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“WE HAVE IN-HOUSE EXPERTS ON CORONAVIRUS AND WE HAVE A HIGH LEVEL BIOCONTAINMENT LABORATORY FOR STUDYING DANGEROUS VIRUSES, WHICH CAN BE PUT INTO USE IN SITUATIONS LIKE THIS ... WE WILL BE PARTICIPATING IN SOME OF THE UPCOMING CLINICAL STUDIES FOR THERAPIES FOR INFLAMMATION CAUSED

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COVERING THE CORONAVIRUS

NYMC reacts to COVID-19 with research, on-campus changes

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he New York Medical College is actively working on the problem and actively involved in the development of clinical studies,” is all Edward C. Halperin, chancellor and CEO of New York Medical College (NYMC) in Valhalla,

was able to say when asked by the Business Journal about NYMC’s involvement in the global effort to develop therapies and a vaccine to combat the COVID-19 pandemic.

Halperin cited nondisclosure agreements and other restraints regarding his inability to discuss what may be happening in its laboratories.

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“New York Medical College has a very extensive history of doing research on viruses,” he said. “We have in-house experts on coronavirus and we have a high level biocontainment laboratory for studying dangerous viruses, which can be put into use in situations like this.”

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Businesses battle COVID-19 crisis

BY PHIL HALL phall@westfairinc.com

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veryone knows how you’re supposed to react when life hands you lemons.

But for those people running a company in the COVID-19 environment, the situation is more acute than dealing with a mere handful of lemons.

Business professionals in Westchester and Fairfield counties are trying to cope with the new normal, and some are able to adapt in unexpected and often surprising ways.

HEALTH AND WELLNESS

Fairfield County native Austin Burke returned to Connecticut two weeks ago after a six-year residency in Las Vegas, only to find the state going into a lockdown. As an independent personal trainer, being in a market where gyms are closed and nonessential workers are asked to stay home could be seen as an occupational obstacle.

But Burke had already established an online training and wellness business called WIND Coaching — the acronym stands for Workout Inspire Nutrition Desire. He claimed working with clients online has been more advantageous than being a gym presence.

“There are barriers to entry with the gyms,” he explained. “They pay you just a percentage of what the client pays. So, you’re already losing — 50% goes to the gym and they’re just focused on getting as many sessions per week to make as much money from the person.”

Burke did not have any local clients ready for his return to the state, but through WIND Coaching he maintains a national client base.

“I just signed up someone in Maui,” he said.

However, there is a downside to Burke’s work in the COVID-19 environment: many of his clients previously took his advice to their local gyms for workouts, but the pandemic has forced the closure of those venues.

“I had someone that was going to sign up with me this week,” he said. “And then their gym shut down in Massachusetts. So, they were reluctant to sign up. It’s more of a negative because people are more limited and like to make excuses on why they’re not going to start their fitness. This is a good excuse-causing time — and if people don’t have any equipment or they don’t have space, it is harder to get stuff get done.”

The pursuit of health has registered with Norwalk’s Reed’s Inc., whose Wellness Ginger Shots have seen a spike of popularity. Reed’s CEO Norman E. Snyder observed that “people have recognized the benefits of ginger. There’s a lot of well-documented properties that ginger has, and several studies that have been conducted to support these properties and findings.”

Snyder noted that Reed’s manufacturing locations have been deemed as essential businesses, enabling his supply chain to remain open.

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Austin Burke.

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Christina Rae. Photo by Buzz Creators.

“We are accelerating production to get ahead of the curve,” he continued. “If something did happen that impacted our supply chain, we would have sufficient inventory on the floor and could ship it and sustain ourselves for a period if we are unable to obtain certain ingredients.”

Snyder stressed that the company was not doing extra marketing at this time as a response to the new preoccupation on staying well.

“It’s a fine line between maintaining your current stance and broadcasting your product in its properties and benefits, as opposed to appearing to take advantage of the situation,” he said.

CLOSED FOR BUSINESS

Jason Ayala is unable to bring his health and wellness focus to the public — his twoyear-old Bridgeport practice, It Is Wellness Massage Therapy, was among the businesses ordered closed by Gov. Ned Lamont. Ayala was able to cover the abrupt loss of income with a paid internship at Congregants for a New Connecticut, a social justice nonprofit.

But he has not put his business on hold.

Ayala is strengthening the ties to his client base.

Through this new focus on client communications, he is keeping tabs on their health and will be ready to respond to their post-COVID-19 needs when his practice reopens.

“A lot of clients need work,” he said, referring to the therapeutic treatments he provided.

“I am keeping up to date on all of my clients to make sure they’re doing fine. It’s not just for the individuals, but for their families as well.”

AN EXTRA SERVING OF HELP

Christina Rae, president of the Valhallabased public relations and marketing firm Buzz Creators Inc., has witnessed a dramatic change in her agency’s focus.

“We are doing totally different work right now,” she said. “In lieu of happy, celebratory grand openings and events, we are now focused on crisis communications for our clients. We are helping them to communicate to their internal and external audiences about COVID-19 and how they specifically are handling it. We are also getting the word out on many of the creative programs that they are developing to be and stay relevant during these changing times — such as Italian restaurants offering ‘make your own pizza kits’ to help keep kids in the community entertained a bit while they are stuck at home.”

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Jason Ayala.

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Mark Pires.

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Todd Rowe, whose Fairfield-based BitX Funding operates as an online marketplace for small-business financing, has been fielding inquiries regarding financing sources that will help cover the sudden loss of revenue.

“The phone is ringing and ringing a lot with people looking for advice or funding,” he said. “Volume is up on our website threefold.

The website would get 20 to 30 hits on normal days, but it is now up to 150. I may have to hire people soon.”

Rowe’s specialty is financial strategies, but lately he is dealing with business professionals dealing with a traumatic blow to their work.

“I try my best,” he said. “I can’t be totally emotionally involved, but I try to give them direction and be as helpful as I possibly can.”

For Matija Zarak, general manager of Dubrovnik Restaurant in New Rochelle, the state government moratorium on dining in might have been the kiss of death for his business. Instead, a new policy of 20% off all delivery and takeout orders, 40% off all wine deliveries and 20% off all gift cards up to $500 has ramped up business.

“We’re making more food than before,” he said, adding that self-quarantining has become problematic for “people who get tired of cooking for themselves.”

While Dubrovnik Restaurant is offering delivery services, he admitted that people are “worried about third-party deliveries.”

A NEW TECH TOUCH

For Mark Zeck, managing attorney and licensed financial adviser at Ridgefield’s Zeck Law Offices LLC, customized webinars for clients had been used “very, very sparingly” before COVID-19 reached the U.S. “Now, it is a regular part of our business,” he said. “We now include online services for our clients.”

Zeck pointed out that the sensitive nature of client communications requires an individualized approach with “all consultations kept as confidential consultations in a oneon-one basis.”

And while Zeck would prefer in-person meetings, he acknowledged this solution “keeps business as usual and safe and effective for our clients.”

Jaime Urteaga, founder and CEO at Digital Chair Inc. in White Plains, has been using downtime to attend the virtual business group

meeting sponsored by Master Networks, a national networking organization with regional chapters. He has developed leads that he hopes to convert into new business relationships. He co-hosted a Young Professionals of Westchester happy hour event called Thirsty Thursday — albeit with attendees imbibing across cyberspace — and this kept him in touch with peers and potential clients.

The website design and digital marketing expert said, “I have nine contractors who work remotely. Luckily, this situation has not really affected my business.”

Mark Pires, a real estate broker at the New Canaan office of Berkshire Hathaway HomeServices New England Properties, is experimenting with digital video technology in an effort to serve potential homebuyers who are not eager to go out in the midst of the pandemic.

“I had a client who walked in with a 14-month-old baby at an open house,” he recalled. “She said, ‘I know we shouldn’t be out, but we need to buy.’ ” Pires has developed the Stay Safe Concierge Real Estate Service, where clients send him properties from the multiple listing service and he creates a video tour of the properties with a 24- to 48-hour turnaround time. Pires promised the videos would not be a glossy sales video, but an “inspection walk-through showing what needs to be done and a ballpark estimate of what it will cost.”

Pires envisioned this service as having a post-pandemic life, where “people in San Diego who want to buy in Connecticut can use the service and make decisions from across the country.”

DESPITE THE BEST EFFORTS ...

For James Shyer, co-CEO and chief operating officer at Zyloware Eyewear, a distributor of designer eyewear based in Port Chester, the only course of action in the face of the COVID19 uncertainty was to shut down the business on March 19 with a projected reopening of April 6. Shyer sent his clients a message with his personal email, guaranteeing them that their orders will be fulfilled.

He explained that the reputation of the 97-year-old, family-owned business was at stake.

Sara Leand, owner of The Snackery Bakeshop in Larchmont, hoped she had a winning formula with “care packages” to be delivered to those who found themselves homebound. The six-product “hug in a box” line featured Moon Pies, Twinkies and Yodels, as well as homemade pop tarts, cupcakes, breakfast treats and the reliable old standby of cookies and milk, along with a personalized card of good cheer.

“I started my bakery as a place where people can be happy and forget about their troubles,” she said.

The good vibes were not enough as the business was forced to shutter on March 19 for an indefinite closure.

In the Family Wade’s Dairy takes on COVID-19 phall@westfairinc.com

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ade’s Dairy has been operating since 1893 and over the decades the company has been witness to every epoch-shaping crisis that has percolated across the political and economic horizons.

But despite the challenges of the Great Depression, two world wars, several recessions and assorted changes in the business landscape — including the shift away from home deliveries of milk, once a company staple — the Bridgeport-based, family-owned dairy and food products distributor has weathered whatever storm came along.

On March 16, company president Douglas Wade sat in his office and ruminated on the latest crisis to challenge his world.

“Last Wednesday and Thursday, we were servicing about 150 schools with their milk supply,” he stated. “And by Friday morning, it was all done. And, so, we have about 7,000 cases of school milk in our coolers and on trailers that has no home right now. I just never would have believed that the schools could be here one day and shut down the next.”

Gov. Ned Lamont’s decision to close Connecticut’s schools in response to the spread of COVID-19 left Wade with products carrying a very specific shelf life that would be long expired after the schools will be allowed to reopen.

“I’ve asked the governor’s office to allow us to freeze it, because I have the capability to freeze it all,” he continued. “And then whenever schools would come back, we simply thaw it and send it out. But they have yet to give me an OK on that because they’re concerned about the expiration date and having people on Twitter and Facebook saying, ‘We’re serving our kids outdated milk.’ ” Wade acknowledged the milk not going to the schools could be donated to nonprofits serving those in need, but he pointed to his bottom-line needs.

“Yes, I can be donating, but I’m worried about our survival,” he added. “We can’t take a $50,000 hit on top of having no sales, and that’s about 40% of my business this time of the year are school sales.”

But that’s not the only headache Wade is carrying.

“And now my restaurant business is going,” he added.

The company’s footprint stretches in a 90-mile radius from its Bridgeport facility with clients in Westchester County and lower Putnam County in New York and across the borders into Massachusetts and Rhode Island. And while it is dealing with the sudden loss of key business outlets, it is also fielding

Wade’s son, brother and two nieces are part of his workforce, which operates on a 24/7 basis.

“We’ve got a night crew that’s in here at seven in the evening and they work ’til three or four o’clock in the morning loading all the trucks,” he observed. “The drivers start coming in at 3:30 in the morning. We’ve got four tractor-trailer drivers that have gone back and forth picking up our milk in Reading, Pennsylvania. It’s a busy operation.”

When the COVID-19 crisis fades into the history books, Wade has a challenge he is eager to take on: getting more people to drink milk.

“Drinking fluid milk has had a precipitous decline for many, many years,” he complained.

requests from food retailers whose inventory was snatched up during the recent waves of COVID-19 panic shopping.

“Some of the store shelves are barren,” Wade said. “Costco ran out of milk and the Adams grocery stores are out of milk. They’re calling us — and we’re not their supplier.”

Beyond milk, the company has been supplying food retailers with a product mix ,which includes egg products, cookie and pastry mixes and single-serve juices. To Wade’s amazement, the retailers’ demand for bottled water has been overwhelming.

“We’re sending tractor trailers to upstate Douglas Wade, president of Wade’s Dairy, in New York,” he said. “And this is the business his Bridgeport office. Photo by Phil Hall.

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Most of Connecticut’s COVID-19 cases are in Fairfield County

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s of March 25, Connecticut had 883 confirmed COVID19 cases, according to Gov. Ned Lamont.

The governor said most of the total was in Fairfield County, meaning 546 cases.

The state recorded seven more deaths, bringing the total to 19.

Lamont also said about 900 retired nurses and doctors have returned to duty and about 300 of them are at work.

Also, Southern and Central Connecticut State universities are opening their dormitories not only for intermediate coronavirus cases, but possibly also for medical staff.

As for personal protective equipment (PPE), the governor said while the wait continues for federal supplies to arrive, "We're not gonna sit around and wait for the cavalry to come in." Lamont said the state is "vetting lots of different options, offers" for PPE, "some of which seem a little shady, frankly."

He said the Mohegan tribe donated close to 1 million sanitary gloves to the cause.

AROUND THE STATE

Leaders of the General Assembly, including House Speaker Joe Aresimowicz (D-Berlin), House Minority Leader Themis Klarides (R-Derby), Senate President Pro Tem Martin M. Looney (D-New Haven) and Senate Minority Leader Len Fasano (R-North Haven), said they would meet again the week of April 6 to assess the situation.

The General Assembly is scheduled to conclude its current session on May 6. Although it seems increasingly likely that the session will be extended as the Assembly grapples with the presumed aftermath of the virus, no official indication has been given. Issues like legalizing recreational marijuana and allowing sports betting — both potentially significant generators of revenue — have yet to be brought to a vote.

BUSINESS IMPACT

The governor ordered all nonessential businesses to close. Those allowed to remain open include businesses in the health care, financial services/banking, defense, food

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supply, child care, hospitality and public transportation fields. Major construction projects already underway will be allowed to continue.

Danbury’s FuelCell Energy announced it has temporarily suspended operations at its Torrington facility, and expects to remain closed until April 20, with some employees who cannot work remotely returning April 1. Employees unable to work from home during the closure will receive full pay and benefits.

As of March 24, approximately 99,000 unemployment claims had been made in the state since March 13, the Department of Labor reported. A typical week sees about 2,500 claims.

Department of Economic and Community Development (DECD) Commissioner David Lehman said the state’s $25 million small business “bridge” loan program is about to be officially released. Targeted at companies with up to 100 employees, as well as nonprofits and sole practitioners, the loans will come with 18-month terms at 0% interest, and capped at $75,000.

The loans’ amounts will be based upon each recipient’s three months of operating expenses, including payroll.

PREPARING FOR A SURGE

State hospitals have increased their capacity by 30% to 40%, Lamont said, largely due to the cancellation of elective surgeries, which he noted can be significant revenue streams for those facilities. Lamont said he hopes to get

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that figure up to 50%.

Dr. Matthew Cartter, the state epidemiologist with the Department of Public Health, predicted the number of infections in Connecticut would be “in the thousands range,” and estimated that the number of deaths will be “much greater” than the approximately 300 to 600 recorded each flu season.

Lamont said estimates are that 15% of the infected will end up in the hospital, and of those, “maybe 5% will end up in intensive care.” The average time spent in an ICU seems to be about two weeks, the governor said, versus the four-week average in China.

Drive-thru testing facilities are open at 21 sites around the state, including at Bridgeport, Danbury, Greenwich, Norwalk and Stamford hospitals as well as Saint Vincent in Bridgeport.

SCHOOLS TO STAY CLOSED UNTIL FALL?

Although Lamont extended the mandatory closure of schools from March 17 to April 20, on March 24 he told WCBS (AM 880) that he could extend it again until after the summer.

“I really think that’s the likelihood,” Lamont said. “You just look at Italy and you look at Wuhan province. You worry that if people get back too quickly that there’ll be a second iteration of this virus. So, April 20 is the minimum, probably the school year.”

The Partnership for Connecticut announced that it will be donating 60,551 laptops. Eligibility is limited to the high schools across the state’s 33 Alliance Districts that serve significant populations of students who are eligible for free or reduced-price meals, and laptop distribution will prioritize students demonstrating the most need. The districts include Bridgeport.

DONATIONS

That move followed an announcement by Barbara and Ray Dalio and Dalio Philanthropies that they are donating $3 million for 26 day care centers near hospitals where the parents of 1,066 children work. Another $1 million will be divided between the state’s two major food banks.

Indra and Raj Nooyi plan to make a donation of high-quality, take-home books from Scholastic that will provide reading and writing instruction for more than 185,000 pre-kindergarten to eighth-grade students while learning from home.

Indra Nooyi is the former CEO of PepsiCo and currently serves as the co-director of AdvanceCT, a nonprofit organization that works to engage, retain and recruit businesses and advance overall economic competitiveness in Connecticut. Her husband Raj is president of AmSoft Systems, a company that provides custom solutions and services in the areas of e-business, new media and WAP solutions. They are residents of Greenwich.

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on hand that can be used to pay employees and suppliers. The Fed will finance a special purpose vehicle (SPV) to make loans from the PMCCF to companies.

The Term Asset-Backed Securities Loan Facility (TALF) would support the flow of credit to consumers and businesses. The TALF will enable the issuance of asset-backed securities backed by student loans, auto loans, credit card loans, loans guaranteed by the SBA and certain other assets.

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he Federal Reserve announced steps to help the U.S. economy that is being ravaged by the COVID-19 outbreak and social distancing as businesses have closed.

Large businesses would be helped first with the Fed promising another program that would be designed to help smaller businesses.

“While great uncertainty remains, it has become clear that our economy will face severe disruptions. Aggressive efforts must be taken across the public and private sectors to limit the losses to jobs and incomes and to promote a swift recovery once the disruptions abate.” the Fed said in a statement.

The Fed said it expects to announce the establishment of a Main Street Business Lending Program to support lending to eligible small- and medium-size businesses, complementing efforts by the Small Business Administration.

That would be in addition to specific plans announced to establish programs providing up to $300 billion in new financing for employers, consumers and businesses. It said the programs would be in the form of lending facilities that would buy corporate bonds, municipal bonds and paper tied to auto and real estate loans. It did not specify how much would go into each category. It did say that the Department of the Treasury would be using the Exchange Stabilization Fund to provide $30 billion in equity.

The Fed said its Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC) would buy an unlimited amount of mortgage-backed securities along with Treasury bonds to keep the financial markets functioning smoothly. The FOMC had previously announced it would purchase at least $500 billion of Treasury securities and at least $200 billion of mortgage-backed securities.

The Fed said it will establish two sources of funds to help large companies. The Primary Market Corporate Credit Facility (PMCCF) would be established to fund new bond and loan issuance, and the Secondary Market Corporate Credit Facility (SMCCF) would be intended to provide liquidity for outstanding corporate bonds.

The PMCCF will allow companies access to credit so they are better able to maintain business operations and capacity while disruptions caused by the pandemic continue to have impact. This facility is open to investment-grade companies and will provide bridge financing of four years.

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The County Center, built at a cost of $785,000, had its grand opening on May 22, 1930. In 1988, work was completed on a $16 million rehabilitation. No price tag has been released for the cost of building and maintaining hospital facilities that officials hope will never be used. The fear is that if the COVID-19 coronavirus pandemic continues unabated, even added hospital beds at the County Center will not be enough to handle the thousands of Westchester residents who will become seriously ill with pneumonia and respiratory system collapse.

“The County Center ... is completely now under the control of the Health Department as it becomes fitted appropriately for temporary hospital services,” Westchester County Executive George Latimer said.

The County Center was selected for hospital use along with the Jacob Javits Convention Center in Manhattan, SUNY Stony Brook and SUNY in Old Westbury.

Hospitals throughout the county were closed to visitors with exceptions made on a case-by-case basis for visitors to terminally-ill patients and other special situations.

The Westchester County Medical Center in Valhalla was operating a drive-thru COVID19 testing station for people who qualified for testing and made appointments.

The county’s Bee-Line bus system, while still operating, imposed requirements for passengers to use only the rear doors to keep them away from bus drivers. Special arrangements would be made for the boarding of disabled riders.

Store shelves were generally out of hand sanitizer, disinfecting products, toilet paper, paper towels, certain vitamins and

A completely empty Tarrytown Road in White Plains on a recent weekday morning.

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thermometers. At stores such as CVS in Scarsdale and Stop&Shop in White Plains, quantity limits of one per customer were imposed as supplies dwindled.

The state Department of Motor Vehicles closed all of its offices until further notice and suspended all road tests. It said driver licenses, vehicle registrations and other documents with an expiration date of March 1, 2020, or later are automatically extended. It said many transactions can be completed using its website, dmv.ny.gov.

Restaurants, bars and other businesses that were deemed nonessential were ordered closed by the state as part of the effort to enforce social distancing.

The White Plains Downtown Business Improvement District (WPDBID) started promotional campaigns to encourage residents to patronize local businesses that were still operating either at their brick-and-mortar loca-

tions or online. The WPDBID created a list of 56 restaurants still open for takeout, delivery and curbside pickup.

Latimer said the closings “are absolutely devastating to the small businessmen and women who run these businesses and to the workforces of these businesses, people who are hourly wage individuals who work in a nail salon, who work in a restaurant or bar and work off of tips and a small hourly wage and now have no job whatsoever.”

Latimer said decisions will be made next month about whether the county’s Playland Amusement Park and the county beaches will open.

He said the county’s golf courses remain open. So do parks, but children’s playgrounds are off-limits because it’s impossible to constantly sanitize the playground equipment and make sure that no COVID-19 is on the surfaces that children touch.

“I take total responsibility for shutting off the economy in terms of essential workers, but we also have to start to plan the pivot back to economic functionality,” said Gov. Andrew Cuomo. “We have to start to think about does everyone stay out of work?

Should young people go back to work sooner? Can we test for those who had the virus resolved and are now immune and can they start to go back to work?”

He offered no timeline for when a restart effort might be possible.

Cuomo said the state would begin testing to see whether malaria drugs and harvesting antibodies from the blood of patients who have survived COVID-19 can be effective in treating the disease.

On March 24, Cuomo held a news conference at the Javits Center at which he was seated in front of stacks of cartons containing personal protective equipment such as surgical gowns and face masks. Cuomo blasted the federal government for not responding

to New York’s need for ventilators and other equipment. Within hours, Vice President Mike Pence announced the government would be sending 4,000 ventilators to New York by March 26. However, that was only a portion of the 30,000 ventilators Cuomo said the state needed.

Cuomo said as of March 25 there had been 4,691 cases of COVID-19 detected in Westchester, with 30,811 cases in New York state. New York City had 17,856 cases.

In Rockland, there were 968 and 638 in Orange County. Dutchess had 153 cases.

There were 285 deaths reported in New York state.

Cuomo said projections indicate the virus is spreading so fast that New York state will need 140,000 beds in hospitals when the outbreak reaches its peak. The state had been projecting the number would be 110,000. The state has about 53,000 hospital beds. He estimated that the pandemic’s peak in New York will occur in the second or third week of April.

Cuomo was critical of the notion voiced by President Donald Trump that it would soon be appropriate to abandon the social distancing method for fighting the spread of the disease and reopen businesses.

Trump compared deaths from COVID-19 to the death toll from ordinary flu and automobile accidents.

In 2018, 36,560 people died in auto accidents in the U.S., and so far this year about 22,000 people have died in the U.S. from influenza. Data indicate the death rate from COVID-19, for which there is no vaccine and no therapy, is more than 10 times the death rate from influenza.

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention estimates that in a worst-case scenario in which there are not adequate measures taken to impede the virus, 214 million Americans would be infected with 1.7 million deaths.

Regeneron moves forward in fight against COVID-19

BY PETER KATZ pkatz@westfairinc.com

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egeneron has started a trial to see whether the drug Kevzara that it developed with the French multinational pharmaceutical company Sanofi and has been approved to treat patients with rheumatoid arthritis also works to treat the inflammatory effects of COVID-19.

The coronavirus attacks the lungs and causes inflammation, resulting in a diminished ability to breathe. It has been theorized that Kevzara (sarilumab) might inhibit lung inflammation in COVID-19 in the same way it inhibits inflammation in arthritis patients.

Kevzara is a monoclonal antibody drug that binds to and blocks the interleukin-6 (IL-6) protein signaling pathway that has

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been associated with rheumatoid arthritis.

IL-6 helps regulate immune responses and inflammation among other functions.

In a Chinese study, when the protein in 21 patients who had COVID-19 was blocked using a different IL-6 receptor antibody, their fevers rapidly declined and the supplemental oxygen that 15 of them had been receiving was able to be reduced.

Westchester-based Regeneron said if its clinical trial goes all the way to completion about 400 patients will have been enrolled.

To enter the U.S. trial, patients must be hospitalized with laboratory-confirmed COVID-19 that is classified as severe or critical.

George D. Yancopoulos, co-founder, president and chief scientific officer of Regeneron, said, “Data from China suggest that the IL-6 pathway may play an important role in the overactive inflammatory response in the

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lungs of patients with COVID-19. Despite this encouraging finding, it’s imperative to conduct a properly designed, randomized trial to understand the true impact. Our trial is the first controlled trial in the U.S. to evaluate the effect of IL-6 inhibition prospectively in COVID-19 patients.”

At the same time, Regeneron has been making progress in its efforts to create a cocktail of monoclonal antibodies that will provide immunity against the novel coronavirus and provide those who already have the virus some ready-made antibodies for their body to use in fighting it.

Regeneron has announced that its scientists have isolated hundreds of antibodies from mice whose immune systems might have a possibility of fighting COVID-19. The mice were reengineered so their immune systems emulate the immune systems of

humans. It also has isolated antibodies from humans who have recovered from COVID-19.

Regeneron plans to find the two antibodies that have the greatest ability to bind to so-called spike proteins on the surface of the virus and thus block them from infiltrating human cells.

The company said using a multi-antibody approach allows for the targeting of different parts of the virus and may help protect people when and if the virus goes through changes similar to the way new strains of influenza appear from year to year.

The company said as the lead antibodies are selected it plans to immediately begin clinical-scale production and hopes to have the quantities necessary for clinical trials by the beginning of summer. Its goal would be to produce hundreds of thousands of doses per month by the end of summer.

Banks tell customers: 'We're there for you'

BY KEVIN ZIMMERMAN kzimmerman@westfairinc.com

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anks are finding the COVID-19 crisis a very challenging time.

However, local and national lending institutions are making encouraging sounds about helping their customers navigate today’s uncertainties.

In fact, Connecticut has been working to provide relief, particularly for small businesses.

“We’re in much better condition than many of our peer states,” Gov. Ned Lamont said at a March 19 press briefing, referring to Connecticut’s $200 million surplus and the $2.5 billion in its rainy day fund.

At the briefing, Department of Economic and Community Development (DECD) Commissioner David Lehman said the department was putting the finishing touches on a small-business bridge loan program, which he defined as “a bridge to when revenues start flowing again.”

Terms would be 12 to 18 months at zero to 1%, Lehman said. That differs from the loans being offered by the U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA), whose Economic Injury Disaster Loans offer up to $2 million in assistance over a maximum of 30 years at 2.75% to 3.75% interest.

“The banks have a significant amount of capital” as opposed to during the 2008-09 financial crisis, Lehman added. “They can be a big part of the solution this time.”

“We are constantly getting more information from the OCC (Office of the Comptroller of the Currency, a bureau within the U.S. Treasury Department) and the SBA. And we’ve had really good correspondence with the state’s banking commissioner,” Richard Muskus Jr., president of Stamford’s Patriot Bank, told the Business Journal.

On March 17, Connecticut Department of Banking Commissioner Jorge Perez issued guidance to all state-chartered banks and credit unions, which included the encouragement of easing credit terms for new loans, waiving overdraft fees and late fees for loan balances and allowing borrowers to defer some payments or extending payments’ due dates.

“Any modifications to existing loans that are deemed prudent by financial institutions in light of the circumstances will not be subject to regulatory criticism,” Perez wrote.

The commissioner issued similar guidance to residential mortgage servicers the following day.

Newtown Savings Bank President Ken Weinstein said the guidance contains “nothing surprising or inconsistent with the informal guidance we are always receiving” from the department.

