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SEPTEMBER 21, 2020 VOL. 56, No. 38

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rchitect Leigh Overland is building a home for himself and his wife along Ash Creek in Fairfield.

But the construction site looks rather different from other residential sites scattered around the town — the traditional wood framing is conspic-

uously absent, replaced by large interconnected slabs that look like oversized Styrofoam but are actually a building technology called insulated concrete forms (ICF).

“ICF is a block that is almost like a Lego block,” Overland said. “It is hollow in the middle and has twoand-three-quarter inches of foam on each side. It’s held together by webs that

snap together to create all the outside walls. And then ultimately, you pour concrete in the middle.

That gives it strength.”

ICF is not a new technology — it was patented in the 1960s, although earlier prototypes were developed after the turn of the 20th century.

Overland noted it is more prevalent across the » ARCHITECT

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BRONXVILLE-MOUNT VERNON CO-OPS SUE TO STOP NEW APARTMENTS

BY BILL HELTZEL bheltzel@westfairinc.com

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hree apartment cooperatives on the BronxvilleMount Vernon border are suing the city and a developer to stop construction of an apartment building that would border their properties.

The Brewster-Carver, Standish-Cabot and Bradford Hall apartments petitioned Westchester Supreme Court on Sept. 4 to order the Mount Vernon Zoning Board of Appeals and Buildings Department to stop construction, claiming, for instance, that the developer obtained a

phony building permit.

“This proposed building, even under the approved site plan, is way too large for the lot,” the petition states.

“It will crowd and choke the private drive the petitioners use, and would be a hideous eyesore.”

The lawsuit also names the property owner, Julie Properties of Armonk, and White Plains developer Bart Blatt and BRB Construction.

Alden Place is a short, private driveway off Midland Avenue that serves several cooperative apartment buildings on the Bronxville and Mount Vernon border. The developer’s 0.26-acre parcel » APARTMENTS

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Suite Talk: LaQuenta Jacobs, chief diversity officer at XPO Logistics

n July, the Greenwichheadquartered XPO Logistics Inc. announced the appointment of LaQuenta Jacobs to the newly created position of chief diversity officer. Jacobs had joined the company in 2018 as head of human resources for the company’s last-mile business unit, with responsibility for HR and recruiting operations in the United States and Canada.

Earlier in her career she was senior human resources manager at Delta Airlines and director of human resources at The Home Depot.

In her new position, Jacobs reports directly to CEO and Chairman Bradley Jacobs, who praised her elevation to the C-suite position.

“I’m delighted that our first chief diversity officer is such a qualified candidate from within our own organization,” Jacobs said in a statement. “LaQuenta is a unique talent — she cares deeply about the human aspects of diversity and also knows how to advance cultural development within a public company of XPO’s size, with almost 100,000 employees. I look forward to working with LaQuenta in her new role.”

In this edition of Suite Talk, Business Journal Senior Enterprise Editor Phil Hall interviews Jacobs on her new role and the role of diversity and inclusivity in today’s workplace.

The first question might be a bit of a broad question: What exactly does a chief diversity officer do?

“In the world of the chief diversity officer, I am responsible for helping drive the culture of the organization from an employee engagement perspective. The whole focus is on diversity, inclusion and belonging — specifically, the growth of internal talent, the acquisition of talent and our ability to retain and grow that talent within the organization.

“There is also a component of the role that is focused on external eminence, which means our relationships with suppliers and partners and my role

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is responsible for managing and securing those relationships and identifying equitable partners for partnership.”

In terms of partnerships and outside vendors, are you specifically looking for companies that are either women-owned or minority-owned to have as partners with XPO? “We have four primary pillars of focus: We’re focused on pipeline, on our internal promotions, making sure that we understand where we are and where we want to go. And when we identify partners, we’re looking for organizations that have strong diversity and inclusion programs, but also can support the initiatives that we have in regards to our pipeline growth, our internal development and helping us assess our organization’s strengths and opportunities.”

Back in June, after the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 applied to people who face job discrimination based on sexual orientation or transgender status, XPO’s CEO and Chairman Bradley Jacobs made this statement on LinkedIn: “Here’s what I say to the LGBTQ plus community — you’re welcome at XPO. Why FCBJ

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was it important for Mr. Jacobs to make that type of a statement following the Supreme Court ruling?

“Well, I can’t answer specifically for Brad on why it was important for him to make that statement. But what I can tell you is that XPO has five core values that include safety, being respectful, having an entrepreneurial spirit, being innovative and inclusive. And when we think about those five values, it’s important that our employees have a sense of belonging.

“From a diversity and inclusion perspective, we’re creating an environment where every employee that is interested in working for XPO and that is an employee at XPO feels as though they belong.”

For many years, there’s been a great deal of talk about diversity and inclusiveness in the workforce. From your perspective, looking out at corporate America as a whole, do you think that the nation is making progress in this front?

“Over the past 10 years, I have seen diversity and inclusion grow from being a metric space, focused into a part of organizations’ culture and fiber. And when I think about our nation, and specifically where we are as an organization, there is always a period of time that drives or is a catalyst for change.

“At XPO, we’re focused on ensuring that our culture and our organization are representative of the customers and the employees that we employ. We are also focused on our pipeline development, internal promotions, assessment about organization and our partnerships are critical to ensuring that we align to the market.”

In the course of your work, what do you see as the most interesting challenges?

“Most organizations want to hire the best talent. We want to retain our talent and we want to grow our talented employees.

We hear from our employees that they love the culture and

want to grow, and so our focus is on removing any barriers that are in place that would prevent employees from feeling they can grow. We also want to ensure that we are an organization that is attractive to the top talent in the market.”

What feedback has the company gotten from its partners around the U.S. and overseas in regard to its commitment to diversity and inclusivity?

“XPO is one of the top 10 providers in cutting-edge supply chain, logistics and transportation. What we have received from our partners and our customers is an opportunity to continue to carry that brand forward.

“Most organizations that are innovative and continue to invest in themselves and their talent continue to grow their bottom line. Where XPO has benefited is in our ability to stay innovative and continue to invest in talent, and that has resulted in the opportunity for customer growth and retain relationships.”

Where do you find your new talent?

“We recently just had a planning strategy meeting on how to grow our pipeline and here’s a couple of things that we’re doing: We’re expanding our relationships with historically black colleges and universities, we’re expanding our relationships with veteran support groups and LGBTQ+ allies, and we’re looking at partners that focus in those areas of recruitment and diversity, talent and expanding those relationships. These are helping us build and build our strong pipeline.”

What does the company look for in terms of the individual to join XPO? “At the core, we’re looking for individuals that can support and maintain our cultural values within our organization. We want the brightest talent in the areas in which we’re recruiting, and we assess talent based on their attributes, their experience and what they bring to the table.”

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Atlantic, where residential construction has traditionally used more solid components than wood.

“Our European neighbors are used to designing with concrete or stone or masonry,” he said. “In our country, we’re used to designing with wood. I get European clients that come here and say, ‘Wow, it’s so cool that there’s an architect that’s designing with concrete, because I was wondering why you Americans design temporary buildings.’”

Overland also lamented that wood has become an increasingly expensive commodity, thus resulting in higher construction costs. Sustainability issues have also been a problem in keeping wood in supply.

“Lumber is a product that has to be grown,” he said. “For the first 30 years, we used lumber, and for renovations we still use lumber. But I wouldn’t think possibly designing a new home or building with lumber anymore.

The quality of lumber is very poor — they grow these trees way too fast, and the rot and mildew in lumber starts immediately after it’s built. It can catch on fire, and you’ve seen them blow away when tornadoes or hurricanes come through.”

In comparison to wood, Overland noted that ICF offers the homeowner a fireproof residence that will not be blown

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at 8 Alden Place is on the edge of the Fleetwood section of Mount Vernon, behind Bronxville Cemetery and near Bronxville Village Hall.

In 2014, the Mount Vernon planning board approved R.J. Luiso Industries’ site plan for a five-story apartment building.

The project was dormant until last year, when Julie Properties bought 8 Alden Place for $420,000 and applied to the city planning board for an extension of the site plan approval.

The extension was issued last October but required the developer to file a new site plan if the original plan was amended, even for minor changes.

The cooperative apartments claim that when the developer began work last summer a phony building permit was posted,

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Photo by Secundino Paulino.

All photos taken at the Fairfield construction site of Leigh Overland’s new home. Photo by Phil Hall.

signed by a nonexistent employee of the Mount Vernon buildings department.

A new building permit was issued in March. The project plans had changed, according to the petition, and deviated substantially from the original site plan.

Instead of 8,211 square feet of open space, new plans allegedly called for 3,384 square feet, a reduction of nearly 59%. The plans increased the building height by more than 8 feet and a side yard setback was reduced by 6 feet.

The developer did not submit the alleged changes to the planning board for approval, according to the petition, and a building permit should never have been issued.

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to pieces in heavy storms. He also pointed out the soundproofing element in an ICF home is infinitely superior to that of wood structures. In addition, energy bills could be cut by up to 70%.

For homeowners commissioning a new property, Overland said that ICF saves on time and costs.

“In a traditional route, you have to pour a foundation,” he said. “Then you have your framer come in and build the wood walls. Then you have to put the plywood on the outside of the wood walls, you’ve got to connect to all the wood walls with all these different anchors and connectors. Then you have to put a spray foam insulation in there. Then you have to put a weather barrier on it. And now you’re ready to start putting your electrical and your sheetrock and siding on.

“With ICF,” he said, “all you’re doing is snapping these blocks together. It’s already insulated.

It doesn’t take any plywood sheathing, so there’s no weather barrier required. It’s already insulated and you have no connectors because it already far exceeds the code in its strength.

And now you’re also ready to just put your electrical in, so it saves on five different subcontractors.”

Overland has already completed ICF single-family homes in Brookfield, Danbury, Easton

The developer’s 0.26-acre parcel at 8 Alden Place is on the edge of the Fleetwood section of Mount Vernon, behind Bronxville Cemetery and near Bronxville Village Hall. Photo by Bill Heltzel.

2019,” the petition states, “which brought absolutely no consequences from the … buildings department.”

Neither the city’s corporate counsel, Brian Johnson, nor the developer responded to messages asking for their side of the story. But the developer’s attorney, Troy D. Lipp, notified Justice Linda S. Jamieson on Sept. 8 that

the lawsuit is strikingly similar to a complaint filed last year on which she rejected the plaintiff’s arguments for relief.

The cooperative apartments had sued the developer, but not the city, claiming that the developer did not have the right to install utilities along Alden Place, the private road, there were not enough parking spaces and the

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The construction on his Fairfield home, a two-story property with 3,000 square feet, is being webcast in a live feed, and Overland has been fielding compliments and inquiries on the project.

“I’ll get emails from people saying, ‘Well, that’s so great that you’re bringing this to the public,’” he said. “We want the other architects to learn this.”

To further his educational goal, Overland launched NextGreatAmericanHomes.com to offer information on ICF’s value in construction.

“We developed this website to get a discussion started for architects, builders, interior designers and the public,” he said. “They can start reading about the innovation in a changing world. Now, ICF is not necessarily innovative, it’s just now becoming very popular and in my opinion will become the standard of construction.”

On a personal level, Overland is eager for construction to be completed so he can take advantage of the health benefits of living in a home where mold and mildew cannot take root.

“I’ve already lived in regular houses for too many years,” he said. “I think I’ve already breathed enough pollutants, but at least in my last few decades I’ll be healthy.”

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The cooperatives appealed the building permit ruling on July 31.

The city failed to issue a stopwork order while the appeal is pending, according to the new petition, and the developers have continued construction activities.

The cooperatives are asking the court to compel the Mount Vernon Zoning Board of Appeals and the Buildings Department to issue a stop work order or cease and desist order.

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BY PETER KATZ pkatz@westfairinc.com

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developer from Mamaroneck that normally specializes in luxury homes has joined with Atria Senior Living and the Related Cos. to propose a 190-unit senior living community that would be on an 11-acre parcel in New Rochelle near Lake Innisfree, which also has been dubbed Lake Isle, as in the country club. The street address is 250 Wilmot Road and the project is called Wilmot Lakeside Living.

KOSL Building approached Louisville-based Atria Senior Living and the two organizations then brought Related Cos. on board. Atria already operates senior living facilities in Ardsley, Briarcliff Manor, Ossining, Rye Brook, Darien, Stamford and Ridgefield among its more than 210 locations in the U.S. and Canada.

Laura Miller, new product development director at Atria, told the Business Journal, “The location is perfect. We also like that there is a need for senior housing in Westchester County, especially in New Rochelle. The current supply is not adequate and we would like to help fill that gap.”

Miller said that Atria would expect the project not to have negative neighborhood impacts.

“Less than 10% of our residents actually drive. We have all the services that they need in the community, whether

it’s dining, a restaurant, a hair salon.

The activities come to us. We do have shuttle buses so we can take people around outside of the community. Most of our supplies are brought in through FedEx and UPS, so those typically come in a once-a-day truck. Our food vendors don’t bring large semi-trucks; they’re in smaller vans on scheduled routes and they’re there a couple of times a week.

Our traffic is pretty low.”

Oran Ben-Simon, vice president of KOSL, said that they realized that while it was possible to build single-family homes on the property, if the city’s senior living overlay zone (SC Overlay Zone) that allows multifamily senior living in single-family zones on sites of at least 5 acres could be applied they’d be able to put the property to a better use. The overlay zone would allow up to three stories or 35 feet in height. He said that the partners on the project do not yet own the property but are contract vendees for the acreage.

“Single-family homes benefit just that: single families. We could have easily built up to 11 homes, but who would that be benefiting? It would be people who would be coming mainly from the city (New York) because of the Covid pandemic or other affluent areas like Scarsdale that want to have an extra tax break,” Ben-Simon said.

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Region’s business leaders ask Trump for help

BY PETER KATZ pkatz@westfairinc.com

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he heads of three regional business groups have asked President Trump to step in and break the Congressional deadlock on new aid for states and cities.

The Republican-controlled U.S. Senate led by Sen. Mitch McConnell has blocked legislation passed in the Democrat-controlled House of Representatives led by Rep. Nancy

Pelosi that included help for states and municipalities whose budgets have been decimated by the Covid-19 pandemic. Last week, the Senate even defeated it’s own scaled-back recovery bill that had been stripped of state aid.

In a letter dated Sept. 14 that was sent to Trump, The Business Council of Westchester (BCW), Long Island Association (LIA) and Partnership for New York City (PNYC) asked him to step up and help arrange funding for public transit and local governments. The

groups say such funding is essential to the economic recovery.

Marsha Gordon, president and CEO of the BCW; Kevin Law, president and CEO of the LIA; and Kathryn Wylde, president and CEO of the PNYC signed the letter on behalf of their organizations.

“New York City, Long Island and Westchester together represent 63 percent of New York state’s population and 75 percent of the state’s Gross Domestic Product (GDP). Combined,

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they represent 4 percent of the nation’s population and 6 percent of GDP,” the letter states.

The letter asks for federal funds to aid the Metropolitan Transportation Authority as well as state and local governments, which the letter says “are on the brink of having to lay off police officers, fire fighters, emergency service personnel and others from the public workforce that could consequently jeopardize public safety and thus our economy.”

Trump recently has positioned himself as a “law and order” candidate supporting local police and the letter tells Trump, “As a businessman yourself, you understand that superior public safety leads to more private investments and business expansion, and that a lower crime rate is an asset for economic development. And thus, if state and local governments lay off employees and reduce services, this will negatively impact our economy and the national recovery.”

The letter also appeals to Trump to support not just New York but the other states as well.

“We need you to lead the federal effort in helping our state, and all 50 states, give these businesses an opportunity to once again thrive, retain and create jobs and rebuild our economy.

As the business organizations representing our regional economy, we urge you to come to the aid of our business community and lead Congress to a deal that paves the way for this necessary funding,” the letter states.

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Houses touted for Maplewood Swim and Tennis Club site in Hartsdale

BY PETER KATZ pkatz@westfairinc.com

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ichard Lewis, president of the Maplewood Swim and Tennis Club in Hartsdale, and developer Valon Nikci of the Bedrock Company Re LLC in Bronxville met via videoconference with members of the Greenburgh Town Board to discuss the possibilities for putting up to 18 single-family homes on the swim club’s site.

The idea for single-family homes follows the withdrawing of an application for building a 115-unit assisted living facility on the 8.87-acre site at 202 W. Hartsdale Ave. The applicant had been Columbia/Wegman Hartsdale LLC, a partnership between Columbia Pacific Advisors of Seattle and Wegman Companies Inc., based in Rochester. Wegman Companies Inc., is a not the same as the Wegmans chain of food stores, which is also based in

Rochester. Wegman Companies Inc., is a real estate development and investment company.

The state Department of Transportation refused to allow left turns onto and from West Hartsdale Avenue by traffic that would be entering and exiting the proposed assisted living facility, effectively killing the project.

Lewis said that interest in the private swim club has waned and membership had dropped to the point it was no longer financially viable in 2016. Lewis said he advised the members of that reality. He said that at first a day camp that was renting space was interested in buying the property but it turned out they did not have the funding. Then, a chain of assisted living facilities expressed interest in the property but they walked out. Then, came the Columbia/Wegman proposal.

“The deal fell apart just a couple of months ago when the New York state Department

of Transportation decided that there were too many people who might make left hand turns into the club and out of the club, this assisted living facility, and despite 60 years of left hand turns, because the club was created in 1958 by local residents, they nixed the deal,” Lewis said.

“I am an optimist and I moved on to the next possibility, and I might say the last possibility, because believe it or not I have other things in my life I would rather do than run a failing swim club which has 33 lifetime members,” Lewis said. “Due to the pandemic, we added over 60 members this summer, different types of memberships. It’s one of those upside-down things in the world that suddenly we were successful. Nevertheless, we have longterm debt and this club cannot sustain itself and I would like to close this club paying our debts to everybody we owe money to and I would like to close up this club and create something that’s lasting and beneficial to the com-

munity.”

Lewis said he has met a few times with Nikci and they have a very good understanding of how a deal might be done. He also said that there are two other interested parties, one that would like to build a house of worship and another that would like to build a retreat.

GarrettDuquesne,Greenburgh’s planning commissioner said that permitted uses for the site under its single-family zoning, include municipal buildings, places of worship, elementary and secondary schools, special permit uses such as clubs, which is the existing use, nursery schools, group homes and daycare centers.

“Anything that’s proposed would be subject to a process depending on the use. That drives which board or boards would be involved,” Duquesne said. “Single-family subdivisions like this are in the jurisdiction of the planning board.”

“We are interested in building single-family homes that

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would preserve the charm and beauty of Hartsdale,” Nikci said.

“The reason we want to speak with you, the neighbors and the community first before we do anything else is that we respect you and we want to make sure you’re happy and the project is fine with you.”

He said that building houses on the Maplewood site would help the community in many ways.

“One of them will be property tax collected,” Nikci said.

Others include increased real estate values of other homes in the neighborhood and preserving the site in keeping with the neighboring single-family look and feel versus some other possible land use.

When asked by Greenburgh Town Supervisor Paul Feiner if he had any estimate as to the price range of the homes, Nikci said that houses of 2,000 to 2,200 square feet probably would sell for about $850,000 to $950,000.

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new technology platform that matches parents with teachers to book virtual and in-person, local, private tutoring curriculums for children has launched in Southport — and, according to one of its co-founders, is already getting A-pluses.

“We went from having the idea to actually having something ready to go in about two weeks,” Evan Klein, co-founder of The Teacher Marketplace, told the Business Journal. “And in our first six weeks, we’ve lined up over 2,000 professional educators in 35 states.”

Klein said the need for the platform arose from a simple problem: How do deal with ensuring that one’s children receive a consistent, full education at a time when schools are struggling with how and when to open — not to mention the possibility of Covid-19 suddenly requiring more shutdowns.

“We all have young kids,” Klein said of himself and his two partners. “They’re starting kindergarten this year, so we were weighing the different options. We didn’t think the stop-and-start that everyone went through last year was the best experience, so we started thinking about tutors and teachers.

“But there was nowhere to go to find a teacher to support our kids in the kind of environment we were looking for,” he continued. “We have backgrounds in technology, so we decided to create Teacher Marketplace to provide a searchable matching service.”

Word-of-mouth and social media campaigns helped attract educators like Dorothy Dziedzic, a reading specialist who recently relocated from the Hartford area to Fairfield.

“I’ve had so many friends call me and ask who I’d recommend for a particular subject area,” Dziedzic said. “Teacher Marketplace definitely fills that kind of need. And it’s helped me, being new to the area, to make connections that allow me to set up sessions with kids with special needs after hours — I’m usually out of school by 2 or so.”

Educators — including full-time, retired and substitute teachers — set their own instructional rates and receive 100% of the fees collected for each student session.

Parents can sign up for free to search for educators by instructional age, topic, and location to find the best match for their student.

With everything being gratis so far, how does the company make money?

“We’re looking at a couple of business models,” Klein said. “One of them involves

Evan Klein and Dorothy Dziedzic.

charging for families to become a member of the Marketplace, where they can search and message as much as they like. The second model would generate money on a per-booking basis.

“We’ve just launched ‘verified profiles’,” he said, “which gives teachers the option to include more certifications and background checks for parents to check out.

There will be a fee associated with that.”

The company also plans to donate 10% of its profits to the nonprofit organization AdoptAClassroom.org to support teachers and schools across the country.

For now, however, Klein said The Teacher Marketplace is content to “help solve this immediate problem — the same situation that we are in — and we feel we’re on target.”

To date the company has signed up more than 100 families who have logged in and set about finding the right educator.

“A lot of our teachers work locally,” Klein noted, “but there’s nothing stopping someone who has a student here in Southport from doing virtual lessons with a teacher in Chicago, or wherever they may be.”

The Teacher Marketplace is designed to continue if and when a vaccine for Covid is found, he said.

“We believe that the education model has been forever changed. Parents have done what they can with virtual learning, but it’s usually been in a supplemental capacity. This type of marketplace is not just about solving today’s problems, but also continuing to provide opportunities going forward.

“Parents and teachers are both looking for more flexible options,” Klein said. “We feel there’s a lot of sustainability for us, well beyond the coronavirus pandemic.”

Nice-Pak awaits EPA approval to wipe away Covid-19 threat

BY PHIL HALL phall@westfairinc.com

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n 1957, Arthur Julius invented the first disposable wet napkin, manufacturing his product on a converted food packette packaging machine in a 2,500-square-foot loft in lower Manhattan. Julius created the company Nice-Pak to market the product, which he dubbed WetNap, although consumer reaction to the concept took some time to develop.

Nice-Pak’s disposable wet napkin first gained momentum in 1962 when Julius and his son Robert met with another aspiring entrepreneur: Col. Harland Sanders, who was beginning to build a national franchise network for his Kentucky Fried Chicken restaurant. The elder Julius noted Sanders’ slogan “It’s Finger Lickin’ Good” and suggested that perhaps having a Wet-Nap available might offer a more sanitary solution for cleaning fingers.

Sanders loved the idea and imme-

Nice-Pak’s Nice ‘N Clean Wipes and Grime Boss are among the products being evaluated by the EPA to determine their efficacy in fighting Covid-19. Photo courtesy Nice-Pak.

diately placed an order for WetNap to be featured in his restaurants, thus introducing Nice-Pak to a national audience.

Robert Julius continues to run the company as CEO — he is also chairman of Professional

Disposables International, a sister company that produces pre-moistened wipes for the health care and food trade industries. Nice-Pak offers a line of consumer wet wipe products under four different brand names — the original Wet-Nap, Nice ’N Clean Wipes, Grime Boss and Grime Boss Home. It also manufactures wipes that are sold as private label product by major retail chains including BJ’s Wholesale Club, Costco and CVS. Julius added that the Orangeburg-headquartered NicePak now has “six plants around the world operating 24/7 producing wipes of all kind.” He also takes pride in detailing how the company changed the health care industry.

“We created the first disinfecting wipe for hospitals in 1987,” Julius said. “In those days people used to walk around with pocketbook alcohol and some cotton balls, but that was not terribly sanitary. We came up with the idea of an alcohol swab, and that became the standard.”

