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From riches to rags? SCOUR POWER FOUNDER OF BILLION-DOLLAR FUND FILES FOR BANKRUPTCY
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ark Nordlicht, the former hedge fund founder facing criminal charges in the alleged $1 billion Platinum Partners securities fraud, has filed for Chapter 7 bankruptcy liquidation. Nordlicht, who once
managed $1.7 billion in assets, declared personal assets of $137,052 and liabilities of more than $206 million in a petition filed June 29 in U.S. Bankruptcy Court in White Plains. He listed no work income, but “if Mr. Nordlicht’s criminal situation is resolved successfully,” the petition states, “he anticipates being able to resume employment at
that time.” Nordlicht, 52, of New Rochelle, co-founded Platinum Partners in 2003. In 2016, the federal prosecutor in Brooklyn accused him of defrauding bondholders and looting assets in a “Ponzi-like” investment fraud. Last year a jury found Nordlicht guilty on three charges and acquitted » BANKRUPTCY
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HARRISON DENTIST USES MULTIPLE MEASURES TO KEEP OFFICE VIRUS FREE
BY PETER KATZ pkatz@westfairinc.com
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entists, like other medical professionals, have been making concerted efforts to reopen their practices as safely and quickly as possible as COVID-19 shutdown restrictions are being eased. According to a survey by the American Dental Association’s (ADA) Health Policy Institute, as of the week of June 15, patient volume nationwide was at 65% of pre-COVID levels, up from 38% in mid-May. The survey was sent to 70,000 dentists and 19,000 of them responded. The ADA reported that 97% of dental offices that participated in the survey
were open for elective care, an increase from 90% in the first week of June. In early April, only 3% of dental practices had been open for elective procedures. The ADA invited 13,000 dentists to participate in another survey panel. Those results, broken down by state, showed that in New York as of June 15: 24.1% of the dentists were open and doing business as usual; 70.2% were open but with lower patient volume than usual; 4.1% were closed but seeing emergency patients only; and 1.6% were closed and not seeing any patients. In Connecticut as of June 15: 18.8% of the » POWER
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Ridgefield businesses hold steady during pandemic BY PHIL HALL phall@westfairinc.com
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idgefield’s business community for the most part retained its employee base during the worst of the COVID-19 pandemic and grew online sales when brickand-mortar operations were shut down, according to a new study released by the Ridgefield Economic & Community Development Commission (ECDC). The study, which was conducted with the COVID Ridgefield Recovery Committee, polled 145 businesses and nonprofits that were based in three categories: professional services, restaurants and retail, and the combined arts/culture and fitness/recreation sector. The survey found 62% of respondents maintained a flat staffing level during the pandemic while 5% increased their workforce. However, 33% were forced to make cuts as a result of the pandemic’s impact on the local economy. But looking ahead over the next six months, 60% of respondents said there would be no reduction in their workforce, with 10% predicting job cuts and 30% claiming they were unsure. ECDC Chairman Geoffrey Morris credited Ridgefield’s business community for pulling through via a combination of federal aid and proactive outreach to customers. “Some of it has to do with PPP (Paycheck Protection Program), no question,” he said. “But also, people were able to keep business going by moving things online and continuing to be in touch with customers while saying, ‘Shop local, come support us.’” E-commerce certainly helped during this time — roughly one-third of respondents said online activity accounted for all of their sales during the shutdown period. In comparison, the online sales component accounted for less than 10% of total revenues for 80% of respondents. Nonetheless, 76% of respondents saw their revenues decrease during the pandemic, though 24% said they experienced an increase.
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Top: Aerial view of Ridgefield’s Central Business District. Photo by Aerial360 Solutions. Bottom: A view of Ridgefield’s Main Street. Photo by Doug Kerr / Creative Commons.
Morris believed Ridgefield’s business community was emerging from the pandemic with cautious confidence. “I would say given the national climate, I think the business mood and morale is pretty good with a lot of trepidation,” he said. “In other words, people are moving along nicely. The closing and the reopening were smooth, but revenues are down. And there is a huge potential cliff in front of people if the whole COVID thing goes bad again.” As for a pandemic reprise, 62% of respondents said they would be able to survive another shutdown, either through self-financing or with some form of financial assistance, while 38% were either unsure or believed another shutdown would be FCBJ
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fatal to their operations. ECDC Commissioner Bob Knight, said that the current socioeconomic state is requiring businesses to meet unprecedented challenges without pausing to shudder. “We’re living in interesting times — we’re simultaneously gone through the Spanish flu, the Great Depression, and the civil rights movement,” he said. “And there’s a sense in the business community that things are moving quickly and you have to adapt. Our businesses that embraced more of an online sales presence are actually doing pretty well. And those who have innovated and are taking a fresh look are doing okay. We’re encouraging more businesses to do the same.”
As the pandemic began to disrupt the economy, Morris noted the ECDC worked with businesses regarding health issues and navigating the process of obtaining financial assistance to stay operational. Morris also praised First Selectman Rudy Marconi for being “very active in the community and talking directly with a lot of businesses.” Still, challenges remain, including a conspicuous number of retail vacancies along Main Street in the heart of Ridgefield’s central business district. Morris asserted the post-pandemic focus of the ECDC will include strengthening the retail environment with new businesses, and he observed that retail trends appear to be favoring the Main Street experience. “When you look nationally at the impact of the pandemic on malls, you could see a lot of banks winding up owning malls,” he said. “It’s anticipated that that several malls nationally are going to close. They’re creating opportunities for more ‘shop local’ campaigns — and people are thinking more locally, anyway. And if there’s less opportunity to go to a mall, there’s going to be greater opportunity to come locally.” “It’s also an opportunity for a town like Ridgefield to start having a conversation about the types of retail that we’re going to be looking for in the medium-term and maybe even longterm,” Knight said. “Does that mean we need to embrace more national types of retailers or we continue to embrace more local retail? We’re starting to have those conversations now.” Confident of Ridgefield’s business future, Morris noted a new wave of residents eager to make their homes in town would also be taking advantage of local businesses. “Look at our residential real estate market right now, it’s absolutely booming,” he said. “You can’t find a rental anywhere and housing, especially high-end housing, is off the shelves very quickly. “We’re having an influx of new residents and young families. There are new opportunities that are coming up now.”
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Mega wine store loses appeal for Hartsdale license BY BILL HELTZEL bheltzel@westfairinc.com
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n appeals court has upheld decisions by the New York State Liquor Authority (SLA) and a lower court that denied a liquor license for a proposed mega wine store in Hartsdale. The Third Appellate Division in Albany rejected arguments by White Plains Fine Wine & Spirits LLC that the denial was politically motivated and anticompetitive. “We are satisfied that the SLA’s determination was not arbitrary, capricious or irrational,” the appellate court ruled in a June 25 decision. White Plains Fine Wine is affiliated with Total Wine & More, a Bethesda, Maryland, company that operates 209 superstores in 25 states. It bills itself as “America’s Wine Superstore,” the largest independent retailer of fine wine, and the purveyor with the lowest prices. A typical store stocks 8,000 different wines, 2,500 beers and 3,000 spirits, according to its website. The $3 billion company, according to recent estimates, is owned by David Trone, a U.S. congressman in Maryland, and his brother, Robert Trone. In 2018, the company proposed building a 21,093-square-foot store in The Dalewoods shopping center on Central Avenue in Hartsdale. Robert Trone applied to the state for a package store license. Fifty-eight liquor stores and 25 elected officials opposed the application. The elected officials ranged from mayors to state senators, according to a license bureau memorandum, including White Plains Mayor Thomas Roach, Westchester County Executive George Latimer and state Sen. Shelley Mayer. The liquor authority denied the license in 2018, finding that existing liquor stores adequately served Westchester. White Plains Fine Wine petitioned Albany Supreme Court to overturn the decision. Last September, the court dismissed the petition and the company appealed that ruling. The state liquor authority must consider public convenience and advantage, the appellate court noted, and as long as the justifications are reasonable the decision must be upheld. The liquor authority had found that existing stores sufficiently addressed the needs of consumers in the immediate area and that there was no demonstrated increase in demand for alcoholic beverages in Westchester. Westchester has more than 200 liquor stores, including 50 within a
Date: 7/13/2020 Trones already operate three stores 10-minute drive to the proposed store. Estate and Construction withinReal 40 miles, in New Jersey, Norwalk, The liquor authority also was unper-Focus: suaded that the proposed store would Connecticut and Westbury, Long Advertorial: N/A Island, be a unique regional destination. The based on the same business model. Landlord Tenant
White Plains Fine Wine had also argued that the liquor authority was swayed by political opposition, “infected” by the economic interests of nearby liquor stores and improperly took into account that Robert Trone did not live in New York. “We are not convinced that the alleged improper justifications contributed to or formed a basis for the SLA’s denial of petitioner’s application,” the appellate court ruling states. White Plains Fine Wine was represented by Harris Beach PLLC of Albany, and Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP of Manhattan. New York State Liquor Authority was represented by staff attorneys Gary Meyerhoff and Mark D. Frering.
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New trade organization chapter opens in Westchester
each region where there’s members. “Anyone who wants to join the larger organizations at the national or state level also needs to join the local organization. They always bill it as a three-inone membership. You’re simultaneously a member of NAHB, NYSBA and the local one,” Foley said. He said that membership information is available online at baciw.org. An initial slate of officers of
the new chapter has been chosen. The chief elected officer is Eric Abraham of Comstock Residential Contracting LLC in Briarcliff Manor. Vice chairman is Frank Cerbini of The NHP Foundation, which works to preserve and enrich affordable housing in America. Eric Messer of Sunrise Building and Remodeling Inc., in Briarcliff Manor is the secretary. Francine Caramella of FC Cornerstone in New Rochelle is serving as exec-
utive officer. “There was not a Westchester chapter for NYSBA or NAHB,” Foley said. “There were folks who operated north of Westchester County who were part of the Hudson Valley Home Builders Association and there were, of course, folks who operated in Westchester and New York City who’d be part of one of the New York City chapters. But for folks who were primarily focused on Westchester County we simply did not have an option to join NYSBA or NAHB in their traditional structure.” Foley said that an initial focus of the new chapter, along with the state and national groups, is in helping construction and remodeling firms get back on track following the shutdown of construction during the response to the COVID-19 outbreak. “They have resources to help make local home builders and remodelers a lot more competitive; and that’s everything from discounts and rebates, which allow a local home builder to have access to the discounts that often are only available to the larger organizations, to educational programs and expertise,” Foley said.
Report details absence of African Americans in hospitality executive roles
temic problem — it has to be built into the way the industry is currently running. Within the executive hierarchy of the hospitality industry, African Americans account for only 0.9% of presidents and 0.7% of CEOs. Most African American presidents and CEOs are men (86%), and the 14% of African American women to reach those positions account for 0.1% of all industry chiefs. Only 1 in 60 vice president positions and 1 in 66 senior or executive vice president positions are held by African Americans. Within the industry, African American women’s representation in leadership is primarily in human resources, which employs 67% percent of black women directors, while their male counterparts are mostly found in operations and the accounting/finance departments. The report also pointed out that women are, as a whole, underrepresented
in leadership positions within this industry, with African American women comprising 2.8% of all women holding jobs at the managerial director through CEO levels. Berg acknowledged that diversity in the leadership ranks has not been a priority in this industry, adding she hoped that the new data would enable “the industry to focus the conversation on solutions that can be measured.” But she added the recent national attention focused on racial inequality could spur the industry to take executive-level diversity more seriously. “I think that’s something that’s currently in negotiation,” she said. “And I think we’ll know pretty quickly whether the industry is just giving lip service to concern or whether it actually is willing to take action. So far, it’s been a lot of expression of good intentions, but not yet real commitment.”
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he New York State Builders Association and the National Association of Home Builders have 200,000 members nationwide, but until now have not had a discrete chapter in Westchester County. The two groups have now announced that their new local chapter, the Building and Allied Construction Industries of Westchester, is open for business and accepting members. The chapter is being administered by The Building and Realty Institute of Westchester and the Mid-Hudson Region, which is based in Armonk. The institute has more than 1,800 members in 14 of New York’s counties. Among its members are commercial and residential builders, renovators, property managers, co-op and condo boards, along with suppliers and service providers who focus on real estate. Tim Foley, executive director of the Building and Realty Institute, told the Business Journal that the structure of the state and national builders groups requires a chapter in
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lack men and women account for 1 in 5 hospitality industry jobs, but only for 1 in 65 executive jobs at a level of managerial director or higher, according to the “Black Representation in Hospitality Leadership 2020” report published by the nonprofit Castell Project Inc. The report, which was completed prior to the mid-March economic shutdowns brought by the COVID-19 pandemic, is based on original research culled from 630 of the 971 hotel companies based in the U.S. or Canada. The sample set used in
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the report had a minimum of five hotels and/or 700 rooms and covered 6,302 individuals. The report cited U.S. Department of Labor data in highlighting that African American employees made up 18.8% of hospitality industry workers. However, African Americans accounted for 1.5% of executive roles within the hospitality industry, compared with 4% of executive positions at S&P Global Ratings companies and 5% of executive positions across all industries. “It’s very, very difficult for black people to move up in the hotel industry,” said Peggy Berg, chairwoman of the Castell Project. “I can tell from the numbers that there’s a sysFCBJ
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Foley said the New York State Builders Association has a reputation for being in touch with the legislature as well as with the governor’s office. During the shutdown, it provided recommendations on how to reopen the construction industry as expeditiously and safely as possible. The National Association of Home Builders during the same time period “actually was able to lobby the Department of Homeland Security to have construction listed as an essential service both for purposes of the pandemic but also moving forward in event of natural disasters or anything else along those lines,” Foley said. “Part of the advantage of having the BRI as the administrator for (the new chapter) is we already have very close working relationships with the county executive, the Westchester County legislators and the county planning department as well as several of the municipalities,” Foley said. He said he anticipates the new chapter to provide that extra dimension for the state and national members who are now part of the Westchester chapter.
Since the research for the report was completed, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported the leisure and hospitality industry suffered the greatest volume of layoffs during the pandemic’s economic turmoil with the disappearance of 7.7 million jobs, or 47% of total positions. Berg said Castell Project would follow up on the new report to determine if any post-pandemic progress is being made on this issue. “The next time we plan to release a new report is January,” she said, noting the furloughs and layoffs “happened so quickly that it couldn’t really happen with an eye to gender or racial equity. So, there’s a concern that what’s happened during this period was perhaps not equitable. We don’t really know how the rehiring happens. I hope it is truly a game-changer in terms of making opportunity available regardless of color or gender.”
CONTRIBUTING WRITER | By Michael Carter
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Do the opposite of what you are thinking
hen it comes to selling a business, owners need to think differently than when managing day-to-day operations. The instincts and tactics that make them successful growing their companies are often wrong when exploring an exit.
DO NOT OVERSELL
Every day, business owners enthusiastically sell their value propositions to prospects, clients and employees. Do the opposite! Experienced buyers are interested because they know the industry, the competitive landscape and the prospects for the future at least as well as, if not better than most sellers. Overselling capabilities or opportunities in a sale process can result in disaster when real due diligence begins and new information comes to light. If projections or positioning are too optimistic, management loses credibility, skepticism becomes pervasive and the transaction will most likely end in a “re-trade” on valuation or introduction of an earn out. It is always better to underpromise and overdeliver.
BE AN OPEN BOOK
When selling their business most owners do not want to show any weaknesses and are reluctant to disclose threats and setbacks, assuming that it is the best way to maintain a higher valuation. Some sellers take a “buyer beware” attitude thinking that “if they don’t find it, that’s their problem.” Others believe that contingent liabilities probably won’t happen, so why disclose them? Do the opposite! Because sophisticated buyers hire teams of due diligence professionals whose only job is to identify risks, no stone goes unturned. Undisclosed issues will inevitably be discovered by the buyer during diligence and will result in mistrust, leading them to ask the question “What else have I not been told?” Mistrust often results in more aggressive risk mitigation strategies such as a larger percentage of the purchase price placed in escrow or even an aborted transaction. Interestingly most sellers’ “weaknesses” are “opportunities.” They can be a source of value, but only with early and full disclosure.
SPEND THE MONEY
The roof has been leaking for years and it is continuously patched, costing the company $10,000 every year. Sellers instinctively think: “If I am going to sell the business, why would I invest in a new roof? It just costs money that I don’t need to spend.”
wrong tone for the buyer’s relationship with its new employees. Instead, sellers should proactively analyze their employee rosters and make those hard decisions before going to market.
Do the opposite! Deferred capital confidence in the operations. expenditures inevitably reduce purchase MAKE THE HARD PEOPLE DECISIONS price. Buyers do not look at the roof as a Let’s face it, every business has underminimal annual expense but rather a major investment that must happen the performers. Occasionally there is outright day after closing, usually at a higher deadwood within the ranks of manageestimated cost than the sellers would ment. Many sellers take the attitude that actually have spent. This position implies weak performers become the buyer’s a higher level of risk that something problem upon an acquisition. TWBwill Linda Mosiello Sunshine Children’s Center Do the opposite! No buyer wants to else break, resulting in additional WCBJ investments in facilities, equipcome in on the first day and make necesdeferred 7.375”and w x technology 7.125” h ment inevitably lower- sary and obvious changes to the employ3-24-20 ing the purchase price. However, making ee base, including reducing salaries, eliminating extraordinary benefits or elimthat one-time investment in a new roof shows a real commitment to long-term inating redundancies. It is completely demoralizing for employees and sets the thinking and will give the buyer more
BECOME EXPENDABLE
Owner-operators tend to wear many hats and do it all. They are involved in operations, manage key customers, employee relations all of whom have contributed to the company’s success over the years, and they typically have a hard time relinquishing control. Do the opposite! From a buyer’s » THINKING
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him on five charges. The trial judge overturned the guilty verdicts, citing insufficient evidence of criminal intent, and granted a new trial. The Justice Department has appealed the judge’s decision to the U.S. Court of Appeals, Second Circuit. Nordlicht’s bankruptcy petition lists $132,000 in financial assets, $2,500 for electronics,
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Nordlicht and his wife, Dahlia Kalter, they allege, moved millions of dollars in assets, including the New Rochelle house Kalter bought for $1.1 million in 2004, to offshore trusts and shell companies to avoid paying their debts. Richard Stadtmauer is the uncle of Jared Kushner, President Trump’s son-in-law, and was second in command at the Kushner Cos. real estate empire in New Jersey. He was convicted in 2008
and served 14 months in prison on charges of tax evasion, witness tampering and illegal campaign contributions. Nordlicht attributes the vast majority of family income to his wife, who is not part of the bankruptcy action. Her monthly income includes $3,325 from her law practice, $6,526 in other business income and $23,750 from her husband’s mother. The $206 million in personal liabilities do not include debts
listed as “unknown.” Pending legal actions include estimated potential legal judgments of about $1.5 billion. For instance, a lawsuit in federal court in Manhattan is seeking $800 million from Platinum Management, and Nordlicht is being sued for $500 million in the Grand Court of Cayman Islands. Nordlicht is represented by Manhattan bankruptcy attorney Abraham Backenroth.
hospital’s operating rooms. “Basically I’m a scientist,” Magid said. “I’m a doctor but this has always been my direction. I hold a number of patents in dentistry. A number of the devices used by almost every dentist are based on my patents, a bleaching light for bleaching teeth, for curing filling materials, for the light that’s in the drill that they use, those are all based on my patents. I’ve been on the team that created a number of the lasers that are used in dentistry. I shepherded digital X-ray through the FDA (Food and Drug Administration) in regard to the United States.” Magid also is an associate professor and assistant director of honors esthetics at the New York University College of Dentistry. He is assistant director of cosmetic dentistry at NYU and teaches the subject. Magid’s daughter Sabrina is a dentist and is with him in the practice, although she’s been on maternity leave and is due back
in August. The practice has three personnel at the office’s front desk, in addition to three dental hygienists and three assistants. Magid also uses an additional technique to guard against COVID-19: fogging with hypochlorous acid, chemical designation HOCL. A mist of the acid is sprayed into the air and on surfaces from a hand-held electric misting machine. HOCL is a widely used agent that is effective against viral, bacterial and fungal pathogens. In fact, it’s produced by white blood cells in the human body to help in fighting infections. “What we’ve done is added HOCL to a much broader program. I looked at this whole problem with coronavirus and said, ‘I’ve got to handle this comprehensively,’” Magid said. “We didn’t have anything this contagious before and we didn’t have anything with the deadly consequences of this virus before.” Magid said his office is seeing fewer patients now because it allows 15 minutes between each appointment for sanitizing and other preparations. “We thoroughly wipe and disinfect every surface, we autoclave (sterilize) every instrument, we’ve dealt with the aerosol we created, but the last part of the puzzle was saying, ‘If there’s anything I may have missed, what can I do?’” He said that fogging the entire room and even fogging staff members with HOCL between patients provides one more layer of antiviral protection. “The question always was, ‘Are patients going to feel comfortable enough to come back?’” Magid said. “The answer patients have told me over and over again is that in many ways they feel safer in my office than they do in their own homes. They know what we’ve done; they feel absolutely safe in our office.”