Muskus noted that loan payment deferrals and the like will be considered on a case-bycase basis.

“Over the past few days, I can’t tell you how

many times I’ve said (to clients), ‘The bank is your partner. It’s incumbent upon us to help you get through this.’ ” he said.

But while such sudden economic reversals can lead to panic, the banks say their customers have, for the most part, remained steadfast.

“We’ve received a lot of calls about loan deferrals,” noted Newtown’s First Vice President, Senior Commercial Lending Officer Mary Jascha. “And we’ve been expediting those for approval. We’re also waiting for approval for offering a small business line of credit of up to $50,000. We’re assuring our customers that there isn’t a liquidity problem.”

“There are always a few folks” looking to withdraw all their money in such a crisis, added the bank’s Executive Vice President and Chief Banking Officer Anthony Giobbi. “People who are coming in are generally feeling OK.” The Connecticut Housing Finance

Authority (CHFA) is providing information to its single-family and multifamily borrowers, lenders and partners on financial assistance and federal guidance for those who may be struggling to make mortgage payments due to unemployment, underemployment or other financial hardship related to the crisis.

Options may include forbearance and loan modification, according to CHFA CEO and Executive Director Nandini Natarajan, who noted that those opportunities are available to all mortgage holders, not just CHFA borrowers.

The organization also suspended all foreclosure and eviction activity for 60 days, consistent with actions being taken by the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) and the Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA).

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Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac have ordered lenders to be more flexible with borrowers, reducing and/or suspending payments for up to 12 months.

Also, most banks are encouraging customers to rely on online, mobile and drive-thru banking when they can.

Patriot, People’s United and Savings Bank of Danbury are among those that have temporarily closed all of their banking office lobbies, while Newtown Savings has done the same except for its Trumbull branch, which does not offer drive-thru service. All ask that appointments be made ahead of time to come to those branches to discuss transactions that cannot be accommodated in the aforementioned ways.

Most banks have asked 50% or more of their employees to work from home while no layoffs have been made.

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and on-going research in virology as one of its great strengths.

“If you ever wonder who helps design the influenza vaccine every year, well, it’s been us for 50 years. We are the ones who develop it. If you were to walk the floors of the laboratories, you’ll notice we have a lot of eggs, chicken eggs, in incubators, because you grow the virus in chicken eggs” Halperin said.

NYMC’s current influenza laboratory was established by internationally respected professor of microbiology and immunology Dr. Edwin Kilbourne who was a member of the college faculty from 1992 until his retirement in 2002 and was professor emeritus in microbiology and immunology from 2002 until his passing in 2011. Kilbourne donated a catalog of nearly 200 variations of the influenza virus to the National Institutes of Health, which was named the Kilbourne/ New York Medical College Archive. The flu vaccine must be revised each year to remain effective in attacking surface proteins of the virus, which are altered by changes in the virus’ genetics.

Halperin said that the college has a large inflammation science group studying “the inflammation caused by the virus, which causes a lot of mischief of the virus.”

In serious cases, COVID-19 attacks cells deep in the lungs, commonly leading to severe pneumonia and the need for a patient to be put on a ventilator before the body’s organs begin to fail from lack of oxygen.

“We will be participating in some of the upcoming clinical studies for therapies for inflammation caused by the virus in the lung,” Halperin said.

Because of the need to adopt social distancing, which is at the core of efforts to slow the spread of the virus, NYMC has had to make changes on its campus.

Vital research and experiments continue as before but classes and lectures at the School of Medicine, Graduate School of Basic Medical Sciences, School of Health and Sciences and Practice, the Touro College of Dental Medicine at NYMC and the Touro College of Health Sciences’ nursing program have been impacted.

“We have done what most of the physical therapy, speech pathology and medical and dental schools have done in this region, which is taken the students out of lecture halls so we don’t have 200 young people sitting elbow to elbow in a lecture hall, but moved the lecture online, moved a lot of the teaching experience to virtual experiences with simulations,” Halperin said. “The third and fourth year medical students who were on the wards (in training at hospitals) were asked by many hospitals to come off the wards because of the shortage of surgical masks and other equipment. The medical interns are moving into support roles, helping out with contact tracing (who COVID-19 patients may have been in contact with) and helping out with the drive-thru coronavirus testing.”

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Edward C. Halperin, chancellor and CEO of New York Medical College.

If you ever wonder who helps design the influenza vaccine every year, well, it’s been us for 50 years.

We are the ones who develop it.

— Edward C. Halperin

Halperin described the transition from being on-campus centric to online as having been “pretty smooth, even for an old guy like me. I’m teaching two courses this semester: introduction to cancer for students of dentistry and introduction to the history of medicine for students of medicine,” he said, adding that he had delivered 2½ hours worth of lectures to medical students and dental students online over two days.

“The technology is such that you load your lecture slides up onto your computer,” Halperin explained. “You open up the correct piece of

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software. You go ‘click, click, click’ and then you see in the upper box 57 people are listening, 83 people are listening and then they put a computer to your left and it says ‘chat.’ And you say, ‘well good morning ladies and gentlemen, can you hear me?’ and suddenly the computer on your left goes ‘yes, yes sir, we’re listening, OK, go ahead’ and then you start lecturing and then you say, ‘well now we’ve covered this topic, are there any questions?’ ” Halperin described how a student asks a question, he repeats the question so he’s sure everyone knows what it is and then he gives the answer. He said at the end of a recent lecture, after expressing hope that the students found it helpful, emojis of hands applauding started popping up on the computer screen.

Halperin said NYMC has decided to shift to the internet a ceremony at which fourthyear medical students find out where they are going to do their internships and residencies.

“The last thing we should be doing is having 210 medical students, mommy and daddy, boyfriend and girlfriend and aunt Loretta all coming to hug and squeeze and cry when they get their envelopes,” Haperin said. “So, we’re going to do it virtually.

They’ll find out where they are matched online. There will be a speech from the dean online. They’ll be chatting back and forth online. They won’t have the experience of hugging but they won’t have the risk of getting infected by hugging, either.”

With the college’s commencement cere-

mony about eight weeks away, Halperin told the Business Journal it had not decided on the specifics of how it will be handled.

Halperin suggested that “Pomp and Circumstance” can be played, speeches delivered, the Hippocratic and other oaths administered and those students going into the military sworn in.

“I’m betting a bunch of creative people who work hard and think out of the box can do a pretty fair job of having a commencement,” he said. “This college has made it through the Civil War, two world wars, the Spanish-American War, the Great Depression, Legionnaires’ disease, HIV and 9/11. We’ll make it through a virus and figure out how to do a commencement if we have to.”

Halperin said the steps taken to react to the COVID-19 pandemic may help develop new teaching techniques for the future.

“To think otherwise would be to neglect medical history,” Halperin said.

He pointed to medical colleges reacting to the needs of World War II by turning out the doctors the military needed in three years instead of the traditional four years. Halperin also suggested that the reason the U.S. was able to build the Panama Canal when others couldn’t was because of American ingenuity.

“We will figure out things we haven’t figured out before and we’ll be better because of it,” Halperin said. “I believe in the future and the best way to predict the future of medicine is to invent it ourselves.”

Lamont fails on taxes, tolls

BY PHIL HALL phall@westfairinc.com

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onnecticut Gov. Ned Lamont gained a mildly higher approval rating during the first quarter of this year, according to a poll commissioned by Sacred Heart University’s Institute for Public Policy and the

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Hartford Courant.

However, the governor’s handling of tolls and tax issues has not endeared him with most residents.

The poll, which surveyed 1,000 Connecticut residents and was conducted between Feb. 24 and March 12, gave Lamont a 31% approval rating on his job performance, up from 28.1% in December and 24.1% last September. Most of the high scores came from Democrats (48.2% approval versus 29.8% unsure), followed by unaffiliated residents (25% approval versus 32.9% unsure) and Republicans (16.75% approval versus 13.2% unsure).

The poll has a margin of error of plus or

minus 3.02%.

Regarding how Lamont approached specific policies, 57.5% of respondents disapproved of his tax policies and 56.8% were unhappy with his leadership on tolls.

Lamont also received a 34.7% approval on protecting the environment and providing green initiatives as well as a 32.7% approval on handling public and primary education and a 30.2% approval for leadership on health care.

Also, 64.3% rated Connecticut’s overall quality of life as either excellent (18.5%) or good (45.8%), up from 60.6% in December.

The poll also found 21.3% of respondents voicing concern that the quality of life in

Connecticut is declining, down from 27% in December. The majority of surveyed residents (63.4%) said they would either strongly (34.4%) or somewhat (29%) support the legalization of recreational marijuana in Connecticut.

The poll raised the question of the 2020 presidential race, with 51.9% of respondents saying they would vote for former Vice President Joe Biden over President Donald Trump (35.6%). In the event Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders snagged the Democrat nomination, 49.6% of poll respondents said they would vote for him while 38% supported the president’s re-election.

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onnecticut’s attorney general is accusing Amazon of failing to police its websites for illegal markups of merchandise, while reiterating a request for state residents to report price gouging to his office.

Attorney General William Tong wants information from Amazon “regarding efforts to detect and combat price gouging during the COVID-19 pandemic,” noting that any such instances are illegal following an emergency declaration by Connecticut Gov. Ned Lamont.

Tong demanded that Amazon provide the names of any state residents or businesses whom the company has determined to be profiteering at the expense of buyers during the coronavirus emergency. And he wants details on Amazon’s policies for monitoring abuses on its websites, both before and after the emergency declaration.

Tong indicated his office has sent similar letters to other unnamed Connecticut retailers.

Tong’s office indicated an Amazon shopper complained of being charged $400 in shipment fees for two boxes of face masks sold for less than $100 by a seller using the Amazon handle “VictoryZ,” one of more than 130 complaints by consumers who say they were overcharged in stores or online for basic supplies like disinfectants, hand sanitizers and toilet paper.

The company is among the state’s larger employers, both through its subsidiary chain Whole Foods Market as well as its website distribution centers in North Haven and Wallingford and with another planned for Stratford.

Last month, Amazon opened its first retail store in Connecticut, an Amazon 4-star outlet at the SoNo Collection mall in South Norwalk, with Connecticut malls having been ordered to close as Lamont looks to limit mass gatherings during the outbreak.

Ken Dixon contributed to this report.

Alexander Soule is a staff reporter with Hearst Connecticut Media. He can be reached at Alex.

Soule@scni.com or 203-842-2545.

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Sacred Heart professor: Fox News is ‘the mouthpiece of the Trump administration’

BY PHIL HALL phall@westfairinc.com

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s the COVID-19 pandemic metastasized from a strange health crisis in other parts of the world into the shutdown of major sectors of American society, mainstream media coverage of the story grew to the point where it now commands an overwhelming quantity of coverage.

Regional media professionals and observers have expressed mixed opinions on how the mainstream media is covering the story.

Public relations executive Ronald R. Magas is starting to find the coverage more than a little overwhelming.

“I’ve never seen anything quite like this crisis,” said Magas, who runs Magas Media Consultants LLC in Monroe. “Turn on the TV, your watch, your phone, your tablet and you get information. The problem: there is too much information. It’s overkill at this point. It is now the only thing on people’s minds, and there is other news out there that people

should be focused on.”

Lennie Grimaldi, who writes and publishes the Only in Bridgeport blog, pointed out that stories related to COVID-19 now dominate his website.

“Each day it's getting closer to home for my audience,” he said. “My focus is spreading as much information as possible to fill in questions of local readers via city and state officials or health care professionals, rules for unemployment benefits. My wife is a chemist for a hospital in Connecticut, so that also provides some insight into how the health emergency impacts the medical industry.”

Adam Rugg, assistant professor of communication at Fairfield University, believed the evolution of the 24/7 news cycle has created an impression of overkill.

“It can feel overwhelming because we’re immersed in media all of the time,” he said. “It can feel like a nonstop bombardment.”

Bill Yousman, associate professor in Sacred Heart University’s School

of Communication, Media & the Arts, pointed out that it is a mistake to view the mainstream media as a single entity.

Turn on the TV, your watch, your phone, your tablet and you get information.

The problem: there is too much information. It’s overkill at this point. It is now the only thing on people’s minds, and there is other news out there that people should be focused on.

— Ronald R. Magas

“You have to drill down more specifically,” he explained. “Some media sources are doing a good job with it. Other media sources are either downplaying it or giving too much credence to sources that don’t have good information.”

Yousman praised The New York Times and Washington Post’s national coverage and cited Connecticut radio stations WNPR and WSHU for their take on local updates. He lamented that cable television “maybe sensationalized it a little bit with special documentaries framed in a fearful manner, showing people in hazmat suits.” But he reserved his ire for one media outlet in particular.

“Fox News has done a really, really terrible job,” he complained. “And it is actually dangerous because their main demographic is older people. They’re just the mouthpiece of the Trump administration and have taken up his line of downplaying it and giving false information. Geraldo Rivera made some really

outrageous claims with no sane basis.”

John Roche, assistant professor of journalism at Western Connecticut State University, admitted that some aspects of the mainstream media have turned into infotainment, with both sides of the political spectrum “giving spin instead of giving accurate information.”

Still, he expressed admiration for how the mainstream media has taken on the complexities of the story.

“I’ve seen some really spectacular coverage in a way that is unprecedented in my lifetime,” he stated.

“9/11 was a one-day event with implications that kept carrying on, but this is an ever-changing target. Most journalists have done a pretty good job in getting out accurate and verified information.”

Running parallel to the mainstream media is social media, which is often less concerned with reporting the facts.

Matthew Chudoba, a strategic communications professional with Norwalk-

based ICR, saw firsthand how incorrect social media announcements make a bad situation worse.

“This has also brought out the worst in social media, as I’ve seen a lot of fake news being circulated,” he said. “Someone showed me a tweet that claimed Gov. (Charlie) Baker was going to lock down the state of Massachusetts. I was with Massachusetts residents at the time in Florida and they were panicking over it.”

Chase Hutchison, senior vice president at Brookfieldbased Mack Media Group and co-host of “The Mack Talks” podcast, put the onus on the social media users to be cognizant of their information sources.

“As consumers of media, I think the most important thing is to watch where we get our news from,” he said. “If it's not from a credible source, don't take it as fact — and definitely don't share it with friends and family. We should be doing this anyway, but it's even more important during this crisis that people receive factual information.”

Altman Lighting files closing notice for Yonkers plant

BY PETER KATZ pkatz@westfairinc.com

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ltman Lighting, Inc., which was founded in 1953 and grew to become a major manufacturer of lighting equipment for theaters, television and the movies, is closing its Yonkers plant, according to a notice the company filed with the New York State Department of Labor (DOL).

The company has been located at 57 Alexander St. on a 6.16-acre parcel that is set for redevelopment by Rose Associates of Manhattan.

Altman told the DOL that all 45 employees at the location would be impacted

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by the closing. It stated that the reason was a relocation to Colorado. The company said the closing date would be June 15. It said the employees are not represented by a union.

The Business Journal previously reported that Rose Associates had an agreement to buy the property for $23 million from Altman Stage Lighting Co., Altman Holdings LLC and Ron Rob Realty Corp. The Yonkers Industrial Development Agency (IDA) approved a package of financial incentives for the Rose Associates project.

Rose Associates’ plan called for a 7-story building with 440 rental apartments, 10% of which would be in the

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The production facility on Alexander Street.

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affordable category. There would be 443 parking spaces. The developer proposed 25,000 square feet of open space on the waterfront with a public walkway for river access. It said that its property would connect with waterfront sites north and south of

its property.

The developer estimated that the project would create 631 construction jobs and, when completed, 10 full-time jobs. The developer said the project would take 24 months to build with construction beginning in

July 2020 and an anticipated completion date in June 2022.

In its application to the IDA, Rose said the sales and mortgage tax breaks, plus a 20-year property tax abatement, “will help make the project financially viable.” It also referred to the site as a “now derelict and largely inaccessible” industrial section north of downtown. The property has five warehouses and a storage shed.

The site was cited in The Alexander Street Master Plan that had been adopted by the city council in 2009. The plan established a framework for the redevelopment of a section of the city’s Hudson River waterfront. It called for a mix of residential, retail,

commercial and open space uses in an area covering approximately 153 acres.

Charles and Alice Altman established Altman Lighting and initially provided affordable professional lighting equipment to schools and small theaters.

The company's line of products expanded and so did its roster of clients. The Altmans and their company received a number of industry awards over the years. In 1992, their son Robert became head of the company.

On March 23, the Yonkers plant was temporarily closed because of the COVID-19 outbreak. A notice from the company said it would remain closed until at least April 6.

The Hedgeye challenge on halting COVID-19: mitigation or suppression?

BY PHIL HALL phall@westfairinc.com

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s national statistics of confirmed COVID-19 infections rise and no clear path to resolving the pandemic has emerged, a challenge has been raised by Neil Howe, head of the demography sector at Stamford-based Hedgeye Risk Management, for the federal government to aggressively pursue either a policy of mitigation or suppression of the virus.

Speaking on a webcast on the pandemic’s economic disruptions, Howe noted that both options come with serious pluses and acute minuses.

“You can go for a mitigation and that flattens the curve while allowing more infections sooner,” he observed, citing the recent “herd immunity” comments by the U.K. government’s chief science adviser Sir Patrick Vallance.

“In a sense, that is the only time when an epidemic stops.

That is to say, when enough people are immune that the (net reproductive rate) basically goes below 1 because there’s so many people you are in contact with who’ve already gotten it.”

Howe noted the strength of this approach was that it “minimizes the duration of

the epidemic with much less economic damage.” On the other hand, Howe added, the weakness of this strategy is that “it overwhelms the health care system” and multiples the death rate. Howe noted that the governments in the U.K., the Netherlands and Sweden were beginning to take this approach but have since backed away.

The other option, Howe continued, is to go for suppression that will “flatten the curve all the way down.”

Unlike mitigation, fatality rates and cases of new infections are minimized and “you allow the health system to care fully for everyone who is sick.”

Yet this approach also carries major flaws.

“The weakness is it maximizes the duration (and creates) much more economic damage,” Howe said. “In fact, it sort of defers any solution indefinitely. This would be a great idea if we could bring up effective antivirals or bring up the date of the introduction of an effective vaccine — then that would really make sense. Right now, though, I think, best estimates, we’re still talking about at least a year away for a vaccine and who knows about the antivirals?”

Howe pointed out that a solution could exist in hybrid

approaches, including “smart mitigation” that would “allow for more infections, but directly sequester the older, sicker population.” This strategy would take the herd immunity approach with the goal of gradually returning the older and less healthy demographics back into the general population.

Another option, Howe continued, was “smart suppression,” which he defined as “suppression with minimal hindrance to work activity, but that would require widespread testing, diligent contact tracking, compliance with universal social distancing (and) would require a very socially regimented and disciplined way of life for several months in a row — perhaps sort of indefinitely until we get some of those pharmacological solutions.”

Howe noted that “smart suppression” was tried in an Italian town with a population of 3,300, where the infection rate was dropped to zero.

“They’re basically testing everyone every 10 days, and anyone who is positive, they sequester them and track them all down,” he said.

Howe also stated this was being done in parts of Asia, but admitted “it’s going to be much harder for the West to do it.”

NAR sees mixed COVID impact on real estate; Freddie Mac suspends foreclosures

BY PETER KATZ pkatz@westfairinc.com

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he chief economist for the National Association of Realtors (NAR), Lawrence Yun, says while the COVID19 pandemic and societal response such as social distancing have impacted the real estate market, the future might not be that bad.

“With fewer listings in what’s already a housing shortage environment, home prices are likely to hold steady,” Yun said. “The temporary softening of the real estate market will likely be followed by a strong rebound once the economic ‘quarantine’ is lifted, and it’s critical that supply is sufficient to meet pent-up demand.”

Yun’s comments coincided with NAR’s release of an economic survey it conducted March 16-17 that asked its members about how their businesses were doing during the crisis.

Nearly half, 48%, said homebuyer interest has decreased due to the outbreak. Just a week before, the number who reported a downturn was only 16%. The number of NAR members who said there’s no change in the number of homes on the market due to the coronavirus outbreak dropped to 69%,

down from 87% a week ago.

No significant change in buyer behavior was reported by 45% of the NAR members.

They said the stock market drop and lower mortgage rates roughly balanced out.

More than half of NAR members in the commercial real estate sector reported a decline in leasing clients. A week ago it had been 18%. In the latest survey the number was 54%.

NAR members reported that 83% of commercial buildings have changed their practices in the era of COVID19 with the most common changes including offering more hand sanitizer, doing more frequent cleaning of buildings and an increasing number of tenants working remotely.

The survey went to 72,734 of NAR’s members and had 3,059 usable responses.

For 96% of respondents, the majority of their business is residential. For 2% of respondents, the majority of their business is commercial. And 77% of respondents are in

a state that has declared a state of emergency. Also, 56% of members work in a local market where there are presumed or confirmed cases of COVID-19.

The NAR survey was released as mortgage capital giant Freddie Mac, which supplies capital to lenders for mortgages, announced actions to protect homeowners affected directly or indirectly by COVID-19.

Freddie Mac announced a nationwide suspension of all foreclosure sales and evictions of its borrowers for single-family homes. It expanded its forbearance program that provides borrowers with payment relief for up to 12 months and suspended borrower late charges and penalties. It also suspended reporting to credit bureaus of past-due payments of borrowers who are in a forbearance plan as a result of hardships attributable to the COVID national emergency.

Freddie Mac encouraged borrowers who may be experiencing financial challenges due to COVID-19 to contact their mortgage servicer so they can explore one of the Freddie Mac workout options.

The suspension of foreclosure sales and evictions applies until May 17 and may be extended.

Report affirms banking industry stability amid COVID-19 crisis

BY PHIL HALL phall@westfairinc.com

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espite the economic tumult created by the COVID-19 pandemic, the nation’s banking system is maintaining a state of stability and resiliency, according to a study issued by Kroll Bond Rating Agency (KBRA).

“Solid financial metrics provide a strong starting point going into this econom-

ically uncertain period,” the report stated. “Profitability and capitalization remain sound, while problem loans have hovered around multiyear lows.”

KBRA observed that while the nation’s major banks “are exposed to a potential broad-based impact in which consumer and commercial confidence is negatively affected and the economy slows meaningfully,” they will still be able to

weather a pandemic-disrupted economy.

“Under this scenario, problem loans could grow considerably from a very low base yet remain manageable in the context of core earnings, reserves and capital,” the report continued.

“Tangible common equity levels are managed at much higher levels than before the 2008 financial crisis.”

KBRA pointed out that the credit profiles of the

major banks are “materially stronger than in the past.”

And while their profitability “will likely diminish in the near term” due to reduced capital markets activities and rising asset quality problems, their “capital and liquidity positions are expected to remain comfortable.”

If the pandemic creates a prolonged economic slowdown, KBRA forecasted “potential problems would remain manageable in the

context of earnings power, reserves and capital” even with loan quality deterioration.

The secret to this state of health, KBRA concluded, was the ability not to repeat the mistakes that fueled the Great Recession.

“Financial fundamentals in the U.S. banking industry have changed for the better since the 2008 financial crisis, catalyzed by regulatory and policymaker initiatives,

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In Court | Bill Heltzel Rhinebeck collector sued for $1.1M over archive commission

Some of the posters from the archive.

A Rhinebeck aficionado of vintage AfricanAmerican movie memorabilia has been sued for more than $1.1 million for allegedly refusing to pay a commission when his

historic Separate Cinema Archive sold for $7.5 million.

Dwight M. Cleveland of Chicago sued John D. Kisch of Dutchess County on March 16 in federal court in White Plains.

The men had been friends for more than 35 years, the complaint states. “Their bond was only deepened by their shared passion for collecting vintage movie posters and related memorabilia.”

Kisch worked as a commercial and fine art photographer for many years. His passion was for the “Separate Cinema” movie posters and more from the African-American film industry that he began collecting in 1972.

In 1984, he published “Separate Cinema: The First 100 Years of Black Poster Art,” with a foreword by historian Henry Louis and afterword by filmmaker Spike Lee. Cleveland renovates Victorian homes in Chicago, according to a profile published last year in Antiques and The Arts Weekly, and he has collected 3,000 Hollywood movie posters.

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Cleveland claims Kisch gave him the exclusive right to market the Separate Cinema Archive during a visit at Kisch’s home in May 2018. They agreed on a 10% commission, according to the complaint, and later on an additional 5% if it sold for close to the $7.5 million asking price.

The Separate Cinema Archive encompasses 37,000 items and “embraces a complete history of black cinema in the 20th and 21st centuries,” appraiser Sarah Hodgson noted, “painstakingly put together with an expert eye over a period of 40 years.”

The archive includes movie posters, lobby cards, photographs, publicity material, film and other items. Hodgson estimated that the collection was worth more than $3 million, physically, and about $7.5 million factoring in its rarity and historical significance.

For 15 months in 2018 and 2019, Cleveland worked on selling the collection.

He produced a high-quality brochure to promote the archive, the complaint states, and he solicited wealthy individuals “who would respond to the African-American story” and institutions qualified to house the archive.

One of his prospects was the Lucas Museum of Narrative Art in Los Angeles,

founded by filmmaker George Lucas and his wife, Mellody Hobson, an African-American businesswoman who is co-CEO and president of Ariel Investments.

Cleveland alleges Kisch repeatedly assured him that he had the exclusive right to market the archive.

“Yes, I am fully prepared to keep you on board for your cut,” Kisch allegedly wrote in a May 2018 email in response to Cleveland’s request for assurance that he would get a 10% commission.

Kisch never terminated the deal, the complaint states, “or even expressed dissatisfaction” with Cleveland’s efforts.

But last July, Kisch allegedly notified Cleveland that the collection had been sold for close to the asking price, but refused to identify the buyer. News reports in January named the Lucas Museum as the buyer.

Kisch allegedly sent Cleveland a $500 check.

Cleveland accuses Kisch of breach of contract and unjust enrichment. He is demanding 15% of the sale price, or $1,125,000, based on his belief that the Separate Cinema Archive sold for “approximately $7.5 million.”

“I am in consultation with an attorney,” Kisch said in an email, “and not at liberty to comment at this time.”

In Court | Bill Heltzel LANDLORD SUES MRS. GREEN’S FOR $13.9M ON CLOSED HARTSDALE HEALTH FOODS MARKET

The Mrs. Green’s store in Rye closed in 2016.

Photo by Ryan Deffenbaugh.

A landlord is suing an affiliate of Mrs. Green’s Natural Foods for $13.9 million for unpaid rent on a closed Hartsdale store.

Brixmor Property Group filed a complaint on March 6 in Westchester Supreme Court, accusing Mrs. Green’s of defaulting on a lease at Dalewood II Shopping Center on North Central Avenue.

Mrs. Green’s, based in Irvington, has closed several area stores in recent years but still sells health foods in Briarcliff Manor, Eastchester, Mount Kisco and Yorktown Heights.

Brixmor is a publicly traded real estate investment trust based in Manhattan. It owns and operates more than 400 shopping centers and last year it booked $274 million in net income on revenue of nearly $1.2 billion.

In 2013, Mrs. Green’s leased 21,093 square feet for 20 years in the Dalewood Shopping Center at 381-393 N. Central Ave. The base rent began at $590,604 a year and was to culminate at $786,136 in the last five years.

But Mrs. Green’s Natural Market didn’t last long in that location, closing around 2015.

It subleased the space for three years, with Brixmor’s consent, to Best Market, a Bethpage grocery chain concentrated on Long Island.

The Best Market closed in late 2017.

Brixmor claims that Best Market fully paid its rent, but since then Mrs. Green’s has not covered rent and expenses.

The landlord applied a $295,302 security deposit to the debt.

In January, Brixmor terminated the lease and demanded that Mrs. Green’s pay past due rents and future rents under the 20-year lease, allegedly totaling $13,907,120.

Efforts to reach Mrs. Green’s for its side of the story were unsuccessful.

Brixmor is represented by Eastchester attorney Lisa M. Bluestein.

APPEALS COURT OKS NEW ROCHELLE TAKING PROPERTY FOR FIRE STATION IN DEVELOPMENT DEAL

An appeals court has upheld New Rochelle’s right to condemn a property that is part of a complicated deal to relocate Fire Station 1 and develop a 28-story apartment building.

