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TRAMMELL CROW SEEKING APPROVAL FOR 12-STORY APARTMENT BUILDING IN PORT CHESTER BY PETER KATZ pkatz@westfairinc.com

Trammell Crow, which bills itself as the largest commercial real estate developer in the U.S. with $15 billion in active projects and an additional $6.8 billion in projects in the pipeline, wants to construct a 12-story, 185-unit rental apartment building in Port Chester.

The company proposes to demolish two existing multifamily structures and put up the new building at 208-216 King St. Attorney Anthony B. Gioffre III of the White Plains law firm Cuddy & Feder, speaking on behalf of applicant TC NE Metro Development Inc./ Trammell Crow Co., told the Port Chester Planning Commission that the new building would be on a 0.56-acre site at the southwest corner of King Street and Summerfield Place. It would have 33 studio apartments along with 55

one-bedroom, 83 two-bedroom and 14 three-bedroom units. He said that the existing multifamily structure at 208 King St. has two units while the one at 216 King St. has » TRAMMELL CROW

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Business, residential, media all roaring in Stamford BY KEVIN ZIMMERMAN Kzimmerman@westfairinc.com

he Stamford Downtown district boasts that “This is the Place!” in its marketing and branding. But, according to the city’s Director of

Economic Development Thomas Madden, these days that phrase pretty much applies to Stamford’s entirety. “It’s been pretty positive here,” he admitted with a laugh. “Even during Covid, we’ve had seven or eight new restaurants open

— more opened than closed — we can’t build apartment buildings fast enough and we’ve got all these companies coming here.” Those companies include ITT, moving its headquarters from » THE BIG BOOM

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t first, it would seem the Fairfield University Art Museum is responding to sociopolitical events of the past year in presenting its fall exhibition devoted to the issues of racial justice, racism, police reform and Black history in the U.S. But according to FUAM Executive Director Carey Weber, “We planned this three years ago. Clearly these are topics that have needed to be explored in museums for a long time.” Weber observed that while the museum is celebrating its 10th anniversary, the fall exhibition marks the first time that its galleries will be devoted exclusively to Black artists. “And that’s unfortunate,” she added. “I wish we had presented one sooner.” The exhibition is divided among three artists. The museum’s Walsh Gallery will be occupied by “Carrie Mae Weems: The Usual Suspects,”

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which presents the artist’s recent photographic and video works that questions criminal stereotypes falsely associated with people of color. FUAM’s Bellarmine Hall Galleries will be divided between “Robert Gerhardt: Mic Check,” featuring his photographic documentation of New York City-based protests over the last seven years, and “Roberto Lugo: New Ceramics,” in which the self-described “ghetto potter” uses porcelain as the artistic format to explore inequality and the pursuit of justice while also celebrating Black and Latino figures. Also being offered is “VOTE! Black Lives Matter (Connecticut 2020 & 1849),” a short film produced by Bridgeport’s Mary and Eliza Freeman Center for History and Community and created with filmmaker Pedro Bermudez. Weber viewed the exhibition, which will run from Sept. 18 through Dec. 18, as an important platform to “provide entry points into the conversations that I think our students and our community should be having and our community should be having.” While noting Fairfield University offers courses on the Black Lives Matter movement and African American art, she said she believes the exhibition will further enrich those academic offerings. “There are a number of artists who are using their voices to try and make change, particularly Black artists who have reached a certain level of renown and importance,”

Weber said. “And I think Carrie Mae Weems is one of them. She has an important voice and she uses it and I admire her tremendously for that.” While the exhibition highlights disturbing subjects including political disenfranchisement and police brutality, Weber cautioned that it should not be viewed strictly as a meditation on tragedy. “Roberto Lugo, who has ties to Connecticut, also focuses on uplifting figures in Black history,” she said. “It’s very joyful work — very celebratory and colorful and kind of fun, with a real playfulness to it. Robert Gerhardt’s photographs have a seriousness because clearly it’s protest photography, but it’s also action-oriented — it’s like looking at this history of protests that have been going on for eight years.” With the Gerhardt photographs, Weber stressed that it was important to “remind our students about the power of protest,” adding that the accompanying short film brings a local dimension to the subject by documenting how Bridgeport residents have responded to threats to their civil rights. Looking forward to 2022, Weber stated the museum will continue to plumb the multicultural artistic experience with its first exhibition of contemporary Chinese art from January through March, and presentations of works by Black Bridgeport-based photographer Adger Cowans during the spring and by Cuban-American visual artist Gladys Triana in the fall.

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estchester County, which recently has been active with various programs designed to help attract businesses and promote their success, is positioning itself as a prime place for investors and developers to benefit from the Opportunity Zone Program (OZP). Created through the federal Tax Cuts and Jobs Act passed in December 2017, the OZP provides tax benefits for investing in qualified Opportunity Zones, which are designated low-income Census Tracts. In 2018, Opportunity Zones were approved in eight Westchester Census Tracts by New York state and the U.S. Treasury. They are located in Cortlandt, Mount Pleasant/ Valhalla, Mount Vernon, New Rochelle, Peekskill, Port Chester, White Plains and Yonkers. The idea is to attract investment to distressed parts of urban and rural areas by offering reduced federal capital gains taxes to investors. A vehicle known as a Qualified Opportunity Fund can be set up to collect monies that will be used for new-construction real estate, making substantial improvements to existing buildings within an Opportunity Zone and opening certain new businesses or expanding existing ones within an Opportunity Zone. The regulations were complicated when issued and more complications appear to be on the horizon. During the height of the Covid-19 pandemic, the IRS issued regulations making it easier to use Opportunity Zone benefits. Under the Biden Administration, that is changing. President Joe Biden has said, “We cannot close the racial wealth gap if we allow billionaires to exploit Opportunity Zones tax breaks to pad their wealth, rather than investing in projects that benefit distressed low-income communities and Americans that are struggling to make ends meet.” Westchester County has retained the consulting firm Ferrandino and Associates Inc., based in Elmsford, to work with

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Bridget Gibbons municipalities, private investors, developers and federal and state agencies in order to generate Opportunity Zone activity in the county. Roundtable discussions on business matters, including one on Opportunity Zones recently attended by County Executive George Latimer are part of the effort to create awareness of the OZP, track changes to the program and make certain that communities, businesspeople and investors are aware of the potential benefits. “We want our communities to see real growth and have the opportunity to participate and see the impact,” Latimer said. Bridget Gibbons, director of the Westchester County Office of Economic Development, told the Business Journal, “The first step is to identify the properties FCBJ

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in the Opportunity Zone that are investable and really understand what assets are in the zone and the next step is really for the municipality to figure out what they want to happen there. They take the driver’s seat and say, ‘This is what we would like to see in this zone, these Census Tracts.’” Gibbons said that the consulting firm will help municipalities reach private investors and developers and help with understanding what the municipality wants so that appropriate OZP projects can be created. “The Biden Administration has added some new requirements and reforms that are being considered at this time that change the dynamic a little bit from the prior administration,” Gibbons said about things happening in Washington.

”Developers have to put together detailed information about their investments, including the project’s impact on poverty rates, housing affordability and job creation and the projects have to ensure that the tax breaks for the investors operate only if the project clearly yields economic, social and environmental advantages for the community,” she added. Gibbons said that while investors would still get the benefits of a capital gains tax shelter, changes would mean having measurable benefits for municipalities and residents. She said that Opportunity Zones have the potential to be used along with other incentives to help spur the development of much-needed affordable housing in the county. “There’s an existing devel-

oper ecosystem here and we have had several roundtables with our developers to hear from them especially coming out of the pandemic -- what are their concerns, how are they optimistic,” Gibbons said. “We have a very good free-flowing dialogue with those developers that are well-established here in Westchester, but certainly communicating out broadly about the Opportunity Zones and the availability of those types of investments and IDA (Industrial Development Agency) and other benefits ... attracts them to come to Westchester and develop across the board.” Gibbons noted that the county’s effort regarding Opportunity Zones dovetails with the economic recovery now underway following what is hoped to have been the worst of Covid-19. “I’m super-optimistic,” she said. “I feel like people are ready to spend their money on vacations, in restaurants, retail and other places. We’ve gotten some funds from the federal government, which allowed us to do programs for entrepreneurs. “Launch1000 is one of the programs that will allow us to potentially launch 600 businesses,” Gibbons continued. “We’re definitely doing a grant program for our nonprofit sector that was hurting very much from the Covid shutdown. In the fall, we’re going to be launching two pre-apprenticeship programs, one in the construction industry and one in advanced manufacturing.” Gibbons also expressed enthusiasm for the county’s position as a leading location for biology, technology and science businesses in view of the announcement by Regeneron that it plans a $1.8 billion expansion of its Tarrytown campus with nine new buildings, three new parking garages, and the creation of approximately 1,000 new jobs. “It is one of those remarkable projects that will grab peoples’ attention,” she said, “and I think it will influence other bioscience companies to want to move here to be close to this powerhouse of a company and it strengthens Westchester as a leader in the state from a biosciences perspective.”

Bankruptcy trustee says Nanuet broker concealed casino money and sale of yacht BY BILL HELZEL

Instead, Brown testified at an examination that he paid for gas, meals, drinks, shows, a gift for a girlfriend, “maybe pay for the lady’s dinner,” and then returned home with most of the money. Regardless of whether Brown was truthful about the casino withdrawals, the complaint states, “his explanation for what the funds were used for is grossly deficient.” Hudson Heritage Federal Credit Union also filed an adversary proceeding last month asking the court to declare that Brown’s debts may not be discharged. Brown borrowed $30,685 in 2018 and secured the loan with his 2005 Meridian 459 Cockpit Motoryacht. He made only two monthly loan payments, according to the complaint. Then in 2019, he sold the yacht to an individual

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U.S. Trustee claims that a Nanuet real estate broker has refused to turn over financial records or reveal apparent gambling debts and the sale of a yacht. Fred Stevens, the trustee, filed an adversary proceeding against Joseph A. Brown, July 2 in U.S. Bankruptcy Court, Poughkeepsie, asking a judge to deny Brown’s petition to discharge his debts. “The debtor has unnecessarily made the trustee’s job prohibitively difficult,” the complaint states. Brown has been given numerous opportunities to produce records or amend false statements, according to Stevens, but has “failed to do these things and has failed to communicate with the trustee.” Trustees monitor bankruptcy cases to ensure the integrity of the process. Brown, of Rock Hill, Sullivan County, petitioned for personal Chapter 7 bankruptcy protection last December. He declared $21,910 in assets and $690,536 in liabilities. He has operated a Re/Max real estate franchise in Nanuet since 2019. Previously, he ran Joseph Anthony Brown Realty, Prestige Realty Sales Corp. and Prestige Auto Sales, all in Goshen, Orange County. Brown allegedly did not disclose that he owns the property in Rock Hill where he lives, the contents of a storage unit or the transfer of a $175,000 yacht within two years of filing for bankruptcy. Stevens claims that Brown failed to disclose gambling losses or explain “the use and dissipation of over $26,000 in cash withdrawn from ATM machines at various casinos” in the months before the bankruptcy filing. Brown got cash from ATMs at Resorts World Catskills Casino in Monticello and at the Borgata, Harrah’s, Hard Rock, Ocean and Tropicana casinos in Atlantic City from September 2019 through November 2020. Brown “vehemently denied” using the cash for gambling, according to Stevens.

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who gave Brown about $5,000 and “forgave an undetermined sum of money owed by Brown.” T.D. Bank was paid $90,000 to satisfy a lien on the yacht, according to the credit union, and T.D. Bank forgave $109,513 that Brown owed. Hudson Heritage Federal Credit Union said Brown owes $42,841. Stevens accuses Brown of failure to produce documents and financial information, making false oaths, withholding information, failure to explain loss of assets from casino withdrawals and refusing to obey a subpoena. Brown’s bankruptcy attorney, David Hannihan, of Florida, Orange County, did not respond to a request for his client’s side of the story.

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six apartments. The new building would have parking for 152 vehicles in a two-level internal garage. Gioffre said that an analysis indicated the proposal would generate 52 school-age children. “Certainly, any impacts that are proposed to be generated by this project are expected to be offset by the increases in the tax revenues generated by the premises as well as any fair-share mitigation contributions that this project will generate as well,” Gioffre said. During a public hearing of the project, Port Chester resident Richard Hyman said that the Planning Commission should recommend that the village’s Board of Trustees restore zoning that previously existed in the area limiting the height of buildings to six stories. “This project is a monstrosity. It is completely out of context with the village of Port Chester and the surrounding area,” Hyman said. “One-hundred yards in one direction is The Castle, a six-story apartment building. One-hundred yards in the other direction is The Light House, a six-sto1

ry apartment building.” Architect Stuart Johnson of Minno & Wasko Architects and Planners, which is based in New Jersey, described the site as being about 391 feet from the Port Chester Metro-North train station. He described the site as sloping from north to south and west to east. “It’s the ideal site for a new multifamily development; steps to the train station, steps to downtown dining, shops and retail,” Johnson said. “These new tenants and new members of the community or existing members of the community who will live here really will support and complement the existing retail found within the downtown.” Johnson described the building’s lobby as being comparable to what would be found in a boutique hotel and said that the first level of residential space also would include a courtyard for passive and active recreation. He said there also would be a rooftop amenity deck, a fitness center, a club room for coworking and gathering space and racks to hold 65 bicycles. He said that Energy Star appliances and

lighting fixtures would be used in addition to energy-efficient windows. Johnson said there would be charging stations for electric vehicles in the garage and transformers and other electrical equipment would be designed to be able to handle additional charging stations in the future. Anup Misra, a senior vice president of Trammell Crow, said, “Trammell Crow was founded in Dallas, Texas, in 1948. We’re one of the nation’s oldest and most prolific real estate developers and we currently employ about 550 professionals and we are in the U.S. and U.K. We have a multifamily subsidiary within Trammell Crow called High Street Residential and our expertise is developing projects in high growth locations such as this one.” Misra said that he has been a resident of Westchester County for 35 years. “I live in Mount Vernon so I’ve been coming to Port Chester for those 35 years and we love to design contextually fitting projects. This is our answer to the site. It’s a steep site and the architect’s done a fantastic job.” Misra emphasized the attractiveness of Port Chester as a location for development.

“The village is the amenity.” Misra said. “It’s walkable...you can walk downtown; retail, restaurants, bars, the theaters and that’s what makes this project very interesting for us, very attractive for us.” Misra said that the development would have a range of positive benefits for the village and the region. He noted that 19 of the apartments would be priced in the affordable category. He said the project should create from 200 to 240 construction jobs and, when opened, there would be seven full-time people on staff managing the property. He said they were looking to begin construction in the first quarter of next year “if all goes well.” Gioffre said that the developer has consulted with the New York State Historic Preservation Office and it as determined that the existing structures are not listed or eligible for listing on the national or state registers of historic places and are not located within a historic district. The village’s review of the Trammell Crow proposal was continuing with the Planning Commission’s hearing on the proposal resuming at its July 26.

the whole ‘work/live/play’ atmosphere,” Madden said. “But it’s not only a workforce moving in here that’s new, but people from the area moving back here to the places where they grew up.” He estimated that over 1,000 units have been added over the past couple of months, “and we expect that to climb over the next three or four months as more people rush in. There’s already a huge waiting list for some of them.” Madden said the occupancy rate for all of Stamford’s apartments now stands at close to 97%. He added that during a recent lunch with the powers behind a new company about establishing a presence in the city, “I made the case that you can look up and see the sky, or walk down to the water and put your does in the sand,” he said. “Add in that your taxes are so much cheaper than in New York — property taxes are half of what

they’re paying in Westchester County -and they said, ‘How did we not look at this place before?’” The film and TV production work is also picking up in Stamford, he said, noting that the forthcoming biopic The Good Nurse recently finished filming in the city (“They probably spent about $2 million here during production”), with Disney live-action feature Chang Can Dunk and Netflix movie The Noel Diary shooting scenes there as well. A&E, which has an office in Stamford, is also producing television episodes. Some of the momentum, he said, will be attributable to The Village as it continues to make its presence felt. The 133,000-square-foot indoor-outdoor work-play environment at 860 Canal St. houses Wheelhouse Entertainment -- whose CEO Brent Montgomery developed the property with his wife Courtney — and ITV America, along with a host of high-profile restaurants, breweries and other firms. “What (the Montgomerys) have done there is absolutely amazing,” Madden said. “They’re pretty much filled up and there are still a lot of people who want to go into that building. It’s an attraction upon itself. I’ve probably talked to 10 different financial companies looking to invest, and they all said, ‘We had no idea, how can we be a part of this?” Meanwhile, he said that additional announcements about companies moving to Stamford — including one from Westchester — would probably be made shortly, the first possibly by the beginning of August. “We’re just doing our job here,” Madden said, “building up a city.”

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White Plains to Stamford, and Tomo, which recently announced plans to formally establish its headquarters in the city. As for Philip Morris International, which has said it’s moving its HQ from Manhattan to “Fairfield County,” it seems a safe bet that it too will end up in Stamford, though Madden wasn’t willing to lay odds on it. “That was more of a state thing,” he said of the PMI deal, referring to the Connecticut Department of Economic Development and AdvanceCT. “But we supplied information about Stamford and the buildings available, and how company employees like the opportunity to have big houses and stuff like that. “We’re doing our part as part of the team” with DECD and AdvanceCT, he said. “It’s been a pretty good partnership for the last couple of years.” As further proof, Madden noted that he happened to catch the news in late June that Tomo had secured $70 million in seed funding. Knowing that the firm’s co-founder Greg Schwartz has recently bought a house in New Canaan, Madden said he called up DECD Commissioner David Lehman and AdvanceCT President and CEO Peter Denious to say, “You may want to reach out to him!” “Greg loves Connecticut,” Madden continued, “and together we were able to make the case that it made more sense financially to establish its headquarters here than in Seattle or Austin.” In addition to those cities, Tomo has offices in Dallas and Houston. While the Covid effect — which saw thousands of New York City residents flee for the less-congested climes of Connecticut — has had a positive impact on Stamford,

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Bridgeport’s Rose Sisters Chips takes unlikely family recipe into national small business competition BY PHIL HALL phall@westfairinc.com

n July 29, Jonathan C. Marcus will discover if his Bridgeport-based business Rose Sisters Chips will win first prize in the third annual UPS Store Small Biz Challenge. Marcus’s business was among more than 2,000 that entered this year’s competition, and he emerged among the top five finalists vying for the first prizes of $25,000 and an editorial feature in Inc. Magazine. The competition is the latest stop in a remarkable odyssey for the company, which offers gourmet-seasoned tortilla chips based on a family recipe with an unlikely history. “My grandmother was from Poland,” said Marcus. “She came to the U.S. and had my mom and my aunt, who are the Rose Sisters. My grandmother used to make the seasoning and bake it on Polish bread. “When my mom and my aunt were able to bake, they were too lazy to make bread and had no interest in trying to replicate that, but they loved the taste. They tested a number of different applications for the seasoning and ended up on a flour tortilla. Sure enough, that’s what we grew up with.” Rose Sisters Chips launched in 2019 with Marcus at the helm. The company’s namesakes have been active participants in the endeavor: his mother Ann Marcus, age 84, focuses on business operations and his aunt Paula Heimowitz, 79, is tasked with developing new products. Marcus acknowledged the UPS Store Small Biz Challenge came about because his mother brought the contest to his attention. Initially, Rose Sisters Chips outsourced its production to a small New Jersey company, but Marcus experienced such a

strong flurry of consumer demand that “we outgrew them awfully fast, probably within eight months.” The company set up its own production facility in Bridgeport and culled a local workforce to make the products just as the Covid-19 pandemic took root. “We invested all of this money into the facility and the world came to a screeching halt,” Marcus recalled. “Our distributors stopped distributing food products like ours and just went with the necessary items, such as health care products and water. For a number of months, we really weren’t sure what was going to happen.” But rather than wait for normalcy to return, Marcus opted to create his own new normal by gathering attendee mailing lists from the food industry trade conferences that were canceled due to the pandemic. “We ended up doing a big mail blitz to all the attendees of all the food shows that we could get a hold of,” he said. “And we told them, ‘We know we’re not going to meet you in person, and that is a bummer, but we really want you to try our chips. If you’re interested, let us know and we’ll ship out of that.’” The result of that proactive outreach resulted in Marcus shipping out approximately 500 bags and ending up with “a number of new distributors, some new sales representatives, as well as some new retail market points, so it was wildly successful for us.” Marcus said the company has doubled in size from the past year. “We’ve grown from really nothing twoand-a-half years ago to being distributed to more than 1,400 retail points across the U.S. and up in Toronto,” he said. “And by the end of this year, we’re thinking that number will double. It’s been awesome — a great ride.”

