor. Spano in a statement following the council’s vote said he was “pleased” to support the mural district and will sign the legislation. “For so many residents and visitors, the Haas murals have become the gateway to our downtown and they should be preserved,” he said. Spano said he “will work to encourage the building’s developer to save the building from the structural issues compromising the murals, so we can protect the artwork as well as the safety of the surrounding community.” Rising Development’s Rutledge said the owner would immediately erect a sidewalk shed below 36 Main St. to protect pedestrians from any falling bricks. Before the council vote, Rutledge told the Business Journal the condemned building will fall to the wrecking ball of a demolition crew. “We have to remedy it,” he said of the city’s condemnation order, “and the remedy is to demolish the building.” Fearing that outcome, Joshi tempered jubilant supporters’ congratulations after the landmarking vote. “Now the hard part begins,” she said.

and compliance issues and more cost in the system, which is ultimately forcing the carriers to change their compensation scale.” Family-owned Rey Insurance of Sleepy Hollow has been providing property, professional and at times health insurance to customers in Fairfield and Westchester counties for more than three decades, but co-owner Linda Rey said she divested her company from health insurance following the enactment of the ACA. “I didn’t want to wake up to a lawsuit,” she said. “All of a sudden all these laws came up – when to apply, how to apply. Plan dynamics changed. All that I knew about health insurance after doing it for ten years went out the window.” While health insurance was a “nominal” segment of her company’s profits, Rey said she doesn’t think the disruption has reached epidemic proportions and believes it would have by now. Others, like professor Mattie of Quinnipiac, suggest that while the ACA has brought disruption to the traditional health

insurance broker model, the net benefit countrywide is far greater. “Whenever you have a shift and something new introduced there is going to be disruption in business practices,” she said. “Is it a perfect solution? No, but is it the right thing to provide insurance coverage for our citizens? Yes.” She referenced statistics by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services stating that since the passage of the Affordable Care Act in 2010 about 16.4 million uninsured people have gained health coverage — the largest reduction in the uninsured in four decades. In addition, 12.3 million people are enrolled in Medicaid and the Children’s Health Insurance Program as of April 2015, compared to before October 2013. As a result of the ACA marketplace coverage and Medicaid expansion, hospital uncompensated care costs were reduced by an estimated $7.4 billion in 2014, compared with what they would have been in the absence of the coverage expansion, according to Health and

Human Services. “If we don’t want to do it because it is the right thing then we need to think about it as the most cost-effective thing,” Mattie said. “Is it fraught with implementation issues? Yes. Are they solvable? Yes. Do we expect when we implement wide-scale projects like this to have implementation issues, of course, but the bottom line is we have to find a way to cover these individuals and if we don’t want to do it because it is the right thing, then we need to think about it as the most cost effective thing.” Yet for those industry insiders hardest hit by the ACA, the disruption is much more than a shift to be adapted to, it is a sea change that has dramatically altered business models that have supported small family brokerage firms for generations. “The government has effectively displaced all the insurance brokers who have been serving the community for decades,” Cavaliere said. “When you do something for 20 years and build all these little plans for hundreds of people and within a few years they are all gone you just can’t flip a switch and recover.”

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It does not own the land. Instead, it leased air rights in 1974 and built the garage in 1979. The city owned the physical improvements to the structure, according to its lease. Then in 2007 the lease was changed to limit the city’s interest to parking spaces for another 37 to 57 years. Fleetwood garage is sorely in need of renovations. At most, 38 percent of the parking spaces are used during peak hours, leaving at least 267 vacant spaces at any given time, according to a court filing by the city. The city loses about $144,000 a year operating the facility. Alexander Development bought the property for $3.2 million from Fleetwood Park Development LLC in 2014. It negotiated with the city for 18 months, agreeing in December to pay $3.25 million over the life of the deal and to spend about $3 million repairing the garage. The City Council agreed to terminate its air rights. The crux of the case is procedural. The city charter requires that the sale or lease of city real estate must be approved by the City Council by a four-fifths supermajority vote. Lawmakers voted twice, as required by the charter, approving the deal with Alexander Development by a 3-2 vote in September and a 3-1 vote in October. “In our view, they tried an end-around,” said attorney Jonathan D. Kraut, a partner with Harfenist Kraut & Perlstein LLP in Purchase, who represents the landlords. “They didn’t have the votes to make happen what they wanted to happen.” The city responded that Alexander Development owns the air rights, according to a court filing, and the city merely leased temporary air rights and parking spaces. The deal was a termination of rights, not a sale or lease of real estate, so the council could approve the deal by a simple majority vote. “They’re saying that the city of Mount Vernon doesn’t know how to pass legislation and doesn’t understand their own charter,” Alexander said in a telephone interview. “They’re trying to have a second go-around on the same issue.” He was referring to a lawsuit that was filed last year in the same court. In that case, Della Cava’s C.D. Fleetwood Associates and several residents and merchants objected to a special permit that allows Alexander Development to build the apartments. They claimed that the project would hurt businesses by increasing noise and traffic and taking away parking. Acting Supreme Court Justice Susan Cacace ruled last summer that the petitioners lacked legal standing to sue and had failed

to demonstrate how the project would harm them specifically. Alexander Development spent two and a half years planning the project and getting city approvals. It has invested $9.1 million in the project, according to an affidavit by Alexander, and had lined up an investor who would put in $27 million and was about to close on a $55 million construction loan. The new lawsuit was filed at the eleventh hour, the day before a groundbreaking ceremony and just as the company was poised to

begin construction. The lawsuit has nothing to do with the garage or City Council procedures, Alexander said, “and everything to do with causing the project to fail.” Simone and Della Cava presumably understand how critical it is to secure timely financing, he said. If the lawsuit is not dismissed quickly, “It is extremely unlikely that the construction loan will ever close or that the equity investor will ever provide any money.” Alexander Development would lose the

$9.1 million it has invested and an estimated $40 million in profits, he said. “My clients are developers,” said Kraut, the attorney who represents the landlords. “They support further development in Fleetwood and they support this project as a concept.” But they want better access to parking. Alexander said he could close on financing in April if his side wins and begin demolition immediately. The first apartments could become available in about 18 months and the rest in 21 months.

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Connecticut’s last coal power plant to be replaced with natural gas

The Bridgeport Harbor station power plant, the last coal burning plant in the state, is set to be replaced by a natural gas-fired plant by 2019. Photo courtesy of PSEG

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wners of the last coal-fired power plant in Connecticut, Public Service Enterprise Group (PSEG), have announced plans to replace the Bridgeport Harbor Station power plant with a natural gas-fired facility by the end of the decade after more than 50 years of providing energy to the region. The news has been hailed by state and local officials as a significant environmental and financial benefit for the state and local community. “This is a true win for Bridgeport — not only adding new clean energy to the grid, but creating jobs, tax revenue and general economic activity within the region,” said Richard P. Lopriore, president of PSEG Fossil, a subsidiary of PSEG. Gov. Dannel P. Malloy called the announcement a milestone for Connecticut. “The pollution that coal creates is damaging to the environment, damaging to our health and damaging to the state,” he said. “Our state continues to show that we can meet our energy needs while decreasing our carbon footprint — we are leaders in combating global warming.” According to PSEG, construction of the new natural gas plant will create 350 construction jobs and approximately 20 permanent jobs and add tax revenue to the city of Bridgeport as well as other economic benefits. In statements welcoming the announcement of the new plant, Bridgeport Mayor Joseph P. Ganim said he expects the plant will add more than $5 million in additional tax revenue per year to the city in addition to an agreement between the city and PSEG to provide additional benefits for the city and its residents. Through a Community Environmental Benefit Agreement between PSEG, the city of Bridgeport and several community groups and environmental organizations, PSEG will

establish a $2 million fund to support projects and improvements focused on creating environmental benefits for Bridgeport residents; assign a community liaison officer to be the main point of contact with community groups and work with the community to support local and regional hiring in exchange for key construction permits and the city’s unqualified support for the new gas-fired plant. “This is a great example of the city, community groups and a local business working together for the benefit of all,” Ganim said. “Along with PSEG’s investment in this power plant and the potential for additional renewable generation, the company will be investing in local civic groups and community projects, as well as charting a course for the future of this significant property that doesn’t involve coal.” The new plant represents a $550 million investment by PSEG capable of producing 485 megawatts of electricity for Connecticut’s southwestern region. The plant primarily will run on natural gas, but also will be able to run on ultra-low sulfur distillate as a backup fuel, “ensuring fuel diversity and exceptional dependability,” according to PSEG. The company estimates construction of the plant will begin in 2017 and the new facility will be operational in June of 2019. The plant, which represents an investment of more than $550 million, is targeted to be completed and supplying needed energy to the Connecticut region for the year beginning June 2019. The plant will be at PSEG Power Connecticut’s existing Bridgeport Harbor Station site at 1 Atlantic St. It will have state-of-the art emissions control technology to reduce the plant’s environmental impact including reductions in emissions of nitrogen oxide, carbon monoxide and air-cooled condensers to eliminate the use of harbor water for cooling purposes. The coal-fired plant is set to be retired by July 2021.


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Here’s what makes a perfect pitch to potential investors

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nvestors want an inspiring story from entrepreneurs and a short pitch cannot address every question an investor will have. The goal of the first pitch is to inspire not answer every detailed question. However, content that is aligned with investors’ needs will be more inspirational. So a good pitch will speak to the questions that investors have in their minds, even if only at a high level. The order, structure and detail will vary but generally good pitches include: A SOLID, ATTENTION-GRABBING INTRODUCTION. In any story the lead is critical and that is just as true for investment pitches. The opening is an opportunity to present something that makes investors want to listen to to more. From the investor’s perspective, if an entrepreneur can’t explain the opportunity up front the investors will probably never understand it. On the other hand, if the investors can understand it in the first 30 seconds, they will want to learn more. THE “PAIN,” OR MARKET NEED. There should be a strong market need, the clearer the need, the better the opportunity. The more tangibly the investors can understand the need, the more interested they will be in the solution. THE SOLUTION. The company’s product or service should directly address the need. One mistake entrepreneurs often make is to spend 80 percent of their pitch on the solution. Investors need to know what the solution is, but for this first pitch the description should be concise, so that there is time to discuss everything else. THE ADDRESSABLE MARKET SIZE. The market for the product should be at least $150 million, ideally much larger. There is no expectation that the entrepreneur will capture all of it but investors do want to understand the potential. THE BUSINESS MODEL. This describes how the entrepreneur will make money and how. They may sell a product, rent the product, charge a fee for service or sell advertisements. Sometimes the innovation itself is in the business model not the product, so investors will want to see clearly how the business will work. EXPERIENCE IN THE MARKET / MARKET VALIDATION. Feedback from the market, especially feedback from customers that addresses any

obvious weaknesses, is a powerful way to demonstrate value and show momentum. CHANNELS TO MARKET / MARKET STRATEGY. Sometimes this is covered in the business model, but if not investors want to understand how the company will drive awareness and sales. Investors do not want to see how big 1 percent of the market is, based on the assumption that getting 1 percent of the market is easy. The entrepreneur should show that she has a concrete plan to deliver sales and value. COMPETITION. Every product, no matter how innovative, faces a next best alternative, a competitor. Before the very first calculator people used slide rulers. So somehow the market need is being met today, the questions are how and how is the entrepreneurial solution better. THE TEAM. Angel investing is more about the people and the team than anything else. If the market assumptions are wrong and the product doesn’t hit the mark, a good team is more likely to pivot and make the business work. FORECAST / PLANS: A plan for spending money and for delivering returns. In a 12-minute pitch this cannot be detailed, but it is necessary even at a high level. EXIT STRATEGY: Angel investors make money when a company is acquired so they need to know know who may be interested in acquiring the company and for how much. Entrepreneurs often don’t like thinking this way, but angel investors really care about the exit. THE ASK: Every pitch should clearly state what the entrepreneur needs from the investors. Pitchers often forget this, but it is a key part of any investor pitch. This is a long list and there will be many pages of detail behind each element. By crafting a well-told story that touches on these points, the entrepreneur will have a better chance of engaging investors so that they to delve into that detail. Jeff Loehr is a principal consultant at Stratist Consulting in White Plains, a �irm that helps businesses of all sizes design strategies, business models and execution plans, and a founding partner of the Westchester Angels, an investment group that brings early-stage investors and startups together. He can be reached at jeff.wbg@stratistconsulting.com.

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Stamford reconfigures development for a new century

he city of Stamford continues to lead the Fairfield/Westchester region in developing projects that promote the concept of “smart growth” in cities. This mixture of new development takes advantage of mixing land uses by creating a range of housing opportunities and choices. It provides walkable, bikable neighborhoods that offer a real alternative to the typically suburb-commuter lifestyle. There is a combined $6 billion in new residential and commercial developments within three-quarters of a mile surrounding the Stamford train station, which now connects the city’s growing downtown with the emerging Harbor Point project. The new development puts Stamford at the epicenter of the “work, live

and play” lifestyle that many people now seek. Stamford already enjoys a high concentration of Fortune 500 companies, but new companies are being attracted by the growing younger workforce that is emerging as a result of the increase in the number of apartments that are being constructed. The median age of Stamford is 36 years, which is a full four years younger than the rest of Connecticut. The city is the home for leading employers across multiple industry sectors, including banking, insurance and reinsurance, office equipment, pharmaceuticals, consumer products, media and information technology, and retail. These new developments help strengthen the existing strong and diverse commercial, industrial and retail business base in the city that sees a day-

time population of more than 225,000 people. The $3.5 billion, 82-acre Harbor Point is a transit-oriented, mixed-use development along the Long Island Sound consisting of more than 2,360 new apartments, office space, dining and shopping establishments, a community school, several marinas, publicly accessible waterfront areas via a waterfront boardwalk, and more than 11 acres of parks and public spaces. The project also provides a free trolley to the residents of Stamford that makes a continuous loop connecting the downtown and Harbor Point area. When completed, the project will add more than 4,000 new apartments to the city. One of the apartment buildings that highlights the city’s commitment to the smart growth initiative is the preservation of the his-

toric Yale & Towne Lock Works factory buildings. These buildings were preserved through community collaboration that helped to guide the development decisions of the project. These buildings were ultimately preserved and upgraded to modern standards and retrofitted with the greenest technology and converted into The Lofts at Yale & Towne. Downtown Stamford has also seen the opening of nearly 900 apartments over the last several years and will see the start of construction over the next year of another 1,000 apartments. Summer House, 184 Summer St., a 22-story, 222-unit apartment building is set to open in the coming weeks; and 66 Summer St., a 14-story, 209-unit apartment building, opened last summer. The apartment buildings boast a Walk Score of 95, with connections to Stamford’s Restaurant Row, The Town Center, Mill River Park and popular downtown events such as Alive at Five/Jazz Up July and the farmers market. A new anchor for downtown is the development of the 31-acre Mill River Park and 3-mile greenway that connects to Stamford Harbor. The park is transforming the heart of Stamford and is providing a new model for redefining urban life and attracting young urban residents who want to work and live in close proximity without compromising quality of life. Mill River Park and greenway helps to provide the natural balance to the city’s urban environment that will dramatically improve quality of life for Stamford as a whole and particularly for the many new residents. Lastly, to provide health service to these new residents, Stamford Hospital is undertaking a $500 million expansion and upgrade. This is no ordinary expansion of a hospital. Out of collaboration with the surrounding community and more than dozen organizations, the Vita Health & Wellness District was created. The district to the south of the hospital was created with the goal of improving the health of the West Side neighborhood. One of the many highlights of the project is Fairgate Farm, which is celebrating the start of its fifth growing season this year. An area where blighted housing once stood now is a thriving urban farm. Thomas Madden was named city of Stamford’s economic development director in 2014. THE LAND USE LAW CENTER AND WESTFAIR COMMUNICATIONS, PARENT COMPANY OF THE BUSINESS JOURNAL, WILL CO-HOST A MARCH 24 LUNCHEON AND PANEL DISCUSSION OF SMART-GROWTH DEVELOPMENT FEATURING FORMER MARYLAND GOV. PARRIS GLENDENING ON THE PACE LAW SCHOOL CAMPUS IN WHITE PLAINS.

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Humanities are fighting ‘financial neglect’

usan Gilgore, executive director of the Lockwood-Mathews Mansion Museum in Norwalk, traveled recently to Hartford to make a case for support for the humanities and for the Connecticut Humanities Council — called CT Humanities — which is a resource for educators, grants and literature programs. She was accompanied by Brian Fischer, the museum’s facilities and volunteer coordinator. Her remarks follow: “I would like to thank Rep. Walker and this esteemed Appropriations Committee for giving me the opportunity to speak in support of the CT Humanities. “The mansion has been a National Historic Landmark since 1971; it was built during the Civil War era and is considered one of the most significant Second Empire houses ever built in the U.S. To Susan Gilgore. File photo. put it in context of other landmarks, the Lockwood-Mathews home precedes the Newport mansions by a good 20 years. It was an architectural prototype and a wonder of new technologies. Lincoln’s White House was not as advanced. Revolutionary, no doubt. “I would like to touch upon the ‘Still Revolutionary’ concept. These are the branding words chosen by the state of Connecticut .The state prides itself in being a major destination and a tourist attraction, and for a very good reason. Among its many jewels, this state features many important historic sites such as the LockwoodMathews Mansion Museum. “The CT Humanities has championed very effectively this concept and supports historic sites all across the state of Connecticut by funding exhibitions and programs that keep our history alive and help the state of Connecticut create jobs; enhance education; and support our communities. “Some of you may have seen or read about our two most recent exhibits funded by the CT Humanities that I am so proud of: one titled, ‘What is It? Technologies and Discoveries of the Victorian Era,’ a huge success, and the still ongoing, ‘The Stairs Below,’ which has drawn many thousands of visitors from all across the region and the New York metropolitan area. This exhibition highlights the mansion’s original servants’ quarters and explores themes such as immigration, social

justice, economics and the role of women in the 19th century, themes and issues that are still of great interest in today’s society. “But sadly, like many historic sites, our museum is no stranger to financial neglect. Fifty years ago, our great institution was nearly demolished to make way for a parking lot. We must all remember that the struggle

to exist and enhance our communities is not just part of our past, but also must be central to our future. “Scholarship, being able to offer programs that contextualize our current human condition, illuminating what it means to understand our past and envision a better future in this confusing world we live in, to

me is hardly quantifiable. But to those of us in the trenches of maintaining and building better communities, it is indeed the CT Humanities that inspires us and gives us the means to continue that fight. I therefore ask you to please consider increasing the CT Humanities budget.” — Bill Fallon

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PUTNAM OFFICIAL GUILTY OF THEFT A PUTNAM COUNTY CONSUMER AFFAIRS official has pleaded guilty to theft.

Jean Noel, director of the Department of Consumer Affairs, pocketed $4,575 in cash from contractors who had been fined for operating without business licenses. Noel entered a guilty plea of petit lar-

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Booming Cities Focus of BCW Program The renaissance underway in Westchester’s four largest cities was the focus of a lively and highly informative presentation at the Business Council of Westchester’s KeyBank Speaker Series breakfast program held January 29 at Tappan Hill Mansion in Tarrytown.

April 19th Dinner to Honor Six Business Leaders For the 14th consecutive year, the Business Council of Westchester will be honoring the county’s top business leaders at the Annual Business Hall of Fame Awards Dinner. This year’s gala event will be held April 19 at the Glen Island Harbour Club in New Rochelle. The honorees in their respective categories are:

The distinguished panel — New Rochelle Mayor Noam Bramson, Yonkers Mayor Mike Spano, White Plains Mayor Thomas Roach and Mount Vernon Mayor Richard Thomas — discussed how their cities are being transformed into vibrant urban centers. Mayor Roach noted that White Plains is becoming a more walkable city and stressed the need to increase connectivity between downtown projects. Mayor Spano said Yonkers with its scenic waterfront and budding arts community is attracting residents from

New York City. Mayor Bramson discussed how New Rochelle is implementing flexible zoning to create a more predictable approval process for development in the downtown. And Mayor Thomas, who just took office earlier this month, said Mount Vernon is focusing on improving the quality of life in the city especially improvements to its infrastructure. “This was a fabulous program and one of the best attended KeyBank Speaker Series events we’ve ever had. The outstanding presentations made by the four mayors provided a comprehensive overview of all the great things happening in Westchester’s major cities,” said BCW President and CEO Marsha Gordon. The soldout event was held at Tappan Hill Mansion in Tarrytown.

Corporate Citizenship: Westchester Medical Center in Valhalla. Michael Israel, President and CEO, to accept the award. Entrepreneurial Success: Steiner Sports in New Rochelle. Brandon Steiner, Founder and CEO, to accept the award. Small Business Success: The Westchester Bank in White Plains. John Tolomer, President and CEO, to accept the award. Women in Business Success: Wendy Wollner, Founder & President, Balancing Life’s Issues, Inc

From left, BCW Executive Vice President and COO John Ravitz; KeyBank President Ruth Mahoney; Yonkers Mayor Mike Spano; New Rochelle Mayor Noam Bramson; White Plains Mayor Thomas Roach; Mount Vernon Mayor Richard Thomas; BCW President and CEO Marsha Gordon and BCW Chairman Anthony Justic.

Family Owned Business: The College of Westchester in White Plains. Mary Beth Del Balzo, President, to accept the award.

Astorino Outlines County’s Fiscal Challenges

Chairman’s Recognition Award: N. Dain’s Sons Co., Inc. in Peekskill. Jeffrey Dain, President, to accept the award. “We are delighted to have such a distinguished and diverse roster of honorees for this year’s Business Hall of Fame. Selecting the winners for this prestigious award is never easy and this year was no different. The quality of this year’s nominees was truly outstanding,” said BCW President and CEO Marsha Gordon. “The Business Hall of Fame is a celebration of business success as well as the vitality and dynamism of Westchester’s economy,” she added. For more information about sponsorship opportunities for the Business Hall of Fame Awards Dinner, please call (914) 948-2110 or visit www.thebcw.org.

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In an exclusive meeting with the BCW Board of Directors, County Executive Robert P. Astorino presented an overview of the county’s budget and offered insight on the issues challenging the county’s fiscal health. Among the topics discussed at the January 28 meeting were unfunded mandates, soaring public pensions and efforts in Albany to raise the minimum wage. Astorino noted that 75 percent of the county’s $1.8 billion budget is for unfunded programs mandated by the state leaving only 25% for discretionary spending. “Mandates are out of control,” he said. Also out of control are public pension costs which are hurting both the county and local municipalities. On the controversial issue of raising the minimum hourly wage in New York State to $15, Astorino said it “will definitely put businesses out of business.” Astorino outlined what his administration is doing to keep the county’s fiscal house in order noting that there

has been no increase in county tax levy for the past six years which he said helps keep spending in check. On the economic development front, he said 2015 was a record year for the County’s Industrial Development Agency (IDA), which supported 14 projects with total private investment of more than $842 million.

From left, BCW Executive Vice President and COO John Ravitz; BCW President and CEO Marsha Gordon; County Executive Robert P. Astorino and BCW Chairman Anthony Justic.


UBS mortgage in hands of special servicer BY ALEX SOULE

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$156 million mortgage on the UBS building in downtown Stamford is in the hands of a “special servicer” that works through problem loans, according to a report from an analyst firm that tracks commercial mortgage securities. UBS employed 1,500 people in Connecticut as of last June, according to the most recent data from the state Department of Economic and Community Development, with the company in the process of exiting its longtime trading and investment banking offices at 677 Washington Blvd. to take space in the Royal Bank of Scotland building across the street sufficient for fewer than 700 people. UBS also has smaller wealth management offices at 750 Washington Blvd. in Stamford and in Greenwich and Westport that currently list about 135 advisers, not including support staff. Built in 1996 adjacent to Stamford’s MetroNorth station and totaling nearly 700,000 square feet of space, the UBS building has been listed for lease since the fall of 2014, with broker Cushman & Wakefield having yet to report any tenants for the building. The building’s main tower has a dozen floors ranging between 20,000 and 40,000 square feet of space on each level, along with three more large floors encompassing more than 100,000 square feet each, including the cavernous trading floor. According to Trepp, a $156 million mortgage on the UBS building is now in the hands of CWCapital Asset Management, a Bethesda, Md., firm with a New York City office that as of September was marketing $2.1 billion in loans secured by commercial properties across the United States, including 4.7 million square feet of office space. “No reason for (the) transfer has been provided yet, but the financials behind the property have been slipping for a while,” said Sean Barrie, an analyst in the New York City office of Trepp. “As the servicer, (CWCapital’s) main goal is to find the workout strategy that will return the most money back to the bondholders. They’ll try to remedy low occupancy and financials before pushing for a sale.” UBS, which is on the hook through December 2017 for its lease, has paid $18.2 million in rent annually on the building between 2004 and 2013, the most recent year for which payments were listed in the Trepp report, or nearly $27 a square foot.

Wells Fargo is listed as the master servicer for the UBS mortgage, which has never been listed as delinquent and which has been paid down nearly a third from its securitized valued of $230 million when it was originated in 2004, with the loan scheduled to mature in October 2016. The loan currently has an interest rate of 6 percent with payment installments due monthly. — Includes prior reporting by Neil Vigdor. Alex Soule is a reporter with Hearst Connecticut Media. He can be reached at Alex. Soule@scni.com; 203-964-2236; www.twitter. com/casoulman.

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BUSINESS JOURNALS Putnam View

A stronger business community is key to prosperity BY JENNIFER MAHER

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udging from the sales tax receipts, Putnam County is facing a pretty strong economic challenge. In 2015, we were the only county in the Hudson Valley that saw sales tax collections decrease more than 3 percent. This is a distressing trend and it’s important to draw the right conclusions from the data. Putnam’s sales tax levy is relatively high, at 8.375 percent. It’s possible to draw the con-

clusion that the higher tax rate is part of the problem — after all, some upstate counties like Saratoga, with its 7 percent tax levy, posted substantial increases in tax receipts last year. But Ulster County, which increased its tax to 8 percent in 2014, saw one of the largest revenue increases also, bringing 4 percent more into their coffers than in the past year. The formula for higher sales tax receipts would thus seem to be more complex. It’s surely not a simple matter of raising rates to increase revenue and it might not be

wise to lower them either. Some attribute the lower sales tax revenue to lower gas prices, because there has been a substantial drop in the taxes paid on a gallon of gas. In Putnam alone that accounted for a $2 million decrease, enough to account for the shortfall in this year’s numbers. I submit that relying on gas station revenues is not a good plan for a healthy county economy. We need to promote industry, bringing in a larger and more diverse business base that is more resilient to the quirks of the econ-

omy. Our communities need to welcome commercial enterprises and not handicap them with zoning and signage restrictions, and we need to better cultivate the tourism potential of being so close to 8 million potential customers in New York City and its suburbs. We’ve been driving the economic train with the brakes on for far too long. Jennifer Maher is broker/co-owner of J. Philip Commercial Group in Mahopac and chairwoman of the Putnam County Chambers of Commerce.

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RHCare, a health center based in Peekskill that serves low-income patients, has joined a task force that is trying to create more cost-effective patient care. Joining the Health Care Transformation Task Force will help the health center “ensure that more patients in medically underserved areas are receiving the care they need,” Anne Kauffman Nolan, president and CEO, said in a press release. The Health Care Transformation Task Force is a kind of think tank that identifies the best health care practices. It intends to develop policies and programs that would expand health care services while keeping costs down. The task force brings together players from every sector of health care, including patients, medical staff, insurers and suppliers. Each player in the health care market has different incentives, to either keep costs down or prices up. A key goal is figuring out ways to encourage everyone to hold down costs, while maintaining or improving health care and share the savings. More cancer screening programs, for example, might cost more money upfront but, by detecting the disease early, save money and lives eventually. Better screening for diabetes might help a patient stop the disease before it takes hold or treat it more effectively before the ill effects and the costs spiral out of control. The task force expects to see tangible results by 2020. — Bill Heltzel

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Pickwick Plaza extends its welcome mat BY BILL FALLON bfallon@westfairinc.com

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ith a bit more than 3 acres fronting Greenwich Avenue at the corner of Greenwich and East Putnam avenues, Pickwick Plaza has until now remained a quiet presence in a bustling, designer coat-cosseted neighborhood. Built in the 1970s to house Xerox headquarters, it was something of a funless cypher along a strip that thrived in the popular imagination — and in reality behind some storefronts — as platinum fantasy. That is changing with an ongoing $20 million upgrade that has opened Pickwick Plaza to Greenwich Avenue via a major retail real estate space (or spaces depending on subdivision). The work is also remaking the office element of Pickwick Plaza and, when phase 2 is completed, will further open the property to the public with what Manhattan-based owner Kensico Properties described as a “living wall” of growth along a newly made entry on Greenwich Avenue. In Pickwick’s building No. 3, the work is “substantially complete,” said Kensico’s Nancy Lara, who toured the property recently with the senior property manager, Glenn Haber, and the buildings’ engineer, Danny Kilkullen. Views in No. 3 include the Long Island Sound and, owing to the height, a good deal of Long Island beyond. “It’s the corner of Main and Main,” said Lara. “You could not have a better location.” The site’s three buildings possess 280,000 square feet and are now about 66 percent filled. The mostly business-lease equation has remained viable for some time, attracting an A-list of clients that today includes Deutsche Bank, JPMorgan Chase, Merrill Lynch and Sotheby’s International Realty. (Sotheby’s is part of Pickwick Plaza’s original retailing layout on East Putnam Avenue.) Lara said future marketing efforts will target similar tenants. “We have had interest from two or three hedge funds just in the last year,” she said. Kensico Properties bought Pickwick Plaza, reportedly for $235 million, in 2006. Lara said at least part of the impetus was to diversify north of Manhattan, where Kensico owns several properties. That diversification also includes ownership of 55 Railroad Ave. in Greenwich. In 2014, Kensico Properties initiated the current upgrade that includes halls, bathrooms, elevators and entries. There are also upgrades to the site’s 850-car garage, which

features five levels and which is partly available for public use in the retail-centric section of town where parking can be tough to find. Newmark Grubb Knight Frank in Greenwich is marketing the new retail space through the efforts of Jessica Curtis. It is being offered in footprints of up to nearly 8,800 square feet or as small as 1,904 square feet. Jay Hruska of Stamford’s Cushman & Wakefield Inc. office is leading the marketing effort for the office space, about 100,000 square feet of which is available. “You never knew it was here or you never knew it was this big,” said Lara of the plaza.

“But it had become antiquated. It did not have the amenities to match the location. “We’re modernizing everything,” she said. “We’re bringing the property into the 21st century.” She said the next phase involves upgrades for buildings 1 and 2 and for landscaping. The architect is Stamford-based Perkins Eastman. Addressing the side of the property that fronts on Mason Street, Perkins Eastman in a statement said renovations there “will include an improved pedestrian connection to the street with a new building approach and landscaping.”

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The simple approach to making money with your blog

e have all been that blogger starting out who feels like there’s a better chance of finding a unicorn than making money with our blog. To many bloggers, making money with a blog is a daunting task with what appears to be much work for little reward. They have no idea what to do and find themselves going from opportunity to opportunity just to make some extra money here and there. Within that previous statement lie two secrets: how to fail and how to succeed. The truth about making money with our blogs is that most people overcomplicate it. If bloggers could make money by making their plans as complicated as possible, some of them would be millionaires from their plans alone. Complicated procedures make us feel accomplished because they take a lot of effort to contemplate. Simple projects are quicker to think of, so, on the surface they don’t seem as valuable. However, the simple plans work. So if you want to make money with your blog, then keep reading. LOOK FOR OPPORTUNITIES THAT WORK My definition of an opportunity that

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ter five social networks at the same time. I got good on social media because I focused all of my time on Twitter, mastered it and then it was easier for me to learn how to master the other social networks. HIRE FREELANCERS Once you decide on an opportunity, you need to hire freelancers to lighten your workload. After I mastered creating and marketing my online training courses, I went into self-publishing. When you self-publish a book, there are several things that must be done. The book must be written and formatted. There needs to be a book cover and the description needs to be appealing. Many things go into a successful book and they can take up too much of your time. When I self-publish my books, I never worry about the formatting or creating the book cover. I have freelancers do those tasks for me. In fact, I have an army of freelancers who perform various functions within my business. Having the army of freelancers gives you back an entrepreneur’s most valuable resource: time. With extra time, you can write more books if that’s what you want to do, find more time to market your books and

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WESTCHESTER & FAIRFIELD COUNTY

BUSINESS JOURNALS DEALS & DEEDS

NORMANDY SEES RECORD LEASING VOLUME AT THE EXCHANGE IN 2015 NORMANDY REAL ESTATE PARTNERS REPORTED 334,331 square feet of office space leased in 2015 at its Exchange office-park properties on the Interstate 287 corridor in

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Harrison and White Plains. Normandy, based in Morristown. N.J., reported several notable tenant signings at its 1.6-million-square-foot, 14-building Exchange portfolio in a record-setting year for leasing volume since the real estate and investment fund management company took over the

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former Platinum Mile properties in late 2009. ■ At 701 Westchester Ave., BNY Mellon renewed for 15,953 square feet of space for its White Plains BNY Mellon Wealth Management office. The tenant was represented by William Cuddy Jr. and Jacqueline Novotny of CBRE. ■ Also at 701 Westchester, Pentegra Retirement Services leased 29,202 square feet as part of their corporate headquarters relocation. John Hannigan of Choyce Peterson represented the tenant. ■ At 707 Westchester Ave., EMC Corp., which facilitates cloud-computing solutions for businesses, leased 9,811 square feet of office space. Ed Wartels of Cresa Corporate Real Estate represented the tenant. ■ Citrin Cooperman, the accounting, tax, and consulting firm, expanded its space at 709 Westchester Ave., taking a full floor at 27,813 square feet of space. Rick Rakow of Rakow Commercial Real Estate represented the tenant. ■ At 711 Westchester Ave., Stewart Title Insurance Co. renewed its lease for 10,095 square feet of space. Kevin McCarthy of CBRE represented the tenant. ■ Also at 711 Westchester, the law firm of Schiavetti, Corgan, DiEdwards, Weinberg & Nicholson LLP leased 7,946 square feet of

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office space. Lawrence Ruggieri of Newmark Grubb Knight Frank represented the tenant. ■ New York Life renewed its lease and expanded to 32,820 square feet of space at 777 Westchester Ave. Mitti Liebersohn, formerly of Jones Lang LaSalle, represented the tenant. CBRE’s Stamford-based team of senior vice president Brian Carcaterra, vice president Michael McCall, and associate Morgan Collins brokered the lease deals for Normandy. Partners at Normandy Real Estate said the landlord has invested more than $30 million in the ongoing redevelopment of The Exchange and plans to build a new fitness center and conference facility at 925 Westchester Ave.


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ker Thomas Tassone. A four story, Colonial-style apartment building, 9-10 Alden Place was built around 1930 and designed by architect Penrose Stout. The two garage buildings opposite the multifamily residence include 24 parking spaces. Yonkers attorney Edward Freidman represented the Houlihan family in the deal.

NYCRG CLOSES QUARTET OF LEASE DEALS An 18-unit apartment building and two garage buildings on the Bronxville-Mount Vernon border recently sold for a combined $7,050,000, broker-owners at Houlihan & O’Malley Real Estate Services in Bronxville announced. Brothers Daniel J. Houlihan Jr. and Joseph Houlihan were the managing members of the sellers, 9-10 Alden Place LLC and 5 Alden Place LLC, which included other members of the Houlihan family. Daniel and Gerry Houlihan at Houlihan & O’Malley represented the sellers. An affiliate of ABC Properties in New York City, 100 Alden Place LLC, was the buyer, represented by New York City bro-

Synergy HomeCare relocates to downtown Yonkers Synergy HomeCare of Westchester and Yonkers city officials celebrated the opening of the franchise company’s new office on the downtown Yonkers waterfront Feb. 23 at a ribbon-cutting ceremony. The expanding business outgrew its office space in Hastings-on-Hudson, where it opened in 2012, and has moved to 1 Van Der Donck St. near City Pier. Synergy provides nonmedical home care services such as personal care, errands and transportation, meal preparation and housekeeping. Owned by J. Heinlein, the company’s president, Synergy HomeCare of Westchester has served more than 150 families since its opening, according to a press release. It employs more than 75 home caregivers and office support staff. “Every ribbon cut means new jobs being created in our city, new revenues to support our quality of life and new opportunities to expand our growing economy,” Yonkers Mayor Mike Spano said at the ceremony. “Yonkers is an incredible transit hub and that’s important for our businesses,” said Heinlein, noting that Synergy serves clients across southern Westchester and parts of the Bronx and need “quick, reliable transportation options.” — John Golden

New York Commercial Realty Group in Harrison recently reported it brokered a longterm lease for 15,350 square feet of warehouse space at 3 Westchester Plaza in Cross Westchester Executive Park in Elmsford. The tenant, Limelight by Alcone, supplies a line of beauty and skin care products. Danielle Izzo, senior director of leasing at Mack-Cali Realty Corp., represented the

landlord in-house in the deal. At 450 Mamaroneck Ave. in Harrison, New York Commercial Realty Group represented tenant J. Reckner Associates Inc., in a long-term lease for 8,449 square feet of office space. The marketing and sensory research company is relocating from 3 Westchester Park Drive in Harrison. The landlord, RPW Group Inc., was represented in the deal by Lawrence Ruggieri and Glenn Walsh of Newmark Grubb Knight Frank. NRL Wealth Creation Strategies LLC leased 2,600 square feet of office space at 80 Business Park Drive in a deal brokered by NYCRG. The landlord, Lashins Development Corp., was represented by Kenneth Harbour of Harbour Commercial Real Estate Inc. At 333 Westchester Ave. in White Plains, New York Commercial Realty Group brokered a long-term lease for 1,700 square

feet of office space for Hiossen Inc., a manufacturer of dental implants. The landlord, Cohen Brothers Realty Corp., was represented by Stephanie Coleman of Colliers International’s Stamford office.

TITLE INSURANCE COMPANY EXTENDS WHITE PLAINS LEASE Chicago Title Insurance Co. extended its lease for 5,079 square feet of office space at 245 Main St., part of the downtown Renaissance Corporate Center owned by Caspi Development Co. in Purchase. Chicago Title is a division of Fidelity National Financial Inc., the only Fortune 500 company in the title insurance industry. The deal was brokered for the tenant by Howard E. Greenberg, president of Howard Properties, Ltd. in White Plains. — John Golden

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Raveis data find unit sales down, prices up

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compass: New Canaan up 38.99 percent; Wilton up 29.28 percent; New Fairfield up 29.19 percent; Danbury up 28.94 percent; Shelton up 28.5 percent; Westport up 26.11 percent; Newtown up 22.95; Bridgeport up 11.11 percent; and Trumbull up 9.54 percent. The company also said, “Inventory of 491 in January was up 10.3 percent from 445 in December and up 17.5 percent from 418 in January of 2015. New listings of 128 in January were up substantially from 46 in December and up somewhat from 103 in January of 2015.” Months of supply — the amount of time it would take for all the current homes on the market to sell — in January was 7.6, unchanged from the same month last year. In Ridgefield, the months-of-supply figure was 8.8, up 32.8 percent from January last year. Referencing the figure of 35 unit sales in Fairfield, Raveis said, “This is the lowest unit sales have been since 25 in February 2015.” The company also said the ratio between the sale price and the listed price in January moved up to 96.1 percent from 95.3 percent in December. — Bill Fallon

he Fairfield office of Shelton-based William Raveis Real Estate, Mortgage and Insurance in its recent market overview for January found sales in its bailiwick down 25.5 percent compared with January 2015, from 47 to 35 units sold. The Fairfield median price in January, however, was $652,920, up 14.75 percent from $569,000 in January of 2015. The price per square foot for Fairfield in January was $318, stronger than in December when the figure was $290, but down from $379 in January 2015. Raveis reported also that time on the market was up 23 percent to 123 days. The price per square foot in Norwalk in January was $291. “This is up 17 percent from $249 in January of 2015,” the company reported. In Ridgefield, however, the price per square foot was down 19.7 percent, even as the town’s individual home median sale price was up 14.7 percent from January 2015. Besides Fairfield’s 14.75 percent median-price uptick, other towns in the broader Raveis report saw their median sale prices up across the county

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“Foreclosure activity in BridgeportStamford-Norwalk was higher than the national foreclosure rate, which was 1.20 percent for December 2015.” The company also reported that among its Bridgeport-StamfordNorwalk findings, the mortgage delinquency rate decreased. According to CoreLogic data for December, “4.01 percent of mortgage loans were 90 days or more delinquent in the region compared with 5.21 percent for the same period last year, representing a decrease of 1.20 percent.” CoreLogic works with 22,000 taxing entities nationally to facilitate the exchange of tax information and payments. “It is this infrastructure that provides the scale necessary for optimizing the connections between taxing authorities, mortgage lenders and property owners,” the company said. — Bill Fallon


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Family business: Should I stay or should I go? I am working in the family business for my parents. I don’t have any shares and just general promises that someday it will be mine. I don’t agree with what my parents are doing and think they’re making some serious mistakes that could make this a tougher business in the future. What should I do? THOUGHTS OF THE DAY: Kick them out. Leave. Work together to fix the problems. Decide how much you want to work in this business for the long term. You do have options to consider. Start by taking the direct route: ask your parents to leave and find out what are their barriers to doing so. Often there are a mix of issues at play — financial dependency, fear of losing control, loss of something important to do and worries about leaving children alone to tackle difficult problems. Make a list of issues and tackle them one at a time. If it’s financial, work with a financial planner or other skilled financial adviser to

help your parents estimate what they need for a nest egg. Identify the gap between what they need and what they have at present. Work out a plan to pay into that gap over a period of time, keeping in mind that if your parents held onto their current shares of the company they’d keep all of the profits each year anyway. Negotiate to have your parents turn over shares as the gap shrinks or put the shares in trust with an agreement on turning over shares as the financial gap is paid off. If the issue is loss of control, it’s time for a serious conversation about ensuring the future of the business. This is probably the toughest issue to tackle after dealing with financial gaps. Nothing is certain. Your parents can’t control the future, but they can take responsibility for doing their part to ensure the business has a future. If the business doesn’t have a succession plan it won’t survive. If your parents stand in the way of securing successors, they will be responsible for losing the business. Consider outside help dealing with this one — it’s complicated and not totally rational. If your parents are still able to come to work, make sure their job is well defined and

in their wheelhouse. Talk about the roles they can play doing meaningful work, providing advice and acting as a sounding board. If they feel that you’re paying attention, they may also gain confidence that you can learn enough to run the business without repeating the same problems and mistakes they did. If you can’t break through, consider doing something else. As you negotiate with your parents, knowing you have other options evens the playing field, strengthening your hand. You may feel that it’s essential that you stay because without you the business might fail. That’s not your responsibility until they agree to turn it over to you. Ultimately you are responsible for your life and pursuing your dreams, just as your parents have been responsible for pursuing theirs. Build a plan to get from now to the future, including turning over ownership. Engage with your parents, making a list of things that have to happen. Build a checklist. Ask for a written agreement that as progress is made shares will be turned over to you. Set a timeline so that both you and your parents can see if the plan is on track. Include things such as

building up reserve funds, having a strategic and tactical 3-year plan, eliminating debt, building a management team and ensuring that the right outside advisers are in place. Get someone you can both trust to act as an independent scorekeeper and referee to help you build and monitor the plan. Make sure you want the business. Ownership of a business can be risky and demanding. It’s a big shift to go from an employee with a paycheck to the decision-maker with responsibility for navigating the future while keeping the business safe and on track. LOOKING FOR A GOOD BOOK? Try “Family Business Succession, A Briefing” by Cecilia Hegarty. Andi Gray is president of Strate�y Leaders Inc. (Strate�yLeaders.com) a business-consulting �irm that teaches companies how to double revenue and triple pro�its in repetitive growth cycles. Have a question for AskAndi? Wondering how Strate�y Leaders can help your business thrive? Call or email for a free consultation and diagnostics: 877-238-3535, AskAndi@ Strate�yLeaders.com. Check out our library of business advice articles: AskAndi.com.