The Second Appellate Division ruled on March 11 that the city acted properly in 2017 when it authorized the taking of 65 River

St. by eminent domain and when it decided not to conduct a full environmental impact study.

“The fact that a private developer will receive an ‘incidental benefit’ as a result of the project to relocate the firehouse,” the panel of four justices concurred, “will not invalidate the condemnation.”

The property is owned by River Street Realty Corp., managed by Michael Gravenese.

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1-15-20 For years, the two-story office and warehouse on the parcel was home to Gravenese’s Post Marine Supply. Now the building is empty.

a high-rise, mixed-use development.

Bids were solicited and MacQuesten Development of Pelham won the right to build an apartment, office and retail structure and parking garage.

But to make the $120 million deal work, MacQuesten could not disrupt firefighting.

MacQuesten proposed starting the project in 2018. It would begin on Harrison Street and work around the firehouse, and then relocate the fire station to 65 River St. New Rochelle tried to buy the Post Marine property.

“They named a price,” Gravenese’s attorney, Kenneth J. Finger, said in a telephone interview, “but we felt it was a low-ball price.”

He would not say how much the city offered. But the price was irrelevant, he

New Rochelle Fire Department Station 1.

Fire Station 1 is about a quarter-mile away, at 45 Harrison St., in the thick of the city’s ambitious $4 billion initiative to rebuild the downtown with new dwellings, stores and offices.

In 2017, the city determined that the 50-year-old fire station was antiquated and that the property could be put to better use as

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“They rejected it,” Finger said. “They wouldn’t even discuss it.”

River Street Realty Corp. challenged the condemnation directly with the Second Appellate Division, and since then, there has been no work done on the Harrison Street project or a new fire station.

Gravenese has two options. He can challenge the decision in the Court of Appeals or he could allow New Rochelle to take 65 River St. “They would pay my client the offered

MOUNT VERNON NANNY SUES FOR $1M IN ALLEGED REFINANCE SCAM

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amount,” Finger said, “and then we would litigate over the value of the property.”

The city was represented by Darius P. Chafizadeh and Michael Curti of Harris Beach PLLC of White Plains.

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Walker “may continue to have a broad impact on consumers at large,” Palmer contends, and specifically “homeowners in distress.”

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Attempts to contact Walker for her side of the story failed. B&W Foreclosure, and three other foreclosure companies listed in her name, are no longer in existence, according to the Michigan Department of Licensing and Regulatory Affairs. A phone number listed for Walker in a business filing is not in service.

In 2004, Palmer bought a Tudor-style house on Collins Avenue in the Fleetwood section of Mount Vernon for $715,000.

She borrowed $572,000 from America’s Wholesale Lender.

Palmer states that she was introduced to Walker in 2013 and she paid $1,700 to get help in lowering her monthly mortgage payments.

Palmer claims she was told to stop making loan payments, to purposely default on the mortgage, and to forward all correspondence and notices to Walker.

In 2014, according to the complaint, Palmer was told she had been approved for a “third party modification” through B&W Foreclosure and should make her loan payments directly to B&W. From 2014 to 2017, Palmer paid B&W $300,000.

In late 2014, U.S. Bank, the loan trustee, filed a foreclosure action on Palmer’s house.

She owed $491,496.

Palmer was unaware of the circumstances until 2017, according to a pleading in the foreclosure case, when she received a notice that her home would be sold at a public auction. A real estate broker rushed to the county courthouse for her to stop the auction and was told that it had been canceled because a Chapter 13 bankruptcy petition had been filed.

Palmer contacted the lawyer who filed the petition and they discovered that Walker had impersonated Palmer to file for bankruptcy.

The bankruptcy case was dismissed at Palmer’s request in 2018.

The foreclosure case is pending.

Last year, Palmer filed for Chapter 13 bankruptcy protection, citing a “mortgage scam.”

She declared more than $1.1 million in assets and $492,434 in liabilities. The assets consist mostly of her house, a $103,000 property in Jamaica, West Indies, and $349,000 that she claims Walker owes her. The mortgage debt comprises most of the liabilities.

She lists her occupation as a nanny, at $4,300 a month, and shows another $3,575 a month in business or rental income.

Her lawsuit charges Walker and B&W with fraud, breach of contract and violations of New York’s real property law and deceptive practices act.

She is represented by White Plains attorney Albert A. Hatem. Her bankruptcy attorneys are Julio E. Portilla of New York — the lawyer who mistakenly filed the bogus bankruptcy petition — and Linda M. Tirelli of White Plains.

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Hospitality, tourism taking a beating

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he hospitality and tourism sectors are taking the expected beating from the COVID-19 pandemic.

Hilton has temporarily shuttered the 484-room Stamford Hilton and the 35-room Madison Beach Hotel. The 120-room Hilton Garden Inn Milford has closed permanently, according to paperwork filed with the Connecticut Department of Labor, at a cost of 49 jobs.

“Hilton has been around 100 years — we’ve never closed a hotel that wasn’t going to be demolished for rebuilding,” Hilton CEO Christopher Nassetta told President Donald Trump during a March 17 meeting at the White House. “I’ve been doing this for 35 years. Never seen anything like it. The bulk of our hotels in the major cities are closing as we speak.”

Nassetta said the company expects hotel occupancy rates in major U.S. cities were “running in the single digits,” and that occupancy rates could drop to 10% globally as nations continue to implement mandates preventing large groups from gathering and discouraging travel.

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Upcoming events have been postponed at the Wall Street Theater in Norwalk.

reported on March 19 that North American and European occupancy rates were running below 25%, compared with about 70% a year ago. The company said it could put tens of thousands of employees on furlough as a result: “We are adjusting global operations accordingly, which has meant either reduction in hours or a temporary leave for many of our associates at our properties.”

According to the American Hotel & Lodging Association (AHLA), which says there are approximately 55,900 properties nationwide that contribute $660 billion to U.S. GDP, some 4 million jobs have been or are on the verge of being lost in the next few weeks.

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“The impact to our industry is already more severe than anything we’ve seen before, including Sept. 11th and the Great Recession of 2008, combined,” said AHLA President and CEO Chip Rogers.

According to an Oxford Economics study commissioned by the AHLA, a 30% decline in hotel guest occupancy could result in the loss of nearly 4 million jobs, with $180 billion of wages and a $300 billion hit to the GDP. Hotels support one in 25 U.S. jobs, according to the report.

Another AHLA report estimates that 44% of hotel employees in every state have lost or will lose their jobs in the coming weeks. It says

Connecticut’s 26,049 direct hotel operations jobs and its 76,737 hotel-supported jobs will decline 11,462 and 31,317 positions, respectively, due to the coronavirus impact.

New York’s 112,897 direct hotel operations jobs and 528,618 hotel-supported jobs will also decline, by 49,674 and 215,734, respectively, according to the report.

At the March 17 White House meeting, hotel industry leaders asked that Congress help the sector protect jobs and small business operators by providing low-interest loans that can be used to retain and rehire employees as well as avoid shutting down. Their suggested price tag: $150 billion to allow hotel owners to continue making their loan payments and to support laid-off employees, and another $100 billion to support suppliers.

“Small businesses, which make up 83% of travel businesses, need relief right now if they’re going to be able to keep paying their employees,” said U.S. Travel Association President and CEO Roger Dow. Urgo Hotels, whose properties include Courtyard Stamford Downtown and Residence Inn Stamford Downtown, said it is making available overnight rooms, function space for staging or food and beverage service for first responders, including medical personnel and government officials.

POTENTIAL LOSSES

According to a Global Business Travel Association poll of more than 400 companies, potential losses from event and travel cancellations could come to $46.6 billion a month. The responses — from travel managers, procurement and sourcing professionals, suppliers and others in the U.S. and worldwide — indicate that if cancellations continue, global spend on business travel and events could be down by as much as 37% in 2020.

The poll also found that 65% of companies have canceled at least “a few” of their planned meetings and events due to the virus and 18% have canceled “many.”

Robert Murdock, president of the Connecticut Convention & Sports Bureau (CTCSB), the state’s official meetings and sports event sales and marketing organization, said that events booked by the group in Fiscal Year 2018-19 are projected to result in $62,989,859 in spending by convention, meeting and sports events attendees during their visits to the state, generating $4,272,596 in Connecticut taxes. In addition, more than 17,331 Connecticut jobs in the hospitality industry were supported by those events as a result of the bookings.

That compares with CTCSB’s FY 201718, which found $54,181,589 in spending by those same attendees, generating more than $3,121,389 in Connecticut taxes and supporting over 17,246 Connecticut jobs in the hospitality industry.

“Before the COVID-19 outbreak, we were anticipating a very good year for meetings in Fairfield County and the state,” Murdock said.

“But all Connecticut events with gatherings of more than 50 people have been prohibited through April 30 by the governor, and many events scheduled for the next few months have been canceled or postponed to later this year or next.”

The association is still looking forward to the U.S. Golf Association’s U.S. Women’s Senior Open, scheduled for July 9-12 at Fairfield’s Brooklawn Country Club, which Murdock said is expected to “bring tens of thousands of people to the Fairfield area.”

The Bureau was scheduled to host a booth with salespeople from the Stamford Marriott and the Hilton Stamford at the Fraternal Executives Association’s annual meeting in Roanoke, Virginia, in May as a means of selling the state to meeting planners as a prime meetings destination. While that event has been postponed, the CTCSB is still planning to send sales staff along with member hotels to several similar events scheduled for August.

Murdock said the group is in the process of launching a revamped version of its website, www.CTMeeting.org, in August in conjunction with its sales staff’s push to bring event business to Connecticut.

The state’s tourism sector has also suffered a major blow. According to the director of the Connecticut Office of Tourism Randy Fiveash, tourism is a $15.5 billion industry in Connecticut, generating $2.2 billion in tax revenue and supporting more than 123,000 jobs.

Last year saw hotel occupancy up, though only by 3% since 2016.

“By all accounts the winter months looked steady, with promising feedback from the industry about visitor numbers and event attendance, as well as steady hotel occupancy,” Fiveash noted.

All of that has changed with the spread of COVID-19.

“This has led many in the tourism industry to make extremely difficult decisions, including closing their doors either temporarily or permanently, and laying off dedicated employees. Fiveash said.

Even hiking trails, gardens, parks and other spaces will be impacted, Fiveash said, by social distancing. He noted that many attractions closed to the public have turned to technology

to provide innovative ways of staying connected to the public.

The Maritime Aquarium at Norwalk on March 17 began offering live Q&As with members of its Animal-Husbandry team at 3 p.m. each day on its Facebook page. It will soon announce a series of online multidisciplinary modules on marine animals and the environment available to virtual classrooms. It has links on its website to age-appropriate educational content created by the producers of its IMAX films to help teachers incorporate the movies into their lessons.

Several of those interviewed stressed that, for all the current gloom, they are already working on what lies ahead once the

crisis has passed.

“We are starting to plan for our economic recovery and continue to look to book events over the next couple of years,” said CTCSB Chair Thomas Madden, who is the director of economic development for Stamford.

And Murdock said there may be opportunities for the state’s hospitality sector.

“Many major events that were set to be held in other cities, including Las Vegas, have been forced to cancel and they cannot secure a new date in that same city for this fall,” he said. “As a result, large Connecticut venues are getting an influx of leads from meeting planners trying to find a new home for their events in Connecticut.”

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As long as this crisis lasts, resilience, compassion and common sense will differentiate owners, brokers and investor behaviors. Once the pandemic subsides, we expect abundant investment opportunities. Brewing changes in consumers’ priorities will become a powerful driver for fresh investment opportunities.

At the outset of the crisis, Westchester Commercial real estate occupancy was robust.

The laggard market segments, retail and suburban office assets, were evolving and stabilizing. After a long period of economic and rent expansion, landlord balance sheets and cash flows were healthy. Commercial real estate was in a strong position.

As the economy becomes weaker, impacted by drastic measures to protect human lives, strong property occupancy and landlord finances can be expected to provide a buffer during the initial period of economic decline. Amid uncertainty, Westchester commercial real estate assets will prove their resilience although there will be no immunity from this crisis.

Property owners are likely to face a wave of rent concession requests that we hope are handled in a responsible, ethical and constructive manner. Most property types, including retail, office and multifamily will face such petitions.

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Ruth and Emerson Axe bought the Castle and 64 acres of land and turned it into the headquarters of H.W. Axe & Company, an investment counseling firm. Under their ownership, what became known as Axe Castle also was called “High Finance on the Hudson.” During World War II, the roof and 75-foot tower were partially enclosed and served as an observation post by the Tarrytown Civil Defense to monitor air traffic in the area. **In 1981, the town of Tarrytown designated The Castle a historic landmark, protecting the outside structure from any alterations in the future.

1994: THE CASTLE AT TARRYTOWN

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Westchester chefs brew up a million-gallon idea: Soup for the needy and financially strapped

BY PETER KATZ pkatz@westfairinc.com

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he mandated closing of restaurants due to the COVID-19 outbreak means there’s a lot of excess kitchen capacity.

In Westchester County, a group of chefs, restaurateurs and a brewer embarked on a program to use that excess capacity to help people in need.

They call the program the Million Gallon Challenge and the goal is to cook that amount of soup and distribute it to the hungry. The soup will be packaged in quart containers and a large portion of it will be frozen for future distribution.

But where do you find a pot to cook that much? Enter Captain Lawrence Brewing Company in Elmsford whose large kettle will be trans-

formed from brewing beer to brewing up soup.

The soup will be distributed through organizations such as Feeding Westchester, which has been gearing up for an increased need for their services as the pandemic results in more people finding themselves out of work and unable to make ends meet.

Eric Korn of Monteverde at Oldstone, Scott Vaccaro of the Captain Lawrence Brewing Company, Morgan Anthony of the Village Social Restaurant Group in Mount Kisco, Navjot Arora of Chutney Masala in Irvington, Scott Frantagelo of L’inizio in Ardsley and Louis Lanza of the Hudson Hospitality Group in Peekskill are several of those actively involved.

John Van Dekker of the marketing firm Enormous Creative in Peekskill organized a March 19 introduc-

tion of the program at the brewery.

Standing in front of the entrance to the now-closed beer hall, Korn said, “When someone’s not well, you cook soup. When someone needs help, you cook soup, you give it to them, you warm them and that’s what we’re doing right now. Yesterday, two days ago, in the last few days, hundreds of thousands of people have lost their jobs. People in the hospitality industry who count on a paycheck week to week to feed their families.

Without notice they lost their jobs immediately and they’re in need of help and we’re setting out to help them.”

Westchester County Executive George Latimer was on hand to express his support for the effort.

“What we face now economically, I can’t even begin to grasp, is going to affect all elements of society. But it’s

Louis Lanza speaks at the announcement of the Million Gallon Challenge.

Captain Lawrence Brewing Company founder Scott Vaccaro stands behind him. Photo by Peter Katz.

going to affect different industries in a different timeframe and certainly the restaurant and the hospitality industry is affected right now,” Latimer said. “If I said this is probably similar to what the Great Depression looked like in its first few days, maybe I’m exaggerating, but maybe I’m not. All I know is that these men have put together a plan to help feed people and the county government is going to stand behind it.”

Latimer had some good news to share. The 50-yearold attorney from New Rochelle, who was the apparent source of numerous infections in that community, is out of the intensive care unit at NewYork-Presbyterian/ Columbia University Irving Medical Center in New York and has been sitting up in bed and talking.

James P. McHale Jr. of JP McHale Pest Management said he became involved in

the program because his company has been serving the hospitality industry for decades and will be helping to keep the shuttered restaurants sanitary so they can continue cooking. He said the company also is contributing its services to community charities that may be in need of them.

Lanza, whose six restaurants in Peekskill have been forced to close resulting in the layoffs of about 100 workers, said his family’s foundation would be donating $100,000 to the cause.

“Every time you go to a restaurant, every time you go to a nice hotel, you don’t realize how hard work it is in this hospitality business.

So, these people, they want to work. They’re the last people that want to go on unemployment. Let’s see what we can do to help these people,” Lanza said.

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Congress passes legislation allowing vets on GI Bill to get full benefits

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SHIFT TO ONLINE CLASSES HAD THREATENED FULL MONTHLY ALLOWANCE FOR VETERANS IN COLLEGE

he job of educating students amid the coronavirus pandemic has become increasingly complicated for higher education as classes move online and social distancing drastically changes campus life for the foreseeable future.

While so many students are being adversely impacted and must be taken care of, it’s especially important that our student veterans don’t fall through the cracks.

Steven Garcia, a U.S. Marine veteran attending Pace University in Pleasantville, was worried that the monthly housing allowance he receives under the GI Bill could have been significantly reduced now that students can no longer attend classes in person.

A senior majoring in accounting, Garcia served from 2010 to 2014 and was stationed in Japan, Afghanistan and Camp Lejeune in North Carolina.

He was one of thousands of veterans who feared that if Congress and the president did not act quickly, they could lose a substantial amount of housing allowance benefits under the GI Bill.

That won’t happen as Congress has passed a bill and President Donald Trump has signed it. It’s precisely the type of quick mobilization that is required during these unprecedented times.

Here’s some backstory.

In New York, Gov. Andrew Cuomo declared a state of emergency.

Responding to an environ-

From left: Col. Peter Riley (Ret.), director of veterans services at Pace University; State Sen. Peter Harckham; Alun R. Gilpin, U.S. Navy veteran and Pace student; Rachel Carpenter, interim dean for students at Pace University; and Marvin Krislov, president, Pace University, at the opening of the Pace University Veterans’ Center.

ment that is changing daily, if not hourly, and for the safety and security of students, staff and faculty, Pace University — like colleges and universities across the country — made the decision to move all classes to an online/ interactive format.

The switch to online classes, however, put in

jeopardy GI Bill funding that many of our veterans depend upon. As a result, many Pace student veterans could have lost more than $2,000 a month in benefits due to circumstances beyond their control. That sum would have been reduced because of the way the Veteran’s

Administration approves a school’s program. There are effectively three options for a program to be approved for VA education benefits: distance; hybrid; and in-residence education.

“Living in Westchester is very expensive,’’ said Garcia, 28, who lives in Cortlandt Manor with his mother.

“Without this assistance half of veterans would not be able to pay car payments, mortgages and bills.”

That’s why Garcia was among many who wrote to Congress to ask for passage of the legislation.

Under the legislation, Congress provided the Department of Veterans Affairs with the authority to ensure student veterans receive proper benefits if their schools make emergen-

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cy or health-related course changes as the U.S. continues to respond to COVID-19.

The new law allows the VA to continue to pay benefits regardless of the fact that the program has changed from resident training to online training. This would continue until Jan. 1, 2021, or until schools resume normal operations.

“I’m very grateful,’’ Garcia said. “Now I just have to pass all my courses.’’

Veterans with questions on the law and how it impacts them can call the VA’s Education Call Center at 1-888-442-4551.

Peter Riley is a retired colonel with the New York Army National Guard and Iraq veteran and director of veterans services at Pace University.

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college 101 Will higher education be the same when the coronavirus crisis is over?

BY GLENN J. KALINOSKI gkalinoski@westfairinc.com

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he Hudson Valley family’s journey to the small upstate college city of Oneonta, New York, was supposed to take place in May. They were going to pick up and pack up the student at the end of the semester.

But with a global pandemic shutting down educational institutions everywhere, the trip

The empty campus at SUNY Oneonta. Photos by Glenn J. Kalinoski.

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came in March instead.

There was hardly anyone in sight on a Saturday evening when students would normally be out and about. Instead, the city, which is actually home to two colleges, was virtually empty.

As for the campus of SUNY Oneonta, a handful of students could be found moving out of their dorms. The library, all academic buildings, the student union and dining halls were closed. One senior at the front desk of one of the dorms expressed her disappointment regarding the postponement of commencement ceremonies and other events students look forward to leading up to graduation.

With the car packed and heading back down the New York State Thruway, the future of higher education and what it would look like came to mind.

Will the traditional four-year, on-campus experience be as prevalent as it has been throughout the U.S.?

A sign directing SUNY Oneonta art students to clean out their lockers.

Will institutions of higher learning need to maintain the infrastructure they have created in order to attract students?

With students now forced into a world of distance learning, are we looking at the future of education, not only for colleges and universities, but for students of all ages?

With the enormous expenses associated with a four-year college education, how many students will decide they can forego the room and board rates that are part of their increasing debt load and take classes online from home?

Leaders at colleges and universities in Westchester and the Hudson Valley must not wait when it comes to planning for the future.

The crisis, like all others we have faced in the past, will come to and end.

Failing to plan for this future may leave these institutions of higher learning in a weaker financial position and behind those colleges and universities that can adjust to the new reality.

As for the student, online classes are underway and she has returned to the part-time job she had last summer earlier than planned.

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college 101 UB to cut staff, citing pandemic, deficit

BY LINDA CONNER LAMBECK

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niversity of Bridgeport (UB) President Laura Trombley has announced that a budget deficit and the coronavirus pandemic will lead to staff cuts on the seaside campus.

Trombley did not say how many layoffs or furloughs were anticipated.

It comes as the university — like all others in Connecticut — have moved spring classes online and sent students home because of the growing coronavirus shutdown.

Anyone who must enter a building on campus must first report to campus security, Trombley wrote.

Susan Andrews, a university spokeswoman, said financial challenges being faced by UB are similar to what is happening at a number of institutions.

She could not say if or how many of the university’s 115 programs might be impacted. She said faculty would be part of those decisions.

Trombley said her administration and the

The University of Bridgeport campus.

Photo: Ned Gerard / Hearst Connecticut Media.

board of trustees have worked for 20 months to reduce the institution’s deficit.

In July 2018, when Trombley took over as UB president, the university, according to filings with the Internal Revenue Service, had an endowment of $33.9 million — $3.3 million less than the $37.2 million endowment in the prior year.

Officials will not say how big the deficit is.

The latest IRS filing is more than 18 months old.

A number of employees and former employees, however, have been expressing growing concern over the past year about the potential for cuts and a comprehensive operational restructuring.

Earlier this year, UB entered talks to merge with Marlboro College, a tiny Vermont college with a $35 million endowment — but the talks broke off last fall. Marlboro instead is being absorbed by Emerson College in Boston.

UB’s overall enrollment in the fall dropped 7.2% with a big reduction in international students.

Trombley said despite the cuts, admission statistics for the fall semester remain promising. Deposits are ahead of the past two years, she said.

“Our goal is to eliminate the deficit by the end of the 2020-21 academic year, or June 30, 2021,” Trombley said. “To achieve this, we have acted upon numerous alternatives to mitigate the fiscal situation, including dramatic reductions in spending and travel, as well as renegotiating vendor contracts.”

To find a solution to the deficit, Trombley said she has convened a task force of students, staff, administrators, faculty, alumni and trustees.

Last March, it was announced that several majors would be phased out, including

naturopathic medicine. At the same time, new programs have been introduced, including a new theater program.

Although steps were underway to achieve a balanced budget, the pandemic changed all forecasting, said Andrews.

Fiscal projections, Andrews added, are constantly being run, including worst-case and best-case scenarios.

In another development, food services and facilities management company Sodexo has suspended its dining operations at the University of Bridgeport, a move that will result in the loss of 65 jobs.

As of March 20, the number of students remaining on UB’s campus was less than 100, most of whom are international: 42 undergraduates in halls and 51 graduate students in apartments and houses. Those students will be moving into one building, Trombley said.

This story was originally published by Hearst Connecticut Media. Linda Conner Lambeck can be contacted at lclambeck@ ctpost.com. Kevin Zimmerman contributed to this report.

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Good Things Westchester and Fairfield counties CONNECTICARE PROVIDES MEMBERS WITH ADDITIONAL SUPPORT ConnectiCare, one of the region’s leading health plans, announced that members can temporarily use telehealth for covered medical and mental health services at no cost.

The company is allowing no-cost member real-time visits with medical and mental health professionals by phone, computer and mobile app. ConnectiCare members can have telehealth visits with in-network doctors by contacting their primary care providers, specialists or mental health counselors’ offices. The office staff will arrange appointments and offer instructions on how to connect with the health care professional.

Members enrolled in plans through an employer, Access Health CT or a SOLO plan can also have virtual visits from home by using MDLIVE. Medicare Advantage members can have the same by using Teladoc.

Links to MDLIVE and Teladoc can be found at connecticare.com.

The stress of the coronavirus pandemic may cause or contribute to anxiety, depression or other mental health condition. Members can, at no charge, call the Optum support line at 866-342-6892 for help getting connected to caring professionals.

Below are some of the many resources ConnectiCare is offering to help its members reduce the potential spread of the virus: • Encouraging its members who feel ill to contact their doctors.

• Covering visits associated with COVID-19 testing for patients who meet CDC guidelines, as well as the related office visit, walkin visit or emergency department visit.

• Covering telehealth visits for covered medical and mental health services at no cost through May 31, 2020.

Telehealth may not be clinically appropriate for all covered services or offered by all providers. ASO plans may have different telehealth benefits.

• Increasing prescription drug refills to cover 90-day supplies of many maintenance drugs.

• Regularly updating a dedicated webpage, including the latest facts and guidance in plain language.

• Sharing information through social media and video messages on Facebook, Twitter, Instagram and LinkedIn. • Sending educational emails to members.

• Making outbound calls to members at higher risk.

• Offering assistance through our 800-2517722 toll-free member services line.

ConnectiCare has temporarily closed its centers to visitors and suspended all group classes. More information is available at connecticare.com.

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CANCER SOCIETY NEEDS VOLUNTEER DRIVERS

Barbara Hart

LOWEY DANNENBERG ATTORNEY HONORED The American Cancer Society needs more volunteer drivers to support the Road to Recovery program, which provides cancer patients with free rides to treatment.

This year, an estimated 117,910 New York residents will be diagnosed with cancer, and for some getting to treatments can be their biggest roadblock. A successful

transportation assistance program can be a tremendous, potentially life-saving asset to the community. That’s why volunteering for the American Cancer Society’s Road to Recovery program is so important.

The organization screens and trains all volunteer drivers and coordinates the rides for patients. Volunteer drivers donate their time

and can provide as many rides as they want.

All drivers must have a current, valid driver’s license, a good driving record, access to a safe and reliable vehicle, desktop, laptop or tablet computer access and proof of car insurance.

For more, visit cancer.org/drive or call 800-227-2345.

PAZ MANAGEMENT’S RIBBON-CUTTING

Barbara Hart, president and CEO of Lowey Dannenberg PC, was honored by the New York Bar Association with its Heroes 2020 Lifetime Achievement Award on March 9.

Hart specializes in complex securities and antitrust litigation. Most recently she settled the CHS Securities class-action litigation on behalf of the New York City Pension Funds as lead plaintiff for $53 million. She has been lead counsel in four of the top 100 largest securities class-action settlements in history. She is a member of the Thirty Percent Coalition working with institutional investors representing more than $3.5 trillion in assets under management to see corporate boards become more diverse.

VOLUNTEER NEW YORK! LAUNCHES VIRTUAL VOLUNTEER CENTER

Commemorating the launch of a unique pilot program at its affiliate Dutchess Care Assisted Living in Poughkeepsie, PAZ Management Inc. partnered recently with the Dutchess County Regional Chamber of Commerce to host a ribbon-cutting ceremony.

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dents and public officials united to celebrate the program called an Assisted Living Program for a Specialty Population (ALPSP), which is the first assisted living option in New York state that is specifically designed to meet the needs of low-income, Medicaid-funded adults with traumatic brain injuries.

Cutting ribbon, front row, from left: PAZ Management President and founder Azzy Reckess, PAZ Management Co-Founder and Vice President Paula Reckess, Deputy Dutchess County Executive William O’Neill, PAZ Management Vice President Jacob Reckess and New York state Sen. Sue Serino.

In partnership with nonprofit, state and disaster recovery leaders, Volunteer New York! launched its Virtual VolunteerCenter (volunteernewyork.org/VVC), which will serve as a hub for listing all COVID-19 (coronavirus) response and recovery volunteer opportunities in our region.

COVID-19 volunteer opportunities range from checking in on community members, delivering food to the homebound, leading online classes to engage seniors, joining the Red Cross, driving seniors to medical appointments and more.