Looking forward, Marcus previewed an expanded product line-up with new flavors and product sizes, and acknowledged a cash prize in the upcoming competition would help the company grow faster. “We really need to invest in automation,” he said. “Our process today is very manually-oriented, which is kind of inefficient. We’re able to meet demand and we still have some scaling capability, but auto-

mation can get us to that next level. And we have some large retailers interested in us, but we could never fulfill their orders in the process that we have today.” Marcus added that he intended to grow his business within Bridgeport. “We hire locally, helping a bunch of people, and we buy from vendors here in Bridgeport, so we’re really trying to support the community as best we can,” he said.

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Greenwich’s Symbridge set to debut digital asset exchange BY PHIL HALL phall@westfairinc.com

reenwich fintech Symbridge will launch as the first digital asset exchange built on blockchain in

October. For CEO Michael McGuire, Symbridge represents a major leap forward for the financial services world. “We felt we had a better way to approach the exchange marketplace,” he said. “And the critical thing is transparency — exchanges traditionally have not been transparent, and we think transparency in the market place is a good thing.” In creating an exchange that leveraged a blockchain native matching engine, McGuire explained, Symbridge will enable “market participants to see what’s going on the exchange before their trade and after the trade. We think that’s what the market demands now, and we think regulators will appreciate that.” McGuire, whose earlier career included commodities trading and the launch of two technology companies, incorporated Symbridge in 2019 and defines the company as a late-stage startup operating out of an 8,000-square-foot office with a 32-person workforce. While polishing its beta version ahead of its autumn launch, the company has relied on investors to finance operations. A new round of fundraising is now in the works. McGuire acknowledged that while blockchain is not a new technology, the financial services world has not rushed to embrace it. “I think change is scary for everyone and incumbents have reasons not to change their business model,” he said. “If things are good, why change unless they have to? And that also comes with some significant cost and investment of time and resources. “But being a new player in the market,” he continued, “we can freely make those investments and build things the way we want from the ground up. We don’t have to go back and retool.” In positioning Symbridge, McGuire stressed that the company will not be pigeonholed as a cryptocurrency vehicle. “We’re not a crypto exchange — we’re a digital exchange where a lot of different digital assets will be able to trade,” he stated. “Yes, we will trade some crypto pairs, but we will also trade pairs of commodities that have been tokenized and other things down the road that haven’t even been conceptualized.” McGuire envisions the Symbridge exchange as something resembling an “old world stockbroker meets 21st century private banker, where you can pick up

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Michael McGuire. Contributed photo. the phone and call your account rep and discuss issues you’re having or trades that you’re trying to put on, or ideas that you have — and we’ll walk you through that.” Having a human element to the exchange environment is a key element to the Symbridge business plan, he said. “There are a lot of complaints about exchanges not even having phone numbers,” McGuire said. “All customer support is done through email or bots, and that becomes frustrating. And when you’re talking about people’s money, they want to know that the wire has hit their account and they can start trading, and they want to hear that from a person.” McGuire decided to locate his company in Greenwich because he believed the state’s support of corporate innovation coupled with its location made it the right spot for setting up shop. “Greenwich has been a great town,” he said. “Employees from New York City can be in our office in 40 minutes on an express train, so it’s strategically located. I also live in Greenwich, so that had some influence, but I wouldn’t have set up business here if I didn’t feel we could get the resources we need.” And while he readies Symbridge for its launch, McGuire is also devoting time to a parallel career in teaching entrepreneurship at Columbia University. “For me, that’s the best job in the world because I’m educating the next generation of startup entrepreneurs,” he said.

Yoga Love NY hopes to fill in gaps left by pandemic closures in fitness industry BY BRIDGET MCCUSKER bmccusker@westfairinc.com

fter over a year of closures and hardship for the fitness industry, two of Westchester’s local yoga instructors are making the jump from survival mode to co-owning a studio. Shannon McGee and Nancy Puleo having been teaching yoga locally for years — together, apart, indoors, outdoors, in rented studios and elsewhere — and finally have plans to settle down at their new studio in Irvington, where they will make their permanent home as co-owners of Yoga Love NY. “We’ve just had one setback after another and then the pandemic, but now we’re ready to roll and finally open up our own place,” said McGee, who has been practicing yoga for over 25 years and teaching for 12. “I’ve been certified for almost a decade, and teaching consistently since then,” said Puleo, whose background in acting, dancing and Pilates inspired her interest in yoga. “Shannon was actually one of my teachers, which is one of the reasons why we stuck together. We taught together at a studio and we realized what we thought was missing in the yoga world, as far as classes and what offerings were out there and we decided, ‘You know what? We can do this better.’ “For the last three years, we’ve been searching for the right space to make that happen,” she continued. “We thought we had found it a couple different times and then things fell through for various reasons. Then the pandemic happened, which would have stalled us incredibly, so maybe it’s a good thing, I guess (that it was delayed).” During the pandemic, the pair was able to transition to online and outdoor classes, with their lack of responsibility for a physical space likely benefiting them throughout. They were able to conduct classes, weather permitting, at outdoors locations like Barnhardt Park in Tarrytown. No matter the space, Puleo and McGee report that many of their class attendees have stuck with them throughout the years and inspired them to clinch a permanent home. “We had a lot of regulars who came with us from our prior studio and most of them had been asking (about a new studio),” Puleo said. “That was the thing that inspired us to really jump into this space, besides the fact that it’s incredibly beautiful and a beautiful location. “Our practitioners were saying, ‘Oh my God, we’re Zoomed out, we don’t want to be on Zoom anymore. When are we going to be in person?’” she added. “They really wanted it, and the more and more people getting vaccinated, the more inspired we became.” They believe their Vinyasa flow classes are unique for the blend of traditional yoga philosophy and breath work with a more intense workout. “It’s a power class, it’s an active class,”

Owners Shannon McGee (left) and Nancy Puleo. McGee said. “There’s almost constant movement from posture to posture that’s linked with the breath. It’s not fast, it’s just very conscious movement that goes with the breath, and it’s fun. That’s our focus: to make the class really challenging so that you sweat, you have fun and there’s great music, so that you leave feeling a little bit lighter.” “You will stretch and you will become more flexible in our classes, but that’s not our goal,” Puleo said. “Our goal is to give you a butt-kicking workout, but fueling people with some of that yoga philosophy that helps release stress, that helps the heart rate as you’re working out so you become in better shape. “There are all these tricks and tools that yoga has already under its belt,” she expand-

ed, “that we use in a class that’s more geared toward exercise, and yet you get that result without even trying.” They also try to incorporate some touch into each routine, stating that it is a factor that can often draw people to their classes or make them want to return -- although they had to abandon that aspect during the pandemic. “When you think about it, a lot of people don’t get touched that often,” Puleo said, “and so it’s really nice to have someone help you relax our shoulders or help you feel the posture of a position a little bit better by guiding the alignment with your hands. “Obviously only if people want it,” she noted. “We give people options.” Whether it be their own style or any variety of yoga, McGee and Puleo acknowledged that the pandemic has left a dearth of choices for those wishing to reenter, or enter for the first time, yoga studios in person. “There were three or four (studios) within a 5- or 10-mile radius that have completely shut down, so there’s nothing left,” McGee said. “That was one of the other reasons we felt we had to get moving on this, because there’s nowhere for people to go anymore on the Rivertowns.”

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Yoga Love NY is looking forward to an Aug. 1 opening at the new studio at 1 Bridge St. in Irvington, inside the former Lord & Burnham factory. The building dates to the 19th century, but has been renovated and is currently being outfitted to become the yoga studio the pair envisions there. It features high ceilings and river views, in addition to several new precautionary features like antimicrobial UV air sanitizers and HEPA filters in the ventilation systems. They will offer classes of all levels at the location, from strong advanced class to beginner and intermediate, for conditioning participants up to the advanced class or for students who want a workout class without getting wrapped up as much in technique. Even after a troubling year for the industry, Yoga Love NY’s owners are remaining optimistic and hope to fulfill what they see as a need for people who are ready to be in spaces together again. “This is like the big leap now, coming out of this pandemic or we’re hoping so anyway, because if things get sour again, it’s really detrimental to a studio like ours,” Puleo said. “So we are jumping in and believing that this is the time, and this is what people need.”

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Affordable housing project being readied in Greenburgh PETER KATZ pkatz@westfairinc.com

project to build 45 units of affordable housing on approximately 2.3 acres at 1 Dromore Road in Greenburgh is back on. Developer Bill Balter of Wilder Balter Partners and attorney Mark Weingarten of the White Plains law firm DelBello Donnellan Weingarten Wise & Wiederkehr LLP made a presentation to the Greenburgh Town Board. The entity WBP Development Partners LLC is the applicant for the project. The action to move the project forward follows settlement of a contentious legal situation that did not involve Wilder Balter and the LLC that’s now proposing to build. “The land use approvals are in place but we are going to make a request for site plan amendments,” Weingarten said. The entity S&R Development Estates had purchased the Dromore Road property in 2006 and subsequently created a plan to build 45 apartments on the site. While the property was shown on the town’s zoning map as being in the Central Avenue MixedUse District, that turned out to be an error. In 1997, the Town Board had amended zoning to put a Conservation Overlay District on the Greenburgh Nature Center’s property and other nearby properties along Dromore Road to protect them from development — but it was not mapped for the 1 Dromore Road property. The town tried to correct the error but a court ruled that the town could not make the change. S&R’s proposed development also was opposed by the Sisters of the Blessed Sacrament, whose sanctuary is at 86 Dromore Road. They went to court to try to block S&R’s development. S&R sued the Sisters, the Town of Greenburgh including some of its boards, the Edgemont School District, and others. Also in court, Greenburgh’s insurance carrier Argonaut Insurance Co. sought a ruling that it had no duty to defend and indemnify Greenburgh. The various court actions now have been settled. Greenburgh is required to pay $9.5 million to S&R, $2.75 million of which will be paid by the insurance company. The Sisters of the Blessed Sacrament, the Archdiocese of New York and S&R reached a confidential settlement. S&R has sold the property to Wilder Balter, whose WBP Development Partners LLC wants to go ahead with the 45-unit apartment structure but as affordable housing. Balter told the Greenburgh Town Board: “We have done a lot of developments, many in Westchester County, a mix of market rate, luxury homes, single-family homes, townhouses, rental apartments, but a lot of what we do is either mixed income or affordable housing.” Balter said that the company has developed well over 3,000 apartments in 35 or 40 communities.

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“We inherited these plans but notwithstanding that, we’re making them better in a lot of different ways,” Balter said. “The number one way is we’re doing this as a LEED Gold building. It will be very high efficiency, all-electric, a large solar array on the roof.” Balter said the building’s mechanical systems would be high efficiency, the building envelope would be designed for energy efficiency, LED lighting and low-water flow fixtures and faucets would be employed, and use of materials with volatile organic compounds would be minimized. Greenburgh Town Supervisor Paul Feiner asked whether the building would be heated and cooled using geothermal heat pumps. “We’re going to look at using geothermal,” Balter said. “We’ll certainly do it all-electric. Geothermal is something the state has to approve because it’s a significantly added cost to do it. It has a good payback.” He explained that the state’s Home and Community Renewal division, which helped finance Wilder Balter’s now-underway project to redevelop the YMCA in Tarrytown, supported the use of geothermal heating and cooling at that site. Balter said that the proposed building would be four stories and would have parking in the rear. He said there would be charging stations for electric vehicles. “We’re basically increasing the setbacks, making them greater than they currently are,” Balter said. He pointed out that there will be no studios and no three-bedroom units in the building and that the original plans were approved as all one- and two-bedroom units. He said rents for the apartments would be set to be affordable to individuals and families earning on average 60% of the Westchester Area Median Income (AMI). Units would be priced for those earning from 40% to 80% of the AMI, or a maximum of $40,800 to $102,000. The range of rents would be from $903 per month for a one-bedroom unit to $2,166 per month for a two-bedroom unit. Heat, hot water and electric would be included in the rent. Balter said they would be looking for a PILOT (payment in lieu of taxes) agreement with Greenburgh that would last at least 32 years. He said that if state funding is approved and other elements fall into place, construction could start in February or March. Alix Dunn, executive director of the Greenburgh Nature Center next to the building site, reached out to Balter, saying that it will be important for them to understand what will be happening during construction because they have animals at the center. Balter said he and his construction staff would be pleased to meet with her. “This is not a large development. I think we’d build it in about 18 months start to finish,” Balter said. “Ten times as many people will want to live here as we have apartments so we’ll go from construction to fully-occupied in a month.”

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| By Ellen Woods

Caring for the Caregivers

s the population ages and life expectancies become longer, we as a society need to ask ourselves, “Who will take care of our older family members as they age? Are we as families prepared to take on the additional responsibilities of caregiving?” In the U.S., there are approximately 61.6 million caregivers providing care at home for family members. With an increasingly aging population, the role of the caregiver becomes an even more important one, both functionally and economically. The stress associated with caring for a chronically ill family member is a heavy burden. It is difficult to provide care to another if the needs of the caregiver are not met themselves. Caregiving is the ultimate act of love, and it requires strength, commitment and sound judgment. Caregivers bear a tremendous responsibility and that is why Phelps Hospital, Northwell Health’s Care Connections Program and the Westchester Public/Private Partnership for Aging Services are collaborating to offer caregivers the support and resources necessary to navigate the health care system — free

oping trusting and supportive relationships with caregivers through open communication, understanding his or her needs, and instilling confidence in the caregiver’s ability to address the needs of their loved ones. The navigator is there to assist in identifying and addressing health system barriers, act as an unbiased intermediary to facilitate communication between you and your care recipient, and serve as a link to community resources. The navigator is also there to provide emotional support, as a shoulder to lean on and a sounding board. Ellen Woods of charge. The Care Connections Program is designed to help ease the burden associated with caregiving by providing guidance and counseling from a caregiver navigator, free educational workshops and “care baskets” with resource materials and comfort items. The Role of the Caregiver Navigator A caregiver navigator focuses on devel-

Caregiver University Educational Programs Caregiver University offers a series of two six-week workshops on “Your Caregiver Relationship Contract” and “Building Better Caregivers,” in which caregivers learn how to better manage difficulties and stress without sacrificing their own well-being. In “Your Caregiver Relationship Contract,” coaching is provided from a caregiver’s perspective. The workshops cover topics including preparing to care; learning new ways to communicate; changing relationships; and setting boundaries.

“Building Better Caregivers” helps those caring for someone with cognitive decline. Participants acquire the necessary skills to handle their role as caregivers, including coping strategies, delegating stress and ways to develop support systems. Both programs will offer new classes beginning in September. Class sizes are limited. Please contact Care Connections for dates and times (details below). Taking Care of the Caregivers Recognizing that during Covid-19 respite services inside the home or at a facility have been difficult to obtain, Care Connections offers caregivers care baskets containing comfort items such as healthy snacks, specialty teas, aromatherapy candles, soothing lotions, resource guides, education pamphlets and writing journals. For information about the Care Connections Program, call 914-366-1199 or email caregiver@northwell.edu. Ellen Woods is Program Director of the Vitality and Caregiver Program at Phelps Hospital, Northwell Health. For information, visit https://phelps.northwell.edu/senior-health.

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July 2021

Bank President DeMilia Joins the BCW’s Board

BCW’s Annual Dinner to Feature Regeneron’s Leaders on Oct. 12

he business event of the year returns Tuesday, October 12 when the Business Council of Westchester proudly presents the Annual Dinner 2021 featuring two scientific leaders in our community: Leonard Schleifer, MD, PhD, Founder, President and Chief Executive of Regeneron and George Yancopoulos, MD, PhD, Scientific Founder, President and Chief Scientific Officer of Regeneron. This in-person event will be held at the VIP Club in New Rochelle.

Schleifer, who founded Regeneron in 1988, has been a Director and the company’s President and Chief Executive Officer since its inception. He served as Chairman of the Board from 1990 through 1994. Schleifer, together with Yancopoulos, has grown Regeneron from a tiny startup into a ~$50 billion market cap company, with a unique science-driven culture, successful drug discovery and development engine and nine FDA-approved medicines Yancopoulos has built and managed Regeneron alongside Dr. Schleifer since 1989. He is currently President and Chief Scientific Officer and has served on the board since 2001. Yancopoulos, along with key members of his team, is the principal inventor of Regeneron’s nine FDA-approved drugs and foundational technologies, including the TRAP technology, VelociGene® and VelocImmune®.

Drs. Schleifer and Yancopoulos will be presented with 2021 Westchester Global Leadership Laureate Award for their part in the creation of a lifesaving treatment for COVID-19, their leadership in the transformational role Regeneron has played in saving thousands of lives on a global scale and for the ongoing commitment and passion they have shown the business community. The Global Leadership Laureate Award recognizes lifetime achievements that make New York, the nation and the world a better, safer and healthier place. Among the leaders who have received the prestigious award from the BCW are former First Lady and Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, PepisCo Chairman Indra Nooyi and MGM Resorts International Chairman and CEO Jim Murren. “It is fitting that as we emerge from this terrible pandemic that we honor two leaders whose company has been in the forefront of breakthrough research on COVID-19 that is saving countless lives locally, nationally and globally,” said BCW President and CEO Marsha Gordon. “Regeneron has also been a major engine of economic growth and prosperity creating thousands of well-paying and highly skilled jobs in Westchester County and the entire Hudson Valley,” she added.

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Regeneron was making headlines recently with a major announcement that it planned to invest approximately $1.8 billion over six years to expand its research, preclinical manufacturing and support facilities at the company’s Westchester County campus in Tarrytown and create 1,000 new full-time, high-skill jobs in the Mid-Hudson Region over the next five years. “The COVID-19 pandemic has highlighted the importance of continued and long-term investment in the biopharmaceutical industry, and Regeneron is proud to pursue life-changing science and technology from our labs and manufacturing facilities in New York State. In 2020 and 2021, the Regeneron team has worked tirelessly, bringing forward new treatments for people with COVID-19, Ebola, multiple forms of cancer and pediatric atopic dermatitis. As we expand our team and site, we look forward to bringing even more medical breakthroughs to patients in need,” said Dr. Schleifer.

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he BCW is proud to announce that David DeMilia, President of Tompkins Mahopac Bank, has joined the BCW’s Board of Directors.

“We are delighted to welcome Dave to our board,” said BCW President and CEO Marsha Gordon. “With more than 20 years of banking experience, Dave will share valuable insights on our region’s economy and business climate. His perspective and contributions will be essential as the Board of Directors navigates the post-pandemic recovery.”

DeMilia joined Tompkins Mahopac Bank as a Regional Vice President providing commercial banking services in Westchester County in 2008. He quickly became the Westchester Commercial Lending Division Manager, and later the Senior Commercial Lending Division Manager for all commercial lending in the Hudson Valley. A lifelong resident of Westchester County, he lives in Yorktown Heights with his wife Kim and daughter Grace.

The Business Council of Westchester is the county’s only business membership organization focusing on economic development and advocacy. It is the county’s largest and most prestigious business membership organization representing more than 1,000 members, including multinational corporations, hospitals, universities, biotech pioneers, not-for-profits, entrepreneurs and companies of all sizes. As the most influential economic development and advocacy organization in Westchester, The Business Council of Westchester’s members enjoy unparalleled access to today’s top thought leaders, diverse business development opportunities and lawmakers at all levels of government. The BCW Data Exchange provides the latest demographic research to help guide smart business decisions. The LEAP program, a one-of-a-kind initiative, gives members direct access to lobbying efforts at the county, state and national levels on issues that directly affect their businesses. Build, Connect and Win with The Business Council of Westchester. Visit thebcw.org to connect today.

