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The working poor 40% OF WESTCHESTER FAMILIES STRUGGLING TO MAKE ENDS MEET BY RYAN DEFFENBAUGH rdeffenbaugh@westfairinc.com

n a county that often ranks among the country’s most affluent, 40 percent of Westchester residents struggle daily to pay for basic needs such as housing, food, transportation, child care and health care, according to a nonprofit’s recent study. The numbers are part of an updated version of the United Way’s ALICE study. ALICE is an acronym for people who the national nonprofit define as “asset limited, income constrained, employed.” The 40 percent number includes families with incomes below the federal poverty line — defined by the U.S. Census Bureau at $25,100 for a family of four — but also ALICE families with incomes that are above the poverty line but still not enough to keep up with the cost of living. ALICE families are households with working adults who are struggling to pay bills, according to the United Way. They’re forced to make decisions between rent and the electric bill, or prescription drugs against groceries. The » » WORKERS

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Gary Peterson, executive director of the 109-year-old Bijou Theatre in Bridgeport, has rehabbed the interior and added live music to the entertainment mix. Photo by Phil Hall.

Hacked off CONNECTICUT INCREASING CYBERSECURITY EFFORTS AHEAD OF ELECTION

BY KEVIN ZIMMERMAN kzimmerman@westfairinc.com

onnecticut is ramping up its cybersecurity efforts ahead of the Nov. 6 election, though some observers wonder if the state’s efforts will be sufficient to circumvent the kind of chicanery that was at play during the presidential election in 2016. “Connecticut is really in very good shape” when it comes to averting cyberattacks, declared

Secretary of the State Denise Merrill, who in April led a first-ofits-kind meeting of state, local and federal officials in an effort to protect Connecticut’s 2018 elections from such activities. Merrill said her assessment was partly due to Connecticut’s reliance on paper ballots, which means that its voting machines are not connected to the internet. Nevertheless, she noted that Connecticut was one of 21 states targeted by Russian hacking during the 2016 election, accord-

ing to the U.S. Department of Homeland Security. Of those, only the Illinois’ voter registration database was successfully hacked, but officials there have maintained that the breach did not affect its election results. While the cyberattacks in ’16 were conducted at least in part as an attempt to influence who would be in charge of the country, Merrill said she didn’t think that attacks this year would be made to unfairly steer either Ned » » CYBERSECURITY

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Bridgeport’s Bijou Theatre cranks up the volume with a retro vibe BY PHIL HALL phall@westfairinc.com

he lobby of Bridgeport’s Bijou Theatre is decorated with reminders of the entertainment world’s past. A 1952 jukebox, a Philco television set from the early 1950s, a couple of old-school radios and reels of well-worn 16mm film prints are on display. The Bijou itself is a happy piece of surviving history: it opened on Fairfield Avenue in 1909 and underwent several name changes before closing in 1996, only to reopen again in 2011 by Kuchma Corp. as a combination cinema and live performance venue anchoring the mixed-use Bijou Square development. Once inside of the Bijou, however, it becomes obvious that nostalgia is being left in the lobby: a boldly decorative star field backdrop gives the venue a futuristic glow. Gary Peterson, the Bijou’s executive director, points out the audio changes that he installed since taking over the theater’s management in July 2017. “We have a brand-new sound system,” Peterson said. “The movie sound system they had here was great, but they were using that for the music sound system and it needed its own. We also have a new digital board at control booth.” Peterson also noted that he gave the Bijou’s backstage dressing room “a facelift” to better accommodate the venue’s visiting performers, along with a new outdoor backstage patio for what he dubbed “joking and smoking before the show.” A former production manager at NBC Sports in Stamford who jokingly insisted that he “went into television 100 years ago because I wanted to make music videos,” Peterson said that he was initially unable to pursue his music-focused interests due to being in

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Gary Peterson, executive director at the Bijou Theatre, examining a vintage jukebox in the lobby and touring the interior of the venue. Photos by Phil Hall.

the Connecticut television market, which was skewed to sports broadcasting. “And I was married and I had kids and there was opportunity in sports,” he added. “But I was never a big sports junkie.” Inspired by the success being enjoyed by Infinity Music Hall in Norfolk near the Massachusetts border, he began planning to find a small venue where he could stage a funky mix of live music acts. He investigated some long-defunct movie theaters in Naugatuck and Watertown, but the renovation costs were prohibitive. The Bijou became available after a hiccup in theater management briefly resulted in its closing in the summer of 2016. An interim operating team was not able to continue for the long haul. With a mix of auditorium and cabaret-style seating, the Bijou can accommodate 190

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With a mix of auditorium and cabaretstyle seating, the Bijou can accommodate 190 patrons for a show. Since taking over the reins at the Bijou, Peterson has focused primarily on presenting live music acts.

patrons for a show. Since taking over the reins at the Bijou, Peterson has focused primarily on presenting live music acts. Tribute bands have been popular with local audiences — the latest is Completely Unchained, a Van Halen tribute act, is slated to appear Sept. 29. Tribute presentations to Jackson Browne, the Rat Pack, Billy Joel, Steely Dan, Madonna and Ozzy Osbourne are on tap for later in the fall. “The bands that come here rave about this place,” Peterson said. “They love the sound of the room, they love the configuration and the uniqueness. It’s a nice plus that I didn’t expect — the bands kind of gush when they come here.” As for film presentations at the Bijou, they have been mostly limited to WPKN-FM’s monthly series of music documentaries and, sporadic indie film endeavor, most

recently the screening and awards presentations for the 48 Hour Film Project. “I was happy for that,” Peterson said. “They had done business here years ago and I was glad to have them back. I would like to get more shortfilm festivals.” While live shows are primarily on Friday and Saturday nights, along with an occasional Sunday matinee, Peterson is not keeping the Bijou dark for the remainder of the week. Instead, he maintains an active calendar for renting out the space to companies, nonprofits and private parties. The diversity of those events can be quite eclectic. “We had a wedding here a couple of weeks ago and it really turned out well,” he said. “The couple got married on stage and we brought tables on the stage for the head table and then we cleared it off for the dance floor. We also had Star

Distributors here to premiere a new brand of Corona (beer), so they had all of their salespeople in here and used the screen for a PowerPoint presentation. And there was also a church group that used the Bijou to host a religious version of a TED Talk.” Still, Peterson is always trying to find new ways to attract audiences. While he noted the increased level of pedestrian traffic in downtown Bridgeport has helped call more attention to the Bijou, entertainment trends are not completely in his favor. “It’s hard to get people out of their houses,” he said. “The audience I am going after is an older and more mature audience. In general, if you have beautiful bigscreen TVs and beautiful sound systems at home and the comforts of home — there is still something about being out in a crowd.”

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Strong economy and municipal demands drive Harris Beach growth MAIN OFFICE TELEPHONE 914-694-3600 OFFICE FAX 914-694-3699 EDITORIAL EMAIL bobr@westfairinc.com WRITE TO 3 Westchester Park Drive, Suite G7 White Plains, N.Y. 10604-3407

BY BILL HELTZEL bheltzel@westfairinc.com

recent hire by Harris Beach PLLC says a lot about the local economy and what the White Plains law firm sees as a lucrative legal niche. Michael V. Curti, former corporate counsel for the city of Yonkers, was brought in to work with clients on public finance, economic development and municipal issues. Harris Beach has grown from two attorneys locally to a dozen in eight years by focusing on municipal and real estate law. It plans to double its local staff in five years, according to Darius Chafizadeh, the office’s managing partner. “In Yonkers, we’re talking about billions of dollars of development,” he said. “And they’re having a boom there in New Rochelle. And we’re seeing it in other places in the county, too.” The firm is based in Rochester and has been around since 1856, but it had little presence in the region. When regional real estate development began to take off around 2010, Chafizadeh said, the firm opened offices in Westchester and on Long Island “to take part in what we assumed would be an economic boom.” The boom, he said, happened. The local economy is still strong and the firm needs to continue growing. A lot of the work has been for industrial development agencies (IDAs) — local government bodies that grant tax relief and other benefits to real estate developers and industrial companies, in the belief that subsidies stimulate economic development. Harris Beach represents 33 IDAs statewide, including a half-dozen in the Hudson Valley. But depicting IDA and municipal work as a niche is a bit misleading, in that the work necessitates legal expertise in zoning, environmental reviews, land use issues, public finance, housing, clean energy, water and sewer infrastructure, traffic issues, schools, labor and more. Recently, the office hired Christopher C. Palermo, who will also work in the Wall Street office on commercial litigation. He previ-

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Darius Chafizadeh, Harris Beach PLLC’s managing partner. Photo by Bill Heltzel.

What we’re seeing in our office is tied to the growth. So as projects are being set up, there is a need for our services. — Darius Chafizadeh

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ously worked with Bleakley Platt & Schmidt in White Plains. Municipal expertise is valuable not only to the local governments, but also to real estate developers and to corporations such as Pepsi and Regeneron that want to expand their facilities. “What we’re seeing in our office,” Chafizadeh said, “is tied to the growth. So as projects are being set up, there is a need for our services.” The business model is built on statewide collaboration and local hands-on representation. Harris Beach employs about 220 lawyers in 10 offices in New York State, as well as offices in New Haven, Connecticut, and Newark, New Jersey. For any given issue, Chafizadeh said, there is a lawyer with the experience and knowhow to serve the client. He claims that no other law firm in Westchester has a comparable combination of big-office expertise and small-office personalization in municipal law. He also claims that the big Manhattan firms pose no threat, as they are more interested in representing Fortune 500 companies that can pay $1,200 an hour. He would not discuss his firm’s rates

but said lower overhead costs enable it to offer municipal rates that are much lower than what Manhattan firms charge. Working in municipal law means working with politicians and government officials and dealing with controversies and shifting political alignments. Chafizadeh said the firm is apolitical. “We are lawyers first,” he said. “Whether they change from ‘D’ to ‘R’ to ‘I’ or whatever, if we provide good, sound legal advice, then we can weather those issues.” Whatever policy the local government wants to foster, “we’ll frame it so you can get that done. If it’s possible. If it’s not possible, we’ll tell you, ‘You can't do it.’” If clients are satisfied, he said, word-of-mouth recommendations will lead to more work and more clients. The firm’s growth strategy is to continue tapping into the statewide expertise but to add lawyers in White Plains who can advise clients on their particular issues. “With more lawyers, we can service our clients even better,” Chafizadeh said. “We’re always out there looking for the right lawyer to join us.”

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Marist College, Health Quest to create medical school BY BOB ROZYCKI bobr@westfairinc.com

arist College and Health Quest have come together in a unique collaboration to create the Marist Health Quest School of Medicine that will place an emphasis on technology enabled education. The school administration and classrooms would be situated on the Vassar Brothers Medical Center campus, about a mile south of the college in Poughkeepsie. Plans call for a building of approximately 100,000 square feet to be constructed, according to a statement from the college. Pending state and city approvals, the building would be built in three years “in time to seat the first class in the summer of 2022.” According to a fact sheet supplied by the college, start-

up costs are placed at $184.8 million, with $75 million allotted for building and $110 million for operational costs. Students would also take classes for some subjects on the Marist campus. “The unique and collaborative partnership between Marist and Health Quest will push the boundaries of health care by focusing on where medicine is going — not where it’s been,” said Dr. Glenn Loomis, Health Quest’s chief medical operations officer and president of Health Quest Medical Practice. “Together, we’re creating a nationally recognized school of medicine to provide technology-enabled medical education.” In May, Health Quest, a nonprofit health care system based in LaGrangeville, announced that Vassar Brothers Medical Center would become a teaching hospital. The graduate residency

A rendering of the proposed school building, on left,on the Vassar Brothers Medical Center campus in Poughkeepsie.

programs would also be available at the three other Health Quest hospitals — Northern Dutchess Hospital, Putnam Hospital Center and Sharon Hospital in Connecticut. Health Quest has been on the grow. It is in the midst of building a 752,000-squarefoot patient pavilion adjacent to the hospital. In March it announced plans to combine with Western Connecticut Health Network to form a new system that will expand

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to cover 1.5 million residents across the two states and include seven hospitals, 2,600 aligned physicians and more than 12,000 employees. The system is expected to debut in the first quarter of 2019 In announcing the new medical school on Sept. 12, Marist College President David Yellen said: “This is a unique partnership of two very dynamic organizations that are perfectly aligned to bring a medical school to the

region. Marist is a highly selective college with a strong reputation for academic excellence, a technology-driven approach to curriculum and an established commitment to allied health education through our physician assistant and doctor of physical therapy programs. Embarking on a medical school is a natural next step for the college.” The closest medical school to Poughkeepsie is New York Medical College in

Valhalla, about 50 miles to the south in Westchester County. The proposed school will have to seek approvals from the national accrediting body for medical education programs — the Liaison Committee on Medical Education — as well as the New York State Education Department and the Middle States Commission on Higher Education. The Marist College Board of Trustees will oversee academic governance matters, while the Health Quest Board of Trustees will oversee matters related to clinical governance, according to a statement. Marist and Health Quest will also convene a Marist Health Quest School of Medicine Joint Board of Overseers to serve as the immediate oversight authority for all matters regarding operations, budget and strategic planning.

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Fairfield County Five sees signs of success in efforts to draw NYC firms Career Entrepreneur Aims to “Put a Pie on Every Table” A WOMEN’S BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT COUNCIL SUCCESS STORY: MUBARAKAH IBRAHIM, OWNER, MMM PIES & GOURMET DESSERTS

The F5’s Sept. 13 event was held on the rooftop of Stamford-based Indeed.com’s midtown building in New York City. Photo by Chantel Yague.

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ubarakah Ibrahim of New Haven is quick to tell anyone that she was “born with an entrepreneurial spirit.” It’s a claim validated by the many businesses she’s launched ranging from the herbal tea and supplement venture she started at only 21 years old, to the popular New Haven fitness studio she ran for eight years. More recently, Mubarakah is known around the world as “Fit Muslimah,” the name of her wildly popular web site and social media channels where she offers free wellness information and paid-subscription access to personal training and healthy eating plans. Her work as an African-American Muslim woman entrepreneur and fitness sensation has attracted the attention of the Oprah Winfrey Show and brought her to the White House twice as the dinner guest of then-President Barack Obama. Life was going well for Mubarakah until a cancer scare stopped her in her tracks. The fitness guru began reflecting on the things she most loved in her life. “One of my thoughts was, ‘What if I never get to eat a piece of bean pie again?’” she recalled. Despite being declared cancer-free, the thought of the delicious navy-bean-based pies that she grew up eating (a traditional comfort food heralding back to her Muslim and African-American roots) never wandered far from her mind. “I’d have to drive to Brooklyn to find an authentic bean pie,” she said. “I considered doing it, but I figured it couldn’t be too hard to make my own. It took me about a dozen tries to recreate the taste and custardy texture I remember from my youth.” She posted a picture of her successful pie on social media. In addition to plenty of likes she also received more than 60 requests to purchase a pie. “My entrepreneurial instincts kicked in,” she said. “I thought maybe there’s a business here!”

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One year later, Mmm Pies & Gourmet Desserts has sold nearly 5,000 pies to wholesale resellers such as Stop & Shop, Whole Foods and ShopRite as well as locally owned markets. She also sells direct to consumers on her website. Despite soaking up as much advice as she could from local chefs and bakers, Mubarakah quickly realized that calculating the profit margin and taxes for a pie business differed vastly from doing so for a fitness business. “I had known about the Women’s Business Development Council for years. I realized I needed help so I met with their financial advisor who showed me how to set up my Quickbooks for a food business and how to allocate certain things. That’s when I realized that I had been paying taxes on things I didn’t need to!” she said. “I learned a lot I never would have figured out on my own. And that’s the value of the WBDC,” she said. “It’s helping women navigate the technical, financial and foundational aspects of running a business. I learned early on that just because you start a business doesn’t mean that customers are going to come. Even if you do get customers at your door, your business isn’t going to succeed if you’re not making a return on your investment. WBDC makes that happen.” With the continued guidance of the Women’s Business Development Council, Mubarakah hopes to open a brick and mortar storefront where she will sell bean pies and other varieties of pies in the New Haven area in time for the holiday season. Her end-goal for her business? “To put a pie on every table.” “It’s been an exciting journey so far, I can’t wait to see what’s ahead.” The Women’s Business Development Council is a nonprofit providing the training, education and borrowing power necessary for women to launch and grow their businesses. For more information, visit ctwbdc.org.

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he latest New York City trek by the Fairfield County Five — the regional marketing initiative consisting of the mayors or first selectmen and the economic development heads of Fairfield, Greenwich, Norwalk, Stamford and Westport — on Sept. 13 was a solid success, with several city-based firms expected to tour the county in the coming months. “We have about 15 companies lined up to take a familiarization tour of our area,” said Thomas Madden, director of economic development in Stamford and one of the architects of the F5. The firms will be looking at different office spaces available within the five municipalities, as well as meeting with area venture capital, various service firms, “and the support system we have here,” he added. “A lot of people showed up out of curiosity,” said Mark Barnhart, Fairfield’s director of Community and Economic Development. “They wanted to learn more about what the county has to offer … it was a good start.” As previously reported, the F5’s mission is to combine its resources to lure companies from New York City to the area — either through opening satellite offices or relocating wholesale. Madden estimated the crowd at the F5’s Sept. 13 event

on the rooftop of Stamfordbased Indeed.com’s midtown building at about 100, outpacing its inaugural get-together last Nov. 2, which drew about 60. As opposed to that event, which was more general in nature, the latest confab was targeted at tech firms. “We had a good mix of some established companies along with tech startups,” Madden said. “We had one company of about 350 people looking to set up more offices, and they’d been looking only at Westchester County. They hadn’t really considered Stamford, but now they’re coming up for a tour.” “Each one of these we do, we learn something more about these types of things,” Barnhart said, adding that he thought future events would also focus on tech. “We’re interested in looking at fintech, biotech,” he said. “We feel we have strengths in the knowledge-based industries and the creative fields.” The F5 is supported by the Connecticut Department of Economic and Community Development (DECD), which Commissioner Catherine Smith was a part of at last year’s event. Smith was unable to attend the latest meeting, but Madden noted that Antonio Roberto, managing director, strategic investments at Connecticut Innovations, the state’s strategic venture capital arm, was present. Others in attendance included Norwalk Mayor Harry Rilling, Westport

First Selectman Jim Marpe, Greenwich First Selectman Peter Tesei, Fairfield First Selectman Mike Tetreau and Stamford Mayor David Martin. “This is a complete team effort for our entire community,” Madden said. “The message was simple,” he continued. “How Connecticut can invest in your company and invest in you. We have the support services that can help you grow. And I think a lot of them responded to the idea of ‘Why be a little fish in a big pond when you can be a bigger fish in a smaller pond?’” Barnhart also enthused about the setting of the Sept. 13 meeting. “Our first meeting took place during the lunch hour, but by doing this one after hours, it just flowed better. It allowed for individual conversations about their business requirements and how we can address them.” As for when the next F5 event in New York City could take place, Madden said that current plans call for one each spring and each fall. “There are more than a few people who’d like to see us do this every quarter,” he said. “But these things take a lot of planning and effort.” “The idea is to get people to come up here,” Barnhart said. “Creating more awareness in the marketplace of what we have is good, but the true measure will be getting people out of the city and coming here to take a look.”

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Lamont or Bob Stefanowski to the state’s governorship. “It’s more of an effort to get citizens to mistrust our electoral system, by creating chaos on election day,” she said. “The biggest problem we face is a campaign of misinformation, which we saw (in 2016) — the fake websites and false information being sent out. You can have a situation where people are told the wrong place to vote,” which can have a dampening effect on voter participation, Merrill added. Merrill’s office plans to provide cybersecurity training to all local election officials and hire IT professionals where necessary to aid in identifying vulnerabilities within each municipality’s voter registration lists. “Some of our towns are so small that they don’t have an IT staff,” she noted. Connecticut is also in the midst of spending about $1 million for additional vote-tabulation machines to replace outdated ones. Those funds are part of the $5.1 million the state received from the federal government, after Congress approved $380 million in election technology funding across the country in March. Not all of the $5.1 million will be spent by November,

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Merrill noted, although the state is required to have used it all by September 2023. Connecticut must match 5 percent of the federal money, or $256,027, within two years of receiving it; Merrill said that match has been approved, with some $90,000 spent for hardware maintenance of the state’s voting system. Another $99,000 will be used to upgrade cybersecurity for the state’s centralized voter registration system. Merrill said her office will likely also increase its audits. Currently it randomly selects voting precincts to have primary results audited following elections; five percent of polling places that use optical scan machines are subject to the audit, as prescribed by Connecticut General Statutes 9-320f. Those counts are then matched against vote totals from optical scan machines. She is also in regular touch with Homeland Security and the FBI to stay on top of best practices, she said. The state has not been shy about touting its cybersecurity successes. Its latest win was just announced with the release of the Connecticut Critical Infrastructure 2018 Annual Report, a comprehensive review of the state’s electric, natural gas and large water companies’ efforts to detect and prevent cybersecurity threats.

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“Connecticut’s utilities are spending more time, devoting more resources, educating their workforces and transforming their cultures more thoroughly to meet the increased level of threats,” the report said. However, it

It’s more of an effort to get citizens to mistrust our electoral system, by creating chaos on election day. — Denise Merrill

added, significant threats and challenges remain, including increased volume, sophistication and country of origin of attempted malicious probes. Merrill said she agreed with that conclusion. “There’s no such thing as an utterly safe system,” she said. And therein lies the problem, said Rich Tehrani, CEO of Norwalk cybersecurity firm Apex Technology Services. “It’s an unfair arms race we’re in right now,” Tehrani said. “Hackers are getting more sophisticated all the time. Every website, every email account is under constant attack.” While awareness about cyberattacks at businesses, especially smaller ones, is still not what it should be — even in the wake of the 2016 election and high-profile data breaches at Equifax, Yahoo and the U.S. Securities & Exchange Commission — Tehrani said that the federal and state governments are getting better at it. However, he added, “Government tends to have a bureaucratic culture, which takes it a lot longer to respond to technological threats that

change by the day, if not the hour. They’re behemoths that move like molasses.” While there is plenty of evidence of state-sponsored cyberattacks from the likes of Russia, China and North Korea, Tehrani said he doubted that they would take specific aim at altering Connecticut’s November election results. That doesn’t lessen the threat, though: “There are all sorts of different entities out there,” he said. “It could be a completely random ransomware attack sent out as a mass email blast, which can cause a lot of trouble by itself.” Tehrani noted that a recent report posited that one in every 100 emails has a malicious intent, including delivering malware, conducting phishing, or engaging in other forms of fraud and/or blackmail. Sajal Bhatia, an assistant professor of cybersecurity and director of the master’s cybersecurity program within Sacred Heart University’s School of Computer Science and Engineering in Fairfield said that, while all states are trying to protect against cyberattacks, “The current

challenge is that there is no consistent federal law that supersedes the 21 state cyberlaws. In order to protect states and companies from cyberattacks, institutions must be consistent in how they practice cybersecurity defense measures. “By having a consistent federal law, states can adopt that framework, which will in turn make states become stronger to fend off cyberattacks,” Bhatia continued. “Although nobody is immune to cyberattacks, individuals, companies, and states should be prepared, ready to respond, and maintain cyber-resilience to reduce their risk exposure.” Tehrani agreed. Even though he applauded the state’s cybersecurity efforts, which include an official “Connecticut Cybersecurity Strategy” unveiled in July by Gov. Dannel Malloy, he emphasized that being prepared ahead of time is key. “It’s difficult to determine the who, why and when in advance of an attack,” Tehani said. “You just have to assume that you’re always under attack — because you are.”