Today, Nice-Pak is in the middle of the fight against Covid-19, with its products being tested to determine their efficacy in eliminating SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes Covid-19.

“Through our research facilities, we are constantly working on making sure that we can cover, sanitize and disinfect all of the organisms that are continually mutating and developing,” he said. “We had the success against coronavirus, and when Covid surfaced we realized it was just another strain.”

James Dalton, Nice-Pak’s vice president in charge of research and development, stated the company reached out to Microbac, a contract testing laboratory, when Covid-19 began to take root in this country.

“We wanted to make sure we were one of the first ones to get our product tested,” said Dalton.

“We resubmitted our product to run under an EPA protocol.

We achieved favorable data and we’ve now submitted that data to the EPA.”

Dalton acknowledged that the EPA approval process is not always speedy and the company has sought to get the agency to expedite the process in view of the ongoing health and economic crises created by the pandemic.

“When the pandemic broke, the EPA developed a list of disinfectants that they recommend for use against the coronavirus,” Dalton said. “That’s based on having data on another strain of coronavirus. Currently, all of our products are on that list. And once the EPA reviews our Covid-19 data, we will be able to make specific claims on label versus the Covid19 virus.”

While awaiting word from the EPA, Julius stated that his company is already looking ahead to forecast the next health threat that Nice-Pak can take down.

“We’re always working on next-generation products that will have further enhanced efficacy,” he said. “We’re really trying to anticipate where the next bacteria viruses might emerge from and what they will look like.”

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Opinion The ‘overall’ of Donald Trump’s presidency

BY PETER KATZ pkatz@westfairinc.com

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n the 1976 movie “All The President’s Men,” which was about the Watergate scandal that brought down President Nixon, Robert Redford plays the role of Washington Post reporter Bob Woodward. As the plot unfolds, Woodward and his partner, reporter Carl Bernstein, rely on tips from their secret source Deep Throat, revealed years later to have been Assistant FBI Director W. Mark Felt.

During a late night secret meeting in a garage, Deep Throat chastises Woodward for spending too much time focused on details and “missing the overall” of the enormous criminal plot that was being carried out and “involves everyone” holding the reins of power.

Now, decades later, we all are at risk of “missing the overall” about what another president has done or might be planning to do. As was Woodward, those who follow the news are chasing from one Trump outrage to another rather than working to understand the big picture of what he’s doing to our society and the institutions of our republic and why he’s doing it.

Woodward is now responsible for bringing to public attention a slew of distracting outrageous actions from Trump in his new book, “Rage,” which includes content from 18 in-person and telephone interviews with Trump lasting more than nine hours. The longest ran for 88 minutes.

Woodward has recordings of Trump, so there is no doubt that Trump said what he said.

Trump told Woodward that he had been briefed back on Jan. 28 that the unfolding Covid-19 pandemic would be like the 1918 Spanish Flu that killed 675,000 people in the U.S. and at least 50 million worldwide. Trump told Woodward that he deliberately downplayed Covid-19 to the nation. This confirmed that Trump’s briefings to the nation that the virus will just disappear and 15 cases will become zero cases were lies.

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President Donald Trump.

Trump told Woodward that he knew and understood that the virus is transmitted through the air while at the same time telling people not to wear masks, not to bother with social distancing, to go back to work and school and to attend crowded indoor events such as his campaign rallies.

Jonathan Reiner, a professor of medicine at George Washington University and medical analyst for CNN, was asked how he would describe a Trump indoor rally for several thousand in Nevada. “Negligent homicide,” Reiner said. “What else could you call an act that because of its negligence results in the deaths of others. If you have a mass gathering now in the United States in a place like Nevada or just about any other place with hundreds or thousands of people, people will get infected an some of those people will die.”

Woodward also recorded Trump saying that he had been protecting Saudi Arabia’s Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman who had been accused of ordering the murder of Washington Post journalist Jamal Khashoggi.

Trump said publicly that bin Salman couldn’t have been involved and maybe Khashoggi hadn’t been killed.

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Trump also boasted about his relationships with dictators: “The tougher and meaner they are, the better I get along with them.” He has regularly taken the side of Russia’s President Vladimir Putin over that of the U.S. intelligence services.

Woodward’s eye-openers followed The Atlantic magazine’s reporting that Trump disparaged members of the U.S. Armed forces as “losers” and “suckers.”

Trump, while at a public event at Arlington National Cemetery at the graveside of Gen. John Kelly’s son who had been killed in Afghanistan, reportedly said to Kelly, “I don’t get it. What’s in it for them?” Kelly did not deny that Trump said it. Trump’s “suckers” and “losers” remarks were confirmed by numerous news outlets.

Trump took no action when news broke that U.S. intelligence indicated that Putin had been paying the Taliban to kill U.S. soldiers in Afghanistan. Trump’s public put downs of war heroes such as the late U.S. Sen. John McCain and his disparaging of wounded veterans added to the almost daily outrages designed to keep distracting people the way a magician executes a trick while flashing a shiny object to distract the audience from what he’s really doing. Trump, after

all, is a showman from New York City real estate and network television.

From staging campaign events on the White House grounds, to holding private meetings with Russian officials in the Oval Office with only Russian news media allowed in, to demanding loyalty to himself and not the U.S. Constitution from prospective appointees, and even Melania Trump’s order to cut down Jackie Kennedy’s trees in the White House Rose Garden, there has been plenty to keep people “missing the overall.”

It is incumbent not to be blinded to who Donald Trump is, what he’s all about and what he wants to do. He has given us plenty of clues and some of those who know him best have minced no words in explaining it.

Trump has been regularly described as showing a narcissistic personality, a violent temper, perpetual dishonesty, lack of moral standards, lack of intellectual curiosity and lack of empathy. Those characteristics also happen to be endemic among dictators and would-be autocrats. Trump only recently expressed a desire to maintain power as president beyond the permitted two terms. He

also cast doubts on whether he’d leave office if he loses the upcoming election, saying if the results aren’t in his favor it could only be because the election was “rigged.”

Trump’s open hostility toward certain immigrant populations coincide with postures taken by past dictators who were selling extreme versions of nationalism and racial superiority.

Trump admitted to studying Hitler when interviewed for a September 1990 Vanity Fair magazine article. His wife at the time, Ivana, told the writer he kept a book of Hitler’s speeches in the bedside nightstand. Trump referred to having a copy of “Mein Kampf.” The pattern of what he has done in his administration parallels a lot of what’s in “Mein Kampf,” such as: loading up the courts with favorable judges; consolidating and expanding executive power; attacking the press; saying lies loud enough and long enough until people believe them; disseminating propaganda; blocking checks and balances; facilitating corruption; holding frequent rallies of supporters; and installing personally-loyal associates in powerful government positions.

Trump’s niece, Mary L. Trump, recently has been providing insights into Trump’s upbringing, personality and family beliefs. She described Donald’s father, Fred, as a sociopathic bully who drained him of human values. She said the family, including Donald, was anti-Semitic and racist. In an interview on MSNBC, she said Trump “thrives in chaos and division.”

Divide and conquer is, indeed, a driving principal of autocrats.

“He’s only going to get worse and if it suits his purposes he will take this entire country down with him,” Mary L. Trump warned. That alone is good reason not to “miss the overall” when it comes to following the big picture of what’s happening to this country and to the form of government that has served us well since the Constitution was ratified in 1788.

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for seniors who live in New Rochelle and the surrounding community that want to reside within the local area that they grew up in and call home. It’s also the very essence of smart growth by using land more efficiently by creating more open green space and using a transitional layout so you can accommodate various people in various stages of life all while having communal amenities and benefits.”

Ben-Simon said that while KOSL has broad expertise in single-family luxury homes, they “partnered-up with Atria Senior Living and Related Companies who are masters in their field.”

Related Cos. was founded

by Steven M. Ross, who also is the owner of the Miami Dolphins. The company says it has more than $60 billion in real estate assets either owned or under development. Major projects include Hudson Yards in Manhattan, Lovejoy Wharf

Rendering of the development.

in Boston and a 62-acre mixeduse development in Chicago.

The company has worked with Atria before.

“We think it is a unique site for this use and we think that the demographics here make sense for us to build a project that is much-needed,” Chad

Jones, vice president of development for Related told the Business Journal.

“We don’t anticipate there being any major site impediments to building. Related brings to the project team financial strength and all of the relationships that we have

as an institutional real estate builder, owner and operator that’s been in the business for decades,” Jones said.

“So, we bring to the community and project certainty of execution. To the extent that we’re successful in our zoning process, the community can take comfort knowing that we will build and along with Atria we will operate for the foreseeable future a very great project in the neighborhood.”

While there is no immediate timetable for submission of applications to the city of New Rochelle for site plan approval and use of the overlay zone on the site, a project website, wilmotlakesideliving.com, has been established to present the concept to the community, outline its potential benefits and seek feedback.

Ben-Simon said that the approval process with New Rochelle would be slightly different for the company since it is used to doing projects where building takes place without zoning changes or major waiv-

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ers being required.

“We’re used to coming in, dealing with the pitchforks, the screaming or the silence after the fact,” Ben-Simon said.

“This was a different approach because it’s something that people have an emotional attachment to, meaning that people perceive something that is really being built for the community.

“Because this is something that is citywide beneficial, beyond the accommodation for seniors, we felt that we wanted to approach this in a very transparent and professional manner.

A lot of times in my experience we’ve gone for developments and while we’re in the entitlement stage a lot of rumors and misconceptions are spread. So, the last thing we wanted was people going around saying, ‘I heard KOSL and Related were building a hotel on this site’ or something crazy like that. We wanted to make sure we have the right message out so we can address any questions neighbors or community members have.”

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Preparing for a comfortable retirement

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s you approach retirement, you need to focus on key financial issues to ensure a smooth transition. Here are five of them: 1. Health insurance. Are you among the lucky few who will continue to be covered after retirement?

If not, you’ll need to replace your health coverage.

If you will be eligible for Medicare at the time of your retirement, you may want to start checking into “Medigap” coverage. Medicare pays for much, but not all, of the cost for covered health care services and supplies. Medigap is Medicare Supplement Insurance that helps fill in “gaps” and is sold by private companies to individuals age 65 and older.

If your employee plan coverage is broader than Medicare, consider taking care of nonemergency medical, dental, or eye-care needs before you retire.

2. Other insurance Once you retire, and depending on individual circumstances, you may need to replace employer-provided life insurance with extra coverage. You should also consider buying long-term care insurance in case of a lengthy nursing home stay in the future. Premiums for qualified long-term care insurance policies are tax deductible to the extent that they, along with other unreimbursed medical expenses (including Medicare premiums), exceed 10 percent of the insured’s adjusted gross income in 2020.

3. Social Security Decide whether you want to take early Social Security benefits if you’re retiring before your full retirement age, which is currently 66 years of age for people born between 1943 and 1954 and age 67 for those born after 1960. The years in between are prorated accordingly. If you choose to retire as early as age 62, doing so may result in a reduction of as much as 30 percent of your full benefits. Conversely, starting to receive benefits after normal retirement age may result in larger benefits.

Taking Social Security benefits at full retirement age makes financial sense for most people, but if you think you might need to take early benefits, it would be prudent to talk with a financial professional first.

4. Pension plan or 401(k) retirement plan payout Plan well in advance how you’ll take the payout from your pension plan or 401(k) plan. For example, will you transfer the funds to a conventional or Roth IRA? How will the funds be invested?

5. Relocation If you’re planning a move to another state or country, make sure that you fully explore the financial ramifications of living there before you move. Cost of living as well as rates of taxation can vary significantly from one region of the country to another.

This article does not cover all the elements for a comfortable retirement and should not be taken as advice. Consider consulting a financial professional to develop a plan specific for your circumstances.

Norm Grill, CPA, (N.Grill@GRILL1.com) is managing partner of Grill & Partners, LLC (www.GRILL1. com), certified public accountants and consultants to closely held companies and high-net-worth individuals, with offices in Fairfield and Darien, 203-254-3880.

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C-Suite Talk: Westfair award winners cite communication, teamwork as keys to success

BY KEVIN ZIMMERMAN kzimmerman@westfairinc.com

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he importance and benefits of communication and teamwork were the bywords for many of this year’s Westfair C-Suite Award winners, especially in light of the Covid-19 pandemic. Indeed, the event itself was for the first time held virtually, following several postponements of the usually in-person ceremonies.

Posted online on Sept. 10, this year’s edition led off with Nuvance Health CEO Dr. John Murphy, who was named 2019’s Business Person of the Year by Westfair Communications.

“The last six or seven months have been remarkable,” Murphy said, “certainly in health care — and, I suspect, for each and every one of you the world has changed.”

He went on to define professional success by paraphrasing Dr. Albert Schweitzer’s remarks that “those who will be happiest would be those who sought and found how to serve others,” and to describe personal success as “when you have something useful to do, someone to love and something to hope for.”

Anthony Viceroy, CEO, Westmed Medical Group, expanded on the topic by saying: “Success to me doesn’t necessarily have to do with one’s own achievements. Success means giving your team and your organization the tools that they need in order to be successful.”

“It’s all about the people,” remarked Atlantic Westchester President Budd Hammer.

“That’s the key to success.” He illustrated the point by noting that his firm occasionally

sends out videos, in addition to scheduling live video meetings, for staff to stay connected and informed; the result, he said, is “a stronger, better company” because “we know each other a little bit better.”

A.G. Williams Painting Co. President and CEO George Williams said his company holds daily Zoom meetings with staff. Sometimes the talk is about business and sometimes it is about how everyone is feeling, “expressing ourselves and getting it out there,” he said.

Katrine Beck, co-founder of Fullerton Beck LLP, said the law firm’s philosophy is to “build genuine relationships and treat people with respect and dignity at all times” — an idea echoed by Ugo Chiulli, CEO and co-founder of Progressive Computing.

“Our guiding principle is

that relationships mean everything,” he said. Even during the pandemic, “Doing nothing and hoping for the best was simply not an option if we wanted to remain in business.”

To keep communications flowing, quarterly meetings became monthly get-togethers, Chiulli said, describing his team as “now stronger than ever before.”

Also honored were: Marvet Abbassi, CFO of Dental Associates of Connecticut; Paul Blanco, founder and CEO, Barnum Financial Group; Robert Glazer, CEO of ENT & Allergy Associates; Adam Hammerman, vice president and CFO, New York Medical College; Meghan Hongach, director of marketing, Ridge Hill; and Glenn Maciness, executive vice president and CFO at Webster Financial Group.

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Covid-19: The catalyst to the tidal wave of commercial lease litigation

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Due to the pandemic and Gov. Andrew Cuomo’s executive orders placing New York state on “pause,” many businesses were forced to shut down for months, leaving commercial space underutilized or completely unutilized. As a result, many businesses closed their doors indefinitely, while others are fighting to stay afloat and recoup their losses.

These businesses are questioning or already in the throes of a commercial lease dispute over their contractual rights and obligations in light of the pandemic and government-mandated shutdown. This novel virus promises to raise novel legal issues as disputes escalate and courts are

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asked to rule on lease-related claims in this unprecedented environment.

The recently filed suit by global law firm Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP against its New York landlord for breach of its lease is a prime example of what we expect from other businesses. The complaint provides that Simpson Thatcher is seeking $8 million in damages for its landlord’s alleged refusal to recognize the firm’s contractual right to a rent abatement pursuant to the lease’s force majeure or act of God provision. A force majeure clause typically specifies circumstances, such as natural disasters, armed conflict and health and safety issues, under which a party’s performance is excused under a contract (or lease) because those circumstances render performance impossible.

According to Simpson Thacher, the pandemic and resulting shutdown constituted a force majeure event entitling the firm to a rent abatement.

New York courts will be challenged to interpret terms of commercial leases to determine how rights and obligations hold up during a pandemic and government-ordered shutdown.

As in all contract disputes, the outcome of Simpson Thacher’s suit and other commercial lease litigations will turn largely, if not entirely, on the language of the lease at issue. The key overarching question therefore is how, if at all, have individual leases allocated the risk of business interruptions and similar situations between landlord and tenant.

We expect lease-related litigation to be initiated by both tenants and landlords.

Many will involve tenants who feel justified refusing to pay rent or terminating their leases when their businesses were shut down, while others will involve landlords who tried to offset their losses by drawing down on security deposits, pursuing payment under guaranty provisions or attempting to force recalcitrant tenants out while the courts were closed and eviction proceedings were suspended.

In addition to force majeure and rent abatement clauses, which are at the forefront of the Simpson Thacher case, landlords and tenants seeking to enforce or escape lease obligations will likely look to the common law doctrines of frustration of purpose and impossibility of performance and lease provisions covering termination, security, guaranty of performance, co-tenancy and default, to name a few.

While most lease-related disputes will assert claims for breach of contract and/or seek a declaratory judgment from the court pronouncing the parties’ respective contractual rights, creative lawyering is likely to conjure up additional claims and defenses for the enforcement of and escape from commercial lease obligations. The outcome of these efforts will vary based on lease language and the particular circumstances and businesses at issue.

Before commercial landlords and tenants consider pursuing lease-related claims or defenses, they should review their leases and individual circumstances with the right counsel to understand how a court might interpret the relevant provisions and determine how best to proceed.

Just as each lease is different, the issues, hardships and circumstances of each party to a commercial lease are different and need to be considered when deciding how best to protect a party’s rights.

Commercial landlords and tenants should be looking for a counsel who is not only an aggressive litigator with experience in complex contract disputes, but also one who is a creative, out-of-the-box critical thinker poised to handle novel issues in a legal landscape that is developing in real time.

The right counsel can assist in determining whether the most efficient and effective way forward is through a hard-fought litigation or through a negotiated compromise and lease modifications that factor in the realities of the present crisis. We are in unchartered territory that should not be navigated alone.

Russell Yankwitt is managing partner of White Plains-based Yankwitt LLP, and Alicia Tallbe is counsel with the firm.

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Peekskill project praised as affordable housing done right

BY PETER KATZ pkatz@westfairinc.com

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groundbreaking ceremony was held Sept. 9 for a $50.8 million affordable housing project to be built on what had been a hillside sloping down from 645 Main St. to 638 Central Ave. in Peekskill.

The developer is Wilder Balter Partners of Chappaqua. Plans call for 82 apartments and a 142-space garage.

The building is designed to be energy efficient and will include solar panels to generate much of the electricity for the building.

The units are to be affordable for people earning 40 to 80 percent or less of the Westchester area median income. The state’s New York State Homes and Community Renewal (HCR) division is providing most of the funding with the Westchester County Housing Implementation Fund contributing $5.7 million and the county’s New Homes Land Acquisition fund

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contributing $2.3 million.

The building will have 18 one-bedroom units, 50 two-bedroom units and 14 three-bedroom units. The height of the building will be five stories, but only three stories will be visible from the Main Street side of the project due to the terrain.

Speaking at the groundbreaking event, Bill Balter, president of Wilder Balter Partners, said, “This is a very complicated development. It’s a brownfield site. There’s a 50-foot grade change between Central Avenue and Main Street. We have the McGregor Brook that runs through the center of the property. It’s a tough build but it’s a challenge we’re all up to.”

Balter explained the location is a block from City Hall, next to the downtown, a block from the library and an elementary school and three blocks from the Metro-North Railroad station.

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The state of the office market in Westchester

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ince the shutdown in mid-March, there are many more questions than answers about the future of the office.

One key trend has been seen in suburban markets as well as in New York City.

While offices are technically open at significantly reduced capacity, employees are

in no hurry to come back to them. Much of the issue in New York City is that employees do not want to use public transportation (Metro-North and/or the NYC subway system) to get to work. They consider these to be significant health risks.

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can usually walk up a few flights of stairs to their workplace, office attendance is extremely light.

Early in the pandemic, companies were talking about reopening their offices in July or September. Now the talk is January the earliest, with some not even setting dates and offering employees open-ended opportunities to continue working from home.

I personally feel that it is unlikely that office attendance in the suburbs will return to normal until mid-2021. Even if a vaccine is approved and available, there are still big questions about who will be willing to take it, and the public’s confidence in its safety and efficacy.

Many large companies are anxious to get their employees back into the office, but they are being very careful not to mandate attendance for any employee who has safety and health concerns.

There has been a small recent groundswell of New York City landlords and large companies that are now campaigning to reopen the city’s offices and economy.

While office-based businesses are generally functioning, many of the retail and service businesses that depend on workers for their livelihood are not functioning at all and are in danger of closing.

Employees are certainly used to “work from home” by now, and most of the people I have spoken to assert it is working well. However, there is little social interaction among workers and little opportunity to personally brainstorm about issues and problems.

In addition, new and younger workers are not being mentored by their seniors; they are not meeting their peers; they are not learning to interact with clients and customers on a face-to-face basis. All of these will impact negatively on their skills and career and development.

I believe that working from home will last in some form for the foreseeable future. If employees work even one day per week from home, that will mean that there are 20 percent fewer people in the office each day. This will decrease density and physical contact with others. While some companies have installed some after-market Plexiglas protection to better isolate workers to avoid airborne contamination, I do not know of any company that has entered into any physical reconfiguration of its office to address Covidrelated issues. It is irrelevant anyway, as there are few people in the offices and few, if any, indoor meetings with fellow employees or clients.

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spaces for potential satellite offices in Westchester. My instinct tells me that they were covering themselves in the event they were asked if they had investigated suburban alternatives, so these surveys by and large went into the file drawer.

There have been some (relatively small) lease transactions of small accounting and other firms that have taken “as is” space in Westchester, but nothing of any significance. Some office leasing deals are taking place, as there are businesses that are stable and predictable and have upcoming real estate needs.

Others who are less sure of the nearterm future are asking their landlords for 12- to 24-month lease extensions, just to give them some breathing room if their lease is expiring and they do not see a clear path forward.

Needless to say, landlords by and large are complying with these requests, as they need to pay their mortgages, taxes and operating expenses and are not seeing much general deal velocity to refill vacant spaces.

The Payroll Protection Program money was secured and largely spent on payroll and rent relatively early in the pandemic and has likely run out for many of its recipients.

By and large, the companies that I have spoken to are doing relatively well in their businesses. While revenue is generally down, it is not catastrophic, save for certain sectors like child day care, gyms, movie theaters and restaurants, whose businesses have been significantly dam-

aged from the pandemic. Many of these will likely not recover and the impact on the retail, fitness and entertainment sectors will be long-lived and/or permanent.

The jury is still out on the long-term effects of the pandemic on the office markets. This uncertainly will likely continue well into 2021, or more than a year since the original shutdown began.

The questions about the long-term future of work and offices will remain, and the answers will come slowly and in bits and pieces. The “new normal” will evolve very gradually and the future of many large segments of the economy will depend on this evolution.

Howard E. Greenberg is president of Howard Properties Ltd. He has represented tenants and landlords for 34 years in Westchester County, throughout the United States and in Europe. He can be reached at 914-997-0300 or howard@ howprop.com.

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Rockland County has a new hotel with the opening of The Element by Westin in Spring Valley.

The 87-room hotel is at 90 Spring Valley Marketplace just off Exit 14 on I-87/287. It offers apartment-style units with kitchenettes, along with a fitness center, an indoor heated pool, a daily hot breakfast buffet and a lobby bar.

The hotel had a soft opening on Sept. 10 and a grand opening ceremo-

ny is being planned for next month.

“The new hotel offers another great reason for travelers to get off the New York state Thruway and stay in Rockland,” said County Executive Ed Day. “This new Element will help energize the revamped Spring Valley Marketplace and Rockland’s economy.”

The new hotel is the 85th location with The Element by Westin brand operated by the Marriott chain.

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he described as “a rare opportunity.”

In an earlier interview with the Business Journal, Balter had said, “We’ve done market rate developments where we have a percentage of units that are affordable, and we’ve done developments that are 100% affordable. In the case of Peekskill, it’s affordable and workforce.”

Balter noted there are differences in designing a project for an urban setting such as Peekskill and less-populated locations.

