Westfair Business Journal, August 07, 2023

A new appreciation of political artist

Arthur Szyk

WEIGHT DISCRIMINATION AND THE WORKFORCE

By Justin McGown / jmcgown@westfairinc.com

There are significant impacts to one’s health, which can stem from being overweight, according to most medical authorities. But for those who are overweight or are healthy but considered fat by societal standards face, there are workforce challenges imposed on them in the form of weight discrimination. And companies are starting to become aware of the risks if this is allowed to go unchecked.

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BY BILL HELTZEL / bheltzel@westfairinc.com

Regeneron reports $3.16B Q2 revenues

Tarrytown-based Regeneron Pharmaceuticals today reported that its second quarter 2023 revenues increased 11% compared with the second quarter of 2022. The second quarter 2023 revenues were $3.16 billion. Net income reported using generally accepted accounting principles was $968 million for the second quarter.

“Regeneron delivered strong financial results in the second quarter of 2023 through increasingly diversified revenue streams, and we remain well-positioned for long-term growth,” said Leonard S. Schleifer, the company’s president and CEO.

The company said it spent $1.08 billion on research and development in the second quarter of the year, compared with $794 million in the second quarter of last year. It said that global net sales of the drug Dupixent, which are recorded

New

Avelo service

from Tweed Airport to Puerto Rico

Avelo Airlines announced it will begin nonstop service

Tweed-New Haven Airport and Puerto Rico's San Juan Luis Muñoz Marín International Airport.

by its partner Sanofi, increased to $2.97 billion, up 33% from where they had been in the second quarter last year.

Regeneron said it is working on 35 possible new products including possible additional applications for some of its existing products.

“I am pleased with the performance of our business in the second quarter of 2023, including incremental pipeline progress and exceptional commercial execution,” said Robert E. Landry, the company’s CFO. “We continue to prioritize internal investments while allocating additional capital to opportunistic share repurchases and potential business development.”

PepsiCo and Walmart team on sustainable agriculture project

Purchase-headquartered PepsiCo is partnering with Walmart on a seven-year collaboration to pursue $120 million worth of investments focused on supporting U.S. and Canadian farmers in their pursuit of improved soil and water quality.

The agricultural supply chain for the two companies stretches across North America and involves a large volume of critical crops – including potatoes, oats, corn, wheat, soybeans and rice.

Through the partnership –which will establish financial, agronomic and social programs – the companies seek to expand regenerative agriculture practices on more than 2 million acres of farmland and deliver approximately 4 million metric tons of greenhouse

gas (GHG) emission reductions and removals by 2030.

"Successful sustainability starts and ends with trust. At PepsiCo, we work very hard to earn the trust of the farmer so they understand that we are investing in their legacy and they can hand their farm down to the next generation," said Jim Andrew, chief sustainability officer at PepsiCo.

"This collaboration aims to help elevate farmer livelihoods, engage them on how to more sustainably manage soil health, increase yields and create a model that others can mimic across other product categories, including encouraging additional investments in regenerative agriculture by other brands," said Jane Ewing, senior vice president for sustainability at Walmart.

The new service launched Nov. 15 and will operate twice weekly on Wednesdays and Saturdays. San Juan is Avelo's first destination outside the continental United States.

“A lot of people have been eagerly awaiting this news,” said Avelo Airlines Chairman and CEO Andrew Levy. “With a large and increasing number of Puerto Ricans calling Connecticut home, this service will make reconnecting with friends and family easier and more affordable than ever. And with winter right around the corner, this Caribbean island treasure is the latest example of how Avelo is inspiring travel in new and exciting ways for Southern Connecticut.”

Avelo is the second carrier this year to launch service between Connecticut and Puerto Rico. Last month, Spirit Airlines began service from Bradley International Airport to Luis Muñoz Marín International Airport.

IBM board of directors taps Mastercard CEO

The board of directors of Armonk-based IBM has elected Michael Miebach, CEO of Purchase-based Mastercard, to the board, effective Oct. 30.

“We are delighted that Michael Miebach will join the IBM board of directors,” said Arvind Krishna, IBM chairman and CEO.

“Michael is an accomplished technologist and international business leader. His insights and experience will strongly benefit IBM and its shareholders.”

Miebach is also a member of the Business Roundtable, The Business Council of Westchester and the International Business Council of the World Economic Forum. He is a trustee of the U.S. Council for International Business and also serves on the U.S. Treasury Advisory Committee on Racial Equity.

PUBLISHERS Publisher Dee DelBello Co-Publisher Dan Viteri ADVERTISING SALES Associate Publisher & Manager Anne Jordan Fairfield Bureau Chief & Senior Enterprise Editor • Phil Hall Senior Editor • Peter Katz Senior Reporter • Bill Heltzel Reporters Pamela Brown, Georgette Gouveia, Peter Katz, Justin McGown Research Coordinator • Luis Flores, Sebastian Flores

Leonard S. Schleifer, president and CEO of Regeneron. Photo by Peter Katz.

Pepe seeks to build Porsche dealership in White Plains

By Peter Katz / pkatz@westfairinc.com

Pepe Auto Group, which serves the luxury auto market in Westchester and Rockland, wants to add a Porsche dealership at 1 and 25 Aqueduct Road in White Plains, just off Central Avenue. The Porsche sales and service center would be adjacent to Pepe's Genesis dealership at 300 Central Park Ave. Pepe is seeking site plan and special permit approval from White Plains to allow the project to move forward.

Pepe 's dealerships in addition to Genesis include Audi Nyack, Mercedes-Benz of New Rochelle, Mercedes-Benz of White Plains, Pepe Cadillac on Water Steet. in White Plains, Porsche Larchmont, and Mercedes-Benz of White Plains Vans. Attorneys David Steinmetz and

Kasey Brenner of the White Plainsbased law firm Zarin & Steinmetz told the White Plains Common Council that the property where the Porsche building would be located is approximately 1.32 acres and has been cleared. It previously had a retail building on 1 Aqueduct Road and a two-story home on 25 Aqueduct Road. Steinmetz and Brenner said that both buildings have been demolished. The proposed new building would have a footprint of approximately 24,318 square feet, just slightly larger than the 20,765-square-foot retail build -

ing that had been on the site. They explained that the 1 Aqueduct Road parcel is located in both the B-3 (Intermediate Business) and LI (Light Industrial) Zoning Districts, and the 25 Aqueduct Road parcel located in the B-3 District. Both of those districts allow by issuance of a special permit uses that are in the Pepe proposal, including motor vehicle sales or rental, accessory repair shops, service stations or outdoor storage of motor vehicles, Steinmetz and Brenner said that the proposal complies with zoning and will provide a total of 108 parking spaces where only 92 are required. There would be 26 outdoor parking spaces and 82 indoor spaces. The attorneys took the position that nothing about that project that Pepe is proposing would hinder or discourage the appropriate develop -

ment and use of adjacent land and buildings. In addition, they said that the project "will not be more objectionable to nearby properties by reason of noise, traffic, fumes, vibrations, or other characteristics than that of uses not requiring a special permit."

According to documents on file with the Westchester County Clerk's Office, on Aug. 8, 2022, Ross Realty Associates LLC sold the property with an address of 1 Aqueduct Road to 1 Aqueduct Properties LLC, which had the same address as Pepe Auto Group in White Plains. The consideration was $10,575,000. Documents also showed that the property at 25 Aqueduct Road was sold on Aug. 8, 2022, to 1 Aqueduct Properties LLC by 25 Aqueduct Road LLC for $425,000.

Revised apartment proposal at Tarrytown train station

By Peter Katz / pkatz@westfairinc.com

Revised plans for an 88-unit apartment building at 29 S. Depot Plaza, adjacent to the Metro-North train station in Tarrytown, have been submitted to the village by Hudson Harbor Station LLC, located at the same address in Greenwich as prolific real estate developer National Resources. Joseph Cotter, president and CEO of National Resources, told the Tarrytown Planning Board on behalf of the applicant that the plans have been revised to take into consideration various comments received about the previous set of plans that were submitted.

The plan is to demolish existing warehouses on the site and construct a four-story building with eight duplex artist live/work studios, 27 studio apartments, 34 one-bedroom apartments and 19 two-bedroom units. Nine of the apartments would be priced in the affordable category.

The proposal calls for 98 parking spaces with 32 spaces located at a

parking lot owned by the Metropolitan Transportation Authority. The project is situated directly east of the train station. Vehicle access to the property is via S. Depot Plaza.

Cotter said that the revisions include changes to the look of the building's facade, offering the eight duplex live/ work units for artists, decreasing the height of elevator and staircase bulkheads, changing the location of mechanicals on the roof to make them less visible and adding a landscaping buffer between the proposed project and the adjacent Franklin Courts apartments.

National Resources has been active in development at Tarrytown's waterfront for several years with elements in its Hudson Harbor development having been completed. Hudson Harbor is on 24 acres.

George Distefano, development manager for National Resources, told the Planning Board on July 24 that Hudson Harbor Station LLC considers the proposal to be in keeping with

the village's efforts to reimagine the train station and waterfront area. He said there would be a mobility hub at the proposed development to provide a location for sharing bicycles and scooters to help reduce dependency on cars.

Planning Board members pointed out that a variance would be needed since the proposed building height is 50 feet, two feet higher than is permitted.

Distefano said that the building would be all-electric and would use low-flow plumbing fixtures, LED lighting and energy-efficient windows.

"This will not be a luxury housing project but rather what we call mid-housing, created for the working class," Distefano said. "We're looking to create a building that feels like it's been on the site for decades and identifies with the industrial history of the site adjacent to the train."

The Planning Board is expected to take up the proposal again at a work session on Aug. 17 and its scheduled monthly meeting on Aug. 28.

Rendering of proposed Pepe Porsche building in White Plains.

Rendering of proposed building for 29 S. Depot Plaza in Tarrytown.

“This will not be a luxury housing project but rather what we call mid-housing, created for the working class.”

The proposed new building would have a footprint of approximately 24,318 square feet.

Medicare penalizes New Windsor ER staffing firms for imaginary doctors

By Bill heltzel / bheltzel@westfairinc.com

billing practices.

Advanced Health Partners Inc. and its affiliates confessed to submitting false claims to Medicare for services by doctors who did not perform the services and in many instances were no longer working for the staffing companies, in a stipulation filed on July 27 in U.S. District Court in White Plains by U.S. Attorney Damian Williams. Williams, acting on behalf of the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, also filed a complaint-in-intervention, joining a 2014 False Claims Act lawsuit filed by two employees of the companies.

Medexcel Emergency Physician Services of Yonkers and Tri-State Emergency Physicians staffed emergency rooms in the region. Medexcel USA provided management services to the staffing groups and advised Advanced on which doctors to name in Medicare claims.

Advanced, formerly known as Medicom Management Services Inc., submitted the claims to Medicare.

The companies are based in a business park in New Windsor and share some common ownership, according to the complaint. Drs. Anthony R. Ruvo and Edward Orlando are listed on the Advanced website as co-owners, and Ruvo signed the settlement on behalf of the companies.

From 2007 to 2017, according to the

government, the companies submitted thousands of claims to Medicare that used identifications of more than a dozen physicians “who did not perform or supervise the services in question and, in fact, no longer worked at the practice groups or the hospital emergency departments at which the services were rendered.”

A physician referred to as Dr. A, for instance, worked for Tri-State as

medical director of an emergency department from August 2009 to September 2011, yet Advanced submitted more than 1,800 claims for services performed by the doctor in 2012 and 2013.

Had Medicare known that the doctor had not provided or supervised the services, the complaint states, it would not have paid the claims.

The government charged the companies with violating the federal False Claims Act for making false statements and presenting false claims.

The settlement requires the companies to cooperate with investigations of individuals and any other entities not already named, and to not make any public statement that contradicts the conduct to which they admitted.

The 2014 whistleblower lawsuit was filed by Christina Myruski, who was once the director of operations for Medicom, and Glynis Cowart,

who was once the chief information officer of MedExcel USA. The lawsuit was filed under seal, and nearly two dozen documents submitted in the case remain under seal.

Myruski and Cowart also signed onto the settlement, agreeing that the terms are fair. The settlement does not say how much they will receive for initiating the False Claims Act lawsuit; generally, whistleblowers are awarded 15% to 30% of the damages.

The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Office of Inspector General assisted in the investigation. Assistant U.S. Attorneys Peter M. Aronoff and Jacob M. Bergman are handling the case. Nassau County attorneys John G. Martin and Steven R. Antico represented the companies. Manhattan attorney John Howley represented the whistleblowers. U.S. District Judge Nelson R. Román approved the settlement.

Four emergency room staffing companies based in New Windsor, Orange County, have agreed to pay $475,000 to the federal government to settle a whistleblower lawsuit over fraudulent

From 2007 to 2017, according to the government, the companies submitted thousands of claims to Medicare that used identifications of more than a dozen physicians.

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loss type of program,” Vining said. “That’s not what I do, people come to me to have a great experience, to feel good about themselves and to get stronger.”

Dr. John Morton, the director of bariatric services for the Yale New Haven Hospital System and a professor in the department of surgery at Yale School of Medicine, noted that while health effects from being overweight can decrease lifespans by eight to 12 years, there is a social element to what his patients face, which also needs to be addressed.

“What isn’t recognized a lot is the toll on patients,” Morton said. “It’s a disease that is very visible, you don’t need a blood test to ascertain if someone’s obese, people see that.”

Morton added the basis for many of the stereotypes about the overweight is not medically sound.

“There’s a belief that this is something that should be self-treated, but we have gained greater insight as to why people have difficulty in losing weight, and it’s called metabolic adaptation,” he explained. “When you get to a certain weight, usually above a BMI of 30, it becomes very difficult to lose weight on your own. As a result, only about one in 20 people are able to lose significant weight through dieting alone.”

employer has a preference for a certain body type among employees. Activities

Morton estimated he has performed bariatric surgery on around 6,000 patients and he said that there were many cases where former patients reported significant changes in how others treat them, including in the workplace.

Ironically, missing out on job opportunities and promotions tied to better insurance can also limit access to quality health care such as bariatric surgery or increasingly popular but expensive weigh loss drugs like Ozempic.

costing more and actively discouraging

“Patients with obesity are some of the hardest working people I know,” Morton added. “I’ve treated everybody from janitors to CEOs and they’re hardworking people. They can have triple indemnity, they get the stigma, they get decreased wages, and on top of that they have less access to care and therapies they need.”

weight has been addressed by potential

From a medical and legal viewpoint, the best approach an employer can have in regard to overweight or obese employees is ultimately the same approach to take in regard to any employee: treat them with respect and assess them on the basis of their work.

“I don’t really believe in a weight

“It’s the right thing to do,” Avcollie said, noting he has long dealt with weight issues himself. “It’s a moral issue to treat people based on as Dr. King said, the content of their character not the color of their skin. In this case it’s the content of the character not their body weight. I would advise them to focus on a candidate’s qualifications for the job and try not to put, no pun intended, any weight on the candidate’s appearance.”

A 2022 article in MIT Sloan Management Review noted that 40% of American adults are considered obese and 70% are considered overweight.

Weight discrimination and the workforce

A new appreciation of political artist Arthur Szyk

By Phil Hall / phall@westfairinc.com

“In Real Times. Arthur Szyk: Artist and Soldier for Human Rights” will be presented Sept. 29 through Dec. 16 at Fairfield University Art Museum’s Bellarmine Hall Galleries. An adjunct exhibition titled “Szyk: The Interactive Experience” will run simultaneously in the Museum’s Walsh Gallery.

Szyk was born in 1894 in Łódź and was educated in Paris at Académie Julian and in Krakow at the Jan Matejko Academy of Fine Arts. He gained European prominence in the 1920s as a book illustrator and as an artist who celebrated Polish history, and in the 1930s he was praised by American art critics for the “Washington and

His Times” series that he presented to the Library of Congress. He lived in Paris and London before relocating to the U.S. in 1940, where he created political illustrations in support of the Allied war effort. His work was widely seen domestically on the covers of popular magazines and by U.S. troops in posters distributed by the United Services Organization (USO). During this time, he also created book illustrations and commercial art for major companies, including U.S. Steel and Coca-Cola.

Szyk settled in New Canaan in 1945 and during the postwar years he created work celebrating the birth of the State of Israel and the havoc created within the U.S. by McCarthyism and Jim Crow politics. He died of a heart attack at his home in 1951.

Today, Szyk is celebrated for his visually vibrant depictions of Jewish culture and for detailing the Nazi tyranny and genocide – he is credited as being among the first public figures

to aggressively call attention to the Holocaust as it was being perpetrated.

“This important exhibition will allow the museum to do so something it does very well, and that is to be a place where difficult conversations can take place,” said Carey Weber, executive director of the Fairfield University Art Museum, in a press statement announcing the exhibition. “Szyk’s work will prompt frank discussion about antisemitism and the memory of the Holocaust at a time when antisemitism is once again on the rise in our country.”

The new exhibition is curated by Dr. Francesco Spagnolo, curator of The Magnes Collection of Jewish Art and Life at the University of California, Berkeley. The exhibition opened at the Magnes in May 2021 and was later on view at the National World War II Museum in New Orleans before coming to the Fairfield University Art Museum, which will be the exclusive exhibition venue in the Northeast.

At the Fairfield University Art Museum, the exhibition is coordinated by Dr. Philip Eliasoph, professor of

art history and visual culture and special assistant to the president for arts and culture and is co-sponsored by the Bennett Center for Judaic Studies, the Center for Jewish History in New York and the Jewish Federation of Greater Fairfield County. Connecticut Humanities has provided a $30,000 grant for the exhibition.

New Rochelle doctor says he was duped into setting up anti-aging clinic

By Bill heltzel / bheltzel@westfairinc.com

A New Rochelle doctor claims he was lured into setting up an anti-aging clinic in Harrison with false promises of a $1.15 million salary and support for his existing medical practice.

Dr. David M. Lans accused Fountain Life Holdings, of Naples, Florida, of fraud and deceptive trade practices in a complaint filed July 21 in Westchester Supreme Court.

“But for the guaranteed salary, as well as the assurance that his medical practice would continue with the support of Fountain Life,” the complaint states, “Dr. Lans never would have proceeded forward with the transaction with Fountain Life.”

Lans is licensed as an osteopathic physician and has practiced rheumatology, integrative and preventa -

tive medicine, age-management and hormone therapy.

Fountain Life is “making 100 years old the new 60,” it declares on its website. Its advanced diagnostics predict and detect future diseases and enable people to stay healthy before they show symptoms.

“Fountain Life is like a country club for precision diagnostics,” according to the website. Patients are called members, and pay an upfront annual fee of $19,500.

Lans says Fountain Life officials approached him in 2021 to open a center in the New York metropolitan area. Initially, he rejected their proposal because he didn’t want to be distracted from his thriving New Rochelle practice.

He changed his mind after he was offered a guaranteed annual salary of $1.15 million for five years and assurances that Fountain Life would

support the New Rochelle practice.

Fountain Life would assume the office lease, pay the medical malpractice insurance and equipment financing fees, hire additional doctors to cover for Lans while he was concentrating on the new clinic, and handle billing and collections, according to the complaint.

Lans agreed to contribute his medical practice assets to Fountain’s Wealthy Life affiliate for a 10% interest in Wealthy Life.

Now Lans believes the offers were a ploy.

He claims that Fountain Life offloaded the costs of the new clinic onto the New Rochelle practice. No doctors were hired to cover for him, he says, leaving the office unstaffed most of the week. No capital or operating budgets were provided.

Patient referrals and visits to the once thriving practice declined precipitously.

On June 13, according to the

complaint, Fountain Life claimed in a letter to Lans that he had violated their management services agreement by failing to pay a management fee.

Lans claims that Fountain Life charged onerous management and service fees to the New Rochelle practice but failed to provide the services, profited from sales of products while not paying for products, and failed to collect on patient bills.

Fountain Life paid his $1.15 million compensation through the New Rochelle practice, he claims, so as to pay nothing for his services in opening the new clinic.

Offloading costs for the new clinic onto the New Rochelle practice, according to the complaint, artificially inflated the clinic’s net operating income on financial statements that were submitted to potential investors.

Lans says that his initial concerns about the deal were realized.

“Fountain Life failed to support the New Rochelle practice,” the complaint states, “while unnecessarily and deceptively burdening it.”

Lans, who is represented by Manhattan attorney Joseph B. Fiorenzo, is demanding unspecified damages.

Fountain Life did not respond to an email asking for responses to the allegations.

The work of Arthur Szyk, the Polish-born Jewish artist and illustrator and New Canaan resident, will be the subject of an upcoming Fairfield University Art Museum exhibition that is being billed as the largest Northeast presentation of his work in more than 50 years.

Fountain Life paid his $1.15 million compensation through the New Rochelle practice.

Arthur Szyk's "The Haggadah, The Four Questions" (1935).

Photo courtesy

The Arthur Szyk Society, Burlingame, California.

Unlocking the secrets of ovarian cancer

By Georgette Gouvei a / ggouveia@westfairinc.com

Over the phone, Audra Moran’s voice percolates with warmth and enthusiasm. The Dobbs Ferry resident – who lives in the Hudson River village with husband Joe Sampino, director of engineering at DirecTV; son Holden and three cats – is a super-volunteer. She’s been a support service provider for deaf-blind people, a volunteer at the Harrison-based National Multiple Sclerosis Society’s walks, board vice president for the Yonkers Committee for Smart Development (YCSD); board secretary for the Cure Alliance for Mental Illness Inc.; and head of the biannual clothing event for Spring Community Partners in Dobbs Ferry.

As if this weren’t enough, she writes murder-mystery plays, sending friends their parts via email to enact at her home. Clearly, she’s a woman who knows how to spread joy, perhaps in part because she has a serious job helming an organization dedicated to one of the most insidious and lethal diseases – ovarian cancer.

“Unfortunately, it’s detected so late, and there’s not enough ovarian cancer screening,” said Moran, president and CEO of Ovarian Cancer Research Alliance (OCRA). Incorporated in 1994 as Ovarian Cancer Research Fund, OCRA is the oldest and largest ovarian cancer philanthropy in the world, dedicated to funding for research, support for patients and family and advocacy in Washington, D.C. before Congress and the National Institutes of Health (NIH). (In 2016, the fund merged with Ovarian Cancer National Alliance to become OCRA, with offices in Manhattan and Washington, D.C.)

Joining the organization in 2010, Moran has overseen the merger and OCRA’s passing of the $115-million mark in research funding. Its peer support for women in treatment for gynecologic cancers is in 30 hospitals and has expanded nationally and internationally through a highly successful virtual program. Its survivor-led training program reaches more than 13,000 medical students annually. And a newly launched patient support program is already serving thousands each year. Most recently, Moran has spearheaded the evolution of OCRA’s role in advancing research progress and drug development by establishing the organization as an international convenor to promote crucial research collaborations and data-sharing. Such efforts are critical for what is

the deadliest of the five gynecologic cancers (which include cervical, uterine/endometrial, vaginal and vulvar cancers). With a five-year survival rate of 50%, ovarian cancer is expected to claim the lives of 13,270 women this year, according to the American Cancer Society.

“One in 78 people with ovaries will get ovarian cancer,” Moran said.

Part of the problem is that ovarian cancer is a stealth disease. Seventy percent of cases develop in the fallopian tubes. Such symptoms as bloating, a feeling of fullness, difficulty in urination and pelvic pain can be signals of other illnesses or nothing at all, though their persistence should be followed up, she added. There’s no real screening for the disease. By the time it becomes apparent, it’s usually well-developed and may have even metastasized.

Despite this, the number of new cases has been decreasing from around 22,000 last year to a projected 19,710 this year. “The protective effect of birth control is one theory” on the decline, Moran said. Another is greater awareness of parents’ family history, including the presence of the BRCA1 or BRCA2 gene mutations – which increases the risk of getting breast, ovarian, prostate and pancreatic cancers.

The presence of a defective BRCA1 gene led actress-activist Angelina Jolie, whose mother, a breast cancer sufferer, and grandmother both died of ovarian cancer, to have a preventive double mastectomy and reconstructive surgery in 2013. Two years later, she underwent a laparoscopic bilateral salpingo-oophorectomy to remove both ovaries and fallopian tubes. In 2021, tennis player-commentator Chris Evert underwent a preventive hysterectomy and bilateral salpingo-oophorectomy a year after her sister, Jeanne Evert Dubin, died of ovarian cancer and Evert discovered they both had the same BRCA1 variant. It turns out Evert had Stage 1 ovarian cancer. She is cancer-free but underwent a preventive double mastectomy last year. https://www.espn.com/tennis/story/_/ id/35461249/chris-evert-updates-cancerjourney-one-year-later.