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dentists were open and doing business as usual; 73.8% were open but with lower patient volume than usual; 6.3% were closed but seeing emergency patients only; and 1.3% were closed and not seeing any patients. It wasn’t until May that the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) released its interim guidance for reducing the risk of spreading the novel coronavirus in dental settings. The guidance contained recommended protocols to protect patients and staff. The CDC was a month behind the ADA, which issued its own interim guidance in April. The ADA called for building on infection control protocols already used in dental offices while using the highest level of personal protective equipment available. “In my opinion, they don’t go far enough, not by a long shot,” Dr. Kenneth Magid of Advanced Dentistry of Westchester at 163 Halstead Ave. in Harrison told the Business Journal about the guidance. “The first thing we’ve got to do, and everybody is doing this, is we’ve got to screen the patients on the phone with a whole series of questions to make sure they are not high risk,” Magid said. “We don’t use our reception room; they come in our parking lot, they call the office. When we’re ready for them we tell them to come in. They’re met at the front door of the office. Their temperature is taken, pulse-ox (blood oxygen level) is taken, more questions are asked. They’re sanitized. They wear masks and they’re conducted right into the treatment room. At that point we have as much control as we can bringing them in.” Magid said that of major concern are procedures such as
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$2,500 for clothing and $52 in a bank account. Most of the $206 million in liabilities are for lawsuit claims he disputes. For instance, he disputes claims of more than $32 million by Richard and Marisa Stadtmauer of Livingston, New Jersey. They accused him in one lawsuit of personally guaranteeing a $10.5 million loan to Platinum Partners, just seven months before he was indicted.
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Dr. Kenneth Magid, in a protective suit, fogs a treatment room with hypochlorous acid to keep the novel coronavirus at bay.
cleanings with ultrasonic scalers that produce aerosols carrying particles and any virus lurking in the patient’s mouth into the air. “The problem then really all stems from the fact that we produce aerosols. We take the stuff in the mouth and we aerosolize it. We protect ourselves by wearing N95 masks, face shields, surgical gowns, head covering, so we’re barrier protected ourselves. But now you’re going to create that aerosol and you’ve got to do something about it,” Magid said. He said the high-speed suction tube a dentist puts in a patient’s mouth helps, but aerosols still get out of the mouth. “What we did was order devices that use high-volume evacuation that goes next to the mouth, within six-inches of the mouth, and literally pulls the entire aerosol away from the face, away from my face, away from the patient’s face, sucks it into this device that runs it first FCBJ
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through ultraviolet (UV) light treatment, then very fine HEPA filtering including titanium oxide treatment, and when it exhausts it you have air that has been thoroughly disinfected,” Magid said. He said the devices are used with all six of the dental chairs in the practice’s treatment rooms, three chairs for hygiene and three for other dental procedures. Magid also said of concern was the general air quality in the facility. “In every room we have put a device that takes all the air in that area, and we have calculated it by cubic feet, takes all that air and again sucks it into a device, UV, HEPA filters, titanium oxide chamber, runs it through all of that, then basically turns over all the air in the room constantly. In fact, it literally turns over the entire room in eight minutes,” Magid said. He said that the quality of the air being released into the room is what you’d expect to find in a
Lloyd’s of London sues Atlas Air over deaths of breeder pigs
BY BILL HELTZEL bheltzel@westfairinc.com
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loyd’s of London claims that purebred breeding pigs valued at nearly $295,000 were alive and well when they were placed on an Atlas Air flight in Chicago in 2018, but were dead or dying on arrival in China. Lloyd’s, which insured the pigs for PIC USA Inc., accused Atlas of negligence in a June 29 complaint filed in U.S. District Court in White Plains. The pigs were damaged, the complaint states, “due to the livestock having been subjected to high temperatures, heat distress and other improper conditions.” Corporate communications for Atlas, based in Purchase, did not respond to an email request for comment. PIC — the name stands for Pig Improvement Co. — uses genetics to breed pigs that cost less to produce and provide higher quality pork. The Hendersonville, Tennessee, company has been working with China, the world’s largest pork market, to introduce
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perspective, this situation presents a significant risk should the owner leave with the ‘secret sauce’ and know-how. Buyers value a talented deep management team with a qualified replacement for the CEO. It proves the company’s success is not primarily driven by the owner but by the company. Making the owner-operator dispensable and building a professional management team is assuredly one of the best ways to increase value.
FINAL THOUGHTS
A guiding principle for sellers is to put themselves in the buyer’s shoes. Buyers value open, honest sellers who
genetically-modified pigs to expand the breeding stock in response to shortages caused by African Swine Fever. PIC’s parent, Genus PLC, a British animal genetics company, is collaborating with Beijing Capital Agribusiness to breed pigs that are also resistant to the virus that causes Porcine Reproductive and Respiratory Syndrome, one of the most harmful pig diseases. On June 28, 2018, the complaint states, the 934 purebred breeding pigs that PIC shipped to Atlas in Chicago were in good condition. But when the consignment arrived in Xianyang, China, Lloyd’s claims, many pigs were dead and many had to be destroyed. The flight had been delayed for a number of hours, according to the complaint, and the pigs had been subjected to stressful temperatures. Lloyd’s alleges that Atlas, or its agents, were negligent. The insurer compensated PIC for the losses, and it is demanding $294,583 from Atlas. Lloyd’s is represented by Manhattan attorney James P. Krauzlis.
are self-aware, and those with a long-term approach to growing their companies. One reason for private equity’s strong investment returns over the decades is they require sellers to reinvest a meaningful percentage of the sale proceeds back into the company. This structure ensures that sellers are willing to assume future risk, sending a message of confidence to the buyer and ultimately minimizes some of the pitfalls mentioned in this Insight. Michael Carter is the managing partner of Carter Morse & Goodrich, a boutique merger and acquisition advisory firm headquartered in Southport that represents founder-led and family-held businesses. He can be reached at mcarter@cartermorse.com.
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New funding provides further opportunity for business owners BY KEVIN ZIMMERMAN
utilities or shut down,” she said. “The extra time should make a huge difference.” The costs of training a new employee can also be somewhat ameliorated by the 24-week proviso, Bisceglia said. “Otherwise you’re creating a ripple effect, where you’re losing productivity and therefore money, over a much shorter period.” On June 22, the SBA issued new Interim Final Rules on the Flexibility Act to provide further clarity. That guidance includes resolving questions about whether a borrower has to choose to apply for PPP loan forgiveness after either eight or 24 weeks — the guid-
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out right now — and while the weather’s been mostly great, there’s still that threat of a second wave. “The PPP has been helping in certain ways,” he continued, “and the SBA and Treasury (Department) have been very receptive and responsive to a lot of small businesses. But we’re still going to be one of the last to reopen our doors for inside business.” To date, around 1,400 of the restaurant association’s 8,500 members have self-certified with the Department of Economic and Community Development that they are meeting government mandates, Dolch said. Nevertheless, the National Restaurant Association has estimated that 25% to 30% of the country’s eateries may not survive the pandemic, which translates to about 2,000 in Connecticut. But the Flexibility Act is “giving some sense of hope,” he said. “It’s a little bit of a BandAid that can allow restaurants some sense of loan forgiveness. Time will tell, but restaurateurs are fighters.” Similarly, the new flexibility rules will help small-business owners in particular, said Valeria Bisceglia, education and training programs adviser at the Connecticut Small Business Development Center. “I was speaking to a business owner the other day who said he was basically having to choose whether to pay his FCBJ
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ance says they can apply anytime between those two — and further clarifies the process of applying for PPP loan forgiveness and other issues. Nancy Hancock, an attorney with Westport’s Pullman & Comley, said that the original confusion over the PPP — and the ongoing uncertainties that have necessitated further guidance — can be attributed to both the fact that the original bill “had to be produced in a hurry” and that the PPP was applied to the SBA’s long-extant 7(a) loan program, leading to some inevitable snafus. One of those was 7(a)’s outof-date definition of a full-time
employee as one who works 32, rather than today’s standard 40, hours a week. As a result, “people were uncertain which of the 7(a) rules would be imparted to the new PPP,” Hancock said. While the latest SBA guidance is “extremely helpful,” Hancock said business owners are still faced with digesting its 34 pages, most of which is written in legalese. Even so, the clarity about 8 or 24 weeks should be helpful to those companies already close to meeting the forgiveness rules. In general, Hancock said, her clients are “thrilled to bits” with the Paycheck Protection Program Flexibility Act.
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MAKE MINE A DOUBLE BY GEORGETTE GOUVEIA
Nicole Melichar. Courtesy United States Tennis Association.
WE TEND TO THINK OF TENNIS as an individual sport, with players relying on their inner strength as well their skills and talents as they battle all by their lonesome on one side of the court. Except in doubles. There they can rely on their partners — which has its advantages and challenges. Nicole Melichar knows all about both. The Czech-born American is currently ranked 20 in doubles, though she did reach a career-high ranking of 12 a year ago. In 2018, she saw career highlights at Wimbledon when she and Austria’s Alexander Peya won the mixed-doubles title, defeating Jamie Murray, former doubles world No. 1, and Victoria Azarenka, former singles world No. 1. That same Wimbledon, Melichar and
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Czech Květa Peschke made the finals, where they lost to fellow Czechs Barbora Krejčíková and Kateřina Siniaková. Melichar has now split with Peschke and is teaming with China’s Yifan “Julie” Xu, No. 8 in the Women’s Tennis Association rankings of doubles players. “You look for good chemistry, good complementarity,” Melichar says. “For example, I have a very good serve. So you pick a person who is a good volleyer and good at the net.” Melichar has also played singles, with less success. (She’s ranked No. 921 there.) She sees a clear distinction between both disciplines. “Doubles is a more technical and tactical game. The points are going to be shorter so you have to be more accurate with your WCBJ
shots. “Singles is a more physical game,” she adds, with more territory to cover. There are those who think that they are temperamentally different, with singles better suited to self-reliant players and doubles to more collegial ones. And indeed, while there have been great singles/doubles players — Billie Jean King, Martina Navratilova and John McEnroe come to mind — many great single players are lackluster doubles players. Part of that has to do with practice and preparation. “You can’t just step on a court and expect to be a doubles player,” Melichar says. Just as singles and doubles differ, doubles differs from mixed doubles, she adds. “Most men have big serves and quick reactions, so any time they have a chance
to put the ball away, you’re going to give it to them.” Growing up in Florida, to which her family immigrated when she was a baby, Melichar just wanted to play and emulate her sister, Jane, five years older. The kid sister did that and more. Today, her sister is an avocational player while Melichar is looking to crack the top 10, make the Olympic team and win more Slams. She’d also like to cultivate her friendship with Xu. “For me, it’s good to be friends, go to dinner occasionally, have lunch, go sightseeing. Some doubles teams like to keep it to business on court. But it’s good to have a friend, especially after a tough match.” For more, visit wtatennis.com.
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A BRAND WITH HEART BY MARY SHUSTACK
TO HEAR — OR MORE ACCURATELY SEE — what’s new with Kate D. Spain, simply walk into the Delamar Greenwich Harbor. That’s an easy way to check out eye heart hand — what’s billed as the “field-to-fiber-to-floor” rug collection from Spain — since two custom rugs from the collection were recently installed off the luxury hotel’s harborside lobby, working with interior designer Lisa Silver of Siver Contract Interiors in Stamford. Spain, savvy WAG readers may recall, is the designer behind the KD Spain brand, and Kate works hand-in-hand with her husband and business partner, Pete Spain. At the time WAG visited the Spains in Bridgeport for a September 2016 feature, we were dazzled by her nature-inspired designs that peppered the couple’s home in the Black Rock section. Her work was translated onto everything from pillows to table runners, rugs to curtains and framed prints to plates. She had been creating home goods since 2008. When we visited she had recently launched her namesake collection. Spain, who grew up in Mamaroneck and would eventually land at the Rhode Island School of Design to study graphics, took us into her home-based studio where we got a glimpse into her inspirations and methods that produced collaborations and products for retail giants from Target to Crate&Barrel and companies such as Bigelow Tea to Andrews McMeel Publishing. With Pete still handling the business side of things and Kate the design, the Spain effort seems stronger than ever, as we were pleased to hear in an update sent by Pete (of course). As he told us, through KD Spain, Kate continues to license her original graphic designs worldwide for an array of products. The heart of the update though was focused on rugs — specifically, the news that Kate and Pete have developed the eye heart hand collection, which they proudly share has been well-received by shop owners, interior designers and customers since its introduction last year at the prestigious International Contemporary Furniture Fair. (Pete noted, as well, that the name can be styled eye heart hand to emphasize the integral importance of the “earth” in what they do). In that email update from the Spains, Kate shared how the latest effort began: “About five years back, I was licensing a design to a rug company. It was a best-selling rug. To our surprise, customer complaints and the return rate were very high. And so, we sent a sample to
Top: Pete and Kate Spain at the International Contemporary Furniture Fair in Manhattan. Bottom: Custom rugs from the eye heart hand collection were recently installed in the harborside lobby at the Delamar Greenwich Harbor.Images courtesy Kate D. Spain.
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be lab tested. We discovered it wasn’t actually ‘New Zealand’ wool as the manufacture had claimed. We decided to step back, to prioritize transparency and to create an ethical rugmaking process with a new team of our own.” The Spains detailed several reasons why these new rugs are connecting with customers: • No child labor. All rug making is done by GoodWeave-certified adult artisans. Celebrating 25 years in its mission to end child labor, Goodweave is an international leader in assuring against child, bonded or slave labor. Each eye heart hand rug bears the GoodWeave label. Pete participated on a panel about ethical supply chains at Grace Farms in New Canaan last spring to discuss this and how GoodWeave keeps child labor out of overseas manufacturing and improves education, health and labor conditions in manufacturing communities. • Extraordinary materials. The Spains source highland strong wool from one family farm on the South Island of New Zealand. Kate explains: “This wool is perfect for the rugs I design. Its natural whiteness and luster bring contrast to the colors and sheen to the texture. Its long staple makes the construction extremely durable, with minimal shedding, and still so comfortable. Such beautiful wool is a product of the farmer’s commitment to the highest animal welfare standards, sustainable environmental management and to supporting native biodiversity.” • Scientific testing. The Spains assure that the specially selected wool is the only wool in their rugs. Throughout the process, the wool is randomly sampled in India and sent to Oritain in New Zealand for independent scientific traceability testing and verification. As Pete points out, “The Wools of New Zealand organization estimates that about 500 million pounds of counterfeit ‘New Zealand wool’ enter the global market each year. This has severely damaged the market price and hurt the farmers. And at the consumer level, how do we know what we’re really getting? For eye heart hand, we decided to remove all doubt. If an Oritain test comes back negative, then we don’t use that wool in our rugs. Sure it costs more, but it sets us apart.” And the finishing touch? Each eye heart hand rug is hand-numbered and finished with a label handsigned by the designer, the shepherd in New Zealand and by the rug maker in India. As Kate says, “It’s a real collaboration — from my drawing board, to the farm and the sheep, to the GoodWeave artisans.” As the Spains sum up their update, looking ever forward, “The eye heart hand collaboration is creating new collections of rugs and additional single-source handmade products that will continue to deliver original designs, luxury quality and proven provenance.” For more, visit eyehearthand.earth or kdspain.com. Beyond Biz, the Westchester and Fairfield County Business Journals’ new section of lifestyle offerings WCBJ
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CONTRIBUTING WRITER | By John Ravitz
Pandemic underscores the need for 5G wireless network
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he coronavirus pandemic has exposed many deficiencies in our disaster preparedness, health care system and our infrastructure and underscored the need for a 5G wireless network. Hundreds of thousands of people — adults and children alike — across the state in recent months have logged on to work, learn and recreate from home, putting an added strain on internet access, which was already a challenge in certain parts of the state, from densely populated areas to the most remote rural regions. According to a Siena college poll, 82 percent of New York voters own a smartphone and 79 percent say they use wireless devices often throughout the day. Eighty-one percent agree that network connectivity is an absolute necessity for modern life, and 69 percent believe it’s as essential as clean water and electricity. In his 2020 budget proposal, Gov. Andrew Cuomo called for a streamlined statewide small-cell permitting system to facilitate the creation of a next gen-
eration 5G wireless network. 5G will deliver data rates as high as 1 gigabyte per second. That’s 20 times faster than current networks allow and comparable to the speed provided by cable or fiber optic internet service. Here’s how 5G would improve areas of life in New York:
TELECOMMUTING
The coronavirus pandemic has forced millions of people across the U.S. to work from home. Coupled with the move to on-line learning for both K-through-12 and higher ed students, as well as an unprecedented amount of streaming of videos, movies, music and games, this has created a never-before-seen strain on the country’s Internet. It is now clear that a more robust and reliable wireless system is what’s needed to prevent future online slowdowns.
REMOTE LEARNING/DIGITAL DIVIDE
The pandemic has exacerbated the already existing digital divide as students try to make the switch to online
learning and find that they are unable to do so due to spotty internet service, or, even worse, no service at all. The switch to online learning has also impacted college students, especially if they are of color or low income. 5G will revolutionize education, dramatically improving communication and reducing download times and facilitating the use of technologies like artificial intelligence, augmented reality and more into K-through-12 classrooms. It will change the way teachers communicate with their students and monitor their progress.
TELEHEALTH
The ability of health care professionals to assess and care for patients virtually has taken on new significance in the face of the pandemic. Keeping those who do not need hospitalization out of brick and mortar facilities not only reduces the possibility of transmission of the virus, but also keeps space available for those who are truly ill. Telehealth received a boost in the $2 trillion stimulus package passed by Congress and signed into law by President Trump. 5G enables the near real-time transmission of large amounts of data at low latency and high quality, which is crucial to the success of telehealth. It also facilitates the use of potentially life-saving technology like videoconferencing between ambulance crews and hospital staff to provide immediate information about a patient’s case, vital signs and symptoms.
PUBLIC SAFETY
The Sept. 11, 2001 attacks tragically demonstrated the crucial nature of wireless communications in the event of a significant crisis. Small cell and fiber network upgrades will provide more reliable access to emergency services provided by police officers, firefighters, and first responders. Today, 80 percent of 911 calls are placed from a wireless device, making reliable service more important than ever before.
ECONOMY
According to industry estimates, 5G will be responsible for 3 million new jobs, $500 billion in new GDP and $275 billion in investments across the U.S., $93 billion of which is expected to be spent on construction. Interconnectivity will also boost the economy by bringing good paying jobs to New York and help small
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businesses, which employ over half of the private-sector workforce. Improving wireless connectivity will ensure they have full cellular coverage and access to high-speed broadband service, leveling the playing field and enabling them to better compete in the global marketplace.