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Westchester Biosciences Accelerator showcases its second cohort BY BRIDGET MCCUSKER bmccusker@westfairinc.com

he Westchester County Biosciences Accelerator held its annual Pitch Days this year on June 2 and 3, showcasing its participants virtually. The event marked the conclusion of the program’s second cohort, which launched in January. The cohort is made up of 12 participants, engaged in the program for a six-month period to develop business plans for diagnostic and therapeutic tools, medical devices and digital health resources. “We are invested in the growth and success of Westchester’s biosciences cluster,” said Westchester County Executive George Latimer. “These 12 ventures are

outstanding examples of the innovation that occurs within Westchester County and we are proud to count them among our Westchester County Biosciences Accelerator alumni.” Westchester is home to the largest biosciences cluster in New York state, boasting 8,000 jobs and 20 percent of the state’s total biosciences employment, according to Deborah Novick, Director of Entrepreneurship and Innovation, Westchester County Office of Economic Development. The accelerator program is a program of Design Technologies, a company that helps build emergent biosciences ventures, and was initiated by the Westchester County Industrial Development Agency. It was created by the Westchester County

Office of Economic Development in 2019 to grow the biosciences industry in the local area. It provides coaching and mentorship connection, in addition to networking opportunities and educational resources. Mentors in the program come from health care, technology, business and startup funding backgrounds, from local organizations like Pace University and White Plains Hospital to multinational companies including Google and Siemens. The first biosciences accelerator cohort graduated in June 2020, developing companies such as Laronix, started by Farzenah Ahmadi to create bionic voice boxes for those who have lost them due to cancer or other reasons, and Colon.ai, started by Bina Basinath

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and Jacob Nye to incorporate automated intelligence into colorectal cancer screening methods. “We are excited by the opportunity to work with high potential biosciences ventures, which have garnered national press in 2021, following the first cohort in 2020,” said Mary Howard, Principal Design Technologies and Program Director for Westchester County Biosciences Accelerator. “Our first cohort achieved two breakthroughs in clinical trials and the first alum moved into Westchester County’s BIOInc@NYMC incubator.” This year, the Westchester County Biosciences Accelerator ventures presented alongside ventures from the Accelerator for Biosciences in Connecticut, which is also a Design Technologies program. Twelve participants presented from the Westchester County Biosciences Accelerator, including Cyril Eleftheriou, founder of Co-Nexi Vision, for developing an artificial dopaminergic neuron for treating light-adaptation deficits in the retinas of patients with dystrophic retinal conditions, including night-blindness. Another presenter was Chandra Karunakaran, commercialization lead for SonoCure, an ultrasound cancer therapy treatment device that works with patients’ immune systems to identify and kill tumors. Johnathan Pinkhasov and Regina Druz, founders of Foodierx.AI, presented their plans for their biotech app that utilizes AI and behavioral economics to create a medically tailored food delivery system and drive healthy lifestyle changes for patients with diabetes and other chronic conditions. Victor Bustos, founder and CEO of NavoTavo Diagnostics, introduced plans to develop and accessible, accurate and affordable diagnostic test for Alzheimer’s disease. Another cancer treatment innovation was presented by Eugene Major, CEO of ImagineRX Inc. The company is developing a drug delivery platform that identifies glioblastoma tumor cells and delivers anti-tumor drugs directly. Another medical device presentation was from Doris Candelaria, Mason Lucich, and Luis Blanco of Insu Health Design Inc., developing a personal, portable, temperature-controlled cooler for medication storage. “The Westchester County Biosciences Accelerator is a prime example of the ways we support biosciences companies of varying scale and mission,” Novick said. “The diversity of this year’s cohort speaks directly to the depth and breadth of our ecosystem, and we wish each of these ventures continued growth and success.”

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Andrew Michael

New City entrepreneur’s motto: When a door closes, open a Window

BY KATHY ROBERTS

ith almost everything but Home Sweet Home closed by the coronavirus pandemic until recently, one new business owner found a way to serve his customers and keep on renovating the interior of his new venue without going bust. Partnering with longtime friend David Hansen, owner of New City’s Red Hill Nursery, Andrew Michael began renovating the breakfast café that had operated on the nursery’s six-acre property, renaming it RH241 Farm to Family. Michael, who had planned events for others during his 18-year career, wanted to open his own venue; he saw the café as the perfect location for the endeavor and began to invest in earnest, planning a February 2020 opening. When the pandemic halted business and social events in their tracks, Michael got innovative. The café had a window where Hansen’s son had sold ice cream during the summer, but Michael envisioned it as something more by redesigning the space and started doing business through its

window. In a locked-down world where there was little to do, customers familiar with the small shop started coming regularly to The Window to get coffee and baked goods in the morning, often returning to check the lunch menu. When spring arrived, its new owner was able to offer guests a place to sit on the café’s new patio. “The Window saved me during the worst part of the shutdown,” said Michael, “and I kept adding to the menu. When the warm weather came and outdoor seating became available again, it got even busier. Working at The Window gave me the opportunity to tell them what was being planned for the space, which also led to future bookings an added bonus. I’ve been able to host some events on the grounds of the nursery, which are just spectacular.” He said that having picturesque Cropsey Community Farm across the street from the café adds a “back in the country feeling” for guests. The reception Michael got from the community and from those stopping by to check out the new outdoor venue kept him enthusiastically focused on renovating the

Red Hill Nursery. café’s interior. Michael’s plans for his new business include hosting private and corporate events. He introduced his new venue on July 19, welcoming the Nanuet Chamber of Commerce and Catholic Charities to RH241 Farm to Table’s grand opening, and received plaudits for his efforts. “I’ve been planning events all my life,” said Michael. “I am not a chef, but I know FCBJ

good food and what I’d like to offer my own customers. I’ve been planning and designing events for others for so long, I was more than ready to go out on my own.” The entrepreneur is also planning to offer different kinds of events when RH241 Farm to Family isn’t booked; cooking classes, baking classes and pop-up dinners are among the ideas he envisions. He also hopes to partner on some events with Cropsey Farm. WCBJ

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HNA Palisades Hotel & Conference Center, waiting for a new buyer. Photo by Kathy Roberts.

Developer found for once upscale HNA Conference Center BY KATHY ROBERTS

rangetown has selected a potential developer for the shuttered HNA Conference Center on Route 9W: A California-centric company whose two-phase plan represents an eclectic mix of hotel/luxury spa, entrepreneurial work/ space, and long-term stay townhomes. Whether the plan wins approval from the airline that owns the property remains up in the air. Nestled on 106 acres of pastoral land off Route 9W in the upscale hamlet of Palisades, the IBM Conference Center was sold to China’s Hainan Airlines in 2015 for $59.6 million. Renamed the HNA Palisades, the upscale hotel/conference center struggled to market itself and then went on the market, losing a potential buyer who bid too little. By January 2021, China’s fourth-largest airline was in bankruptcy court and the property shuttered. Since the hotel had been contributing

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$1.2 million to the Orangetown school district and over $600,000 to the host community, the town passed a resolution to ensure the property would remain on the tax rolls, issuing a Request for Expressions of Interest for development ideas. Failing that, it would commence condemnation proceedings to absorb the property back into the town. Three separate teams vied for the project: Procida Funding, which proposed to partner with two hotel groups, Wyndham and Dolce, and to bring in Toll Brothers and Woodmont Properties to add a mix of market-rate housing. Cook Fox Architects/Atlas Capital Group, which proposed to upgrade the hotel and to add a 500,000-square-foot movie studio to the property. Kitching/Pelayo, which proposed to upgrade the hotel and to eventually bring long-term townhome rentals in a second phase of development. WCBJ

All three proposals were shared on the town’s website and principals were invited to speak in public to allow residents to weigh in. Orangetown’s Board voted 4-0 (with one abstention) to select the plan offered by California-based real estate broker Mark Kitching of Douglas Elliman Real Estate and Sunia Homes design/builder Jerome Pelayo. Kitching/Pelayo’s winning proposal includes plans to upgrade and beautify the existing hotel, its spa and luxe amenities and the installation of a rooftop garden to the 450,000-square-foot structure. The Cali team envisions the Palisades property as a “haven for the next generation of great thinkers, creators, engineers and artists, giving them the space and tools to perform their best work.” To aid in the endeavor, it would welcome corporate sponsors and clients and establish a creative and educational gathering space to rival what New York City’s five boroughs offer without the

congestion and traffic that comes with it. The second phase of development calls for construction of 20 or more townhomes for long-term stays. Orangetown’s Supervisor Teresa Kenny said Kitching/Pelayo’s plan wasn’t an “easy decision,” but it made the most sense for the town. It will keep the property on the tax rolls and, according to the developers, will require no modification to its current zoning in the first phase of development. The second phase would require a zoning change. It remains to be seen if Orangetown’s finalist will be acceptable to Hainan Airlines, which Kenny said has been working cooperatively to sell the property. If the sale cannot be finalized, the town may exercise its option to go forward with a condemnation proceeding, something it is loath to do. Kenny has repeatedly said that keeping the property on the tax rolls is imperative for the town’s future.

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A model of the TrueLimb bionic arm from Unlimited Tomorrow. Courtesy of Unlimited Tomorrow.

Affordable bionic arms from Unlimited Tomorrow reach users nationwide BY BRIDGET MCCUSKER bmccusker@westfairinc.com

s a teenager, Unlimited Tomorrow CEO Easton LaChappelle had a keen interest in robotics, but it wasn’t until he had an unexpected encounter at a science fair that he realized where he could apply his skills to help those in need. “He wanted to start the company when he was 17 and had to wait,” said Jennifer Barbic, vice president of marketing for the Rhinebeck firm. “He wound up entering a robotic hand into a science fair back in 2012 — I think he was 14 at the time. He wound up meeting a young girl, got to talking with her parents and found out that she was wearing an $80,000 prosthetic arm, which was, for all intents and purposes, just something that could open and close — very basic. “When he compared her device to what he had created, he was just totally blown away,” Barbic continued. “That chance meeting kind of altered the course of his life. From that point on, he decided that he wanted to do better for that child and the millions of others, children and adults around the globe, that don’t have access to good prosthetic options.” LaChappelle started developing the technology out of his bedroom in his parents’ house in Colorado, using 3D

printers to create his bionic arm prototypes. He even presented one device at the White House in 2013, where former President Barack Obama shook hands with the prosthetic. Millionaire author and speaker Tony Robbins took notice of LaChappelle’s work, and supported him in launching the company. This led them to set up shop in Rhinebeck; Barbic noted that they hope to remain there long-term for its proximity to the nearby cities of New York and Boston, along with talent and resources. After several years of research and development, the firm -- which now numbers about 20 employees -- launched its bionic arm, TrueLimb, over a year ago. “The company really has remained focused during that entire time on upper limb prosthetics,” Barbic said. “But what really has enhanced the scope has been the technology that has evolved, specifically 3D printing. And we are now able to create incredibly durable prosthetics that can be manufactured quickly.” The company’s 3D printing manufacturing method allows the limb to be lightweight, durable and completely customized to the user, who obtains the limb through a totally remote process. Unlimited Tomorrow sends a 3D scanner to the patient, followed by more materials to

assure the correct fit. After that, the patient receives the limb and it’s ready out of the box. Barbic said companies like Warby Parker inspired the direct-to-consumer approach as a method of keeping costs low. Affordability is a main priority of Unlimited Tomorrow. The TrueLimb costs just under $8,000, whereas other bionic arms can run from $20,000 to $100,000, with potential additional costs. The company also offers upgrades for children outgrowing their limbs for 50% off. “It’s always been our mission to really provide the highest quality device at the lowest possible cost to our users, and TrueLimb is the first all-in-one prosthetic arm solution,” Barbic said. “What I mean by that is that Unlimited Tomorrow manufactures the entire device from socket to fingertip, and the headquarters facility is here. “The difference between that and other prosthetic devices,” she continued, “is that typically different components of the arm itself and the socket are manufactured in different facilities and then assembled in (another) different facility.” Manufacturing everything together “also helps to keep the cost way down,” Barbic said. The remote process makes the product available to anyone in the country, regardless of location or access to health centers, medical care or limb difference specialists.

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“In terms of functionality that our device doesn’t have that others have, I mean, there’s really, nothing comes to mind — we kind of check all the boxes from that perspective,” she said. The device uses data analytics to constantly improve performance and help TrueLimb’s development team understand how it functions in the real world so that it can be improved. It is controlled intuitively with 36 ultra-precise sensors and provides vibrational cues to give users a sense of touch. Besides the U.S., TrueLimb recently launched in Canada, which Barbic considers the first step in a larger strategic global initiative. According to Barbic, only about 5% of the world’s amputees have access to prosthetic devices, something that Unlimited Tomorrow is hoping to change. It is also starting to forge partnerships with children’s hospitals and independent providers to expand to a client base who may be more comfortable with in-person visits and working directly with a doctor or care provider in the process. “At this point we’re able to print and send out in the double digits every month and we just continue to expand,” she said. “A couple of different partnerships are on the horizon, so it’s growing and it’s just incredible to see how many leads and devices are coming in and going out every day.”

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New mixed-use building proposed to dovetail with Pelham Municipal Center project PETER KATZ pkatz@westfairinc.com

elham House LLC, which was selected to build a new municipal center for the Village of Pelham on property it owns at 200 Fifth Ave., has proposed a five-story, 127-unit apartment building with an address of 201 Fifth Ave. The site includes lots owned by

A preliminary rendering of the proposed municipal center/mixed-use project in Pelham.

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JBFC NAMES NEW EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR The Jacob Burns Film Center (JBFC) in Pleasantville, a nonprofit educational and cultural institution dedicated to presenting the best of independent, documentary and world cinema has named Mary Jo Ziesel as its new executive director beginning Sept. 7. “We are thrilled to welcome Mary Jo Ziesel as we celebrate our 20th Anniversary,” JBFC Board Chair Lynn Sobel said. “We are extremely fortunate to have someone of Mary Jo’s caliber at the helm as we launch our third decade. She is an accomplished, passionate arts and culture executive with a long tenure of successful leadership within premier arts organizations and higher education institutions.” Over two decades of leadership at the American Ballet Theatre (ABT), Ziesel developed a thriving $7 million center of innovation serving more than 20,000 students. Additionally, she led ABT’s efforts to ensure a continuing online presence with its public and private school partners and expanded its community engagement offerings. She earned her bachelor’s degree from the University of Wisconsin, and a Master of Arts from New York University. She is a doctoral candidate at Teachers College, Columbia University. Kara Medoff Barnett, executive director of ABT, speaking of Ziesel’s departure, said “Mary Jo’s leadership has been transformational and her impact on ABT will live on in the extraordinary staff she has mentored and in the talent pipeline she has helped to cultivate.” The Jacob Burns Film Center is a nonprofit arts and education hub located on a three-building campus in the New York metro area. The JBFC brings the transformative power of film to the surrounding community through unique programming and discussion, shared experiences and educational initiatives. Since opening in 2001, millions of people have enjoyed the best of current American and foreign cinema, unique film series and special events at the five-screen theater complex.

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One of the largest and fastest-growing global franchisors and operators of fitness centers, Planet Fitness, recently celebrated its grand opening at 360 Connecticut Ave. in Norwalk. With approximately 20,000 square feet of space and state-of-the-art cardio machines and strength equipment, among other features, Planet Fitness invested $2.3 million to open the club and better serve the greater Norwalk community. Planet Fitness Vice President of Connecticut Operations Mike Shapiro, Norwalk Mayor Harry Rilling, Great-

er Norwalk Chamber of Commerce President Brian Griffin and Norwalk Education Foundation Board Member Barbara Cafero were all present and spoke at the ribbon cutting. As part of its commitment to the Norwalk community, Planet Fitness donated $1,000 to the Norwalk Education Foundation and will provide a special membership offer to teachers at Norwalk Public Schools when the school year begins in August. The celebration also featured Marco Pizza Truck, local Norwalk businesses and

vendors, raffles, giveaways and other activities. The Norwalk club also offers a 30-minute express circuit, numerous flat-screen televisions, fully equipped locker rooms with day lockers and showers, HydroMassage beds, massage chairs and tanning beds. The facility will be open and staffed 24 hours per day from Monday through Thursday, noon to 9 p.m. on Fridays and 7 a.m. to 7 p.m. on Saturdays and Sundays. For more information or to join online, visit PlanetFitness.com.

ARTWORK FOR GOAT DAY The Silo Art Gallery at Hunt Hill Farm in New Milford exhibited the visual works of international Brazilian artist Guilherme Lepca and 72 paintings created by local kids during GOAT Day on July 10. Lepca, currently an artist-in-residence at Hunt Hill, is known internationally for his works that mix collage and painting techniques, such as acrylics and spray painting. He has had solo exhibits in Brazil, Argentina, Chile, Uruguay and New York. Two years ago, the Danbury Museum & Historical Society asked Lepca to create a portrait of American contralto Marian Anderson, who lived in Danbury for nearly 50 years. That portrait now hangs in the museum; Lepca also designed the new logo for the museum. Lepca was invited to Hunt Hill by its owner Alessandro Piovezahn. The two have collaborated in the past on several artistic endeavors for the United Nations and have been working to develop the new visual identity for The Silo and Hunt Hill Farm. “I’ve known his work for quite some time and it’s fascinating to see his creative FCBJ

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For more information on the exhibit and upcoming events at Hunt Hill Farm, email info@thesilo.org.

CBRE ADDS VETERAN OFFICE BROKER Sheera Riemer has joined CBRE as a vice president based in Stamford. She will use her commercial real estate expertise to provide exceptional service to current clients while also leveraging her existing relationships to develop new opportunities. Her team members focusing on leasing and advisory services; local, regional and national tenant representation; and landlord agency representation are Mike McCall and Brian Carcaterra. “We are very excited to be adding Sheera Riemer to the CBRE team,” said Bob Caruso, senior managing director. “Her extensive international experience paired with her wide-ranging knowledge of the northeast real estate market will be a significant asset to CBRE and our clients.” Previously Riemer worked as director of global corporate services and managed the delivery of strategic real estate advisory services to corporate clients in more than 40 countries. She graduated from Yeshiva University with a bachelor of science in business management. CBRE Group Inc., a Fortune 500 and S&P 500 company headquartered in Dallas, is the world’s largest commercial real estate services and investment firm (based on 2020 revenue). The company has more than 100,000 employees serving clients in more than 100 countries.

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UNITED WAY HONORS MOONEY William “Bill” M. Mooney Jr. of White Plains will be honored at the United Way of Westchester and Putnam’s Day of Golf on Sept. 27 at Scarsdale Golf Club. Mooney is the current director of community and institutional relationships at Simone Healthcare Development, former president and CEO of the Westchester County Association and a former United Way of Westchester and Putnam Board chair. The Day of Golf will include shotgun sponsorship opportunities, and journal ad spaces are available for this day of golf. Mooney has had extensive experience in the financial services industry, specifically in the area of innovative techniques and strategies. He created the first small business marketing initiative in banking at Chemical Bank and acquired the first discount brokerage firm for the company. “Bill is an incredible community supporter with a long history of involvement with United Way and many other charitable organizations in Westchester,” said United Way President and CEO Tom Gabriel. Previously, Mooney held executive positions at Union State Bank, Hudson Valley Bank and Chase Manhattan Bank, where he facilitated the completion of the merger of National Bank of Westchester and Chase. The Day of Golf event is sponsored by Atlantic Westchester, Cuddy & Feder, Empire City Casino by MGM Resorts, Levitt-Fuirst Insurance, Mutual of America Financial Group, Plumbers and Steamfitters Local 21, Signature Bank, Sidney Witter and the Westchester and Fairfield County Business Journals For more information on the golf outing, to become a sponsor or sign up for a foursome, visit uwwp.org/golf or contact Rebecca Snyder, director of special events and development at 914-997-6700, ext. 740, or rsnyder@uwwp.org. Information for these features has been submitted by the subjects or their delegates.

Tokenization, the process of converting assets into digital tokens on a blockchain, holds the potential to unlock trillions of dollars in global real estate assets by fundamentally changing the way investors invest. And while some observers warn of tokenization as an industry disrupter, others caution that those who are not prepared for the new “token economy” risk being left behind. These and other trends were discussed July 8 at a virtual panel of financial and legal experts hosted by the Fordham Real Estate Institute. More than 300 professionals registered for “Get Ready: Tokenization, Blockchain, and Crypto Currency Is Coming to Real Estate,” which focused on best practices for using emerging technologies. The panel featured Donna Redel, an angel investor and blockchain digital assets professor at Fordham Law, and David Otto, attorney, cofounder and managing partner of Marin Davis PLLC. The discussion was moderated by Daniel Mee, president of Dillon Capital Advisors LLC. Mee asked the panel to explain how tokenization could benefit limited partnerships and limited liability companies, in terms of investments. “Liquidity seems to be the big benefit here,” said Mee. “Can’t we just get liquidity by allowing the limited partners or members of LLCs to sell their rights freely? Why do we need blockchain? Why do we need tokenization?” “It’s a higher, more secure, more fluid

Discussing “Get Ready: Tokenization, Blockchain, and Crypto Currency Is Coming to Real Estate” at the July 8 Fordham Real Estate Institute event were: (top row, from left) Lou Mirando, president of Streamline Realty Funding and chairman of the Fordham Real Estate Institute Advisory Council; Daniel Mee, president of Dillon Capital Advisors LLC; (bottom row, from left) David Otto, attorney, cofounder and managing partner of Marin Davis PLLC; and Donna Redel, an angel investor and blockchain-digital assets professor at Fordham School of Law.

and more transparent mechanism for the distribution and transfer of interests and the recording of those transfers,” said Otto. “So, there’s immediate transparency, there’s immediate transfer and there’s a considerable amount of cost-savings on the administrative side. The ability to transact immediately, at a low cost, with transparency and to be cryptographically secure is meaningful.” The panel also noted that certain larger players – particularly banks – have not stepped up to the plate and are missing an opportunity in the token economy. Mee also noted issues of cybersecurity, citing recent attacks on certain U.S. sectors,

including energy and food processing and questioned whether there are similar concerns for the token economy. “This whole area is one big startup, and there are many, many startups within it,” said Redel. “You have to be reasonable – you can be excited about the technology, excited about the individual company, but you have to apply the same due diligence that you do to anything else, with any other investment or any other new technology.” The Fordham Real Estate Institute currently offers degrees and certificates in real estate and construction at its campuses in Manhattan and West Harrison, New York.