About 20% of ovarian cancers are genetic, and OCRA provides free

genetic test kits to those at risk. https:// ocrahope.org/what-if-you-could-preventovarian-cancer/#free-genetic-test. As for other possible causes. Moran said the scientific data is actually incomplete on whether talcum powder products generate ovarian cancer – which hasn’t prevented manufacturer Johnson & Johnson from having to hand out millions in lawsuits. (On May 19, 2020, the company, still facing some 38,000 related lawsuits, announced it would no longer sell talc-based baby powder. On July 28, a court denied Johnson & Johnson’s attempt to use a bankruptcy case to limit liability in the still pending suits. For those who like baby powder, some gynecologists have recommended the pure cornstarch variety for adult use.)

For those not at risk of ovarian cancer, there are few preventive options, but Moran said that an opportunistic salpingectomy – in which the fallopian tubes are removed during other pelvic surgery – is a possibility.

Born in the U.S. territory of Guam, where her father was in the Navy, and raised in Lakeland, Florida, Moran has long been interested in helping others through health care. She holds a Bachelor of Arts degree in psychology and a Master of Arts degree in rehabilitation and mental health counseling

from the University of South Florida. Moving to New York after graduation, she worked with deaf-blind adults at the Helen Keller National Center in Sands Point, named for the Easton resident who became an international lecturer, author and activist despite having gone blind and deaf at age 19 months due to an illness, possibly meningitis. Moran became fluent in American Sign Language (ASL), as well as a Certified Rehabilitation Counselor (CRC) and National Certified Counselor (NCC). It was at the center that she met her husband. After seven years, she moved over to the National Alliance for Research on Schizophrenia and Depression/ NARSAD (now the Brain and Behavior Research Foundation) where she remained for the next 11 years. Eventually, she segued there from working one on one with those who have mental health issues to exploring her talents for fundraising and administration as vice president of development and scientific affairs – talents she now calls upon as she helps others understand the mysteries of ovarian cancer.

For more on Ovarian Cancer Research Alliance (OCRA), click here. https://ocrahope.org/

“Unfortunately, it’s detected so late, and there’s not enough ovarian cancer screening,”

- Audra Moran.

Audra Moran, president and CEO of Ovarian Cancer Research Alliance. Photograph by Matt Peyton Photography.

Watermark Pointe homeowners demand $5M for too much water

By Bill heltzel / bheltzel@westfairinc.com

Watermark Pointe condominiums in

New Rochelle

—

with its spectacular panoramic views of Long Island Sound and private beach and swimming pool — is all about water, as its name implies, but sometimes you can have too much.

The homeowners are demanding $5 million from the project sponsor, contractors and architect for alleged faulty designs and construction that allowed water pipes to freeze, burst and flood several apartments.

Watermark Pointe Homeowners Association accused Zinrock Resources L.P., Regional Construction Corp., R.S. Granoff Architects P.C., and Southport Engineering Associates P.C. of negligence, in a complaint filed July 19 in Westchester Supreme Court.

The condos were built on the former Beckwith Pointe beach club property at the southern tip of Davenport Neck.

“We’re selling water views,” Robert C. Baker, Zinrock’s principal said at the groundbreaking in 2017. “There are no views like this anyplace.”

The $100 million project comprised nine, four-story buildings with 72 apartments that were to be offered for $1.5 million to $2.5 million. All of the units have been sold, according to the lawsuit.

This past Dec. 26, frozen sprinkler pipes burst in three buildings.

One of the leaks “wreaked havoc” on four apartments, the garage and ground—floor lobby of one building. A leak in another building heavily damaged an apartment. Other leaks caused less damage but made it clear, the complaint states, “that a full-scale design and construction review was required.”

The review allegedly revealed inadequate insulation and “thermal envelope weaknesses” throughout the development.

Uninsulated air ducts and fire system sprinkler pipes, for instance, were found running through attic spaces above kitchen cabinets and balcony closets to outdoor air vents.

Thus, on cold days, outside air cools the enclosed spaces and sprinkler pipes.

On Dec. 25 – 26, New Rochelle was subjected to freezing temperatures and strong winds. Sprinkler pipes froze, expanded and broke.

Around 5:04 p.m. on the 26th, water began flooding one building,

according to the complaint, and a short time later a pipe burst in another building.

The homeowners association claims that the condos were not designed and built in accordance with the offering plans and building codes.

General Casualty Company of Wisconsin has paid a claim to the homeowners association for the cost of fixing the damaged areas. Now

the association wants at least $5 million to fix remaining defects throughout the property.

The homeowners association claims that Zinrock has “refused to engage.”

But Wayne Heller said for Zinrock that “The unfortunate events, which took place under extreme weather conditions of near zero temperatures are being remedied.” Heller is an associate counsel for National Realty

& Development Corp., the parent company of Zinrock and Regional Construction Corp.

He added, “Watermark Pointe is an extraordinarily successful and valuable luxury condominium community, which we are proud to have developed.”

R.S. Granoff Architects, of Greenwich, Connecticut; and mechanical, electrical and plumbing contractor Southport Engineering Associates, of Ridgefield, Connecticut, did not reply to emails asking for responses to the allegations.

The homeowners association is represented by White Plains attorney James R. Anderson.

“The unfortunate events which took place under extreme weather conditions of near zero temperatures are being remedied.”

- Wayne Heller.

Beating the heck out of ‘tech neck’

By Georgette Gouvei a / ggouveia@westfairinc.com

NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital defines ‘tech neck” as “the fallout from spending too much time looking down at phones or tablets or holding your head too far forward to look at a computer screen,” causing your neck muscles to lengthen and your chest muscles to shorten, increasing the pressure on your upper spine. This can result in “soreness, stiffness and even injury,” along with headaches, numbness in your hands and permanent spinal changes.

When it comes to tech neck, a study by ISSA Yoga found that the United States is number one in sore-neck suffering and online searches for relief, with New York and Connecticut among the states most affected. Indeed, searches for “sore neck” are up by almost a third (30%) in the U.S. this summer – no surprise to Erika Weiss, a wellness and posture expert at ISSA (International Sports Science Association) Yoga.

“Just as some people fall ill once they stop working before a holiday, others will realize that rushing to meet last-minute deadlines before the summer sun hits has had a detrimental effect on their posture, resulting in lower neck and upper back pain,” she said.

“This is particularly true for people who spend long periods at their desk without interruption or those who work remotely and are therefore less inclined to take restorative breaks.”

Some key signs that show your posture is starting to take a toll include frequent headaches, pain between the shoulder blades, a stiff or immovable neck and even jaw pain.

If that sounds like you, there are some easy ways to help during work hours, as Weiss stressed the importance of an ergonomic setup: “One of the easiest ways to reduce discomfort caused by bad posture is to raise your devices so that they’re on eye-level.

“Try to be conscious of how straight you sit, and if you feel yourself start to slump when concentrating or struggling to read, try to catch yourself and take a break if you can. Avoid rolling your shoulders forward or outstretching your neck to look at your screen.”

This also goes for after-work activities involving devices. Switch out a handheld games console for an eye-level computer monitor or TV to ensure you’re sitting straight.

One of the best things for people who are experiencing an increase in

back or neck pain is to take up yoga, as it works to stretch and relax the muscles that become tense during the day, Weiss said.

However, it’s important to focus on low-impact moves that bend your spine without causing unnecessary stress to your sore muscles, as the goal is to strengthen them, not strain them.

Some of the common mistakes yoga newbies make is to rush into it, she added: “Many follow the most common or most popular routines without considering their suitability, which can exacerbate back issues and cause more soreness.

“Unless you’re experienced, it’s best to stick to the following moves that can alleviate neck and upper back pain. But make sure you don’t push yourself too much at the start.”

FOR NECK PAIN, STANDING FORWARD BEND

Also known as uttanasana, this pose stretches your hamstrings and is beneficial for relieving stress. Start in raised hands pose before sweeping your arms down on either side and folding forward from your hips. Bring your fingertips in line with the toes and press your palms flat. Let your head hang loosely and inhale slowly on the way back up. Remember: Yoga is a nonjudgmental discipline. You may never be able to put your palms flat on the floor. Maybe your fingertips will only go as far as your ankles. That’s fine. Work gently to find your edge in the stretch.

FOR NECK PAIN, WARRIOR II POSE

Start in mountain pose, standing with your arms at your sides, your feet parallel, and take a big step back with your left leg, toes pointing inwards. Press your feet down, and firm your legs before raising your arms outward parallel to the floor. Make sure that

you keep your shoulders down to lengthen your neck and bend your right knee so that it aligns above your ankle. Press down through your toes to promote balance and hold.

FOR NECK PAIN, EXTENDED TRIANGLE POSE

To come into this pose, stand facing the long side of your mat with your feet more than hip-width apart. Turn your right foot out so that your toes point to the short edge of the mat, and turn your left toes in. Roll your right thigh out before extending your body and lifting your arms parallel to the floor. Point your left arm to the ceiling and ensure your neck aligns with your spine as you drop your right arm and look up. Remember that in yoga whatever you do on one side of the body, you need to do on the other side, so reverse and repeat.

FOR UPPER BACK PAIN, CAT POSE

Also known as Marjaryasana, this pose starts with you on your hands and knees with knees under the hips and wrists in line with your shoulders. Spread your fingers and pull your stomach in as you exhale, bringing your waist up and rounding out your spine. Actively push against the floor to feel the stretch in your back before relaxing on the inhale to return to a neutral position.

FOR UPPER BACK PAIN, THREAD THE NEEDLE

Start on all fours and stack your hips directly above your knees, with your elbows, shoulders and wrists in a straight line to the ground. Lift your right hand up, following it with your gaze as you bring it down and thread it beneath your left arm. Keep your hips high and lower your chest to the ground. Hold the position for as long as you need before switching sides.

American diner meets Greek taverna in Lefteris Gyro

By Jeremy Wayne / jwayne@westfairinc.com

“Warning: Our olives have pits” was the first thing that caught my eye on the menu at Lefteris Gyro, a two-month old Greek taverna on the site of the embattled former Hurricane Grill & Wings on Central Avenue in Hartsdale. But was it really a caution or a flex? Is an olive with its pit somehow seems more bona fide than a pitted one? Definitely something to muse on.

Hartsdale is the fourth location for the Lefteris group, which already has restaurants in Mount Kisco, Pleasantville and Tarrytown. Besides the olive pit caveat on the long, laminated menu, I found hot and cold appetizers; soups; salads; vegetarian dishes; meat and seafood kebobs; wrapped sandwiches; traditional platters, including moussaka (layers of beef, eggplant and potato) and gemista (stuffed peppers and tomatoes); as well as steak or chops from the charcoal grill. These were further supplemented by a “specials” menu, which on the hot day I visited featured a refreshing-sounding watermelon and feta salad, mussels with ouzo and barramundi with almonds in a lemon sauce. Surely something for everyone, although choice can be a mixed blessing.

If all of this wasn’t enough, I could also have settled for a hamburger, a turkey burger or chicken tenders with fries. There was also a children’s menu, too, with all the usual suspects

– pizza, fish sticks, baby-burger, but not one suggestion of anything Greek.

To my mind, these “usual suspect” dishes rather devalue the coinage of a Greek restaurant, but the proof of the pastitsio was going to be in the eating, so I was ready to give it a go.

The classic starter of taramasalta is made with carp here. Although I’m used to a smoother, smokier tarama, made with cod’s roe, this more textured carp rendition was not unappealing. Fried calamari were reasonably crisp if a little pale. Mambaildi – stewed eggplant and zucchini – was nice enough but a little overwhelmed by its tomato sauce. A falafel platter, crisp balls with a tzatziki sauce, hit the mark.

With an already groaning table – Lefteris’s portions are nothing if not generous – a main course of vegetarian moussaka was carb-heavy with potato, but a square of pastitsio – the Greek lasagna – was a dish in a higher gear, the meat slow-cooked and the macaroni interlaced with a good béchamel. (A vegetarian version is also offered.)

But it was in the charcoal-grilled dishes at which Lefteris really excelled – boneless ribeye or, in my case, baby

lamb chops. These were cooked rare as requested, sweet and tender meat with a delicious char flavor, temptingly presented with a flat-topped mound of yellow rice and a pile of sautéed spinach. Also included in the price of the dish was an accompanying salad that contained shredded lettuce, tomato, feta, baby peppers, red onion, cucumber and small Kalamata olives – oddly without pits despite the menu warning. It was generous, fresh and nicely dressed. The restaurant actually sells its homemade salad dressing in pint and quarter bottles to take home.

As for the restaurant itself, the space is broken up with partitions of faux-stone walls, miniature artificial olive trees in baby barrels and trellises with heavy chains, interwoven with silk flowers – sort of bonsai meets bondage. An inviting square bar with sports screens on three sides dominates the back of the room. The very short wine list is all Greek except for

one Italian, and I for one wouldn’t mind sitting at the bar either before or after dinner nursing an ouzo or two –if somebody else were driving, that is.

While Lefteris didn’t quite conjure up the glory of Greece or its islands (it felt more like an American diner with a mild identity crisis than a Greek taverna), and while it could have benefited from a few more imaginative dishes on a briefer menu, the restaurant nevertheless had a pleasing wholesomeness about it. Service was animated and some of the bigger, well-spaced tables and booths lent themselves to family gatherings. As dinner progressed, and with Greek singer Vasilis Karras warbling “My Melancholy Love” on a recording – not that there’s anything remotely melancholy about Lefteris – I found myself liking the place more and more.

For more, visit lefterisgyro.com.

“It was in the charcoal-grilled dishes at which Lefteris really excelled.”

Greek Salad at Lefteris Gyro.

Lefteris Gyro interior.

Char-broiled lamb chops at Lefteris Gyro.

Menu cover at Lefteris Gyro. Photographs by Jeremy Wayne.

Lefteris Gyro bar.

Late-summer idylls at U.K. country houses

By Jeremy Wayne / jwayne@westfairinc.com

Planning a late summer getaway? Then look no further, or farther, than the United Kingdom, which unlike many parts of Europe has been enjoying a mild, temperate summer. As for being famously rainy – at least in the eyes of Hollywood and the popular U.S. press – forget all you’ve ever been told. London, for instance, has an annual rainfall of 23 inches, compared to Paris’s 25 inches or Amsterdam’s 32. (As for New York, which has been reclassified as the northernmost humid subtropical city, the average annual precipitation for Central Park is 40-odd inches, and yes, you read that right.)

Leave New York late evening and a short overnight flight of six hours can have you sitting down to lunch at Cliveden’s Astor Grill by 1 p.m. the following day. Cliveden, sitting on 376 acres of formal National Trust gardens only 30 minutes from Heathrow Airport, was the magnificent, stately home of the second Duke of Sutherland, built in 1851 by architect Charles Barry. (The original house, destroyed by fire, was built by the second Duke of Buckingham in 1666 as a gift for his mistress. Nice work if you can get it, as they say in the classics.)

At the turn of the last century, Cliveden became the home of American-born Viscount Waldorf Astor and his American wife, the Nazi-sympathizer Nancy Astor, who entered Brit-

ish politics and became the the first woman to sit in the British Parliament. More recently still, in the 1960s, the house and estate became the scene of a sex scandal known as the Profumo affair that eventually led to the downfall of Prime Minister Harold Macmillan’s Conservative government. (You can watch a fictionalized account in the 1989 movie “Scandal.”)

But you don’t just come to Cliveden for its deliciously checkered history. You come for its grand, art-filled public rooms, its vast, sumptuous guest rooms in the main house, its two superb restaurants, its gorgeous swimming pool and its magnificent gardens. The River Thames, utterly beguiling at this point, is at the end of the gardens and a morning or afternoon private boat trip in one of the hotel’s “slipper” boats (elegant Thames pleasure boats) – say upstream to Henley or downstream to Windsor Castle, with a Champagne picnic on board – is not something any guest is likely to forget.

Alternately, a two-hour drive west of Heathrow will bring you to the glorious county of Somerset, a land of myth and mystery, with impossibly green rolling hills, captivating small villages, historic cities and the best cider in England. This utterly lovely place has rewritten the book on the

country house hotel. Out have gone the heavy brocades and chintzes, in have come lean, elegant public rooms in ravishing pastel shades hung with gorgeous portraits and guest rooms that run the gamut from traditional in The Newt’s Hadspen House to fun and frivolous in its Llamrei Stableyard – which gives a whole new meaning to “hitting the hay.”

Wonderful, too, is The Newt’s spa, with its atmospheric indoor pool evoking appropriately the Roman Baths in the nearby city of Bath – a compelling excursion while you are in the vicinity. And like Cliveden, The Newt’s gardens have been shaped over centuries and are some of the most beautiful and ornate in England’s West Country. Influenced by thousands of years of horticultural history, the gardens grow everything from produce for The Newt’s restaurants to giant 70-foot hornbeams. The produce garden alone is home to 350 varieties of fruit, vegetables and herbs.

The relatively short transatlantic flight certainly makes England an attractive prospect for a quick break. But you can now fly directly to Scotland from New York in the same amount of time, or even a shade less, with Delta Air Lines, making a weekend’s golf, exploration or relaxation perfectly feasible.

Since opening its doors in 1924, Gleneagles, Scotland’s grandest resort hotel – about a 90-minute drive from both Glasgow and Edinburgh airports – is a sporting and gastronomic

paradise. Sitting on 850 acres beneath the ravishing Ochil Hills in the heart of Perthshire, the hotel has been the must-go destination for travelers for nearly a century. Its spa is the most comprehensive in Scotland.

Yet Gleneagles’ enduring appeal isn’t down to its impressive size or stunning location but to its never resting on its laurels. Its 205 guest rooms and 28 suites are always immaculate, furnished with the finest fabrics and linens, the highest-end products and the most spoiling amenities, everything spectacularly well-maintained. And its bars and restaurants – nine at the last count – are run with flair and imagination, from Andrew Fairlie’s eponymous two Michelin-starred restaurant, one of Europe’s finest, to its sumptuous Jazz Age American Bar, with a tearoom, a garden café and even, Lord love us, a place for pizza along the way.

Yes, Gleneagles is an extremely sophisticated resort, with international guests who return year after year, but there’s also a family aspect to it. Multiple generations love the place for its comfort and myriad activities to choose from, including 50 outdoors alone. If you want to spend quality time with loved ones and garner a taste of Scotland in a relatively short amount of time, there can’t be a finer address in the British Isles to do so.

For more, visit clivedenhouse. co.uk., thenewtinsomerest.com and Gleneagles.com.

Travel Talk’s Jeremy Wayne is a luxury travel adviser with Superior Travel of New York. Contact him at jeremy@superiortravel.com.

The American Bar at Gleneagles. Courtesy Gleneagles.

The Spa at The Newt.

Llamrei Stableyard room at The Newt.

Since opening its doors in 1924, Gleneagles, is Scotland’s grandest resort hotel.

A sructure. in Kingston from 1875 identified in the survey as having historical value.

Kingston conducting historic district study

By Peter Katz / pkatz@westfairinc.com

According to Mayor Steve Noble, a draft report has been completed by the firm Archaeology & Historic Resource Services, LLC in conjunction with an advisory committee and will be the basis for developing an asset preservation plan for the areas.

“The often-overlooked

neighborhoods of Wilbur and Ponckhockie played key roles in Kingston’s storied history," Noble said. "Each of these neighborhoods possess assets that need to be protected, preserved and recognized. We are happy to make this first step toward having these neighborhoods identified as historic districts."

The report includes an inventory of the historic assets in Wilbur and Ponckhockie along with a detailed history.

Alderwoman Michele Hirsch who represents the area that includes the Wilbur neighborhood, expressed the hope that the neighborhood that formerly was the Hamlet of Wilbur or individual properties would receive placement on the State and National Register of Historic Places.

"When you visit Wilbur, it feels like a step back in time due to its geographical constraints and unique architecture that hugs along the once industrious Rondout Creek that helped build Kingston

and New York state," Hirsh said. "In the 1850s, Wilbur became a center of activity for shipping bluestone and quarrying limestone for natural cement. The canyon was quarried, and limestone was processed in the lime kilns that remain along Wilbur Avenue."

Alderman Steve Schabot, who represents the Ponckhockie neighborhood, said that it once was a center of local industries, including brick manufacturing, cement, lime and tourism resulting from from travel on the Hudson River.

"I am encouraged that we are moving to protect and enhance our neighborhoods with thoughtfulness and balance,” Schabot said.

A total of 62 buildings in the Wilbur neighborhood were surveyed as well as 246 in the Ponckhockie neighborhood. The survey found that both neighborhoods may be eligible for listing as historic districts and that both have a few individual structures that are eligible for listing in the state and national registers.

Central Hudson files for rate increases

By Peter Katz / pkatz@westfairinc.com

The utility that serves much of the Hudson Valley, Central Hudson Gas & Electric Corporation, wants to raise residential electric rates by approximately 16% on average and natural gas rates by an average of 19%. It has filed a new rate plan with the New York Public Service Commission (PSC), which will have to decide whether to allow the requested increases. The current rate plan will end in June of next year.

Central Hudson reported net income for the three months ended March 31, 2023, of $23.5 million. For the year ended Dec. 31, 2022, it reported revenues of $1.02 billion and net income of $79.1 million.

"We believe that this proposed rate plan is essential to address our infrastructure needs, recover from the impacts of Covid-19, and ensure that

we can respond effectively to extreme weather events," said Joe Hally, Central Hudson's vice president of regulatory affairs.

"By making these necessary investments, we will not only maintain the safety and reliability of our utility operations but also comply with New York state's nation-leading clean energy laws, protect the environment, and improve customer service through the adoption of new technologies."

Central Hudson said that approximately 20% of its existing electric infrastructure is beyond its expected useful life and needs to be replaced

and additional money is needed in order to do that. The company also said that it needs to spend money for new technology to facilitate greater interconnection of clean, renewable resources and support the adoption of energy conservation and use of electric vehicles and heat pumps.

“As climate change continues to manifest in the form of severe storms and extreme weather events, Central Hudson recognizes the importance of being well prepared and responsive. The proposed rate plan will enable us to invest in advanced technologies and equipment necessary to enhance our storm preparation and response capabilities,” Hally said.

Central Hudson said that it has been working to help customers switch to heat pumps to reduce greenhouse gas emissions. It said that since 2009 it has been instrumental in bringing

to its service area nearly 21,000 heat pumps for heating and cooling and nearly 3,000 heat pump water heaters. It said its various programs have reduced energy demands by the amount of electricity that can power 60,000 homes and avoided the release of about 1.2 billion pounds of greenhouse gases.

Central Hudson said that it is preparing to transition from bimonthly to monthly meter readings and plans to increase its workforce by 20%. The company said that it plans to increase its program of tree trimming to help protect power lines during storms. Central Hudson said it needs the rate increases to help off set the effects of inflation in addition to paying for planned improvements.

Kingston is trying to decide whether to add two neighborhoods or individual properties in those neighborhoods to the State and National Resisters of Historic Places. The city received a grant from New York state in 2021 to survey the Wilbur and Ponckhockie neighborhoods.

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Newburgh studies rent control

By Peter Katz / pkatz@westfairinc.com

The city of Newburgh is trying to determine whether it can opt into the New York State Emergency Tenant Protection Act (ETPA) and institute a rent control program. The city's Planning and Development Department asked owners of buildings built prior to 1974 with six or more residential units to respond to a survey that would reveal how many empty units exist. If the city finds that the citywide vacancy rate is less than 5%, a Declaration of Emergency can be issued and the City Council can take necessary steps to apply the ETPA, which would lead to the formation of a Rent Guideline Board for the city and the regulation of rents.

The state's Division of Housing and Community Renewal said that in addition to regulating rent increases, ETPA entitles rent stabilized tenants to receive required services, to have their

leases renewed, and to be protected from eviction except on grounds allowed by law.