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COUNTY RECEIVES LION’S SHARE OF $20M TRANSPORTATION GRANT As part of federal efforts to improve air quality and reduce traffic congestion across the state, Fairfield County will receive more than half of a statewide $20 million federal grant to bolster the state’s infrastructure. “These grants combine two of the most critical issues of our time: transportation and the environment,” said Gov. Dannel P. Malloy in a statement announcing the grant recipients. Throughout Connecticut, 10 municipalities and three transit districts will share the

$20 million grant awarded under the Federal Highway Administration’s Congestion Mitigation and Air Quality Improvement Program. To qualify, municipalities must demonstrate that their projects will result in reduced vehicle exhaust emissions and, at the same time, be cost effective. According to the Governor’s office, the transit projects will assist in retaining current transit users and attract new ones by providing additional bus routes in heavily traveled corridors along with improved realtime passenger information signage at major

hub locations — resulting in less personal automotive use. The three largest grant allotments are of $3 million each and will go to support projects in Bridgeport, New Britain and Stamford. In Bridgeport and Stamford the funds will be used to upgrade traffic signals along several avenues and streets. Greenwich and Norwalk will also use $2 million and $2.5 million, respectively to improve traffic signals as well as roadway weather sensors and signage to improve traffic flow in Norwalk. Nearly $400,000 in funds will be shared between the Greater Bridgeport and Housatonic Area Regional transit systems to purchase real-time bus passenger information signage at major hub locations in Bridgeport and fund the creation of a bus route in Western Danbury. “We must keep working to provide a bestin-class transportation system,” said Malloy.

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BLUMENTHAL CALLS FOR PROBE OF ‘RUNAWAY’ AIRLINE FEES U. S. Sen. Richard Blumenthal is leading a charge against what he calls “hidden and runaway” fuel surcharges and airline fees being shoveled on to consumers by the airline industry despite plummeting fuel costs. “It is time for the (U.S. Department of Transportation) to crack down on continued unfair and deceptive charges by airlines,” Blumenthal wrote in a Feb. 22-dated letter to Anthony Foxx, transportation secretary. In his letter, Blumenthal said that according to the International Air Transport Association, airlines are expected to reap an estimated $33 billion in profits in 2016 — nearly double the $17.3 billion in profits the industry collected in 2014. “Yet the price of an airline ticket remains sky high and out of reach for far too many Americans,” Blumenthal said. In his letter, Blumenthal called on the department to investigate the way airlines calculate surcharges and fees, which he claims can nearly double passenger fares when consumers seek to redeem frequent flier miles. “There have been reports of consumers seeking to redeem loyalty miles only to be hit with hundreds of dollars in confusing charges at check out,” he said. According to Blumenthal’s letter, in 2012, the Department of Transportation prohibited airlines from imposing additional “fuel charges” unless they could be directly linked to the additional cost of fuel. Not coincidentally, as fuel prices declined, most airlines dropped “fuel charges” and began assessing consumers other vaguely worded charges such as “international/domestic surcharges”, and “carrier imposed charges,” which seemingly have no relation to any additional costs borne by the airlines. “These seem to be the same bogus charges, simply by a different name,” he said. “This anti-consumer practice shrouds the true cost of airfares and can deceive consumers searching for the best deals.” Blumenthal referred specifically to British Airways and Delta Airlines and the vague language they use to explain the reasoning behind their surcharges. As a member of the Senate Commerce, Science, and Transportation Committee, the panel charged with overseeing the aviation industry and consumer protection, Blumenthal said he was eager to ensure that airline passengers receive reliable service at a fair and reasonable price and plans to make the issue a key priority as the committee crafts a long-term measure reauthorizing aviation programs. — Reece Alvarez


BY LAURA BURKETT

Growth can be a dangerous time for young businesses

Grow or die!” So goes the oft-quoted some of the main traps that can ensnare a commandment in the world of busi- growing young business. ness. Unfortunately, sometimes the MAINTAIN DUE DILIGENCE WHEN ADDING STAFF result of following that dictum turns Entrepreneurs who find their busiout to be grow and die, especially nesses growing rapidly understandably for young companies that are inclined to ramp up staff and have only recently graduated from fill key positions as quickly as their startup phase. possible, sometimes without full While about half of all busiregard for proper hiring practicnesses founded in a given year es. This is when seeds may be survive for at least five years, U.S. planted that can grow into major Department of Labor statistics problems in the near future. show that the survival rate drops Interview candidates for importto only about one third at the ant positions several times and Laura Burkett 10-year mark. The question is: Why include more than one member do so many new businesses successfully nav- of senior management. Be sure to check refigate the perilous start-up phase only to suc- erences thoroughly and verify background cumb in the years that immediately follow? facts, including college degrees. In some cases, the answer simply may be BUILD AND PROTECT CASH RESERVES that they failed to grow. However, business Do not allow the initial growth phase experts agree that in many instances young to consume all of the company’s capital entrepreneurs make common but costly mis- reserves. Without reserves, the company is takes as they begin the growth phase of their in no position to survive unforeseen adverse businesses. Sometimes those mistakes are circumstances, such as a temporary economserious enough to imperil the existence of ic downturn, or some operational difficulty. the company. Following are ways to avoid These are problems a well-run company can

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survive, as long as it has the resources to keep the doors open. Before embarking on an ambitious growth phase, it is important to carefully plan for and evaluate a young company’s cash reserves. TEMPER ENTHUSIASM FOR ACQUISITIONS Yes, an acquisition can be a shortcut to growth and with so many baby boomers reaching retirement age, a great many private companies are for sale. But it is very important to guard against the common traps that befall a young entrepreneur making his or her first acquisition. Among them: Preoccupation with “chasing the deal,” even to the extent that aspects of the existing business are ignored; performing insufficient due diligence on the business being acquired, possibly while under pressure to close the deal; taking on too much debt; and not planning sufficiently for integrating the acquired firm’s employees and operations. USE CAUTION WHEN RELYING ON INDEPENDENT CONTRACTORS Pressed to finance growth, entrepreneurs sometimes elect to fill some functions with workers classified as indepen-

dent contractors rather than employees, thereby saving on payroll taxes and employee benefits. Be aware, however, that the rules defining which workers can legally be classified as independent contractors are complex. Federal and state agencies are cracking down hard on businesses that misclassify employees. The financial penalties for improperly classifying a worker can be ruinous. The issues addressed above cover some of the steps that can help an emerging company safely grow. Entrepreneurs who have triumphed over the startup phase and are poised to lead their organizations to greater success should take pride in their accomplishments, while also guarding against the overconfidence that can blind them to potential pitfalls on their path. Laura Burkett is a district manager in the Purchase of�ice of Insperity Inc., a national human resources and business performance consulting company with $2.6 billion in revenues in 2015. For more information, call 800-465-3800 or visit insperity.com.

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Saluting those who go beyond the diagnosis

2016 A UNIQUE AWARDS PROGRAM CELEBRATES THE ACCOMPLISHMENTS OF FIVE PHYSICIANS IN FAIRFIELD COUNTY JUDGED BY A PANEL TO BE THE MOST EXEMPLARY IN THE PROGRAM’S CATEGORIES. THIS PRESTIGIOUS THIRD ANNUAL EVENT IS SPONSORED BY ACCOUNTING AND CONSULTING FIRM CITRIN COOPERMAN, THE FAIRFIELD COUNTY BUSINESS JOURNAL, AND QUINNIPIAC UNIVERSITY FRANK H. NETTER MD SCHOOL OF MEDICINE.

Open to nominations from the public, this is an opportunity to recognize those physicians who make an impact each and every day on people’s lives.

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}}HUMANITARIAN AWARD: In recognition of a physician whose project or service significantly enhanced the quality of life for people in the region, the nation, or the world. }}LIFETIME ACHIEVEMENT AWARD: In recognition of a physician respected for a lifetime career in the medical profession. }}LEADERSHIP IN MEDICAL ADVOCACY AWARD: In recognition of a physician who has provided exceptional leadership in the form of advocacy on behalf of the medical profession at the local, state, or national level. }}COMMUNITY SERVICE AWARD: In recognition of a physician for providing pro bono patient medical care services for people in need. }}EXCELLENCE IN MEDICAL RESEARCH AWARD: In recognition of a physician whose ingenuity or clinical research significantly contributed to the advancement of medical practice. }}MOST PROMISING MEDICAL STUDENT: In recognition of a medical student whose passion for the profession, high academic achievement and sensitivity to medical ethics and patient care show promise of an outstanding new physician.

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Recruitment & HR

BY ROBERT G. BRODY AND KATHERINE M. BOGARD

Paying gal/guy Fridays offers distinct challenges

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ost companies have a girl or guy Friday who does everything. While this employee is essential to your company, the question is: Do you pay him or her a salary or by the hour? In most cases, the answer should be by the hour. And if he/she works more than 40 hours a week, a mistake can really add up. To determine if “Friday” is exempt from overtime, you must determine if there is an exemption from the normal rule that requires all employees to be paid overtime after 40 hours. Although there is an administrative exemption for white-collar employees under the federal Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA), the exemption itself is rather misleading; “administrative” is not as all encompassing and simple as it sounds. To qualify for the administrative exemption, all of the following must be met: ■ The employee must be compensated on a salary or fee basis of not less than $455 per week (expected to increase to $970 a week at some time in 2016); ■ The employee’s primary duty must be the performance of office or nonmanual

matters of significance. Gal or guy Friday often meets the first two requirements, but not the “exercise of discretion and independent judgment with respect to matters of significance.” “Discretion and independent judgment” involves the comparison and the evaluation of alternative possible courses of conduct and effectuating a decision after the possibilities have been considered. “Matters of significance” refers to the level of importance or consequence of the work performed. Usually, such actions must put the company’s money at risk and not just a nominal amount. To exercise independent judgment and discretion, the employee must be able to make an independent choice free from direction or supervision or alternatively make an effective recommendation to take action. For instance, while the administrative assistant may not have the final say on whether the company adopts a particular policy, his or her recommendation is strongly considered and given great weight. This does not include the mundane, such as where to buy lunch or what kind of office supplies to stock. Rather

IF YOU JUST REALIZED THAT YOUR 50-HOUR-A-WEEK ADMINISTRATIVE ASSISTANT IS NONEXEMPT, YOU ARE PROBABLY WONDERING WHAT TO DO. work directly related to the management or general business operations of the employer or the employer’s customers (and not to production of the company’s product); and ■ The employee’s primary duty must include the exercise of discretion and independent judgment with respect to

it refers to serious business judgments which could cost the company a significant percent of sales or costs. Some Fridays are more likely to fall within the administrative exemption than others, for instance, an executive assistant who controls who sees the business owner, what

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issues will be presented and how much time will be allotted to address an issue. This is akin to a president’s chief of staff. Under the FLSA, if the employee is misclassified, you owe unpaid wages for hours worked over 40 per week. And, since you thought the employee was exempt and did not track his or her hours, the employee’s best guess on the number of hours worked will likely govern. In addition to back wages, the employee is entitled to liquidated damages equal to 100 percent of the wages owed and to attorneys’ fees. The FLSA has a twoor three-year statute of limitations depending on willfulness. State laws, however, may extend the statute of limitations; New York has a 6-year statute of limitations. If you just realized that your 50-houra-week administrative assistant is nonexempt, you are probably wondering what

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to do. Employers in similar situations have used several approaches, but this must be handled delicately. It is likely that the employee will need to be reclassified. In that case, how you communicate the change can help minimize your exposure. Also, remember not to create a “smoking gun” documenting possible violations. Seek experienced counsel to develop the best strategy for your circumstances. If handled properly, your employee will see the change as fair and move forward rather than looking for past mistakes. Robert G. Brody is the founder of Brody and Associates LLC. Katherine M. Bogard is an associate at the �irm. Brody and Associates represents management in employment and labor law matters and has of�ices in Westport and New York City.

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BY FRANK MATHEIS

Making corporate operating principles count

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t’s easy to make resolutions. Many are made and few are kept, especially if they are intended to trickle down through an entire corporation or organization. Often much time and resources are spent writing lofty mission statements and defining operating principles, only to hang them on the wall or place them on a website somewhere, without ever managing to actually implement them into practice. To go beyond the theory and wonderful intentions, every employee needs to establish a personal connection with these goals as mere slogans conceived with the best of intentions that don’t change the trajectory of a company or organizational culture. It requires genuine commitment and consis-

tency before mission statements or operation principles become inherent corporate values. The principles have to become a way of life, guiding tenets that people take to heart and live by day by day. At Curtis Instruments in Mount Kisco — a privately held international engineering company specializing in integrated systems for electric vehicles — we devised a set of 10 Points, our corporate operating principles, about 30 years ago. We took them seriously from day one. The Curtis 10 Points were to express not just who we are as a corporation, but what kind of company we wanted to be in the future, what we believed in and what our ideals were. In large part, this was the combined vision of our founder, Edward M.

Marwell and our management team under the guidance of the human resources Vice President Anne Papaelias. For us, these 10 Points are working because they became firm core values. Our current CEO and company president Stuart Marwell takes great care that we keep to these ideals. His frequent directive is, “Always do the right thing. When in doubt, look at the 10 Points.” That’s how these principles became part of the Curtis global culture for every employee and manager. The results are clear: Technical leadership as an American exporter, high employee morale, low employee turnover, reciprocal loyalty between employee and company, a strong positive impact on the local community, steady

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growth and global sales success. In 2015, the New York State Society for Human Resource Management and the Best Companies Group ranked Curtis as one the top five “Best Companies to Work for in New York” in the large employer category. This was the third time the company has received that award. We often are asked what we did to achieve such success and we always have the same answer: Our Curtis 10 Points, a unique set of corporate principles that drives product quality, excellence, ethical behavior, global citizenship and community involvement. The first step to implementing these principles is to believe them intrinsically. The owners and senior management took these points most seriously. They meant every word and were committed to achieve these visionary goals. Curtis communicated and internalized them within the entire organization. Everybody understood: This is who we are. This is how we want to be globally. This is how we want to interact with each other. THE CURTIS 10-POINTS OPERATING PRINCIPLES: 1. Our people are our most important resource. 2. Our customers are the source of our well-being: every person in the company is responsible for exceeding customer expectations. 3. Our products must embody the best technology that is available, while meeting the needs of our markets. 4. We strive to design and manufacture only one level of quality — the highest. 5. Each person in the company is responsible for its progress and each person must share in its success. 6. As a global company, we recognize that strength comes from the diversity of our culture. 7. We believe in a work environment ,which encourages and permits each person a sense of his/her own worth. 8. Relations with colleagues, with customers and with vendors must be conducted with integrity and fairness. 9. Creativity in our engineering and in all aspects of our activities is the most essential ingredient of our progress. 10. Curtis companies are citizens of the larger community and we have a responsibility to contribute to its well-being and progress. It’s what we say, what we mean and what we do. Frank Matheis is director of corporate marketing communications at Curtis Instruments, where he directs the company’s in-house ad agency to manage global advertising, promotions and communications. He can be reached at 914-242-6615 or by email at matheisf@ curtisinst.com.


Frank Micalizzi named senior VP at M&T Bank

WE MOVE MOUNTAINS PROVIDING PEAK PERFORMANCE TO OUR CONTRACTORS

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rank P. Micalizzi has been promoted to senior vice president at M&T Bank, the company recently announced. The Ridgefield, Conn., resident is based in Tarrytown, where he also serves as M&T Bank’s Tarrytown/ Connecticut regional president. As regional president, Micalizzi oversees M&T Bank’s commercial banking operations, including middle-market, commercial real estate, health care and notfor-profit businesses in Connecticut and in Westchester and Rockland counties. Frank Micalizzi He was appointed to the post last November when the bank announced a series of leadership promotions to manage operations in the metropolitan New York and New Jersey area following its $3.7 billion acquisition of Hudson City Bancorp last year. Prior to joining M&T in 2009, Micalizzi spent more than 25 years with JPMorgan Chase in senior positions, including senior vice president and division manager, according to an M&T spokesperson. The banker is four-term president of the Hudson Valley chapter of the Leukemia and Lymphoma Society of America and a former board member of the Westchester County Association. He received a Bachelor of Science degree from Davis and Elkins College in West Virginia and is a graduate of the Leadership Development Program at the University of Michigan’s Ross School of Business. M&T Bank is a subsidiary of M&T Bank Corp., a financial holding company headquartered in Buffalo, with banking offices in New York, Maryland, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Delaware, Connecticut, Virginia, West Virginia and the District of Columbia. With its parent company’s acquisition of Hudson City last fall, M&T Bank’s presence in the metropolitan area grew to 17 branch offices in Westchester and 10 offices in Fairfield County.

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THELIST: CONSTRUCTION COMPANIES

WESTCHESTER COUNTY

COMMERCIAL CONSTRUCTION

WESTCHESTER COUNTY AND REGION

Listed alphabetically. Name Address Area code: 914, unless otherwise noted Website

A.F. & Sons LLC

529 Central Park Ave., No. 210, Scarsdale 10567 723-5699 • af-sons.com

Ahearn-Holtzman Inc.

530 Willett Ave., Port Chester 10573 937-5995 • ahearnholtzman.com

AVR Realty Co.

1 Executive Blvd., Yonkers, 10701 965-3990 • avrrealty.com

BACC Builders Inc.*

295 Madison Ave., Suite 320, New York 10017 212-233-5900 • baccbuilders.com

The Blair Interiors Group Ltd.

1 Chase Road, Scarsdale 10583 472-8159 • blairinteriorsgroup.com

Brenner Builders

362 Adams St., Bedford Hills 10570 242-4707 • brennerbuilders.com

Calgi Construction Co.

56 Lafayette Ave., No. 350, White Plains 10603 666-9423 • calgiconstruction.com

CRB Inc.

47 Purdy Ave., Port Chester 10573 698-6700 • crbinc.net

C. W. Brown Inc.

(A division of LeChase Construction Services LLC) 1 Labriola Court, Armonk 10504 741-1212 • cwbrown.net

Dennis Lounsbury Builders Inc.

2824 Route 17K, Bullville 10915 845-361-5524 • dennislounsburybuilders.com

Du-Ben Steel Buildings Inc. 24 Western Ave., Marlboro 12542 845-236-7900 • dubensteelinc.com

Kirchhoff-Consigli Construction Management LLC

199 West Road, Suite 100, Pleasant Valley 12569 845-635-1800 • kccmny.com

Top local executive(s) Email address Year company established

Services offered

Greg Filippone Owner corporate@af-sons.com 1990

Every aspect of residential renovation and maintenance

Richard J. Ahearn, Jed Holtzman Founders aconnolly@ahearnholtzman.com 1960

Pre-construction and construction for commercial projects

Allan V. Rose Owner and CEO 1975

Commercial and residential real estate planning and development

Michael Bacchetta Chief operating officer aghimisian@baccbuilders.com 1984

High-end general contracting firm that does building alterations, renovations and infrastructure upgrades

Linda Blair Owner linda@blairinteriors.com 1995

National and international interior design services for residential, renovations, condo/co-op, restaurants and hospitality projects

Kevin Brenner Founder and president info@brennerbuilders.com NA

Luxury residential construction and renovation services

Dominic Calgi Owner info@calgiconstruction.com 1919

Construction management, general construction, consulting, and owner representation

Chris R. Bisceglia President chris@crbinc.net 1994

Construction management, general contracting and building maintenance and service

The Ruby Group

William H. Goodrich President and CEO, LeChase 1984

Construction management, general contracting and carpentry

Scully Construction LLC

Jeffrey Lounsbury President sdlbi@frontiernet.net 1972

Steel-structured, pre-engineered metal buildings and post-frame construction for projects, including churches, sports arenas, fire stations and car dealerships

Robert Stong President dubensteel@aol.com 1977

General contractor, pre-engineered steel buildings, and designing and building

Greg Burns President gburns@kccmny.com 2009

Pre-construction, project delivery approaches, turnkey student housing, turnkey health care facilities, building information modeling and custom millwork

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Lasberg Construction Associates Inc.

200 Business Park Drive, Suite 305, Armonk 10504 273-4266 • lasbergconstruction.com

Top local executive(s) Email address Year company established

Lee Lasberg President info@lasbergconstruction.com 1988

Michael O'Connor

Mancuso Construction & Remodeling Corp. President

560 Route 9W, Tomkins Cove 10986 845-786-2073

Meyer Contracting Corp.

12 Charles St., Pleasant Valley 12569 845-635-1416 • meyercontracting.com

Murphy Brothers Contracting Inc. 416 Waverly Ave., Mamaroneck 10543 777-5777 • murphybrothers.com

The Palombo Group

6030 Route 82, Stanfordville 12581 845-868-1239 • thepalombogroup.com

Peak Construction Co.

164 Old Route 9, Fishkill 12524 845-896-5496 • peakconstruction.biz

Roc Mar Contracting Corp.

620 Commerce St., Thornwood 10594 747-7685 • rocmar.net

330 Route 17A, Goshen 10924 845-651-3800 • rubygrp.com

141 Lafayette Ave., North White Plains 10603 682-8088 • scullycorp.com

Skanska USA Building *

350 Fifth Ave., New York 10118 917-438-4500 • usa.skanska.com

Storm King Group Inc.

720 Neelytown Road, Montgomery 12549 845-457-5552 • skgi.net

Verticon Ltd.

24 Gilbert Street Extension, Monroe 10950 845-774-8500 • verticon.net

William A. Kelly & Co. Inc.

87 Bedford Road, Katonah 10536 232-3191 • wakellyco.com

mancusocorp@aol.com 1984

Services offered

Pre-construction consulting, preliminary cost evaluation and budget and project management and administration for residential, commercial and industrial projects

Construction for all phases of residential contracting, additions, remodeling and renovations

Christian Meyer Owner kmckenna@meyerconstruction.com 1986

General contracting for projects/markets, including commercial, education, green, health care, historic, libraries, municipal, residential and seniors

Christopher Murphy, Sean Murphy Owners michael@murphybrothers.com 1979

Single-family homes, home renovation, light commercial, construction management, equestrian facilities and custom cabinetry

Robert W. Palombo Owner amcclinton@thepalombogroup.com 2001

Construction management for commercial and residential, general contracting and designing and building

Bill Metzger President info@peakconstruction.biz 1994

Home remodeling and general contractor for residential and commercial projects

Rocco J. Esposito Owner resposito@rocmar.net 1967

General contractor specializing in commercial drywall and carpentry

Pete Berman CEO info@rubycs.com 2002

Project management, general contracting and consulting services for developers, owners, landlords, tenants and investors active in residential and commercial real estate

Jim Scully Jr., Brian A. Keating Principals jim@scullycorp.com 1972

General contracting, value engineering, preliminary project budgets, project administration and cost analysis and commissioning

Mats Johansson President and CEO, Skanska USA Commercial Development tom.webb@skanska.com 2000

Construction management, design and building, public-private partnerships and general contracting

Brendan P. Darrow President brendan.darrow@skgi.net 1980

General construction, construction management and designing and building, with specialties, including concrete, masonry/stone, carpentry and ceramic tile

Alan Irving, Irving Zuckerman Co-presidents azuckerman@verticon.net 1993

General contracting, consulting, planning, designing and building

Edward W. Kelly Owner wakelly@wakellyco.com 1932

Construction management, general contracting, pre-engineered metal buildings, turn-key packages


BY JULIE JANSEN

Online presence and referrals key to getting a job

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here are emerging trends that are significantly impacting the hiring process for both individuals who are looking for work and companies who want to hire new employees. Job seekers are running up against more barriers than ever to getting interviews and securing job offers. First, Julie Jansen most employers rely on the use of applicant tracking systems (ATS) to source and screen candidates. This means that job seekers need to tailor their skills and achievements on their resume for each job they are applying for, ensure that their LinkedIn profile captures all of the necessary keywords and fill out long applications before they ever talk to a human being at the company. Unfortunately, many job seekers don’t realize how many online applications companies do receive, with a large portion of the candidates unqualified for the job. Additionally, most companies have open jobs yet they are slow to hire for two reasons — they believe that the “perfect candidate” exists and they are fearful of making a poor hire. As a result, companies are asking job applicants to go through numerous interviews, take psychological and personality tests, go through background checks and solve business cases or give formal presentations on the spot. Finally, most companies will Google job candidates to see how they communicate their value proposition or brand on social media, whether it be LinkedIn, Facebook, Twitter or Instagram. If a candidate posts inappropriate or overly opinionated information or he barely has a presence at all, this will negatively impact his chance of being considered as a candidate. Therefore, it is important to create the right impressions online as it is nearly impossible to eliminate what is coined “digital dirt.” At the same time, employers are even more interested than ever in hiring employees who possess interpersonal business competencies such as oral communication, conflict resolution, management and leadership skills. Millennials, born 1980 to 1995, are the largest generation in the workforce today according to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, and this number will increase rapidly in the next decade. Millennials value user experience, personalization,

contributing to meaningful causes and are impatiently opportunistic. If they don’t see their values being met from the very beginning of their experience as a job candidate, they will happily move on to the next company. Technology is dominating work and life in every way and if a company doesn’t appear to be keeping up in this arena, millennials will discount them as a viable employer.

Whether an employer or a job seeker, one thing that hasn’t changed is the need to build and nurture a network throughout one’s life. Despite the widespread use of ATS software, companies who are trying to hire employees are more successful when they rely on referrals to source candidates. In LinkedIn’s 2015 U.S. Recruiting Trends Survey of company decision makers who have hired people, referrals were the primary source of hires over the last three years. As for job seekers, while applying for jobs online is usually necessary, it is much more effective to connect with people who

can help facilitate introductions to decision makers within organizations. In short, the expectations that employers have of job candidates and those that job seekers have of employers are high, and the landscape is competitive for attracting talent and for getting interviews and job offers. Julie Jansen is principal of Careers by Julie Jansen in Stamford. She is a career coach and consultant whose work has been featured in The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal and other outlets. Her website is juliejansen.net.

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THELIST: CONSTRUCTION COMPANIES

COMMERCIAL CONSTRUCTION

FAIRFIELD COUNTY

FAIRFIELD COUNTY

Listed alphabetically. Name Address Area code: 203, unless otherwise noted Website

A. Pappajohn Co.

66 Fort Point St., Norwalk 06855 523-0303 • apappajohn.com

A. P. Construction Co.

707 Summer St., Stamford 06901 359-4704 • apconst.com

Building and Land Technology Corp.

1 Elmcroft Road, Suite 500, Stamford 06902 846-1900 • bltoffice.com

Claris Construction Inc.

153 S. Main St., Newtown 06470 364-9460 • clarisconstruction.com

Coastal Construction Group

1723 Post Road East, Westport 06880 292-3210 • ctcoastal.com

Top local executive(s) Email address Year company established

Services

Gus Pappajohn President and CEO info@apappajohn.com 1992

Construction management, general contracting and pre-construction for high-end residential and commercial projects

Andrew B. Ashforth President and CEO atank@apconst.com 1981

Construction management and general contracting for projects, including educational facilities, corporate interiors, health care, municipal facilities and selective residential properties

Carl R. Kuehner III, Paul J. Kuehner info@bltoffice.com 1982

Private real estate company offering development, design and construction services

Philip Clark Owner and founder info@clarisconstruction.com 1991

Architecture, engineering and commercial construction for projects and markets, including aviation, health care, education, industrial, interior and retail

Ryan Moran, Joe Feinlieb Owners Luxury residential and ryan@ctcoastal.com, joe@ctcoastal.com commercial construction 2003 Salvatore Zarrella Principal member info@cmgbuilder.com NA

Full-service commercial and residential construction

Sylvan D. Pomerantz President sylvan@csgroupct.com 2003

Residential construction, additions, renovations, custom homes and commercial construction

Emilio Coppola info@coppolaandsons.com 1973

Commercial, residential and industrial construction

Brian MacDonald, Richard Koch Partners bmacdonald@dvnport.com 1983

Custom homebuilding and renovations for residential projects

Don Sharpe, Jane Sharpe Owners jane@design-ltd.com 2000

Cedar and pine log cabins and post-and-beam-style homes

Domack Restoration LLC

Jason Domack jasond@domackroofing.com 1974

Commercial roofing and restoration, including tapered insulation and metal roof systems, roof drains, asphalt shingles, moisture detention and waterproofing

Falciglia Construction

Tom Falciglia tom@falcigliaconstruction.com 1995

General contracting, construction and project management and interior construction design for commercial and residential projects

Justin Shaw President info@jcsconstructiongroup.com 2007

Commercial management, general contracting, preconstruction services and millwork division for commercial and residential projects

John A Kozinsaki Owner johnk@jkhomeimprovements.com 1996

Full-service home remodeling, general contractor and home improvement

Arnold M. Karp Founder inquiries@karpassociatesinc.com 1985

Renovations, custom homes, construction management, real estate consulting, project rescue and project management

Construction Management Group LLC 58 Pine St., New Canaan 06840 966-3388 • cmgbuilders.com

Construction Solutions Group

30 Huckleberry Hollow, Stamford 06903 595-9882 • theconstructionsolutionsgroup.com

Coppola & Sons Construction Co.

23 Keeler Ave., Norwalk 06854 359-1625 • coppolaandsons.com

Davenport Contracting Inc.

78 Harvard Ave., Stamford 06902 324-6308 • davenportcontracting.com

Design Limited Homes

62 Underhill Road, Sandy Hook 06482 426-5539 • design-ltd.com

185 Charles St., Stratford 06615 502-2004 • domackrestoration.com

4 Alpine Road, New Fairfield 948-7897 • falcigliaconstruction.com

JCS Construction Group Inc.

9 W. Broad St., Stamford 06902 485-9612 • jcsconstructiongroup.com

JK Home Improvements LLC 3 Beau St., Norwalk 06850 984-8869 • jkhomeimprovements.net

Karp Associates Inc.

34 Elm St., New Canaan 06840 972-3366 • karpassociatesinc.com

This list is a sampling of construction companies serving the region. If you would like to include your company in our next list, please contact Danielle Renda at drenda@westfairinc.com.

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Name Address Area code: 203, unless otherwise noted Website

Top local executive(s) Email address Year company established

Services

Michael Kolakowski President and CEO akleban@kbebuilding.com 1959

Preconstruction services, building information modeling, value engineering, construction management, design-build and general contracting

Pecora Brothers Inc.

Joseph Pecora jpecora@pecorabrothers.com 1995

Homebuilder and general construction for residential and commercial projects, including property management

Peter Schneider Builder Contractor Inc.

Peter Schneider peter@peterschneiderbuilder.com 1984

Homes, additions and renovations

Mary Ann White President apgphoenix@aol.com NA

Residential, commercial and environmental services, including hazardous material spills, site clean ups and mold remediation

Pine Creek Associate Inc.

Tom Wrabel pinecreek86@optonline.net 1986

Remodeling, additions, new home construction, property management and general maintenance and repairs

RMS Companies

Randy Salvatore President and CEO 1995

General contracting and construction management for residential and commercial projects

Schimenti Construction Co.

Matthew Schimenti President 1994

Construction management, pre-construction services, renovations and remodeling for commercial projects

Sherman Building Design

Major renovations, construction Michael Carpanzo michael@shermanbuildingdesign.com and construction management for 2009 residential projects

KBE Building Corp.

200 Connecticut Ave., Suite 5J, Norwalk 06854 989-0486 • kbebuilding.com

70 Hamilton Ave., Greenwich 06830 863-9555 • pecorabrothers.com

106 Rockwell Road, Bethel 06801 743-5548 • peterschneiderbuilder.com

Phoenix Construction

P.O. Box 1033, Ridgefield 06877 914-490-7900 • phoenixconstructioncorp.com

80 Old Dam Road, Fairfield 06824 256-9300 • pinecreekassociates.com

1 Landmark Square, Stamford 06901 968-2313 • rms-construction.com

650 Danbury Road, Ridgefield 06877 914-244-9100 • schimenti.com

14 Lily Pond Trail, New Milford 06776 860-354-4411 • shermanbuildingdesign.com

Signature Construction Group Inc.

745 E. Main St., Stamford 06902 325-0628 • signatureconstruction.com

Sterling Associates LLC

P.O. Box 766, Newtown 06470 426-0021 • sterlingassociatesllc.com

Verdi Construction Company LLC 16 Taylor Ave., Bethel 06801 798-9880 • verdiconstruction.com

Viking Construction Inc.

1387 Seaview Ave., Bridgeport 06607 353-0260 • vikingconstruction.net

Wernert Construction Management LLP

76 Valley Road, Cos Cob 06807 869-1110 • wernert.com

Worth Construction Company Inc.

24 Taylor Ave., Bethel 06801 797-8788 • worthconstruction.com

Wright Building Co.

5 Myrtle St., Norwalk 06855 227-4134 • wrightbuildingcompany.com

York Construction & Development

210 Sound Beach Ave., Old Greenwich 06870 698-3460 • yorkdev.com

Daniel Tomai Founder, president and CEO dtomai@signatureconstruction.com 1990

Construction management and general contracting

Eric Salvesen President sterlingassociates@earthlink.net 1996

New home construction, additions and renovations

Curtis Verdi Owner info@verdiconstruction.com 1997

Design build, engineered building, construction logistic, integrated project solutions

Anthony Gaglio Sr. Owner info@vikingconstruction.net 1991

Construction management, general contracting, design/build and pre-construction

Bruce Wernert Owner build@wernert.com 1981

General contracting, construction management, designing, building and owner representation

Michael Pontoriero President and treasurer worth@worthconstruction.com 1978

General construction, designing and building, construction management, pre-construction budgeting and conceptual engineering

Chris Wright and Erno Bacso Vice presidents info@wrightbuild.com 1985

Home building, renovations, additions and estate care

Nick Barile President nick@yorkdev.com 2000

Residential construction projects, including new custom homes, remodeling and renovations, general contractor and build management


' Designed by William Bates for one of Bronxville's pioneers, the Tudor revival is a unique blend of modern and traditional. The landmarked three-story, stone and timber home with a slate roof is a design masterpiece set within more than half an acre of private property landscaped to perfection with mature trees and plantings and complemented by an artistically handcrafted gazebo and detached two-car garage. This incomparable turn-key home's interior has ample light, with grouped windows in varying sizes, that virtually bring the outside in. Entering the arched portico, you are surrounded by elegant symmetry with all the added sophisticated new systems and modern upgrades. As it has since its creation nearly a century ago, this one-of-a-kind home promises to provide the perfect setting for an exceptional lifestyle. Less than 1 mile to Bronxville and only 28 minutes to Grand Central Station. List price: $1,795,00013,905 square feet I 5 bedrooms, 4.5 baths I Finished walk-out basement I MLS# 4547738 Contact: Lia Grasso, Douglas Elliman Real Esate, 914-584-8440, 914-232-3700 lia.grasso@elliman.com

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Franklin Street Works Features Art, Conversation and Community Now celebrating our fifth year, Franklin Street Works contemporary art space and café is proud to be a welcoming venue for communities to experience innovative, museum-quality contemporary art in Stamford. Our award-winning exhibitions on topics such as immigration, financial economies and gender identity contribute to the international arts dialogue and express a strong curatorial vision led by Terri C. Smith, creative director. The adjacent Franklin Street Works Café serves as a complementary social gathering place, featuring in-house-made lunch, brunch and baked goods designed by Chef Erin Emmett. The menu, which receives four stars on Yelp, highlights locally sourced, fresh ingredients, a full espresso drink menu, drip coffee by Brooklyn Roasting Company as well as wines and craft beer. FSW’s audience and member base continues to grow — more than 35 percent in 2015 — from word-of-mouth and our unique community collaborations. Our work with the Avon Theater, Stamford Downtown, Artspace New Haven, Connecticut Students for a Dream, UConn, Ignite Stamford, the Stamford Art Association, Stamford Innovation Center, WPKN, Purchase College and more continues to help us to build our audience of contemporary art enthusiasts. In 2016, Franklin Street Works presents a year of feminist-themed art exhibitions. Our current exhibition, “Cut-Up: Contemporary Collage and Cut-Up Histories through a Feminist Lens,” will be on view through April 3. “All Byte: Feminist Intersections in Video Art” will be on view between April 9 and July 10 and is co-curated with the University of ConnecticutStamford and Sacred Heart University’s Film and Television Masters school. The spring exhibition is “Danger Came Smiling: Feminist Art and Popular Music” curated by esteemed art historian, professor and published author Maria Elena Buszek. The exhibition will bring together work by contemporary artists who use popular music as a medium, subject and reference point for activist messages. Contemporary art’s ability to bring diverse groups together in conversation around important topics is one of the many reasons Franklin Street Works has such a bustling, diverse following that reflects the region itself. We invite you to join us for upcoming shows, programs and collaborations. To connect with us online, visit our website at franklinstreetworks. org or like us on Facebook.

Bonnie Wattles, Executive Director Franklin Street Works Member, Cultural Alliance of Fairfield County The mission of the Cultural Alliance of Fairfield County is to support cultural organizations, artists and creative businesses by providing promotion, services and advocacy. For more information, visit CulturalAllianceFC.org or email infoCulturalAllianceFC.org or call 256-2329. For events lists, visit FCBuzz.org.

FCBUZZ 24 HOURS TO GIVE WHERE YOU LIVE Hosted by Fairfield County’s Community Foundation, with lead sponsor Bank of America, Giving Day inspires and empowers our region to raise as much money as possible for local nonprofit organizations in just 24 hours through online donations. It invites those who love Fairfield County to come together and make an incredibly powerful, collective impact by supporting local nonprofits March 10. Last year, this day of giving had extraordinary results: $1,066,091 donated by 13,161 individuals for 386 nonprofits, all serving Fairfield County. Now in our third year, Giving Day is set to break records. Join us and find out more at the website FCGives.org. This one-day, regional effort harnesses the collective power of individuals, friends, families, businesses, employee groups, school groups and others to transform how people think about, talk about and participate in giving. The minimum donation is $10 and there is no maximum. Prize money will be made available to amplify charitable donations, excite nonprofits and donors to participate and keep momentum going throughout the day. Whether you

give $10 or $100, your donation will make a difference. Fairfield County’s Community Foundation promotes philanthropy to create change locally, focusing on innovative and collaborative solutions to critical issues impacting the community. Our vision is to foster a vital and inclusive community where every individual has the opportunity to thrive. We help you make a difference that’s meaningful, effective and easy. To learn more, visit fccfoundation.org.

WPKN’S MUSIC MASH ’16 RECORD FAIR IN BRIDGEPORT MusicMash ’16 is a record fair produced by nonprofit, community radio station WPKN 89.5-FM. The event, Saturday, March 5, will be held at the Read’s Artspace in downtown Bridgeport. This event has a bit more sizzle than the traditional record fairs – MusicMash ’16 presents 50-plus vendors from all over New England selling vinyl LPs, 45s, CDs and music collectibles. There will be live music and WPKN 89.5-FM and celebrity DJs will be spinning discs. Also there are food and drink options. Last year nearly 900 people attended. WPKN is working through Record Riots, a group that owns and operates record shows in Philadelphia, Jersey City, New Haven and Brooklyn. There will be 50+ of the top dealers in New

England specializing is all types and formats (vinyl LPs, 45s, CDs) of music from jazz, rock, blues, world, motown, new wave, reggae, punk, ephemera, soul, disco, surf, country, rockabilly, R&B and more. There will also be vendors selling books, posters, artwork and other collectibles Read’s Artspace is a 5-minute walk from Metro-North and a 3-minute cab ride from the Port Jefferson Ferry terminal in Bridgeport. Free indoor parking will be available at the Peoples Bank indoor parking garage with access to the lot from Water Street, beginning 8 a.m. Tickets are $15 and allow first viewing of what is for sale. From 10 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. Admission is $6 for adults, $5 for students; children under 12 years old are free.

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FACTS & FIGURES BANKRUPTCIES WHITE PLAINS 185 Cherry Lane Inc. P.O. Box 82, Monsey 10952. Chapter 7, voluntary. Represented by 185 Cherry Lane Inc. Filed: Feb. 22. Case no. 16-22220-rdd.

COURT CASES American Capital V LLC. Filed by U.S. Bank Trust National Association. Action: diversity-foreclosure. Attorney: Dennis Jose. Filed: Feb. 19. Case no. 7:16-cv-01284. Bayer HealthCare Pharmaceuticals Inc. Filed by Ashley Artherell. Action: diversity-product liability. Attorneys: Robert J. Evola, Bradley M. Lakin and Robert W. Schmieder II. Filed: Feb. 19. Case no. 7:16-cv-01308-CS. Bayer HealthCare Pharmaceuticals Inc. Filed by Sarahi Ayala. Action: diversity-product liability. Attorneys: Robert J. Evola, Bradley M. Lakin and Robert W. Schmieder II. Filed: Feb. 19. Case no. 7:16-cv-01285-CS. Bayer HealthCare Pharmaceuticals Inc. Filed by Rachel Buckingham. Action: diversity-product liability. Attorneys: Robert J. Evola, Bradley M. Lakin and Robert W. Schmieder II. Filed: Feb. 19. Case no. 7:16-cv-01280-CS. Bayer HealthCare Pharmaceuticals Inc. Filed by Elizabeth Carlos. Action: diversity-product liability. Attorneys: Robert J. Evola, Bradley M. Lakin and Robert W. Schmieder II. Filed: Feb. 19. Case no. 7:16-cv-01291-CS.

Bayer HealthCare Pharmaceuticals Inc. Filed by Billie Jo Darrin. Action: diversity-product liability. Attorneys: Robert J. Evola, Bradley M. Lakin and Robert W. Schmieder II. Filed: Feb. 19. Case no. 7:16-cv-01307-CS. Bayer HealthCare Pharmaceuticals Inc. Filed by Melissa Louise Davis. Action: diversity-personal injury. Attorneys: Panagiotis V. Albanis and Jack Landskroner. Filed: Feb. 22. Case no. 7:16-cv-01334-CS. Bayer HealthCare Pharmaceuticals Inc. Filed by Melissa Frohrib. Action: diversity-product liability. Attorneys: Robert J. Evola, Bradley M. Lakin and Robert W. Schmieder II. Filed: Feb. 19. Case no. 7:16-cv-01278-CS. Bayer HealthCare Pharmaceuticals Inc. Filed by Rhonda Gray. Action: diversity-product liability. Attorneys: Robert J. Evola, Bradley M. Lakin and Robert W. Schmieder II. Filed: Feb. 19. Case no. 7:16-cv-01305-CS. Bayer HealthCare Pharmaceuticals Inc. Filed by Kandace Hogan. Action: diversity-product liability. Attorney: Robert J. Evola, Bradley M. Lakin and Robert W. Schmieder II. Filed: Feb. 19. Case no. 7:16-cv-01306-CS. Bayer HealthCare Pharmaceuticals Inc. Filed by Michele D. Holt. Action: diversity-product liability. Attorney: James Douglas Barger. Filed: Feb. 22. Case no. 7:16-cv-01337-CS. Bayer HealthCare Pharmaceuticals Inc. Filed by Shiann A. Intres. Action: diversity-product liability. Attorney: James Douglas Barger. Filed: Feb. 17. Case no. 7:16-cv-01205-CS. Bayer HealthCare Pharmaceuticals Inc. Filed by Carolyn K. Jewell. Action: diversity-product liability. Attorney: Douglas Barger. Filed: Feb. 17. Case no. 7:16-cv-01203-CS.

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Bayer HealthCare Pharmaceuticals Inc. Filed by Jamie Ann Littell. Action: diversity-product liability. Attorney: James Douglas Barger. Filed: Feb. 17. Case no. 7:16-cv-01206-CS. Bayer HealthCare Pharmaceuticals Inc. Filed by Nancy Macias. Action: diversity-personal injury. Attorneys: Brian Stephen Kabateck, Lina Berjouhi Melidonian and Paul D. Stevens. Filed: Feb. 17. Case no. 7:16-cv-01211-CS.

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Bayer HealthCare Pharmaceuticals Inc. Filed by Kayla McCland. Action: diversity action. Attorneys: Robert J. Evola, Bradley M. Lakin and Robert W. Schmieder II. Filed: Feb. 19. Case no. 7:16-cv-01279-CS.

Bayer HealthCare Pharmaceuticals Inc. Filed by Kasey Tucker. Action: diversity-product liability. Attorney: James Douglas Barger. Filed: Feb. 17. Case no. 7:16-cv-01210-CS.

Bayer HealthCare Pharmaceuticals Inc. Filed by Ann R. Nowrang. Action: diversity-product liability. Attorney: James Douglas Barger. Filed: Feb. 17. Case no. 7:16-cv-01209-CS.