After postponing its 2020 charity golf outing, Statewide Abstract Corp. in White Plains rescheduled and hosted it on June 21, raising more than $61,000 for St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital, thanks to the generosity of more than 100 golfers, sponsors and supporters. Hugo Boss Menswear Store also helped by donating 10% of sales that took place during the weekend in its White Plains location, totaling a donation of $5,000. “Since our first event in 2018, we have raised nearly $200,000 for St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital,” said Ken Meccia, president of Statewide. “St. Jude has done so much for so many children and their families, and so we take great pride in supporting their mission of never charging families of sick children for treatment, travel, housing or food.” Anyone wishing to donate may do so by visiting stjudescramble.com/ donate or by calling 914-683-5900. Statewide Abstract Corp. has been providing title insurance to the commercial and residential real estate industries for more than 40 years.

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The Hudson Gateway Realtor Foundation, the charitable arm of the Hudson Gateway Association of Realtors®, recently presented a check for $1,000 to Volunteer New York! in Tarrytown. Volunteer New York!’s core mission is to inspire, mobilize and equip individuals and groups to take positive action to address

pressing challenges, support nonprofits, and strengthen the quality of life in our community. Last year, they inspired more than 35,000 volunteers who helped contribute over 360,000 hours of service to 500 local nonprofits at a value of over $11.7 million. “We are so grateful to the Hudson Gateway REALTOR® Foundation for their

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Good Things BANK AWARDS SCHOLARSHIP MONTGOMERY, N.Y. (July 15, 2021) – Walden Savings Bank in Montgomery has awarded the annual David T. Cocks Memorial Scholarship to Cael Atkins, a 2021 Wallkill Senior High School graduate who plans to attend SUNY Cobleskill to study environmental and wildlife management. The scholarship, administered by the Community Foundation of Orange and Sullivan, awards $2,500 to an inbound college student who mirrors the character of Cocks, who served as president and CEO of Walden Savings Bank. This year marks the 10th anniversary of his sudden passing in 2011. “Cael demonstrates all of the qualities that we look for when we award the

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David T. Cocks Memorial Scholarship,” said Stephen E. Burger, Walden Savings Bank director and scholarship committee member. “He exemplifies the characteristics of Mr. Cocks, with an emphasis on his legacy of service and good work. He has worked hard in and out of the classroom, and we are happy this award will assist him on his future path.” Established in 1872, Walden Savings Bank is the 11th oldest federally chartered mutual savings bank headquartered in Montgomery, New York, with a total of 11 full-service branches serving Orange and Ulster Counties and a loan production office in Dutchess County.

PLAYHOUSE NEW WORKS INITIATIVE Westport Country Playhouse’s New Works Initiative (NWI) presented the second play in its 2021 season with a virtual workshop of “Culture Shock,” written by Gloria Majule and directed by Taylor Reynolds on Wednesday, July 14. The second of four plays in NWI’s 2021 season, “Culture Shock” is about two African students, Zahra from Tanzania and Hawi from Kenya, who start school in an Ivy League institution. Faced with cultural, academic and economic challenges, they try to make it through freshman year, while facing the reality of what it means to be Black in America. “Her extraordinary play speaks to the complicated reality of race in America and how even spaces designated as safe can be the source of harmful divides and a violent clash of cultures,” said Liam Lonegan, assistant artistic director for the playhouse. Majule is a playwright from Dodoma, Tanzania, presently residing in Seattle, Washington. She holds an MFA in playwrit-

ing from Yale School of Drama and graduated from Cornell University with a Bachelor of Arts degree. Reynolds is one of the producing artistic leaders of the Obie-winning Movement Theatre Company in Harlem. Her work focuses on dissecting and exploring issues related to race, gender and the intersectionality of identity. She is a graduate of Carnegie Mellon University. Throughout its 90 years, Westport Country Playhouse has been home to 60 world-premiere productions of new plays and musicals. The 2021 New Works Initiative is supported by Athena and Daniel Adamson and Judy and Scott Phares. The program was founded by the New Works Circle, a group of individual donors committed to the discovery and development of new theatrical work. For information and tickets, visit westportplayhouse.org or call 203-227-4177 or email boxoffice@westportplayhouse.org.

A NEW BEGINNING The Chappaqua Orchestra Board of Trustees and Co-Executive Directors David Restivo and Amy Harter announce the new name of The Chappaqua Orchestra –– “Orchestra 914,” a new location in Pleasantville and the appointment of Russell Ger as the music director for Orchestra 914. The Chappaqua Orchestra was created in 1958 to bring high-quality classical music to northern Westchester. Over 60 years, it has had many incarnations, from a mix of professional and local amateurs, to what is now a fully professional orchestra. It has had several conductors, many of whom have gone on to national recognition. After careful consideration, the board decided it was time to change the name and make the move to Pleasantville, to attract a wider

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and more diverse audience, and to be part of a community that is dedicated to the arts, joining cultural organizations such as The Jacob Burns Film Center, ARC Stages, the Pleasantville Music Festival and the Pleasantville Farmers Market. Since 2016, Ger has been music director of the Greater Newburgh Symphony in Dutchess County. He will remain in that capacity and serve as the music director for Orchestra 914. Ger received a Master of Music in orchestral conducting at The Boston Conservatory. In 2013, he was one of four finalists from around the world for the prestigious second International Chicago Symphony Orchestra. For more, visit orchestra914.org. FCBJ

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From left: Khristian Silvis, director of military and veteran affairs; U.S. Rep. Sean Patrick Maloney; Poughkeepsie City Councilman Chris Petsas; Mathew Holladay, Reliant Realty managing director; Tommy Zurhellen, Hudson River Housing board member and founder of VetZero; Christa Hines, executive director of Hudson River Housing; New York State Sen. Sue Serino; Ed Reid, veteran services manager for Hudson River Housing; Councilwoman Debra Long; Dutchess County Director of Veterans Services Adam Roche; and John Penney, director of community engagement for the city of Poughkeepsie and communications specialist for Dutchess County Government. Photo courtesy Chosen Moments Photography.

The property management team behind Admiral Halsey Senior Village in Poughkeepsie, Reliant Realty, hosted a special event to help local veterans and honored VetZero, the veteran support

initiative of Hudson River Housing. Reliant Realty Managing Director Mathew Holladay, following remarks from State Sen. Sue Serino, VetZero Founder Tommy Zurhellen and Hudson River Hous-

ing Executive Director Christa Hines, presented a $7,500 check to VetZero, to support the organization’s goals of attaining zero veteran homelessness and veteran suicides.

PROMOTION AT YANKWITT Yankwitt LLP Partner Dina Hamerman has been promoted to executive director, a leadership position that adds oversight of the White Plains firm’s administrative operations to her ongoing responsibilities. An accomplished commercial litigator, Hamerman has been with the law firm for more than 10 years. She will continue to maintain a robust litigation docket and serve as the firm’s lead editor on all substantive work. “Dina has been my ‘deputy’ for some time, so this promotion makes it official. I know I speak for the entire firm when I say that this promotion is well-deserved,” said

Russell Yankwitt, managing partner. Hamerman’s practice focuses on complex civil and employment litigation representing a diverse roster of clients. She recently served as local counsel in the large, coordinated New York state opioid litigation – the first in the United States to be tried to a jury – based out of Suffolk County Supreme Court. Before starting her career in private practice with New York City firm Debevoise & Plimpton LLP, Hamerman clerked for Judge Leonard I. Garth of the Third Circuit Court of Appeals and for Judge Alfred M. Wolin, District of New Jersey.

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HVEDC EXPANDS BOARD Access Physical Therapy and Wellness, represented by Christopher and Stephen Albanese, founding partners, has been added to the Hudson Valley Economic Development Corp. (HVEDC) in Poughkeepsie. Access Physical Therapy is a 100% physical therapist-owned company. Its one-on-one, two patient-per-hour model empowers therapists and staff to deliver successful patient experience and outcomes. Since opening, Access has expanded to more than 50 locations on the East Coast, with clinics in New York, North Carolina, Connecticut and Pennsylvania. Stephen Albanese is a founding partner of Access Physical Therapy & Wellness, which he cofounded with his wife, brother and sister-in-law. His main areas of focus lie in strategy, marketing and business management. He earned his degree in physical therapy from Quinnipiac University.

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A metrics-driven entrepreneur, analyzing clinical, cultural, operational and financial data, Christopher Albanese is also a founding partner of Access Physical Therapy & Wellness. His main areas of focus lie in strategy, finance, legal, IT and talent acquisition. He earned his degree in physical therapy from Springfield College.

HVEDC is the leading economic development agency for the seven-county region of Westchester, Putnam, Dutchess, Rockland, Orange, Ulster and Sullivan counties. The public-private partnership markets the region as a prime business location to corporate executives, site selection consultants and real estate brokers.

Facts & Figures U.S. BANKRUPTCY COURT White Plains & Poughkeepsie Local business cases, July 14 - 20 Pilates Center of New York Inc., White Plains, 21-22408SHL: Chapter 11, assets from $0 to $50,000, liabilities from $500,000 to $1 million. Attorney: Lawrence Morrison. Corps Physique Inc., White Plains 21-22409-SHL: Chapter 11, assets and liabilities from $0 to $50,000. Attorney: Lawrence Morrison. William Harrington vs. Paul Geenty, West Camp, re. GIS Professional Insurance Services, 21-9020-CGM: U.S. Trustee adversary proceeding in Geenty Chapter7, Attorney: Alicia M. Leonhard. Jim Chun Chen, Katonah re. Lian Hua Corp. and Kicho Corp., Bedford Hills, 21-22418-RDD: Chapter 7, assets $374,450, liabilities $50,000. Attorney: Yimin Chen.

U.S. DISTRICT COURT White Plains Local business cases, July 14 - 20 82 Highview LLC, Rockland County, et al vs. Yeshiva Chofetz Chaim Inc., Rockland County, 21-cv-6054-PMH: Stockholders suit, removal from Rockland Supreme Court. Attorney: Joseph A. Churgin.

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:

Andres Fernandez, Connecticut, et al vs. Classic Auto Detailing Inc., White Plains, et al, 21-cv-6068-PMH: Fair Labor Standards Act. Attorney: Nicola Ciliotta. Nicky and Son Corp., White Plains, et al vs. Abrahams Roofing Corp., Brooklyn, et al, 21-cv-6079-KMK: Insurance contract, removal from Westchester Supreme Court. Attorney: Matthew S. Aboulafia. JNP Ventures doing business as Scarsdale Supplements, White Plains vs. Carbon Beauty, East Walpole, Massachusetts, et al, 21-cv-6136-CS: Trademark infringement, removal from Westchester Supreme Court. Attorney: Carl L. Finger. Nereida Balotti vs. Spring Valley Care, Spring Valley, et al. 21-6140-PMH: Sexual harassment. Attorney: Alexander G. Cabeceiras. Peter Schmidt vs. Coachlight Square on the Hudson Association Inc., Montrose, 21-cv-6153-CS: Fair Labor Standards Act Attorney: Justin S. Clark.

DEEDS Above $1 million 5 Tudor Place LLC, New Rochelle. Seller: Elifermila F. Besana, Hartsdale. Amount: $380,000. Filed July 19. 16 Sunny Brae LLC, White Plains. Seller: Mark Pinho and Katherine Pinho, Bronxville. Property: 16 Sunny Brae Place, Eastchester. Amount: $3.2 million. Filed July 19. 35 Brookby Road LLC, Wilmington, Delaware. Seller: Brookby Holdings LLC, Irvington. Property: 35 Brookby Road, Scarsdale. Amount: $4.4 million. Filed July 16. 84 Carthage LLC, Scarsdale. Seller: Bruce D. Haber and Madeline Schwab Haber. Property: 84 Carthage Road, Scarsdale. Amount: $2.1 million. Filed July 13. 163 West Main Street LLC, Croton-on-Hudson. Seller: Shawn McLoughlin and Nancy McLoughlin, Silver Bay. Property: 163 W. Main St., Greenburgh. Amount: $3.3 million. Filed July 12.

ON THE RECORD

182 North Street LLC, Mahopac. Seller: Vasile Property Inc., Rye. Property: 182 North St., Rye. Amount: $1.1 million. Filed July 16. Battiste, Nicole, New York City. Seller: JVG Estates LLC, South Salem. Property: 1 Bluestone Lane, Lewisboro. Amount: $1.3 million. Filed July 12. Bresnik, Mallory and Mark Bresnik, Orinda, California. Seller: Locust Lot 1 LLC, Rye. Property: 34 Locust Ave., 34-1, Rye. Amount: $2.4 million. Filed July 13. Carey, Hugh L. and Katherine G. Carey, Bronxville. Seller: 80 Park Bronxville LLC, Bronxville. Property: 80 Park Ave., Eastchester. Amount: $2.2 million. Filed July 19. Celebrity Westchester Realty LLC, Whippany, New Jersey. Seller: Charles Monaco, Elmsford. Property: 307 Route 22, Lewisboro. Amount: $1 million. Filed July 12. Celebrity Westchester Realty LLC, Whippany, New Jersey. Seller: Spencemoro LLC, Goldens Bridge. Property: 5 Anderson Lane, Lewisboro. Amount: $1.4 million. Filed July 12. Comerford, Jay B. and Emily Marie Comerford, Scarsdale. Seller: 468 Grace Church Street LLC, Rye. Property: 468 Grace Church St., Rye. Amount: $5.2 million. Filed July Goldberger, Daniel Poul and Michelle Lynn Meyer, Quoque. Seller: Light Grey Stone LLC, Larchmont. Property: 16 Greystone Road, Mamaroneck. Amount: $2.9 million. Filed July 14. Leuchtmann, Maria Del Mar and Mark Leuchtmann, Scarsdale. Seller: 58 Mamaroneck LLC, Scarsdale. Property: 58 Mamaroneck Road, Scarsdale. Amount: $2 million. Filed July 14. Nannizzi Harbor LLC, Larchmont. Seller: Philips Harbor Drive Development LLC, Yorktown Heights. Property: 105 Delancey Ave., Unit 2, Mamaroneck. Amount: $1.1 million. Filed July 19.

Below $1 million

Ajagbe, Sunday O. and Anita O. Ajagbe, Bronx. Seller: Alchris LLC, Ossining. Property: 52 Ferris Place, Ossining. Amount: $520,000 Filed July 19.

15 Deerhaunt Drive LLC, Eastchester. Seller: Robert Tall, Florence Tall and Flossy Tall, Croton-on-Hudson. Property: 15 Deerhunt Drive, Cortlandt. Amount: 30 Fegan Street LLC, Scarsdale. Seller: Cresthill Industries Inc., Yonkers. Property: 30 Fegan St., Yonkers. Amount: $130,000. Filed July 12. 36 Yale Avenue LLC, Ossining. Seller: John P.R. Lee, Ossining. Property: 36 Yale Ave., Ossining. Amount: $400,000. Filed July 13. 59 Park Avenue Realty LLC, Harrison. Seller: Nicoletta Lopane, Rye Brook. Property: 49 N. Chatsworth Ave., Mamaroneck. Amount: $750,000. Filed July 13. 542 Locust Avenue LLC, Bronxville. Seller: Morillo Property LLC, Mount Vernon. Property: 544 Locust Ave., Rye. Amount: $641,000. Filed July 13. 558 Fourfamily LLC, Mamaroneck. Seller: 304 Union Ave., Mamaroneck. Property: 558 Halstead Ave., Rye. Amount: $490,000. Filed July 13. 723 Hudson Avenue LLC, Peekskill. Seller: Michael J. Mancuso, Mahopac. Property: 723 Hudson Ave., Peekskill. Amount: $424,000. Filed July 12. 1949 79 ST Inc., Elmhurst. Seller: Luis Robayo-Reyes, Tuckahoe and Carmen Montoya, New York City. Property: 39 Chestnut St., Eastchester. Amount: $345,000. Filed July 12. BGRS LLC, Burr Ridge, Illinois. Seller: Chen Zhou, Cortlandt Manor. Property: 10 Perry St., Cortlandt. Amount: $530,000. Filed July 20. Brown, Patience and Triston Francis, Bronx. Seller: East Third Street Realty Corp, Mount Vernon. Property: 2 Argyll Ave., New Rochelle. Amount: $750,000. Filed July 16. Byron Avenue Properties LLC, Bronx. Seller: Alberto Jorge and Filomena Jorge, Yonkers. Property: 54 Catskill Ave., Yonkers. Amount: $420,000. Filed July 14. Dadas, Sophia and Patrick Racine, Jersey City, New Jersey. Property: 40 Clare Ave., New Rochelle. Amount: $999,000. Filed July 14.

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Davis, Mark and Andrea Davis, Rye. Seller: Laurel Ridge Development Inc., South Salem. Property: 321 Overlook Court, Lewisboro. Amount: $998,996. Filed July 14. Denise Gardens Inc., New Rochelle. Seller: Guy Teichman and Sarah Cooper Teichman, Eastchester. Property: 109 Park Drive, Eastchester. Amount: $660,000. Filed July 14. G & G Homebuilders Inc., Greenwich, Connecticut. Seller: Kathryn D. Rende and Johnathan Paul Rende, Rye Brook. Property: 1 Arlington Place, Rye. Amount: $312,500. Filed July 15. Grasso Brothers General Contracting Inc., New Rochelle. Seller: David B. Biskup, New Rochelle. Property: 39 Potters Lane, New Rochelle. Amount: $630,000. Filed July 14. Gray Bulb LLC, New York City. Seller: Alvin J. Vogel, Scarsdale. Property: 1610 Half Moon Bay Drive, Cortlandt. Amount: $427,500. Filed July 15. Greenwich Satellite Properties LLC, Greenwich, Connecticut. Seller: Tara A. Meehan, Port Chester. Property: 1 Landmark Square, Unit 411, Rye. Amount: $285,000. Filed July 16. Hurst, Jacqueline Stephens, Mount Vernon. Seller: 405 S. 10th Avenue Group Corp., Flushing. Property: 21 Howard St., Mount Vernon. Amount: $745,000. Filed July 13. JAF Builders Corp., Scarsdale. Seller: Aaron Cutler, Richard Cutler and Elizabeth Malett, Larchmont. Property: 57 Glenn Road, Mamaroneck. Amount: $999,000. Filed July 13. Jay Enterprise Ventures LLC, White Plains. Seller: 175 Orawaupum LLC, White Plains. Property: 175 Orawaupum St., White Plains. Amount: $400,000. Filed July 12. Jiang, Silis Y. and Fernanda Polubriaginof, New York City. Seller: 818 Walton Holdings LLC, Larchmont. Property: 818 Walton Ave., Mamaroneck. Amount: $999,999. Filed July 14. Kwan, Karin, New York City. Seller: PDK Development LLC, Thornwood. Property: 34 Springwood Ave., Greenburgh. Amount: $785,000. Filed July 13.

North Barry 3A LLC, White Plains. Seller: Gregory G. Katsaros, Mamaroneck. Property: 501 N. Barry Ave., Rye. Amount: $265,000. Filed July 16. PL Capital Partners LLC, Yorktown Heights. Seller: Frank Arruda and Jean Marie Arruda, Yorktown Heights. Amount: $230,000. Filed July 15. Pogo Field LLC, Mount Kisco. Seller: Katonahs Wood LLC, New York City. Property: 55 Cantitoe St., Bedford. Amount: $700,000. Filed July 12. Pulaski, Robert and Caroline Pulaski, White Plains. Seller: AMCB Services Company New York LLC, Apex, North Carolina. Property: 97 Maple St., Eastchester. Amount: $655,000. Filed July 16. Reddy, Narma K., New Rochelle. Seller: Northeast Property Owner LLC, New York City. Property: 10 Byron Place, Mamaroneck. Amount: $600,000. Filed July 12. Riccio, Mathew and Stephanie Riccio, Cortlandt Manor. Seller: Toll Land VI Limited Partnership, Fort Washington, Pennsylvania. Property: 20 Defrost Drive, Cortlandt. Amount: $779,272. Filed July 14. Robie, Elizabeth S. and Joshua S. Vorves, Yonkers. Seller: Geula Group LLC, Bronx. Property: 209 Van Courtland Park Ave., Yonkers. Amount: $935,000. Filed July 14. Ruiz, Ivan, White Plains. Seller: KDN Realty LLC, Central Islip. Property: 290 Prescott St., Yonkers. Amount: $660,000. Filed July 16. Westchester Capital Holdings Corp., Katonah. Seller: George A. Tutein, White Plains. Property: 291 Abbott Ave., Greenburgh. Amount: $650,000. Filed July 13. Zlotowitz, Andrea and Michael Bloom, Cortlandt Manor. Seller: Weichert Workforce Mobility Inc., Morris Plains, New Jersey. Property: 11 Shipley Drive, Cortlandt. Amount: $570,000. Filed July 12.