Local nonprofits with COVID-19 response and recovery opportunities are encouraged to submit their needs as they emerge. For more details, visit volunteernewyork.org/VVC

ROTARY CLUB MEMBERS BRIEFED ON ISSUES

CARVER CENTER RAISING FUNDS The needs for nonprofit services and resources has increased during the coronavirus crisis, but in many cases the funding has decreased.

The Port Chester Carver Center had to cancel its one major fundraising event of the year, the May 2 benefit. In order to raise the necessary funds to keep its services open to the community, Carver Center has created an online fundraiser called the Carver Cares Challenge to help offset the monies that would have been traditionally raised at the in-person event. It’s looking to raise $300,000 by May 2.

While most of the Carver programming has been suspended, the Carver Market, one of the many county food pantries, remains open and is providing the Port Chester community with much-needed food and personal items.

Those interested in supporting the Carver Cares Challenge can go to carvercenter.org/carver-cares-challenge/ to donate.

BANK PROMOTES THREE KEY EMPLOYEES The board of directors of Orange Bank & Trust Co. and its CEO Michael Gilfeather have announced the promotion of three key employees: Pamela Jones to senior vice president, director of human resources; Michael Listner to senior vice president, chief credit officer; and Gregory Sousa to chief commercial banking officer.

Jones joined the bank in 1991 as a human resources supervisor and steadily climbed in responsibility.

Listner joined the bank in 2018 as first vice president and senior credit officer after most recently serving as senior vice president at Sun National Bank.

Sousa joined the bank in 2015 as vice president and senior relationship manager.

Previously, he worked at Hudson Valley Bank.

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

Archbishop Gabriele Giordano Caccia touring Elizabeth Seton Children’s Center in Yonkers.

HOLY SEE REP VISITS ELIZABETH SETON CHILDREN’S CENTER Robert G. Brody

Robert G. Brody, managing partner of Brody and Associates LLC, presented “4 People Every Connecticut Employer Should Know” to the Westport Rotary Club members at a lunchtime event.

Brody discussed topics, including

issues employers face in dealing with COVID-19, the impact the outcome of the Harvey Weinstein trial will have on the #MeToo movement, how transgender issues should be handled in the workplace and other relevant issues regarding com-

pliance with Connecticut Department of Labor laws. Brody, a labor, employment and benefits lawyer representing management for more than 35 years, provided insight and general rules of thumb to the group.

STATE COMPTROLLER KEYNOTER AT DINNER The 24th Annual Design and Construction Joint Industry Dinner recently held at La Bella Vista in Waterbury and hosted by the Connecticut Chapter of the American Institute of Architects (AIA Connecticut) attracted architects, engineers and construction professionals for an evening of collegiality and relationship building.

This dinner was an opportunity for those in the architectural, engineering and construction (AEC) industry to hear from Comptroller Kevin Lembo about the fiscal health of Connecticut. This includes his ongoing efforts for the Connecticut Plan that aims to leverage the purchasing power of the state employee health plan (the largest purchaser in the state) to offer new plan options at an affordable and predictable cost for small businesses, nonprofits and individuals.

Many of the firms and businesses in attendance are concerned with high health care costs and the ability to offer employees quality benefits.

Underwriters of this year’s event were Robinson + Cole LLP, Kronenberger & Sons Restoration Inc., Loureiro Engineering, Fuss & O’Neill, PES Structural Engineers, Dimeo Construction and LaRosa Building Group.

Pope Francis’ newly installed Permanent Observer to the United Nations Archbishop Gabriele Giordano Caccia toured Elizabeth Seton Children’s Center in Yonkers on Feb. 29 to learn about the organization’s mission and meet with residents, staff and families.

The visit fell on Rare Disease Day, an international day of awareness about the impact of rare diseases on patient’s lives.

Pope Francis named Caccia as his ambassador to the United Nations in November 2019 to succeed Archbishop Bernardito Auza.

WESTCHESTER COMMUNITY FOUNDATION LAUNCHES COVID-19 RESPONSE FUND The Westchester Community Foundation has established the Westchester COVID-19 Response Fund.

An anonymous donor has pledged to match all donations up to $1 million. This fund is in addition to a $1 million contribution by RXR Realty to the RXR Building Community Fund at the Westchester Community Foundation.

Initial funding will go to established nonprofits working to address the most pressing basic needs of our most vulnerable Westchester residents. It is the foundation’s intent to help stabilize nonprofits so it can minimize the social and economic impact of this pandemic on the county’s highneed populations. RXR's commitment will support response efforts in the city of New Rochelle.

Since 1975, the Westchester Community Foundation, a division of The New York Community Trust, has worked to improve the quality of life in Westchester by addressing community issues.

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BANKRUPTCIES Manhattan Mynd Spa & Salon Inc. New York. Chapter 7, Voluntary. Attorney: Joseph Thomas Moldovan.

Filed March 19. Case no. 2010846-scc.

OneSource Service Inc. New York. Chapter 7, Voluntary. Attorney: Joseph Thomas Moldovan.

Filed March 19. Case no. 20-10847scc Pip’s Island New York Corp.

New York. Chapter 7, Voluntary.

Attorney: Sheryl P. Giugliano.

Filed March 18. Case no. 20-10827mg.

SASOS Holdings Inc. New York. Chapter 7, Voluntary. Attorney: Joseph Thomas Moldovan.

Filed March 19. Case no. 2010844-scc.

COURT CASES Arshack, Hajek & Lehrman PLLC Action: Seeking $2.5 million for diversity action. Attorney: Gregory Oliver Koerner. Filed March 20. Case no. 1:20-cv-02476KPF. Breitbart News Network LLC filed by Brigitte Stelzer. Action: Copyright infringement. Attorney: Richard Liebowitz. Filed March 19. Case no. 1:20-cv-02438PGG D F Stauffer Biscuit Company Inc. filed by Gilberto Cruz.

Action: Seeking $5 million for diversity – fraud. Attorney: Spencer Sheehan. Filed March 19. Case no.

1:20-cv-02402-PGG-JLC.

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

Questions and comments regarding this section should be directed to: Larry Miles c/o Westfair Communications Inc. 701 Westchester Ave, Suite 100 J White Plains, N.Y. 10604-3407 Phone: 694-3600 • Fax: 694-3699

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Elmax Builders Supply LLC filed by Lambert Grant. Action: Fair Labor Standards Act. Attorney: Edmond J. Pryor. Filed March 17. Case no. 1:20-cv-02353CM. Forbes Media LLC filed by Boris Zharkov. Action: Copyright infringement. Attorney: Richard Liebowitz. Filed March 18. Case no. 1:20-cv-02399-VEC. GoForward Inc. filed by Kareem Nisbett. Action: Federal question – other civil rights.

Attorney: Christopher Howard Lowe. Filed March 18. Case no.

1:20-cv-02384-MKV. Gulfport Energy Corp. filed by Robert F. Woodley. Action: Stockholder Suit. Attorney: Joseph Alexander Hood II. Filed March 17. Case no. 1:20-cv-02357-ER.

Heavy Inc. filed by Edmund Coppa. Action: Copyright infringement. Attorney: Richard Liebowitz. Filed March 19. Case no. 1:20-cv-02439-AJN. Mizuho Americas Services LLC filed by Blake Fleisig. Action: Job discrimination (age). Attorney: Edgar Mikel Rivera. Filed March 17. Case no. 1:20-cv-02368LAP. Novartis Pharmaceuticals Corp. filed by Stephen Lally. Action: Seeking $75,000 for diversity – product liability. Attorney: Raymond Charles Silverman.

Filed March 17. Case no. 1:20-cv02359-LAP.

ON THE RECORD

Above $1 million

65 Circuit LLC, Tuckahoe. Seller: Peter Iodice, Tuckahoe. Property: 65 Circuit Ave., Eastchester Amount: $475,000. Filed March 18.

80-82 Second Street Inc., Harrison. Seller: Lester Gelardi, Mamaroneck. Property: 80-82 Second St., Harrison. Amount: $1.4 million. Filed March 18.

Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corp. Seller: Robert A. Spolzino, White Plains. Property: 39 Bleakley Drive, Peekskill. Amount: $344,828. Filed March 20.

98 North Avenue LLC, New Rochelle. Seller: New Rochelle Animal Hospital PC, Pound Ridge.

Property: 98 North Ave., New Rochelle. Amount: $1 million. Filed March 16.

JBKC LLC, White Plains. Seller: J.L.M.J. LLC, Greenland, New Hampshire. Property: 49 Russell St., White Plains. Amount: $630,000. Filed March 18.

DEEDS

Abraham Properties LLC, Yonkers. Seller: JM3 Group LLC, White Plains. Property: 636 N. Broadway, North Castle. Amount: $1 million. Filed March 17.

JPMorgan Chase Bank N.A. Seller: Naomi R. Duker, White Plains. Property: 12 Stonybrook Place, North Castle. Amount: $1 million. Filed March 16.

MTGLQ Investors LP, Jacksonville, Florida. Seller: Joyce A. Brown, Mount Vernon. Property: 1602 Pondcrest Lane, Greenburgh. Amount: $758,230. Filed March 18.

Larchmont Units LLC, Great Neck. Seller: Vermilion Building Corp., Larchmont. Property: 2 Washington Square, Mamaroneck. Amount: $12.1 million.

Filed March 16.

National Residential Nominee Services Inc., Eden Prairie, Minnesota. Seller: Christopher Komosa, et al, Ossining. Property: 31 Beach Road, Ossining. Amount: $859,594. Filed March 18.

Webco Holding LLC, Eastchester. Seller: 320-28 Realty LC, Bronx. Property: 320-328 Webster Ave., New Rochelle. Amount: $1 million. Filed March 16.

U.S. Bank N.A. Seller: Michael Sirignano, Cross River. Property: 118 Legion Drive, Mount Pleasant.

Amount: $375,000. Filed March 17.

Below $1 million

Vanta Holdings Corp., Yonkers.

Seller: Michael George Santangelo, White Plains. Property: 57 Cabot Ave., Greenburgh. Amount $335,350. Filed March 20.

NTS Live LLC filed by Marion Kalter. Action: Copyright infringement. Attorney: Richard Liebowitz. Filed March 17. Case no.

1:20-cv-02343-VM.

132 North 7th Avenue Realty Corp., Mount Vernon. Seller: F and F Acquisitions LLC, Brooklyn. Property: 132 Seventh Avenue North, Mount Vernon. Amount: $479,500. Filed March 16.

Omnicom Group Inc. filed by Martin Henson. Action: Job discrimination (race). Attorney: Matthew L. Berman. Filed March 18.

Case no. 1:20-cv-02385-AKH.

1658 Amazon Road LLC, New Rochelle. Seller: Jalag LLC, Peekskill. Property: 1658 Amazon Road, Yorktown. Amount: $385,000. Filed March 19.

Southern Tide LLC filed by Frances Kalender. Action: The Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990. Attorney: David Paul Force. Filed March 20. Case no.

1:20-cv-02449-JPO.

22 Alto Avenue Associates LLC, Rye. Seller: Donna Mecca, Stamford, Connecticut. Property: 22 Alto Ave., Rye. Amount: $550,000. Filed March 16.

Townsquare Media Inc. filed

by Oliya Fedun. Action: Copyright infringement. Attorney: Richard Liebowitz. Filed March 17. Case no. 1:20-cv-02344-MKV. Victoria’s Secret Inc. filed by Cynn Wynter. Action: Diversity action. Attorney: Megan Sarah Goddard. Filed March 19. Case no. 1:20-cv-02429-LAK.

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Morillo Property LLC, Mount Vernon. Seller: Deutsche Bank National Trust Co. Property: 542544 Locust Ave., Rye. Amount: $426,000. Filed March 18.

4 Fairview Road LLC, Pound Ridge. Seller: Leif E. Waller, Scarsdale. Property: 4 Fairview Road, Scarsdale. Amount $700,000.

Filed March 17.

418 Columbus Avenue LLC, Mamaroneck. Seller: Gjon Nikolla, Scarsdale. Property: 418 Columbus Ave., Harrison. Amount: $900,000. Filed March 18.

Wilmington Trust N.A. Seller: Christopher B. Meagher, White Plains. Property: 394 Grandview Blvd., Yonkers. Amount: $499,500. Filed March 16.

JUDGMENTS City Orthopaedics LLC, Bedford Hills. $19,688 in favor of Spinesearch LLC, New York City.

Filed March 18.

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

Giakoumas, Constantine, et al. Filed by The Bank of New York Mellon. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $500,000 affecting property located at 15 Gramercy Place, New Rochelle 10801. Filed July 22.

1 Renaissance Square Apt V4B LLC, et al. Filed by U.S. Bank N.A. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $540,000 affecting property located at 1 Renaissance Square, Unit 30B, White Plains. Filed July 18.

Harris, Magdaline, et al. Filed

by The Bank of New York Mellon.

Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $628,000 affecting property located at 20 Coventry Lane, New Rochelle 10805. Filed July 18.

Beqiraj, Quash, et al. Filed by Deutsche Bank National Trust Co. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $562,500 affecting property located at 21 Hancock Ave., Yonkers 10705.

Filed July 18.

Heirs and distributees of the estate of Joseph Murno, et al.

Filed by The Bank of New York Mellon. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $562,000 affecting property located at 2 Crawford Road, Harrison 10528. Filed July 18.

Buccello, Heather, as presumptive co-executor of the estate of Maudlyn Curry, deceased, et al. Filed by Reverse Mortgage Funding LLC. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $577,500 affecting property located at 426 N. Fulton Ave., Mount Vernon 10552. Filed July 17.

Hooper, Brianna, as heir to the estate of Vivian Evelyn, et al. Filed by Nationstar Mortgage LLC. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $675,000 affecting property located at 3 Touraine Ave., Port Chester 10573.

Filed July 18.

LIS PENDENS

Burke, Noelle, et al. Filed by Deutsche Bank National Trust Co. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $331,200 affecting property located at 481 A Heritage Hills, Somers 10589.

Filed July 16.

Celli, Joseph P., et al. Filed by Islandcap LLC. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure an unspecified amount affecting property located at 44 Mayfair Road, Yonkers 10710. Filed July 22.

Desjardin, Pedro, et al. Filed

by Wilmington Savings Fund Society. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $295,419 affecting property located at 30 Randolph Road, White Plains 10607. Filed July 16.

Efiong, James, et al. Filed by Deutsche Bank National Trust Co. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $450,000 affecting property located at 171 Hanson Lane, New Rochelle 10804. Filed July 19.

Figueroa, Melissa, et al. Filed

by NJCC-NYS Community Restoration Fund LLC. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $305,000 affecting property located at 124 N. Fifth Ave., Mount Vernon 10550. Filed July 22.

George, Nancy, et al. Filed by Nationstar Mortgage LLC. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $333,700 affecting property located at 100 North Road, White Plains 10603. Filed July 22.

John, Alex, et al. Filed by Lakeview Loan Servicing LLC. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $367,673 affecting property located at 354 Park Hill Ave., Yonkers 10705. Filed July 17.

Larreategui, Bill H., et al. Filed

by Wells Fargo Bank N.A. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $390,000 affecting property located at 8 West St., Port Chester 10573. Filed July 23.

Lee, Sunho, et al. Filed by Bank of America N.A. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $160,000 affecting property located at 5 Deepwell Farms Road, South Salem 10590. Filed July 18.

McCormick, Suzanne M., et al.

Filed by JPMorgan Chase Bank N.A. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $400,000 affecting property located at 231 Clinton Ave., Dobbs Ferry 10522.

Filed July 18.

Pino, Luis, et al. Filed by The Bank of New York Mellon. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $357,200 affecting property located at 33 Elizabeth Place, Yonkers 10703. Filed July 23.

Plummer, Robert L., et al.

Filed by The Bank of New York Mellon. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $1.1 million affecting property located at 100 Spier Road, Scarsdale 10583.

Filed July 23.

Facts & Figures Public administrator of Westchester County as administrator of the estate of Madeline De Paola, et al. Filed by OneWest Bank N.A. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $720,000 affecting property located at 177 Longvue Terrace, Yonkers 10710. Filed July 23.

WP North Tower LLC, as owner. $32,349 as claimed by Steel Structures Detailing Inc., Hadley, Massachusetts. Property: in White Plains. Filed March 19.

Pujari, Sushant Kumar, et al. Filed by Empower Federal Credit Union. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $384,000 affecting property located at 60 Kensington Lane, Yorktown Heights 10598. Filed July 18.

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

Rice, Melba D., et al. Filed by Wells Fargo USA Holdings Inc. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $272,336 affecting property located at 3 Midland Ave., White Plains 10606.

Filed July 19.

Shields, Leighton, et al. Filed

by Federal National Mortgage Association. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $512,000 affecting property located at 212 Lawrence St., Mount Vernon 10522. Filed July 19.

Stewart, Matthew D., et al.

Filed by U.S. Bank N.A. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $200,000 affecting property located at 1205 Old Country Road, Elmsford 10523.

Filed July 16.

Williamson, Joan M., et al.

Filed by The Bank of New York Mellon Trust Company N.A. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $75,000 affecting property located at 81 Arthur Court, Port Chester 10573. Filed July 18.

Mechanic’s Liens Macquesten Takeover Partners LLC, as owner. $4,060 as claimed by Steel Structures Detailing Inc., Hadley, Massachusetts. Property: in Mount Vernon.

Filed March 19.

Okpaku, Samuel, as owner. $31,126 as claimed by Servicemaster Restoration, Scarsdale.

Property: in New Rochelle. Filed March 19.

WBLM 14 Lecount Owner LLC, as owner. $9,685 as claimed

by Steel Structures Detailing Inc., Hadley, Massachusetts. Property: in New Rochelle. Filed March 19.

West St. Corp., as owner. $14,525 as claimed by JLA Drilling and Blasting Inc., Wingdale. Property: in Harrison. Filed March 17.

NEW BUSINESSES

Sole Proprietorships 420 Gift Spot, 300 Broadway, No. 24C, Dobbs Ferry 10522, c/o Andrea Bucci. Filed Nov. 8.

Mystery Soda, 1879 Crompond Road, Apt. B2, Peekskill 10566, c/o Scott Damien Johnstone. Filed Nov. 7.

Pinnock Maintenance, 9 Vernon Ave., Mount Vernon 10553, c/o Dean Pinnock. Filed Nov. 6.

Pyoise Management, 329 N. Seventh Ave., Mount Vernon 10550, Vashtie Clarke Singh. Filed Nov. 6.

RH Assoc Defensive Driving Courses, 49 Scenic Circle, Croton-on-Hudson 10520, c/o Walter R. Hentze Jr. Filed Nov. 7.

RS Jewelry, 178 Garth Road, Apt. TJ, Scarsdale 10583, c/o Rhonda Sahadeo. Filed Nov. 7.

Alston Property Management, 60 Locust Ave., Suite 202, New Rochelle 10801, c/o Michael Alston. Filed Nov. 8.

The Local Car Service, 14 Manitou Trail, White Plains 10603, c/o Tiffany Frazier. Filed Nov. 8.

Buybuy NYC, 140 Brush Hollow Crescent, Rye Brook 10573, c/o Mina Tarnoff. Filed Nov. 7.

The Stationery Diaries, 1180 Midland Ave., Apt. 6C, Bronxville 10708, c/o Caroline Thomas. Filed Nov. 7.

Croatian Confections, 1015 Old Post Road, Apt. 2S, Mamaroneck 10543, c/o Vesna Rudelic. Filed Nov. 6.

Wander Counseling, 100 S. Highland Ave., Suite 11, Ossining, c/o Fabian Wander. Filed Nov. 6.

D and E Home Improvement, 205 S. Columbus Ave., Mount Vernon 10553, c/o Dwight Anderson.

Filed Nov. 7.

Delafe Creative Holding, 134 North Ave., Suite 2, New Rochelle 10801, c/o George R. Delafe. Filed Nov. 7.

End Book Deserts, 47 Adelaide St., Rye 10580, c/o Molly Ness.

Filed Nov. 8.

Eve’s Nutrition C., 425 Nuber Ave., Mount Vernon 10553, c/o Yvette Lewis. Filed Nov. 7.

Garay Designs, 224 Brookside Ave., Apt. BB, Mount Vernon 10553, c/o Elia M. Garay Aparicio.

Filed Nov. 6.

Georgina Garcia Group Family Daycare, 63 Caryl Ave., First floor, Yonkers 10705, c/o Georgina Garcia. Filed Nov. 7.

Hawte Boutique, P.O. Box 1148, Yonkers 10702, c/o Leeandra Sinanan. Filed Nov. 6.

Hussein Family Kingdom, 63 Garfield St., 1B, Yonkers 10701, c/o Yusuf Dixon. Filed Nov. 7.

M.J.M. Fashion Colombian Jeans, 1008 Park St., Peekskill 10566, c/o Maria J. Hendia Ramon.

Filed Nov. 6.

PATENTS Cognitive television remote control. Patent no. 10,602,214 issued to Michael K. Boudreau, Orange, California; Jia Chen, Ossining; Sarbajit K. Rakshit, Kolkata, India; Craig M. Trim, Sylmar, California. Assigned to IBM, Armonk.

Emergency authorization to access data on proximate computing devices. Patent no. 10,602,338 issued to Charles E. Beller, Baltimore, Maryland; Gregory J. Boss, Saginaw, Michigan; Rick A. Hamilton II, Charlottesville, Virginia; Jayashree Vaidyanathan, Cincinnati, Ohio.

Assigned to IBM, Armonk.

Hotspot channel congestion mitigation. Patent no.

10,602,462 issued to Nixon Cheaz, Cary, North Carolina; Akanksha Pramod Joshi, Bellevue, Washington; Ariel Borochov, Raleigh, North Carolina; Sarah L. Talty, Durham, North Carolina; Nanditha Sivashankar, Morrisville, North Carolina. Assigned to IBM, Armonk.

Location-based event-affinity detangling for rolling broadcasts. Patent no. 10,602,208 issued to Aaron K. Baughman, Silver Spring, Maryland; Thomas B. Harrison, Holly Springs, North Carolina; Nicholas A. McCrory, Sacramento, California; Michelle Welcks, Tampa, Florida. Assigned to IBM, Armonk.

Management of voice conversations with switching among different communication techniques. Patent no.

10,602,412 issued to Nicola Milanese, Rome, Italy; Stefano Sidoti, Rome, Italy; Andrea Tortosa, Rome, Italy. Assigned to IBM, Armonk.

Obtaining camera device image data representing an event. Patent no. 10,602,045 issued to Lee Carbonell, Flower Mound, Texas; Tsz Shing Cheng, Grand Prairie, Texas; Jeffrey Lynn Edgington, Keller, Texas; Pandian Mariadoss, Allen, Texas. Assigned to IBM, Armonk.

Problem solving in a message queuing system in a computer network. Patent no. 10,601,952 issued to Rudranil Das Gupta, Kolkata, India; Erik Houlberg, Hvidovre, Denmark; Jorgen B. Kristensen, Herlev, Denmark; Anders Raasted, Helsinge, Denmark.

Assigned to IBM, Armonk.

Publishing configuration patterns for storage resources and storage performance models from client systems to share with client systems in a network computing environment. Patent no. 10,601,920 issued to Rakesh Jain, San Jose, California; Ramani R. Routray, San Jose, California; Sumant Padbidri, Santa Jose, California; Yang Song, San Jose, California. Assigned to IBM, Armonk.

Secure mobile device integration with vehicles. Patent no. 10,602,360 issued to Yair Allouche, Dvira, Israel; Oded Margalit, Ramat Gan, Israel. Assigned to IBM, Armonk.

Wireless cross-connect switch. Patent no. 10,602,532 issued to Mihai A. Sanduleanu, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates; Laurent Schares, Pleasantville.

Assigned to IBM, Armonk.

HUDSON VALLEY BUILDING LOANS Below $1 million 11 Aluminum Drive LLC, Ellenville, as owner. Lender: Ulster Savings Bank, Kingston. Property: 9 and 11 Aluminum Drive and Dewitt Street, Ellenville 12428.

Amount: $894,250. Filed March 18.

22 Lexington Avenue LLC, as owner. Lender: CPC Funding SPE 1 LLC. Property: in Poughkeepsie.

Amount: $610,000. Filed March 18.

88 Mountain Road LLC, Brooklyn, as owner. Lender: New Silver Lending LLC, West Hartford, Connecticut. Property: 88 Mountain Road, Rosendale 12472. Amount: $119,000. Filed March 18.

Austin Black LLC, Monsey, as owner. Lender: LendingOne LLC, Boca Raton, Florida. Property: 123 S. Montgomery St., Walden 12586.

Amount: $124,650. Filed March 24.

Bauml, Jeffrey, et al, Kingston, as owner. Lender: Rondout Savings Bank, Kingston. Property: 59 Green St., Kingston 12401.

Amount: $320,000. Filed March 20.

Hindley, Katrina, et al, Pine Bush, as owner. Lender: Walden Savings Bank, Montgomery. Property: in Shawangunk. Amount: $155,000. Filed March 19.

Isaacson, Tyler D., et al, Long Island City, as owner. Lender: Ulster Savings Bank, Kingston.

Property: 127 Esselborne Road, Philipstown 10516. Amount: $345,787. Filed March 18.

KLK Holdings LLC, Wappingers Falls, as owner. Lender: 5 Arch Funding Corp., Irvine, California.

Property: 1417 Route 52, Walden 12586. Amount: $43,690. Filed March 19.

Kondysar, Stephen, et al, as owner. Lender: Rhinebeck Bank.

Property: in Stanford. Amount: $726,525. Filed March 18.

Massone, Jason, as owner. Lender: Rhinebeck Bank. Property: in Rhinebeck. Amount: $712,500.

Filed March 20.

FCBJ

WCBJ

Mick LLC, Newburgh, as owner.

Lender: Salisbury Bank and Trust Co., Lakeville, Connecticut. Property: 6 Grand St., Marlborough.

Amount: $209,000. Filed March 20.

Vega, Steven, et al, Goshen, as owner. Lender: Residential Home Funding Corp., Parsippany, New Jersey. Property: in Goshen.

Amount: $192,643. Filed March 17.

Weaver, Richard W. III, et al, Accord, as owner. Lender: The Bank of Greene County, Catskill.

Property: in Rochester. Amount: $200,000. Filed March 20.

DEEDS Above $1 million Adusa Distribution LLC, Salisbury, North Carolina. Seller: Chester Logistics LLC, Keene, New Hampshire. Property: 1 Elizabeth Drive and 176 Black Meadow Road, Chester 10918. Amount: $65 million. Filed March 18.

Modena MHC LLC, Skokie, Illinois. Seller: Modena Country Club Inc., Modena. Property: in Plattekill. Amount: $6.6 million.

Filed March 17.

Open Space Institute Land Trust Inc., New York City. Seller: Inncredible Caterers X LLC, Central Valley. Property: in Philipstown. Amount: $1.8 million. Filed March 20.

UH US Hudson Valley 2019 LLC, Morristown, New Jersey.

Seller: Hudson Valley 2011 LLC, Morristown, New Jersey. Property: in Ulster. Amount: $46 million.

Filed March 19.

Below $1 million 14 Bridge LLC, Rockville Centre. Seller: Francesco Alesci, et al, Florida. Property: 14 Bridge St., Florida 10921. Amount: $630,000.

Filed March 23.

158 Johnson Street LLC, Monroe. Seller: Richard Baldwin, Newburgh. Property: 158 Johnston St., Newburgh. Amount: $578,250.

Filed March 20.

170 Acre Forest LLC, New York City. Seller: Marshall Drive Estates LLC, New York City. Property: 31 Reservoir Road, Staatsburg.

Amount: $400,000. Filed March 16.

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Facts & Figures 182 Mills Cross Road LLC, New York City. Seller: Marshall Drive Estates LLC, New York City. Property: 182 Mills Cross Road, Staatsburg. Amount: $700,000. Filed March 16.

21 Mortgage Corp., Knoxville, Tennessee. Seller: Jay Hashmall, White Plains. Property: 6 Interlaken Road, Patterson 12563.

Amount: $335,994. Filed March 18. st

68 Violet Avenue LLC, Poughkeepsie. Seller: Fairview Block Inc., Poughkeepsie. Property: 68-74 Violet Ave. and 10-30 Superior Way, Poughkeepsie. Amount: $465,000. Filed March 18.