“It’s difficult to deal in areas that are quite built-up because there’s the cost of the land and the zoning doesn’t allow for larger developments, usually. On a larger site, we would offer multiple buildings and on-grade parking in the development. In this case, our site is just under two acres so our parking is under our building.”

At the groundbreaking, Balter said that his firm is working with Peekskill, the state and the Boys & Girls Club of Northern Westchester to turn the Kiley

Youth Center, adjacent to the project on Main Street, into a new club to be called the Peekskill Boys and Girls Club. He said they hope to have the new community facility opened by the end of 2021.

Peekskill Mayor Andrew Rainey said the development “is not just an affordable housing project. This is a leading by example project for not only the city of Peekskill but for Westchester County and New York as a whole. This moment today will be a historic moment that I personally will never forget.”

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Westchester County Executive George Latimer made reference to President Trump’s recent use of Westchester in his claims that the suburbs were being destroyed by affordable housing and crime.

Citing the Business Journal’s recent article in which he was quoted reacting to Trump’s rhetoric, Latimer said, “We’ve had a recent conversation about Westchester and affordable housing in the press. The president and the Secretary (Housing and Urban Development Secretary Ben Carson) had some comments to make about concerns that they have about what affordable housing means. I think they’ve missed the boat.”

Latimer said that to see what affordable housing is all about people need to come to Peekskill and look at what’s happening at the new project. He said that both Trump and Carson would be welcomed if they wished to visit.

“This is what affordable housing is.

This is sized in a way where people can be a part of a community. It’s structured in a way where there is diversity built in,” Latimer said.

“If you want to talk about saving the suburbs you want affordable housing.

Because what affordable housing does, it gives people who are not Wall Street executives or top lawyers the ability to afford to live and stay in a community ...

You have a stronger community when you have affordable housing. It’s not ruining the community; it’s saving the community.”

State Sen. Peter Harckham said, “I come out of the affordable housing world and I’ve been dealing with the NIMBY (not in my back yard) mentality for 20 years and when it comes from the President of the United States ... it ups the ante, and that’s why it’s so incumbent on all of us to come together and celebrate great building and great housing like this.”

RuthAnne Visnauskas, commissioner of the state’s HCR, said that the state’s housing plans rely on municipalities. She said that since 2011 HCR has put more than $1 billion into 130 developments to create and preserve almost 13,000 affordable housing units throughout the state.

She said that in Westchester, HCR has invested nearly $800 million for more than 7,500 affordable apartments that will eventually house more than 20,000 people.

“This project is being financed by what at HCR we call our ‘climate bonds.’

That means this project is meeting rigorous international standards for sustainability that will yield an impact on the climate and on the environment,” Visnauskas said.

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Stamford Urby riding wave of NY émigrés

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he much-ballyhooed flight from New York City caused by Covid-19 has definitely benefited Stamford, according to the owner of one of that city’s newest rental communities — though he warns that the bounce could be short-lived.

“I think it’s a temporary exodus,” David Barry, CEO of Urby — which in partnership with Brookfield Property Group operates Stamford Urby at 1 Greyrock Place — told the Business Journal.

“Right now it’s driven by a lot of business offices that have not returned to work yet.”

Barry noted that earlier this month, JPMorgan Chase asked its managers to start returning to their offices beginning Sept. 21, with some exemptions allowed — a possible sign that the workfrom-home movement may be dissipating.

Nevertheless, the $20 million, 465-unit Stamford Urby has now signed about 275 leases, Barry said, roughly 11 months after it began accepting tenants.

Obviously the pandemic took place in the middle of that period, but Barry said the rental numbers were more or less in line with what the company had anticipated.

“The leasing pace has been really strong,” he said, with more than 30% of those leases since May signed by New York residents.

Even if the migration from the Empire State should slow down or reverse, Barry said, Urby remains confident that millennials will continue looking to live outside of Gotham. While other Urby properties in Jersey City and Harrison, New Jersey, are more driven by the quick commutes to Manhattan, he added, Stamford residents — and wannabe residents — are looking for something else.

“In general that’s a group that’s reaching a point in their lives where they want to start having kids and things like that,” he said. “Even as New York City

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gets back online, certain people are still going to want to shift to Connecticut, which is something that should benefit us and Stamford as a whole. We’ve gotten a lot of leads and inquiries from New York City addresses — more than we were pre-Covid.”

Built at the site of Stamford’s notorious-for-years “hole in the ground,” Urby features a plethora of green spaces, an elevated saltwater pool and patio, communal kitchen, fitness facility and a dog park for resident canines.

Monthly rents currently range from $1,780 for studios, $2,295 for one-bedrooms and $2,905 for two-bedroom units.

Virtual tours have become routine in real estate. And while Urby is no exception, Barry said that it seems that the days of signing leases without at least getting an in-person glance at the apartment also seem to be on the wane.

“In the current environment, most people follow up with an in-person visit, either guided or self-guided,” he said. “That’s still very much a part of the equation.

You’re making a life decision here, something that’s going to have an effect on you for a year or more, so most people want to come in and touch the property before signing.”

Still to come is a second and final phase, which will bring the property’s number of apartments to 648. Originally set to begin in January, weather delays and then the pandemic caused those plans to be revisited. Barry said the work would now “probably start in the fourth quarter, or it could be first-quarter 2021. We’re still in the pre-pricing phase as far as construction costs.”

Urby and Brookfield Properties are about to start work on additional projects in Jersey City (“within six weeks”), Dallas (“very soon”) and a pair of Urby residences in Washington, D.C., provisionally set to start in the second quarter of 2021.

“Covid caused some delays of course,” Barry said. “Every part of the world slowed down or stopped. But we’re still going full speed ahead.”

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CUTTING EDGE DR. BARRY ZINGMAN is clinical director of

infectious diseases at the Moses Division of Montefiore Medical Center, medical director of the Montefiore AIDS Center, professor of medicine at Albert Einstein College of Medicine and principal investigator at Montefiore/Einstein of the NIH Adaptive Covid-19 Treatment Trial of new therapies for patients hospitalized with Covid-19 and on upcoming Covid vaccine trials.

Dr. Zingman’s interest in infectious diseases started when he was a medical student in the early 1980s in New York City, caring for people newly diagnosed with an as-yet unnamed illness that was striking young men, drug users and particularly people of color. This led him to specialize in infectious diseases, with a primary focus in care, teaching and research in HIV/AIDS. He has led dozens of studies of new therapies for HIV/AIDS over the last 30 years, chaired committees to improve care of people living with the disease and rose to directing the largest HIV program in New York state. His involvement in Covid came as unexpectedly as it appeared, but his team, his colleagues and he took on the responsibility to try to offer hope to people stricken by the illness, along with their desperate families. This research led to the first therapy (Remdesivir) proven to work for Covid-19. His team is studying additional treatments for Covid-19 and he is leading Covid vaccine studies to start this month at Montefiore/ Einstein. He is proud to be able to offer new treatments and vaccines to the New York-area communities most affected during the early US Covid-19 outbreak.

FEMALE TRAILBLAZER DR. SUSAN KLUGMAN is the director of reproductive and medical genetics, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology and Women’s Health at Montefiore Health System and is a professor of obstetrics, gynecology and pediatrics at Albert Einstein College of Medicine. She has been practicing for more than 25 years and is passionate about helping patients and their families identify genetic risk factors for diseases. Dr. Klugman is also the program director for the medical genetics residency and serves on the Montefiore and Einstein cancer committee. Nationally, she is the vice president for clinical genetics for the American College of Medical Genetics and Genomics (ACMG), representative for the American Medical Associations’ House of Delegates for ACMG, liaison to the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists’ (ACOG) Committee on Genetics. She recently completed a six-year term on the ACGME (Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education) Residency Review Committee for Medical Genetics and was president of the Program Directors group of the APHMG (American Professors of Human and Medical Genetics). In 2018, she was awarded ACOG’s Advocacy Fellowship and spent two weeks in Washington, D.C. discussing legislation regarding women’s health with lawmakers and their staff. She continues to do this work in New York state, focusing on postpartum issues, hereditary cancer and pregnancy loss. Additionally, she is the reproductive genetics editor for Genetics in Medicine Journal, a leading peer-reviewed publication for genetics. Dr. Klugman graduated from Cornell University with a Bachelor of Science degree with honors in biometry and statistics, and from New York University School of Medicine.

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EXCEPTIONAL LEADERSHIP IN HEALTH CARE DR. MOOYEON OH-PARK, Burke Rehabilitation Hospital’s senior vice president and chief medical officer, oversees Burke’s clinical operations and plays a key role in the strategic planning and expansion of Burke’s programs and rehabilitation services within the Montefiore Health System. Since joining Burke in April 2018, Dr. Oh-Park has been developing an integrated system linking high-quality patient care – including seamless transition across the continuum of care, Burke’s graduate medical education program and clinical research and innovation. At the epicenter of the pandemic, Dr. Oh-Park immediately recognized tremendous unmet needs for the physical, cognitive and psychological rehabilitation of Covid-19 survivors.

Under her exceptional leadership, Burke has developed and implemented protocols and strategies to establish clinical integration with hospitals within the Montefiore Health System. Burke established a working model for addressing the rehabilitation needs of Covid-19 survivors and became an essential post-acute partner for acute care hospitals in New York city and the Hudson Valley region. In 2019, Dr. Oh-Park was invited to the Global Rehabilitation 2030 meeting in Geneva, Switzerland, hosted by the World Health Organization (WHO) for long-range planning for rehabilitation worldwide. She is a professor in the Department of Rehabilitation Medicine and the Department of Neurology at Albert Einstein College of Medicine and serves on the editorial board of the American Journal of PM&R and Annals of Rehabilitation Medicine with 50 peer reviewed publications. She received 16 educational awards, including 2019-2020 Best Mentor of the Year at Burke Rehabilitation Hospital.

HEALTH EXECUTIVE OF THE YEAR DR. RICHARD MOREL has a comprehensive management background in all aspects of clinical, operational, financial, risk and strategic matters. He has worked for CareMount Medical since 2017 as chief physician executive responsible for managing CareMount Medical’s physician operations across six counties in New York state, as well as groupwide initiatives. Dr. Morel oversees operational management of clinical services, recruitment and retention, as well as the design and implementation of clinical and quality initiatives designed to drive improvements for patient care delivery. Additionally, he helps to manage CareMount Health Solutions ACO LLC’s clinically integrated hospital and skilled nursing facility network, created to reduce re-admissions and mortality while continually improving care. Prior to serving as chief physician executive, he was the deputy chief medical officer for CareMount Medical. He also serves as the medical director of CareMount Health Solutions ACO. Prior to joining CareMount Medical, Dr. Morel was the co-medical director and vice president of WestMed in Purchase, New York, where he was responsible for overseeing physicians across the group. From 1998 to 2008, he served as medical director for Columbia Presbyterian Riverdale. Dr. Morel is board certified in internal medicine. He graduated from the College of the Holy Cross with a Bachelor of Arts degree in chemistry. After receiving his medical degree from Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons, he completed his postgraduate training at Columbia-Presbyterian Medical Center. He also received a Master of Medical Management degree from Carnegie Mellon University and is a fellow of the American College of Physicians.

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HEALTH EXECUTIVE OF THE YEAR MICHAEL SPICER, a health care executive with more than 35 years of hospital and long-term care experience, is president and CEO of Saint Joseph’s Medical Center in Yonkers, New York. He is the first male and first lay president of Saint Joseph’s, a Catholic health care facility founded by the Sisters of Charity in 1888. He began his career with Saint Joseph’s in 1984 serving as executive vice president and chief operating officer and was named president prior to assuming the title of CEO in 2000. He is the longest-serving hospital president in Westchester County. Spicer holds a Bachelor of Science degree from Fairfield University in Connecticut, and an MBA in finance from St. John’s University. He is a fellow of the American College of Health Care Executives and a board member of numerous community organizations, including the Suburban Hospital Alliance of New York State and is secretary of the Healthcare Association of New York State (HANYS). He will become chair elect of HANYS in January 2021 and chairman in January 2022. Spicer was instrumental in the hospital’s dramatic expansion and development over the past 20 years. Today, Saint Joseph’s includes a 194-bed acute care hospital, a 138bed psychiatric hospital – St. Vincent’s Hospital Westchester – two affordable senior housing facilities, 1,500 supportive housing apartments throughout New York City and Westchester and numerous out-patient programs and services for the residents of Westchester and the five boroughs of New York City.

LIFETIME ACHIEVEMENT DR. JOHN A. SAVINO has served as Felicien Steichen professor and chairman of the Department of Surgery at New York Medical College (NYMC) for 17 years and as director of surgery at the Westchester Medical Center for 15 years. He previously served as program director of the general surgery residency and Surgical Critical Care Fellowship, as well as chief of trauma and surgical critical care for 17 years at Westchester Medical Center. In 1996, the New York State Department of Health designated Westchester Medical Center as the only Level I Trauma Center in the Hudson Valley region. Dr. Savino served as the inaugural chief of trauma and surgical critical care at Westchester Medical Center for 17 years. Most recently, he was the senior vice president of medical operations at Westchester Medical Center. Dr. Savino was a pioneer in areas of clinical research, which focused on issues of surgical critical care and trauma. He was instrumental in securing approximately $4 million in research grants and funding for the training of surgeons. He received his training in general surgery at New York Medical College Flower Fifth Avenue and Metropolitan hospitals from 1969 through 1974. After an initial seven-year period in private practice, he returned to NYMC and Westchester Medical Center in 1981. After attaining 39 consecutive years at NYMC, Dr. Savino was awarded the status of Emeritus Professor of Surgery.

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DR. KELLY A. HUTCHESON is the director

of ophthalmology for Westchester Medical Center Health Network (WMCHealth), responsible for the continued growth and development of the ophthalmology programs at Westchester Medical Center, Maria Ferari Children’s Hospital and MidHudson Regional. Dr. Hutcheson also serves as chair of the department of ophthalmology at New York Medical College. Prior to joining WMCHealth, she served as the chief of ophthalmology at a state of the art women’s and children’s hospital in the Middle East.

She also worked in the public hospital system where she encountered patients from around the Middle East and Asia, many of whom came from backgrounds of limited access to health care.

Dr. Hutcheson also attended a humanitarian trip in Nedjo, Ethiopia, in partnership with Surgical Eye Expeditions (SEE), International. Previously, she developed and led the novel program, the Surgical Humanitarian Outreach Center, a philanthropically funded cost center to provide funding for surgical outreach. This program provided support and fellowship teaching of surgical and anesthesia delivery in developing countries. In 2006, Dr. Hutcheson founded a humanitarian group that became Casa De Luz, a charitable organization that provides free medical and surgical eye care to patients on the North Coast of the Dominican Republic. This group partners with Island Impact on the ground to provide sustainable continuity of care for patients. The mission has since provided free eye care to thousands of adults and children. She is now the emeritus president of the organization.

DR. ANDREW SWIDERSKI has always had

an interest in international and immigrant medicine.

During the 1980s and 1990s, he worked with nutrition programs providing emergency relief in Mauritania, South Sudan, Malawi and Mozambique. He appreciated the vulnerability of children to the effects of drought and civil unrest – issues which have become even more pervasive since then. Above all, he learned that long-term impact in those settings can only occur if local, existing infrastructure and skills can be strengthened, rather than a band aid approach to international assistance. Since graduating from the University of Rochester, New York, medical school and completing pediatric specialty training there, he has continued to provide primary health care to immigrants in this country. After 11 years of working in community health centers in Baltimore and Washington, D.C., the Westchester County native has returned home to provide care to the underserved at Open Door’s Ossining, New York, health center. He thrives in such a setting that offers comprehensive services to a diverse patient population. He is an enthusiastic preceptor for medical students and pediatric doctors in training and finds Open Door to be an optimal setting for teaching. Dr. Swiderski is committed to his patients and feels like they are his extended family. His career goal is to continue trying to improve health care that is respectful, fosters trust and open communication and keeps patients in charge of their own health by emphasizing lifestyle choices and preventive medicine.

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Joseph Brill, MD Pulmonary Medicine

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YOU MAKE US COMMUNITY STRONG Mark Silberman, MD Emergency Medicine

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Paul Antonecchia, MD Physician Hospital Leadership & Medical Education

These St. John’s physicians were the frontliners of the COVID-19 response every day in our ICU, ED and facility-wide.They worked four months straight fulfilling their mission of service to our community, and in some cases did not go home in fear of exposing their own families.With their leadership, we expanded our ICU capacity by 333% while also treating thousands of COVID symptomatic patients in the ED. This team worked alongside their colleagues, and our incredible nursing and ancillary staff dealing with gravely ill patients each day.

These doctors are well respected practitioners in the best of times. In the worst of times, they cared for truly sick individuals in a scary moment of history and inspired us all.

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POWER COUPLE DR. JENNIFER JOHNSON is board certi-

fied in family medicine. She graduated summa cum laude from Saint Louis University with a Bachelor of Arts degree in psychology and a minor in theology and pre-medicine. Additionally, she was awarded the Saint Louis University Dean’s Scholarship and was a National Merit Scholar for the university. Dr. Johnson received her medical degree from Saint Louis University School of Medicine and completed her residency training at Tufts University School of Medicine in family medicine. Her special interests within medicine include office procedures and women’s health. As a family doctor, she is interested in understanding her patients as whole individuals, in the context of their families and environments. She joined Westmed Medical Group in 2005 as an urgent care doctor and transitioned to internal medicine practice at Westmed’s Rye location in 2014. Dr. Johnson is a member of the American Academy of Family Physicians.

POWER COUPLE DR. JASON SHUKER is associate medical

director of immediate and urgent care managing all seven of Westmed’s urgent care and immediate care centers. In addition to practicing medicine at Westmed’s urgent care locations, he also manages clinical staffing and recently implemented all of the clinical changes and protocol related to Covid-19 for these establishments. Additionally, Dr. Shuker oversees Westmed’s urgent care virtual visit (telemedicine) program. After graduating from McGill University in Montreal, Canada, with a Bachelor of Science degree in anatomical sciences and cellular biology, he completed a Master of Arts degree in medical science at Boston University School of Medicine and received his medical degree from the same institution after which he completed his residency training at Tufts University Family Medicine Residency in Malden, Massachusetts, and he is certified in advanced cardiac life support.

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PROMISE FOR THE FUTURE EBRAHIM AFSHINNEKOO graduated

summa cum laude from the Macaulay Honors College at Queens College with a Bachelor of Arts degree in environmental science and biochemistry. He is currently a fourth-year medical student at New York Medical College and a senior research Fellow in the Mason Lab at Weill Cornell Medicine. He has made significant contributions in multiple fields of research, including metagenomics and microbiome, precision medicine, clinical genomics and bioinformatics and has published more than 30 peer-reviewed publications in several notable journals, including Science, Cell, Nature Medicine, Nature Biotechnology and Nature Communications. His work has been featured by hundreds of media outlets worldwide, including The Wall Street Journal, The New York Times, TIME, WIRED, The New Yorker, National Geographic, BBC, NPR and CBS. In 2015, Ebrahim co-founded MetaSUB, a 501c3 nonprofit organization and research consortium dedicated to building genetic profiles of cities around the globe to improve their design, functionality and positively impact the health of their populations. Ebrahim served as founding executive director and currently serves as clinical director for the consortium. He is a member of the Gold Humanism Honor Society and has received several awards, including the City University of New York Jonas E. Salk award and the United States Public Health Service Excellence in Public Health award. He is passionate about clinical practice and taking care of patients, medical education, mentoring students, biomedical and clinical research and global health. Ebrahim hopes to pursue a career in ophthalmology.

SUPPORT STAFF DR. DANIEL BOXER is a board-certified,

fellowship-trained hematologist/oncologist with 15 years of experience as a physician. He is also board certified in internal medicine and has been an attending physician at Norwalk Hospital in the C. Anthony and Jean Whittingham Cancer Center since 2017.

He was involved with launching the first-of-its-kind cancer care collaboration between Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center (MSK) and Norwalk Hospital.

Dr. Boxer is also on MSK’s medical staff. He approaches cancer care as a collective effort with the care team, patient and the patient’s family. For his patients with cancer he knows it’s essential to involve their families so his patients have all of the support they need to help them fight the disease. Passionate about teaching medical residents, his students have been recognizing his dedication to teaching since 2008, when he earned his first award for excellence in teaching at Georgetown University Hospital in Washington, D.C. Since then, he’s been the recipient of several awards for his teaching capabilities, including most recently the Norwalk Hospital Medicine Attending of the Year in 2019 and 2020. Dr. Boxer completed a fellowship in hematology/oncology at New York University in New York City and a medical residency and internship in internal medicine at Georgetown University Hospital. He earned a medical degree from St. George’s University School of Medicine in Grenada, West Indies, and a Bachelor of Arts degree from Amherst College in Amherst, Massachusetts. Dr. Boxer is currently a member of the American Society of Hematology and the American Society of Clinical Oncology.

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BRIAN FULLERTON has worked as a

registered respiratory therapist (RRT) for nearly 15 years. He received his bachelor’s degree from SUNY Plattsburgh in mass media communications in 2001.

He then decided to follow his family’s calling into the health care field, by pursuing a degree in respiratory therapy. He graduated from Westchester Community College in 2006 at the top of his class and was immediately hired at Montefiore Medical Center where he worked as an RRT until December 2018, after which he took a full-time position with Northwell Health Northern Westchester Hospital. Fullerton also works as a per diem therapist at New York Presbyterian Hudson Valley Hospital. He has worked with all patient populations from neonatal to geriatric, helping those with difficulty breathing or those that were unable to breath at all. He has always been an advocate for his patients and their families and takes extra time to answer questions, educate on proper breathing techniques, pushes his patients forward, offers training to other health care professionals and is calm and focused in emergency situations. Fullerton always makes time for his patients, whether it’s to address a concern or to simply be someone they can converse with. His work has resulted in improved outcomes for his patients and he sets an exemplary level of professionalism and clearly demonstrates a love and dedication to the profession. He lives in the town of Somers with his wife, Allison, and their daughter, Ciara.

THE FLANZER CENTER FOR EMERGENCIES AND CRITICAL CARE AT WHITE PLAINS HOSPITAL is the

busiest emergency department (ED) in Westchester County, seeing upward of 65,000 patients every year. It is led by the passionate and experienced leadership team of Rafael E. Torres, M.D., director of emergency medicine; Dean J. Straff, M.D., associate director; Erica Dusseldorp, RN; Ertha Small-Nicolas, RN; Crystel Lewis, RN; Tiffany Collins, RN; Erik Larsen, M.D.; Farrukh Jafri, M.D.; Matthew Colantoni, M.D.; and Jeff Chianfagna, PA. In response to Covid-19, these leaders worked together as a cohesive unit to find solutions and formulate a plan to protect the Westchester community. From mid-March to late April, the ED team treated and tested more Covid-19 patients than any other hospital in the region – all while facing a daily surge of patients requiring advanced medical treatment for this new disease. To date, the White Plains Hospital Emergency Department team has treated more than 1,500 patients for Covid-19.

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TEAM THE CENTER FOR INTEGRATIVE MEDICINE AND WELLNESS AT STAMFORD HOSPITAL

has seen more than 100,000 of the area’s most challenging and complex patients since it opened in 2008. It has four full-time attending physicians who are fellowship trained in integrative medicine and one fellow who’s engaged in a highly competitive two-year fellowship seeing thousands of patients and learning to use nutrition, acupuncture, Botox, trigger-point injections, botanicals, hypnosis and other mind/body techniques to help treat patients with chronic fatigue, fibromyalgia, chronic pain, pelvic pain and anxiety in addition to a myriad of other health conditions. The physicians work as a team along with the front desk, seeing patients together in one of the largest integrative medicine centers in the country. The team also publishes and presents multiple clinical studies annually in peer-reviewed journals and at international conferences as well as teaching residents and medical students as faculty at Columbia University.