In Court

BY BILL HELTZEL

Families fight over control of Westchester Center for Rehab

wo families — fathers and sons — have been fighting for control of Westchester Center for Rehabilitation & Nursing, according to a lawsuit. Jonathan Bleier, who with his father, Robert, bought Westchester Center in 2010, sued Bruce Peckman and his son, Joshua, for $2 million this month in Westchester Supreme Court. Jonathan Bleier claims that the Peckmans have interfered with management of the Mount Vernon nursing home and mishandled corporate documents, “with the intent to unlawfully steal a portion” of his membership interest. Attempts to reach the Peckmans for their side of the story were unsuccessful. The Bleiers hired Bruce Peckman in 2006 to help run a nursing home in Great Neck. When the Bleiers bought Westchester Center, they brought him in to co-manage the facility. Peckman hired his son as an assistant administrator. Westchester Center is a 240-bed skilled nursing home next to the Metro-North Railroad’s New Haven line tracks in central Mount Vernon. The dispute is about control of Parkview Operating Co. LLC, the licensed operator of the nursing home, and Westchester Gardens Realty LLC, owner of the property and premises. The Bleier family, including Henry Halpert, controlled 70 percent of Parkview. The Peckman’s controlled 23 percent. But the operating agreement required a 75 percent supermajority to approve key decisions. The Bleiers needed the support of minority members Moshe and Tovah Bain in order to reach 75 percent. The Peckmans needed the support of only one of the Bains to veto key actions. The lawsuit accuses Bruce Peckman of manipulating membership records to tip the balance. Robert Bleier transferred his interest in Parkview to Jonathan in 2012 after he failed the character and competency requirement on his state Department of Health application. His failure, according to the complaint, was “due to a preexisting violation” that is not described in the lawsuit. The transfer gave Jonathan Bleier 47 percent control of Parkview. But when the operating agreement was amended, the complaint states, Jonathan’s interest was listed at five percentage points lower and Bruce Peckman’s interest was increased by five percentage points. The discrepancy was discovered in 2015. Bruce Peckman transferred back a portion of his interest to Jonathan, and the members agreed to change the supermajorty to 72 percent in order to maintain the intended balance of power. But Bruce Peckman allegedly prevented the operating agreement from being changed. The Bleier family controlled nearly 65 percent

of Parkview, but it needed support from the Bains and at least one of the Peckmans to achieve a 75 percent supermajority. TWB Richard Westhab The lawsuit alsoNightingale claims that the Peckmans WCBJ have risked the nursing home’s license and 7.375”by w failing x 7.125” h financing to submit documents that 7-27-18 show changes in ownership to state and federal regulatory agencies and banks. In 2016, the members borrowed $32.5 million from Bank of America. Nearly $14.6 million was to be distributed according to their proportional ownership in Westchester Gardens Realty.

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or 80 years, answering questions has been a big part of what Ganim’s Garden Center & Florist in Fairfield does. “We want to help people whenever we can,” said Merrilee Ganim, granddaughter of the firm’s founder John Ganim and current co-owner of the business with her father, Lee. “People will see something blooming on the side of the street and come in and ask what it is, and we’ll tell them, ‘Oh, that’s a hydrangea’ or ‘That’s a dogwood.’ “Sometimes they’re surprised by our honesty,” she added with a laugh. “I had someone come in who wanted to buy fertilizer even though it was not the right time to be using it. I tried explaining it to him and he was like, ‘So … you don’t want me to buy this right now?’ I said, ‘Well, I’m not going to stop you, but if you want to save a little money and time, come back in a month or two.’” After succeeding at his gardening by following Ganim’s advice, she continued, “He came back and said, ‘I will come here for

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the rest of my life, because you gave me the results I needed.’” It’s that kind of personal touch that separates an operation like Ganim’s Garden Center from the big boxes that Merrilee said are always encroaching on their territory. For the most part, she said, “A place like Home Depot will just sell you something and move on to the next customer. We take the time to answer questions and make sure customers are doing what they need to do to get the best results.” It’s an approach that started when then21-year-old John Ganim lost his factory job in 1937. After about a year of hauling potatoes from Connecticut to Florida — and bringing back oranges on the return trip to be sold to local wholesalers — he opened Ganim’s Outdoor Market at 650 North Ave. in Bridgeport. Over time the business grew to include an ever-expanding line of fruits, vegetables, and other plants, including a robust trade in Christmas trees. In 1968, John relocated to 320 Kings Highway Cut-Off in Fairfield, where the garden center has since remained. John’s son Lee can recall selling pro-

duce on the corner as a high school student while the building was being constructed; later he enrolled at UConn-Stamford, where he earned a B.S. in horticulture in 1974. Soon after the family acquired an adjoining lot on Meadow Street and in 1981 had the parcel leveled in order to make room for larger trees and plant material as well as bagged products. When John died in 1991 — one year after Home Depot came to Fairfield, Merrilee noted — Lee instituted a number of upgrades to the business, including an expanded inventory. In 1999, Lee’s son Austin graduated from UConn with an A.S. in horticulture. The family acquired Lawn Care of Fairfield Inc. when its owner retired in 2004, further expanding its operations. Merrilee followed with a business degree from Central Connecticut State University and a certification from the Connecticut Florists Association, adding a full-service florist component. Not that it was always expected that she and her brother would join the family business, Merrilee said. “Everyone needed to work here so we’d have some type of work experience, but it was never a given that we’d have careers here,” she said. “My brother always knew he wanted to do something with landscape design, but I started out studying athletic training before coming back here.” Merrilee and Austin call their children — they each have two, ranging in age from 11 years to 15 months — “the fourth generation,” though she said it’s obviously too early to take such an appellation seriously. In the meantime, second-generation Lee is still going strong, attending trade shows and trying to stay on top of the latest social media trends. “He talks about Twitter, but he has no idea what it actually is,” Merrilee joked. Seven years ago, Lee started a radio show, “That Garden Guy,” on WICC-AM. Originally a five-minute Sunday morning segment, the show has since evolved from a half-hour callin show to an hour-long edition that includes — of course — a Q&A segment. The Garden Center archives podcasts of the weekly show on its website, and has added a mobile app that rewards customers with reward points for every purchase. “He just has so much knowledge,” Merrilee marveled about her father. “My brother and I are always pushing ourselves in that area. But when you ask (Lee) where he got a lot of that knowledge, he just says, ‘I always paid attention.’ And I’ve tried to take that to heart — you never know what you can learn from somebody else.” Today Ganim’s Garden Center & Florist, in conjunction with Austin Ganim Landscape Design, supports a full-service garden center, commercial/residential landscape maintenance and installation services, landscape design services, and a florist department that services clients for weddings, funerals and other occasions. The firm officially observed its 80th anniversary on Sept. 21-24 with a number of activities, from a ceremonial ribbon cutting on the

21st with First Selectman Michael Tetreau to a number of guest gardening lectures, sales and giveaways. Merrilee Ganim said that she hoped the business can reach its 100th anniversary, if not its 160th. The key to achieving that, she said, “is to keep up with the trends, stay with products that will sell and work in this area — and expanding more would be just fantastic.” The roughly one acre that Ganim’s sits on now last grew in 2011, when it acquired an adjacent piece of unproductive property from the Connecticut Department of Transportation. That expansion provided increased visibility for the garden center’s live inventory, allowing customers the opportunity to view products just by driving along Kings Highway Cut-Off, she said. And, obviously, there will be more questions for the Ganims and their 15-person staff to answer. “That never stops,” she laughed, “but we wouldn’t have it any other way.”

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Business coalition backs Westchester County Airport privatization BY RYAN DEFFENBAUGH rdeffenbaugh@westfairinc.com

mid the intense debate about the potential privatization of Westchester County Airport, a group of business interests says the facts have been lost — and a crucial economic cog for the county could be put at risk. At a press conference Sept. 18, The Business Council of Westchester (BCW) announced the formation of the Coalition for Westchester Airport. It’s designed to build support for the county entering a long-term lease for a private operator to manage the Westchester County Airport while putting pressure on County Executive George Latimer and the Westchester

County Board of Legislators to get such a deal done. John Ravitz, executive vice president of the BCW, said the debate around privatization has been influenced by "scare tactics" of people against the change. The airport, he said, will not become “LaGuardia North,” but will be enhanced by a new operator with a proven track record and new vision. Former Westchester County Executive Robert P. Astorino first proposed leasing the airport long-term to a private operator in 2016. Privatizing the airport would allow the county to use airport earnings — in the form of lease payments from the operator — on county services. The Federal Aviation Administration forbids an airport owner from using money an airport earns on

things not directly related to the airport. Astorino previously argued that a private operator could also improve services at the airport. Following a bidding process, Macquarie Infrastructure Corp. was selected as the airport’s private operator in November 2017 through a $1.1 billion public-private partnership. But by then, Astorino had lost his re-election bid and current County Executive Latimer was on his way into office. The contract hasn’t been acted on by the board of legislators. Instead, Latimer held a series of public meetings over the summer focused on the airport’s governance and master plan. The county executive had said that he will let the board of legislators explore the pri-

vatization issue. Ravitz said the new business-led coalition will try to add additional information to the debate that he feels was missing from discussions at the public hearing. “We’re never going to say that the community around the airport doesn’t have concerns that should be addressed,” Ravitz said. “But the tenor and the volume of the rhetoric that have happened during the three public hearings the county executive had were filled with a lot of misnomers, and some of the groups really tried to use some scare tactics.” But asked directly if the coalition will advocate for the exact terms of the 40-year lease with Macquarie previously selected by Astorino, Ravitz said

the exact terms should be left to the county. “What we’re saying now, in 2018, is let’s bring in an operator again that has the resources and the capacity to improve the quality of services within that airport,” he said. Marsha Gordon, president and CEO of the BCW, said the coalition includes a range of businesses, labor organizations, educators, nonprofits and residents. The coalition has promised an information campaign to, as Gordon described it, “dispel the myths.” A fact sheet handed out by coalition representatives at the press conference described those myths and facts. One myth, the flyer reports, was that the “Westchester County Airport would have more

flights, more noise and more traffic.” To that, the coalition flyer notes a 2005 county law that limits the number of airline flights to four per half-hour with a maximum of 240 passengers per hour. An additional flyer encouraging people to sign the coalition’s petition includes the logos of several Westchester companies, including Mastercard, Hilton Westchester, Million Air, Cappelli Organization and the Hudson Valley Gateway Chamber of Commerce. “We have heard from a broad spectrum of companies — our major corporations, our midsize businesses, our small businesses — that this airport is essential to attracting talents, to retaining talent, so we need a strong airport,” Gordon said.

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Stamford’s Rod Hanscomb takes the Libertarian route in governor’s race BY PHIL HALL phall@westfairinc.com

od Hanscomb graduated from Stamford High School in 1985 and then left Connecticut to serve six years in the U.S. Air Force. Following his military service, he lived in Texas and then

moved to Seattle, where he opened and operated an Italian food retail store and a custom houseboat-building company. When he returned to Stamford in 2014, he was confused at what transpired in his nearly three-decade absence. “When I left Connecticut, it was pretty much on top in many ways,” he recalled. “And in coming back, I was like, ‘Jeez, what’s going

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Hanscomb defined the Libertarian mantra as being “fiscal conservatives, but social liberals.” The party, which has not fielded a candidate for Connecticut governor since Ned Vare won 0.56 percent of the vote in 1998, sparked a higher-than-normal level of attention in the 2016 election when its presidential candidate Gary Johnson fielded approximately 4.4 million votes, or 3.27 percent of the national tally. However, an argument could be made that Johnson’s results had less to do with his charisma as a candidate and more as a protest vote against one or both of the major party candidates running that year. And even Hanscomb admitted the Libertarian Party has not been fully successful in establishing itself as a third force in politics. “On the national level, the messaging and the marketing has been very poor,” he said. “Too many people get caught up in the fringe issues and do blogs about hemp and cryptocurrencies and that just turns off the vast majority of people.” For his part, Hanscomb gravitated to the Libertarian movement after relocating to Connecticut. He briefly worked as a sales representative for a heating and air conditioning company, but the sale of property that he owned in Seattle enabled him to take time off for travel and what he dubbed “self-study,” at which point he found a kinship in the Libertarian cause. And while Connecticut did elect a governor from outside the Democratic and Republican spheres — Lowell Weicker, who was elected in 1990 on his independent A Connecticut Party — Hanscomb was convinced that the state’s voters are receptive again for another option. “They said in 2014 there was a 50 percent voter turnout,” he said. “There was, but it was a 50 percent turnout of registered voters. Once you get involved in this game, you start to realize that 12 percent of eligible residents in the state are unregistered. So, the voter turnout really means that two-thirds of people stayed home. Sixty-five percent of the populace, for whatever reasons, aren’t motivated to go out to vote. Clearly, they are waiting for another voice and sense of reason.” For the main issues facing the state, Hanscomb considered taxes to be of primary importance and he is advocating the gradual elimination of the state income tax. “Forbes magazine recently had an article that said nine of the 10 fastest-growing states in America don’t have an income tax,” he said. “And there are only nine states that don’t have an income tax.” To replace the revenue lost from dropping the income tax, Hanscomb advocates following the example of the nine states profiled in Forbes by raising the sales tax — in this case, into the 9 percent range. But he also stressed that this required more than merely hiking the sales tax and leaving the rest of the state’s economic house untouched.

“This state does not have a revenue problem — it has a spending problem,” he continued, noting the question of state employee pensions is either not understood by voters or too wrapped up in emotionalism. “Take the emotion out of it and talk about what the real problem is. Everything has to happen in steps, and the first step is that state workers have to get off any type of pension program. Even the U.S. military doesn’t have pensions anymore. They dropped it because it was unsustainable. Yet the state of Connecticut still has a pension.” Hanscomb argued that many state employees may not realize that a 401(k) would provide more robust returns than a state-supported pension, and he pointed out that the pension is only as strong as the state backing it. “Too often, people get caught up in the pension thinking that the government can always guarantee money,” he continued. “There is a point that if a state goes broke or runs out of money, there is nothing the federal government can do to force us to do anything.” As for the hot-button issue of bringing back tolls to Connecticut, Hanscomb said he was “100 percent against tolls,” noting that the proposed 20 cents a mile toll would burden residents with long commutes. “If you’re living in Norwich and you’re commuting to New Haven and back every day, add that up and you’re looking at $500 a month,” he said. On the question of bringing an MGM Resorts International to Bridgeport, which would require changing state law, Hanscomb had little enthusiasm for the idea. “If there had never been casinos in Connecticut and MGM was coming in with the proposal for Bridgeport, I’d probably be for it,” he said. “This idea that there is a never-ending market for gaming is totally false. You go to upstate New York and across the country, there are casinos all over the place that are at 20 percent capacity. Ten years ago, Mohegan Sun and Foxwoods brought in $430 million on slot machine revenue, but last year it was $260 million.” He also raised the concern that a Bridgeport casino would cannibalize the revenue from the two tribal casinos, especially when would-be gamblers coming in from New York City would stop off in Bridgeport rather than trek across the state to Mohegan Sun or Foxwoods. “For every three dollars you brought out of Bridgeport, you’d probably be losing a dollar out of revenue from the others,” he said. “That is not a very dynamic mentality when it comes to building the business climate in Connecticut.” On the health care front, Hanscomb called for price transparency so patients know in advance what they will be charged, thus enabling individuals to shop around for a more cost-effective solution. He said, “purchasing power has to go back into the consumer’s hands and away from the power of the government and the insurance companies.” And while he acknowledged this would be a breakthrough, since no state offers price transparency, he also saw it as putting Connecticut in a new leadership role. “What would that mean if we were the

haven for great quality health care at a reasonable cost?” he asked. While on the campaign trail across the state, Hanscomb said he is receiving positive feedback, although the Libertarian Party is still an unknown quantity to many voters. “People aren’t as familiar and there is still the battle against the duopoly,” he said. “In many ways, the system is still set up for the two-party pick.” Still, he pledged to focus on policy and not devolve into personality attacks against his opponents. “We don’t need to attack Republicans or Democrats — we’re just talking about issues,” he said.

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lement One, a 183-unit rental apartment property at 111 Morgan St. in Stamford, has sold for $78 million. CBRE represented the seller, a joint venture between Fuller Development and Spinnaker Real Estate Partners, and the buyer, San Francisco-based Friedkin Realty Group, in the transaction. Built in 2017, Element One's units offer quartz countertops, stainless steel appliances, five-burner stoves, oversized windows, tile backsplashes and soft-closing cabinets, along with breathtaking views of Plum Island. The development’s ame-

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Belly up to Cross Culture Kombucha, first taproom of its kind in state BY KEVIN ZIMMERMAN kzimmerman@westfairinc.com

he kombucha craze is continuing apace, and a Danbury couple is hoping to capitalize upon it by opening Cross Culture Kombucha at 52 Division St. Officially opened on Sept. 20, the seeds

for Cross Culture began about six years ago, according to Ian Ceppos, who founded the company with his wife, Liz. “I got sober nine years ago,” he said. “About three years into my sobriety I was looking for something to drink besides seltzer water. I was never really into sugary sodas and juices, because I wanted to stay with something healthy.”

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Liz Ceppos samples kombucha at her and her husband’s Cross Culture Kombucha in Danbury. Photo by Jessica Meade.

Around that time Liz’s brother showed up at the Cepposes’ home with a couple of bottles of home-brewed kombucha. “That was my first real introduction to it and I thought it was really good,” he said. Ceppos began brewing his own at home and when Liz began considering a career change in 2016 — she’d been a project manager, most recently at Argyle Project Management in Norwalk — the pair began researching the idea of opening a kombucha taproom. Although such establishments can be found around the country, Cross Culture is the first in the Nutmeg State. For the uninitiated, kombucha is tea, usually brewed with sugar and additional flavorings, then fermented with a kombucha culture known as “SCOBY” (symbiotic culture of bacteria and yeast); the end result includes several organic acids, carbon dioxide that adds fizziness and a trace amount of alcohol. Lest one think that alcohol’s the last thing Ian Ceppos should be involved with, he quickly noted that it’s an infinitesimal amount; the Cepposes mention its inclusion in their final product to ensure that the hyper-sensitive or allergic are aware of its presence beforehand. According to a report by FoodNavigatorUSA, U.S. retail sales of refrigerated kombucha and similar fermented beverages like switchel — a water-vinegar concoction seasoned with a number of natural ingredients — and apple cider vinegar grew 37.4 percent last year to $556 million. Part of kombucha’s growing appeal is the fact that it is naturally rich in beneficial

bacteria, antioxidants, healthy acids and B vitamins, Liz Ceppos said. “People like the health benefits and also the way it tastes — especially since you can make so many different flavors,” she said. Cross Culture — the name derived in part from the aforementioned SCOBY — will offer four core flavors: jasmine, Earl Grey, green tea and a mixture of black and white teas along with six revolving flavors like ginger, mojito and watermelon-jalapeno. The revolving flavors will depend on the availability of products from local farms, which regularly supply the Cepposes with a variety of plants. Cross Culture has been selling its wares at farmers’ markets in Fairfield and Westport — something that Liz said they planned to continue to do, at least for the short term — as well as at about 50 stores and restaurants in Connecticut and New York, for the past yearplus. Partly to avoid time conflicts with the farmers’ markets, Cross Culture will be open Wednesdays and Fridays from 2 to 7 p.m. and Saturdays from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Adding an unusual touch to an unusual drink is the use of stickers featuring the likenesses of such late ’80s/mid-‘90s hip-hop acts like Lauryn Hill, Beastie Boys, Ice Cube and The Notorious B.I.G. on its fermentation vats. “I grew up listening to rap of that era, and this is my way of paying tribute to old-school hiphop,” Ian explained. But the Cepposes’ overriding concern, he added, is more pragmatic. “We want to provide a healthy, nonalcoholic alternative to everybody — young, old and everyone in between,” he said.

Iona College names business school after Robert V. LaPenta BY BILL HELTZEL bheltzel@westfairinc.com

ona College has renamed its business school after Robert V. LaPenta, an alumnus and trustee who contributed $17.5 million to expanding the program. LaPenta's gift is the largest in Iona’s history and it is enabling the Catholic college in New Rochelle to renovate and double the size of the business school. Ground was broken for the $37 million, 67,260-squarefoot project in July. LaPenta was the first member of his family to attend college, according to an Iona news release. He graduated in 1967 with a bachelor’s degree in business administration. His degree and time at Iona prepared him for success, he said in a statement, and have given him the ability to help business students grow into leaders and entrepreneurs. LaPenta is a founding partner of Aston Capital Partners, a Stamford firm that invests in companies that specialize in military intelligence, homeland security and green technology. He is chairman and CEO of Revolution Lighting Technologies and The Radiant Group. He founded L-1 Identity Solutions and co-founded L-3 Communications. He also has held positions with Banc of America Securities, Credit Suisse First Boston, PaineWebber, Salomon Smith Barney, and Coopers & Lybrand, according to a Bloomberg.com profile. He has owned racehorses since 1998, with estimated lifetime earnings of nearly $19 million, according to America’s Best Racing. He co-owns “Catholic Boy,” the winner of the $1.25 million Travers Stakes for 3-year-olds on Aug. 25 at Saratoga. The LaPenta School of Business is not the first Iona facility to be named after him. The Robert V. LaPenta Student Union opened in 2005, in part because of his $6 million donation. The LaPenta-Lynch Trading Floor opened in 2011. The business school has operated for decades in Hagan Hall — the building that is being expanded — and until recently the business program has been known colloquially as the Hagan School of Business. John G. Hagan Jr. was a college trustee in the 1960s and 1970s. The LaPenta School of Business refers to the new building and to the undergraduate and graduate business programs. The Hagan name will continue to be memorialized within the business school, college spokesman Brian Beyrer said, in a way that has yet to be determined.

Robert V. LaPenta stands next to handwritten notes of appreciation from students. Photo courtesy of Iona College.

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Mack-Cali sells pair of downtown White Plains office buildings for $16 million BY RYAN DEFFENBAUGH rdeffenbaugh@westfairtinc.com

ack-Cali Realty Corp. has sold a pair of downtown White Plains office buildings on Barker Avenue in separate deals totaling $16 million, continuing the company’s exit from the city's office market. Count y propert y records show the six-story, 68,000-square-foot 1 Barker Ave. office building sold for $9.3 million. The deed was recorded Sept. 13. The same day, a separate deed recorded the $6.7 million sale of the six-story, 65,300-squarefoot building at 3 Barker Ave. The buyers are two separate LLCs — 1 Barker Ave. LLC and 3 Barker Ave. LLC — that share an address in Spring Valley. The same address

was used by Exclusive Management, the ownership company of White Plains Mall across the street, when the company applied to the White Plains Common Council, along with StreetWorks Development, for approval of a residential and retail redevelopment proposal for the 3-acre mall property. The company could not be reached for comment as of press time. For Mack-Cali, the sale follows an $83 million deal where the company sold the Westchester Financial Center, two office buildings comprising about 570,000 square feet on Main Street and Martine Avenue in White Plains. The buyers, Ginsburg Development Cos. with Robert Martin Co., are planning to convert the site into a mix of apartments, green space, restaurants, retail and

1 Barker Ave., White Plains. Photo by Ryan Deffenbaugh.

renovated offices. The Barker Avenue and Westchester Financial Center deals effectively mark the end of Mack-Cali’s two-decade presence in the White Plains office market. The Edison, New Jerseybased company is report-

edly pursuing a residential conversion of its final White Plains office holding at 1 Water St. Deidre Crockett, senior vice president of corporate communications for MackCali, said the sale is "in line with our overall disposition

plan which we started back in 2015... we are focused on key transit-oriented markets in New Jersey, particularly our holdings on the New Jersey waterfront, where our corporate office resides." The company sold more than $500 million in assets last year, with another $400 million planned for 2018, Mack-Cali reported in its 2017 annual report. In the 2017 annual report, filed with the SEC in late February, Mack-Cali reported the 1 Barker Ave. building as 87 percent leased and the 3 Barker Ave. building as 70.9 percent leased. The building at 1 Barker Ave. was built in 1975, according to Mack-Cali's filing, with 3 Barker Ave. opening about a decade later in 1983. MackCali picked up both buildings in 1997, when the company was just Cali Realty

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or John Weiss, the decision to close the SoNo Annex of Lillian August was among the most difficult of his career, with South Norwalk having been home to the home decor retailer in one form or another for nearly a quarter-century. But as the jackhammers and backhoes creep toward Water Street and a lease coming up for renewal, the time had come for the company to act. Lillian August will continue to maintain its flagship store on Knight Street in addition to fresh showrooms in Stamford and Greenwich. The SoNo Annex, which has long had an enviable perch near the restaurant row of Washington Street and, a few blocks north, Maritime Aquarium and its IMAX Theater. But the IMAX days are numbered as a result of a multi-year plan by the Connecticut Department of Transportation to replace the ancient Walk Bridge nearby that runs commuter trains over the Norwalk River. In addition, construction of the SoNo Collection mall is causing headaches during stretches of the day for drivers, with mall developer GGP aiming to complete the project in time for an October 2019 opening. At the same time, Maplewood Senior Living and Norwalk Hospital are gearing up to build a senior living complex and medical care facility at the site of the former Norwalk YMCA opposite I-95 from the SoNo Collection, even as construction continues on the Waypointe development across the street.