76 Cedar Grove LLC, Amenia.

Seller: Bank of Millbrook, Millbrook. Property: 76 Main St., Millerton. Amount: $160,000. Filed March 17.

Aden Brook Agricultural LLC, Montgomery. Seller: Amante and Norris Associates LLC, Chester.

Property: 2 Bell Way, Chester.

Amount: $349,900. Filed March 19.

Bailey Family Real Estate Holdings LLC, Wassaic. Seller: Janet L. Miller, Hopewell Junction.

Property: in Pine Plains. Amount: $99,000. Filed March 17.

Big Indian Properties LLC, Laurel. Seller: Harry L. Turner, et al, Yardville, New Jersey. Property: in Shandaken. Amount: $78,000.

Filed March 17.

Black Rock Fish and Game Club of Cornwall Inc., Mountainville. Seller: Irene Fotopoulos, Tappan. Property: in Wallkill.

Amount: $200,000. Filed March 23.

Bon Secours Community Hospital, Port Jervis. Seller: Leonard M. Miglionico, et al, Port Jervis.

Property: in Port Jervis. Amount: $765,000. Filed March 23.

Brothers Sahiti Corp., Wappingers Falls. Seller: Quantum View Holdngs LLC, Wappingers Falls. Property: 94 N. Hamilton St., Poughkeepsie 12601. Amount: $75,000. Filed March 17.

C and E Property Development LLC, Mahopac. Seller: U.S. Bank N.A. Property: 488 Richardsville Road, Carmel 10512.

Amount: $215,000. Filed March 18.

Cemco Development Group Inc., Stormville. Seller: Red Cardinal Properties LLC, Pawling.

Property: 23 Main St., Poughquag 12570. Amount: $20,000. Filed March 17.

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County of Orange, Goshen. Seller: Pierre Ambrosino, et al, New York City. Property: in Wallkill.

Amount: $4,260. Filed March 17.

Deutsche Bank National Trust Co. Seller: Alan L. Joseph, Goshen. Property: 8 San Marcos Drive, Monroe 10950. Amount: $362,484. Filed March 23.

Ellenville Portfolio Inc., Ellenville. Seller: 754 Developers LLC, Greenvale. Property: 5 Glass St., Ellenville 12428. Amount: $130,000. Filed March 18.

Ellenville Portfolio Inc., Ellenville. Seller: 770 Development LLC, Greenvale. Property: 115 S. Main St., Ellenville 12428.

Amount: $120,000. Filed March 18.

Ellenville Portfolio Inc., Ellenville. Seller: Erimar Properties Inc., Ellenville. Property: 39 Canal St., Ellenville 12428. Amount: $80,000. Filed March 18.

Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corp., McLean, Virginia. Seller: Carla D. Glassman, White Plains.

Property: 2 Bridge Lane, Brewster 10509. Amount: $183,500. Filed March 19.

Federal National Mortgage Association. Seller: Jennifer S. Ecchevarria, Warwick. Property: 453 Grahamtown Road, Middletown 10940. Amount: $344,866.

Filed March 23.

Harjiwan LLC, Wappingers Falls. Seller: 1631 Route 82 Realty Inc., Lagrange. Property: in LaGrange. Amount: $155,000. Filed March 19.

Hillburn Holdings LLC, Spring Valley. Seller: M&T Bank, Getzville. Property: 8 Jay St., New Windsor 12553. Amount: $163,150.

Filed March 19.

Hudson Heritage Federal Credit Union, Houghton, Michigan. Seller: Thomas Diviny, Pearl River. Property: 5 Amy Lane, Middleton 10941. Amount: $175,947.

Filed March 23.

Hudson Valley Home Rentals LLC, Kingston. Seller: Hudson Valley REO LLC, et al, Bearsville.

Property: in Kingston. Amount: $184,000. Filed March 18.

Hunter Nine LLC, Tinton Falls, New Jersey. Seller: U.S. Bank N.A. Property: 36 Summit Drive, Mahopac 10541. Amount: $254,800.

Filed March 18.

FCBJ

WCBJ

Jenco Real Estate Inc., Pleasant Valley. Seller: Jack E. Schachner, Pleasant Valley. Property: 58 Hagan Drive, Poughkeepsie 12603.

Amount: $179,500. Filed March 18.

Kingston Renovates Inc., Rosendale. Seller: Peak Odell II LLC, Denver, Colorado. Property: 15 Messmer Road, Rosendale.

Amount: $58,000. Filed March 20.

Stillwater Recovery LLC, Massapequa Park. Seller: Nancy Fernandez, Bronx. Property: in Shandaken. Amount: $7,500.

Filed March 17.

Boom’s Farm Corp., Saugerties. $1,724 in favor of the New York State Department of Taxation and Finance, Albany. Filed March 17.

Phoenicia Wines and Liquors, Phoenicia. $5,509 in favor of the New York State Department of Taxation and Finance, Albany.

Filed March 17.

Teachers Federal Credit Union, Briarwood. Seller: Meghan Mossey, Wappingers Falls. Property: 84 Stowe Drive, Poughquag 12570. Amount: $310,000. Filed March 17.

Chela’s Market Inc., Wallkill. $39,926 in favor of the New York State Department of Taxation and Finance, Albany. Filed March 17.

Prag Realty of New York Inc., Monroe. $1,500 in favor of the Workers’ Compensation Board of the State of New York, Albany.

Filed March 19.

Dublin Landscapes, Newburgh. $29,500 in favor of the Workers’ Compensation Board of the State of New York, Albany.

Filed March 19.

Reyes Landscaping, Middletown. $1,467 in favor of the New York State Department of Labor, Albany. Filed March 17.

KLK Holdings LLC, Wappingers Falls. Seller: Deutsche Bank National Trust Co. Property: 1417 Route 52, Walden 12586. Amount: $69,300. Filed March 19.

Truman 2016 SC6 Title Trust U.S. Bank N.A. Seller: Shane J. Egan, Pawling. Property: 23 O’Handley Drive, Amenia 12501.

Amount: $313,500. Filed March 18.

Manisali Properties LLC, Wappingers Falls. Seller: Dolores Heady, Beacon. Property: in Beacon. Amount: $99,500. Filed March 17.

U.S. Bank N.A. Seller: Eric Kurtz, Kingston. Property: 34 Clay Hill Road, Kerhonkson 12446.

Amount: $381,159. Filed March 20.

McKenna Home Builders Inc., Carmel. Seller: Ryan Pegnim, Lafayette, California. Property: 120 Peaceable Hill Road, Brewster 10509. Amount: $130,200. Filed March 19.

New Wave Pool and Spa LLC, Newburgh. Seller: Deutsche Bank National Trust Co. Property: 8 Appletree Drive, Gardiner 12525.

Amount: $145,000. Filed March 18.

NJCC-NYS CRF REO Subsidiary LLC, Houston, Texas. Seller: David G. Ferenz, Poughkeepsie.

Property: 300 Ketchamtown Road, Unit C12, Wappingers Falls 12590. Amount: $95,000. Filed March 16.

Open Space Institute Land Trust Inc., New York City. Seller: Dorothy L. McIntosh, Lockport.

Property: in Wawarsing. Amount: $33,000. Filed March 19.

Philco IV Realty LLC, Astoria.

Seller: Tomjac Realty Corp., Accord. Property: in Wawarsing.

Amount: $185,000. Filed March 23.

QJA Enterprises LLC, Newburgh. Seller: Fannie Mae. Property: 7 Perry Creek Road, Washingtonville 10992. Amount: $141,000. Filed March 20.

Rhinebeck 2020 LLC, Poughkeepsie. Seller: WTR Rhinebeck LLC, Rhinebeck. Property: in Rhinebeck. Amount: $158,000.

Filed March 18.

Schiliro and Sons Realty LLC, Yonkers. Seller: Fannie Mae. Property: 883 Pulaski Highway, Goshen 10924. Amount: $145,000.

Filed March 23.

U.S. Bank N.A. Seller: Rachel A. Monroe, et al, Montgomery. Property: 19 Rowan St., Middletown 10940. Amount: $108,784. Filed March 23.

Wallkil Realty LLC, Monroe.

Seller: 734 Mount Airy Road LLC, Newburgh. Property: in Shawangunk. Amount: $126,000. Filed March 18.

Wells Fargo Bank N.A. Seller: Eric O. Thorsen. New City. Property: 24 Ridge Ave., Walden 12586.

Amount: $186,887. Filed March 23.

JUDGMENTS 3 Guys Pizza and Catering Inc., Highland. $2,684 in favor of the New York State Department of Taxation and Finance, Albany.

Filed March 17.

Elite Mechanical Corp., Kingston. $882 in favor of the New York State Department of Taxation and Finance, Albany. Filed March 17.

Ermirio’s LLC, Highland Falls. $1,028 in favor of the New York State Department of Labor, Albany. Filed March 17.

Gia’s Mini Mart Inc., New Hampton. $31,500 in favor of the Workers’ Compensation Board of the State of New York, Albany.

Filed March 19.

Jaisachchibanand Inc., Middletown. $6,500 in favor of the Workers’ Compensation Board of the State of New York, Albany.

Filed March 19.

Joe’s Pizza and Deli Inc., Wallkill. $10,007 in favor of the New York State Department of Taxation and Finance, Albany.

Filed March 17.

Leveled-Up Construction LLC, Bearsville. $1,020 in favor of the New York State Department of Taxation and Finance, Albany.

Filed March 17.

50 Circle Road Inc., Kingston. $1,374 in favor of the New York State Department of Taxation and Finance, Albany. Filed March 17.

LYL Trading Inc., Monroe. $1,154 in favor of the New York State Department of Labor, Albany. Filed March 17.

ABC Construction Services Corp., Monroe. $2,403 in favor of the New York State Department of Labor, Albany. Filed March 17.

Magnum Consulting Services Inc., Monroe. $668 in favor of the New York State Department of Labor, Albany. Filed March 17.

At and Sons Electric LLC, Marlboro. $1,020 in favor of the New York State Department of Taxation and Finance, Albany. Filed March 17.

Martinez Drywall Inc., Newburgh. $632 in favor of the New York State Department of Labor, Albany. Filed March 17.

Baron’s International Kitchen Inc., Kingston. $1,020 in favor of the New York State Department of Taxation and Finance, Albany.

Filed March 17.

Nadoka Luxury Cleaning LLC, Marlboro. $1,062 in favor of the New York State Department of Taxation and Finance, Albany.

Filed March 17.

Pah-Hah Inc., Bearsville. $21,045 in favor of the New York State Department of Taxation and Finance, Albany. Filed March 17.

The Professional Image Marketing and Public Relations Inc., Newburgh. $28,500 in favor of the Workers’ Compensation Board of the State of New York, Albany. Filed March 19.

Titan Tax and Accounting Services LLC, Newburgh. $1,120 in favor of the New York State Department of Labor, Albany. Filed March 17.

Warner Construction Inc., Middletown. $8,623 in favor of the New York State Department of Labor, Albany. Filed March 17.

Woodstock Landscaping and Excavating LLC, West Hurley. $1,640 in favor of the New York State Department of Taxation and Finance, Albany. Filed March 17.

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

Alfonso, Rolando, et al. Filed

by Nationstar Mortgage LLC. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $261,250 affecting property located at 10 Academy Ave., Chester 10918. Filed Feb. 19.

Anderson, Joseph, et al. Filed

by U.S. Bank Trust N.A. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $238,003 affecting property located at 16 Robert Drive, Hyde Park 12538. Filed March 13.

Andrades, Jose, et al. Filed by Fifth Third Bank N.A. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $343,660 affecting property located at 90 Eleanor Drive, Mahopac 10541. Filed March 19.

Ballesteros, Robert, et al. Filed

by RBS Citizens N.A. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $480,000 affecting property located at 27 Anton Drive, Carmel 10512. Filed March 18.

Facts & Figures Barach, Joshua J., et al. Filed

by Midfirst Bank. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $194,575 affecting property located at 201 Second Road, Hopewell Junction 12533. Filed March 18.

De Jesus, Joel, et al. Filed by Quicken Loans Inc. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $167,902 affecting property located at 1301 Union Ave., Newburgh 12550. Filed Feb. 10.

Cabarcas, Mamie E., et al. Filed

by U.S. Bank N.A. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $58,222 affecting property located at 20 Columbia St., Poughkeepsie 12601. Filed March 17.

Dowling, Kathryn, et al. Filed

by Nationstar Mortgage LLC. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $289,720 affecting property located at 41 Montgomery St., Goshen 10924.

Filed Feb. 18.

Carranza, Agustin M., et al.

Filed by Newrez LLC. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure an unspecified amount affecting property located at 22 Clearview Extension, Wallkill 12589. Filed March 19.

Casailinova, Lisa M., et al. Filed

by Deutsche Bank National Trust Co. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $259,200 affecting property located at 21 Pleasant Lane, Wappingers Falls 12590. Filed March 13.

Charland, Patrick L., et al.

Filed by U.S. Bank N.A. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure an unspecified amount affecting property located at 101 Vassar Road, Poughkeepsie 12603. Filed March 17.

Coles, Robbin A., et al. Filed

by MTGLQ Investors LP. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $170,000 affecting property located at 52 Birch Drive, Middletown 10940. Filed Feb. 19.

Colonial Gate Gardens LLC, et al. Filed by Wilmington Trust N.A. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure an unspecified amount affecting property located in Middletown, Highland Mills, Montgomery, New Windsor, Harriman, Campbell Hall, Goshen, Nanuet, Blauvelt, Spring Valley, Sparrow Bush, Bloomburg, Chester, Pine Bush and New York City. Filed Feb. 11.

Conway, Robert D., et al. Filed

by U.S. Bank N.A. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure an unspecified amount affecting property located at 18 Brusk Drive, Hopewell Junction 12533.

Filed March 13.

Correa, Pedro A., et al. Filed

by U.S. Bank N.A. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $141,000 affecting property located at 122 Foxwood Drive South, Newburgh 12550. Filed Feb. 19.

Davis, Christina, et al. Filed by Carrington Mortgage Services LLC. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $120,700 affecting property located at 124 Patio Road, Wallkill 10941. Filed Feb. 13.

Duncan, Robert, et al. Filed by The Bank of New York Mellon. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $268,123 affecting property located at 7 N. Jackson Road, Poughkeepsie 12603. Filed March 18.

Eppolito, Craig T., et al. Filed

by U.S. Bank Trust N.A. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure an unspecified amount affecting property located at 14 Lake Ave., Middletown 10940.

Filed Feb. 14.

Fernandez, Sulma E., et al.

Filed by Carrington Mortgage Services LLC. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure an unspecified amount affecting property located at 238-240 First St., Newburgh 12550. Filed Feb. 5.

Fortin, Suzan M., as heir to the estate of Camille Fortin, et al.

Filed by Loancare LLC. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $225,000 affecting property located at 15 Princess Lane, Newburgh 12550. Filed Feb. 6.

Galarza, Damon R., et al. Filed

by Lakeview Loan Servicing LLC. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $171,830 affecting property located at 4 Arbor Drive, Newburgh 12550. Filed Feb. 12.

Gigli, Victoria, et al. Filed by Arvest Central Mortgage Co. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $351,000 affecting property located at 9 Salem Road, Fishkill 12524. Filed March 17.

Gonzalez, Livia, et al. Filed

by Newrez LLC. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure an unspecified amount affecting property located at 46 Highrose Ridge Way, Middletown 10940.

Filed Feb. 10.

Grant, Tara L., et al. Filed by Select Portfolio Servicing Inc. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $209,968 affecting property located at 31 Troy Lane, Highland 12528. Filed March 20.

Gratzel, Christopher A., et al.

Filed by Nationstar Mortgage LLC. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $310,500 affecting property located at 7 Millers Lane Extension, Warwick 10990. Filed Feb. 7.

Kempter, Christine, et al. Filed

by U.S. Bank Trust N.A. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $149,401 affecting property located at 27 Peters Road, Hopewell Junction 12533. Filed March 13.

Milbury, Michael, et al. Filed

by Wells Fargo Bank N.A. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $183,220 affecting property located at 32 Tiger Road, Hopewell Junction 12533. Filed March 17.

Greene, Keith, et al. Filed by Mill City Mortgage Loan Trust 2019-1. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $268,000 affecting property located at 514 Dosen Road, Middletown 10940. Filed Feb. 6.

Kernes, Vivian, et al. Filed by Wells Fargo Bank N.A. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $410,696 affecting property located at 42 Deer Hill Court, Carmel 10512. Filed March 18.

Miller, Matthew C. Sr., et al.

Filed by U.S. Bank N.A. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $207,000 affecting property located at 140 First St., Walden 12586. Filed Feb. 17.

Rice, Joel S., et al. Filed by Newrez LLC. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $101,466 affecting property located at 87 Osborne Hill Road, Wappingers Falls 12590. Filed March 13.

Klescht, Susan L., et al. Filed by The Bank of New York Mellon. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $176,700 affecting property located at 6 Kentview Drive, Carmel 10512. Filed March 17.

Moore, Catherine F., et al. Filed

by U.S. Bank Trust N.A. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $83,500 affecting property located at 19 Harvard St., Red Hook 12571. Filed March 10.

Rivera, Ingrid, et al. Filed by HSBC Bank USA N.A. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $137,481 affecting property located at 134 Linden Ave., Middletown 10940. Filed Feb. 5.

Mulhearne, Leigh, et al. Filed

by Newrez LLC. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $397,664 affecting property located at 289 Wood St., Mahopac 10541. Filed March 19.

Rivera, William, et al. Filed by M&T Bank. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $286,711 affecting property located at 11 Lovington Court, Wallkill 12589. Filed Feb. 13.

Orange County commissioner of finance as limited administrator of the estate of James Wettje, et al. Filed by U.S. Bank N.A. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $103,600 affecting property located at 19 Rivervale Road, Middletown 10940.

Filed Feb. 13.

Robinson, Dughcoix, et al.

Filed by Bayview Loan Servicing LLC. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $120,000 affecting property located at 45 S. Lander St., Newburgh 12550.

Filed Feb. 6.

Halstead, Helen M., individually and as surviving spouse of Robert M. Halstead, et al.

Filed by Nationstar Mortgage LLC. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $292,500 affecting property located at 56 Prince St., Middletown 10940.

Filed Feb. 13.

Heinz, Charles H. Jr., et al. Filed

by Wells Fargo Bank N.A. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $459,030 affecting property located at 9 Chestnut St., Hopewell Junction 12533. Filed March 18.

Heller, Arthur W., et al. Filed

by Specialized Loan Servicing LLC. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $403,918 affecting property located at 158 Harriman Heights Road, Monroe 10950. Filed Feb. 3.

Ingersoll, Kenneth, et al. Filed

by Bankunited N.A. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $231,369 affecting property located at 1287 Hopewell Ave., Fishkill 12524. Filed March 16.

Jackowski, Robert Jr., et al.

Filed by Wilmington Savings Fund Society FSB. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $143,060 affecting property located at 6 Ash Court, Kingston 12401. Filed March 19.

Jones, Joseph J., et al. Filed by Deutsche Bank National Trust Co. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $285,964 affecting property located at 36 Barbara Drive, Warwick 10990.

Filed Feb. 3.

Karaqi, Deanna, et al. Filed by Roundpoint Mortgage Servicing Corp. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $448,717 affecting property located at 173 Fair St., Carmel 10512. Filed March 18.

Kaufman, Yosef, et al. Filed by Home Point Financial Corp. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $294,300 affecting property located at 8 Merriewold Lane South, Monroe 10950. Filed Feb. 4.

Kokakis, Othon, et al. Filed

by Ulster Savings Bank. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $168,150 affecting property located at 5 Lee Road, Cornwall-on-Hudson 12518. Filed Feb. 14.

Kwiencinski, James, et al. Filed

by Aspen Properties Group LLC. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $30,000 affecting property located at 13 Rion Road, Chichester 12416.

Filed March 18.

Larson, Nina-Maria, et al. Filed

by UMB Bank N.A. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $100,000 affecting property located at 352 Hommelville Road, Saugerties 12477. Filed March 17.

Lexy Farms LLC, et al. Filed

by HSBC Bank USA N.A. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $199,989 affecting property located at 66 Canal Drive, Godeffroy 12729. Filed Feb. 7.

Magnusson, Norman A., et al.

Filed by U.S. Bank N.A. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $200,000 affecting property located at 119 Mink Hollow Road, Woodstock 12498.

Filed March 19.

Marinescu, Luminita E., individually and as heir to the estate of Nicolae P. Marinescu, et al. Filed by Wilmington Savings Fund Society FSB. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $300,000 affecting property located at 5317 Red Hill Road, Claryville 12725. Filed March 19.

Masri, Joseph, et al. Filed by Fifth Third Bank N.A. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $270,000 affecting property located at 11 Nickelsburg Road, Unit 202, Monroe 10950.

Filed Feb. 13.

Orange County commissioner of finance as the limited administrator of the estate of Irwin Sussman, et al. Filed by Nationstar Mortgage LLC. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $390,000 affecting property located at 23 Merrill Road, Cornwall-on-Hudson 12518.

Filed Feb. 7.

Pappalardi, Joseph E. III, et al. Filed by Quicken Loans Inc. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $265,109 affecting property located at 846 Neighborhood Road, Lake Katrine 12449. Filed March 18.

Perrone, John P., et al. Filed by Wilmington Savings Fund Society FSB. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $263,500 affecting property located at 13 Farries Ave., Florida 10921. Filed Feb. 13.

Porter, Scott J., et al. Filed by Carrington Mortgage Services LLC. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $286,811 affecting property located at 137 Slater Road, Patterson 12563.

Filed March 17.

Pulitano, Frank, et al. Filed by U.S. Bank N.A. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $331,500 affecting property located at 48 Stowe Drive, Poughquag 12570. Filed March 13.

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Raldiris, Elena, et al. Filed by The Bank of New York Mellon. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $196,000 affecting property located at 62 New York Ave., Wallkill 10940. Filed Feb. 4.

Rodriguez, Miguel, et al. Filed

by Flagstar Bank FSB. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $428,500 affecting property located at 6 Dristin Drive, Blooming Grove 10914.

Filed Feb. 18.

Rossy, Nelson E., et al. Filed by Deutsche Bank National Trust Co. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $172,000 affecting property located at 1404 Brentwood Drive, Brewster 10509. Filed March 17.

Scudieri, Donato, et al. Filed

by Wells Fargo Bank N.A. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $384,000 affecting property located at 57 Kings Ridge Road, Mahopac 10541. Filed March 19.

Siedlecki, Leszek, et al. Filed

by U.S. Bank N.A. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $229,800 affecting property located at 7 Durland Drive, Chester 10918. Filed Feb. 6.

Slagle, Patricia W., et al. Filed

by Hudson Valley Credit Union.

Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $65,000 affecting property located at 45 Old Ridge Road, Warwick 10990.

Filed Feb. 12.

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Facts & Figures Snow, Carl, et al. Filed by The Bank of New York Mellon. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $176,225 affecting property located at 105 Reagans Mill Road, Wingdale 12594. Filed March 13.

Thomas, Eileen, et al. Filed by New Residential Mortgage LLC. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $283,575 affecting property located at 17 Old Hemlock Drive, New Windsor 12553. Filed Feb. 13.

Williams, Kevin L., et al. Filed

by HSBC Bank USA N.A. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $220,000 affecting property located at 36 Westwood Ave., Ellenville 12428. Filed March 20.

Soto, David, et al. Filed by Bank of America N.A. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $170,000 affecting property located at 45 Chief Ninham Drive, Carmel 10512. Filed March 19.

Tomlins, Dorrie D., et al. Filed

by Nationstar Mortgage LLC. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $477,355 affecting property located at 10 Langdon Lane, Walden 12586. Filed Feb. 12.

Zemsky, Henry P., et al. Filed

by Bayview Loan Servicing LLC. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $175,000 affecting property located at 14 Shoreham Drive, Brewster 10509.

Filed March 17.

Stesel, Meir, et al. Filed by the State of New York Mortgage Agency. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $200,000 affecting property located at 2 Zlotchev Way, Unit 301, Monroe 10950. Filed Feb. 5.

Vandermark, Richard H., et al. Filed by Carrington Mortgage Services LLC. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure an unspecified amount affecting property located at 25 Thompson St., Port Jervis 12771. Filed Feb. 3.

Sweet, Jennifer L., et al. Filed

by Wells Fargo Bank N.A. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $323,400 affecting property located at 21 Alta Drive, Unit 102, Wappingers Falls 12590.

Filed March 16.

Vega, Enrique Jr., et al. Filed

by Bank of America N.A. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $297,600 affecting property located at 115 Rolling Meadows Road, Middletown 10940. Filed Feb. 11.

Taveras, Juana A., et al. Filed

by M&T Bank. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $300,000 affecting property located at 28 Third St., Middletown 10940. Filed Feb. 12.

Vidal, Wendy M., et al. Filed by Wallkill Valley Federal Savings and Loan Association. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $125,000 affecting property located at 34 Innis Ave., Newburgh. Filed Feb. 12.

Terranova, Gino, et al. Filed

by Specialized Loan Servicing LLC. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $183,712 affecting property located at 843 Homestead Ave., Maybrook 12543. Filed Feb. 6.

Walby, Nancy, et al. Filed by Wilmington Trust N.A. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure an unspecified amount affecting property located at 80 Last Road, Crawford 10941. Filed Feb. 12.

Mechanic’s Liens 207 SSR LLC, Brooklyn, as owner. $1,367 as claimed by E. Tetz and Sons Inc., Middletown.

Property: 207 Seven Springs Road, Highland Mills 10930. Filed March 17.

ACP Monroe Assoc LLC, as owner. $7,320 as claimed by AA Contractors and Painting Specialists Corp., North Plainfield, New Jersey. Property: 475 Route 17M, Monroe 10950. Filed March 17.

Arizona Hudson Valley LLC, New York. City, as owner. $2,021 as claimed by Partner Equipment Rentals LLC, Kingston. Property: 198 Heritage Drive, Hurley 12443.

Filed March 20.

Central Hudson Gas and Electric Corp., as owner. $291,694 as claimed by High Valley Designs Ltd., Somers. Property: 284 South Ave., Poughkeepsie. Filed March 17.

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Miriam, Mikvah Hendel, Monroe, as owner. $60,120 as claimed

by E. Tetz and Sons Inc., Middletown. Property: 509 Forest St., Monroe 10950. Filed March 17.

Pickering, Lorin, et al, Shawangunk, as owner. $19,654 as claimed by 360 Construction, Kingston. Property: 1066 Hoagerburgh Road, Wallkill 12589. Filed March 19.

QCL on Main LP, as owner. $69,198 as claimed by Legacy Service USA LLC, Southampton, Pennsylvania. Property: 178-18818 Main St., Poughkeepsie. Filed March 19.

Shtesl, Moshe, et al, Monroe, as owner. $902 as claimed by E. Tetz and Sons Inc., Middletown. Property: 277 Mountainview Drive, Monroe 10950. Filed March 17.

Wiley, Ryan, et al, as owner. $2,911 as claimed by Poughkeepsie Custom Woodworks LLC, Milton. Property: 45 Shivertown Road, New Paltz. Filed March 16.

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

Doing Business As Beyond Rooted Inc., d.b.a. Little Lambs Early Learning, 865 Neighborhood Road, Lake Katrine 12449. Filed March 17.

Britt and Graff Contractors Inc., d.b.a. Jarvis Fuel Services, 279 Broadway, Port Ewen 12466.

Filed March 17.

Brooklyn Bottling of Milton New York Inc., d.b.a. Brooklyn Bottling, P.O. Box 808, Milton 12547. Filed March 17.

Casa Vallarta II Inc., d.b.a. Casa Vallarta, 1571 Ulster Ave., Suite 3, Lake Katrine 12449. Filed March 17.

Chestnut Marts Inc., d.b.a.

Chestnut Marts – 1417 Route 9W, 1417 Route 9W, Marlboro 12542. Filed March 17.

Comforting Hands Home Health Agency Inc., d.b.a.

Comforting Hands Medical Staffing, 695 Dutchess Turnpike, Suite 112, Poughkeepsie 12603.

Filed March 17.

Cronin Solutions Inc., d.b.a.

Jestin Realty, P.O. Box 486, Pine Bush 12566. Filed March 18.