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TEAM DR. MEERA GARCIA

leads the Women’s Health Services team at NewYork-

Presbyterian Hudson Valley Hospital where

she serves as division chief of obstetrics and gynecology as well as regional director of Women’s Health Services, NewYorkPresbyterian Medical Group. After assuming her role as chief and regional director, Dr. Garcia assembled a team of doctors, midwives and nurse practitioners from various backgrounds to bring a diversity of experience along with compassion and empathy to treat women in all stages of life. The team includes: Dr. Pavan Ananth, who specializes in advanced laparoscopic and robotic surgery; Dr. Matthew Cantor, who specializes in family-planning services; Dr. Meedlen Charles, who specializes in hysteroscopic surgery; Dr. Lisa McLeod, who specializes in holistic manipulation for pain and labor management; Joanne Mazzio, a licensed mid-wife and nurse practitioner; and Mara Rosato, a licensed midwife. NewYork-Presbyterian Hudson Valley Hospital’s maternity program is an extension of Columbia University Irving Medical Center’s Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, a national leader in maternity care. This relationship brings the world-class services and expertise of NewYork-Presbyterian’s academic medical center right to the community in northern Westchester. Key to NewYork-Presbyterian Hudson Valley Hospital’s success is its robotic surgery program for select patients who need abdominal or gynecologic surgeries. This fall, NewYork-Presbyterian Hudson Valley Hospital will open a new state-of-the-art maternity center that welcomes moms, their partners and family so that they can play a larger role in this special experience.

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TEAM THE WPH INNOVATION TEAM, the leaders

behind the launch of White Plains Hospital’s telehealth platform, WPH Connect, is comprised of a cross-functional group with diverse experiences and educational backgrounds, both clinical and administrative. It includes: Jonathan Bandel, vice president, strategy and innovation; Zsolt Kulcsar, DO, associate medical director of digital health and strategic ventures; Matthew Shafiroff, M.D., chief medical information officer; James Peacock, M.D., special medical advisor to the president and CEO; Robert Largey, senior director, strategic ventures; and Jason Silverstein, director, innovation and transformation. Innovation at White Plains Hospital has been a major driver of care delivery, helping to find unique ways for patients to access high-quality care. The launch and implementation of its virtual health platform, WPH Connect is a premier example of this ingenuity. As the pandemic hit and quickly spread across Westchester, it became clear that in order to continue to provide care to its patients, the White Plains Hospital’s ambulatory network of approximately 250 clinicians would need to deliver care virtually for the foreseeable future. In less than 10 days, all 250 of these clinicians were trained and delivering virtual consultations and follow-up appointments on WPH Connect. As a result of these efforts, between March 12 and Aug. 4, more than 25,000 successful virtual visits had been completed.

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message about them and communicate it effectively to others.

Bonanno serves as a trusted advisor to executives and entrepreneurs to accelerate the development of their communication, presentation and leadership skills. Since 2006, she has worked with leading organizations on four continents, from Chicago to Shanghai and Rio to Rome, including GE, Travelers, Praxair, Assa Abloy, Chase and Yale University.

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In addition to in-person consulting and workshops, Bonanno also offers help virtually. She is a Certified Virtual Presenter, the instructional videos on her YouTube channel have been viewed over 2 million times and she can help clients make their remote communication more successful.

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Congratulations to Our Doctors of Distinction Honorees HEALTH CARE EXECUTIVE OF THE YEAR

Michael J. Spicer President and CEO

COVID-19 HERO

Catherine O’Connell Hopkins Director of Community Outreach and School Health

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AMERICARES FREE CLINICS provide qual-

ity health care to low-income, uninsured patients in a setting where all individuals are treated with dignity and respect. At four locations in Fairfield County, Connecticut, Americares Free Clinics bring together skilled volunteers and donated services to provide comprehensive care to adults, free of charge. When the coronavirus pandemic reached Fairfield County, Americares Free Clinics made a rapid shift to telehealth and, during just the first six months, conducted more than 3,800 telehealth consults.

Weekly telehealth check-ins help patients take medicine on time and correctly, and patients can meet doctors anytime, anywhere – transportation and work schedules are no longer an impediment to care. Americares Free Clinics transition to telehealth was led by Executive Director Karen Gottlieb and Director of Clinical Operations Janet Yon and implemented by staff and volunteers across all four locations. At the Bob Macauley Americares Free Clinic of Norwalk, key team members include Director Veronica Sullivan, volunteer provider Dr. Howard Eison and Medical Director Dr. Ari Perkins. The telehealth team from the Boehringer Ingelheim Americares Free Clinic of Danbury includes Director Dina Valenti, provider Mary Beth Fessler, provider Patricia Dunn and Medical Director Dr. Patrick Broderick. At the Fred Weisman Americares Free Clinic of Bridgeport, key team members include Director Jennifer DaSilva, provider Gisela Lamour, volunteer provider Dr. Monica Lockwood and Medical Director Dr. John Machledt. The Americares Free Clinic of Stamford telehealth team includes Director Muguette Maignan, provider Dr. Nicolas Palacios, volunteer provider Dr. Katy Close and Medical Director Dr. Craig Olin.

DR. ANU PANI has 20 years of experience in urgent care and family medicine. She is board certified in family medicine and has dedicated her practice to the compassionate and thorough care of patients with a focus on families. Since opening Immediate Medical Care MD she has received an award from the local community for her heroic work during the coronavirus pandemic. The award states: “The Ossining Hispanic Parents Committee pays a well-deserved tribute of recognition to Dr. Anupama Pani, declaring her a Hero in the Covid-19 Pandemic. Working at Immediate Medical Care MD in Ossining, she has demonstrated exceptional professionalism and charisma, risking her own health. Today we publicly acknowledge her hard work and care provided to the Ossining community, especially to our Hispanic families. She became an angel to many of us who felt hopeless, without attention and rejected by many doctors. She not only provided Covid testing but also examined us personally; at the same time, she gave us medicine to alleviate symptoms and pneumonia, thus saving many lives. The hours in her office do not matter. She works long, late nights. Nobody was rejected at the center, contrary to other places that told us there is not enough tests or if you have symptoms, stay home and take Tylenol. She was the only one that made us feel like we were not alone. She is exceptional and continues to work with great dedication. Congratulations to the quality of a person she is, we are eternally grateful. Thank you, Dr. Pani and her team for their hard work and commitment to the Ossining Hispanic Community.”

Dr. Pani cares for every patient with dedication, empathy and professionalism.

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CHANGED THE WORLD Americares Free Clinics staff and volunteers rose to the challenge.

Americares Free Clinics congratulates its staff and volunteers on receiving a Doctors of Distinction award in telehealth—and celebrates the other award winners improving health care in the U.S. and around the world.

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CONGRATULATIONS United Hebrew of New Rochelle CONG R ATULATES

JENNIFER TAN

COVID-19

Going above and beyond to care for Westchester’s most vulnerable residents. You are our hero!

www.uhgc.org 914-632-2804 Jennifer Tan, Chief Nursing Officer, United Hebrew of New Rochelle

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COVID-19 HEROES

DR. SHERLITA AMLER has served as

Westchester’s commissioner of health since 2011 and previously held a similar position in Putnam County.

A former CDC (Center for Disease Control) medical officer, she has been leading the county’s public health response to Covid-19 since the beginning of 2020, before the first cases were identified in New York. In preparation of Covid-19’s emergence in Westchester, Dr. Amler worked to ensure that her staff had the proper personal protective (PPE) equipment, were fit-tested to enable them to wear N-95 masks, and that they understood the appropriate way to utilize equipment and felt comfortable in the procedures to obtain nasal swabs for the virus. As soon as Westchester’s first Covid-19 case was confirmed March 3 (only the second case in New York) a case investigation was immediately initiated and close contacts were identified. That same day, Westchester’s public health nurses began visiting private homes to test the contacts.

Hundreds of people were tested. None of the nurses became ill as a result of this public health response. In addition to case investigation and contact tracing, Dr. Amler’s team implemented and monitored compliance with isolation and quarantine orders for cases and contacts as the virus spread throughout the region. She directed health department staff to assist facilities involved in cluster outbreaks by providing on-site testing when needed as well as technical assistance in environmental protective measures to prevent the spread of the virus. Dr. Amler also worked closely with Westchester’s Emergency Operation Center, which oversaw the distribution of PPE to health care facilities and other high-priority locations. She personally responded to emails and telephone calls from concerned residents often providing her personal cellphone number in the process. Dr. Amler consistently emphasized practical, common-sense protective measures that every person could take to prevent exposure of themselves, their families and loved ones. Her leadership over many months of the Covid-19 emergency has emphasized a calm, practical and empathetic approach that respects individual rights and concerns and promotes optimal strategies to protect public health.

GEORGE W. CONTRERAS is assistant

professor, Institute of Public Health, and assistant director of the Center for Disaster Medicine at New York Medical College. He possesses nearly 30 years of experience in the fields of emergency medical services (EMS), disaster management, mental and public health, higher education, international disaster response, health care administration and consulting.

Prior to his current NYMC positions, he served as tenured associate professor and director of Allied Health at Kingsborough Community College of the City University of New York. He holds appointments as adjunct professor at Metropolitan College of New York, adjunct associate professor at John Jay College of Criminal Justice and adjunct faculty at the University of Malaga and the School of Medicine at Universidad CES in Medellin, Colombia. Professor Contreras has actively participated in various disasters in New York City and abroad, including the Sept. 11th terrorist attacks where he worked as a paramedic at Ground Zero. Throughout the Covid-19 pandemic, he continues to work as a paramedic in New York City. He earned a Bachelor of Arts degree, a Master of Public Health in Community Health Education degree, and a Master of Science degree in health services administration with honors. He is currently a Ph.D. candidate in health policy and management at New York Medical College.

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DR. DONALD CHEN is the hospital epidemi-

ologist at Westchester Medical Center, the flagship of the Westchester Medical Center Health Network (WMCHealth), as well as WMCHealth’s Maria Fareri Children’s Hospital and MidHudson Regional Hospital.

Dr. Chen leads the department of infection prevention and control in its mission of prevention of health careassociated infections. He received his medical degree from Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons, completed his residency training in internal medicine and fellowship training in infectious diseases at New York University Medical Center, followed by research training in genetic epidemiology of parasitic diseases. His current areas of focus include genomic epidemiology of drug-resistant organisms in health care settings and participation in a drug trial for the treatment of Covid-19.

CATHERINE O’CONNELL HOPKINS

graduated from Iona College where she received her Bachelor of Science degree in biology and chemistry followed by a Master of Science degree from Pace University. Professionally, O’Connell Hopkins worked as a family nurse practitioner in New York City and the Bronx for several years before affiliating with Pace University where in collaboration with Saint Joseph’s Medical Center she established a primary care clinic within the Homeless Services Network (HSN) in Yonkers. It’s been more than 27 years since she joined Saint Joseph’s Hospital and she’s never looked back. She is the director of community outreach and school health and manages school-based clinics in four elementary Yonkers Public Schools. These school-based clinics provide primary care services to students at no cost to the child’s family. O’Connell Hopkins also provides outreach services to those residing in southwest Yonkers and surrounding areas, providing flu vaccines, organizing health fairs, delivering educational information and participating in various community-based organizations that focus on the health of the city of Yonkers and its surrounding communities. When the Yonkers Public Schools closed due to Covid-19, she continued her mission to care for the members of the community in the epicenter of the pandemic in Westchester County. Saint Joseph’s Medical Center erected a testing tent in the parking lot and O’Connell Hopkins along with other nurse practitioners, physician assistants, nurses and aides, began triaging people for Covid-19 and testing them, if symptoms suggested a probable infection.

She did Monday through Friday in the “Covid tent” and then on weekends worked as the nursing supervisor for the hospital. The long days continued until the numbers of Covid patients decreased and most of the staff were able to resume their usual responsibilities.

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COVID-19 HEROES

SANDRA KACHELRIESS graduated from

Kings County Hospital Nursing School in 1967 and began her nursing career in its medical intensive care unit, one of the first ICUs in the United States. She remained there for two years. Throughout her long career in New York, New Jersey, Connecticut and South Carolina, she worked in intensive care, telemetry, post-anesthesia care and neuro units and for nine years she was the clinical director of a large cardiology practice on Hilton Head Island.

It was there that Kachelriess established and managed a 350-patient Coumadin clinic, the first in Beaufort County. She was also responsible for interrogating and managing patients with implanted pacemakers. After leaving cardiology she decided to return to bedside nursing, her favorite type of nursing, in the ICU at Beaufort Memorial. In May 2009, she became the first-ever recipient of the “Daisy Award” at that hospital and was also nominated for the “Palmetto Gold Award.” Returning to New York, she secured a job at Phelps Memorial ICU in Sleepy Hollow. While with working there full time for the last 10 years, she has precepted students from Pace, Mercy and Dominican colleges, collected hundreds of pounds of food for local food drives and bravely faced the grueling Covid-19 pandemic challenges.

DR. SANDRA KESH, deputy medical director

and infectious disease specialist, received her medical degree from the Weill Medical College of Cornell University, where she was a member of the Alpha Omega Alpha Honor Medical Society. She completed an internship and residency in internal medicine at the New York-Presbyterian Hospital/Weill Cornell Medical Center, followed by a year of research in the infectious disease division at Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center and a fellowship in infectious diseases and international medicine at the New YorkPresbyterian Hospital/Weill Cornell Medical Center. Dr. Kesh is board certified in both internal medicine and infectious diseases. She has served as director of population health for Westmed since 2017 and deputy medical director for the practice since 2018.

She also serves on the medical board of White Plains Hospital and is on staff at both that hospital and Greenwich Hospital. Dr. Kesh has been listed in the Top Doctors editions of U.S. News & World Report and New York magazine.

Congratulations to our Doctors of Distinction!

We proudly congratulate our Health Care Heroes on winning Doctors of Distinction in the following categories: All In The Family Award: Dr. Richard Findling and Dr. Dina Katz Telehealth Award: Phelps Hospital Behavioral Health Team

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COVID-19 Heroes Award: Dr. Michelle Espinoza Sandra Kachelriess, RN

COVID-19 HEROES

DR. NIGEL KNOX, a board-certified anesthesi-

ologist and pain-management physician, is an assistant professor for the department of anesthesiology at Westchester Medical Center (WMC). Dr. Knox was previously practicing as a registered respiratory therapist before he returned for further medical training and attended medical school at St. George’s University, prior to performing his anesthesiology residency at New York Medical College (NYMC). After serving as chief resident, he completed fellowship in pain management at Johns Hopkins and then returned to NYMC as an assistant professor with the department of anesthesiology at WMC, participating in roles involving patient care, resident education and outpatient training programs. As an attending physician Dr. Knox has directed his practice toward interventional pain methods with an individualized approach to his patients. During the recent Covid pandemic, he was part of a Covid hypoxic response team. This team was responsible for directing and supporting the care of coronavirus patients with respiratory distress. This experience was very gratifying for him as he was able to draw on the many phases of his life training. Dr. Knox and his wife Patricia, a pediatric nurse at WMC, have three young children, Brian, Kiera and Callen.

JENNIFER SEVILLEJA-TAN has been a

registered nurse for more than 25 years with broad experience from almost all areas of nursing in different settings and locations. A foreign graduate, she has worked as a registered nurse in three different countries prior to coming to the United States. This experience was very significant in the development of her career as it had helped her develop skills in dealing with cultural diversity, which is very important in health care settings.

Recently, she worked as associate director of nursing in a 705-bed-capacity health care facility prior to becoming chief nursing officer (CNO) at United Hebrew of New Rochelle. A new CNO in a new facility during the Covid19 pandemic has been very challenging for Sevilleja-Tan who is a mother of two young children. Balancing a significant role at work, being a mother and wife are huge responsibilities but also fulfilling, she says. The key to job efficiency is “to have a strong team behind you,” she noted. As a leader, she believes that a strong message is sent if your team sees you joining in work rather than just directing. As a leader, showing up to work every day during difficult times, checking residents and staff, creates a strong message of support for her team. “And when they are supported, they support the leader in return,” she said.

“I am honored to join the distinguished group of healthcare providers that have been selected for this year’s Doctors of Distinction awards and I am proud to accept the “Caring for All” award.

I am thrilled that the tremendous impact physical therapists have had on people’s lives is being recognized.”

Steven W. Srebnik, PT, MSPT, MS, CHT President, Performance Rehabilitation

Performance Rehabilitation congratulates Steven W. Srebnik for his Doctors of Distinction “Caring for All” award. He has been a dedicated leader and caring provider for all of his patients over the last 3+ decades.

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Westchester and Fairfield Counties

TWO EXHIBITS OPEN AT THE ALDRICH

BluePath Autumn helps calm Lindsay Rosenbaum and keeps her safe.

Frank Stella, Fat 12 Point Carbon Fiber Star, 2016. Courtesy of the artist and Marianne Boesky Gallery, New York and Aspen.

FRANK STELLA’S STARS

Spanning more than 60 years, Frank Stella’s studio practice has pushed abstraction to the limits, investigating every category from painting and printmaking to sculpture and public art. Among the many forms found in Stella’s work, one continuously reappears —— the star. Under the spotlight for the first time, this exhibition surveys Stella’s use of the star, ranging from two-dimensional works of the 1960s to its most recent incarnation in sculptures, wall reliefs and painted objects from the 2010s. Frank Stella’s Stars, A Survey, the artist’s first solo exhibition at The Aldrich Contemporary Art Museum in Ridgefield, will be on view from Sept. 21 to May 9 both outdoors throughout the museum’s grounds and inside the galleries.

AND GENESIS BELANGER: THROUGH THE EYE OF A NEEDLE

The first major solo museum exhibition of New York-based artist Genesis Belanger, through the Eye of a Needle, will also be on view from Sept. 21 to May 9. Belanger’s conceptual methodology blends Surrealism and Pop art with a self-possessed feminism informed by a professional career inside the fashion and advertising industries. Her studio practice is chiefly centered on the creation of porcelain and stoneware sculp-

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tures and tableaux. Staging her sculptural objects on upholstered furnishings of her own invention, Belanger constructs uncanny scenes that perform narratives about our anxiety-afflicted present. At The Aldrich, Belanger will create her largest and most elaborate mise-en-scène to date.

SUNSET YOGA IN THE PARK

The free Westchester Parks Foundation (WPF) Sunset Yoga in the Park Series will be held through the end of September. Hosted by the WPF, Tovami Yoga of Mamaroneck and Westchester County Parks, and sponsored by NewYork-Presbyterian Hudson Valley Hospital and NewYork-PresbyteFCBJ

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rian Lawrence Hospital, the classes have been very popular.

Only 50 people are permitted per event; sign up in advance at thewpforg/events

SERVICE DOGS VIRTUAL WALKATHON

BluePath Service Dogs in Yorktown Heights will host its fourth annual walkathon — this year virtually — on Saturday, Oct. 3. The event, which begins with an online kick-off at 10 a.m., will raise funds in support of BluePath’s mission to provide autism service dogs, offering safety, companionship and opportunities for independence. Following the kick-off, participants will head out to walk

in their own communities and at their own pace — all while doing their part to support children with autism and their families.

According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 1 out of every 54 children born today will develop an autism spectrum disorder. It is the fastest-growing developmental disability in the United States.

For the Rosenbaum family in Purchase, BluePath Autumn has helped their daughter Lindsay to lead a fuller life. The 4-yearold Golden Retriever Lab cross not only keeps Lindsay safe, but also fosters meaningful social interactions.

Founded in 2016, BluePath has established a nationwide network of supporters. Individuals and families serve as puppy raisers and administrative volunteers and comprise more than 95 percent of the organization’s workforce. The generosity of donors, volunteers and industry partners allows BluePath to provide its service dogs to families free of charge.

BluePath President and CEO Jody Sandler noted, “Our service dogs act as an anchor for children who wander and dramatically reduce danger. This year our walkathon may look a little different, but it is every bit as essential. The need for our services doesn’t stop and neither will we. I encourage all those interested in BluePath’s life-changing mission to get involved.”

Walkathon registration is $25 and includes a BluePath event T-shirt. To learn more or register,

visit bluepathservicedogs.org/ events. Sponsorship opportunities are also still available; for more information, contact Erica Stanzione at 914-804-4023 or orerica.stanzione@bluepathservicedogs.org.

HOME HEALTH CARE PROVIDER HIRING IN FAIRFIELD COUNTY

LHC Group, a national home health care and hospice provider with locations across Connecticut, is in need of more workers as a result of the Covid-19 pandemic and is looking to put people back to work.

In response to the pandemic, LHC Group has taken steps to ensure health care providers can reach patients safely in their home and has secured enough personal protective gear to continue to safely provide all of the care that is required and ordered by physicians for patients.

In Stamford, Norwalk and Bridgeport, LHC Group has more than 10 open positions, including nurses, both RN and LPN; therapists, physical and occupational; and office staff. All of these jobs offer high-paying salaries but not all require medical training or a college degree.

Contact Alisann Fatemi at afatemi@schmidtpa.com if you are interested in learning more about the LHC Group job opportunities in your area. Phone or in-person interviews are available upon request.

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LMMM’S VIRTUAL FIRST LADIES TEA

flexibility than ever,” said ENTA’s Chief Operating Officer Nicole Monti-Spadaccini.

“Launching RingCentral in just a matter of days ensured our ability to provide a state-of-the-art communications platform for all of our patients, while also empowering our employees to remain productive and stay connected — whether they were present in the call center or working from home,” said ENTA CEO Robert Glazer.

“The COVID-19 pandemic has been a wake-up call for businesses all over the world, especially health care providers. Remote access to technology platforms is not just the future; it’s very clearly the present and the standard for organizations going forward,” said Robert Green, M.D., president of ENTA.

CT IMAGING REVOLUTIONIZING NATURAL HISTORY MUSEUMS

Former first ladies Laura Bush, left, and Barbara Bush.

The Lockwood-Mathews Mansion Museum at 295 West Ave. in Norwalk, will host a virtual First Ladies Tea on Sunday, Nov. 8, 2 to 4 p.m.

The event, chaired by LMMM Trustee Hunter Arton, will feature a talk titled “The Media’s Fascination with First Ladies” by Lisa M. Burns.

The press and public have been fascinated with first ladies since Martha Washington’s time. The first lady position is unique in that it is not an elected position and not defined in the Constitution, yet demands a great deal of its holders. This presentation will focus on press coverage of first ladies throughout the years, including the various ways they’ve dealt with the constant media scrutiny and life in the public spotlight.

Burns is a professor of media studies at Quinnipiac University.

The program will include a hat contest with prizes and a silent auction. Submissions for the contest are due no later than Nov. 1. Visit the museum’s website for more details on how to enter the contest.

Tickets are $20 for members and $25 for nonmembers and available online at lockwoodmathewsmansion.com. All proceeds will benefit the museum’s cultural and educational programs.

ENTA GLOBAL COMMUNICATIONS SOLUTION

ENT and Allergy Associates LLP (ENTA) in Tarrytown recently partnered with RingCentral, a lead-

ing provider of global enterprise cloud communications, to utilize its contact center to communicate with patients and provide them with the best possible care, while enabling Patient Rapid Response Center (PRRC) employees to work from anywhere.

ENTA has more than 220 physicians practicing in 43 offices across New York and New Jersey and provides care to more than 90,000 patients every month. In recent years, ENTA undertook a major initiative to deploy a centralized call center in order to deliver on the organization’s mission of providing the best possible service to patients at every available touch point. When the Covid-19 pandemic hit, ENTA quickly realized that it was struggling to keep pace with the increase in patient calls and that it lacked the flexibility and mobility that staff needed to connect with patients from any location.

In order to improve patient engagement and communication, ENTA launched the RingCentral Contact Center across all locations.

RingCentral also allowed PRRC employees to stay connected while working from home.

“Having a positive patient experience is among the most important aspects of what we do.

RingCentral’s advanced technology allows us to continue to improve that experience, as well as offer our PRRC representatives more

In a Zoom webinar on Tuesday, Sept. 22, at 7 p.m., Ed Stanley, associate scientist and director of the Digital Discovery and Dissemination Lab at the Florida Museum of Natural History, will discuss the CT scans of reptiles, mammals and fossils currently on display in the Bruce Museum science exhibition “Under the Skin.”