JUDGMENTS

Caro, Kimberly, Bronx and Michael Arroyo, Spring Valley. $22,503.67 in favor of 1849-1865 Westchester Avenue LLC, Briarcliff. Filed July 12.

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

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Facts & Figures Castle Title Insurance Agency Inc., White Plains. $17,167.19 in favor of Peoples United Bank National Association, Hauppauge. Filed July 13. Chahal, Rajnesh and Marc Speichert, New York City. $56,263.86 in favor of Dema Landscape LLC, Katonah. Filed July 12. Creative Outdoor Distributor, Lake Forest, California. $560,584.89 in favor of Southwind Capital Funding Group LLC, White Plains. Filed July 12. Bibb, Sharon T., White Plains. $1,973.69 in favor of Discover Bank, New Albany, Ohio. Filed July 15. Brea, Henri, New Rochelle. $1,943.75 in favor of LVNV Funding LLC, Las Vegas, Nevada. Filed July 15. Broccoli, Melissa, Hartsdale. $1,628.46 in favor of LVNV Funding LLC, Las Vegas, Nevada. Filed July 14. Dayes, Alicia, Elmsford. $11,389.89 in favor of Jefferson Capital Systems LLC, Saint Cloud, Minnesota. Filed July 14. Defreitas, Juliano, Pelham. $12,143.19 in favor of Jefferson Capital Systems LLC, Saint Cloud, Minnesota. Filed July 14. Dzandza, Peter, Bronx. $19,947.97 in favor of Geico, Woodbury. Filed July 12. Ecovolt Power Corp., New York City. $42,104.53 in favor of Euler Hermes North America Insurance Co., Owings Mills, Maryland. Filed July 16. Elliott, Justine H., Mount Vernon. $15,771.53 in favor of Jefferson Capital Systems LLC, Saint Cloud, Minnesota. Filed July 15. Fernandez, Sojey, Mount Vernon. $2,192.64 in favor of LVNV Funding LLC, Las Vegas, Nevada. Filed July 14. Frances, Carlos, Mamaroneck. $1,676.38 in favor of LVNV Funding LLC, Las Vegas, Nevada. Filed July 15.

JULY 26, 2021

Garcia, Karina A., Yonkers. $52,056.18 in favor of LVNV Funding LLC, Las Vegas, Nevada. Filed July 14. Goldberg, Geraldine, Larchmont. $1,377.40 in favor of LVNV Funding LLC, Las Vegas, Nevada. Filed July 14. Hall, Joan, Mount Vernon. $2,215.10 in favor of LVNV Funding LLC, Las Vegas, Nevada. Filed July 14. Lee, Donna, New Rochelle. $3,661 in favor of LVNV Funding LLC, Las Vegas, Nevada. Filed July 15. Mehmedovic, Senada, Yonkers. $3,695.23 in favor of Absolute Resolutions Investments LLC, Bloomington, Minnesota. Filed July 15. Mitchell, Charlie, Montrose. $12,940.53 in favor of Jefferson Capital Systems LLC, Saint Cloud, Minnesota. Mount Vernon City, Mount Vernon. $171,071.52 in favor of Ruskin Moscou Faltschek P.C., Uniondale. Filed July 12. Mullen, Shavonne K., Yonkers. $10,606.21 in favor of Jefferson Capital Systems LLC, Saint Cloud, Minnesota. Filed July 15. MV Cuenca Express, Tarrytown. $36,692.90 in favor of Moneygram Payment Systems Inc., Dallas, Texas. Filed July 16. MVM Construction LLC, Mount Vernon. $16,918.49 in favor of the trustees of the Bricklayers & Allied Craftworkers, Newburgh. Filed July 13. Nikic, George, Yonkers. $98,568.08 in favor of Westchester County Healthcare Corp., Valhalla. Filed July 16. Paloka, Jozef, Yonkers. $11,794.76 in favor of Discover Bank, New Albany, Ohio. Filed July 14. Parkinson, Mona, New Rochelle. $3,414.75 in favor of Jefferson Capital Systems LLC, Saint Cloud, Minnesota. Filed July 14.

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Pinnock, Jarayne D., Mount Vernon. $5,671 in favor of Discover Bank, New Albany, Ohio. Filed July 15. Plock, Susan, Yonkers. $2,179.33 in favor of LVNV Funding LLC, Las Vegas, Nevada. Filed July 14. Pordy, Steven M., Rye Brook. $347,178 in favor of Greenspan and Greenspan P.C., White Plains. Filed July 12. Reyes, Bianca, Yonkers. $2,058.45 in favor of Sterling National Bank, Jericho. Filed July 14. Robinson, Addie, Elmsford. $1,417.80 in favor of LVNV Funding LLC, Las Vegas, Nevada. Filed July 14. Rodriguez, Ana, Mount Vernon. $2,144.05 in favor of LVNV Funding LLC, Las Vegas, Nevada. Filed July 15. Saintil, Denise, White Plains. $6,191 in favor of Jefferson Capital Systems LLC, Saint Cloud, Minnesota. Filed July 15. Taylor, Brenda, Mount Vernon. $19,155.06 in favor of Jefferson Capital Systems LLC, Saint Cloud, Minnesota. Filed July 15.

LIS PENDENS

The following filings indicate a legal action has been initiated, the outcome of which may affect the title to the property listed. Brown, Mary J. Filed by U.S. Bank as custodian for Actlien Holding Inc. Action: Foreclosure of a mortgage in the principal amount of $4,235.47 affecting property located at 92 Vineyard Ave., Yonkers. Filed July 8. Feld, Loyd D. Filed by The Bank of New York Mellon Trust Company National Association. Action: Foreclosure of a mortgage in the principal amount of $1,230,700 affecting property located at 15 Trudy Lane, Armonk. Filed July 8. McIntosh, Jerome D. and Susan M. McIntosh. Filed by Wilmington Savings Fund Society. Action: Foreclosure of a mortgage in the principal amount of $117,300 affecting property located at 45 Concord Ave., White Plains. Filed July 8.

Weisz, Perl. Filed by Connectone Bank. Action: Foreclosure of a mortgage in the principal amount of $875,000 affecting property located at 418-420 N. Division St., Peekskill. Filed July 8.

MECHANIC’S LIENS

Roche, Vincent, Rye. $4,346.07 in favor of Cottam Heating and Air Conditioning Inc., Bronx. Property: Waters Edge Condominium, Unit 50, Rye. Filed July 13. Unger, Harry A., Scarsdale. $10,674.94 in favor of Allstate Interior and Exterior Contractors Inc., Mount Vernon. Property: 22 Old Lyme Road, Scarsdale. Filed July 12.

NEW BUSINESSES

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

PARTNERSHIPS

Agape Christian Fellowship Church Inc., 300 S. Central Ave., Hartsdale 10530, c/o Larry Whittle, Michael Harris and Erwin Lee Trollinger. Filed July 13. East Coast Collectors Service, 177 White Plains Road, Tarrytown 10591, c/o Brian Zeitchick and Christopher Rifon. Filed July 12. Ladiessettlement.com, 202 Mamaroneck Ave., White Plains 10601, c/o Nicole A. Filannino and Donna M. Kelly. Filed July 15. Rnc Universal Trucking, 79 Dewey Ave., Bronxville 10708, c/o Richmond Prekoh and Neka Lynch. Filed July 15.

SOLE PROPRIETORSHIPS

Addicted2kickz, 81 N. Kensico Ave., White Plains 10604, c/o Ronald Lamar Johnson. Filed July 13. Ajs Removal & Cleaning Services, 1438 Main St., Peekskill 10566, c/o Alvaro Mejia. Filed July 16. Amy Guccione Art, 88 Lake Ave., Apt. 3D, Tuckahoe 10707, c/o Amy Guccione. Filed July 16.

Break Rage, 241 S. Broadway, Suite 2, Yonkers 10705, c/o Jim Rubio. Filed July 16. Candy’s Canine Coaching, 29 Deer Knoll, Bedford Corner 10549, c/o Candida Higgins. Filed July 16. Coraje Kinetic Wear, 1 Shearwood Place, New Rochelle 10801, c/o Cheetah Wilson. Filed July 13. Ecua Culture Art, 492 Benedict Ave., Tarrytown 10591, c/o Gloria Abrigo. Filed July 12. Filinha Flix, 17 Euclid Place, New Rochelle 10805, c/o Marcia Dos Santos. Filed July 12. Fresh Baked of Westchester, 72 Main St., Apt. 3W, Tuckahoe 10707, c/o Sylvestor Salzano. Filed July 15. Gods Eye, 79-81 Main St., No. 465, Yonkers 10702, c/o Yusof Dixon. Filed July 14. J Alpha, 100 Stevens Ave., Mount Vernon 10550, c/o Juan Camavena. Filed July 15. JCD Publishing, 3147 Main St., Mohegan Lake 10547, c/o Joseph C. DePascale. Filed July 15. Jet Blue Taxi, 133 Sagamor Road, Apt. A2, Tuckahoe 10707, c/o Lawrence Callahan. Filed July 15. Kreative Dreams, 531 E. Lincoln Ave., Mount Vernon 10552, c/o Dominique Lashley-Edwards. Filed July 12. Lillian Liming Creative Co., 47 Spring St., Apt. 3A, Ossining 10562, c/o Lillian Limina Huang. Filed July 16. Matchally Co., 47 Spring St., Apt. 3A, Ossining 10562, c/o Lillian Liming Huang. Filed July 16. Matters, 1858 Carhart Ave., Peekskill 10566, c/o Valerie C. Eaton. Filed July 15. Natural Stone Exotic Jewelry, 101 Elm Ave., Apt. 3F, Mount Vernon 10550, c/o Ovril Skeppie. Filed July 12. Parker Consulting Co., 137 Alexander St., Yonkers 10701, c/o Shatika Parker. Filed July 14.

Patty’s Tranquil Touch., 36 Midchester Ave., White Plains 10606, c/o Patricia Mezzu. Filed July 16. Salon Martine, 12 Tibbits Ave., White Plains 10606, c/o Mabel Nunez. Filed July 16. SDN Design & Consultant, 213 Route 100, Katonah 10536, c/o David Guerrero. Filed July 16. Sophia Blanca, 151 Orchard Road, Apt. 3P, Briarcliff Manor 10510, c/o Diana Kilarjian. Filed July 13. T&A All Purpose Property Management, 5 John St., Ossining 10562, c/o Jeanette Francesquini. Filed July 13. Yonkers Sportswear, 27 N. Broadway, Yonkers 10701, c/o Moussa Diallo. Filed July 14.

PATENTS Anti-TrkB monoclonal antibodies and methods of use. Patent no. 11,066,474 issued to Susan Croll, et al. Assigned to Regeneron, Tarrytown. Attribute classifiers for image classification. Patent no. 11,068,718 issued to Florian Pinel, et al. Assigned to IBM, Armonk. Highly hydrophobic antifouling coatings for implantable medical devices. Patent no. 11,065,367 issued to Amos Cahan, et al. Assigned to IBM, Armonk. IoT device identification. Patent no. 11,070,638 issued to Michael Bender, et al. Assigned to IBM, Armonk. Leveraging an external ontology for graph expansion in inference systems. Patent no. 11,068,794 issued to Sugato Bagchi, et al. Assigned to IBM, Armonk. Modulating metal interconnect surface topography. Patent no. 11,069,567 issued to Conal Murray, et al. Assigned to IBM, Armonk. Non-human animal models of retinoschisis. Patent no. 11,064,685 issued to Susannah Brydges, et al. Assigned to Regeneron, Tarrytown.

Facts & Figures Production cell line enhancers. Patent no. RE48,651 issued to Gang Chen, et al. Assigned to Regeneron, Tarrytown. Resonant cavity strained III-V photodetector and LED on silicon substrate. Patent no. 11,069,833 issued to Jeehwan Kim, et al. Assigned to IBM, Armonk. Sacrificial layer for channel surface retention and inner spacer formation in stacked-channel FETS. Patent no. 11,069,775 issued to Josephine Chang, et al. Assigned to IBM, Armonk. Shadow mask sidewall tunnel junction for quantum computing. Patent no. 11,069,849 issued to Markus Brink, et al. Assigned to IBM, Armonk. Systems and methods for dynamic generation of customized product listings. Patent no. 11,068,967 issued to Manoneet Kohli, et al. Assigned to Mastercard, Purchase.

WORKERS’ COMPENSATION BOARD JUDGMENTS Failure to carry insurance or for work-related injuries and illnesses, July 15 to July 21, 2021. 226 Broadway Store, Yonkers. Amount: $26,500. Brenmac Corp., Yonkers. Amount: $39,000. Congres Motors Corp., Yonkers. Amount: $9,000. Da’Vine Wines Inc., Mount Vernon. Amount: $23,500. Eastchester Vacuum Corp., Eastchester. Amount: $13,500. Edward Weimar III Inc., Yonkers. Amount: $8,628. Gelbard, Paul, Port Chester. Amount: $45,500. Ideal Homes Contracting LLC, Pleasantville. Amount: $5,000. IFA Security Systems Inc., Thornwood. Amount: $23,500.

Imperial Brokers Inc., New Rochelle. Amount: $26,500. Kimball Tobacco & Vape Shop Corp., Yonkers. Amount: $15,500. Knocknagin Transportation Inc., Yonkers. Amount: $9,000. MR Plumbing and Heating Corp., Briarcliff. Amount: $24,500. Neurological Associates of Westchester PC, New Rochelle. Amount: $6,000. Premier Audio Video Designs Inc., White Plains. Amount: $38,500. Riascos Landscaping Inc., Ossining. Amount: $35,500. Santerio LLC, Mount Vernon. Amount: $24,500. Star Restaurant and Café Corp., Yonkers. Amount: $11,500.

HUDSON VALLEY

BUILDING LOANS

Above $1 million

10 Suzanne Drive LLC, as owner. Lender: Northeast Community Bank. Property: 10 Suzanne Drive, Monsey. Amount: $1.9 million. Filed July 12. Bethune Equities LLC, as owner. Lender: Northeast Community Bank. Property: 13-15 Bethune Blvd., Spring Valley. Amount: $2.7 million. Filed July 14. Elyon Apartments LLC, as owner. Lender: Northeast Community Bank. Properties: 16-30 Elyon Road, Monsey. Amount: $5.9 million. Filed July 16. HSC Westtown LLC, as owner. Lender: Trustmark National Bank. Property: in Minisink. Amount: $1 million. Filed July 16.

Weiss, Hershel, as owner. Lender: Trustco Bank. Property: in Chestnut Ridge. Amount: $1.1 million. Filed July 15.

Below $1 million

58 Orrs Mills LLC, as owner. Lender: Lendingone LLC. Property: 25 Prospect St., Monroe. Amount: $230,948. Filed July 12. 127 Winnikee LLC, as owner. Lender: Loan Funder LLC. Property: In Poughkeepsie. Amount: $103,000. Filed July 16. 188 Grandview LLC, as owner. Lender: Loam Funder LLC Series 18656. Property: 168 Grandview Ave., Monsey. Amount: $250,000. Filed July 13. Bonini, Tiffany, as owner. Lender: Homestead Funding Corp. Property: in Poughkeepsie. Amount: $362,738. Filed July 14. Deal House Capital Fund I LLC, as owner. Lender: Lendinghome Funding Corp. Property: in Fishkill. Amount: $355,200. Filed July 12. Marr Place LLC, as owner. Lender: Loan Funder LLC Series 18656. Property: 2 Marman Place, Spring Valley. Amount: $544,500. Filed July 13.

DEEDS

Above $1 million

10 Suzanne Drive LLC, Spring Valley. Seller: Congregation Tiferes Mordechai, Monsey. Property: 10 Suzanne Drive, Ramapo. Amount: $1.1 million. Filed July 12. 249 Main Street LLC, Armonk. Seller: Walden Savings Bank. Property: 249 Main St., Beacon. Amount: $9.6 million. Filed July 12. Bethune Equities LLC, Airmont. Seller: Ahron Ostreicher, Chester. Property: 13 Bethune Blvd., Spring Valley. Amount: $1 million. Filed July 14. Eisdorfer, Joel, Brooklyn. Seller: October Hill LLC, Monsey. Property: 14 Autumn Court, Ramapo. Amount: $1.1 million. Filed July 12.

Henry Gardens L.P., Norfolk, Virginia. Seller: TBG Xinan Crystal Hill LLC, Stamford, Connecticut. Property: 1 Crystal Hill Drive, Pomona. Amount: $54 million. Filed July 16. Sholom Estates LLC, Monsey. Seller: Hillcrest Center SV III LLC, Spring Valley. Property: 2 Sholom Court, Spring Valley. Amount: $9 million. Filed July 12. Zachary Elias Realty LLC, Towaco, New Jersey. Seller: Purchase Street Realty Corp., Rye. Property: 59 Main St., Warwick. Amount: $3 million. Filed July 12.

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12 Klingher LLC, Pomona. Seller: Briarwoods Farm Inc., Monsey. Property: 12 Klingher Court, Pomona. Amount: $425,000. Filed July 12. 67 Captain Shankey Drive LLC, Monsey. Seller: Andrea Doak, Garnerville. Property: 67 Captain Shankey Drive, West Haverstraw. Amount: $317,000. Filed July 14. 67 Ulster LLC, Nanuet. Seller: 28 McKinley LLC, Delmar. Property: 99 Oak St., Walden. Amount: $184,500. Filed July 13. 416 Route 59 LLC, Monsey. Seller: 416 Route 59 Realty Company LLC, Nanuet. Property: 416 Route 59, Airmont. Amount: $400,000. Filed July 16. 502 Development LLC, Hopewell Junction. Seller: Mandalay Realty LLC, New York City. Property: Route 9D, Garrison. Amount: $86,000. Filed July 14. 509 Fox Run Carmel LLC, Yorktown Heights. Seller: Daniel P. Mellor, Carmel. Property: 509 Fox Run Lane, Carmel. Amount: $100,000. Filed July 12. ADP Homes Inc., Mahopac. Seller: Richard C. Settembrini and Gertrude M. Settembrini, Mahopac. Property: 36 Northview Drive, Mahopac. Amount: $262,000. Filed July 12. Bluming, Yaakov Y., Spring Valley. Seller: Viola Ventures LLC, Chestnut Ridge. Property: 3215 Corner St., Spring Valley. Amount: 555,000. Filed July 14.

Brown, Jennifer and Mathew Brown, Newburgh. Seller: Structure Masters Ltd, Yonkers. Property: 2 Sycamore Drive, Newburgh. Amount: $400,000. Filed July 12. Buonaiuto, Anthony and Jamie Buonaiuto, West Nyack. Seller: Parrott Road Inc., Nanuet. Property: 47 Parrott Road, Clarkstown. Amount: $530,000. Filed July 13. Cong. Yeshiva Zera Yakov Inc., Suffern. Seller: Congregation Mesifta Ohel Torah, Monsey. Property: 99 W. Carlton Road, Ramapo. Amount: $550,000. Filed July 16. Erie Associates LLC, New Rochelle. Seller: Myhed Corp., New Windsor. Property: 227 Union Ave., New Windsor. Amount: $44,500. Filed July 13. Friedman, David, Monsey. Seller: LB Acreage LLC, Spring Valley. Property: 6 Ewing Ave., Unit 6-204, Spring Valley. Amount: $494,400. Filed July 16. Forzaglia, Michele and Philip Forzaglia, Croton-on-Hudson. Seller: Lanwin Forest Ridge LLC, Cornwall-on-Hudson. Property: 33 Copper Rock Road, Newburgh. Amount: $556,279. Filed July 12. Gluck, Asher, Spring Valley. Seller: Summit Gardening RE LLC, Monsey. Property: 25 FKA 8, Park Gardens Court, Spring Valley. Amount: $878,500. Filed July 15. Gluck, Pinchus and Bashi Gluck, Spring Valley. Seller: Neil Villas LLC, Suffern. Property: 3 Neil Road, Unit 111, Ramapo. Amount: $540,000. Filed July 13. Goldberger, Joseph and Brocha R. Goldberger, Spring Valley. Seller: Keren Pinchas Elya Inc., Monsey. Property: 1 Johanna Lane, Ramapo. Amount: $595,000. Filed July 15. Gross, Moshe, Brooklyn. Seller: Viola Ventures LLC, Chestnut Ridge. Property: 3207 Corner St., Spring Valley. Amount: $575,000. Filed July 12. Halberstam, Efraim, Monsey. Seller: 101 Blauvelt LLC, Monroe. Property: 101 Blauvelt Road, Unit 214, Ramapo. Amount: $685,000. Filed July 15. Hunter, Kingsley, Pomona. Seller: URSA Industries LLC, Mount Vernon. Property: 50 Halley Drive, Pomona. Amount: $470,000. Filed July 15.