Bayer HealthCare Pharmaceuticals Inc. Filed by Melissa Ciantae Williams. Action: diversity-product liability. Attorney: Panagiotis V. Albanis. Filed: Feb. 22. Case no. 7:16-cv-01338-CS.

Bayer HealthCare Pharmaceuticals Inc. Filed by Cassie Painter. Action: diversity-product liability. Attorney: Brett A. Emison. Filed: Feb. 22. Case no. 7:16-cv-01333-CS.

Bayer HealthCare Pharmaceuticals Inc. Filed by Samantha Williams. Action: diversity-personal injury. Attorneys: Timothy J. Becker, Rolf Fiebiger and Michael K. Johnson. Filed: Feb. 23. Case no. 7:16-cv-01375-CS.

Bayer HealthCare Pharmaceuticals Inc. Filed by Iesha Paris. Attorneys: Rebecca A. Peterson and Robert K. Shelquist. Filed: Feb. 23. Case no. 7:16-cv-01373-CS. Bayer HealthCare Pharmaceuticals Inc. Filed by Danyale R. Pinckard. Action: diversity-product liability. Attorney: James Douglas Barger. Filed: Feb. 23. Case no. 7:16-cv-01370-CS. Bayer HealthCare Pharmaceuticals Inc. Filed by Amy Richards-Robinett. Action: diversity-product liability. Attorney: James Douglas Barger. Filed: Feb. 17. Case no. 7:16-cv-01202-CS. Bayer HealthCare Pharmaceuticals Inc. Filed by Pamela Rodriguez-Polanco. Action: diversity-product liability. Attorney: James Douglas Barger. Filed: Feb. 22. Case no. 7:16-cv-01335-CS. Bayer HealthCare Pharmaceuticals Inc. Filed by Georgina Sanchez. Action: diversity-product liability. Attorneys: Robert J. Evola, Bradley M. Lakin and Robert W. Schmieder II. Filed: Feb. 19. Case no. 7:16-cv-01281-CS. Bayer HealthCare Pharmaceuticals Inc. Filed by Stephanie Sanchez. Action: diversity-personal injury. Attorneys: Timothy J. Becker, Rolf Fiebiger and Michael K. Johnson. Filed: Feb. 23. Case no. 7:16-cv-01378-CS. Bayer HealthCare Pharmaceuticals Inc. Filed by Natalie Van Tassel. Action: diversity-product liability. Attorney: Catherine Theodora Heacox. Filed: Feb. 23. Case no. 7:16-cv-01371-CS. Bayer HealthCare Pharmaceuticals Inc. Filed by Brandy Todd. Action: diversity-product liability. Attorneys: Robert J. Evola, Bradley M. Lakin and Robert W. Schmieder II. Filed: Feb. 19. Case no. 7:16-cv-01290-CS.

Edge Landscaping Inc. Filed by Byron Aguilar. Action: Fair Labor Standards Act. Attorney: Abdul Karim Hassan. Filed: Feb. 23. Case no. 7:16-cv-01380. Estate Motors Inc. Filed by Robert Federico. Action: FMLA – Family and Medical Leave Act (findings and purpose). Attorney: Raymond Nardo. Filed: Feb. 19. Case no. 7:16-cv-01319. Gallagher Bassett Services Inc. Filed by Michele F. Bucek. Action: diversity action. Attorney: Aaron Warshaw. Filed: Feb. 24. Case no. 7:16-cv-01344-KMK. Heavenly Ambulette Corp. Filed by Robert Jasper. Action: not listed. Attorney: Todd Jamie Krakower. Filed: Feb. 19. Case no. 7:16-cv-01310. JP Bronxville Inc. d.b.a. Haiku Asian Bistro Bronxville. Filed by Yong Xin Wang. Action: not listed. Attorney: Jian Hang. Filed: Feb. 23. Case no. 7:16-cv-01410. S-L Distribution Co. Inc. Filed by Fraioli Distributors Inc. Action: breach of contract. Attorney: Thomas Martin Smith. Filed: Feb. 19. Case no. 7:16-cv-01292. Walmart Stores Inc. Filed by Happy Tax Franchise LLC. Action: trademark infringement (Lanham Act). Attorney: Michael Einbinder. Filed: Feb. 18. Case no. 7:16-cv-01260-CS. Walmart Stores Inc. Filed by Marc Moschetta. Action: diversity action. Attorney: Jason P. Sultzer. Filed: Feb. 23. Case no. 7:16-cv-01377. Zulily LLC. Filed by Stephanie Preira. Action: diversity-action. Attorneys: Jeffrey I. Carton and Joanna Frances Sandolo. Filed: Feb. 22. Case no. 7:16-cv-01342-NSR.

DEEDS Above $1 million 23 Shawnee Road LLC, White Plains. Seller: Anthony J. Russo, Scarsdale. Property: 23 Shawnee Road, Scarsdale. Amount: $1.5 million. Filed Feb. 16. AG Duke Realty LLC, Mount Kisco. Seller: Duke Realty LLC, Thornwood. Property: 99 Castleton St., Mount Pleasant. Amount: $3.1 million. Filed Feb. 16. AG Duke Realty LLC, Mount Kisco. Seller: Duke Realty LLC, Thornwood. Property: 402 Clairmont Ave., Mount Pleasant. Amount: $1.6 million. Filed Feb. 16. Boyce Thompson Center LLC, Bronx. Seller: City of Yonkers. Property: 1086 N. Broadway, Yonkers. Amount: $4.2 million. Filed Feb. 18. Residential Investments II LLC, Chicago, Ill. Seller: Marianne L. Sussman, White Plains. Property: 1 Lambert Ridge, Lewisboro. Amount: $1 million. Filed Feb. 18.

Below $1 million 100 Alden Place LLC, New York City. Seller: 5 Alden Place LLC, Bronxville. Property: 5 Alden Place, Eastchester. Amount: $500,000. Filed Feb. 17. 172 Carrollwood Drive LLC, Irvington. Seller: Howard Green, Mount Kisco. Property: 172 Carrollwood Drive, Greenburgh. Amount: $550,000. Filed Jan. 5. 33 Echo LLC, New Rochelle. Seller: Martin Faherty, et al, Bronxville. Property: 46 Locust Ave., New Rochelle. Amount: $650,000. Filed Feb. 16.

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Chittenden Construction Corp., New Rochelle. Seller: Deirdre Simmons, et al, Bronx. Property: 33 Chittenden Ave., Yonkers. Amount: $450,000. Filed Feb. 19. Citimortgage Inc. Seller: Kenneth Bunting, White Plains. Property: 90 Amherst Drive, New Rochelle. Amount: $600,000. Filed Feb. 16. Deutsche Bank National Trust Co. Seller: William Donohue, Dobbs Ferry. Property: 1233 Baldwin Lane, Yorktown. Amount: $840,253. Filed Feb. 19.

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PHOTOGRAPHER A TOP CATHOLIC DISCUSSES EDUCATOR SPEAKS POST-WAR VIETNAM AT SHU Photographer and journalist Bill Barnett is hosting “Vietnam: A Photographer’s Stories” at the Appalachian Mountain Club, Tuesday, March 8 at the Saugatuck Congregational Church, 245 Post Road East, Westport. In the presentation, Barnett will explore the country of Vietnam 40 years after the war ended using still images, video clips, live narration, locally recorded sounds and music. Food and beverages will be available beginning 6:30 p.m., followed by the presentation 7:30-8:30 p.m. For more information, visit ct-amc.org.

Thomas W. Burnford is the keynote speaker for a discussion titled “Why I Send My Kids to Catholic School,” Sacred Heart University’s eighth annual Cestesimus Annus Pro Pontifice Educator’s Communion Breakfast, Sunday, March 13. Burnford, secretary for education for the archdiocese of Washington, D.C., oversees Catholic education, including the executive leadership of a system of 94 Catholic schools and 139 parish religious education programs serving more than 50,000 students and 30,000 adults. Tickets

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GOOD THINGS HAPPENING FOUNDATION SUPPORTS FOOD BANK The Tariq Farid Foundation, the philanthropic arm of Edible Arrangements, donated $25,000 to the Connecticut Food Bank, a nonprofit, in support of its kids’ backpack program. The food bank, an organization striving to fight hunger, created the backpack program to provide 3,300 students from more than 100 schools with a weekend backpack of nutritious foods. Founded in 2013 by Tariq Farid, founder and CEO of Edible Arrangements, the foundation’s mission is to alleviate suffering by providing for the basic needs of food and health care and to improve lives through education and skill-development opportunities.

From left: Asma and Tariq Farid of the Tariq Farid Foundation; Paul O’Leary, interim CEO, Connecticut Food Bank; and Cheryl Thompson, philanthropy officer.

GOOD CITIZENS SOUGHT; SCHOLARSHIPS TO BE HAD Stamford-based First County Bank’s 2016 Richard E. Taber Citizenship Award application is available to high school seniors residing in lower Fairfield County who are considered “the best overall citizens.” This scholarship is weighted toward demonstrat-

ed leadership and caring for the community, with the criteria defined by the acronym C.L.A.S.S.: citizenship, leadership, academics, service and sportsmanship. The award will grant three graduating students a personalized certificate, a check for $5,000 sent directly to

their college of choice and a congratulatory advertisement with photo and prominent display on the bank’s website. Applications must be submitted by April 29 and decisions will be made by the end of May. To apply, visit firstcountybank.com/scholarship.

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CONNECTICUT CHILDREN’S INTRODUCES ROBOTIC SURGERY

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Olympic cross-country skier Leslie Krichko at Grace Farms. Photograph by Kelly McGarvey.

GRACE FARMS BRINGS OLYMPIANS TO FIRST COMMUNITY DAY Christina Kim, a pediatric urologist and director of the robotic surgery program, with the new da Vinci Robot Xi Surgical System at the Connecticut Children’s Medical Center.

Hartford-based Connecticut Children’s Medical Center, with offices in Fairfield County, is the first hospital in Connecticut to perform robotic surgery on a child and will soon be the first children’s hospital

in the Northeast to have the most advanced robotic surgical system available for pediatric patients. The da Vinci Robot Xi Surgical System was made possible by a $1.5 million grant from Diebold Foundation

Inc. in Roxbury. The technology allows surgeons to perform minimally invasive procedures with pinpoint accuracy, resulting in less pain, smaller scars and faster recovery time for patients.

PADDLE TENNIS CHAMPIONSHIPS COME TO FAIRFIELD

From left: Max Le Pivert of Stamford and Juan Arraya of Old Greenwich, top-ranked platform tennis players, will compete in the 81st APTA National Championship. Photograph by Angelica Poniros.

The 81st American Platform Tennis Association (APTA) National Championships are coming to Fairfield and Westchester counties, March 4-6 at host club, the Country Club of Darien, 300 Mansfield Ave. in Darien, and at 32 additional clubs and facilities in the counties. The APTA will donate the tournament’s net proceeds to the Connecticut Alliance for Tennis + Education,

a nonprofit providing tennis instruction, academic support and mentoring to under-served youth in Connecticut. Programs are in New Haven, Bridgeport, Danbury, Stamford and Norwalk. The APTA is a nonprofit that governs the sport of tennis for its 15,500 members, sanctioning more than 180 annual tournaments, including 26 national championship events.

New Canaan’s Grace Farms – an 80-acre center for nature, arts, justice community and faith – is open for winter recreation, including snowshoeing, cross-country skiing and ice-skating. The Winter Outing, Grace Farm Foundation’s first winter community day, is Saturday, March 5. Visitors of all ages are invited to participate in programs, including presentations by former Olympic athletes, 90-minute nature tours and snow tubing. Olympic athletics,

cross-country skier Leslie Krichko and figure-skater Brooklee Han will join world-champion snowboarder Adam Petraska for a meet-andgreet with visitors. Krichko will then lead an 11 a.m. cross-country trail tour and Han will discuss the life of an athlete in the Grace Farms Library. Throughout the event, Grace Farms Foundation will collect lightly used winter clothing and coats for a local shelter. For more, visit gracefarms.org.

EMCOR EFFORT BENEFITS BOYS & GIRLS Bridgeport’s Wakeman Boys & Girls Club is hosting its annual Great Futures Benefit Auction presented by EMCOR, Saturday, March 12, 6:30-11 p.m., at The Warehouse at Fairfield Theatre Co., 70 Sanford Street in Fairfield. As the club’s largest fundraising event, the benefit raises funds for two clubhouses in Fairfield and Bridgeport, as well as its outreach program at McKinley School

and more than 150 youth programs. Guests will enjoy food and beverages catered by On The Marc Events as they browse silent auction items, ranging from golf outings to jewelry, vacations and parties. Special guest and comedian Alexandra McHale will lead the live auction portion of the evening. For more information or to purchase tickets, visit wakemanauction.org.

FERRIERA NOW HEADS BARNUM BOARD YOU’RE HIRED! THE WORKPLACE GETS NATIONAL AWARD Bridgeport-based The WorkPlace, an organization that prepares people for careers while strengthening the workforce for employers, was one of six organizations honored at the Allstate/Atlantic Media Re-

newal Awards, held in Des Moines, Iowa, for its Platform to Employment (P2E) program. P2E provides the long-term unemployed with job readiness training and assistance in finding employment. As part of its

program, P2E offers to subsidize eight weeks of participants’ salaries to entice companies to give participants opportunities for permanent jobs. This approach has helped 80 percent of P2E participants find jobs.

The Barnum Museum in Bridgeport has named Alice Ferreira as chairwoman of its board of directors. A board member since 2009, Ferreira recently served as secretary for the museum. She is currently a vice president for corporate communications for UnitedHealth Group, a Fortune 14

company. She has been involved in community service for more than 20 years in the fields of arts and culture, education and social services and currently serves on the boards of The Kennedy Center and The American Red Cross. (FCBJ cover story Feb. 15: “The Greatest Place on Earth, 2016.”)

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Ridgefield Playhouse is featuring Beth Hart, a Grammy Awardnominated singersongwriter, 8 p.m., 80 E. Ridge Road, Ridgefield. For more, call the box office at 203-438-5795.

MAR. 2 World Affairs Forum is hosting its Ambassadors’ Roundtable Breakfast and Lecture, featuring the discussion, “Drones and the National Security Landscape,” led by Ben Lerner, 7 a.m. coffee, 7:30 a.m. breakfast and 8 a.m. presentation/Q&A, Stamford Yacht Club, 97 Ocean Drive West, Stamford. For more, visit worldaffairsforum.org.

MAR. 2 SCORE Fairfield County and cosponsor the Rowayton Library present “Lead and Influence Others with Impact,” a complimentary smallbusiness workshop, 6-7:30 p.m., Rowayton Library, 33 Highland Ave., Rowayton. Check-in begins 5:30 p.m. For more, visit scorefairfieldcounty.org.

MAR. 8 Ridgefield Playhouse is featuring Martin Sexton, a performer of soul, gospel, country, rock, blues and R&B, 8 p.m., 80 E. Ridge Road, Ridgefield. For more, call the box office at 203-438-5795.

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NYSCAR CONFERENCE UPCOMING New York State Commercial Association of REALTORS (NYSCAR) Hudson Valley Chapter is presenting its 2016 Commercial Real Estate Conference on April 6 and 7 at the Hyatt House, 100 Westage Business Center Drive, Fishkill. This year’s conference is divided into a two-day format. Day one, devoted to professional education, features renowned real estate trainer Peter West, who will present “Counseling For Action,” a seminar designed to share the counseling process with real estate practitioners. The seminar will start out demonstrating the need for counseling vs. selling and will further explore the reasons and practical steps of client counseling interviews. Day two covers “Million Dollar Marketing and Networking Opportunities” and will feature Wesley Dingler as lead moderator. A past president and current active member of the Society of Exchange Counselors, Dingler will preside over this year’s marketing program. Other features of this day’s events are a cash board, moderated package presentations, marketing presentations and a haves/wants presentation. The marketing session is a fast-paced affair, where brokers present specific properties to the entire group. Register for the two-day event by April 4 online at nyscarhudsonvalley.com.

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ERA INSITE REALTY WELCOMES NEW AGENTS Realtors Michelle Colabatistto and Nicole DiLapi have joined ERA Insite Realty as licensed real estate salespersons in the Thornwood office where Louis Budetti is principal broker. Both were previously affiliated with a franchise brokerage in Valhalla. Colabatistto grew up in Mount Pleasant and resides in Valhalla. She holds a degree in fashion merchandising from Berkeley College and spent more than 10 years working in the fashion industry in New York City. Over the years, she also spent a lot of time working in her family’s restaurant Dom & Vinnie’s in Yonkers. Through these experiences, she developed great cus-

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tomer service skills, a gifted eye for design and color and an understanding of what it takes to successfully work with high-expectation clientele. DiLapi grew up in Irvington and is now a longtime resident of Thornwood. Over the past 20 years, she has helped build and manage her husband’s business, Countryside Landscape & Design, based in Thorn-

wood, which provides landscape and property management services to both residential and commercial clientele throughout Westchester. Prior to that, she worked in the public sector for a local municipality and as an administrator in the financial industry. Her real estate clients benefit greatly from her unique combination of skills, resourcefulness and contacts.

GOOD THINGS HAPPENING FRIEDMAN RECEIVES LEADERSHIP AWARD MANUFACTURERS ELIGIBLE FOR UTILITY GRANTS Two manufacturers are eligible for economic development grants from Central Hudson Gas & Electric Corp. USAI Lighting LLC was approved for a $200,000 Business Retention for Manufacturers grant and Hudson Valley Lighting LLC for a $100,000 Building Revitalization grant. USAI Lighting, a research and development manufacturer of LED fixtures, is expanding and upgrading its New Windsor plant with a total investment of $6.5 million resulting in the creation of 100 new jobs by 2019. Hudson Valley Lighting manufactures traditional and vintage design lighting fixtures and is restoring an abandoned 260,000-square-foot office building in the town of Wappinger to serve as the company’s East Coast headquarters. The $17.5 million project will also house manufacturing, research and development, customer services and warehouse facilities. “USAI is at the cutting edge of LED technology development,” said USAI President Bonnie Littman Gatof. “We are grateful for the economic development support of Central Hudson that allowed us to stay at our location in New Windsor, continuing to grow and employ local residents.” “Hudson Valley Lighting is committed to remaining in the Hudson Valley,” said David Littman, company chairman. “When poised with opportunities to relocate, Central Hudson, along with others, demonstrated a commitment to retention of existing businesses.”

Pace University President Stephen J. Friedman was selected by the Council for Advancement and Support of Education (CASE) as the 2016 recipient of the CASE District II Chief Executive Leadership Award for outstanding efforts in promoting the understanding and support of education. “I am deeply honored to receive this important award as Pace is in the midst of an extraordinary period of renewal and growth,” Friedman said. “The results of our efforts in development, in academic renewal, in enrollment, in finance and across the university have been dramatic. Leading those efforts has been for me the most challenging and gratifying experience of my life.” Nominees are required to demonstrate the ability to create vision and inspire others, establish a positive image of his or her institu-

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tion’s stature in the community and encourage innovations and risk-taking among employees. The nominee also must be an active participant in significant advancement efforts. Friedman’s leadership has been marked by significant growth and renewal for the university, which has witnessed large-scale transformation on both its New York City and Pleasantville campuses. New residence halls, an expanded student center, a new performing arts building, renovated science labs and new clinical

education labs for the health professions are some of the most visible changes to result from Friedman’s vision. In addition, enrollment has grown dramatically and continues on an upward trend with this year’s incoming class of undergraduate and international students being the biggest it has been in 15 years. Internship and job placement rates have also increased under Friedman, who has helped Pace build one of the largest internship-placement programs in the New York metropolitan area.

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Michael Sweeton, far left, and Michael Johndrow, far right, joined Access owners, executives and members of Bon Secours Charity Health System Outpatient Facilities for a ribbon cutting. Photo by Roger Gavan

ACCESS PHYSICAL MARKS OPENING The St. Anthony Community Hospital Center for Physical Rehabilitation in Warwick’s ShopRite Plaza is now being managed by Access Physical Therapy & Wellness, an Orange County-based provider of physical, occupational and other

therapy services. Warwick Supervisor Michael Sweeton and Michael Johndrow, executive director of the Warwick Valley Chamber, recently joined Access owners, executives and members of Bon Secours Charity

Health System Outpatient Facilities for a ribbon cutting at the renovated facility. Established with a single physical therapy clinic in Montgomery in 2003, Access now provides therapy in more than 20 locations in three states.

MULTIPLE AWARDS FOR FIRSTLIGHT HOMECARE FirstLight HomeCare of Westchester has won three 2016 Best of Home Care awards from Home Care Pulse, including Leader of Excellence. The only provider in the state of New York to receive the Leader of Excellence award, the agency was also named Provider of Choice and Employer of Choice for the third consecutive year. Awards are granted to businesses offering excellent in-home companion care and personal care services, based on feedback from

clients and caregivers. “I am incredibly proud and thankful to our entire team of dedicated caregivers and support staff who, through their commitment and compassion, have earned this honor,” said Vincent McMahon, owner of FirstLight HomeCare of Westchester. “Their hard work is the reason we can celebrate.” FirstLight HomeCare provides in-home companion and personal care services for seniors, those recovering from surgery, adults with

disabilities and other adults in need of assistance. “A big congratulations to Vincent. He has been an outstanding leader in our organization by maintaining the highest standards for his clients and employees,” said Jeff Bevis, FirstLight HomeCare CEO. “It is quite the honor to receive all three awards in the Westchester community, and we look forward to continuing to cultivate a true culture of care there and throughout the rest of the country.”

FIRST ROBOTIC-ASSISTED KNEE SURGERY IN REGION The first robotic-assisted total knee replacement operation to be performed in the lower Hudson Valley took place recently at Phelps Memorial Hospital Center in Sleepy Hollow. The two surgeries were performed by orthopedic surgeon Jason Hochfelder, who joined the Phelps medical staff in 2015. The robotic system, called OMNIbotics, enables the surgeon to plan a customized “virtual” operation on a computer prior to actually

performing the operation. The OMNIbotics device creates a computerized 3-D model of the thighbone and the shinbone so the surgeon can see what the implants will look like before cutting those two bones. Based on the model, the robot places the cutting guide for the saw in the exact correct location. “In typical total knee replacement surgery, much of the calculation of lining up the cuts is done by feel,” says Hochfelder. If

calculations are not perfect, an unbalanced replacement may result. Using the robot guarantees accuracy of the size and positioning of the implants and helps achieve the most important part of the knee replacement – making sure it has full extension, full ability to bend and equal tightness on both sides of the knee. “Both surgeries using the robotic device were successful,” said Hochfelder.

From left, Warwick Valley Chamber Executive Director Michael Johndrow, owners Michele and Jonathan Hull and Warwick Supervisor Michael Sweeton. Seated: Chamber board of directors past president Sherry Bukovcan and member Wayne Paterson.

WINERY LAUNCHES APPLE VODKA Applewood Winery owners Michele and Jonathan Hull were joined by Warwick Supervisor Michael Sweeton and members of the Warwick Valley Chamber of Commerce board of directors to celebrate the introduction of Applewood Vodka, an elite in a new line of spirits. The vodka is 100 percent distilled from New York state apples. Applewood Vodka is not a flavored vodka.

“It rests on the palate,” said Michele Hull, “with a subtle, apple taste as it is made from but not infused with the fruit. The sensory experience is accompanied by hints of caramel and vanilla. For the most sophisticated and discriminating taste, this refined beverage is as elegant and cultured as the breath-taking vistas that surround our winery.” Originally a vineyard, Apple-

wood, one of the oldest working farms in the Hudson Valley, reached new success when Jonathan Hull pioneered the making of hard cider with Applewood’s Stonefence. The hard cider, which is produced from apples grown on site, was rebranded recently to the multivariety and popular Naked Flock Hard Cider. The spirits are available at the winery, 82 Four Corners Road, Warwick.

‘GO RED FOR WOMEN’ EVENT The Bristal Assisted Living at Armonk recently hosted the American Heart Association “Go Red for Women” event for the local region.

From left, Deena Kaye, director, Go Red For Women, American Heart Association Fairfield and Westchester counties; Judy Campisi, executive director, American Heart Association Fairfield, Westchester and Putnam counties; Dean Brown, director of business development, The Bristal; and George Solano, interim executive director, The Bristal at Armonk.

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FACTS & FIGURES Dream Launch Homes LLC, Bronx. Seller: Wilmington Savings Fund Society FSB. Property: 11 Millington St., Mount Vernon. Amount: $156,170. Filed Feb. 17.

JLF Realty of Croton Inc., Croton-on-Hudson. Seller: John Palladino, Suffern. Property: 365 S. Riverside Ave., Cortlandt. Amount: $735,000. Filed Feb. 18.

ELR MDR LLC, Briarcliff Manor. Seller: Eduardo Moura, Briarcliff Manor. Property: 333 N. State Road, No. 42A, Ossining. Amount: $330,000. Filed Feb. 16.

MLP Venture Capital Corp., Roslyn Heights. Seller: Tiffany Kirkland, New City. Property: 230 Tecumseh Ave., Mount Vernon. Amount: $175,000. Filed Feb. 16.

Fannie Mae. Seller: Christopher B. Meagher, White Plains. Property: 1608 Park St., Peekskill. Amount: $152,000. Filed Feb. 16.

MRE 3 LLC, Katonah. Seller: Richard Orsino, et al, Somers. Property: 525 Heritage Hills B, Somers. Amount: $380,000. Filed Feb. 16.

Fannie Mae. Seller: Chrystalia King, White Plains. Property: 81 Ridgeland Road, Lewisboro. Amount: $231,573. Filed Feb. 17.

Old Republic Diversified Services, Concord, Calif. Seller: David Ring, et al, Yorktown Heights. Property: 1140 Baldwin Road, Yorktown. Amount: $787,500. Filed Feb. 17.

Fannie Mae. Seller: Richard G. Fontana, Yonkers. Property: 512 S. Second Ave., Mount Vernon. Amount: $323,480. Filed Feb. 19. Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corp. Seller: Vincent R. Rippa, Rye Brook. Property: 157 Pelham Road, New Rochelle. Amount: $459,711. Filed Feb. 17. Federal National Mortgage Association. Seller: Emily Rowe-Smith, White Plains. Property: 2 Greenridge Ave., White Plains. Amount: $244,977. Filed Feb. 17. General Enterprise LLC, Minato-ku, Tokyo, Japan. Seller: Hiroshi Hayashi, Kawasaki-shi, Kanagawa, Japan. Property: 53 Lee Ave., Eastchester. Amount: $850,000. Filed Feb. 18. General Enterprise LLC, Minato-ku, Tokyo, Japan. Seller: Hiroshi Hayashi, Kawasaki-shi, Kanagawa, Japan. Property: 17 Lee Ave., Eastchester. Amount: $540,000. Filed Feb. 19. General Enterprise LLC, Minato-ku, Tokyo, Japan. Seller: Hiroshi Hayashi, Kawasaki-shi, Kanagawa, Japan. Property: 39 Lakeview Ave., Eastchester. Amount: $725,000. Filed Feb. 18. Greater New York Corporation of Seventh Day Adventists, Manhasset. Seller: Gladstone Knight, et al, Mount Vernon. Property: 38 Esplanade, Mount Vernon. Amount: $491,000. Filed Feb. 17. GSAA Home Equity Trust 20052 Asset-Backed Certificates Series 2005-2. Seller: Daniel Pagano, Yorktown Heights. Property: 11 Dunster Road, New Castle. Amount: $716,897. Filed Feb. 18. JAM Halcyon Corp., Scarsdale. Seller: Jo Ann M. Rella, New Rochelle. Property: 67 Halcyon Terrace, New Rochelle. Amount: $390,000. Filed Feb. 18.

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Retained Realty Inc., New York City. Seller: Ted A. Novick, White Plains. Property: 9 Berkley Court, Ossining. Amount: $595,903. Filed Feb. 16. Statewide Management Group LLC, Bayside. Seller: U.S. Bank N.A. Property: 194 Buena Vista Ave., Yonkers. Amount: $143,500. Filed Feb. 16. TG USA LLC, Sag Harbor. Seller: John M. Kenny, et al, Avondale, Ariz. Property: 8 Weyburn Road, Yonkers. Amount: $680,000. Filed Feb. 17. The City of Yonkers, Yonkers. Seller: City of Yonkers. Property: 123 Sunnybrook Road, Yonkers. Amount: $279,892. Filed Feb. 17. The City of Yonkers, Yonkers. Seller: City of Yonkers. Property: 10 School St., Yonkers. Amount: $886,538. Filed Feb. 17.

The City of Yonkers, Yonkers. Seller: City of Yonkers. Property: 62 Summit St., Yonkers. Amount: $537,876. Filed Feb. 17. TRD Valentine Street Corp., Mount Vernon. Seller: Webb Development Services Corp., Mount Vernon. Property: 68 Valentine St., Mount Vernon. Amount: $50,000. Filed Feb. 16. U.S. Bank N.A. Seller: John G. Molloy, Somers. Property: 343 Granite Springs Road, Yorktown. Amount: $346,500. Filed Feb. 16.

WESTCHESTER FORECLOSURES BUCHANAN, 259 Tate Ave. Two-family residence; lot size: N/A. Plaintiff: U.S. Bank National Association. Plaintiff ’s attorney: Gross Polowy LLC, 716-204-1700; 1775 Wehrle Drive, Williamsville 14221. Defendant: Johni Herrera. Referee: Richard Strassfield. Sale: March 15, 10 a.m. Approximate lien: $474,625.08.

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CORTLANDT MANOR, 42 Park Drive. Single-family residence; lot size: N/A. Plaintiff: Nationstar Mortgage LLC. Plaintiff ’s attorney: McCabe, Weisberg & Conway PC, 914636-8900; 145 Huguenot St., Suite 401, New Rochelle 10801. Defendant: Unknown Heirs of Beatrice Johnson. Referee: Clement Patti. Sale: March 8, 10 a.m. Approximate lien: $251,961.07.

OSSINING, 51 Hudson View Hill, Apt. 2-1. Condominium; lot size: N/A. Plaintiff: The Board of Directors of Riverview Condominium Association. Plaintiff ’s attorney: Remer Law Firm PLLC, 914-944-4087; 30 State St., Ossining 10562. Defendant: Lillian Maiocco. Referee: Barry Fertel. Sale: Feb. 29, 10 a.m. Approximate lien: $28,020.46.

CORTLANDT MANOR, 139 Rita Drive. Two-family residences: lot size: N/A. Plaintiff: The Bank of New York Mellon. Plaintiff ’s attorney: Leopold & Associates PLLC, 914219-5787; 80 Business Park Drive, Armonk 10504. Defendant: Anita Bowes. Referee: Joseph Maria. Sale: March 10, 9 a.m. Approximate lien: $617,342.43.

PEEKSKILL, 929 Phoenix Ave. Two-family residence; lot size: N/A. Plaintiff: Santander Bank National Association. Plaintiff ’s attorney: Stein, Weiner & Roth, 516-742-1212; 1 Old Country Road, Suite 113, Carle Place 11514. Defendant: Manuel Quizhpi. Referee: Warren Cohen. Sale: March 2, 9 a.m. Approximate lien: $653,231.24.

HAWTHORNE, 315 Warren Ave. Single-family residence; .17 acre. Plaintiff: PHH Mortgage Corp. Plaintiff ’s attorney: Stein, Weiner & Roth, 516-742-1212; 1 Old Country Road, Suite 113, Carle Place 11514. Defendant: Aceneth Peterson. Referee: John Perone. Sale: March 2, 9:30 a.m. Approximate lien: $477,772.00.

POUND RIDGE, 17 E. Kinnicutt Road. Single-family residence; lot size: 2.0 acre. Plaintiff: U.S. Bank National Association. Plaintiff ’s attorney: Shapiro, DiCaro & Barak, 877-759-1835; 175 Mile Crossing Blvd., Rochester 14624. Defendant: Dorthea Winton. Referee: Ted Novick. Sale: March 9, 10 a.m. Approximate lien: $688,277.94.

MAMARONECK, 420 Maple Ave. Single-family residence; lot size: .13 acre. Plaintiff: HSBC Bank USA National Association. Plaintiff ’s attorney: Clarfield Okon Salomone & Pincus, 516-699-8902; 425 RXR Plaza, Uniondale 11556. Defendant: William Matthews. Defendant: Darren Deurso. Sale: March 16, 9 a.m. Approximate lien: $555,069.74. MOUNT KISCO, 77 Smith Ave. Single-family residence; lot size: N/A. Plaintiff: Dominic F. Pasquale. Plaintiff ’s attorney: Anthony Pieragostini, 914-666-4321; 126 Barker St., Mount Kisco 10549. Defendant: Jorge Naranjo. Referee: Kenneth Bunting. Sale: March 8, 9:30 a.m. Approximate lien: $330,611.00. NEW ROCHELLE, 9 Meadow Lane. Single-family residence; .28 acre. Plaintiff ’s attorney: Gross Polowy LLC, 716-204-1700; 1775 Wehrle Drive, Williamsville 14221. Defendant: James Frizzinoglia. Referee: John Perone. Sale: March 15, 9 a.m. Approximate lien: $694,242.61. NORTH SALEM, 10 Spring Hill Road. Single-family residence; lot size: 1.32 acre. Plaintiff: HSBC Bank USA National Association. Plaintiff ’s attorney: McCabe, Weisberg & Conway PC, 914-636-8900; 145 Huguenot St., Suite 401, New Rochelle 10801. Defendant: Garrett Mossman. Referee: Anthony Colavita. Sale: March 2, 9:30 a.m. Approximate lien: $298,788.85. OSSINING, 20 Clinton Ave. Single-family residence; lot size: .17 acre. Plaintiff: PNC Bank National Association. Plantiff ’s attorney: Shapiro, DiCaro & Barak, 877-759-1835; 175 Mile Crossing Blvd., Rochester 14624. Defendant: Jorge Zhinin. Referee: Joseph Ruggiero. Sale: March 2, 11 a.m. Approximate lien: $434,785.86.

PORT CHESTER, 61 Oak St. Walkup apartment; lot size: .11 acre. Plaintiff: Bayview Loan Servicing LLC. Plaintiff ’s attorney: DeRose & Surico, 718-279-2000; 21344 38th Ave., Bayside 11361. Defendant: Annette James. Referee: Tom Gizzo. Sale: March 2, 10:30 a.m. Approximate lien: $540,166.46. RYE BROOK, 15 Dorchester Drive. Single-family residence; lot size: .56 acre. Plaintiff: HSBC Bank USA National Association. Plaintiff ’s attorney: Stiene & Associates, 631935-1616; 187 E. Main St., Huntington 11743. Defendant: Scott Tannenbaum. Referee: John Sarcone III. Sale: March 8, 10 a.m. Approximate lien: $729,739.89. YONKERS, 3 Carlisle Place. Two-family residence; lot size: .06 acre. Plaintiff: Bank of America National Association. Plaintiff ’s attorney: Peter T. Roach & Associates, 516938-3100; 125 Michael Drive, Suite 105, Syosset 11791. Defendant: Mario Beauge. Referee: Ryan Scott Karben. Sale: March 15, 9 a.m. Approximate lien: $537,466.80.

JUDGMENTS Field House White Plains LLC, White Plains. $1.3 million in favor of 199-201 East Post Road Corp., White Plains. Filed Feb. 11. IDPrintWorld Inc., Plantation, Fla. $21,512 in favor of Case Paper Company Inc., Harrison. Filed Feb. 12. Nuttin To It LLC, Yorktown Heights. $16,224 in favor of US Foodservice Inc., Perth Amboy, N.J. Filed Feb. 12.

Oxygen Electronics LLC, White Plains. $23,472 in favor of Bear Franchising Raleigh LLC, Raleigh, N.C. Filed Feb. 11. Prestige Worldwide Restaurant Group Inc., Montrose. $4,523 in favor of Coca-Cola Refreshments USA Inc., Maspeth. Filed Feb. 18. Van Cam Restaurant Inc., Mount Vernon. $5,038 in favor of J Papas and Sons Inc., Yonkers. Filed Feb. 17.

Cardenas, Esthela C., et al. Filed by Wells Fargo Bank N.A. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $335,000 affecting property located at 100 Bellevue Place, Yonkers 10703. Filed Jan. 21. Casey, Robert K. Jr., et al. Filed by Citifinancial Co. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $398,931 affecting property located at 113 Linda Place, Cortlandt Manor. Filed Jan. 21.

West 63 Empire Associates LLC, New York City. $27,353 in favor of Classic Laundry and Linen Corp., Yonkers. Filed Feb. 12.

Colby, James, et al. Filed by Wachovia Bank N.A. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $1.3 million affecting property located at 9 Brittany Court, Chappaqua 10514. Filed Jan. 22.

LIS PENDENS

Dacruz, Arnaldo F., et al. Filed by U.S. Bank N.A. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $285,000 affecting property located at 51 Fortfield Ave., Yonkers 10701. Filed Jan. 23.

The following filings indicated a legal action has been initiated, the outcome of which may affect the title to the property listed. Anderson-Slater, Marline, et al. Filed by U.S. Bank N.A. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $315,000 affecting property located at 144 Hawthorne Ave., Yonkers 10701. Filed Jan. 21. Appleton, Cheryl June, as heir at law and next of kin of Warren Appleton, et al. Filed by Reverse Mortgage Solutions Inc. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure an unspecified amount affecting property located at 1 Spencer Place, Ossining 10562. Filed Jan. 21. Atkins, Norma, et al. Filed by Wilmington Trust N.A. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $343,200 affecting property located at 142 Fifth Street West, Mount Vernon 10550. Filed Jan. 23. Avila, Monica, et al. Filed by U.S. Bank Trust N.A. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $375,891 affecting property located at 43 Dogwood Road, Cortlandt Manor 10567. Filed Jan. 22. Benedetto, Linda, et al. Filed by Green Tree Servicing LLC. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $175,000 affecting property located at 216 First St., Yonkers 10704. Filed Jan. 22. Bucaria, Donna M., et al. Filed by HSBC Bank USA N.A. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $173,000 affecting property located at 11 Parkway Drive, Cortlandt Manor 10567. Filed Jan. 23. Capparelli, Rosanna, et al. Filed by Wells Fargo Bank N.A. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $252,500 affecting property located at 611 Willow St., Mamaroneck 10543. Filed Jan. 21.

Davis, Seeme, et al. Filed by M&T Bank. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $50,000 affecting property located at 15 Lamartine Terrace, Yonkers 10701. Filed Jan. 21. Ferreira, Elbio, et al. Filed by Nationstar Mortgage LLC. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $360,500 affecting property located at 22 Somerstown Road, Ossining 10562. Filed Jan. 21. Karaqi, Pal M., et al. Filed by Northeast Alliance Federal Credit Union. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure an unspecified amount affecting property located at 3 Miller Place, Thornwood 10594. Filed Jan. 22. Knotts, Annie Dolores, et al. Filed by Wells Fargo Bank N.A. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure an unspecified amount affecting property located at 127 Monroe St., Mount Vernon 10533. Filed Jan. 21. Maher, Maureen, et al. Filed by The Bank of New York Mellon. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $315,000 affecting property located at 37 Storey Lane, Yonkers 10710. Filed Jan. 22. Melendez, Yolanda, et al. Filed by The Bank of New York Mellon. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $486,000 affecting property located at 8 Huron Road, Yonkers 10710. Filed Jan. 22. Monahan, Myung, et al. Filed by Wells Fargo Bank N.A. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $224,000 affecting property located at 128 Highland Ave., Verplanck 10596. Filed Jan. 23.


FACTS & FIGURES Pettersen, Dennis P., et al. Filed by Wells Fargo Bank N.A. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $441,200 affecting property located at 47 Hillcrest Ave., New Rochelle 10801. Filed Jan. 23. Rancic, Renato, et al. Filed by Wells Fargo Bank N.A. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $664,000 affecting property located at 14 Fargo Lane, Irvington 10533. Filed Jan. 23. Reed, Philip E. Jr., et al. Filed by Wells Fargo Bank N.A. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure an unspecified amount affecting property located at 1338 Roosevelt Ave., Pelham 10803. Filed Jan. 23. Scavone, Anna, et al. Filed by The Bank of New York Mellon Trust Company N.A. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure an unspecified amount affecting property located at 32 Madison St., Harrison 10604. Filed Jan. 21. Tollinchi, Marilyn, as heir at law and next of kin of Nelson Tollinchi, et al. Filed by JPMorgan Chase Bank N.A. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $300,000 affecting property located at 120 Teresa Lane, Mamaroneck 10543. Filed Jan. 22. Wald, David J., et al. Filed by The Bank of New York Mellon. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure an unspecified amount affecting property located at 23 Innes Road, Scarsdale 10583. Filed Jan. 22. Watkins, Ralph, as executor of the estate of Gladstone Walters, et al. Filed by Green Tree Servicing LLC. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $317,000 affecting property located at 449 E. Fifth St., Mount Vernon 10553. Filed Jan. 23. Whelan, Joseph G., et al. Filed by Nationstar Mortgage LLC. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $938,250 affecting property located at 11 Peters Lane, Bedford 10506. Filed Jan. 21. Williams, Ernst F., individually and as trustee of the Ernest F. Williams Trust, et al. Filed by Federal National Mortgage Association. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $262,500 affecting property located at 20 Chester Drive, Yonkers 10710. Filed Jan. 22.

MECHANIC’S LIENS Avam Partners LLC, as owner. $16,459 as claimed by Security Fence Systems Inc., Bronx. Property: in Scarsdale. Filed Feb. 17. Kollatz, Christoph, as owner. $9,780 as claimed by Kos Building Group LLC, New York. Property: in Scarsdale. Filed Feb. 19.

Luciano Brothers LLC, as owner. $38,800 as claimed by American Ribs, Scarsdale. Property: in Mount Vernon. Filed Feb. 18. Tumolo, Michael, as owner. $3,853 as claimed by Mariano Pansarella, New Rochelle. Property: in Eastchester. Filed Feb. 18.

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

Sole Proprietorships A-Plus Septic, 47 Green Hill Road, Goldens Bridge 10526, c/o John Troiani. Filed Aug. 28. AD3 Accounting Services, 15 S. Division St., No. 3C, New Rochelle 10805, c/o Ayana Dunlap. Filed Aug. 28. Doggie ‘N’ Me TLC, 225 Stanley Ave., Mamaroneck 10543, c/o Thelma Messer. Filed Aug. 31. Drobnak Software, P.O. Box 1029, Yonkers 10703, c/o Matthew Drobnak. Filed Aug. 31. Henderson Truck Services, 1018 Constant Ave., Peekskill 10566, c/o Henderson Jose Garcia Diplan. Filed Aug. 27. Jonathan Bao Web Design, 2900 Purchase St., No. 307, Purchase 10577, c/o Jonathan Bao. Filed Aug. 28. Krown Us, 130-37 Glenwood Ave., Yonkers 10703, c/o Kherie Freeman. Filed Aug. 27. Made With Joy and Love By Shevohn, 220 Yonkers Ave., 9C, Yonkers 10701, c/o Shevohn Nicole Powell. Filed Sept. 1. Magana’s Painting, 167 Centre Ave., Apt. 6I, New Rochelle 10805, c/o Armando Magana-Lua. Filed Sept. 1. Many’s Construction, 68 Croton Ave., Ossining 10562, c/o Manuel Martil. Filed Sept. 1. Nail Installations, 421 S. First Ave., Suite 1, Mount Vernon 10550, c/o India Nail. Filed Aug. 31. Robeya Cop Stationary, 718 McLean Ave., Yonkers 10704, c/o Raja Raqib Khan. Filed Aug. 28. TechSystems Up, 266 Abbott Ave., Elmsford 10523, c/o Douglas Crisp. Filed Aug. 28.

The Hospitable Designer, 18 Winchester Ave., Apt. 2B, Yonkers 10710, c/o Tara Lynn Macolino. Filed Aug. 31. The Invisible Krown Collection, 130-37 Colenwood, Yonkers 10703, c/o Kherie Freeman. Filed Aug. 27. TN Transport, 3 Park Avenue Terrace, Bronxville 10708, c/o Tage Nielsen. Filed Aug. 28. Ultimate Training Soccer, 546C Heritage Hills, Somers 10589, c/o Shawn Podell. Filed Sept. 1. Vibrant Baby Food, 68 Virginia Ave., No. 2, Dobbs Ferry 10522, c/o Sheila Angha. Filed Aug. 28.