“Natural history collections serve a critical role for scientists wanting to study patterns and changes of biodiversity, though access to these important resources has, historically, been limited,” Stanley said. “New digitization efforts are providing novel opportunities for researchers and democratizing access to specimens for scientists, educators and the general public.

“This virtual talk will use examples from cretaceous amphibians, armored lizards and burrowing frogs, showcased so wonderfully in the Bruce Museum’s ‘Under the Skin’ exhibition, to discuss how scanning museum specimens with

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computerized tomography (CT) to create cross-sectional images is facilitating exciting new research and educational initiatives,” Stanley said.

On view at the Bruce Museum in Greenwich, through Nov. 29, the exhibit samples images made possible by array of technologies — CT scanning, infrared cameras, scanning electron microscopes, and more — that allow scientists to visualize the marvels of evolution that lie below the surface.

All of the images presented in the exhibition were captured in the past five years. Many showcase amazing discoveries that were undreamt of just a decade ago. Natural history specimens from the Bruce Museum and on loan from other collections complement each image and reinforce the role of museums as stewards of natural history.

Take a virtual tour of the exhibition: https://www.undertheskinexhibition.com/. The virtual program is free for museum members; $10 nonmembers. To participate,\ or to join the Museum as a member, visit brucemuseum.org or call 203-869-0376.

FORMER FEDERAL LAW CLERK JOINS WESTCHESTER FIRM

Ben Fishman has joined Yankwitt LLP, a litigation law firm based in White Plains, as counsel.

Early in his career, Fishman clerked for federal judge Nicholas G. Garaufis in the Eastern District of New York and then joined the litigation department of Patterson Belknap Webb & Tyler LLP, where he handled matters involving residential mortgage-backed securities and medical industry fraud. In 2017, he started his own firm where he provided both litigation and related investigation services to his clients.

“Ben is an outstanding addition to Yankwitt. He combines top-level training from a federal clerkship and a large New York City firm with extensive private investigation experience, which we look forward to leveraging on behalf of our clients,” said Russell Yankwitt, the firm’s managing partner.”

Fishman represents clients of all sizes with a focus on the health care and financial industries, commercial and residential real estate, and intellectual property in federal and state court at the trial and apFCBJ

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pellate levels and in arbitrations.

He graduated cum laude from New York University School of Law.

PEEKSKILL SCHOOLS SUPERINTENDENT HONORED

The Peekskill City School District Superintendent David Mauricio has been named a 2020 Superintendent to Watch by the National School Public Relations Association (NSPRA).

Mauricio joins 24 district leaders from across the country who were selected for this award. Honorees are recognized for using communication technology in innovative and effective ways to engage and inform their school communities.

Additionally, award recipients are noted to have demonstrated dynamic, fast-paced leadership with strong communication at its core, thus contributing to expanding their district’s two-way communication and outreach efforts.

“I am humbled to accept this shared honor with my Peekskill team, as it takes collaboration to communicate effectively,” said Mauricio. “Communication is always an important factor in our schools, but now, more than ever, it is a critical component to strengthening our school-tohome partnerships. At Peekskill we are committed to reaching every stakeholder with timely and transparent information and providing opportunities for two-way conversations.”

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Facts & Figures

westchester county

BAKNRUPTCY OM Dev Inc., White Plains vs. 122 W.P.R. Corp., Thornwood,206521-RDD: Removal from Westchester Supreme Court, adversary proceeding in OM DEV Chapter 11, lease dispute. Attorney: Anne J. Penachio.

Bakhtyyar Saidmuratov, codebtor West East Discover Trading, Larchmont, 20-23032RDD: Chapter 7, $266,620 assets, $1,304,343 liabilities. Attorney: Caelyn T. Canace.

58 Bruce Avenue Corp., Yonkers, Steve Edlund, president,20-23033-SHL: Chapter 11, assets and liabilities $1 million to $10 million. Attorney: Matthew M. Cabrera.

143 School Street Realty Corp., Yonkers, Steve Edlund, president,20-23034-SHL: Chapter 11, assets and liabilities $1 million to $10 million. Attorney: Matthew M. Cabrera.

Alicides Delgado, Woodside, New York, et al, vs. S.R. Interiors Inc., Yonkers, et al, 20-cv7332-CS: Fair Labor Standards Act. Attorney: Roman M. Avshalumov.

Kent Farrington LLC, Wellington, Florida. Seller: PBD Family LP, Bedford. Property: 263 Bedford Banksville Road, North Castle.

Amount: $1.7 million. Filed Sept. 8.

Alfonso Franco, Westchester vs. Central Park Auto Wash, Yonkers, et al, 20-cv-7379-VB: Denial of overtime compensation.

Attorney: Peter H. Cooper.

Old Hill LLC, Pound Ridge. Seller: Dennis P. Gehr, et al, Pound Ridge.

Property: 31 Old Snake Hill Road, Pound Ridge. Amount: $2.2 million.

Filed Sept. 10.

Sean Murray, Albany vs. DCH Toyota City, Mamaroneck, 20-cv-7383-PMH: Truth in Lending.

Attorney: David M. Kasell.

SFH ONL LLC, Rye. Seller: Craig Coblenz, et al, Rye. Property: 17 Ann Lane, Rye. Amount: $4.2 million.

Filed Sept. 11.

G&G Closed Circuit Events LLC, Henderson, NV vs. Restaurant Polleria El Tumi, New Rochelle, et al, 20-cv-7388-KMK: Cable Communications Policy Act. Attorney: Joseph P. Loughlin.

Simply Magic LLC, West Harrison. Seller: Sabina Macchia, West Harrison. Property: 9 Oak Ridge Court, Harrison. Amount: $1.9 million. Filed Sept. 8.

Iconic Images Ltd., United Kingdom vs. Mid-Hudson Auction Galleries Ltd., New Windsor,20-cv-7426-PMH: Copyright.

Attorney: Scott A. Burroughs.

WP Realty Acquisition III LLC, Dobbs Ferry, Jonathan Sacks, manager, 20-23038-SHL: Chapter 11, $4,177,531 assets, $4,674,590 liabilities. Attorney: J. Ted Donovan.

Professional Disposables International Inc., Orangeburg vs. Nicvape Inc., Spartanburg, South Carolina, 20-cv-7439-KMK: Trademark infringement. Attorneys: Alyson J. Dilena and Stephen P. McNamara.

Aaron and Miriam Mandel, Monsey, d.b.a. Fancy Snack LLC, Senneth LLC and Sennith LLC, 20-23041-RDD: Chapter 7, $15,635 assets, $257,850 liabilities.Attorney: Allen A. Kolber.

Pro-Hitter Corp., New City vs. Amazon.com Inc., Seattle, Washington, 20-cv-7537-KMK: Trademark infringement. Attorneys: Lucas Michelen and Sandra D. Grannum.

COURTS Susan Taylor, Ulster County vs.

Hudson Valley Automotive Enterprises LLC, Newburgh, 20-cv7329-VB: Class action, Telephone Consumer Protection Act. Attorney: Andrew J. Shamis.

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

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

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Stoneleigh Manor LLC, Purchase. Seller: Maureen C. Chiquet, et al, Purchase. Property: 10 Stoneleigh Manor Lane, Harrison.

Amount: $3.9 million. Filed Sept. 8.

Below $1 million 113-115 Church ST LLC, Brooklyn.

Seller: New Roc Asset Management LLC, Hyde Park. Property: 113 Church St., New Rochelle. Amount: $467,500. Filed Sept. 9.

130 W Third Mount Vernon LLC, Mount Vernon. Seller: 130 Mount Vernon Realty LLC, Merrick.

Property: 130 W. Third St., Mount Vernon. Amount: $400,000. Filed Sept. 9.

Beth Ann Zehnbauer, Wappingers Falls vs. IBM, Armonk, et al,20-cv-7542-CS: Americans with Disabilities Act, discrimination. Attorney: Russell G. Wheeler.

184 North Columbus Avenue LLC, Bronx. Seller: Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corp. Property: 63 Columbia Place, Mount Vernon.

Amount: $364,040. Filed Sept. 11.

Imran Khan, Monmouth Junction, New Jersry, et al vs. Pentegra Retirement Services, White Plains, et al, 20-cv-7561: E.R.I.S.A.Attorney: Andrew D. Schlichter.

26 Division Street LLC, Mamaroneck. Seller: 44 Fawcett Holding Corp., Port Chester. Property: 26 Division St., Rye. Amount: $270,000.

Filed Sept. 11.

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45 Ellsworth Corp., Harrison.

Seller: 43 Ellsworth Avenue LLC, New Rochelle. Property: 43-45 Ellsworth Ave., 45, Harrison. Amount: $750,000. Filed Sept. 9.

Above $1 million 1 East Post Road LLC, Armonk.

Seller: PK Tarrytown LLC, Nanuet.

Property: 400 Tarrytown Road, Greenburgh. Amount: $1.6 million.

Filed Sept. 9.

Five Grand Group LLC, Yonkers.

Seller: Jan Michalak, et al, Hastings-on-Hudson. Property: 411 Warburton Ave., Greenburgh. Amount: $1.5 million. Filed Sept. 9.

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46 Villa Road Realty LLC, Harrison. Seller: Simon Sumberg, Larchmont. Property: 46 Villa Road, Mamaroneck. Amount: $850,000.

Filed Sept. 10.

58 Pine Brook LLC, Scarsdale.

Seller: Jeffrey A. Tiesi, et al, Bedford. Property: 58 Pine Brook Road, Bedford. Amount: $885,000. Filed Sept. 11.

9 Kirby Lane North LLC, Rye. Seller: Anthony G. Piscionere, et al, Rye. Property: 9 Kirby Lane N., Rye. Amount: $750,000. Filed Sept. 11.

Cayenne Holdings Group LLC, Croton on Hudson. Seller: Graciela Heymann, et al, Croton-on-Hudson. Property: 1206 Half Moon Bay Drive, Cortlandt. Amount: $560,000. Filed Sept. 8.

Double D Holdings LLC, Bronxville. Seller: Joanna Amato, West Harrison. Property: 446 N. Barry Ave., Rye. Amount: $566,765. Filed Sept. 11.

Hastings Center Realty LLC, Dobbs Ferry. Seller: Sterling National Bank, White Plains. Property: 564 Warburton Ave., Greenburgh.

Amount: $975,000. Filed Sept. 11.

Iron Built Capital LLC, Scarsdale. Seller: HSBC Bank USA N.A. Property: 188 Mile Square Road, Yonkers. Amount: $381,150. Filed Sept. 10.

LF22 LLC, Larchmont. Seller: Susan Rosenzweig, et al, Larchmont.

Property: 85 W. Brookside Drive, Mamaroneck. Amount: $940,000.

Filed Sept. 10.

Lincoln 155 Group Corp., Richmond Hill. Seller: U.S. Bank N.A. Property: 155 Lincoln Ave., Yonkers.

Amount: $400,000. Filed Sept. 10.

LNL Contracting Corp., Katonah.

Seller: Residential Mortgage Loan Trust 2013-TT2, St. Paul, Minnesota.

Property: 31 Old Deer Park Road, Bedford. Amount: $475,000. Filed Sept. 11.

MTC Capital Holdings LLC, Elmsford. Seller: Monica Bricker, et al, Elmsford. Property: 17 Sears Ave., Greenburgh. Amount: $300,000.

Filed Sept. 11.

RMX Luxury Lifestyle LLC, Croton-on-Hudson. Seller: Lex Holding Company Ltd., Cold Spring. Property: Half Moon Bay Marina, B-19, Cortlandt. Amount: $39,000. Filed Sept. 9.

The Board of Managers of the Westchester Hills Condominium, Elmsford. Seller: Craig Lido, Peekskill. Property: 1407 Old Country Road, 1407, Greenburgh.

Amount: $280,000. Filed Sept. 8.

United 2016 LLC, Jamaica. Seller: Mortgage Equity Conversion Asset Trust 2011-1. Property: 58 Hillcrest Road, Mount Vernon. Amount: $285,000. Filed Sept. 11.

Weichert Workforce Mobility Inc., Morris Plains, New Jersey.

Seller: Sky Adams, et al, Harrison.

Property: 67 Union Ave., Harrison.

Amount: $900,000. Filed Sept. 11.

JUDGMENTS Red Hook Construction Group LLC, Bayshore. $178,997 as claimed

by Awisco New York Corp., Maspeth. Filed Sept. 8.

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

Buster, Larry V., et al. Filed by Mill City Mortgage Loan Trust 2019-GS2. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $620,000 affecting property located at 4 Manhattan Ave., New Rochelle 10801. Filed Sept. 3.

Camagay, Maria L., et al. Filed

by BCMB1 Trust. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $30,250 affecting property located at 37 Allendale Road, Yonkers 10710. Filed Sept. 11.

Degennaro, Laura, et al. Filed

by U.S. Bank N.A. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $280,000 affecting property located at 181 Bretton Road, Yonkers 10710. Filed Sept. 3.

Garcia, Felipe R., et al. Filed by NRZ Inventory Trust. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $591,000 affecting property located at 121 Smith St., Port Chester 10573. Filed Sept. 8.

Jackson, Derrick, et al. Filed by Wilmington Savings Fund Society FSB. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $484,000 affecting property located at 326 Summit Ave., Mount Vernon 10552.

Filed Sept. 2.

King, Michelle E., et al. Filed by Wells Fargo Bank N.A. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $600,000 affecting property located at 4 Ridgeland Manor, Rye 10580. Filed Sept. 3.

Lembo, Alfred, et al. Filed by Citizens Bank N.A. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $115,500 affecting property located at 43 Victoria Lane, Yonkers 10704.

Filed Sept. 1.

Levy, Jolie, et al. Filed by U.S. Bank N.A. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure an unspecified amount affecting property located at 2183 Mohansic Ave., Yorktown Heights 10598. Filed Aug. 31.

Moscatelli, Francesca R., et al.

Filed by Deutsche Bank National Trust Co. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $300,500 affecting property located at 6 Hemlock Road, South Salem 10590.

Filed Sept. 8.

Ordonez, Manuel, et al. Filed by MTGLQ Investors LP. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $300,000 affecting property located at 60 Prospect Ave., Ossining 10562. Filed Sept. 2.

Roth, Beulah, et al. Filed by Kensington Management LLC. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $110,000 affecting property located at 59 Huber Place, Yonkers 10704. Filed Sept. 11.

Sanzo, Maria T., et al. Filed by Wells Fargo Bank N.A. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $245,000 affecting property located at 25 Cedar St., Dobbs Ferry 10522. Filed Sept. 11.

Shelly, Philip V., et al. Filed by Deutsche Bank National Trust Co. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $328,000 affecting property located at 249 Kings Ferry Road, Cortlandt 10596.

Filed Sept. 2.

Staci, Christopher, et al. Filed by CTF Asset Management LLC. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $114,948 affecting property located at 8 Laurie Lane, South Salem 10590. Filed Aug. 31.

Mechanic’s Liens 15 Stewart Place LLC, as owner. $52,696 as claimed by S and K Distribution LLC. Property: in White Plains. Filed Sept. 11.

LSA Realty Corp., as owner. $2,.651 as claimed by Sonitec Corp., Mount Vernon. Property: in Yonkers. Filed Sept. 11.

RXR Soyo Exalta Owner LLC, as owner. $3.1 million as claimed

by Vector Structural Preservation, Mineola. Property: in Yonkers.

Filed Sept. 11.

Tramontozzi, Brian A., et al, as owner. $100,000 as claimed by Robertson Contracting Corp., Bedford. Property: in Harrison. Filed Sept. 11.

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

Partnerships El Cantito CafĂŠ, 1550 Central Park Ave., Yonkers 10710, c/o Adelvi Santana and Julio P. Santana. Filed April 23.

Mariani Properties, 42 Yonkers Ave., First floor, Tuckahoe 10707, c/o Michael Mariani and Priscilla Scaff-Mariani. Filed April 8.

Sole Proprietorships Affordable Divorce Systems, 669 N. Division St., Peekskill 10566, c/o Denzel Banks. Filed March 30.

Angelic Plumbing and Heating, 610 S. Seventh Ave., Mount Vernon 10550, c/o Sheldon M. Augustus.

Filed April 28.

Aurora Gill, 29 Finney Farm Road, Croton-on-Hudson 10520, c/o Aurora Gill. Filed April 28.

Ceremony Cerebellum, 224 Hawthorne Ave., Yonkers 10705, c/o Nathalie Reynoso. Filed April 28.

Chelsea Georgio, 43 Theodore Fremd Ave., Rye 10580, c/o Chelsea Georgio. Filed April 28.

Clucched Boutique, 44 Morningside Ave., Apt. 1S, Yonkers 10703, c/o Nikisha Hayes. Filed April 21.

Collura and Co., 208 Eastwoods Road, Pound Ridge 10576, c/o Denis Collura. Filed March 27.

Holguin Finances, 22 Carroll St., Yonkers 10705, c/o Dennis Holguin.

Filed March 30.

Home Seller Solution, 460 Forest Ave., New Rochelle 10804, c/o John R. Kane. Filed April 1.

Let It Be Boutiquee, 258 W. First St., Mount Vernon 10550, c/o Ashley J. Dyer. Filed April 21.

Liv Wellness, 3668 Edgehill Road, Yorktown Heights 10598, c/o Olivia Avery. Filed April 1.

Lizard2 Global Solutions, 61 Gould Ave., Dobbs Ferry 10522, c/o Edison Lizardo. Filed April 21.

Pinpoint 365, 3 Crest Drive North, Yorktown Heights 10598, c/o Bryan Carson. Filed April 15.

Precise Bookkeeping Services, 486 Main St., Scond floor, West Harrison 10604, c/o Flavia Cristina de Almeida Gomes. Filed April 21.

REL Construction, 124 Washington Ave., North White Plains 10603, c/o Roxana Elizabeth Linares. Filed April 15.

Systers and Co., 452 S. Eighth Ave., Mount Vernon 10550, c/o Chalice Robinson. Filed March 27.

Tax Relief, 1940 Commerce St., Suite 108, Yorktown Heights, c/o Richard James DioGuardi. Filed March 27.

YourPAssistant, 77 Granite Springs Road, Yorktown Heights 10598, c/o Dawn A. Niece. Filed April 8.

PATENTS Avoiding redundant presentation of content. Patent no.

10,776,320 issued to Phani Ayyagari VU, et al. Assigned to IBM, Armonk.

Avoiding out-of-space conditions in asynchronous data replication environments. Patent no. 10,776,258 issued to Matthew Ward, et al. Assigned to IBM, Armonk.

Bandwidth sharing. Patent no.

10,778,607 issued to Michael McCarrick. Assigned to IBM, Armonk.

Contact via structures. Patent no. 10,777,607 issued to Chih-Chao Yang, et al. Assigned to IBM, Armonk.

Cryptographic system management. Patent no. 10,778,416 issued to David Roberts, et al. Assigned to Mastercard, Purchase.

Data analysis systems and methods for identifying recurring payment programs. Patent no. 10,776,789 issued to Joshua Allbright, et al. Assigned to Mastercard, Purchase.

Dynamic change in plurality of security layers based on project risk. Patent no. 10,776,504 issued to Venkata Gadepalli, et al.

Assigned to IBM, Armonk.

Enhanced vehicle monitoring.

Patent no. 10,776,640 issued to Asmahan Ali, et al. Assigned to IBM, Armonk.

Establishing personal identity using real time contextual data. Patent no. 10,776,467 issued to Yuk Chan, et al. Assigned to IBM, Armonk.

Facilitating build and deploy runtime memory encrypted cloud applications and containers. Patent no. 10,776,459 issued to Karunakar Bojjreddy, et al. Assigned to IBM, Armonk.

Integrated circuit device assembly. Patent no. 10,779,391 issued to David Barron, et al. Assigned to IBM, Armonk.

Machine learning to integrate knowledge and augment natural language processing. Patent no. 10,776,586 issued to David Bacarella, et al. Assigned to IBM, Armonk.

Managing compression and storage of genomic data. Patent no. 10,778,246 issued to M. Corneliu Constantinescu, et al. Assigned to IBM, Armonk.

Providing real-time audience awareness to speaker. Patent no.

10,778,353 issued to Bhavna Agrawal, et al. Assigned to IBM, Armonk.

Supporting combinations of intents in a conversation. Patent no. 10,776,582 issued to Robert Redmond, et al. Assigned to IBM, Armonk

HUDSON VALLEY BUILDING LOANS Below $1 million Boyd, Jahwayne, as owner. Lender: M&T Bank. Property: in Poughkeepsie. Amount: $217,309. Filed Sept. 14.

Kluz, John, et al, as owner. Lender: M&T Bank. Property: in LaGrange. Amount: $449,000. Filed Sept. 14.

Owen, Mitchell B., Bearsville, as owner. Lender: Mid-Hudson Valley Federal Credit Union, Kingston. Property: 137 Hutchin Hill Road, Bearsville 12409. Amount: $450,000. Filed Sept. 9.

White Jr., Stephen A., et al, as owner. Lender: Rhinebeck Bank.

Property: in Red Hook. Amount: $160,000. Filed Sept. 14.

DEEDS Above $1 million

Atereth Developments LLC, Monroe. Seller: Scott Edward Brown, et al, Port Jervis. Property: 74 Hammond St., Port Jervis 12771.

Amount: $70,000. Filed Sept. 9.

B and N Estates LLC, Monroe.

Seller: 355 Liberty Street Inc., et al, Newburgh. Property: 346 Liberty St., Newburgh. Amount: $195,625.

Filed Sept. 11.

B and N Estates LLC, Monroe.

Seller: Aaqib Inc., et al, Newburgh.

Property: 150 Dubois St., Newburgh. Amount: $185,625. Filed Sept. 11.

Arrow Ventures LLC, Clintondale. Seller: Lifestyle Concepts LLC, Goshen. Property: 220-224 Harriman Drive, Goshen. Amount: $3.5 million. Filed Sept. 9.

B and N Estates LLC, Monroe.

Seller: Rafiq Majeed, Newburgh.

Property: 152 Dubois St., Newburgh.

Amount: $195,625. Filed Sept. 11.

Below $1 million

Brookview Holdings LLC, Pomona. Seller: Andrew Kulak, White Plains. Property: 3 Watkins Drive, Montgomery. Amount: $196,000.

Filed Sept. 10.

102-104 Jersey Avenue LLC, Warwick. Seller: Anthony L. Rosario, et al, Middletown. Property: 5 Rumsey St., Port Jervis. Amount: $120,000. Filed Sept. 10.

1028 Main Street LLC, Hopewell Junction. Seller: Auchmoody Holdings LLC, Hopewell Junction. Property: 1028 Main St., Fishkill 12524.

Amount: $400,000. Filed Sept. 8.

17Church LLC, Beacon. Seller: Brenda Belladono Edwards, Beacon. Property: in Beacon. Amount: $700,000. Filed Sept. 11.

3304 Route 343 Corp., Mount Kisco. Seller: Colette Maas, Ulster Park. Property: 3304 Route 343, Amenia 12501. Amount: $169,500.

Filed Sept. 9.

49 Scout Road LLC, Nyack. Seller: Wilmington Savings Fund Society FSB. Property: 45 Lake Shore Drive, Mahopac 10541. Amount: $285,000.

Filed Sept. 8.

826 Oak Ridge Road LLC, Ellenville. Seller: Arthur A. Anderman, Great Neck. Property: 822 Oak Ridge Road, Wawarsing. Amount: $250,000. Filed Sept. 14.

Annie Yau Gallery LLC, Flushing. Seller: Fannie Mae. Property: 426 Route 48, Crawford. Amount: $121,000. Filed Sept. 11.

Arch Ridge LLC, Larchmont.

Seller: Fannie Mae. Property: in Beekman. Amount: $237,000. Filed Sept. 11.

Catskill County Homes LLC, Kingston. Seller: Mark Thomas Cannizzaro, Walton. Property: in Marbletown. Amount: $74,500.

Filed Sept. 9.

Catskill County Homes LLC, Kingston. Seller: Thomas J. Cannizzaro, Stone Ridge. Property: in Marbletown. Amount: $74,500. Filed Sept. 9.