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Johana Estates LLC, Suffern. Seller: Linda Cannella, Monsey. Property: 9 Johanna Lane, Ramapo. Amount: $730,000. Filed July 15. Karma Truyana Dharmachakra Inc., Woodstock. Seller: Lula Shkreli, Marash M. Shkreli and Prena Shkreli, Patterson. Property: 12 Nosh Kola Lane, Patterson. Amount: $427,000. Filed July 12. Khan, Hamza and Meryem Berrada, Clearwater, Florida. Seller: 249 Main Street LLC, Armonk. Property: 249 Main St., Unit 209, Beacon. Filed July 12. Lewi, Yehuda, Spring Valley. Seller: 13 King Terrace LLC, Monroe. Property: 13 King Terrace, Unit 211, Spring Valley. Amount: $915,000. Filed July 15. Levi, Moses and Sarah Levi, Spring Valley. Seller: Viola Ventures LLC, Chestnut Ridge. Property: 3119 Corner St., Spring Valley. Amount: $319,000. Filed July 14. Ridge WH Holdings LLC, Monsey. Seller: Amy Sanford, Garnerville. Property: 9 Ridge St., West Haverstraw. Amount: $200,000. Filed July 15. Rosner, Moshe, Spring Valley. Seller: Summit Gardening RE LLC, Monsey. Property: 13 Park Gardens Court, Spring Valley. Amount: $889,000. Filed July 14. Taconic Innovations Inc., Wappingers Falls. Seller: Salstel Realty LLC, Ridgewood. Property: 10‑12 William St., Walden. Amount: $500,000. Filed July 12. Warren, Joshua and Michelle Warren, Monroe. Seller: Leo Land Holdings LLC, Chester. Property: 4 Harness Road, Goshen. Amount: $399,000. Filed July 12. Union Road LLC, Spring Valley. Seller: Claude Altidor and Gisele Altidor, Spring Valley. Property: 143 Union Road, Spring Valley. Amount: $700,000. Filed July 16. Vanderbilt 21 Realty LLC, Highland Mills. Seller: Isaac Schwimmer, Brooklyn. Property: 21 Vanderbilt Drive, Woodbury. Amount: $450,000. Filed July 12.

JUDGMENTS

Andreas Day Spa LLC, Warwick. $3,456.95 in favor of Meenan Oil Company LP, Woodbury. Filed July 12.

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Facts & Figures Arias, Cesar, Mahopac. $1,378.19 in favor of LVNV Funding LLC, Las Vegas, Nevada. Filed July 12. Arowolo, Ayisha Sade and Zachary A. Cornell, Beacon. $110,371.57 in favor of Five Star Bank, Rochester. Filed July 12. Barrier, Mark, Elmsford. $4,244.42 in favor of Barclays Bank Delaware, Wilmington, Delaware. Filed July 12. Brancaccio, Richard J., Mahopac. $5,067.57 in favor of Midland Credit Management Inc., San Diego, California. Filed July 12. Garibello, Yesid, Fishkill. $4,725.61 in favor of Montefiore Saint Luke’s Cornwall Hospital, Newburgh. Filed July 12. Gray, Antonina, Pleasant Valley. $9,828.38 in favor of Five Star Bank, Rochester. Filed July 12. Grosskopf, Raymond, Cornwall-on-Hudson. $9,960.95 in favor of Barclays Bank Delaware, Wilmington, Delaware. Filed July 12. Gyrla, Ivan, Goshen. $12,415.92 in favor of Midland Credit Management Inc., San Diego, California. Filed July 12. Haag, Jason, Mahopac. $1,619.85 in favor of LVNV Funding LLC, Las Vegas, Nevada. Filed July 12. Lucas, Fitzroy, Port Jervis. $8,836.41 in favor of Barclays Bank Delaware, Wilmington, Delaware. Filed July 12. McArthur, Maryellen M, Hyde Park. $12,302.07 in favor of Five Star Bank, Rochester. Filed July 12.

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Pablo-Bautista, Francisco, Poughkeepsie. $6,886.65 in favor of Rhinebeck Bank, Poughkeepsie. Filed July 12. Tannenbaum, Gregory, New Windsor. $2,137.19 in favor of Barclays Bank Delaware, Wilmington, Delaware. Filed July 12.

MECHANIC’S LIENS

Crispi, Carmine P. and Marina L. Crispi, as owners. $13,755 in favor of Veith Enterprises Inc. Property: 88 Crum Elbow Road, Hyde Park. Filed July 16. Dgnan, John, as owner. $7,311.58 in favor of Hudson Valley Home Renewal Inc. Property: 16 Meadow Road, Beekman. Filed July 13. Joseph Schwartz 2017 Qualified Personal Residence Trust, as owner. $156,987 in favor of Energy Creators LLC. Property: 21 Briarwood Lane, Suffern. Filed July 13. Kukaj, Refik, as owner. $30,472.50 in favor of C&R Concrete Corp. Property: 5 Miranda Drive, Clarkstown. Filed July 14. Neuman, Simon, as owner. $4,000 in favor of Zurla Excavating Inc. Property: 53 S. Madison Ave., Spring Valley. Filed July 13. Vassar Brothers Hospital, as owner. $5,170,614.03 in favor of LJ Coppola Inc. Property: 45 Reade Place, Poughkeepsie. Filed July 14.

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PARTNERSHIPS

Frutas Exocticas & Jugos, 50 Mill St., Newburgh 12550, c/o Susana Solis Arenas Guerrero and Leonel Reyes Lenin. Filed July 15.

SOLE PROPRIETORSHIPS

Affordable Tires, 50 Holt Drive, Stony Point 10980, c/o Henry J. Mazariego. Filed July 16. Alarcon Carservices, 110 Deltic Road, New City 10956, c/o Mario Alarcon Morales. Filed July 16. America Latina Taxi, 55 N. Myrtle Ave., No. 4800, Spring Valley 10977, c/o Yohanny Y. Duran Diaz. Filed July 14. Alisha’s Mobile Notary Service, 88 Murray Drive, Chester 10918, c/o Alisha Oriel Anglin Pagan. Filed July 12. Bayron Car Services, 24 Lawrence St., Suite 220, Spring Valley 10977, c/o Bayron Raul Calle Santacruz. Filed July 14. Calle a Car Services, 10 Washington St., Spring Valley 10977, c/o Jose Alberto Angamarca Calle. Filed July 15. Carrie Cares, 131 Mill St., Newburgh 12550, c/o Carrie Christina Goode. Filed July 12. Cee Clear Organizing, 3 Bay View Terrace, Cornwall-on-Hudson 12520, c/o Jennifer Creta. Filed July 15. Clip Cup and Go, 30 E. Willow Tree Road, Wesley Hills 10977, c/o Manuel S. Mayz. Filed July 15.

Courtney M. Bryan, 276 Temple Hill Road, Unit 809, New Windsor 12553, c/o Courtney M. Bryan. Filed July 12. Cristina Car Services, 7 Lynn St., Nanuet 10954, c/o Maria Cristina Rosero Benalcazar. Filed July 13. Daedalus Creation, 238 Depew Ave., Apt. A, Nyack 10960, c/o John P. Gontasz. Filed July 15. Davis and Davis Attorneys at Law, 20 Squadron Blvd., Suite 330, New City 10956, c/o Charles Gerard Davis. Filed July 15. Demilicious Beauty, 57 Townsend Ave., Newburgh 12550, c/o Demi Anguiano. Filed July 12. Enrique Taxi, 112 W. Eckerson Road, Apt, 5B, Spring Valley 10977, c/o Lisandro A. Enriquez Polanco. Filed July 16. ERB Professional Painting, 33 Old Pomona Road, Suffern 10901, c/o Edgar Rene Berrios Vasquez. Filed July 13. Esmeralda Car Services, 32 Mallory Road, Spring Valley 10977, c/o Nancy Esmeralda Yupa Loja. Filed July 16. F&M Cleaning & General Services, 57 Townsend Ave., Newburgh 12550, c/o Fabiola Anguiano. Filed July 12. Garcia Car Service, 8 Rose Ave., Spring Valley 10977, c/o Juan Carlos Garcia Esquivel. Filed July 15. G&F Auto, 54 Stagecoach Drive, Middletown 10940, c/o Justin Matthew Naimoli. Filed July 14. GMAR Advantage Cleaning, 228 Linden Ave., Middletown 10940, c/o Gloria Martina Vyaguari Barzallo. Filed July 12.

Guerra Painting, 69 Benkard Ave., Newburgh 12550, c/o Josue Estaurdo Catu Aguilar. Filed July 12. Here 4 U Realty, 25 Main St., Monsey 10952, c/o Sholom B. Kass. Filed July 14. Hudson Valley Waste Solutions Inc., 320 S. River Road, Wappingers Falls, c/o Megan Spaccarelli. Filed July 14. Huerta Car Service, 28 John St., Spring Valley 10977, c/o Holger Arcenio Pichisaca Huerta. Filed July 14. Julio’s Car Services, 35 Frank Place, Spring Valley 10977, c/o Julio Alfredo Loja Yupa. Filed July 14. Just In Time Moving and Relocation Inc., 23 W. Main St., Pawling, c/o Cheyenne Mosley. Filed July 13. Lacolina, 2707 Route 17, New Hampton 10958, c/o Stacey A. Rossicci-Vale. Filed July 14. Lafebre Taxi Service, 14 Harvey Court, Spring Valley 10977, c/o Gissela Elizabeth Lafebre Obando. Filed July 14. Loja Car Services, 35 Franka Place, Spring Valley 10977, c/o Jorge Armando Loja Yupa. Filed July 15. Lulu Car Services, 2 Hickory Road, Sloatsburg 10974, c/o Lourdes Aurora Loja Yupa. Filed July 15. Mendezg Carservices, 54 N. Main St., Apt. 301, Spring Valley 10977, c/o Teodoro Mendez Garcia. Filed July 15.

New York Candles, 13 Lime Kiln Road, Suffern 10901, c/o Ruth Afergan. Filed July 15. Pretty Thang, 5 Oakdale Manor, Apt. L-22, Suffern 10901, c/o Katherine Salas. Filed July 12. Pilates Studio, 107 Highland Ave., Middletown 10940, c/o Jocelyn Castillo. Filed July 15. Richies Kitchen, 81 Liberty St., Newburgh 12551, c/o Timmia Earlise Perry. Filed July 12. RTS Investigations, 177 Ledge Road, Middletown 10940, c/o Bernard J. Rivers. Filed July 16. Ruchels Lighthouse, 3 Merrick Drive, No. 101 Spring Valley 10977, c/o Ruchel D. Lichter. Filed July 12. Sland, 15 Park Gardens Court, Spring Valley 10977, c/o Suri Landau. Filed July 16. Sweet Life Brownie Co., 68 Academy Ave., Middletown 10940, c/o Amy Alexandra Desouza. Filed July 12. We Clean 4 Y, 731 Route 211, Suite 103, Middletown 10941, c/o Beisa Mestrovac. Filed July 12. Westen Blake, 60 Birchwood Drive, New Windsor 12553, c/o Alexandra Foley. Filed July 15. Your Day Weddings, 524 Barberry Lane, New Windsor 12553, George J. Meyers IV. Filed July 12.

Facts & Figures BUILDING PERMITS Commercial A&J Generator and Equipment LLC, Oxford, contractor for Cullman Land Company LLC. Install a 60kw propane-powered generator at 641 Lexington Ave., 26th floor, Stamford. Estimated cost: $45,000. Filed June 22. American Construction Inc., New York, New York, contractor for One Stamford Plaza Owner LLC. Alter eighth-floor paint, flooring, plumbing, electrical and sprinkler at 390 Park Ave., Stamford. Estimated cost: $1,000,000. Filed June 2. Art effects Incorporated, Bloomfield, contractor for KC Summer Street Owner LLC. Install two Illuminated signs on raceway and install internal illuminated decorative beam at 100 Challenger Road, Stamford. Estimated cost: $52,060. Filed June 17. Ashforth Properties Construction Inc., Stamford, contractor for Congregation Agudath Sholom. Install elevator at 301 Strawberry Hill Ave., Stamford. Estimated cost: $136,173. Filed June 1. Blackwell Construction LLC, Fairfield, contractor for Stamford Washington Office LLC. Perform replacement alterations at 9595 Wilshire Blvd., Suite 700, Stamford. Estimated cost: $750,000. Filed June 17. Buck, Peter A., Stamford, contractor for FM Realty LLC. Alter existing restaurant at 259 Main St., Stamford. Estimated cost: $65,000. Filed June 8.

ON THE RECORD

City of Stamford, contractor for city of Stamford. Permit for 2021 annual Stamford Board of Education Trade Workers at 888 Washington Blvd, Stamford. Estimated cost: $5,000. Filed June 23.

New England Carpentry, Norwalk, contractor for Bora Building LLC. Perform replacement alterations at 158-164 Rowayton Ave., Norwalk. Estimated cost: $60,000. Filed May 20.

Construction Services of Somerset Inc., Glastonbury, contractor for Long Ridge Mob Owner LLC. Perform replacement alterations at 425 Seventh St., Stamford. Estimated cost: $200,000. Filed June 22.

People’s Products Inc., Norwalk, contractor for Regina DeAngelis. Install vinyl replacement windows at 1117 Foxboro Drive, Norwalk. Estimated cost: $4,095. Filed May 17.

Culbertson Company of New York, Hawthorne, New York, contractor for Harbor Drive Acquisitions LLC. Remove portions of existing concrete railings at parking areas of buildings 262 and 290 and replace with new horizontal cable railing system. Provide no automobile access. Estimated cost: $143,000. Filed June 9. D’Arinzo, Daniel, Stamford, contractor for Nori Rino. Install generator and two 125 gallon above-ground propane tanks at 45 Pembroke Drive, Stamford. Estimated cost: $8,500. Filed June 16. Duque Carpentry LLC, Norwalk, contractor for Highview West Condo. Repair entry landings for all condo units at 26 Prospect St., Norwalk. Estimated cost: $77,041. Filed May 17. John Dwyer Builders, Norwalk, contractor for Fairfield County Investment Company. Perform replacement alterations at 235 Main Ave., Norwalk. Estimated cost: $7,500. Filed May 28. MP Construction LLC, Norwalk, contractor for Brookfield Properties. Perform replacement alterations at 100-101 North Water St., Norwalk. Estimated cost: $365,000. Filed May 17.

Perfection Home Solutions Inc., Norwalk, contractor for Mikaela Bernthaler. Replace entryway door and balcony door at 19 Ledgebrook Drive, Norwalk. Estimated cost: $7,167. Filed May 18. Rotundo, Rich, Norwalk, contractor for Waypoint Holding UT LLC. Perform replacement alterations at 515 West Ave., Norwalk. Estimated cost: $200,000. Filed May 25. Street Opportunity Fund LLC, Norwalk, contractor for Street Opportunity Fund LLC. Perform replacement alterations at 83 Wall St., Norwalk. Estimated cost: $2,000. Filed May 28. Tatroe, James and Linda M. Silk, Norwalk, contractor for James Tatroe and Linda M. Silk. Install in-ground vinyl pool and pavilion at 37 Ellen St., Norwalk. Estimated cost: $25,000. Filed May 14. Viking Construction Inc., Norwalk, contractor for 3 E. Wall Street Associates LLC. Restore and remodel second floor at 3 E. Wall St., Norwalk. Estimated cost: $359,000. Filed May 19.

Residential A&P Properties. Inc, Stamford, contractor for self. Build two storefront LED signs and install at 69 East Lane, Stamford. Estimated cost: $7,000. Filed June 2. A. Pappajohn Co., Norwalk, contractor for St. Johns Roman Catholic Church. Erect tower crane at 279 Atlantic St., Stamford. Estimated cost: $176,000. Filed June 15. Advanced Window Systems LLC, Cromwell, contractor for Kevin Beirne. Install vinyl siding at 91 Nutmeg Lane, Stamford. Estimated cost: $47,500. Filed June 21. Amici Power Solution LLC, Norwalk, contractor for David and Anne Norris. Install new generator connected to existing propane tank on property at 15 Meadow Park Ave West, Stamford. Estimated cost: $8,000. Filed June 9. Antonelli, John E., Stamford, contractor for Neva Simunkovic. Repair garage and outside paver waterproofing of some structural and electric at 118 Grove St., Stamford. Estimated cost: $579,000. Filed June 25. Arenas, Jorge L. and Margarita, Stamford, contractor for self. Remove existing deck and replace existing asphalt roof to wood at 8 Hirsch Road, Stamford. Estimated cost: $4,000. Filed June 8. Art Brazil Construction LLC, Norwalk, contractor for Martin F. Gusy. Add 72 square feet to bathroom in basement with shower, toilet and sink at 9 Saddle Rock Road, Stamford. Estimated cost: $28,000. Filed June 3.

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Assurance Enterprises LLC, Waterbury, contractor for Elizabeth Blanco-Rowe. Remove existing stairs and replace with new stairs. Frame and erect new walls according at 39 Maplewood Place, Stamford. Estimated cost: $7,800. Filed June 9. Athos, Lisa E. Taylor, et al, Stamford, contractor for self. Install standby generator, transfer switch and install propane tanks to power generator at 46 Laurel Ledge Road, Stamford. Estimated cost: $7,000. Filed June 10. Barbara Pincione, Norwalk, contractor for Barbara Pincione. Replace siding with and add insulation at exterior panels at 56 Glen Ave., Norwalk. Estimated cost: $6,000. Filed May 25. Baybrook Remodelers Inc., West Haven, contractor for Paul G. and Patricia A. Macari. Renovate an existing bathroom and install new window at 1282 Stillwater Road, Stamford. Estimated cost: $11,000. Filed June 8. Benco LLC, Torrington, contractor for Vaziri Mahmoud Mike. Remove existing roofing system on the deck and flash all penetrations at 106 Woodside Green, Stamford. Estimated cost: $160,438. Filed June 9. Berwick, Emrys, Stamford, contractor for self. Demolish original driveway retaining wall, construct a wider replacement and build steps to yard at 66 Tremont Ave., Stamford. Estimated cost: $5,500. Filed June 25. BLT Management LLC, Stamford, contractor for Harbor Landing Marina LLC. Renovate office fit out at Southfield Avenue, Unit 46, Stamford. Estimated cost: $87,000. Filed June 28.

Brian Rogers Construction, Monroe, contractor for Amanda and Jordan Wiener. Replace existing deck and patio at 134 Fishing Trail, Stamford. Estimated cost: $35,000. Filed June 14. Brown Roofing Company Inc., Union City, contractor for Irene Giotis. Remove and dispose of existing shingles. Inspect and replace any rotted sheathing as needed and install new synthetic underlayment and flashing as required. Install new asphalt shingles at 227 Knickerbocker Ave., Stamford. Estimated cost: $15,798. Filed June 29. Burr Roofing Siding & Windows Inc. Perform replacement alterations at 128 Westwood Road, Stamford. Estimated cost: $96,121. Filed June 9. Burr Roofing Siding & Windows Inc., Stratford, contractor for Daniel T. and Kristine Del Ferraro. Perform replacement alterations at 146 Knox Road, Stamford. Estimated cost: $29,947. Filed June 9. Burr Roofing Siding & Windows Inc., Stratford, contractor for Josefine Sarmiento. Perform replacement alterations at 73 Albin Road, Stamford. Estimated cost: $27,851. Filed June 15. Burr Roofing Siding & Windows Inc., Stratford, contractor for Philip Granowitz. Perform replacement alterations at 499 W. Hill Road, Stamford. Estimated cost: $77,711. Filed June 15. C&D Contractors LLC, Norwalk, contractor for Adetokunbo Coker. Remove existing roof and re-roof 84 Brook Run Lane, Stamford. Estimated cost: $8,500. Filed June 9.

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Facts & Figures Cannondale Generators Inc., Wilton, contractor for Vincenzo and Rosa Filingeri. Install new Generac generator powered by propane at 179 Berrian Road, Stamford. Estimated cost: $10,383. Filed June 16.