COMBATING CLIMATE CHANGE
Gov. Cuomo and legislative leaders made history last year with the Climate Leadership and Community Protection Act, which mandates a carbon-free electricity system by 2040 and a carbon neutral economy by 2050. Technology will undoubtedly play a key role in achieving the governor’s ambitious climate change goals — particularly when it comes to addressing the problem of big buildings, which are among the most significant sources of greenhouse gas emissions. Deployment of “smart cities” advancements that use data, sensors and connected services to monitor and improve everything from traffic flow to electricity usage will help achieve these goals. Next generation 5G wireless networks will be crucial to ensuring the success of these and other technologies that will help New York meet its climate change goals.
TRANSPORTATION/ENERGY
A fully implemented 5G network will contribute to energy efficiency through the use of wirelessly connected appliances, transportation grids and sensors that allow real-time monitoring — and optimization — of electricity use. Transit officials, for example, will be able to use smart streetlights and stop signs that communicate directly with vehicles on the road to better regulate traffic, reducing congestion and also cutting down on emissions from idling cars and trucks to improve air quality. High-speed wireless technology will also be necessary to facilitate implementation of New York City’s first-in-the-nation congestion pricing plan, approved by the state Legislature as part of the 2019-20 budget, which is slated to be in place next year. The pandemic has forever changed the way we do business, educate our children and live our lives. To meet the challenges ahead, it is clear that we will need a next generation 5G wireless network. John Ravitz, vice president COO, Business Council of Westchester, is a member of NYers for 5G Coalition.
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Scenic Hudson aims to turn derelict buildings into HQ BY PETER KATZ pkatz@westfairinc.com
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orthside Junction LLC, an affiliate of nonprofit The Scenic Hudson Land Trust, has acquired two derelict buildings and land in the city of Poughkeepsie. They are near the refurbished railroad bridge Walkway Over the Hudson and two other projects in which Scenic Hudson has played key roles, the Fall Kill Creek and the CSX rail spur greenway proposal. Plans are being developed to turn one of the buildings, a 50,000-square-foot former manufacturing plant at 58 Parker Ave., into a new home for Scenic Hudson that would include space for community gatherings, events and educational activities. The Parker Avenue building was once home to the Standard Gage Co., where gauges for aircraft and other industrial uses
were manufactured. According to the city of Poughkeepsie Historic District & Landmarks Preservation Commission: “The company received many government contracts during World War II, which transformed it on behalf of the war effort. Normally employing 200 people, it expanded to 600 during this period of peak production. “Poughkeepsie celebrated the work and commitment of Standard Gage Co. when it received the federal government’s esteemed Army/Navy “E” Award for “Excellence in Production” during World War II. In 1943, President Franklin D. Roosevelt and his son James visited the production site on Parker Avenue.” The second building bought by Scenic Hudson, 164 Garden St., was formerly home to a printing company and contains about 10,000 square feet. Ned Sullivan, president of
Scenic Hudson, told the Business Journal that Northside Junction is a limited liability company that was established by the nonprofit to own these properties. “Scenic Hudson will use the Parker Avenue site for office space for our staff, we have a staff of about 60, but there’s more space than we need at the location so we will be looking for other partner organizations from Poughkeepsie or businesses possibly to co-locate there,” Sullivan said. There are no specific plans yet for the Garden Street property, although maybe a bike repair shop, said Sullivan, an avid bicyclist. “We are going to engage the community, city officials, local residents, local business owners and leaders, stakeholders and try to get a shared vision of the public spaces, the outdoor public spaces, and how those can
The building was once home to the Standard Gage Co., its last vestiges being a smokestack. Photo by Bob Rozycki.
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be best developed in a way that will make this a very positive asset for the entire community,” Sullivan said. He did not disclose the purchase price of the properties. Elected officials have already expressed support for the acquisitions. Poughkeepsie Mayor Rob Rolison said, “By restoring these buildings and providing a new place for the community to unite, Scenic Hudson reaffirms its status as a good neighbor to Poughkeepsie residents. I look forward to hearing more about their plans.” Common Council member Lorraine Johnson, said, “Their plans are truly exciting and will support ongoing efforts to provide new recreational and other opportunities that will unite the community in the city’s north side neighborhoods.” Dutchess County Executive Marc Molinaro said, “By transforming these unsightly buildings and property into a community hub, it will provide a beautiful new focal point for visitors arriving at Walkway Over the Hudson, right across the street, and a place for people to stop and relax while biking on the new rail trail Dutchess County and Scenic Hudson have partnered to create.” Sullivan said that he expects the new space to help Scenic Hudson advance its mission effectively. “Our mission now very much includes work in the urban centers of the cities of the Hudson Valley,” he said. He said that the time line for putting the properties into service is approximately two to three years. “There’s extensive contamination, there’s asbestos and just refurbishing an old derelict building is going to be a challenge,” Sullivan said. He said it was too early to say just what the final price tag would be. Scenic Hudson credited Jason Camporese, its chief finance and operations officer, and Emily Hague, its senior land project manager, with negotiating the transaction. It said the architecture firm MASS Design Group, which has worked on other revitalization projects with Scenic Hudson in Poughkeepsie, is involved in this project. Sullivan said that while the social distancing and work-at-home requirements of the COVID-19 situation have made operating the organization a bit more complex, there also has been something special. “Scenic Hudson has a whole system of parks up and down the Hudson Valley and we have kept them open through the COVID lockdown,” Sullivan said. “They’ve provided a great source of inspiration and enjoyment to people who clearly appreciate them more than ever. We do see a surge in the use of our parks and a passion and appreciation for them and our mission that is somewhat unprecedented.”
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the rooster,” a reference to the bantam atop the Newtown Meeting House, which allegedly was used by French soldiers for target practice during the Revolutionary War. To develop that new identity, the town engaged Haven Creative Agency, based in Waxhaw, North Carolina, to complete the first phase of the initiative. That includes an online survey of residents — the cost of which Preszler set at about $14,000 — which began on June 12 and ended on July 10. The town’s goal of receiving at least 400 responses was easily eclipsed by the end of June, Preszler said. The effort will also involve consolidating Newtown’s four websites — each on its own platform — into one central web presence, she said. Ultimately the idea is to develop a key identity for ECD, she said, by integrating new marketing messaging and visual elements, including its own logo. Survey results are expected to be tabulated by the end of this month, Preszler said.
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REAL ESTATE Both she and Rosenthal said they were optimistic that Newtown could benefit from reports that thousands of people have relocated to Connecticut from New York, primarily as a result of the pandemic. The U.S. Postal Service recently reported that more than 16,000 people switched their addresses from the Empire State to the Nutmeg State since March, when COVID-19’s presence first began to be felt. On the commercial side, Greenwich has reportedly been the big beneficiary, mostly from small financial firms relocating from Manhattan. While it’s unlikely such companies would come to Newtown, Rosenthal said he was confident that the municipality will also benefit, noting that Boost Bowls — a Bethelbased health-food eatery that also has a location in Southbury — is coming to town, and that NewSylum — the town’s much-delayed second brewery — finally opened in early June. The latter, at 36 Keating Farms Ave., is the first commercial concern to open in Fairfield Hills. Developing that land — formerly the campus of a psychiatric hospital — is a concept that Rosenthal has been pushing for some time. A round of informational meetings for residents — who have generally disapproved of developing Fairfield Hills, due mostly to its cost — and developers were interrupted by the coronavirus. “We have a great opportunity to take those buildings, which have been long-abandoned and are in pretty bad shape, and make something beautiful,” he said. “And we also have a need for housing on both ends of the spectrum. “I think (the idea) works,” Rosenthal added, “but it’s a question of whether or
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not the public does.” He said he hopes to include a referendum on the topic on the November ballot. Since acquiring the campus in 2004, Newtown has spent $38 million on demolition and construction costs; maintenance costs run around $200,000 a year. Although data on Newtown’s residential market was not immediately available, the first selectman said that it was his understanding that things are looking up, at least anecdotally.
The real estate website Zillow puts the median home value in Newtown at $389,444, and predicts that they will fall another 3% within the next year. Nevertheless, it ranks the town as a “very hot” buyers’ market, an indication that the volatility caused by the pandemic could ultimately pay off for the municipality. “Most of our businesses are open again, or are very close to it,” Rosenthal said. “They’re being creative in terms of their approach to reopening — and we’re trying to be creative as well.”
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CONTRIBUTING WRITER | By Richard Haggerty
What the new regionalized MLS means for Westchester Realtors
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he New York metro area, including Westchester and the Hudson Valley, is viewed as one of the leading real estate markets in the world. Doing business here, however, has historically been riddled with inaccurate data and numerous back-end systems. In addition, this has been one of the only major metropolitan areas to not have a regionalized Multiple Listing Service. In fact, in the early 2000s the Hudson Valley was fractured into numerous real estate associations, each with their own MLS. For those of us who remember, it was neither an inefficient nor cost-effective way to do business. The consumers have been really stuck. Everything that everyone takes for granted in other parts of the country — strong consumer-facing websites, MLS’s that have accurate data — didn’t exist in our area. But things have changed. For a little over a year we have worked diligently to merge our Hudson Gateway Multiple Listing Service with the Multiple Listing Service of Long Island to create the first regional MLS for New York, which launched earlier this year for Realtors and a few weeks ago for consumers. It’s a comprehensive MLS, and the goal is to empower our members to take advantage of the geography of New York City, the most powerful geography in the world. Consumers want to have access to a broader geography of data, and that’s what we’re trying to achieve. The platform serves Manhattan, the Bronx, Nassau, Suffolk, Queens, Brooklyn, Westchester, Putnam, Rockland, Sullivan and Orange counties. We have entered a new era of real estate in New York with the launch of OneKey MLS. Featuring tens of thousands of listings from Realtors located everywhere from the tip of Long Island up to the Catskill Mountains, it will drastically change the way we do business. There are skeptics, of course. A lot of brokers are very entrenched in doing business the way they’ve done business for a very long time. Some are resistant to change, but that reluctance is eroding their business. OneKey MLS will revolutionize the real estate industry in our market and make it easier for Realtors to succeed and for their clients to find their dream homes. Here are just a few ways a regionalized MLS will impact those of us who do business throughout the Hudson Valley.
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more than reading about a feature of a home on a listing and finding out it’s not true when they go to an open house. Easy access to clean and accurate listings data is critical for residential real estate professionals, and previously it has been impossible to ensure the information they were viewing was correct. With OneKey MLS, the listings are updated every five minutes straight from the MLS, so the information on every listing is accurate. This can save you time and avoid lots and back and forth on behalf of your clients, allowing you to focus on finding the listing(s) that work best for them.
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One of the biggest complaints we’ve heard from our members who are working throughout the New York metro area is that with other real estate platforms the listing agent is often not the agent featured next to the property. In addition to being confusing for potential clients, it can cost Realtors a hard-earned sale. The listing agent is the only agent that should be anywhere near a property.
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Accurate and reliable listings from the source are important for Realtors and for consumers. But there’s more consumers are looking for than just listings — they’re also seeking information that they won’t be able to find on other real estate searching platforms. Features such as multilingual search, community guides that include details of the geographic area (especially school district information), and the ability to search for properties to buy or rent by country, neighborhood, city/town, ZIP code or by drawing a custom search on a map will make the searching process easier to navigate. We are committed to making this transition as easy as possible for our current and prospective members who are now utilizing the platform. We have worked tirelessly to create an MLS that we hope will become the most trusted residential real estate data source for Realtors and their clients. Richard Haggerty is CEO of the Hudson Gateway Association of Realtors and President and Chief Strategic Growth Officer of OneKey MLS, New York Metro’s first regional multiple listing service. For information, visit www. OneKeyMLSNY.com.
THE TOWN OF CORTLANDT IS WHERE LIFE WORKS AT HOME, WORK AND PLAY... AND IT IS PRIME FOR INVESTMENT! Commercial space is often available with twice the space for half the cost, along with access to a highly educated and diverse workforce of all ages. Plus, the town is committed to aiding investors and entrepreneurs through streamlined approval processes. Four Strategic Areas for Growth
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WestPark Associates plans high-tech retrofit at Westchester Avenue site BY PETER KATZ pkatz@westfairinc.com
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estPark Associates NY LLP, has issued a request for proposals seeking services for retrofitting its properties at 1111 and 1129 Westchester Ave. in White Plains into a “smart office campus.” There are two buildings built in 1984 that contain about 373,000 square feet on the 25-acre site. The objective is to make sure the property meets what WestPark describes as “the accelerating technological demands of 21st century businesses.” The RFP calls for two phases of development. First would be retrofitting both office buildings with new technology designed for sustainability, energy conservation, health and wellness, security, connectivity and to be attractive to 21st century workforces. The second phase would involve promoting the use of autonomous vehicles, at first along the I-287 corridor and then with connections to local communities and rail transportation. WestPark Associates NY is an affiliated company of New Jersey real estate firm Onyx Equities LLC. DJ Venn, senior vice president of asset management for Onyx said, “Our vision is for WestPark to serve as a hub of connectivity for global workforce and be the place where innovation and creativity will thrive.” He said the goal is to “rival some of the most technically advanced campuses in the world.” A major tenant at the site is PepsiCo. Other major corporations there have included Starwood and NYNEX. A team from the commercial real estate services firm CBRE had been given responsibility for leasing the properties some months ago. William V. Cuddy Jr., executive vice president, heads the team. “Both buildings are in extraordinarily good condition now,” Cuddy told the Business Journal. “There have been advances in terms of technologies and building operations that could be brought to the campus to further enhance it at really an extraordinary level.” He described some of those technologies as including touchless entries, touchless elevators, intelligent parking, drone delivery and upgraded HVAC including pathogen prevention. Cuddy noted that the buildings already are loaded with amenities, “have high-speed fiber connectivity, an environ-
mentally-sensitive design, natural light on every level, excellent air filtration systems, and plenty of green space. Even so, the owners are not resting on their laurels; they are reimagining the campus for the 21st century.” The RFP calls for parties who are interested in bidding on the project to submit a letter of intent to bid by July 27. Submissions would be due by 5 p.m. on Sept. 9. “The RFP process is exactly that, a process. Some of the upgrades that will
be selected may be done more immediately while others could be presented as options for our new tenants,” Cuddy said. “When you look at office inventory and how companies operate and plan for their futures, they’re looking at a longer horizon. They want to be in a location that’s cutting edge; a location that supports their business operations within a facility that employees really can feel comfortable and effective working in.” The second phase of the RFP regard-
ing autonomous vehicles has an open time frame. “We’re all pushing into new boundaries,” Cuddy said. “We want to make sure that this location has the best opportunity to be in the forefront of that in Westchester County. We’re located between two train stations, on a major bus line. Both in terms of our vehicle, bus and rail, this presents an opportunity to really create a new environment along the I-287 corridor.”
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Good Things BOARD EXPANSION AT LMC MEDIA Larchmont-Mamaroneck Community Media (LMC Media), a community-based media organization that was recently rebranded from LMCTV, is expanding its board of directors with the appointment of: Craig Ettinger of Larchmont who has held senior leadership positions at Time Inc. and Conde Nast in New York City and founded his own mobile application startup; and Mark Litvin, a Rye Neck resident, who recently retired after serving 17 years as the senior vice president and managing director of New York City Center. Matt Sullivan, executive director of LMC Media, said, “We are excited to welcome Craig (Ettinger) to our board of directors. He brings decades of leadership in key areas, such as financial analysis, digital product development, audience growth and ad revenue support, which will be vital to our organization’s future operations and strategy.” Regarding Litvin, he said, “He currently consults on theater renovation and performance management projects… and is passionate about supporting the local community. His experience in nonprofit management and finance make him a great addition.” LMC Media, a nonprofit organization, which was started in 1983, has expanded from a local cable TV station to a fully equipped modern, multiplatform media organization serving local residents and small businesses.
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The popular Wednesday Farmers Market returned for the 2020 season on July 8, with support from Newman’s Own Foundation. Open to the public, the weekly market sponsored by the Norwalk Community Health Center Inc. (NCHC) will operate every Wednesday until Thanksgiving from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. in the NCHC parking lot at 120 Connecticut Ave., Norwalk. The Farmers market accepts EBT/ SNAP, credit and debit cards and cash, in
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cation.” Newman’s Own Foundation is the independent foundation created by the late actor and philanthropist, Paul Newman. Breaking down barriers to healthy food choices for patients and the community is one of the ways that NCHC, a nonprofit health care provider, is dedicated to providing a comprehensive continuum of medical and wellness care within reach of its 13,000 patients and leading Greater Norwalk to achieve its best health.
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CONSTRUCTION GROUP DONATES 40,000 POUNDS OF FOOD
Kings Capital Construction Group Inc., a Tarrytown-based commercial general construction and site development firm, recently donated food to Westchester County residents in need. The Kings team, including principals JD Summa and Mike Casarella, coordinated the packaging of more than 40,000 pounds of fresh and healthy produce into 1,580 boxes and then distributed it to county residents at the Ebersole Ice Rink located in Delfino Park in White Plains on June 5. In order to facilitate the delivery and distribution of the food, Summa collaborated with Frank Williams, executive director of the White Plains Youth Bureau; and with Wayne Schneider of Precision Concierge to arrange for the 40-foot container truck to transport the food to Delfino Park in White Plains. “During these uncertain times, it is our collective responsibility to help support anyone in need and we at Kings Capital Construction are more than happy to do our part,” said Summa, Kings CEO.
addition to NCHC’s own farmers market vouchers, a patient-only program that stretches patients’ food dollars. “Record numbers of our patients and neighbors are facing hunger, in the economic fallout from the COVID-19 pandemic,” said John Gettings, Norwalk Community Health Center interim CEO. “We welcome this critical funding made by Newman’s Own Foundation as part of its commitment to address issues of fresh food access and nutrition edu-
Ridgewood Savings Bank in Ridgewood, Queens, has been named to the Forbes annual list of Best-in-State Banks 2020, ranking No.2 in New York state. Based on an impartial national survey of checking-account customers, the Forbes list is conducted by Statista Inc. “As a community bank, our first priority is to provide customers with the best possible service and banking experience,” said Leonard Stekol, CEO, president and FCBJ
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mand. Its business checking customers are enthusiastic about Ridgewood’s support, particularly during the current COVID-19 pandemic and the Paycheck Protection Program. Founded in 1921, Ridgewood Savings Bank continues to serve the community as a strong and stable mutual savings bank with more than $6 billion in assets and 35 branches located throughout the New York metropolitan area.
Joanne Dunn of Peekskill was well aware that her new role as executive director of The Youth Shelter Program of Westchester Inc. would require her to bring all of her experience as a youth advocate to bear. She was just settling in when COVID-19 hit and is now trying to navigate a world in which racial unrest born of the death of George Floyd, at the hands of the Minneapolis police department, has taken center stage. Located in Mount Vernon, Dunn is the first woman to lead this organization since its incorporation in 1975. Conceived by a Westchester judge and school teacher who recognized the need for early intervention in the lives of young offenders, the Youth Shelter Program has been providing a homelike alternative to jail for young men, for more than 40 years. Previously, Dunn spent 12 years with Westhab Inc., and before that she worked with the Peekskill Youth Bureau to provide overall leadership and direction to the Workforce Investment Act Out-ofSchool Youth program. In addition to her experience, it was the passion that Dunn exhibited during the selection process that made a huge impression on the search committee. Board Chair Rev. Darren Morton said, “We knew almost immediately that Joanne was the best fit for this position. Her passion coupled with her knowledge and experience was unmatched.” Of her new role, Dunn said, “The young men who come to the shelter are above all, young people in need of a second chance. All of my prior experiences have prepared me for this role and I relish the opportunity to make a meaningful difference in the lives of these and other young people who need a champion in their corner.” Dunn earned her Bachelor of Science degree in child and family development from Benedict College.