Epsilon Corp., d.b.a. Majestic’s Hardware, 4 Dusinberre Road, Gardiner 12525. Filed March 16.

Floratron Corp., d.b.a. Colonial Flower Shop, 20 New Paltz Plaza, New Paltz 12561. Filed March 16.

Freelot Steel Corp., d.b.a. Wonderland Growers and Processors, 333 Cedar Heights Road, Rhinebeck 12572. Filed March 17.

G. Cuney Construction Inc., d.b.a. G. Cuney Realty, 35 Riverview, Port Ewen 12466. Filed March 17.

G. Cuney Construction Inc., d.b.a. Riverwalk Homes, 35 Riverview, Port Ewen 12466. Filed March 17.

Gigigoe Inc., d.b.a. Discount Dollar Plus, 22 New Paltz Plaza, New Paltz 12561. Filed March 16.

I’ll Meet You There Inc., d.b.a.

Neighborhood 209, 5164 Route 209, Accord12404. Filed March 17.

International Conference of the Church of the Brothers United in Christ Inc., d.b.a.

Spanish Pentecostal Marantha Temple (Templo Pentecostal Marantha), 180 S. Main St., Ellenville 12428. Filed March 17.

James L. Taylor Manufacturing Co., d.b.a. Harmon Printing, 130 Salt Point Turnpike, Poughkeepsie 12603. Filed March 17.

King’s Fire International of Kingston Inc., d.b.a. Great Big Life, 865 Neighborhood Road, Lake Katrine 12449. Filed March 17.

National Tax and Financial Services Inc., d.b.a. NTFS Capital, 163 Old Little Britain Road, Newburgh 12550. Filed March 16.

Neil Liquors Inc., d.b.a. Kerhonkson Liquors, 6270 Route 209, Kerhonkson 12446. Filed March 17.

Neil Liquors Inc., d.b.a. Kerhonkson Wine and Liquor, 6270 Route 209, Kerhonkson 12446. Filed March 17.

NYSARC Inc., d.b.a. Blackboard Bistro, 575 Drewville Road, Carmel 10512. Filed March 17.

Polar Home Services Inc., d.b.a. Polar Plumbing, Heating and Air Conditioning, 205 Meadow Lane, Modena 12548.

Filed March 16.

Read Reports Inc., d.b.a. EVO New York, 60 Park Lane, Suite 6, Highland 12528. Filed March 17.

River Link Agency Inc., d.b.a.

Ott Insurance Agency, 1451 Route 208, Wallkill 12589. Filed March 16.

Saw Doors Inc., d.b.a. Wee Saw Toy Co., 418 Old Neighborhood Road, Kingston 12401. Filed March 17.

Toyota Motor Credit Corp., d.b.a. Mazda Financial Services, 90 Crystal Run Road, Suite 310, Middletown 10940. Filed March 17.

Walgreen Eastern Company Inc., d.b.a. Walgreens No. 17317, 236 Main St., New Paltz 12561.

Filed March 17.

Walgreen Eastern Company Inc., d.b.a. Walgreens No. 17489, 6 Simmons Plaza, Saugerties 12477. Filed March 16.

Low Hanging Fruit Inc., d.b.a.

Baba, 850 Elting Road, Rosendale 12472. Filed March 17.

Walgreen Eastern Company Inc., d.b.a. Walgreens No. 17676, 3732 Highway 9W, Highland 12528. Filed March 17.

Lux Hair Studio Inc., d.b.a. Lux Beauty Lounge, 104 Partition St., Saugerties 12477. Filed March 17.

Walgreen Eastern Company Inc., d.b.a. Walgreens No. 19061, 3852 Main St., Stone Ridge 12484. Filed March 17.

Marshall and Sterling Inc., d.b.a. John J. Liggan Insurance Agency, 407 Hurley Ave., Kingston 12402. Filed March 16.

Walking Riley Inc., d.b.a.

Creekside Bar and Bistro, 1128 Route 32, Rosendale 12472. Filed March 17.

Maryanna Hairstyling Inc., d.b.a. Uptown Hair Studio, 291 Wall St., Suite 2, Kingston 12401.

Filed March 16.

Facts & Figures BUILDING PERMITS Commercial Abby Tent & Party Rentals, Fairfield, contractor for St. Mary’s Cemetery. Prepare for a private party at 399 North St., Greenwich. Estimated cost: $3,080. Filed January 2020.

AMEC Carting LLC, Norwalk, contractor for 97 East Elm Properties LLC. Demolish garage at 97 E. Elm St., Greenwich. Estimated cost: $6,500. Filed January 2020.

AMEC Carting LLC, Norwalk, contractor for Mr. and Mrs. Tapiero. Demolish carriage house at 37 Rock Ridge Ave., Greenwich. Estimated cost: $13,500. Filed January 2020.

Clark Construction, New Milford, contractor for Round Hill Club Inc. Construct swimming pool and safety barrier at 33 Round Hill Club Road, Greenwich. Estimated cost: $820,000. Filed January 2020.

Corporate Construction Inc., Norwalk, contractor for Merritt 7 Venture LLC. Renovate bathrooms at 501 Merritt 7, Norwalk. Estimated cost: $165,000. Filed Jan. 2.

Corporate Construction Inc., Norwalk, contractor for Merritt 7 Venture LLC. Demolish fourth floor at 601 Merritt 7, Norwalk. Estimated cost: $203,000. Filed Jan. 2.

Dickinson, Jeffrey M., Norwalk, contractor for Sonoson LLC. Install passenger elevator at 70 S. Main St., Norwalk. Estimated cost: $10,000.

Filed Dec. 30.

Duffy Construction Inc., Stamford, contractor for Charles H. King.

Upgrade tile and install new fixtures at 11 Oakwood Lane, Greenwich. Estimated cost: $20,750. Filed January 2020.

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

Questions and comments regarding this section should be directed to: Larry Miles c/o Westfair Communications Inc. 701 Westchester Ave, Suite 100 J White Plains, N.Y. 10604-3407 Phone: 694-3600 • Fax: 694-3699

Facts & Figures ON THE RECORD

Ertel, Kevin and Paula, Old Greenwich, contractor for Kevin and Paula Ertel. Perform replacement alterations at 8 Vista Ave., Old Greenwich. Estimated cost: $10,000. Filed January 2020.

Carabali, Edison, Norwalk, contractor for Carlos Cornejo. Finish attic and build new full bathroom at 25 Long Meadow Road, Riverside. Estimated cost: $75,000. Filed January 2020.

Fairfield Pool Associates LLC, Norwalk, contractor for Nicole Carpenter. Construct swimming pool and safety barrier at 3 Brookhill Lane, Norwalk. Estimated cost: $15,600. Filed Dec. 30.

Charling, Aaron and Audrey Charling, Riverside, contractor for Aaron Charling. Replace flat roofs at 24 Lake Drive South, Riverside.

Estimated cost: $10,250. Filed January 2020.

Lovello, Frank, Stamford, contractor for Railroad Properties LLC. Perform replacement alterations at 55 Railroad Ave., Greenwich. Estimated cost: $30,000. Filed January 2020.

Fletcher, Jeffrey, Riverside, contractor for Jeffrey Fletcher. Renovate kitchen at 18 Amherst Road, Riverside. Estimated cost: $15,000.

Filed January 2020.

M. Gottfried Inc., Stamford, contractor for First Sterling Corp.

Remove old roof and re-roof 195 Greenwich Ave., Greenwich. Estimated cost: $106,063. Filed January 2020.

Grynchak Bogdan, Redding, contractor for 60 Richland LLC. Repair kitchen, expand deck and install gas furnace at 60 Richland Road, Greenwich. Estimated cost: $50,000. Filed January 2020.

Michael Joanna, Greenwich, contractor for Michael Joanna.

Renovate deck at 3 Stanwich Road, Greenwich. Estimated cost: $5,000.

Filed January 2020.

Milo, Ceci, Greenwich, contractor for Ceci Milo. Build a new two-family townhouse at 81 Bible St., Cos Cob. Estimated cost: $408,200.

Filed January 2020.

Minichetti, Anthony, Greenwich, contractor for GPFS LLC. Remodel existing rooms with new layout, finish and plumbing fixtures at 16 Doubling Road, Greenwich. Estimated cost: $550,000. Filed January 2020.

Premier Home Builders LLC, Greenwich, contractor for Stillman Court LLC. Build a new single-family residence with a finished basement at 3 Stillman Lane, Greenwich. Estimated cost: $1,500,000.

Filed January 2020.

Norwalk Donuts Inc., Norwalk, contractor for Norwalk Donuts Inc. Renovate existing Dunkin Donuts at 195 Main St., Norwalk. Estimated cost: $15,000. Filed Dec. 31.

Guiltec Development LLC, Stamford, contractor for 24 Highland Farm LLC. Remove old roof and re-roof 24 Highland Farm Road, Greenwich. Estimated cost: $75,000. Filed January 2020.

Tesla Energy Operations Inc., Norwalk, contractor for Thomas L. Goosmann. Install solar panels at 3 Rustic Lane, Norwalk. Estimated cost: $17,766. Filed Dec. 31.

Signature Pools Inc., Norwalk, contractor for James Dougherty. Construct swimming pool and safety barrier at 15 Pinecroft Road, Greenwich. Estimated cost: $90,000. Filed January 2020.

Hanlon, Peter J., Greenwich, contractor for Peter J. Hanlon. Add new kitchen, family room, basement and garage at 45 Calhoun Drive, Greenwich. Estimated cost: $900,000. Filed January 2020.

Vaz Quality Works LLC, Bridgeport, contractor for CLT Fairway LLC. Demolish single-family home at 7 Fairway Lane, Greenwich. Estimated cost: $10,500. Filed January 2020.

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Jimenez, Nelson, Bridgeport, contractor for Nitinkumar S. Jain.

Cover entrance at 14 Red Coat Lane, Greenwich. Estimated cost: $32,500. Filed January 2020.

WBCT Inc., Greenwich, contractor for Nathan and Lauren Rockliff.

Renovate living room and kitchen using new cabinets and replace flooring at 10 Carissa Lane, Greenwich. Estimated cost: $100,000.

Filed January 2020.

AR Carpentry LLC, Brookfield, contractor for Robert Michael Koch. Replace wood-frame porch with structural concrete porch and add terrace with grill area at 1 Home Place Court. Greenwich.

Estimated cost: $104,300. Filed January 2020.

Boies, Stephen B. and Christine W. Boies, Old Greenwich, contractor for Stephen B. Boies. Remove old roof and re-roof 19 Marshall St., Old Greenwich. Estimated cost: $9,750. Filed January 2020.

Bronski Builders Inc., Norwalk, contractor for Ian M. Ouellette.

Remove kitchen and refit for two bedrooms at 2 Seabreeze Place, Norwalk. Estimated cost: $21,000.

Filed Jan. 3.

Butler, Jennifer, Norwalk, contractor for Jennifer Butler. Construct 3 bedrooms and add skylights at 15 Park Lane, Norwalk.

Estimated cost: $13,000. Filed Dec. 31.

Cando, Segundo E., Norwalk, contractor for Segundo E. Cando.

Remove old roof and re-roof 3 Senga Road, Norwalk. Estimated cost: $10,000. Filed Jan. 2.

Lavalle, Joe, Norwalk, contractor for Liza Y. Bermudez. Renovate single-family residence at 9 Robins Square South, Norwalk. Estimated cost: $75,000. Filed Dec. 31.

LCYS Cognewaugh LLC, Greenwich, contractor for LCYS Cognewaugh LLC. Build new single-family dwelling at 340 Cognewaugh Road, Cos Cob. Estimated cost: $450,000. Filed January 2020.

Mackay, Gavin, Greenwich, contractor for Gavin Mackay. Remove existing attic and expand to create a larger attic at 81 Husted Lane, Greenwich. Estimated cost: $200,000. Filed January 2020.

Malagise, Ralph, Norwalk, contractor for Barbara M. Wilson.

Convert half bath to full bath at 127 Highland Ave., Norwalk. Estimated cost: $14,000. Filed Jan. 2.

Yan, Jeffrey, Cos Cob, contractor for Jeffrey Yan. Renovate kitchen and bathroom at 132 River Road Extension, Cos Cob. Estimated cost: $8,000. Filed January 2020.

Yanes Home Improvement LLC, Stamford, contractor for Michael Conte. Add a second floor to existing house and add deck and family room at 67 Circle Drive, Greenwich. Estimated cost: $300,000. Filed January 2020.

COURT CASES Bridgeport Superior Court Allstate Fire and Casualty Insurance Company, et al, Northbrook, Illinois. Filed by Myasia Jordan, Bridgeport. Plaintiff’s attorney: Paul Joseph Ganim, Bridgeport. Action: The plaintiff suffered a collision allegedly caused by another driver and sustained severe and painful personal injuries. The driver didn’t have sufficient automobile insurance to fairly compensate the plaintiff so a claim for underinsured motorist coverage benefits against the defendants was filed. The defendants were notified and have failed to compensate the plaintiff fairly. The plaintiff seeks monetary damages in excess of $15,000, exclusive of interest and costs and such other and further relief the court deems appropriate. Case no. FBT-CV-20-6094357-S. Filed Feb. 13.

Grudin, Donald A., et al, Bridgeport. Filed by Charles A. Baldwin, Bridgeport. Plaintiff’s attorney: Papcsy Janosov Roche, Norwalk.

Action: The plaintiff suffered a collision allegedly caused by the defendants and sustained severe and painful personal injuries. The plaintiff seeks monetary damages in excess of $15,000, exclusive of interest and costs and such other and further relief as the court deems appropriate. Case no. FBT-CV-206093873-S. Filed Jan. 28.

Hodzic, Faruk et al, Hartford.

Filed by Marcos Gonzalez-Rojas, Bridgeport. Plaintiff’s attorney: Tortora Law Firm LLC, Fairfield.

Action: The plaintiff suffered a collision allegedly caused by the defendant and sustained severe and painful personal injuries. The plaintiff seeks monetary damages in excess of $15,000, exclusive of interest and costs and such other and further relief the court deems appropriate. Case no. FBT-CV-206093761-S. Filed Jan. 24.

DBA Restaurant Depot LLC, Weston. Filed by Gerardo Umana, Trumbull. Plaintiff’s attorney: Carter Mario Law Firm, North Haven.

Action: The plaintiff was lawfully in the defendant’s premises when he was caused to slip and fall upon an accumulation of water and mud in the freezer area causing him to sustain injuries. The plaintiff seeks monetary damages no less than $15,000, exclusive of interest and costs and such other and further relief the court deems appropriate. Case no. FBT-CV-20-6094154-S. Filed Feb. 4.

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Stamford Health Medical Group, Inc., et al, Stamford.

Filed by Robert Citron, Norwalk.

Plaintiff’s attorney: Patrick J. Filan Law Offices LLC, Fairfield. Action: The plaintiff was a patient of the defendants. During the treatment, monitoring, diagnosing and supervision by the defendants, the plaintiff suffered serious, painful and permanent injuries because of the defendants’ medical malpractice.

The plaintiff seeks monetary damages in excess of $15,000, exclusive of interest and costs and such other and further relief the court deems appropriate. Case no. FBT-CV-206093162-S. Filed Jan. 9.

Danbury Superior Court Kardys, Jan L., Redding. Filed

by United States of America, New Haven. Plaintiff’s attorney: United States Attorney, New Haven. Action: The plaintiff claims a priority interest in the excess proceeds for the sale of land taxes for the property of the defendant. The plaintiff seeks monetary damages in excess of $15,000, exclusive of interest and costs and such other and further relief the court deems appropriate. Case no. DBD-CV-20-5016016-S. Filed Jan. 27.

Scher, Jacob, et al, Chappaqua, New York. Filed by William Fleischmann, Brookfield. Plaintiff’s attorney: Cramer & Anderson LLP, New Milford. Action: The plaintiff suffered a collision allegedly caused by the defendants and sustained severe and painful personal injuries. The plaintiff seeks monetary damages in excess of $15,000, exclusive of interest and costs and such other and further relief as the court deems appropriate. Case no.

DBD-CV-20-6035060-S. Filed Jan. 17.

Visiting Nurse Association of Ridgefield Inc., Ridgefield. Filed

by Urvashi Mathur, Ontario, Canada. Plaintiff’s attorney: Butler Norris & Gold, Hartford. Action: The plaintiff was treated by the defendant’s physical therapist. While under the care of the defendant and rehabilitating from left-knee replacement, the plaintiff injured her left knee mounting a stationary therapy circle. The defendant failed to provide support to prevent her fall. The plaintiff seeks monetary damages in excess of $15,000, exclusive of interest and costs and such other and further relief the court deems appropriate. Case no. DBD-CV-206035099-S. Filed Jan. 21.

Mariani, Mark, Armonk, New York, contractor for St. Michaels.

Add two offices and meeting room to existing rectory at 469 North St., Greenwich. Estimated cost: $250,000. Filed January 2020.

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Facts & Figures Wilkes, Timothy, et al, Danbury.

Filed by Oliver Becker, Danbury.

Plaintiff’s attorney: Allingham Readyoff & Henry LLC, New Milford. Action: The plaintiff suffered a collision allegedly caused by the defendants and sustained severe and painful personal injuries. The plaintiff seeks monetary damages in excess of $15,000, exclusive of interest and costs and such other and further relief the court deems appropriate. Case no. DBD-CV-206035136-S. Filed Jan. 23.

Stamford Superior Court Brezac, Anthony, Wilton. Filed

by Thermoseal LLC, Wilton. Plaintiff’s attorney: Russo & Rizio LLC, Fairfield. Action: The plaintiff and defendant executed a written contract. The defendant was employed by plaintiff as its sales and marketing manager with provision that plaintiff can terminate employment for a cause. The defendant breached the contract by soliciting plaintiff’s customers of plaintiff for the defendant, by engaging in a similar business as plaintiff. As a result of the defendant’s actions, the plaintiff terminated the employment ad suffered monetary damages. The plaintiff seeks monetary damages in excess of $15,000, exclusive of interest and costs and such other and further relief the court deems appropriate. Case no.

FST-CV-20-6045661-S. Filed Feb. 7.

Gonzalez, Edgar, Stamford. Filed

by Genilda Tsahirides, Norwalk.

Plaintiff’s attorney: Millman & Millman, Westport. Action: The plaintiff suffered a collision allegedly caused by the defendant and sustained severe and painful personal injuries. The plaintiff seeks monetary damages in excess of $15,000, exclusive of interest and costs and such other and further relief the court deems appropriate. Case no.

FST-CV-20-6045184-S. Filed Jan. 8.

Rescigno, Arlene, Greenwich.

Filed by Atlas Van Lines Inc. Division of AWG, Evansville, Indiana.

Plaintiff’s attorney: Jacobs & Rozich LLC, New Haven. Action: The plaintiff provided transportation of household belongings to the defendant. The defendant has failed to pay for the services rendered. The plaintiff seeks monetary damages in excess of $15,000, exclusive of interest and costs and such other and further relief the court deems appropriate. Case no. FST-CV-206045381-S. Filed Jan. 21.

Starbucks Corp., Hartford. Filed

by Stephanie Viesta, Westport.

Plaintiff’s attorney: Wofsey Rosen Kweskin & Kuriansky LLP, Stamford. Action: The plaintiff was lawfully in the defendant’s premises when an employee spilled hot liquid down her arm and burned her skin. As a result of the negligence of the defendant’s agent, the plaintiff suffered injuries. The plaintiff seeks monetary damages in excess of $15,000, exclusive of interest and costs and such other and further relief the court deems appropriate. Case no. FST-CV-20-6045812-S. Filed Feb. 18.

DEEDS

AAP Builders LLC, Fairfield. Seller: Stephen J. Tar and Leslie Tar, Fairfield. Property: 270 Colony St., Fairfield. Amount: $430,000. Filed Dec. 20.

Beach Walk Homes LLC, Fairfield. Seller: Daniel G. O’Callahan and Sara L. O’Callahan, Fairfield.

Property: Lot 2, Map 2887 Millard St., Fairfield. Amount: $460,000.

Filed Jan. 13.

Fulvio, Michael and Alisa Fulvio, Fairfield. Seller: Rowlantides LLC, Fairfield. Property: 55 Orchard Hill Drive, Fairfield. Amount: $975,000. Filed Jan. 8.

Engineers (multiple openings) for co. in West Harrison, NY: Associate RF Engineer: Assist in engineering desgn/system performance of wireless networks. Design/optimize network coverage/performance/capacity. Reqts: Bachelor’s or equiv in EE or related & 2 yrs exp in job or related.

RF Engineer I: perfrm design & system performance of 3G, 4G, 5G wireless networks.

Prfrm radio Network dsgn/RF tuning/optimization w/GSM, CDMA/LTE/VoLTE technologies. Reqts: Master’s or equiv in EE field or related & 1 yr exp in job or related jobs.

RF Engineer II: resp for engg design/system performance of 3G, 4G, 5G wireless networks. Serve as technical subject matter expert. Mentor RF engineers. Perform radio network design, RF tuning/optimization using GSM, CDMA/LTE and VoLTE technologies. Reqts: Bachelor’s or equiv in EE field or related & 5 yrs progressive exp in job or related jobs.

All positions require frequent travel to unanticipated worksites throughout the U.S. F/T, 9am-5pm, M-F. Resume to: Sublime Wireless Inc, 333 Westchester Ave, Suite SG02, West Harrison, NY 10604.

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Leeds West Investment Connecticut Property Group LLC, Greenwood Village, Colorado.

Seller: Volpe Enterprises LLC, Massapequa, New York. Property: 925 Post Road, Fairfield. Amount: $2,000,000. Filed Jan. 3.

Secure Capital Group LLC, Stratford. Seller: Cardoso Enterprises 2 LLC, Fairfield. Property: 1390 S. Pine Creek Road, Fairfield.

Amount: $640,000. Filed Dec. 31.

Tancredi, Mark Austin Tancredi, Fairfield. Seller: Mango Tree Real Estate Holdings LP, Roslyn Heights, New York. Property: 6 Wellner Drive, Fairfield. Amount: $609,000. Filed Dec. 23.

Vora, Abdul Latif, Fairfield. Seller: HSBC Bank USA National Association, Fairfield. Property: 178 Glen Ridge Road, Fairfield. Amount: $345,000. Filed Dec. 31.

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Jersey, Brian and Tammy Jersey, Fairfield. Seller: Sanddollar Development LLC, Fairfield. Property: 185 Smith St., Fairfield. Amount: $1,390,000. Filed Dec. 23.

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JJL Connecticut Management LLC, New York, New York. Seller: Campana Limited Partnership, Palm Beach, Florida. Property: Lot 1B, Map 4614, Gunston Road, Fairfield. Amount: $674,000. Filed Jan. 9.

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Allison, Kenneth and Jennifer Allison, Fairfield. Seller: Richard Brockmeyer, Fairfield. Property: 115 Lalley Blvd., Fairfield. Amount: $1,347,000. Filed Dec. 23.

Ayube, Mohamed, Lawrence, New York. Seller: Stan Kikirov, Forest Hills, New York. Property: 42 Jarvis Court, Fairfield. Amount: $280,000. Filed Dec. 30.

Cammarota, Alfonso, Fairfield.

Seller: William Kenny, Sandy Hook.

Property: 68 Fox St., Fairfield.

Amount: $450,000. Filed Jan. 8.

Carafotes, Michael, Fairfield. Seller: Sylvia Zigun, Woodbridge. Property: 12 Beechwood Lane, Fairfield.

Amount: $0. Filed Jan. 3.

Connelly, Christopher and Lauren Connelly, Fairfield. Seller: Charles P. Winter, Fairfield. Property: 36 Cedarhurst Lane, Fairfield.

Amount: $527,500. Filed Jan. 3.

Costanza, Robert and Melinda Costanza, Fairfield. Seller: Sangita M. Blomberg, Fairfield. Property: 3270 Sturges Highway, Fairfield.

Amount: $1,372,000. Filed Jan. 3.

D’Abadie, Katherine and James Christian Minster, Fairfield. Seller: Kathleen W. Hopkins and John E. Hopkins, Fairfield. Property: Map 1888, Fairfield Woods Road, Fairfield. Amount: $765,000. Filed Jan. 6.

Delany, Anne M., Fairfield. Seller: Forbes J. Delany, Fairfield. Property: 1451 Fairfield Woods Road, Fairfield. Amount: $0. Filed Jan. 3.

Duran, Johanna A. and Nelson Villa, Bridgeport. Seller: Alfonso Cammarota, Fairfield. Property: 130 Brentwood Ave., Fairfield.

Amount: $299,900. Filed Jan. 8.

Farooq, Zahra and Obaid Malick, Shelton. Seller: Arib Vahora and Muniraben G. Vahora.

Fairfield. Property: 114 Brentwood Ave., Unit 114, Fairfield. Amount: $214,200. Filed Jan. 10.

Goldberg, Stephen H. and Lona Goldberg, Southampton, Pennsylvania. Seller: Vimal Pattni and Puja Pattni, Fairfield. Property: 171 Casmir Drive, Fairfield. Amount: $587,500. Filed Jan. 7.

Gomez, Laura R. and Sara J. Gomez, Fairfield. Seller: John C. Peterson, Fairfield. Property: 41 Dawn St., Fairfield. Amount: $290,000. Filed Jan. 7.

Good, Christopher J. and Jane A. Conway, Fairfield. Seller: Richard F. Baker and Nancy Baker, Fairfield.

Property: 376 Ruane St., Fairfield.

Amount: $523,500. Filed Jan. 6.

Klufas, Marta Taissa, Fairfield.

Seller: Patricia Genova, Fairfield.

Property: 109 Hilary Circle, Fairfield. Amount: $580,000. Filed Jan. 10.

Lamour, Angelique and Jeffrey Lamour, Norwalk. Seller: William G. Christie, Fairfield. Property: 174 Lovers Lane, Fairfield. Amount: $800,000. Filed Dec. 20.

Lock, Andrew J. and Darin Reyman-Lock, Fairfield. Seller: Aniko Molnar and Szabolcs Varga, Fairfield. Property: Lot 22, Map 2294, Stillson Road, Fairfield. Amount: $564,990. Filed Dec. 26.

Mandre, Dustin Ryan and Maris Mandre, Fairfield. Seller: Kenneth Vineberg and Gail Schiffer, Stratford. Property: 34 Woodridge Ave., Fairfield. Amount: $350,000. Filed Jan. 6.

Markelon, Michele and George Wassell Jr., Easton. Seller: Angela Camarda, Fairfield. Property: 1321 Catamount Road, Fairfield.

Amount: $680,000. Filed Dec. 23.

Merchant, Ruth M., Fairfield. Seller: Matthew D. Donovan and Alexis Donovan, Fairfield. Property: 345 Rowland Road, Fairfield. Amount: $1,210,000. Filed Jan. 7.

Moore, Taylor and Donald Miller, Fairfield. Seller: Elisa Mantel-Smith, New York, New York.

Property: 781 Fairfield Beach Road, Fairfield. Amount: $775,000. Filed Jan. 7.

Morgan, Jan, Alameda, California.

Seller: Hector Guillen and Kathryn Engle, Southport. Property: 1043 Mill Hill Terrace, Southport.

Amount: $473,500. Filed Jan. 1.

Mundija, Albert and Eda Mundija, Bronx, New York. Seller: Timothy Roger Chacho Sr., Milford.

Property: 44 Massachusetts Ave., Fairfield. Amount: $432,000. Filed Jan. 8.

Noland, Leslie and Patrick Noland, Fairfield. Seller: John W. Eck and Deborah L. Eck, Fairfield.

Property: 133 Farmstead Hill Road, Fairfield. Amount: $1,512,500. Filed Jan. 6.

Pattni, Vimal and Puja Pattni, Fairfield. Seller: Lynsey D. Lotty and Matthew G. Lotty, Fairfield. Property: 88 Springer Road, Fairfield.

Amount: $810,000. Filed Jan. 7.

Regina III, Louis and Lisa Regina, Fairfield. Seller: Fiona Eckersley, Fairfield. Property: 836 Reef Road, Fairfield. Amount: $705,000.

Filed Jan. 8.

Robertson, Alesha and Andrew Hollis, Fairfield. Seller: Leona B. Freeman, Fairfield. Property: 186 Puritan Road, Fairfield. Amount: $770,000. Filed Dec. 24.