According to Newburgh, approximately 40 municipalities in New York state have completed rental vacancy studies, found a vacancy rate below 5% and enabled ETPA through their local legislative bodies. In Ulster, the city of Kingston completed a rental vacancy study and enabled ETPA last year.

According to the National Low Income Housing Coalition, an estimated 1,300 housing units in Kingston are covered under its rent control, which applies to buildings with six or more units that were constructed prior to 1974. ETPA for Kingston was signed

Distribution center enhanced in Chester

By Peter Katz / pkatz@westfairinc.com

ADUSA Distribution & Transportation has completed enhancements at a 600,000-square-foot distribution center in the Orange County village of Chester. "An overall refresh of the space took place, which included the deployment of new equipment throughout the facility," the company told the Business Journal.

Ahold Delhaize USA (ADUSA) provides warehousing and distribution of products sold by several supermarket chains on the East Coast. It anticipates that the Chester facility will be handling and transporting 65-million

cases of products annually for the Stop & Shop and Hannaford supermarket chains. The company estimated in 2022 that its 19 distribution and transportation centers were serving 2,100 grocery retail locations, with over 1.2 billion cases of products shipped and its trucks driving more than 125 million miles annually.

At the Elizabeth Drive location in Chester, ADUSA stores numerous

into law by Mayor Steve Noble on July 29, 2022. However, a landlord group, the Hudson Valley Property Owners Association, filed an Article 78 lawsuit designed to overturn Kingston's action. In February of this year, a court ruled that the city's declaration of emergency and institution of ETPA was valid but certain things that Kingston's guideline board had done were invalid. The landlord's group filed an appeal and Kingston's board filed a cross appeal but continued operating.

According to New York state, on June 21, the Kingston Rent Guideline Board convened and voted to establish rent guidelines for apartments subject to the ETPA in Kingston for the year ahead, as required by law. The board

voted for the following guideline rates to take effect for leases beginning between Oct. 1, and Sept. 30, 2024: 0% for a one-year lease, 0% for a two-year lease.

The state's Division of Housing and Community Renewal said that in addition to regulating rent increases, ETPA entitles rent stabilized tenants to receive required services, to have their leases renewed, and to be protected from eviction except on grounds allowed by law.

On June 14, 2019, the state enacted the Housing Stability and Tenant Protection Act (HSTPA) that allows any locality in New York state to enact rent stabilization if “a declaration of emergency” regarding available apartments is made pursuant to the Emergency Tenant Protection Act of 1974. It removed a geographic restriction limiting rent control to New York City, Westchester, Rockland and Nassau.

Certain types of housing are excluded from coverage by EPTA, including units in buildings containing less than six dwelling units, rent controlled apartments, motor courts, tourist homes; certain nonprofit units, certain governmentally supervised housing and housing accommodations in buildings completed on or after Jan. 1, 1974. The law allows a municipality to pass along to landlords the cost of administering rent control up to a fee of $20 per unit each year.

products to be delivered to and sold in the supermarkets it serves. The facility provides temperature-controlled conditions, including large areas for frozen food. The Chester distribution center has 350 spots for tractor-trailers and 100 loading docks, which ADUSA says keeps items moving in and out as seamlessly as possible. Nearly 500 people are employed at the site by ADUSA Distribution, ADUSA Transportation and third-party labor providers.

In 2019, Ahold Delhaize USA announced it had purchased the Chester

warehouse along with two others from C&S Wholesale Grocers as part of a $480 million investment, including leases to transform and expand U.S. supply chain operations over the next three years. It is leasing a second warehouse at the site in Chester.

“We’re excited to welcome Chester into the supply chain network,” said Sanja Krajnovic, executive vice president of ADUSA Distribution & Transportation. “The conversion of the site is an important step in the completion of our work to move to a self-distributed network."

City of Newburgh. Satellite photo via Google Maps.

ADUSA's 600,000-square-foot warehouse in Chester.

A reverse mortgage primer

BY Norman G. Grill

• Single-purpose reverse mortgages that are offered by state and local government agencies and nonprofit organizations.

• Federally insured reverse mortgages, also known as Home Equity Conversion Mortgages (HECMs), that are backed by the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD).

You can use this cash to finance a home improvement, pay off your current mortgage, supplement your retirement income, or pay for healthcare expenses.

A reverse mortgage is not without risk, however.

Reverse mortgages operate like traditional mortgages, only in reverse. Rather than paying your lender each month, the lender pays you. Three types of reverse mortgage plans are available:

The Benefits of a Reverse Mortgage

The primary benefit of a reverse mortgage is that it allows eligible homeowners to keep living in their homes and use their equity for whatever purpose they choose. Depending on the lender, borrowers can choose to receive monthly payments, a lump sum, a line of credit, or some combination of these. A line of credit offers the most flexibility by allowing homeowners to write checks on their equity when needed up to the limit of the loan.

Reverse mortgages differ from home equity loans in that most reverse mortgages do not require repayment of principal, interest, or servicing fees as long as you live in the home. Instead, the loan is repaid when you die or sell the home.

The proceeds of a reverse mortgage generally are tax-free, and interest on reverse mortgages is not deductible until you pay off the debt. When you die or move out, the loan is paid off by selling the property. Any leftover equity belongs to you or your heirs.

Many reverse mortgages have no income restrictions. If you receive Social Security Supplemental Security Income, reverse mortgage payments do not affect your benefits as long as you spend them within the month they are received. This rule is also valid for Medicaid benefits in most states.

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• Proprietary reverse mortgages that are private loans backed by the companies that develop them.

The Downsides of a Reverse Mortgage

To be eligible for a reverse mortgage, generally you must:

• Be 62 years of age or older.

• Either completely own your home or meet applicable equity requirements.

• Live in the home.

• Be able to pay property taxes and other expenses associated with the property, such as homeowners’ insurance, maintenance and repairs, and any homeowners' association fees.

Maximum loan amounts range (depending on the lender) from 50% to 75% of the home's fair market value.

The general rule is that the older the homeowner and the more valuable the home, the more money will be available. All reverse mortgages have nonrecourse clauses, meaning the debt cannot exceed the home's value.

Maximum loan amount limits are based on the value of the home, the borrower's age and life expectancy, the loan's interest rate, and whatever the lender's policies are. For example, a homeowner taking out a reverse mortgage through the Federal Housing Administration would be subject to a maximum loan amount—even if the home's appraised value is more.

If you plan to move a few years down the road or there is a possibility you will have to move due to illness or any other unforeseen event, then a reverse mortgage probably doesn't make sense.

Additionally, suppose you already have a substantial mortgage on your home. In that case, the reverse mortgage is probably not for you since you must pay it off before becoming eligible.

Several additional downsides of reverse mortgages include:

• Incurring a large amount of interest debt. Reverse mortgages (fixed-rate or adjustable-rate) are rising-debt loans in that the interest is added to the monthly loan balance. Because it is not paid currently, the total interest you owe increases greatly over time as the interest compounds.

• Fewer assets for heirs. If you want to pass your home to your children or other heirs, the reverse mortgage is not a good choice because the lender could get most of the equity when the home is sold, leaving fewer assets for your heirs.

• Higher costs up front. The high up-front costs of reverse mortgages may make them less attractive to some people. All three types of plans charge an origination fee, interest rate, closing costs, and servicing fees. Insured plans also charge insurance premiums.

• Adjustable vs. fixed interest rates. With many reverse mortgage plans, interest rates are adjustable annually or monthly and tied to a financial index, sometimes with limits on how far the rate can go up or down. Reverse mortgages with interest rates that adjust monthly have no limit. Remember that the higher the rate, the faster your equity is used.

Reverse mortgages are a complex financial tool that may be the answer for some house-rich and cash-poor retirees planning to age in place, but they are not for everyone. This column is for general information only and should not be considered as specific advice. Consider talking with an experienced professional to determine whether a reverse mortgage makes sense for you.

Norman G. Grill is managing partner of Grill & Partners LLC, certified public accountants and consultants to closely held companies and high-net-worth individuals, with offices in Fairfield and Darien.

Home equity is likely a significant portion of your wealth. If you are 62 or older and houserich but cash-poor, a reverse mortgage loan allows you to convert part of the equity in your home into cash—without having to sell your home.

the two-hour version.”

Prior to CTM’s early kiosks, these brochures were typically left with the front desk of hotels, according to Jiranek. Visitors may not know that they were available, and delivering the brochures along with gauging how many were needed was not a task even tourist-dependent businesses typically hired a dedicated employee to handle.

CTM kiosks are generally an amenity free for a location to host, dispensing valuable information at no cost to travelers. CTM’s customers are the companies that want their brochures and pamphlets distributed. The customers are responsible for printing the materials, but CTM will warehouse and distribute the materials as well as provide insights into how many brochures are being taken during replenishment.

Mark Layton is the director of regional operations for CTM and works out of the warehouse associated with the company’s Stamford corporate headquarters. He has been with the company for 12 years and his focus is on kiosks throughout Eastern Connecticut.

Hospitality CTM Media Group celebrates 40 years as a subtle part of the hospitality industry

By Justin McGown / jmcgown@westfairinc.com

One of the most successful distributors of print media is headquartered in Stamford, and their B2B business model delivers targeted marketing material right into the hands of people actively seeking it out through brochure stands and interactive information kiosks in transit stations, hotel lobbies and other spaces throughout the Eastern U.S. and Canada.

“Our focus is on helping visitors to a travel destination find out what to do next, what authentic, local fun things there are,” said Peter Magaro, the president of CTM Media Group since 2005. “We try to get them that information through an array of media through interactive digital screens, visitor guides, traditional paper brochures, small format cards that can easily go in a pocket. Really any way that somebody wants to consume the information we just want to provide it to them.”

The company, which is celebrating 40 years in business this year, began as “Creative Theater Marketing” in a small office in Manhattan’s East Village.

The startup originally focused on distributing brochures in the somewhat grittier Times Square of 1983.

“The founders of the business were trying to find ways to market Broadway shows to travelers and tourists,” Magaro said. “What they found was that the hotels were eager for information to share with their guests about what was going on around the city.”

Cricket Hooper Jiranek, currently the vice president of sales for CTM, started with the company 38 years ago and recalled the company’s humble beginnings.

“We had a little kiosk in the Times

Square area where we displayed and distributed brochures just for Broadway shows, then we expanded from there,” Jiranek recalled. “once we got our feet on the ground and placed a brochure display stand in the Times Square hotels. From there all the local attractions who had always printed brochures like the Empire State Building, or the Bronx Zoo or the Metropolitan Museum of Art started seeing our brochure displays and we would get calls. “We just kind of went, ‘Is there a business here, an opportunity here, that we aren’t aware of?’”

Now, decades later, Jiranek said it remains an exciting and unique business though it can pose some challenges in social settings.

“We are an under-the-radar business that nobody knows is really a business, which makes it fun,” she said with a laugh. “At a cocktail party people say what do you do and when you try to explain you have to ask if they want the 10 second version or

“The volume of print we go through is astounding,” Layton said, noting that it was on par with what he saw working in traditional magazine distribution before starting with CTM. “Our brochure stands are all along I-95 and I-91 in Connecticut. Starting from Greenwich, we’re on the Merritt at the first gas station you’ll hit when you enter the state.”

“We have a great relationship because they have two giant brochure stands,” Layton continued, “In these summer months, once the children get out of school from May until September they get absolutely destroyed, people take a lot of brochures and a lot of magazines.”

Layton noted that some locations can go through brochures so fast it requires the daily attention of one of the company’s uniformed visitor information specialists during busy seasons. But that volume doesn’t surprise him.

“I’m a father of two, so I know what it’s like to be on a vacation far away and wonder, “Where am I going to take these kids today?’ So, this business model really works out,” Layton said.

However, Magaro doesn’t give all of the credit to the business model, strong though it may be – he acknowledged CTM’s growth was fueled in part by acquiring other companies doing similar work over the years.

“What’s been the most important thing for us as far as our success?”

Magaro mused. “It’s our people. We’ve got really great, talented people who have been with us, and we’ve had the good luck of having people that stayed with us for a very long time. That’s what makes us successful.”

A CTM Kiosk at the Darien Service Plaza; photograph by Justin McGown.

“Our focus is on helping visitors to a travel destination find out what to do next, what authentic, local fun things there are.”

- Peter Magaro

Liquor Authority denies license for Red Horse in White Plains

By Bill heltzel / bheltzel@westfairinc.com

Restaurants near Grace Episcopal Church in downtown White Plains have been selling alcoholic beverages for many years, but the State Liquor Authority has disapproved a license for the recently opened Red Horse by David Burke.

Renaissance Westchester Restaurant, the operator of Red Horse, petitioned Westchester Supreme Court on July 20 to reverse that decision.

“If disallowed from selling alcoholic beverages to patrons,” the petition states, Red Horse “will effectively be out of business.”

The Red Horse is at 221 Main St. where BLT steakhouse operated for several years. It is next to Renaissance Park and about 175 feet from the front of Grace Episcopal Church at Main and Church streets.

The restaurant opened in March and was operating with a month-tomonth temporary permit while its application for a liquor license was pending.

The Red Horse “is renowned for its fine food and drink,” attorney Marc S. Oxman states in a court filing, and “patrons regularly enjoy cocktails before dinner and compliment their meal with a selection from the restaurant’s wide offering of fine wines.”

But since July 11 when the liquor authority disapproved the license and cancelled the temporary permit, he said, “business has fallen off precipitously.”

Mark Weissman, the owner of the business and co-owner of The Opus hotel in the same building, acknowledged the state’s 200-foot law in the license application.

The law restricts liquor licenses for establishments within 200 feet of a church or place of a worship, on the same street, that are used exclusively as a place of worship.

A liquor authority examiner found that the church is 175 feet from the restaurant. Citing information from the pastor, the liquor authority found that “all activities in the building are of a religious nature. Additionally, a soup kitchen operates Monday-Friday,” and there is a women’s shelter on the third floor.

Licensing officials also concluded that the application contained a false statement, by claiming that the church is 300 feet from the restaurant and not on the same side

of the street. That statement alone, according to the report, is enough to deny the application.

Oxman took “extreme exception” to the state’s position that the license application was false.

The application identified the church as being within 200 feet of the Red Horse. But the church’s address, around the corner at 33 Church St., negates the 200-foot rule.

Additionally, the church is not used exclusively as a place of worship, he says, because the 19-bed Samaritan House Women’s Shelter provides comprehensive services to women suffering

from substance abuse, mental illness, domestic violence and HIV/AIDS.

The Red Horse location has been continuously licensed since 2008, according to Oxman, renewed nine times, and the facts and circumstances of previous applications are identical.

On July 21, Westchester Supreme Court Justice Hal B. Greenwald granted a temporary restraining order directing the liquor authority to allow the sale of alcoholic beverages through Aug. 8.

The Red Horse is asking the court to mandate approval of a liquor license.

New York State Liquor Authority spokesman Patrick Garrett said the agency does not comment on pending litigation.

NEW BUILDING. BOLD FUTURE.

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We are committed to providing our students with the education, training, and experiences that will make them effective, inclusive leaders and change agents in their world.

The next home for the School of Business is an environmentallysustainable structure that will provide a launching pad for expanding the school’s offerings and developing new partnerships with the business community. The building is the first constructed by Connecticut to be net-zero in terms of carbon footprint – powered by energy from geothermal wells and solar panels.

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Red Horse and Grace Episcopal Church.

“If disallowed from selling alcoholic beverages to patrons,” the petition states, Red Horse “will effectively be out-of-business.”

Southern’s School of Business is proud to be a new AASCBaccredited school, placing us in the top five percent of business schools around the world.

The Hon. Hillary Rodham Clinton

PARKS FOUNDATION GALA AWARDS HONOREES

Westchester Parks Foundation (WPF)

will honor Secretary Hillary Rodham Clinton with its inaugural Leadership Award at its 46th anniversary gala “Parks Are Essential” on Thursday, Sept. 21 at Glen Island Harbour Club in New Rochelle. All funds raised at the gala will benefit the many WPF programs and services, which preserve, enhance and beautify Westchester County Parks, including its recently launched Trails Are Essential Program and Merriwood at Camp Morty teen empowerment program.

The evening will recognize the visionary leadership, commitment and dedication to community as demonstrated by the The Leadership Award to Clinton is in recognition of her leadership in environmental sustainability, advocacy of children and the disabled. She has spent over five decades in public service as an advocate, attorney, First Lady, U.S. Senator, U.S. Secretary of State, and presidential candidate. She traveled to more than 80 countries as a champion of human rights, democracy, and opportunities for women and girls, and worked to provide health care to millions of children, create jobs and opportunity, and support for first responders who risked their lives at Ground Zero.

The Community Partner Award to Montesano Brothers is in recognition of its restoration of the green at the Mohansic

DEFAULT LOAN SERVICE

Universal Component Lender Services (UCLS) has released the latest upgrades to its proprietary software system, Component Servicing Intelligence® (CSI), which represent huge steps forward in default loan servicing.

“CSI was built by experienced default professionals who set out to solve the risks created by existing system limitations,” said Steve Paton, senior vice president of Default Servicing at UCLS. “Utilizing its own technology, UCLS simplifies complex default servicing functions while still ensuring compliance at every turn. CSI enables UCLS to out-perform existing default operations and do it at a cost savings for our clients.”

The system effectively connects to and does not replace other servicing platforms without the worry of servicing data being out of sync. Timeline tracking and fee-tracking provide real-time communication back to its clients. UCLS offers component servicing

solutions from loss mitigation, default servicing, call center support and more. The advisory team offers services for lenders considering bringing servicing in-house or looking for a new sub-servicer.

Universal Component Lender Services (UCLS) is a component servicer with industry-leading expertise in customer care and full cycle default servicing. Dedicated to improving the mortgage industry, UCLS was built by servicing veterans and has solutions that enable master servicers to create a better borrower experience while gaining operational and financial efficiencies. Its custom à la carte services can be tailored to even the most unique portfolios, providing the option for long-term subservicing relationships or on-demand flexible capacity. Supporting MSR holders of all sizes, UCLS additionally offers advisory services giving its clients the confidence to effectively evaluate and handle the performance of their servicing book.

Driving Range.

The Business Impact Award to Wegmans recognizes the leadership that the 107-year-old family company has shown since its arrival to Westchester County, supporting WPF’s programs and its instrumental role in supporting parks, open space and recreation in Westchester.

The Special Recognition Award to Eileen Andreassi and the Adaptive Sports and Therapeutic Recreation Program at Burke Rehabilitation honors their commitment to supporting people of all abilities and their instrumental role in the development of WPF’s new adaptive hiking program, Trails Without Limits.

“Secretary Hillary Rodham Clinton’s advocacy work for the environment, children and people with disabilities has been remarkable. We are thrilled to present her with the inaugural Leadership Award, as well as to celebrate all our honorees who truly exemplify commitment to the parks and open spaces that Westchester County needs to thrive,” said Seth Mandelbaum, chair of Westchester Parks Foundation. “Each honoree’s unwavering commitment to the environment helps us carry out our mission to invest in, advocate for and enhance the over 50 parks of the Westchester County Parks system.”

For more information and to purchase tickets, call 914-231-4600.

FIVE STARS AGAIN FOR HOSPITAL

For the second consecutive year, White Plains Hospital has earned a five-star hospital rating from the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) — the highest distinction offered by the federal agency.

White Plains Hospital is the only hospital in Westchester and Fairfield counties and the Hudson Valley, to earn five stars. It is also one of just 11 hospitals in New York state to receive this honor.

The CMS ratings are based on more than 40 quality measurements that fall into five categories: mortality, safety of care, readmissions after treatment of common conditions, patient experience and timely and effective care.

“…To be among the top 10% of hos-

pitals in the nation who received five stars demonstrates our culture of excellence and the quality of care that our incredible team of physicians, providers, nurses and staff provide to our community,” said Susan Fox, president and CEO.

The CMS recognition comes on the heels of receiving several other — accolades, including earning an “A” Safety Grade from the Leapfrog Group for the 9th consecutive time; being named one of the world’s best hospitals by “Newsweek” for the second year in a row; securing the Outstanding Patient Experience Award™ from Healthgrades for the eighth time; and being the only hospital in New York to be named to “Fortune” media and Great Place To Work® list of Best Workplaces in New York.

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What is Smishing and How Do You Prevent It?

Digital technology like smartphones have made our lives easier and more convenient. Email, e-commerce and texting allow users to communicate, conduct business while on-the-go and send short messages to friends and family.

While the pros associated with smartphones are impressive, there are some cons to be aware of – especially if you are an older adult. Robocalls, spoofing and phishing are common methods used by cyber criminals to gain access to personal and financial information. Smishing is a more recent technique used by cyber criminals that is particularly effective.

What does a smishing message look like?

While phishing has been around for decades, smishing attacks are relatively new – and they are on the rise. Smishing messages appear to come from

a trusted source like a bank, government agency or store. The content and the type of link included in the message varies. However, most will contain some sort of warning (e.g., account being suspended) or an announcement (e.g., prize or discount), with either a link or a phone number to call.

How to Prevent Smishing

Reducing your risk of becoming a victim of a smishing attack is relatively straightforward. In addition to being able to identify a smishing message, it is important to know what to do if you receive one. The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) recommends the following tips:

• Don’t click on links or telephone numbers. Doing so can give access to your personal information or download malware to your smart device.

• Don’t respond to the message – that includes texting the word “STOP” to be removed from the list.

• Remove spam texts by deleting them.

• Install security updates for your smartphone as soon as they are available.

Most smishing messages try to create a sense of urgency in order to trigger a quick response. Before responding to the message, take a moment to verify that it is legitimate. Keep in mind that financial institutions and government agencies (e.g., IRS) will not correspond via text nor will they ask for personal or sensitive information. Finally, messages that seem suspicious or too good to be true – probably are.

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INDIVIDUALS WITH DEMENTIA CAN LEAD FULFILLING LIVES

Alzheimer’s Disease and other forms of dementia present significant challenges to individuals and their loved ones. It is crucial to shed light on the prevalence of these neurodegenerative diseases and their profound effects. Understanding the impact on all involved is essential for developing effective strategies to support

individuals and their families throughout their journey.

Alzheimer’s Disease, the most common form of dementia, affects millions worldwide. Currently it is estimated that over 55 million people are living with dementia globally, and this number is expected to triple by 2050. In the United

States alone, more than 6 million people are living with Alzheimer’s, making it the sixth leading cause of death in the country.

Alzheimer’s Disease and other dementias are progressive conditions that gradually impair cognitive functions, memory, behavior and day-to-day functioning. Individuals

with these conditions often express confusion, disorientation and difficulties with communication. As the disease progresses, they may require assistance with activities of daily living such as bathing, dressing and eating. The decline in cognitive abilities can lead to frustration, anxiety and loss of independence, profoundly impacting an individual’s quality of life.

Dementia may also take a significant toll on loved ones caring for individuals with these conditions. Family members and caregivers often experience emotional distress, financial burdens and disruptions in their own lives. Witnessing the progressive decline of a loved one can be emotionally challenging and may lead to caregiver burnout. The responsibilities of caregiving can be physically demanding and time consuming, affecting personal relationships, employment and overall well-being.

Addressing the impact of these diseases requires a multifaceted approach. Providing appropriate care, support and resources is essential for individuals and families facing these challenges. Assisted living facilities like Meadowview and the soon to open Berkemeier Living Center on the 36-acre campus of Wartburg in Mount Vernon provide supportive and specialized environments. From ensuring safety and personalized care to promoting social engagement and relieving the burden on caregivers, these facilities play a vital role in enhancing the quality of life for those afflicted with these challenging conditions. By embracing the benefits provided by organizations like Wartburg, individuals with Alzheimer’s and other forms of dementia can lead fulfilling lives while receiving the care and support they need.

For information about the New Berkemeier Living Center, please call 914573-5569

BURKE, ONE OF THE BEST REHABILITATION HOSPITALS

Burke Rehabilitation, a member of the Montefiore Health System, has been hon ored as one of the nation’s Best Rehabilitation Hospitals by the “U.S. News & World Report” 2023-24 rankings. Only 50 hospitals nationwide are included in the list of the best rehabilitation hospitals for those recovering from traumatic injury, stroke, heart attack and other condi tions. Burke is the only nation ally ranked rehabilitation hospital in the Hudson Valley.

“We are proud to receive this notable national recognition by U.S. News & World Report,” said Burke Rehabilitation’s Executive Director Scott Edelman, MBA, CPA, CFE.