KEEP AMERICA BEAUTIFUL EXEC APPOINTED TO STATE BOARD Christine D’Andrea, the corporate partnerships director of Stamford, Connecticut-based national nonprofit Keep America Beautiful, has been appointed to serve on the board of the Connecticut Outdoor Recreation Alliance (CORA), newly established to promote outdoor recreation opportunities and participation throughout the state of Connecticut. Mason Trumble said, “The Connecticut Outdoor Recreation Alliance was established to grow the state’s economy by elevating Connecticut’s outdoor recreation business opportunities.” Since joining Keep America Beautiful in 2018, D’Andrea has worked with, and spearheaded, environmental and sustainability initiatives with some of the world’s most notable companies. She will be working alongside some of Connecticut’s most influential environmental stewards, hailing from organizations such as REI, Outside TV, Cannondale, East Coast Greenway Alliance, Connecticut Forest & Park Association, Lowa Boots, and the Connecticut Trail Census. Connecticut’s outdoor industry accounts for $9billion in consumer spending and 69,000 jobs.
MEDICAL GROUP WELCOMES RHEUMATOLOGIST Allison J. Beitler, M.D., a board-certified rheumatologist has joined NewYork-Presbyterian Medical Group Westchester and will practice in Eastchester at 685 White Plains Road. Beitler has extensive experience providing treatment for autoimmune and inflammatory diseases as well as osteoarthritis and inflammatory arthritis. She is affiliated with NewYork-Presbyterian Lawrence Hospital and is an associate professor of medicine at Columbia University Medical Center. After graduating from Yale University, Beitler earned her medical degree from the State University of New York, Downstate Medical Center, completed her residency in internal medicine and a fellowship in Rheumatology at Montefiore Medical Center. She is a member of the American College of Rheumatology and the American College of Physicians. Information for these features has been submitted by the subjects or their delegates.
HOSPITAL GIVES BACK WITH MORE THAN HEALTH CARE
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Greenwich Hospital donated thousands of pounds of food to Neighbor to Neighbor in Greenwich and Caritas of Port Chester in New York. From left: Marc Kosak, senior vice president, operations, Greenwich Hospital; Margaret Goldberg, executive director, Neighbor to Neighbor; Norman Roth, CEO, Greenwich Hospital; Patricia Hart, treasurer, Caritas of Port Chester; Duncan Lawson, operations coordinator, Neighbor to Neighbor; Diane Kelly, president, Greenwich Hospital; and Anna Cerra, senior vice president, patient care services and chief nursing officer, Greenwich Hospital.
During the height of Connecticut’s coronavirus pandemic, a generous community supported Greenwich Hospital as residents and business owners came together to deliver 17,000 meals to health care workers. Now Greenwich Hospital gives back. The hospital donated thousands of pounds of food to two community food banks: Neighbor to Neighbor in Greenwich and Caritas of Port Chester in New York. The food drive was organized by the Greenwich Hospital Diversity and Inclusion Council and all the food was donated
by thankful hospital employees. “The community response to the public health crisis has been incredible and heartwarming,” said Norman Roth, Greenwich Hospital’s CEO. “This food donation is our way of thanking the community for supporting our health care workers during this unprecedented time. We will never forget their acts of kindness and generosity.” “We are fortunate to be a part of an amazingly thoughtful community,” said Margaret Goldberg, Neighbor to Neigh-
bor executive director. “Greenwich Hospital is a vital partner to the health and well-being of the Greenwich community and we are grateful.” Demand for food has grown tenfold since the start of the pandemic, said Patricia Hart, treasurer of the Caritas board of directors. …Caritas typically provides 4,000 meals a month at its community dining room and supplies groceries, meat and fresh produce to nearly 400 families through its pantry. In contrast, Caritas distributed 12,000 meals in June.”
RELIEF FROM DIRECT RELIEF Open Door Family Medical Center, serving Westchester, Putnam and Ulster counties, has received an emergency grant of $187,500 from the medical aid organization Direct Relief, in partnership with the National Association of Community Health Centers (NACHC). The grant will be used to support testing/ triage, education and community access to the COVID-19 pandemic for its underserved population. “Like many community health centers from across the country, our financial situation was seriously impacted by the pandemic, with virtually all of our efforts
spent caring for the unanticipated volume of COVID-19 patients throughout the lower Hudson Valley,” said Lindsay Farrell, president and CEO of Open Door. “The grant will help us close the financial gap.” Open Door was among 518 federally qualified health centers to receive funding through Direct Relief’s $25 million COVID-19 Fund for community health. Major funding to Direct Relief was contributed by companies such as 3M and concerned persons such as entertainment mogul Sean “Diddy” Combs, who organized an online Dance-a-Thon to raise
funds for this purpose. “Access to primary care is what keeps people healthy and out of the hospital. The frontline work of Open Door and other nonprofit community health centers is more critical than ever with the onset of COVID-19,” said Thomas Tighe, Direct Relief president and CEO. Today, Open Door cares for nearly 1,000 adults and children every day in Westchester, Putnam and Ulster counties — with more than 300,000 patient visits and over 400 babies delivered annually — regardless of one’s ability to pay. FCBJ
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The St. Regis Residences in Rye, a collection of condominium residences featuring luxurious amenities and services that reflect the St. Regis brand’s quality and sophistication, has announced the appointment of Julie Oliff as general manager. Oliff brings to her new position more than 13 years of leadership experience at prestigious luxury resorts. She most recently served as director of operations for The St Regis Residence Club in Aspen, Colorado. Her career spans roles in spa, recreation and leisure programming. She has held positions at The Ritz-Carlton Hotel & Residence Club in St. Thomas, US Virgin Islands; The Ritz-Carlton Club in Aspen Highlands, Aspen; and The Broadmoor, Colorado Springs, Colorado. “We are delighted to welcome Julie as general manager of The St. Regis Residences, Rye. Her extensive background and expertise in luxury resort living perfectly aligns with the unparalleled quality of the St. Regis brand and our exceptional property,” said Alan Weissman, principal of Alfred Weissman Real Estate, the developer of The St. Regis Residences, Rye. “The St. Regis brand has profound roots in New York, from our beginning on 55th and 5th in New York City, to our founder, John Jacob Astor’s deep attraction to nature in the Adirondacks,” said Oliff. Located at 120 Old Post in Rye, The St. Regis Residences, Rye is attracting purchasers from surrounding communities including Rye, Harrison, Scarsdale, Bronxville, Greenwich and New York City. Not only do these purchasers wish to “right-size” their lifestyles, but they also want to remain close to their lifelong community and near family and friends. The residences are also attracting purchasers who have second and third homes in Florida and elsewhere in the U.S. Residences are priced from $1,065,000. At least one resident per home must be over the age of 55. Occupancy of the first residences is expected in late 2020. JULY 13, 2020
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Good Things NYMC AFFILIATES WITH NYC HEALTH + HOSPITALS/LINCOLN New York Medical College (NYMC), in Valhalla, New York, and New York City Health + Hospitals/Lincoln, the Bronx, have announced an academic affiliation designating the hospital as a teaching site for NYMC’s undergraduate medical students. The agreement outlines a mutual obligation to create and maintain a learning environment that promotes the highest standards of medical professionalism. NYMC and NYC Health + Hospitals/ Lincoln will establish programs at the hospital for the training and education of NYMC’s medical students offering core clerkships in pediatrics, medicine, surgery and psychiatry, as well as elective rotations in emergency medicine and surgical and medical subspecialties. NYC Health + Hospitals/Lincoln is a full-service acute care hospital, serving the downtown Bronx community and is one of the premier trauma centers in the country and the busiest in the Northeast region. “This partnership with NYC Health + Hospitals/Lincoln marks a major enhancement to the clinical learning environment for our students,” said Jerry L. Nadler, M.D., dean of the School of Medicine and professor of medicine and pharmacology, “NYC Health + Hospitals/Lincoln is proud to include among its affiliations, the New York Medical College,” said Milton Nunez, CEO of Lincoln Medical and Mental Health Center. “Here, physicians-to-be will find an extremely wide educational platform, a diverse patient base, mission-driven community-based values and a supportive learning environment….” Founded in 1860, New York Medical College is one of the oldest and largest health sciences colleges in the country.
WHITE PLAINS LAW FIRM ASSOCIATE TOP 40 IN NY Lever & Ecker PLLC Associate Attorney Adam Weiss of Scarsdale was recently selected by The National Trial Lawyers for inclusion into its Top 40 Under 40 Civil Plaintiff Trial Lawyers in New York, an honor given to only a select group of lawyers for their achievements in the field, including superior qualifications, leadership skills and trial results as a trial lawyer. Membership into the Top 40 Under 40 Civil Plaintiff Trial Lawyers is by invitation only and is limited to the top 40 attorneys in each state.
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Westchester and Fairfield Counties CENTER CELEBRATES 25 YEARS WITH 12,000 MEALS
Though the New York state PAUSE program put an end to large celebrations, Sleepy Hollow’s RSHM LIFE Center marked its 25th anniversary by distributing and delivering since March 16 12,000 meals to vulnerable families, along with 14,000 pounds of groceries and fresh produce, from the organization’s headquarters on Beekman Avenue. The center has been a trusted source of information and assistance for low-income immigrants since 1995, keeping them abreast of the changing immigration landscape and protecting the stability of families, focusing on the learning needs of the entire family. When pandemic stay-at-home directives kept many parents from their place of employment, the center switched gears and used its community connections to provide Life Center and other local families in need a resource for nutritious food. Meals and produce boxes were provided by local restaurants, including J.P. Doyle’s, Tarry Tavern, Horsefeathers, Bridgeview Tavern, Grass Roots Kitchen, The Flavor Vault, Stone Barns Center, RiverMarket, Capri Pizza, Sunset Cove and Los Andes Bakery and funded by donations, with the assistance of the Rotary Club of the Tarrytowns. Sleepy Hollow Village Trustee Rachelle Gebler regarding the center, said, … “This most recent service to the community crowns a 25-year-span of providing a safe place for families and children to learn and grow and ultimately make better lives for themselves.” The LIFE Center relies on private funding to provide services to more than 1,100 people per year. Learn more about the LIFE Center at rshmlifecenter.org.
WICC600 RADIO ANGLING FOR BLUEFISH TOURNAMENT The perfect sport for social distancing is fishing so radio WICC600’s Greatest Bluefish Tournament, Aug. 29-30 at 5 p.m., is the perfect event for this time. Starting at noon, the tournament offers anglers up to $40,000 in cash prizes: the grand prize of $25,000 goes to the heaviest bluefish, second place takes home $7,500 and third place gets $2,500. In addition, there are cash prizes for fourth through 20th place. The tournament also offers a ‘port prize’ for the heaviest fish at each participating weigh-in station in Connecticut and New York state. Tournament Director Jill Dotlo said, “The 2020 Greatest Bluefish Tournament is a go. We are excited to bring this exciting tournament back to Long Island Sound and believe people are ready to go out and win some money this summer.” Registration, which is required is $36; anglers can register by calling 203-366-2583 or apply in person at any one of the 21 registration stations around the sound in Connecticut and New York. Registration is also offered online and includes a unique 2020 Greatest Bluefish Tournament t-shirt. To get a complete list of registration/weigh-in stations, FAQ’s, rules on the tournament or to register, visit bluefishtournament.com. Deadline to register for the tournament is Friday, Aug. 28.
CONNECTICUT HUMANITIES GRANT TO STEPPING STONES MUSEUM Connecticut Senate Majority Leader Bob Duff (D-Norwalk) announced that Connecticut Humanities recently awarded $226,461 to 14 organizations in Connecticut, including Stepping Stones Museum for Children in Norwalk, which received a Project Planning and Implementation Grant of $25,000 for its “We (Heart) America!” exhibit. The grant support projects that help further understanding and appreciation for human history, culture, values and beliefs. Connecticut Humanities (CTH) is an independent, nonprofit, publicly supported foundation, established in 1973 through an initial planning grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities. “Stepping Stones Museum is an incredible resource for children in our community,” said Duff “Through their many exhibits, programs and camps, young children engage in experiments, projects and learning experiences that use their imagination and spark their curiosity.” Rhonda Kiest, president and CEO of the award-winning children’s museum, said, “This Public Presentation Planning Grant will help the museum complete the planning process for a new immersive, exhibit experience tentatively called ‘We (Heart) America!’ This exhibit will allow children to explore everyday acts of democracy, civic engagement and citizenship through carefully developed storylines that draw from the diversity of our state and country’s perspectives, people, places and innovations.” FCBJ
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United Way President and CEO Tom Gabriel and Camp Morty Director Mary Ehring.
United Way of Westchester and Putnam has partnered with the Westchester Parks Foundation to make summer a little bit happier for underprivileged youth who will be unable to attend camp in person this year. The Westchester Parks Foundation moved to a free virtual summer camp for its annual Camp Morty program, which started July 6 with one- and two-week sessions to 1,200 children currently part
of Westchester County’s Department of Social Services. United Way donated hundreds of activities, toys, books and other supplies that are part of a package sent home to campers each week along with curriculum and video instructions so they can participate in online activities. United Way also provided sandals, backpacks and school supplies for fall. The total value of the items donated is about $50,000.
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“The generosity of the United Way of Westchester and Putnam will have an incredible impact on the Camp Morty campers and their families,’’ said Camp Morty Director Mary Ehring. Camp Morty, founded in 2006, provides an outdoor traditional summer camp experience for children ages 8 to 15, many of whom are in foster care, live in homeless shelters or are under child protective services.
IONA PROFESSOR 2020 FULBRIGHT SCHOLAR IN AFRICA REGIONAL RESEARCH Iona College Media and Strategic Communication Assistant Professor Nadine Barnett Cosby, has been named a 2020 Fulbright Scholar in the Africa Regional Research Program, which will allow her to explore the expectations and realities of mission trips to Africa, specifically working in Zambia, where she has led two Iona mission trips. “I started to notice there was a disparity in what the groups would think they were going to do versus what the host communities and the people in the communities expected or thought of mission trips,” she said. As part of her research, Fulbright will fund multiple trips to Zambia so that Barnett Cosby can interview people serving on mission trips, as well as those hosting the trips. She will also use the time to train people in host communities on how to conduct interviews and document the feedback, so that her work can continue through a different lens while she is not physically in the field. She will have two years to conduct her research and compile the findings, which could be published as a book and/or in various journal articles. Given her experience in film, she also plans to document the experience visually, perhaps to produce a documentary. Prior to joining Iona in New Rochelle as an adjunct in 2011 and full time in 2013, Barnett Cosby had an extensive career in media as a writer, producer and director, heavily rooted in the exploration of racial, cultural and gender representation.
Eva Kornreich, has joined Angel Commercial LLC, a full-service commercial real estate brokerage and advisory firm headquartered in Southport, as a vice president. She brings real estate expertise from her previous position as senior associate with Avison Young. During her six years there, she focused on leasing and sales in the health care, office real estate markets in Fairfield and New Haven counties. “Eva will be working as the exclusive listing agent on several commercial real estate properties in our
portfolio,” said Jon Angel, president of Angel Commercial.” Kornreich is a graduate of the University of Virginia with a Bachelor of Arts degree in economics and Tulane University with an MHA. Angel Commercial is an award-winning full-service commercial real estate brokerage firm specializing in the acquisition, disposition and leasing of office, industrial, retail, land, investment and development properties on a local and national level.
WCC ROCKS WITH METALLICA SCHOLARS
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Westchester Community College (WCC) has been selected as a partner by rock band Metallica’s All Within My Hands Foundation to support students who are looking to enter a traditional trade or other applied learning program. The Metallica Scholars is a major national workforce education initiative that provides direct support to community colleges to enhance their career and technical education programs. The American Association of Community Colleges partnering with the Washington, D.C.-based organization that represents the nation’s 1,103 community colleges, the Metallica Scholars program is designed to provide support of relevant job skill training for community college students. WCC is one of only five community FCBJ
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BANKRUPTCIES Charles and Kara Giangreco, White Plains, codebtor Warriors Way Martial Arts Academy, Eastchester, 20-22806RDD: Chapter 7, $31,041 assets, $522,622 liabilities. Attorney: Jeffrey A. Reich. Bulls Head Diner Inc., Elmsford and Stamford, 20-22807RDD: Chapter 11, assets and liabilities $0 to $50,000. Attorney: Lawrence Morrison. F&O Scarsdale LLC, Eastchester and 10 Fig & Olive restaurant affiliates 20-22808 to 22818-SHL: Chapter 11, $100,000 to $500,000 assets, $500,000 to $1 million liabilities. Attorney: Robert L. Rattet. Live Life Smart Inc., Larchmont, 20-22825-SHL: Chapter 11, $500 assets, $96,900 liabilities. Attorney: Charles A. Higgs. Abraham S. Gandl, Monroe, codebtor HNL Kitchens & Bath Inc., Middletown, 2035720-CGM: Chapter 7, $431,300 assets, $4,192,351 liabilities. Attorney: Julie C. Curley.
G&G Closed Circuit Events LLC, Nevada vs. David Colon, d.b.a. Escape Latino Restaurant, New Rochelle, 7:20-cv-5075-PMH: Cable Communications Policy Act, demand $170,000. Attorney: Joseph P. Loughlin. Eduardo Pita, Queens vs. Tulcingo Restaurant of Orange County Inc., Monsey, et al, 7:20-cv-5118-NSR: Trademark infringement. Attorney: Abigail Nitka. International Union of Operating Engineers, Briarcliff Manor vs. State Contracting Corp. of New York, Yonkers, 7:20-cv-5146-PMH: Enforcement of employee benefits. Attorney; Michele J. Harari. Ferdinando Onemma, Danbury, Connecticut, vs. SMD Media Services Inc., Brewster, et al, 7:20-cv-5158-NSR: Breach of contract. Attorney: Chelsea A. Four-Rosenbaum. Robert Giordano, Goshen, et al, vs. Greher Law Offices, New Windsor, et al,7:20-cv5166-KMK: Contract. Attorney: John C. DiGiovanna.
DEEDS COURTS Nikkia T. McClain, East Orange, New Jersey vs. Yonkers Kia, et al, 7:20-cv-5054-CS: Truth in Lending. Attorney: Brian L. Bromberg. LMREC III Note Holder Inc., vs. Hudson EFT LLC, et al, 7:20-cv-5063-KMK: Commercial mortgage foreclosure of Ossining property. Attorney: Robert S. Friedman.
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:
Above $1 million Harris May LLC, Bronxville. Seller: Michael Katz, et al, Naples, Floida. Property: 4 The High Road, Eastchester. Amount: $2.3 million. Filed June 29. Town of Bedford, Bedford Hills. Seller: Lakeover Development LLC, Stamford, Connecticut. Property: Buxton Road, Bedford. Amount: $1.4 million. Filed July 2.
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American International Relocation Solutions LLC, Pittsburgh. Seller: Anna Levit, Ossining. Property: 55 Bridle Path Road, 5-5, Ossining. Amount: $425,000. Filed July 2. Chappaqua Property Corp., Yonkers. Seller: Carisbrook Asset Holding Trust, Fort Mill, South Carolina. Property: 27 Overlook Drive, New Castle. Amount: $610,000. Filed June 29. Deal House Capital Fund I LLC, Mamaroneck. Seller: Kevin Farruggio, Hartsdale. Property: 30 Longfellow St., Greenburgh. Amount: $372,000. Filed July 1. Deutsche Bank National Trust Co. Seller: Joan Iacono, Bronxville. Property: 23 Huber Place, Yonkers. Amount: $512,557. Filed July 1. Drago Chirico Realty Partners LLC, Bronxville. Seller: Barbara Pizzo-Dunn, Stormville. Property: 933 Lester Ave., Mamaroneck. Amount $450,000. Filed June 30. JMLB Realty LLC, Scarsdale. Seller; Jeanne M. Scott Trust, Tuckahoe. Property: 2 Consulate Drive, 3K, Eastchester. Amount: $337,000. Filed July 2. JMLB Realty LLC, Scarsdale. Seller: Martin Vulaj, et al, Bronx. Property: 1 Consulate Drive, 2N, Eastchester. Mount: $460,000. Filed July 2. Lee 533 Realty LLC, Brookfield, Connecticut. Seller: Deutsche Bank National Trust Co. Property: 533 Weaver St., Mamaroneck. Amount: $500,746. Filed June 30.