Shockley, William and Stephanie Shockley, Fairfield. Seller: Jeffrey C. Young and Ann H. Young, Fairfield. Property: 100 Hemlock Hill North, Fairfield. Amount: $0.

Filed Dec. 30.

Staltaro, Christine and Frank A. Staltaro, Southport. Seller: Ronald S. Orszag Sr., Cocoa, Florida.

Property: 15 Beverly Lane, Fairfield.

Amount: $390,000. Filed Jan. 3.

Sullivan III, David Joseph, Westport. Seller: Victoria E. Sullivan, Coronado, California. Property: 100 Stone Ridge Way, No. 1B, Fairfield.

Amount: $125,955. Filed Dec. 23.

Varga, Szabolcs and Aniko Molnar-Varga, Fairfield. Seller: Michael Zuckerman and Meghan Zuckerman, Fairfield. Property: 74 Spinning Wheel Road, Fairfield.

Amount: $700,000. Filed Dec. 24.

Vohra, Riyaz, et al, Norwalk. Seller: Alan C. Mogridge, Hulls Cove, Maine. Property: 191-195 Jennings Road, Fairfield. Amount: $470,000.

Filed Dec. 23.

Votto, John and Brenda Votto, Cheshire. Seller: Annie Georgette Serlin, Fairfield. Property: 161 Cedar Road, Fairfield. Amount: $1,150,000. Filed Dec. 20.

Wilson, David and Rachel Olschan, Norwalk. Seller: Fabiana Ottoni Limena Coleoni and Sergio Coleoni Jr., Southport. Property: 169 Woodrow Ave., Fairfield. Amount: $805,000. Filed Dec. 23.

Yanoff, Jason M. and Brooke E. Yanoff, Jersey City, New Jersey. Seller: Margaret E. Thimons, Fairfield.

Property: 165 Stella Lane, Fairfield.

Amount: $745,000. Filed Jan. 3.

Zuckerman, Michael and Megan Zuckerman, Fairfield. Seller: Edward C. Long and E. Hillary Long, Fairfield. Property: 127 Barberry Road, Fairfield. Amount: $920,000.

Filed Dec. 26.

FORECLOSURES Adler, Eric, et al. Creditor: Wells Fargo Bank N A, Frederick, Maryland. Property: 1 Strawberry Hill Court, Unit 8G, Stamford. Mortgage default. Filed Feb. 12.

Aristizabal, Javier, et al. Creditor: Deutsche Bank National Trust Co. Property: 62 Wascussee Lane, Stamford. Mortgage default. Filed March 17.

Blumenthal, Ronald, Creditor: Schooner Cove Yacht Association Inc. Property: Marina Unit F3, Schuuner Cove, Stamford. Mortgage default. Filed Feb. 12.

Vizioli, Joseph, et al. Creditor: US Bank N A, Salt Lake City, Utah. Property: 1 Thornwood Road, Stamford.

Mortgage default. Filed March 16.

JUDGMENTS Annakie, David, Stamford. $7,175, in favor of LVNV Funding LLC, Greenville, South Carolina, by Law Offices Howard Lee Schiff PC, East Hartford. Property: 637 Cove Road, No. C5, Stamford. Filed Feb. 12.

Braziel, Diane, Stamford. $1,545, in favor of Stamford Hospital, Stamford, by the Law Offices of Howard Lee Schiff PC, East Hartford. Property: 56 Haig Ave., Stamford. Filed Feb. 12.

Hall, Keena, Stamford. $1,104, in favor of Cavalry SPV I, LLC, Valhalla, New York, by Tobin & Marohn, Meriden. Property: 40 Amelia Place, Stamford. Filed Feb. 13.

Facts & Figures Khan, Kishor, Stamford. $9,693, in favor of Bank of America N A, Charlotte, North Carolina, by the Law Offices of Howard Lee Schiff PC, East Hartford. Property: 264 W. Main St., Unit 3, Stamford. Filed Feb. 27.

Kucis, Anthony S., Stamford. $571, in favor of Standard Oil of Connecticut Inc., Bridgeport, by Philip H. Monagan, Waterbury.

Property: 30 Archer Lane, Stamford. Filed March 3.

Leguiza, Gustavo, Stamford. $1,918, in favor of Petro Inc., Woodbury, New York, by Gerald S. Knopf, Stamford. Property: 1127 High Ridge Road, Stamford. Filed Feb. 4.

Michaca, Rodrigo, et al, Stamford. $1,519, in favor of Hop Energy LLC, Bridgeport, by William G. Reveley & Associates LLC, Vernon.

Property: 1012 Sunset Road, Stamford. Filed Feb. 25.

Pannone, Louis, Stamford. $12,968, in favor of Riviera Produce Corp., Englewood, New Jersey, by Gesmonde, Pietrosimone & Sgrignari LLC, Hamden. Property: 100 Akbar Road, Stamford. Filed Feb. 11.

Papadakos, Laki, Stamford. $31,491, in favor of Cavalry SPV I, LLC, Valhalla, New York, by Girvin & Ferlazzo PC, Albany, New York.

Property: 308 High Ridge Road, Stamford. Filed March 6.

Petunova, Aleksandra, Stamford. $1,427, in favor of Cavalry SPV I, LLC, Valhalla, New York, by Schreiber Law LLC, Salem, New Hampshire. Property: 33 Pleasant St., No. 11, Stamford. Filed March 2.

Robotti, Frank and Molly Robotti, Stamford. $3,288, in favor of Norwalk Hospital Association, Norwalk, by Lovejoy and Rimer PC, Norwalk. Property: 33 Amherst Place, Stamford. Filed Feb. 13.

Toliver Enterprises LLC, et al, Stamford. $23,231, in favor of The Community Economic Development Fund I LLC, Meriden, by Gfeller Laurie LLP, West Hartford.

Property: 150 Waterbury Ave., Stamford. Filed Feb. 6.

LIENS Mechanic’s Liens Evo360 LLC, Richmond, Kentucky. Filed by Copperwood Capital LLC, by Kevin Donahue. Property: 555 Main St., Stamford. Amount: $17,975. Filed Jan. 30.

Schenk Jr., Everett M. and Sarah E. Schenk, Stamford. Filed by Long Neck Custom Homes LLC, by Christopher Forestiere. Property: 15 West Lane, Stamford. Amount: $68,403. Filed Feb. 7.

Rogers, Odetta, Greenwich. Filed

by Benanti & Associates, Stamford, for Tuthill Finance. Property: 39 Meadow Wood Drive, Greenwich.

Action: foreclose defendant’s mortgage. Filed Jan. 21.

LIS PENDENS

Smith, Phil, et al, Greenwich.

Filed by John R. Bryk, Greenwich, for Scott Garrett. Property: 109 Hendrie Ave., Greenwich. Action: foreclose defendants’ mortgage.

Filed Jan. 3.

Blinten, Thomas I., et al, Greenwich. Filed by Bendett & McHugh PC, Farmington, for Wells Fargo Bank NA. Property: 58 Tomac Ave., Greenwich. Action: foreclose defendants’ mortgage. Filed Feb. 7.

Ceci, Jack M., et al, Greenwich.

Filed by Bendett & McHugh PC, Farmington, for Deutsche Bank National Trust Co. Property: 1 Crocker St., Greenwich. Action: foreclose defendant’s mortgage. Filed Jan. 15.

Elmo, Robert A., et al, Greenwich. Filed by Bendett & McHugh PC, Farmington, for JPMorgan Chase Bank National Association.

Property: 17 Highland Farm Road Greenwich. Action: foreclose defendants’ mortgage. Filed Feb. 3.

Feda, Randall J., et al, Old Greenwich. Filed by McCalla Raymer Leibert Pierce LLC, Hartford, for US Bank National Association. Property: 2 Old Wagon Road, Old Greenwich. Action: foreclose defendants’ mortgage. Filed Jan. 15.

Grous, Bill, et al, Greenwich.

Filed by Bendett & McHugh PC, Farmington, for Deutsche Bank National Trust Co. Property: 928 Lake Ave., Greenwich. Action: foreclose defendants’ mortgage. Filed Feb. 14.

Kalisch, Caren, et al, Greenwich.

Filed by McCalla Raymer Leibert Pierce LLC, Hartford, for Wells Fargo Bank NA. Property: 12 Glenville St., Greenwich. Action: foreclose defendants’ mortgage. Filed Jan. 24.

Livingston, Jessica, et al, Greenwich. Filed by McCalla Raymer Leibert Pierce LLC, Hartford, for Wells Fargo Bank NA. Property: 20 Summit Road, Riverside. Action: foreclose defendants’ mortgage.

Filed Jan. 21.

McClellan Jr., Robert, et al, Greenwich. Filed by McCalla Raymer Leibert Pierce LLC, Hartford, for Plaza Home Mortgage Inc. Property: 19 Tod Lane, Greenwich.

Action: foreclose defendants’ mortgage. Filed Jan. 24.

Pascarella, Averardo P., et al, Greenwich. Filed by Zeichner Ellman & Krause LLP, Stamford, for Bank of America NA. Property: 90 Oneida Drive, Greenwich. Action: foreclose defendants’ mortgage.

Filed Dec. 31.

Stratton, Marilynne A., et al, Greenwich. Filed by McCalla Raymer Leibert Pierce LLC, Hartford, for JPMorgan Chase Bank National Association. Property: 65 Stonehedge Drive South, Greenwich.

Action: foreclose defendants’ mortgage. Filed Feb. 3.

Strazza, Mark R., et al, Greenwich. Filed by Bendett & McHugh PC, Farmington, for US Bank Trust National Association. Property: 10 Riverside Lane, Greenwich. Action: foreclose defendants’ mortgage.

Filed Jan. 15.

Tsoi, Yvonne Chan, et al, Greenwich. Filed by McCalla Raymer Leibert Pierce LLC, Hartford, for US Bank National Association. Property: 86 Mary Lane, Riverside. Action: foreclose defendants’ mortgage.

Filed Jan. 9.

Zito, Michael J., et al, Greenwich.

Filed by Bendett & McHugh PC, Farmington, for Bank of America NA. Property: 20 Church St., B-13, Greenwich. Action: foreclose defendants’ mortgage. Filed Jan. 30.

MORTGAGES 21 Elizabeth LLC, Fairfield, by Patricia A. Starkey. Lender: Recovco Mortgage Management LLC, 4600 Fuller Drive, Suite 300, Irving, Texas. Property: 21 Elizabeth St., Fairfield. Amount: $388,000. Filed Nov. 18.

Armstrong, Robert and Kristen Armstrong, Fairfield, by Descera Daigle. Lender: Citibank N A, 1000 Technology Drive, O’Fallon, Montana. Property: 1314 Mill Plain Road, Fairfield. Amount: $637,000. Filed Nov. 18.

Bond, Peter C. and Nicole C. Bond, Fairfield, by John E. Curran.

Lender: William Raveis Mortgage LLC, 7 Trap Falls Road, Shelton.

Property: 118 Oxford Road, Fairfield. Amount: $440,000. Filed Nov. 18.

Diaz, Rafael and Evelyn Diaz, Fairfield, by Shari Ann Madho.

Lender: Quicken Loans Inc., 1050 Woodward Ave., Detroit, Michigan.

Property: 152 Morehouse Drive, Fairfield. Amount: $733,650. Filed Nov. 18.

Greenwald, Seth B. and Erin Malnight Greenwald, Fairfield,

by George Vriones. Lender: Popular Bank, 85 Broad St., 10th floor, New York, New York. Property: 138 Penfield Road, Fairfield. Amount: $940,000. Filed Nov. 19.

Henrici, Douglas S. and Kyna Delaney Henrici, Fairfield, by Douglas B. Seltzer. Lender: USAA Federal Savings Bank, 10750 McDermott Freeway, San Antonio, Texas. Property: 25 Jay Circle, Fairfield. Amount: $389,000. Filed Nov. 18.

Wandelt, Christopher and Natalie Stout, Fairfield, by Leah M. Parisi. Lender: William Raveis Mortgage LLC, 7 Trap Falls Road, Shelton. Property: 68 Eunice Ave., Fairfield. Amount: $720,000. Filed Nov. 19.

PATENTS

Heske, Nolan C. and Robyn Heske, Fairfield, by Jack S. Lipson.

Lender: People’s United Bank, National Association, 850 Main St., Bridgeport. Property: 120 Eastlawn St., Fairfield. Amount: $683,000.

Filed Nov. 18.

Architecture and processes for computer learning and understanding. Patent no. 10,599,778 issued to David Ferrucci, Wilton; Mike Barborak, Fairfield; David Buchanan, Pleasantville; Greg Burnham, Brooklyn; Jennifer Chu-Carroll, Dobbs Ferry; Aditya Kalyanpur, Fort Lee; Adam Lally, Stamford; Stefano Pacifico, New York; Chang Wang, White Plains.

Assigned to Elemental Cognition LLC, Wilton.

Jairath, Brij and Nirmal Jairath, Fairfield, by John K. Cohane. Lender: UBS Bank USA, 299 S. Main St., Salt Lake City, Utah. Property: 40 Madison Hi, No. 50, Fairfield.

Amount: $580,000. Filed Nov. 19.

Automated stock evaluation system and method. Patent no.

10,599,086 issued to Charles Dickinson, Pittsford; James E. Baxter, Canandaigua. Assigned to Xerox, Norwalk.

Merrigan, Michael V. and Kathleen M. Merrigan, Fairfield, by David P. Lasnick. Lender: Home Point Financial Corp., 9 Entin Road, Suite 200, Parsippany, New Jersey.

Property: 101 Henry St., Fairfield.

Amount: $580,000. Filed Nov. 15.

Intelligent personal assistant.

Patent no. 10,602,276 issued to James M. Kirsch, Salt Lake City, Utah. Assigned to Harman, Stamford.

Nable, Jeffrey L. and Lisa Nable, Fairfield, by Tamara Person. Lender: Guaranteed Rate Affinity LLC, 1800 W. Larchmont Ave., Chicago, Illinois. Property: 37 Chandlers Lane North, Fairfield. Amount: $508,000. Filed Nov. 18.

O’Hara, Stefany and Michael O’Hara, Fairfield, by Neil A. Lippman. Lender: Mortgage Advantage Lending LLC, 745 Shotgun Road, Sunrise, Florida. Property: 81 Wilton Road Fairfield. Amount: $418,000. Filed Nov. 18.

Rosado, Nancy, Fairfield, by Douglas B. Seltzer. Lender: Freedom Mortgage Corp., 175 Pinelawn Road, Melville, New York. Property: 130 Rodgers Road, Unit 28, Fairfield. Amount: $243,000. Filed Nov. 18.

Rowley, Brandon and Rowena Perry, Fairfield, by N/A. Lender: Wells Fargo Bank NA, 101 N. Phillips Ave., Sioux Falls, South Dakota. Property: 570 Unquowa Road, Fairfield. Amount: $849,434. Filed Nov. 18.

Sasso, Brian and Kristen Sasso, Fairfield, by Kathleen M. Dunn.

Lender: Keller Mortgage LLC, 4725 Lakehurst Cottage, Dublin, Ohio.

Property: 1406 Brookside Drive, Fairfield. Amount: $484,000. Filed Nov. 15.

Methods and systems for enhancing image quality for documents with highlighted content. Patent no. 10,602,019 issued to Sainarayanan Gopalakrishnan, Chennai, India; Rajasekar Kanagasabai, Chennai, India; Vignesh Doss, Palanichettipatti, India. Assigned to Xerox, Norwalk.

Methods and systems for improving engagement with a recommendation engine that recommends items, peers and services. Patent no. 10,600,011 issued to Nir Polonsky, Ridgefield; Kendall Bruce Davis, New Canaan; Andrew Rosenblatt, Norwalk; Girish Malangi, Bridgewater, New Jersey; Richard N. Cho, Tenafly, New Jersey. Assigned to Gartner Inc., Stamford.

Methods, systems and devices for automated cost-based color profiling of inkjet printers.

Patent no. 10,599,375 issued to Matthew J. Ochs, Webster. Assigned to Xerox, Norwalk.

Printer and dryer for drying images on coated substrates in aqueous ink printers. Patent no. 10,596,832 issued to Seemit Praharaj, Webster; Douglas K. Herrmann, Webster; Jason M. LeFevre, Penfield; Chu-Heng Liu, Penfield; Paul J. MCConville, Webster. Assigned to Xerox, Norwalk.

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Single-ended instrumentation-folded cascode amplifier.

Patent no. 10,601,384 issued to Dimitri Danyuk, Milford; Todd A. Eichenbaum, Oxdford. Assigned to Harman, Stamford.

Single-extruder configuration that enables multicolor extrusions in three-dimensional object printers. Patent no. 10,596,798 issued to David A. Mantell, Rochester; Peter J. Nystrom, Webster. Assigned to Xerox, Norwalk.

Snap-in electrical connector.

Patent no. 10,601,189 issued to Lawrence J. Smith, Stamford. Assigned to Bridgeport Fittings LLC, Stratford.

System and method for compensating for nonlinear behavior for an acoustic transducer.

Patent no. 10,602,288 issued to John Barry French, Port Carling, Canada.

Assigned to Harman, Stamford.

Systems and methods for providing secure document delivery and management, including scheduling. Patent no. 10,600,030 issued to Surya R. Sagi, Southbury; Bernard E. Gracy, Southbury. Assigned to Pitney Bowes Inc., Stamford.

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Tax Manager, Global Mobility (Mult Pos), PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP, Stamford, CT. Assist multinat’l orgs in deploying an internat’l workforce from start to finish, incl complex tax, planning, administrative & strategic aspects. Req Bach’s deg or foreign equiv in Acct, Bus Admin, HR, Tax, Law or rel + 5 yrs post-bach’s progrssv rel work exp; OR a Master’s deg or foreign equiv in Acct, Bus Admin, HR, Tax, Law or rel + 3 yrs rel work exp. Req one of following: US CPA lic or foreign equiv, Enrolled Agent, Member of the Bar, Global Professional in HR or Global Remuneration Professional. Travel up to 20% req. Apply by mail, referencing Job Code CT2362, Attn: HR SSC/ Talent Management, 4040 W. Boy Scout Blvd, Tampa, FL 33607.

Senior Analyst, Advanced Analytics (Nestlé Waters North America, Inc. – Stamford, CT) Prticipte in all phses of data sci prjct lifecycl incl’g data prep, cleans’g, modl’g & fine-tun’g to bld & imprv stat modls. Bld robst mchne lrn’g & time sries statsticl mdls. F/T. Resumes: K. Weiss, Nestlé Waters North America, Inc., 1812 N Moore St, Arlington, VA 22209. Job ID: 3388732.

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Notice of Formation of The Olive Tree Boutique Salon LLC. Art. of Org. filed with SSNY on 06/24/2019. Office Location: Westchester County. SSNY designated as agent of the LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to: 400 Stony Brook Ct, Newburgh NY 12550. Purpose: any lawful purpose. #62509 Avant Virago Contracting LLC, Arts of Org. filed with Sec. of State of NY (SSNY) 2/11/2020. Cty: Westchester. SSNY desig. as agent upon whom process against may be served & shall mail process to 222 Franklin Ave., Mt. Vernon, NY 10550.

General Purpose. #62510 Notice of Formation of KXtensionz LLC. filed with SSNY on 1/30/2020 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, 40 East Sidney Avenue Apt 5C Mount Vernon., NY 10550. Purpose: all lawful. #62511 Gilded Farms LLC. Filed 1/3/20 Office: Westchester Co. SSNY designated as agent for process & shall mail to: c/o Brandon Horton, 525 Decatur Ave., Peekskill, NY 10566 Purpose: farming and all lawful activity. #62512 Notice of formation of Limited Liability Company (“LLC”), name: Yonkers Brothers LLC; Articles of Organization filed with New York Secretary of State (“SSNY”) 02/15/2020; Office Location: Westchester County; SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served; SSNY shall mail copy of process to Yonkers Brothers LLC, 162 Buena Vista Avenue, Yonkers, NY 10701; Term: no specific date for dissolution; Purpose: any lawful purpose. Filer: Ruth M. Baez, Esq., 4514 104 St, Ste 1R, Corona, NY 11368. #62513 Notice of Formation of NY Events NY, LLC filed with SSNY on 1/16/20.

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, 40 Longview Ave. White Plains, NY 10605.

Purpose: any lawful purpose. #62514

Henry Street of Pawling LLC, Arts of Org. filed with Sec. of State of NY (SSNY) 2/7/2020. Cty: Westchester. SSNY desig. as agent upon whom process against may be served & shall mail process to 15 Richards St., White Plains, NY 10603.

General Purpose. #62515 Notice of formation of P Valencia Landscaping LLC filed with SSNY on 01/13/2020. Office location in Westchester County. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process may Be served. SSNY shall mail process to 47 Treno street new Rochelle New York 10801. Purpose: any lawful purpose #62516 Notice of Formation: Donald Rose Dispute Resolution LLC (ìLLCî).

Arts. of Org. filed with Secy. State NY (ìSSNYî) on 2/18/20. Office located in Westchester County.

SSNY designated as agent for service of process and shall mail process to the LLC c/o Donald W. Rose, 246 Corlies Avenue, Pelham, NY 10803, its principal place of business. Purpose: any lawful act or activity. #62517 Notice of Application for Authority of SPLASH CAR WASH WHITE PLAINS III, LLC, a foreign limited liability company (LLC) filed with the Secy of State of New York (SSNY) on 9/23/19. LLC organized in Delaware on 5/24/19. NY office location: Westchester Co. SSNY shall mail a copy of any process against the LLC served upon him to: 625 West Putnam Ave., Greenwich, CT 06830.

Office address in jurisdiction of organization:160 Greentree Dr., Suite 101, Dover, DE 19904. Copy of Ctf. Of Org. on file with SSDE. Purpose: any lawful act or activity. #62518 Notice of Formation of 77 LAFAYETTE LLC. Arts. of Org. filed with the Secy of State of NY (SSNY) on 2/14/20. Office location: Westchester County.

SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to: 122 Upper Shad Road, Pound Ridge, NY 10576. Purpose: any lawful act or activity. #62519

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Notice of Formation of Ashley Noel Beauty Studio, LLC. Arts. of Org. filed with the Secy of State of NY (SSNY) on 2/20/20. Office location: Westchester County.

SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to 1713 Crescent Drive, Tarrytown, NY 10591. Purpose: any lawful act or activity.” #62520

Notice of formation of Forte Financial, LLC. Application for Authority filed with Secretary of State of New York (SSNY) January 30, 2020. Office located Ridgefield, CT. SSNY has been designated for service of process. SSNY shall mail copy of any process served against the LLC to 96 Danbury Road, Ridgefield, CT 06877. Purpose: any lawful purpose. #62522 Parts of Speech, A Speech-Language Pathology, PLLC. Art of Org. filed with the SSNY on 02/19/2020. Office: Westchester County.

SSNY designated as agent of the PLLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail copy of process to the PLLC, 81 Pondfield Road, Ste. D141, Bronxville, NY 10708. Purpose: Any lawful purpose. #62527 Notice of formation of Limited Liability Company (ìLLCî). Name: Highland Specialty Partners LLC. Articles of Organization filed with the Secretary of State of the State of New York (ìSSNYî) on February 27, 2020. N.Y. office location: Westchester County. The SSNY has been designated as agent of the LLC upon whom process against it may be served. The SSNY shall mail a copy of any process to Highland Specialty Partners LLC, c/o The MacQuesten Companies, 438 Fifth Avenue, Suite 100, Pelham, New York 10803. Purpose/character of LLC is to engage in any lawful act or activity. #62529 Notice of formation of Limited Liability Company (ìLLCî). Name: RF Clay Avenue LLC. Articles of Organization filed with the Secretary of State of the State of New York (ìSSNYî) on February 27, 2020. N.Y. office location: Westchester County.

The SSNY has been designated as agent of the LLC upon whom process against it may be served.

The SSNY shall mail a copy of any process to RF Clay Avenue LLC, c/o The MacQuesten Companies, 438 Fifth Avenue, Suite 100, Pelham, New York 10803. Purpose/character of LLC is to engage in any lawful act or activity. #62530

Notice of Formation of ESSAY VIDEO, LLC, a foreign limited liability company (LLC). Application for Authority filed with the Secretary of State of NY (SSNY) on 02/24/2020.

Formed in Connecticut on July 9, 2009. 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 served against the LLC to c/o the LLC, 86 Old Highway, Wilton, CT 06897. The address of the principal office of the LLC is 86 Old Highway, Wilton, CT 06897. The address of the office required to be maintained in Connecticut is 86 Old Highway, Wilton, CT 06897. The authorized officer in Connecticut where a copy of the LLCís Articles of Organization is filed is: Secretary of the State, Commercial Recording Division, 30 Trinity Street, Hartford, CT 06106. Purpose: any lawful activity. #62532

Vilajeti Solutions LLC, Arts of Org. filed with Sec. of State of NY (SSNY) 1/21/2020. Cty: Westchester. SSNY desig. as agent upon whom process against may be served & shall mail process to 30 Garth Rd., Unit 2R, Scarsdale, NY 10583.

General Purpose #62533 26 Division Street, LLC, Arts of Org. filed with Sec. of State of NY (SSNY) 2/25/2020.

Cty: Westchester. SSNY desig. as agent upon whom process against may be served & shall mail process to 109 First St., Harrison, NY 10528. General Purpose. #62534 Notice of Formation of DON ENERGY SOLUTIONS LLC. Arts. of Org. filed with SSNY on 10/29/19.

Office Location: Putnam County. SSNy desigated as agent of LLC upon whom process may be served. SSNY shall mail copy of process to C/O DON ENERGY SOLUTIONS LLC. 10 McMahon Pl. Suite 2 Mahopac, NY 10541.

Purpose: any lawful act or activity. #62537

SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK COUNTY OF WESTCHESTER INDEX NO. 68859/2019 360 SC LLC, Plaintiff, against PELHAM RE PARTNERS LLC, RUBEN GUERRERO, and JOHN DOES 1-12, the latter names being fictitious but intending to designate tenants and persons in possession or persons having an interest in portions of the premises described in the Complaint herein, Defendants. SUMMONS - DATE FILED: November 15, 2019 Plaintiff designates Westchester County as the place of trial. The basis of venue is the location of the subject properties.

TO THE ABOVE-NAMED DEFENDANTS PELHAM RE PARTNERS LLC, RUBEN GUERRERO, and JOHN DOES 1-12: 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 this 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 the complaint.

Dated: White Plains, New York, November 12, 2019.

The foregoing SUMMONS is being served upon you by publication pursuant to an Order of the Hon. Joan B. Lefkowitz, J.S.C. dated March 5, 2020.

PLEASE TAKE NOTICE THAT the nature of this action and the relief sought (which may be granted upon default) is the foreclosure of a mortgage on, and the conduct of a foreclosure sale of, the mortgaged premises known as: (i) the street address 97 4th Avenue, Pelham, New York, and also designated as Section 163.36, Block 1, Lot 71 on the Westchester County Tax Map; and (ii) the street address 137-145 5th Avenue, Pelham, New York, and also designated as Section 163.36, Block 1, Lot 89 on the Westchester County Tax Map. The Verified Complaint also seeks recovery of a deficiency judgment as against the Defendants PELHAM RE PARTNERS LLC and RUBEN GUERRERO. The amount due on the subject mortgage is $1,706,890.62, as of October 21, 2019, with interest/expenses/fees continuing to accrue thereafter.

Kurzman Eisenberg Corbin & Lever, LLP Attorneys for Plaintiff Attn. John C. Re One North Broadway, 12th Floor White Plains, New York 10601 914-285-9800 #62554

Josie Business Solutions LLC, Arts of Org. filed with Sec. of State of NY (SSNY) 3/4/20. Cty: Westchester. SSNY desig. as agent upon whom process against may be served & shall mail process to 216 North 6th Avenue, Mt. Vernon, NY 10550. General Purpose. #62538

Phoenix Design and Analysis Services, LLC, Art. of Org. filed with NY Secy. of State on 1/08/2020. Office located in Westchester Co. Secy. of State designated as agent upon which process may be served. Secy. of State shall mail a copy of any process against it served upon him/her to: 354 County Center Road, White Plains, NY 10603 (the LLCís primary business location). LLC may engage in any lawful act

Plaintiffs designate Westchester County as the place of trial.