According to Dr. Mooyeon OhPark, chief medical officer, senior vice president at Burke, “This ranking reflects the tireless effort and dedication

of every staff member at Burke to ensure patient safety and quality. The whole-person approach with the patient and family as key members of the care team is Burke’s differentiator, leading to great outcomes, including the lowest readmission rate in the country. We listen to our patients to design and provide the rehabilitation services to achieve the goals meaningful to them.”

Founded in 1915, Burke Rehabili-

tation Hospital is located on a 61-acre campus in White Plains. Its doctors, therapists, nurses and social workers provide patient-centered coordinated care. The patient experience is further enhanced with the Marsal Caregiver Center as well as therapeutic recreation, companion dog visits and Burke’s Neurological Music Therapy (NMT) program. Outpatient services are available at 12 sites in Westchester County and the Bronx, with a Rockland County location to launch later this year.

EXPLORING THE ETHICAL IMPLICATIONS OF AI

HMGStrategy in Westport, which enables technology executives to reimagine the enterprise and reshape the business world, is hosting its 2023 Detroit CIO Executive Leadership Summit on Sept. 21.

Hot topics to be explored at the summit will include the ethical implications of applying AI to the business along with opportunities to leverage Industry 4.0 to meet business objectives.

“AI offers organizations incredible opportunities to streamline processes and decision-making and to reimagine the business,” said Hunter Muller, founder and CEO of HMG Strategy. “Still, CIOs and business technology leaders must evaluate the ethical and social implications of using AI with the C-suite and the board.”

Partners for the Summit include 8x8, Akamai, BetterCloud, Box, Darktrace, Delphix, Fortinet, Invoca, LastPass, Nexthink, Netskope, Nutanix, OutSystems, Palo Alto Networks, Ping Identity, Pure Storage, Rimini Street, RingCentral, SafeGuard Cyber, SAP, SIM Detroit, Tonkean, Upwork, Zoom, and Zscaler.

HMG Strategy will also be

A GREAT PLACE TO WORK

Westport, Connecticut-based FLB Law has been Certified™ by Great Place To Work®, a recognition based on feedback from current employees about their experience working at the firm.

hosting its 2023 Boston CIO Executive Leadership Summit on Sept. 6 at The Harvard Club of Boston. Timely topics to be discussed at the summit will include successful use cases for applying Generative AI to the business.

The HMG Strategy global network consists of more than 500,000 CIOs, CTOs, CISOs, CDOs, senior business technology executives, search industry executives, venture capitalists, industry experts and world-class thought leaders.

HMG Strategy’s global media model generates more than one million impressions per week, providing vast opportunities for business technology leaders and sponsor partners to promote themselves and their brands.

HMG Strategy was founded in 2008 by Hunter Muller, a leadership expert who has worked side-by-side with Fortune 2000 executives with strategic planning on for the past 30+ years.

For more ionformation, contact Tom Hoffman, HMG Strategy vice president/ research, at 203-221-2702 or at tomhoffman@hmgstrategy.com

Great Place To Work® is the global authority on workplace culture, employee experience and leadership behaviors proven to deliver market-leading revenue, employee retention and increased innovation.

"Great Place To Work Certification is a highly coveted achievement that requires consistent and intentional dedication to the overall employee experience," said Sarah Lewis-Kulin, the vice president of global recognition at Great Place To Work. She emphasizes that certification is the sole official recognition earned by the real-time feedback of employees regarding their company culture. “By successfully earning this recognition, it is evident that FLB Law stands out as one of the top companies to work for, providing a great workplace environment for its employees."

Eric Bernheim, an FLB Law managing partner, said, “… We spend quite a bit of time and resources ensuring that we provide an enjoyable, equitable and dynamic work environment for everyone to thrive and grow their careers.”

INTERNATIONALLY ACCLAIMED FOLK ARTIST TO PERFORM

Aftercrisscrossing the globe performing at clubs and festivals from Newport to Denmark, Antje Duvekot makes her Merryall debut on Aug. 5 at 8 p.m. Born in Germany, she arrived in Boston, as a guitar-totting teen. Very quickly, she established a reputation as one of the area’s top song writing talents with her debut studio release “Big Dream Boulevard” and follow-up albums “Highwire Dancer” and “New Siberia.” That debut CD was produced by Seamus Egan, founder of the Irish super group Solas and quickly attracted international attention, being voted No.1 Folk Release of the year by the “Boston Globe” and named to the Top 10 Releases of the year by NPR’s Folk Alley.

“…The process of expressing myself in song over the last few decades has found resonance with my listeners and shown that when one makes art that is personal one is often making art that is universal. I’m very excited to perform and share my art at the Merryall Center,” said Duvekot. The Merryall Center is a nonprofit arthouse and community center located at 8 Chapel Hill Road in New Milford.

Tickets for the performance are available at merryallcenter.org.

BANK, PUTTING ITS MONEY ON COMPUTERS FOR KIDS

PCSB Bank supported the YWCA White Plains and Central Westchester with a donation of 10 laptop computers for its Children’s Learning Center. The computers will aid teachers as they work with their young students to provide high-quality, accredited childcare and early learning.

Based in Yorktown Heights, New York, PCSB Bank is a wholly owned subsidiary of PCSB Financial Corp., a bank holding company. It has 15 branches. The bank was established in 1871 in Brewster, New York, as the Putnam County Savings Bank.

In April 2015, the bank acquired CMS Bancorp and in October 2015, the bank changed its name to PCSB Bank. In April 2017, the company converted itself from a mutual organization to a joint-stock company and became a public company via an initial public offering. In May 2022, the company was acquired by Brookline Bancorp for $313 million.

CREDIT UNION NAMES SCHOLARSHIP WINNERS

Hudson Valley Credit Union recently announced that three members were named winners in its annual Scholarship Program offered in partnership with the New York Credit Union Association (NYCUA).

The winners include Orr Teva of Connecticut IB Academy who will attend Williams College; Kayla Joseph of Our Lady of Lourdes High School who will attend Barnard College; and Miranda Spath of John Jay High School who will attend SUNY Binghamton. The credit union also awarded HVCU scholarships to the three statewide winners and seven additional winners: Amanda Johnson of Spackenkill High School, attending Cornell University; Suhaan Akula of Brewster High School, attending United States Military Academy West Point; Charlotte Garrand of Georgia’s Flowery Branch High School, attending Georgia Institute of Technology; Noah Bové of FDR High School, attending Cornell University; Elizabeth Jukowski of FDR High School, attending

Wagner College; Madisyn Rivera of Valley Central High School, attending SUNY Binghamton; and Joseph Ponesse of Newburgh Free Academy, attending SUNY Cortlandt.

In total, $19,500 in scholarships were awarded – $18,000 directly from HVCU.

In addition to the credit union’s scholarship program, HVCU offers a free Sallie Mae Scholarship search tool

that provides access to more than $18 billion in scholarship opportunities. Members and nonmembers of most ages and learning levels are welcome to use this tool as well. Students and their families are encouraged to visit hvcu.org/scholarships for additional information on these resources and more.

With more than $6.9 billion in assets, Hudson Valley Credit Union

has been a community partner in the region for 60 years. The credit union serves individuals and businesses in Albany, Columbia, Dutchess, Greene, Orange, Putnam, Rensselaer, Rockland, Saratoga, Schenectady, Ulster, and Westchester counties with a wide variety of financial services, including investments and insurance. HVCU is federally insured by the NCUA and is an Equal Opportunity Lender.

From left: Angelique Morelli, chief development officer, YWCA White Plains & Central Westchester; Kimberly DeMilia, executive vice president, division head, commercial lending, PCSB Bank; Tiffany S.W. Hamilton, CEO, YWCA White Plains & Central Westchester; Michael P. Goldrick, president and CEO, PCSB Bank; and Sara Frontera, director, Children’s Learning Center, YWCA White Plains & Central Westchester.

Ron Fanish recently joined Ornare, a sophisticated brand of high-end made-to-mea -

sure home interiors, as co-owner of its Greenwich location. He and partners Mylene Del Nero and Stefan Schattan will lead the East Putnam Avenue showroom, which serves Fairfield

and Westchester counties.

For more than three decades, Ornare has provided top-quality custom closets, wall systems and cabinetry for kitchens and bathrooms. Considered a status symbol in Brazil and in cities like New York, Houston, Miami, Dallas and Los Angeles, the luxury brand is also known for being eco-friendly.

“I am thrilled to join Ornare Greenwich,” said Fanish. “The company’s reputation for delivering exquisite design solutions and their commitment to creating spaces that truly reflect their clients’ vision aligns perfectly with my own customer-centric philosophy. I look forward to collaborating with the talented team at Ornare Greenwich as we continue to elevate the standard of luxury design.”

In addition to Ornare Greenwich, Fanish co-owns Rainbow Restoration of Westchester, a full-service renovation and restoration company as well as Mr. Rooter Plumbing of Westchester.

The tech-forward company, which produces all products at its — Brazilian factory in São Paulo, has also developed new 3D projects, visible in electronic applications and in virtual reality glasses, so that customers and business partners can preview projects before they’re created.

More than quality, design and practicality, Ornare’s production chain uses FSC (Forest Stewardship Council) certified wood, which gives the company the green seal of environmental responsibility. It is located at 34 E. Putnam Ave., No. 34A in Greenwich and can be reached at 475-897-1089 or by visiting ornare.com.

UNITED TO HELP

The United Way of Westchester and Putnam is accepting applications from nonprofits serving Putnam County for Phase 40 of the Emergency Food and Shelter Funds available through the Local Food and Shelter Program (EFSP) Boards. This program provides federal funding, which helps to extend currently available services for the hungry and homeless. The deadline for submission of completed applications is 4 p.m. on Monday, Aug. 28.

The Emergency Food and Shelter Program National Board, which is chaired by the U.S. Department of Homeland Security’s Federal Emergency Management Agency, awarded Putnam County $7,998 for Phase 40.

United Way of Westchester and Putnam is the administrative agency of the Local Emergency Food and Shelter Program in Westchester County and Putnam County.

STUDIO OPENING

The Ted & Nune Studio and Gallery Stone & Candle Book Signing and Exhibition is scheduled for Saturday, Sept. 23 from 5 to 8 p.m. at its studio, 45 Main St., Hastings-on-Hudson. The exhibition runs through Jan. 6; exhibition hours are 11 a.m. – 5 p.m., Wednesday to Sunday or by appointment.

Treasures of the early Christian era, many of them meditative world heritage sites as early as the 4th century will be presented.

Stone and Candle, a photographic journey conceived by the couple Ted Andreasian and Nune Karamyan, is an ode to Armenian landscape, Christian architectural creations and the

magnificent churches that were skillfully brought out of the rocks and assembled over the course of centuries.

Their partnership has produced several internationally recognized projects, including Stone & Candle, Desert Agreement, and Crawlspace, and their work is held in many private collections and exhibited worldwide.

Andreasian and Karamyan, residents of Hastings-on-Hudson, are respectively, the vice president and fine art co-chair of the American Society of Media Photographers, New York chapter. They work out of their new studio where they exhibit fine art prints, offer museum-grade printing services, and hold photography and printing workshops,

It delivers weekly food parcels with books and activities to 700 low-income families with school-aged children in Westchester and Putnam this summer and will also provide backpacks filled with school supplies to each school-age child. The program, which partners with Feeding Westchester in Westchester County and the Food Bank of the Hudson Valley in Putnam County, launched on July 11 and will run through Aug. 23.

“During these times of high inflation, where everyone’s dollar is worth less, it is essential that we help families that were already struggling to make ends meet,” said Faith Ann Butcher, chief impact officer at United Way of Westchester and Putnam. “This program helps alleviate food insecurity, reduces summer learning loss and eases the parents’ or caregivers’ financial burden brought on by the back-to-school season.”

Ornare Greenwich co-owners Ron Fanish and Mylene Del Nero in the East Putnam Avenue showroom.

NURTURING YOUNG JEWISH PROFESSIONALS

The Jewish Business Network, based in the Rivertowns section of Westchester, has launched The Friedland Young Leaders initiative, aimed at providing a vibrant platform and nurturing space for young Jewish professionals to develop meaningful relationships and flourish in their careers while engaging in Jewish community and leadership. The initiative places a strong emphasis on fostering leadership roles within their respective businesses, Jewish communal life and philanthropy. The Friedland Young Leaders is set to make a transformative impact on the lives of the next generation of leaders in the region.

This initiative is made possible through generous grants from JBN Visionary Leaders: Robert Friedland, chairman, Westconn Development; and Robert Weisz, CEO and chairman, RPW Group, Inc.

“I am proud to be a part of the Jewish Business Network, an incredible organization that makes a real impact in the region. As a committee member of The Friedland Young Leaders, I am excited about the launch of this initiative and the positive change it will bring,” said Benjamin Knafo, senior vice president, real estate and development at Forge Health.

CONSULTING SERVICES FIRM UNVEILS NEW BRANDING

Beirne Wealth Consulting Services

LLC, a Connecticut-based wealth management firm, launched its new branding and name – Beirne – at a community-centric event at Dunkin Park, home of the Hartford Yard Goats Baseball Team on Sunday, July 23. The event, organized by Beirne, celebrated the firm's commitment to building enduring relationships,

With over 100 years of combined experience in financial services, Beirne a privately owned, registered investment advisor firm located in Shelton, stands as an independent, fee-based wealth management enterprise dedicated to providing financial strategies for individuals, families, business owners and institutions.

The rebranding initiative stems from Beirne's commitment to align its tone and visual identity with its forward-thinking and innovative approach. By unveiling its transformation at a local event among valued clients and friends, Beirne underscores the significance of celebrating this pivotal milestone within the community that

has fostered its growth from inception.

"We're excited," says John-Oliver Beirne, president and partner at Beirne. "This rebrand is a way of taking care of our legacy, of building on the foundation and taking the way we represent and talk about ourselves out of the past and into the future. And the result is vibrant and energetic, a total departure from what the competitive set is doing. It’s not just a visual makeover; it's a powerful statement of our evolution. It’s great to be putting this work out there now."

In collaboration with Rebel Interactive Group, a local marketing agency, the brand’s revamp signals its unwavering dedication to innovation and to challenging industry expectations to visually express what sets the firm apart from its counterparts in wealth management.

Meaghan Morelli, Beirne's partner and chief marketing officer, said, "Brand work is my favorite kind of work as a marketer. It's also the most important and long-lasting work marketers do. This bold step forward for us amplifies our fearless culture. It's an empowering symbol of change, inspiring our team and clients alike to embrace transformation and the boundless possibilities it presents."

Molly Selin, product marketing manager at LightBox, emphasized the unique value of such programs for young professionals, "Programs and events like this one benefit young Jewish professionals for a multitude of reasons. There are opportunities to network and build new relationships, integrate career and religious experiences, develop new skills and find mentors role models outside of siloed industry events,” she said.

Committee member, Andrew Weisz, president of RPW Group Inc., said, "It's been a wonderful opportunity to connect with like-minded leaders in the region. But I would say as important to that, on a personal level, my interactions with the JBN have brought me closer to Judaism."

"We are thrilled to launch The Friedland Young Leadership Initiative,” said Rabbi Benjy Silverman, chairman of JBN. “This transformative program serves not only as a catalyst for young leaders to advance in their chosen fields, but also as a platform for them to deeply engage with the vibrancy and richness of Jewish communal life and philanthropy."

By intertwining Jewish leadership values with professional growth, the initiative seeks to instill a sense of purpose and meaning in the pursuit of success.

BUSINESS JOURNAL

UNIVERSITY-BASED RETIREMENT COMMUNITY

In anticipation of its opening in the fall, Broadview at Purchase College, the university-based retirement community on the campus of the State University of New York at Purchase College, has hired two new managers.

Charlotte Manor recently joined as its administrative services director and Crystal Mason as its environmental services director.

Championing intergenerational connections and lifelong learning, Broadview at Purchase is expected to open in the fall. Located on a 40acre site on campus, the community has 220 senior residential apartments and villas and will offer a wealth of amenities, including a swimming pool, fitness center, movie theatre, spa and salon, dining venues and on-site health center.

“We are excited to welcome Charlotte and Crystal to the team at Broadview at Purchase,’’ said Ashley Wade, executive director. Charlotte is a native of Westchester who has dedicated over 12 years of her career

to the nonprofit industry and Crystal has more than 30 years of experience in environmental services in the health-care field. We are assembling a highly qualified and very diverse team of professionals to match the sophistication of our residents who come from all walks of life and professions.”

Manor’s diverse professional experience includes work with the New Rochelle YMCA, where she was associate membership and marketing director.

Before joining the nonprofit sector, she operated a marketing and design business serving local churches and organizations in New Jersey. She also worked in technology for such companies as Gartner and Sprint/Nextel.

Manor holds a bachelor's degree in business administration with a concentration in marketing from Iona University and a master's degree in

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organizational leadership from Manhattan College.

Mason has had experience in facilities and environmental services at large health-care institutions, including The James Cancer Center at The Ohio State Wexner Medical Center and Cri Research Campus at the University of North Carolina at Charlotte.

Prior to joining Broadview, Mason was the senior operations manager at Wexner Medical Center, a 1,000bed regional cancer research and treatment center where she managed a department of 300 employees. She also worked as operations manager at the University at North Carolina.

Mason earned a bachelor’s degree in human services/administration from Kaplan University in Des Moines, Iowa, and a master’s degree in public policy and management

from The John Glenn College of Public Affairs at Ohio State University. Broadview is being co-developed by Senior Care Development LLC and LCS Development LLC, and will be operated by Life Care Services®. LCS has over 50 years of senior living and housing experience and manages more than 140 senior living communities nationwide. LCS has been rated best in customer satisfaction with independent senior living communities 4 years in a row by J.D. Power.

Life Care Services is the nation’s second-largest operator of senior living communities and has expertise in the management of both life plan and rental communities.

Broadview is currently under construction and is scheduled to open in fall 2023. For more information, visit https://broadviewseniorliving.org/.

New York state Lt. Gov. Antonio Delgado addressed state and local officials from across Westchester, advocates and the public during the celebration of the 33rd anniversary of the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA).

Delgado was the keynote speaker at the event sponsored by Westchester Disabled on the Move Inc. (WDOMI) at Crawford Park in Rye Brook on July 26.

Delgado said that public service means representing all the people, not only those with special interests. He said the ADA is an example of legislation that ensures equal treatment under the law.

“The ADA has given people with disabili-

ties the opportunity to live more independent and fulfilling lives,’’ said Delgado. “This law has made it possible for people with disabilities to make great strides and the work continues….”

Majority Leader Andrea Stewart Cousins praised the work of Westchester Disabled on the Move for its advocacy and referred to a video shown during the program of people with disabilities crawling up the steps of the Capitol in March of 1990 to lobby for the ADA. She paid tribute to long-time advocate Judy Heumann, who recently died. Heumann, who had polio as a child, led the historic 26-day sit-in in 1977 that forced the government to pass 504, the first U.S. federal civil rights protection for people with disabilities.

“I am here because what happens to people with disabilities matters and we have come a long, long way,’’ said Stewart-Cousins.

Crystal Mason

Charlotte Manor

ARTS COUNCIL’S COMMUNITY ARTS GRANTS RECIPIENTS

EMPOWERING YOUNG INNOVATORS

Carter

Morse & Goodrich is sponsoring the 10th year of Push for Entrepreneurship (PFE).

Michael Carter founded PFE in 2014 to be a unique and exhilarating event that challenges participants to push their limits physically and mentally. Last year, Push for Entrepreneurship raised more than $70,000 and brought entrepreneurial programs to 2,500 low-income students from across the state of Connecticut.

“The instinct to create, to build and to invent is a fundamental quality in young people,” said Carter. “Unfortunately, the opportunity to exercise these instincts is not nearly so common. With Push For Entrepreneurship, we’re helping democratize these critical innovation education programs by

making the program available to all schools.”

Every dollar raised will be donated to the Connecticut Invention Convention (CIC), a nonprofit 501(c) (3) organization dedicated to teaching innovation and developing an entrepreneurial mindset. All raised funds are operated in a restricted fund, with funds only allocated toward programming, supplies, scholarships and other resources for low-income communities.

“It’s really something special,” said Nick Briere, executive director of the Connecticut Invention Convention. “Push For Entrepreneurship has become the largest financial contributor to our organization. Hundreds of Pushers, donors, inventors, parents and community

members come together and push themselves for a better future. We’ve moved from a time where less than half of CIC inventors were from below-median-income communities, to today, where that number is nearly 90%.”

With CMG’s sponsorship of PFE 2023, the firm is committed to making a difference in the lives of students from underserved communities, particularly those in Bridgeport, Norwalk, Hartford and New Haven. The funds generated will be used to expand CIC’s programming in these cities, giving young learners the opportunity to enhance their analytical skills, unleash their creativity and discover their potential as inventors and entrepreneurs.

BANK INCLUDED IN RUSSELL 2000 INDEX

Orange Bank & Trust Company has been added to the Russell 2000 Index, one of the most widely watched stock market indexes comprised of 2,000 small-cap U.S. companies. The recognition represents a significant milestone in the company’s 131year history, reflecting its continued growth and reputation as an important contributor to New York’s Hudson Valley small-business economy.

“Earning a position in the Russell

2000 Index – one of the most closely followed stock market indexes in the country and seen by many as a true bell weather of the economy – is a testament to our company’s outstanding growth and the successful model we’ve built for regional business banking,” said Michael J. Gilfeather, president and CEO. “The additional visibility the Russell 2000 Index provides encourages us to continue to expand the quality of service and results we seek to deliver to our clients and investors every day.”

Widely regarded as the Hudson Valley’s premier financial institution for commercial lending, business banking and wealth management

services, the company has more than $2.4 billion in assets and plays a vital role in spurring region-defining real estate projects, creating jobs for generations of residents, servicing regional municipalities and maximizing investment in community-serving nonprofits. The bank operates 15 offices across New York’s Orange, Rockland, Westchester and Bronx counties, and employs more than 200 bankers. Orange Bank & Trust Company is an independent bank that began with the vision of 14 founders over 131 years ago. It has grown through innovation and a commitment to its community and business clientele to more than $2.4 billion in total assets.

The Orange County New York Arts Council (OCAC) in Goshen has announced its 2023 Community Arts Grants recipients. The OCAC Community Arts Grants are designed to promote the growth of arts and culture across Orange County. Nine recipients will receive funding from the program and will present works through March 2024. The Community Arts Grants are administered by OCAC and funded through individual donations made to the arts council from donors and sponsors, including a generous gift from the Wesley-Krueger Family Foundation. Recipients are selected based on accessibility, diversity, need, feasibility, community engagement and artistic merit.

The 2023 grant recipients and their projects are:

• Alex Prizgintas - “Bach 2 Rock.”

• Core Theatre Group - “The Last Five Years.”

• Grand Montgomery Chamber Music - Free Classical Music Series.

• Greenwood Lake Theatre“Spontaneous Shakespeare” Jean-Marc Superville Sovak - “From the Ground Up.”

• Port Jervis Farmers MarketLocal Musician Series.

• Strongroom Gallery - Audra Wolowiec; A poetry collaboration Wickham Works - Fuller Moon Arts Festival, Multi Arts Exhibition Wallkill River Center for the Arts - Hudson Valley Plein Air Festival.

The Orange County Arts Council is a private, 501(c)(3) organization dedicated to meeting the growing need for local arts advocacy and serving as a countywide arts resource. A diverse Board of Directors made up of community leaders, business leaders, arts enthusiasts and professional artists oversees the Orange County Arts Council.

From left: LM Lions President Jim Killoran, STEM President; LM Lion Meg Kaufer; and Sedona's Bill Jablonski.

WESTCHESTER COURT CASES

U.S. Bankruptcy Court White Plains & Poughkeepsie Local business cases, July 26 – Aug. 1

Frank Barchella, Harrison, re. Barchella Contracting Co., et al, 23-22564-SHL: Chapter 7, assets $0 - $50,000, liabilities $1 million - $10 million.

Attorney: Erica F. Aisner.

Kiddin Around Town Inc., Peekskill, Salvatore Mongiovi, president, 23-22569-SHL: Chapter 7, assets $6,500, liabilities

$658,000.

Attorney: Anne J. Penachio.