The double whammy of the Walk Bridge and the SoNo Collection was plenty enough for Weiss and brother Dan to decide to pull out of the SoNo Annex despite their attachment to the building that once served as Lillian August’s corporate office. The decision came following Klaffs home decor store reaching a similar end a few blocks west on Washington Street. Klaffs had experimented briefly with a clearance outlet inside the Lillian August SoNo Annex. “We are 100 percent supportive of all this expansion and have no problem with any infrastructure buildout in South Norwalk,” John Weiss told Hearst Connecticut Media. “It’s a great place to eat (and) to go out at night … but truth be told

Lillian August will continue to maintain its flagship store on Knight Street in addition to fresh showrooms in Stamford and Greenwich.

it’s always struggled as a retail destination. Parking became very difficult.” Still, the tandem closures leave a handful of general, independent retailers in South Norwalk, with several establishments having organized loosely this year to seek out government assistance to help them ride out the disruptions. Over the past several months, the SoNo Annex saw its weekday traffic cut in half, Weiss said, though it still performed well on weekends. But even after the gateway to Norwalk is cleared with the completion of the SoNo Collection, he said the new mall represents an unknown as to what retailers will lease space, and any crossover competition they could present to stores already established in South Norwalk. Weiss said he expects the magnet of the mall to benefit Lillian August’s Knight Street showroom by bringing in more visitors from points farther away. Jackie Lightfield, whose Norwalk 2.0 nonprofit promotes the city through a range of initiatives, said other South Norwalk retailers and restaurateurs should brace themselves for issues with patrons getting to and from their establishments. “This is not a new concern — SoNo is difficult to get to without construction, and the long-term construction is not good for most retail and restaurant businesses,” Lightfield said. “We plotted out all the approved projects plus the (DOT) projects and saw that they would really cause bottlenecks for Norwalkers, because every east-west path would be constricted for a long time. I don’t think that Wall Street is prepared for the traffic it will get.” While South Norwalk already has the highest concentration of restaurants in southwestern Connecticut as tracked by Hearst Connecticut Media, SoNo eateries are in for one significant boost as the Stamfordbased developer FD Rich proceeds on the Residence Inn by Marriott-SoNo on South Main Street, with the promise of a steady stream of visitors who will head out for lunch or dinner while in town. And Maritime Aquarium remains the biggest tourist draw in southwestern Connecticut, bringing 500,000 visitors annually, during weekdays many of them via bus from area schools, but to include plenty of families on weekends. Weiss said he is still a believer in South Norwalk and does not rule out a Lillian August return one day — but for now, he is happy to escape the construction zone. The South Norwalk store is offering up to 75 percent of its remaining merchandise and Knight Street representing a relatively easy drive for Lillian August customers. “The restaurants are going to do just fine and I think the people living down there are going to be just fine,” he said. “The mall is going to be powerful. ... We’re glad we’re somewhat adjacent to it.” Alexander Soule is a staff writer for Hearst Connecticut Media. He can be reached at Alex.Soule@scni.com; 203-842-2545; @ casoulman.

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The Devil is in the Details: Defining QBI is Easier Said Than Done (Part 1)

he Tax Cuts and Jobs Act created a deduction of up to 20 percent of qualified business income (QBI) for sole proprietors, owners of S corporations, partnerships and trusts and their beneficiaries. The concept is very simple, but as with many tax rules, the devil is in the details. In August, the U.S. Treasury released 184 pages of proposed regulations, much of which is taxpayer friendly and goes a long way to expand upon the legislative intent of providing a widely available tax break. In order to understand who this impacts and how, we need to explore what type of business income qualifies and what does not, due to their Specified Service Trade or Business (SSTB) classification. Even the Treasury Department acknowledges that there is a massive amount of information that needs to be gathered and analyzed before computing this deduction. Treasury estimates that there will be 25 million hours spent, per year, by taxpayers and their advisers in dealing with these new reporting requirements. The overriding goal of defining the SSTBs is to prevent the conversion of personal-service income into QBI. While the list of SSTBs are black and white, most of the detailed definitions remain undefined or only broadly defined. The list, and some color where available consists of: • Services as an employee — Income from services as an employee is not QBI and income from services performed by an independent contractor is not QBI if services were previously provided by the taxpayer as an employee. For example, if you are employed as a plumber for your employer, you could not resign and then hold yourself out as an independent contractor to the same entity and convert income from services as an employee to a QBI service. • Field of health care — This includes services provided by licensed professionals directly to patients by individuals such as doctors, pharmacists, nurses, dentists, physical therapists, psychologists and other, similar health care professionals. Under certain conditions, facilities such as assisted living and extend care facilities may qualify under new de minimus rules, which are discussed later. While providing in-home nursing service will be treated as health care, companion services should fall outside this exclusion. • Field of law — This includes services provided by lawyers, paralegals, legal arbitrators and mediators in their capacity as such. Ancillary services that are not unique to the practice of law, such as legal printing and stenography, will qualify as QBI. While not specifically mentioned, services such as bail bondsman should also qualify. • Field of accounting — All services provided by accountants, enrolled agents, return

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preparers, auditors and bookkeepers are included. The broad reach of this is to capture all services using the common understanding of accounting, beyond those requiring the same mastery of accounting principles that CPAs possess. The only fields that qualify are bill payment and processing. • Field of actuarial science —This is limited to services performed by actuaries and does not apply to related services that do not assess or analyze the financial cost, risk or uncertainty of events. This includes the services of economists, mathematicians and statisticians. • Performing arts — Performing arts services means the performance of services by individuals who participate in the creation of performing arts such as actors, singers, musicians, entertainers, directors and similar professionals performing in their capacity as such. This category includes the provision of services that require skills that are unique to the creation of performing arts. However, it does not include broadcasting or disseminating video or audio of performing arts to the public. • Consulting — This category could have been defined as including almost all professionals, but has been given a narrow definition, which turns on separating QBI from SSTB, based on facts and circumstances, including the manner in which one is compensated. While treating those that provide professional advice and counsel to assist in achieving goals as an SSTB, the new regulations make the point that the services of salespeople and “economically similar services” are involved in providing QBI-eligible services. A mortgage broker, whose role it is to connect a potential borrower with a financial institution appropriate to their needs, will also qualify as a QBI. • Services as athletes — This includes all “on field” services of athletes, as well as coaches and managers of team sports. It also includes a business that owns and operates a professional sports team. Those involved in the maintenance of equipment and facilities, as well as those that broadcast or disseminate sporting events, are not involved in an SSTB. • Financial services — Services that are tainted with the SSTB label include all services commonly provided by financial advisors and investment bankers. The prohibited services include managing wealth, providing financial advice and developing retirement and estate plans and services related to business valuations, mergers, acquisitions and sales and issuance of securities. The only significant exclusion from this list is the provision of standard banking services such as taking deposits and making loans. • Securities brokers and traders — As these fall under the larger umbrella of financial services, they are considered to be SSTBs and there-

fore ineligible for the “20 percent” deduction. Securities are defined in the common investment sense (i.e., stocks, bonds, mortgages, etc.). Some taxpayer-friendly exclusions from the brokerage SSTB group are real estate and insurance agents and brokers, real estate managers and any taxpayer who is involved in hedging transactions as part of their operating business. • Skill and reputation businesses — This catch-all phrase in the law was the most feared and most talked about for the seven months between enactment of the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act and the issuance of these regulations. The plain language of the law (“any trade or business where the principal asset is the reputation or skill of its owners or employees”) could have resulted in every service business, including the local barber shop or popular restaurant, being treated as an SSTB. However, the regulations took a very narrow view and only include the ineligible SSTB group businesses in which a person receives fees for product endorsements, public appearances, or for the use of their image, likeness, name or voice. By way of example, if a famous chef or athlete has a restaurant bearing his or her name and at the same time sells a line of products with their name on them, the restaurant would be a qualified business but the name product sales would not.

REAL ESTATE HAS ITS OWN ISSUES

In order to qualify for the QBI deduction, a taxpayer’s activity must rise to the level of a trade or business, which involves activity “with continuity and regularity.” The ownership and operation of real estate has long been the subject of court cases, in order to determine if an activity is an investment or a trade or business. Courts have looked at factors such as type of property rented (a commercial building may be a trade or business and a single condo unit may not be), the number of properties rented and the types of services performed in the day-to-day operations of the property by the owner or their agent. The takeaway here is that real property rental will not automatically qualify for the deduction. One exception to this rule is a provision that treats the rental of property as a trade or business if it is rented to a 50 percent or more owned trade or business. This “self-rental” exception eases the rules when, for example, a manufacturer leases its office and warehouse space from a pass-through entity that has at least 50 percent common ownership with the manufacturing company, even if all the expenses and operations of the real estate are the burden of the manufacturer. The definitions described, while important, are just the starting point. Part 2 of this article will discuss the “make or break” options presented by the regulations, including real estate issues, abilities to combine businesses for computation purposes and some rules designed to prevent abuse. Ronald B. Hegt is a tax partner at Citrin Cooperman. His area of expertise is in serving as the entrepreneurial tax and business adviser to the middle-market entrepreneurs. He can be reached at 914-949-2990 or at rhegt@citrincooperman.com.

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Krumble Krafts serves up playfully sassy custom glass etchings BY PHIL HALL phall@westfairinc.com

arena Rumble is preparing the inventory for her first local debut, a pop-up shop on Sept. 29 at Lyn Kahoe Power Yoga in Ridgefield. But while she is readying the products from her Krumble Krafts line of custom-etched glasses, she is still wondering at how she wound up at this point in her microbusiness’ young life. “I am still in shock,” she laughed. “People tell me I have an amazing business. They say, ‘You really created all of this by hand, by yourself ?’” Rumble, who holds a full-time job as an accounts analyst while pursuing her MBA, did not originally intend to take on the extra role of entrepreneur. But in May 2017, she wanted to get a special present for her mother’s 60th birthday — but she thought it would be more meaningful if she created something rather than purchased something from a store. “I was on Pinterest and came across etchings,” she recalled, adding that she dabbled in the pursuit before but never gave it serious consideration. Her present of a custom-etched glass for her mother was well received, and then the proverbial lightbulb went off in her mind. “I realized, ‘There are people who are doing this for money,’” she continued. “So, I learned some techniques and I just went with it.” Transforming the bedroom of her Danbury residence into a workstation, Rumble set up shop and began creating a series of designs that she could apply to glassware. Using playful sayings like “I Can’t Adult Today” and “Hakuna Moscato,” she began transforming blank wine glasses and shot glasses into sassy

Karena Rumble, creator of Krumble Krafts LLC, with some of the etched glasses she created. Photo by Phil Hall.

celebrations of a good life. “I have a special printer called the Silhouette, which is a print and cut,” she said. “I make the design on my computer and this printer does all of the stenciling. All I do is apply it on the glass and the cut I’m using.” Rumble launched Krumble Krafts modestly last December, distributing her first batch of items to family and friends for Christmas. She tiptoed into social media, joining a number of small-business forums on Facebook and setting up an Instagram account to highlight her work. And while she made connections via Facebook, she credited Instagram for turning on her cashflow. “I have way more followers on Instagram than Facebook,” she said. “I feel like Instagram catches people a lot quicker. Not everyone is still on Facebook. With Instagram, all you do is casually scroll until something pops up.” She also staked out a page on Etsy, the e-commerce website specializing in handmade crafts. And while Rumble complained that Etsy is “a little bit crowded” and not the easiest site for standing out, she noted that her first international sale came from that source. “It was from Sweden,” she said about her overseas buyer.

“They found me on Etsy. I don’t know how, out of all of the other crafters, they found me. I am grateful, but I’m like, ‘How are you finding me?’” Within this country, Rumble has already racked up orders from Arkansas, California, New York, Florida, Wyoming and Wisconsin. “A girl from Ohio who works for a pizzeria bought two wine glasses with the ‘Buy Me Pizza, Pour Me Wine’ etching and then ordered eight more glasses because the store wanted to give them as donation to a local nonprofit,” Rumble said. Krumble Krafts recently expanded its product line to include vinyl travel mugs, and Rumble is planning to launch a company website next month. And while she welcomed the idea of having a staff to help her with production, she is still running a one-woman operation. “I just made six last night after I got home from class, which was at 8:30,” she stated. “If I’m not distracted, it takes 20 to 30 minutes to create an etching. If I am distracted, it takes an hour.” And as she readies for her upcoming pop-up retail foray, Rumble still expresses a happy surprise that she has come so far so quickly. “I’m like, ‘Oh my God, this is happening,’” she exclaimed.

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nonprofit devised ALICE as a way to bring new terminology to poverty, saying the federal poverty line “grossly underestimates the number of struggling families.” By the United Way’s estimate, a family in Westchester must earn about $88,000 a year to cover the basic costs of food, housing, transportation, health care and child care for a family of two adults, one infant and one pre-school child. That’s just for the bare bones “survival” budget and does not include savings for emergencies or college savings. About 29 percent of the estimated 342,216 families in Westchester make above the pov-

erty line but less than the ALICE threshold, according to the report. That’s up from 24 percent two years ago. Statewide, about 31 percent of families qualify as ALICE, while an additional 14.4 percent are in poverty. United Way officials note the numbers are measured during a period when joblessness is decreasing throughout the state. The unemployment rate in Westchester was measured at 5.9 percent in 2016, the period the study reviewed. It has decreased further since then to below 4.5 percent in July. Alana Sweeny, president and CEO of United Way of Westchester and Putnam, said part of the issue is the new jobs are lower paying, with fewer benefits than

those before the 2008 economic crisis. Meanwhile, the cost of living in Westchester, as well as Putnam, increases “at a staggering rate, particularly the cost of health care and child care,” she said in a statement announcing the new numbers. So while economic indicators may be showing good news, Sweeny notes that “in terms of aggregate measures of economic growth and health, more than a third of residents in our communities are living on the edge.” Most concerning, she said, is that hourly wages and salaries in the region have not kept pace with expenses. The report found that family costs increased by 22 percent in New

York from 2010 to 2016. United Way released its first ALICE report for New York in 2016. Since then, the organization has counted an additional 30,000 families that qualify as ALICE statewide. ALICE households, and those below the poverty line, include a range of locations and demographics. The numbers are highest in Westchester’s cities: 60 percent for Mount Vernon; 55 percent in Peekskill; 53 percent in Yonkers; 45 percent in New Rochelle and 42 percent in White Plains. But families struggling to make ends meet can be found in areas considered wealthy enclaves as well, such as Scarsdale, at 9 percent of families and Bedford, at 22 percent of families. There’s also a number of Westchester villages where more than half of families make below the ALICE line, including Ossining, Mount Kisco, Port Chester Sleepy Hollow and Bedford Hills. Bedford Hills has the county’s highest overall rate of ALICE families and households below the poverty line, at 68 percent. The numbers were harshest for single parents. About 74 percent of all single female households with children earn below the ALICE survival budget in Westchester, as do about 62 percent of single male households with children. About 22 percent of married households with children earn below the ALICE survival budget. Here’s a breakdown of the numbers by each lower Hudson Valley county: Westchester County Number of households: 342,216 ALICE households: 29 percent (state average: 31 percent) Households in poverty: 11 percent (state average: 14 percent) Ulster County Number of households: 68,298 ALICE households: 30 percent Households in poverty: 11 percent Sullivan County Number of Households: 25,031 ALICE households: 32 percent Households in poverty: 18 percent

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n July 1, Heather Cavanagh became president and CEO of the Stamford Chamber of Commerce, replacing John P. “Jack” Condlin who retired after 20 years at the helm. Cavanagh was previously the chamber’s director of events and marketing for 18 months before taking on the role of chief executive. She is no stranger to running a chamber of commerce: she twice served as interim executive director of the Westport-Weston Chamber of Commerce and was executive director of the Darien Chamber of Commerce. In this edition of Suite Talk, Business Journal reporter Phil Hall talks with Cavanagh about her new job and the state of her city. Since you began as president and CEO of the chamber, what has been your primary focus? “I’m still managing my

Heather Cavanagh, president and CEO of the Stamford Chamber of Commerce

former role, as well, so I am also managing events and marketing, which are a large part of what we do. Through the transition process, from July to September, I had the chance to look at the internal operations of the organization while looking at options to move our office — the building we are currently in has been sold and will be residential shortly, so we need a new home. I had a meeting with the executive board on Sept. 5 and met with board of directors on Sept. 10. In between all of that, August is our nominating process. There is never a dull moment in this place. I always think there are never enough hours in the day to get things done.” What is the current state of Stamford’s business environment? “Stamford is growing. It’s a robust community. We’re the largest-growing city in the state of Connecticut — we were

new building and Henkel is adding positions. When you look at the growth areas in Fairfield County, it’s all happening in Stamford.”

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just shy of 200 residents from becoming the second-largest city in the state. With so much growth with the Fortune 500 companies and large corporations, the international companies and small businesses coming into the area, many are looking to live within the

community — and there is a diverse abundance of residential opportunities. The millennials are moving out of New York City and want to move to the suburbs and they look at the apartments here and say, ‘Wow, this is double the size of my place in Manhattan.’

It is changing landscape and demographics.” It seems like you can’t drive around without seeing construction. “Absolutely. Charter Communications is building its 500,000-square-foot

But there is still a great deal of vacant office space in Stamford. What can be done to get those vacancies filled? “You have the Fairfield Five (the regional marketing initiative consisting of the mayors or first selectmen and the economic development heads of Fairfield, Greenwich, Norwalk, Stamford and Westport) and I believe they had 150 or 160 guests at a meet-and-greet the other evening at the rooftop of Indeed. There is a lot going on regarding Fairfield County related to how we can attract new business here as a whole. We’re all working together, so we have a stronger voice and more of a presence. We can do more together, cooperatively and » » SUITE TALK

Westchester County IDA’s role in helping business thrive and create jobs BY BRIDGET GIBBONS

n Westchester County, businesses don’t have to go it alone. Research has shown that the young workforce wants to live and work in small cities — cue Westchester County’s Industrial Development Agency (IDA) to provide financial incentives to make this happen. The IDA plays a vital role in promoting economic development and job creation in the county. Since 2010, hundreds of companies in Westchester — both large and small — have received

IDA benefits for a wide array of projects ranging from expansions to renovations to new construction. In turn, these projects have produced billions of dollars in private-sector investment in Westchester County and created, attracted and retained nearly 30,000 new permanent and construction jobs. The IDA is looking to make Westchester a destination for young people to live and work — and we are doing that by providing developers with sales tax exemptions, mortgage recording tax reductions as well as tax-exempt bonds with inter-

est rates lower than conventional debt. These benefits are provided at no cost or risk to the taxpayers of Westchester. Along with attracting young talent, we also want to make sure our staple major corporations stay here. We are incentivizing them to renovate or expand their headquarters in Westchester and for this the savings are significant. For example, Danone received approximately $1.3 million in sales tax exemptions for the acquisition and renovation of office and research space for its new American headquarters in downtown White Plains. The location

is walkable, new and interactive with the community — very 2018. Danone isn’t alone, other major Westchester companies that have benefited from IDA incentives include Regeneron Pharmaceuticals in Tarrytown, MasterCard Worldwide in Purchase, PepsiCo in Purchase and Acorda Therapeutics in Ardsley. Westchester’s economic vitality is dependent on these companies and they are part of our cultural fabric. We are focused on updating the county and making it appealing to a new young fresh market — part of that

includes the commercial office market. This market has greatly benefited from the IDA. Old and outdated office buildings are getting a new life from developers such as Onyx Equities of New York City that completed a $4 million renovation of 1311 Mamaroneck Ave. office park, a project that received more than $167,000 in sales tax exemptions from the IDA. On a larger scale, Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corp. received approximately $2.9 million in sales tax exemptions from the IDA for its $38.5 million renovation and reconstruction of 100,000 square feet

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of office space at 1 North Lexington Avenue in downtown White Plains. The bank, which is one of the largest financial institutions in Japan, moved its back office and IT operations from Manhattan to the new space, creating hundreds of new jobs in the county. Here in Westchester are continually looking for new ideas — we think innovation and outside the box. Sometimes, that means repurposing office properties for other uses. The former Journal News building in Harrison was replaced by a new Life

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collaboratively, to bring in new business to Stamford.” The big corporations are a highly conspicuous presence in Stamford, but what is the small-business community like today? “Mayor (David) Martin and I have done several ribbon cuttings, and one will be at Spavia next month. That is a day spa based out of Colorado and a local couple decided to open up a franchise. It’s right by Bobby V’s at the end of Atlantic Street. Another couple that we just did a ribbon cutting with last week opened Hottie Oasis, which is in the Hubble Point area. We are seeing a lot more smaller businesses developing. People are looking at the community to what services are needed, because we are also seeing a lot more people who want to in a work-live-play environment.” Of course, Stamford has I-95 running

through it and it seems that everyone complains about the highway traffic. But are those complaints truly justified? “It is one of the main things to complain about and it depends what time you are on I-95 and possibly what day of the week. In summer, Thursday night has all of the traffic heading north — I’m originally from Rhode Island and my family says everybody from Connecticut comes for the weekend. I know it is a big topic of discussion with the chamber — it is because we need to get people here and up-and-down the I-95 corridor.” Up the road on I-95, there is the new SoNo Collection mall that is slated to open in Norwalk next year. How will that impact Stamford’s retail scene? “You have to create an experience regardless of what type of business you are. You can’t wait for people to come to you — anybody can shop online. You can buy a car or a house — you don’t have to see anything up front anymore. The Stamford mall’s management has been doing all

sorts of great events and promotions to bring people into the mall and create a sense of community, as well as a reason to come and shop.” And for the local businesses and professionals who have yet to join the chamber, what are they missing? “They are missing a lot. You have an opportunity to make a lot of connections. Everybody thinks social media is the way to go. Obviously, that’s a great way to tweet out and send invites, but think about how deals are done. They aren’t done over social media — they are done by knowing a person that comes through the face-to-face relationship building. Social media is great for getting your name out there, getting your product and service known. But the other half of social media is the face-to-face meeting of people. We bring people together and it is amazing when you get to see the results of the partnerships. We want to see everybody, regardless of business, thrive because we are all in it together.”

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Bridget Gibbons is deputy director of the Westchester County Office of Economic Development. In this role, she is focused on attracting and retaining business and talent in Westchester. Prior to working for Westchester County, Gibbons was founder and owner of Gibbons Digital Consultants, an award-winning digital marketing agency. After nine years, her company was acquired by a larger marketing agency in White Plains. She can be reached at BGibbons @westchestergov.com.