CB DVM Property Holdings LLC, Walker Valley. Seller: Tracy Hornbeck, et al, Pine Bush. Property: 3684 Route 52, Walker Valley 12588. Amount: $150,000. Filed Sept. 11.

DMF and CJF Holdings LLC, Fishkill. Seller: Wendy M. Weathers, et al, Peekskill. Property: 15 Old Sylvan Lake Road, East Fishkill.

Amount: $166,000. Filed Sept. 4.

DMF and CJF Holdings LLC, Fishkill. Seller: Wendy M. Weathers, et al, Peekskill. Property: 19 Old Sylvan Lake Road, East Fishkill.

Amount: $62,000. Filed Sept. 4.

Dutchess Builders LLC, Lagrangeville. Seller: Baker Road, Association LLC, LaGrangeville. Property: in Beekman. Amount: $110,000.

Filed Sept. 8.

ECS Real Estate Holdings LLC, Lagrangeville. Seller: Aldo Palmieri, LaGrangeville. Property: Route 55, LaGrangeville 12540. Amount: $150,000. Filed Sept. 14.

GMF Consulting LLC, New York City. Seller: Melvyn R. Eiger, Pleasant Valley. Property: 242 Attlebury Hill Road and W. Hunns Lake Road, Stanford. Amount: $475,000. Filed Sept. 9.

HJ Equities LLC, New York City.

Seller: Kenneth J. McLeod, et al, Vestal. Property: 800 Route 214, Shandaken. Amount: $320,000.

Filed Sept. 9.

Jac’s Flips LLC, New Windsor.

Seller: Wilmington Savings Fund Society FSB. Property: 9 Dubois St., Middletown 10940. Amount: $115,000. Filed Sept. 10.

JJ and JJ Flipping LLC, Monroe.

Seller: Harriman 17M Corp., Monroe. Property: 411 Hillside Road, Monroe. Amount: $73,000. Filed Sept. 11.

Keith Murray Carpentry Inc., Pine Bush. Seller: Thomas W. Nesbitt, Ellenville. Property: 8790 Route 209, Wawarsing. Amount: $50,000. Filed Sept. 10.

Kookaluuk LLC, White Plains.

Seller: Dreamland Heights LLC, Red Hook. Property: in Milan. Amount: $130,000. Filed Sept. 10.

Lark 7 Holding Corp., New York.

Seller: Paula Calvert, Woodstock.

Property: Lark Drive, Woodstock.

Amount: $99,000. Filed Sept. 9.

Loja and Gonzalez LLC, Peekskill. Seller: Fannie Mae. Property: 4 Melnick Place, Lake Peekskill 10537.

Amount: $80,000. Filed Sept. 9.

Marshall and Sterling Realty Inc., Poughkeepsie. Seller: Sage South Clover Associates LLC, Patterson. Property: 7-9 S. Clover St., Poughkeepsie 12601. Amount: $525,000. Filed Sept. 14.

Mem Private Real Estate LLC, New York City. Seller: Maureen Clacken-Joseph, et al, Poughkeepsie. Property: in Poughkeepsie.

Amount: $468,500. Filed Sept. 8.

MEM Private Real Estate LLC, Poughkeepsie. Seller: Sharon Eginger, Poughkeepsie. Property: 328 Church St., Poughkeepsie. Amount: $155,000. Filed Sept. 14.

Norris Quality Trimmers Inc., Goshen. Seller: HSBC Bank USA N.A. Property: 272 Arcadia Road, Goshen. Amount: $180,000. Filed Sept. 14.

F and I Group LLC, Kingston.

Seller: Esopus Creek Development LLC, Woodstock. Property: in Shandaken. Amount: $260,000. Filed Sept. 8.

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Facts & Figures OC Property Holdings LLC, Salisbury Mills. Seller: Barbara Formus, Monroe. Property: 9 Clara Ave., Cornwal-on-Hudson. Amount: $325,000. Filed Sept. 9.

Parker Avenue Realty LLC, Wappingers Falls. Seller: Sal’s Pizzeria and Restaurant Inc., Highland. Property: in Poughkeepsie.

Amount: $400,000. Filed Sept. 4.

Pendley Farm LLC, Holmes.

Seller: Brian Pendley, Placitas, New Mexico. Property: in Pawling.

Amount: $220,000. Filed Sept. 4.

PTC Realty LLC, Wappingers Falls. Seller: Mount Home Realty Inc., Wappingers Falls. Property: in Wappinger. Amount: $625,000.

Filed Sept. 11.

RTT Associates LLC, Warwick.

Seller: Donna McIntyre, Warwick.

Property: 90 Onderdonk Road, Warwick. Amount: $535,000. Filed Sept. 9.

Secretary of Veterans Affairs.

Seller: North America Savings Bank FSB, Kansas City, Missouri. Property: 65 Webb Road, Wallkill. Amount: $307,789. Filed Sept. 10.

SNS Holding Ventures LLC, et al, Tarrytown. Seller: Habitat 845 LLC, New Paltz. Property: 230 Route 32 North, New Paltz.

Amount: $711,250. Filed Sept. 14.

Solomon Lebovits LLC, Highland Mills. Seller: Project 9 Realty Inc., Monroe. Property: 147 N. Drury Lane, Newburgh. Amount: $60,000. Filed Sept. 11.

Stillwater Recovery LLC, Massapequa Park. Seller: Peter K. Denyse Jr., Bay Shore. Property: Shefers Road, Rochester. Amount: $5,525.

Filed Sept. 11.

Superior Power Management LLC, Flushing. Seller: Rudenio Bastell, et al, Anthem, Arizona.

Property: in East Fishkill. Amount: $380,000. Filed Sept. 4.

Thirty One Stissing Lane LLC, Millbrook. Seller: Donald T. Brady, et al, Stanfordville. Property: 31 Stissing Lane, Stanford. Amount: $575,000. Filed Sept. 4.

TJ Tancredi Homes Inc., Poughkeepsie. Seller: Nancy Q. Rubsam, Poughkeepsie. Property: in Poughkeepsie. Amount: $430,000. Filed Sept. 9.

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U.S. Bank N.A. Seller: Lenice T. Robinson, Highland. Property: 674 Springtown Road, Rosendale.

Amount: $194,758. Filed Sept. 10.

Elva’s Design Inc., Middletown. $1,807 in favor of the New York State Department of Taxation and Finance, Albany. Filed Sept. 9.

Zephyr Pub and Grub Inc., West Hurley. $505 in favor of the New York State Department of Taxation and Finance, Albany. Filed Sept. 9.

U.S. Bank N.A. Seller: Virginia Condon, Poughkeepsie. Property: 7 Carol Drive, Poughkeepsie 12603.

Amount: $361,000. Filed Sept. 11.

Goldleaf Painting Inc., Newburgh. $1,741 in favor of the New York State Department of Taxation and Finance, Albany. Filed Sept. 9.

LIS PENDENS

Weichert Workforce Mobility Inc., Morris Plains, New Jersey.

Seller: Kevin M. McKenna, et al, Wappingers Falls. Property: in Wappinger. Amount: $415,000.

Filed Sept. 11.

K.N.A. Auto Service LLC, Port Jervis. $3,382 in favor of the New York State Department of Taxation and Finance, Albany. Filed Sept. 9.

Weichert Workforce Mobility Inc., Morris Plains, New Jersey.

Seller: Seath Hurbanek, et al, Newburgh. Property: 2 Ramona Road, Newburgh. Amount: $316,500.

Filed Sept. 14.

Wells Fargo Bank N.A. Seller: Gloria E. Perconti, et al, Cocoa, Florida. Property: 20 Perconti Lane, New Paltz 12561. Amount: $80,205.

Filed Sept. 11.

JUDGMENTS 713 Oak Ridge Holding Corp., Ellenville. $1,624 in favor of the New York State Department of Taxation and Finance, Albany. Filed Sept. 9.

8’As Contracting Inc., Wallkill. $1,005 in favor of the New York State Department of Taxation and Finance, Albany. Filed Sept. 9.

Axiom Graphics Corp., New Windsor. $1,582 in favor of the New York State Department of Taxation and Finance, Albany. Filed Sept. 9.

Born to Run Car Services Inc., Washingtonville. $1,576 in favor of the New York State Department of Taxation and Finance, Albany.

Filed Sept. 9.

Caitant Inc., Middletown. $1,947 in favor of the New York State Department of Taxation and Finance, Albany. Filed Sept. 9.

Deltamax Electric Corp., Port Jervis. $1,466 in favor of the New York State Department of Taxation and Finance, Albany. Filed Sept. 9.

Elizabeth Susen, Veterinarian, P.C., New Hampton. $1,722 in favor of the New York State Department of Taxation and Finance, Albany.

Filed Sept. 9.

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Kingston Cuchifritos Inc., Kingston. $1,645 in favor of the New York State Department of Taxation and Finance, Albany. Filed Sept. 9.

L and C Deli Store, Newburgh. $2,339 in favor of the New York State Department of Taxation and Finance, Albany. Filed Sept. 9.

Lippincott-Ingrassia Funeral Home Inc., Chester. $2,945 in favor of the New York State Department of Taxation and Finance, Albany. Filed Sept. 9.

Mall Management Inc., Marlboro. $877 in favor of the New York State Department of Taxation and Finance, Albany. Filed Sept. 9.

Middletown Taxi Corp, Middletown. $1,644 in favor of the New York State Department of Taxation and Finance, Albany. Filed Sept. 9.

Morningpondflorist.com Inc., Vails Gate. $3,800 in favor of the New York State Department of Taxation and Finance, Albany. Filed Sept. 9.

MTZ Discount Store Inc., Newburgh. $2,793 in favor of the New York State Department of Taxation and Finance, Albany. Filed Sept. 9.

Spada Trucking Inc., Kingston. $1,813 in favor of the New York State Department of Taxation and Finance, Albany. Filed Sept. 9.

The Beverly Bar Inc., New Paltz. $6,362 in favor of the New York State Department of Taxation and Finance, Albany. Filed Sept. 9.

Theresa and Co., Kingston. $4,663 in favor of the New York State Department of Taxation and Finance, Albany. Filed Sept. 9.

Zain Inc., Newburgh. $3,384 in favor of the New York State Department of Taxation and Finance, Albany. Filed Sept. 9.

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

Amann, Jason E., et al. Filed

by Deutsche Bank National Trust Co. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $243,900 affecting property located at 23 Wilson St., Beacon 12508. Filed Sept. 10.

Cieciura, Pawel, et al. Filed by The Bank of New York Mellon. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $301,500 affecting property located at 16 Kelly Ridge Road, Carmel 10512. Filed Sept. 14.

Garcia, Reyna, et al. Filed by Wilmington Savings Fund Society FSB. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $266,000 affecting property located at 38 Lindbergh Place, Poughkeepsie 12603.

Filed Sept. 8.

Girola, George L., et al. Filed

by Wells Fargo Bank N.A. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $117,375 affecting property located at 1668 Route 9, Unit 1B, Wappinger 12590. Filed Sept. 4.

Kersting, Charles, et al. Filed

by U.S. Bank N.A. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $234,000 affecting property located at 20 Park Ave., Highland Mills 10930. Filed Sept. 9.

Matthews, Jeffrey S., et al. Filed

by Rhinebeck Bank. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $66,000 affecting property located at 143 North Road, Milan 12571. Filed Sept. 4.

Soto, Maria, as co-administratrix of the estate of Ruben Lopez Jr., et al. Filed by Lakeview Loan Servicing LLC. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $162,011 affecting property located at 15 Maple Drive, Middletown 10940. Filed Sept. 10.

Mechanic’s Liens 219 Development LLC, Central Valley, as owner. $45,256 as claimed by US Chemical Storage LLC, Wilkesboro, North Carolina.

Property: 219 Route 32, Central Valley 10917. Filed Sept. 11.

BAK LLC, as owner. $254,442 as claimed by Ideal Environmental, San Jose, California. Property: 884886 Noxon Road, Poughkeepsie.

Filed Sept. 11.

Hudson Valley Tag and Estate Sales, 244 Perkinsville Road, Highland 12528, c/o Eileen A. Alverson and Jennifer Lea Killough. Filed Sept. 8.

Cameron Poughkeepsie LLC, as owner. $69,000 as claimed by Prestige Real Estate of the Hudson Valley LLC, New Windsor. Property: 2611-2625 South Road, Poughkeepsie. Filed Sept. 11.

Latinos Market, 110 Partition St., Saugerties 12477, c/o Ana M. Ucles Munoz and Stalin Alejandro Mera-Illescas. Filed Sept. 9.

Clear Key II LLC, Monroe, as owner. $30,833 as claimed by Lanc and Tully Engineering and Surveying PC, Campbell Hall. Property: 1 Sleep Way, South Blooming Grove.

Filed Sept. 8.

Hemp Productions LLC, San Jose, California. $254,422 as claimed by Prestige Real Estate of the Hudson Valley LLC, New Windsor. Property: 884-886 Noxon Road, Poughkeepsie. Filed Sept. 11.

JSK Rentals LLC, as owner. $4,162 as claimed by BSB Construction Inc., Milton. Property: 10 Market St., Wappinger. Filed Sept. 10.

Moss, Richard, et al, as owner. $4,650 as claimed by Astar Heating and Air LLC, Middletown. Property: 63 Surrey Road, Chester 10918.

Filed Sept. 8.

Premium Outlet Partners LP Simon Outlets, Morristown, New Jersey, as owner. $21,800 as claimed

by Flooring Solutions of New York Inc., Kerhonkson. Property: in Woodbury. Filed Sept. 10.

Sole Proprietorships Calliope Enterprises, 151 S. Quaker Hill Road, Patterson 12563, c/o Bethel Rodish. Filed Sept. 9.

Elena Zang Gallery, 3671 Route 212, Shady 12409, c/o Alan Hoffman. Filed Sept. 4.

GK Transport, 403 New Unionville Road, Wallkill 12589, c/o George A. Kane, Sr. Filed Sept. 4.

Half Moon Rondout Café, 36 Broadway, Kingston 12401, c/o John T. Pinna. Filed Sept. 9.

J.A.C. and Box, 126 Tall Oak Drive, Middletown 10940, c/o Joshua A. Crump. Filed Aug. 14.

Latinos Express, 110 Partition St., Saugerties 12477, c/o Stalin Alejandro Mera-Illescas. Filed Sept. 4.

Massages by Maria, 109 Grove Court, Newburgh 12550, c/o Maria Isabel de-Leon. Filed Aug. 14.

Stedfelt, Robert, as owner. $2,000 as claimed by Astar Heating and Air LLC, Middletown. Property: 70 Murray Road, Greenwood Lake 10925. Filed Sept. 8.

Miller Contracting Solutions, 116 Benson Court, Hurley 12443, c/o Michael Frederick Miller. Filed Sept. 8.

NEW BUSINESSES

Open Hearts Club, 24 Western Ave., Marlboro 12542, c/o Aimee N. Stong. Filed Sept. 8.

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

Partnerships D. Bartley Hardwood Floors and Painting, 446 Hasbrook Ave., Kingston 12401, c/o Damion Sammone Bartley and Qwaniece L. Pierre. Filed Sept. 9.

Heliotrope Productions, 263 Wittenberg Road, Bearsville, c/o Michael A. Suib and Nancy L. Butler-Ross. Filed Sept. 4.

Radical Roots Counseling, 3429 Cooper St., Stone Ridge 12484, c/o Amy F. Baracks. Filed Sept. 4.

Stephanie Seal Brown Handwovens, 95 Gidney Ave., Newburgh 12550, c/o Stephanie Suzanne Seal.

Filed Aug. 14.

True Vine Premium Produce, 14 Camelot Drive G, Goshen 10924, c/o Joseph M. Rizk. Filed Aug. 14.

William Brogan’s Tree Service, 63 Rock City Road, Woodstock 12498, c/o William J. Brogan. Filed Sept. 9.

LEGAL NOTICES Notice of Formation of SNS Transporting LLC, Arts. Of Org. filed with the NY Sec. of State 07/21/2020. Office Loc. West.

County. SSNY desig. as agent of the LLC upon whom process against may be served.

SSNY shall mail a copy of any process against it served upon him/her to 10 California Road, Mt. Vernon, NY 10552.

Purpose: any lawful purpose. #62627 Notice of formation. Thereís No Place Like Home Plate, LLC. Art. Of Org. filed with SSNY 6/2/20. Office loc:Westchester County. SSNY desig. as agent of the LLC upon which process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to the LLC, 127 Dale Ave, Cortlandt Manor, NY, 10567. Purpose: any lawful business activity. #62628 NOTICE OF FORMATION OF LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY (LLC). NAME: BRIGHTWORLD ADVISORS, LLC Articles of Organization were filed with the Secretary of State of New York (SSNY) on 06/22/2020.

Office location: Westchester County. SSNY has been designated as agent of the LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail a copy of process to: BrightWorld Advisors LLC, 9 Hanford Place, Tarrytown, NY 10591, principal business location of the LLC. Purpose: any lawful business activity. #62629 NOTICE OF FORMATION of Arts By Joni Joan LLC. Arts of Org. filed with the SSNY on 7/17/2020. Office Location: Westchester County. SSNY designated as agent of the LLC upon which process against it may be served.

SSNY shall mail process to the LLC, 57B Route 6, Ste 110, Baldwin Pl., NY 10505.

Purpose: any lawful act or activity. #62630 Notice of Formation of Ore Amare LLC Arts of Org. filed with SSNY on 7/30/2020.

Office Location: Westchester County. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process may be served.

SSNY shall mail process to 78 Vaughn Ave, New Rochelle NY 10801. Purpose: any lawful act or activity. #62631 Notice of Formation of Plimsoll Capital LLC. Articles of Organization filed with the Secretary of State of New York (SSNY) on 7/15/2020.

Office Location: Westchester County. SSNY is designated as agent of the LLC upon whom process against the LLC may be served. SSNY shall mail a copy of any process to: THE LLC, 8 Brookside Place, Pleasantville, NY 10570.

Purpose: Any lawful purpose. #62632 Notice of formation of Limited Liability Company (ìLLCî).

Name: MacKenzie Overlook LLC. Articles of Organization filed with the Secretary of State of the State of New York (ìSSNYî) on August 12, 2020. N.Y. office location: Westchester County. The SSNY has been designated as agent of the LLC upon whom process against it may be served. The SSNY shall mail a copy of any process to MacKenzie Overlook LLC, 1055 Saw Mill River Road, Suite 204, Ardsley, New York 10502.

Purpose/character of LLC is to engage in any lawful act or activity. #62633

Notice of formation of Limited Liability Company (ìLLCî).

Name: MacKenzie Overlook Manager LLC. Articles of Organization filed with the Secretary of State of the State of New York (ìSSNYî) on August 12, 2020. N.Y. office location: Westchester County.

The SSNY has been designated as agent of the LLC upon whom process against it may be served. The SSNY shall mail a copy of any process to MacKenzie Overlook Manager LLC, 1055 Saw Mill River Road, Suite 204, Ardsley, New York 10502. Purpose/character of LLC is to engage in any lawful act or activity. #62634 Notice of formation of Limited Liability Company (ìLLCî).

Name: MacKenzie Overlook Associates LLC. Articles of Organization filed with the Secretary of State of the State of New York (ìSSNYî) on August 12, 2020. N.Y. office location: Westchester County. The SSNY has been designated as agent of the LLC upon whom process against it may be served. The SSNY shall mail a copy of any process to MacKenzie Overlook Associates LLC, 1055 Saw Mill River Road, Suite 204, Ardsley, New York 10502. Purpose/ character of LLC is to engage in any lawful act or activity. #62635 Notice of Formation of SwaineTrain LLC filed with SSNY on April 10, 2020. Office: NY County. SSNY designated agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail copy of process to LLC: 7014 13th Avenue Suite 202 Brooklyn, NY 11228 Purpose: any lawful act or activity. #62636 Kome Find Me LLC, date of filing Articles of Organization with Sec. of State on 7/27/20.

LLC located in Westchester Cty. Sec. of State designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against may be served.

The Sec. of State shall mail copy of any process against the LLC served upon him or her to: 100 Fisher Avenue, White Plains, NY 10602.

Purpose: any lawful activity. #62637 NOTICE OF FORMATION OF LOS JONES ENTERPRISES LLC. Arts. Of Org. filed with SSNY on 8/19/20. Offc. loc: WESTCHESTER Cty. SSNY desig. agent upon whom process against it may be served.

SSNY shall mail a copy of any process against the LLC to 239 Sheridan Ave, Mt. Vernon, NY 10552. Purpose: any lawful activity. #62638 NOTICE OF FORMATION OF ONLY ONY REAL ESTATE LLC. Arts. Of Org. filed with SSNY on 8/19/20. Offc. loc: WESTCHESTER Cty. SSNY desig. agent upon whom process against it may be served.

SSNY shall mail a copy of any process against the LLC to 239 Sheridan Ave, Mt. Vernon, NY 10552. Purpose: any lawful activity. #62639 One HealthIT LLC. Art. of Org. filed with the SSNY on 8/20/2020. Office: Westchester County.SSNY designated as agent of the LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail copy of process to the LLC, 62 Congress Street, New Rochelle, NY 10801. Purpose: Any lawful purpose. #62640

130 W Third Mount Vernon LLC, Arts of Org. filed with Sec. of State of NY (SSNY) 8/20/2020. Cty: Westchester.

SSNY desig. as agent upon whom process against may be served & shall mail process to 279 Franklin Ave, Apt A, Mount Vernon, NY 10553.

General Purpose. #62641 303 Design Consultants LLC, Arts of Org. filed with Sec. of State of NY (SSNY) 8/12/2020. Cty: Westchester.

SSNY desig. as agent upon whom process against may be served & shall mail process to 303 East 57th St., Apt. 21J, New York, NY 10022. General Purpose. #62642 Foundation RX Bedford LLC, Arts of Org. filed with Sec. of State of NY (SSNY) 7/9/2020.

Cty: Westchester. SSNY desig. as agent upon whom process against may be served & shall mail process to 80 Business Park Dr., Ste. 308 Armonk, NY 10504. General Purpose. #62643 112 North Chatsworth, LLC, Arts of Org. filed with Sec. of State of NY (SSNY) 8/3/2020.

Cty: Westchester. SSNY desig. as agent upon whom process against may be served & shall mail process to 495 New Rochelle Rd., Bronxville, NY 10708. General Purpose. #62644 Grandview Land Services LLC, Arts of Org. filed with Sec. of State of NY (SSNY) 3/18/2020. Cty: Westchester.

SSNY desig. as agent upon whom process against may be served & shall mail process to c/o Grossman & Gardner, 17 Elm Pl., Rye, NY 10580.

General Purpose. #62645 Notice of Formation of a NY Limited Liability Company.

Name: Mind at Ease LLC. Articles of Organization filing date with Secretary of State (SSNY) was June 22, 2020.

Office location: Westchester County. SSNY has been designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served and SSNY shall mail copy of process to. Michael A Figueroa 125 Claremont Avenue Mount Vernon, New York 10550. Purpose is to engage in any and all business activities permitted under NYS laws. #62646 Notice of formation of Dominique Brienne, LLC Art. Of Org. filed with the Sectíy of State of NY (SSNY) on 8/06/2020 . Office in Westchester County. SSNY has been designated as agent of the LLC upon whom process against it may be served.

SSNY shall mail process to: 151 Lorraine Ave. Mount Vernon, NY 10553. Purpose: any lawful purpose. #62647 Notice of Formation of 401 Pea Pond Road, LLC, a domestic Limited Liability Company (LLC). Articles of Organization filed with the Secretary of State of NY (SSNY) on 06/26/2020. NY Office location: WESTCHESTER County.

SSNY is designated as agent upon whom process against the LLC may be served. SSNY shall mail a copy of any process against the LLC served upon him/her to The LLC, c/o Cassin & Cassin, LLP, 2900 Westchester Avenue, Suite 402, Purchase, New York 10577. Purpose: Any lawful act or activity. #62648

NOTICE OF FORMATION OF LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY (LLC). NAME: TnT Capital Holdings, LLC Articles of Organization were filed with the Secretary of State of New York (SSNY) on 08/13/20.