PATENTS Ball-grid-array and land-gridarray assemblies fabricated using temporary resist. Patent no. 9,263,378 issued to Jae-Woong Nah, Closter, N.Y.; Charles L. Reynolds, Red Hook; and Katsuyuki Sakuma, Fishkill. Assigned to International Business Machines Corp., Armonk. Cross-coupling of gate conductor line and active region in semiconductor devices. Patent no. 9,263,457 issued to Viraj Y. Sardesai, Poughkeepsie; and Robert C. Wong, Poughkeepsie. Assigned to International Business Machines Corp., Armonk.

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Interconnect structures incorporating air-gap spacers. Patent no. 9,263,391 issued to Satya V. Nitta, Armonk; and Shom Ponoth, Armonk. Assigned to International Business Machines Corp., Armonk. Secondary use of aspect ratio trapping holes as eDRAM structure. Patent no. 9,263,453 issued to Kangguo Cheng, Schenectady; Bruce B. Dorris, Slingerlands; Ali Khakifirooz, Los Altos, Calif.; and Alexander Reznicek, Troy. Assigned to International Business Machines Corp., Armonk. Semiconductor structure having buried conductive elements. Patent no. 9,263,454 issued to Emre Alptekin, Fishkill; Pooja R. Batra, White Plains; Kangguo Cheng, Schenectady; Ramachandra Divakruni, Ossining; Johnathan E. Faltermeier, Delanson; and Reinaldo A. Vega, Mahopac. Assigned to International Business Machines Corp., Armonk.

Jefvin LLC, Poughkeepsie, as owner. Lender: Mid-Hudson Valley Federal Credit Union, Kingston. Property: in Kingston. Amount: $95,000. Filed Feb. 17. Sauer, Clifford J., et al, Saugerties, as owner. Lender: Ulster Savings Bank, Kingston. Property: 3899 Route 9W, Saugerties 12477. Amount: $226,000. Filed Feb. 18.

BUILDING LOANS Above $1 million

Strocchia, Salvatore, et al, Elmsford, as owner. Lender: Walden Savings Bank, Montgomery. Property: in Shawangunk. Amount: $190,000. Filed Feb. 16.

Auto Park Realty LLC, Hyde Park, as owner. Lender: M&T Bank, Buffalo. Property: 200 Auto Park Place, Newburgh. Amount: $2.8 million. Filed Feb. 18.

The DM Equities of New York LLC, Harriman, as owner. Lender: Libertyville Capital Group II LLC, Montgomery. Property: Lot 21, Howard Court, Goshen. Amount: $225,000. Filed Feb. 18.

Below $1 million Berzal, Toni R., Saugerties, as owner. Lender: Sawyer Savings Bank, Saugerties. Property: 97 High Falls Road, Saugerties 12477. Amount: $150,000. Filed Feb. 11.

Ynzenga, Javier Olivares, et al, New York City, as owner. Lender: Ulster Savings Bank, Kingston. Property: 127 Kawlija Road, Denning 12740. Amount: $448,000. Filed Feb. 12.

J.C. Builders Inc., Florida, as owner. Lender: Libertyville Capital Group II LLC, Montgomery. Property: 78 Hickory Lane, Westtown. Amount: $220,000. Filed Feb. 23.

Enhancing barrier in air-gap technology. Patent no. 9,263,389 issued to Wei Lin, Albany; and Takeshi Nogami, Schenectady. Assigned to International Business Machines Corp., Armonk. Field-effect transistors, including contoured channels and planar channels. Patent no. 9,263,464 issued to Anirban Basu, Ewen; and Pouya Hashemi, White Plains. Assigned to International Business Machines Corp., Armonk. Film thickness metrology. Patent no. 9,263,348 issued to Carlos Strocchia-Rivera. Assigned to International Business Machines Corp., Armonk. FinFET and fin-passive devices. Patent no. 9,263,449 issued to Kangguo Cheng, Schenectady; Ramachandra Divakaruni, Ossining; Ali Khakifirooz, Los Altos, Calif.; and Theodorus E. Standaert, Clifton Park. Assigned to International Business Machines Corp., Armonk. Forming BEOL line-fuse structure. Patent no. 9,263,386 issued to Mukta G. Farooq, Hopewell Junction; and Emily R. Kinser, Poughkeepsie. Assigned to International Business Machines Corp., Armonk.

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FACTS & FIGURES DEEDS Above $1 million Motorcyclepedia, Newburgh. Seller: 250 Lake Street Properties LLC, Newburgh. Property: 250 Lake St., Newburgh and New Windsor. Amount: $5.3 million. Filed Feb. 19. Open Space Institute Land Trust Inc., New York City. Seller: H. Peter Stern, Mountainville. Property: in Cornwall-on-Hudson. Amount: $1.3 million. Filed Feb. 17. Royal Energy Properties LLC. Seller: Theodore Van Conn, et al, Milton. Property: 1666-1672 Route 9W, Marlborough. Amount: $1.5 million. Filed Feb. 16.

Below $1 million

Black Cat Properties LLC, Brooklyn. Seller: Joseph J. Travaglione, Rhinebeck. Property: in Saugerties. Amount: $243,000. Filed Feb. 16.

Fannie Mae. Seller: Peter G. Botti, Goshen. Property: 13 Peenpack Trail, Huguenot 12746. Amount: $58,148. Filed Feb. 16.

Blitman Mahopac LLC, Mount Kisco. Seller: Mark Dratch, et al, Yorktown Heights. Property: in Carmel. Amount: $200,000. Filed Feb. 9.

Fannie Mae. Seller: Stephen H. Derderian, Warwick. Property: 70 Johnes St., no. 331 E, Newburgh 12550. Amount: $255,403. Filed Feb. 18.

Bullville Corner LLC, Palm Beach, Fla. Seller: Bronner Property LLC, Circleville. Property: in Crawford. Amount: $750,000. Filed Feb. 16.

Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corp. Seller: David Rothstein, et al, New Windsor. Property: 195 Willow Ave., Cornwall-on-Hudson 12518. Amount: $257,050. Filed Feb. 16.

Bullville Corner LLC, Palm Beach, Fla. Seller: Bronner Property LLC, Circleville. Property: in Crawford. Amount: $200,000. Filed Feb. 16. Bullville Corner LLC, Palm Beach, Fla. Seller: Bronner Property LLC, Circleville. Property: in Crawford. Amount: $100,000. Filed Feb. 16. Capital One N.A. Seller: Stephen Donohue, Bardonia. Property: 167 Chambers St., Newburgh 12550. Amount: $183,468. Filed Feb. 17.

1706 Baldwin LLC, Monroe. Seller: Paul Clifford Brite, Newburgh. Property: 1706 Baldwin Lane, Unit 17-F, Newburgh 12550. Amount: $22,740. Filed Feb. 19.

Celia Court MHP LLC, Brooklyn. Seller: Patrick McCann, Poughkeepsie. Property: in Wawarsing. Amount: $145,000. Filed Feb. 18.

69-71 Main Street LLC, Cold Spring. Seller: Dragonfly Endeavors LLC, Chappaqua. Property: in Philipstown. Amount: $550,000. Filed Feb. 12.

CitiMortgage Inc. Seller: J. Henry Neale, White Plains. Property: 71 Mountain View Road, Putnam Valley 10579. Amount: $703,376. Filed Feb. 3.

8 Industrial Drive LLC, Monroe. Seller: HVAC Realty LLC, Norwood, N.J. Property: in Goshen. Amount: $960,000. Filed Feb. 17.

CJBD of Orange County LLC, Otisville. Seller: Joseph Burke, et al, Otisville. Property: in Mount Hope. Amount: $25,000. Filed Feb. 17.

89 Liberty St LLC, Newburgh. Seller: E and W Construction LLC, Washingtonville. Property: 89 Liberty St., Newburgh. Amount: $170,000. Filed Feb. 18.

Cross Point Fellowship, Hurley. Seller: Silver Hollow Group LLC, Kingston. Property: in Ulster. Amount: $360,000. Filed Feb. 17.

A and B Management and Properties LLC, Kingston. Seller: Suntrust Mortgage Inc., Atlanta, Ga. Property: 83 Irish Cape Road, Napanoch. Amount: $14,500. Filed Feb. 18.

Deutsche Bank National Trust Co. Seller: Joseph B. Steffy, Newburgh. Property: 1 Connolly Way, Newburgh 12550. Amount: $798,277. Filed Feb. 18.

Allstate Properties LLC, Brooklyn. Seller: Fred Seward, Monroe. Property: in Blooming Grove. Amount: $685,000. Filed Feb. 18.

Deutsche Bank National Trust Co. Seller: Michele Rametta, Goshen. Property: 951 Goshen Turnpike, Wallkill 10919. Amount: $241,023. Filed Feb. 18.

AMP Property Management LLC, Highland Mills. Seller: Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corp. Property: 36 Mid Oaks St., Monroe 10950. Amount: $115,000. Filed Feb. 17.

Fallen Rock Properties LLC, Conifer, Colo. Seller: Zachary Levine, et al, Kerhonkson. Property: 186 Center St., Ellenville 12428. Amount: $26,000. Filed Feb. 16.

Ankur Rao Real Estate LLC, Saugerties. Seller: Main Food Real Estate LLC, Saugerties. Property: 317 Main St., Saugerties 12477. Amount: $300,000. Filed Feb. 18.

Fannie Mae. Seller: Kevin L. Wright, Mahopac. Property: 69 Secor Road, Mahopac 10541. Amount: $74,918. Filed Feb. 9.

AVMSJ Realty LLC, Montgomery. Seller: Diane Lynn Lamancusa, Montgomery. Property: 774 Route 211, Montgomery 12549. Amount: $180,000. Filed Feb. 16.

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Fannie Mae. Seller: Paul Brite, Newburgh. Property: 726 Route 93, Wawayanda 10973. Amount: $419,549. Filed Feb. 17.

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Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corp. Seller: Dick Hadden, Goshen. Property: 57 Gardner Ave., Middletown 10940. Amount: $141,563. Filed Feb. 18. Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corp. Seller: Howard Kave, New Windsor. Property: 496 Liberty St., Newburgh 12550. Amount: $39,559. Filed Feb. 19. Federal National Mortgage Association. Seller: Amy E. Dench, et al, Newburgh. Property: 54 Brookside Drive West, Harriman 10926. Amount: $518,783. Filed Feb. 17. Federal National Mortgage Association. Seller: Joan Lawrence-Bauer, Big Indian. Property: 575 Oliverea Road, Big Indian 12410. Amount: $193,839. Filed Feb. 19. Federal National Mortgage Association. Seller: Robert W. Fink, Goshen. Property: 99 Boniface Drive, Unit 3D, Pine Bush 12566. Amount: $107,200. Filed Feb. 16. Freddie Mac/Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corp. Seller: Sol H. Lesser, New Windsor. Property: 14 Tower Hill Drive, Washingtonville 10992. Amount: $374,346. Filed Feb. 18.

Hudson Homestead Group LLC, Kingston. Seller: HSBC Bank USA N.A. Property: 27 and 29 Boulevard, Kingston 12401. Amount: $84,944. Filed Feb. 17. Jefvin LLC, Poughkeepsie. Seller: Mid-Hudson Valley Federal Credit Union, Kingston. Property: in Kingston. Amount: $55,000. Filed Feb. 17. Joe Bellamy Construction, Yorktown Heights. Seller: Joseph Bruno Marazino, Mohegan Lake. Property: Marsh Hill Road, Putnam Valley. Amount: $100,000. Filed Feb. 3. Ku U Lei LLC, New York City. Seller: Edward May, et al, New York City. Property: 21 Barrett Circle Court, Kent. Amount: $700,000. Filed Feb. 2. L.E.T. Holding Company LLC, Washingtonville. Seller: Peter Antona, Goshen. Property: in Blooming Grove. Amount: $70,000. Filed Feb. 17. Mohonk Preserve Inc., New Paltz. Seller: Robert K. Anderberg, et al, Accord. Property: in Gardiner and Rochester. Amount: $331,500. Filed Feb. 17. Mount Rose Estate LLC, Wellington, Fla. Seller: Peter F. Lordi Jr., Marlboro. Property: 57 Mount Rose Road, Marlboro 12542. Amount: $425,000. Filed Feb. 18. National Residential Assets Corp., Greenwich, Conn. Seller: Anthony Cassisi, et al, Walden. Property: in New Windsor. Amount: $310,507. Filed Feb. 17. National Residential Nominee Services Inc. Seller: Yan Sun, et al, Highland Mills. Property: 5 Ainsley Court, Highland Mills 10930. Amount: $370,000. Filed Feb. 17.

Goldstein Group Holding Inc., Monsey. Seller: Marc Hyppolite, et al, Spring Valley. Property: in Port Jervis. Amount: $480,000. Filed Feb. 16.

Northern Enterprise NY LLC, Cornwall-on-Hudson. Seller: John H. Thomas Jr., Walden. Property: 18 Telsar Lane, Warwick 10990. Amount: $131,000. Filed Feb. 18.

Greentree Servicing LLC, Jacksonville, Fla. Seller: Anthony LoBiondo, Newburgh. Property: 52 Woodlawn Ave., Middletown 10940. Amount: $299,124. Filed Feb. 17.

Open Space Institute Land Trust Inc., New York City. Seller: H. Peter Stern, Mountainville. Property: in Cornwall-on-Hudson. Amount: $579,907. Filed Feb. 17.

GSZ Properties LLC, Fair Lawn, N.J. Seller: Milestone Recovery LLC, Lakewood, N.J. Property: 200 Chambers St., Newburgh. Amount: $120,000. Filed Feb. 19.

Open Space Institute Land Trust Inc., New York City. Seller: H. Peter Stern, Mountainville. Property: in Cornwall-on-Hudson. Amount: $359,724. Filed Feb. 17.

Halahan and Miller Enterprises LLC, Middletown. Seller: Paul Tong, et al, Nanuet. Property: in Washingtonville. Amount: $60,000. Filed Feb. 16.

Open Space Institute Land Trust Inc., New York. Seller: Pea Bridge Realty Inc., Mountainville. Property: in Cornwall. Amount: $165,761. Filed Feb. 17.

HCCS Properties LLC, Kingston. Seller: 25 Lucas Avenue LLC, Kingston. Property: in Kingston. Amount: $200,000. Filed Feb. 16.

Retained Realty Inc., New York. Seller: Peter H. Neuman, Cornwall-on-Hudson. Property: 19 Duelk Ave., Monroe. Amount: $155,000. Filed Feb. 18.

Rural Connection Investment Fund I LLC, Cold Spring. Seller: John A. Pappalardo, White Plains. Property: 102 Esselborne Road, Cold Spring 10516. Amount: $168,259. Filed Feb. 3. Shalin Road Development Corp., Brewster. Seller: A. Justinian Pieragostini, Mount Kisco. Property: 25 Shalin Lane, Brewster 10509. Amount: $200,000. Filed Feb. 2. Sullivan Values LLC, Monticello. Seller: Wilmington Trust Co. Property: 407-409 Liberty St., Newburgh 12550. Amount: $20,000. Filed Feb. 18. Sy Realty Corp., Morristown, N.J. Seller: MCB Properties LLC, Scranton, Pa. Property: in New Windsor. Amount: $80,000. Filed Feb. 16. Tel2-Rentals LLC, Mahopac. Seller: Sherie Beaumont, Carmel. Property: in Patterson. Amount: $54,000. Filed Feb. 9. Timber Ridge Properties LLC, Yorktown Heights. Seller: Maria Cecil, Chevy Chase, et al, Md. Property: in Philipstown. Amount: $210,000. Filed Feb. 10. U.S. Bank N.A. Seller: Francis B. Paz, Walden. Property: 13 Strack Road, Goshen. Amount: $190,000. Filed Feb. 17. U.S. Bank N.A. Seller: Ian Pearl, Newburgh. Property: 77 North St., Newburgh 12550. Amount: $421,474. Filed Feb. 18. U.S. Bank Trust N.A. Seller: Joyce M. Mazzarella, Campbell Hall. Property: 17 Forest Hill Road, New Windsor 12553. Amount: $370,226. Filed Feb. 18. Wilmington Trust N.A. Seller: Frances Newman, Warwick. Property: 2932 Route 17K, Bullville 10915. Amount: $41,956. Filed Feb. 17. YYY Properties LLC, Chester. Seller: Glen A. Plotsky, Port Jervis. Property: 168 Sycamore Drive, New Windsor 12553. Amount: $116,200. Filed Feb. 18. YZ Property Holdings LLC, Monroe. Seller: Lisa Felicissimo, Monroe. Property: 194 E. Main St., Washingtonville 10992. Amount: $81,000. Filed Feb. 18. YZ Property Holdings LLC, Monroe. Seller: Mark David Stern, Goshen. Property: 379 Kirbytown Road, Middletown 10940. Amount: $96,200. Filed Feb. 18.

JUDGMENTS Archer Electric, Monroe. $1,036 in favor of the New York State Department of Labor and the Department of Taxation and Finance, Albany. Filed Dec. 1. Carmine’s Italian Bakery Inc., Port Jervis. $1,621 in favor of the New York State Department of Taxation and Finance, Albany. Filed Dec. 1. Center Line Studio Inc., New Windsor. $40,682 in favor of the New York State Department of Taxation and Finance, Albany. Filed Dec. 1. Classic Dogs, Ellenville. $3,167 in favor of the New York State Department of Taxation and Finance, Albany. Filed Feb. 11. Coventry Interiors Inc., Highland Falls. $24,107 in favor of the New York State Department of Labor Unemployment Insurance Division, Albany. Filed Dec. 1. ED/M Strategic Solutions Inc., Plattekill. $694 in favor of the New York State Department of Taxation and Finance, Albany. Filed Feb. 11. Friendly Supermarket Inc., Monroe. $1,221 in favor of the New York State Department of Labor and the Department of Taxation and Finance, Albany. Filed Dec. 1. Golden Industrial Park Inc., Ellenville. $519 in favor of the New York State Department of Taxation and Finance, Albany. Filed Feb. 11. Grand Prix Auto Inc., Johnson. $1,061 in favor of the New York State Department of Labor and the Department of Taxation and Finance, Albany. Filed Dec. 1. K-Studio LLC, Warwick. $490 in favor of the New York State Department of Labor Unemployment Insurance Division, Albany. Filed Dec. 1. Leo’s Pitstop and Salvage Corp., New Paltz. $3,246 in favor of the New York State Department of Taxation and Finance, Albany. Filed Feb. 11. London and France Inc., Kingston. $1,002 in favor of the New York State Department of Taxation and Finance, Albany. Filed Feb. 11. New York Chiefs and Winemakers Inc., d.b.a. The New York Store, High Falls. $26,263 in favor of the New York State Department of Taxation and Finance, Albany. Filed Feb. 11. P and M Car Care, Kingston. $1,746 in favor of the New York State Department of Taxation and Finance, Albany. Filed Feb. 11.


FACTS & FIGURES Production Playground LLC, Middletown. $1,036 in favor of the New York State Department of Labor and the Department of Taxation and Finance, Albany. Filed Dec. 1. R Bittman Blacktopping Inc., Monroe. $1,061 in favor of the New York State Department of Labor and the Department of Taxation and Finance, Albany. Filed Dec. 1. Space USA Corp., Central Valley. $233 in favor of the New York State Department of Labor Unemployment Insurance Division, Albany. Filed Dec. 1. Steele Land and Inspection LLC, Greenwood Lake. $2,974 in favor of the New York State Department of Labor Unemployment Insurance Division, Albany. Filed Dec. 1. The Big Yellow House Inc., Highland Mills. $218 in favor of the New York State Department of Taxation and Finance, Albany. Filed Dec. 1. Winum Maintenance and Development Inc., Middletown. $1,061 in favor of the New York State Department of Labor and the Department of Taxation and Finance, Albany. Filed Dec. 1.

LIS PENDENS The following filings indicated a legal action has been initiated, the outcome of which may affect the title to the property listed. Ahsan, Ishtiaq, et al. Filed by Wells Fargo Bank N.A. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $265,929 affecting property located at 69 Ridge Road, Wallkill 12589. Filed Feb. 11. Albea, Christopher, et al. Filed by Wells Fargo Bank N.A. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $361,340 affecting property located at 8 Marion Ave., Wappingers Falls 12590. Filed Feb. 5. Andriola, Frank, et al. Filed by DLJ Mortgage Capital Inc. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $288,000 affecting property located at 111 Maurice Drive, Mahopac 10541. Filed Feb. 4. Angelo, Jeanette R., et al. Filed by Wells Fargo Bank N.A. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $235,000 affecting property located at 249 Hill St., Mahopac 10541. Filed Feb. 9. Battle, Jennifer, et al. Filed by Deutsche Bank National Trust Co. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $259,000 affecting property located at 83 Marl Road, Pine Bush 12566. Filed Feb. 16.

Birdsall, Edward, et al. Filed by Wells Fargo Bank N.A. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $326,932 affecting property located at 1305 Eagles Ridge Road, Brewster 10509. Filed Feb. 11.

Clavie, Robert, et al. Filed by Wells Fargo Bank N.A. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $362,000 affecting property located at 97 Panorama Drive, Patterson 12563. Filed Feb. 16.

Bou, Adriel, et al. Filed by Wells Fargo Bank N.A. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $304,385 affecting property located at 2 Sebago Road, Carmel 10512. Filed Feb. 3.

Concepcion, Jose E., et al. Filed by U.S. Bank Trust N.A. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $475,115 affecting property located at 53 All Angels Hill Road, Wappinegrs Falls 12590. Filed Feb. 11.

Braun, David, et al. Filed by Bank of America N.A. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $100,000 affecting property located at 15 Estate Drive, Unit 1, Middletown. Filed July 15.

Connor, James, et al. Filed by Deutsche Bank National Trust Co. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $300,000 affecting property located at 4 Kensington Way, Harriman 10926. Filed July 16.

Brown, Brenda L., et al. Filed by U.S. Bank Trust N.A. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $110,000 affecting property located at 1803 Route 44/55, Modena 12548. Filed Feb. 18.

Davis, Richard E. III, et al. Filed by Wells Fargo Bank N.A. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $272,067 affecting property located at 40 High View Drive, Carmel 10512. Filed Feb. 3.

Brown, James, et al. Filed by Deutsche Bank National Trust Co. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $393,000 affecting property located at 21 Hamlin Road, Carmel 10541. Filed Feb. 4.

DBG Holding LLC, et al. Filed by Sterling National Bank. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $175,000 affecting property located in Pleasant Valley. Filed Feb. 10.

Butts, Pamela J., et al. Filed by U.S. Bank Trust N.A. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $247,191 affecting property located at 228 Old Route 22, Wassaic 12592. Filed Feb. 11. Capri, Art, et al. Filed by The Bank of New York Mellon Trust Company N.A. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure an unspecified amount affecting property located at 28 Lauro Ridge Court, Mahopac 10541. Filed Feb. 9. Carney, John W., et al. Filed by Federal National Mortgage Association. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure an unspecified amount affecting property located at 201 Ride Hollow Road, Arkville 12406. Filed Feb. 19. Cassano, Giuseppe, et al. Filed by The Bank of New York Mellon. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $150,000 affecting property located at 90 Deleo Drive, Kerhonkson 12446. Filed Feb. 16. Cecchini, Arnold A., et al. Filed by Hudson Valley Federal Credit Union. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $188,000 affecting property located at 140 Upper Whitfield Road, Accord 12404. Filed Feb. 19. Clark, Gail A., et al. Filed by HSBC Bank USA N.A. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $143,900 affecting property located at 1125 Maggie Road, Building 6m, Unit 4, Newburgh 12550. Filed July 16.

De Graff, Arthur, et al. Filed by JPMorgan Chase Bank N.A. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $150,950 affecting property located at 189 Schryver St., Port Ewen 12466. Filed Feb. 12. Doldron, Sherena N., et al. Filed by U.S. Bank N.A. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $199,200 affecting property located at 35 S. Perry St., Poughkeepsie 12601. Filed Feb. 3. Dolores, Saul, et al. Filed by Nationstar Mortgage LLC. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $186,200 affecting property located at 77L Patterson Village Court, Patterson 12563. Filed Feb. 11. Dugan, Eileen M., et al. Filed by Federal National Mortgage Association. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure an unspecified amount affecting property located at 80 Vineland Road, Mahopac 10541. Filed Feb. 2. Edson, Brad S., et al. Filed by Wells Fargo Bank N.A. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $208,000 affecting property located at 155 William Lain Road, Westtown 10998. Filed July 15. Edwards, Matthew, et al. Filed by Wells Fargo Bank N.A. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure an unspecified amount affecting property located at 14 Beechwood Circle, Wappingers 12590. Filed Feb. 8.

England, Rosa, et al. Filed by Castle Peak 2012-1 Loan Trust Mortgage Backed Notes Series 2012-1. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $500,000 affecting property located at 64 Hill Side View Road, Mahopac 10541. Filed Feb. 16. Farrell, Sherrilee, et al. Filed by United States of America. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure an unspecified amount affecting property located at 923 Sawkill Road, Kingston 12401. Filed Feb. 12. Frankfort, Warren, et al. Filed by Wells Fargo Bank N.A. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $189,000 affecting property located at 10 English Lane, New Paltz 12561. Filed Feb. 11. Gleneida Professional Office Center LLC, et al. Filed by Sterling National Bank. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $435,000 affecting property located in Carmel. Filed Feb. 9. Goraya, Komal Raj, et al. Filed by The Bank of New York Mellon. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $468,000 affecting property located at 11 E. Hook Road, Hopewell Junction 12533. Filed Feb. 3. Gordon, Karen, et al. Filed by PennyMac Loan Services LLC. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure an unspecified amount affecting property located at 1303 Eagles Ridge Road, Brewster 10509. Filed Feb. 11. Grega, Thomas Jr., et al. Filed by M&T Bank. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $168,000 affecting property located at 10 Irving Ave., Poughkeepsie 12601. Filed Feb. 11. Grosso, Michael J., et al. Filed by The Bank of New York Mellon. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $210,000 affecting property located at 41 Bullville Road, Montgomery 12549. Filed July 15. Guarnuccio, Emanuel M., et al. Filed by U.S. Bank N.A. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $280,000 affecting property located at 16 Van Buren St., Beacon 12508. Filed Feb. 10. Guzman, Alcky, et al. Filed by Wells Fargo Bank N.A. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $314,500 affecting property located at 25 Wildwood Drive, Wappingers Falls 12590. Filed Feb. 5. Hadad, Barbara A., et al. Filed by JPMorgan Chase Bank N.A. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure an unspecified amount affecting property located at 21 Overlin Road, Patterson 12563. Filed Feb. 2.

Haddeland, Kurt, et al. Filed by Wilmington Savings Fund Society FSB. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $265,567 affecting property located at 362 Old Post Road, Marlboro 12542. Filed Feb. 19.

Midland Funding LLC, et al. Filed by Bank of America N.A. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $520,000 affecting property located at 75 Old Route 55, Pawling 12564. Filed Feb. 5.

Hajkowski, Edward, et al. Filed by Wells Fargo Bank N.A. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $250,000 affecting property located at 16 Preston Place, Patterson 12563. Filed Feb. 3.

Mondelli, Joseph A., et al. Filed by U.S. Bank N.A. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $585,000 affecting property located at 15 Nicholas Way, Mahopac 10541. Filed Feb. 16.

Hellinger, Alexandra, et al. Filed by Wells Fargo Bank N.A. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $595,200 affecting property located at 8 Hillside Road, Carmel 10512. Filed Feb. 11.

Montes, Stephen L., et al. Filed by JPMC Specialty Mortgage LLC. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $120,000 affecting property located at 180 Burt St., Saugerties 12477. Filed Feb. 18.

Hensey, Robert T., et al. Filed by HSBC Bank USA N.A. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $222,000 affecting property located at 8 Hoffman Court, Hamptonburgh 10916. Filed July 16.

Morgan, Anthony A., et al. Filed by The Bank of New York Mellon. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $322,700 affecting property located at 18 Highview Road, Monroe 10950. Filed July 15.

Herrera, Rosmery, et al. Filed by Deutsche Bank National Trust Co. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $158,400 affecting property located at 128 Tremper Ave., Kingston 12401. Filed Feb. 16.

Muscolino, Christopher, et al. Filed by OneWest Bank F.S.B. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $256,800 affecting property located at 15 Azalea Drive, Putnam Valley 10579. Filed Feb. 4.

Jayasinghe, Dann D., et al. Filed by Wells Fargo Bank N.A. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $100,000 affecting property located at 46 Fountain Place, Poughkeepsie 12603. Filed Feb. 4.

O’Connell, Edward D., et al. Filed by M&T Bank. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $359,650 affecting property located at 21Wendy Road, Wappingers Falls 12590. Filed Feb. 8.

Kalin, Mary Linda, individually and as administrator of the estate of Vincent G. Kalin Sr., et al. Filed by Citifinancial Co. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $83,906 affecting property located at 3 McAllister St., Port Jervis. Filed July 16.

O’Connor, Wendy A., et al. Filed by Deutsche Bank National Trust Co. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $164,000 affecting property located at 6 Lake Drive, Ellenville 12428. Filed Feb. 12.

Keenan, Alyce, et al. Filed by Citifinancial. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $110,056 affecting property located at 80 Elm St., Saugerties 12477. Filed Feb. 17. Keevins, Christopher W., et al. Filed by Ulster Savings Bank. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $220,000 affecting property located at 4 Lacona Road, Mahopac 10541. Filed Feb. 16.

Olson, Louis A. Sr., et al. Filed by Ocwen Loan Servicing LLC. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $350,000 affecting property located at 2232 Route 44/55, Gardiner 12525. Filed Feb. 12. Outlaw, Haywood Jr., et al. Filed by HSBC Bank USA N.A. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $123,881 affecting property located at 119 Smith St., Poughkeepsie 12601. Filed Feb. 8.

Khalil, Mustafa J., et al. Filed by Wells Fargo Bank N.A. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $200,000 affecting property located at 3B Patterson Village Court, Patterson 12563. Filed Feb. 4.

Panetta, Lucy A., et al. Filed by Hudson Heritage Federal Credit Union. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $164,000 affecting property located at 31  ½ Prince St., Middletown 10940. Filed July 16.

McKinstry, Melvin, et al. Filed by Beneficial Homeowner Service Corp. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $70,873 affecting property located at 168 Academy Hill Road, Milan 12571. Filed Feb. 3.

Papageorgantis, Teresa, et al. Filed by U.S. Bank N.A. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $189,500 affecting property located at 113 Second St., Esopus 12429. Filed Feb. 11.

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FACTS & FIGURES Parashis, Kathy, et al. Filed by The Bank of New York Mellon. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $540,000 affecting property located at 5 Mill Pond Road, Putnam Valley 10579. Filed Feb. 9.

Shields, Denton J., et al. Filed by Wells Fargo Bank N.A. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $206,263 affecting property located at 31 Yerry Hill Road, Woodstock 12498. Filed Feb. 18.

Torres, Caridad L., et al. Filed by U.S. Bank N.A. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $417,500 affecting property located at 8 Deer Run Trail, Fort Montgomery 10922. Filed July 15.

Parrish, Ross W., et al. Filed by Wells Fargo Bank N.A. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $216,000 affecting property located at 266 Kent Acres Court, Carmel 10512. Filed Feb. 11.

Simmons, Bernice, et al. Filed by Nationstar Mortgage LLC. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $262,500 affecting property located at 629 Third Ave., Kingston 12401. Filed Feb. 17.

Prusi, Mark J., et al. Filed by The Bank of New York Mellon. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $375,000 affecting property located at 68 Loganberry Court, Hopewell Junction 12533. Filed Feb. 8.

Skaarva, Thomas, et al. Filed by Christian Trust. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $210,000 affecting property located at 199 Route 82, Fishkill 12524. Filed Feb. 11.

Tucker, Arthur E., as beneficiary under the last will and testament of Kenneth Tucker, et al. Filed by Finance of America Reverse LLC. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure an unspecified amount affecting property located at 81 David Lane, Pawling 12564. Filed Feb. 10.

Randolph, Lori, et al. Filed by Bank of America N.A. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $357,651 affecting property located at 12 Evergreen Lane, Walden 12586. Filed July 16.

Smith, Peter D., et al. Filed by Central Mortgage Co. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $230,000 affecting property located at 257 New Unionville Road, Plattekill 12589. Filed Feb. 11.

Resek, Martin, et al. Filed by Nationstar Mortgage LLC. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $168,495 affecting property located at 45 W. Pine Road, Staatsburg 12580. Filed Feb. 8.

Smith, Sandra, et al. Filed by Wells Fargo Bank N.A. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $165,000 affecting property located at 20 Probst Terrace, Hopewell Junction 12533. Filed Feb. 11.

Riccio, Melissa, et al. Filed by PHH Mortgage Corp. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $220,500 affecting property located at 1552 Centre Road, Rhinebeck 12572. Filed Feb. 10.

Somarriba, Nelson O., et al. Filed by Ditech Financial LLC. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $143,098 affecting property located at 24 Allen Drive, Brewster 10509. Filed Feb. 4.

Ritchie, Paula, et al. Filed by The Bank of New York Mellon. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure an unspecified amount affecting property located at 520 Garden St., Newburgh 12550. Filed July 16.

Sumner, Richard G., et al. Filed by Nationstar Mortgage LLC. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $855,000 affecting property located at 40 Chapman Road, Philipstown 10524. Filed Feb. 17.

Romeo, Angela, et al. Filed by Wells Fargo Bank N.A. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $240,000 affecting property located at 27 Clearview Road, Wingdale 12594. Filed Feb. 5.

Susso, Bintou Mbemba Jatta, et al. Filed by Hudson Valley Federal Credit Union. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $255,290 affecting property located at 38 Monroe Drive, Poughkeepsie 12601. Filed Feb. 11.

Sanchez, David, et al. Filed by USAlliance Federal Credit Union. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $80,000 affecting property located at 21 Hillcrest Lane, Ellenville 12428. Filed Feb. 12.

Taylor, Omar, et al. Filed by Deutsche Bank National Trust Co. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $236,000 affecting property located at 3 Dogwood Drive, Middletown 10940. Filed July 15.

Scheffler, Robert, et al. Filed by Nationstar Mortgage LLC. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $159,100 affecting property located at 26 Lakeview Ave., Poughkeepsie 12601. Filed Feb. 11.

Tobin, Brendan, et al. Filed by The Bank of New York Mellon. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $574,327 affecting property located at 28 Valley Lane, Garrison 10524. Filed Feb. 16.

Seelbach, Heidi, as public administratrix of the estate of Thomas DeMarco, et al. Filed by HSBC Bank USA N.A. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $428,400 affecting property located at 132 Gold Road, Poughquag 12570. Filed Feb. 5.

Tompkins, Robert P., et al. Filed by KeyBank N.A. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $126,800 affecting property located at 2075 Berme Road, Kerhonkson 12446. Filed Feb. 11.

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Unknown heirs to the estate of Michael John Regan, et al. Filed by Caliber Home Loans Inc. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $170,000 affecting property located at 1 Roaring Brook Road, Cornwall 10953. Filed July 16. Vazquez, Argimiro, et al. Filed by Sovereign Bank N.A. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $170,000 affecting property located at 284 Liberty, Newburgh 12550. Filed July 16. Villanueva, Dennis J., et al. Filed by U.S. Bank N.A. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $304,000 affecting property located at 64 Fieldstone Loop, Wappingers Falls 12590. Filed Feb. 3. Vincent, Vilma, et al. Filed by Deutsche Bank National Trust Co. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $175,500 affecting property located at 14 Cafaldo Drive, Saugerties 12477. Filed Feb. 19. Vitro, Daniel C., et al. Filed by Nationstar Mortgage LLC. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $213,000 affecting property located at 2 Sabrina Court, Holmes 12531. Filed Feb. 9. Walker, Maryann Sprinkle, et al. Filed by U.S. Bank N.A. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $525,544 affecting property located at 99 Logan’s Way, Hopewell Junction 12533. Filed Feb. 8. Wechsler, Lucie M., et al. Filed by HSBC Bank USA N.A. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $266,000 affecting property located at 146 West St., Warwick 10990. Filed July 16.

MECHANIC’S LIENS Dong, Florence, as owner. $14,480 as claimed by Sierra Properties Inc., Newburgh. Property: 52 Overlook Place, Newburgh 12550. Filed Feb. 17. Donohue, Todd, as owner. $27,850 as claimed by Ryan Construction LLC, Salisbury Mills. Property: 87 Quaker St., Plattekill 12589. Filed Feb. 19.

Fava, Edward P., as owner. $53,080 as claimed by Anthony Rizzo, Monroe. Property: in Warwick. Filed Feb. 18. Forest Park Water Company Inc., as owner. $1,357 as claimed by Ed Kuck Excavating Inc., Mahopac Falls. Property: 9 Colton Road, Mahopac 10512. Filed Feb. 18. Forest Park Water Company Inc., as owner. $1,468 as claimed by Ed Kuck Excavating Inc., Mahopac Falls. Property: 750 Union Valley Road, Mahopac 10541. Filed Feb. 18. Forest Park Water Company Inc., as owner. $1,641 as claimed by Ed Kuck Excavating Inc., Mahopac Falls. Property: 100 Wood St., Mahopac 10541. Filed Feb. 18. Forest Park Water Company Inc., as owner. $14,500 as claimed by Ed Kuck Excavating Inc., Mahopac Falls. Property: 9 Colton Road, Mahopac 10512. Filed Feb. 18. Forest Park Water Company Inc., as owner. $2,513 as claimed by Ed Kuck Excavating Inc., Mahopac Falls. Property: 9 Colton Road, Mahopac 10541 Filed Feb. 18. Forest Park Water Company Inc., as owner. $3,011 as claimed by Ed Kuck Excavating Inc., Mahopac Falls. Property: 59 MacNair Drive, Mahopac 10541. Filed Feb. 18. Gelardi, Lester, et al, Mahopac, as owner. $4,107 as claimed by Fairview Hearthside Distributors LLC, Poughkeepsie. Property: 12 Trotting Rock Road, Mahopac. Filed Feb. 11. Great Palace Realty LLC, as owner. $28,535 as claimed by Sonata Group Inc., Cornwall-on-Hudson. Property: 5 Lakeside Drive, Newburgh. Filed Feb. 22. Mandir, Shanti, as owner. $23,400 as claimed by JBP Construction, East Stroudsburg, Pa. Property: in Walden. Filed Feb. 16. Nettle, George, et al, as owner. $82,444 as claimed by DT Consulting Services Inc., Ulster Park. Property: 4 Wurts St., Kingston 12401. Filed Feb. 18.

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

Doing Business As Aman Marketing Corp., d.b.a. Trinity Marketing, 43 Silo Lane, Middletown 10940. Filed Feb. 25. Bhole1 Corp., d.b.a. Wine and Spirit World, 86 N. Plank Road, Newburgh 12550. Filed Feb. 25.

Big Shine Worldwide Inc., d.b.a. Big Shine Energy, 121 Executive Drive, No. 300, New Windsor 12553. Filed Feb. 25.

Elizabeth Jones Photography, 104 Jefferson Road, Montgomery 12549, c/o Elizabeth L. Jones. Filed Feb. 24.

Big Shine Worldwide Inc., d.b.a. Big Shine LED, 121 Executive Drive, No. 300, New Windsor 12553. Filed Feb. 25.

First World New Paltz Alumni, 1213 Dolsontown Road, Middletown 10940, c/o Everton Browne. Filed Feb. 24.

Cosmetics4U Inc., d.b.a. First Street 88, 1 Strelisk Court, Unit 104, Monroe 10950. Filed Feb. 25.

Guys and Gals Family Consignment Shop, 285 Route 211 West, Middletown 10940, c/o Nicole Marie Vargas. Filed Feb. 19.

Hudson Valley Technologies Inc., d.b.a. Algonquin Soccer Club, 3204 Route 9W, Apt. 16B, New Windsor 12553. Filed Feb. 25. P.A.R. Corp., d.b.a. Jacqueline’s Chic Antiques, 9 Greenshire Way, Walden 12586. Filed Feb. 25. Peak Power Corp., d.b.a. SK Consulting, 1 The Lane, Middletown 10940. Filed Feb. 25.

Partnerships ANED Cleaning, 2 Stirrup Drive, Newburgh 12550, c/o Ana Nupa Miller and Edward Miller. Filed Feb. 23. Envy Performance Parts, 266 Windsor Highway, New Windsor, c/o Bryant Suarez and Nico Mauro. Filed Feb. 20.

Sole Proprietorships A B.O.S.S. (A Business of Style and Sophistication), 236 Grand St., 371, Newburgh 12550, c/o NeCole Monae Melendez. Filed Feb. 25. All Corners, 4 Ted Miller Drive, Maybrook 12543, c/o Dawna Clarke. Filed Feb. 23. Articulated Equine Skeletons, 77 Wawayup Lane, Port Jervis 12771, c/o Walter Frank Varcoe. Filed Feb. 23. Athena’s Wine and Art Soiree, 341 Reservoir Road, Middletown 10940, c/o Kathleen E. Horan. Filed Feb. 23. Bluetwingle Essentials, 256 Jogee Road, Wawayanda 10940, c/o Carolee Terpstra-Pilat. Filed Feb. 19. C and D Shipping, 4 Jolie Drive, Warwick, c/o Darryl Ozello. Filed Feb. 19. Cefalo Custom Carpentry, 39 Pebble Lane, Burlingham, c/o Ralph Cefalo Jr. Filed Feb. 23. El Zapata Deli Grocerys, 1 N. Main St., Monroe, c/o Ruben Godinez. Filed Feb. 23.

Hammond Barn Wood Creations, 45 Konefal Ave., Pine Bush 12566, c/o Dale B. Hammond. Filed Feb. 24. I.R.D. Movements Piano Fund, 7 Chardavogne Road, Warwick, c/o Griffin Fassett. Filed Feb. 25. International Cleaning Service, 777 Broadway, Newburgh 12550, c/o Sofia Cruz. Filed Feb. 25. Jessica Fitzpatrick Photography, 113 N. Orange St., Port Jervis 12771, c/o Jessica L. Fitzpatrick. Filed Feb. 24. Jorge Landscaping, 211 Gidney Ave., Newburgh 12550, c/o Jorge Chimbolema. Filed Feb. 20. L and K Collectibles, 62 Irwin Ave., Middletown 10940, c/o Lewis Newmark. Filed Feb. 25. La Tete Salon, 18 New St., Goshen, c/o MaryAnn D’Aloia. Filed Feb. 19. Little Steps Child Care Center, 5 Comfort Road, Middletown 10941, c/o Cheri Hooks. Filed Feb. 24. Maintenance and Restorations, 13 New York Ave., Middletown 10940, c/o David Torres. Filed Feb. 20. Newburgh Contracting, 206 Liberty St., Newburgh 12550, c/o James S. Thorpe III. Filed Feb. 20. Radiant Healthy Hair, 679 Scotchtown Collabar Road, Middletown 10941, c/o Janine M. Fisher. Filed Feb. 23. S and P Deli and Grocery, 209 Broadway, Newburgh, c/o Michael Powell. Filed Feb. 24. Stamp It, 1 Willella Place, Newburgh 12550, c/o Lezle Garvey. Filed Feb. 23. Sustainable Wyoming Valley, P.O. Box 105, Port Jervis 12771, c/o Alex Zbinovsky. Filed Feb. 23. The Brands Agency, 670 Route 211 East, Middletown, c/o Marlon F. Brands. Filed Feb. 19. The Lori Buhagiar Agency, 125 Dolson Ave., Middletown, c/o Lori Buhagiar. Filed Feb. 19.


FACTS & FIGURES ATTACHMENTS RELEASED Doran, Genevieve, Greenwich. Filed by Christian G. Sarantopoulos. $96,000 in favor of Westview Nursing Care and Rehabilitation Center Inc. Property: 12 Nimitz Place, Greenwich. Filed Feb. 8.

BANKRUPTCIES Pinnacle Resort LLC, 30 Corbin Drive, Unit 1064, Darien. Chapter 11. Assets: $1 million to $10 million. Liabilities: $100,000 to $500,000. Type of business: Limited liability company. Debtor’s attorneys: Daniel DiBartolomeo, Bethel. Case no. 5:16-bk-50204. Filed Feb. 11.