Connecticut Basement Systems Inc., Seymour, contractor for James and Lydia A. Madias. Convert unfinished basement to recreation room and office at 130 Gaymoor Drive, Stamford. Estimated cost: $30,500. Filed June 14.

Cannondale Generators Inc., Wilton, contractor for Nancy R. Gibbs and May L. Waits. Install Generac generator at 19 Mid River Run Road, Stamford. Estimated cost: $15,791. Filed June 2.

Constantine Brothers Construction LLC, Norwalk, contractor for Basilio Poulopoulos. Replace windows at 2 Pine Hill Avenue Extension, Norwalk. Estimated cost: $6,500. Filed May 17.

Cannondale Generators Inc., Wilton, contractor for Audrey Frankenberg. Install Generac generator at 113 Quarry Road, Stamford. Estimated cost: $9,400. Filed June 8.

DBI Development, Norwalk, contractor for DBI Development Inc. Construct two-car garage at 2 1/2 Barbara Drive, Norwalk. Estimated cost: $30,000. Filed May 18.

Carter, Cheryl L., Stamford, contractor for self. Install two tents for party at 10 Alexandra Drive, Stamford. Estimated cost: $3,000. Filed June 18. City of Stamford, contractor for self. Install one office storage container at 888 Washington Blvd., Stamford. Estimated cost: $2,500. Filed June 9. Coleman, Justin and Coleman Jill, Stamford, contractor for self. Renovate kitchen at 6 Sunset St., Stamford. Estimated cost: $55,000. Filed June 17. Complete Dismantling Services LLC, Stamford, contractor for Henry Stamford LLC. Demolish building at P.O. Box 110295, Stamford. Estimated cost: $24,000. Filed June 4. Complete Dismantling Services LLC, Stamford, contractor for Henry Stamford LLC. Demolish building at P.O. Box 110295, Stamford. Estimated cost: $24,000. Filed June 4.

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DeMartino, William A., Norwalk, contractor for Joan E. DeMarco. Install generator at 17 Creeping Hemlock Drive, Norwalk. Estimated cost: $9,448. Filed May 14. DiDemetrio, Franco U. and Nancy, Norwalk, contractor for Franco U. DiDemetrio. Construct second-story addition, two-car garage and master bedroom at 10 Buckthorn Road, Norwalk. Estimated cost: $52,000. Filed May 25. Fairfield County Restoration Inc., Norwalk, contractor for Annie and Frank Parrish. Remove existing cedar siding and install new vinyl siding at 46 Noah’s Lane Extension, Norwalk. Estimated cost: $14,800. Filed May 19. Garry, Brian and Jennifer Garry, Norwalk, contractor for Brian and Jennifer Garry. Replace outlets and bathroom fixtures at 28 Esquire Road, Norwalk. Estimated cost: $27,350. Filed May 19. JC Contracting LLC, Norwalk, contractor for Diane Quick. Install new kitchen, cabinets, remove old sink and dishwasher and install covered porch at 213 Fillow St., Norwalk. Estimated cost: $54,000. Filed May 14.

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Kim, John and Jennifer Kim, Norwalk, contractor for John and Jennifer Kim. Remove existing roof and re-roof 23 Splitrock Road, Norwalk. Estimated cost: $10,000. Filed May 18.

Success Carpentry LLC, Norwalk, contractor for Mary Maude Kebbon. Remove existing roof and re-roof 34 Glen Ave., Norwalk. Estimated cost: $20,951. Filed May 19.

Leigland, Kevin A., Norwalk, contractor for Elaine J. McCarthy and Randolph S. Briggs. Renovate porch and relocate shed at rear of 300 Newtown Ave., Norwalk. Estimated cost: $75,000. Filed May 14.

Tenore, Sabrina, Norwalk, contractor for Sabrina Tenore. Renovate bedrooms, kitchen, staircase to basement, flooring and sheetrock at 9 Bonnybrook Road, Norwalk. Estimated cost: $30,000. Filed May 17.

Lopez, Marilynn, Norwalk, contractor for Marilynn Lopez. Build foundation for addition to single-family home at 5 Shaw Ave., Norwalk. Estimated cost: $3,500. Filed May 24.

The Barn Yard Enterprises Inc., Norwalk, contractor for Francine R. Even and Roger Brouard. Build workshop for art studio at 1 Lane Road, Norwalk. Estimated cost: $30,000. Filed May 14.

Lueders, Matthew K., Stamford, contractor for Tracey L Morgan-Downey and Christopher Downey. Construct 15’ X 35’ in-ground fiberglass swimming pool, $56,000. Filed June 4.

Zakhar, Theodore, Norwalk, contractor for Kathleen A. Rysz. Remove and install asphalt roof at 28 Purdy Road East, Norwalk. Estimated cost: $9,900. Filed May 19.

Raise High Construction LLC, Norwalk, contractor for Jeffrey M. Rosnick and Sharon Hametz. Extend rear wall, add sunroom, remodel kitchen and laundry room at 9 Evergreen Terrace, Norwalk. Estimated cost: $90,000. Filed May 14. Raise High Construction LLC, Norwalk, contractor for Tina and Davis Marigold. Relocate existing single-family residence at 33 Yarmouth Road, Norwalk. Estimated cost: $70,000. Filed May 25. Sonic and Reuben Remoso, Norwalk, contractor for Sonic and Reuben Remoso. Relocate kitchen and dining room at 15 Fox Run Road, Norwalk. Estimated cost: $12,000. Filed May 25. Strout, John C., Norwalk, contractor for Marion C. Revocable Family Weatherstone. Replace generator at 241 W. Norwalk Road, Norwalk. Estimated cost: $15,000. Filed May 17.

COURT CASES Bridgeport Superior Court Carias, Lusvin, et al, Bridgeport. Filed by Tatiana Rivera, Bridgeport. Plaintiff’s attorney: Robert L. Cavanaugh Jr. LLC Law Office, Fairfield. Action: The plaintiff suffered a collision allegedly caused by the defendant and sustained severe damages and injuries. The plaintiff seeks monetary damages in excess of $15,000, exclusive of interest and costs and such other further relief the court deems appropriate. Case no. FBT-CV-21-6107056-S. Filed June 7. Godfrey, Lavon, Bridgeport. Filed by Devin Polite, Bridgeport. Plaintiff’s attorney: DeLucia & Levine LLC, Bridgeport. Action: The plaintiff suffered a collision allegedly caused by the defendant and sustained severe damages and injuries. The plaintiff seeks monetary damages in excess of $15,000, exclusive of interest and costs and such other further relief the court deems appropriate. Case no. FBTCV-21-6107074-S. Filed June 8.

Nationwide Mutual Insurance Co., Columbus, Ohio. Filed by Anso Michel, Trumbull. Plaintiff’s attorney: Mario Carter Law Firm, North Haven. Action: The plaintiff suffered a collision allegedly caused by another driver and sustained severe and painful personal injuries. The driver did not have sufficient automobile insurance to fairly compensate the plaintiff so claim against underinsured motorist was filed. 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 further relief the court deems appropriate. Case no. FBT-CV-216107066-S. Filed June 7.

City of Danbury. Filed by G&J Partners, Danbury. Plaintiff’s attorney: Stokesbury Shipman & Fingold LLC, Farmington. Action: The plaintiff was the owner of real property in Danbury. The plaintiff claims a relief against a wrongful assessment of its property for taxation by the defendant. The plaintiff appealed the defendant’s taxation and stated the valuation of the property was not the percentage of its true and actual value, but was grossly excessive, disproportionate and unlawful. The plaintiff seeks a new evaluation of the property and monetary damages exclusive of interest and costs and such other further relief the court deems appropriate. Case no. DBD-CV-216039388-S. Filed May 17.

Star Distributors Inc., et al, Milford. Filed by Angel Reyes, Bridgeport. Plaintiff’s attorney: Zayas Law Firm, Hartford. Action: The plaintiff suffered a collision allegedly caused by the defendants and sustained severe damages and injuries. The plaintiff seeks monetary damages in excess of $15,000, exclusive of interest and costs and such other further relief the court deems appropriate. Case no. FBTCV-21-6107311-S. Filed June 15. Town of Monroe. Filed by Donna Cashman, Huntington. Plaintiff’s attorney: Tortora Law Firm LLC, Fairfield. Action: The plaintiff was lawfully walking on the sidewalk owned, controlled and maintained by the defendant when suddenly the plaintiff was caused to fall due to an uneven condition on the sidewalk. The plaintiff seeks monetary damages in excess of $15,000, exclusive of interest and costs and such other further relief the court deems appropriate. Case no. FBTCV-21-6107140-S. Filed June 9.

Duracell U.S. Operations Inc., East Hartford. Filed by Patricia DeRose, Somers, New York. Plaintiff’s attorney: Moore O’Brien & Foti, Middlebury. Action: The plaintiff was lawfully walking on the sidewalk owned, controlled and maintained by the defendant when she was allegedly caused to trip due to an uneven condition on the sidewalk and suffered injuries. The plaintiff seeks monetary damages in excess of $15,000, exclusive of interest and costs and such other further relief the court deems appropriate. Case no. DBDCV-21-6039654-S. Filed June 10.

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Oberhammer, Christopher, et al, Bethel. Filed by Segundo Cornejo, Danbury. Plaintiff’s attorney: Calabrese + Sreenivasan LLC, New Haven. Action: The plaintiff was hired by defendants to complete carpentry on a property. While working on the project, the plaintiff fell through plywood, which was located on the second floor allegedly resulting in catastrophic injuries to his body. The plaintiff’s injuries were caused by the defendants’ negligence and carelessness by not inspecting the property to ensure safety conditions. The plaintiff seeks monetary damages in excess of $15,000, exclusive of interest and costs and such other further relief the court deems appropriate. Case no. DBD-CV-216039597-S. Filed June 3.

Facts & Figures Swaylik, Lori, Danbury. Filed by Capital One Bank NA, Richmond, Virginia. Plaintiff’s attorney: London & London, Newington. Action: The plaintiff is a banking association. The defendant used a credit account issued by plaintiff and agreed to make payments for goods and services. The defendant allegedly failed to make payments. The plaintiff seeks monetary damages less than $15,000, exclusive of interest and costs. Case no. DBDCV-21-6039602-S. Filed June 4.

Stamford Superior Court Begum, Rojina, Stamford. Filed by Ford Motor Credit Company LLC, Livonia, Michigan. Plaintiff’s attorney: Nair & Levin Law Offices, Bloomfield. Action: The plaintiff and defendant entered a lease contract. The defendant has allegedly breached the terms of the lease. The plaintiff is suffering economic damages and seeks monetary damages in excess of $15,000, exclusive of interest and costs and such other further relief the court deems appropriate. Case no. FSTCV-21-6051529-S. Filed April 30. Feidner, Jamie, et al, Wilton. Filed by Sandra Jester, Weston. Plaintiff’s attorney: Cohen & Wolf PC, Danbury. Action: The plaintiff suffered a collision allegedly caused by defendants and sustained severe damages and injuries. The plaintiff seeks monetary damages in excess of $15,000, exclusive of interest and costs and such other further relief the court deems appropriate. Case no. FSTCV-21-6051683-S. Filed May 11. Greenwich Avenue Restaurant LLC, et al, Greenwich. Filed by Justin Sullivan, Greenwich. Plaintiff’s attorney: Philip Russell LLC, Cos Cob. Action: The plaintiff was hired by the defendants as a chef and witnessed unfair and illegal work conditions and contacted the United States Department of Labor regarding employment violations. Less than 24 hours after such action, the plaintiff was terminated by defendants who had violated the Connecticut Fair Employment Practices Act. The plaintiff seeks monetary damages less than $15,000, exclusive of interest and costs. Case no. FST-CV21-6051593-S. Filed May 5.

Marchetti, Ronald, Cos Cob. Filed by Marie E. Jean-Pierre, Stamford. Plaintiff’s attorney: WOCL Leydon LLC, Stamford. Action: The plaintiff suffered a collision allegedly caused by the defendant and sustained severe damages and injuries. The plaintiff seeks monetary damages in excess of $15,000, exclusive of interest and costs and such other further relief the court deems appropriate. Case no. FSTCV-21-6051592-S. Filed May 5. Zaramba, Mark P., Stamford. Filed by Hudson Valley Federal Credit Union, Poughkeepsie, New York. Plaintiff’s attorney: Jacobs & Rozich LLC, New Haven. Action: The plaintiff financed the defendant’s car and was granted a security interest in the vehicle. However, the defendant defaulted on the monthly payments and breached the contract. The vehicle was repossessed by the plaintiff. Despite demand, the defendant has refused to pay plaintiff the balance due. The plaintiff seeks monetary damages less than $15,000, exclusive of interest and costs. Case no. FST-CV-216051559-S. Filed May 4.

DEEDS Commercial 7 Turner Drive LLC, Greenwich. Seller: Benjamin Jacob Doramus and Lindsey Bunton Doramus, Greenwich. Property: 7 Turner Drive, Greenwich. Amount: $N/A. Filed June 17. 900 Wyckoff Avenue LLC and 932 Wyckoff Avenue LLC, Maspeth, New York. Seller: M&C West Ave LLC, Greenwich. Property: 666 West Ave., Norwalk. Amount: $10. Filed June 17. 915 Old Post LLC, Norwalk. Seller: Joseph J. Williams and Emily Calcagno, Fairfield. Property: 915 Old Post Road, Fairfield. Amount: $2,225,000. Filed June 17. AV33 Holdings LLC, Stamford. Seller: Walter J. Stolinas and Kathleen Stolinas, Stratford. Property: 9 Mott Ave., Unit 3-8, Norwalk. Amount: $N/A. Filed June 15.

Bonteque, Matthew and Jessica Renee Kenney, Greenwich. Seller: JJ57 LLC, Scarsdale, New York. Property: 45 Etti Lane, Unit 503, Greenwich. Amount: $669,000. Filed June 16. Glover, Richard and Nana Rehem-Glover, Oakville Ontario, Canada. Seller: PB 178 MilBank LLC, Greenwich. Property: 178 Milbank Ave., Unit 2, Greenwich. Amount: $1,740,000. Filed June 15. Gordon Street Realty LLC, Pleasantville, New York. Seller: Philip M. Tarantino, Cos Cob. Property: 7 Bible St., Greenwich. Amount: $1,294,000. Filed June 18. Grams, Christie A., Greenwich. Seller: 183 Connecticut Avenue LLC, Greenwich. Property: 183 Connecticut Ave., Greenwich. Amount: $2,650,000. Filed June 16. Mastronardi Real Estate LLC, New Canaan. Seller: AMP Investments LLC, Fairfield. Property: 215-217 Main St., Norwalk. Amount: $850,000. Filed June 16. Nunez, Ivan, Fairfield. Seller: Christine I. Gould, M.D. LLC, Westport. Property: 178 Southport Woods Drive, Fairfield. Amount: $460,000. Filed June 18. Oakvale Homes LLC, Westport. Seller: Barbara Barton, et al, Fairfield. Property: 191 Doreen Drive, Fairfield. Amount: $550,000. Filed June 17. US Bank Trust NA, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. Seller: Wichita Dejkunchorn and Roj Dejkunchorn, Stamford. Property: 17 Radio Place, Unit 17, Stamford. Amount: $N/A. Filed June 14.

Residential Ahern, Daniel and Christina Ahern, Pleasantville, New York. Seller: Azhar Hafeez, Stamford. Property: 55 Puritan Lane, Stamford. Amount: $685,000. Filed June 17.

Bankoski, Dianne E., Stamford. Seller: William H. Tonini, et al, Danbury. Property: 1111 Hope St., Unit 13, Stamford. Amount: $405,000. Filed June 15. Berkun, Samuel, Stamford. Seller: Mark Kingsley, Stamford. Property: 342 Hamilton Ave., Stamford. Amount: $550,000. Filed June 14. Borsellino, Benjamin and Brenna Skelly, Scarsdale, New York. Seller: Richard W. Rocco, Stamford. Property: 28 Third St., Unit 44, Stamford. Amount: $415,000. Filed June 18. Cadavid, Sharon Elaine, Fairfield. Seller: Steven M. Cassell and Concepcion Cassell, Fairfield. Property: 3985 Park Ave., Unit 23, Fairfield. Amount: $355,000. Filed June 18. Conroy, Nancy M., Southport. Seller: Elizabeth M. Sesselberg, Fairfield. Property: 310 Taintor Drive, Fairfield. Amount: $1,300,000. Filed June 15.

Gaztambide, Mario and Maria Elena Gaztambide, Stamford. Seller: Andelka Radman, Westport. Property: 12 Dialstone Lane, Greenwich. Amount: $3,795,000. Filed June 18. Glew, Robert and Linda Glew, Rye, New York. Seller: Robert A. Glew and Linda Glew, Rye, New York. Property: 10 N. Water St., Greenwich. Amount: $N/A. Filed June 14.

Leonova, Alina, Greenwich. Seller: Donald Irion and Barbara Nash, Greenwich. Property: 1 Mortimer Drive, Old Greenwich. Amount: $0. Filed June 16.

Goessinger, Diane W., Milford. Seller: Rachel Hepner, Norwalk. Property: 394 Quincy St., Fairfield. Amount: $230,000. Filed June 17.

Lerro, James R. and Katherine K. Lerro, Greenwich. Seller: Alexa Boer Kimball, Greenwich. Property: 43 Indian Field Road, Greenwich. Amount: $1. Filed June 18.

Gould, Howard B., Norwalk. Seller: George P. Sharrard and Julie Burton Sharrard, Norwalk. Property: 14 Sunwich Road, Norwalk. Amount: $1,600,000. Filed June 15.

Malz, Cassandra A., Fairfield. Seller: Linda Deane, Fairfield. Property: 57 Hibiscus St., Unit 3, Fairfield. Amount: $216,000. Filed June 16.

Griffin, Diane and David W. Griffin, Fairfield. Seller: George W.C. Murphy and Julia Griffin Murphy, Fairfield. Property: 341 Crestwood Road, Fairfield. Amount: $750,000. Filed June 17.

Mathews, Sean D. and Ellen E. Mathews, Rowayton. Seller: James L. Falsey. Rowayton. Property: 75 Highland Ave., Rowayton. Amount: $1,480,000. Filed June 15.

Coutroulis, Jaime and Niko P. Coutroulis, Redding. Seller: Yvain Badan and Cynthia Badan, Stamford. Property: 70 Erskine Road, Stamford. Amount: $1,092,500. Filed June 17.

Gutierrez, Esteban Bowles, Greenwich. Seller: Andrew Stern and Erin Stern, Greenwich. Property: 42 Will Merry Lane, Greenwich. Amount: $1. Filed June 16.

Duarte, Carlos R. and Miriam Sucely Duarte, Norwalk. Seller: Christopher R. Chieffo, Norwalk. Property: Unit 16 A, Ben Franklin Gardens Condominium, Norwalk. Amount: $155,000. Filed June 16.

Hounsell, Nola M. and Gregory J. Hounsell, Stamford. Seller: Astrid Funicella, et al, Stamford. Property: 25 Forest St., Unit 14B, Stamford. Amount: $625,000. Filed June 16.

Ferrer, Emilio and Johanna Henriquez, Norwalk. Seller: James C. Salvato and Maryann Salvato, St. Augustine, Florida. Property: 45 Maple St., Norwalk. Amount: $195,000. Filed June 18.

Hu, Hu and Danni Liao, Hartsdale, New York. Seller: Bruce A. Irish, et al, Riverside. Property: 8 Sickle Bar Lane, Greenwich. Amount: $987,500. Filed June 15.

Forman, Mindy and James Kearney, Norwalk. Seller: Carol J. Lederman and Ira S. Lederman, Norwalk. Property: 509 Foxboro Drive, Norwalk. Amount: $517,500. Filed June 16.

Korevec, Michael, Stamford. Seller: Carmela Catino, Tucson, Arizona. Property: 8 Ridge Place, Greenwich. Amount: $1,300,000. Filed June 17.

Humby, Robin L., Fairfield. Seller: Cheryl T. Keith, Southbury. Property: 245 Unquowa Road, Unit 88, Fairfield. Amount: $403,500. Filed June 16. Humiston, Kelly C., Stamford. Seller: Martha L. Blum, Norwalk. Property: 81 Wolfpit Ave., Unit D4, Norwalk. Amount: $410,000. Filed June 14.