Venue is based upon the County in which the liened premises is situated.Tax Lien Foreclosure of: 10 Roanoke St. Yonkers, New York 10710 (Sec. 3; Blk 3125; Lot 10) SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK COUNTY OF WESTCHESTER WAYNE J. WILLIAMS, Plaintiff, Index No. 61888/2019 against SUMMONS Heirs of the Record owners John Perenchief, Suzie Perenchief, Roma Perenchief Pierman and Antoinette Dickerson, the City of Yonkers, the People of The State of New York and JOHN DOE #1 through JOHN DOE #100, inclusive the last 100 names being fictitious and unknown to the Plaintiffs, it being intended to designate fee owners, tenants or occupants of the liened premises and/or persons or parties, if any, having or claiming an interest in or lien upon the liened premises described in the complaint, if the aforesaid individual defendants are living, and if any or an of said individual defendants be dead, their heirs at law, next of kin, distributees, executors, administrators, trustees, committees, devisees, legatees, and the assignees, lienors, creditors and successors in interest of them, and generally all persons having or claiming under, by, through, or against the said defendants named as a class, of any right, title, or interest in or lien upon the premises described in the complaint herein, Defendant.

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 Plaintiffs within twenty (20) days after the service of this summons, exclusive of the day of service or within thirty (30) days after completion of service where is made in any other manner than personal delivery within the State. The United States of America, if designated as a defendant in this action, may appear within sixty (60) days of service hereof. 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 captioned action is to foreclose on Tax Liens pursuant to Certificates recorded by the City of Yonkers on May 12,2010 (Tax Lien No. 152184), May 11, 2011 (Tax Lien No. 153750), August 15, 2012 (Tax Lien No. 153750), May 8, 2013, (Tax Lien No. 164014), May14, 2014 (Tax Lien No.165311), May 13, 2015 (need Tax lien no. 170362); May 11, 2016 (Tax Lien No. 180323), May 10, 2017 (Tax Lien No. 190241), May 9, 2018 (Tax Lien No. 200282) and May 8, 2019 (Tax Lien No. 210237) covering premises known as 10 Roanoke St., Yonkers, New York (Section 3, Block 3125, Lot 10).

The relief sought in the within action is a final judgment directing the sale of the premises described above to satisfy the tax liens described above.

Dated: New York, New York August 1, 2019 Yours etc.

HIGGINS & TRIPPETI LLP Attorneys for Plaintiff By: Lewis P. Trippett 1120 Avenue of the Americas Fourth Floor New York, New York 10036 (212)-840-8334 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 ATIORNEYS FOR PLAINTIFFS WHO FILED THIS FORECLOSURE PROCEEEDING AGAINST YOU AND FILING THE ANSWER WITHT HE COURT, A DEFAULT JUDGEMENT MAY BE ENTERED AND YOU CAN LOSE YOUR HOME. SPEAK TO AN ATIORNEY OR GO TO THE COURT WHERE YOUR CASE IS PENDING FURTHER INFORMATION ON HOW TO ANSWER TEH SUMMONS AND PROTECT YOUR PROPERTY. SENDING A PAYMENT WILL NOTSTOP THIS FORECLOSURE ACTION. YOU MUST RESPOND BY SERVING A COPY OF THE ANSWER ON THE ATIORNEYS FOR THE PLAINTIFFS AND FILING THE ANSWER WITH THE COURT. Dated: New York, New York August 1, 2019 #62531

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LEGAL NOTICES or activity for which a limited liability company may be formed. #62539 Notice of Formation of Arbor Network LLC. Art. of Org. filed with SSNY on 2/24/20. Office location: Westchester County.

SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process may be served.

SSNY shall mail process to United States Corporation Agents Inc. at 2014 13th Ave Brooklyn, NY 11228.

Purpose: any lawful act or activity. #62540 Chester WP II, LLC. App. for Authority filed with the Dept. of State of NY on 2/21/2020 Jurisdiction: DE , and the date of its organization is: 2/14/2020 Office location in New York State: Westchester County. The Secretary of the State of NY (ìSSNYî) is designated as agent upon whom process against it may be served, the address to which the SSNY shall mail a copy of such process is: 61 Heatherbloom Rd, White Plains, NY 10605.. The authorized officer in its jurisdiction of organization where a copy of its Certificate of Formation can be obtained is: State of Delaware, Division of corporation, Jeffrey W. Bullock, John G. Townsend Bldg., 401 Federal Street, Suite 4, Dover, DE 19901. The purpose of the company is: any lawful act. #62541 CHESTER WP QOZ FUND LLC. App. for Authority filed with the Dept. of State of NY on 2/21/2020 Jurisdiction: DE , and the date of its organization is: 2/19/2020 Office location in New York State: Westchester County. The Secretary of the State of NY (ìSSNYî) is designated as agent upon whom process against it may be served, the address to which the SSNY shall mail a copy of such process is: 61 Heatherbloom Rd, White Plains, NY 10605..

The authorized officer in its jurisdiction of organization where a copy of its Certificate of Formation can be obtained is: State of Delaware, Division of corporation, Jeffrey W. Bullock, John G. Townsend Bldg., 401 Federal Street, Suite 4, Dover, DE 19901. The purpose of the company is: any lawful act. #62542

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Cove Dog LLC. App. for Authority filed with the Dept. of State of NY on 3/06/2020 Jurisdiction: DE , and the date of its organization is: 4/18/2011 Office location in New York State: Westchester County. The Secretary of the State of NY (ìSSNYî) is designated as agent upon whom process against it may be served, the address to which the SSNY shall mail a copy of such process is:c/o Lester Bleckner & Shaw LLP, 350 Fifth Avenue, Suite 330, New York, NY 10118. The authorized officer in its jurisdiction of organization where a copy of its Certificate of Formation can be obtained is: State of Delaware, Division of corporation, Jeffrey W. Bullock, John G. Townsend Bldg., 401 Federal Street, Suite 4, Dover, DE 19901. The purpose of the company is: any lawful act. #62543 Notice of Formation of Storytime on Ice, LLC. Arts of Org. filed with NY Secy of State (SSNY) on 01/27/2020. Office location: Westchester County.

SSNY is designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to: 2005 Palmer Avenue, #121, Larchmont, NY 10538. Purpose: any lawful activity. #62544 Notice of formation of Limited Liability Company (ìLLCî). Name: Asbury Apartments LLC. Articles of Organization filed with the Secretary of State of the State of New York (ìSSNYî) on March 6, 2020. N.Y. office location: Westchester County.

The SSNY has been designated as agent of the LLC upon whom process against it may be served.

The SSNY shall mail a copy of any process to Asbury Apartments LLC, c/o Mountco Construction and Development Corp., 700 White Plains Road, Suite 363, Scarsdale, New York 10583. Purpose/ character of LLC is to engage in any lawful act or activity. #62545

Notice of formation of Limited Liability Company (ìLLCî). Name: Asbury Apartments Managers LLC. Articles of Organization filed with the Secretary of State of the State of New York (ìSSNYî) on March 6, 2020. N.Y. office location: Westchester County. The SSNY has been designated as agent of the LLC upon whom process against it may be served. The SSNY shall mail a copy of any process to Asbury Apartments Managers LLC, c/o Mountco Construction and Development Corp., 700 White Plains Road, Suite 363, Scarsdale, New York 10583. Purpose/character of LLC is to engage in any lawful act or activity. #62546 Notice of formation of Limited Liability Company (ìLLCî). Name: MAA LLC. Articles of Organization filed with the Secretary of State of the State of New York (ìSSNYî) on March 6, 2020. N.Y. office location: Westchester County. The SSNY has been designated as agent of the LLC upon whom process against it may be served. The SSNY shall mail a copy of any process to MAA LLC, c/o Mountco Construction and Development Corp., 700 White Plains Road, Suite 363, Scarsdale, New York 10583. Purpose/character of LLC is to engage in any lawful act or activity. #62547 Notice of formation of Limited Liability Company (ìLLCî). Name: First on First LLC. Articles of Organization filed with the Secretary of State of the State of New York (ìSSNYî) on March 6, 2020. N.Y. office location: Westchester County.

The SSNY has been designated as agent of the LLC upon whom process against it may be served.

The SSNY shall mail a copy of any process to First on First LLC, c/o Mountco Construction and Development Corp., 700 White Plains Road, Suite 363, Scarsdale, New York 10583. Purpose/character of LLC is to engage in any lawful act or activity. #62548

Notice of formation of Limited Liability Company (ìLLCî). Name: First on First Managers LLC. Articles of Organization filed with the Secretary of State of the State of New York (ìSSNYî) on March 6, 2020. N.Y. office location: Westchester County. The SSNY has been designated as agent of the LLC upon whom process against it may be served. The SSNY shall mail a copy of any process to First on First Managers LLC, c/o Mountco Construction and Development Corp., 700 White Plains Road, Suite 363, Scarsdale, New York 10583. Purpose/character of LLC is to engage in any lawful act or activity. #62549 Notice of formation of Limited Liability Company (ìLLCî). Name: MFOF LLC. Articles of Organization filed with the Secretary of State of the State of New York (ìSSNYî) on March 6, 2020. N.Y. office location: Westchester County. The SSNY has been designated as agent of the LLC upon whom process against it may be served. The SSNY shall mail a copy of any process to MFOF LLC, c/o Mountco Construction and Development Corp., 700 White Plains Road, Suite 363, Scarsdale, New York 10583. Purpose/character of LLC is to engage in any lawful act or activity. #62550 Notice of Formation of Los Andes Bakery MP LLC Art. Of Org. filed with SSNY on 02/25/2020.

Offc. Loc: Westchester Cty. SSNY desig. as agent of the LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to LLC, 1049 main st. Peekskill, NY 10566.

Purpose: any lawful purpose. #62551 SWS Holdings LLC, Arts of Org. filed with Sec. of State of NY (SSNY) 1/16/2020. Cty: Westchester. SSNY desig. as agent upon whom process against may be served & shall mail process to 479 Marble Ave., Pleasantville, NY 10570.

General Purpose. #62552 Notice of Formation of Koule Beauty LLC. Art. Of Org. filed with SSNY on 12/27/2019. Offc. Loc: Westchester Cty. SSNY desig. as agent of the LLC upon whom process against it may be served.

SSNY shall mail process to LLC, 146 Morsemere Ave Yonkers NY 10703.

Purpose: any lawful purpose. #62553

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CASE NUMBER: (Numero del Caso): 19STCV26119 SUMMONS (CITACION JUDICIAL) NOTICE TO DEFENDANT: (AVISO AL DEMANDADO): HOOSHANG KAEN, Individually, CLOUD CONSTELLATION CORPORATION, a Delaware Corpora-tion, INTERNATIONAL TELECOM AD-VISORY GROUP, LLC, a California Limited Liability Company, INTERGULF SERVICES, INC., a New York Corpora-tion, CARAVAN COMMUNICATIONS CORP., a New York Corporation, IN-TERNATIONAL INTERNET GROUP, LLC, a New York Limited Liability Company, UNITED TECHNOLOGY SYSTEMS & SERVICES, INC., a California Corpora-tion, and Does 1 through 100, Inclusive.

YOU ARE BEING SUED BY PLAINTIFF: (LO ESTA DEMANDANDO EL DEMANDANTE): ESTATE OF SHAHRAUM SCOTT SOBHANI. NOTICE! You have been sued. The court may decide against you without your being heard unless you respond within 30 days. Read the information below.

You have 30 CALENDAR DAYS after this summons and legal papers are served on you to file a written response at this court and have a copy served on the plaintiff. A letter or phone call will not protect you. Your written response must be in proper legal form if you want the court to hear your case. There may be a court form that you can use for your re-sponse. You can find these court forms and more information at the California Courts Online Self-Help Center (www. courtinfo.ca.gov/selfhelp), your county law library, or the courthouse nearest you. If you cannot pay the filing fee, ask the court clerk for a fee waiver form. If you do not file your response on time, you may lose the case by default, and your wages, money, and property may be taken without further warning from the court.

There are other legal requirements. You may want to call an attorney right away. If you do not know an attorney, you may want to call an attorney referral ser-vice. If you cannot afford an attorney, you may be eligible for free legal services from a nonprofit legal services program. You can locate these nonprofit groups at the California Legal Services Web site (www. lawhelpcalifornia.org), the California Courts Online Self-Help Center (www.courtinfo.ca.gov/ selfhelp), or by contacting your local court or county bar association. NOTE: The court has a statutory lien for waived fees and costs on any settlement or arbitration award of $10,000 or more in a civil case. The court’s lien must be paid before the court will dismiss the case. AVISO! Lo han de-mandado. Si no responde dentro de 30 dias, la corte puede decidir en su contra sin escuchar su version. Lea la infor-macion a continuacion.

Tiene 30 DIAS DE CALENDARIO despues de que le entreguen esta citacion y papeles legales para presentar una respuesta por escrito en esta corte y hacer que se entregue una copia al demandante. Una carta o una llamada telefonica no lo protegen. Su respuesta por escrito tiene que estar en formato legal correcto si desea que procesen su caso en la corte. Es posible que haya un formulario que usted pueda usar para su respuesta. Puede encontrar estos formularios de la corte y mas informacion en el Centro de Ayuda de las Cortes de California (www.sucorte.ca.gov) en la bib-lioteca de leyes de su condado o en la corte que le quede mas cerca. Si no puede pagar la cuota de presentacion, pida al secretario de la corte que le de un formulario de exencion de pago de cuotas. Si no presenta su respuesta a tiempo, puede perder el caso por incumplimiento y la corte le podra quitar su sueldo, dinero y bienes sin mas advertencia.

Hay otros requisitos legales. Es recomendable que llame a un abogado inmediatamente. Si no conoce a un abogado, puede llamar a un servicio de remision a abogados. Si no puede pagar a un abogado, es posible que cumpla con los requisitos para obtener servicios le-gales gratuitos de un programa de ser-vicios legales sin fines de lucro. Puede encontrar estos grupos sin fines de lucro en el sitio web de California Legal Ser-vices, (www.lawhelpcalifornia.org), en el Centro de Ayuda de las Cortes de Cali-fornia, (www.sucorte.ca.gov) o ponien-dose en contacto con la corte o el colegio de abogados locales. AVISO: Por ley, la corte tiene derecho a reclamar las cuotas y los costos exentos por imponer un gravamen sobre cualquier recuperacion de $10,000 o mas de valor recibida me-diante un acuerdo o una concesion de arbitraje en un caso de derecho civil. Tiene que pagar el gravamen de la corte antes de que la corte pueda desechar el caso.

The name and address of the court is: (El nombre y direccion de la corte es): Superior Court of California, County of Los Angeles, 111 N. Hill Street, Los Angeles, California 90012.

The name, address and telephone number of plaintiff’s attorney, or plaintiff without an attorney is: (El nombre, la di-reccion y el numero de telefono del abogado del demandante, o del de-mandante que no tiene abogado, es): RICHARD A. LUFTMAN, Esq., ALPERSTEIN, SIMON, FARKAS, GILLIN & SCOTT LLP, 15760 Ventura Blvd., Suite 1520, Encino, CA 91436, (818) 5013100 Date: (Fecha) 07/29/2019 SHERRI R. CARTER, Executive Officer / Clerk of Court (Secretario) By: MAISHA PRYOR, Deputy (Adjunto) CN965232 SOBHANI Nov 4,11,18,25, 2019 *965232* #62381

LEGAL NOTICE POSTED AT WWW.FINANCE.WESTCHESTERGOV.COM NOTICE OF NAMES AND ADDRESSES OF PERSONS APPEARING AS OWNERS OR DEPOSITORS OF CERTAIN UNCLAIMED PROPERTY HELD BY THE COMMISSIONER OF FINANCE OF THE COUNTY OF WESTCHESTER, DEPOSITED WITH THE COMMISSIONER ON OR BEFORE JANUARY 1, 2017.

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

Notice of Formation of Glass Ceiling Consultants, LLC filed with SSNY on 2/20/20. Office location: Westchester County.

SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process may be served.

SSNY shall mail process to Kathryn Glass, 18 Rosedale Avenue, Hastings-on-Hudson, New York, 10706. Purpose: any lawful act or activity. #62555 MGA Consulting, LLC. Filed 2/28/20 Office: Westchester Co. SSNY designated as agent for process & shall mail to: 399 Knollwood Road, Suite 318, White Plains, NY 10603 Purpose: All lawful #62556

JS Consulting Group, LLC. Filed 3/2/20 Office: Westchester Co. SSNY designated as agent for process & shall mail to: 399 Knollwood Road, Suite 318, White Plains, NY 10603 Purpose: All lawful #62557 Linda’s Services LLC. Filed 2/6/20 Office: Westchester Co. SSNY designated as agent for process & shall mail to: 178 First St Apt 1, Yonkers, NY 10704 Purpose: All lawful #62558 Dea An Authentic Eatery, LLC. Filed 1/29/20 Office: Westchester Co. SSNY designated as agent for process & shall mail to: 20 Boone Street, Yonkers, NY 10704 Purpose: All lawful #62559

Great Life by Sally LLC. Filed 2/3/20 Office: Westchester Co. SSNY designated as agent for process & shall mail to: 52 Babbitt Road, Bedford Hills, NY 10507 Purpose: All lawful #62560 August General Contracting Co., LLC. Filed 1/31/20 Office: Westchester Co. SSNY designated as agent for process & shall mail to: 50 Andrea Lane, Scarsdale, NY 10583 Purpose: All lawful #62561 171 Brady Ave LLC, Arts of Org. filed with Sec. of State of NY (SSNY) 3/13/2020. Cty: Westchester. SSNY desig. as agent upon whom process against may be served & shall mail process to The LLC, 179 Brady Ave., Hawthorne, NY 10532. General Purpose. #62562

LEGAL NOTICE POSTED AT WWW.FINANCE.WESTCHESTERGOV.COM

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

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

DEPOSITED IN ACTIONS OR PROCEEDINGS WITH THE SUPREME COURTOF WESTCHESTER COUNTY: DEPOSITED BY DENNIS E. KROLAIN ESQ. DOUGLAS J PICK DOUGLAS J PICK SHAFRAN & ROCK PLLC DiLORENZO BUILDERS, LLC. GARY E BASHIAN PC ROSICKI ROSICKI AND ASSOCIATES PC JOSEPH PANDOLFO DAVINDER MAKAN CHIESA SHAHINIAN & GIANTOMASI PC

DEPOSITED IN ACTIONS OR PROCEEDINGS WITH THE SURROGATE COURTOF WESTCHESTER COUNTY: NAME ESTATE OF EVERIS ANDERSON ESTATE OF JULIA TOPAK

FOR THE BENEFIT OF MERCIA WILLIAMS STARNET DBA WESTCHESTER EMS

DEPOSITED IN ACTIONS OR PROCEEDINGS WITH WESTCHESTER COUNTY COURT : NAME AND ADDRESS ABDUL-WALI, SEIFUDDIN S 967 NOBLE AVE BRIDGEPORT, CT 06608

NAME AND ADDRESS ANGLADA, DEBRA C 541 PELHAM RD APT 4T NEW ROCHELLE, NY 10805

BARNES, SARAH 610 BIRDSALL DRIVE YORKTOWN, NY 10598

BONILLA, KYNA 123 EAST POST RD APT #401 WHITE PLAINS, NY 10601

DEEM, MICHAEL 145 MAIN ST BRIARCLIFF MANOR, NY 10562

DIAZ, CHASTITY 209 DYCKMAN AVE NEW YORK, NY 10040

ESAU, SHENEQUA

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BRIDGEPORT, CT 06608

NEW ROCHELLE, NY 10805

BARNES, SARAH 610 BIRDSALL DRIVE YORKTOWN, NY 10598

BONILLA, KYNA 123 EAST POST RD APT #401 WHITE PLAINS, NY 10601

DEEM, MICHAEL 145 MAIN ST BRIARCLIFF MANOR, NY 10562

DIAZ, CHASTITY 209 DYCKMAN AVE NEW YORK, NY 10040

ESAU, SHENEQUA 70 WEST 3RD STREET APT #3B MOUNT VERNON, NY 10550

NOTICE OF NAMES AND ADDRESSES OF PERSONS APPEARING AS OWNERS OR DEPOSITORS OF CERTAIN UNCLAIMED PROPERTY HELD BY THE COMMISSIONER OF FINANCE OF THE COUNTY OF WESTCHESTER, DEPOSITED WITH THE COMMISSIONER ON OR BEFORE JANUARY 1, 2017.

TITLE OF CASE BOARD OF MANAGERS OF THE COLONY AT HARTSDALE CONDO VS ESATE OF CAROL BLITSTEIN CADET IMPORTERS, LTD VS. GRUPPO VINI SELEZIONATI SR1 CADET IMPORTERS, LTD VS. AZ. AGR. SANT' AGNESE-MILANESI DANIELE CAROL DEFRANZA & RICHARD DEFRANZA VS DIAMOND PROPERTIES LLC ET AL CITY STORE GATES MANUFACTURING CORP. VS. SHENOROCK SHORE CLUB, INC. DEBRA BETZ, ESTATE OF CARMELO CARBONE VS ARNOLD W. BLATT JP MORGAN CHASE BANK VS SILVIA HICKS LENARD E. LAMBARDI VS INTERSTATE FIRE & SAFETY EQUIP CO INC THOMAS STANLEY VS DAVINDER MAKAN URBAN ENERGY SOLAR LLC VS HUDSON VIEW ASSOC, LLC

The The persons whoseYou names and addresses are set forthof below from the records of Notice of Formation of RAYDEN LLC, Article of Notice formation of KK Be Total LLC Commissioner of Finance of the County of Westchester may be entitled to certain DG Brow & Beauty Bar Organization filed with Clear Communications ,the Arts of Org. filed such property in the amount of $50.00 or more.

LLC. filed with SSNY on the Secretary of State of LLC, Art. of Org. filed with Sec. of State of 11/07/2019. Offc. Loc: New York (SSNY) on 03 with SSNY on 3/18/2020.

NY (SSNY) 3/19/2020.

Westchester Cty. SSNY /16/2020. Office locaOffice location is Cty: Westchester. SSNY DEPOSITED IN ACTIONS OR PROCEEDINGS WITH THE desig. as agent of the tion: Westchester County.

Westchester County. desig. as agent upon SUPREME COURTOF WESTCHESTER COUNTY: LLC upon whom process SSNY has been desigSSNY designated as agent whom process against against it may be served. nated as agent of the of the LLC upon whom may served & shall TITLE be OF CASE DEPOSITED BY BOARD OF MANAGERS OF THE AT HARTSDALE CONDO ESATE OF LLC upon whom process SSNY shall mail process against it VS may mail process to The LLC,COLONY process DENNIS E. KROLAIN ESQ. CAROL BLITSTEIN to the 901 Mamaroneck against it may be served. be served. SSNY shall 793 Palmer Road, 4E, CADET IMPORTERS, LTD VS. GRUPPO VINI SELEZIONATI SR1 DOUGLAS J PICK Avenue, Mamaroneck, SSNY shall mail a copy of mail process to the LLC's Bronxville, NY 10708 CADET IMPORTERS, LTD VS. AZ. AGR. SANT' AGNESE-MILANESI DANIELE DOUGLAS J PICK NY,10543. Purpose: any process to: C/O RAYDEN principal business location #62563 CAROL DEFRANZA & RICHARD DEFRANZA VS DIAMOND PROPERTIES LLC ET AL SHAFRAN & ROCK PLLC lawful purpose. #625659 LLC, 12 Congress St, New at 9 Maplewood Road, CITY STORE GATES MANUFACTURING CORP. VS. SHENOROCK SHORE CLUB, INC. DiLORENZO BUILDERS, LLC. Notice of formation of Rochelle 10801.PCPurpose: Hartsdale NY 10530.

DEBRA BETZ, ESTATE OF CARMELO CARBONE VS ARNOLD W. BLATT GARY E BASHIAN Law OfficeCHASE of David JP MORGAN BANK VS SILVIA HICKS ROSICKI ROSICKI AND ASSOCIATES PC Any Lawful Purpose.

Purpose: any lawful busiLENARD E. LAMBARDI VS of INTERSTATE FIRE & SAFETY EQUIP CO INC JOSEPH PANDOLFO Sifre LLC. Articles Latest date upon which ness activity. #62567 THOMAS STANLEY(DomVS DAVINDER MAKAN DAVINDER MAKAN Organization LLC is to dissolve: No speURBAN ENERGY SOLAR LLC VS HUDSON VIEW ASSOC, LLC CHIESA SHAHINIAN & GIANTOMASI PC Prof.

LLC) filed with cific date. #62568 N.Y.S. Dept. of State on 03/02/2020.

Located DEPOSITED IN ACTIONS OR PROCEEDINGS WITH THE SURROGATE COURTCounty.

OF WESTCHESTER COUNTY: in Westchester The Secretary of State is NAME FOR THE BENEFIT OF designated as agent upon ESTATE OF EVERIS ANDERSON MERCIA WILLIAMS whom process against it ESTATE OF JULIA TOPAK STARNET DBA WESTCHESTER EMS may be served, with copy of process to be mailed DEPOSITED IN ACTIONS OR PROCEEDINGS WITH to the principal business WESTCHESTER COUNTY COURT location at 73 Market St.: STE Yonkers, NY NAME376, AND ADDRESS NAME AND ADDRESS 10710.

Business Purpose: ABDUL-WALI, SEIFUDDIN S ANGLADA, DEBRA C 967 NOBLE of AVELaw. #62566 541 PELHAM RD APT 4T Practice

FARLEKAS, THOMAS 185 MEAGHER AVE BRONX, NY 10465

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GAILHANT-BUBANO, DONNA 184 DRAKE AVE APT #1B NEW ROCHLLE, NY 10805

GARVIN, KYLE 32 ORCHARD RD KATONAH, NY 10536

HAVILAND, GREGORY 926 HALSTEAD AVE MAMARONECK, NY 10543

HUDSON, RICHARD 40 BRIAR CT CROSS RIVER, NY 10518

LETTIRE, NICHOLAS 1226 PELHAMDALE AVE PELHAM, NY 10803

LOPEZ, FILOMENO 303 NORTH AVE APT #3 NEW ROCHELLE, NY 10801

LYPCHUK, ANDRIY MOUNT VERNON, NY 10552

MANZUETA, RENE 230 YONKERS AVE APT #3E YONKERS, NY 10701

MARTINS, JORGE 2175 HALSEY STREET UNION, NJ 07083

OCEGUERA-AYALA, ANA MILIA 238 UNION AVE APT #2RR NEW ROCHELLE, NY 10801

OLVERA, RENE 13 VILLUS AVE NEW ROCHELLE, NY10801

O'ROURKE,SEAN 34 ATHERSTONE RD SCARSDALE, NY 10583

PEREZ-MIRANDA, TRINIDAD 15 DIVISION STREET NEW ROCHELLE, NY 10801

PINEDA-TERI, JENNIFER 15 CLIFF STREET NEW ROCHELLE, NY 10801

SCHONBERG, ARNOLD R 1 JEROME DR PEEKSKILL, NY 10567

SHAY, KERSHAW 265 BOULEVARD SCARSDALE, NY 10583

VACACELA, SARA 87 PAYNE ST ELMSFORD, NY 10523

VARGAS, SALVADOR 18 LINCOLN AVE NEW ROCHELLE, NY 10801

VUKEL, TOME 1553 STRAWBERRY RD MOHEGAN LAKE, NY 10547

WOODS, ROCHELLE 129 LOCKWOOD AVE APT #6A NEW ROCHELLE, NY 10801

ZAGST, JANET 122 LEE RD NORTH BANGOR, NY 12966

TAKE FURTHER NOTICE THAT: (A) A report of unclaimed amounts of money or other property has been made to the State Comptroller and that a listing of names of persons appearing to be entitled is on file and open to public inspection at the County of Westchester's office of the Commissioner of Finance.

(B) Such held amounts of money or other property will be paid or delivered to proven entitled parties by the County of Westchester's office of the Commissioner of Finance through March 31st.

(C) On or before April 10th, any remaining unclaimed monies or other properties will be paid or delivered to the State Comptroller.

Dated: White Plains, New York March 30, 2019 Ann Marie Berg Commissioner of Finance

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