BUILDING PERMITS COMMERCIAL 263 Golden Hill St. LLC, Bridgeport, contractor for Kuchma Corp. Add new partitions at 263 Golden Hill St., Bridgeport. Estimated cost: $2,875. Filed Feb. 11. 487 Glenbrook LLC, Stamford, contractor for self. Add a sign to the exterior of an existing commercial space at 487 Glenbrook Road, Stamford. Estimated cost: $750. Filed between Feb. 8 and Feb. 12. Adams & Ruxton Construction, West Springfield, Mass., contractor for Bank of America. Replace the glass doors on the exterior of an existing commercial space at 10 Middle St., Bridgeport. Estimated cost: $53,260. Filed Feb. 10. City of Bridgeport, Bridgeport, contractor for self. Relocate the reception desk in an existing commercial space at 45 Lyon Terrace, Bridgeport. Estimated cost: $1,000. Filed Feb. 12.

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Dalh, Eric, Ivorton, contractor for Radio Commercial Corp. Add antennas to the roof of an existing commercial space at 623 Pine St., Bridgeport. Estimated cost: $15,000. Filed Feb. 8. Glenbrook Industrial Park LLC, contractor for self. Perform digital media upgrades in the interior of an existing commercial space at 650 Glenbrook Road, Stamford. Estimated cost: $1.5 million. Filed between Feb. 8 and Feb. 12. Kafk Group, Bridgeport, contractor for South End Community Center. Construct a bathroom in an existing commercial space at 650 Park Ave., Bridgeport. Estimated cost: $5,000. Filed Feb. 8. Landmark Square 1-6 LLC, Stamford, contractor for self. Renovate the corridor on the fifth floor of an existing commercial space at 101 Broad St., Stamford. Estimated cost: $90,000. Filed between Feb. 8 and Feb. 12.

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RESIDENTIAL Arnow Construction LLC, contractor for Vebi Gjyliqi. Demolish an existing single-family residence at 30 Albin Road, Stamford. Estimated cost: $8,000. Filed between Feb. 8 and Feb. 12. Avidan, Ron M., et al., Stamford, contractor for self. Construct a new single-family residence at 52 Harvest Hill Lane, Stamford. Estimated cost: $700,000. Filed between Feb. 8 and Feb. 12. Banton Construction, North Haven, contractor for Martlyn Curween. Strip and reroof an existing single-family residence at 16 Little St., Bridgeport. Estimated cost: $20,500. Filed Feb. 12. Benedict, Kenneth, Bridgeport, contractor for self. Add fire doors to an existing single-family residence at 448 Anson St., Bridgeport. Estimated cost: $3,400. Filed Feb. 10.

Quality Stairs Inc., Bridgeport, contractor for Lee Pereira. Remodel two bathrooms in an existing single-family residence at 40 Logan St., Bridgeport. Estimated cost: $10,000. Filed Feb. 10.

Bennett, John L., contractor for Franklin J. Rudd. Change the master bathroom tub into a shower in an existing single-family residence at 111 W. Hill Road, Stamford. Estimated cost: $30,000. Filed between Feb. 8 and Feb. 12.

RA 225 High Ridge LLC, Stamford, contractor for self. Add a wall to interior space in an existing commercial space at 225 High Ridge Road, Stamford. Estimated cost: $8,900. Filed between Feb. 8 and Feb. 12.

Bright, John, Bridgeport, contractor for self. Finish the basement in an existing single-family residence at 114 Laurel Place, Bridgeport. Estimated cost: $5,000. Filed Feb. 11.

Signature Construction Group of Connecticut Inc., contractor for Canal Street Partners LLC. Renovate the corridor on the fourth floor of an existing commercial space at 700 Canal St., Stamford. Estimated cost: $38,000. Filed between Feb. 8 and Feb. 12. Signature Construction Group of Connecticut Inc., Stamford, contractor for Biltmore. Add new lighting and flooring to an existing commercial space at 127 Greyrock Place, Stamford. Estimated cost: $30,000. Filed between Feb. 8 and Feb. 12. Stalita Rembert, Bridgeport, contractor for Paolo Bracaglia. Perform an interior fit-out in an existing commercial space for a new tenant at 625 North Ave., Bridgeport. Estimated cost: $6,500. Filed Feb. 11. Viking Construction Inc., contractor for Bridgeport R. C. Diocesan Corp. Install a scoreboard in an existing commercial space at 914 Newfield Ave., Stamford. Estimated cost: $30,000. Filed between Feb. 8 and Feb. 12.

Ciocci, Ralph, contractor for 6 Washington Court LLC. Renovate nine bathrooms in an existing multifamily residence at 6 Washington Court, Stamford. Estimated cost: $40,000. Filed between Feb. 8 and Feb. 12. Coastal Property Services LLC, contractor for Shanaz Kapadwala. Strip and reroof an existing single-family residence at 83 Dunn Ave., Stamford. Estimated cost: $6,715. Filed between Feb. 8 and Feb. 12. D.A. Rich Company LLC, Stratford, contractor for Chafoerah Booker. Repair condominium units damaged due to a fire at 715 Frenchtown Road, Bridgeport. Estimated cost: $45,000. Filed Feb. 11. EK Partners, Stamford, contractor for self. Replace the siding on an existing single-family residence at 34 Gurley Road, Stamford. Estimated cost: $37,530. Filed between Feb. 8 and Feb. 12.

EK Partners, Stamford, contractor for self. Replace the gutters and roof on an existing single-family residence at 34 Gurley Road, Stamford. Estimated cost: $22,500. Filed between Feb. 8 and Feb. 12. EK Partners, Stamford, contractor for self. Replace the windows in an existing single-family residence at 34 Gurley Road, Stamford. Estimated cost: $43,000. Filed between Feb. 8 and Feb. 12. Ettimiu, Arber, Bronx, N.Y., contractor for self. Convert a bathroom into a full bathroom and add space to the bedroom at 315 Nancy Drive, Bridgeport. Estimated cost: $900. Filed Feb. 8. Jeff Scalise Building Contractor Inc., contractor for Howard Goldstein, et al. Remodel the kitchen in an existing single-family residence at 103 East Lane, Stamford. Estimated cost: $53,000. Filed between Feb. 8 and Feb. 12. Kapusta Jr., Richard E., Stamford, contractor for self. Construct a full bathroom on the first floor of an existing single-family residence at 137 Knox Road, Stamford. Estimated cost: $7,000. Filed between Feb. 8 and Feb. 12. Philip Spadaro Contractor LLC, contractor for Sitosopti Sarkar, et al. Construct a new three-car detached garage on the property of an existing single-family residence at 1792 Newfield Ave., Stamford. Estimated cost: $90,000. Filed between Feb. 8 and Feb. 12. Portanova & Dimatteo Sons LLC, contractor for Franklin B. Axel, et al. Renovate the bathrooms on the second floor of an existing single-family residence at 631 Long Ridge Road, Unit 42D, Stamford. Estimated cost: $75,000. Filed between Feb. 8 and Feb. 12. Power Home Remodeling Group, Chester, Pa., contractor for Prashanth K. Kotha, et al. Replace the windows in an existing single-family residence at 133 Hartswood Road, Stamford. Estimated cost: $15,088. Filed between Feb. 8 and Feb. 12. Sunrun Installation, Valley Cottage, N.Y., contractor for Clufie Labady. Perform structural reinforcing on an existing single-family residence for solar panel installation at 455 Merritt St., Bridgeport. Estimated cost: $1,000. Filed Feb. 8.

THD at Home Services Inc., Shrewsbury, Mass., contractor for Chang Dae Hyun. Replace the windows in an existing single-family residence at 39 Hirsh Road, Stamford. Estimated cost: $2,380. Filed between Feb. 8 and Feb. 12. Torrico, Fred, Bridgeport, contractor for self. Repair the baths on the second floor of an existing single-family residence at 183 Denver Ave., Bridgeport. Estimated cost: $32,000. Filed Feb. 10. Trinity Heating & Air Inc., contractor for Joelyn Germain, et al. Add solar panels to the roof of an existing single-family residence at 20 Burr St., Stamford. Estimated cost: $63,648. Filed between Feb. 8 and Feb. 12. Vasser, Bryan M., contractor for Garden Homes Residential LP. Install an internally illuminated wall sign in an existing commercial space at 1032 Hope St., Stamford. Estimated cost: $2,500. Filed between Feb. 8 and Feb. 12.

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Bridgeport Superior Court Allstate Fire and Casualty Insurance Co., Hartford. Filed by Johanna Lipschutz, Stamford. Plaintiff ’s attorney: Jeremy Vishno, Fairfield. Action: The plaintiff has brought this motor vehicle suit against the defendant alleging that she collided with an underinsured motorist and suffered injury. The insurance policy carried by the underinsured motorist is inadequate to fully compensate for the damages. The plaintiff alleges that her injuries are the legal responsibilities of her insurance company, the defendant. The plaintiff claims judgment and money damages in excess of $15,000, exclusive of interests and costs. Case no. FBT-cv16-6054996-S. Filed Feb. 9.

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Sunrun Installation, Bridgeport, contractor for Frank Ellaba. Perform structural reinforcing on an existing single-family residence for solar panel installation at 54 Bond St., Bridgeport. Estimated cost: $1,000. Filed Feb. 8.

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FACTS & FIGURES Black & Decker (U.S.) Inc., et al., Hartford. Filed by Ring’s End Inc. and Federal Insurance Co., Warren, N.J. Plaintiff ’s attorney: Kevin A. Coles, Fairfield. Action: The plaintiffs have brought this personal injury suit against the defendants alleging that a person insured by the plaintiffs tripped over a display case in a store owned by the defendants and sustained injury. The defendants allegedly had a videotape of the fall, yet would not turn it over to the investigators or the plaintiffs who were allegedly forced to pay out insurance to the injured person. The plaintiffs claim monetary damages, costs and such other and further relief as this court deems just and proper. Case no. FBT-cv16-6054972-S. Filed Feb. 8. Bridgeport Acquisition Co. Inc., Clinton. Filed by Luis Vazquez, Meriden. Plaintiff ’s attorney: Dehghani & Associates LLC, New Haven. Action: The plaintiff has brought this personal injury suit against the defendant alleging that he fell on a broken chair in a store owned by the defendant and sustained injury. This accident allegedly occurred due to the negligence of the defendant and its employees in that they failed to provide proper chairs for their patrons. The plaintiff claims monetary damages in excess of $15,000 and any such other and further relief as the court deems appropriate. Case no. FBT-cv16-6055068-S. Filed Feb. 11. Coachlight Square Association of Bridgeport Inc., et al., Seymour. Filed by Wayne Chmura, Monroe. Plaintiff ’s attorney: Carter Mario Injury Lawyers, North Haven. Action: The plaintiff has brought this personal injury suit against the defendants alleging that he slipped on an icy surface on a walkway owned by the defendants and sustained injury. This icy condition was allegedly allowed to exist due to the negligence of the defendants and their employees in that they failed to remedy the slippery condition on their property. The plaintiff claims monetary damages in excess of $15,000 and any such other and further relief as the court deems appropriate. Case no. FBT-cv16-6055011-S. Filed Feb. 10.

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Dollar Mart LLC, Piscataway, N.J. Filed by Klitty Brown, Bridgeport. Plaintiff ’s attorney: Miller, Rosnick, D’Amico, August & Butler PC, Bridgeport. Action: The plaintiff has brought this personal injury suit against the defendant alleging that he was riding his bicycle in a parking lot owned by the defendant and sustained injury when he fell on the cracked, uneven, unlit lot. This dangerous condition was allegedly allowed to exist due to the negligence of the defendant and its employees in that they failed to remedy the broken parking lot. The plaintiff claims monetary damages in excess of $15,000, exclusive of interest and costs. Case no. FBT-cv16-6054939-S. Filed Feb. 5.

I Park Norwalk LLC, Hartford. Filed by Iris Ortiz, Derby. Plaintiff ’s attorney: Cooper Sevillano LLC, Bridgeport. Action: The plaintiff has brought this personal injury suit against the defendant alleging that she slipped on water in a bathroom owned by the defendant and sustained injury. This dangerous condition was allegedly allowed to exist due to the negligence of the defendant and its employees in that they failed to keep their bathroom in a safe condition. The plaintiff claims monetary damages in excess of $15,000, exclusive of interest and costs and such other and further relief as the court may deem proper. Case no. FBT-cv16-6055000-S. Filed Feb. 9.

FXW Inc., et al., Old Greenwich. Filed by Broder Bros Co., Trevost, Pa. Plaintiff ’s attorney: Sugarman & Sugarman, New Haven. Action: The plaintiff has brought this breach of contract suit against the defendants alleging that they had failed to make timely payments to the plaintiff for merchandise provided. The plaintiff has declared the entire outstanding balance of $10,420 due and has made a demand for the balance, yet has not received payment. The plaintiff claims money damages, costs, post-judgment interest and such other and further relief as the court may deem appropriate. Case no. FBT-cv16-6054966-S. Filed Feb. 8.

Jonathan Painting Service LLC, Westport. Filed by Robert Dolliver, Westport. Plaintiff ’s attorney: Halloran & Sage LLP, Hartford. Action: The plaintiff has brought this construction suit against the defendant alleging that it was contracted to provide home-improvement services to the plaintiff. The defendant allegedly failed to provide a written contract. The plaintiff allegedly paid $10,000 to the defendant, yet the defendant failed to perform the renovations in a professional manner. The plaintiff claims money damages, interest, attorney’s fees, punitive damages, costs and such other and further relief as the court deems just and equitable. Case no. FBT-cv16-6054950-S. Filed Feb. 5.

H.R. Candee Construction Company Inc., et al., Easton. Filed by Tina Giordano, New Haven. Plaintiff ’s attorney: Eric G. Blomberg, Bridgeport. Action: The plaintiff has brought this personal injury suit against the defendants alleging that she fell in a hole in a sidewalk owned by the defendants and sustained injury. This dangerous condition was allegedly allowed to exist due to the negligence of the defendants and their employees in that they failed to properly inspect the sidewalk. The plaintiff claims monetary damages in excess of $15,000, exclusive of interest and costs and such other and further relief as the court may deem proper. Case no. FBT-cv16-6054961-S. Filed Feb. 8. Hertz Vehicles LLC, et al., Naples, Fla. Filed by Geico, Fairfield. Plaintiff ’s attorney: Mazza and Leblanc, Fairfield. Action: The plaintiff has brought this insurance suit against the defendants alleging that they hit a subroger on a highway that the plaintiff insured. This was allegedly due to the negligence of the defendants in that they failed to keep a proper lookout. The plaintiff was forced to pay out insurance damages. The plaintiff claims money damages in excess of $15,000. Case no. FBT-cv16-6055027-S. Filed Feb. 10.

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Merit Hardware Inc., Bridgeport. Filed by Morton Salt Inc., Chicago, Ill. Plaintiff ’s attorney: Sugarman & Sugarman, New Haven. Action: The plaintiff has brought this breach of contract suit against the defendant alleging that it had failed to make timely payments to the plaintiff for merchandise provided. The plaintiff has declared the entire outstanding balance of $26,513 due and has made a demand for the balance, yet has not received payment. The plaintiff claims money damages, costs, post-judgment interest and such other and further relief as the court may deem appropriate. Case no. FBT-cv16-6055025-S. Filed Feb. 10. Metro-North Commuter Railroad Co., et al., Stamford. Filed by Lorenzo Gonzalez, Bridgeport. Plaintiff ’s attorney: Cooper Sevillano LLC, Bridgeport. Action: The plaintiff has brought this personal injury suit against the defendants alleging that he slipped on an icy surface on a stairway owned by the defendants and sustained injury. This icy condition was allegedly allowed to exist due to the negligence of the defendants and their employees in that they failed to remedy the slippery condition on their property. The plaintiff claims monetary damages in excess of $15,000, exclusive of interest and costs. Case no. FBT-cv16-6054905-S. Filed Feb. 3.

Multifamily Remodelers LLC, Hartford. Filed by Ubaldo Diaz, Bridgeport. Plaintiff ’s attorney: Cocco & Ginsberg LLC, Bridgeport. Action: The plaintiff has brought this personal injury suit against the defendant alleging that he slipped on an icy surface on a parking lot owned by the defendant and sustained injury. This icy condition was allegedly allowed to exist due to the negligence of the defendant and its employees in that they failed to remedy the slippery condition on their property. The plaintiff claims monetary damages in excess of $15,000, exclusive of interest and costs. Case no. FBT-cv16-6054997-S. Filed Feb. 9.

Park Industries Inc., Bridgeport. Filed by Panduit Sales Corp., Tinley Park, Ill. Plaintiff ’s attorney: Sugarman & Sugarman, New Haven. Action: The plaintiff has brought this breach of contract suit against the defendant alleging that it had failed to make timely payments to the plaintiff for merchandise provided. The plaintiff has declared the entire outstanding balance of $17,211 due and has made a demand for the balance, yet has not received payment. The plaintiff claims money damages, post-judgment interest, court costs and such other and further relief as the court may deem appropriate. Case no. FBT-cv16-6054935-S. Filed Feb. 4.

Nod Brook LLC, et al., Wallingford. Filed by Fresh Market LLC, Bridgeport. Plaintiff ’s attorney: Nuzzo & Roberts LLC, Cheshire. Action: The plaintiff has brought this personal injury suit against the defendants alleging that its employee slipped on a ramped walkway owned by the defendants and sustained injury. This slippery condition was allegedly allowed to exist due to the negligence of the defendants and their employees in that they failed to remove ice and snow from their parking lot. The plaintiff was forced to pay out worker compensation to its injured employee in the amount of $159,633. The plaintiff claims monetary damages in excess of $15,000, exclusive of interest and costs. Case no. FBT-cv16-6054986-S. Filed Feb. 8.

Peerless Indemnity Insurance Co., et al., Waterville, Maine. Filed by Gene Gabriele, Stratford. Plaintiff ’s attorney: Friedler & Friedler PC, New Haven. Action: The plaintiff has brought this motor vehicle suit against the defendants alleging that she collided with an underinsured motorist and suffered injury. The insurance policy carried by the underinsured motorist is inadequate to fully compensate for the damages. The plaintiff alleges that her injuries are the legal responsibilities of her insurance company, the defendants. The plaintiff claims money damages in excess of $15,000, exclusive of interests and costs. Case no. FBT-cv16-6055001-S. Filed Feb. 9.

OCC LLC, New Britain. Filed by Investment Retrievers Inc., El Dorado Hills, Calif. Plaintiff ’s attorney: Gerlt Law LLC, South Windsor. Action: The plaintiff has brought this breach of contract suit against the defendant alleging that it had failed to make timely payments to the plaintiff for a credit account provided. The plaintiff has declared the entire outstanding principal balance of $23,899 due and has made a demand for the balance, yet has not received payment. The plaintiff claims money damages, prejudgment interest, post-judgment interest, court costs, attorney’s fees and such other and further relief as the court may deem appropriate. Case no. FBT-cv16-6054934-S. Filed Feb. 4.

Philip Gunning McIntyre & Associates LLC, et al., Greenwich. Filed by The Greenwich Bank & Trust Co., Greenwich. Plaintiff ’s attorney: Goldman Gruder & Woods LLC, Greenwich. Action: The plaintiff has brought this breach of contract suit against the defendants alleging that they had failed to make timely payments to the plaintiff for a commercial revolving note. The plaintiff has declared the entire outstanding principal balance of $250,000 due and has made a demand for the balance, yet has not received payment. The plaintiff claims money damages, attorney’s fees, costs and such other and further relief as the court deems just. Case no. FBT-cv16-6054998-S. Filed Feb. 9.

Quincy Mutual Fire Insurance Co., Hartford. Filed by Frank Marcoccia, Bridgeport. Plaintiff ’s attorney: Miller, Rosnick, D’Amico, August & Butler PC, Bridgeport. Action: The plaintiff has brought this motor vehicle suit against the defendant alleging that he collided with an underinsured motorist and suffered injury. The insurance policy carried by the underinsured motorist is inadequate to fully compensate for the damages. The plaintiff alleges that his injuries are the legal responsibilities of his insurance company, the defendant. The plaintiff claims money damages in excess of $15,000, exclusive of interests and costs. Case no. FBT-cv16-6055069-S. Filed Feb. 11. St. Vincent’s Multispecialty Group Inc., et al., Bridgeport. Filed by Barbara L. Giardini and Kathleen Harper, Shelton. Plaintiff ’s attorney: Koskoff Koskoff & Bieder PC, Fairfield. Action: The plaintiffs have brought this medical malpractice suit against the defendants alleging that they failed to properly read and understand the plaintiffs’ descendant’s echocardiograms and missed the descendant’s aoric stenosis. As a result, the descendent allegedly died in the care of the defendants. The plaintiffs claim monetary damages in excess of $15,000, exclusive of interests and costs. Case no. FBT-cv16-6054984-S. Filed Feb. 8. Wakefern Food Corp., et al., Hartford. Filed by Doris Torok, Trumbull. Plaintiff ’s attorney: Tremond Sheldon Robinson Mahoney PC, Bridgeport. Action: The plaintiff has brought this personal injury suit against the defendants alleging that she slipped on spilled cooking oil in a store owned by the defendants and sustained injury. This dangerous condition was allegedly allowed to exist due to the negligence of the defendants and their employees in that they failed to keep their store in a safe condition. The plaintiff claims monetary damages in excess of $15,000, exclusive of interest and costs and such other and further relief as the court may deem proper. Case no. FBT-cv16-6054969-S. Filed Feb. 8. White Hollow Inc., et al., New Haven. Filed by Richard Burns, Seymour. Plaintiff ’s attorney: Rodie & Connolly PC, Stratford. Action: The plaintiff has brought this personal injury suit against the defendants alleging that he was hit by a car driven by an employee of the defendants and owned by the defendants. The plaintiff claims monetary damages and costs. Case no. FBT-cv16-6055062-S. Filed Feb. 11.


FACTS & FIGURES Danbury Superior Court Connecticut Asphalt Paving Inc., et al., Bethel. Filed by O&G Industries Inc., Torrington. Plaintiff ’s attorney: Joseph M. Metzger, Torrington. Action: The plaintiff has brought this breach of contract suit against the defendant alleging that they had failed to make timely payments to the plaintiff for materials provided. The plaintiff has declared the entire outstanding balance of $10,232 due and has made a demand for the balance, yet has not received payment. The plaintiff claims payment, monetary damages, interest, costs, fees and such other and further legal or equitable relief. Case no. DBD-cv16-6019124-S. Filed Feb. 10. NY 2 CT LLC, et al., Brookfield. Filed by Denise Moore, Brookfield. Plaintiff ’s attorney: Guendelsberger Law Offices LLP, New Milford. Action: The plaintiff has brought this personal injury suit against the defendants alleging that she slipped on a stairway owned by the defendants and sustained injury. This dangerous condition was allegedly allowed to exist due to the negligence of the defendants and their employees in that they failed to comply with building codes regarding riser height for stairs. The plaintiff claims monetary damages and such other and further relief as this court may deem equitable and just. Case no. DBD-cv16-6019107-S. Filed Feb. 8. Safeco Insurance Company of Illinois, Boston, Mass. Filed by Jessica F. Opotzner, Ridgefield. Plaintiff ’s attorney: Collins Hannafin PC, Danbury. Action: The plaintiff has brought this motor vehicle suit against the defendant alleging that she collided with an underinsured motorist and suffered injury. The insurance policy carried by the underinsured motorist is inadequate to fully compensate for the damages. The plaintiff alleges that her injuries are the legal responsibilities of her insurance company, the defendant. The plaintiff claims money damages in excess of $15,000, exclusive of interests and costs and any other relief as the court may deem fair and equitable. Case no. DBD-cv16-6019091-S. Filed Feb. 4.

Simply Baby Inc., Newtown. Filed by Stanley Furniture Company Inc., High Point, N.C. Plaintiff ’s attorney: Sugarman & Sugarman, New Haven. Action: The plaintiff has brought this breach of contract suit against the defendant alleging that it had failed to make timely payments to the plaintiff for merchandise provided. The plaintiff has declared the entire outstanding balance of $52,289 due and has made a demand for the balance, yet has not received payment. The plaintiff claims money damages, costs, post-judgment interest and such other and further relief as the court may deem appropriate. Case no. DBD-cv16-6019104-S. Filed Feb. 8. The Connecticut Light and Power Co., et al., Hartford. Filed by Karen A. Feenan, Ridgefield. Plaintiff ’s attorney: Collins Hannafin PC, Danbury. Action: The plaintiff has brought this employment discrimination suit alleging that she was sexually harassed by employees of the defendant. The plaintiff allegedly complained to human resources and was fired. The plaintiff claims monetary damages, attorney’s fees, costs, punitive damages and such other relief as is equitable and just. Case no. DBD-cv16-6019120-S. Filed Feb. 9.

Stamford Superior Court Daley Construction Co. Inc., et al., Milford. Filed by American Express Bank FSB, Salt Lake City, Utah. Plaintiff ’s attorney: Zwicker & Associates, Enfield. Action: The plaintiff has brought this breach of contract suit against the defendants alleging that they had failed to make timely payments to the plaintiff for a credit account. The plaintiff has declared the entire outstanding principal balance of $65,497 due and has made a demand for the balance, yet has not received payment. The plaintiff claims money damages and court costs. Case no. FBT-cv16-6027595-S. Filed Feb. 4. Eastern Land Management Inc., et al., Stamford. Filed by Charles Visconti, Norwalk. Plaintiff ’s attorney: DiScala & DiScala LLC, Norwalk. Action: The plaintiff has brought this personal injury suit against the defendants alleging that he slipped on an icy surface on a sidewalk owned by the defendants and sustained injury. This icy condition was allegedly allowed to exist due the negligence of the defendants and their employees in that they failed to remedy the slippery condition on their property. The plaintiff claims monetary damages in excess of $15,000, exclusive of interest and costs. Case no. FBT-cv16-6027610-S. Filed Feb. 5.

Franchise Contractors LLC, et al., Hartford. Filed by Engineered Building Products Inc., Bloomfield. Plaintiff ’s attorneys: Law Office of Charles L. Miller, West Hartford. Action: The plaintiff has brought this breach of contract suit against the defendants alleging that they had failed to make timely payments to the plaintiff for construction materials provided. The plaintiff has declared the entire outstanding balance of $135,602 due and has made a demand for the balance, yet has not received payment. The plaintiff placed a mechanic’s lien on the defendant’s property. The plaintiff claims money damages in excess of $15,000. Case no. FBT-cv16-6027602-S. Filed Feb. 5. Kuriansky - Hope Street LLC, et al., Stamford. Filed by Claudia Hernandez, Stamford. Plaintiff ’s attorney: Wesley M. Malowitz, Stamford. Action: The plaintiff has brought this personal injury suit against the defendants alleging that she slipped on an icy surface on a parking lot owned by the defendants and sustained injury. This icy condition was allegedly allowed to exist due to the negligence of the defendants and their employees in that they failed to remedy the slippery condition on their property. The plaintiff claims monetary damages in excess of $15,000, exclusive of interest and costs. Case no. FBT-cv16-6027581-S. Filed Feb. 3. L’Escale LLC, Hartford. Filed by Constance Petrovich, Boynton Beach, Fla. Plaintiff ’s attorney: Thomas A. Virgulto, Hill & Hill LLC, Madison. Action: The plaintiff has brought this personal injury suit against the defendant alleging that she slipped on water on a dance floor owned by the defendant and sustained injury. This dangerous condition was allegedly allowed to exist due to the negligence of the defendant and its employees in that they failed to mop their floor. The plaintiff claims monetary damages in excess of $15,000, exclusive of interest and costs and such other and further relief as the court may deem proper. Case no. FBT-cv16-6027630-S. Filed Feb. 9. Sir Development LLC, Norwalk. Filed by Daniel Seale, New York, N.Y. Plaintiff ’s attorney: Alan R. Spirer, Westport. Action: The plaintiff has brought this breach of contract suit against the defendant alleging that they had agreed to purchase a house from the plaintiff for $2.7 million. The defendant allegedly refused to close the deal until contaminated soil had been cleaned up from the property. The plaintiff claims monetary damages, liquidated damages, interest, attorney’s fees, costs and such other and further relief to which the plaintiff may be entitled. Case no. FBT-cv16-6027633-S. Filed Feb. 9.

The Richman Group Inc., et al., Hartford. Filed by Jorge Riveros, Stamford. Plaintiff ’s attorneys: Wofsey, Rosen, Kweskin & Kuriansky LLP, Stamford. Action: The plaintiff has brought this personal injury suit against the defendants alleging that he slipped on an icy parking lot owned by the defendants and sustained injury. This icy condition was allegedly allowed to exist due to the negligence of the defendants and their employees in that they failed to remedy the slippery condition on their property. The plaintiff claims monetary damages in excess of $15,000, exclusive of interest and costs. Case no. FBT-cv16-6027613-S. Filed Feb. 8.

FEDERAL DISTRICT COURT Air Solutions Inc., et al., Stamford. Filed by Vigilant Insurance Co., Warren, N.J. Plaintiff ’s attorney: Blackwell, Davis & Spadaccini LLC, Manchester. Action: The plaintiff has brought this property damages suit against the defendants alleging that they installed a hydroconic coil on the premises insured by the plaintiff. The coil allegedly leaked, causing the plaintiff to pay out insurance damages. The plaintiff claims monetary damages of $293,000, costs, attorney’s fees and such other and further relief as may pertain in law or equity. Case no. 3:16-cv-00224-AWT. Filed Feb. 11. Burns Construction Company Inc., Stratford. Filed by Anthony Paulding, Bridgeport. Plaintiff ’s attorney: Sabatini & Associates, Newington. Action: The plaintiff has brought this employment discrimination suit against the defendant alleging that the defendant prevented the plaintiff from joining the union. The defendant allegedly failed to pay the plaintiff what it was paying other workers and replaced the plaintiff with a Caucasian foreman. The plaintiff claims $500,000 in monetary damages, compensatory damages, back pay, front pay, personal days, punitive damages, attorney’s fees, costs, interest and such other and further relief as in law or equity may appertain. Case no. 3:16-cv-00171-MPS. Filed Feb. 3.

Carlyle Group and Vermillion Asset Management, et al., Greenwich. Filed by Nikhil Dhir, Litchfield. Plaintiff ’s attorney: Peters Hamlin LLC, Westport. Action: The plaintiff has brought this securities suit against the defendants alleging that he was a whistle blower while working for the defendants. The defendants allegedly misrepresented their fund to investors as being diversified and liquid. The defendants allegedly retaliated against the plaintiff by failing to pay bonuses. The plaintiff claims nominal damages, compensatory damages, statutory damages, exemplary damages, punitive damages, attorney’s fees, costs, expert fees, prejudgment interest, post judgment interest, front pay, back pay and such other and further relief as may pertain in law or equity. Case no. 3:16-cv-00219-VAB. Filed Feb. 9. Gallagher Buick GMC Inc. Filed by Amy Lee Otis, Manchester, New Britain. Plaintiff ’s attorney: Consumer Law Group, Rocky Hill. Action: The plaintiff has brought this warranty suit against the defendant alleging that they sold a vehicle to the plaintiff as certified pre-owned when the vehicle had been in an accident before. The defendant allegedly refused to refund the plaintiff for purchasing the faulty vehicle, causing damages. The plaintiff claims actual damages, punitive damages, attorney’s fees, costs, an order to repurchase and such other and further relief as may pertain in law or equity. Case no. 3:16-cv-00209-RNC. Filed Feb. 9. Goldin & Rivin PLLC, et al., New York, N.Y. Filed by Ion Bank, Plaintiff ’s attorney: Alderman & Alderman LLC, Hartford. Action: The plaintiff has brought this breach of contract suit against the defendants alleging that they failed to repay a loan the plaintiff provided to them. The plaintiff has made a demand for the balance of $229,000, yet has not received payment. The plaintiff claims monetary damages, interest, attorney’s fees, costs and such other and further relief as may pertain in law or equity. Case no. 3:16-cv-00202-VLB. Filed Feb. 8.

Nielsen Company (US) LLC, et al., New York, N.Y. Filed by Scott Sottile, Woodbridge. Plaintiff ’s attorney: Self-representing. Action: The plaintiff has brought this breach of contract suit against the defendants alleging that he told the defendants that the company the plaintiff was working for at the time was defrauding the defendants. The defendants promised the plaintiff privacy, yet the plaintiff ’s boss allegedly found out and sued the plaintiff causing damages. The plaintiff claims $100,000 in monetary damages, compensatory damages, interest, punitive damages, attorney’s fees and such other and further relief as may pertain in law or equity. Case no. 3:16-cv-00232-VAB. Filed Feb. 12. Ocwen Financial Corp., West Palm Beach, Fla. Filed by Mel Thompson, Derby. Plaintiff ’s attorney: Self-representing. Action: The plaintiff has brought this fair debt collection suit against the defendant alleging that it fraudulently submitted mortgage documents and attempted to collect a fraudulent debt. The plaintiff claims $800,000 in monetary damages, punitive damages, costs and such other and further relief as may pertain in law or equity. Case no. 3:16-cv-00231-AWT. Filed Feb. 12. Wells Fargo Bank NA, Branford. Filed by Salvatore Ferro, East Haven. Plaintiff ’s attorney: Axelrod & Associates LLC, Woodbridge. Action: The plaintiff has brought this medical leave suit against the defendant alleging that he became epileptic and was subjected to a hostile work environment. The defendant allegedly prevented the plaintiff from using medical leave and terminated him because he was unable to attend on-site meetings, causing damages. The plaintiff claims $500,000 in monetary damages, costs, punitive damages, attorney’s fees, expert fees and such other and further relief as may pertain in law or equity. Case no. 3:16-cv-00216-JBA. Filed Feb. 9.

DEEDS COMMITTEE DEEDS Bissonnette, Joann, et al., Newtown. Appointed committee: Michael R. Kaufman, Newtown. Property: 15 Bonnie Brae Drive, Newtown. Amount: $189,550. Docket no. 15-cv-6016874-S. Filed Feb. 2. Dulka, Robert, et al., Fairfield. Appointed committee: Margaret A. Little, Fairfield. Property: 1219 Stratfield Road, Unit 2-B1, Fairfield. Amount: $21,500. Docket no. FBTcv-14-6047566-S. Filed Feb. 8.

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FACTS & FIGURES COMMERCIAL 10 Elm Street LLC, Stamford. Seller: Cat Rock Properties LLC, New Canaan. Property: 10 Elm St., Greenwich. Amount: $578,670. Filed Feb. 9. 12 Nimitz Place LLC, Greenwich. Seller: Genevieve C. Doran, Greenwich. Property: 12 Nimitz Place, Greenwich. Amount: $812,000. Filed Feb. 2. 186 Kings Highway LLC, Weston. Seller: Scott Kistner, Fairfield. Property: 186 Kings Highway East, Fairfield. Amount: $115,000. Filed Feb. 8. 646 Central LLC, New Rochelle, N.Y. Seller: Black Diamond Group LLC, Trumbull. Property: 646-652 Central Ave., Bridgeport. Amount: $125,000. Filed Feb. 9. Benchmark Trading Ltd., Bridgeport. Seller: Benchmark Municipal Tax Services Ltd., Bridgeport. Property: 170 Hawthorne, Unit 18A, Bridgeport. Amount: $1. Filed Feb. 5. Benchmark Trading Ltd., Bridgeport. Seller: Benchmark Municipal Tax Services Ltd., Bridgeport. Property: 325 Lafayette St., Unit 4206, Bridgeport. Amount: $1. Filed Feb. 5. Double Diamond Properties LLC, Easton. Seller: John Miranda, Easton. Property: 220 Summit St., Bridgeport. For no consideration paid. Filed Feb. 8. GRC Construction LLC, Newtown. Seller: Connecticut Tax Liens 5 LLC, Farmington. Property: 111 Hattertown Road, Newtown. Amount: $53,000. Filed Feb. 8. Green Day Construction LLC, Bridgeport. Seller: Paul A. Tremblay, Bridgeport. Property: 117 Englewood Ave., Bridgeport. Amount: $72,700. Filed Feb. 11. HDP Management LLC, Bridgeport. Seller: United Cerebral Palsy Association of Southern Connecticut Inc., Bridgeport. Property: 2326 E. Main St., Bridgeport. Amount: $234,000. Filed Feb. 1. JKB Properties LLC, Trumbull. Seller: Kevin W. Brown and Helena N. Brown, Trumbull. Property: 15 Old Field Point Road, Greenwich. Amount: $10. Filed Feb. 8. JMRTJ LLC, Westport. Seller: Grace A. Revella, Greenwich. Property: Lots 1 and 3, High Street, Greenwich. Amount: $520,000. Filed Feb. 11. K2 Realty LLC, Bridgeport. Seller: Propel Financial I LLC, Bridgeport. Property: 135 Carnegie Ave., Bridgeport. Amount: $53,550. Filed Feb. 3.

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M & B USA LLC, Bridgeport. Seller: Teixeira Investments LLC, Bridgeport. Property: 2180 Main St., Bridgeport. Amount: $340,000. Filed Feb. 8. NMA Associates LLC, Trumbull. Seller: Jon T. Nelson, Fairfield. Property: 1001 Fairfield Beach Road, Fairfield. Amount: $280,000. Filed Feb. 12. Noga LLC, Fairfield. Seller: Hang Lo and Pallas Sun Lo, Bridgeport. Property: Lincoln Avenue, Bridgeport. Amount: $143,000. Filed Feb. 10. Old Stone Bridge LLC, Greenwich. Seller: Andrew J. Weiland and Nancy G. Weiland, Greenwich. Property: 74 N. Old Stone Bridge, Greenwich. Amount: $1.8 million. Filed Feb. 12. Ormsby, Carline, New York, N.Y. Seller: Alexandre Assis, Bridgeport. Property: 819 Briarwood Ave., Bridgeport. Amount: $160,000. Filed Feb. 2. Secretary of Housing and Urban Development, Oklahoma City, Okla. Seller: Connecticut Housing Financial Authority, Rocky Hill. Property: 8 Grandview Ave., Bethel. Amount: $1. Filed Feb. 2. Secretary of Housing and Urban Development, Bridgeport. Seller: Nationwide Advantage Mortgage Co., Lewisville, Texas. Property: 38 Pershing Ave., Bridgeport. For an unknown amount paid. Filed Feb. 2. Secretary of Housing and Urban Development, Oklahoma City, Okla. Seller: JPMorgan Chase Bank NA, Westerville, Ohio. Property: 1670 Reservoir Ave., Bridgeport. Amount: $10. Filed Feb. 10. Shelbourne Lafayette LLC, Bridgeport. Seller: Bridgeport Lafayette, Bridgeport. Property: 1000 Lafayette Blvd., Bridgeport. Amount: $27 million. Filed Feb. 2.

QUIT CLAIM 1100 Boston Avenue LLC, Huntington. Grantor: A. Lawrence Kaladish, Huntington. Property: 1100 Boston Ave., Lot 3, Bridgeport. For no consideration paid. Filed Feb. 4. Arabia, Sandra, Stratford. Grantor: Alfred Korwek and Halina Korwek, Stratford. Property: Success Village, Building 85, Apt. 22, Bridgeport. Amount: $54,590. Filed Feb. 10. Bernhard, Susan M. and David S. Sternberg, Greenwich. Grantor: Susan M. Bernhard, Greenwich. Property: 530 Cognewaugh Road, Greenwich. For no consideration paid. Filed Feb. 11. Blum-Lapkins, Diana and Sigmund F. Blum, Naples, Fla. Grantor: Conyers Farm, Greenwich. Property: Edgar Road, Greenwich. Amount: $1. Filed Feb. 11. Bologna Properties LLC, Greenwich. Grantor: Amy Kerekes, Greenwich. Property: Lot 24, Highland Park, Greenwich. For no consideration paid. Filed Feb. 1. Burke, Patricia A. and John Burke, Greenwich. Grantor: Patricia A. Burke, Greenwich. Property: 331 Valley Road, Greenwich. For no consideration paid. Filed Feb. 4. Carnegie, Mark, Middletown. Grantor: Parsia Lorraine Gilbert, Bridgeport. Property: 1865 Park Ave., Bridgeport. For no consideration paid. Filed Feb. 10. Carroll, Scott, Stamford. Grantor: 169 South Water Street LLC, Norwalk. Property: 169 S. Water St., Greenwich. For no consideration paid. Filed Feb. 12. Cathcart, Emily M. and Justin B. Cathcart, Fairfield. Grantor: Emily M. Cathcart and Justin B. Cathcart, Fairfield. Property: 42 Benton St., Fairfield. Amount: $1. Filed Feb. 9.

Sound Investors Group LLC, Stratford. Seller: Hutton Capital Management LLC, New York, N.Y. Property: 155 Brewster St., Unit 3N, Bridgeport. Amount: $200,000. Filed Feb. 9.

Caulfield, Peggy L., Fairfield. Grantor: Cathleen L. Caulfield, Fairfield. Property: Lot 13, Papermill Hill, Fairfield. For no consideration paid. Filed Feb. 11.

Spinning Wheel Partners LLC, Fairfield. Seller: Michael Sandor and Thomas M. Yuditski, Fairfield. Property: 170 Highlawn Road, Fairfield. Amount: $345,000. Filed Feb. 11.

Chen, Li and Qi N. Chen, Bridgeport. Grantor: Qi Nian and Li Yun Chen, Bridgeport. Property: 4795 Main St., Bridgeport. For an unknown amount paid. Filed Feb. 4.

Turkey Point Properties LLC, Lawrence, N.Y. Seller: HSBC Bank USA NA, Bridgeport. Property: 274-276 Brooks St., Bridgeport. Amount: $50,000. Filed Feb. 3.

Chila, Marion, Greenwich. Grantor: Vivian A. Magee, Greenwich. Property: 42 Circle Drive, Greenwich. Amount: $1. Filed Feb. 11.

Windy Knolls Greenwich LLC, Rye Brook, N.Y. Seller: Windy Knoll LLC, Stamford. Property: 42 Windy Knolls, Greenwich. Amount: $975,000. Filed Feb. 10.

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Connecticut Housing Financial Authority, Rocky Hill. Grantor: The Secretary of Housing and Urban Development, Washington, D.C. Property: 63 Goddard Ave., Bridgeport. For no consideration paid. Filed Feb. 11.

Curran, Linda A. and Conrad Corelli, Newtown. Grantor: Conrad Corelli, Newtown. Property: Lot 102, Map 7226, Newtown. Amount: $1. Filed Feb. 5. Danh, Dung Tong, Bridgeport. Grantor: Suny Danh and Duc Tong, Bridgeport. Property: Unit 563 of Success Village Condominium, Bridgeport. Amount: $1. Filed Feb. 9. Davis, Onica Matthew, Bridgeport. Grantor: Whitfield Davis, Houston, Texas. Property: 10 Edgemoor Road, Bridgeport. For an unknown amount paid. Filed Feb. 4. De Bourbon, Anne, Alexandria, Va. Grantor: Anne E. De Bourbon, Alexandria, Va. Property: 74C Mencel Circle, Unit 218, Bridgeport. For an unknown amount paid. Filed Feb. 2. Dunleavy, Suzanne Jacqueline Darmory, Greenwich. Grantor: Suzanne J. Darmory Dunleavy, Greenwich. Property: 67 Loughlin Ave., Greenwich. For an unknown amount paid. Filed Feb. 9. Established Properties LLC, Stratford. Grantor: Deborah Smith, Stratford. Property: 20 Douglas St., Bridgeport. For an unknown amount paid. Filed Feb. 2. Farrell, George M., Bethel. Grantor: Jane A. Farrell, Bethel. Property: 21 Briar Ridge Road, Unit 43, Bethel. For an unknown amount paid. Filed Feb. 5. Farrell, Jane A., Bethel. Grantor: George M. Farrell Jr. and Jane A. Farrell, Bethel. Property: 21 Briar Ridge Road, Unit 43, Bethel. For an unknown amount paid. Filed Feb. 5. Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corp., McLean, Va. Grantor: Nationstar Mortgage LLC, Coppell, Texas. Property: 1-3 Knollwood Drive, Bethel. For an unknown amount paid. Filed Feb. 2. Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corp., McLean, Va. Grantor: Wells Fargo Bank NA, Fort Mill, S.C. Property: 235 Douglas St., Bridgeport. For an unknown amount paid. Filed Feb. 3. Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corp., McLean, Va. Grantor: Wells Fargo Bank NA, Fort Mill, S.C. Property: 93 Ellsworth St., Unit 204, Bridgeport. For an unknown amount paid. Filed Feb. 10. Federal National Mortgage Association, Dallas, Texas. Grantor: PNC Bank NA, Miamisburg, Ohio. Property: 510 Laurel Ave., Bridgeport. For no consideration paid. Filed Feb. 4.