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Mastrantoni Brothers Inc., Mahopac. Seller: Kathleen A. Florio, et al, New Fairfield, Connecticut. Property: 12 Lakeview Road, North Salem. Amount: $75,000. Filed June 29.
1 Harmon Drive LLC, Larchmont. Seller: SDF Capital LLC, Mamaroneck. Property: 1 Harmon Drive, Mamaroneck. Amount: $380,000. Filed July 1.
PPAH Holdings LLC, Bronx. Seller: 42 MA LLC, Yonkers. Property: 40 Morningside Ave., Yonkers. Amount: $880,000. Filed June 30.
139 Oay LLC, Brooklyn. Seller: Marie E. Norton, Estill Springs, Tennessee. Property: 139 Oliver Ave., Yonkers. Amount: $500,000. Filed July 1.
RAS Closing Services LLC, Glen Ellyn, Illinois. Seller: Tracy O’Brien, et al, Mamaroneck. Property: 533 Taylors Lane, Rye. Amount: $890,000. Filed July 2.
72 Valley Terrace LLC, Bellmore. Seller: Matthew J. Monier, Rye Brook. Property: 72 Valley Terrace, Rye. Amount: $300,000. Filed July 1.
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RBHammers Corp., Brewster. Seller: Harold Matthews Evans, et al, New York City. Property: 1037 Old Post Road, Bedford. Amount: $480,000. Filed July 2. Soleinfusion LLC, Yonkers. Seller: Maurice Walsh, Pound Ridge. Property: 55 Lockwood Ave., Yonkers. Amount: $425,000. Filed June 30. The Bank of New York Mellon. Seller: Verris B. Shako, Mount Vernon. Property: 9 Amanda Lane, New Rochelle. Amount: $864,000. Filed July 1. U.S. Bank N.A. Seller: Christopher T. Bonante, White Plains. Property: 49 Heath Place, Greenburgh. Mount Pleasant: $370,000. Filed July 1. Wells Fargo Bank N.A. Seller: Bijal M. Jani, Pearl River. Property: 50 Carwall Ave., Mount Vernon. Amount: $572,073. Filed July 2. Y.R. Bobde Realty LLC, Ossining. Seller: Health Care Properties Inc., Katonah. Property: 970 N. Broadway, 302, Yonkers. Amount: $397,410. Filed July 1.
JUDGMENTS Prescription Plus Corp., Briarcliff Manor. $210,572 in favor of H.D. Smith LLC, Springfield, Illinois. Filed July 2.
LIS PENDENS The following filings indicated a legal action has been initiated, the outcome of which may affect the title to the property listed. Andolina, Ray, individually and as surviving spouse of Constance Andolina, et al. Filed by U.S. Bank N.A. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $720,000 affecting property located at 1074 North Ave., New Rochelle 10804. Filed Jan. 9. Betz, Andre R., et al. Filed by HSBC Bank USA N.A. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $2.2 million affecting property located at 250 Titicus Road, North Salem 10550. Filed Jan. 15. Blair Marks LLC, et al. Filed by Carstensz LTC Solutions LLC. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $93,358 affecting property located at 111 Bateman Place, Mount Vernon 10552. Filed Jan. 20.
Celli, Monica, et al. Filed by U.S. Bank N.A. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $530,000 affecting property located at 131 Tibbetts Road, Yonkers 10705. Filed Jan. 15. Cuches, Maureen Ann Cogger, as heir and distributee of the estate of Thomas J. Cogger, et al. Filed by Bank of America N.A. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $1 million affecting property located at 50 North Place, Chappaqua 10514. Filed Jan. 17. Cummings, Guy J., et al. Filed by The Bank of New York Mellon. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $412,000 affecting property located at 120 Halyan Road, Yorktown Heights 10598. Filed Jan. 16. Dia, Ardo, et al. Filed by Deutsche Bank National Trust Co. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $330,000 affecting property located at 104 Remington Place, New Rochelle 10801. Filed Jan. 16. Goldson, Lavern S., et al. Filed by Wells Fargo Bank N.A. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $333,000 affecting property located at 255 Bedford Ave., Mount Vernon 10553. Filed Jan. 10. Hinchey, John M., et al. Filed by Wells Fargo Bank N.A. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $527,000 affecting property located at 39 Soundview St., New Rochelle 10805. Filed Jan. 16.
Medina, Carlos, et al. Filed by Caliber Home Loans Inc. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $225,834 affecting property located at 1300 Hudson Ave., Peekskill 10566. Filed Jan. 15. Moss, Marvin, et al. Filed by JPMorgan Chase Bank N.A. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $88,700 affecting property located at 75 Jared Drive, White Plains 10605. Filed Jan. 17. Nonni, Maria M., et al. Filed by Bank of America N.A. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $400,000 affecting property located at 167 Pennsylvania Ave., Mount Vernon 10552. Filed Jan. 8. O’Connor, Frank, et al. Filed by Wilmington Trust Co. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $384,000 affecting property located at 157 Sixth St., Verplanck 10596. Filed Jan. 9. Osorio, Onorge, et al. Filed by Deutsche Bank National Trust Co. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $443,761 affecting property located at 62 Circuit Road, New Rochelle 10805. Filed Jan. 17. Paglia, Penny, et al. Filed by Citimortgage Inc. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $603,750 affecting property located at 100 Salem Road, Pound Ridge 10576. Filed Jan. 15.
Lewis, Jake, et al. Filed by The Bank of New York Mellon. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $492,000 affecting property located at 630 S. Fourth Ave., Mount Vernon 10550. Filed Jan. 14.
Public administrator of Westchester County as administrator of the estate of Richard Glennon, et al. Filed by Deutsche Bank National Trust Co. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $660,000 affecting property located at 3 Oakridge Drive, Port Chester 10573. Filed Jan. 10.
Manganiello, Mario, et al. Filed by Lakeview Loan Servicing LLC. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $562,168 affecting property located at 70 Oxford Ave., Yonkers 10710. Filed Jan. 17.
Quackenbush, Piet, et al. Filed by Select Portfolio Servicing Inc. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $413,810 affecting property located at 149 Northfield Ave., Dobbs Ferry 10522. Filed Jan. 14.
Martins, Anthony C., et al. Filed by Nationstar Mortgage LLC. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $417,000 affecting property located at 33 White Plains Ave., West Harrison 10604. Filed Jan. 16.
Quintin, Christopher, as administrator and heir and distributee of the estate of Steven Dowd, et al. Filed by Wilmington PT Corp. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure an unspecified amount affecting property located at 1802 Amazon Road, Mohegan Lake 10547. Filed Jan. 13.
Facts & Figures Rego, Michael, et al. Filed by Citibank N.A. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $296,000 affecting property located at 101 Cresthill Drive, Yonkers 10710. Filed Jan. 13. Reyes, Ivette, et al. Filed by HSBC Bank USA N.A. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $335,000 affecting property located at 4 Linden Ave., Ossining 10562. Filed Jan. 21. Smith, Myrtle O., et al. Filed by Wells Fargo Bank N.A. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $298,300 affecting property located at 9 Hudson View Hill, Ossining 10562. Filed Jan. 17. Soderberg, Kurt A., et al. Filed by Bank of America N.A. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $696,500 affecting property located at 126 Barnegat Road, Pound Ridge 10576. Filed Jan. 21. Solano, Derek, et al. Filed by HSBC Bank USA N.A. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $413,000 affecting property located at 16 Yonkers Terrace, Yonkers 10704. Filed Jan. 17. Spann, Lewis B. Jr., et al. Filed by NYMT Residential Tax 2016RP1 LLC. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $422,500 affecting property located at 11 The Court, New Rochelle 10801. Filed Jan. 9. Steward Holdings LLC, et al. Filed by Loan Funder LLC. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $552,420 affecting property located at 993 Peach Lake Road, North Salem and 364 Peach Lake Road, Brewster. Filed Jan. 7. Torres, Rosa, et al. Filed by Pennymac Loan Services LLC. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $265,402 affecting property located at 34 S. 10th Ave., Mount Vernon 10550. Filed Jan. 13. Van Houten-Gagliardi, Wendy Ann, et al. Filed by Ajax Mortgage Loan Trust 2018-F. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure an unspecified amount affecting property located at 16 Riverview Ave., Tarrytown 10591. Filed Jan. 17.
VCS Residential LLC, et al. Filed by Sharestates Investments LLC Series BC2016-000488. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $2.2 million affecting property located at 370 N. Clayton Road, Scarsdale. Filed Jan. 20. Velardo, Mimmo, et al. Filed by U.S. Bank N.A. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $305,000 affecting property located at 3 Apple Farm Road, Ossining 10562. Filed Jan. 20. Vithanage, Sonia P., et al. Filed by PHH Mortgage Corp. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $349,708 affecting property located at 1 W. Seventh St., Mount Vernon 10550. Filed Jan. 14. Vocke, Myriam, as administratrix c.t.a. of the estate of Perla Pascua, et al. Filed by Specialized Loan Servicing LLC. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $90,000 affecting property located at 2 Greenridge Ave., Apt. 1G, White Plains 10605. Filed Jan. 21. Westchester County public administrator as limited administrator of Denise Smart, et al. Filed by MTGLQ Investors LP. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $320,000 affecting property located at 922 Parkway Place, Peekskill 10566. Filed Jan. 8. Williams, Keith, et al. Filed by U.S. Bank N.A. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $349,200 affecting property located at 1374 Midland Ave., Unit 703, Yonkers 10708. Filed Jan. 14. Williams, Willie A., et al. Filed by HSBC Bank US N.A. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $171,600 affecting property located at 111 De Haven Drive, Unit 221, Yonkers 10703. Filed Jan. 14.
MECHANIC’S LIENS Seritage Series Finance LLC, as owner. $7,417 as claimed by Glassolutions Unlimited Corp. Property: in Yorktown Heights. Filed July 1. Spring Valley Rd LLC, as owner. $544,318 as claimed by Turner Construction Co., Shelton, Connecticut. Property: in New Castle. Filed June 30.
NEW BUSINESSES This paper is not responsible for typographical errors contained in the original filings.
Partnerships Ashley’s Caribbean Catering, 59 Beechwood Ave., Mount Vernon 10553, c/o Ashley-Kay Dennis and Dwayne Smith. Filed Feb. 6. Smith Ontime Dispatcher, 59 Beechwood Ave., Mount Vernon 10553, c/o Ashley-Kay Dennis and Dwayne Smith. Filed Feb. 6.
Sole Proprietorships 12 Round Boxing Club, 305 Central Ave., White Plains 10606, c/o Agmed S. Lopez. Filed Feb. 4. A and L Distributors, 25 Nobles Ave., Bronxville 10708, c/o Alexis Arache-Martinez. Filed Feb. 7. Arielle Fragrances, 263 Rich Ave., Mount Vernon 10550, c/o Melissa Thomas. Filed Feb. 7. Briarcliff Ossining Ministerial Association, 655 Scarborough Road, Briarcliff Manor 10510, c/o Tim Ives. Filed Feb. 5. Funrichment, 33 Orchard Drive, Rye 10580, c/o Kimberley Mulcahy. Filed Feb. 6. Gonzalez Bro’s, 505 Franklin St., Rye Brook 10573, c/o Edgar Gonzalez. Filed Feb. 6. Innovative Fusion, 52 Townsend Road, Crompound 10517, c/o Philip C. Angelastro. Filed Feb. 5. J J E Landscaping, 223 Decatur Ave., Seventh floor, Peekskill 10566, c/o Angel Machisaca. Filed Feb. 6. Joy of Vietnamese Cooking, 12 Lynwood Court, Cortlandt Manor 10567, c/o Linh Hoang. Filed Feb. 5. Lone Wolf Boxing, 174 Brady Ave., Hawthorne 10532, c/o Eric Nietzel. Filed Feb. 7.
M L S House Cleaning, 601 Roosevelt Ave., Peekskill 10566, c/o Maria Saquipay. Filed Feb. 6. Meticulous Plumbing and Heating, 46 Vanderbilt Ave., Pleasantville 10570, c/o Matthew Konken. Filed Feb. 5. NikasAllure, 300 Gramatan Ave., Apt. G91, Mount Vernon 10552, c/o Shankia Williams. Filed Feb. 5. Olivia Barry by Hand, 32 Wildey St., Tarrytown 10591, c/o Olivia Barry. Filed Feb. 4. Pawprints 2015, 8 Wallace Ave., Mount Vernon 10552, c/o John L. Estima. Filed Feb. 5. Quality Glass and Mirror, 35 Montgomery St., Ossining 10562, c/o Angel Guinansaca. Filed Feb. 6. The Biz of Show, 693 N. Division St., Peekskill 10566, c/o Melissa Robinette. Filed Feb. 5. Yanira Figueroa Bartoloni DPT, 11 Chestnut Ave., Pelham 10803, c/o Yanira Figueroa Bartoloni. Filed Feb. 5.
PATENTS Rail clamp latch holder. Patent no. 10,709,035 issued to Robert Genest, et al. Assigned to IBM, Armonk. Wireless cross-connect switch. Patent no. 10,708,930 issued to Mihai Sanduleanu, et al. Assigned to IBM, Armonk. Mobile device locking. Patent no. 10,708,784 issued to Lisa Bradley, et al. Assigned to IBM, Armonk. Image sensor with analog sample and hold-circuit control for analog neural networks. Patent no. 10,708,522 issued to Xin Zhang, et al. Assigned to IBM, Armonk. Facilitating personalized down-time activities. Patent no. 10,708,421 issued to Abdigani Diriye, et al. Assigned to IBM, Armonk.
Secured event monitoring leveraging blockchain. Patent no. 10,708,289 issued to Guo Qiang Li, et al. Assigned to IBM, Armonk. Unauthorized data-access detection based on cyber security images. Patent no. 10,708,282 issued to Ofer Biller, et al. Assigned to IBM, Armonk. System, method and recording medium for preventing back propogation of data protection. Patent no. 10,708,234 issued to Samuel Adams, et al. Assigned to IBM, Armonk. Locating service endpoints from a service registry. Patent no. 10,708,177 issued to Thomas Bailey, et al. Assigned to IBM, Armonk. Monitoring dynamic quality of service based on changing user context. Patent no. 10,708,147 issued to Nathalie Baracaldo Angel, et al. Assigned to IBM, Armonk. Recommending server management actions for information processing systems. Patent no. 10,708,120 issued to Nikolaos Anerousis, et al. Assigned to IBM, Armonk. Bottle. Patent no. D889,264 issued to Emilian Cartis, et al. Assigned to PepsiCo, Purchase. Cold plasma sanitation for a dispensing machine. Patent no. 10,694,887 issued to Indrani Deo, et al. Assigned to PepsiCo, Purchase.
HUDSON VALLEY BUILDING LOANS Above $1 million Steinberg, Julian, et al, as owner. Lender: Bank of Millbrook. Property: in Pine Plains and Stanford. Amount: $2.5 million. Filed July 2.
Below $1 million Ameri Tech Land Development Inc., as owner. Lender: PCSB Bank. Property: in Fishkill. Amount: $295,800. Filed July 2. Golden Property Group LLC, Carmel, as owner. Lender: LendingHome Funding Corp., San Francisco, California. Property: 8 Hillside Road, Carmel 10512. Amount: $276,100. Filed July 1. Iocovello, Lorraine A., Accord, as owner. Lender: Tammac Holdings Corp., Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania. Property: 72 Cooper St., Accord 12404. Amount: $68,500. Filed July 1. Manor Properties Redevelopment LLC, as owner. Lender: Loan Funder LLC Series 13403. Property: in Pawling. Amount: $89,997. Filed June 29.
DEEDS Above $1 million 108 West Kerley Corners Road LLC, New York City. Seller: Kim Thomsen, et al, Hudson. Property: in Red Hook. Amount: $1.4 million. Filed June 29. City Winery Hudson Valley Real Estate Holdings LLC, Montgomery. Seller: City Winery Hudson Valley LLC, Montgomery. Property: 23 Factory St., Montgomery. Amount: $6.3 million. Filed July 2. Heathcote Farm LLC, Millbrook. Seller: Heathcote Real Estate LLC, Millbrook. Property: in Amenia and North East. Amount: $4.9 million. Filed June 26. Northside Junction LLC, Poughkeepsie. Seller: 164 Garden Holding LLC, et al, Poughkeepsie. Property: in Poughkeepsie. Amount: $3.5 million. Filed June 30. The Scenic Hudson Land Trust Inc., Poughkeepsie. Seller: Alo Construction Company Ltd., Ontario, Canada. Property: in Highland Falls. Amount: $1.6 million. Filed June 30.
Method and system for assigning privileges in an online community of news content readers and authors. Patent no. 10,708,370 issued to Eric Barkie, et al. Assigned to IBM, Armonk.
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Facts & Figures Below $1 million 699 Jersey Ave LLC, Greenwood Lake. Seller: Macopin Corp., Pompton Plains, New Jersey. Property: 699 Jersey Ave., Greenwood Lake 10925. Amount: $375,000. Filed June 30. 77 Forest 102 103 LLC, Brooklyn. Seller: Sunview Equities Inc., Monroe. Property: 77 Forest Road, Units 102 and 103, Palm Tree-Kiryas Joel. Amount: $960,000. Filed July 2. Autumn Ridge Corp., Sugar Loaf. Seller: Salvatore Mongelluzzo, et al, Warwick. Property: 21 Ackerman Road, Warwick 10990. Amount: $88,000. Filed July 2.
Golden Property Group LLC, Carmel. Seller: Wells Fargo Bank N.A. Property: 8 Hillside Road, Carmel 10512. Amount: $261,000. Filed July 1.
Tuxedo Hospitality Corp., Tuxedo. Seller: County of Orange, Goshen. Property: 464 Pine Hill Road, Chester. Amount: $167,500. Filed June 30.
Granite Ulster Monroe LLC, New Windsor. Seller: Kathleen Intermont, et al, Warwick. Property: 58 Still Road, Monroe. Amount: $485,000. Filed July 1.
U.S. Bank Trust N.A. Seller: Alex J. Leies Gonzalez, et al, Walden. Property: 49 Hilltop Drive, Blooming Grove. Amount: $136,300. Filed June 29.
H W Realty Kerestier LLC, Monroe. Seller: Tobias Freund, Brooklyn. Property: 4 Kerestier Court, Unit 005, Palm TreeKiryas Joel. Amount: $300,000. Filed July 2.
United Orchids Plus Corp., Middletown. Seller: Ruth Bosch, Clermont, Florida. Property: 98 Prospect Ave., Middletown. Amount: $90,000. Filed July 1.
IL Industrial Drive LLC, Newburgh. Seller: MAML Realty LLC, Middletown. Property: in Wallkill. Amount: $335,000. Filed June 29.
Wells Fargo Bank N.A. Seller: Diana Diaz, Warwick. Property: 60 Olde Wagon Road, Warwick 10990. Amount: $268,000. Filed June 29.
Brookview Holdings LLC, Pomona. Seller: Sarah Ramos, Middletown. Property: 11 Manhattan Ave., Middletown. Amount: $140,000. Filed June 30.
J Squared Builders Inc., Monroe. Seller: Village of Harriman. Property: S. Main St., Harriman. Mount: $150,000. Filed July 1.
William Lutherane SSUS LLC, Monroe. Seller: 8183 William LLC, Monsey. Property: 43 Lutheran St., Newburgh. Amount: $175,000. Filed July 2.
City of New York. Seller: Algernon B. Reese, New York City. Property: in Shandaken. Amount: $28,000. Filed July 2.
JGDM Enterprises LLC, Hurley. Seller: Margaret P. Gutwein, et al, Palenville. Property: in Ulster. Amount: $260,000. Filed June 30.