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Brick by Brick: The Erie Canal & the Building Boom BY JANET LANGSAM

rdinarily, one wouldn't juxtapose the Erie Canal and ArtsWestchester. Yet, there is at least one similarity. They are both, in their own way, good for the economy. In 1825, the Erie Canal opened and spawned a building boom in New York City, along with the growth of a vital brick industry along the Hudson River. ArtsWestchester will tell that story in a highly anticipated exhibition titled “Brick by Brick: The Erie Canal & the Building Boom.” Brick by Brick opens Sept. 30 in ArtsWestchester’s gallery in downtown White Plains — itself a restored brick bank building. Believe it or not, brickmaking was one of the Hudson Valley’s most prolific industries, comparable in magnitude and impact to IBM and the nascent biotech companies of today. The mid-19th century was a tumultuous time in New York City, but also a period of extreme growth across the state. New York rose to become the financial capital of America thanks to the Erie Canal, but it was also plagued by cholera and fires. Brick saved the city from imploding. New fire codes and large-scale public works projects, such as the building of the Old Croton Aqueduct, all demanded brick, and created the infrastructure that shaped New York as we know it today. At the brick industry’s peak, some 130 yards operated simultaneously throughout the Hudson Valley, employing more than 10,000 workers and producing more than a billion bricks annually to service the development needs of the New Yorkmetropolitan area. Towns and cities grew to support the brick industry, while the brick industry fed the needs of rapidly expanding towns and cities along the Canal corridor, from Red Hook, Brooklyn to Buffalo. Brick became New York state’s defining and unifying architectural material, and the story of the Hudson Valley brickyards is one that hits close to home. After all, ArtsWestchester’s building is a historic landmark built mostly from brick. In our basement, tucked away in a corner, was a pile of discarded bricks stamped with the name SCHULTZ, a family whose brickyard was in Ulster County. We like to think these recovered materials built the bank that would one day become a home for the arts. We are proud that Brick by Brick was awarded a major grant from the New York State Council on the Arts and are grateful for the support of the many individuals and community partners who helped bring this

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project to fruition. It is worth noting, too, that ArtsWestchester has also spawned economic prosperity with its support of the arts, with an economic impact in Westchester of $172 million annually. Like the Erie Canal, bringing economic prosperity to every stop along its route, the arts industry also touches hamlets throughout its tributaries, supporting more than 5,000 jobs in Westchester. Janet Langsam is CEO of ArtsWestchester. “Brick by Brick: The Erie Canal & The Building Boom” is on view Oct. 2 through Jan. 19, 2019 at the ArtsWestchester Gallery, 31 Mamaroneck Ave., White Plains. Visit artsw. org for more information.

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THE LIST: Accounting Firms

westchester county

Number of CPAs in county, nationwide

Number of Number of partners accounting in county, nationwide professionals in county, nationwide auditing

business planning

computer consulting

estate planning

government accounting

litigation support

management consulting

personal planning

small-business services

tax services

Ranked by number of CPAs in county. Listed alphabetically in the event a of tie. Name Address Area code: 914, unless otherwise noted Website

98 390

188 665

38 107

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74 434

106 786

24 203

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23 950

49 2,125

5 287

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18 80

12 120

6 36

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18 263

44 527

6 92

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14 14

40 40

5 5

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11 11

16 16

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8 8

10 10

3 3

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8 100

14 350

6 47

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7 7

17 17

5 5

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7 7

8 8

1 1

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5 5

9 9

2 2

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5 7

11 11

2 2

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5 5

6 6

2 2

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4 4

5 5

2 2

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4 4

9 9

1 1

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4 4

6 6

2 2

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Al Reda CPA info@redacpa.com 1989

4 4

2 2

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Peter Formanek peter@foadvisor.com 1975

4 4

3 3

1 1

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Grassi & Co.

Robert Bernstein Adam Schuman rbernstein@grassicpas.com 1980

2 93

5 228

1 34

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GKG CPAs

Donald R. Karlewicz, Scott Goldstein, Wayne Martin, partners 1981

25 25

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Goldstein Lieberman & Company LLC

Phillip E. Goldstein N/A mail@glcpas.com 1946 Jason Giordano, managing partner Brian Powers, vice president of marketing info@jgspc.com 1932 Thomas Weddell Erin Blabac eblabac@vddw.com N/A Greg Budnik Market managing partner, Connecticut and Westchester County, N.Y. jena.rascoe@rsmus.com 1926

67 (Hudson Valley) 67

4 (Hudson Valley) 4

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11 (Hudson Valley) 11

24 (Hudson Valley) 24

6 (Hudson Valley) 6

44 44

85 85

68 3,935

161 8,282

PKF O'Connor Davies LLP

Citrin Cooperman

CohnReznick LLP

D'Arcangelo & Company LLP *

Managing partner(s) Marketing person and/or contact person Email address Year company established

Kevin J. Keane Kathleen O'Toole kkeane@pkfod.com 1891

500 Mamaroneck Ave., Harrison 10528 381-8900 • pkfod.com

Alan G. Badey abadey@citrincooperman.com 1979 Stephen J. Harrison CPA office managing partner, White Plains 1919 James R. D'Arcangelo, Vincent P. Pancaldo, Alfred F. Thoben, Barbara J. Greene, Anthony Pennella and Michael Lisa kcampanile@darcangelo.com 1950

709 Westchester Ave., White Plains 10604 949-2990 • citrincooperman.com 10 Bank St., Suite 1190, White Plains 10606 684-2700 • cohnreznick.com

800 Westchester Ave., Suite N-400, Rye Brook 10573 694-4600 • darcangelo.com

Christopher Cacce, partner-in-charge, Westchester Diane Paoletta dpaoletta@markspaneth.com 1907 Anthony J. Justic AJJ@mgroupusa.com 1985

Marks Paneth LLP

4 Manhattanville Road, Suite 402, Purchase 10577 524-9000 • markspaneth.com

Maier, Markey & Justic LLP

222 Bloomingdale Road, Suite 400, White Plains 10605 644-9200 • mgroupusa.com

A. Uzzo & Company CPAs PC

Band, Rosenbaum & Martin PC

Anthony Uzzo, Blaise Fredella, Richard Vaccariello, Anthony Siniscalchi and Raymond Magi auzzo@auzzo.com 1984

287 Bowman Ave., Purchase 10577 694-8800 • auzzo.com

Scott Martin, Larry Holzberg and Hal Martin Barbara Chipelo bchipelo@brmcpa.com 1929 Glenn Friedman and David Neste David M. VanHerwynen dvanherwynen@pragermetis.com 2013

440 Mamaroneck Ave., Suite 508, Harrison 10528 636-7200 • brmcpa.com

Prager Metis CPAs, LLC

333 Westchester Ave., White Plains 10604 218-1300 • pragermetis.com

Peretz, Resnick, Mitgang & Marcus LLP

303 S. Broadway, Suite 105, Tarrytown 10591 332-5393 • peretzcpas.com

Victor J. Cannistra CPA PC

Victor J. Cannistra victorc@cannistracpa.com 1975 Rebecca Drechsel, managing partner rebeccad@abdcpa.com 1974 Alan D. Rosenberg and Jody H. Chesnov alan@rcmycpa.com 1973 George Sanossian george.sanossian@sscpa.com 1985 Eric Blum ericb4@optonline.net 1945 Michael S. Hymes michael@hymescpa.com 1992 Ford J. Levy cybercpa3@aol.com 1913

43 Kensico Drive, Second floor, Mount Kisco 10549 241-3605 • cannistracpa.com

ABD Associates LLP

50 Broadway, Hawthorne 10532 747-9000 • abdcpa.com

Rosenberg & Chesnov CPAs LLP 555 Taxter Road, Suite 305, Elmsford 10523 722-6901 • rcmycpa.com

Sanossian, Sardis & Company LLP 700 White Plains Road, Scarsdale 10583 725-9800 • sscpa.co

Blum & Bernstein LLP

220 White Plains Road, Tarrytown 10591 631-1010

Hymes & Associates CPA PC 55 Pondfield Road, Bronxville 10708 961-1200 • hymescpa.com

Maxwell Shmerler & Company, CPAs 11 Martine Ave., Suite 970, White Plains 10606 681-0400 • msco-cpa.com

Reda, Romano & Company LLP

800 Westchester Ave., Suite N405, Rye Brook 10573 701-0170 • redacpa.com

Weinstein & Formanek PC CPAs & Family Office Advisor 141 E. Boston Post Road, Mamaroneck 10543 698-4123 • foadvisor.com

2 Westchester Park Drive, Suite 200, White Plains, 10604 849-0320 • grassicpas.com

Not ranked

777 Chestnut Ridge Road, Suite 301, Chestnut Ridge 10977 845-356-6100 • gkgcpa.com

Note: *

1 International Blvd., Suite 700, Mahwah, N.J. 07495 201-512-5700 • glcpas.com

Judelson, Giordano & Siegel CPA PC 633 Route 211 East, Middletown 10941 845-692-9500 • jgspc.com

RBT CPAs, LLP

11 Racquet Road, Newburgh 12550 845-567-9000 • rbtcpas.com

RSM US LLP

200 Elm St., Suite 200, Stamford 06902 327-3112 • rsmus.com

David M. Peretz, Mark Hausner and Robert Mitgang dperetz@peretzcpas.com 1990

This list is a sampling of accounting firms that are located in the region. If you would like to include your firm in our next list, please contact Peter Katz at pkatz@westfairinc.com. N/A = Not available. Accounting firms listed as "not ranked" are located outside of Westchester County but serve the region. D'Arcangelo & Company LLP also has a Hudson Valley location at 510 Haight Ave., Poughkeepsie 12603, 845-473-7774, darcangelo.com.

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Ranked by number of CPAs in county. Listed alphabetically in the event of a tie.

Marcum LLP

CohnReznick LLP

Citrin Cooperman

BlumShapiro

Capossela Cohen LLC

10 11

4 Landmark Square, Suite 410, Stamford 06901 399-1900 • cohnreznick.com

37 North Ave., Norwalk 06851 847-4068 • citrincooperman.com 2 Enterprise Drive, Shelton 06484 944-2100 • blumshapiro.com 368 Center St., Southport 06890 254-7000 • capossela.com

CironeFriedberg LLP 24 Stony Hill Road, Bethel 06801 798-2721 • cironefriedberg.com

Dworken, Hillman, LaMorte & Sterczala PC 4 Corporate Drive, Suite 488, Shelton 06484 929-3535 • dhls.com

PKF O'Connor Davies LLP 3001 Summer St., Stamford 06905 323-2400 • pkfod.com

Reynolds & Rowella LLP

90 Grove St., Suite 101, Ridgefield 06877 438-0161 • reynoldsrowella.com

Beers, Hammerman, Cohen & Burger LLC 2228 Black Rock Turnpike, Suite 204, Fairfield 06825 333-2228 • bhcbcpa.com

Grant Thornton LLP

300 First Stamford Place, Stamford 06902 327-8302 • grantthornton.com

Kahan, Steiger & Company PC 1100 Summer St., Stamford 06905 327-5717 • kahansteiger.com

BDO

1055 Washington Blvd, Fifth floor, Stamford 06901 905-6300 • bdo.com

Dylewsky Goldberg & Brenner LLC 30 Oak St., Stamford 06905 830 Post Road East, Westport 06680 975-8830 • dgbcpas.com

14 15

Martin, DeCruze & Company LLP 2777 Summer St., Suite 401, Stamford 06905 327-7151 • mdcocpa.com

Grill & Partners LLC

30 Old Kings Highway South, Darien 06820 140 Sherman St., Fairfield 06824 203-254-3880 • 203-655-3205 • grill1.com

Kevin Wenig CPA LLC

McGoldrick & McGoldrick CPAs LLP

100 Corporate Drive, Suite A-204, Trumbull 06611 880-9505 • wenigcpa.com

75 Holly Hill Lane, Suite 100, Greenwich 06830 845-878-7703 • mcgoldrickcpa.net

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142 10,920

258 25,829

30 2,181

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Scott W. Davis Managing partner, Stamford market scott.w.davis@pwc.com 1849

100 12,995

313 38,487

54 3,014

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Bud McDonald, Stamford office managing partner 1989

82 144 11,071 Northeast region N/A

Anthony Scillia, regional managing partner, and John Mezzanotte, office managing partner N/A

68 575

178 1,500

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COALITION LAUNCHED TO PROTECT COUNTY AIRPORT Concerned that the future of Westchester County Airport is in jeopardy, the Business Council of Westchester has launched the Coalition for Westchester Airport, uniting a broad range of businesses, labor organizations, educators, nonprofits and residents in support of one of the county’s most valuable assets.

CoalitionforWestchesterAirport.org. The petition will automatically be sent via email to County Executive George Latimer and members of the Board of Legislators. The coalition also announced the start of a robust informational campaign that will roll out across the county in coming weeks to continue to unite stakeholders.

“Just as the BCW led the charge to “The airport is crucially important to build the new Governor Mario M. attract and retain a wide spectrum Cuomo Bridge, we are now focusing of businesses that bolster the local on another crucially important element economy and strengthen the tax of Westchester’s transportation base,” said John Ravitz, Executive and economic infrastructure – the Vice President and COO of the BCW. Westchester County Airport,” said BCW “The airport also is a valuable tool for President and CEO Marsha Gordon at workforce development, and directly a news conference held September and indirectly employs thousands of 18 at BCW’s offices in Rye Brook. people in diverse industries. Yet the “We are representing the interests of airport is under threat. The last thing the traveling community, the business we want is for Westchester to take 10 community and the neighboring steps backwards because a relatively community, to make sure that all small but well-organized group of interests are heard, respected and opponents has mobilized and balanced. The future of Westchester dominated the discussion.” County Airport is at stake, and we all The Coalition is calling on the county have a stake in the airport,” she added. to support an approach that provides The Coalition is urging high-quality air travel while protecting residents to learn the facts the environment and respecting the and sign an online petition at airport’s residential neighbors. The

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Coalition does not advocate for enlarging the airport, but does call for making reasonable enhancements that would improve the airport’s existing services and facilities, stating that a public/private partnership would work well in Westchester. The Coalition for Westchester Airport has already attracted support from a diverse group, including but not limited to the following companies: Accreditation Guru; AllShows; Altium Wealth; Business of Your Business, LLC; Cappelli Organization; D&M Electrical; Federated Insurance; Heineken USA; Hilton Westchester; Hudson Valley Gateway Chamber of Commerce; JDM Benefits; Kings Capital, Madison Approach; Maier Markey & Justic LLP; Mastercard; Million Air; Nicholas & Lence Communications; OLA Consulting Engineers; PepsiCo; Red Oak Transportation; Robert Martin Company, LLC; RPW Group; Singer Law; Statewide Abstract Corp; Thalle Industries; Walison Corp.; Westchester Aircraft Maintenance Assoc.; Westchester Hotel Association; Wilkes Law Group; and York International Agency, among other individuals.

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MITCHELL C. BENSON, MD, a distinguished and nationally recognized urologist, discovered early in his training he wanted to pursue a career in urology. Following an internship and residency in general surgery at Mount Sinai Hospital in New York, he became a resident in urology at The Presbyterian Hospital in New York, and then completed his research fellowship in urologic oncology at Johns Hopkins Hospital. He returned to Columbia University’s College of Physicians & Surgeons, where he joined the faculty of the department of urology. Benson was named the director of the Comprehensive Cancer Center of Columbia University in 2003, and appointed the George F. Cahill Professor and chairman of the department of urology and urologist-in-chief at Columbia University Irving Medical Center in 2005. Benson’s research has been and continues to be supported by the National Cancer Institute. He has submitted or published 195 scientific articles and presented more than 200 papers at national meetings. In 1990, he first developed the innovative concept of PSA density testing, a more accurate way to determine the cause of elevated levels of the prostate-specific antigen that can indicate prostate cancer, earning him a reputation as a leading doctor in the field. As the current director of urologic oncology at NewYork-Presbyterian Lawrence Hospital and emeritus chairman of the department of urology at Columbia, Benson continues his work on urologic cancers. His prostate cancer expertise includes minimally invasive (robotic) surgery, clinical research and personalized medicine utilizing state-of-the-art molecular and genetic prognosis. His work on bladder cancer has focused on the development of new intravesical therapies to spare patients’ radical surgery, as well as robotic surgery and outcomes analysis. A board-certified urologist with clinical expertise in bladder, kidney, urologic and prostate cancers, Benson sees patients at 688 White Plains Road, Suite 201, in Scarsdale.

ELIAS S. HYAMS, MD, has extensive experience in the diagnosis and treatment of various urological malignancies, male voiding dysfunction and urinary tract obstruction. His clinical focus is in “risk-based” screening for prostate cancer, state-of-the-art diagnosis techniques such as image-guided biopsy and minimally invasive surgery for prostate cancer. Hyams performs a high volume of robotic prostatectomies, a minimally invasive procedure to reduce morbidity and speedup recovery following prostate cancer treatment. He received his medical degree from the University of Pennsylvania and then completed a urology residency at New York UniversityLangone Medical Center. He pursued a fellowship in minimally invasive urological surgery at the Brady Institute of Urology at Johns Hopkins Hospital in Maryland, and then worked at Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center in New Hampshire for five years prior to joining the faculty at Columbia. Hyams’ goal is to understand men’s preferences for screening and treatment of prostate cancer and incorporate diverse types of testing (e.g. blood and urine biomarkers, prostate imaging, genetic testing) to determine the need for further care. He has contributed to the development of multiple “decision aids” to improve screening and treatment decisions and brings this expertise to patients. This experience is critical to ensure men understand tradeoffs and risks associated with prostate cancer detection and treatment and make decisions that are best for them. Hyams is an active researcher in prostate cancer epidemiology, shared decision-making and quality improvement in urology. His particular interests are in understanding regional variation in prostate cancer care and how quality of care can be improved. Hyams provides mentorship and research opportunities for medical students and residents at Columbia with the goal of training the next generation of providers to deliver high-quality, evidence-based and compassionate care.

TANYA DUTTA, MD, of Scarsdale has been a lifelong advocate for women’s heart health. A noninvasive cardiologist at Westchester Medical Center, the flagship of the Westchester Medical Center Health Network, Dutta’s family history of heart disease made her acutely aware of the importance of heart health from an early age. She felt there were not enough women in the field of cardiology and she pursued the profession to help other women lead healthy lives. Dutta is an advocate for patients to take control of their health and understands that making lifestyle changes can be daunting. Her philosophy is “we’ll do it together” as she encourages her patients to take small, manageable steps to sustain their healthy results. Dutta serves as director of the Echocardiography Lab at Westchester Medical Center and participates in the hospital’s adult congenital heart-disease program, which transitions pediatric cardiology patients to adult cardiology care. She also performs extensive imaging required for minimally invasive surgeries in Westchester Medical Center’s structural heart program. Dutta is also an associate professor at New York Medical College. A graduate of Harvard University, she earned her medical degree at Cornell University. She is board certified in internal medicine, cardiology, nuclear cardiology, echocardiography and cardiac CT. Dutta has served on the committee and as an emcee for Westchester Medical Center’s annual “Girls’ Night Out” community event since 2011, drawing more than 450 women to raise awareness for women’s heart disease. She has also been involved in coordinating the “Go Red for Women” campaign’s symposium and luncheon.

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FEMALE TRAILBLAZERS Health Science Center at Brooklyn and her fellowship at SUNY Stony Brook University Hospital and Medical Center. She is an associate professor of pediatrics at New York Medical College and serves on the Board of Directors of the New York Milk Bank. Parvez is also the associate director of the Neonatal Perinatal Fellowship, one of the largest in the country, which prepares future neonatologists and has the highest Neonatal Specialty Board passing rates. Parvez is also a member of the Research and Guidelines Committees of (HMBANA) the Human Milk Bank Association of North America, the governing body of all nonprofit milk banks. She recently completed a study, which will lead to change in the HMBANA guidelines for storage of donor milk, extending the shelf life of this precious resource. Parvez also serves on the Council on Quality Improvement and Patient Safety, a national organization dedicated at improving pediatric patient care.

BORIANA PARVEZ

Maria Fareri Children’s Hospital BORIANA PARVEZ, MD, a pediatrician and neonatologist at Maria Fareri Children’s Hospital, which is part of the Westchester Medical Center Health Network, has been the driving force behind a ground-breaking donor milk program designed to improve the health of premature babies cared for at the hospital’s Regional Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU). Prior to Joining Maria Fareri Children’s Hospital, Parvez was director of the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit at the Hospital for Sick Children in Toronto, Canada, one of the largest children’s hospitals in the world. She graduated from the Medical University of Sofia FOM and completed her residency at SUNY

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DAREN WU, MD, is the chief medical officer of Open Door Family Medical Centers Inc., a federally qualified community health center with 13 sites throughout Westchester and Putnam counties. As a board-certified family physician in active practice, Wu and his more than 100 clinician colleagues take care of more than 55,000 patients, in over a quarter million medical encounters each year. Wu was born in New York City and raised in Westchester County. He did not go very far from the area he grew up in when it came to his education. He received his Bachelor of Arts degree from Columbia University, his medical degree from SUNY Stony Brook

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Dr. Boriana Parvez Maria Fareri Children’s Hospital

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Dr. Mitchell C. Benson New York Presbyterian Lawrence Hospital

Dr. William Frishman WMC Health New York Medical College

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ALL IN THE FAMILY MILAN KINKHABWALA Montefiore Health System

MILAN KINKHABWALA, MD, is a professor of surgery at Montefiore Medical Center-Albert Einstein College of Medicine. He is also the director of abdominal transplantation at Montefiore. Kinkhabwala graduated from Cornell University and Weill Cornell Medical College and then completed surgical training at New York Presbyterian Hospital and UCLA Medical Center. At Montefiore, he directs one of the most successful transplant centers in the U.S. He is a national leader in transplantation, recognized for his pioneering work in developing live-donor liver trans-

plants. Kinkhabwala also leads the Section of Hepatobiliary Cancers at the Montefiore Einstein Center for Cancer Care, overseeing a large multidisciplinary team dedicated to treating liver cancer. He is a member of the Marion Bessin Liver Research Center at Albert Einstein College of Medicine, one of the nation’s premier institutes for innovation in liver diseases. Kinkhabwala has lived in Pelham Manor for more than 20 years. He and his wife, Dr. Sarah Bellemare, have two daughters, Elsa and Norah, who attend the French American School of New York in Larchmont.

ALL IN THE FAMILY SARAH BELLEMARE

Montefiore Health System SARAH BELLEMARE, MD, is a hepatobiliary and liver transplant surgeon at Montefiore Medical Center-Albert Einstein College of Medicine. She specializes in complex liver and pancreatic surgery, including pediatric liver transplantation and live-donor liver transplantation. She is recognized for her leadership in pancreatic cancer surgery, including vascular reconstruction during pancreatic cancer operations. Bellemare is a graduate of Laval University in Quebec City, Canada. She completed surgical training at the Hospital of the University of Montreal and Columbia Presbyterian Medical Center and performed the

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first live-donor liver transplant in the Province of Quebec, for which she was awarded the Canadian Broadcasting Company Person of the Year in Quebec in 2005. Bellemare then joined the surgical faculty at Columbia, specializing in live-donor liver transplants and hepatobiliary surgery. At Montefiore, she has become the “go to” surgeon for the most difficult and complex liver and pancreatic operations in adults and children. She and her husband, Dr. Milan Kinkhabwala, have lived in Pelham Manor for many years and have two daughters, Elsa and Norah.

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MICHAEL GRASSO III, MD, received his medical degree from Thomas Jefferson School of Medicine in Philadelphia, completing surgery and urology residency training at Jefferson in 1992. While there he developed broad academic interests in minimally invasive surgery and uro-oncology, advancing the field of endourology by developing minimally invasive therapies and instrumentation, with significant contributions to the literature. His academic accomplishments include 114 peer review articles, 54 textbook chapters, three edited textbooks, as well as

more than 300 national and international visiting professorships. He is regularly asked to visit, teach and perform complex surgical interventions worldwide. Grasso served as assistant and associate professor of urology at Loma Linda University in Southern California, professor of urology with tenure at New York University and since 2001, he has been professor and vice chairman of urology at New York Medical College. He is currently the regional director of urology for Northwell Health (Phelps Campus in Sleepy Hollow); director of an endourology fellowship-training program since 1999, while also stewarding a basic science research program with Thambi Dorai, Ph.D., studying mechanisms that preserve solid organs during periods of hypoxic stress in the Department of Biochemistry at New York Medical College.