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McDaniel, Christopher and Julie McDaniel, Stamford. Seller: John P. Petralia and Susan J. Petralia, Fairfield. Property: 361 Brookbend Road, Fairfield. Amount: $1,655,000. Filed June 14. Mesa, Kelly, Norwalk. Seller: Kelly Mesa and Russell Mesa, Norwalk. Property: 9 Walter Ave., Norwalk. Amount: $1. Filed June 17. Naylor, McKenzie K. and Michael J. Moulton, New York, New York. Seller: Mark E. Leavens and Patrice Leavens, Fairfield. Property: 386 Valley Road, Fairfield. Amount: $740,000. Filed June 18. Opdahl, Evan S. and Toni Marie Boccetta, Norwalk. Seller: Anita Oehley, Norwalk. Property: 17 Ambler Drive, Norwalk. Amount: $500,000. Filed June 14. Pall, Bertalan, Fairfield. Seller: Zoltan Toth and Andrea Toth, Westport. Property: 788 Oldfield Road, Fairfield. Amount: $450,000. Filed June 15.

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Facts & Figures Philippopoulos, Angelica Jamie, Stamford. Seller: Christopher Repas and Erika Drummond, Stamford. Property: Unit A-3, New Maple Court, Stamford. Amount: $332,000. Filed June 15. Rast, Iman, Stamford. Seller: Carl Wise and Susan Wise, Stamford. Property: 562 Hope St., Unit 6, Stamford. Amount: $545,000. Filed June 14. Rich, Albert and Jennifer Rich, Stamford. Seller: Richard O’Brien, Watertown. Property: 67 Tupper Drive, Stamford. Amount: $565,000. Filed June 16. Romero, Francisco, Stamford. Seller: Laurie C. Smith, Wilton. Property: 177 Belltown Road, Stamford. Amount: $565,000. Filed June 18. Smalls, Thomas M. and Sueann Caulder, Norwalk. Seller: Frances Seuch, Norwalk. Property: 51 Cedar Crest Place, Apt.1, Norwalk. Amount: $409,000. Filed June 17. Tejeda, Geraldine and Edgardo Luis Figueroa, Norwalk. Seller: Tommy R. Soto and Maria G. Montoya Soto, Norwalk. Property: 180 W. Rocks Road, Norwalk. Amount: $615,000. Filed June 18. Trikoupis, Vasili, Greenwich. Seller: Mary Trikoupis, Greenwich. Property: 61 Dingletown Road, Greenwich. Amount: $1. Filed June 14. Tunney, Bryan A. and Mary C. Walsh, Greenwich. Seller: Nels H. Fugelsang and Sarah D. Fugelsang, Riverside. Property: 8 Lockwood Road, Riverside. Amount: $2,500,000. Filed June 15. Walsh, Samantha Keri and Vincent John Gibson, Stamford. Seller: David Diaz, Wolcott. Property: 286 Palamar Drive, Fairfield. Amount: $731,250. Filed June 14.

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Weiss, Taryn, Trumbull. Seller: Alan Weiss, Greenwich. Property: 9 Fletcher Ave., Greenwich. Amount: $485,000. Filed June 17.

Green, Keshana Ann, Fairfield, by Richard A. Smith. Lender: Jet Direct Funding Corp, 111 West Main St., Suite 110, Bay Shore, New York. Property: 95 Roanoke Ave., Fairfield. Amount: $486,034. Filed June 1.

Obidike, Ada K. and Obiora Obidike, Stamford, by Nicola Corea. Lender: JPMorgan Chase Bank NA, 1111 Polaris Pkwy., Columbus, Ohio. Property: 88 Fieldstone Terrace, Stamford. Amount: $527,000. Filed June 14.

Guan, Shan and Mohan Kenneth Peck, Norwalk, by Jinggao Li. Lender: Quicken Loans LLC, 1050 Woodward Ave., Detroit, Michigan. Property: 67 Woodward Ave., Norwalk. Amount: $300,000. Filed June 18.

Opdahl, Evan S. and Toni Marie Bocchetta, Norwalk, by Adam Hirsch. Lender: Total Mortgage Services LLC, 185 Plains Road, Milford. Property: 17 Ambler Road, Norwalk. Amount: $485,000. Filed June 14.

Benincasa, Ryan James and Noelle Radcliffe Winicki, Greenwich, by James Kavanagh. Lender: Wells Fargo Bank NA, 101 N. Phillips Ave., Sioux Falls, South Dakota. Property: 107 Stanwich Road, Greenwich. Amount: $750,000. Filed June 2.

Kambar, Ruth, Greenwich, by Benjamin A. Shvedra. Lender: Loandepot, com LLC, 26642 Towne Centre Drive, Foothill Ranch, California. Property: 105 Hamilton Ave., Apt 6, Greenwich. Amount: $490,000. Filed June 3.

Panizza Young, Pablo Ignacio and Flavia Andrea Urbina, Greenwich, by David A. Rogers. Lender: Together Credit Union, 423 Lynch St., Saint Louis, Missouri. Property: 210 Sheep Hill Road, Greenwich. Amount: $2,385,000. Filed June 1.

Benjamin, Steven and Carin Gendell, Greenwich, by Marlene E. Macauda. Lender: Wells Fargo Bank NA, 101 N. Phillips Ave., Sioux Falls, South Dakota. Property: 3 Georgetown North, Greenwich. Amount: $600,000. Filed June 4.

Lamonica, Robert C. and Aukje K. Lamonica, Fairfield, by Michael S. Rosten. Lender: First Republic Bank, 111 Pine St., San Francisco, California. Property: 423 Lucille St., Fairfield. Amount: $594,000. Filed June 2.

Cordoba, Maria Helena and Alvaro Cordoba, Stamford, by. Lender: Loandepot, com LLC, 26642 Towne Centre Drive, Foothill Ranch, California. Property: 31 Birchwood Road, Stamford. Amount: $160,000. Filed June 15.

Lozada, Jose A. and Margaret L. Hunter, Norwalk, by Scott Rogalski. Lender: PennyMac Loan Services LLC, 3043 Townsgate Road, Suite 200, Westlake Village, California. Property: 80 County St., 13F, Norwalk. Amount: $148,000. Filed June 17.

Romero, Francisco, Stamford, by Michael Withersform. Lender: United Wholesale Mortgage LLC, 585 South Boulevard East, Pontiac, Michigan. Property: 177 Belltown Road, Stamford. Amount: $536,750. Filed June 18.

Mason, Derrel M. and Matthew C. Mason, Fairfield, by Denise Dunn. Lender: Citizens Bank NA, 1 Citizens Plaza, Providence, Rhode Island. Property: 20 Beaumont Place, Fairfield. Amount: $124,400. Filed June 3.

Stevens, Matthew and Alison Claire Stevens, Greenwich, by Stephen R. Bellis. Lender: First Republic Bank, 111 Pine St., San Francisco, California. Property: 3 Chasmar Road, Greenwich. Amount: $1,160,000. Filed June 4.

Mathews, Sean D. and Ellen E. Eberhardt, Norwalk, by Philip V. D’Alessio. Lender: Citizens Bank NA, 1 Citizens Plaza, Providence, Rhode Island. Property: 75 Highland Ave., Norwalk. Amount: $1,332,000. Filed June 15.

Vergara, Jill S., Fairfield, by Beth Willard. Lender: Loandepot, com LLC, 26642 Towne Centre Drive, Foothill Ranch, California. Property: 271 Old Post Road, Fairfield. Amount: $450,000. Filed June 4.

MORTGAGES Backman, Gerald S., Stamford, by Felix J. Reimundo. Lender: Quicken Loans LLC, 1050 Woodward Ave., Detroit, Michigan. Property: 546 Wire Mill Road, Stamford. Amount: $855,800. Filed June 16.

Demaio, Nicholas J., Fairfield, by Ian C. Wagemaker. Lender: Members Mortgage Company Inc, 90 Maple St., Stoneham, Massachusetts. Property: 175 Szost Drive, Fairfield. Amount: $375,000. Filed June 1. Duarte, Carlos R. and Miriam Sucely Duarte, Norwalk, by John A. Cassone. Lender: Total Mortgage Services LLC, 185 Plains Road, Milford. Property: 135 Flax Hill Road, Unit 16A, Norwalk. Amount: $139,500. Filed June 16.

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Plent, Amy M. and Bruce A. Plent, Stamford, by Charles P. Abate. Lender: KeyBank National Association, 127 Public Square, Cleveland, Ohio. Property: 263 Cedarwood Road, Stamford. Amount: $607,200. Filed June 17.

NEW BUSINESSES 3rd. Eye, 317 West Ave., No. 113107, Stamford 06911, c/o Ibrahim Adebanjo. Filed June 14. Bartley Family Orthodontic, 2001 W. Main St., Suite 131, Stamford 06902, c/o Bridgeport Braces. Filed June 11. Capital Home Mortgage, 9999 Bellaire Blvd. Suite 700, Houston, Texas. 77036, c/o Phillip G. Clayton. Filed June 8. D.A. Service, P.O. Box 35, Stamford 06904, c/o Donald Alexander. Filed June 11.

Wake Zone Marine Insurance Brokers, 6 Landmark Square, Fourth floor, Stamford 06901, c/o Foundation Risk Partners Corp. Filed June 9.

PATENTS Apparatus and method to create secure data blocks to validate an information source. Patent no. 11,068,467 issued to Jonathan Levine, et al. Assigned to Xerox, Norwalk. Loudspeaker assembly and control. Patent no. 11,070,931 issued to Jason Walker, et al. Assigned to Harman International, Stamford.

Deliberate Paper Company, 8 Washington Court, Unit 102, Stamford 06902, c/o Rochelle Duford. Filed June 14. Lemus Contractor, 101 Cove Road, Unit 1, Stamford 06902, c/o Rudy H. Lemus Corado. Filed June 14. Ocean’s Eye Marine Detailing, 50 Soundview Drive, Stamford 06902, c/o Stewart Sbordone. Filed June 8. Rafael Ysabel Agency LLC, 1266 E. Main St., Suite 612, Stamford 06902, c/o Rafael Ysabel Gooseh. Filed June 4. Sandra’s Mexican Food LLC, 18B Belltown Road, Stamford 06905, c/o Carlos A. Lopez. Filed June 14. Universal Business Insurance, 6 Landmark Square, Fourth floor, Stamford 06901, c/o PCF Insurance Services of the West LLC. Filed June 2.

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Research Director, Sourcing, Procurement & Supplier Management, Gartner, Inc., Stamford, CT. Prvd specialized logistics & sourcing analysis & integrated logistics planning on behalf of Gartner. Req a bach’s deg or foreign equiv in Bus Admin, Comp Sys Engg, or rel + 8 yrs post-bach progrssve work exp in Supply Chain. Up to 5% travel req. 100% Telecommuting permitted. To apply, please email resume to: Marli Pinochet - Marli.Pinochet@ gartner.com #55910.

LEGAL NOTICES 137 Groton Avenue LLC. Arts. of Org. filed with the SSNY on March 1, 2021. Office: Westchester County. SSNY designated as agent of the LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail copy of process to the LLC, 179 Riverview Ave, Tarrytown, NY 10591. Purpose: Any lawful purpose. #62887 Notice of Formation of That Jazz Show, LLC Art. Of Org. filed with SSNY on 2/23/21. 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, 2063 Van Cortlandt Ci, Yorktown Hts., NY 10598. Purpose: any lawful purpose. #62889 Notice of Formation of Alex Apartments LLC Arts. of Org. filed with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 06/04/2021. Office location: Westchester County. Princ. Office of LLC: 6 Oak Hill Circle, Pleasantville, NY 10570. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to the LLC at the address of its principle office. Purpose: Any lawful activity. #62891 Notice of Formation of ACE HOME & BUSINESS, LLC filed with SSNY on 5/26/16. Business Location: Westchester County. SSNY designated as agent of the LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to ACE HOME & BUSINESS, LLC, 10 Benedict Ave., Tarrytown, New York 10591 Purpose: any lawful act or activity. #62892 Notice of Formation of NSF Beauty Consulting LLC filed with SSNY on 5/20/21. Westchester Cty. SSNY desig. as agent of the LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to the LLC, 310 Carroll Close, Tarrytown, NY 10591. (LLCís Prim Bus Loc) Purpose: any lawful purpose. #62893

Notice of Formation of a Limited Liability Company (LLC). The name of the LLC is: TAION LLC. Articles of Organization were filed with the Secretary of State of New York (SSNY) office on: March 23, 2021. The County in which the Office is to be located: Westchester County. The SSNY is designated as agent of the LLC upon whom process against it may be served. The address to which the SSNY shall mail a copy of any process against the LLC is: 2005 Palmer Avenue, Suite 1112, Larchmont, New York 10538. Purpose: any lawful activity. #62894 Resort Little, LLC. Filed 4/23/21 Office: Westchester Co. SSNY designated as agent for process & shall mail to: 1112 Wilmot Road, Suite 274H, Scarsdale, NY 10583 Purpose: All lawful #62895 Notice of Formation of Political Video Advertising LLC, a domestic, LLC. Art. Of Org. filed with SSNY on 06/08/2021. Office location: Westchester County. SSNY has been designated as agent of the LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to: The LLC, 46 Crest Drive, Yorktown Heights, NY 10598. Purpose: Any Lawful Purpose. #62896 NOTICE OF FORMATION OF LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY (LLC). NYFILMMAKER PRODUCTIONS, LLC Articles of Organization were filed with the Secretary of State of New York (SSNY) on 2-9-21. 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: NYFilmmaker Productions, LLC, 47 Riverdale Avenue, Suite A152, Yonkers, NY 10701, principal business location of the LLC. Purpose: Any lawful business activity. #62897

VIVA VERDI! LLC Arts. of Org. filed with the Secretary of State of New York (SSNY) on 05/17/2021. Off. Loc: Westchester County. SSNY designated as agent upon whom process may be served and shall mail a copy of any process to VIVA VERDI! LLC., 420 South Riverside Avenue, #131, Croton on Hudson, New York, 10520. Purpose: all lawful. #62898 Notice of Formation of Croton Corners LLC. Arts. of Org. filed with SSNY on 6/10/21. Office location: Westchester County. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process may be served. SSNY shall mail process to Hans Tokke, 124 Grand Street, Croton-onHudson, New York 10520. Purpose: any lawful act or activity. #62899 Bannock Holdings LLC, Arts of Org. filed with Sec. of State of NY (SSNY) 6/10/2021. Cty: Westchester. SSNY desig. as agent upon whom process against may be served & shall mail process to 1075 Central Park Ave., Ste. 205, Scarsdale, NY 10583. General Purpose #62900 ESCOS CONSULTING, LLC. Articles of Org. filed with NY Sec. of State of (SSNY) on 06/11/21. Office in Westchester Co. SSNY designated as agent of the LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail a copy of any process against the LLC to Marvin A. Escobar, 15 Piping Rock Drive, Ossining, NY 10562. Purpose: Any Lawful Purpose. #62901 Green Archers Business Solutions, LLC has filed articles of organization with the secretary of State of NYS on June 1, 2021. The office of the company is located in Westchester County, NY. The Secretary of State has been designated as agent of limited Liability company, upon whom process against it may be served. The address to which the Secretary of State shall mail a copy of any process against the limited liability company served on him/her is Green Archers Business Solutions, LLC, 20 Cabot Avenue, Elmsford, NY 10523. The company is organized to conduct any lawful business for which a limited liability company may be organized. #62902

Vesta 260 LLC. Filed 3/19/21 Office: Westchester Co. SSNY designated as agent for process & shall mail to: c/o NMC Property Management, 629 Fifth Ave, Suite 105, Pelham, NY 10803 Purpose: All lawful #62903 MDA Property LLC. Filed 5/11/21 Office: Westchester Co. SSNY designated as agent for process & shall mail to: 130 Winfred Ave, Yonkers, NY 10704 Purpose: All lawful #62904 Notice of formation of R9G LLC, a domestic Limited Liability Company (LLC). Articles of Organization filed with the NY State Secretary of State on 04/16/2021. NY office location: Westchester County. The secretary of State is designated as agent upon whom process against the LLC may be served. The secretary of State shall mail a copy of any such process against the LLC to 41 Winthrop Dr, Cortlandt Manor, NY 10567. Purpose: Real Estate Rental. #62905 Notice of formation of Essjay Properties LLC, a domestic Limited Liability Company (LLC). Articles of Organization filed with the NY State Secretary of State on 04/15/2021. NY office location: Westchester County. The secretary of State is designated as agent upon whom process against the LLC may be served. The secretary of State shall mail a copy of any such process against the LLC to 41 Winthrop Dr, Cortlandt Manor, NY 10567. Purpose: Real Estate Management and Development. #62906

Notice of formation of Limited Liability Company (ìLLCî). Name: Davies SI LLC. Articles of Organization filed with the Secretary of State of the State of New York (ìSSNYî) on June 21, 2021. N.Y. office location: Westchester County. The SSNY has been designated as agent of the LLC upon whom process against it may be served. The SSNY shall mail a copy of any process to Davies SI LLC, c/o Mountco Construction and Development Corp., 700 White Plains Road, Suite 363, Scarsdale, New York 10583. Purpose/ character of LLC is to engage in any lawful act or activity #62907

Notice of formation of Limited Liability Company (LLC). Name: Jefferson TI LLC. Articles of Organization filed with the Secretary of State of the State of New York (SSNY) on June 22, 2021. N.Y. office location: Westchester County. The SSNY has been designated as agent of the LLC upon whom process against it may be served. The SSNY shall mail a copy of any process to Jefferson TI LLC, c/o Mountco Construction and Development Corp., 700 White Plains Road, Suite 363, Scarsdale, New York 10583. Purpose/ character of LLC is to engage in any lawful act or activity. #62910

Notice of formation of Limited Liability Company (ìLLCî). Name: Stuhr GI LLC. Articles of Organization filed with the Secretary of State of the State of New York (SSNY) on June 21, 2021. N.Y. office location: Westchester County. The SSNY has been designated as agent of the LLC upon whom process against it may be served. The SSNY shall mail a copy of any process to Stuhr GI LLC, c/o Mountco Construction and Development Corp., 700 White Plains Road, Suite 363, Scarsdale, New York 10583. Purpose/character of LLC is to engage in any lawful act or activity. #62913

Notice of formation of Limited Liability Company (ìLLCî). Name: Golden VI LLC. Articles of Organization filed with the Secretary of State of the State of New York (ìSSNYî) on June 21, 2021. N.Y. office location: Westchester County. The SSNY has been designated as agent of the LLC upon whom process against it may be served. The SSNY shall mail a copy of any process to Golden VI LLC, c/o Mountco Construction and Development Corp., 700 White Plains Road, Suite 363, Scarsdale, New York 10583. Purpose/ character of LLC is to engage in any lawful act or activity. #62908

Notice of formation of Limited Liability Company (LLC). Name: Oak CI LLC. Articles of Organization filed with the Secretary of State of the State of New York (SSNY) on June 21, 2021. N.Y. office location: Westchester County. The SSNY has been designated as agent of the LLC upon whom process against it may be served. The SSNY shall mail a copy of any process to Oak CI LLC, c/o Mountco Construction and Development Corp., 700 White Plains Road, Suite 363, Scarsdale, New York 10583. Purpose/character of LLC is to engage in any lawful act or activity #62911

Yusko Law Firm PLLC. Art. of Org. filed 7/12/21. Westchester Co. SSNY designated for process and shall mail to Reg. Agent: Thomas Law Firm, 130 7th Ave #204, NY, NY 10011. Purpose: Law #62916

Notice of formation of Limited Liability Company (LLC). Name: Rockwell TI LLC. Articles of Organization filed with the Secretary of State of the State of New York (SSNY) on June 21, 2021. N.Y. office location: Westchester County. The SSNY has been designated as agent of the LLC upon whom process against it may be served. The SSNY shall mail a copy of any process to Rockwell TI LLC, c/o Mountco Construction and Development Corp., 700 White Plains Road, Suite 363, Scarsdale, New York 10583. Purpose/ character of LLC is to engage in any lawful act or activity. #62912

Notice of Formation of FC Mechanical Services, LLC Art. Of Org. filed with SSNY on 4/20/21. Offc. Loc: Westchester Cty. SSNY desig. as agent of the LLC upon whomprocess against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to the LLC, 306 Columbus Ave, Apt 2, West Harrison, NY 10604. Purpose: any lawful purpose. #62919

Notice of formation of Limited Liability Company (LLC). Name: Grace TI LLC.Articles of Organization filed with the Secretary of State of the State of New York (SSNY) on June 30, 2021. N.Y. office location: Westchester County. The SSNY has been designated as agent of the LLC upon whom process against it may be served. The SSNY shall mail a copy of any process to Grace TI LLC, c/o Mountco Construction and Development Corp., 700 White Plains Road, Suite 363, Scarsdale, New York 10583. Purpose/ character of LLC is to engage in any lawful act or activity #62909

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Notice of Formation of J&B Remodeling Service, LLC Art. Of Org. filed with SSNY on 6/4/21. 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, 112 Webster Ave, 2FL, Harrison, NY 10528. Purpose: any lawful purpose. #62918

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