Federal National Mortgage Association, Dallas, Texas. Grantor: Generation Mortgage Co., Coppell, Texas. Property: 686 Laurel Ave., Bridgeport. For no consideration paid. Filed Feb. 5. Federal National Mortgage Association, Dallas, Texas. Grantor: JPMorgan Chase Bank NA, Jacksonville, Fla. Property: 236 Huntington Turnpike, Bridgeport. For an unknown amount paid. Filed Feb. 10. Freedman, Jennifer F., Greenwich. Grantor: Alan J. Freedman, Greenwich. Property: 20 Locust Road, Greenwich. Amount: $1. Filed Feb. 4. Gibson, Debra and Dean R. Eaker, Greenwich. Grantor: Dean R. Eaker, Greenwich. Property: 284 Riversville Road, Greenwich. For an unknown amount paid. Filed Feb. 10. Gill, Harry, Redding. Grantor: Harry Gill, Redding. Property: 58 Long Ridge Road, Redding. For no consideration paid. Filed Jan. 28. Gomez, Angelica, Bridgeport. Grantor: FCB REM LLC, Stamford. Property: 90 Butler Ave., Bridgeport. Amount: $65,000. Filed Feb. 8. Gonzalez, Joel, Bridgeport. Grantor: City of Bridgeport. Property: 247 Colorado Ave., Bridgeport. For an unknown amount paid. Filed Feb. 9. Guerrera, Michele, Bridgeport. Grantor: Pasqualina Guerrera, Bridgeport. Property: 3015 Madison Ave., Bridgeport. Amount: $1. Filed Feb. 5.

Kovach Jr., John G., Greenwich. Grantor: Richard J. Kovach, Greenwich. Property: 202 Weaver St., Greenwich. Amount: $1. Filed Feb. 5. Kovach, Evelyn and John G. Kovach Jr., Greenwich. Grantor: John G. Kovach Jr., Greenwich. Property: 202 Weaver St., Greenwich. For no consideration paid. Filed Feb. 5. Kovach, Evelyn M., Greenwich. Grantor: Crystal Marie Collado, Stamford. Property: 202 Weaver St., Greenwich. Amount: $1. Filed Feb. 5. Kovach, Evelyn M., Greenwich. Grantor: Steven Wayne Kovach, Bridgeport. Property: 202 Weaver St., Greenwich. Amount: $1. Filed Feb. 5. Marks, June, Greenwich. Grantor: June Marks, Greenwich. Property: Unit 23 of Lyon Farm Condominium East, Greenwich. Amount: $10. Filed Feb. 4. Newtown Industries LLC, Newtown. Grantor: Hamid Torabi and Ellen Torabi, Newtown. Property: 8 and 17 Old Bethel Road, Newtown. For an unknown amount paid. Filed Feb. 2. Renner, Anne and Jeff Schult, Concord, N.H. Grantor: JPMorgan Chase Bank NA, Columbus, Ohio. Property: 42 Alqonquin Trial, Newtown. Amount: $90,000. Filed Feb. 8. Reveron, Marilyn and Luis Colon, Bridgeport. Grantor: Luis Colon, Bridgeport. Property: 140 Hillside Ave., Bridgeport. Amount: $1. Filed Feb. 4.

Heath, Richard A. and Thomas R. Greco Jr., Bridgeport. Grantor: Stephen L. Flaherty, Bridgeport. Property: 22-24 Monroe St., Bridgeport. Amount: $1. Filed Feb. 8.

Roache, Martin E., Greenwich. Grantor: Martin E. Roache and Mary Slane Roache, Greenwich. Property: Lot 54, Map 1444, Greenwich. For no consideration paid. Filed Feb. 5.

Jin, Sung Bae, Bridgeport. Grantor: Sung Bae Jin and Dug Ho Jin, Bridgeport. Property: 716-718 Atlantic St., Bridgeport. Amount: $1. Filed Feb. 9.

Robinson, Theresa A., Bridgeport. Grantor: Lloyd A. Robinson, Bridgeport. Property: 404 Burnsford Ave., Bridgeport. For an unknown amount paid. Filed Feb. 1.

JPMorgan Chase Bank NA, Lewisville, Texas. Grantor: The Secretary of Housing and Urban Development, Washington, D.C. Property: 92 Virginia Ave., Bridgeport. For no consideration paid. Filed Feb. 11.

Scinto, Alice and Robert A. Scinto, Bridgeport. Grantor: Robert A. Scinto and Alice Scinto, Bridgeport. Property: Edgemoor Road, Bridgeport. Amount: $1. Filed Feb. 12.

Koch, Leslie and Stephen R. Koch, Greenwich. Grantor: Stephen R. Koch and Leslie Seery, Greenwich. Property: Lot 27, Map 2530, Greenwich. For no consideration paid. Filed Feb. 3. Kovach Jr., John G., Greenwich. Grantor: John G. Kovach Jr., Greenwich. Property: 202 Weaver St., Greenwich. Amount: $1. Filed Feb. 5.

Sharp, Brian C., Bethel. Grantor: Melissa A. Schilling, Bethel. Property: 25 Turken Plain Road, Bethel. Amount: $1. Filed Feb. 1. Shaw, Jennifer, Greenwich. Grantor: Justin Shaw, Greenwich. Property: 10 Indian Chase Drive, Greenwich. For no consideration paid. Filed Feb. 8.


FACTS & FIGURES Smith-Vassell, Millicent, Bridgeport. Grantor: Teffenie Hunter, Bridgeport. Property: 99-101 Edna Ave., Bridgeport. For an unknown amount paid. Filed Feb. 11.

Bedawi, Aisha and Omar Washib, Bridgeport. Seller: Pinnacle East LLC, Bridgeport. Property: 967 Birmingham St., Bridgeport. Amount: $220,000. Filed Feb. 4.

Costa-Silva, Jose D., Bridgeport. Seller: Federal National Mortgage Association, Dallas, Texas. Property: 2890 Madison Ave., Bridgeport. Amount: $51,100. Filed Feb. 1.

Tello, Laura P., Bridgeport. Grantor: Freddy A. Tello, Bridgeport. Property: 38 Imperial St., Bridgeport. For no consideration paid. Filed Feb. 1.

Benson, Jeremy C., Newtown. Seller: Sharon Ann Everett, New Port Ritchey, Fla. Property: 12 Arrowhead Lane, Newtown. Amount: $94,000. Filed Feb. 5.

Crouse, Alyssa L., Laurie B. Crouse and Stephen D. McGuire, Westport. Seller: Paul Pimentel, Bridgeport. Property: 125 Gilman St., Bridgeport. Amount: $247,500. Filed Feb. 8.

Tertullien, Cecili and Peter Tertullien, Bridgeport. Grantor: Cecilia Tertullien, Bridgeport. Property: 176 Westfield Ave., Bridgeport. Amount: $1. Filed Feb. 8.

Bento, Susan, Fairfield. Seller: Nationstar Mortgage LLC, Coppell, Texas. Property: 262 Ingleside Road, Fairfield. Amount: $483,000. Filed Feb. 12.

The Bank of New York Mellon, trustee, West Palm Beach, Fla. Grantor: The Bank of New York Mellon, trustee, New York, N.Y. Property: 511 Berkshire Ave., Bridgeport. Amount: $10. Filed Feb. 1.

Bicher, Kristina Andersson, Greenwich. Seller: Kristina Bicher, Greenwich. Property: 71 Indian Harbor Drive, Greenwich. For no consideration paid. Filed Feb. 12.

Tonra, Judith N., Redding. Grantor: Judith N. Tonra, Redding. Property: 190 Lonetown Road, Redding. Amount: $1. Filed Feb. 9. Travis, Belinda and Arlin Travis, Temecula, Calif. Grantor: Arlin Travis, Temecula, Calif. Property: Unit 1003 in Riverstone of Greenwich, Greenwich. For no consideration paid. Filed Feb. 4. Tri State Property LLC, Trumbull. Grantor: Benchmark Municipal Tax Services Ltd., Bridgeport. Property: 28 Overlook Ave., Bridgeport. Amount: $32,500. Filed Feb. 5. Zahl, Eda Kristin, Greenwich. Grantor: Eda K. Zahl, Los Angeles, Calif. Property: 172 Field Point Road, Unit 2, Greenwich. Amount: $1. Filed Feb. 12. Zap, Gregory M., Redding. Grantor: Gregory M. Zap and Cynthia L. Zap, Redding. Property: 189 Redding Road, Redding. Amount: $1. Filed Feb. 4. Zummo, Christine, Greenwich. Grantor: Paul A. Zummo, Greenwich. Property: Lot 6, Map 485, Greenwich. Amount: $1. Filed Feb. 9.

RESIDENTIAL Arichabala, Galo, Bridgeport. Seller: Federal National Mortgage Association, Dallas, Texas. Property: 649-651 Laurel Ave., Bridgeport. Amount: $90,000. Filed Feb. 11. Asgari, Hamid R. and Ariadni Karga, Greenwich. Seller: Taylor Avon LLC, Boston, Mass. Property: Mohawk Lane, Greenwich. Amount: $1.2 million. Filed Feb. 4. Baker, Elizabeth and Thomas Baker, Redding. Seller: Jessa Kurzman Francis and Daniel J. Kurzman, Derby Line, Vt. Property: 78 Black Rock Turnpike, Redding. Amount: $380,000. Filed Feb. 3.

Bimmel, Robin, Norwalk. Seller: Jane M. Previdi, Redding. Property: 56 Portland Ave., Unit 13, Redding. Amount: $221,000. Filed Jan. 19. Bisesto, Richard, Norwalk. Seller: Michael J. Peterson and Kristine M. Peterson, Wolcott. Property: 8 Colonial Drive, Bethel. Amount: $385,000. Filed Feb. 1. Blackman, Randi and William Blackman, Trumbull. Seller: Toll Connecticut III LP, Newtown. Property: 1015 Brookside Court, Newtown. Amount: $459,530. Filed Feb. 4. Brey, Christine M. and Eric M. Brey, Stamford. Seller: Eric Israel and Beth Israel, Newtown. Property: 17 Canterbury Lane, Newtown. Amount: $685,000. Filed Feb. 1. Burns, Joan, Gulf Stream, Fla. Seller: John W. Zick, Key Largo, Fla. Property: 621 W. Lyon Farm Drive, Unit 621, Greenwich. For an unknown amount paid. Filed Feb. 1. Cimador, James, Greenwich. Seller: Mary Frattaroli, Greenwich. Property: 165 Henry St., Greenwich. Amount: $650,000. Filed Feb. 5. Cipolla, Elizabeth T. and Joseph J. Cipolla, Greenwich. Seller: Peter J. Scott and Kyu Han, Greenwich. Property: Willow Road, Map 1260, Greenwich. Amount: $3.5 million. Filed Feb. 12. Cobo, Angelo Y., Bridgeport. Seller: George Roman and Ana Roman, Bridgeport. Property: 1525 Chopsey Hill Road, Bridgeport. Amount: $139,500. Filed Feb. 1. Coronis, Kristen D. and William J. Wargo Jr., Stratford. Seller: Charlie D. Douglas and Suzanne Douglas, Newtown. Property: 28 Plumbtrees Road, Newtown. Amount: $303,000. Filed Feb. 1.

Crumbine, Elise Di Vencenzo and Jeffrey Warren Crumbine, Greenwich. Seller: Bhagesh Malde and Mala Bhagesh Malde, Greenwich. Property: Loading Rock Road, Greenwich. Amount: $2.3 million. Filed Feb. 9. DaCruz, Augusto, Aldicio DaCuz and Maria Soares DaCruz, Bridgeport. Seller: Attilio DeVellis, Anita M. Liburdi and Lena Viselli, Fairfield. Property: 298-300 Wayne St., Bridgeport. Amount: $230,000. Filed Feb. 1. DeJesus, Sueli and Raymundo DeJesus, Greenwich. Seller: Valerie Salito, Gaye Simon and Lee Edward Leonard, Greenwich. Property: 107 Halstead Ave., Greenwich. Amount: $340,000. Filed Feb. 8. DeJulio, Litsa M., Danbury. Seller: Suneel S. Karande and Arunda S. Karande, Bethel. Property: 11 Maple Row, Bethel. Amount: $216,000. Filed Feb. 8. Doyle, Trisha S. and Mark Doyle, Redding. Seller: Kristin K. O’Connor, Redding. Property: 12 Church Hill Lane, Redding. Amount: $505,000. Filed Jan. 21. Ehrhard, Robert, Hopewell Junction, N.Y. Seller: Federal National Mortgage Association, Dallas, Texas. Property: 21 Castle Hill Drive, Bethel. Amount: $140,000. Filed Feb. 1. Estelai, Jonathan, Bridgeport. Seller: Fabiana Marques DosSantos, Bridgeport. Property: 187 Goldenrod Ave., Bridgeport. Amount: $102,000. Filed Feb. 10. Feng, Quan and Lars N. Nielsen, Greenwich. Seller: Alexandra Realty Corp., Greenwich. Property: 21 Topping Road, Greenwich. Amount: $5 million. Filed Feb. 9. Feng, Quan and Lars N. Nielsen, Greenwich. Seller: Alexandra Building Corp., Greenwich. Property: Topping Road, Greenwich. Amount: $500,000. Filed Feb. 9. Fern, Noelle S. and Joseph E. Gray, Monroe. Seller: Daniel T. Brogan, Trinity, Fla. Property: 2 Rowledge Pond Road, Newtown. Amount: $305,000. Filed Feb. 2.

Fernandez, Sheila Ana Maria and Ruben Omar Fernandez, Greenwich. Seller: Cos Cob Estates LLC, Stamford. Property: 12 Cognewaugh Road, Greenwich. Amount: $1.9 million. Filed Feb. 5.

Heath, Richard A. and Thomas R. Greco Jr., Bridgeport. Seller: Greco Alden Business Services LLC, Bridgeport. Property: 49 Hope St., Bridgeport. Amount: $1. Filed Feb. 8.

Kenyon, Frances E. and Gordon W. Kenyon, Greenwich. Seller: Joan E. Hersh, Newport Beach, Calif. Property: West End Avenue, Greenwich. Amount: $855,000. Filed Feb. 9.

Ferraro, Brett Neri and Paul A. Ferraro, Greenwich. Seller: Fernando Lourenco and Ana Lourenco, Greenwich. Property: 25 Cutler Road, Greenwich. Amount: $3.2 million. Filed Feb. 3.

Hong, Nina Y. M., Greenwich. Seller: Michelle L. Lee, Greenwich. Property: Tract 2, Map 2796, Greenwich. Amount: $1.5 million. Filed Feb. 10.

Kerr, Jen and Jon Kerr, Ridgefield. Seller: Bank of America NA, Chandler, Ariz. Property: 115 Cross Highway, Redding. Amount: $643,000. Filed Jan. 25.

Hurlock, Margaret H. and James B. Hurlock, Greenwich. Seller: Robin A. Perkins, Greenwich. Property: 6 Echo Lane, Greenwich. Amount: $1.9 million. Filed Feb. 1.

King, Rosa and Jason Pena, Bridgeport. Seller: The Secretary of Housing and Urban Development, Hartford. Property: 140 Nutmeg Road, Bridgeport. Amount: $116,750. Filed Feb. 1.

Florio, Christine and Mark Florio, Danbury. Seller: Cristina G. Manolescu, Germany. Property: 10 Aunt Pattys Lane, Bethel. Amount: $295,000. Filed Feb. 5. Francia, Matthew, Trumbull. Seller: Ernest Mele, Stratford. Property: 3335 Old Town Road, Bridgeport. Amount: $186,000. Filed Feb. 11.

Hwang, Angela and Stanley Choy, Greenwich. Seller: Gustavo A. Ferraro and Maria Eugenia Ferraro, Greenwich. Property: Lot 10, Map 6086, Greenwich. Amount: $3 million. Filed Feb. 10.

Fremont, Meghan C. and Patrick W. Fremont III, Newtown. Seller: Susan L. Chapin and Paul M. Mayer, Newtown. Property: 199 Walnut Tree Hill Road, Newtown. Amount: $410,000. Filed Feb. 1.

Jajeh, Mouaz, Bridgeport. Seller: SPAZ Property LLC, Bridgeport. Property: 9 Ruth St., Bridgeport. Amount: $160,000. Filed Feb. 1.

Garcia, Efrain, Bridgeport. Seller: Zelda B. Greene, Bridgeport. Property: 24-26 Wake St., Bridgeport. Amount: $75,000. Filed Feb. 8. Garcia, Herminio, Yary C. Garcia and Williams Castro-Vasquez, Bridgeport. Seller: Donna M. Blount, Bridgeport. Property: 291 Pacific St., Bridgeport. Amount: $140,000. Filed Feb. 2. Garsson, Terese T., Stamford. Seller: Peter Kamford, Greenwich. Property: 47 Lafayette Place, Unit 2-1, Greenwich. Amount: $472,500. Filed Feb. 2. Ginsberg, Lysa Flanz, Greenwich. Seller: Karen Weiss, Greenwich. Property: 56 Sherwood Place, Greenwich. Amount: $805,000. Filed Feb. 1. Grace, Amy, Bridgeport. Seller: Lisa Wallick and Ann W. Ludvinsky, Bridgeport. Property: 109 Brittin Ave., Bridgeport. Amount: $167,000. Filed Feb. 10. Gurian, Lori and Craig Gurian, New York, N.Y. Seller: Richard B. Swank and Jean F. Swank, Redding. Property: 23 Sanfordtown Road, Redding. Amount: $725,000. Filed Feb. 1. Harrigan, Patricia D., Trumbull. Seller: Paul R. D’Agostino and Noelle J. D’Agonstino, Newtown. Property: 10 Juniper Road, Newtown. Amount: $500,000. Filed Feb. 5. Healy, Lauren M. and John F. Healy, Trumbull. Seller: Davies and Gayle Tainter LLC, Palm City, Fla. Property: Lot 4, Map 3383, Fairfield. For an unknown amount paid. Filed Feb. 8.

Jandres, Salvador, Bridgeport. Seller: SPAZ Property LLC, Bridgeport. Property: 85 and 86 Prince St., Bridgeport. Amount: $143,000. Filed Feb. 4. Jean-Paul, Evelyne, Bridgeport. Seller: Jose Ortiz, Bridgeport. Property: 288 Carroll Ave., Bridgeport. Amount: $75,000. Filed Feb. 11. Jiang, Wei and Eugene Liu, New Rochelle, N.Y. Seller: Rupert Andrew Allan, Greenwich. Property: 26 Day Road, Greenwich. Amount: $3.7 million. Filed Feb. 12. Jones, Maureen M., Redding. Seller: Bethel Danbury Two LLC, White Plains, N.Y. Property: 5 Bristol Terrace, Bethel. For an unknown amount paid. Filed Feb. 11. Jones, Maureen M., Redding. Seller: Maureen M. Jones, Danbury. Property: 5 Bristol Terrace, Unit 3701, Bethel. Amount: $1. Filed Feb. 11. Joseph, Ainsley, Brooklyn, N.Y. Seller: 94 Maple LLC, Bridgeport. Property: 94 Maple St., Bridgeport. Amount: $150,000. Filed Feb. 1. Kapanke, Miyuki and William E. Kapanke, New York, N.Y. Seller: Susan E. Maher, Greenwich. Property: 29 Windsor Lane, Greenwich. Amount: $1.3 million. Filed Feb. 12. Keenan, Natasha and Ralph Lentini, Greenwich. Seller: Justin August and Sophie Labrecque, Greenwich. Property: 6 Riverview Court, Greenwich. Amount: $1 million. Filed Feb. 5.

Krishna, Anshu, Bridgeport. Seller: Federal National Mortgage Association, Dallas, Texas. Property: 80 Cartright St., Unit 6H, Bridgeport. Amount: $45,000. Filed Feb. 4. Latorre, Ashley and Jason Latorre, New York, N.Y. Seller: Londonderry Homes 4 LLC, Greenwich. Property: 55 Byram Terrace Drive, Greenwich. Amount: $1.7 million. Filed Feb. 4. Macher, Peter, Newington. Seller: 21st Mortgage Corp., Knoxville, Tenn. Property: 55 Hopewell Woods Road, Redding. Amount: $175,000. Filed Jan. 19. Maher, Susan and Thomas B. Maher, Greenwich. Seller: Angela Hwang and Stanley Choy, Greenwich. Property: Parcels A and B, Map 6674, Greenwich. Amount: $1.9 million. Filed Feb. 9. Makkena, Bindhu Madhury and Siva Ramakrishana Tadapaneni, Stamford. Seller: Tai Huu Huynh and Ty Thi Phung, Fairfield. Property: Lot 5, Map 6380, Fairfield. For an unknown amount paid. Filed Feb. 10. Maldonado, Wendy, Stratford. Seller: Heriberto Colon, Bridgeport. Property: 684 Cleveland Ave., Bridgeport. Amount: $173,000. Filed Feb. 4. Marino, Diana Di and Philip Di Marino, Trumbull. Seller: E. Magner, Bridgeport. Property: 43-47 Jetland St., Bridgeport. Amount: $235,000. Filed Feb. 2. Martinez, Anthony, Bridgeport. Seller: Reef Equity Holdings LLC, Jupiter, Fla. Property: 249 A Pennsylvania Ave., Bridgeport. Amount: $57,500. Filed Feb. 1. Mendell, Sara and Brian Mendell, Greenwich. Seller: Sandra G. Banyard, Greenwich. Property: 100 Oneida Drive, Greenwich. Amount: $2.4 million. Filed Feb. 1. Miller, Steve, Bridgeport. Seller: Linda Piccolo, Bridgeport. Property: 347 East Ave., Bridgeport. Amount: $80,900. Filed Feb. 9.

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FACTS & FIGURES Moroz, Katarzyna and Pawel Moroz, Newington. Seller: Mingzer Tung, Newtown. Property: 59 Toddy Hill Road, Newtown. Amount: $325,000. Filed Feb. 11.

Sullivan, Daniel R., Bridgeport. Seller: Susan Bento, Bridgeport. Property: 33 Alameda Place, Bridgeport. Amount: $195,000. Filed Feb. 1.

Moses, Lisa D. and Henry David Moses, Harrison, N.Y. Seller: 18 Halock Drive LLC, Greenwich. Property: 18 Halock Drive, Greenwich. Amount: $1.8 million. Filed Feb. 3.

Sundial Homes of Fairfield LLC, Fairfield. Seller: Christine M. Howard and Josephine D. Turner, Fairfield. Property: 425 Kings Highway East, Suite 2C, Fairfield. Amount: $600,000. Filed Feb. 12.

Zhu, Jian, Westport. Seller: Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corp., Carrollton, Texas. Property: 33 Boston Terrace, Unit 16, Bridgeport. Amount: $45,000. Filed Feb. 12.

Mutlu, Zafer and Nuket Mutlu, Istanbul. Seller: Sebastian Canale and Beatriz Villarroya, Greenwich. Property: 71 Orchard Place, Unit 2, Greenwich. Amount: $1.3 million. Filed Feb. 1.

Tejada, Estela G., Greenwich. Seller: Laura B. Williamson, Greenwich. Property: 10 Hartford Ave., Greenwich. Amount: $530,000. Filed Feb. 10.

Ziko, Artan, Shelton. Seller: Wells Fargo Bank NA, West Palm Beach, Fla. Property: 132-134 Bronx Ave., Bridgeport. Amount: $147,644. Filed Feb. 3.

Oak, Melissa, Fairfield. Seller: Robert Ingraham, Fairfield. Property: 559 and 567 Westport Turnpike, Fairfield. Amount: $200,000. Filed Feb. 12. Otero, Maileen P. and Orlando Otero, Bridgeport. Seller: Abdalwahed Manari and Sarah Halima Manari, Bayshore, N.Y. Property: 2072 North Ave., Bridgeport. Amount: $225,000. Filed Feb. 1. Richards, Harriet, Greenwich. Seller: Ingunn T. McGregor, Greenwich. Property: 52 Lafayette Place, Unit 1F, Greenwich. Amount: $223,000. Filed Feb. 8. Rokicka-Shafto, Katarzyna J. and Anthony Ian Shafto, Jersey City, N.J. Seller: John Olsen, Redding. Property: 89 Sport Hill Road, Redding. Amount: $447,000. Filed Jan. 25.

Termel, Balazs, Mamaroneck, N.Y. Seller: Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corp., Carrollton, Texas. Property: 250 N. Bishop Ave., Unit 38, Bridgeport. Amount: $15,250. Filed Feb. 9. Thalheim, Peter, Greenwich. Seller: Citibank NA, Coppell, Texas. Property: 10 Irvine Road, Greenwich. Amount: $1 million. Filed Feb. 12. Thompson, Pamela L., Napa, Calif. Seller: John P. Ward and Judith Lund Ward, Redding. Property: 6 Bald Rock Road, Redding. Amount: $515,000. Filed Jan. 21. Tod, Victoria Hodgdon, Newtown. Seller: Victoria H. Tod, Newtown. Property: 18 Pine Tree Hill Road, Newtown. Amount: $1. Filed Feb. 10.

Rosado, Jean, Bridgeport. Seller: S & I Projects LLC, Bridgeport. Property: 205-207 Smith St., Bridgeport. Amount: $196,000. Filed Feb. 2.

Tucker, Jimmy, Bridgeport. Seller: Jacqueline M. Myslewski, Bridgeport. Property: 121 Dogwood Road, Bridgeport. Amount: $140,000. Filed Feb. 1.

Seabrook, Reginald, Bridgeport. Seller: Federal National Mortgage Association, Dallas, Texas. Property: 424 Indian Ave., Bridgeport. Amount: $63,000. Filed Feb. 10.

Vertula, Gary, Bridgeport. Seller: Walter Reyes and Fredy Reyes, Stamford. Property: 188 Pilgrim Road, Bridgeport. Amount: $180,000. Filed Feb. 2.

Silva, Jose Marcos, Bridgeport. Seller: Carmella T. Tuozzoli, Bridgeport. Property: 243 Clark St., Bridgeport. Amount: $155,000. Filed Feb. 8.

Weiss, Sazanne R., Greenwich. Seller: The Steamboat Road Property LLC, Greenwich. Property: 2 Oneida Drive, Unit G, Greenwich. Amount: $5.7 million. Filed Feb. 1.

Socci, Vincent M., Stamford. Seller: Canterbury Development LLC, Trumbull. Property: Lot 3, Map 658, Fairfield. Amount: $415,000. Filed Feb. 10.

Wiles, Pamela and Stephen F. Rosebrook, Greenwich. Seller: Herbert Foote and Katherine Foote, Stamford. Property: Glen Road, Lot 18, Map 3624, Greenwich. Amount: $1.3 million. Filed Feb. 3.

Sopa, Gonxhe, Newtown. Seller: MCM Capital Partners LLC, Bethesda, Md. Property: Philo Curtis, Map 858, Newtown. Amount: $165,000. Filed Feb. 2. Sowell, Tetrea and Karl Needham, Bridgeport. Seller: Amiel Dabush Dorel, Bridgeport. Property: 40 Village Lane, Bridgeport. Amount: $277,500. Filed Feb. 9.

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Wind, Carina and Logan D. Adler, Newtown. Seller: Karen H. Blawie and Gary C. Crisci, Newtown. Property: 42 Walnut Tree Hill Road, Newtown. Amount: $497,500. Filed Feb. 8.

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Woglom, Margaret P. and Joseph Woglom, Bethel. Seller: Arnold DeAlmeida and Maria DeAlmeida, Bethel. Property: 13 Apple Tree Road, Bethel. Amount: $385,000. Filed Feb. 9.

FORECLOSURES Atkinson Jr., Frank L., et al. Creditor: U.S. Bank NA, Miamisburg, Ohio. Property: 55-57 Petrie St., Bridgeport. Delinquent common charges. Filed Feb. 3. Bowman, Terry, Creditor: HRB Mortgage Holdings LLC. Property: 870-872 Connecticut Ave., Bridgeport. Delinquent common charges. Filed Feb. 8. Christiansen, James F., et al. Creditor: Citigroup Global Markets Realty Corp. Property: 23 Harold Ave., Greenwich. Mortgage default. Filed Feb. 5. Fairchild, Kenneth E., et al. Creditor: U.S. Bank NA, Miamisburg, Ohio. Property: 2C Midway Drive, Unit 3A, Bethel. Delinquent common charges. Filed Feb. 1. Fero, Denise, et al. Creditor: PNC Bank NA. Property: 212 Hooker Road, Bridgeport. Mortgage default. Filed Feb. 1. Grant, William, et al. Creditor: U.S. Bank NA, Miamisburg, Ohio. Property: 192 Benham Ave., Bridgeport. Mortgage default. Filed Feb. 5. Islam, Muhammed, Creditor: Bayview Loan Servicing LLC, Coral Gables, Fla. Property: 266 Prince St., Bridgeport. Mortgage default. Filed Feb. 2. Jessop, Allyson, et al. Creditor: U.S. Bank NA, Miamisburg, Ohio. Property: 64-66 Hadley St., Bridgeport. Mortgage default. Filed Feb. 3. Kirwan, Chelsea and Laurence A. Kirwan, et al. Creditor: First County Bank, Stamford. Property: 73 Sterling Road, Greenwich. Mortgage default. Filed Feb. 9. Morrison, Stephen, et al. Creditor: Wells Fargo Bank NA, Salt Lake City, Utah. Property: 47 Magnolia St., Bridgeport. Mortgage default. Filed Feb. 3.

Orozco, Jose Luis, et al. Creditor: Positive Solution LLC, Alhambra, Calif. Property: 414 Anton St., Bridgeport. Mortgage default. Filed Feb. 1. Perez, Hector, et al. Creditor: Deutsche Bank Trust Co., Salt Lake City, Utah. Property: 465 Hart St., Bridgeport. Mortgage default. Filed Feb. 2. Sharpe, Sharon L., et al. Creditor: Bank of America NA, San Diego, Calif. Property: 295 Norland Ave., Bridgeport. Mortgage default. Filed Feb. 11. Vasquez, Birnani, et al. Creditor: Benchmark Municipal Tax Services Ltd., Bridgeport. Property: 28 Overlook Ave., Bridgeport. Mortgage default. Filed Feb. 5.

JUDGMENTS Alves, Edith, Bridgeport. $9,470 in favor of Main Street Acquisition Corp., Las Vegas, Nev., by Schreiber/Cohen LLC, Wallingford. Property: 484 Merritt St., Unit 486, Bridgeport. Filed Feb. 8. Amoah, Philip S., Bridgeport. $4,272 in favor of Capital One Bank (USA) NA, Richmond, Va., by London & London, Newington. Property: 361-363 Exeter St., Bridgeport. Filed Feb. 5.

Brown, Fredrick, Bridgeport. $7,187 in favor of Main Street Acquisition Corp., Las Vegas, Nev., by Schreiber/Cohen LLC, Wallingford. Property: 273 Beardsley St., Unit 277, Bridgeport. Filed Feb. 8.

Hensel, Craig J., Newtown. $18,994 in favor of Cavalry SPV I LLC, Valhalla, N.Y., by Schreiber/Cohen LLC, Wallingford. Property: 21 Philo Curtis Road, Newtown. Filed Feb. 4.

Coleman, Lionel E., Bridgeport. $4,520 in favor of Cavalry SPV I LLC, Valhalla, N.Y., by Schreiber/ Cohen LLC, Wallingford. Property: 175 Seltsam Road, Bridgeport. Filed Feb. 8.

Hook, Leon, Bridgeport. $2,446 in favor of Main Street Acquisition Corp., Las Vegas, Nev., by Schreiber/Cohen LLC, Wallingford. Property: 149 Merriam St., Bridgeport. Filed Feb. 8.

Connor, Janet, Newtown. $34,590 in favor of the town of Newtown, by Cohen and Wolf PC, Danbury. Property: 48 Main St., Newtown. Filed Feb. 3.

Hubbard, Steven D., Bethel. $1,232 in favor of Asset Acceptance LLC, Warren, Mich., by Schreiber/Cohen LLC, Wallingford. Property: 63 Walnut Hill Road, Bethel. Filed Feb. 4.

Curtis, William J., Bridgeport. $1,134 in favor of Capital One Bank (USA) NA, Richmond, Va., by London & London, Newington. Property: 20 Hayes St., Bridgeport. Filed Feb. 5.

James, Barbara E., Bridgeport. $1,352 in favor of Asset Acceptance LLC, Warren, Mich., by Schreiber/ Cohen LLC, Wallingford. Property: 802 Norman St., Bridgeport. Filed Feb. 8.

Elbert, Lynda, Bridgeport. $5,176 in favor of Main Street Acquisition Corp., Las Vegas, Nev., by Schreiber/Cohen LLC, Wallingford. Property: 226 Garden Drive, Bridgeport. Filed Feb. 8.

Johnson, Aaron L., Bethel. $386 in favor of Anesthesia Associates of Danbury PC, Danbury, by Nathanson Cipriano and Gambardella PC, Hamden. Property: 27 Pleasant St., Bethel. Filed Feb. 8.

Fernandez, Vera P., Bridgeport. $6,228 in favor of Capital One Bank (USA) NA, Richmond, Va., by London & London, Newington. Property: 74 Oxford St., Bridgeport. Filed Feb. 5.

Krauss, Elizabeth and Daniel Krauss, Newtown. $617 in favor of the Danbury Office of Physician Services PC, Danbury, by Flanagan & Peat, Danbury. Property: 22 Beechwood Drive, Newtown. Filed Feb. 5.

Askew, Michael, Bridgeport. $11,423 in favor of Cavalry SPV I LLC, Valhalla, N.Y., by Schreiber/Cohen LLC, Wallingford. Property: 58 Ohio Ave., Bridgeport. Filed Feb. 8.

Fletcher, Karl, Bridgeport. $8,194 in favor of Cavalry SPV I LLC, Valhalla, N.Y., by Schreiber/Cohen LLC, Wallingford. Property: 30 Woodlawn Ave., Bridgeport. Filed Feb. 8.

Bailey, Patricia and Johnny M. Bailey, Fairfield. $15,354 in favor of Cach LLC, Denver, Colo., by J.A. Cambece Law Firm PC, Beverly, Mass. Property: 491 Stevenson Road, Fairfield. Filed Feb. 9.

Flynn, Bridget, Bridgeport. $2,267 in favor of NCEP LLC, Las Vegas, Nev., by Schreiber/Cohen LLC, Wallingford. Property: 219 Goldenrod Ave., Bridgeport. Filed Feb. 8.

Blanchard, Robert, Bridgeport. $9,393 in favor of Cavalry SPV I LLC, Valhalla, N.Y., by Schreiber/ Cohen LLC, Wallingford. Property: 113 Ranch Drive, Bridgeport. Filed Feb. 8. Bosse, Kevin P., Bridgeport. $4,250 in favor of Cavalry SPV I LLC, Valhalla, N.Y., by Schreiber/ Cohen LLC, Wallingford. Property: 15 Ellsworth St., Unit 12, Bridgeport. Filed Feb. 8. Briggs, Jennifer, Fairfield. $1,578 in favor of Santa Energy Corp., Bridgeport, by Janine M. Becker, Bridgeport. Property: 94 Baily Road, Fairfield. Filed Feb. 8. Britto, Valeria R., Bridgeport. $6,808 in favor of Westchester Medical Center, Valhalla, N.Y., by Hertzmark Crean & Lahey LLP, Waterbury. Property: 35 Clifton Place, Bridgeport. Filed Feb. 5.

Freckleton, Ricardo, Bridgeport. $1,615 in favor of Cavalry SPV I LLC, Valhalla, N.Y., by London & London, Newington. Property: 45 Stevens St., Apt. 3D, Bridgeport. Filed Feb. 5. Gay, Alvin K., Bridgeport. $3,288 in favor of Cavalry SPV I LLC, Valhalla, N.Y., by Schreiber/Cohen LLC, Wallingford. Property: 119 Edgemoor Road, Bridgeport. Filed Feb. 8. Geneus, Rinette, Bridgeport. $1,899 in favor of Midland Funding LLC, San Diego, Calif., by the Law Offices of Howard Lee Schiff PC, East Hartford. Property: 300 Tesiny Ave., Bridgeport. Filed Feb. 1. Gillotti, Linda and Richard Gillotti, Bethel. $851 in favor of Danbury Hospital, Danbury, by Flanagan & Peat, Danbury. Property: 23 Aunt Pattys Lane, Bethel. Filed Feb. 4.

Lavin, Kevin J., Bridgeport. $27,707 in favor of Asset Acceptance LLC, Warren, Mich., by Tobin Melien & Marohn, New Haven. Property: 78 Crown St., Bridgeport. Filed Feb. 9. Lidman, Cynthia, Bridgeport. $938 in favor of Cavalry SPV I LLC, Valhalla, N.Y., by London & London, Newington. Property: 209 Pilgram Road, Bridgeport. Filed Feb. 5. Mintz, George M., Bridgeport. $3,841 in favor of Cavalry SPV I LLC, Valhalla, N.Y., by Schreiber/ Cohen LLC, Wallingford. Property: 86 Ridgebrook Drive, Bridgeport. Filed Feb. 8. Molina, Ernestine, Bridgeport. $3,418 in favor of Cavalry SPV I LLC, Valhalla, N.Y., by Schreiber/ Cohen LLC, Wallingford. Property: 95 Houston Ave., Bridgeport. Filed Feb. 8. Monnelus, Stephanie, Bridgeport. $1,951 in favor of Cavalry SPV I LLC, Valhalla, N.Y., by Schreiber/ Cohen LLC, Wallingford. Property: 2755 Old Town Road, Bridgeport. Filed Feb. 8. Muniz, Deborah, Bridgeport. $2,068 in favor of Cavalry SPV I LLC, Valhalla, N.Y., by Schreiber/ Cohen LLC, Wallingford. Property: 163 Pilgrim Road, Bridgeport. Filed Feb. 8.


FACTS & FIGURES Muscolino, Kathleen, Redding. $1,488 in favor of Danbury Hospital, Danbury, by Flanagan & Peat, Danbury. Property: 16 Deacon Abbott Road, Redding. Filed Feb. 4. Nielsen, Corvina, et al., Bridgeport. $4,895 in favor of Ford Motor Credit Co. LLC, Livonia, Mich., by Nair & Levin PC, Bloomfield. Property: 43 Higgins Ave., Bridgeport. Filed Feb. 9. Ogunjimi, Moses O., Bridgeport. $3,592 in favor of Cavalry SPV I LLC, Valhalla, N.Y., by Schreiber/ Cohen LLC, Wallingford. Property: 80 Cogswell St., Bridgeport. Filed Feb. 8. Palmer, Trishana, Bridgeport. $599 in favor of Asset Acceptance LLC, Warren, Mich., by Schreiber/ Cohen LLC, Wallingford. Property: 40 Kent Ave., Bridgeport. Filed Feb. 8. Plotkin, Judith, Bridgeport. $3,369 in favor of Cavalry SPV I LLC, Valhalla, N.Y., by Schreiber/Cohen LLC, Wallingford. Property: 395 Ruth St., Bridgeport. Filed Feb. 8. Previlus, Kweaunz, Bridgeport. $2,013 in favor of Main Street Acquisition Corp., Las Vegas, Nev., by Schreiber/Cohen LLC, Wallingford. Property: 21 Cleveland Ave., Bridgeport. Filed Feb. 8. Roll, Richard J., Fairfield. $116,562 in favor of US-SI LLC, Singer Island, Fla., by Cheryl Caracuzzo. Property: Unit 510 of The Resort At Singer Island, Fairfield. Filed Feb. 9.

Schuler, Jimmey L., Bridgeport. $2,229 in favor of Cavalry SPV I LLC, Valhalla, N.Y., by Schreiber/ Cohen LLC, Wallingford. Property: 167 Carnegie Ave., Bridgeport. Filed Feb. 8. Scott, Jannette and Mark A. Scott, Bethel. $410 in favor of Anesthesia Associates of Danbury PC, Danbury, by Nathanson Cipriano and Gambardella PC, Hamden. Property: 13 Midway Drive, Bethel. Filed Feb. 8. Shack, Lauren, Greenwich. $6,070 in favor of Midland Funding LLC, San Diego, Calif., by the Law Offices of Howard Lee Schiff PC, East Hartford. Property: 433 Stanwich Road, Greenwich. Filed Feb. 9. Sigafose, Steven P., Bridgeport. $8,544 in favor of Cavalry SPV I LLC, Valhalla, N.Y., by Schreiber/ Cohen LLC, Wallingford. Property: 140 Beachview Ave., Unit 284, Bridgeport. Filed Feb. 8. Spencer, Nadege and Derrick Spencer, Bridgeport. $493 in favor of Carlson Therapy Network PC, Cheshire, by Flanagan & Peat, Danbury. Property: 342 Indian Ave., Bridgeport. Filed Feb. 5. Urso, Frank J., Newtown. $3,598 in favor of Cavalry SPV I LLC, Valhalla, N.Y., by Schreiber/Cohen LLC, Wallingford. Property: 19 Merlins Lane, Newtown. Filed Feb. 4.

LEASES

Romero, Jose, Bridgeport. $24,045 in favor of Lois Walker, Bridgeport, by Edmund Q. Collier, Milford. Property: 834-836 Connecticut Ave., Bridgeport. Filed Feb. 5.

Arabia, Sandra, by self. Landlord: Success Village Apartments Inc., Bridgeport. Property: Apt. 22, Building 85, Success Village, Bridgeport. Term: 38 years, commenced Feb. 9, 2016. Filed Feb. 10.

Rosado, Sarah, Bethel. $1,951 in favor of Danbury Hospital, Danbury, by Flanagan & Peat, Danbury. Property: 5 Marywood Road, Bethel. Filed Feb. 4.

Express Kabob LLC, by Yusuf Uzun. Landlord: Bereket LLC, Bridgeport. Property: 4031 Main St., Bridgeport. Term: 5 years, commenced Dec. 1, 2010. Filed Feb. 5.

Ruggiero, Anna M., Newtown. $1,731 in favor of Cavalry SPV I LLC, Valhalla, N.Y., by Schreiber/Cohen LLC, Wallingford. Property: 13 Fox Hollow Lane, Newtown. Filed Feb. 4.

Ortiz, Jean C. Santos, by self. Landlord: Success Village Condominium, Stratford. Property: 67 Court A, Building 18, Bridgeport. Filed Feb. 2.

Ruggiero, Anna M., Newtown. $1,624 in favor of Cavalry SPV I LLC, Valhalla, N.Y., by Schreiber/Cohen LLC, Wallingford. Property: 13 Fox Hollow Lane, Newtown. Filed Feb. 4. Sarabia, Elizabeth, Bethel. $2,595 in favor of Danbury Hospital, Danbury, by Flanagan & Peat, Danbury. Property: 53 Maple Ave., Bethel. Filed Feb. 4.

LIENS

Connor Landscaping Contractors LLC, PO Box 273, Newtown. $7,979, payroll taxes and quarterly payroll taxes. Filed Feb. 8. Coppola, Lauren and Richard V. Coppola, 55 Deacon Abbott Road, Redding. $511,147, a tax debt on income earned. Filed Jan. 26.

Jay - Vee Corp., 7 River Road, Unit 311, Greenwich. $9,418, failure to file correct information returns tax penalty and quarterly payroll taxes. Filed Feb. 8.

Cottrell Jr., Richard J., 3 Packer Brook Road, Redding. $16,707, a tax debt on income earned. Filed Feb. 1.

Lee, Raisa and Kenneth R. Lee, 71 Rhoda Ave., Fairfield. $17,670 a tax debt on income earned. Filed Feb. 8.

Gentile, Laura, 23 Arnold St., Greenwich. $5,899, a tax debt on income earned. Filed Feb. 2.

Maystone Partners LLC, 20 E. Elm St., Greenwich. $70,921, U.S. return of partnership income taxes, payroll taxes and quarterly payroll taxes. Filed Feb. 8.