Ayde Haggins, White Plains re. Nicky’s Pizza, 23-22573-CGM: Chapter 13, assets and liabilities $500,000 - $1 million.

Attorney: Harold J. Johnson.

HaChi Yu, Tivoli, re. Prana Productions LLC, et al, 23-35623-CGM: Chapter 7, assets $36,335, liabilities

$290,570.

Attorney: David Waltzer.

Celane Industries LLC, Suffern, by Celane Brown, 23-22579-SHL: Chapter 7, assets $325,000, liabilities

$635,191.

Attorney: pro se.

U.S. District Court, White Plains Local business cases, July 26 – Aug. 1

Kameika Lewis et al. c/o Lipsky Lowe LLLP vs. Pelham Country Club, 23-cv-6500-KMK: Fair Labor Standards Act, class action.

Attorney: Douglas B. Lipsky.

Michael P. McCree, Wappingers Falls vs The Country Club at Otterkill, Campbell Hall, 23-cv-6508-CS: Fair Labor Standards Act, class action.

Attorney: Jennifer S. Echevarria.

Urbanimage Media Ltd., Dorst, United Kingdom vs. PanaGenius Inc., New Rochelle, et al, 23-cv-6523-KMK: Copyright infringement.

Attorneys: Jaymie B. SabiliaHeffert, Craig B. Sanders. Atiana Munroe-Joseph, Danbury, Connecticut vs. Guardian Veterinary Services, Brewster, et al, 23-cv-6542-CS: Personal injury.

Attorney: Nicholas E. Lewis.

Cambridge Security Seals Inc., Pomana vs. Rebel Interactive Group, Cheshire, Connecticut, et al, 23-cv-6584-PMH: Contract, Attorneys: Stanislav Sharovskiy, Jeffrey I. Carton.

Cesar Gallardo, Newburgh vs. Auroro Digital Technology Center, Wappingers Falls, 23-cv-6631-KMK: Fair Labor Standards Act.

Attorney: Abdul K. Hassan.

Nepamuceno Galvan, New Rochelle vs. Rolling Lawns Inc., Mamaroneck, et al, 23-cv-6724: Fair Labor Standards Act.

Attorney: Randi M. Cohen.

Imperial Yacht Club Inc., New Rochelle vs. Peter Lewis, New Rochelle, et al, 23-cv-6745: Admiralty.

Attorney: Garth S. Wolfson.

DEEDS Above $1 million

117 Park Avenue West LLC, Eastchester. Seller: 109 and 111 Park Avenue LLC, Rye.

Property: 109-111 Park Ave., Harrison. Amount: $1.6 million.

Filed July 17.

19 Knowles Street RE Corp., Yonkers. Seller: 19 Knowles Street Realty LLC, Brooklyn. Property: 19 Knowles St., Yonkers. Amount: $1.1 million. Filed July 17.

20 Boutonville LLC, Miami, Florida. Seller: Double H. Farms LLC, Wellington, Florida. Property: 20 Boutonville Road, Lewisboro. Amount: $8 million.

Filed July 17.

35 Fullerton LLC, Bronx. Seller: Fullerton Partners LLC, Long Island City. Property: 35-41 Fullerton Ave., Yonkers. Amount: $2.7 million. Filed July 12.

A&C Knopp Development Inc., Scarsdale. Seller: Susan R. Amlani and Sreedhar Chintamaneni, New York. Property: 260 Madison Road, Scarsdale. Amount: $2.4 million. Filed July 13.

Azim, Khalid and Farah Azim, Rye. Seller: Guionsville LLC, Rye. Property: 145 Grace Church, Rye. Amount: $2.1 million. Filed July 14.

Bofabri Realty LLC, Larchmont. Seller: Jonathan Koen and Carly Gottsegen, New York. Property: 9 Lafayette Road, Mamaroneck. Amount: $2.6 million. Filed July 13.

Bryn Mawr Park Presbyterian Church, Scarborough. Seller: Saint George Jordanian Orthodox Community, Yonkers. Property: 18 Fowler Ave., Yonkers. Amount: $1.4 million. Filed July 12.

Core Home Meadow LLC, North Salem. Seller: Bryan Gregg and Hana Newman, New York. Property: 9 Great Oaks Lane, North Salem. Amount: $1.1 million. Filed July 17.

FBRT Printhouse LLC, New York. Seller: 165 Huguenot Street LLC, Summit, New Jersey. Property: 165 Huguenot St., New Rochelle. Amount: $22.7 million. Filed July 13.

Items appearing in the Westfair 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: Sebastian Flores Westfair Communications Inc.

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117 Park Avenue West LLC, Eastchester. Seller: 105 and 107 Park Avenue LLC, Rye.

Property: 105-107 Park Ave., Harrison. Amount: $1.6 million.

Filed July 17.

15 Cushman Road LLC, Scarsdale. Seller: Jared and Jessica Kramer, New York.

Property: 15 Cushman Road, Scarsdale. Amount: $3.3 million. Filed July 17.

Kouloukis, Maria and Giorgios Kouloukis, White Plains. Seller: ISHII Enterprise Company Ltd., White Plains. Property: 13 Wilshire Drive, White Plains. Amount: $1.3 million. Filed July 13.

Lake Realty Corp., Yonkers. Seller: 21 Knowles Street Realty LLC, Brooklyn. Property: 21 Knowles St., Yonkers. Amount: $1.1 million. Filed July 17.

Lyons Partners Group LLC, Mamaroneck. Seller: Monica M. Perez, Sunnyside. Property: 9 Lyons Place, New Rochelle. Amount: $1 million. Filed July 17.

McCormick 105 LLC, Hunt Valley, Maryland. Seller: Shaoqing Yang and Hanyu Xie, Weehawken, New Jersey. Property: 5 Copper Beech Lane, Scarsdale. Amount: $2.2 million. Filed July 17.

Oh Yes LLC, Bronxville. Seller: Matthew Michael, White Plains. Property: 14 Bolton Gardens, Eastchester. Amount: $1.2 million. Filed July 11.

Samuels, Robert, Rye. Seller: Barton73brevoort LLC, Irvington. Property: 73 Brevoort Lane, Rye. Amount: $1.8 million. Filed July 12.

SC Rye Brook Partners LLC, Pawling. Seller: Sandra E. Bell, Stamford, Connecticut. Property: 2 Mulberry Court, Rye. Amount: $2.3 million. Filed July 17.

Below $1 million

108 Waring LLC, New Rochelle. Seller: Jennifer Fermin, Yonkers. Property: 106 Waring Place, Yonkers. Amount: $830,000. Filed July 17.

501 North Broadway LLC, Yonkers. Seller: Benzion, Mandelbaum and Mossberg, Brooklyn. Property: 501 N. Broadway, Yonkers. Amount: $800,000. Filed July 13.

Defina, Philip S., Yorktown Heights. Seller: Yami 6 LLC, Mineola. Property: 335 Sterling Terrace, Yorktown. Amount: $672,000. Filed July 17.

Federal National Mortgage Association, Dallas, Texas.

Seller: George Ockovic and Amid Baksh, Mount Vernon. Property: 129 Sixth Ave., Mount Vernon. Amount: $425,000. Filed July 12.

First Mount Vernon Holdings LLC, Yonkers.

Seller: Grayline Construction LLC, New Rochelle. Property: 1 S. 10th Ave., Mount Vernon.

Amount: $400,000. Filed July 17.

Gasser-Zubler, Margaret, New York. Seller: 27 Hardscrabble LLC, Mount Vernon. Property: 27 Hardscrabble Road, Mount Pleasant. Amount: $625,000.

Filed July 12.

Glad Enterprises LLC, Briarcliff Manor. Seller: Felipe A. Zevalos, Elmsford. Property: 20 S. Lawn Ave., Greenburgh.

Amount: $550,000. Filed July 12.

Healy, Eileen, Cortlandt Manor. Seller: 7A Fieldcrest Court LLC, West Harrison. Property: 7A Fieldcrest Court, Cortlandt. Amount: $525,000. Filed July 11.

Hudson Home Buyers LLC, Salisbury Mills. Seller: Ernesto M. Lopez and Gabriela A. Aviles, Elmsford. Property: 719 Lindbergh Ave., Peekskill. Amount: $425,000. Filed July 17.

Kondaur Capital Real Property 2 LLC, Orange, California. Seller: McLaren Construction Group LLC, Mount Vernon. Property: 348 Garden Ave., Mount Vernon. Amount: $575,000. Filed July 12.

Krolian, Dennis E. Dobbs Ferry. Seller: Komal Garewal, Mount Kisco. Property: 118 Round Hill Road, Greenburgh.

MHH 1B Association

LLC, Rye. Seller: Mozam LLC, Mamaroneck. Property: 300 Livingston Ave., 1B Mamaroneck. Amount: $410,000. Filed July 12.

Money Pitt LLC Series F, Shrub Oak. Seller: Christa B. and Angel Henriquez, Dobbs Ferry. Property: 1021 E. Main St., Yorktown. Amount: $510,000. Filed July 13.

MTS 29 LLC, Mahopac. Seller: Nathan Levin and Angelo Cho, Elmsford. Property: 10 Manor Drive, Lewisboro. Amount: $795,000. Filed July 13.

N&G Realty of Westchester LLC, Mount Vernon. Seller: A&E 543 and 547 Realty LLC, White Plains. Property: 543 N. High St., Mount Vernon. Amount: $375,000. Filed July 11.

New Beginning REI LLC, Yonkers. Seller: Amy Serbus, Mamaroneck. Property: 720 Meadow St., Rye. Amount: $720,000. Filed July 14.

Pipe Dreams 9 LLC, Bronx. Seller: Patricia Chavez-Meehan and Martin Meehan, Bronx. Property: 120 Devoe Ave., Yonkers. Amount: $665,000. Filed July 14.

Reign 21 LLC, Brentwood. Seller: Myrta Colin-Jasmin and Laetitia Jasmin. Property: 21 Terrace Ave., Mount Vernon. Amount: $770,000. Filed July 14.

Saint-Aude, Germaine, Mount Vernon. Seller: 33 Parkway East LLC, Bronx. Property: 33 Parkway East, Mount Vernon. Amount: $795,000. Filed July 11.

Steinman, Susan and Warren M. Steinman, Pound Ridge. Seller: 26 Pound Ridge Road LLC, North Salem. Property: 26 Pound Ridge Road, Pound Ridge. Amount: $771,000. Filed July 11.

Fiducia, Calla and Anthony Fiducia, Mamaroneck. Seller: Deborah Huppert, Mamaroneck. Property: 102 Fairway Green, 102, Mamaroneck. Amount: $1.2 million. Filed July 14.

Harper, Patrick S. and Adrienne D. Harper, Bronxville. Seller: Saltwoods 30 LLC, Brooklyn. Property: 15 Beacon Court, Eastchester. Amount: $1.8 million. Filed July 14.

Aversa, Antonio and Frances Aversa, West Harrison. Seller: 220 Gainsborg LLC, West Harrison. Property: 220 Gainsborg Ave., Harrison. Amount: $700,000. Filed July 11.

Amount: $406,000. Filed July 14.

Madison Bay LLC, Great Neck. Seller: Malleh and Fatou Ceesay, Yonkers. Property: 8 Hudson View Terrace, Yonkers.

Amount: $625,000. Filed July 17.

Tufania LLC, Bronx. Seller: 363 Warburton Realty LLC, Yonkers. Property: 363 Warburton Ave., Yonkers. Amount: $667,000. Filed July 13.

US Bank Trust NA, Dallas, Texas. Seller: Cameron F. and Julia Rasmussen, New York. Property: 1480 Riverview Ave., Peekskill. Amount: $448,000. Filed July 17.

US Bank Trust NA, Dallas, Texas. Seller: Phoebe Pang, New York. Property: 418 Seventh Ave., Mount Vernon. Amount:

$450,000. Filed July 14.

Washington & Monteith LLC, Ossining. Seller: Carmine and Kathleen Vitolo, Hawthorne. Property: FT Washington Ave., Mount Pleasant. Amount:

$165,000. Filed July 14.

Zion 126 Inc., Flushing. Seller: Sheryl J. Johnson, Bronx. Property: 126 Bruce Ave., Mount Vernon. Amount: $755,000. Filed July 14.

WORKERS’ COMPENSATION BOARD

Failure to carry insurance or for work-related injuries and illnesses.

Aimee Kelly Inc., Yonkers. Amount: $21,000.

AMS Diner Inc., Port Chester. Amount: $6,000.

C&R Technologies Inc., Mount Vernon. Amount: $21,500.

Caribbean Hospitality Management LLC, Rye. Amount: $24,500.

Christopher Professional Home Improvement Corp, White Plains. Amount: $2,000.

Consolidated Scaffold and Bridge Corp., Bronx. Amount: $34,500.

Construction Technology Design & Development LLC, Mount Vernon. Amount: $21,000.

Convergent Commercial Inc., White Plains. Amount: $13,000.

Datahr Home Health Care Inc., Mount Kisco. Amount: $10,500.

DJ Serg Entertainment Inc., White Plains. Amount: $8,900.

El Palacio De Maria Inc., Port Chester. Amount: $34,500.

Envirocorp ETS Inc., Elmsford. Amount: $21,500.

Fairy Juice Bar LLC, Mount Vernon. Amount: $1,000.

G-Bus Services Inc., Mount Vernon. Amount: $21,500.

Gallegos Marble Countertops Inc., Cortlandt Manor. Amount: $12,500.

Geo Construction and Home Improvements Corp., Peekskill. Amount: $24,000.

Gerardo Rodriguez Garita d.b.a. MD Landscaping, White Plains. Amount: $21,500.

Healthcare Radiology and Diagnostic Systems PLLC, Hawthorne. Amount: $43,000.

Integrated Fire & Alarm Security Systems Services Inc., Thornwood. Amount: $8,500.

Integrity Automotive Holdings LLC, Mamaroneck. Amount: $19,000.

Intime Massage Candles LLC, New Rochelle. Amount: $21,000.

Jorge E. Echeverry and Mario Navarro, Rye Brook. Amount: $81,000.

Lerner & Sipkin CPAs LLP, White Plains. Amount: $36,000.

Maryam Hashemi DDS, PC, Hartsdale. Amount: $25,500.

Merchan’s Painting, LLC, Port Chester. Amount: $19,000.

Mobikasa LLC, Briarcliff. Amount: $4,000.

Nunez Managment Inc., White Plains. Amount: $21,000.

Orlucci Janitorial Solutions Inc., Hastings-onHudson. Amount: $12,000.

Oudeh Ziyad, Yonkers. Amount: $6,500.

Precision Spa Inc., Harrison. Amount: $2,000.

Primitiva LLC d.b.a. DeCicco & Sons, Pelham. Amount: $2,000.

Property Cleaning Inc., Yonkers. Amount: $16,500.

Puddle Divers 2000 Inc., White Plains. Amount: $21,000.

Robert Rifkin, Mamaroneck.

Amount: $23,000.

Sharp Tile and Stone Inc., Yonkers. Amount: $21,000.

Stats23 LLC, Pelham.

Amount: $2,000.

Superclean Services Group LLC, Mount Vernon.

Amount: $21,000.

Suzanne Zukin, New Rochelle. Amount: $10,500.

TMC Capital Group Inc. d.b.a. Money Talk Radio, New Rochelle. Amount: $34,500.

Tri State Architectural Design LLC, Katonah.

Amount: $6,000.

Tuckahoe Autoland Corp., Yonkers. Amount: $6,500.

Twins Hardwood Flooring Corp., Peekskill. Amount: $21,000.

Values Based Initiative Inc., Ardsley. Amount: $23,000.

Whipped Butter Cream LLC, Cortlandt Manor. Amount: $21,500.

Your Home Contracting LLC, New Rochelle. Amount: $21,000.

Federal Tax Liens, $10,000 or greater, Westchester County, July 26 – Aug. 1

Ahmed, Benzir : Bronxville, 2017 – 2020 personal income, $181,813.

Dipa, Hasiba: Bronxville, 2017 – 2020 personal income, $181,813.

Bieler, Gloria: Scarsdale, 2017 – 2018 personal income, $1,432,210.

Yarrow, Peter and Mary Beth Yarrow: Yonkers, 2022 personal income, $260,305.

JUDGMENTS

536m Corp., Mamaroneck. $8,438 in favor of Mohawk Factoring LLC, Calhoun, Georgia. Filed July 20.

58 Croft Terrace LLC, New Rochelle. $10,593 in favor of Carrie Foley, New Rochelle. Filed July 17.

Anderson, Olivia G., Elmsford. $3,772 in favor of Midland Credit Management Inc., San Diego, California. Filed July 10.

Astudillo, Jorge, Sleepy Hollow. $1,206 in favor of Second Round Sub LLC, Austin, Texas. Filed July 10.

Ataman, Kerem, et al, Santa Monica, California. $542,048 in favor of GCM Capital LLC, White Plains. Filed July 11.

Bernal, Rodolfo H., Port Chester. $5,128 in favor of LVNV Funding LLC, Greenville, South Carolina. Filed July 7.

Bonilla, Julio and Santiago Bonilla, Middletown. $15,640 in favor of Dennis Martinez, Yonkers. Filed July 19.

Cartalemi, Angelo, Cortlandt Manor. $8,272 in favor of Long Island Minimally Invasive Surgery PC, Roslyn Heights. Filed July 18.

Castro, Edna L., Tarrytown. $3,330 in favor of Midland Credit Management Inc., San Diego, California. Filed July 7.

Copeland, Raychelle, New Rochelle. $2,346 in favor of Jefferson Capital Systems LLC, St. Cloud, Minnesota. Filed July 20.

Crane, Daniqua, Jersey City, New Jersey. $2,445 in favor of LVNV Funding LLC, Greenville, South Carolina. Filed July 10.

Digiwaxx and Corey Llewellyn, White Plains. $9,955 in favor of Lightcast Inc., Charlotte, North Carolina. Filed July 10.

Feenstra, Sharon, Buchanan. $3,775 in favor of LVNV Funding LLC, Greenville, South Carolina. Filed July 10.

Figueroa, Sasha, Yonkers. $1,422 in favor of LVNV Funding LLC, Greenville, South Carolina. Filed July 7.

Flack, Shantel D., Mount Vernon. $3,935 in favor of Midland Credit Management Inc., San Diego, California. Filed July 7.

Giampietro, Rosa C., Yonkers. $4,602 in favor of National Collegiate Student Loan Trust 2004-1 A Delaware Statutory Trust, Peachtree, Georgia. Filed July 19.

Gonzalez, Wilson A., Tarrytown. $13,336 in favor of JPMorgan Chase Bank NA, Wilmington, Delaware. Filed July 7.

Lexington Trendy Inc. and Wang Liquan, Flushing. $159,857 in favor of COD LLC, New Rochelle. Filed July 11. Macias, Kathleen, Yonkers. $1,536 in favor of TD Bank USA NA, Brooklyn Park, Minnesota. Filed July 7.

Marte, Yeril, White Plains. $41,582 in favor of Ellen B. Realty Inc., White Plains. Filed July 12.

Mecca, Maria, Greenwich, Connecticut. $55,452 in favor of People of the state of New York, White Plains. Filed July 13.

Mecca, Maria, Greenwich, Connecticut. $9,857 in favor of Jonathan A. Rudnick, Yonkers. Filed July 14.

Morehead, Richard, Sleepy Hollow. $2,149 in favor of LVNV Funding LLC, Greenville, South Carolina. Filed July 7.

MS State Service LLC, Buchanan. $87,090 in favor of State Insurance Fund, New York. Filed July 13.

O’Connor, Denise A., Yonkers. $2,856 in favor of Citibank NA, Sioux Falls, South Dakota. Filed July 20.

Old American Inc., Newport Beach, California. $548,387 in favor of IBM Credit LLC, Armonk. Filed July 18.

Olivera, Noelia, Port Chester. $1,691 in favor of LVNV Funding LLC, Greenville, South Carolina. Filed July 20.

Piazza, Rafael, Yonkers. $4,034 in favor of Citibank NA, Sioux Falls, South Dakota. Filed July 7.

Porticelli, Joseph, Yorktown Heights. $22,590 in favor of M&T Bank, Getzville. Filed July 14.

Principe, Maria, West Harrison. $4,811 in favor of Citibank NA, Sioux Falls, South Dakota. Filed July 10.

Ramacciato, Nicolas, New Rochelle. $1,949 in favor of Absolute Resolutions Investments LLC, Bloomington, Minnesota. Filed July 20.

Ribeiro, Danilo, Briarcliff Manor. $66,375 in favor of American Express National Bank, Sandy, Utah. Filed July 20.

Rice, Willie, White Plains. $2,549 in favor of LVNV Funding LLC, Greenville, South Carolina. Filed July 20.

Rodriguez, Judith, Ossining. $1,357 in favor of Absolute Resolutions Investments LLC, Bloomington, Minnesota. Filed July 20.

Rodriguez, Naomi, Mohegan Lake. $5,665 in favor of Discover Bank, New Albany, Ohio. Filed July 7.

Saibou, Abdoul, New Rochelle. $27,622 in favor of M&T Bank, Getzville. Filed July 14.

Sanquintin, Rafael A., Yonkers. $4,240 in favor of JPMorgan Chase Bank NA, Wilmington, Delaware. Filed July 7.

Schumacher, Lylah A., Yonkers. $4,113 in favor of TD Bank USA NA, Brooklyn Park, Minnesota. Filed July 7.

Suarez, Marisa, Port Chester. $11,151 in favor of Discover Bank, New Albany, Ohio. Filed July 7.

Trujillo, Aliza, Valrico, Florida. $26,517 in favor of National Collegiate Student Loan Trust 2006-3 A Delaware Statutory Trust, Peachtree, Georgia. Filed July 19.

Villa, Fausto, Sleepy Hollow. $2,167 in favor of LVNV Funding LLC, Greenville, South Carolina. Filed July 20.

White Plains Marble Inc., Elmsford. $4,265 in favor of MS International Inc., Edison, New Jersey. Filed July 18.

Williams, Lorraine, Mount Vernon. $4,798 in favor of Midland Credit Management Inc., San Diego, California. Filed July 7.

LIS PENDENS

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

17 Forest La LLC, as owner. Filed by Town/Village of Scarsdale. Action: Foreclosure of a mortgage in the principal amount of $3,000 affecting property located at 17 Forest Lane, Scarsdale. Filed July 11.

21 S. Eighth Avenue LLC, as owner. Filed by Land Home Financial Services Inc. Action: Foreclosure of a mortgage in the principal amount of $392,000 affecting property located at 21 S. Eighth Ave., Mount Vernon. Filed July 13.

B&B Capital LLC, as owner. Filed by Nationstar Mortgage LLC. Action: Foreclosure of a mortgage in the principal amount of $377,000 affecting property located at 176 Prospect Ave., White Plains. Filed July 13.

Burgun Ashley-Heir, as owner. Filed by The Bank of New York Mellon. Action: Foreclosure of a mortgage in the principal amount of $290,000 affecting property located at 31 Hall Ave., Goldens Bridge. Filed July 12.

Maloney Karen, as owner. Filed by US Bank National Trust. Action: Foreclosure of a mortgage in the principal amount of $252,000 affecting property located at 16 Hope Lane, Somers. Filed July 11.

Mark M. Keston Trust, as owner. Filed by Bank of America NA. Action: Foreclosure of a mortgage in the principal amount of $100,000 affecting property located at 41 Old Mill River Road, Pound Ridge. Filed July 11.

Olsen, Keith S., as owner. Filed by Town/Village of Scarsdale. Action: Foreclosure of a mortgage in the principal amount of $49,000 affecting property located at 34 Heathcote Road, Scarsdale. Filed July 11.

Richardson, Floyd, as owner. Filed by US Bank Trust National Trust. Action: Foreclosure of a mortgage in the principal amount of $350,000 affecting property located at 14 Jackson Road, Mount Pleasant. Filed July 12.

MECHANIC’S LIENS

27-31 South Broadway LLC, Yonkers. $2,115 in favor of Davis Electrical Service Inc., Mount Vernon. Filed July 14.

33 Calvert Properties LLC, Harrison. $23,217 in favor of Sonitec Corp., Mount Vernon. Filed July 20.

43 Church Street LLC, New Rochelle. $93,453 in favor of Sunbelt Rentals Inc., Islip. Filed July 18.

Klein, Richard, Yorktown Heights. $13,500 in favor of Joseph Fedele Landscaping Service, Katonah. Filed July 18.