NO LAND TOO FAR SASAN ROAYAIE

White Plains Hospital Center for Cancer Care

SASAN ROAYAIE, MD, immigrated to the United States with his family shortly after the Iranian revolution. Following the completion of his undergraduate and medical school education in New Jersey, he trained in general surgery and then specialized in abdominal organ transplantation at the Mount Sinai Medical Center in New York. Roayaie has always had a keen interest in international medical relief work, taking a year off during his residency to volunteer as a surgeon in a rural South African hospital in the village of Canzibe. As the only surgeon for a 70-mile radius, he performed not only general and trauma surgery

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but also orthopedic and obstetrical procedures as well as the occasional tooth extraction. He has also participated in medical missions to Liberia as well as Haiti immediately after the 2010 earthquake. This year, 2018, marks the 10th year that Roayaie has travelled to Mongolia to train the local surgeons in liver and pancreatic surgery. The longterm project has resulted in a liver cancer program in Ulaan Baatar that is now performing more than 300 liver resections annually. Roayaie has also established a tissue bank at the National Cancer Center in Ulaan Baatar that collects samples of resected liver cancers, which are then shipped to laboratories in New York City and Paris for genetic profiling to try an unravel why Mongolia has the highest rate of liver cancer in the world.

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WILLIAM FRISHMAN

Westchester Medical Center New York Medical College WILLIAM H. FRISHMAN, MD, is currently The Barbara and William Rosenthal professor of medicine and chairman of the department of medicine, professor of pharmacology at New York Medical College; and chief of medicine at Westchester Medical Center, in Valhalla. He previously served as professor and associate chairman of the department of medicine at the Albert Einstein College of Medicine, and chief of medicine at the Weiler-Einstein College Hospital of the Montefiore Medical Center in the Bronx. Frishman is a clinical cardiologist, cardiovascular pharmacologist and internist. He is a graduate of the Bronx High School of Science and Boston University Six-Year Liberal Arts-Medicine Program. He completed his training in internal medicine at both Montefiore and Bronx Municipal Hospital centers and his cardiology training at New York Hospital-Cornell Medical Center. A noted clinical investi-

gator, Frishman has authored and co-authored more than 1,100 original articles, reviews and book chapters related to cardiovascular pharmacology and clinical cardiology. He is the co-author and co-editor of the textbook “Cardiovascular Pharmacotherapeutics” (McGraw Hill, 1997; second edition 2003; third edition 2011). He recently authored a scientific memoir “Triumph Over Tragedy: An Odyssey of an Academic Physician” (Science International, 2016) and is co-editor in chief of the journal “Cardiology in Review.” Frishman has served as principal investigator and co-principal investigator of multiple NIH-funded cardiovascular drug trials, including the Women’s Health Initiative and the studies of left ventricular dysfunction. He was the co-principal investigator of the NIH-funded Bronx Longitudinal Aging Study. Recognized for his achievements as a medical educator, researcher and clinician, Frishman received both the Distinguished Teacher and Humanism in Medicine awards from the Association of American Medical Colleges. He served as a Lieutenant-Colonel in the U.S. Army Medical Corps and is a recipient of the Army Commendation Medal for Meritorious Service and the Conspicuous Service Cross.

PROMISE FOR THE FUTURE PHILIP MAYNARD

New York Medical College PHILIP MAYNARD is a fourth-year medical student at New York Medical College (NYMC). Born and raised in New York City, Maynard graduated from Brown University with a degree in economics before returning to New York to enroll in the Postbaccalaureate Premedical Program at Columbia University and eventually matriculate to NYMC. He is an active member of his school’s community, elected as a student senator each year, as well as a member of his class’s Gold Humanism Honor Society. Maynard is pursuing a concentration in medical education, which involves helping instruct students in the first three years. To him, teaching and mentoring are easy ways to give back. During college he was a volunteer SAT tutor at a local high school, during his postbac premed he was a teacher’s aide for the

organic chemistry lab, and during the year before medical school he worked at a skilled-nursing facility where he supervised a volunteer program for premedical students. He also coaches Bronx Science students on interview skills, as well as interviews prospective students for Brown. In February 2017 while at a Crossfit workout, Maynard initiated CPR on a man who collapsed. The man was celebrity fitness trainer Bob Harper and Maynard was invited to The Dr. Oz Show the following year as a surprise guest, where he spoke about the event and did a CPR demonstration. He is applying to neurology residency programs and is looking forward to graduate medical education training. He hopes to one day be involved in medical education and health care management.

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its Clinical Integration Independent Physician Association (CIIPA) as well as the medical director for its Medicare Shared Savings Program (MSSP) ACO. Ganz-Lord received her medical degree from Tufts University School of Medicine and completed her residency at New York-Presbyterian Hospital-Weill Cornell Medical Center. She is a member of the New York ACP Quality Committee and has been named a “Top Doctor” by Castle Connolly Medical Ltd. and Westchester magazine.

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Blythedale Children’s Hospital Burke Neurological Institute N. JEREMY HILL, MD, is from London, England, where he earned an undergraduate degree in neuroscience at the University of Oxford. He also obtained his doctoral degree at Oxford, developing new statistical methods that are used in measuring vision and hearing. In doing so, he discovered that one way to improve the world is through scientific software. The programs he wrote to implement his methods have been used by hundreds of laboratories worldwide, and the accompanying papers have been cited more than 2,500 times. During his post-doctoral fellowship at the Max Planck Institute for Biological Cybernetics in Germany, Hill learned

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Meyzen Family Realty Assocaites LLC, 46 Bedford Banksville Road, Bedford. Chapter 11, voluntary. Attorney: H. Bruce Bronson Jr., Harrison. Filed: Sept. 13. Case no. 18-23419-rdd.

Sterling Bancop and Sterling National Bank. Filed by Raymond Kettenring. Action: RESPA: - servicing of mortgage loans. Attorney for plaintiff: N/A. Filed: Sept. 14. Case no. 7:18-cv-08383-VB.

D. B. Hart Inc., 310 W. 55 St., Suite 6G, New York City. Chapter 7, voluntary. Attorney: Karim Kamal, New York City. Filed: Sept. 12. Case no. 18-12749-mg.

Quality Glass Services Inc., 408 Waverly Ave., Mamaroneck. Chapter 11, voluntary. Attorney: H. Bruce Bronson Jr., Harrison. Filed: Sept. 13. Case no. 18-23420-rdd.

Walgreens Co. Filed by Tanya Jasper. Action: Job discrimination - unlawful employment practices. Attorney for plaintiff: Michael Bruce Ranis. Filed: Sept. 13. Case no. 7:18-cv-08348-VB.

Gotham Trading Partners #1 LLC, 185 Hillside Ave., Williston Park. Chapter 11, voluntary. Attorney: Jay Markowitz, New York City. Filed: Sept. 12. Case no. 18-12750smb.

Universal Abundant Blessings of New Life, 19 S. Tenth Ave., Mount Vernon. Chapter 11, voluntary. Attorney: Raymond Ragues , New York City. Filed: Sept. 11. Case no. 1823407-rdd.

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House of RS Inc., 260 W. 39 St., New York City. Chapter 11, voluntary. Attorney: Dawn Kirby, White Plains. Filed: Sept. 14. Case no. 1812794-mew. Pachanga Inc., 824 Tenth Ave., New York City. Chapter 11, voluntary. Attorneys: Hanh V. Huynh and Paul Rubin, New York City. Filed: Sept. 14. Case no. 18-12767-mew. Pursuit Holdings (NY) LLC, P.O. Box 1328, Montauk. Chapter 11, voluntary. Attorney: Daniel Osborn, New York City. Filed: Sept. 12. Case no. 18-12738-mg. V.J. Mega Parking Systems Inc., P.O Box 70, New York City. Chapter 11, voluntary. Attorney: pro se. Filed: Sept. 14. Case no. 18-12790-smb.

White Plains 34 Holding Corp., 25 Rockledge Ave., Apt .713, White Plains. Chapter 11, voluntary. Attorney: Amanda Medina, Norfolk. Filed: Sept. 11. Case no. 18-23408-rdd.

Items appearing in the Westchester 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: Peter Rubino c/o Westfair Communications Inc. 3 Westchester Park Drive, Suite G7 White Plains, N.Y. 10604-3407 Phone: 694-3600 • Fax: 694-3680

COURT CASES ALC Inc. Filed by Gregg Galletta. Action: Diversity - notice of removal. Attorney for plaintiff: N/A. Filed: Sept. 17. Case no. 7:18-cv-08397-VB. Allstate Property and Casualty Insurance Co., et al. Filed by Harleysville Preferred Insurance Co. Action: Declaratory judgment. Attorneys for plaintiff: Lance Jon Kalik and Margriet Allynn Schaberg. Filed: Sept. 12. Case no. 7:18-cv08306-NSR. Bank of New York Mellon. Filed by Nance Martelli Hutter. Action: Fair Debt Collection Act. Attorney for plaintiff: Brian McCaffrey. Filed: Sept. 14. Case no. 7:18-cv-08378-CS. Costco Wholesale Corp., et al. Filed by Daniel Dever, et al. Action: Notice of removal. Attorney for plaintiff: N/A. Filed: Sept. 17. Case no. 7:18-cv-08409-NSR. Federal National Mortgage Association, et al. Filed by Marcia Pennicott. Action: Federal question. Attorney for plaintiff: N/A. Filed: Sept. 12. Case no. 7:18-cv-08298-CS. Hudson View Care Center Inc., et al. Filed by R. Alexander Acosta. Action: Fair Labor Standards Act. Attorney for plaintiff: Susan Beth Jacobs. Filed: Sept. 14. Case no. 7:18-cv08389-VB. JB 1 2 Corp., et al. Filed by Young Life. Action: Breach of contract. Attorney for plaintiff: Laura G. Weiss. Filed: Sept. 17. Case no. 7:18-cv08454. Salisbury Bank and Trust Co., et al. Filed by William Gunnar Truitt. Action: Diversity - notice of removal. Attorney for plaintiff: N/A. Filed: Sept. 14. Case no. 7:18-cv-08386-NSR.

DEEDS Above $1 million 1 Barker Avenue LLC, Spring Valley. Seller: White Plains Realty Associates LLC, Jersey City, New Jersey. Property: 1 Barker Ave., White Plains. Amount: $9.2 million. Filed Sept. 13. 3 Barker Avenue LLC, Spring Valley. Seller: White Plains Realty Associates LLC, Jersey City New Jersey. Property: 3 Barker Ave., White Plains. Amount: $6.6 million. Filed Sept. 13.

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175 Old Woodbrook Road LLC, White Plains. Seller: Frank M. Bisceglia. Property: 175 Old Woodbrook Road, White Plains. Amount: $630,000. Filed Sept. 14.

Deutsche Bank National Trust Co. Seller: Helen T. Peters, et al, Chappaqua. Property: 608 Roosevelt Ave., Peekskill. Amount: $532,200. Filed Sept. 12.

23 Freedom LLC, Ossining. Seller: Wave Wood Realty Corp., Eastchester. Property: 39 Overlook St., Mount Vernon. Amount: $545,000. Filed Sept. 13.

Edson Avenue Development LLC, Mount Vernon. Seller: Cynthia G. Maddox, Garfield, New Jersey. Property: 25 S. Seventh Ave., Mount Vernon. Amount: $210,000. Filed Sept. 14.

37 Lake LLC, White Plains. Seller: PTM Capital LLC, New Rochelle. Property: 37 Lake St., White Plains. Amount: $367,000. Filed Sept. 13.

Everbank, Irvine, California. Seller: Joseph A. Ruggerio, Chappaqua. Property: 3821 Gomer St., Yorktown. Amount: $475,000. Filed Sept. 14.

40 Church Street Corp., Katonah. Seller: Jo Ann Ferraro, New Rochelle. Property: 40 Church St., New Rochelle. Amount: $575,000. Filed Sept. 10.

Gomer Realty LLC, Monsey. Seller: Wells Fargo Bank N.A. Property: 3796 Gomer St., Yorktown. Amount: $340,683. Filed Sept. 13.

50 Walker Avenue Associates LLC, Rye. Seller: Frederick M. Penichet, et al, Rye. Property: 50 Walker Ave., Rye. Amount: $650,000. Filed Sept. 13.

Highland Peak LLC, Long Island City. Seller: Yasmine B. Tetenbaum, et al, Hastings-on-Hudson. Property: 46 Highland Ave., Yonkers. Amount: $210,000. Filed Sept. 13.

57 Hilltop LLC, New Rochelle. Seller: Wells Fargo Bank N.A. Property: 57 Hilltop Ave., New Rochelle. Amount: $400,000. Filed Sept. 11.

HR Oregon Rd LLC, Bronx. Seller: CFSB Realty Corp., New York City. Property: 1149 Oregon Road, Cortlandt. Amount: $325,000. Filed Sept. 11.

39 Echo Avenue LLC, Scarsdale. Seller: 39 Echo LLC, Norwalk, Connecticut. Property: 39 Echo Ave., New Rochelle. Amount: $1.2 million. Filed Sept. 11.

609 Saw Mill River Rd LLC, Yonkers. Seller: Charles Lesnick, Yonkers. Property: 609 Saw Mill River Road, Greenburgh. Amount: $401,600. Filed Sept. 10.

Harrison Playhouse Lofts LLC, Mamaroneck. Seller: Arthur J. Fusco III, et al, Harrison. Property: 6 Purdy St., Harrison. Amount: $1.2 million. Filed Sept. 11.

9 Point Home Solutions LLC, Bronx. Seller: The Bank of New York Mellon. Property: 80 Bolton Ave., White Plains. Amount: $471,178. Filed Sept. 11.

Purchase Realty Group LLC, New Rochelle. Seller: Robin L. Greif, et al, Purchase. Property: 16 Magnolia Drive, Harrison. Amount: $2.5 million. Filed Sept. 14.

Armonk 80 Associates LLC, North Castle. Seller: The People of the State of New York, Albany. Property: Adjacent to 80 Business Park Drive, North Castle. Amount: $71,900. Filed Sept. 14.

KTTL Development LLC, North Salem. Seller: Mary Ann Rose, Armonk. Property: 6 Seymour Place West, North Castle. Amount: $699,000. Filed Sept. 11.

Artistic Estates LLC, North Castle. Seller: Joseph Demasi, North Castle. Property: 6 Hunter Drive, North Castle. Amount: $57,000. Filed Sept. 13.

Maple Tree Farm LLC, White Plains. Seller: Teresa Catallo, Port Washington. Property: 400 Smith Ridge Road, Lewisboro. Amount: $100,000. Filed Sept. 13.

BAP South Ridge LLC, Scarsdale. Seller: Giuseppe Puglia, Norwalk, Connecticut. Property: 227-229 S. Ridge St., Rye. Amount: $537,500. Filed Sept. 13.

MTGLQ Investors LP. Seller: Michael J. Khader, Yonkers. Property: 261 S. Second Ave., Mount Vernon. Amount: $640,356. Filed Sept. 14.

Russell Hill LLC, Sleepy Hollow. Seller: Maurizio Cantatore, et al, Queens Village. Property: Allard Ave. New Rochelle. Amount: $1.4 million. Filed Sept. 12.

Below $1 million 13 Raymond LLC, Monroe. Seller: Emil J. Petitti, Yonkers. Property: 13 Raymond Place, Yonkers. Amount: $305,000. Filed Sept. 13. 15223 AQ LLC, Brooklyn. Seller: U.S. Bank N.A. Property: 144 Hawthorne Ave., Yonkers. Amount: $320,000. Filed Sept. 12.

Certified Homes Inc., Spring Valley. Seller: Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corp. Property: 636 S. Sixth Ave., Mount Vernon. Amount: $350,000. Filed Sept. 14. CMJD LLC, North Salem. Seller: Justin R. Couillard, et al, Ridgefield, Connecticut. Property: 39-41 Lake St., North Salem. Amount: $165,000. Filed Sept. 10.

JGT Inc., Mahopac. Seller: E and W Baker General Partnership, Elmsford. Property: Sears Ave., Greenburgh. Amount: $77,500. Filed Sept. 14. Ko Properties LLC, Jersey City, New Jersey. Seller: Thomas J. Murray, Ossining. Property: 55 Sherwood Ave., Ossining. Amount: $332,500. Filed Sept. 13.

Ossining Property Management Inc., New York City. Seller: Triple P Properties LLC, New Rochelle. Property: 18 Sarah St., Ossining. Amount: $390,000. Filed Sept. 13. Rangel and Rodriguez Holdings LLC, Brooklyn. Seller: Edward B. Hurns, Yonkers. Property: 109 Landscape Ave., Yonkers. Amount: $145,000. Filed Sept. 12. RML Group Corp., Clifton, New Jersey. Seller: HSBC Bank USA N.A. Property: 5 Teramar Way, Greenburgh. Amount: $98,550. Filed Sept. 13. Royce Realty LLC, New York City. Seller: Rita Moreira, Rye. Property: 39 Grapal St., Rye. Amount: $625,000. Filed Sept. 10. Shear Hill Development Corp., Mahopac. Seller: James J. Kaminski III, et al, New Rochelle. Property: 26 N. Fourth St., Cortlandt. Amount: $15,060. Filed Sept. 12. Sirva Relocation Properties LLC, Independence, Ohio. Seller: Chengyu Zhang, et al, Hartsdale. Property: 1213 Colony Drive, Greenburgh. Amount: $475,000. Filed Sept. 11. The Bank of New York Mellon. Seller: Gaetano A. Gizzo, West Harrison. Property: 95 Haseco Ave., Rye. Amount: $867,830. Filed Sept. 14. Topping 1769 LLC, Fresh Meadows. Seller: East Sidney Avenue Corp., Flushing. Property: 290 E. Sidney Ave., Mount Vernon. Amount: $227,500. Filed Sept. 14. Trade Estates LLC, Monroe. Seller: Martin F. Hayes, Bedford. Property: 1138 Howard St., Peekskill. Amount: $192,000. Filed Sept. 13. U.S. Bank N.A. Seller: John Brophy, Rye. Property: 213 Third Avenue South, Mount Vernon. Amount: $853,861. Filed Sept. 13. U.S. Bank Trust N.A. Seller: Cleaster Hayes, White Plains. Property: 310 Garden Ave., Mount Vernon. Amount: $352,714. Filed Sept. 12.

Nitra LLC, Chestnut Ridge. Seller: Joseph G. Goubeaud Jr., Mount Vernon. Property: 30 Spruce St., New Rochelle. Amount: $347,000. Filed Sept. 11.

West Shore Enterprises LLC, Putnam Valley. Seller: Community Housing Innovations Inc., White Plains. Property: Requa St., Peekskill. Amount: $20,000. Filed Sept. 14.

NYY Properties LLC, Roslyn. Seller: Steven Chung, Burbank, California. Property: 460 Carrollwood Drive, Greenburgh. Amount: $567,250. Filed Sept. 11.

Wilmington Savings Fund Society FSB. Seller: Peter A. Goldman, Rye Brook. Property: 3330 Nutley Circle, Yorktown. Amount: $583,024. Filed Sept. 14.

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SEPTEMBER 24, 2018

Good Things Happening LA’BOY HIRED AS ESTIMATOR AT LASBERG

CELEBRATING A DECADE OF THE SCIENCE BARGE

GOTTLIEB JOINS PR FIRM

Larry Gottlieb Marie Estelle La’Boy

Armonk-based Lasberg Construction Associates has hired Marie Estelle La’Boy as an estimator, a position she has held at other construction companies for the past five years. The Peekskill resident has been in the construction industry for much of her life. After high school, La’Boy worked as a drafter in her family’s drywall finishing company. After graduating from the University of Rochester with an electrical engineering degree she worked with electrical contractors for about a decade. In her career, La’Boy has been involved in estimating construction for numerous projects, including residential (both groundup and renovations), hotel renovations, retail stores, gas stations and more. Founded in 1932, Lasberg has built schools, hospitals, country clubs, multifamily apartment buildings, retail, restaurants and industrial projects throughout the tristate area.

Nanette Bourne

Floyd Myers

Anthony Simari

The X20 restaurant on the Yonkers waterfront is where friends of Groundwork Hudson Valley (GHV) will gather Sept. 26 to celebrate the 10th anniversary of the Science Barge. The event also will honor three individuals who have been helping GHV fulfill its mission. This year’s honorees are Nanette Bourne, Floyd Myers and Anthony Simari. Bourne is a principal and director of Hudson Valley services for Sam Schwartz

Consulting and leads major urban and environmental planning projects throughout the Hudson Valley. Myers is chief of business development and partnerships for the National Parks of New York Harbor. He works closely with nonprofits, local and federal agencies and other groups to accomplish the mission of the National Park Service. Simari is a partner at the law firm Holm & O’Hara LLP. He serves on the GHV board

and has been instrumental in helping the organization with its real estate and legal needs. A special tribute will be given to Holly Malekian who retired as GHV’s director of development after seven years. One of GHV’s major projects is the Science Barge, which floats in the Hudson River and is used to teach about resiliency, climate change and sustainable living.

TWO JOIN WESTMED

UNITED HEBREW TO HONOR FOUR

ARC RECEIVES $242K IN GRANTS The Arc Westchester, the Hawthorne-based nonprofit supporting people with disabilities in Westchester County, has been awarded $242,000 in grants from the Trustee Management Board of NYSARC Trust Services. The funds will support Arc’s guardianship and recreation programs. NYSARC Trust Services has administered supplemental needs trusts since 1972, helping more than 16,000 people with disabilities protect their eligibility for government benefits and improve their quality of life. NYSARC trust programs give people with disabilities the opportunity to remain in their communities with greater comfort and independence while providing peace of mind to their family and loved ones. The Arc Westchester’s Guardianship Program currently provides guardianship supports and services to 100 people.

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An individual with a history of working more than 17 years with Westchester and Hudson Valley businesses, nonprofits and government agencies has joined a public relations firm in New York City. Larry Gottlieb has assumed the newly created position of chief strategy officer and senior vice president for business development at Nicholas & Lence Communications. During the last five years, Gottlieb was president and CEO of the Hudson Valley Economic Development Corporation. He also had been director of communications for Entergy Nuclear, which operates the Indian Point nuclear power plant, and was director of economic development for Westchester County. Gottlieb will concentrate on expanding the firm’s communications and government affairs advisory capabilities while applying his economic development experience to increasing its topline growth.

Lauren Geller

Julianne Biroschak

Two physicians have joined Purchase-based Westmed Medical Group. They are Julianne Biroschak and Lauren Geller. Biroschak is now working with the Westmed OB/GYN team in Greenwich. She received her medical degree from Jefferson Medical College in Philadelphia and completed her residency at

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The George Washington University Medical Center in Washington, D.C. Most recently, Biroschak was an assistant professor in the Obstetrics and Gynecology Department at Mount Sinai Medical Center. Geller is a pediatric dermatologist on Westmed’s dermatology team at 3030 Westchester Ave. in Purchase. She earned

her medical degree from Brown Medical School. Her pediatric residency was in the Department of Pediatrics at Mount Sinai Hospital, where she was appointed chief resident. Subsequently, she completed a pediatric dermatology fellowship at Columbia University Medical Center. Prior to joining Westmed she was the director of pediatric dermatology at Mount Sinai.

United Hebrew of New Rochelle (UHNR) plans to honor four people who have helped the organization in its mission of providing comprehensive services that allow seniors to age in place even as their health care needs change. The recognitions will take place at UHNR’s 99th anniversary gala Oct. 4 at the Glen Island Harbor Club in New Rochelle. The honorees are Donald Duberstein, past chair of the UHNR’s board of directors; Linda Elizaitis, president, CMS Compliance Group Inc.; Scott Amrhein, president, CCLC of New York; and Daniel Reingold, president and CEO of RiverSpring Health. “These leaders are each a tremendous resource,” said Rita Mabli, president and CEO of UHNR. Tickets and further information from uhgc.org/register-for-an-event or Grace Ferri at 914-632-2804.