Wilmington Savings Fund Society FSB. Seller: Kathleen Partenio, Brewster. Property: 5 Ridgeway Road, Kent 10512. Amount: $277,500. Filed July 1.
Community Farmland LLC, Goshen. Seller: Herbert R. Kolk, et al, Southborough, Maryland. Property: in Goshen. Amount: $673,000. Filed July 1. D and J East Lake Realty Corp., Brewster. Seller: Robert J. Cunningham, et al, Mount Kisco. Property: 156 E. Lake Blvd., Mahopac 10541. Amount: $572,000. Filed July 2. Deal House Capital Fund I LLC, Mamaroneck. Seller: Dennis M. Noonan, et al, Carmel. Property: 103 Clubhouse Drive, Carmel 10512. Amount: $100,000. Filed July 1. Excellus Capital LLC, Cortlandt Manor. Seller: Wells Fargo Bank N.A. Property: 11 McNair Drive, Mahopac 10541. Amount: $292,000. Filed June 30. Federal National Mortgage Association. Seller: James W. Earl, et al, Newburgh. Property: 17 Memorial Drive, Newburgh 12550. Amount: $247,763. Filed July 1. Federal National Mortgage Association. Seller: Radhika S. Nagubandi, New City. Property: 9 Underhill Trail, Monroe 10950. Amount: $83,800. Filed July 2.
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Kiel Contracting LLC, Middletown. Seller: Dennis H. Seeley, et al, Middletown. Property: 1023 Highway 211, Mount Hope. Amount: $45,000. Filed June 30. Kingston Renovates Inc., Rosendale. Seller: U.S. Bank Trust N.A. Property: 45 W. End Ave., Rosendale 12472. Amount: $70,000. Filed July 2. MMJD Equities LLC, Kingston. Seller: C-Line Enterprises Inc., Kingston. Property: 65 Albany Ave., Kingston. Amount: $285,000. Filed June 29. Muktajeevan Real Estate LLC, Port Jervis. Seller: Joseph Tufano, Port Jervis. Property: in Port Jervis. Amount: $25,000. Filed July 1. Property Analysis and Investment Deal Corp., Coral Spring, Florida. Seller: Deutsche Bank National Trust Co. Property: 32 Keats Drive, New Windsor. Amount: $187,469. Filed July 1. Silver Estates LLC, Monroe. Seller: Sunview Equities Inc., Monroe. Property: in Kiryas Joel. Amount: $900,000. Filed July 2. The Scenic Hudson Land Trust Inc., Poughkeepsie. Seller: Diana Longhitano, Poughkeepsie. Property: in Lloyd. Amount: $988,684. Filed June 29.
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LIS PENDENS The following filings indicated a legal action has been initiated, the outcome of which may affect the title to the property listed. Salisbury, Julie L., et al. Filed by Federal National Mortgage Association. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure an unspecified amount affecting property located at 32 Lyndon Lane, New Windsor 12553. Filed July 1.
Mechanic’s Liens 1024 Route 22 LLC, Brewster, as owner. $970,707 as claimed by Ferrandino Enterprises LLC, Ridgeview, Connecticut. Property: 1024 Route 22, Brewster 10509. Filed June 30. Broom, Sarah, et al, as owner. $1,232 as claimed by MSM Services, Kingston. Property: in Woodstock. Filed June 30.
Church of St. Peters, as owner. $44,724 as claimed by American Builders and Contractors Supply Company Inc., et al, Wilkes Barre, PA. Property: 12 Fathers Cody Drive, Poughkeepsie 12601. Filed June 30. Helios, Despina, as owner. $25,200 as claimed by Astar Heating and Air LLC, Middletown. Property: 12 Vincent Lane, Wallkill 12589. Filed July 1. MG and MK Enterprises LLC, New Windsor, as owner. $17,865 as claimed by Herc Rentals Inc., Newark, New Jersey. Property: 3209 Mount Airy Road, New Windsor. Filed June 30. Wassaic Holdings Corp., as owner. $3,784 as claimed by JD Electric, LaGrangeville. Property: 134 Old Route 22, Amenia. Filed July 1.
NEW BUSINESSES This paper is not responsible for typographical errors contained in the original filings.
Doing Business As Beedee Electronics Inc., d.b.a. D.T. Alarm Co., 13 Bedford Ave., Middletown 10940. Filed June 16. Canali U.S.A. Inc., d.b.a. Canali, 498 Red Apple Court, Unit 349, Central Valley 10917. Filed June 16. Kiryas Joel Poultry Processing Plant Inc., d.b.a. Satmar Meats, 7 Dinev Road, Monroe 10950. Filed June 15. Leobar Inc., d.b.a. Jalisco Mexican Restaurant, 30 Carpenter Place, Monroe 10950. Filed June 16. Makome Inc., d.b.a. Statewide, 9 Garfield Road, No. 112, Monroe 10950. Filed June 16. Newburgh Interfaith Emergency Housing Inc., d.b.a. Project L.I.F.E., 172 First St., Newburgh 12550. Filed June 16. Quickway Technology Corp., d.b.a. ZoomTech, 12 Quickway Road, Unit 302, Monroe 10950. Filed June 16. Royal of Port Jervis Inc., d.b.a. Royal Furniture, 116 Front St., Port Jervis 12771. Filed June 15.
Sole Proprietorships
Jevah, 9 Cathy Court, Wallkill 12589, c/o Katia Lidia Madueno. Filed June 29.
845 ICEE, 394 Stony Kill Road, Accord 12404, c/o Tyler Sharon Brown. Filed June 29.
Ksmk, 51 Leroy Place, Newburgh 12550, c/o Kadian Douglas. Filed June 15.
American Heritage Archaeology, 541 Burnt Meadows Road, Wallkill 12589, c/o Jamie Marie Meinsen. Filed June 29.
Mendez Auto Detailing, 47 Orange Ave., Apt. A, Walden, c/o Jessie Mendez. Filed June 17.
BeachCADTech, 28 East Ave., Wlden 12586, c/o Roxane Beach. Filed June 18. Bookkeeping Solutions, 16 Adams St., Kingston 12401, c/o Cynthia Lynn Modjeska. Filed June 29. Cold Spring Speech and Language, 4 Stone St., Cold Spring 10516, c/o Erika L. Trow. Filed July 1. DB Power Washer and More, 17 Sandy Road, Apt. B, Kingston 12401, c/o David John Brown. Filed June 30. DBeachTech, 28 East Ave., Walden 12586, c/o Dusty Arizona Beach. Filed June 18. ELDI Press, 39 Church St., No. 50, Port Jervis 12771, c/o Laqueta Evette Lewis-Zhang. Filed June 22. Expandable Designs, 185 Gidney Ave., Apt. 2, Newburgh, c/o Joshua Pascual Villalpando. Filed June 17. Good Times Designs, 862 Main St., Kingston 12401, c/o Brandi Lee. Filed June 26. Goshen Upholstery, 1310 Whispering Hills Drive, Chester 10981, c/o James Jordan. Filed June 22. Graphic Pro Services, 3 Breeze Hill Road, New Windsor 12553, c/o Kuldip A. Raval. Filed June 22. Hair By Brenda, 126 Wickham Ave., Middletown, c/o Brenda S. Woodruff. Filed June 22. J and J Spray Foam and Painting, 2880 Route 9W, Apt. 3, Saugerties 12477, c/o Jaime Ortiz-Samanate. Filed June 29. J and J, 2880 Route 9W, Apt. 3, Saugerties 12477, c/o Jaime Ortiz-Samanate. Filed June 26.
MW Construction, 42 Wainwright Drive, Carmel 10512, c/o Martin Wachter. Filed June 29. NGY Customs, 33 South Road, Brewster 10509, c/o Neil G. Yeager. Filed June 29. Northeast Wildlife Control, 7 Eagle Valley Road, Highland Falls 10928, c/o Timothy Green. Filed June 12. Precise Estimating, 12 Lemberg Court, No. 106, Monroe 10950, c/o Yeshaya Binyamin Hirsch. Filed June 22. Ruggedly Distinguished, 522 Lattintown Road, Marlboro 12542, c/o Steven L. Palmer. Filed June 29. Spiritual Roots Yoga Studio, 203-213 Wickham Ave., Suite 106, Middletown 10940, c/o Lesley Figueroa. Filed June 12. Sura’s Inspiration, 305 Hurley Ave., Apt. 15C, Kingston 12401, c/o Lesbia Surama Ramirez Mendez. Filed June 29. T2A2 Crafts N More, 75 Quaker Ave., No. 217, Cornwall 12518, c/o Teresa Louise Bodiford. Filed June 22. Tekollect, 19 Parkview Circle, Carmel 10512, c/o Lei Shan. Filed July 2. The Rusty Goat Grill, 46 Main St., Warwick, c/o Lori Struck. Filed June 22. Truss and Trestle, 1157 Route 32, Rosendale 12472, c/o Gerard J. Swarthout. Filed July 1. Yaritza’s Fresh and Clean, 60 Roosevelt Ave., Kingston 12401, c/o Erika Bravo. Filed June 26.
LEGAL NOTICES NTRLHUEZ LLC. Art. Of Org. filed with SSNY on 5/28/20. Offc: Westchester Cty. SSNY desig. as agent of the LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to the LLC, P.O. Box #725, Ossining, NY 10562. Purpose: any lawful purpose. #62583 MSH Consultants LLC. Art. of Org. filed 5/28/20. Office in Westchester Co. SSNY designated for process and shall mail to Reg. Agent: Thomas Law Firm, 175 Varick St, NY, NY 10014. Purpose: Any lawful activity #62584 Notice of Formation of Specialty Spanish, LLC. Art. of Org. filed with SSNY on 04/27/2020. Office Location: Westchester County. SSNY designated as agent of the LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to the LLC, 441 Saw Mill River Rd., Millwood, NY 10546. Purpose: any lawful purpose. #62585 Notice of Formation of Eaglestone Advisors LLC Art. Of Org. filed with SSNY on 6/1/20. 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, 66 Palmer Ave., Ste 32B, Bronxville, NY 10708. Purpose: any lawful purpose. #62586 Notice of Formation of INCH BY INCH LLC. Art. Of Org. filed with Secíy of State (SSNY) on 6/8/20. 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 TIMOTHY DELANEY, 17 LOCUST LANE, BRONXVILLE, NY 10708. Purpose: any lawful purpose. #62587
Notice of Formation of Holistic Consulting LLC Articles of Organization filed with Secretary of State of New York (SSNY) on 4/16/2020. Office location: Westchester County. SSNY is designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to: 321 Mundy Lane Mt. Vernon NY 10550. Purpose: any lawful act or activity. #62588 Notice of Formation of Margie Ruddick LLC. Arts. of Org. filed with SSNY on 4/23/2020. Office location: Westchester County. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process may be served. SSNY shall mail process to 10 Archer Place #3 Tarrytown, NY 10591 Purpose: Construction Residential Remodeling. #62589 Name of LLC: Nonpareil Biotechnologies LLC, a Delaware LLC formed November 17, 2015, Art. Of Organization and Application for Authority filed with the SSNY on May 19, 2020. Office location: Westchester County. SSNY has been designated as the agent of the LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY may mail a copy of process to: 75 South Broadway, Suite 4180, White Plains, NY 10601, principal business location of the LLC. Purpose: any lawful business activity. #62590 Notice of formation of Charcuterie Collection, LLC Art. of Org. filed with Secretary of State of New York (SSNY) on 5/6/2020. Office location: Westchester County. SSNY is designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to: 23 Crusher Road, Bedford, NY 10506. Purpose: any lawful purpose. #62591 ACHOT REALTY LLC. Art. of Org. filed with SSNY 6/5/2020. NY office location: Westchester County. SSNY designated as agent for process. SSNY shall mail copy of process to: c/o Gardner, Weiss & Rosenblum LLP, 270 Madison Ave., NY, NY 10016. Any lawful act or activity. #62593
NAME: OX BOX LOGISTICS, LLC Articles of Organization were filed with the Secretary of State of New York (SSNY) on 05/21/2020. Office location: Westchester County. SSNY has been designated as agent of the LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail a copy of process to: The LLC, 7 Skyline Drive, Suite 350, Hawthorne, New York 10532, principal business location of the LLC. Purpose: any lawful business activity. #62594
539 North State Realty LLC Art. of Org. filed with NY Secy. of State on 6/15/20. Office located in Westchester County. 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 33 Somers Hill Road, Carmel. NY 10512. LLC may engage in any lawful act or activity for which a limited liability company may be formed. #62598
Notice of Formation of EH & AH LLC. Principal office Westchester County. Secretary of State of NY (SSNY) designated as agent for service of process. SSNY shall mail a copy of any process served against the LLC to 797 Yonkers Avenue, Yonkers, NY 10704. Articles of Organization of the LLC filed with the SSNY on June 10, 2020. Purpose: Any lawful act(s). #62601
Name of LLC: Math Marvelous L.L.C. Art. of Org. filed NY Sec. of State 6/15/20. Princ. off. loc.: Westchester Cty. Sec. of State designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. Sec. of State shall mail a copy of process to the LLC, 59 Sumner Ave, Yonkers NY 10704. Purpose: any lawful activity. #62602
NOTICE OF FORMATION of Refactor IT, LLC. Articles of Organization filed with the Secretary of State of New York (SSNY) on 10/17/2018. Location: Westchester County. SSNY designated as agent for service of process on LLC. SSNY shall mail a copy of process to: Refactor IT LLC, CEO 1 Primrose Avenue Yonkers, NY 10710. Purpose: Any lawful purpose. #62603
Notice of Formation of C&E Event Productions, LLC. Arts. of Org. filed with SSNY on 5/1/2020. Office location: Westchester County. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process may be served. SSNY shall mail process to Carley Tryon and Erica Block, C&E Event Productions, LLC, 96 Underhill Avenue, Apt. 1B, West Harrison, NY 10604. Purpose: any lawful act or activity. #62595 YONKERS, NY 733 Yonkers Avenue, Suite 200 Yonkers, NY 10704 914.476.0600
NOTICE OF FORMATION OF LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY (LLC). FROM THE HEART DECOR, LLC Articles of Organization were filed with the Secretary of State of New York (SSNY) on 04/27/20. Office Location: Westchester County. SSNY has been designated as agent of the LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail a copy of process to: The LLC, 495 Van Cortlandt Park Ave 4E, Yonkers, New York 10705, principal business location of the LLC. Purpose: any lawful business activity. #62596 FUTURE SOUNDS 88 LLC. filed with NY Secy. of State on 05/06/2020. Office located in 129 North 5th Ave. Mount Vernon NY. 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 Future Sounds 88, LLC 129 North 5tH Ave Mount Vernon NY., 10550 (the LLCís primary business location). LLC may engage in any lawful act or activity for which a limited liability company may be formed. #62597
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BUILDING PERMITS Commercial 600 Washington Acquisitions LLC, Stamford, contractor for 600 Washington Acquisitions LLC. Perform replacement alterations at 600 Washington Blvd., Stamford. Estimated cost: $450,000. Filed May 22.
Guiltec Development LLC, Stamford, contractor for Larchfield LLC. Install sheetrock in storage space at 1766 Bedford St., Stamford. Estimated cost: $25,000. Filed May 26.
Petretti & Associates LLC, Stamford, contractor for UBS 677 Wash. Alter office space at 677 Washington Blvd., Stamford. Estimated cost: $1,300,000. Filed May 14.
Dean, James M., Port Chester, New York, contractor for Mark Daur. Renovate mechanical and plumbing systems at 14 Indian Pass, Greenwich. Estimated cost: $15,000. Filed June 2020.
High Ridge Office Park LLC, Stamford, contractor for High Ridge Office Park LLC. Perform a demolition of building at Turn of River Road, Stamford. Estimated cost: $490,000. Filed May 8.
Rick’s Main Roofing LTD, Stamford, contractor for Second Fairlawn Condominium Inc. Install new shingle roof at 248 Courtland Ave., Stamford. Estimated cost: $43,510. Filed May 15.
Duggan, Ian A., Stamford, contractor for Paul J. Orsino. Remove and install new kitchen at 44 Nutmeg Lane, Stamford. Estimated cost: $24,000. Filed May 22.
AAA Advantage Carting & Demolition LLC, Stamford, contractor for Brachfeld & Brachfeld. Demolish existing structure at 63 Stillwater Ave., Stamford. Estimated cost: $33,450. Filed May 21.
Koch, Terry Q., Stamford, contractor for Joseph D’Agostino. Remove and replace fuel tanks at 316 Long Ridge Road, Stamford. Estimated cost: $285,000. Filed May 8.
Brachfeld & Brachfeld LLC, Stamford, contractor for Brachfeld & Brachfeld. Demolish existing structure at 65 Stillwater Ave., Stamford. Estimated cost: $33,450. Filed May 21.
Montagno Construction Inc., Stamford, contractor for the city of Stamford. Construct Discovery Center Building at 1040 Washington Blvd., Stamford. Estimated cost: $4,500,000. Filed May 7.
Demott, Glenn W., Stamford, contractor for Bay Pond Holdings LLC. Install nonilluminated wall signs at 1290 E. Main St., Stamford. Estimated cost: $15,000. Filed May 12. Demott, Glenn W., Stamford, contractor for Clark’s Hill Shopping Plaza LLC. Perform replacement alterations at 800 E. Main St., Stamford. Estimated cost: $16,000. Filed May 12. First Stamford Place Spa LLC, Stamford, contractor for First Stamford Place Spa LLC. Prepare for a private party at 151 Greenwich Ave., Unit 200, Stamford. Estimated cost: $10,998. Filed May 12. Gbp3 LLC, Stamford, contractor for Gbp3 LLC. Renovate storage space at 1 Barry Place, Stamford. Estimated cost: $250,000. Filed May 27.
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.
Northern Energy Solutions LLC, Stamford, contractor for Horn & Hoof Properties LLC. Replace vinyl siding with cedar wood siding at 16 Wire Mill Road, Stamford. Estimated cost: $25,000. Filed May 8. O&G Industries Inc., Stamford, contractor for O&G Industries Inc. Relocate electrical transformer at 686 Canal St., Stamford. Estimated cost: $19,750. Filed May 26. PAC Group LLC, Stamford, contractor for Canal Street Partners LLC. Perform replacement alterations at 850 Canal St., Stamford. Estimated cost: $67,813. Filed May 13. Pascar Realty LLC, Stamford, contractor for Pascar Realty LLC. Install new store at 900 High Ridge Road, Stamford. Estimated cost: $5,600. Filed May 26. Pat Munger Construction Company Inc., Stamford, contractor for Riverbend South LLC. Perform replacement alterations at 9 Riverbend Drive South, Stamford. Estimated cost: $1,181,610. Filed May 19. Pavarini North East Construction Company LLC, Stamford, contractor for 695 East Main Stamford LLC. Renovate production room at 695 E. Main St., Stamford. Estimated cost: $43,027. Filed May 27.
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Stamford Washington Office LLC, Stamford, contractor for Stamford Washington Office LLC. Renovate management office at 677 Washington Blvd., Unit B1, Stamford. Estimated cost: $300,000. Filed May 15. Stamford Washington Office LLC, Stamford, contractor for Stamford Washington Office LLC. Perform replacement alterations at 677 Washington Blvd, Unit B1, Stamford. Estimated cost: $765,000. Filed May 20. Sylvan Knoll Section 1 Inc., Stamford, contractor for Sylvan Knoll Section 1 Inc. Construct bath in basement at Sylvan Knoll Road, Stamford. Estimated cost: $15,000. Filed May 22. Titan Enterprises, Stamford, contractor for the city of Stamford. Renovate restrooms at 45 Merrell Ave., Stamford. Estimated cost: $204,000. Filed May 6. TM Realty Associates LLC, Stamford, contractor for TM Realty Associates LLC. Remove and replace tile, replace plywood at 207 Main St., Stamford. Estimated cost: $35,000. Filed May 18.