Mon Ami Takis Inc., Rye. $103,000 in favor of Capital Industries Corp., Yonkers. Filed July 14.

Radford Court Apartment Corp, Yonkers. $3,800 in favor of LPE Engineering PC, New York. Filed July 20.

Sinis Huguette, Estate of, Rye. $103,000 in favor of Capital Industries Corp., Yonkers. Filed July 14.

Windward School, White Plains. $115,852 in favor of Domack Restoration LLC, Stratford, Connecticut. Filed July 17.

NEW BUSINESSES

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

Sole Proprietorships

Carisa Hays Public Relations, 59 Stratford Lane, Hastings-on-Hudson 10706. c/o Carisa Hays. Filed July 19.

Elements of Existence, P.O. Box 53, Millwood 10546. c/o Ava Vesce. Filed July 14.

Humphreys Home Improvement, 37 Chatfield Road, Bronxville 10708. c/o Leo Humphreys. Filed July 19.

LN Construction Service, 11 Maple St., Newburgh 12550. c/o. Filed July 19.

Mark Womack Pottery, 79 Alta Vista Drive, Yonkers 10710. c/o Mark Womack. Filed July 19.

MM Chapter, 510 Pelham Road, New Rochelle 10805. c/o Malisa Monteleone. Filed July 19.

PM Medical, 280 N. Central Ave., Hartsdale 10530. c/o Pamela Liggins. Filed July 18.

Quintessential Skincare, 60 Snowden Ave., Ossining 10562. c/o Barbara Elaine Renee Robinson. Filed July 18.

Ron Klein Associates, 20 Secor Glen Road, Hartsdale 10530. c/o Stephanie Klein. Filed July 20.

SR Services, 112 Tarryhill Way, White Plains 10603. c/o Sabrina Rojas. Filed July 17.

Women of Wall, 280 N. Central Ave., Hartsdale 10530. c/o Pamela Liggins. Filed July 18.

HUDSON VALLEY

Building Loans

Above $1 million

Sunshine Gardens Realty LLC, as owner. Lender: Northeast Community Bank. Property: 122, 126, 128 and 130 Union Road, Ramapo.

Amount: $6.4 million. Filed July 20.

Below $1 million

12 Manor LLC, as owner. Lender: Loan Funder LLC Series 56790. Property: 12 Manor Court, New City. Amount: $118,750. Filed July 19.

Bank of America, as owner. Lender: Marie D. and James L. Valentine. Property: in Wallkill. Amount: $62,000. Filed July 14.

Broadview Capital LLC, as owner. Lender: D&U Properties LLC. Property: in Warwick. Amount: $150,000. Filed July 21.

Walden Savings Bank, as owner. Lender: Jake Harford and Alexandria Glidden. Property: in Greenville. Amount: $395,000. Filed July 21.

DEEDS

Above $1 million

11 Market LLC, Poughkeepsie. Seller: Reformed Dutch Church of Poughkeepsie, Poughkeepsie. Property: 11 Market St., Poughkeepsie. Amount: $1.6 million. Filed July 13.

3265 Franklin Avenue LLC, Millbrook. Seller: Reardon Briggs Company Inc., Millbrook. Property: 3265 Franklin Ave., Millbrook. Amount: $2 million. Filed July 11.

408 E. 79 12A LLC, New York. Seller: Latif Mohammed Jawad, LaGrangeville. Property: in LaGrange. Amount: $5.2 million. Filed July 17.

Balda, Blake and Jillian Carter, New York. Seller: Silo Ridge Condo III LLC, Scottsdale, Arizona. Property: in Amenia. Amount: $9.2 million. Filed July 12.

Marist Center LLC, Poughkeepsie. Seller: Pellor Partners Ltd., Poughkeepsie. Property: in Poughkeepsie. Amount: $4.2 million. Filed July 7.

Pleasant Valley Holdings New York LLC, Brooklyn. Seller: Widmer Realty Corp., Wappingers Falls. Property: 160-168 West Road, Pleasant Valley. Amount: $6.8 million. Filed July 14.

US Bank Trust National Association, New York. Seller: Bernard B. Beal, White Plains. Property: 312 Gardner Hollow Road, Poughquag. Amount: $4.4 million. Filed July 13.

Below $1 million

11 Market LLC, Poughkeepsie. Seller: JCU Realty LLC, Poughkeepsie. Property: 270 Main St., Poughkeepsie. Amount: $300,000. Filed July 20.

12 Alden Place LLC, Millbrook. Seller: Albert St. Onge, Dover Plains. Property: in Washington. Amount: $350,000. Filed July 5.

121 Thompson Street LLC, Monroe. Seller: Joyce White, Poughkeepsie. Property: 121 Thompson St., Poughkeepsie. Amount: $195,000. Filed July 19.

168 Union Holding LLC, Poughkeepsie. Seller: EB I LLC, Beacon. Property: in Poughkeepsie. Amount: $150,000. Filed July 6. 20 Columbia Street

LLC, Poughkeepsie. Seller: Sam Brooke, Poughkeepsie. Property: 20 Columbia St., Poughkeepsie. Amount: $167,000. Filed July 12.

33 S Perry LLC, Poughkeepsie. Seller: Philip Tran, Poughkeepsie. Property: 33 S. Perry St., Poughkeepsie. Amount: $315,000. Filed July 3.

343 Church Street LLC, Monroe. Seller: Robert McKinnon, Vineland. Property: 343 Church St., Poughkeepsie.

Amount: $110,000. Filed July 13.

525 Haight Avenue LLC, Poughkeepsie. Seller: Mighty Realty Solutions Inc., Poughkeepsie. Property: 525 Haight Ave., Poughkeepsie.

Amount: $145,000. Filed July 12.

7366 South Broadway LLC, Brooklyn. Seller: Red Hook Group LLC, Red Hook. Property: 7366 S. Broadway, Red Hook.

Amount: $507,500. Filed July 17.

Adirondack Property Solutions LLC, Millbrook. Seller: Jetson Properties LLC, Dover Plains. Property: in Amenia. Amount: $850,000.

Filed July 18.

Anywhere But Hudson LLC, Marlboro. Seller: Hyde Park Antiques Center LLC, Hyde Park. Property: 4192 Albany Post Road, Hyde Park. Amount: $975,000. Filed July 19.

Attis Health LLC, Quogue, Seller: Stanley Lichens, Rhinebeck. Property: in Rhinebeck. Amount: $275,000.

Filed July 14.

Azar, Ameed, Poughkeepsie. Seller: Herb Redl LLC, Poughkeepsie. Property: in Poughkeepsie. Amount: $329,000. Filed July 13.

Barmore LLC, Rancho Santa Fe, California. Seller: Jane N. Dyal, LaGrangeville. Property: in LaGrange. Amount: $825,000.

Filed July 5.

Brennan, John Joseph III, Moriches. Seller: 25 Old Farm Road Development LLC, Poughkeepsie. Property: in Red Hook. Amount: $85,000. Filed July 19.

Burrows, Michael, Holmes. Seller: WLP South Road LLC, Brooklyn. Property: 275 South Road, Holmes. Amount: $320,000. Filed July 11.

Cabrera, Samuel, Poughkeepsie. Seller: Teamwin914 LLC, Briarcliff Manor. Property: 24 Hoffman Ave., Poughkeepsie. Amount: $334,500. Filed July 13.

Callahan, Richard, Los Angeles, California. Seller: Tobias Enterprises LLC, Rhinebeck. Property: in Rhinebeck. Amount: $350,000. Filed July 3.

Champion Properties Inc., Staatsburg. Seller: Wilbur E. Grant, Charlotte, North Carolina. Property: 43 Seitz Terrace, Poughkeepsie. Amount: $235,000. Filed July 13.

Demichiel, Gregory Michael, Highland. Seller: Just Like Family Real Estate and Development LLC, Poughkeepsie. Property: 36 Vassar View Road, Poughkeepsie. Amount: $415,000. Filed July 20.

Deutsche Bank National Trust Co., Salt Lake City, Utah. Seller: Steven H. Klein, Poughkeepsie. Property: 70 Cramer Road, Poughkeepsie. Amount: $876,000. Filed July 17.

Dispirito, John and Malina A. Dispirito, Meadow. Seller: Double R Capital Inc., Poughkeepsie. Property: 256 Lime Ridge Road, Beekman. Amount: $525,000. Filed July 12.

Double R Capital Inc., Poughkeepsie. Seller: Thomas and Dorothy Pettit, Wappingers Falls. Property: 38 Osborne Hill Road, Wappingers Falls. Amount: $152,000. Filed July 6.

Items appearing in the Westfair 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:

Sebastian Flores

Westfair Communications Inc.

4 Smith Ave., Suite 2 Mount Kisco, NY 10549 Phone: 914-694-3600

First National Bank of Pennsylvania, as owner.

Lender: 226 New York 17K LLC. Property: 224 and 226 Route 17K Newburgh. Amount: $4 million. Filed July 21.

Biordi, Cathryn, Hopewell Junction. Seller: Hopewell Enterprises LLC, Wappingers Falls. Property: in East Fishkill.

Amount: $500,000. Filed July 21.

Duncan, Andre, Poughkeepsie. Seller: 81 Pershing Avenue LLC, Poughkeepsie. Property: in Poughkeepsie. Amount: $250,000. Filed July 11.

Dutchess Builders LLC, LaGrangeville. Seller: Eric R. Yon, Hopewell Junction.

Property: in East Fishkill.

Amount: $150,000. Filed July 3.

Enriquez, Pablo and Soraya

Arboleda, New City. Seller: Russo Capital LLC, Greenwich, Connecticut. Property: in Poughkeepsie. Amount: $749,000. Filed July 13.

FC211 LLC, Washingtonville. Seller: Vincent Catalano, Poughkeepsie. Property: 32 Ackerman St., Beacon. Amount: $375,000. Filed July 24.

Gashi Holdings LLC, Fishkill. Seller: Tanja Hattar, Wappingers Falls. Property: in Fishkill.

Amount: $150,000. Filed July 6.

HAHY LLC, Monroe. Seller: Avraham Yedidya, Bergenfield, New Jersey. Property: 358 Church St., Poughkeepsie.

Amount: $376,000. Filed July 6.

Housatonic Acquisition

1 LLC, Falls Village. Seller: Scenic View Mobile Home Park LLC, Millerton. Property: in North East. Amount: $760,000. Filed July 6.

Jones, Christian, Lincoln, Massachusetts. Seller: River Ridge Associates LLC, Livingston, New Jersey. Property: 202 Hudson View Terrace, Hyde Park. Amount:

$393,500. Filed July 12.

Juarez, Luis F. and Angela Juarez, Ossining. Seller: R&S Realty 2018 LLC, Poughkeepsie. Property: 20 S. Grand Ave., Poughkeepsie.

Amount: $325,000. Filed July 5.

Kent Road Association of New York Inc., Wappingers Falls. Seller: Wilmington Savings Fund Society FSB, Lansing, Michigan. Property: 37 Alpine Drive, Unit 37B, Wappingers Falls. Amount:

$175,000. Filed July 6.

KLC 1 LLC, Cohoes. Seller: Atlas Associates LLC, Naples, Florida. Property: in Union Vale. Amount: $200,000. Filed July 6.

Leeno, George and Elizabeth Lopez, CenterReach. Seller: Pendley Farm LLC, Patterson. Property: in Pawling. Amount: $705,000. Filed July 3.

Lindley Todd LLC, Beacon. Seller: Charles and Alyce Lashley, Beacon. Property: 12 Cross St., city of Beacon.

Amount: $500,000. Filed July 11.

Lindley Todd LLC, Beacon. Seller: Santos Viera Family Trust, Beacon. Property: 15 Payne St., city of Beacon.

Amount: $650,000. Filed July 11.

Loder, Edward, Stroudsburg, Pennsylvania. Seller: Herb Redl LLC, Poughkeepsie. Property: in Poughkeepsie. Amount: $339,000. Filed July 3.

MI House LLC, Elmhurst.

Seller: Paul G. Toles Trust, Poughkeepsie. Property: 71 N. Hamilton St., Poughkeepsie. Amount: $285,000. Filed July 5.

Micucci, Michael S., Hyde Park. Seller: LSJK LLC, Poughkeepsie. Property: in Hyde Park. Amount: $350,000.

Filed July 3.

Nunez, Victoria and Dyaami D’Orazio, Bronx. Seller: Oak Ridge Contracting Ltd., Millbrook. Property: 11 Hamilton Road, Hopewell Junction. Amount: $300,000.

Filed July 11.

Nunezunlimited LLC, Bronx. Seller: Giovanni Difuccia, Hopewell Junction. Property: 14 McDonnells Lane, Hopewell Junction. Amount: $420,000. Filed July 6.

Pawlian Real Estate LLC, Albany. Seller: William R. Colbert, Holmes. Property: 16 Anderson Road, Pawling. Amount: $570,000. Filed July 6.

Polanish, Timothy and Kantha Kumar, Poughkeepsie. Seller: Thompson 112 LLC, Poughkeepsie. Property: 309 Bridgeview Drive, Poughkeepsie. Amount: $395,000. Filed July 12.

Ramos, Filadelfo J. and Griselda A. Hernandez, Pawling. Seller: MTS29 LLC, Mahopac. Property: in Pawling.

Amount: $250,000. Filed July 3.

Reale, Peter and Heidi C. Reale, Poughkeepsie.

Seller: River Ridge Associates LLC, Livingston, New Jersey. Property: in Hyde Park.

Amount: $610,500. Filed July 12.

Rodriguez, Richard and Aida L. Rodriguez, Brooklyn.

Seller: Double R Capital Inc., Poughkeepsie. Property: 270 Salt Point Turnpike. Poughkeepsie. Amount: $410,000. Filed July 12.

Roof Over Your Head LLC, LaGrangeville. Seller: Dino and Laura Mazzotta, Hopewell Junction. Property: in Wappinger. Amount: $135,000.

Filed July 5.

Sahawneh, Rami J., Hyde Park. Seller: Abilities First Inc., Wappingers Falls. Property: 1433 Route, 9G, Hyde Park.

Amount: $200,000. Filed July 6.

Salah Property Holdings LLC, Poughkeepsie. Seller: 417 Baker Street LLC, Poughkeepsie. Property: 417 Baker St., Poughkeepsie.

Amount: $375,000. Filed July 7.

Suben LLC, Poughkeepsie. Seller: April Deyoung, Cedarhurst. Property: 2710 South Road, Poughkeepsie.

Amount: $60,000. Filed July 7.

Thomas, Linti and Bino Thomas, Ossining. Seller: Toll Northeast V Corp., Fort Washington, Pennsylvania. Property: in Fishkill. Amount: $326,000. Filed July 5.

JUDGMENTS

A&W Products Company Inc., Port Jervis. $47,977 in favor of OTX Logistics Inc., Jamaica. Filed July 20.

Agyeman, Nancy and Nancy Y. Amekye, Middletown. $1,579 in favor of Mobile Life Support Services Inc., New Windsor. Filed July 20.

Alejandro, Brigith and Cristopher Castillo, Newburgh. $8,200 in favor of Newburgh SHG 46 LLC, Newburgh. Filed July 20.

Angeles, Ivan, Washingtonville. $18,875 in favor of JPMorgan Chase Bank NA, Wilmington, Delaware. Filed July 20.

Bernath, Abraham, Monroe. $6,408 in favor of TEG Federal Credit Union, Poughkeepsie. Filed July 19.

Colon, Migdalia L., Newburgh. $1,934 in favor of Mid-Hudson Valley Federal Credit Union, Kingston. Filed July 20.

Dellatore, Trevor, Newburgh. $11,748 in favor of Hudson Valley Credit Union, Poughkeepsie. Filed July 19.

Exclusive Motor Sports & Collision Center LLC, Central Valley. $7,891 in favor of Autozone Inc., Memphis, Tennessee. Filed July 20.

Goldshine, Russell, Carmel. $9,615 in favor of JPMorgan Chase Bank NA, Wilmington, Delaware. Filed July 20.

Graham, Kahlia, Monroe. $2,726 in favor of TD Bank USA, Brooklyn Park, Minnesota. Filed July 20.

Kobyleckyj, Stephan, Washingtonville. $7,382 in favor of Discover Bank, New Albany, Ohio. Filed July 20.

Latimore, Jack, Newburgh. $4,426 in favor of Mid-Hudson Valley Federal Credit Union, Kingston. Filed July 20.

Lichtman, Rachel, Monroe. $3,123 in favor of Capital One, Glen Allen, Virginia. Filed July 19.

Malone, Tabatha, Newburgh. $8,539 in favor of JPMorgan Chase Bank NA, Wilmington, Delaware. Filed July 20.

McDowell, Elizabeth, Middletown. $7,200 in favor of 298 Route 211 LLC, Spring Valley. Filed July 20.

Micewicz, Kim, Patterson. $8,644 in favor of JPMorgan Chase Bank NA, Wilmington, Delaware. Filed July 20.

Miller & Miller Pole Line Construction LLC, Port Jervis. $13,791 in favor of Thomasson Co., Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Filed July 20.

Padham, Jennifer L., New Hampton. $14,920 in favor of Discover Bank, New Albany, Ohio. Filed July 20.

Quiles, Messiah A., Patterson. $10,709 in favor of JPMorgan Chase Bank NA, Wilmington, Delaware. Filed July 20.

Recchia, Barbara A., Mahopac. $4,085 in favor of JPMorgan Chase Bank NA, Wilmington, Delaware. Filed July 20.

Reed, Romance, Newburgh. $5,747 in favor of CKS Prime Investments LLC, Wall, New Jersey. Filed July 19.

Vargas, Jennifer, Montgomery. $1,433 in favor of TD Bank USA, Brooklyn Park, Minnesota. Filed July 19.

Villa, Johnny, Carmel. $3,914 in favor of Discover Bank, New Albany, Ohio. Filed July 20.

Waddell, Chyann A. and Allen D. Waddell, Newburgh. $7,200 in favor of Newburgh SHG 103 LLC, Newburgh. Filed July 20.

Zgrodek, Daniel, Newburgh. $6,861 in favor of Citibank, Sioux Falls, South Dakota. Filed July 20.

MECHANIC’S LIENS

2000 Coporate Drive LLC, as owner. $180,000 in favor of SDM Industries Inc. Property: 2000 Corporate Drive, Orangeburg. Filed July 21.

Built Parcel Six LLC, as owner. $20,000 in favor of New York Drilling Inc. Property: 44 Springside Ave., Poughkeepsie. Filed July 24.

Satzman, Babi D. Sommer, as owner. $7,620 in favor of Grande Construction Inc.

Property: 114 Old Post Road, Newburgh. Filed July 25.

SBG Business Holdings LLC, as owner. $65,296 in favor of Hartman Design Inc.

Property: Route 208, Blooming Grove. Filed July 24.

SDM Industries Inc,. as owner. $28,500 in favor of Moretti Construction LLC.

Property: 97 Dutchess Hill Road, Poughkeepsie. Filed July 20.

NEW BUSINESSES

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

Partnerships

La Imperial Mexican Cuisine, 123 Main St., Chester 10918. c/o Cesar Cortes Hernandez and Omar Abraham Pineda Martinez. Filed July 19.

Sole Proprietorships

Almar Handyman Services, 400 Stratford Lane, Apt. 94, Middletown 10940. c/o Aldean Frederick Marner. Filed July 24.

Augustina West Consulting, 7 Carol Drive, Monroe 10950. c/o Augustina West. Filed July 19.

Eastsidemintcoins, 165 Beaver Lake Road, Rock Hill 12775. c/o Raymond James Rusolo. Filed July 25.

Empire Painting & Home Improvement, 143 Windermere Ave., P.O. Box 763, Greenwood Lake 10925. c/o Edwin Isaiah Lozada. Filed July 25.

Flashes Seal Coating, 421 Windinghill Road, Montgomery 12549. c/o Robert Matthew Flood. Filed July 21.

Lavender Cleaning Services, 18 Ridge Road, Highland Mills 10930. c/o Entela Kaja. Filed July 21.

OBSRV Home Inspections, 36 Melissa Lane, Washingtonville 10992. c/o Travis Jonathan Mura. Filed July 25.

Original Laker Baker, 7 Seventh Road, P.O. Box 218, Greenwood Lake 10925. c/o Heather D. Bradford. Filed July 25.

Pawsitively Perfect Creations, 313 Winans Place, Apt. D, West Point 10996. c/o Stacey Downie. Filed July 20.

Rich Way, 22 Janice Drive, Middletown 10941. c/o Richard Allen. Filed July 24.

Services & Logistics, 1053 Pulasky Hwy., Goshen 10924. c/o Tatiana Elizabeth Atiencia. Filed July 24.

Sgi Managent Co., 99 Depot St., Suite 2, Pine Bush 12566. c/o Robert P. Saladin. Filed July 25.

Success After Lockdown Enterprises, 25 Austin Ave., Albany 12205. c/o Eric Benson. Filed July 21.

BUILDING PERMITS

Commercial Ancog, Philip, Norwalk, contractor for Philip Ancog. Install above-ground pool at 2 Junebar Lane, Norwalk. Estimated cost: $3,000. Filed June 9.

Fram Properties LLC, Norwalk, contractor for Fram Properties LLC. Perform replacement alterations at 3-5 Wall St., Norwalk. Estimated cost: $5,000. Filed June 8.

Pavarini North East Construction Company LLC, Stamford, contractor for ESRT First Stamford Place SPE LLC. Perform replacement alterations at 151 Greenwich Ave., Unit 300, Stamford.

Estimated cost: $100,999. Filed June 30.

Pavarini North East Construction Company LLC, Stamford, contractor for ESRT First Stamford Place SPE LLC. Perform replacement alterations at 151 Greenwich Ave., Unit 100, Stamford.

Estimated cost: $500,000.

Filed June 16.

Pavarini North East Construction Company LLC, Stamford, contractor for Seventy 2 Cummings Point Road LLC. Perform replacement alterations at 72 Cummings Point Road, Stamford.

Estimated cost: $2,238,792.

Filed June 20.

Pavarini North East Construction Company LLC, Stamford, contractor for Seventy 2 Cummings Point Road LLC. Perform replacement alterations at 72 Cummings Point Road, Stamford.

Estimated cost: $299,999.

Filed June 13.

Pavarini North East Construction Company LLC, Stamford, contractor for ESRT First Stamford Place SPE LLC. Perform replacement alterations at 151 Greenwich Ave., Unit 100, Stamford.

Estimated cost: $43,999. Filed June 5.

Pavarini North East Construction Company LLC, Stamford, contractor for LMV II 885 Washington Holdings LP. Install interior tenant demising wall and exterior canopy at retail promenade, 100 Tresser Blvd., Stamford.

Estimated cost: $242,999.

Filed June 8.

Pimpinella Construction Company Inc., Stamford, contractor for 85 Myrtle Avenue LLC. Add concrete slab and foundation and metal ceiling joist with rubber roof at 85 Myrtle Ave., Stamford.

Estimated cost: $167,758. Filed June 20.

Pimpinella Construction Company Inc., Stamford, contractor for Policastro Realty LLC. Rebuild existing wood frame handicapped ramp in existing location and in the same configuration at 59 Crescent St., Stamford.

Estimated cost: $68,000. Filed

June 14.

Platinum Services New York LLC, Long Island City, New York, contractor for First National Joint Venture LLC. Remove heavy duty sidewalk at 441 Canal St., Stamford.

Estimated cost: $10,000. Filed June 12.

Platinum Services New York LLC, Long Island City, New York, contractor for First National Joint Venture LLC. Install two dual personnel/ material hoists at 441 Canal St., Stamford. Estimated cost: $50,000. Filed June 2.

Ricklic, Ryan K. and Megan A. Ricklic,  Stamford, contractor for Ryan K. and Megan A. Ricklic. Renovate kitchen and remove nonload bearing wall as required for new cabinets, counters and appliances at 204 Joffre Ave., Stamford.

Stampar Associates LLC,  Stamford, contractor for Stampar Associates LLC. Install two wall signs at 65 Harvard Ave., Stamford. Estimated cost: $3,500. Filed June 14.