WIHD WELCOMES TRAINEES The Westchester Institute for Human Development (WIHD) welcomed 25 trainees to the 2018-2019 class for its LEND program. The class is due to graduate next year on May 9. The LEND Program (Leadership Education in Neurodevelopmental and related Disabilities) is an interdisciplinary leadership training program, funded by the Maternal and Child Health Bureau of the federal government at 52 universities around the country. The program held at WIHD runs two semesters and includes 320 hours of classes. Trainees include graduate students and post-doctoral fellows from health and education disciplines, self-advocates and family members of children and adults with disabilities. For more than 45 years, WIHD has been a key regional resource providing a wide range of medical, dental, clinical and social services to individuals with disabilities, vulnerable children, families and professionals throughout Westchester County and the Lower Hudson Valley

MAKING A CORRECT DONATION The Sharing Shelf, one of many programs established by Family Services of Westchester, recently concluded its annual Backpacks to School program. This year, officers in Westchester County’s Department of Correction helped make the program a success. Correction Officers Melissa Lugo, Stacy Brown and others spearheaded collecting more than $800 in donations from their fellow members working at the county’s jail in Valhalla. With the funds, the officers went shopping for backpacks and school supplies to stuff inside. The Sharing Shelf then distributed the backpacks to needy youngsters in time for the opening day of school. Officer Lugo, who has been a corrections officer for 13-years and is the mother of a preschooler, said, “We hope to take some of the stress off parents who may be struggling and to help kids put their best foot forward from when they first step onto the (school) bus.” Westchester Commissioner of Correction Joseph K. Spano said, “The Backpacks to School program is one of many ‘giveback’ initiatives that both our administration and our workforce fully support.”

HALPERIN TO LECTURE ON ANTI-SEMITISM

A BRIGHT DAY DESPITE THE OVERCAST

The food trucks were quite popular.

The gloomy skies didn’t deter more than 500 people from heading for Stuart’s Fruit Farm in Somers on Sept. 8 to attend the Family Farm Festival co-sponsored by the Westchester Land Trust (WLT) and the Somers Land Trust. The sponsors hope to make it an annual event, celebrating the permanent protection of the farm from development. In April, WLT acquired and extinguished the development rights to the farm, thereby ensuring that the land will always be available for agricultural use.

Activities included a sack race.

New York state Senator Terrence Murphy, New York state Assemblyman Kevin Byrne, Westchester County Legislator Michael B. Kaplowitz and Somers town Supervisor Rick Morrissey were among the elected officials attending the free event. Music was provided by a local band The Station Agents. Regional food trucks included Roaming Wood Fire Pizza, Waffle Box, Max Eatery, Sloppie Joes and King Kone. Samples of Betsy Stuart’s warm brown “Betsy” apple crisp were a hit, as were Sing Kill Brewery’s craft beer and Fishkill Farm’s

Treasury Cider. Lori Ensinger, president of WLT, said the organization is “…committed to protecting our most precious natural resources. This includes the air we breathe, the water we drink and local farmland, such as Stuart’s Fruit Farm.” Festival supporters included Tinkergarten, Bionutrient Food AssociationWestchester/NYC, Orienteering Unlimited, Somers LEO Club, Obercreek Brewery, Hayfields Market and Patricia Johnson from Turtle Advocate.

ADDITIONS AT BGKS Two lawyers have joined the law firm Brown, Gaujean, Kraus & Sastow PLLC (BGKS) in White Plains. Paul Colucci has been named partner in the firm’s health care practice group and will focus on medical-malpractice defense. He has more than 20 years of litigation experience, chiefly as counsel for the health care professions. Colucci is admitted to the New York State Bar and United States District Court, Eastern District of New York. He received his bachelor’s degree from St. Lawrence University and his law degree from Albany Law School of Union University. Anthony Sanfratello has been named associate attorney at BGKS (awaiting bar admission), where he will focus on both transactional and litigation matters with a concentration on health care law, contract law, business and real estate transactions and commercial litigation. Sanfratello attended

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Elisabeth Haub School of Law at Pace University. He earned his bachelor’s degree at Quinnipiac University. Max G. Gaujean, founding managing partner of the firm, said, “Their

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wealth of legal knowledge, talent as litigators and active involvement in Westchester and Rockland County communities make them a huge asset to us and more importantly, to our clients.”

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Edward Halperin

Edward Halperin, the chancellor and CEO of New York Medical College, will deliver a lecture on a little-known episode of anti-Semitic violence in American medical education. It’s scheduled for Oct. 10 at 6 p.m. in conference room 103-A at the Knowledge Center of the Augustus C. Long Health Sciences at the Columbia University Medical Center Hammer Health Sciences Building, 701 W. 168 St. at Fort Washington Ave. in Washington Heights. The lecture will explore incidents in Brooklyn in which Jewish interns were twice assaulted at Kings County Hospital in 1916 and 1927. Though anti-Semitism in early 20th century U.S. medical education was pervasive, it rarely resulted in acts of violence. Halperin will present the findings of his recent research on these incidents and discuss the implications of the assaults in light of the current debate on immigration and higher education. Dr. Halperin has been in his current position at NYMC since 2012. He previously served as dean of the NYMC School of Medicine, Ford Foundation Professor of Medical Education and professor of radiation oncology, pediatrics and history at the University of Louisville. He was also on the faculty at Duke University for 23 years. The lecture is free and open to the public but registration is required online at cumc.columbia.libcal.com/ event/4536597. SEPTEMBER 24, 2018

Good Things Happening PARRINO, SHATTUCK NAMED TO BEST LAWYERS

GOLF CLASSIC CONTRIBUTES $36K TO KENNEDY CENTER

Laura Shattuck

Jo Ann McMullan of Wilton, far left, vice president of The Kennedy Center, congratulates the first low-net golfers of The Kennedy Center 27th annual Charity Golf Classic. Pictured at Shorehaven Golf Club in Norwalk are: Vince Como of Fairfield, junior golfer Meghan Mitchell of New Canaan, Chris Como of Monroe, Bill Allen of Fairfield, and Kiok Kim of West Hartford.

Thomas Parrino

Attorneys Thomas Parrino and Laura Shattuck of Parrino|Shattuck PC in Westport were selected by their peers for inclusion on the 2019 list of The Best Lawyers in America. With this distinction, Parrino and Shattuck rank among the very best private-practice attorneys nationwide. Attorneys listed in the 25th edition of The Best Lawyers in America were selected after a peer-review survey that confidentially investigated the professional abilities and experience of nominated lawyers. Parrino, a longtime resident of New Canaan, was selected for the list in the practice area of family law. His selection comes on the heels of numerous other recent awards, including being recognized as among the top 1 percent of America’s Most Honored Professionals. Parrino has been practicing family law for nearly 30 years, handling some of the most intricate and high-asset family law litigation in Connecticut. Shattuck, a longtime resident of Fairfield, was selected for the list in the practice area of family law. Her selection comes after of numerous recent awards, including being recognized for lifetime achievement among America’s Top 100 Attorneys. She devotes her practice to representing clients in all areas of family law. She is actively engaged in litigation and has substantial experience working on sophisticated cases.

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Golf and giving go hand in hand and have provided The Kennedy Center with much-needed funding. One hundred golfers swung their clubs for charity during the recent 27th annual Charity Golf Classic at Shorehaven Golf Club in Norwalk. It’s one of the only tournaments in the state where junior golfers play with an adult foursome. More than $36,000 was raised for underfunded programs provided by The Kennedy Center, which help people with disabilities lead a more productive life. Since its inception, the tournament has contributed $714,000 for the benefit of children and adults with disabilities.

Twenty-five junior golfers from 17 communities throughout the state were awarded scholarships based upon academic achievement, school and community leadership and golf proficiency. Junior golfers aged 15 through 18 played for free in this scramble-format, 18-hole classic. In total, nearly 550 junior golfers from Connecticut have received more than $260,000 in scholarship money. The Junior Scholarship and Title Sponsors of the Classic were Diane Thompson of Sandy Hook, and Julie and Doug Conley of Olney, Maryland, in memory of Fred and Fran Ahlbin. Other major sponsors

recognized for their generosity included Merit Insurance in Shelton as the Presenting Sponsor, R.D. Scinto Inc. in Shelton, The Hartford Financial Services Group and the Gavey Family of Fairfield as the Championship Sponsors; All American Waste, Donahue & Brown LLC in Fairfield, Anthem Blue Cross & Blue Shield and Bridgeport Sound Tigers, all Invitational Sponsors; and People’s United Bank, the Golf Ball Sponsor. Co-chairs of the Golf Classic were Trumbull residents Stephen Donahue and Sean Carroll. They were assisted by eight dedicated members of the golf committee and the Probus Club, which regularly staffs the event with volunteers.

DIMATTEO FAMILY FOUNDATION DONATES $36,000 TO THREE CHARITIES

From left: Loretta Lesko and Robert Lesko of the DiMatteo Group, Carmen Durante and Leo Disorbo of Valley Angels for Families, Shaye Roscoe and Fred Serra of the Boys and Girls Club of Lower Naugatuck Valley, Emily Granelli of BH Cares and Rose Esposito of the DiMatteo Group. Photo by ZaiPhotography.

The recent 13th annual DiMatteo Family Charitable Foundation Golf Tournament attracted more than 120 golfers at Oronoque Country Club in Stratford. The $36,000 proceeds were distributed equally among Boys & Girls Club of Lower Naugatuck Valley, Alliance for Prevention and Wellness of North Haven and Valley Angels for Families of Ansonia.

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A committee of nearly 25 staff and volunteers affiliated with the DiMatteo Group in Shelton organized the tournament for the benefit of the three nonprofits. “Our Family Foundation in conjunction with our Golf Tournament is committed to supporting organizations that benefit our family, clients and staff,” said John DiMatteo, president of the DiMatteo Group. “Since its

inception, we have contributed over $376,000 for various well-known local and national charities that fund research, education and finding a cure for diseases.” Founded more than 58 years ago, the family-owned and operated business specializes in insurance, employee benefits, income tax and financial services. Giving back to the community is part of the company’s mission.

WCMG SELECTS FORMATIV HEALTH Formativ Health, a technology-enabled health services company focused on transforming the patient and provider experience, announced it has entered into an agreement with Western Connecticut Medical Group (WCMG), a division of Western Connecticut Health Network, one of the largest health care systems in the state with more than 400 physicians and 100 advanced practice providers delivering primary and specialty patient care from 63 office locations and three hospitals. Under the agreement, Formativ will work with WCMG to improve its patient experience. The first phase of the program includes supporting two of the medical group’s busiest primary care practices, Danbury Primary Care in Danbury, and Southbury Primary Care in Southbury. Formativ will serve as a comprehensive first point of contact for Western Connecticut Medical Group, handling key aspects of the patient relationship, including registration, scheduling and insurance verification while also addressing clinically related outreach, such as prescription refill requests and gapsin-care fulfillment.

GRAND REOPENING OF ARTHUR MURRAY STUDIO Arthur Murray Dance Studio’s new owner Andy Cabell will host a grand reopening on Oct. 27 from 5 to 7 p.m. at 345 Main St. in City Center Danbury. It will be a festival of food, spirits and dance performances by studio instructors and students. “I love to dance and invite everyone to join me – dancing and celebrating our 40th anniversary. Hopefully you’ll all return. We offer classes for every age from ballroom and Latin dancing to hip hop for kids. We have also created team-building programs aimed at local corporations and associations as well as dance curriculums focused on fitness. No, we haven’t forgotten the social element of dance and will be hosting parties and competitions for dancers of all ages from high schoolers to seniors. Come on, yes you don’t have to have a partner – come all,” said an exuberant Cabell. As a thank you for the Greater Danbury area’s support, Cabell is planning a calendar of events partnering with area nonprofits. A Better Chance in Ridgefield and Habitat for Humanity are already on the agenda. A recent Dancing with the Stars event at the Crowne Plaza raised $30,000 for Hillside Food Outreach. More at ArthurMurrayofDanbury.com or call 203-826-2084.

ALICIA ORKISZ JOINS INLINE PLASTICS

CIVIL WAR GHOSTS AT MUSEUM

NEWLY ELECTED FRIENDS OF NATHANIEL WITHERELL

Tom Orkisz and Alicia Orkisz

Founded in 1968 by Rudolph and Gene Orkisz, Inline Plastics, headquartered in Shelton, celebrated its 50th anniversary in April of this year. In the late 1990s Rudy’s son, Tom Orkisz, became president and took ownership control of the food-packaging manufacturing company. Now, Tom’s daughter, Alicia Orkisz, has joined the corporate leadership team as general counsel and director of corporate real estate, a move marking the third generation of the Orkisz family to be directly involved in the management and operations of the family-owned business. Alicia Orkisz returns to Connecticut after spending the last five years working in commercial real estate for Greysteel in Washington, D.C. As a member of the State Bar of Connecticut, her new role will manage two key functions for the organization – providing centralized management of all legal matters for the business; as well as analyzing, planning and executing the valuation, use and acquisition of the company’s industrial real estate properties. “Due to Inline’s rapid growth, my focus will be on providing relief to each of the departments by managing all the various legal matters, while also assessing our real estate assets and planning for our future needs,” Alicia Orkisz explained. Her experience working with institutional investors in the valuation and sale of assets will be directly relevant as the company continues to expand. Alicia Orkisz will be based out of the company’s Shelton headquarters building on Canal Street. Inline Plastics is one of the leading manufacturers of innovative, high-quality, crystal clear, food-packaging containers. The company transformed the marketplace with its Safe-T-Fresh line, a tamper-resistant and tamper-evident product, which utilizes its patented tear-strip technology, providing retailers and consumers with greater product protection.

From left: Caralyn Stevens, Pat McDonald and Linda Ziac.

David Ormsby, chairman of the Friends of Nathaniel Witherell Inc., recently announced that Riverside resident Pat McDonald, Greenwich resident Caralyn Stevens and Cos Cob resident Linda Ziac have been elected to the Friends of Nathaniel Witherell Board of Directors. The Friends support the work of The Nathaniel Witherell, a shortterm rehabilitation and long-term nursing care center owned and operated by the town of Greenwich. McDonald was founding president of The Hill House in Riverside and also served as a Hill House board member and is now

a board member emeritus. Her community volunteer positions are numerous and include serving as chair of the Selectman’s Nomination Advisory Committee, board member for Greenwich Land Trust and River House Adult Day Center. Steven’s past volunteer positions include serving as president of the Greenwich YWCA, the Garden Education Center and River House Adult Day Center and vice president of planning for United Way of Greenwich. Ziac is a lifelong resident of Greenwich. Her professional career spans more than 40 years in the health and mental health

fields as a Connecticut-licensed professional counselor and alcohol and drug counselor and board-certified professional counselor, employee assistance professional, sase manager, dementia practitioner and a PTSD clinician. She is the owner and founder of The Caregiver Resource Center, a Greenwich-based company providing a spectrum of health and mental health concierge case management and advocacy services for seniors, people with special needs and their families. She was a founding member of the Nathaniel Witherell Family Council and served as its past president.

NORWALK GRASSROOTS TENNIS HOSTS 11TH ANNUAL CLASSIC Norwalk Grassroots Tennis & Education will host the 11th annual Autumn Classic Tennis Tournament for high school age doubles teams Sept. 30. The tournament with Laurel Road Bank as its lead sponsor for the event, will be played at Longshore Club Park in Westport and Weston Field Club. Boys’ and girls’ teams are invited to register for the tournament, which benefits Norwalk Grassroots Tennis & Education. Avison Young, another strong supporter, has been with the event since opening its Norwalk office in 2014. Sean Cahill, principal, managing director of Avison Young in Norwalk, is a member of the Norwalk Grassroots Tennis & Education Board of Directors. “Avison Young is proud to be associated with Norwalk Grassroots Tennis & Education and we look forward to being involved with this event every year,’’ Cahill said. “The tourna-

The Lockwood-Mathews Mansion Museum, a National Historic Landmark at 295 West Ave. in Norwalk, will kick off its Halloween tours on Oct. 19, 5:20 p.m. with “Ghosts from the Civil War.” Other dates and times are Oct. 20, 21, 26, 27 and 28 at 5:20, 5:40, 6, 7, 7:20, 7:40, 8, 8:20. and 8:40 p.m. Co-chaired by Midge Lopat and Rose Carroll, “Ghosts from the Civil War” starts in August 1862, when LeGrand Lockwood, the mansion’s first owner, and Elias Howe of Bridgeport, funded the Connecticut 17th Regiment, which saw action in Gettysburg and Chancellorsville, as well as Mud March and Folly Island. Inspired by her recent trip to Pennsylvania and Virginia, Lopat will discuss the history of the Civil War as well as the legends and sightings that often occur at the national parks, which were once the camps and battlefields of the War. Carroll and her troupe of volunteer reenactors will provide the visual and sound effects for a memorable experience. “The men of the 17th regiment’s selfless sacrifice on the bloody battlefields of Gettysburg and Chancellorsville helped band together a nation. The tragic death of these unheralded heroes continues to haunt the battlefield to this day. People should come and hear their stories,” said Lopat. Children under 16 must be accompanied by a parent or guardian. Tickets need to be purchased in advance; no refunds are available. For more, visit lockwoodmathewsmansion.com, e-mail info@lockwoodmathewsmansion.com or call 203-838-9799.

Students cheering their classmates.

ment brings out the best high school doubles players in Fairfield County and is one of the primary fundraisers for the important programs established by Norwalk Grassroots Tennis & Education.”

The Autumn Classic begins at 9 a.m. and includes breakfast, lunch, trophies and gift bags for participants. For more information about Norwalk Grassroots Tennis & Education, visit NorwalkGrassrootsTennis.org.

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Facts & Figures YandJ Associates LLC, Monroe. Seller: U.S. Bank N.A. Property: 549 Purchase St., Harrison. Amount: $840,000. Filed Sept. 12.

FORECLOSURES Bronxville, 8 Hilltop Road. Single-family residence; lot size: .33 acres. Plaintiff: Deutsche Bank National Trust Co. Plaintiff’s attorney: McCabe, Weisberg & Conway PC, 914-636-8900; 145 Huguenot S., Suite 401, New Rochelle. Defendant: Robert Duckman. Referee: Guy Parisi. Sale: Sept. 26, 10 a.m. Approximate lien: $1,015,544. Chappaqua, 544 King St. Single-family residence; lot size: .58 acres. Plaintiff: US Bank National Association. Plaintiff’s attorney: Sheldon May & Associates, 255 Merrick Road, Rockville Centre. Defendant: Alexander Duckworth. Referee: Michael Santangelo. Sale: Sept. 25, 9 a.m. Approximate lien: $242,001. Elmsford, 126 Winthrop Ave. Single-family residence; lot size: .17 acres. Plaintiff: Federal National Mortgage Association. Plaintiff’s attorney: Shapiro, DiCaro & Barak, 877-759-1835; 175 Mile Crossing Blvd., Rochester. Defendant: Jennifer Johnson. Referee: Maria Rose Sammarco. Sale: Sept. 25, 10:30 a.m. Approximate lien: $180,192. Katonah, 2501 Route 35. Single-family residence; lot size: 174 x 204. Plaintiff: Wilmington Savings Fund Society. Plaintiff’s attorney: Gross Polowy LLC, 716-204-1700; 1775 Wehrle Drive, Williamsville. Defendant: Naim Sergio Zherka. Referee: Darren DeUrso. Sale: Oct. 2, 12:30 p.m. Approximate lien: $547,335. Mount Vernon, 621 S. Sixth Ave. Two-family residence; lot size: .12 acres. Plaintiff: Nationstar Mortgage LLC. Plaintiff’s attorney: Shapiro, DiCaro & Barak, 877-759-1835; 175 Mile Crossing Blvd., Rochester. Defendant: Paul Rainford. Referee: Gary Rikoon. Sale: Sept. 25, 11 a.m. Approximate lien: $898,522.

New Rochelle, 17 Alpha Place. Two-family residence; lot size: .11 acres. Plaintiff: US Bank National Association. Plaintiff’s attorney: Eckert Seamans Cherin & Mellott, 10 Bank St., White Plains. Defendant: John Mandoacchia. Referee: Charles D’Agostino. Sale: Sept. 26, 9:45 a.m. Approximate lien: $1,022,240. New Rochelle, 35 Gaby Lane. Single-family residence; lot size: .27 acres. Plaintiff: LNV Corp. Plaintiff’s attorney: Stein, Wiener & Roth, 516742-1212; One Old Country Road, Suite. 113, Carle Place. Defendant: Pamela Costa. Referee: Joseph Ruggiero. Sale: Sept. 28, 10 a.m. Approximate lien: $706,874. North Salem, 208 Keeler Lane. Single-family residence; lot size: 3.99 acres, Plaintiff: Wilmington Trust NA. Plaintiff’s attorney: Gross Polowy LLC, 716-204-1700; 1775 Wehrle Drive, Williamsville. Defendant: Sonia Fernandez. Referee: Francis Malara. Sale: Sept. 26, 9:30 a.m. Approximate lien: $2,709,942. Ossining, 51 Hudson View Hill. Apartment; lot size: N/A. Plaintiff: Wells Fargo Bank National Association. Plaintiff’s attorney: Stein, Wiener & Roth, 516-742-1212; One Old Country Road, Suite 113, Carle Place. Defendant: Lillian Maiocco. Referee: Melanie Finkel. Sale: Sept. 28, 10 a.m. Approximate lien: $363,588. Peekskill, 126 Hadden St. Single-family residence; lot size: 30 x 95. Plaintiff: Wilmington Savings Fund Society. Plaintiff’s attorney: McGovern and Amodio, 2 William St., Suite 306, White Plains. Defendant: Alphonso Smith. Referee: Stephen Gold. Sale: Sept. 28, 1 p.m. Approximate lien: $340,288. Tuckhoe, 60 Winterhill Road. Single-family residence; lot size: .08 acres. Plaintiff: Bank of America NA. Plaintiff’s attorney: Aldridge Pite LLP, 40 Marcus Drive, Melville. Defendant: Anthony Decinto. Referee: John Guttridge. Sale: Oct. 1, 9 a.m. Approximate lien: $577,128.

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Yonkers, 90 Landscape Ave. Single-family residence; lot size: .11 acres. Plaintiff: US Bank National Association. Plaintiff’s attorney: RAS Boriskin, 900 Merchants Concourse, Westbury, Defendant: Earl Headley. Referee: Stephanie Whidden. Sale: Sept. 25, 11 a.m. Approximate lien: N/A.

JUDGMENTS DiGiorgio Heating and Cooling Inc., Scarsdale. $3,716 in favor of American Universal Supply Inc., Elmsford. Filed Sept. 13. Quality Choice Heathcare Inc., New Rochelle. $20,000 in favor of Symphony Diagnostic Services No 1 LLC, Sparks, Maryland. Filed Sept. 11. White Plains Plaza Realty LLC, White Plains. $44,674 in favor of U.S. Security Associates Inc., Roswell, Georgia. Filed Sept. 13.

LIS PENDENS The following filings indicated a legal action has been initiated, the outcome of which may affect the title to the property listed. Ahern, William T., et al. Filed by Wells Fargo Bank N.A. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $250,000 affecting property located at 28 High St., North Castle 10504. Filed May 27. Amy, Elida, et al. Filed by Deutsche Bank National Trust Co. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $722,500 affecting property located at 16 Bradford Blvd., Yonkers 10710. Filed May 24.

Mechanical Engineer (Congers, NY) read & interpret blueprints, tech drawings, schematics/comp-generated reports; assist drafters using drafting tools/ CAD/ drafting equip. & sftwre; research, design, evaluate, install, operate, & maintain mech’l products, equip., systems & processes; confer w/ engineers/ implement operating procedures, resolve system & processes; commend design modifications to eliminate machine/system malfunctions; conduct research; investigate equip. failures & difficulties to diagnose faulty operation; develop & test models of alternate designs & processing methods; develop, coordinate/monitor all aspects of production; evaluate, prioritize, plan & coordinate quality testing activities related to the sheet metal industry; review quality specs & tech design documents. EDUC: BS in Industrial Engin./ rltd/frgn equiv+ 6 mnths exper in job offered/Intern work. on QA & eval. of products/services. Mail CV to: Celtic Sheet Metal Inc, 100 Brenner Drive, Congers, NY 10920. Ref:CM

White Plains, 4 Kathwood Road. Single-family residence; lot size: .28 acres. Plaintiff: Wells Fargo Bank National Association. Plaintiff’s attorney: Shapiro, DiCaro & Barak, 877-759-1835; 175 Mile Crossing Blvd., Rochester. Defendant: Robert Beale. Referee: Francis Malara. Sale: Sept. 26, 9 a.m. Approximate lien: $427,475.