Residential Anderson, Carolyn H., Greenwich, contractor for Carolyn H. Anderson. Repair chimney at 138 Clapboard Ridge Road, Greenwich. Estimated cost: $90,000. Filed June 2020. Complete Dismantling Services LLC, Stamford, contractor for Pavia Associates LLC. Perform a demolition at 916 Hope St., Stamford. Estimated cost: $5,000. Filed May 27.
Grady, Lucia, Stamford, contractor for Lucia Grady. Install new gas system and central air conditioning at 321 Stamford Ave., Stamford. Estimated cost: $55,000. Filed May 29. Guiltec Development LLC, Stamford, contractor for Louis Hopper. Construct pool house at 253 Stamford Ave., Stamford. Estimated cost: $75,000. Filed May 28. The Home Depot USA Inc., Stamford, contractor for Tina J. Barbadimos. Remove old window and replace at 89 Berrian Road, Stamford. Estimated cost: $791. Filed May 18. The Home Depot USA Inc., Stamford, contractor for Christopher Piselli. Remove old window and replace at 58 Dulan Drive, Stamford. Estimated cost: $907. Filed May 21. The Home Depot USA Inc., Stamford, contractor for Mary C. McIntosh. Remove old window and replace at 158 Culloden Road, Stamford. Estimated cost: $764. Filed May 22. The Home Depot USA Inc., Stamford, contractor for Eve Altieri. Remove old windows and replace at 765 Newfield Ave., Stamford. Estimated cost: $5,096. Filed May 26. Homesquare LLC, Stamford, contractor for Sajous Bludy. Remove old shingles and replace at 101 Dean St., Stamford. Estimated cost: $6,500. Filed May 21. J Guza Construction LLC, Stamford, contractor for Gregory Zezima. Restore second floor at 33 Clover Hill Drive, Stamford. Estimated cost: $200,000. Filed May 26. John Desmond Builders Inc, Southport, contractor for McNamowa Daniel. Renovate kitchen with new cabinets at 9 Ridge Brook Road, Greenwich. Estimated cost: $125,000. Filed June 2020.
Jonas Desing Build LLC, Greenwich, contractor for Gregory Frisoli. Build new single-family dwelling at 19 Strickland Road, Cos Cob. Estimated cost: $1,000,000. Filed June 2020.
Peck, Thomas C. and Diane, Greenwich, contractor for Thomas and Diane Peck. Remove old roof and re-roof 72 Glenville St., Greenwich. Estimated cost: $5,000. Filed June 2020.
Katchko Construction Inc., Stamford, contractor for Marie F. Bellairs. Perform a demolition at 1508 Shippan Ave., Stamford. Estimated cost: $22,000. Filed May 14.
Philip Spadaro Contractor LLC, Stamford, contractor for Philip A. Spadaro. Replace windows at 934 Rock Rimmon Road, Stamford. Estimated cost: $12,000. Filed May 20.
Kemp Philip Sperry, Greenwich, contractor for Kemp Philip Sperry. Remodel kitchen and replace cabinets at 73 Weaver St., Greenwich. Estimated cost: $30,000. Filed June 2020.
Pro Custom Solar LLC, Stamford, contractor for Elivaldo Carneiro. Install roof-mounted solar panels at 243 W. Broad St., Stamford. Estimated cost: $16,930. Filed May 8.
Lamoureux Jr., Paul H., Stamford, contractor for Frank Aristizabal. Install roof-mounted solar panels at 67 Warren St., Stamford. Estimated cost: $27,000. Filed May 6.
Rakoczy Home Improvement LLC, Stamford, contractor for Nicolette Panettiere. Remove sheetrock to install new plumbing and electrical service at 2475 Summer St., Unit 2B, Stamford. Estimated cost: $6,000. Filed May 11.
Leisure King Pools & Spas LLC, Stamford, contractor for Benjamin J. McEachin. Construct above-ground swimming pool at 18 Jessup St., Stamford. Estimated cost: $15,000. Filed May 6.
Rex Roofing Company of Stamford Inc., Stamford, contractor for Michael J. Librandi. Remove old roof and re-roof 175 Joffre Ave., Stamford. Estimated cost: $8,500. Filed May 7.
Lueders, Matthew K., Stamford, contractor for Kyle Tumier. Construct in-ground vinyl swimming pool at 44 Aquila Road, Stamford. Estimated cost: $34,000. Filed May 27.
Riga LLC, Stamford, contractor for Nicholas Lepore. Remove old roof and re-roof 1441 High Ridge Road, Stamford. Estimated cost: $9,000. Filed May 27.
Luis Lopez Construction LLC, Stamford, contractor for Karen Berens. Add bathroom, bedroom, laundry room and living room at 22 Vincent Ave., Stamford. Estimated cost: $188,450. Filed May 28.
Rocksolid Construction LLC, Stamford, contractor for Eric D. Villain. Expand master bathroom and renovate upstairs at 479 Ocean Drive West, Stamford. Estimated cost: $75,000. Filed May 19.
Mappa, Larry, Stamford, contractor for Andrew H. Banoff. Install hot tub in back yard at 1120 Westover Road, Stamford. Estimated cost: $2,450. Filed May 20.
Sampogna, Jason P., Stamford, contractor for Betty Portanova. Install roof-mounted solar panels at 313 W. Broad St., Stamford. Estimated cost: $17,290. Filed May 14.
Murray, Thomas, et al, Stamford, contractor for Thomas Murray. Create deck at 76 Robin Hood Road, Stamford. Estimated cost: $24,000. Filed May 19. New England Skyline Builders Inc., Stamford, contractor for Anthony Liberatore. Remove and construct new deck at 38 Hilsbury Lane, Stamford. Estimated cost: $18,000. Filed May 27.
Simmons, Ricky, Stamford, contractor for Ricky Simmons. Remove old roof and re-roof 142 Nichols Ave., Stamford. Estimated cost: $6,000. Filed May 18. Skoparantzos, John, et al, Stamford, contractor for John Skoparantzos. Build a deck over the patio at 83 Woodbine Road Stamford. Estimated cost: $10,000. Filed May 28.
Facts & Figures Sunrun Installation Services Inc., Stamford, contractor for Gabriel Stroie. Install roof-mounted solar panels at 57 Caldwell Ave., Stamford. Estimated cost: $2,238. Filed May 26. Turner Construction, Shelton, contractor for Greenwich Country Day School. Construct new loading dock and kitchen building at 257 Stanwich Road, Greenwich. Estimated cost: $6,920,000. Filed June 2020. Vinylume Inc., Stamford, contractor for Joseph Edwich. Remove old siding and install new siding at 4 Carolina Road, Stamford. Estimated cost: $13,375. Filed May 27. Vivint Solar Developer LLC, Stamford, contractor for Kevin Ciaccio. Install roof-mounted solar panels at 16 Lund Ave., Stamford. Estimated cost: $6,528. Filed May 7. Vivint Solar Developer LLC, Stamford, contractor for Phillipa E. Walters. Install roof-mounted solar panels at 323 Cove Road, Stamford. Estimated cost: $9,600. Filed May 14. Vogi Mary E., trustee, Stamford, contractor for Vogi Mary E. Vogi, trustee. Finish basement at 25 Windermere Lane, Stamford. Estimated cost: $157,000. Filed May 18. Williams, Jason, Stamford, contractor for Jason Williams. Transfer natural gas-fired generator at 33 Nutmeg Lane, Stamford. Estimated cost: $5,000. Filed May 21.
COURT CASES Bridgeport Superior Court Azevedo, Lilian, et al, Mount Vernon, New York. Filed by Robert DeGemmis, Stratford. Plaintiff’s attorney: Balzano & Tropiano PC, New Haven. 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-20-6097005-S. Filed May 20.
City of Bridgeport, et al, filed by Kimberly Buster, Bridgeport. Plaintiff’s attorney: The Flood Law Firm LLC, Middletown. Action: The plaintiff suffered a fall due to defective and unsafe conditions of the sidewalk. The defendant managed and controlled the premises where the plaintiff fell. As a result of the negligence of the defendant, the plaintiff suffered severe injuries. The plaintiff seeks monetary damages in excess of $15,000, exclusive of interest and costs. Case no. FBT-CV-20-6097340-S. Filed June 3. Domino, Marcin, et al, Fairfield. Filed by Shaquana Shaw, Bridgeport. Plaintiff’s attorney: DeLucia & Levine LLC, Bridgeport. 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-CV20-6097104-S. Filed May 26. Gould, Christine, et al, Westport. Filed by Andrea Halley-Wright, Westport. Plaintiff’s attorney: Richard H. Raphael, Westport. Action: The plaintiff received a facelift treatment by the defendant and suffered medical permanent burns of her neck and cheeks. 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-20-6097056-S. Filed May 22. Hake, Jennifer, Greenwich. Filed by Karen Seferi, Trumbull. Plaintiff’s attorney: DeLucia & Levine LLC, Bridgeport. 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-20-6097103-S. Filed May 26.
Danbury Superior Court Covenant Insurance Company, Farmington. Filed by Heidi S. Adam, Danbury. Plaintiff’s attorney: Pete Rotatori III, Southbury. Action: The plaintiff suffered a collision allegedly caused by the defendant and sustained severe and painful personal injuries. The driver didn’t have sufficient automobile insurance to fairly compensate the plaintiff so she filed a claim for underinsured motorist coverage benefits against the defendant. The defendant was notified and has 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. DBD-CV20-6036210-S. Filed June 1. Gayatri Corp. d.b.a. Days Inn Bethel, Bethel. Filed by Philip Nichols Jr., Danbury. Plaintiff’s attorney: Ventura Law, Danbury. Action: The plaintiff was lawfully on the premises controlled by the defendant when he fall due to a dangerous and defective condition on the premises, causing him 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-20-6036273-S. Filed June 9. Harley Davidson of Danbury Inc., Danbury. Filed by Jason Lynch, Fishkill, New York. Plaintiff’s attorney: Coyne Von Kuhn Brady & Fries LLC, Shelton. Action: The plaintiff was lawfully on the premises controlled by the defendant where he fell when a bench broke, causing him 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-CV20-6036295-S. Filed June 12. Nystrom, Jeffrey, et al, Kent, New York. Filed by Michael Rubino, Danbury. Plaintiff’s attorney: Tremont Sheldon Robinson Mahoney PC, Bridgeport. Action: The plaintiff was on the defendant’s premises when he was suddenly attacked and bitten by the defendant’s dog, thereby causing him to suffer injuries and 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. DBD-CV20-6036148-S. Filed May 20.
Redrovan, Vicente Rodrigo, et al, Danbury. Filed by Jesus Tomas Olivo, Danbury. Plaintiff’s attorney: Moore O’Brien & Foti, Middlebury. Action: The plaintiff suffered a collision 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. DBD-CV-20-6036126-S. Filed May 14.
Stamford Superior Court Gilbert, Marion, et al, Darien. Filed by Jimmy Pressat, Norwalk. Plaintiff’s attorney: The Reinken Law Firm, Stamford. 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-20-6046985-S. Filed June 4. Kennedy, Bridget D., Norwalk. Filed by Miguel A Salgado-Ramos, Bridgeport. Plaintiff’s attorney: The Pickel Law Firm LLC, Stamford. 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-20-6046764-S. Filed May 7. Kuntz, Joel, Rockwall, Texas. Filed by Suzanne Darmory, Cos Cob. Plaintiff’s attorney: Grayson & Associates PC, Greenwich. Action: The plaintiff was forcefully grabbed and bit by the defendant. Plaintiff freed herself, ran to her car and drove to the hospital. Plaintiff suffered multiple fractures, bite marks and bruises. The plaintiff seeks monetary damages in excess of $15,000, exclusive of interest and costs. Case no. FST-CV-20-6046824-S. Filed May 19.
L&F Food Service, LLC, et al, Greenwich. Filed by QQ Nails Inc., Greenwich. Plaintiff’s attorney: Eddy & Associates PLLC, Westport. Action: The plaintiff and defendant have their own stores and rent commercial space to run their businesses. A fire started in the defendant’s business and burned and destroyed all the building structures. As result of the defendant’s negligence, the plaintiff suffered losses and 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-20-6046820-S. Filed May 18. Stradford, Constance, Norwalk. Filed by Hiram Q. Sosa, Stafford. Plaintiff’s attorney: Papcsy Janosov Roche, Norwalk. 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-20-6046878-S. Filed May 27.
DEEDS Commercial 752 Brooklawn Property LLC, Norwalk. Seller: Reithco LLC, Monroe. Property: 750752 Brooklawn Ave., Fairfield. Amount: $500,000. Filed May 5. Berndt, Edward and Robin Berndt, Trumbull. Seller: Beach Walk Homes LLC, Fairfield. Property: 147 Pratt St., Fairfield. Amount: $1,275,000. Filed May 14. Brown, Dane and Katherine Biancamano-Brown, Fairfield. Seller: 73 Blake LLC, Monroe. Property: 73 Blake Drive, Fairfield. Amount: $1,055,000. Filed May 26. Dubisar, George and Mary Briggs, New Haven. Seller: MDNM Redevelopment LLC, Bridgeport. Property: 1004 Oldfield Road, Fairfield. Amount: $461,000. Filed May 7. Ferguson, William, New York, New York. Seller: 515 High Street LLC, Monroe. Property: 12 Reynolds Drive, Fairfield. Amount: $527,400. Filed May 18.
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Gleason, Megan M., Fairfield. Seller: Nationstar Mortgage LLC, Fairfield. Property: 940 Hulls Highway, Fairfield. Amount: $570,000. Filed May 28. Grabowski, Jason J. and Christina M. Smeriglio, Old Greenwich. Seller: 111 Shelter Rock Road LLC, Trumbull. Property: 111 Shelter Rock Road, Fairfield. Amount: $899,000. Filed May 18. Kelly, Anthony and Mary Kate Kelly, Fairfield. Seller: Wind River Investors LLC, Weston. Property: 542 Merwins Lane, Fairfield. Amount: $725,000. Filed May 29. Property Edge LLC, Marion. Seller: Secretary of Housing and Urban Development, Washington, D.C. Property: 350 Bennett St., Fairfield. Amount: $273,914. Filed May 29. Seufert, Daniel Ian and Alyson Beadle Seufert, Southport. Seller: 231 Woodrow Ave., LLC, Fairfield. Property: 231 Woodrow Ave., Southport. Amount: $775,000. Filed May 5. Sheppard, Elizabeth W., Fairfield. Seller: MDNM Redevelopment LLC, Bridgeport. Property: 558 S. Pine Creek Road, Fairfield. Amount: $450,000. Filed May 22. Stoyko, Andriy, Stamford. Seller: US Bank Trust NA, Irving, Texas. Property: 195 Knapps Highway, Fairfield. Amount: $167, 500. Filed May 1. Sullivan, Colleen, Norwalk. Seller: 529 Riverside LLC, Fairfield. Property: 529 Riverside Drive, Fairfield. Amount: $655,000. Filed May 29. Taikowski, Kathryn, Columbus, Ohio. Seller: Cedar Homes LLC, Fairfield. Property: 863 Oldfield Road, Fairfield. Amount: $530,000. Filed May 4. Trapp, Christopher A. and Lindsey A. Trapp, Hoboken, New Jersey. Seller: Love Where You Live Homes LLC, Trumbull. Property: 177 Nichols St., Fairfield. Amount: $1,060,000. Filed May 22. Williams, Hutchinson and Lauren Williams, Trumbull. Seller: 101 Lakeview Drive LLC, Fairfield. Property: 101 Lakeside Drive, Fairfield. Amount: $855,000. Filed May 11.
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Facts & Figures Residential Bailey-Gates, Christine, Fairfield. Seller: Emily Bostrom and David Bostrom, Fairfield. Property: 2120 Mill Plain Road, Fairfield. Amount: $549,900. Filed May 11. Belfield, Cameron and Kristen Belfield, Stamford. Seller: Benjamin P. Binswanger and Karen D. Binswanger, Fairfield. Property: 81 Tauton Road, Fairfield. Amount: $655,000. Filed May 5. Bennett, Todd and Erin McDermott, Fairfield. Seller: Brendan Boyle and Stacy Boyle, Fairfield. Property: 39 Windsor Road, Fairfield. Amount: $586,000. Filed May 6. Bryar, Kristen A. and Shane R. Lau, Darien. Seller: Patrick P. Pollard and Julie B. Pollard, Fairfield. Property: 23 Barton Road, Fairfield. Amount: $650,000. Filed May 27. Capasso, Jeffrey A. and Meghan E. Capasso, Shelton. Seller: Robert E. Hilleman, Fairfield. Property: 201 Catherine Terrace, Fairfield. Amount: $760,000. Filed May 4.
Caramico, Lisa, Fairfield. Seller: David Seuch and Kathryn Seuch, Fairfield. Property: 1071 S. Pine Creek Road, Fairfield. Amount: $785,000. Filed May 12. Coelho, Nadine, Kearny, New Jersey. Seller: Michael Fazio, Fairfield. Property: 49 Longfellow Ave., Fairfield. Amount: $411,000. Filed May 18. Czaplicki, John J. and Stephanie W. Czaplicki, Fairfield. Seller: 287 Senese Drive LLC, Trumbull. Property: 287 Senese Drive, Fairfield. Amount: $850,000. Filed May 28. Deronsle, Mario, Stamford. Seller: Raymond F. Rasmussen and Joan L. Rasmussen, Fairfield. Property: 39 Adley Road, Fairfield. Amount: $265,000. Filed May 28. Etela, Kristin M., Fairfield. Seller: Lois M. Lehman, Fairfield. Property: 90 S. Pine Creek Road, Fairfield. Amount: $750,000. Filed May 26. Fadl, Samer M. and Sunila S. Fadl, Venetia, Pennsylvania. Seller: Brian C. Lawlor and Dana H. Lawlor, Fairfield. Property: 140 Fence Row Drive, Fairfield. Amount: $1,500,000. Filed May 21. Fogel, Adam and Sarah Fogel, Norwalk. Seller: Ira J. Stein and Hillary D. Stein, Fairfield. Property: 93 Buckboard Lane, Fairfield. Amount: $675,000. Filed May 15.
Product Director, Algorithms and Data Insights, Gartner, Inc., Stamford, CT. Lead a key data science & bus. analytics research & product devlpmnt team for Gartner Algorithms & Data Insights Group. Req. Bach’s deg or foreign equiv. in Math, Applied Statistics or a directly rel. field + 6 yrs of commercial product mgmt exp.; OR a Master’s deg or foreign equiv. + 4 yrs of exp. To apply, please email resume to: Steven Burleigh-Sheard: Steven.BurleighSheard@gartner. com and reference job code: 46087.
Professional Software Engineer (Multiple Openings) for Sigmund Software, LLC in Danbury, CT: Write supporting code for Web applications or Web sites. Requires: Bachelor’s + 1 yr. exp. Mail resume to: HR, 83 Wooster Heights Road, Suite 210, Danbury, CT, 06810. Reference Job ID#AP.
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Giasullo, Ryan M., Fairfield. Seller: Frederick K. Banty, Fairfield. Property: 65 Elderberry Lane, Fairfield. Amount: $680,000. Filed May 7. Harris, Christopher B. and Elisa Harris, Fairfield. Seller: Alice P. Liptrot, Fairfield. Property: 55 Lee Drive, Fairfield. Amount: $730,000. Filed May 19. Higgins, Therese S. and Brendan J. Higgins, Brooklyn, New York. Seller: Ellen M. Cutney, Fairfield. Property: 351 Half Mile Road, Fairfield. Amount: $985,000. Filed May 19. Hilleman, Robert and Janice M. Hilleman, Fairfield. Seller: Gregory R. Toothaker and Bridget F. Toothaker, Fairfield. Property: 38 Catherine Terrace, Fairfield. Amount: $850,000. Filed May 1.