Thomas V. Costigan Excavating LLC, Stamford, contractor for 1039 East Main LLC. Reconstruct and expand existing parking lot and construct new retaining walls along east and south property lines at 1039 E. Main St., Stamford. Estimated cost: $45,000. Filed June 13.

To Be Determined, Stamford, contractor for Giovannis Country Market LLC. Renovate second-floor apartments, add exterior staircase and connect two decks at 105 Old Long Ridge Road, Stamford. Estimated cost: $200,000. Filed June 2.

Wedge Construction LLC, Stamford, contractor for GAR Realty LLC. Renovate existing space to create a smoke shop at 65 Bedford St., Stamford. Estimated cost: $92,000. Filed June 13.

Residential

Andersen, Brad C., Norwalk, contractor for Jonathan C. and Kathleen M. Seiden. Renovate the single-family residence at 9 Charcoal Road, Norwalk. Estimated cost: $32,300. Filed June 8.

East Coast Insulation LLC, Norwalk, contractor for Grace Daye. Install roofing on the main house at 32 Golden Hill St., Norwalk. Estimated cost: $70,000. Filed June 8.

Fairfield Roofing LLC, Norwalk, contractor for Bisecco Real Estate LLC. Reroof 24 Reservoir Ave., Norwalk. Estimated cost: $11,500. Filed June 8.

Muro, Keith D. and Kim R. Muro, Norwalk, contractor for Keith D. and Kim R. Muro. Install precast steps at front entry of two-family residence at 5 Auburn St., Norwalk. Estimated cost: $8,500. Filed June 9.

Polito Construction, Norwalk, contractor for Glenwood Avenue LLC. Construct superstructure for two family residences at 9 Glenwood Ave., Norwalk. Estimated cost: $1,000,000. Filed June 8.

Sandoval, Douglas, Norwalk, contractor for Douglas Sandoval. Create a bathroom within basement area at 71 Fillow St., Norwalk. Estimated cost: $10,000. Filed June 12.

Sasaki-Scanlon, Mark D. and Lucie Sasaki-Scanlon, Norwalk, contractor for Mark D. Sasaki-Scanlon. Replace deck stairs and perform repairs at 258 Chestnut Hill Road, Norwalk. Estimated cost: $4,500. Filed June 12.

Smart, Justin T., Plainville, contractor for Shalin Kothari and Gurmeen Kaur. Install a new transfer switch to a generator fueled by propane at 41 Long Close Road, Stamford. Estimated cost: $1. Filed June 9.

Soule, Gregory T., Monroe, contractor for Chester A. and Nancy J. Salit. Install roof-top solar panels at 242 Pepper Ridge Road, Stamford. Estimated cost: $30,695. Filed June 30.

Sunrun Installation Services Inc., San Francisco, California, contractor for Juan R. and Maricela Aguilar. Install roof-top solar panels at 120 Sutton Drive East, Stamford. Estimated cost: $35,429. Filed June 15.

Sunrun Installation Services Inc., San Francisco, California, contractor for Mengmeng Li and Youzhuo Liang. Install roof-top solar panels at 12 Strawberry Patch Lane, Stamford. Estimated cost: $50,160. Filed June 8.

Sunrun Installation Services Inc., San Francisco, California, contractor for Robert M. Micatka and Sara M. Birkenthal. Install roof-top solar panels at 59 Ashton Road, Stamford. Estimated cost: $44,031. Filed June 29.

Sunrun Installation Services Inc., San Francisco, California, contractor for Lindsay R. and Julian Velez. Install roof-top solar panels at 40 Cady St., Stamford. Estimated cost: $36,219. Filed June 23.

Sunrun Installation Services Inc., San Francisco, California, contractor for Keith and Module Downer. Install rooftop solar panels at 143 Guinea Road, Stamford. Estimated cost: $108,517. Filed June 26.

Sunrun Installation Services Inc., San Francisco, California, contractor for Heather Kaye Williams and Authur Trevor. Install roof-top solar panels at 46 Bird Song Lane, Stamford. Estimated cost: $27,685. Filed June 21.

Sunrun Installation Services Inc., San Francisco, California, contractor for Sandra M. Cuellar. Install roof-top solar panels at 25 Clifford Ave., Stamford.

Estimated cost: $58,090. Filed June 21.

Sunrun Installation Services Inc., San Francisco, California, contractor for Booker Deborah Mills. Install roof-top solar panels at 32 Raymond St., Stamford. Estimated cost: $25,807. Filed June 20.

Tl Home Improvement LLC, Shelton, contractor for Eugene C. and Maria R. Hynes. Install insulation and vinyl siding existing wood and replace windows at 452 Eden Road, Stamford. Estimated cost: $63,200. Filed June 23.

Trainer, Diane Marie,  Stamford, contractor for Diane Marie Trainer. Install a tent for a wedding at 8 Drum Hill Lane, Stamford. Estimated cost: $2,000. Filed June 28.

Trinity Solar Inc., Cheshire, contractor for Claire E. Hassi. Install roof-top solar panels at 7 Hobbie St., Stamford. Estimated cost: $67,000. Filed June 13.

Trinity Solar Inc., Cheshire, contractor for Rosalia Perdikes and Elias Perdikes Costas. Install roof-top solar panels at 60 Lewelyn Road, Stamford. Estimated cost: $37,000. Filed June 29.

Trinity Solar Inc., Cheshire, contractor for Daniel P. and Lorraine B. Pace. Install rooftop solar panels at 48 Ursula Place, Stamford. Estimated cost: $29,000. Filed June 14.

Items appearing in the Westfair 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:

Sebastian Flores

Westfair Communications Inc.

4 Smith Ave., Suite 2 Mount Kisco, NY 10549

Phone: 914-694-3600

Estimated cost: $20,000. Filed June 28.

RSN Interiors LLC, Norwalk, contractor for 205 Greenwich Avenue Players LLC. Alter offices on the first floor: sprinkler, HVAC, drywall, paint and electrical at 205 Greenwich Ave., Stamford. Estimated cost: $282,000. Filed June 5.

Jaccarino, Steve, Norwalk, contractor for Robert G. Miller. Install kitchen cabinets and replace bathroom at 205 Silver Creek Lane, No. 205, Norwalk. Estimated cost: $80,000. Filed June 12.

Martinez, Cesar and Rhina C. Martinez, Norwalk, contractor for Cesar Martinez. Add two stores at 168 W. Rocks Road, Norwalk. Estimated cost: $100,000. Filed June 8.

Sunrun Installation Services Inc., San Francisco, California, contractor for Naile and Zecir Gjini. Install roof-top solar panels at 179 Cedar Heights Road, Stamford. Estimated cost: $56,066. Filed June 21.

Sunrun Installation Services Inc., San Francisco, California, contractor for Anton G. Best and Jayita Ray. Install roof-top solar panels at 83 Pine Tree Drive, Stamford. Estimated cost: $43,202. Filed June 30.

Sunrun Installation Services Inc., San Francisco, California, contractor for Klaudia Zalenska and Evan Griswold. Install roof-top solar panels at 24 Verplank Ave., Stamford. Estimated cost: $27,191. Filed June 23.

Sunrun Installation Services Inc., San Francisco, California, contractor for Joann Amundsen. Install roof-top solar panels at 192 Alpine St., Stamford. Estimated cost: $24,751. Filed June 27.

Trinity Solar Inc., Cheshire, contractor for Patrick J. Barrese and Alison Arita. Remove and replace roofing, architectural shingles, ice and water shield and underlayment at 21 Rachelle Ave., Stamford. Estimated cost: $13,230. Filed June 27.

Velasquez, Neil Jr., Stratford, contractor for Pamela A. Staab and Guy R. Mazzarella. Strip entire home of existing siding, wrap, flash tape all windows and doors, install new PVC trim and install new siding on entire home at 15 River Hill Drive, Stamford. Estimated cost: $48,750. Filed June 22.

Venture Home Solar LLC, Southington, contractor for William S. and Jennifer P. Krasnor. Install roof-top solar panels at 4 S. Sagamore Lane, Stamford. Estimated cost: $63,000. Filed June 6.

Venture Home Solar LLC, Southington, contractor for Marcus B. and Lenka P. Burke. Install roof-top solar panels at 101 Knickerbocker Ave., Stamford. Estimated cost: $29,000. Filed June 13.

Venture Home Solar LLC, Southington, contractor for Brendan Roche and Rebecca Soltis. Reroof 210 Joffre Ave., Stamford. Estimated cost: $14,000. Filed June 27.

Venture Home Solar LLC, Southington, contractor for Brendan Roche and Rebecca Soltis. Install roof-top solar panels at 210 Joffre Ave., Stamford. Estimated cost: $81,000. Filed June 28.

Vinylume Inc., Stamford, contractor for James Harvey and Joan T. Harvey. Remove existing shingles and install new asphalt shingles on main house with all applicable accessories and under alignment at 104 West Trail, Stamford. Estimated cost: $12,862. Filed June 14.

Vinylume Inc., Norwalk, contractor for Philip J. Cassata. Install new vinyl siding on house at 33 Woodlawn Ave., Norwalk. Estimated cost: $31,000. Filed June 9.

Vinylume Inc., Norwalk, contractor for John D. Prokopek and Lisa A. Prokopek. Install new vinyl siding on house at 70 Winding Lane, Norwalk.

Estimated cost: $60,000. Filed June 9.

Voak LLC, Monroe, contractor for Chiara and Erik Soria. Add a new full bathroom on top of the garage area at 113 E. Cross Road, Stamford. Estimated cost: $22,230. Filed June 13.

White Home Products Inc., Stratford, contractor for Christos and Kiriaki Bellos. Remove existing shingles and apply new asphalt shingles at 2195 Long Ridge Road, Stamford. Estimated cost: $11,000. Filed June 26.

Zhinin Construction Services LLC, Stamford, contractor for Miguel A. Bello. Reroof 30 Chestnut St., Stamford. Estimated cost: $14,900. Filed June 21.

COURT CASES Bridgeport Superior Court

Baence, Lyvia, et al, Bridgeport. Filed by Marcise Glover, Derby. Plaintiff’s attorney: Moore O’Brien & Foti. 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. FBT-CV-236125198-S. Filed June 29.

Carter, Amanda M., et al, Norwalk. Filed by Devonte Fulmore, Bayonne, New Jersey. Plaintiff’s attorney: Gould Law Group LLC, New Haven. Action: The plaintiff suffered a collision allegedly caused by the defendants and sustained severe damage 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-23-6124690-S.

Filed June 8.

Lopez, Irving, Trumbull. Filed by Dong Ho, Bridgeport. Plaintiff’s attorney: Miller Rosnick D’Amico August & Butler PC, Bridgeport. Action: The plaintiff suffered a collision allegedly caused by the defendant and sustained severe damage 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-23-6124441-S. Filed May 30.

Nagy, Romes, et al, Danbury. Filed by Tina Cooney, Danbury. Plaintiff’s attorney: Jonathan Eamon Spodnick, Trumbull. Action: The plaintiff suffered a collision allegedly caused by the defendants and sustained severe damage 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-CV23-6124572-S. Filed June 2.

Yelenik, Thomas, Seymour.

Filed by Carlos Martinez, Bridgeport. Plaintiff’s attorney: Weber & Rubano LLC, Wallingford. Action: The plaintiff suffered a collision allegedly caused by the defendant and sustained severe damage 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-CV23-6124962-S. Filed June 20.

Danbury Superior Court

Rode, Robert F., Ridgefield. Filed by Dyck-O’Neal Inc., Dallas, Texas. Plaintiff’s attorney: Evans Feldman & Associates LLC, New Haven. Action: The plaintiff is the owner and holder of the judgment, which remains unsatisfied because the defendant neglected to make payments. 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-23-6046435-S.

Filed June 5.

Stark, Eric Mitchell, et al, Redding. Filed by Western Connecticut Health Network, Inc, Danbury. Plaintiff’s attorney: Michael V. Simko Jr. Law Office, Seymour. Action: The plaintiff provided hospital services and supplies to the defendants. However, the defendants have neglected or refused to pay the plaintiff and thereby suffered monetary damages. The plaintiff seeks damages less than $15,000, exclusive of interest and costs and such other further relief the court deems appropriate. Case no. DBD-CV-23-6046347-S.

Filed May 24.

Town of Redding, Redding.

Filed by Robert Khalil, Danbury. Plaintiff’s attorney: Cohen & Wolf PC, Danbury. Action: The plaintiff is the owner of real property and claims relief against a wrongful assessment of his property for taxation by the defendant. The plaintiff appealed the defendant’s taxation claiming 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-23-6046010-S.

Filed April 24.

Town of Redding, Redding. Filed by 154 Sunset, LLC, Redding. Plaintiff’s attorney: Brody Wilkinson PC, Southport. Action: The plaintiff is the owner of real property for which he is claiming relief against a wrongful assessment for taxation by the defendants. The plaintiff claims 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-CV23-6046363-S. Filed May 26.

Vera, Walter, New Milford. Filed by Velocity Investments LLC, Bronx, New York. Plaintiff’s attorney: Cohen Steven Law Offices LLC, Action: The plaintiff purchased the defendant’s debt who received statements for an unreasonable amount of time with no action taken. The plaintiff seeks monetary damages less than $15,000, exclusive of interest and costs. Case no. DBD-CV-23-6046111-S. Filed May 2.

Stamford Superior Court

Barham, Franklin Andrew, et al, Youngsville, North Carolina. Filed by Elmer Jay Arnold, Meadowview, Virginia. Plaintiff’s attorney: Julia Marie Myers, Boston, Massachusetts. Action: The plaintiff suffered a collision allegedly caused by the defendants. As a result, the plaintiff suffered damages and sustained 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. FST-CV-23-6061725-S. Filed June 8.

DeRario, Donna, et al, Norwalk. Filed by Maria Palaguachi, Elmshurst. Plaintiff’s attorney: Kennedy Johnson Schwab & Roberge LLC, New Haven. Action: The plaintiff suffered a collision allegedly caused by the defendants and sustained severe damage 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. FST-CV23-6061413-S. Filed May 18.

Rodriguez, Yohanny, et al, Providence, Rhode Island.

Filed by Ryan Crete, Derry, New Hampshire. Plaintiff’s attorney: Michael E. Skiber Law Office, Norwalk. Action: The plaintiff suffered a collision allegedly caused by the defendants and sustained severe damage and injuries. The plaintiff seeks monetary damages in excess of $15,000, exclusive of interest and costs and such other relief the court deems appropriate. Case no. FST-CV23-6061765-S. Filed June 12.

DEEDS Commercial

100E Putnam LLC, Greenwich. Seller: 100 East Putnam LLC, Greenwich. Property: 100 E. Putnam Ave., Greenwich. Amount: $4,800,000. Filed July 12.

137 Doreen Drive LLC, Stamford. Seller: Alicia Blair and David W. Blair, Fairfield. Property: 137 Doreen Drive, Fairfield. Amount: $635,000. Filed July 10.

25 Mountain Wood LLC, Greenwich. Seller: James B. Quigley and Jacqueline Quigley, Greenwich. Property: 25 Mountain Wood Drive, Greenwich. Amount: $1. Filed July 14.

559 Black Rock Turnpike LLC, Fairfield. Seller: Timothy P. Leahy, Fairfield. Property: 559 Black Rock Turnpike, Fairfield. Amount: $750,000. Filed July 13.

Cafagna, Christopher J. and Christine M. Cafagna, Stamford. Seller: Foti Investments LLC, Stamford. Property: 55 Aspen Lane, Stamford. Amount: $2,200,000. Filed June 29.

Chakraborty, Anasua and Saura V. Chatterjee, West Hartford. Seller: 28 Mianus View Terrace LLC, Old Greenwich. Property: 28 Mianus View Terrace, Cos Cob. Amount: $2,127,501. Filed July 11.

Dynamic Real Estate Development of Connecticut LLC, Redding. Seller: Lorraine B. Larsen, Stamford. Property: 46 Puritan Lane, Stamford. Amount: $395,000. Filed June 29.

Foster, Marvin, Stamford. Seller: Swan Realty LLC, Stamford. Property: 68 Houston Terrace, Stamford.

Amount: $850.000. Filed June 26.

Fraser, Margaret and David Fraser, Riverside.

Seller: Weichert Workforce Mobility Inc., Morris Plains, New Jersey. Property: 17 Miltiades Ave., Greenwich. Amount: $1,736,000. Filed July 10.

Huza, Robert, Fairfield.

Seller: 21 Rhoda LLC, Fairfield.

Property: 21 Rhoda Ave., Fairfield. Amount: $2,225,000. Filed July 11.

JS Fairfield LLC, Ridgefield.

Seller: James A. Cheney and Leslie B. Cheney, Fairfield.

Property: Lot 77, Map 1835, Winnepoge Drive, Fairfield.

Amount: $671,000. Filed July 13.

Kirsche LLC, Greenwich.

Seller: Natalie Embiricos, Greenwich. Property: 46 Cherry Valley Road, Greenwich.

Amount: $10. Filed July 13.

Konigsberg, Joan S. and Jeffrey A. Konigsberg, Greenwich. Seller: Greenhouse Inc., Greenwich. Property: 2 Chieftans Road, Greenwich.

Amount: $3,837,500. Filed July 10.

Lemieux, Olivia W. and Mikael J. Lemieux, Greenwich. Seller: River Road Development LLC, Greenwich.

Property: 89 River Road, Unit 303, Cos Cob. Amount: $1,150,000. Filed July 14.

Liu, Jiahui and Linan Qiu, Stamford. Seller: J Ventures LLC, Stamford. Property: 1 Broad St., Unit 10G, Stamford.

Amount: $530,000. Filed June 29.

McCall, Joseph B. and Alexander Corrado

Sacerdote, Hobe Sound, Florida. Seller: Edgewood Drive Properties LLC, Richmond, Virginia. Property: 10 Edgewood Drive, Unit 6A, Greenwich.

Amount: $0. Filed July 12.

Ratner, Evan H., Aventura, Florida. Seller: 132 Capital Partners LLC, Stamford.

Property: 17 Richards Ave., Stamford. Amount: $N/A. Filed June 28.

Salza, Antonio and Ilka Salza, Stamford. Seller: Wilmington Savings Fund Society, Lansing, Michigan. Property: 149 Fishing Trail, Stamford. Amount: $N/A. Filed June 26.

Stackpole, Deanna Kirkpatrick, Old Greenwich. Seller: Portofino Properties LLC, Riverside. Property: 46 Carriglea Drive, Riverside. Amount: $5,400,000. Filed July 10.

Weichert Workforce Mobility Inc., Morris Plains, New Jersey. Seller: Paul I. Martinez, Greenwich. Property: 17 Miltiades Ave., Greenwich. Amount: $1,736,000. Filed July 10.

Wober, Jonathan and Bethany Wober, New York, New York. Seller: 120 Lockwood Road LLC, Westport. Property: 120 Lockwood Road, Greenwich. Amount: $5,500,000. Filed July 11.

Yang, Hua Ming and Yue Pan, Livingston, New Jersey. Seller: Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corp., Plano, Texas. Property: 444 Bedford St., Apt. 3H, Stamford. Amount: $193,503. Filed June 28.

Residential

Agreda, Jose, Shelton. Seller: John Carriello, Greenwich. Property: 21 Richland Road, Greenwich. Amount: $655,000. Filed July 10.

Alcayaga, Jose A. and Katherine E. D’Angelo, Fairfield. Seller: Brittany Hawker, Fairfield. Property: 14 Applegate Road, Fairfield. Amount: $715,000. Filed July 11. Bhullar, Roop and Puneet Bhullar, St. Thomas, Virgin Islands. Seller: Yu Rong, Great Neck, New York. Property: 87 Glenbrook Road, Apt. 2F, Stamford. Amount: $225,000. Filed June 28.

Bruga, Luca and Jessica Amy Levy, Fairfield. Seller: Michael Pisseri and Terri Pisseri, Fairfield. Property: 307 Autumn Ridge Road, Fairfield. Amount: $800,000. Filed July 10.

Bubel, Henry P., Stamford. Seller: Danilo Laungayan and Maria Arlene Laungayan, Stamford. Property: 1 Broad St., Unit PH24C, Stamford. Amount: $825,000. Filed June 29.

Legal Records

Cheng, Steven and Tracy Yeung, Fairfield. Seller: Joan Dudko, Fairfield. Property: 22 Campfield Drive, Fairfield. Amount: $510,000. Filed July 10.

Colavito-White, Lisa, Trumbull. Seller: Lisa A. Colavito-White, Trumbull.

Property: Unit 9, Building 2, Colonial Gardens Condominium, Fairfield. Amount: $N/A. Filed July 10.

Delany, Sean and Dorothy Johnson, Fairfield. Seller: Steven Kennedy and Jennifer Bradford-Davis Kennedy, Fairfield. Property: 39 River St., Fairfield. Amount: $1,100,000.

Filed July 10.

Dusch, Mark and Danielle Bouchard, Stamford. Seller: Jose A. Alcayaga III and Katherine E. D’Angelo, Fairfield. Property: 27 Apponyi St., Fairfield. Amount: $582,450. Filed July 12.

English, Cara, Old Greenwich. Seller: Mildred Yuen and Janet T. Wong, Seattle, Washington. Property: 1465 E. Putnam Ave., Unit 115, Old Greenwich. Amount: $465,000. Filed July 12.

Fine, Kenneth C. and Marilyn R. Fine, Fairfield. Seller: Karl M. Obrecht, Fairfield. Property: 100 Stone Ridge Way, Unit 3D, Fairfield. Amount: $610,000. Filed July 11.

Flynn, Kelly M. and Christopher Flynn, Stamford. Seller: Andrea Garin Kopilak and Joseph M. Kopilak, Stamford. Property: 49 MacArthur Lane, Stamford. Amount: $1,575,000. Filed June 27.

Gomez, Jonathan E., The Astoria, New York. Seller: Jing Jing Ma, New Canaan. Property: 295 Cove Road, Stamford. Amount: $780,000. Filed June 28.

Gordon, Jonathan and Karen Levine, Stamford.

Seller: Jonathan Gordon and Karen Levine, Stamford.

Property: 216 Little Hill Drive, Stamford. Amount: $1. Filed June 27.

Gray, Michael William Andrew and Susan Staver Mary Kaufman, Old Greenwich. Seller: Ana Sundblad, Greenwich.

Property: 302 Sound Beach Ave., Old Greenwich. Amount: $2,375,000. Filed July 14.

Hand, Robert and Jaime Sasso, New York, New York.

Seller: Justin T. Bocian and Elexis T. Silverman, Stamford.

Property: 40 Denise Drive, Stamford. Amount: $940,000.

Filed June 28.

Hartdorn Richards, Kathy Ann and Roderick W. L. Richards, New Hampshire.

Seller: Leslie Cenci, Greenwich.

Property: 415 W. Lyon Farm Drive, Greenwich. Amount: $1,750,000. Filed July 13.

Karpa, Volodymyr and Olga Karpa, Mahopac, New York.

Seller: Jonathan R. Wilson and Adrienne F. Wilson, Fairfield.

Property: 3481 Park Ave., Fairfield. Amount: $498,000.

Filed July 14.

Katz, Michael and Qi Yang, Norwalk. Seller: Thach Bao Tran and Loan Thuyvu Tran, Fairfield.

Property: 112 Benedict Ave., Fairfield. Amount: $800,000.

Filed July 13.

Mantia, John J. and Lauren A. Mantia, New York, New York. Seller: Michael T. Rooney and Stephanie A. Rooney, Fairfield. Property: 29 Nutmeg Lane, Fairfield. Amount: $1,165,000. Filed July 10.

McGlynn, Joseph T. and Elizabeth McGlynn, Hoboken, New Jersey. Seller: Bradford Tieke and Sara Tieke, Fairfield. Property: 133 Blaine St., Fairfield. Amount: $1,225,000. Filed July 13.

McGonegal, Lawrence and Eileen McGonegal, Greenwich. Seller: Jason Edward and Marisol Edward, Greenwich.

Property: Lots 24 and 25, Map 4054, Greenwich. Amount: $1,300,000. Filed July 12.

Pearson, Colin H. and Carlos Alaverdi Flores, Stamford. Seller: Gary H. Stone and Rosalie F. Stone, Stamford.

Property: 22437 Bedford St., Unit H-2, Stamford. Amount: $370,000. Filed June 26.

Puma, Christopher and Amy Puma, Old Greenwich.