Golden Hill Realty LLC, P.O. Box 309, Bridgeport. $20,766, payroll taxes. Filed Feb. 12. Henri Donneaux Foods LLC, 144 Mayfair Road, Fairfield. $5,910, quarterly payroll taxes. Filed Feb. 8. Jaquez, Carmen and Guillermo Jaquez, 20 Voight Ave., Bridgeport. $12,152, a tax debt on income earned. Filed Feb. 12. Jorgensen, Elizabeth, 124 Limekiln Road, Redding. $20,809, a tax debt on income earned. Filed Feb. 1. Kemp-Weiss, Deborah and Michael Weiss, 333 Bennett St., Fairfield. $4,896, a tax debt on income earned. Filed Feb. 8. Kent, Richard F., P.O. Box 4621, Greenwich. $36,720, a tax debt on income earned. Filed Feb. 2. Larock Studios LLC, 5 Surburban Ave., Greenwich. $3,700, quarterly payroll taxes. Filed Feb. 1. McKoy, Bruce Y., 556 Franklin Ave., Bridgeport. $25,259, a tax debt on income earned. Filed Feb. 12. Principle Marketers Inc., 706 Howard Ave., Bridgeport. $43,484, quarterly payroll taxes. Filed Feb. 12. Wuest, Patricia A., 16 Division St., Greenwich. $8,878, a tax debt on income earned. Filed Feb. 1.

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Cook, Shamek and Tashema Cook, 2 Sharon Court, Bethel. $16,759, a tax debt on income earned. Filed Feb. 9.

Berry, Deborah A. and Christopher F. Berry, 2 Putnam Hill, Apt. 3K, Greenwich. $12,627, a tax debt on income earned. Filed Feb. 1.

Gonzales, Hugo, 141 Savoy St., Bridgeport. $56,943, a tax debt on income earned. Filed Feb. 11.

Conlon, Patrick J., 525 E. Putnam Ave., Greenwich. $74,355, a tax debt on income earned. Filed Feb. 2.

Haith, Cynthia D., 62 Fleet St., Bridgeport. $2,342, a tax debt on income earned. Filed Feb. 11.

Mercy Home Care of Connecticut Inc., 230 Greenwood Ave., Bethel. $39,464, quarterly payroll taxes. Filed Feb. 8. Nutmeg Precision Co Inc., 141 Division St., Bridgeport. $30,955, quarterly payroll taxes. Filed Feb. 11. Soho House - Cipura Miami LLC, 660 Steamboat Road, Greenwich. $118,093, quarterly payroll taxes. Filed Feb. 1.

MECHANIC’S LIENSFILED Bass Pro Shops, Bridgeport. Filed by C. J. Fucci Inc., New Haven, by Anthony Federico. Property: 1 Bass Pro Drive, Bridgeport. Amount: $108,840. Filed Feb. 12. Sanchez, Sonia and Felix Rivera, Bridgeport. Filed by J & P Builders Contractors LLP, Bridgeport, by Ernesto A. Lopez. Property: 632 Hallett St., Bridgeport. Amount: $50,750. Filed Feb. 10. The United Illuminating Co., Orange. Filed by Eldor Contracting Corp., Holtsville, N.Y., by Anthony Marone. Property: 350 Waldemere Ave., Bridgeport. Amount: $1.2 million. Filed Feb. 11.

MECHANIC’S LIENSRELEASED Park, Edan and Bon Koo Park, Greenwich. Released by Greenwich Construction LLC, Greenwich, by Stephen J. Conover. Property: 222 Round Hill Road, Greenwich. Amount: $454,000. Filed Feb. 11.

LIS PENDENS Acevedo, Jose, et al., Bridgeport. Filed by the Law Office of Juda J. Epstein, Bridgeport, for the Water Pollution Control Authority for the city of Bridgeport. Property: 1960 Noble Ave., Bridgeport. Action: to foreclose on a sewer-use lien for nonpayment of sewer-use charges and take immediate possession of the premises. Filed Feb. 1. Alvarado, Agustin, et al., Bridgeport. Filed by O’Connell, Attmore & Morris LLC, Hartford, for The Bank of New York Mellon, trustee, New York, N.Y. Property: 650-652 Dewey St., Bridgeport. Action: to foreclose on a delinquent mortgage in the original principal amount of $293,600, dated March 2006. Filed Feb. 2. Araujo, Claudia M., et al., Bridgeport. Filed by Hunt, Leibert & Jacobsen PC, Hartford, for Wells Fargo Bank NA, Frederick, Md. Property: 1891 Central Ave., Bridgeport. Action: to foreclose on a delinquent mortgage in the original principal amount of $120,000, dated January 2005. Filed Feb. 8. Ashmore, Laetitia M., et al., Bridgeport. Filed by Bendett and McHugh PC, Farmington, for Eastern Bank. Property: 25 Cartwright St., Unit 4E, Bridgeport. Action: to foreclose on a delinquent mortgage in the original principal amount of $83,200, dated October 2003. Filed Feb. 4. Bagley, Wanda, et al., Bridgeport. Filed by the Law Office of Juda J. Epstein, Bridgeport, for the Water Pollution Control Authority for the city of Bridgeport. Property: 826828 Beechwood Ave., Bridgeport. Action: to foreclose on a sewer-use lien for nonpayment of sewer-use charges and take immediate possession of the premises. Filed Feb. 1. Bailey, Benita G., et al., Bridgeport. Filed by Bendett and McHugh PC, Farmington, for U.S. Bank NA, trustee, Salt Lake City, Utah. Property: 90 Action Road, Bridgeport. Action: to foreclose on a delinquent mortgage in the original principal amount of $245,850, dated December 2005. Filed Feb. 5. Baldino, Sabina R., et al., Bridgeport. Filed by Bendett and McHugh PC, Farmington, for Nationstar Mortgage LLC, Lewisville, Texas. Property: 92 Harmony St., Bridgeport. Action: to foreclose on a delinquent mortgage in the original principal amount of $300,000, dated October 2010. Filed Feb. 4.

Bayram, Ilhan, et al., Bridgeport. Filed by the Law Office of Juda J. Epstein, Bridgeport, for the Water Pollution Control Authority for the city of Bridgeport. Property: 508 Queen St., Bridgeport. Action: to foreclose on a sewer-use lien for nonpayment of sewer-use charges and take immediate possession of the premises. Filed Feb. 11. Bezerra, Paulo, et al., Bridgeport. Filed by the Law Office of Juda J. Epstein, Bridgeport, for Neff Companies LLC. Property: 458-460 Center St., Bridgeport. Action: to foreclose on tax liens levied against the plaintiff and take immediate possession of the premises. Filed Feb. 11. Black, Deborah, et al., Bridgeport. Filed by the Law Office of Juda J. Epstein, Bridgeport, for the Water Pollution Control Authority for the city of Bridgeport. Property: 324 E. Washington Ave., Bridgeport. Action: to foreclose on a sewer-use lien for nonpayment of sewer-use charges and take immediate possession of the premises. Filed Feb. 1. Campbell, Natalie, et al., Bridgeport. Filed by the Law Office of Juda J. Epstein, Bridgeport, for the Water Pollution Control Authority for the city of Bridgeport. Property: 304-314 Fairfax Road, Bridgeport. Action: to foreclose on a sewer-use lien for nonpayment of sewer-use charges and take immediate possession of the premises. Filed Feb. 1. Cantos, Zaida E., et al., Bridgeport. Filed by the Law Office of Juda J. Epstein, Bridgeport, for the Water Pollution Control Authority for the city of Bridgeport. Property: 965967 Noble Ave., Bridgeport. Action: to foreclose on a sewer-use lien for nonpayment of sewer-use charges and take immediate possession of the premises. Filed Feb. 1. Clarke, Edison D., et al., Bridgeport. Filed by Bendett and McHugh PC, Farmington, for Household Realty Corp., Dayton, Ohio. Property: 580 Granfield Ave., Bridgeport. Action: to foreclose on a delinquent mortgage in the original principal amount of $298,556, dated August 2006. Filed Feb. 4. Cuatzo, Luis Santos, et al., Bridgeport. Filed by Hunt, Leibert & Jacobsen PC, Hartford, for Connecticut Housing Finance Authority. Property: 43 Louisiana Ave., Bridgeport. Action: to foreclose on a delinquent mortgage in the original principal amount of $77,100, dated April 2001. Filed Feb. 3.

Gustafson, Donald R., 300 Atlantic St., Stamford. $682,855 706 tax. Filed Feb. 1.

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FACTS & FIGURES Gonzales, Suzette, et al., Bridgeport. Filed by Bendett and McHugh PC, Farmington, for Citigroup Mortgage Loan Trust Inc. Property: 550 Clarke St., Bridgeport. Action: to foreclose on a delinquent mortgage in the original principal amount of $225,000, dated September 2007. Filed Feb. 1. Gottlieg, Julie K., et al., Fairfield. Filed by Hunt, Leibert & Jacobsen PC, Hartford, for M&T Bank. Property: 153 Applegate Road, Fairfield. Action: to foreclose on a delinquent mortgage in the original principal amount of $628,800, dated July 2004. Filed Feb. 11. Grimshaw, Katrina T., et al., Bridgeport. Filed by the Law Office of Juda J. Epstein, Bridgeport, for thr Water Pollution Control Authority for the city of Bridgeport. Property: 105-107 Priscilla Circle, Bridgeport. Action: to foreclose on a sewer-use lien for nonpayment of sewer-use charges and take immediate possession of the premises. Filed Feb. 9. Hamusovsky, Charles, et al., Bridgeport. Filed by the Law Office of Juda J. Epstein, Bridgeport, for Davey Condominium Association Inc., Bridgeport. Property: Unit B-15 of Davey Condominium, Bridgeport. Action: to foreclose on a condominium lien for delinquent common charges and assessments and take immediate possession of the premises. Filed Feb. 1. Heflin, Ed, et al., Bridgeport. Filed by the Law Office of Juda J. Epstein, Bridgeport, for the Water Pollution Control Authority for the city of Bridgeport. Property: 128 East Ave., Bridgeport. Action: to foreclose on a sewer-use lien for nonpayment of sewer-use charges and take immediate possession of the premises. Filed Feb. 1. Holmberg, Dwight A., et al., Fairfield. Filed by Hunt, Leibert & Jacobsen PC, Hartford, for JPMorgan Chase Bank NA, Columbus, Ohio. Property: 128 Sasco Hill Road, Fairfield. Action: to foreclose on a delinquent mortgage in the original principal amount of $315,000, dated September 2006. Filed Feb. 11. Iglesias, Luis, et al., Bridgeport. Filed by Hunt, Leibert & Jacobsen PC, Hartford, for U.S. Bank NA, trustee, Salt Lake City, Utah. Property: 65 Steuben St., Unit 14, Bridgeport. Action: to foreclose on a delinquent mortgage in the original principal amount of $110,500, dated April 2007. Filed Feb. 8.

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Jaiman, Carmen, et al., Bridgeport. Filed by the Law Office of Juda J. Epstein, Bridgeport, for the Water Pollution Control Authority for the city of Bridgeport. Property: 245247 Sheridan St., Bridgeport. Action: to foreclose on a sewer-use lien for nonpayment of sewer-use charges and take immediate possession of the premises. Filed Feb. 1.

Lotrecchiano, Michael, et al., Newtown. Filed by Bendett and McHugh PC, Farmington, for U.S. Bank NA, trustee, Salt Lake City, Utah. Property: 40 Old Farm Hill Road, Newtown. Action: to foreclose on a delinquent mortgage in the original principal amount of $295,000, dated November 2002. Filed Feb. 3.

Miranda, Willie, et al., Bridgeport. Filed by Marsha Croog LLC, Hartford, for The Bank of New York Mellon, trustee, New York, N.Y. Property: 8 Forestview Road, Bridgeport. Action: to foreclose on a delinquent mortgage in the original principal amount of $246,000, dated July 2006. Filed Feb. 12.

Jimenez, Fabiola B., et al., Bridgeport. Filed by Bendett and McHugh PC, Farmington, for U.S. Bank NA, trustee, Salt Lake City, Utah. Property: 46 Huntington Road, Bridgeport. Action: to foreclose on a delinquent mortgage in the original principal amount of $100,000, dated October 2003. Filed Feb. 9.

Mack, Mechele J., et al., Bridgeport. Filed by Bendett and McHugh PC, Farmington, for HSBC Bank USA NA, Buffalo, N.Y. Property: 130 Arlington St., Bridgeport. Action: to foreclose on a delinquent mortgage in the original principal amount of $263,900, dated April 2007. Filed Feb. 4.

Munson, Calvin F., et al., Fairfield. Filed by Hunt, Leibert & Jacobsen PC, Hartford, for U.S. Bank NA, trustee, Salt Lake City, Utah. Property: 1390 S. Pine Creek Road, Unit 1410, Fairfield. Action: to foreclose on a delinquent mortgage in the original principal amount of $2 million, dated November 2006. Filed Feb. 10.

Johnson, Glen E., et al., Bridgeport. Filed by the Law Office of Juda J. Epstein, Bridgeport, for the Water Pollution Control Authority for the city of Bridgeport. Property: 263-265 Beardsley St., Bridgeport. Action: to foreclose on a sewer-use lien for nonpayment of sewer-use charges and take immediate possession of the premises. Filed Feb. 1.

Martinez, Santiago P., et al., Bridgeport. Filed by Bendett and McHugh PC, Farmington, for Hudson City Savings Bank, Yonkers, N.Y. Property: 31 Balsam Ave., Bridgeport. Action: to foreclose on a delinquent mortgage in the original principal amount of $236,811, dated October 2010. Filed Feb. 4.

Lefferts, Seth A., et al., Newtown. Filed by Bendett and McHugh PC, Farmington, for Ditech Financial LLC. Property: 8 Codfish Hill Road Extension, Newtown. Action: to foreclose on a delinquent mortgage in the original principal amount of $417,000, dated April 2007. Filed Feb. 4.

McCollum, Maureen, et al., Bridgeport. Filed by the Law Office of Juda J. Epstein, Bridgeport, for the Water Pollution Control Authority for the city of Bridgeport. Property: 163 Grandview, Bridgeport. Action: to foreclose on a sewer-use lien for nonpayment of sewer-use charges and take immediate possession of the premises. Filed Feb. 9.

Lino, Rigoberto, et al., Bridgeport. Filed by Bendett and McHugh PC, Farmington, for PNC Bank NA, Miamisburg, Ohio. Property: 412 Intervale Road, Bridgeport. Action: to foreclose on a delinquent mortgage in the original principal amount of $237,000, dated March 2012. Filed Feb. 1. Lomax, Edward T., et al., Bridgeport. Filed by the Law Office of Juda J. Epstein, Bridgeport, for the Water Pollution Control Authority for the city of Bridgeport. Property: 352354 Union Ave., Bridgeport. Action: to foreclose on a sewer-use lien for nonpayment of sewer-use charges and take immediate possession of the premises. Filed Feb. 1.

Mcelwee, Todd A., et al., Fairfield. Filed by Hunt, Leibert & Jacobsen PC, Hartford, for PNC Bank NA, Miamisburg, Ohio. Property: 205 Beaumont St., Fairfield. Action: to foreclose on a delinquent mortgage in the original principal amount of $359,500, dated May 2005. Filed Feb. 11. Medeiros, Sebastiao De., et al., Bridgeport. Filed by Hunt, Leibert & Jacobsen PC, Hartford, for Deutsche Bank National Trust Co., Salt Lake City, Utah. Property: 454 Merritt St., Bridgeport. Action: to foreclose on a delinquent mortgage in the original principal amount of $255,000, dated December 2005. Filed Feb. 11.

Longo, Jason, et al., Bridgeport. Filed by the Law Office of Juda J. Epstein, Bridgeport, for the Water Pollution Control Authority for the city of Bridgeport. Property: 35-37 Jetland Place, Bridgeport. Action: to foreclose on a sewer-use lien for nonpayment of sewer-use charges and take immediate possession of the premises. Filed Feb. 9.

Miklos, Edward L., et al., Bridgeport. Filed by Bendett and McHugh PC, Farmington, for Ditech Financial LLC. Property: 324 Lynne Place, Bridgeport. Action: to foreclose on a delinquent mortgage in the original principal amount of $127,400, dated July 2003. Filed Feb. 5.

Lopez, Angela Y., et al., Bridgeport. Filed by Bendett and McHugh PC, Farmington, for The Bank of New York Mellon, trustee, New York, N.Y. Property: 33-35 Worth St., Bridgeport. Action: to foreclose on a delinquent mortgage in the original principal amount of $103,000, dated May 2004. Filed Feb. 9.

Miller, Davida L., et al., Bridgeport. Filed by Bendett and McHugh PC, Farmington, for JPMorgan Chase Bank NA, Columbus, Ohio. Property: 160 Elmwood Place, Bridgeport. Action: to foreclose on a delinquent mortgage in the original principal amount of $89,400, dated February 1993. Filed Feb. 1.

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Muteba, Delcolin, et al., Bridgeport. Filed by the Law Office of Juda J. Epstein, Bridgeport, for the Water Pollution Control Authority for the city of Bridgeport. Property: 124-126 Rose St., Bridgeport. Action: to foreclose on a sewer-use lien for nonpayment of sewer-use charges and take immediate possession of the premises. Filed Feb. 1. Nutting, Alfred R., et al., Bethel. Filed by Hunt, Leibert & Jacobsen PC, Hartford, for Citi Bank NA Property: 14 Linda Lane, Bethel. Action: to foreclose on a delinquent mortgage in the original principal amount of $544,185, dated April 2007. Filed Feb. 3. Ortiz, Jesus, Bridgeport. Filed by Bendett and McHugh PC, Farmington, for U.S. Bank NA, trustee, Salt Lake City, Utah. Property: 407-409 Maplewood Ave., Bridgeport. Action: to foreclose on a delinquent mortgage in the original principal amount of $183,750, dated June 2004. Filed Feb. 9. Ortiz, Jesus, et al., Bridgeport. Filed by Hunt, Leibert & Jacobsen PC, Hartford, for Wells Fargo Bank NA, Frederick, Md. Property: 61 Deforest Ave., Bridgeport. Action: to foreclose on a delinquent mortgage in the original principal amount of $110,500, dated October 2004. Filed Feb. 3. Ortiz, Jesus, et al., Bridgeport. Filed by Cohen and Wolf PC, Orange, for Tuthill Finance, Fairfield. Property: 550-554 Atlantic St., Bridgeport. Action: to foreclose on a delinquent mortgage in the original principal amount of $250,000, dated June 2007. Filed Feb. 10. Ortiz, Jesus, et al., Bridgeport. Filed by Cohen and Wolf PC, Orange, for Tuthill Finance, Fairfield. Property: 204-206 Holly St., Bridgeport. Action: to foreclose on a delinquent mortgage in the original principal amount of $200,000, dated June 2007. Filed Feb. 10.

Ortiz, Jesus, et al., Bridgeport. Filed by Cohen and Wolf PC, Orange, for Tuthill Finance, Fairfield. Property: 304-314 Benham Ave., Bridgeport. Action: to foreclose on a delinquent mortgage in the original principal amount of $200,000, dated November 2007. Filed Feb. 10. Ortiz, Jesus, et al., Bridgeport. Filed by Cohen and Wolf PC, Orange, for Tuthill Finance, Fairfield. Property: 560-564 Atlantic St., Bridgeport. Action: to foreclose on a delinquent mortgage in the original principal amount of $200,000, dated June 2007. Filed Feb. 10. Ortiz, Jesus, et al., Bridgeport. Filed by Cohen and Wolf PC, Orange, for Tuthill Finance, Fairfield. Property: 298-300 Benham Ave., Bridgeport. Action: to foreclose on a delinquent mortgage in the original principal amount of $180,000, dated July 2007. Filed Feb. 10. Park, Robert W., et al., Bridgeport. Filed by Hunt, Leibert & Jacobsen PC, Hartford, for U.S. Bank NA, trustee, Salt Lake City, Utah. Property: 3220 North St., Bridgeport. Action: to foreclose on a delinquent mortgage in the original principal amount. Dated December 2001. Filed Feb. 8. Perez, Abel, et al., Bridgeport. Filed by the Law Office of Juda J. Epstein, Bridgeport, for the Water Pollution Control Authority for the city of Bridgeport. Property: 62-64 Deforest Ave., Bridgeport. Action: to foreclose on a sewer-use lien for nonpayment of sewer-use charges and take immediate possession of the premises. Filed Feb. 1. Phelps, Michael J., et al., Bridgeport. Filed by Halloran & Sage LLP, Hartford, for Connecticut Housing Finance Authority. Property: Unit 4109 of The Lofts on Lafayette, Bridgeport. Action: to foreclose on a condominium lien for delinquent common charges and assessments and take immediate possession of the premises. Filed Feb. 5. Poole, Daryl, Bridgeport. Filed by Gordon & Scalo, Bridgeport, for First Stone Ridge Cooperative Corp. Property: 87 Stone Ridge Road, Bridgeport. Action: to foreclose on a condominium lien for delinquent common charges and assessments and take immediate possession of the premises. Filed Feb. 2. Powell, Stephanie, et al., Bridgeport. Filed by the Law Office of Juda J. Epstein, Bridgeport, for the Water Pollution Control Authority for the city of Bridgeport. Property: 108-110 Garfield Ave., Bridgeport. Action: to foreclose on a sewer-use lien for nonpayment of sewer-use charges and take immediate possession of the premises. Filed Feb. 11.

Ramirez, Alvaro L., Bridgeport. Filed by Bendett and McHugh PC, Farmington, for Sabadell United Bank, Miami, Fla. Property: 113115 Atwater St., Bridgeport. Action: to foreclose on a delinquent mortgage in the original principal amount of $324,000, dated July 2007. Filed Feb. 12. Rivera, Gloria E., et al., Bridgeport. Filed by Hunt, Leibert & Jacobsen PC, Hartford, for U.S. Bank NA, trustee, Salt Lake City, Utah. Property: 58-60 Hill St., Bridgeport. Action: to foreclose on a delinquent mortgage in the original principal amount of $150,000, dated April 2004. Filed Feb. 9. Rivera, Nubia, et al., Bridgeport. Filed by the Law Office of Juda J. Epstein, Bridgeport, for the Water Pollution Control Authority for the city of Bridgeport. Property: 659 Noble Ave., Bridgeport. Action: to foreclose on a sewer-use lien for nonpayment of sewer-use charges and take immediate possession of the premises. Filed Feb. 1. Roach, Nigel, et al., Bridgeport. Filed by the Law Office of Juda J. Epstein, Bridgeport, for the Water Pollution Control Authority for the city of Bridgeport. Property: 1211-1219 Howard Ave., Bridgeport. Action: to foreclose on a sewer-use lien for nonpayment of sewer-use charges and take immediate possession of the premises. Filed Feb. 1. Roach, Sandra and Nigel Roach, et al., Bridgeport. Filed by the Law Office of Juda J. Epstein, Bridgeport, for the Water Pollution Control Authority for the city of Bridgeport. Property: 45 George St., Bridgeport. Action: to foreclose on a sewer-use lien for nonpayment of sewer-use charges and take immediate possession of the premises. Filed Feb. 1. Ruben, Garcia, Bridgeport. Filed by Bendett and McHugh PC, Farmington, for Wilmington Savings Fund Society, Wilminton, Del. Property: 175 Woodrow Ave., Bridgeport. Action: to foreclose on a delinquent mortgage in the original principal amount of $155,250, dated February 2005. Filed Feb. 12. Russell, Linda, et al., Bridgeport. Filed by Hunt, Leibert & Jacobsen PC, Hartford, for Citi Bank NA Property: 406-410 Gregory St., Bridgeport. Action: to foreclose on a delinquent mortgage in the original principal amount of $480,000, dated November 2006. Filed Feb. 3. Silva, Carlos A., et al., Bridgeport. Filed by Hunt, Leibert & Jacobsen PC, Hartford, for U.S. Bank NA, trustee, Salt Lake City, Utah. Property: 53 Washington Place, Bridgeport. Action: to foreclose on a delinquent mortgage in the original principal amount of $294,000, dated July 2007. Filed Feb. 3.


FACTS & FIGURES Simmons, Keith, et al., Bridgeport. Filed by The Witherspoon Law Offices, Farmington, for Midfirst Bank. Property: Unit 205 of Sound House Condominium, Bridgeport. Action: to foreclose on a condominium lien for delinquent common charges and assessments and take immediate possession of the premises. Filed Feb. 5.

U.S. Bank NA, Salt Lake City, Utah. Filed by the Law Office of Juda J. Epstein, Bridgeport, for the Water Pollution Control Authority for the city of Bridgeport. Property: 763 Kossuth St., Bridgeport. Action: to foreclose on a sewer-use lien for nonpayment of sewer-use charges and take immediate possession of the premises. Filed Feb. 1.

Spearman, Simon G. and Phyllis Spearman, Bridgeport. Filed by the Law Office of Juda J. Epstein, Bridgeport, for the Water Pollution Control Authority for the city of Bridgeport. Property: 344 Dover St., Bridgeport. Action: to foreclose on a sewer-use lien for nonpayment of sewer-use charges and take immediate possession of the premises. Filed Feb. 1.

Vann, Anthony, et al., Bridgeport. Filed by the Law Office of Juda J. Epstein, Bridgeport, for the Water Pollution Control Authority for the city of Bridgeport. Property: 705 W. Taft Ave., Bridgeport. Action: to foreclose on a sewer-use lien for nonpayment of sewer-use charges and take immediate possession of the premises. Filed Feb. 9.

Spencer, Derrick, et al., Bridgeport. Filed by the Law Office of Juda J. Epstein, Bridgeport, for the Water Pollution Control Authority for the city of Bridgeport. Property: 342 Indian Ave., Bridgeport. Action: to foreclose on a sewer-use lien for nonpayment of sewer-use charges and take immediate possession of the premises. Filed Feb. 9. Sundheim, Edwin, et al., Bridgeport. Filed by the Law Office of Juda J. Epstein, Bridgeport, for the Water Pollution Control Authority for the city of Bridgeport. Property: 780782 Shelton St., Bridgeport. Action: to foreclose on a sewer-use lien for nonpayment of sewer-use charges and take immediate possession of the premises. Filed Feb. 1. The Bank of New York Mellon, trustee, New York, N.Y. Filed by the Law Office of Juda J. Epstein, Bridgeport, for the Water Pollution Control Authority for the city of Bridgeport. Property: 92 Lewis St., Bridgeport. Action: to foreclose on a sewer-use lien for nonpayment of sewer-use charges and take immediate possession of the premises. Filed Feb. 9. Torres, Daisy J., Bridgeport. Filed by Glass & Braus, Fairfield, for Wilmington Savings Fund Society, Wilminton, Del. Property: 399 Atlantic St., Bridgeport. Action: to foreclose on a delinquent mortgage in the original principal amount of $295,450, dated September 2005. Filed Feb. 10. Torres, Myrna I., et al., Bridgeport. Filed by the Law Office of Juda J. Epstein, Bridgeport, for the Water Pollution Control Authority for the city of Bridgeport. Property: 106-108 Judson Place, Bridgeport. Action: to foreclose on a sewer-use lien for nonpayment of sewer-use charges and take immediate possession of the premises. Filed Feb. 9.

Velasquez, Rubia, et al., Bridgeport. Filed by Marinosci Law Group PC, Warwick, R.I., for Nationstar Mortgage LLC, Lewisville, Texas. Property: 260, 261 and 262 Platt St., Bridgeport. Action: to foreclose on a delinquent mortgage in the original principal amount of $214,000, dated March 2007. Filed Feb. 8. Waugh, Pamela M., Fairfield. Filed by Hunt, Leibert & Jacobsen PC, Hartford, for Wells Fargo Bank NA, Frederick, Md. Property: 245 Harvester Road, Fairfield. Action: to foreclose on a delinquent mortgage in the original principal amount of $55,000, dated May 2006. Filed Feb. 8. Weston, Rose Goode, et al., Bridgeport. Filed by Hunt, Leibert & Jacobsen PC, Hartford, for Cit Bank NA Property: 1735 Stratford Ave., Bridgeport. Action: to foreclose on a delinquent mortgage in the original principal amount of $397,500, dated February 2006. Filed Feb. 8. Williams, Elizabeth F., et al., Redding. Filed by Bendett and McHugh PC, Farmington, for Wells Fargo Bank NA, Frederick, Md. Property: 4 Dorothy Road, Redding. Action: to foreclose on a delinquent mortgage in the original principal amount of $230,000, dated August 2003. Filed Feb. 1.

MORTGAGES 10 Elm Street LLC, Greenwich, by David A. Santora. Lender: First Bank of Greenwich, Greenwich. Property: 10 Elm St., Greenwich. Amount: $458,400. Filed Feb. 9. 124 Halstead LLC, Greenwich, by Benjamin Fisher. Lender: First Republic Bank, San Francisco, Calif. Property: 124 Halstead Ave., Greenwich. Amount: $491,000. Filed Feb. 2.

16 Chapel LLC, Greenwich, by Natasha Justina Pray. Lender: Sarah L. Bush, Stamford. Property: 41 W. View Place, Greenwich. Amount: $65,000. Filed Feb. 1.

HDP Management LLC, Bridgeport, by Demitrius Parefoy. Lender: Community Capital Fund Inc., Bridgeport. Property: 2326 E. Main St., Bridgeport. Amount: $160,000. Filed Feb. 1.

18 Parsonage Road LLC, Greenwich, by Lorraine Slavin. Lender: JPMorgan Chase Bank NA, Westmont, Ill. Property: 18 Parsonage Road, Greenwich. Amount: $3 million. Filed Feb. 10.

JMRTJ LLC, Westport, by Brendan L. Froehlich. Lender: Harrison Vickers and Waterman LLC, Bronx, N.Y. Property: 1 High St., Greenwich. Amount: $400,000. Filed Feb. 11.

210 Coleman Street LLC, by Elliott C. Morales. Lender: Visio Financial Services Inc., Austin, Texas. Property: 210 Coleman St., Bridgeport. Amount: $135,000. Filed Feb. 4.

M & B USA LLC, Bridgeport, by Luis M. Brea Jr. Lender: First Niagara Bank NA, Buffalo, N.Y. Property: 2180 Main St., Bridgeport. Amount: $260,000. Filed Feb. 8.

51 Ursus Properties LLC, by Lorraine Slavin. Lender: BNY Mellon, Boston, Mass. Property: 51 Carriglea Drive, Greenwich. Amount: $1.8 million. Filed Feb. 12.

Moran Real Estate Holdings Inc., Greenwich, by Frederick A. Moran. Lender: People’s United Bank NA, Bridgeport. Property: 85 E. Putnam Ave., Greenwich. Amount: $5.2 million. Filed Feb. 11.

646 Central LLc, New Rochelle, N.Y., by Edo Dostal. Lender: James A. Ellison, Milford. Property: 646652 Central Ave., Bridgeport. Amount: $140,000. Filed Feb. 9. 95 Jones Avenue LLC, Bridgeport, by Jose Carlos Lindade. Lender: People’s United Bank NA, Bridgeport. Property: 83 and 95 Jones Ave. and 330 James St., Bridgeport. Amount: $180,000. Filed Feb. 11.

Mount Nebo Full Gospel Baptist Church Inc., Bridgeport, by Jesse Wilson. Lender: People’s United Bank NA, Bridgeport. Property: 360 Colorado Ave., Bridgeport. Amount: $70,000. Filed Feb. 2. MRI LLC, Ridgefield, by Matthew Lecher. Lender: Fairfield County Bank, Fairfield. Property: 20 Chestnut St., Bethel. Amount: $212,000. Filed Feb. 1.

Breezmont 12 LLC, by David D. Decker. Lender: Goldman Sachs Bank USA, Westlake, Texas. Property: 12 Ricki Beth Lane, Greenwich. Amount: $1.1 million. Filed Feb. 5.

Now Entity Inc., Stratford, by Gus Gurico Sr. Lender: Diac LLC, Milford. Property: 326-328 Brewster St., Bridgeport. Amount: $500,000. Filed Feb. 9.

Bridgeport Gateway Apartments Inc., Shelton, by Felix Reyes. Lender: People’s United Bank NA, Bridgeport. Property: 968-1060 Connecticut Ave., Bridgeport. Amount: $218,694. Filed Feb. 12.

Putnam Avenue Properties Inc., Greenwich, by Frederick A. Moran. Lender: People’s United Bank NA, Bridgeport. Property: 119 E. Putnam Ave., Greenwich. Amount: $5.2 million. Filed Feb. 11.

Double Diamond Properties LLC, Easton, by John D. Miranda. Lender: People’s United Bank NA, Bridgeport. Property: 220 Summit St., Bridgeport. Amount: $202,500. Filed Feb. 8.

Saugatuck Motors Inc., Fairfield, by Margaret G. Ryan. Lender: United Bank, Glastonbury. Property: Railroad Avenue, Greenwich. Amount: $4.5 million. Filed Feb. 12.

Dowling House I LLC, Greenwich, by Sean M. Dowling. Lender: Greenwich Bank & Trust, Greenwich. Property: 1171 E. Putnam Ave., Suite 1B, Greenwich. Amount: $100,000. Filed Feb. 9. Driftwood LLC, Fairfield, by Dolores Veno. Lender: Bruno Investments LLC, Bridgeport. Property: 327 Pequot Ave., Fairfield. Amount: $90,000. Filed Feb. 10. E & T Twin Properties LLC, Fairfield, by James V. Lemmis. Lender: People’s United Bank NA, Bridgeport. Property: 303 Linwood Ave., Fairfield. Amount: $1.4 million. Filed Feb. 9.

Shelbourne Lafayette LLC, Lakewood, N.J., by Bernard S. Bertram. Lender: Investors Bank, Short Hills, N.J. Property: 1000 Lafayette Blvd., Bridgeport. Amount: $18.7 million. Filed Feb. 2. Sound Investors Group LLC, by John J. Dierna. Lender: Pinnacle Financial Services LLC. Property: 155 Brewster St., Unit 3N, Bridgeport. Amount: $160,000. Filed Feb. 9. Willcon Holdings LLC, Rye Brook, N.Y., by Bruce Beswick. Lender: Sterling National Bank, Yonkers, N.Y. Property: Greenwich Avenue, Greenwich. Amount: $17 million. Filed Feb. 10.

NEW BUSINESSES 10A Elm Street LLC, 262 Harbor Drive, Stamford 06902, c/o David A. Santora. Filed Feb. 9. A and C Construction and Landscape Inc., P.O. Box 5242, Greenwich 06831, c/o Efrain Villa Orozco. Filed Feb. 3. Antigona’s Hair Studio, 47 Stony Hill Road, Bethel 06801, c/o Antigona Limoni. Filed Feb. 2. Beautiful Designs by Jennifer, 15 E. Putnam Ave., Unit 40, Greenwich 06807, c/o Jennifer Peterkin. Filed Feb. 3. Elite Greenwich Taxi, 9 Walnut St., Greenwich 06807, c/o Mario Peralta. Filed Feb. 1. Greenwich Real Estate Consulting, 500 W. Putnam Ave., Unit 400, Greenwich 06831, c/o Robert M. Grossman. Filed Feb. 12. Innovative Solutions, 205 Glenville Road, Greenwich 06831, c/o Adam Rogozinski. Filed Feb. 12. Sara’s Specialty Coffee, 106 Walnut Hill Road, Bethel 06801, c/o Eric Heinen. Filed Feb. 2. Silver Creek Capital Partners LLC, 69 Dearfield Drive, Greenwich 06831, c/o Alexander Meek. Filed Feb. 11. Siteone Landscape Supply LLC, 1081 King St., Greenwich 06831, c/o Pamela Pendrick. Filed Feb. 8. Stamford Health Medical Group Inc., 75 Holly Hill Lane, Greenwich 06830, c/o Rod Acosta. Filed Feb. 5. Tri State Developers, 33 Maple Avenue Extension, Bethel 06801, c/o Fred Ricci Jr. Filed Feb. 3. Val’s Fine Wines & Liquors of Glenville LLC, 21 Glenville St., Greenwich 06831, c/o Jeb Fiorita. Filed Feb. 11.

PATENTS Automated method and system for detecting the presence of a lit cigarette. Patent no. 9,224,278 issued to Edgar A. Bernal, Webster, N.Y.; Robert C. Loce, Webster, N.Y.; Graham Pennington, Webster, N.Y.; and Wencheng Wu, Webster, N.Y. Assigned to Xerox Corp., Norwalk.

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Hybrid method and system of video- and vision-based access control for parking stall occupancy determination. Patent no. 9,224,062 issued to Wencheng Wu, Webster, N.Y.; Yao Rong Wang, Webster, N.Y. and Graham Pennington, Webster, N.Y. Assigned to Xerox Corp., Norwalk. Indirect aqueous inkjet printer with media conveyor that facilitates media stripping in a transfer nip. Patent no. 9,227,429 issued to Jack T. LeStrange, Macedon, N.Y.; Jason M. LeFevre, Penfield, N.Y.; and Anthony S. Condello, Webster, N.Y. Assigned to Xerox Corp., Norwalk. Method and apparatus for implementing optical roll scanning to identify defects in roll components used in an image production device. Patent no. 9,224,197 issued to Christopher Jensen, Rochester, N.Y. Assigned to Xerox Corp., Norwalk. Methods and systems for implementing a network-based extensible interface platform and multifunction devices. Patent no. 9,223,525 issued to Christopher M. Villone, Macedon, N.Y. Assigned to Xerox Corp., Norwalk. Mixing apparatus and systems for dampening fluid vapor deposition systems useful for ink-based digital printing. Patent no. 9,227,389 issued to Francisco Zirilli, Penfield, N.Y. Assigned to Xerox Corp., Norwalk. Processing a video for tidal chest volume estimation. Patent no. 9,226,691 issued to Edgar A. Bernal, Webster, N.Y.; Lalit Keshav Mestha, Fairport, N.Y.; and Beilei Xu, Penfield, N.Y. Assigned to Xerox Corp., Norwalk. Scalable printhead array maintenance. Patent no. 9,227,412 issued to Annie Liu, Webster, N.Y.; David S. Derleth, Webster, N.Y.; Matthew D. Savoy, Webster, N.Y.; and Frank B. Tamarez Gomez, Webster, N.Y. Assigned to Xerox Corp., Norwalk. Scratch-resistant links. Patent no. 9,228,108 issued to Srinivasa Deshiikan, Wilsonville, Ore.; Jeffrey J. Folkins, Rochester, N.Y.; Paul J. McConville, Webster, N.Y.; and Joanne L. Lee, Rochester, N.Y. Assigned to Xerox Corp., Norwalk. System and method for missing ejector correction for half-toned images in three-dimensional object printing by adding drops in other layers. Patent no. 9,227,424 issued to David A. Mantell, Rochester, N.Y. Assigned to Xerox Corp., Norwalk.