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Ariz, Sara R., et al. Filed by Freedom Mortgage Corp. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $338,751 affecting property located at 1319 Nepperhan Ave., Yonkers 10703. Filed May 24. Bidonne, Emmanuel, et al. Filed by HSBC Bank USA N.A. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $394,000 affecting property located at 428 Bedford Ave., Mount Vernon 10553. Filed May 25.

Carney, James Sr., et al. Filed by Select Portfolio Servicing Inc. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $336,000 affecting property located at 431 Eighth Avenue South, Mount Vernon 10550. Filed May 24.

Ruiz, Leodegario, et al. Filed by U.S. Bank N.A. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $356,250 affecting property located at 68 Post St., Yonkers 10705. Filed May 23.

Sole Proprietorships 4 Sisters Cleaning, 237 S. Regent St., Port Chester 10573, c/o Edwin Diaz. Filed March 26.

D’Incecco, Linda, et al. Filed by MTGLQ Investors LP. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $648,000 affecting property located at 43 Rock Gate Farm Road, Bedford. Filed May 25.

Soria, Elizabeth, et al. Filed by Metropolitan Life Insurance Co. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $312,000 affecting property located at 12 Old Oregon Road, Cortlandt Manor 10567. Filed May 23.

Evans, Marla J., et al. Filed by U.S. Bank Trust N.A. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $417,000 affecting property located at 83 Woodhollow Lane, New Rochelle 10804. Filed May 25.

Soto, Joseph, et al. Filed by HSBC Bank USA N.A. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $531,000 affecting property located at 59 Chestnut Ave., Pelham 10803. Filed May 24.

Kinui, Masahi Michael, et al. Filed by U.S. Bank N.A. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $480,000 affecting property located at 2307 William Court, Yorktown Heights 10598. Filed May 29.

Stephens, Michael, et al. Filed by Deutsche Bank National Trust Co. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $329,600 affecting property located at 1107 Stonegate Road, Shrub Oak 10588. Filed May 23.

JG Contracting, 225 Murray Ave., B2, Yonkers 10704, c/o Joseph Guzzetta. Filed March 22.

Mechanic’s Liens

Luangisa Foundation, 374 Hawthorne Terrace, Mount Vernon 10552, c/o Rose Luangisa. Filed March 22.

Matute, Juan, et al. Filed by Deutsche Bank National Trust Co. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $410,038 affecting property located at 81 Haseco Ave., Port Chester 10573. Filed May 24. Mayfield, Brenda, et al. Filed by Federal National Mortgage Association. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $390,000 affecting property located at 341 S. Seventh Ave., Mount Vernon 10550. Filed May 24. Newkirk, Janie L., et al. Filed by Wells Fargo Bank N.A. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $673,670 affecting property located at 47 Wellington Ave., New Rochelle 10804. Filed May 24. Petti-Elsasser, Elanor M., as trustee for the Michael R. Petti and Eleanor M. Petti Irrevocable Living Trust, et al. Filed by Wells Fargo Bank N.A. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $150,000 affecting property located at 651 Oakside Road, Yorktown Heights 10598. Filed May 25. Quinde, Maria C., et al. Filed by Apex Mortgage Partners. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $210,000 affecting property located at 30 Barnhardt Ave., Sleepy Hollow 10591. Filed May 23. Roberts, Richard A., et al. Filed by Deutsche Bank National Trust Co. Action: seeks to foreclose on a mortgage to secure $431,250 affecting property located at 23 Broadview Ave., White Plains 10607. Filed May 25.

359 S 10th Ave Corp., as owner. $4,185 as claimed by All County Mobile Concrete Inc., Poughkeepsie. Property: in Mount Vernon. Filed Sept. 13. Stewart, Martha, as owner. $14,040 as claimed by Pais-Built Homes Inc., Stamford, Connecticut. Property: in Bedford. Filed Sept. 12. Stewart, Martha, as owner. $35,000 as claimed by M. Ramos Homes Improvements LLC. Property: in Bedford. Filed Sept. 12.

Easynet, 20 Brookside Place, Pleasantville 10570, c/o Julius Marchi. Filed March 22. FabWreath, 247 Granite Springs Road, Yorktown Heights 10598, c/o Elizabeth Mertz. Filed March 22. Howl N Go Pet Services, 594 Odell Ave., Yonkers 10710, c/o Jonathan Aguilar. Filed March 22.

L.D.V. Cleaning Service, 1600 Lincoln Terrace, First floor, Peekskill 10566, c/o Lourdes D. Villa Quito. Filed March 22.

Martells Home Improvement’s, 37 Forest Blvd., Ardsley 10502, c/o Oliver Martell. Filed March 23. Nacho Construction, 90 Walnut St., New Rochelle 10801, c/o Ivan Villanueva Valencia. Filed March 26. Order Your Disorder, 342 Westchester Ave., Apt. 21W, Port Chester 10573, c/o Emily Slayton. Filed March 22.

NEW BUSINESSES

Osmar Maintenance, 5 Prospect St., Apt. 2K, New Rochelle 10805, c/o Oscar S. Siches. Filed March 26.

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

Pintos Cleaning Service, 166 Union Ave., Peekskill 10566, c/o Lucia M. Pinto. Filed March 22.

Partnerships

Rick Riddick Window Mechanic, 16 N. Broadway, 4A, White Plains 10601, c/o Richard Riddick. Filed March 26.

Andy’s Koti Shop, 618 North Ave., New Rochelle 10801, c/o Andy Williams and Isardai Williams. Filed March 26.

RS Landscaping, 35 Rome Ave., Apt. 1A, Bedford Hills 10507, c/o Rony D. Sagastume. Filed March 23.

New Art Restoration, 281 Warburton Ave., Yonkers 10701 c/o Albert Lovell and Neftali Rosado. Filed March 26. Platinum Motosports Unlimited, 185 Bronx River Road, Yonkers 10704, c/o Natanael Issac Diaz and Jose Luis Diaz Soriano. Filed March 23.

Sharon E. Rubinstein, 240 Union Ave., Peekskill 10566, c/o Sharon Rubinstein. Filed March 22. Your Corner Artist, 240 Union Ave., Peekskill 10566, c/o Sharon Rubinstein. Filed March 22. Zuzas, 270 N. Broadway, Apt. 6B, Yonkers 10701, c/o Alex Demishev. Filed March 23.

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PATENTS Bypassing a removed element in a liquid-cooling system. Patent no. 10,080,310 issued to Robert K. Mullady, Highland. Assigned to International Business Machines Corp., Armonk. Content analysis based selection of user communities or groups of users. Patent no. 10,079,911 issued to Ram Krishnamurthy, Westford, Massachusetts; and Anurag Srivastava, Pune, India. Assigned to International Business Machines Corp., Armonk. Electronic module power supply. Patent no. 10,080,285 issued to Michael A. Christo, Round Rock, Texas; and Julio A. Maldonado, Roger D. Weekly and Tingdong Zhou, Austin, Texas. Assigned to International Business Machines Corp., Armonk. Expanding storage capacity of a set of storage units in a distributed storage network. Patent no. 10,079,887 issued to Manish Motwani, Chicago, Illinois; and Ethan S. Wozniak, Park Ridge, Illinois. Assigned to International Business Machines Corp., Armonk. Interface for limiting substrate damage due to discrete failure. Patent no. 10,080,283 issued to Bruce J. Chamberlin, Vestal; Scott B. King, Rochester, Minnesota; Joseph Kuczynski, North Port, Florida; and David J. Russell, Owego. Assigned to International Business Machines Corp., Armonk. Managing sensitive information transfer between parties in a telephone conversation. Patent no. 10,079,935 issued to Romelia H. Flores, Keller, Texas; and Christian E. Loza, Olivia G. Loza and Tomyo G. Maeshiro, Denton, Texas. Assigned to International Business Machines Corp., Armonk. Performing contextual analysis of incoming telephone calls and suggesting forwarding parties. Patent no. 10,079,939 issued to James E. Bostick, Cedar Park, Texas; John M. Ganci Jr., Cary, North Carolina; Martin G. Keen, Cary, North Carolina; and Sarbajit K. Rakshit, Kolkata, India. Assigned to International Business Machines Corp., Armonk. Predictive unactioned mobile notification processing. Patent no. 10,079,903 issued to Hernan A. Cunico, Holly Springs, North Carolina; Paul A. R. Frank, Berlin, Germany; Martin G. Keen, Cary, North Carolina; and Adam J. Smye-Rumsby, Reading, Pennsylvania. Assigned to International Business Machines Corp., Armonk.

Protection of device from electrostatic discharge (ESD) damage. Patent no. 10,080,278 issued to Robert G. Biskeborn, Hollister, California; Myron H. Gentrup, San Jose, California; Icko E. T. Iben, Santa Clara, California; and Ho-Yiu Lam, Mountain View, California. Assigned to International Business Machines Corp., Armonk. System, method and apparatus for sensor virtualization in mobile devices. Patent no. 10,080,248 issued to Marco Pistoia, Amawalk; Gegi Thomas, Piermont; and Omer Tripp, Bronx. Assigned to International Business Machines Corp., Armonk.

HUDSON VALLEY BUILDING LOANS Above $1 million Poughkeepsie Plaza Mall LLC, as owner. Lender: Phoenix Life Insurance Co. Property: in Poughkeepsie. Amount: $4.7 million. Filed Sept. 14. West Shore Hudson LLC, et al, New Windsor, as owner. Lender: Wallkill Valley Federal Savings and Loan Association, Walden. Property: 396 Washington St. and South Water Street, Newburgh 12550. Amount: $1 million. Filed Sept. 13.

Below $1 million Briggs, Theodore H. II, et al, as owner. Lender: Bank of Millbrook. Property: in Washington. Amount: $75,000. Filed Sept. 13. Fabrizio, Anthony N., et al, Newburgh, as owner. Lender: Walden Savings Bank, Montgomery. Property: in Newburgh. Amount: $226,500. Filed Sept. 17. Fillmore Gardens LLC, Monroe, as owner. Lender: Northeast Community Bank, White Plains. Property: 11 Fillmore Court, Monroe. Amount: $600,000. Filed Sept. 14. Hogar Community Reinvestment LLC, as owner. Lender: Goldman Sachs Bank USA. Property: in Poughkeepsie. Amount: $117,433. Filed Sept. 14.

Hudson Valley Development Partners LLC, as owner. Lender: Lendinghome Funding Corp. Property: in East Fishkill. Amount: $214,800 Filed Sept. 17.

186 Charles Colman LLC, Pawling. Seller: HEZ Corp., Hopewell Junction. Property: 186 Charles Colman Blvd., Pawling 12564. Amount: $160,000. Filed Sept. 13.

Blackscale Holdings LLC, Hopewell Junction. Seller: The Bank of New York Mellon. Property: 34 Gold Road, Poughquag 12570. Amount: $124,000. Filed Sept. 7.

Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corp. Seller: Richard Schisano, Newburgh. Property: 710 Parr Meadow Drive, Newburgh 12550. Amount: $56,250. Filed Sept. 11.

Lanwin Olympia Cornwall LLC, Cornwall-on-Hudson, as owner. Lender: TEG Federal Credit Union, Poughkeepsie. Property: 30 Otterkill Road, Cornwall-on-Hudson. Amount: $394,125. Filed Sept. 12.

19 Lex LLC, Monroe. Seller: Wilmington Saving Fund Society FSB. Property: 4 Lexington Hill, Unit 8, Harriman 10926. Amount: $82,000. Filed Sept. 12.

Brookboro Management LLC, Millerton. Seller: Richard Preti, et al, Millerton. Property: in Millerton. Amount: $220,000. Filed Sept. 10.

Federal National Mortgage Association. Seller: Frank D. Lombardi, Mahopac. Property: 3 School St., Otisville 10963. Amount: $255,322. Filed Sept. 14.

Nebrasky, Paul, et al, Monroe, as owner. Lender: Orange Bank and Trust Co., Middletown. Property: in Warwick. Amount: $500,000. Filed Sept. 12. Regency Developers LLC, Spring Valley, as owner. Lender: Northeast Community Bank, White Plains. Property: in Newburgh. Amount: $750,000. Filed Sept. 11.

304-308 Main Street LLC, Spring Valley. Seller: 304 Cornwall LLC, Warwick. Property: in Cornwall-on-Hudson. Amount: $625,000. Filed Sept. 11. 38 Tanager Rd Inc., Monroe. Seller: Robin Sleight, Monroe. Property: 38 Tanager Road, South Blooming Grove. Amount: $95,000. Filed Sept. 12.

Congregation Lev Ahron, Monroe. Seller: Congregation Avnei Zedek, Monroe. Property: 5 Sanz Court, Monroe. Amount: $540,000. Filed Sept. 14.

G and G Meadows Inc., Monroe. Seller: Nationstar Mortgage LLC. Property: 50 Woodcock Mountain Road, Washingtonville 10992. Amount: $265,000. Filed Sept. 14.

Deutsche Bank National Trust Co. Seller: Kyle William Barnett, Poughkeepsie. Property: 2 Fowlerhouse Road, Wappingers Falls. Amount: $349,000. Filed Sept. 10.

HSBC Bank USA N.A. Seller: Michele Mary Maerte-Indzonka, Newburgh. Property: 239 Mountain View Ave., Wallkill 12589. Amount: $387,038. Filed Sept. 10.

Double R Capital Inc., Poughkeepsie. Seller: Daniel J. McCabe, Poughkeepsie. Property: 30 Logan Way, Hopewell Junction 12533. Amount: $30,000. Filed Sept. 12.

HSBC Bank USA N.A. Seller: Steven H. Klein, Poughkeepsie. Property: 16 Homer Place, Poughkeepsie 12603. Amount: $605,000. Filed Sept. 13.

Atereth Developments LLC, Monroe. Seller: Vickie Phelps, Bloomville. Property: in Port Jervis. Amount: $126,000. Filed Sept. 11.

Drumm Realty Corp., Bronx. Seller: Perfect Home 123 Inc., Chappaqua. Property: 54 Benkard Ave., Newburgh 12550. Amount: $159,000. Filed Sept. 12.

Hudson Heritage Federal Credit Union, Middletown. Seller: John E. Bach, Goshen. Property: 54-56 Brookline Ave., Middletown 10940. Amount: $149,300. Filed Sept. 10.

Avanti Property Management LLC, Congers. Seller: Daniel E. MacEntee, et al, Schenectady. Property: in Blooming Grove. Amount: $40,000. Filed Sept. 12.

East Coast Investors Intl LLC, Monroe. Seller: Geoffrey Chanin, Goshen. Property: 28 Helms Hill Road, Washingtonville 10992. Amount: $167,000. Filed Sept. 12.

Hudson Ventures USA LLC, Spring Valley. Seller: Bank of America N.A. Property: 50 Points of View, Warwick 10990. Amount: $325,500. Filed Sept. 14.

Bank of America N.A. Seller: Carla D. Glassman, White Plains. Property: 33 E. Main St., Washingtonville 10992. Amount: $218,806. Filed Sept. 10.

EGDG Realty Holdings LLC, Bronxville. Seller: Fannie Mae. Property: 35 Sayer Road, Blooming Grove 10914. Amount: $139,500. Filed Sept. 10.

J.W. Wade LLC, New York City. Seller: Liberty Street Development LLC, New Windsor. Property: in Newburgh. Amount: $250,000. Filed Sept. 10.

Bank of America N.A. Seller: Joseph Armistice Catania, Newburgh. Property: 22 Maloney Lane, Goshen 10924. Amount: $244,253. Filed Sept. 10.

Equity Trust Company Custodian, Wappingers Falls. Seller: Jonathan Michael Novick, New York City. Property: 5 Fox Run, East Fishkill 12524. Amount: $200,000. Filed Sept. 14.

Jurik Property Holdings LLC, Goshen. Seller: NS161 LLC, Shelton, Connecticut. Property: in Crawford. Amount: $52,500. Filed Sept. 13.

Werner, Patricia, et al, Middletown, as owner. Lender: Walden Savings Bank, Montgomery. Property: in Wallkill. Amount: $283,300. Filed Sept. 17.

595 Kingston LLC, Kingston. Seller: 651 Main Street Holdings LLC, Airmont. Property: 651 Main St., Poughkeepsie 12601. Amount: $622,000. Filed Sept. 12.

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645 Bedford Ave Realty LLC, Monroe. Seller: Naimon Inc., Monroe. Property: 9 Ruzhin Road, Unit 301, Monroe 10950. Amount: $195,000. Filed Sept. 10.

Davinci View LLC, Amenia. Seller: Mountain Farm Ranch LLC, Norwalk, Connecticut. Property: in Amenia. Amount: $1.4 million. Filed Sept. 12. Paksh Holdings LLC, Monroe. Seller: Jacob Sofer, Monroe. Property: in Kiryas Joel. Amount: $2.5 million. Filed Sept. 13. Transportation Holdings LLC, New Hampton. Seller: DLE Holdings LLC, Cornelius, North Carolina. Property: in Deerpark. Amount: $1.2 million. Filed Sept. 11.

Below $1 million 12 Dallas LLC, Brooklyn. Seller: Four Cousins LLC, Washingtonville. Property: 61 E. Main St., Washingtonville 10992. Amount: $325,000. Filed Sept. 12.

Flippinâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; Amadans Inc., Somers. Seller: Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corp. Property: in Hyde Park. Amount: $85,000. Filed Sept. 12. Fort Montgomery LLC, Spring Valley. Seller: 860 Route 9W LLC, Warwick. Property: in Highlands. Amount: $746,000. Filed Sept. 11.

Rizzi, Robert Jr., et al, as owner. Lender: Rhinebeck Bank. Property: in East Fishkill. Amount: $296,000. Filed Sept. 13.

Covington Homes LLC, Monroe. Seller: John B. Swift III, Goshen. Property: in New Windsor. Amount: $2.1 million. Filed Sept. 11.

Carysfort Reef LLC, Casper, Wyoming. Seller: County of Orange, Goshen. Property: in Warwick. Amount: $1,600. Filed Sept. 13.

Federal National Mortgage Association. Seller: Ralph L. Puglielle Jr., New Windsor. Property: 2 Rainbow Drive, Highland Mills 10930. Amount: $306,970. Filed Sept. 10.

Century Summit LLC, Wappingers Falls. Seller: Castlerock 2017 LLC, White Plains. Property: 12 Clove Road, Fishkill 12524. Amount: $21,000. Filed Sept. 12.

46 Church Street LLC, Beacon. Seller: Vincent Pomarico, et al, Newburgh. Property: 427 Powell Ave., Newburgh. Amount: $420,000. Filed Sept. 14.

Above $1 million

Carrington Construction Corp., Hopewell Junction. Seller: Wiltse-Prospect Hill LLC, Millbrook. Property: Susie Blvd., Poughkeepsie. Amount: $60,000. Filed Sept. 7.

Alpema Enterprises LLC, Warwick. Seller: Jessica Mazzola, et al, Monroe. Property: in Warwick. Amount: $150,000. Filed Sept. 12.

Begonia Properties Ltd., Bethesda, Maryland. Seller: Daniel Albinder, Milton. Property: 3 Whitehall Road, Poughkeepsie. Amount: $590,000. Filed Sept. 13.

Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corp. Seller: Judith L. Lubinsky, Goshen. Property: 90 S. Main St., Florida 10921. Amount: $102,445. Filed Sept. 10.

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Lanwin Olympia Cornwall LLC, Cornwall. Seller: Magdalena Kowalik, Haverstraw. Property: in Cornwall-on-Hudson. Amount: $80,000. Filed Sept. 12.

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Facts & Figures ATTACHMENTS-FILED Mason, Jeanette A., Norwalk. Filed by Angelo Maragos, Norwalk. $100,992 in favor of Notre Dame Convalescent Home Inc. Property: 8 Christy St., Norwalk. Filed Aug. 21.

BUILDING PERMITS COMMERCIAL Abbey Tents, Fairfield, contractor for the town of Darien. Add temporary tents to the property of an existing commercial space for a special event at Tilley Pond, Darien. Estimated cost: $1,000. Filed Aug. 17. Construction Resources Inc., Plainville, contractor for Bridgeport Neighborhood Trust. Construct a new library at 273-301 West St., Bridgeport. Estimated cost: $2.3 million. Filed Aug. 17. D&A Construction Management, contractor for Danbury Hospital. Upgrade the antenna on the roof of an existing commercial space at Locust Avenue, Danbury. Estimated cost: $15,000. Filed Aug. 16. D&A Construction Management, Branford, contractor for Sycamore Housing. Upgrade the antenna on the roof of an existing commercial space at 285 Maplewood Ave., Bridgeport. Estimated cost: $15,000. Filed Aug. 22. D&A Construction Management, Branford, contractor for ESM Holdings LLC. Upgrade the antenna on the roof of an existing commercial space at 376 Main St., Bridgeport. Estimated cost: $15,000. Filed Aug. 21.

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D&A Construction Management, Branford, contractor for Bridgeport Phase 1 Owner LLC. Upgrade the antenna on the roof of an existing commercial space at 955 Main St., Bridgeport. Estimated cost: $15,000. Filed Aug. 21. D&A Construction Management, Branford, contractor for Embassy Towers Association. Upgrade the antenna on the roof of an existing commercial space at 2625 Park Ave., Bridgeport. Estimated cost: $15,000. Filed Aug. 21. Haynes Group, West Bridge, Massachusetts, contractor for 1549 Barnum LLC. Change the use of an existing commercial space at 1549 Barnum Ave., Bridgeport. Estimated cost: $517,035. Filed Aug. 23. Ruiz, Jean, contractor for Joseph Dasilva. Perform an interior fit-out in an existing commercial space for a new tenant at 190 Main St., Danbury. Estimated cost: $7,000. Filed Aug. 16. St. Andrew’s Church, Bridgeport, contractor for self. Add two walk-in closets in an existing commercial space at 395-435 Anton St., Bridgeport. Estimated cost: $800. Filed Aug. 20. Tancreti Construction, North Haven, contractor for Bridgeport Beardsley Zoo. Convert an elephant exhibit into a spider monkey exhibit in an existing commercial space at 1875 Noble Ave., Bridgeport. Estimated cost: $435,544. Filed Aug. 23. Turner Construction, Milford, contractor for Sacred Heart University. Add a three-story dormitory with a connecting skywalk to the south dormitory at 175 Jefferson St., Fairfield. Estimated cost: $12.8 million. Filed Sept. 5. Uncle Buck’s Fishbowl & Grill, Bridgeport, contractor for Bass Pro Shops. Build-out a room for an arcade at 1 Bass Pro Drive, Bridgeport. Estimated cost: $39,451. Filed Aug. 22.

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Burton, Robert, Norwalk, contractor for John Sancer. Strip and reroof an existing single-family residence at 368-374 Anton Drive, Bridgeport. Estimated cost: $12,000. Filed Aug. 22. Ener G Tech Inc., Stratford, contractor for Maria Trovanelli. Replace the windows in an existing single-family residence at 2024 Madison Ave., Bridgeport. Estimated cost: $16,594. Filed Aug. 24. Estelai, Jonathan, Bridgeport, contractor for self. Remodel the kitchen, enclose a porch and add new stairs to an existing single-family residence at 165 Huntington Turnpike, Bridgeport. Estimated cost: $18,000. Filed Aug. 21. Fairfield Builders, Ridgefield, contractor for Rivers Edge Condos. Add decks to an existing single-family residence at 2612 North Ave., Bridgeport. Estimated cost: $58,000. Filed Aug. 23. Fortis Urban Networks, Stamford, contractor for self. Install fire doors in an existing single-family residence at 580 Kossuth St., Bridgeport. Estimated cost: $3,000. Filed Aug. 23. Kings Painting, Bridgeport, contractor for Phoenix Properties Real Estate Development LLC. Remodel the kitchen and bathroom in an existing single-family residence at 1490 Wood Ave., Bridgeport. Estimated cost: $455. Filed Aug. 24. Luis, Miguel, Bridgeport, contractor for self. Convert a one-family dwelling into a two-family dwelling at 214 Jackson Ave., Bridgeport. Estimated cost: $15,000. Filed Aug. 22. Mariano, Carina and Kurt Webber, Danbury, contractor for self. Add a deck to an existing single-family residence at 20 Kendall Terrace West, Danbury. Estimated cost: $10,000. Filed Aug. 15.