Seller: Timothy V. Gregor and Shannon Gregor, Greenwich. Property: 380 Sound Beach Ave., Old Greenwich. Amount: $10. Filed July 14.

Ragone, Laura E., Stamford. Seller: Laura E. Ragone, Stamford. Property: 14 Spinning Wheel Lane, Stamford. Amount: $1. Filed June 27.

Romero, Julian and Rostam Amighi, Stamford. Seller: Seth Lubin and Shoshana Lubin, Stamford. Property: 59 Denise Drive, Stamford. Amount: $815,000. Filed June 29.

Rowella, Stephen and Maria Rowella, Stamford. Seller: Nicola Nunnari and Julie Nunnari, Stamford. Property: 208 Woodbine Road, Stamford. Amount: $825,000. Filed June 28.

Rozanski, Andrew W., Stamford. Seller: Andrew W. Rozanski, Stamford. Property: 143 Hoyt St., Unit 7E, Stamford. Amount: $10. Filed June 27.

Salvatore, Thomas J., Greenwich. Seller: Leslie M. Salvatore, Greenwich. Property: 35 Harkim Road, Greenwich. Amount: $N/A. Filed July 12.

Sicuso, Salvatore J. and Sabina Sicuso, Palmetto Bay, Florida. Seller: Rebecca Le Page and Jonathan Desautels, Fairfield. Property: Misty Wood Lane, Fairfield. Amount: $1,500,000. Filed July 11.

Teitler, David and Monika Teitler, Stamford. Seller: John W. Nichols and Stacy Nichols, Stamford. Property: 1631 Newfield Ave., Stamford. Amount: $1,400,000. Filed June 26.

Tobitsch, Erich and Linda Tobitsch, Stamford. Seller: John L. Stoddard and Judith N. Stoddard, Stamford. Property: 18 Hollow Oak Lane, Stamford. Amount: $750,000. Filed June 26.

Venieri, Lewis, Greenwich.

Seller: Charles Baker and Joanne Baker, Greenwich. Property: 19 Roberta Lane, Greenwich. Amount: $1,805,000. Filed July 13.

Walker, Greg, Stamford. Seller: Ray A. Hoffman, Stamford. Property: 200 Gary Road, Stamford. Amount: $1,065,000. Filed June 26.

Wirgin, Emily and Michael Wirgin, Stamford. Seller: Richard F. Kendall, Greenwich. Property: 65 Ridge St., Greenwich. Amount: $2,000,000. Filed July 14.

Zatochnyy, Sergiy and Kateryna Zatochna, Stamford. Seller: Marie V. O’Connell and Julie T. O’Connell, Stamford. Property: 76 Treat Ave., Stamford. Amount: $755,000. Filed June 29.

MORTGAGES

12 Fahey Street LLC, Stamford, by Samuel D. Bush. Lender: First County Bank, 117 Prospect St., Stamford. Property: 12 Fahet St., Stamford. Amount: $1. Filed June 1.

Andino, Marlene, Maywood, New Jersey, by Glenda Lee Perez. Lender: United Wholesale Mortgage LLC, 585 S. Boulevard East, Pontiac, Michigan. Property: 40 Riverside Ave., No. 6, Stamford. Amount: $250,000. Filed June 2.

Atiles, Jasmine and Antonio Romero, Flint, Michigan, by Scott Rogalski. Lender: PennyMac Loan Services LLC, 3043 Townsgate Road, Suite 200, Westlake Village, California. Property: 154 Berwick Ave., Fairfield. Amount: $150,500. Filed June 9.

Austrie, Kelly, Fairfield, by Anthony N. Martinez. Lender: Citizens Bank NA, 1 Citizens Plaza, Providence, Rhode Island. Property: 472 Reid St., Fairfield. Amount: $155,000. Filed June 7.

Bharara, Surinder and Ravneet K. Bharara, Stamford, by Mark D. Malley. Lender: Thomaston Savings Bank, 203 Main St., Thomaston. Property: 85 Camp Ave., Unit 11H, Stamford. Amount: $424,000. Filed June 5.

Biscone, Kathleen E., Fairfield, by Leah M. Parisi. Lender: JPMorgan Chase Bank NA, 1111 Polaris Pkwy., Columbus, Ohio. Property: 67 Thorpe St., Fairfield. Amount: $525,000. Filed June 5.

Caramore, Laura J. and Robert J. Caramore, Flint, Michigan, by Kathryn L. Braun. Lender: Rocket Mortgage LLC, 1050 Woodward Ave., Detroit, Michigan. Property: 191 Coral Drive, Fairfield. Amount: $100,000. Filed June 9.

Chaimowitz, Ronald and Carole Chaimowitz, Harrison, New York, by Lauren J. Mashe. Lender: Loandepot, com LLC, 6561 Irvine Center Drive, Irvine, California. Property: 95 Intervale Road, Unit 47, Stamford. Amount: $300,000. Filed June 1.

Chen, Qi Tom, Greenwich, by Ledash Ortiz. Lender: TD Bank NA, 2035 Limestone Road, Wilmington, Delaware. Property: 16 Winding Lane, Greenwich. Amount: $1,000,000. Filed June 7.

Chen, Zheng and Meixue Li, Stamford, by Heather M. Brown Olsen. Lender: Citibank NA, 1000 Technology Drive, O’Fallon, Missouri. Property: 189 Fishing Trail, Stamford. Amount: $775,000. Filed June 7.

Chimblo IV, Anthony J., Greenwich, by James B. Dougherty. Lender: CrossCountry Mortgage LLC, 2160 Superior Ave., Cleveland, Ohio. Property: 140 Field Point Road, Unit 35, Greenwich.

Amount: $437,750. Filed June 9.

Clendenin, Thomas James and Ann-Marie Albrecht

Clendenin, Greenwich, by Margaret E. Conboy. Lender: Guaranteed Rate Inc., 1800 W. Larchmont Ave., Suite 201, Chicago, Illinois. Property: 10 Gaston Farm Road, Greenwich.

Amount: $1,915,000. Filed June 8.

CLT Reef Road LLC, Fairfield, by Michael P. Mussay. Lender: Bravos Lending LLC, 21 New Britain Ave., Rocky Hill. Property: 1071 Reef Road, Fairfield. Amount: $500,000. Filed June 6.

Collins, Stephen and Catherine Collins, Old Greenwich, by Carolina Bonaparte. Lender: US Bank NA, 425 Walnut St., Cincinnati, Ohio. Property: 7 Stuart Drive, Old Greenwich. Amount: $163,259. Filed June 5.

Correa Vargas, Jose A., Stamford, by Bill L. Gouveia. Lender: Prysma Lending Group LLC, 18 Padanaram Road, Danbury. Property: 22 Glenbrook Road, Unit 10122, Stamford. Amount: $98,000. Filed June 6.

Cotton, Patrick J. and Patricia M. Cotton, Stamford, by Shetal Nitin Malkan. Lender: Baycoast Bank, 330 Swansea Mall Drive, Swansea, Massachusetts. Property: 210 E. Hunting Ridge Road, Stamford. Amount: $15,000. Filed June 1.

Cziuk, Markian and Ivanna Peleschuk, Nashville, Tennessee, by C.M. Corriveau. Lender: Suma Federal Credit Union, 125 Corporate Blvd., Yonkers, New York. Property: 473 Pepper Ridge Road, Stamford. Amount: $625,000. Filed June 2.

Daly, Ellen Stathis, Stamford, by Joel M. Kaye. Lender: Wells Fargo Bank NA, 101 N. Phillips Ave., Sioux Falls, South Dakota. Property: 11 Jackson St., Cos Cob. Amount: $760,000. Filed June 7.

DiSanto, Christopher and Jennifer Norton, Dobbs Ferry, New York, by Anthony Sasso. Lender: Guaranteed Rate Inc., 3940 N. Ravenswood, Chicago, Illinois. Property: 60 Sedan Terrace, Fairfield. Amount: $584,250. Filed June 6.

Finan, William T., Stamford, by Marie D. Dumas. Lender: The Community Economic Development Fund Foundation Inc., 965 E. Main St., Meriden. Property: 482 Woodbine Road, Stamford. Amount: $30,000. Filed June 1.

Gagnon, Ross and Megan Gagnon, Fairfield, by Myrna McNeil. Lender: Bank of America NA, 100 N. Tryon St., Charlotte, North Carolina. Property: 128 Bennett St., Fairfield. Amount: $150,000. Filed June 6.

Gordon, Richard Bruce and Nakia Louise Gordon, New York, New York, by Philip J. Toohey. Lender: Berkshire Bank, 24 North St., Pittsfield, Massachusetts. Property: 2 N. Ridge Road, Greenwich. Amount: $1,716,400. Filed June 6.

Jeon, Wooin, Stamford, by Raymond P. Yamin. Lender: Homestead Funding Corp., 8 Airline Drive, Albany, New York. Property: 127 Greyrock Place, Apt. 1412, Stamford. Amount: $250,000. Filed June 2.

Kallman, Katherine Patterson, Middlebury, by Stuart Welkovich. Lender: Morgan Stanley Private Bank NA, 4270 Ivy Pointe Blvd., Suite 400, Cincinnati, Ohio. Property: 466 Davis Road, Fairfield. Amount: $511,751. Filed June 7.

Kapur, Aditya and Shibani Kapur, Stamford, by Regina Volynski. Lender: US Bank NA, 2800 Tamarack Road, Owensboro, Kentucky. Property: 154 Pepper Ridge Road, No.14, Stamford. Amount: $800,000.

Filed June 7.

Kiraly, Eileen M. and Michael Kiraly, Greenwich, by Fany Siranaula. Lender: Bank of America NA, 100 N. Tryon St., Charlotte, North Carolina.

Property: 30 Skylark Road, Greenwich. Amount: $200,000.

Filed June 7.

Leahy, Isabella and Andrew

Leahy, Greenwich, by Diane Inzitari. Lender: BNY Mellon NA, 201 Washington St., Eighth floor, Boston, Massachusetts.

Property: 119 Stanwich Road, Greenwich. Amount: $1,236,000. Filed June 5.

Magalnick, Phillip A. and Honorata V. Kasmierczak, Stamford, by Olive Cassandra Denton. Lender: Savings Bank of Danbury, 220 Main St., Danbury. Property: 77 Knox Road, Stamford. Amount: $75,000. Filed June 7.

Mallon III, Edward J. and Kelly F. Mallon, New Milford, by N/A. Lender: JPMorgan Chase Bank NA, 2500 Westfield Drive, First and second floors, Elgin, Illinois.

Property: 1481 Hillside Road, Fairfield. Amount: $2,900,000.

Filed June 8.

Marsilio, Christopher N., Stamford, by Joshua F. Gilman.

Lender: Guaranteed Rate Inc., 3940 N. Ravenswood, Chicago, Illinois. Property: 102 Woodside Green Condo, 1A, Stamford.

Amount: $154,000. Filed June 5.

Mayerson, Lilli Z. and Gary Mayerson, Fairfield, by Thomas W. Ozimkoski Jr. Lender: Morgan Stanley Private Bank NA, 4270 Ivy Pointe Blvd., Suite 400, Cincinnati, Ohio. Property: 739 Mill Hill Road, Southport. Amount:

$1,000,000. Filed June 6.

McGee, Kieran J. and Melissa McGee, Fairfield, by Peter Ambrose. Lender: CrossCountry Mortgage LLC, 2160 Superior Ave., Cleveland, Ohio. Property: 45 S. Benson Commons, Fairfield. Amount:

$610,000. Filed June 5.

McNeil, William and Madeline McNeil, Milford, by Pamela I. Baekas. Lender: The Milford Bank, 33 Broad St., Milford. Property: 68 Nonopoge Road, Fairfield. Amount:

$585,000. Filed June 5.

Miriyagalla, Manura and Seneha Miriyagalla, Mahopac, New York, by Jack S. Lipson. Lender: JPMorgan Chase Bank NA, 1111 Polaris Pkwy., Columbus, Ohio. Property: 36 Chatham Road, Stamford.

Amount: $696,400. Filed June 6.

Monteforte, Lisa and Denise Monteforte, New York, New York, by N/A. Lender: TD Bank NA, 2035 Limestone Road, Wilmington, Delaware. Property: 54 Munko Drive, Stamford. Amount: $1,200,000. Filed June 2.

Montenegro, Noah and Maria L. Montenegro, Stamford, by Gale Guerrero. Lender: Liberty Bank, 315 Main St., Middletown. Property: 45 Uncas Road, Stamford. Amount: $150,000. Filed June 5.

Mrijaj, Viktor and Antoneta Mrijaj, Stamford, by Nandita Ruchandari. Lender: JPMorgan Chase Bank NA, 1111 Polaris Pkwy., Columbus, Ohio.

Property: 98 Strawberry Hill Ave., No.3, Stamford. Amount: $204,000. Filed June 5.

Nielsen, Jo-Annette, Fairfield, by Sean E. Sweeney. Lender: Newrez LLC, 1100 Virginia Drive, Suite 125, Fort Washington, Pennsylvania. Property: 1019 Reef Road, Fairfield. Amount: $195,000.

Filed June 8.

Nischan, Michel and Lori G. Nischan, Fairfield, by Zionyamarquize Q. Bohannon. Lender: Citizens Bank NA, 1 Citizens Plaza, Providence, Rhode Island. Property: 201 Morehouse Highway, Fairfield. Amount: $200,000. Filed June 7.

Pelletier, Stefanie and Kyle A. Pelletier, Greenwich, by Erin Spiess Chang. Lender: Prosperity Home Mortgage LLC, 14501 George Carter Way, Suite 300, Chantilly, Virginia.

Property: 33 Will Merry Lane, Greenwich. Amount: $1,012,500. Filed June 6.

Perez Jr., Mario W. and Jennifer Maria Perez, Greenwich, by Glen T. Cunningham. Lender: Savings Bank of Danbury, 220 Main St., Danbury. Property: 4 Raymond St., Old Greenwich. Amount: $850,000. Filed June 8.

Petrova, Viliana and Krassimire Mihailov

Penev, Stamford, by Mayra M. Rios. Lender: Citibank NA, 1000 Technology Drive, O’Fallon, Missouri. Property: 2983 High Ridge Road, Stamford. Amount: $400,000. Filed June 6.

Plominski, Patricia and Stanley J. Plominski, Port Washington, New York, by Jack S. Lipson. Lender: US Bank NA, 2800 Tamarack Road, Owensboro, Kentucky. Property: 78 Flower House Drive, Fairfield. Amount: $589,500. Filed June 9.

Priest, Michael G. and Meredith W. Priest, Greenwich, by Wilma Vitale. Lender: Citizens Bank NA, 1 Citizens Plaza, Providence, Rhode Island. Property: 120 Hunting Ridge Road, Greenwich. Amount: $746,000. Filed June 8.

Reiss, Blythe, Short Hills, New Jersey, by Vicki K. Johnson. Lender: JPMorgan Chase Bank NA, 1111 Polaris Pkwy., Columbus, Ohio. Property: 55 Byram Terrace Drive, Greenwich. Amount: $325,000. Filed June 5.

Santaniello, William Joseph and Jessica Leigh Santaniello, Newtown, by Lisa L Buzaid. Lender: Union Savings Bank, 226 Main St., Danbury. Property: 81 Birch Road, Fairfield. Amount: $1,299,000.

Filed June 8.

Scasino, Marc and Marisa Raguso, San Diego, California, by Adam J. Hirsch. Lender: OnTo Mortgage, 7500 College Blvd., Suite 1150, Overland Park, Kansas. Property: 63 Reynolds Drive, Fairfield. Amount: $584,100. Filed June 5.

Schroeder, Michele and John W. Schroeder, Stamford, by Wilma Vitale. Lender: Citizens Bank NA, 1 Citizens Plaza, Providence, Rhode Island. Property: 167 Dannell Drive, Stamford. Amount: $110,000. Filed June 6.

Shivappa, Somshekhar, New Canaan, by Philip V. DaLessio. Lender: CrossCountry Mortgage LLC, 2160 Superior Ave., Cleveland, Ohio. Property: 115 Lockwood Ave., Apt. 1, Stamford. Amount: $248,500.

Filed June 6.

Stern, Busia Gloria and Peter C. Stern, Fairfield, by Daniela Alexandra Roldan. Lender: Citizens Bank NA, 1 Citizens Plaza, Providence, Rhode Island. Property: 657 Rowland Road, Fairfield. Amount: $220,000. Filed June 7.

Sullivan, John and Ariel Sullivan, Greenwich, by Joel M. Kaye. Lender: Change Lending LLC, 175 N, Riverview Drive, Suite C, Anaheim, California. Property: 34 Langhorne Lane, Greenwich. Amount: $2,000,000. Filed June 8.

Tallon, Clare M. and Michael B. Tallon, Fairfield, by Michael S. Lynch. Lender: Pentagon Federal Credit Union, 7940 Jones Branch Drive, Tysons, Virginia. Property: 99 Judd St., Fairfield. Amount: $290,000. Filed June 8.

Torres, Nathanael, Old Greenwich, by Leah M. Parisi. Lender: Pentagon Federal Credit Union, 7940 Jones Branch Drive, Tysons, Virginia. Property: 25 Bibbins Ave., Fairfield. Amount: $465,300. Filed June 8.

Totaro, Peter Lawrence and Christina Marie Auriemma Totaro, Stamford, by Jeremy E. Kaye. Lender: Citizens Bank NA, 1 Citizens Plaza, Providence, Rhode Island. Property: 3 Irvine Road, Old Greenwich. Amount: $2,699,366. Filed June 9.

Yanni, Fadi N. and Valerie P. Yanni, Greenwich, by Wilma Vitale. Lender: US Bank NA, 425 Walnut St., Cincinnati, Ohio. Property: 70 Riverdale Ave., Unit 702, Greenwich. Amount: $177,778. Filed June 6.

NEW BUSINESSES

Agcr’s Multiple Services, 10 Robert Court, Stamford 06902, c/o German Canto. Filed June 1.

Belvedere Wealth Partners, 181 Turn of River Road, Suite 11, Stamford 06905, c/o Michael Beloff.

Filed June 1.

Clear Concepts Cleaning, 32 Hundley Court, First floor, Stamford 06902, c/o Angela Maria Ortega Sanchez. Filed June 14.

CrossCountry Mortgage LLC, 112 Prospect St., Suite 311, Stamford 06901, c/o Colleen Polson. Filed June 1.

ESFM, 900 Long Ridge Road, Stamford 06902, c/o Eversource LLC. Filed June 5.

Five Bellow, 2321 Summer St., Stamford 06905, c/o Five Bellow Inc. Filed June 12.

Freedmont Mortgage Group, 600 Longwater Drive, Suite 107, Norwell, Massachusetts 02061, c/o Radius Financial Group Inc. Filed June 5.

Inexdro, 566 Newfield Ave., Unit 7, Stamford 06905, c/o Kevin Breuer. Filed June 9.

Infinyst Consulting, 180 Turn of River Road, No. 18A, Stamford 06905, c/o Robert J. Luther. Filed June 12.

J. Gonzalez Landscaping, 71 Strawberry Hill Ave., Apt. 502, Stamford 06902, c/o Jose Gonzalez. Filed June 1.

Kitchn, 34 Betts Ave., Stamford 06902, c/o Enjoy Kitchn LLC. Filed June 9.

Mianus River Press, 88 Mianus Road, Cos Cob 06807, c/o Dale Bratter. Filed June 12.

New Olive Branch, 703 Shippan Ave., Stamford 06902, c/o New Olive Branch LLC. Filed June 14.

Parchment Coffee, 4 Omega Drive, Stamford 06907, c/o Parchment Coffee Roasters, LLC. Filed June 1.

Peace of Mind Total Hair Salon LLC, 91 Atlantic St., Second floor, Stamford 06901, c/o Sharon C. Guy. Filed June 14.

Penny Cha, 79 Atlantic St., Stamford 06901, c/o Cha House LLC. Filed June 6.

Risk Transfer Advisory Group, 60 E. 42nd St., Suite 502, New York, New York 10165, c/o Rta Holdco LLC. Filed June 5.

Rug Fairy, 2299 Summer St., No. 1028, Stamford 06905, c/o Accessxpress Ltd. Filed June 1.

Sara House Cleaning, 229 Henry St., Stamford 06902, c/o Sara Martinez. Filed June 7.

Stafford & Company Insurance Services, 6 Landmark Square, Fourth floor, Stamford 06901, c/o John F. Stafford Insurance Agency, LLC. Filed June 8.

Stamford Ford Lincoln, 212 Magee Ave., Stamford 06902, c/o Dominic Franchella. Filed June 13.

The Bedford Packie, 941 Bedford St., Stamford 06905, c/o Miguel Gomez. Filed June 5.

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Legal Notices

Notice of Formation of Cascumpec Light, LLC Art. Of Org. filed with SSNY on 6/12/23. 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, 302 Saw Mill River Rd., Hawthorne, NY 10532. Purpose: any lawful purpose.

#63435

Notice of Formation of CONSTRUCTION & HVAC SOLUTIONS LLC. Arts. of Org. filed with SSNY on April 10, 2023. Office location: Westchester County.

SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process may be served. SSNY shall mail process to: 40 Bronson Ave, Scarsdale, NY 10583. Purpose: any lawful act or activity. #63437

Notice of Formation of DomPro 618 Main LLC. Arts of Org. filed with SSNY on 1/17/2023. Office located in Westchester County. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process may be served. SSNY shall mail process to the LLC; 1333A North Avenue, #713, New Rochelle, NY 10804. Purpose: any lawful act or activity.

#63442

Notice of formation of Colette Vincent NP In Family Health, PLLC. Arts. of Org. filed with SSNY on 6/24/23. Offc. Loc: Westchester County. SSNY designated as agent of the PLLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to the PLLC, PO Box 8315, Pelham NY 10803.

#63443

DISTRESSED ASSET ACQUISITIONS, LLC

Filed 6/22/23 Office: Westchester Co. SSNY designated as agent for process & shall mail to: 399 Knollwood Rd, Ste 318, White Plains, NY 10603 Purpose: all lawful #63444

FOUNDATIONAL SERVICES LLC

Filed 6/13/23 Office: Westchester Co. SSNY designated as agent for process & shall mail to: 3 Southwoods Ln, Scarsdale, NY 10583 Purpose: all lawful #63445

Notice of Registration of International Blockchain Legal LLP. Registration filed with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 5/26/2023. Office location: Westchester County. LLP formed in the District of Columbia

on 8/30/2020. Princ. office addr. of LLP: 600 Mamaroneck Ave. Ste 400, Harrison, NY 10528. SSNY designated as agent of LLP upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to Aaron Krowne <\!#45> 600 Mamaroneck Ave. Ste 400, Harrison, NY 10528. Registration filed with the DC Office of the Secretary, 1350 Pennsylvania Ave. NW, Ste 419, Washington, DC 20004. Purpose: Legal services. #63447

Notice of Formation of RIG Enterprises, LLC Arts. Of Org. filed with SSNY on June 1, 2023. Office Location: Westchester County. Ryan Mahoney designated as agent of the LLC upon whom

process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to: 30 Lark Ave., White Plains, NY 10607. Purpose: any lawful purpose. #63451

Thumper1 LLC, Arts of Org. filed with Sec. of State of NY (SSNY) 7/18/2023.

Cty: Westchester. SSNY desig. as agent upon whom process against may be served & shall mail process to 42 Ellsworth Rd., Larchmont, NY 10538.

General Purpose #63452

Phoenix Design Build LLC. Filed 8/8/22

Office: Westchester Co. SSNY designated as agent for process & shall mail to: 265 E 66th Street Apt 39D, New York, NY 10065

Purpose: All lawful #63453

224 Grant Terrace LLC, Arts of Org. filed with Sec. of State of NY (SSNY) 4/5/2023. Cty: Westchester. SSNY desig. as agent upon whom process against may be served & shall mail process to John Delvito, 311 Waverly Ave., Mamaroneck, NY 10543. General Purpose #63454 CAROLYN STROM, LLC, Art. Of Org. filed with SSNY 7/3/2023. Office location: Westchester County. SSNY designated as agent for process & shall mail process to: The LLC c/o Carolyn Strom, 1333A North Ave., Unit 316, New Rochelle, NY, 10804. Purpose: any lawful act or activity. #63455