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LEGAL NOTICES Notice of Formation of 96 FOREST LLC. Arts. of Org. filed with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 12/17/15. Office location: Westchester County. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to: The LLC, 27 Nursery Lane, Rye, NY 10580. Purpose: any lawful activity. #60388

6-8 Chester LLC, a domestic LLC, filed with the SSNY on 11/2/15. Office location: Westchester County. SSNY is designated as agent upon whom process against the LLC may be served. SSNY shall mail process to The LLC, c/o Anthony R. Tirone, Esq., P.C., 202 Mamaroneck Ave., Ste. 500, White Plains, NY 10601. General purpose. #60403

44 Pocantico LLC, a domestic LLC, filed with the SSNY on 12/31/15. Office location: Westchester County. SSNY is designated as agent upon whom process against the LLC may be served. SSNY shall mail process to The LLC, 108 Hunter Dr., Cranberry Township, PA 16066. General purpose. #60390

HTC Partners LLC, a domestic LLC, filed with the SSNY on 9/22/15. Office location: Westchester County. SSNY is designated as agent upon whom process against the LLC may be served. SSNY shall mail process to The LLC, 740 St. Nicholas Ave., 2nd Fl., New York, NY 10031. General purpose. #60404

Chez Moi LLC, a domestic LLC, filed with the SSNY on 1/11/16. Office location: Westchester County. SSNY is designated as agent upon whom process against the LLC may be served. SSNY shall mail process to Law Offices of Michael H. Kane, 240 W. 35th St., Ste. 504, NY, NY 10001. General purpose. #60391 NOTICE OF FORMATION of Food Allergy Resource Group, LLC. Articles of Organ. filed w/ SSNY on 12/8/2015. Location: Westchester Cty. SSNY designated as agent for service of process on LLC and may mail a copy of any process c/o InCorp Services, 99 Washington Ave, Ste805-A, Albany, NY12210. Purpose: Any lawful purpose. #60392 62 Beekman VRC LLC, a domestic LLC, filed with the SSNY on 1/15/16. Office location: Westchester County. SSNY is designated as agent upon whom process against the LLC may be served. SSNY shall mail process to The LLC, P.O. Box 487, Tarrytown, NY 10591. General purpose. #60393 Transform Fitness & Training LLC, a domestic LLC, filed with the SSNY on 12/16/15. Office location: Westchester County. SSNY is designated as agent upon whom process against the LLC may be served. SSNY shall mail process to The LLC, 125 Columbus Ave., Tuckahoe, NY 10707. General purpose. #60394 Notice of Formation of Maintenance Solutions Network, LLC Art. Of Org. filed with SSNY on 9/15/15. Offc. Loc: Westchester Cty. SSNY desig. as agent of the LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to the LLC, United States Corporation Agent, Inc., 7014 13th Avenue Suite 202, Brooklyn NY 11228. Purpose: any lawful purpose. #60395 Notice of Formation of Design Evolution LLC. Art. Of Org. filed with SSNY on 12/7/15. Offc. Loc: Westchester County. SSNY desig. as agent of the LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to the LLC, 26 The Hamlet, Pelham Manor, NY 10803. Purpose: any lawful purpose #60396 Notice of Formation of Topsy Turvy Yogi, LLC. Arts. of Org. filed with SSNY, NYS Department of State, Westchester County on 12/10/15. Office location: Westchester Cty. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process may be served. SSNY shall mail process to c/o United States Corporation Agents, Inc., 7014 13th Avenue, Suite 202, Brooklyn, NY 11228. Purpose: Any lawful purpose. #60398 NOTICE OF FORMATION OF DORMIE VENTURES, LLC. Articles of Organization filed with the Secretary of State of New York (SSNY) on August 11, 2015. Location: Westchester County. SSNY designated as agent for service of process on LLC. SSNY shall mail a copy of process to: c/o United States Corporation Agents, Inc., 7014 13th Avenue, Suite 202, Brooklyn, NY 11228. Purpose: Any lawful purpose. #60399 Notice of Formation of Mint2 Creative, LLC Art. Of Org. filed with SSNY on 1/11/16. Offc. Loc: Westchester Cty. SSNY desig. as agent of the LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to the LLC, 450 Secor Rd, Hartsdale, NY 10530. Purpose: any lawful purpose. #60400 15 Hudson, LLC, a domestic LLC, filed with the SSNY on 1/19/16. Office location: Westchester County. SSNY is designated as agent upon whom process against the LLC may be served. SSNY shall mail process to Marko Rudovic, 8 Old Post Rd South, Croton on Hudson, NY 10520. General purpose. #60402

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NOTICE OF FORMATION of Positiv Advertising, LLC. Arts. Of Org. filed with SSNY on 1/7/16. Office in Westchester County. SSNY designated as agent of the LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to the LLC: 169 Grace Church Street, Rye, NY 10580. Purpose: any lawful purpose. #60405 Notice of Formation of Green THumb Enterprises, LLC, a domestic limited liability company. Articles of Organization were filed with the Secretary of State of New York (SSNY) on 01/08/16. NY Office location: Putnam County. SSNY is designated as agent upon whom process against the LLC may be served. SSNY shall mail a copy of process to the LLC at 4 Collier Drive East, Carmel, NY 10512. Purpose: For any lawful purpose. #60406 180-190 EBPR LLC, a domestic LLC, filed with the SSNY on 9/5/14. Office location: Westchester County. SSNY is designated as agent upon whom process against the LLC may be served. SSNY shall mail process to Sunanda Majumder, 180-190 East Boston Post Rd., Mamaroneck, NY 10543. General purpose. #60408 LEGAL NOTICE OF FORMATION OF PARANDA MEDIA, LLC, ARTS OF ORG. filed with Sectíy of State of NY (SSNY) on 4/11/2006. Office in Westchester County. SSNY has been designated as agent of the LLC upon whom process against it may be served, SSNY shall mail process to: 80 Vaughn Ave, New Rochelle, NY 10801. Purpose: any lawful activity. #60409 Notice of Formation of 63 BOBOLINK ROAD LLC amended to BRYN MAWR LLC. Arts. of Org. filed with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 9/11/15. Office location: Westchester County. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to: The LLC, 63 Bobolink Road, Yonkers, NY 10701. Purpose: any lawful activity. #60410 Notice of Formation of NEW VENEZIA LLC. Arts. of Org. filed with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 1/20/16. Office location: Westchester County. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to: Mirsky and Associates, PLLC, 303 South Broadway, Ste. 222, Tarrytown, NY 10591. Purpose: any lawful act or activity. #60411 Notice of Formation of PM GROUP HOLDINGS LLC. Arts. of Org. filed with the Secy of State of NY (SSNY) on 11/17/15. Office location: Westchester County. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to: PM Group Holdings LLC, Attn: Glenn Friedman, 333 Westchester Avenue, East Building-Suite E-1101, White Plains, NY 10604. Purpose: any lawful act or activity. #60412 NOTICE OF FORMATION OF HCR DESHE GROUP LLC ( LLC ) Articles of Org. filed with NY Sec. of State (SSNY) on 12/16/2015. Office location: Westchester County. SSNY is designated as agent for service of process. SSNY shall mail process to: The LLC, 54A Tora Road, Mount Kisco, NY 10549. Purpose: Any lawful activity. #60414 Notice of Formation of 9 Overlook, LLC, a domestic Limited Liability Company (LLC). Articles of Organization filed with the Secretary of State of NY (SSNY) on 01/05/2016. NY Office location: WESTCHESTER County. SSNY is designated as agent upon whom process against the LLC may be served. SSNY shall mail a copy of any process against the LLC served upon him/her to The LLC, 501 East 79th Street, #10E, New York, New York 10075. Purpose: Any lawful act or activity #60415

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Notice of Formation of PM BUSINESS ADVISORS LLC. Arts. of Org. filed with the Secy of State of NY (SSNY) on 11/3/15. Office location: Westchester County. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to: PM Business Advisors LLC, Attn: Christopher Vignone, 333 Westchester Avenue, East BuildingSuite E-1101, White Plains, NY 10604. Purpose: any lawful act or activity. #60416 Notice of Formation of 1919 PALMER AVENUE LLC. Arts. of Org. filed with the Secy of State of NY (SSNY) on 12/21/15. Office location: Westchester County. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to: One New King Street, Suite 201, West Harrison, NY 10604. Purpose: any lawful act or activity. #60417 Notice of Formation of DAGONIT LLC. Arts. of Org. filed with the Secy of State of NY (SSNY) on 1/7/16. Office location: Westchester County. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to: 20 Byram Lake Road, Mt. Kisco, NY 10549. Purpose: any lawful act or activity. #60418 Notice of Formation of Travellati LLC Art. Of Org. filed with SSNY on 1/22/16. Offc. Loc: Westchester Cty. SSNY desig. as agent of the LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to the LLC, 11 Woodland Avenue, Tarrytown, NY 10591. Purpose: any lawful purpose. #60420 Imagine Noel LLC, a domestic LLC, filed with the SSNY on 1/28/16. Office location: Westchester County. SSNY is designated as agent upon whom process against the LLC may be served. SSNY shall mail process to Joan Jones, P.O. Box 270, 222 Purchase St., Rye, NY 10580-2101. General purpose. #60421 Notice of Formation of Limited Liability Company(LLC) Statewide Tile and Marble, LLC Articles of Organization filed with the Secretary of State of New York on 11/17/2015. Office located in Westchester County. SSNY designated as agent upon which process may be served. Secretary of State shall mail a copy of any process against it served upon him to 110 Northmore Dr Yorktown Heights NY 10598, principal business location of the LLC. Purpose:any lawful business activity. #60422 Good Ole American Property Management, LLC, a domestic LLC, filed with the SSNY on 1/8/16. Office location: Westchester County. SSNY is designated as agent upon whom process against the LLC may be served. SSNY shall mail process to Joseph Cotone, 3334 Sycamore Ln., Yorktown Heights, NY 10598. General purpose. #60423 Name of LLC: O.S. Home Improvement LLC Articles of Organization were filed with the Secretary of State of New York (SSNY) on 02/01/2016. Office location: Westchester County. SSNY has been designated as agent of the LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail a copy of process to 629 Viewland Dr. Yorktown Heights. NY 10598 principal business location of the LLC. Purpose: any lawful business activity. #60424 Wright Fitness LLC Articles of Organization were filed with the Secretary of State of New York (SSNY) on 10/22/2015. 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 113 Stone Oaks Drive Hartsdale, NY 10530 principal business location of the LLC. Purpose: Health and Fitness training facility. #60425 NOTICE OF FORMATION OF LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY (LLC). NAME: Zucchero LLC, Articles of Organization were filed with the SSNY on 01/29/16. Office location: Westchester County. SSNY has been designated as agent of the Zucchero LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail a copy of process to: Zucchero LLC, 74 Whippoorwill Road, Armonk, New York 10504 (principal business location). Purpose: any lawful business activity. #60426

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System 2 Consulting, LLC Articles of Organization were filed with the Secretary of State of New York (SSNY) on 01/14/06. Office located in 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 23 Stonewall Circle, White Plains, New York 10607, primary business location of the LLC. LLC may engage in any lawful act or activity for which a limited liability company may be formed. #60427 Notice of Formation of Zplay, LLC Art. Of Org. filed with SSNY on 12/9/15. Offc. Loc: Westchester Cty. SSNY desig. as agent of the LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to the LLC, 5 Brady Rd Mt.Kisco, NY 10549. Purpose: any lawful purpose. #60428 Notice of formation of Brathwaite Blaque, LLC. Articles of Organization filed with Secretary of State of New York (SSNY) on 11/23/2015. NY office location: Westchester County. SSNY designated as agent of the LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to the LLC 138 Fields Lane, Peekskill, NY 10566. Any lawful act or activity. #60429 2449 Esplanade LLC, a domestic LLC, filed with the SSNY on 2/8/16. Office location: Westchester County. SSNY is designated as agent upon whom process against the LLC may be served. SSNY shall mail process to John Silletta, 204 Park Dr., Eastchester, NY 10709. General purpose. #60430 Notice of Formation of AW876URIAHS Construction, LLC Art. Of Org. filed with SSNY on 01/11/2016. Offc. Loc: Westchester Cty. SSNY desig. as agent of the LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to the LLC, 9 Warren Place, Mount Vernon NY 10550. Purpose: any lawful purpose. #60432 Notice of Formation of DANIEL H. ROSEMAN, ESQ., PLLC. Art. Of Org. filed with New York Secy of State (SSNY) on 1/27/2016. Office located in Westchester County. SSNY designated as agent upon whom process may be served. SSNY shall mail a copy of any process against it served upon him/her to 480 Halstead Ave. Apt. 4k Harrison, NY 10528. Purpose: any lawful activity. #60433 Notice of Formation of On Wholesale Parts LLC Art. Of Org. filed with SSNY on 2/10/16. Offc. Loc: Westchester Cty. SSNY desig. as agent of the LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to the LLC, On Wholesale Parts LLC 701 Ridge Hill Blvd Unit 4A, Yonkers, NY 10710. Purpose: any lawful purpose. #60434 Rye Pediatric Specialties, PLLC, a domestic PLLC, Arts. of Org. filed with the SSNY on 1/26/16. Office location: Westchester County. SSNY is designated as agent upon whom process against the PLLC may be served. SSNY shall mail process to The PLLC, 150 Purchase St., Ste. 8, Rye, NY 10580. Purpose: Medicine. #60435 43 Sanford Street LLC, a domestic LLC, filed with the SSNY on 2/11/16. Office location: Westchester County. SSNY is designated as agent upon whom process against the LLC may be served. SSNY shall mail process to The LLC, 339 Rye Beach Ave., Rye, NY 10580. General purpose. #60436 BlueSea Consulting, LLC Articles of Organization were filed with the NY Secretary of State on 02/09/2016. Office located in Westchester County. Secy. of State has been designated as the agent of the LLC upon which process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail a copy of process to the principal business location: 9 Hidden Pond Drive, Rye Brook, NY 10573. Purpose: any lawful business activity. #60437 Notice of Formation of UP ñ N ñ UP, LLC. Arts. of Org. filed with the Secy of State of NY (SSNY) on 1/26/16. Office location: Westchester County. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to: c/o Daniel Hathaway, 2299 Maple Avenue, Cortlandt Manor, NY 10567. Purpose: any lawful act or activity. #60439

INDEX NO.: 53023/2015. Date Filed: 2/11/2016. SUPPLEMENTAL SUMMONS WITH NOTICE MORTGAGED PREMISES: 306 Columbus Avenue, West Harrison, New York 10604. BL #: 872 ñ 14 & 15. Plaintiff designates WESTCHESTER County as the place of trial; venue is based upon the county in which the mortgaged premises is situate. STATE OF NEW YORK SUPREME COURT: COUNTY OF WESTCHESTER BANK OF AMERICA, N.A., Plaintiff, -againstUNKNOWN HEIRS TO THE ESTATE OF KATHERINE MCDOWALL A/K/A KATHERINE J. MCDOWALL A/K/A CATHERINE MCDOWALL A/K/A CATHERINE J. MCDOWALL, if living, and if dead, the respective heirs at law, next of kin, distributees, executors, administrators, trustees, devisees, legatees, assignors, lienors, creditors and successors in interest, and generally all persons having or claiming under, by or through said defendant who may be deceased, by purchase, inheritance, lien or otherwise of any right, title or interest in and to the premises described in the complaint herein, and their respective husbands, wives or widows, if any, and each and every person not specifically named who may be entitled to or claim to have any right, title or interest in the property described in the verified complaint; all of whom and whose names and places of residence unknown, and cannot after diligent inquiry be ascertained by the Plaintiff, ET AL., Defendants. TO THE ABOVE NAMED DEFENDANTS: YOU ARE HEREBY SUMMONED to answer the Complaint in this action and to serve a copy of your answer, or, if the Complaint is not served with this Summons, to serve a notice of appearance on the attorneys for the Plaintiff within 20 days after the service of this Summons, exclusive of the day of service (or within 30 days after service is complete if this Summons is not personally delivered to you within the State of New York). In case of your failure to appear or answer, judgment will be taken against you by default for the relief demanded in the Complaint. NOTICE YOU ARE IN DANGER OF LOSING YOUR HOME IF YOU DO NOT RESPOND TO THIS SUMMONS AND COMPLAINT BY SERVING A COPY OF THE ANSWER ON THE ATTORNEY FOR THE MORTGAGE COMPANY WHO FILED THIS FORECLOSURE PROCEEDING AGAINST YOU AND FILING THE ANSWER WITH THE COURT, A DEFAULT JUDGMENT MAY BE ENTERED AND YOU CAN LOSE YOUR HOME. SPEAK TO AN ATTORNEY OR GO TO THE COURT WHERE YOUR CASE IS PENDING FOR FURTHER INFORMATION ON HOW TO ANSWER THE SUMMONS AND PROTECT YOUR PROPERTY. SENDING PAYMENT TO YOUR MORTGAGE COMPANY WILL NOT STOP THIS FORECLOSURE ACTION. YOU MUST RESPOND BY SERVING A COPY OF THE ANSWER ON THE ATTORNEY FOR THE PLAINTIFF (MORTGAGE COMPANY) AND FILING THE ANSWER WITH THE COURT. THE OBJECT of the above captioned action is to foreclose a Mortgage to secure $750,000.00 and interest, recorded in the Office of the Clerk of WESTCHESTER on December 17, 2009, in CONTROL NUMBER 493153073, covering premises known as 306 Columbus Avenue, West Harrison, New York 10604 ñ BLOCK LOT IN WHICH INDEXED: BLOCK 872 LOT 14 & 15. The relief sought in the within action is a final judgment directing the sale of the premises described above to satisfy the debt secured by the Mortgage described above. The Plaintiff also seeks a deficiency judgment against the Defendant and for any debt secured by said Mortgage which is not satisfied by the proceeds of the sale of said premises. TO the Defendant(s) UNKNOWN HEIRS OF THE ESTATE OF KATHERINE MCDOWELL A/K/A KATHERINE J. MCDOWALL A/K/A CATHERINE MCDOWALL A/K/A CATHERINE J. MCDOWALL, the foregoing Supplemental Summons with Notice is served upon you by publication pursuant to an Order of the Hon. Terry Jane Ruderman, J.S.C of the Supreme Court of the State of New York, County of Westchester, dated January 21, 2016. Dated: New Rochelle, NY February 5, 2016 MCCABE, WEISBERG & CONWAY, P.C. /s/_________________ Natalie Giraldo, Esq. Attorneys for Plaintiff 145 Huguenot St., Ste. 210 New Rochelle, NY 10801 p. 914-636-8900 f. 914-636-8901 HELP FOR HOMEOWNERS IN FORECLOSURE NEW YORK STATE LAW REQUIRES THAT WE SEND YOU THIS NOTICE ABOUT THE FORECLOSURE PROCESS. PLEASE READ IT CAREFULLY. SUMMONS AND COMPLAINT YOU ARE IN DANGER OF LOSING YOUR HOME. IF YOU FAIL TO RESPOND TO THE SUMMONS AND COMPLAINT IN THIS FORECLOSURE ACTION, YOU MAY LOSE YOUR HOME. PLEASE READ THE SUMMONS AND COMPLAINT CAREFULLY. YOU SHOULD IMMEDIATELY CONTACT AN ATTORNEY OR YOUR LOCAL LEGAL AID OFFICE TO OBTAIN ADVICE ON HOW TO PROTECT YOURSELF. SOURCES OF INFORMATION AND ASSISTANCE. The State encourages you to become informed about your options in foreclosure. In addition to seeking assistance from an attorney or legal aid office, there are government agencies and non-profit organizations that you may contact for information about possible options, including trying to work with your lender during this process. To locate an entity near you, you may call the toll-free helpline maintained by the New York State Banking Department of Financial Services at 1-800-342-3736 or visit the Department’s website at www.dfs.ny.gov. FORECLOSURE RESCUE SCAMS Be careful of people who approach you with offers to “save” your home. There are individuals who watch for notices of foreclosure actions in order to unfairly profit from a homeowner’s distress. You should be extremely careful about any such promises and any suggestions that you pay them a fee or sign over your deed. State law requires anyone offering such services for profit to enter into a contract which fully describes the services they will perform and fees they will charge, and which prohibits them from taking any money from you until they have completed all such promised services. #60442

SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK COUNTY OF WESTCHESTER INDEX NO. 59458/2015 SUPPLEMENTAL SUMMONS Mortgaged Premises: 274 NORTH FULTON AVENUE MOUNT VERNON, NY 10552 Section: 165.39 Block: 1157 Lot: 7 Plaintiff, Plaintiff designates WESTCHESTER as the place of trial situs of the real property. JAMES B. NUTTER & COMPANY, vs. DIANE GHILONI, AS HEIR AND DISTRIBUTEE OF THE ESTATE OF RICHARD STANZIONE; DAISY DEONTNA, AS HEIR AND DISTRIBUTEE OF THE ESTATE OF RICHARD STANZIONE; VICTOR DEONTNA, AS HEIR AND DISTRIBUTEE OF THE ESTATE RICHARD STANZIONE; any and all persons unknown to plaintiff, claiming, or who may claim to have an interest in, or lien upon the real property described in this action; such unknown persons being herein generally described and intended to be included in the following designation, namely: the wife, widow, husband, widower, heirs at law, next of kin, descendants, executors, administrators, devisees, legatees, creditors, trustees, committees, lienors, and assignees of such deceased, any and all persons deriving interest in or lien upon, or title to said real property by, through or under them, or either of them, and their respective wives, widows, husbands, widowers, heirs at law, next of kin, descendants, executors, administrators, devisees, legatees, creditors, trustees, committees, lienors and assigns, all of whom and whose names, except as stated, are unknown to plaintiff; THE SECRETARY OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT; HOFFMAN FUEL COMPANY OF DANBURY, INC.; NEW YORK STATE DEPARTMENT OF TAXATION AND FINANCE; THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, ‘’JOHN DOE #1’’ through ‘’JOHN DOE #12,’’ the last twelve names being fictitious and unknown to plaintiff, the persons or parties intended being the tenants, occupants, persons or corporations, if any, having or claiming an interest in or lien upon the premises, described in the complaint, Defendants. To the above named Defendants YOU ARE HEREBY SUMMONED to answer the complaint in this action and to serve a copy of your answer, or, if the complaint is not served with this summons, to serve a notice of appearance on the Plaintiff’s Attorney within Twenty (20) days after the service of this summons, exclusive of the day of service (or within Thirty (30) days after the service is complete if this summons is not personally delivered to you within the State of New York) in the event the United States of America is made a party defendant, the time to answer for the said United States of America shall not expire until Sixty (60) days after service of the Summons; and in case of your failure to appear or answer, judgment will be taken against you by default for the relief demanded in the complaint. NOTICE OF NATURE OF ACTION AND RELIEF SOUGHT THE OBJECT of the above caption action is to foreclose a Mortgage to secure the sum of Six hundred twenty-five thousand five hundred and 00/100 ($625,500.00) Dollars and interest, recorded on December 26, 2008, at Control Number 483520097, of the Public Records of WESTCHESTER County, New York, covering premises known as 274 NORTH FULTON AVENUE, MOUNT VERNON, NY 10552. The relief sought in the within action is a final judgment directing the sale of the premises described above to satisfy the debt secured by the Mortgage described above. WESTCHESTER County is designated as the place of trial because the real property affected by this action is located in said county. NOTICE YOU ARE IN DANGER OF LOSING YOUR HOME If you do not respond to this summons and complaint by serving a copy of the answer on the attorney for the mortgage company who filed this foreclosure proceeding against you and filing the answer with the court, a default judgment may be entered and you can lose your home. Speak to an attorney or go to the court where your case is pending for further information on how to answer the summons and protect your property. Sending a payment to the mortgage company will not stop the foreclosure action. YOU MUST RESPOND BY SERVING A COPY OF THE ANSWER ON THE ATTORNEY FOR THE PLAINTIFF (MORTGAGE COMPANY) AND FILING THE ANSWER WITH THE COURT. Dated: January 19, 2016 Westbury, New York RAS BORISKIN, LLC Attorney for Plaintiff BY: Thomas Zegarelli, Esq. 900 Merchants Concourse, Suite 106 Westbury, NY 11590 (516) 280-7675 #60438


LEGAL NOTICES Notice of Formation of CRESCENT SHORE LLC. Arts. of Org. filed with the Secy of State of NY (SSNY) on 12/22/15. Office location: Westchester County. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to: 9000 Bay Ave., North Beach, MD 20714. Purpose: any lawful act or activity. #60440 NOTICE OF FORMATION OF Brutus Park Creations LLC. Articles of Organization filed with the SSNY on 02/11/2016. Office: Westchester County. SSNY has been designated as agent upon whom process against it may be served. The Post Office address to which the SSNY shall mail a copy of any process against the LLC is: 10 Heather Lane, Elmsford, NY 10523. Principal business address of the LLC is: 10 Heather Lane, Elmsford, NY 10523. Purpose: Any lawful purpose. #60441 Notice of Formation of 10 MSW 5E LLC. Arts. of Org. filed with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 2/12/16. Office location: Westchester County. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to: c/o United Corporate Services, Inc., 10 Bank St., Ste. 560, White Plains, NY 10606. Purpose: any lawful activity. #60443

NOTICE OF FORMATION of ITíS A TUDOR, LLC. Articles of Organization filed with the Secretary of State of New York (SSNY) on 2-19-16. Location: WESTCHESTER COUNTY. SSNY designated as agent for service of process on LLC. SSNY shall mail a copy of process to: LORIANNE OíDONNELL 20 HARWOOD AVENUE WHITE PLAINS, NY 10603. Purpose: Any lawful purpose. #60444

Notice of Formation of JEFF GRASSO CUSTOM BUILDER LLC. Arts. of Org. filed with the Secy of State of NY (SSNY) on 11/10/15. Office location: Westchester County. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to: 43 Beechwood Avenue, New Rochelle, NY 10801. Purpose: any lawful act or activity. #60449

Notice of Formation of WHITE PLAINS CARPETS, FLOORS & BLINDS, LLC. Arts. of Org. filed with the Secy of State of NY (SSNY) on 1/26/16. Office location: Westchester County. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to: 173A East Post Road, White Plains, NY 10601. Purpose: any lawful act or activity. #60445

Notice of Formation of a Professional Service Limited Liability Company (PLLC). Name: LW Chervokas Law PLLC. Art. of Org. filed with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 2/1/16. Office location: Westchester County. SSNY designated as agent of the PLLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail a copy of any process to National Registered Agents, Inc., 111 Eighth Avenue, New York, NY 10011. Purpose: To practice the profession of Law. #60450

Notice of Formation Dineen-Carey Holdings LLC Arts. of Org. filed with SSNY 2/4/16. Off. Loc.: Westchester Cnty. SSNY designated as agent of LLC whom process may be served. SSNY shall mail process to: c/o the LLC, 2090 Crompond Rd, Yorktown Heights, NY 10598. Purpose: all lawful activities. #60447 Notice of Formation of DAGONIT II LLC. Arts. of Org. filed with the Secy of State of NY (SSNY) on 2/9/16. Office location: Westchester County. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to: 20 Byram Lake Road, Mt. Kisco, NY 10549. Purpose: any lawful act or activity. #60448

Brendon Hills, LLC. Art. of Org. were filed with the SSNY on 2/22/2016. Office loc: Westchester Cty. SSNY has been designated as agent of the LLC upon which process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to the LLC, 99 Brendon Hill Rd Scarsdale NY 10583. Purpose: any lawful purpose. #60451

TO THE ABOVE NAMED DEFENDANTS: The foregoing Summons is served upon you by publication pursuant to an Order of the Hon. Joan B. Lefkowitz, a Justice of the Supreme Court, Westchester County, dated March 6, 2014 and filed with the complaint and other papers in the Westchester County Clerkís Office.

Index No, 55844/2013 Date filed: 4/9/2014 SUPPLEMENTAL SUMMONS Premises being foreclosed: 164 Phyllis Court, Yorktown Heights, NY 10598 ACTION TO FORECLOSE MORTGAGE ON PROPERTY SITUATED IN WESTCHESTER COUNTY SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OP NEW YORK . COUNTY OF WESTCHESTER SANTANDER BANK, N.A.,

The object of the action is to foreclose a mortgage recorded in said Clerkís Office on January 30, 3008 in Control #480220242 covering prem. k/a 164 Phyllis Court, Yorktown Heights, NY 10598 a/k/a Section 17.14, Block 1, and Lot 70. Plaintiff designates WESTCHESTER County as the place for trial. Venue is based upon the County in which the mortgaged premises are situated. NOTICE YOU ARE IN DANGER. OF LOSING YOUR HOME If you do not respond to this summons and complaint by serving a copy of the answer on the attorney for the mortgage company who filed

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this foreclosure proceeding against you and filing the answer with the court, a default judgment may be entered and you can lose your home.

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Speak to an attorney or go to the court where your case is pending for further information on how to answer the summons and protect your property.

JOSEPH PERUSKO, and all the heirs at law, next of kin, distributccs, devisees, grantees, trustees, lienors, creditors, assignees and successors in interest of any of the aforesaid defendants at law, next of kin, distributees, devisees, grantees, trustees, honors, creditors, assignees and successors in interest of the aforesaid classes of persons, if they or any of them be dead, and their respective husbands, wives or widows, if any, all of whom and whose names and places of residence are unknown to the plaintiff, except as herein, stated, The People of The State of New York, The United States of America,

Sending a payment to your mortgage company will not stop this foreclosure action.

Regina Perusko a/k/a Regina M. Perusko, Platinum Financial Services Corp., New York State Tax Commission; Internal Revenue Service- United States of America, Asset Acceptance LL C, Arrow Financial Services LLC, Defendants.

January 7, 2014

TO THE ABOVE DEFENDANTS: YOU ARE HEREBY SUMMONED to answer the complaint in this action, and to serve a copy of your answer, or if the Complaint is not served with this Summons, to serve a Notice of Appearance on the Plaintiffís attorneys within twenty (20) days after the service of the Summons exclusive of the day of service or within thirty (30) days after completion of service where service is made in any other manner than by personal delivery within the State. In case of your failure to appear, or answer, judgment will be taken against you by default for the relief demanded in this Complaint.

YOU MUST RESPOND BY SERVING A COPY OF THE ANSWER ON THE ATTORNEY FOR THE PLAINTIFF (MORTGAGE COMPANY) AND FILING THE ANSWER WITH THE COURT. Dated: Carle Place, New York STEIN, WIENER & ROTH, L.L.P. Attorneys for Plaintiff Janet Nina Esagoff, Esq. One Old Country Road, Suite 113 Carle Place, New York 11514 (516) 742-1212 62182/FSOV #87895 #60446

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LEGAL NOTICES LEGAL NOTICE POSTED AT WWW: FINANCE.WESTCHESTERGOV.COM NOTICE OF NAMES & ADDRESSES OF PERSONS APPEARING AS OWNERS OR DEPOSITORS OF CERTAIN UNCLAIMED PROPERTY HELD BY THE COMMISSIONER OF FINANCE OF WESTCHESTER COUNTY DEPOSITED WITH THE COMMISSIONER ON OR BEFORE JANUARY 2 2013.

NELSON LANCELOT NILLAND DINO 130 CLAREMONT AVE 1ST FL 111 NORTH CENTRAL AVE MOUNT VERNON NY 10550 HARTSDALE NY 10530

Notice is hereby given pursuant to Section 601 of the Abandoned Property Law of the State of New York that:

PHELPS JOHN ROGERS TEMPESTT 109 SOUTH 1ST AVE APT 3 38 SOUTH BOND STREET APT 2 MOUNT VERNON NY 10550 MOUNT VERNON NY 10550

The undersigned Commissioner of Finance of the County of Westchester has on deposit or in her custody certain monies or property paid or deposited in actions or proceedings in the several courts in the County of Westchester.

SAHNA ABDOUL VAQUER RUBEN 154 SOUTH 13TH AVENUE 933 BRIDGE STREET MOUNT VERNON NY 10550 POUGHKEEPSIE NY 12601

The persons whose name and addresses are set forth below from the records of the Commissioner of Finance of Westchester County may be entitled to certain such property in the amount of $50.00 or more.

VASQUEZ LINDA WEINER MARIA 411 BRONX RIVER RD 5K 14512 PUNDEE LANE YONKERS NY 10704 WOODBRIDGE VA 22193

DEPOSITED IN ACTIONS OR PROCEEDINGS WITH SUPREME COURT WESTCHESTER COUNTY: TITLE OF CASE DEPOSITED BY CITIBANK AS TRUSTEE VS ADAM A. ROTHMAN ET AL ANNE R. MUELLER BMT ASSOCIATES LLC VS ARTHUR VICTOR ET AL ARTHUR VICTOR CRAIG MILLER VS CRUISE FANTASIES LTD ET AL CRAIG A MILLER FRED C QUAGLIATO AS ESCROWEE UNDER CONTRACT OF SALE VS MICHAEL MC GURK ET AL FRED C. QUAGLIATO BOARD OF MANAGERS OF BEDFORD MEWS CONDO VS HEMA SHAH ET AL GUTTRIDGE & CAMBARERI PC IMC 97-7 REFI COMPANY LLC VS KATIE FAYE ET AL KATIE FAYE CHASE HOME FINANCE LLC VS PATRICK J LENAHAN ET AL PATRICK J LENAHAN ABN AMRO MORTGAGE GROUP VS PHILIP CASIMIR a/k/a PHILIP K. CASIMIR ET AL PHILIP K. CASIMIR DEPOSITED IN ACTIONS OR PROCEEDINGS WITH SURROGATE COURT WESTCHESTER COUNTY: TITLE OF CASE ADDRESS ACCOUNTING BY CHARLES J. SPIEGEL JR & SHARON BETANCOURT AS CO- EXEC OF THE ESTATE OF CAROL A LANG DECEASED f/b/o JULIE GRACEFFO Address Unknown ESTATE OF CHARLES SIMUKONDA f/b/o CCA FOR SPRINT PCS Address Unknown ESTATE OF ENRIQUE MOJICA f/b/o REYNALDO CASINO Address Unknown ESTATE OF ENRIQUE MOJICA f/b/o REYNALDO MOJICA Address Unknown IN THE MATTER OF THE SETTLEMENT OF THE FINAL ACCOUNT OF MELANIA TERRIZZI f/b/o VIOLET RUSSO 111 ROUTE 516 SUMMERHILL NH OLD BRIDGE NJ 08857 DEPOSITED IN ACTIONS OR PROCEEDINGS WITH WESTCHESTER COUNTY COURT:

KONSTANTOPOULOS ADAM 20 BAY RIDGE PKY BROOKLYN NY 11209

LAZO SEGUNDO LEGGETT LAVONDA 182 VALLEY ST 323 SOUTH 7TH AVE SLEEPY HOLLOW NY 10701 MOUNT VERNON NY 10601 LORE STEPHANIE 16 1/2 WESTVEW AVE RYE BROOK NY 10573

MANTELM IVY 33 CHURCH ST WHITE PLAINS NY 10601

OCONNER CHRISTOPHER OGBAUAGU ENYANNAY 52 DUFFY ST 12 VINYARD AVE APT 2 STAMFORD CT 06902 YONKERS NY 10703

DEPOSITED WITH THE COMMISSIONER OF FINANCE FROM NEW ROCHELLE CITY COURT:

PEREZ CARLOS RAZO-LOPEZ DANIEL 155 FERRIS AVE 6D 7 S KENSICO AVE #1 WHITE PLAINS NY 10603 WHITE PLAINS NY 10601

NAME & ADDRESS ABADY SAMUEL 95 DESMOND AVE BRONXVILLE NY 10708

NAME & ADDRESS DIAZ HERNANDEZ MARIO LEON 642 MAIN ST NEW ROCHELLE NY 10801

RODRIGUEZ MICHAEL SALAVERRIA KEVIN 1A BALL POND RD 192 ALBEMARLE RD NEW FAIRFIELD CT 06812 WHITE PLAINS NY 10605

DUDLEY KYLE 549 W 123RD ST #14F NEW YORK NY 10027

ESPINOZA JUAN 301 CENTRE AVE NEW ROCHELLE NY 10801

FRANCO MARIA GONZALEZ KELER 294 LOCKWOOD AVE APT 1 482 FURNES AVE NEW ROCHELLE NY 10801 CORTLANDT MANOR NY 10567 HAWI MAHA MAKO THOMAS JR. 255 HUGENOT ST 620 PELHAM RD 3A NEW ROCHELLE NY 10801 NEW ROCHELLE NY 10805 MENDOZA ALEJANDRO PINEIRO EDUARDO 123 N 7TH AVE 614 E 241 ST #2 MOUNT VERNON NY 10550 BRONX NY 10470 QUESADA ERIC R. SAMSU MOHAMED 50 S. MAIN ST #5C 34 MORRIS ST PORT CHESTER NY 10573 NEW ROCHELLE NY 10801 TORRES WILLIAM SR. 370 MEACHAM AVE ELMONT NY 11003

NAME & ADDRESS NAME & ADDRESS BAUTISTA BLANCA BRUNO KENOLD 116 TERRACE AVE 70 LIBERTY AVE PORT CHESTER NY 10573 NEW ROCHELLE NY 10801

KEIFER WAYNE 59 BRADFORD ST HARRISON NY 10528

WILD MATTHEW 81 WOODLAWN AVE NEW ROCHELLE NY 10801

SMITH NIRDA SODERMAN JONATHAN 550 5TH AVE APT 2D 247 BYRAM LAKE RD NEW ROCHELLE NY 10801 MOUNT KISCO NY 10549 TAVERAS RAFAEL 4507 97TH ST 1FL CORONA NY 11368

WALLACE CHRISTOPHER 1801 WASHINGTON ST BRAINTREE MA 01702

YEAGER NICHOLAS 600 PINE HOLLOW RD 194B EAST NORWICK CT 11732 DEPOSITED WITH THE COMMISSIONER OF FINANCE FROM YONKERS CITY COURT: NAME & ADDRESS NAME & ADDRESS ABREU MARITZA AURICH MIGUEL 10 SHORT ST 399 WEST GALBRAITH RD MOUNT VERNON NY 10550 CINCINNATI OH 45215 BISHOP-GASPAR ALEJANDRO CASTAGNA SANDRA 81 HART ST A 618 BELLEVUE AVENUE NORTH BROOKLYN NY 11206 YONKERS NY 10703 CASTILLO ROBERT 290 EAST 161 STREET BRONX NY 10451

ESTRADA-RODRIGUEZ JOSUE 5967 CURRY FORD ROAD ORLANDO FL 32822

DEPOSITED WITH THE COMMISSIONER OF FINANCE FROM PEEKSKILL CITY COURT:

HARNANDEZ PAULINO 354 S 2ND ST APT 4D BROOKLYN NY 11211

HERNANDEZ CARLOS 1701 16TH ST APT N GREENSBORO NC 27405

COLUMBIA DONALD DAWSON ALICIA 14 PYNGYP RD STONY POINT 829 E 231 STREET APT 2 STONY POINT NY 10980 BRONX NY 10466

NAME & ADDRESS JENSEN JOSEPH D. 418 UNION AVENUE PEEKSKILL NY 10566

HOLDER MARLON 1 SANDORE LANE #1M YONKERS NY 10710

HUTTER ELWYN 16 ILANA CT ARMONK NY 10504

DELOVIC PRENCA 15 BETSY ROAD MAHOPAC NY 10541

MUNOZ WILMER STORY JOLIE 615 HIGHLAND AVENUE 2 BIRCH COURT PEEKSKILL NY 10566 CROTON NY 10520

JIMENEZ YUNILDO 2121 CEDAR AVE BRONX NY 10468

KIPPINS ALETA 354 NEPPERHAN AVE APT 9B YONKERS NY 10701

LORA-VASQUEZ TAJ 106 GORDON ST NEW YORK NY 10034

MAYNE. TAJ 391 ST JOHNS AVE YONKERS NY 10704

WILSON DANNY WYNN WALTER 42 PARK PL #C2 942 E 212TH PH NEW ROCHELLE NY 10801 BRONX NY 10469

BRYANT JOHN CABRAL LUZ 629 VAN CORTLANDT AVE55 SOUTH HIGH ST YONKERS NY 10705 MOUNT VERNON NY 10550

DOUGHERTY EUGENE ONE WATER ST 3RD FL WHITE PLAINS NY 10601

FAULKNER-JOHNSON DARYL FIALLOS PORROS JORGE 590 FIFTH AVE 321 UNION AVE 3RD FL NEW ROCHELLE NY 10801 PORT CHESTER NY 10543 GIBBS MICHELLE 77 STATE ST 5C OSSINING NY 10562

SUSCAL MILTON A. 513 NO. DIVISION ST PEEKSKILL NY 10566

GROME RACHEL 2494 BOUND BROOK LANE YORKTOWN NY 10598

DEPOSITED WITH THE COMMISSIONER OF FINANCE FROM RYE CITY COURT:

LOPEZ JAVIER NATHAN CANDACE 212 UNION AVE 220 N 5TH AVE NEW ROCHELLE NY 10801 MOUNT VERNON NY 10550

NAME & ADDRESS NAME & ADDRESS ASHFORD HEATHER CABRAL MARCELO 135 PEARL ST 25 OAKWOOD AVE PORT CHESTER NY 10573 RYE NY 10580

NOVOA-OLIVEROS LUIS SALVATORE BERNARD 71 1ST STREET 285 NORTH REGENT ST NEW ROCHELLE NY 10801 PORT CHESTER NY 10573

HERNANDEZ ABIGAIL MAUCIERI ANDREW A. 172 GAINSBERG AVE 43 NELSON AVE WEST HARRISON NY 10604 HARRISON NY 10528

SEKYER NICOLE 1090 RHINELANDER AVE BRONX NY 10461

DEPOSITED WITH THE COMMISSIONER OF FINANCE FROM WHITE PLAINS CITY COURT:

DEPOSITED WITH THE COMMISSIONER OF FINANCE FROM MOUNT VERNON CITY COURT:

NAME & ADDRESS ALLISON JASON 1 MORNINGSUE DR 1717 NEW YORK NY 10025

NAME & ADDRESS NAME & ADDRESS ARMSTRONG CRAIG BERKEL TYRONE 250 SOUTH COLUMBUS AVENUE #2 3565 BIVON STREET APT 10H MOUNT VERNON NY 10553 BRONX NY 10475 CACCETTI SUZZANNE 500 2ND AVENUE PELHAM NY 10803

CASAVERDE IRENE CASTILLO MARVIN 79 WAYNE AVE 220 SEYMOUR RD 2FL WHITE PLAINS NY 10606 PORT CHESTER NY 10573

DAFFIN DERRICK 56 ROSHAN STREET 3N YONKERS NY 10701

DIXON SEAN ETIENNE LAURA 109 EAST 4TH STREET 120 SOUTH 12TH AVENUE APT 2B MOUNT VERNON NY 10550 MOUNT VERNON NY 10550 GRAY NADINE GRIGG TONY 134 SOUTH 9TH AVE 931 CRANFORD AVE MOUNT VERNON NY 10550 BRONX NY 10466

LOJA FRANKLIN MANNS KEYIARA 14 WEST STREET 29 LORENZ PL PORT CHESTER NY 10573 NEW ROCHELLE NY 10801 MCCALLA ROBERT MORTON JOYCE 4254 CARPENTER AVENUE 241 SOUTH 9TH AVE BRONX NY 10466 MOUNT VERNON NY 10550

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MERA. ALCIDES 58 SARATOGA AVE 3N YONKERS NY 10705

MURPHY RHONDA 55 MAPPLE AVE 6A NEW ROCHELLE NY 10801

NWOKENEA CHIBEDIE 1838 PIKE AVE BRONX NY 11456

OMEARA CAITRIN 268 EAST 240 ST APT 4 BRONX NY 10470

PALACIOS RODOLFO 18 PORACH ST #1 YONKERS NY 10701

PERALTA IVAN 102 HIGHLAND AVE YONKERS NY 10705

POLANCO KARLA 461 RIVERDALE AVE YONKERS NY 10705

RAMIREZ FERNANDO 569 W 185 ST #52 NEW YORK NY 10033

REYES REWEL 1321 HERSCHELL ST BRONX NY 10461

SANTULLO PAUL 127 W PUTNAM AVE GREENWICH CT 06830

SOLANO ROLANDO 601 WEST 173RD STREET NEW YORK NY 10032 TAKE FURTHER NOTICE THAT: (A) A list of names & addresses contained in this notice is on file and open to public inspection at the office of the Commissioner of Finance.

ELLIOT JOSHUA 3415 CATAMOUNT RD FAIRFIELD CT 06834

(B) Any such unclaimed monies or other property will be paid or delivered by her on or before the thirty-first day of March to persons establishing to her satisfaction their right to receive the same; and

FEDERICO MIRAH 54 RATHBUN AVE APT 1 WHITE PLAINS NY 10601

FLYNN MICHELLE 188 WOODWORTH AVE YONKERS NY 10701

GORDON ERIC 123 MORNINGSIDE DR OSSINING NY 10562

GROVEMAN LAUREN 55 PROSPECT AVE LARCHMONT NY 10538

GUERO MAGYELEN 509 FLORENCE ST MAMARONECK NY 10543

HIGGINS VERONICA JARZEBIAK ZDZISLAW 235 S LEXINGTON AVE 4J 24 CHAUNCEY RD WHITE PLAINS NY 10601 CARMEL NY 10512

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MCDERMOTT VINCENT MEDINA VANESSA 1 PIER POINTE ST APT 817 2710 VALENTINE APT 55 YONKERS NY 10701 BRONX NY 10452

CORNELL ANITA DERVISHAJ ASIIAN 15 GREENBURGH C WAY 3081 VILLA AVE WHITE PLAINS NY 10603 BRONX NY 10468

FERNANDEZ-RAMOS LIZBETY FLORES PABLO 1511 RINLANDEN AVE 124 S BROADWAY 2FL BRONX NY 10561 WHITE PLAINS NY 10605

HALL NOEL HICKMAN HAROLD 216 NORTH 8TH AVENUE 5 MONROE STREET B3 MOUNT VERNON NY 10550 MOUNT VERNON NY 10550

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NAME & ADDRESS ARCE VICTOR 258 W POST RD 1A WHITE PLAINS NY 10606

AUGER JEFFREY CACYA RICHARD 19 SENECA AVE 33 MITCHELL PL 1 WHITE PLAINS NY 10603 WHITE PLAINS NY 10601

CAUDLE CALVIN 141 EAST SIDNEY AVE MOUNT VERNON NY 10550

CLAIRE-FITZGERALD ALEXANDRIA 44 FLEETWOOD AVENUE 1A MOUNT VERNON NY 10550

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NAME & ADDRESS MEJIA LIVIA 6 MAPLE PLACE OSSINING NY 10562

(C) In the succeeding month of April on or before the tenth day thereof such unclaimed monies or other property still remaining will be paid or delivered to the Comptroller of the State of New York and the undersigned shall thereupon cease to be liable. Dated: White Plains New York February 23 2016 Ann Marie Berg Commissioner of Finance #60453


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Connecticut Needs Job Security, Not a New Payroll Tax By Pete Gioia

for government workers) is just plain awful.

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t some point, nearly everyone will need to take time away from work to deal with a serious personal or family illness, or to care for a new child—which is why 54% of Connecticut businesses have added more flexibility to their leave policies in the last five years, according to a recent study of state businesses.

We are substantially behind historical norms in job growth and even further behind in income growth.

Yet for a second straight year, mandatory paid family and medical leave supporters are proposing that all workers in Connecticut companies with two or more employees should have this benefit.

However, the vast majority of the world pays considerably lower wages than the U.S. And in places like Europe and Australia, where minimum wages are higher, that money is confiscated through considerably higher taxes. After taxes, many European countries pay less than the U.S. does.

While this and other proposals for governmentcontrolled business practices sound nice, there’s a hitch. Someone has to pay— and that someone is Connecticut’s workforce, who will see their paychecks chipped away with a new payroll tax to fund this program. How much will workers’ paychecks be taxed?

Some of the arguments in favor of mandatory paid family and medical leave maintain that we’re the only industrialized country in the world without it.

“Now is not the time to hit workers with a new tax on their income.”

According to a recent story in the Hartford Courant, “advocates do not know.” Advocates in the state of Washington didn’t know either when they floated an identical program. The proposal was abandoned after it was projected to cost $235 million per biennium. The best thing the legislature can do for Connecticut families is to stabilize their job security. Now is not the time to hit workers with a new tax on their income. Our economy is finally starting to hit its stride after eight painful years of recession and subpar growth, and pay increases always lag behind the job gains. Over the last eight years, compensation (except

The legislature needs to do everything they can to make it easier to grow and keep jobs. Connecticut’s workforce and their families are paying close attention to what’s happening at the Capitol and the decisions being made by their legislators. Eroding their paychecks is the wrong way to provide job security.

Maybe I’m old-fashioned, but with more Connecticut companies providing greater flexibility to their employees, I think Connecticut’s workers can spend their own income more effectively than our government will. Let your employees know about this pending tax increase and tell your legislators to defeat these proposals. Pete Gioia is an economist with CBIA. Follow him on Twitter @CTEconomist.

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Engage, Educate, and Motivate at Connecticut Business Day

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s a Connecticut business leader, you have clout at the Capitol.

Exercise that influence at Connecticut Business Day on Wednesday, March 9 at the Legislative Office Building in Hartford, next to the State Capitol. You’ll have a chance to meet with your state lawmakers to help them understand and support legislative proposals promoting a more positive business climate.

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Connecticut Business Day is free of charge and supported by Connecticut chambers of commerce and other business and trade groups. Together, business leaders and legislators will address factors impacting Connecticut’s ability to reach its great economic potential. Topics include state fiscal policy, workplace and employment issues, transportation, regulatory burdens, and much more. Join us on March 9 to make sure the voice of Connecticut business is heard at the state legislature.

Date: Wednesday, March 9, 2016 Time: 9:30 am–noon Place: Legislative Office Building 300 Capitol Ave., Hartford

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