Office location: Westchester County. SSNY has been designated as agent of the LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail a copy of process to: The LLC, 499 North Broadway White Plains New York 10603, principal business location of the LLC. Purpose: any lawful business activity. #62649 Notice of Formation of Fresh Beginnings Yonkers, LLC Art. of Org. filed with SSNY on 8/31/20. Office Location: Westchester Cty. SSNY designated as agent of the LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to the LLC, 22 Peach St, Nanuet, NY 10965.

Purpose: any lawful purpose. #62650 Notice of Formation of Law Office of Frances E. Vazquez, PLLC, a domestic Professional Limited Liability Company (PLLC). Articles of Organization filed with the Secretary of State of NY (SSNY) on 08/20/2020. Office location: Westchester County.

Principal business location: 75 S. Broadway, Suite 4-3982, White Plains, New York 10601.

SSNY is designed as agent upon whom process against the PLLC may be served.

SSNY shall mail a copy of any process served against the PLLC to c/o Frances E. Vazquez, 75 S. Broadway, Suite 4-3982, White Plains, New York 10601. Purpose: the practice of law. #62651 Notice of Formation of Genesis Realty Associates LLC, Art. Of Org. filed with Secy of State of NY (SSNY) on 09/01/2020. Office location: Westchester Cty. Princ. Office of LLC: 14 Sunnyside Dr. 2nd fl, Yonkers, NY 10705. SSNY designated as agent of the LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to the LLC at the address of its princ. office.

Purpose: any lawful activity. #62652 Notice of Formation of Student Lending Group, LLC, Art. Of Org. filed with SSNY on 8/28/2020. Offc.

Loc: Westchester Cty. SSNY desig. as agent of the LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to the LLC, 3151 Stoney St. Mohegan Lake., NY 10547. Purpose: any lawful purpose. #62653 Name of LLC: Boutique of Balanced Wellness, LLC. Date of filing Art. of Org. with DOS: 6/26/20. Location of LLC: Westchester County.

Agent: Boutique of Balanced Wellness,LLC PO Box 114, Mount Vernon, NY 10552, upon whom process against it may be served. Business Purpose: health and wellness #62654

NOTICE OF FORMATION of Limited Liability Company GUARDXPRO, LLC. Articles of Organization were filed with the Secretary of State of New York (SSNY) on September 2nd, 2020. Office location Westchester County. SSNY has been designated as agent of the LLC upon whom process against it may be served.

SSNY shall mail a copy of process to the LLC at 925 Saw Mill River Road, Yonkers, NY 10710. Purpose: For any lawful purpose. #62655 Notice of Formation of Simply Sweet by Cindy, LLC Art. Of Org. filed with SSNY on 4/10/2020. Offc.

Loc: Westchester Cty. SSNY desig. as agent of the LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to the LLC, 800 Westchester Ave, Ste S-602, Rye Brook, NY 10573. Purpose: any lawful purpose. #62656 Notice of Formation of YNGC Enterprises LLC Art. Of Org. filed with SSNY on 9/11/2020.

Offc. Loc: Westchester Cty. SSNY desig. as agent of the LLC upon whom process against it may be served.

SSNY shall mail process to the LLC, 215 E Gun Hill Rd, Apt # 6L, Bronx, NY 10467. Purpose: any lawful purpose. #62658 Notice of Formation of Fresh Beginnings Enterprises, LLC Art. of Org. filed with SSNY on 9/11/20. Office Location: Westchester Cty. SSNY designated as agent of the LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to the LLC, 22 Peach St, Nanuet, NY 10965.

Purpose: any lawful purpose. #62659

The Annual Return of the DAVID AND KATHERINE MOORE FAMILY FOUNDATION for the calendar year December 31, 2019 ls available at Its principal office located at Prager Metis CPAís, LLC, 800 Westchester Avenue, Suite N-400 Rye Brook, NY 10573 for Inspection during regular business hours by any citizen who requests It within 180 days hereof. Principal Manager of the Foundation is Katherine Moore. #62660 Notice of formation of The Slagar Group LLC. Arts of Org. filed with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 08/28/2020.

Office location: Westchester Cty. SSNY designated agent upon whom process may be served and shall mail copy of process against LLC to 19 Hissarlik Way, Bedford, NY 10506. Purpose: any lawful purpose. #62661 Name of LLC: Royal Towing, LLC. Arts. of Org. filed NY Sec. of State 07/21/2020. Princ. off. loc.: Westchester Cty. Sec. of State designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. Sec. of State shall mail a copy of process to the LLC, c/o United States Corporation Agents, Inc., 7014 13th Ave., BK, NY 11228. Purpose: any lawful activity. #62662

Notice of Application for Authority to do business in New York of COMBO NATION LLC (ìLLCî). Application for Authority filed with the Secretary of State (ìSSNYî) 7/29/2020. The LLC formed in WYOMING (ìWYî) on 2/19/2020. Office location is Westchester County. SSNY has been designated as agent of the LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail a copy of such process to the LLC Registered Agents, Inc., 30 N Gould St, Ste R, Sheridan, WY 82801. Office address in WY is Registered Agents, Inc., 30 N Gould St, Ste R, Sheridan, WY 82801. Copies of Certificate of Organization of LLC are on file and may be obtained from the Secretary of State of WY, Herschler Bldg. East, Ste. 100 & 101 Cheyenne, WY 82002.

Purpose of business of LLC is any lawful act or activity. #62663 NOTICE OF FORMATION OF LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY (LLC). NAME: EMERALD SUNSET PUBLISHING, LLC Articles of Organization were filed with the Secretary of State of New York (SSNY) on 06/10/2020. Office location: Westchester County. SSNY has been designated as agent of the LLC upon whom process against it may be served.

SSNY shall mail a copy of process to: EMERALD SUNSET PUBLISHING LLC C/O LAYLA QAABIDH, 1853 Central Park Avenue, Yonkers, NY 10710, principal business location of the LLC. Purpose: any lawful business activity. #62657

Sealed bids will be received as set forth in Instructions to Bidders (https://www. dot.ny.gov/bids-and-lettings/construction-contractors/important-info) until 10:30 A.M. on Thursday, October 08, 2020 at the NYSDOT, Contract Management Bureau, 50 Wolf Rd, 1st Floor, Suite 1CM, Albany, NY 12232 and will be publicly opened and read. Maps, Plans and Specifications may be seen at Electronic documents and Amendments which are posted to www.dot.ny.gov/doingbusiness/opportunities/const-notices.

The New York State Department of Transportation, in accordance with the Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, 78 Stat. 252, 42 U.S.C. 2000d to 2000d-4 and Title 49, Code of Federal Regulations, Department of Transportation, Subtitle A, Office the Secretary, Part 21, Nondiscrimination in Federally-assisted programs of the Department of Transportation and Title 23 Code of Federal Regulations, Part 200, Title IV Program and Related Statutes, as amended, issued pursuant to such Act, hereby notifies all who respond to a written Department solicitation, request for proposal or invitation for bid that it will affirmatively insure that in any contract entered into pursuant to this advertisement, disadvantaged business enterprises will be afforded full opportunity to submit bids in response to this invitation and will not be discriminated against on the grounds of race, color, national origin, sex, age, disability/handicap and income status in consideration for an award.

Please call (518)457-2124 if a reasonable accommodation is needed to participate in the letting.

Region 08: New York State Department of Transportation 4 Burnett Blvd., Poughkeepsie, NY, 12603 D264323, PIN 881383, Columbia, Dutchess, Orange, Putnam, Rockland, Ulster, Westchester Cos., STRUCTURES WHERE & WHEN REGION WIDE, Bid Deposit: 5% of Bid (~ $200,000.00), Goals: MBE: 5.00%, WBE: 10.00%, SDVOB: 6.00%

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BUILDING PERMITS Commercial Richard Corp., Terrytown, contractor for Sikorsky Aircraft Corp.

Perform replacement alterations at 1201 South Ave., Bridgeport. Estimated cost: $50,000. Filed July 28.

Delmar Associates, Bridgeport, contractor for 800 Union Ave, LLC. Erect loading docks at 800 Union Ave., Bridgeport. Estimated cost: $200,000. Filed Aug. 3.

JCM Services, Stamford, contractor for JCM Services Inc. Construct a new steel building at 2115 Seaview Ave., Bridgeport. Estimated cost: $22,000. Filed Aug. 3.

Transcend Wireless, Mahwah, contractor for Fairbridge Commons LLC. Upgrade and replace a telecommunication facility at 1001 Fairfield Ave., Bridgeport. Estimated cost: $20,000. Filed July 30.

Vertical Resource Group, Auburn, Massachusetts, contractor for AT&T Capital Services. Add satellite digital audio radio service remotes at 430 John St., Bridgeport.

Estimated cost: $10,000. Filed Aug. 5.

Residential 111 Clearview Drive LLC, Fairfield, contractor for 111 Clearview Drive LLC. Remodel bathrooms, kitchen and replace windows at 41 Pleasant St., Bridgeport. Estimated cost: $15,000. Filed July 28.

Apex Exteriors LLC, Fairfield, contractor for Linder Nichro. Remove existing roof and re-roof 914 Clark St., Bridgeport. Estimated cost: $19,300. Filed Aug. 4.

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

Questions and comments regarding this section should be directed to:

Arguelles Home Improvement, Trumbull, contractor for Joe Ganim. Remodel kitchen, bathroom and replace windows at 46 Beacon Cottage, Bridgeport. Estimated cost: $25,000. Filed Aug. 6.

The Home Depot USA, Atlanta, Georgia, contractor for Shannon Doyle. Replace windows and patio door at 155 Brewster St., Bridgeport.

Estimated cost: $10,269. Filed Aug. 6.

Pro Custom Solar/Momentum Solar, Bridgeport, contractor for Pamela Wright. Remove existing roof and re-roof 335 Dexter Drive, Bridgeport. Estimated cost: $6,888.

Filed July 29.

Southern New England Window, Smithfield, Rhode Island, contractor for Brian Monahan. Replace windows at 134 Arcadia Ave., Bridgeport. Estimated cost: $31,654.

Filed Aug. 11.

CMSA, Waterbury, contractor for Bridgeport Housing Authority. Remove existing roof and re-roof 408 Poplar St., Bridgeport. Estimated cost: $60,000. Filed Aug. 5.

Leite-Mendonca, Afranio, Bridgeport, contractor for Afranio Leite-Mendonca. Renovate kitchen at 1325 North St., Bridgeport. Estimated cost: $4,500. Filed Aug. 4.

Pro Custom Solar/Momentum Solar, Bridgeport, contractor for Charles Valentino. Remove existing roof and re-roof 76 Waverly Place, Bridgeport. Estimated cost: $12,880. Filed July 29.

Southern New England Window, Smithfield, Rhode Island, contractor for Edna Silva. Replace windows at 45 Red Oak Road, Bridgeport. Estimated cost: $11,358.

Filed Aug. 11.

Cosmopolitan Interiors, New York, New York, contractor for KRG Inc. Repair fire damage at 473-477 Putnam St., Bridgeport. Estimated cost: $5,000. Filed Aug. 4.

Lowe, Hector, Bridgeport, contractor for Hector Lowe. Build a single-family dwelling at 2960 E. Main St., Bridgeport. Estimated cost: $119,000. Filed July 28.

CT Home Remodelers, Naugatuck, contractor for Jessica Rodriguez. Remove existing roof and re-roof 160 Woodside Ave., Bridgeport. Estimated cost: $10,500. Filed July 29.

MAC Home Services, Trumbull, contractor for Partners Home Improvements LLC. Build a single-family dwelling at 133 Shell St., Bridgeport. Estimated cost: $155,000. Filed July 28.

Pro Custom Solar/Momentum Solar, Bridgeport, contractor for Pamela Wright. Remove existing roof and re-roof 335 Dexter Drive, Bridgeport. Estimated cost: $6,888.

Filed Aug. 10.

Star Renovations LLC, New London, contractor for Linherst Holding Group LLC. Remove existing roof and re-roof 456-458 Wilmot Ave., Bridgeport. Estimated cost: $8,000. Filed July 28.

Exquisite Contractors LLC, Bridgeport, contractor for Jeff Cadeau. Replace siding at 246 Vincellette St., Bridgeport. Estimated cost: $22,145. Filed July 29.

Momentum Solar, East Berlin, contractor for Deborah Billups.

Remove existing roof and re-roof 619 Soundview Ave., Bridgeport.

Estimated cost: $5,147. Filed Aug. 7.

Pro Custom Solar/Momentum Solar, East Berlin, contractor for Gaely Drice. Upgrade roof framing structure for solar panels at 700 W. Jackson Ave., Bridgeport. Estimated cost: $8,511. Filed Aug. 11.

Tallento Corp., Bridgeport, contractor for Johan Rojo. Remodel kitchen and bathrooms, siding and re-roof and rebuild deck at 220 Maplewood Ave., Bridgeport. Estimated cost: $145,000. Filed July 30.

Exquisite Contractors LLC, Bridgeport, contractor for Cillie Reddick. Remove existing roof and re-roof 51 Asylum St., Bridgeport.

Estimated cost: $8,500. Filed July 30.

Momentum Solar, East Berlin, contractor for Emmanuel Andino.

Remove existing roof and re-roof 127 Griffin Ave., Bridgeport. Estimated cost: $8,000. Filed Aug. 11.

Pro Custom Solar/Momentum Solar, East Berlin, contractor for Debra Anduiar. Reinforce structural rafters for solar panels at 248-250 Iranisatan Ave., Bridgeport. Estimated cost: $1,000. Filed Aug. 11.

Toledo, Nancy, Bridgeport, contractor for Nancy Toledo. Perform replacement alterations at 755 Howard Ave., Bridgeport. Estimated cost: $14,000. Filed Aug. 6.

Exquisite Contractors LLC, Bridgeport, contractor for Carmen Ayala. Remove existing roof and re-roof 89 Ranch Drive, Bridgeport.

Estimated cost: $8,500. Filed July 30.

Finish Touch LLC, Trumbull, contractor for Eder Souza. Build a new single-family dwelling at 49 Infield St., Bridgeport. Estimated cost: $145,000. Filed July 28.

Galvin Pools, Orange, contractor for Robert Rodriguez. Build aboveground pool at 1140 Norman St., Bridgeport. Estimated cost: $4,428.

Filed Aug. 7.

Gomez, Diana, Bridgeport, contractor for Diana Gomez. Construct in-ground pool at 470 Brooklawn Ave., Bridgeport. Estimated cost: $22,000. Filed Aug. 6.

Guilin Construction, Waterbury, contractor for Salli Orellana. Remove existing roof and re-roof 1235 Lindley St., Bridgeport. Estimated cost: $4,500. Filed Aug. 5.

The Home Depot USA, Atlanta, Georgia, contractor for Brian Herman. Replace windows at 275 Burnsford Ave., Bridgeport. Estimated cost: $7,355. Filed Aug. 6.

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Namco, Rocky Hill, contractor for Johanna Villa. Build above-ground pool at 112 Oakleaf St., Bridgeport.

Estimated cost: $5,040. Filed July 28.

OC Roofing, Bridgeport, contractor for Carol Mulligan. Remove existing roof and re-roof 194 Dixon St., Bridgeport. Estimated cost: $0.

Filed July 29.

Posigen Connecticut LLC, Bridgeport, contractor for Susan Gotta. Remove existing roof and reroof 10 Waverly Place, Bridgeport.

Estimated cost: $5,000. Filed Aug. 7.

Posigen Connecticut LLC, Bridgeport, contractor for Rosemary Wright. Reinforce structural rafters for solar panels at 243-245 High Ridge Drive, Bridgeport. Estimated cost: $1,000. Filed Aug. 11.

Pridemark Construction LLC, Greenwich, contractor for Nicolas Merida. Replace windows, roof and siding at 264 George St., Bridgeport. Estimated cost: $67,000. Filed Aug. 7.

Pro Custom Solar, East Berlin, contractor for Cesar Torres. Remove existing roof and re-roof 227 Willow St., Bridgeport. Estimated cost: $4,400. Filed July 30.

Properties United LLC, Bridgeport, contractor for Milton Johnson. Remodel kitchen, bath, insulation and sheetrock at 2001 Park Ave., Bridgeport. Estimated cost: $38,400. Filed Aug. 5.

Sheds Unlimited, Morgentown, Pennsylvania. contractor for Notoya Patricia. Construct a shed on a slab at 45-49 Benson St., Bridgeport. Estimated cost: $20,000. Filed Aug. 11.

Sky Way Restoration LLC, North Haven, contractor for Christina Parra. Remove existing roof and re-roof 169 Woodside Drive, Bridgeport. Estimated cost: $0. Filed July 28.

Southern New England Window, Smithfield, Rhode Island, contractor for Margaret Hegedus.

Replace windows, entry door and patio door at 67 King St., Bridgeport. Estimated cost: N/A. Filed July 29.

Southern New England Window, Smithfield, Rhode Island, contractor for Kempley Smith.

Replace windows at 110 Wilcox St., Bridgeport. Estimated cost: $5,879.

Filed Aug. 11.

Tuff Shed Inc, Denver, Colorado, contractor for Jaime Gallegos. Construct a shed at 2140 Noble Ave., Bridgeport. Estimated cost: $7,460.

Filed Aug. 6.

WCG 12 LLC, Bridgeport, contractor for WCG 12 LLC. Repair fire damage at 135 Madison Ave., Bridgeport. Estimated cost: N/A. Filed July 30.

COURT CASES Bridgeport Superior Court Kersten, John J., Bridgeport. Filed

by Cavalry Spv I LLC, Valhalla, New York. Plaintiff’s attorney: Schreiber Law LLC, Salem, New Hampshire.

Action: The plaintiff acquired the defendant’s credit debt. The defendant has failed to make payments or neglected to pay the debt. The plaintiff seeks monetary damages less than 15,000, exclusive of interest and costs and such other and further relief the court deems appropriate. Case no. FBT-CV-206099010-S. Filed Aug. 3.

Miller, Anthony, Bridgeport.

Filed by Hector Serrano, Bridgeport. Plaintiff’s attorney: David Laudano, Stratford. Action: The plaintiff suffered a collision allegedly caused by the defendant and sustained severe and painful personal injuries. The plaintiff seeks monetary damages in excess of $15,000, exclusive of interest and costs and such other and further relief the court deems appropriate. Case no.

FBT-CV-20-6099212-S. Filed Aug. 13.

Rivera, Virgin M., et al, Bridgeport. Filed by Elliot Ortega, Stratford. Plaintiff’s attorney: Riscassi & Davis PC, Hartford. Action: The plaintiff suffered a collision allegedly caused by the defendant and sustained severe and painful personal injuries. The plaintiff seeks monetary damages in excess of $15,000, exclusive of interest and costs and such other and further relief the court deems appropriate.

Case no. FBT-CV-20-6099032-S. Filed Aug. 4.

Godfrey, William, et al, Bridgeport. Filed by Heather Weise, Milford. Plaintiff’s attorney: Manuel Antonio Suarez, West Hartford.

Action: The plaintiff suffered a collision allegedly caused by the defendant and sustained severe and painful personal injuries. The plaintiff seeks monetary damages in excess of $15,000, exclusive of interest and costs and such other and further relief the court deems appropriate. Case no. FBT-CV-206099152-S. Filed Aug. 11.

Sutman, Unal, Norwalk. Filed by Lauren Abate, Seymour. Plaintiff’s attorney: Carter Mario Law Firm, North Haven. Action: The plaintiff suffered a collision allegedly caused by the defendant and sustained severe and painful personal injuries. The plaintiff seeks monetary damages in excess of $15,000, exclusive of interest and costs and such other and further relief the court deems appropriate. Case no.

FBT-CV-20-6099088-S. Filed Aug. 6.

Danbury Superior Court Breece, Leon, et al, Danbury.

Filed by Jorge Redrovan, Danbury.

Plaintiff’s attorney: Jennifer J Tunnard, Danbury. Action: The plaintiff while on the premises of one of the defendants, attempted to separate a fight among the patrons, when he was assaulted with a beer bottle in his face. As a result of the assault, plaintiff suffered injuries. The plaintiff seeks monetary damages in excess of $15,000, exclusive of interest and costs and such other and further relief the court deems appropriate. Case no. DBD-CV-206036632-S. Filed July 20.

Facts & Figures Cox, Aaron, executor of the Estate of Paul Vincent Dig, et al, Newtown. Filed by Petro Inc., Stamford Plaintiff’s attorney: The Quinn Law Firm LLC, Milford. Action: The plaintiff’s employee suffered a collision allegedly caused by the defendant, who was appointed as co-executor. Plaintiff sustained severe and painful personal injuries.

The plaintiff seeks monetary damages in excess of $15,000, exclusive of interest and costs and such other and further relief the court deems appropriate. Case no. DBD-CV-206036742-S. Filed July 31.

Biancone, Joseph T., et al, Waccabuc, New York. Filed by Edward F. Miccinati Jr., New Canaan. Plaintiff’s attorney: Ventura Law, Danbury. Action: The plaintiff suffered a collision allegedly caused by the defendant and sustained severe and painful personal injuries. The plaintiff seeks monetary damages in excess of $15,000, exclusive of interest and costs and such other and further relief the court deems appropriate. Case no. DBD-CV-206036671-S. Filed July 24.

Wyant, Justin, New Preston. Filed

by Justin DeFonce, New Milford.

Plaintiff’s attorney: The Flood Law Firm LLC, Middletown. Action: The plaintiff suffered a collision allegedly caused by the defendant and sustained severe and painful personal injuries. The plaintiff seeks monetary damages in excess of $15,000, exclusive of interest and costs and such other and further relief the court deems appropriate.

Case no. DBD-CV-20-6036674-S. Filed July 24.

Lalvay-pucha, Luis Alfredo, Danbury. Filed by Udival D Perpetuo, Bethel. Plaintiff’s attorney: Ventura Law, Danbury. Action: The plaintiff suffered a collision allegedly caused by the defendant and sustained severe and painful personal injuries. The plaintiff seeks monetary damages in excess of $15,000, exclusive of interest and costs and such other and further relief the court deems appropriate. Case no.

DBD-CV-20-6036814-S. Filed Aug. 12.

Stamford Superior Court O’Neill, Christopher, et al, Ridgefield. Filed by Joseph Sander, Norwalk. Plaintiff’s attorney: Benjamin Gold & Troyb PC, Stamford. Action: The plaintiff suffered a collision allegedly caused by the defendant and sustained severe and painful personal injuries. The plaintiff seeks monetary damages in excess of $15,000, exclusive of interest and costs and such other and further relief the court deems appropriate. Case no. FST-CV-20-6047666-S. Filed July 20.

Neiman, Miranda L et al, Harrison, New York. Filed by Akinbiyi D. Epega, Stamford. 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 and painful personal injuries. The plaintiff seeks monetary damages in excess of $15,000, exclusive of interest and costs and such other and further relief the court deems appropriate. Case no. FST-CV-206047487-S. Filed July 8.

Kramont Operating Partnership LP, et al, Hartford. Filed by Eva A. Pasquino, Stamford. Plaintiff’s attorney: Wocl Leydon LLC, Stamford. Action: The plaintiff was walking across the parking lot when she was caused to fall due to a large pothole, which was on the premise owned and controlled by the defendants. As a result, plaintiff suffered injuries. The plaintiff seeks monetary damages in excess of $15,000, exclusive of interest and costs and such other and further relief the court deems appropriate. Case no. FST-CV-20-6047763-S. Filed July 27.

Peluso, Frank N., et al, Greenwich. Filed by The Pickel Law Firm LLC, Stamford. Plaintiff’s attorney: The Pickel Law Firm LLC, Stamford.

Action: The plaintiff entered into a representation agreement with the defendants. The plaintiff sent correspondence to the defendants, reiterating the plaintiff’s claim of a lien pursuant to the agreement.