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Johnson, Amelia E. and Robert S. Johnson, Fairfield. Seller: Dale E. McIvor and Katherine Watts, Southport. Property: 187 Westway Road, Southport. Amount: $2,679,425. Filed May 27. Major, Judith, Shelton. Seller: Joann M. Dombek, Fairfield. Property: 1772 North Benson Road, Fairfield. Amount: $328,000. Filed May 27. Meyer, Ethan John and Kelsey Beth Meyer, Brooklyn, New York. Seller: Jason Landon, Fairfield. Property: 23 Ludlowe Road, Fairfield. Amount: $670,000. Filed May 18.
Ruble, Caitlyn, Fairfield. Seller: Jennifer Dellemonico, Fairfield. Property: 622 Knapps Highway, Fairfield. Amount: $282,500. Filed May 29. Sabin, Krista, Fairfield. Seller: William Keller, Hamden. Property: 1330 Mill Hill Terrace, Southport. Amount: $525,000. Filed May 11. Salinas, Danny and Whitney Salinas, Southport. Seller: Mark G. Saine and Margaret F. Saine, Longboat Key, Florida. Property: 471 Hulls Farm Road, Fairfield. Amount: $2,325,000. Filed May 28.
Miele, Addessi and Joseph R. Miele, Stamford. Seller: Dane D. Brown and Katherine M. Biancamano-Brown, Fairfield. Property: 9 Ludlow Court, Fairfield. Amount: $650,000. Filed May 19.
Sayre, Stuart C. and Wendy D. Sayre, Fairfield. Seller: Bryan Nels Anderson and Sara Broyhill Anderson, Fairfield. Property: 127 Oldfield Road, Fairfield. Amount: $1,055,000. Filed May 18.
Monbello, Michael and Julia Mombello, Westport. Seller: Elizabeth W. Sheppard, Southport. Property: 71 Spruce St., Southport. Amount: $782,150. Filed May 21.
Senatus, Garry and Madeline Senatus, Stamford. Seller: Mokhtar Moussa, Fairfield. Property: 20 Pierce St., Fairfield. Amount: $370,000. Filed May 28.
Nolan, Frances C. and Kevin J. Nolan, Fairfield. Seller: John E. Emmanuel and Catherine C. Emmanuel, Fairfield. Property: 344 Crestwood Road, Fairfield. Amount: $720,000. Filed May 18.
Spiegel, William and Martha Spiegel, Norwalk. Seller: Victoria Vought, Southport. Property: 4250 Congress St., Fairfield. Amount: $415,000. Filed May 22.
Picciano, Brian M. and Aileen M. Picciano, Milford. Seller: Kristi H. Marshall, Fairfield. Property: 180 Hill Brook Lane, Fairfield. Amount: $750,000. Filed May 21. Pirolo, Daniel J. and Amanda Y. Pirolo, Fairfield. Seller: Stephanie Hope Goldman, Jupiter, Florida. Property: 1477 Fence Row Drive, Fairfield. Amount: $1,500,000. Filed May 1. Ricci, Graziano, Norwalk. Seller: Bonnie Hirschfeld, Fairfield. Property: 725 Westport Turnpike, Fairfield. Amount: $600,000. Filed May 14. Riccio, Ralph and Lindsey Rundle, Norwalk. Seller: Norma K. Darragh, Fairfield. Property: 30 Fallow Field Lane, Fairfield. Amount: $450,000. Filed May 8. Robertson, Eric and Alison Brusch, Fairfield. Seller: Katie J. Procaccini and John P. Procaccini, Fairfield. Property: 175 Andrassy Ave., Fairfield. Amount: $576,000. Filed May 8.
Stewart Jr., Alan, Fairfield. Seller: Ellen C. Stewart, Fairfield. Property: 371 Fairfield Woods Road, Fairfield. Amount: $600,000. Filed May 22. Toothaker, Bridget F., Fairfield. Seller: Carmela Siciliano and Emilio Renzulli, Fairfield. Property: 173 Blaine St., Fairfield. Amount: $355,000. Filed May 6. Trinka, Robert F. and Marcey Bender-Trinka, Weston. Seller: Joan H. Ervin, Fairfield. Property: 57 Pine Creek Ave., Fairfield. Amount: $535,000. Filed May 28. Tuozzoli, Todd D. and Julie M. Tuozzoli, Trumbull. Seller: Keith McGivney and Alesha McGivney, Fairfield. Property: 192 Partridge Lane, Fairfield. Amount: $575,000. Filed May 19. Vidal, Monica, Trumbull. Seller: Mary H. Jokobowsky, Fairfield. Property: 196 York Road, Fairfield. Amount: $245,000. Filed May 29.
Witte, Grant T. and Annie L. Witte, Arlington, Massachusetts. Seller: Margareth T. O’Connor, Fairfield. Property: 243 Hill Brook Lane, Fairfield. Amount: $650,000. Filed May 1. Yan, Qin and Xiaoling Zhang, Stratford. Seller: Gayle Mattson, Palm Beach, Florida. Property: 55 Sconset Drive, Fairfield. Amount: $950,000. Filed May 14. Young, James K., Fairfield. Seller: Shem B. Lachhman and Liliana Hernandez-Vega, Ponce, Puerto Rico. Property: 141 Toll House Lane, Fairfield. Amount: $352,000. Filed May 20.
LIENS Federal Tax Liens Filed 2 and 3 Putnam Court LLC, 35 Church St., Greenwich. $2,666, civil proceeding tax. Filed July 1. Alexander, Nancy M., 33 Breezemont Ave., Riverside. $2,140, civil proceeding tax. Filed July 1.
Gutierrez, Luis M., 78 White Birch Road, Pound Ridge, New York. $193, civil proceeding tax. Filed July 1. Lee, Florence M., P.O. Box 302, Cos Cob. $6,225, civil proceeding tax. Filed July 1. Madero, Jose Martinez, 31 Lockwood Road, Riverside. $7,361, civil proceeding tax. Filed July 1. McCann, Micaela D., 102 Hunting Ridge Road, Greenwich. $13,916, civil proceeding tax. Filed July 1. Moisiades, Christina, 55A Locust St., Greenwich. $3,943, civil proceeding tax. Filed June 16. NB Realty LLC, 49 Lake Ave., Greenwich. $1,171, civil proceeding tax. Filed June 5. Pemberwick LLC, 11 North Ave., Westport. $2,577, civil proceeding tax. Filed June 5. Pradia, Joyce Diane, 225 Golden Hill St., Bridgeport. $4,050, civil proceeding tax. Filed June 5.
Byfield II LLC, 712 Fifth Ave., New York, New York. $16,489, civil proceeding tax. Filed June 5.
Princiotti, Salvatore, P.O. Box 702, Old Greenwich. $1,384, civil proceeding tax. Filed June 24.
Dreux, Dirk Robert IV, 26 Parsonage Road, Greenwich. $15,728, civil proceeding tax. Filed June 24.
Riskin, Elliot and Bonnie Riskin, 293 Palmer Hill Road, Riverside. $544, civil proceeding tax. Filed June 5.
Epona Realty LLC, 1258 Bedford St., Suite B, Stamford. $243, civil proceeding tax. Filed July 1.
Tahmincioglu, Zachary M., 7 Glen Court, Greenwich. $11,526, civil proceeding tax. Filed June 24.
Fairfield Properties LLC, 6 Tulip Tree Lane, Darien. $263, civil proceeding tax. Filed July 1. Farrell, James and Mary Anne Farrell, 15 Paddock Drive, Greenwich. $9,344, civil proceeding tax. Filed July 1. Gorman, Peter and Gina M. Gorman, P.O. Box 873, Mahopac, New York. $2,231, civil proceeding tax. Filed June 16. Green, Carin Zakes and Peter Green, 10 Canterbury Drive, Greenwich. $135, civil proceeding tax. Filed July 1.
LIS PENDENS 25 Van Zant Street Condominium Inc., et al, Norwalk. Filed by The Law Office of Charles I. Miller, West Hartford, for CPM Environmental LLC. Property: 25 Van Zant St., Norwalk. Action: foreclose defendants’ mortgage. Filed July 6. Balasuriya, Pankaj R., et al, Stamford. Filed by Bendett & McHugh PC, Farmington, for Wells Fargo Bank, National Association. Property: 71 Briar Woods Trail, Stamford. Action: foreclose defendant’s mortgage. Filed June 26.
Facts & Figures Caine III, Martin Leonard, Fairfield. Filed by McCalla Raymer Leibert Pierce LLC, Hartford, for Wells Fargo Bank NA. Property: 34 New England Ave., Fairfield. Action: foreclose defendant’s mortgage. Filed July 6. Delvecchio Jr., Richard Anthony, et al, Stamford. Filed by Bendett & McHugh PC, Farmington, for US Bank National Association. Property: 169 Thornridge Drive, Stamford. Action: foreclose defendant’s mortgage. Filed June 25. Papcsy, Donald A., et al, Greenwich. Filed by Bendett & McHugh PC, Farmington, for Wilmington Trust National Association. Property: 60 Cutler Road, Greenwich. Action: foreclose defendants’ mortgage. Filed June 26. Reeve, Jonathan, Fairfield. Filed by The von Kohorn Law Firm LLC, Trumbull, for Noelle Reeve. Property: 12 Puritan Road, Fairfield. Action: foreclose defendant’s mortgage. Filed July 6. Rogers, Odetta, et al, Greenwich. Filed by Benanti & Associates, Stamford, for East River Capital LLC. Property: 39 Meadow Wood Drive, Greenwich. Action: foreclose defendants’ mortgage. Filed June 25. Sotiropoulos, Helen, Stamford. Filed by Bendett & McHugh PC, Farmington, for Deutsche Bank National Trust Company. Property: 98 McMullen Ave., Stamford. Action: foreclose defendant’s mortgage. Filed July 6. Walsh, Kevin G., Stamford. Filed by Linda Gargano, for Patrick H. Walsh and Brian J. Walsh. Property: 55 Alpine St., Stamford. Action: foreclose defendant’s mortgage. Filed July 6. Zazzarino, Louis, Stamford. Filed by Jillian A. Judd, for E. Garrity Water Solutions LLC. Property: Map 5797, Juniper Hill Road, Stamford. Action: foreclose defendant’s mortgage. Filed July 6.
MORTGAGES Benson, Paul W. and Kathleen M. Benson, Greenwich, by unreadable. Lender: People’s United Bank National Association, 850 Main St., Bridgeport. Property: 15 Stanwich Lane, Greenwich. Amount: $656,796. Filed May 15. Calcano, Lawrence V. and Karyn W. Calcano, Greenwich, by Maria C. Miller. Lender: Goldman Sachs Bank USA, 200 West St., New York, New York. Property: 10 Lauder Way, Greenwich. Amount: $4,000,000. Filed May 22. Casabona Filho, Victor Carlos and Fernanda Rocha Lucchini Casabona, Cos Cob, by Michael R. Lowitt. Lender: PNC Bank NA, 3232 Newmark Drive, Miamisburg, Ohio. Property: 536 River Road, Cos Cob. Amount: $1,312,000. Filed May 29. Colalucci, Christopher and Lisa Gerstein Colalucci, Greenwich, by Philip J. Toohey. Lender: US Alliance Federal Credit Union, 300 Apollo Drive, Chelmsford, Massachusetts. Property: 358 Riversville Road, Greenwich. Amount: $880,000. Filed June 12. DeLuca, Frank J. and Lisa L. DeLuca, Old Greenwich, by unreadable. Lender: US Bank National Association, 4801 Frederica St., Owensboro, Kentucky. Property: 4 Heusted Drive, Old Greenwich. Amount: $730,000. Filed May 15. Korman, David and Kathryn Bella, Greenwich, by Michael Todd Taylor. Lender: Provident Funding Associates LP, 700 Airport Blvd., Suite 430, Burlingame, California. Property: 24 Birdsong Place, Greenwich. Amount: $486,000. Filed May 18. Kupka, Joseph Henry and Jamie Olen, Greenwich, by Jeremiah N. Ollennu. Lender: Bank of America NA, 101 S. Tryon St., Charlotte, North Carolina. Property: 11 Bolling Place, Greenwich. Amount: $1,271,100. Filed May 20.
Lee, Kristin Toretta, Old Greenwich, by Lana B. Pire. Lender: UBS Bank USA, 299 S. Main St., Suite 2275, Salt Lake City, Utah. Property: 347 Sound Beach Ave., Old Greenwich. Amount: $2,080,000. Filed May 27.
Rafferty, David A. and Barri F. Rafferty, Cos Cob, by Thomas W. Ozimkoski. Lender: UBS Bank USA, 299 South Main St., Suite 2275, Salt Lake City, Utah. Property: 172 Cognewaugh Road, Cos Cob. Amount: $999,736. Filed June 12.
Liebowitz, Michael and Martha Liebowitz, Old Greenwich, by John M. Eichholtz. Lender: Morgan Stanley Private Bank National Association, 4270 Ivy Pointe Blvd, suite 400, Cincinnati, Ohio. Property: 4 Robin Place, Old Greenwich. Amount: $980,000. Filed May 15.
Skibo, Frank and Kara Skibo, Greenwich, by Antonio Faretta. Lender: Wells Fargo Bank NA, 101 N. Phillips Ave., Sioux Falls, South Dakota. Property: 1 Topping Road, Greenwich. Amount: $250,000. Filed May 27.
Meizels, Peter A., Greenwich, by Michael R. Lowitt. Lender: Stifel Bank & Trust, 12655, Olive Blvd., Suite 250, St. Louis, Missouri. Property: 40 Etta Lane, Unit 18, Greenwich. Amount: $690,000. Filed May 29. Migliardi, Matthew and Lisa Migliardi, Greenwich, by N/A. Lender: Quicken Loans LLC, 1050 Woodward Ave., Detroit, Michigan. Property: 108 Weaver St., Unit A, Greenwich. Amount: $389,150. Filed May 20. Neilinger, Brian Jay, Greenwich, by Susan Willcox. Lender: Webster Bank NA, 145 Bank St., Waterbury. Property: 92 Sawmill Lane, Greenwich. Amount: $1,200,000. Filed May 22. Noble, Marcia, Cos Cob, by Natasha Georgette. Lender: Loandepot, com LLC, 26642 Towne Centre Drive, Foothill Ranch, California. Property: 26 River Road, Cos Cob. Amount: $637,500. Filed May 22. Pajer, Ladislava, Riverside, by Michael J. Calla. Lender: Loandepot, com LLC, 26642 Towne Centre Drive, Foothill Ranch, California. Property: 22 Field Road, Riverside. Amount: $600,000. Filed May 27. Peden, Sean C. and Katherine M. Peden, Greenwich, by N/A. Lender: Morgan Stanley Private Bank National Association, 4270 Ivy Pointe Blvd, Suite 400, Cincinnati, Ohio. Property: 414 Stanwich Road, Greenwich. Amount: $1,576,000. Filed May 29.
Sun, Jing and Wenyi Zhang, Riverside, by Maria C. Miller. Lender: Third Federal Savings and Loan Association of Cleveland, 7007 Broadway Ave., Cleveland, Ohio. Property: 144 Lockwood Road, Riverside. Amount: $183,400. Filed May 27. Wolfe, Aaron and Jennifer N. Wolf, Riverside, by Douglas B. Seltzer. Lender: Citibank NA, 1000 Technology Drive, O’Fallon, Missouri. Property: 63 Winthrop Drive, Riverside. Amount: $1,291,000. Filed May 18. Zaccherio, Lawrence and Elizabeth Zaccherio, Greenwich, by Descera Daigle. Lender: TD Bank NA, 2035 Limestone Road, Wilmington, Delaware. Property: 18 Lancer Road, Riverside. Amount: $1,320,000. Filed May 15.
NEW BUSINESSES Bulleit Distilling Co., Three World Trade Center, 175 Greenwich St., New York, New York 10007, c/o Diageo Americas Supply Inc. Filed June 3. Bulleit, Three World Trade Center, 175 Greenwich St., New York, New York 10007, c/o Diageo Americas Supply Inc. Filed June 3. Das Lebanon, Three World Trade Center, 175 Greenwich St., New York, New York 10007, c/o Diageo Americas Supply Inc. Filed June 3.
Diageo Lebanon Distillery, Three World Trade Center, 175 Greenwich St., New York, New York 10007, c/o Diageo Americas Supply Inc. Filed June 3. Fantabulous Balloons, 154 Myano Lane, Stamford 06902, c/o Samantha Frias. Filed June 9. Flim Flam Wear, 154 Myano Lane, Stamford 06902, c/o Edith Johnson. Filed June 9. High Ridge Brands LLC, 333 Ludlow St., South Tower, Second floor, Stamford 06902, c/o William Sweedler. Filed June 5. Law Offices of Mario P. Musilli, 1100 Summer St., Stamford 06905, c/o Mario P. Musilli. Filed June 10. Nora’s Ovenworks LLC, 2333 Summer St., Stamford 06903, c/o Nora Brunnett. Filed June 1. Quarve Associates Connecticut, 1 Atlantic St., Sixth floor, Stamford 06901, c/o Frank G. Welch. Filed June 9. Sg Landscaping, 73 Ken Court, Stamford 06905, c/o Salvatore Gabriele. Filed June 8. Spb Nutrition Simple, Practical Balan Bawse, 50 Holcomb Ave., Stamford 06906, c/o Sauce LLC. Filed June 8. Stamford Masonry Landscaping, 500 Long Ridge Road, Stamford 06902, c/o Edwin Hernandez Quintana. Filed June 2. Surety Products, 38 Liberty St., Stamford 06902, c/o Marlene Millington. Filed June 1. Very Important Party, 154 Myano Lane, Stamford 06902, c/o Samantha Frias. Filed June 9. VIP Barbershop I LLC, 123 W. Main St., Stamford 06902, c/o Ariel Castillo. Filed June 9.
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Seeing wild animals display affection strikes a chord with us humans. We’ve been there. We’ve done that. Given the harsh environment and everyday struggle to survive in the wild, we are surprised to see glimpses of human behavior in their actions. This cub, in stride, reached up and leaned into his mother, looking for assurance. Solidarity is how they have always survived. Lions are the laziest of the big cats, often spending most of the day sleeping or resting. While lazing around, they can be very affectionate towards one another. While a group of people connected to one another is called a tribe, a group of fish is called a school and a group of owls is called a parliament, a group of lions is collectively called a pride because of their stately quality. Lions are the only cats that live in these social groups called prides. Family units may contain as many as 40 lions, including up to four males, who are responsible for protecting the pride, and a dozen females. All of a pride’s lionesses are related and will mate at approximately the same time. After a gestation period of about 110 days, the females gives birth to 1 to 4 cubs, weighing only 2 to 4 pounds. The cubs are then raised together, sometimes nursing communally. While the image of male lion superiority is ubiquitous in the world, the truth is that the females are the leaders of the pride and its primary hunters. Males rarely participate in hunting unless they are needed. Females fiercely defend their cubs, and while males tolerate them, they don’t always defend them. With high mortality
rates, about 80% of cubs will not survive until adulthood, but those that do may live to be 10 to 14 years of age. Helping humans learn how to live with lions is key to ensuring their survival. In northern Kenya, Samburu warriors, women and children with important local knowledge of wildlife issues are trained to collect data on wildlife sightings and respond to community issues like livestock depredation. In exchange, they receive educational lessons and a leadership role in their communities, creating a network of wildlife ambassadors. Some conservation organizations pay farmers to replace their livestock that have been taken by lions. There are so many fascinating things to discover about lions and all the other creatures that can be found on safari with John Rizzo’s Africa Photo Tours. It’s an unforgettable trip filled with lions, elephants, leopards, zebras and rhinos — all waiting to be discovered by you! Rizzo, an award-winning photographer, leads a team of experienced guides, specializing in safari and tribal tours within East Africa – Kenya, Tanzania and Ethiopia. His experienced team brings an intimate group of guests of all ages to see the “Big Five” (buffalos, elephants, lions leopards and rhinoceroses) as well as visit with the Maasai, Samburu and Turkana people. It’s a once in a lifetime experience. For more, visit africaphototours.com