Despite claimed lien and payment of said lien, the defendants have wrongfully and maliciously refused to pay the outstanding legal fees and costs of the plaintiff. The plaintiff seeks monetary damages in excess of $15,000, exclusive of interest and costs and such other and further relief the court deems appropriate. Case no. FST-CV-206047506-S. Filed July 9.

Sood, Jasjeet, et al, Greenwich.

Filed by Paula Flaherty, Cos Cob. Plaintiff’s attorney: Wofsey Rosen Kweskin & Kuriansky LLP, Stamford. Action: The plaintiff was a passenger in the defendants’ boat. The defendant piloted the boat directly into a rock. As a result of the impact, the plaintiff sustained severe and painful personal injuries. The plaintiff seeks monetary damages in excess of $15,000, exclusive of interest and costs and such other and further relief the court deems appropriate. Case no. FST-CV-206047916-S. Filed Aug. 10.

DEEDS Commercial 10 Renee’s Way LLC, Greenwich.

Seller: Winding Lane LLC, Darien.

Property: 35 Winding Lane, Greenwich. Amount: $10. Filed July 30.

115 FPC Nominee Real Estate Trust, Greenwich. Seller: The 115 Field Point Circle Nominee Real Estate Trust, Greenwich. Property: 115 Field Point Circle, Greenwich.

Amount: $11,207,500. Filed July 24.

206 Greenwich LLC, Greenwich.

Seller: 206 Stanwich Road LLC, Greenwich. Property: 65 Stanwich Road, Greenwich. Amount: $10.

Filed July 31.

50 Guards Road LLC, Greenwich. Seller: Horse Orchard LLC, New York, New York. Property: 50 Guards Road, Greenwich. Amount: $10. Filed July 30.

Balic, Dino, Greenwich. Seller: Hemlock6 LLC, Greenwich. Property: 6 Hemlock Drive, Greenwich.

Amount: $990,000. Filed July 29.

Black Kats LLC, Greenwich. Seller: Takahiro Yamamoto, Greenwich. Property: 26 Old Wagon Road, Old Greenwich. Amount: $0.

Filed July 29.

Carrig Holdings LLC, Fairfield.

Seller: Jose Salas, Riverside. Property: Lot 5, Map 4059, Greenwich.

Amount: $1, Filed July 24.

Combe, Courtney B.I., Ocean Ridge, Florida Seller: Old Church Road LLC, Palm Beach, Florida.

Property: 2 Old Church Road, Unit 2, Greenwich. Amount: $1,765,000.

Filed July 29.

Glen Shadow LLC, Greenwich.

Seller: David Ross and Tenley Reed, Greenwich. Property: 170 Old Mill Road, Greenwich. Amount: $4,270,000. Filed Aug. 4.

Khan, Ayesha and Tim Fenn, Greenwich. Seller: US Bank Trust NA, Greenwich. Property: 544 North St., Greenwich. Amount: $2,450,000. Filed July 27.

Rahmanian, Saman and Andra Rahmanian, White Plains, New York. Seller: Wilmington Savings Fund Society, Old Greenwich.

Property: 7 Loch Lane, Greenwich.

Amount: $6,900,000. Filed July 31.

The 2019 Restated Robert H Eder Trust, Greenwich. Seller: Catherine S. Nietzel, Santa Barbara, California. Property: 85 Dingletown Road, Greenwich. Amount: $3,750,000. Filed July 24.

The Cary L. Queen Revocable Trust, Cupertino, California. Seller: Immanuel Holdings LLC, Leesburg, Virginia. Property: 161 Pecksland Road, Greenwich. Amount: $950,000. Filed Aug. 5.

Van Der Griend, Maximilian and Molly Jane Peterson, Old Greenwich. Seller: 41 Ridge Street LLC, Greenwich. Property: 41 Ridge St., Greenwich. Amount: $1. Filed Aug. 3.

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Gross, Joli Lyn, Greenwich. Seller: Joli L. Gross, Greenwich. Property: 60 Lismore Lane, Greenwich.

Amount: $1. Filed Aug. 4.

Halac, Karen, Greenwich. Seller: Charles DiGiovanna, Greenwich.

Property: 16 Valley Drive, Greenwich. Amount: $0. Filed Aug. 4.

Johnson, David P. and Dara K. Johnson, Old Greenwich. Seller: Susan E.F. Tedford, Old Greenwich. Property: 7 Waneta Road, Old Greenwich. Amount: $3,150,000.

Filed Aug. 5.

Bartels, Christopher S. and Minsung C. Bartels, Brooklyn, New York. Seller: Christopher J. Clarke and Karen Close Clarke, Riverside. Property: 24 Gilliam Lane, Riverside. Amount: $3,725,000.

Filed Aug. 3.

Jukic, Anthony and Marina Milos, Greenwich. Seller: Thomas N. Oates and Suzette H. Oates, Greenwich. Property: 9 Mavis Lane, Greenwich. Amount: $900,000.

Filed Aug. 7.

Burton, Jeremy, Rye Brook, New York. Seller: Alexander C. Jacobson and Anna L. Jacobson, Greenwich.

Property: 176 Weaver St., Greenwich. Amount: $1. Filed July 27.

Keating, Daniel Lawrence and Emily Driesman Keating, Old Greenwich. Seller: Douglas A. Schwartz and Jennifer Wilson, Old Greenwich. Property: 23 Tomac Ave., Old Greenwich. Amount: $2,695,000. Filed Aug. 6.

Christie, Jonathan Ross and Julie Beth Christie, New York, New York. Seller: Jopi Huang, Fort Lauderdale, Florida. Property: 22 Shady Brook Lane, Old Greenwich.

Amount: $1,671,000. Filed Aug. 3.

Cuneo, Andrew G. and Lauren A. Cuneo, Riverside. Seller: Sean Grogan and Hillary Grogan, Greenwich. Property: 22 Marks Road, Greenwich. Amount: $3,500,000.

Filed Aug. 4.

Cutair, Matthew Aaron and Lily S. Cutair, Bronxville, New York. Seller: Jennifer L. Freedman, Greenwich. Property: Locust Road, Greenwich. Amount: $10. Filed July 24.

Daniel, Philip Jad and Elizabeth Conway Daniel, Cos Cob. Seller: Victor Carlos Casabona Filho and Fernanda Rocha Lucchini Casabona, Greenwich. Property: 536 River Road, Cos Cob. Amount: $1,631,250.

Filed July 28.

Engle, Timothy W. and Keturah E. Engle, Greenwich. Seller: Ronan Stewart and Verity Stewart, Greenwich. Property: 14 River Lane, Greenwich. Amount: $1,272,500.

Filed Aug. 4.

Faries, Peter L., Riverside. Seller: Carol W. Deering, Stamford. Property: 3 Perkely Lane, Riverside.

Amount: $10. Filed Aug. 7.

Foglia, William and Ivette Ilen Chavez, Stamford. Seller: Miriam R. Wiggins, Greenwich. Property: 26 Columbus Ave., Greenwich.

Amount: $271,000. Filed July 27.

Klarberg, Barry, Greenwich. Seller: John C. Cammage and Valerie Pierson Cammage, Greenwich.

Property: 40 Pecksland Road, Greenwich. Amount: $2,125,000.

Filed Aug. 3.

Mahajan, Neil and Mariam Mahajan, Greenwich. Seller: David Kurd, Greenwich. Property: 129 Dingletown Road, Greenwich.

Amount: $2,410,000. Filed July 24.

Martinez Oteo, Patricia and Igor Rena Cardoso, Old Greenwich. Seller: Denis Biangolino Chaves and Mariana Antunes Marcos Chaves, Old Greenwich. Property: 36 Forest Ave., Old Greenwich.

Amount: $1,780,000. Filed Aug. 7.

Moore, Laura W., Greenwich.

Seller: Michael Salvatore, Greenwich. Property: 11 River Road, Unit 116, Cos Cob. Amount: $10. Filed July 27.

Musalo, Raymond and Megan Ward, Old Greenwich. Seller: Jonathan Wheaton and Janine Wheaton, Stockton, New Jersey. Property: 2 Binney Lane, Old Greenwich.

Amount: $2,725,000. Filed Aug. 7.

Nicolau, Caroline and Alexander Nicolau, New York, New York.

Seller: Serena C. Flaherty and Kevin M. Flaherty, Greenwich. Property: 7 Clark St., Greenwich. Amount: $3,200,000. Filed July 30.

Nocito, Brittany Elizabeth and Michael Francis Nocito, New York, New York. Seller: David Santivasi and John L. Santivasi, Centennial, Colorado. Property: 63 Indian Harbor Drive, Unit 5, Greenwich.

Amount: $775,000. Filed July 30.

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Orchansky, Karen and Guido Liniado, New York, New York. Seller: David M. Setchim, Old Greenwich. Property: 12 Cross Ridge Drive, Old Greenwich. Amount: $1,450,000. Filed July 31.

Perlin, Julie S. and Paul A. Perlin, New York, New York. Seller: Kelly J. Schnabel and David H. Schnabel, Greenwich. Property: 14 Juniper Hill Road, Greenwich. Amount: $10. Filed Aug. 5.

Phillips, Ryan and Cory Phillips, New York, New York. Seller: Jorge A. Cristoffanini and Maria P. Sabbagh Vidal, Old Greenwich.

Property: 353A Sound Beach Ave., Old Greenwich. Amount: $1,895,000. Filed July 23.

Raval, Rajiv Nayan and Manju Isabelle Jain, Riverside. Seller: Michelle K. Mulshine and Christopher H. Mulshine, Riverside. Property: 50 Indian Head Road, Riverside.

Amount: $1. Filed Aug. 7.

Reynolds, Nicole, Greenwich.

Seller: Hannah Utley and Brendan Letarte, Greenwich. Property: 25 Indian Harbor Drive, Unit 3, Greenwich. Amount: $0. Filed July 29.

Ribeiro, Rafael and Sophia Moreno-Paz, New York, New York.

Seller: Jeffrey P. Rudolph, Greenwich. Property: 91 Winthrop Drive, Greenwich. Amount: $1,975,000.

Filed July 29.

Rubin, Uri and Era Leen, New York, New York. Seller: William G. Waters and Virginia S. Waters, Cos Cob. Property: 52 Frontier Road, Cos Cob. Amount: $1,625,000. Filed July 29.

Ruiz, Thomas A. and Veronica Nunez Moreau, Greenwich. Seller: Eric K. Varma, Greenwich. Property: 1 Lia Fall Way, Cos Cob. Amount: $1. Filed July 29.

Serebryanny, Maxwell and Ester Zolotnitsky, New York, New York. Seller: David P. Johnson and Dara K. Johnson, Old Greenwich.

Property: 35 Highview Ave., Old Greenwich. Amount: $1,855,000.

Filed Aug. 4.

Swiber, Patrick and Meghan K. Swiber, New York, New York.

Seller: Kevin Keaveney and Keri E. Keaveney, Riverside. Property: 3 Hendrie Lane, Riverside. Amount: $1,630,000. Filed Aug. 3.

Taliaferro, Sloane and Stephen Lionetti, Riverside. Seller: Caryn Anne Marshall, Walpole, New Hampshire. Property: 5 Old Greenwich Lane, Riverside. Amount: $1,250,000. Filed Aug. 5.

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Facts & Figures Teicher, Victor and Hadi Ann Lieberman, Greenwich. Seller: Christopher L. Hartwell and Olga Hartwell, New York, New York.

Property: 46 Parsonage Road, Greenwich. Amount: $0. Filed July 24.

Thomas, Graham and Molly Thomas, New York, New York. Seller: Duncan Wright Simmons and Casey Clark Simmons, Old Greenwich. Property: 15 Meadow Marsh Lane, Old Greenwich. Amount: $10.

Filed Aug. 3.

Tolani, Suraj R. and Nichole Tolani, Hoboken, New Jersey. Seller: Joseph W. Swain and Lianne B. Swain, Greenwich. Property: 55 Londonderry Drive, Greenwich.

Amount: $2,595,000. Filed July 24.

Tzakos, Karl C. and James Heavey, Rye Brook, New York. Seller: Lynn A. Sawyer and Donna A. DiPietro, Carolina Shores, North Carolina. Property: Lot 26, Map 2530, Greenwich. Amount: $582,000.

Filed July 23.

Wang, Cristina and Jonathan Wang, New York, New York.

Seller: James G. Stehil and Jennie Stehil, Riverside. Property: 275 Riverside Ave., Riverside. Amount: $4,600,000. Filed Aug. 3.

Warden, Robert G. and Margareth S. Warden, Greenwich. Seller: Rama C. Subramaniam and Toni M. Subramaniam, Greenwich. Property: 27 Midwood Road, Greenwich.

Amount: $10. Filed Aug. 5.

Ziac, Linda A., Cos Cob. Seller: Ruth P. Wilson, Cos Cob. Property: Garage No. 3, 98 Valley Road, Cos Cob. Amount: $10. Filed Aug. 4.

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Zlotnik, Aleksey and Randi Bennett, Brooklyn, New York. Seller: Joanne Trout, Riverside. Property: 9 Armstrong Lane, Riverside.

Amount: $2,312,000. Filed July 31.

LIENS Federal Tax Liens Filed 0 Mohawk LLC, 97 Valley Road, Cos Cob. $2,864, civil proceeding tax. Filed Aug. 24.

Andrighetto, Nancy, 14 Azalea Terrace, Cos Cob. $8,647, civil proceeding tax. Filed Aug. 24.

Pradia, Joyce Diane C., 225 Golden Hill St., Bridgeport. $8,222, civil proceeding tax. Filed Aug. 24.

Pradia, Joyce Diane C., 225 Golden Hill St., Bridgeport. $469, civil proceeding tax. Filed Aug. 24.

Santora, David A., 11 Maple St., Cos Cob. $8,037, civil proceeding tax. Filed Aug. 24.

Santora, David A., 11 Maple St., Cos Cob. $458, civil proceeding tax.

Filed Aug. 24.

Stanton, Norma J., 410 Davis Ave., Greenwich. $8,423, civil proceeding tax. Filed Aug. 24.

Mechanic’s Liens KC Summer Street Owner LLC, Stamford. Filed by O&G Industries Inc, by Timothy G. Goss. Property: 66 Summer St., Stamford. Amount: $9,849. Filed May 26.

RBD Stamford LLC, Stamford.

Filed by Structural Preservation Systems LLC, by Jesse Cafourek.

Property: 700 E. Main St., Stamford.

Amount: $7,058. Filed May 11.

LIS PENDENS Hussain, Sarmad, et al, Stamford.

Filed by Philip Russell LLC, Cos Cob, for Michael Daly and Christopher Daly. Property: 34 Caldwell Ave., Stamford. Action: foreclose defendants’ mortgage. Filed Sept. 4.

Philippe, Edzer, et al, Stamford.

Filed by Ackerly & Ward, Stamford, for the Stamford Water Pollution Control Authority. Property: 37 Lincoln Ave., Stamford. Action: foreclose defendants’ mortgage. Filed Sep. 14.

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Raposo, Jose, Stamford. Filed

by Michael Richard Powers LLC, Stamford, for Noemi Carpio. Property: 23 Meadowpark Avenue East, Stamford. Action: foreclose defendant’s mortgage. Filed Sept. 11.

Laporte, Nicole M., Norwalk, by Michael J. Luzz. Lender: Citizens Bank NA, 1 Citizens Plaza, Providence, Rhode Island. Property: 666 Main Ave., Unit 214, Norwalk.

Amount: $154,500. Filed June 30.

Snoopy 7 LLC, et al, Stamford.

Filed by McCalla Raymer Leibert Pierce LLC, Hartford, for Stormfield Capital Funding I LLC. Property: 700 Summer St., Unit 7K, Stamford.

Action: foreclose defendants’ mortgage. Filed Sept. 14.

Mannella, Christopher N. and Michele J. Mannella, Norwalk, by Philip V. D’Alessio. Lender: Fairfield County Bank, 150 Danbury Road, Ridgefield. Property: 58 William St., Norwalk. Amount: $410,000. Filed June 29.

Tuck, Thomas, et al, Stamford.

Filed by Ackerly & Ward, Stamford, for Roosevelt Manor Association Inc. Property: Unit 2, Roosevelt Manor Condominium, Stamford.

Action: foreclose defendants’ mortgage. Filed Sept. 14.

Moreno, Brian and Michael Mondoro, Norwalk, by Joshua F. Gilman. Lender: Better Mortgage Corp., 120 Broadway, 5th Floor, New York, New York. Property: 124 Grumman Ave., Norwalk. Amount: $436,500. Filed June 30.

MORTGAGES Aguero, Claudelina and Cesar Aguero, Norwalk, by James Kavanak. Lender: First County Bank, 117 Prospect St., Stamford. Property: 209 Silvermine Ave., Norwalk.

Amount: $300,000. Filed June 29.

Castano, Hector and Judy Viera, Stamford, by N/A. Lender: Quicken Loans LLC, 1050 Woodwar Ave., Detroit, Michigan. Property: 115 Foxwood Road, Stamford. Amount: $534,600. Filed July 1.

Cohen, Brad and Colleen Winderl Cohen, Greenwich, by Bruce D. Jackson. Lender: Savings Bank of Danbury, 220 Main St., Danbury.

Property: 7 Choctaw Lane, Greenwich. Amount: $510,400. Filed July 6.

Curran, Gentra N., Fairfield, by Douglas B. Seltzer. Lender: Bank of America NA, 101 S. Tryon St., Charlotte, North Carolina. Property: 896 Burroughs Road, Fairfield.

Amount: $347,000. Filed July 20.

Gipson, Ramon, Stamford, by John R. Fiore. Lender: Mortgage Markets Cuso LLC, 616 Burnside Ave., East Hartford. Property: 22 Burley Ave., Stamford. Amount: $240,000. Filed July 1.

Guimaraes, Luiz and Sonia Guimaraes, Norwalk, by Idesta Adams. Lender: Loandepot.com LLC, 26642 Towne Centre Drive, Foothill Ranch, California. Property: 18 Edgewood St., Norwalk. Amount: $315,000. Filed June 30.

Hasan, Jobeyed and Tanzina Akter, Stamford, by Edward F. Nemchek. Lender: First World Mortgage Corp., 127 Prospect Ave., West Hartford. Property: 42 Lillian St., Stamford. Amount: $408,750.

Filed July 2.

Morey, Joseph P. and Jessica L. Morey, Fairfield, by Natasha Georgette. Lender: Affinity Federal Credit Union, 73 Mountainview Blvd., Basking Ridge, New Jersey. Property: 55 Elderberry Lane, Fairfield.

Amount: $514,500. Filed July 20.

Nekritz, Stuart S. and Stacey E. Nekritz, Stamford, by Morris L. Barocas. Lender: JPMorgan Chase Bank NA, 1111 Polaris Pkwy., Columbus, Ohio. Property: 161 Old Logging Road, Stamford. Amount: $230,607. Filed July 1.

Potocki, Jeffrey Edmund and Kathryn M. Potocki, Fairfield,

by Scott Rogalski. Lender: Bank of America NA, 101 S. Tryon St., Charlotte, North Carolina. Property: 779 Gilbert Highway, Fairfield. Amount: $318,262. Filed July 21.

Rebocho, Shawn and Carly D. Rebocho, Fairfield, by Pamela I. Baekey. Lender: Mutual Savings Bank, 904 Pequannock Road, Groton. Property: 70 Walbin Court.

Fairfield. Amount: $744,000. Filed July 21.

Reich, Taly and Uri M. Reich, Fairfield, by Michael J. McCabe.

Lender: JPMorgan Chase Bank NA, 1111 Polaris Pkwy., Columbus, Ohio.

Property: 160 Edward St., Fairfield.

Amount: $1,143,750. Filed July 21.

Sciacca, Brian, Stamford, by Denis W. Patterson. Lender: Bayshore Mortgage Funding LLC, 1920 Greenspring Drive, Suite 140, Lutherville-Timonium, Maryland.

Property: 173 Westover Road, Stamford. Amount: $343,100. Filed July 1.

Sullivan, Thomas A. and Bailey J. Keehan, Fairfield, by John R. Harness. Lender: Guaranteed Rate Affinity LLC, 1800 W. Larchmont Ave., Chicago, Illinois. Property: 917 Jennings Road, Fairfield. Amount: $456,000. Filed July 21.

Swallen, Thayer and Viviana Betancourt, Stamford, by unreadable. Lender: TD Bank NA, 2035 Limestone Road, Wilmington, Delaware. Property: 163 Ocean Drive East, Stamford. Amount: $300,000.

Filed July 1.

Tidgwell, Melissa C. and Thomas M. Tidwell, Old Greenwich, by Casey M. O’Donnell. Lender: Lynn Tidgwell, 156 Weekeepeemee Road, Woodbury. Property: 17 Fairfield Ave., Old Greenwich. Amount: $1,347,000. Filed July 6.

Villafana, Federico J. and Alexandra Blas, Norwalk, by Charles A. Fiore. Lender: Citizens Bank NA, 1 Citizens Plaza, Providence, Rhode Island. Property: 25 Oakhill Ave., Norwalk. Amount: $325,000. Filed June 29.

NEW BUSINESSES Amerigard of Connecticut, 3 Depinedo Ave., Stamford 06902, c/o Alert Systems LLC. Filed Aug. 12.

Angelhearth Senior Concierge Service, 85 Courtland Ave., Stamford 06902, c/o Mabel Irene Rueda.

Filed Aug. 17.

Dedios Designs, 300 Tresser Blvd.

Apartment 5K, Stamford 06901, c/o Chantal Benavides. Filed Aug. 10.

Fairview Insurance Agency Associates, 6 Landmark Square, Fourth floor, Stamford 06901, c/o Foundation Risk Partners Corp.

Filed Aug. 10.

Here to Help Health, 83 Morgan St., Unit 5, Stamford 06905, c/o Cristina Gonzalez. Filed Aug. 10.

Jwit Hydrotherapy Bath Solutions, 6 Landmark Square, Fourth floor, Stamford 06901, c/o Safe Step Walk In Tub LLC. Filed Aug. 10.

K.J.N. Home Improvement, 15 Goodwin St., Apartment 1, Stamford 06906, c/o Alexander Diaz.

Filed Aug. 13.

Kryz Hair Stylist, 12 Tuttle St., Unit 2C, Stamford 06830, c/o Piedad Cristina Rodas Ramirez. Filed Aug. 7.

Ma Production Luxenn, 108 Maple Ave., Apt. 2, Stamford 06902, c/o Zara Marie Rachele Jecrois. Filed Aug. 10.

She Speaks Grace Ministries, 73-2 Ludlow St., Stamford 06902, c/o Melvette Ruffin. Filed Aug. 12.

Synchronosure, 6 Landmark Square, Fourth floor, Stamford 06901, c/o Synchrono Group. Filed Aug. 10.

Trump Residences, 1 Broad St., Stamford 06901, c/o The Trump Corp. Filed Aug. 17.

Tutti Pazzi, 269 Bedford St., Stamford 06901, c/o Hala LLC. Filed Aug. 11.

PATENTS Automated system setup. Patent no. 10,778,509 issued to Adam Holladay, et al. Assigned to Harman International, Stamford.

Black generation to optimize color gamut volume and quality within limits on colorant usage. Patent no. 10,778,870 issued to Stephen Kroon. Assigned to Xerox Corp., Norwalk.

Controlled silicone release during xerographic printing to create pressure sensitive adhesive release coat. Patent no. 10,773,506 issued to Stephen Kroon. Assigned to Xerox Corp., Norwalk.

Method and system for learning transferable feature representations from a source domain for a target domain. Patent no. 10,776,693 issued to Stephen Kroon. Assigned to Xerox Corp., Norwalk.

Operating system startup acceleration. Patent no. 10,776,130 issued to Prakash Raman, et al. Assigned to Harman International, Stamford.

Sheet profile input feature for decurler. Patent no. 10,773,917 issued to Roberto Irizarry, et al.

Assigned to Xerox Corp., Norwalk.

Wireless audio device provisioning. Patent no. 10,779,229 issued to Don Milham, et al. Assigned to Harman International, Stamford.

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