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McGrath, Martin, contractor for Barry C. Rybinsky. Add a deck to an existing single-family residence at 42 Taagan Point Road, Danbury. Estimated cost: $6,000. Filed Aug. 15.

Blackwatch Inc., contractor for Connecticut Congress LLC. Reframe and reroof the living room with a new skylight at 4800 Congress St., Fairfield. Estimated cost: $120,000. Filed Sept. 5.

O&C Roofing LLC, contractor for Stanley Makarewicz. Strip and reroof an existing single-family residence at 20 Kreiner Lane, Norwalk. Estimated cost: $9,200. Filed Aug. 28.

Bosler, Heiko, Fairfield, contractor for self. Finish the second floor with two bedrooms, kitchen and reroof, 233 Soundview Ave., Fairfield. Estimated cost: $13,000. Filed Sept. 4.

Ochinskie, Lynda A., Fairfield, contractor for self. Add a storage recreation room to a barn at 212 Coventry Lane, Fairfield. Estimated cost: $115,000. Filed Sept. 7.

Odin, Ethan, contractor for self. Add an in-ground fiberglass pool to an existing single-family residence at 238 Oldfield Road, Fairfield. Estimated cost: $28,000. Filed Sept. 5. Pietro, Mattera, Norwalk, contractor for self. Create an apartment with a new kitchen, bedroom at 6 Timothy Road, Norwalk. Estimated cost: $7,000. Filed Aug. 30. Posigen LLC, contractor for Bruce A. Stern and Sandra A. Stern. Add solar panels to the roof of an existing single-family residence at 162 Candlewood Road, Fairfield. Estimated cost: $5,000. Filed Sept. 4. Power Home Remodeling Group, Chester, Pennsylvania, contractor for Nagela Dumond. Replace the windows in an existing single-family residence at 320 Alpineov, Bridgeport. Estimated cost: $17,064. Filed Aug. 23. Ramos, Maria, Bridgeport, contractor for self. Replace the siding, kitchen and closet in an existing single-family residence at 35 Oakleaf St., Bridgeport. Estimated cost: $45,000. Filed Aug. 21. Sears Home Improvement, Thompson, contractor for Dianne Prince. Replace the windows in an existing single-family residence at 150 Pleasantview Ave., Bridgeport. Estimated cost: $10,762. Filed Aug. 24. Sterling Associates G.C., contractor for Ellen Abbott and Joe Abbott. Add to and alter an existing single-family residence at 117 West Ave., Darien. Estimated cost: $145,000. Filed Aug. 17. Struka, Alexander, Darien, contractor for self. Remodel two bathrooms in an existing single-family residence at 45 Hancock Lane, Darien. Estimated cost: $20,000. Filed Aug. 16. Williams, Zeena J., Danbury, contractor for self. Add a deck to an existing single-family residence at 11 Westminster Road, Danbury. Estimated cost: $7,000. Filed Aug. 16.

COURT CASES The following court cases represent the allegations made by plaintiffs in the initial filings of civil lawsuits, and do not represent legally binding judgments made by the courts.

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BB Washington Street LLC, et al., Wethersfield. Filed by Seamus Filan, Fairfield. Plaintiff’s attorney: Law Office of Patrick J. Filan LLC, Fairfield. Action: The plaintiff has brought this tort suit against the defendants alleging that an employee of the defendant attacked him, causing injuries. This attack was allegedly due to the negligence of the defendants in that they failed to properly train their staff. The plaintiff claims monetary damages in excess of $15,000, exclusive of interest and costs. Case no. FBT-CV186078529-S. Filed Sept. 7. BJ’s Wholesale Club, Westboro, Massachusetts. Filed by Sandra Miller, Stratford. Plaintiff’s attorney: Daly, Weihing & Bochanis, Bridgeport. Action: The plaintiff has brought this personal injury suit against the defendant alleging that she slipped on the floor in a store owned by the defendant, suffering serious injuries. This dangerous condition was allowed to exist due to the negligence of the defendant and its employees in that they failed to clean the floor of their store. The plaintiff claims monetary damages in excess of $15,000, exclusive of interests and costs. Case no. FBTCV18-6078531-S. Filed Sept. 7. Bogopa BP Corp., et al., Bridgeport. Filed by Carmen Rodriguez, Bridgeport. Plaintiff’s attorney: Paoletti & Gusmano, Bridgeport. Action: The plaintiff has brought this personal injury suit against the defendants alleging that she slipped on a potato peel in a store owned by the defendants, suffering serious injuries. This dangerous condition was allowed to exist due to the negligence of the defendants and their employees in that they failed to clean the floor of their store. The plaintiff claims monetary damages in excess of $15,000, exclusive of interests and costs. Case no. FBTCV18-6078442-S. Filed Sept. 5. Bridgeport Hospital, Hartford. Filed by Stephen Voytek, Fairfield. Plaintiff’s attorney: Edmund Q. Collier, Milford. Action: The plaintiff has brought this tort suit against the defendant alleging that a patient of the hospital attacked him, causing injuries. This attack was allegedly due to the negligence of the defendant in that it failed to press the security button in time and allowed the patient to become agitated and aggressive. The plaintiff claims monetary damages in excess of $15,000, exclusive of interest and costs. Case no. FBT-CV18-6078441-S. Filed Sept. 5.

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Embody Fitness Gourmet LLC, Stamford. Filed by Reilly Dodd, Westport. Plaintiff’s attorney: John N. Tieman, Shelton. Action: The plaintiff has brought this employment suit against the defendant alleging that they fired her due to her depression and bipolar disorder. The plaintiff claims economic damages, reinstatement, front pay, compensatory damages, prejudgment interest, attorney’s fees, costs and such other and further relief as may pertain in law or equity. Case no. FBT-CV18-6078454-S. Filed Sept. 5. Geico General Insurance Co., Hartford. Filed by Alejandra Crowle, Trumbull. Plaintiff’s attorney: Tremont, Sheldon Robinson Mahoney PC. Action: The plaintiff has brought this motor vehicle suit against the defendant alleging that she collided with an underinsured motorist and suffered injury. The insurance policy carried by the underinsured motorist is inadequate to fully compensate for the damages. The plaintiff alleges that her injuries are the legal responsibilities of her insurance company, the defendant. The plaintiff claims money damages in excess of $15,000, exclusive of interests and costs and such other relief as in law or equity may apply. Case no. FBT-CV18-6078401-S. Filed Sept. 4. Geico General Insurance Co., Hartford. Filed by Nick G. Karayiannis, et al., Stamford. Plaintiffs’ attorney: The Blomberg Law Firm LLC, Bridgeport. Action: The plaintiffs have brought this motor vehicle suit against the defendant alleging that they collided with an underinsured motorist and suffered injury. The insurance policy carried by the underinsured motorist is inadequate to fully compensate for the damages. The plaintiffs allege that their injuries are the legal responsibilities of their insurance company, the defendant. The plaintiffs claim money damages in excess of $15,000, exclusive of interests and costs and such other relief as in law or equity may apply. Case no. FBTCV18-6078427-S. Filed Sept. 5. Geico General Insurance Co., Hartford. Filed by Alyssa Neal, Stratford. Plaintiff’s attorney: Jonathan E. Spodnick, Trumbull. Action: The plaintiff has brought this motor vehicle suit against the defendant alleging that she collided with an underinsured motorist and suffered injury. The insurance policy carried by the underinsured motorist is inadequate to fully compensate for the damages. The plaintiff alleges that her injuries are the legal responsibilities of her insurance company, the defendant. The plaintiff claims money damages in excess of $15,000, exclusive of interests and costs and such other relief as in law or equity may apply. Case no. FBTCV18-6078450-S. Filed Sept. 5.

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Facts & Figures Great Northern Insurance Co., Hartford. Filed by Carol Cocco, Bridgeport. Plaintiff’s attorney: Miller, Rosnick, D’Amico, August & Butler PC, Bridgeport. Action: The plaintiff has brought this insurance suit against the defendant alleging that she was covered by a homeowner’s insurance policy when she suffered theft of jewelry. The defendant allegedly failed to pay insurance, in breach of contract. The plaintiff claims compensatory damages, exemplary damages, costs, attorney’s fees and such other and further relief as in equity or law appertains. Case no. FBT-CV186078488-S. Filed Sept. 6.

Omona Ltd LLC, et al., Bridgeport. Filed by 1313 Connecticut Avenue LLC, Harrison, New York. Plaintiff’s attorneys: Cohen and Wolf PC, Orange. Action: The plaintiff has brought this breach of contract suit against the defendants alleging that they had failed to make timely monthly payments to the plaintiff for a lease provided. The plaintiff has declared the entire outstanding balance due and has made a demand for the balance, yet has not received payment. The plaintiff claims money damages, interest, attorney’s fees and court costs. Case no. FBT-CV18-6078483-S. Filed Sept. 6.

Harborside Associates LLC, et al., Stratford. Filed by Patricia Conroy, Bridgeport. Plaintiff’s attorney: Daly, Weihing & Bochanis, Bridgeport. Action: The plaintiff has brought this personal injury suit against the defendants alleging that she slipped on a slippery bathroom floor owned by the defendants and sustained injury. This dangerous condition was allegedly allowed to exist due to the negligence of the defendants and their employees in that they failed to place signs to warn the plaintiff. The plaintiff claims monetary damages within the jurisdiction of the court. Case no. FBT-CV18-6078489-S. Filed Sept. 6.

Progressive Casualty Insurance Co., Cleveland, Ohio. Filed by Salvatore J. Scianna Jr., Newtown. Plaintiff’s attorney: Jacobs & Wallace PLLC, Bridgeport. Action: The plaintiff has brought this motor vehicle suit against the defendant alleging that he collided with an underinsured motorist and suffered injury. The insurance policy carried by the underinsured motorist is inadequate to fully compensate for the damages. The plaintiff alleges that his injuries are the legal responsibilities of his insurance company, the defendant. The plaintiff claims money damages in excess of $15,000, exclusive of interests and costs and such other relief as in law or equity may apply. Case no. FBTCV18-6078418-S. Filed Sept. 4.

The Home Depot USA Inc., Atlanta, Georgia. Filed by Arcangello Faiella, Bridgeport. Plaintiff’s attorney: Daly, Weihing & Bochanis, Bridgeport. Action: The plaintiff has brought this employment suit against the defendant alleging that it fired him because of his race. The plaintiff claims economic damages, reinstatement, front pay, compensatory damages, prejudgment interest, attorney’s fees, costs and such other and further relief as may pertain in law or equity. Case no. FBT-CV18-6078530-S. Filed Sept. 7. Micro Tech Staffing LLC, Shelton. Filed by Goldstein and Peck PC, et al., Bridgeport. Plaintiff’s attorney: William J. Kupinse Jr. Action: The plaintiff has brought this breach of contract suit against the defendant alleging that it had failed to make timely payments to the plaintiff for legal representation. The plaintiff has declared the entire outstanding balance of $1,110 due and has made a demand for the balance, yet has not received payment. The plaintiff claims money damages and court costs. Case no. FBT-CV18-6078453-S. Filed Sept. 5.

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The B.L.R. Realty Co., et al., Bridgeport. Filed by Sandra Hailey, Bridgeport. Plaintiff’s attorney: Gesmonde, Pietrosimone & Sgrignari LLC. Action: The plaintiff has brought this personal injury suit against the defendants alleging that she slipped on an uneven portion of a sidewalk owned by the defendants and sustained injury. This dangerous condition was allegedly allowed to exist due to the negligence of the defendant and its employees in that they failed to place signs and barriers to warn the plaintiff. The plaintiff claims monetary damages within the jurisdiction of the court. Case no. FBT-CV186078481-S. Filed Sept. 6. UPS Ground Fright Inc., et al., Hartford. Filed by Gwendolyn Sorrells, Bridgeport. Plaintiff’s attorney: Rodie & Connolly PC, Stratford. Action: The plaintiff has brought this personal injury suit against the defendants alleging that she was hit by a car owned by the defendants and driven by an employee of the defendants during the course of their work. The defendants were allegedly negligent in that they operated their motor vehicle at an unreasonable rate of speed. The plaintiff claims monetary damages in excess of $15,000, exclusive of interests and costs and such other relief as the court deems just and proper. Case no. FBT-CV18-6078443-S. Filed Sept. 5.

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Westport Restorations LLC, et al., Hartford. Filed by Simply Funding LLC, New York, New York. Plaintiff’s attorney: Cohen and Wolf PC, Orange. Action: The plaintiff has brought this breach of contract suit against the defendants alleging that they defaulted under the terms of the purchase agreement and failed to make timely payments for a judgment rendered against them. The plaintiff has declared the entire outstanding balance of $26,037 due and has made a demand for the balance, yet has not received payment. The plaintiff claims money damages, court costs and such other relief in law and equity that the court deems just and equitable. Case no. FBT-CV18-6078417-S. Filed Sept. 4.

Danbury Superior Court Eton Centers Company LLC, et al., New York, New York. Filed by Masara Pichardo-Caba, Danbury. Plaintiff’s attorney: Smart, Donohue & NeJame PC. Action: The plaintiff has brought this personal injury suit against the defendants alleging that she was hit by a car owned by the defendants and driven by an employee of the defendants during the course of their work. The defendants were allegedly negligent in that they operated their motor vehicle at an unreasonable rate of speed. The plaintiff claims monetary damages in excess of $15,000, exclusive of interests and costs and such other relief as the court deems just and proper. Case no. DBD-CV186028502-S. Filed Sept. 4.

Stamford Superior Court Gerald Metals LLC, et al., Stamford. Filed by Alain Vignon, Switzerland. Plaintiff’s attorney: Mitchell & Sheahan PC, Stratford. Action: The plaintiff has brought this defamation lawsuit against the defendants alleging that they forced him to go to a dangerous situation in the Congo to represent the defendants and falsely accused the plaintiff of criminal conduct. The plaintiff claims economic losses, compensatory damages for emotional distress, punitive damages, attorney’s fees, expenses, interest and such other and further relief as may be included in law or equity. Case no. FST-CV186037987-S. Filed Sept. 5.

New Dinamax LLC, et al., Stamford. Filed by Dimitry Ulyanov, Stamford. Plaintiff’s attorney: Ryan Ryan Deluca LLP, Stamford. Action: The plaintiff has brought this breach of contract suit against the defendants alleging that they had failed to make timely payments to the plaintiff for a commercial term promissory note. The plaintiff has declared the entire outstanding principal balance of $500,000 due and has made a demand for the balance, yet has not received payment. The plaintiff claims money damages and court costs. Case no. FST-CV18-6038023-S. Filed Sept. 6.

FEDERAL DISTRICT COURT JAL Chemical Company Inc., Orlando, Forida. Filed by Yasser Saeed. Plaintiff’s attorney: Sabatini & Associates, Newington. Action: The plaintiff has brought a disability discrimination suit against the defendant alleging that he was injured at work and fired as a result of this injury, even though he was cleared to return to work. The defendant allegedly interfered with the plaintiff’s family and medical leave, causing damages. The plaintiff claims compensatory damages, back pay, front pay, bonuses, personal days, consequential damages, punitive damages, attorney’s fees, liquidated damages and such other and further relief as may pertain in law or equity. Case no. 3:18-cv-01499-RNC. Filed Sept. 6. McPhee Electric Ltd., Farmington. Filed by Deardre Newkirk, Hartford. Plaintiff’s attorney: Cicchiello & Cicchiello LLP, Hartford. Action: The plaintiff has brought this racial discrimination suit against the defendant alleging that they subjected him to a hostile work environment by making racist remarks. The plaintiff was allegedly fired when he complained of his treatment. The plaintiff claims monetary damages, front pay, reinstatement, costs, attorney’s fees, punitive damages and such other and further relief as may pertain in law or equity. Case no. 3:18-cv-01501AVC. Filed Sept. 7. Metro-North Railroad Co., New York, New York. Filed by Mark Mihuey, Shelton. Plaintiff’s attorney: Action: The plaintiff has brought this federal employer liability suit against the defendant alleging that he was employed by the defendant and was injured on the job when an access door shut down on the plaintiff’s head. The defendant was allegedly negligent in that it failed to replace the brake panel door. The plaintiff claims monetary damages and such other and further relief as may pertain in law or equity. Case no. 3:18-cv-01491-VAB. Filed Sept. 5.

Tangoe Inc., et al., Orange. Filed by the Securities and Exchange Commission. Plaintiff’s attorney: Deena Bernstein, Boston, Massachusetts. Action: The plaintiff has brought this securities suit against the defendants alleging that they made misstatements to the public, used improper accounting methods and included artificial transactions to inflate the perceived value of their companies. The plaintiff claims an injunction enjoining the defendants preventing them from continuing to infringe, monetary penalties, a bar against the chief executive officer and such other and further relief as may pertain in law or equity. Case no. 3:18-cv-01479AVC. Filed Sept. 4.

DEEDS COMMITTEE DEEDS Freedman, Theodore L., Norwalk. Appointed committee: Janosko, Richard E., Norwalk. Property: 124 W. Rocks Road, Norwalk. Amount: $467,639. Docket no. FSTCV17-6031829-S. Filed Aug. 16. Gordon, Marianne, et al., Shelton. Appointed committee: Gabor Datz, Shelton. Property: 33 Capitol Drive, Shelton. Amount: $106,000. Docket no. AAN-CV17-6022800-S. Filed Aug. 14. Neilsen, Katherine M., et al., Norwalk. Appointed committee: Nicholas W. Vitti Jr., Norwalk. Property: 121 Murray St., Norwalk. Amount: $703,479. Docket no. FSTCV603767-S. Filed Aug. 16.

COMMERCIAL 11 Laugh LLC, Greenwich. Seller: Brooke Betteridge, Aspen, Colorado. Property: Unit 6A of Greenwich Towers Condominium, Building 2, Greenwich. Amount: $520,000. Filed Aug. 23. 114 Cat Rock LLC, New York, New York. Seller: Shawn A. Byles, Greenwich. Property: Lot 1, Map 7925, Greenwich. Amount: $1.5 million. Filed Sept. 5. 1549 East Putnam Avenue LLC, Greenwich. Seller: 2061 West Main LLC, Greenwich. Property: West Main Street and Boston Post Road, Greenwich. Amount: $850,000. Filed Sept. 5. 18 Bayside Terrace LLC, Greenwich. Seller: Corlew D. Roberts, Greenwich. Property: 18 Bayside Terrace, Greenwich. For no consideration paid. Filed Aug. 27.

614 Shippan Associates LLC, Bridgeport. Seller: Kevin Guo and Liling Hu, Stamford. Property: 640 Shippan Ave., Stamford. Amount: $541,023. Filed Aug. 24. 81 Byram Road LLC, Greenwich. Seller: 81 Byram Road LLC, Naples, Florida. Property: 81 Byram Road, Greenwich. Amount: $211,800. Filed Aug. 20. 85 Main St Danbury LLC, New Milford. Seller: David and Dana Edelman LLC, Danbury. Property: 85-87 Main St., Danbury. Amount: $1 million. Filed Aug. 16. 95 Main St Danbury LLC, New Milford. Seller: David and Dana Edelman LLC, Danbury. Property: 95 Main St., Danbury. Amount: $397,857. Filed Aug. 16. BRT Brookview Commons LLC, Danbury. Seller: Hearst Media Services Connecticut LLC, New York, New York. Property: 333 Main St., Danbury. Amount: $1.5 million. Filed Aug. 23. Bumblebee LLC, Norwalk. Seller: 32-34 Jane St. LLC, Brooklyn, New York. Property: 271 Bunnell St., Bridgeport. Amount: $350,000. Filed Aug. 27. Cityview 2C LLC, Redding. Seller: Susan Welsh, Stamford. Property: 151 Courtland Ave., Unit 2F, Stamford. Amount: $181,000. Filed Aug. 24. Davidoff Development III LLC, Stamford. Seller: Katherine Fico, Stamford. Property: 604 Newfield Ave., Stamford. Amount: $610,000. Filed Aug. 15. DS Asset Trust, New York, New York. Seller: Helga Monica Gomez, Stamford. Property: Unit 3C in 700 Summerfield Condominium, Stamford. Amount: $235,000. Filed Aug. 16. Federal 30 LLC, Meriden. Seller: DWB Holdings LLC, Norwalk. Property: 11-17 Newtown Road, Danbury. Amount: $3.7 million. Filed Aug. 15. Greenwich Harborview 4B LLC, Greenwich. Seller: Alexander Finlay Munro II, Greenwich. Property: Unit 4B in Harborview Condominium, Greenwich. Amount: $495,000. Filed Aug. 10. Hawks Luxury Rentals LLC, Shelton. Seller: Hawk’s Ridge of Shelton LLC, Shelton. Property: Wellsview Road, Units 104, 106, 108, 110, 136, 138, 140, 142, 144, 146, 148 and 140, Shelton. For no consideration paid. Filed Aug. 21.

Facts & Figures House of Monty Overlook Drive LLC, Darien. Seller: Steven Mark Piro and Judy H. Piro, Greenwich. Property: Lot 9, Map 3054, Greenwich. Amount: $1.5 million. Filed Aug. 14.

Aloisi, Susan and Michael D. Aloisi, Mamaroneck, New York. Seller: Karen M. Olencki, Danbury. Property: 1804 Pinnacle Way, Danbury. Amount: $305,000. Filed Aug. 15.

JP Real Estate Investments LLC, Waterbury. Seller: MTGLQ Investors LP, Irvine, California. Property: 110 Beardsley Park Terrace, Bridgeport. Amount: $141,200. Filed Aug. 31.

Angell, Aimee, Danbury. Seller: Old Ansonia LLC, Providence, Rhode Island. Property: 42 Dodgingtown Road, Bethel. Amount: $290,000. Filed Aug. 20.

MEI Enterprises LLC, Greenwich. Seller: 1031 Funding & Reverse Corp., Calsbad, California. Property: Sound Beach Avenue Extension, Greenwich. For an unknown amount paid. Filed Aug. 28.

Apisa, Maria, Bridgeport. Seller: Marc W. Halpert and Nancy A. Halpert, Fairfield. Property: 2625 Park Ave., Unit 3A, Bridgeport. Amount: $51,000. Filed Aug. 15.

Millennium Brothers LLC, Westport. Seller: Argentini Corp., Sarasota, Florida. Property: 11 Iron Gate Hill, Westport. Amount: $1.3 million. Filed Aug. 29. National Residential Nominee Services Inc., Plano, Texas. Seller: Anthony Joseph and Pauline Harnan, Westport. Property: Plot 16B, Map 2412, Westport. Amount: $1.8 million. Filed Aug. 20. Otter Rock Cottage LLC, Westport. Seller: David A. Brager, Westport. Property: 1 Otter Trail, Westport. Amount: $525,000. Filed Aug. 30. PTP Consulting Inc., New York, New York. Seller: Ying Xu and Xi Ma, Greenwich. Property: Unit 2, Map 5197, Greenwich. Amount: $667,000. Filed Aug. 15. Rose Hill Land Company LLC, Greenwich. Seller: Thomas Feda and Laura Feda, Greenwich. Property: Lot 18, Map of Property of Eleanor Campbell, Greenwich. For an unknown amount paid. Filed Aug. 17. Strickland Three LLC, Greenwich. Seller: Griff Realty LLC, Greenwich. Property: Strickland Road, Greenwich. For no consideration paid. Filed Aug. 17. The 5 Club Lane Real Estate Trust, Greenwich. Seller: 26 Miltiades Avenue LLC, Greenwich. Property: 5 Club Lane, Greenwich. Amount: $3 million. Filed Aug. 20. Warner Ventures of Fairfield LLC, Bridgeport. Seller: Paul Richter, Bridgeport. Property: 208-210 Wilson Ave., Bridgeport. For no consideration paid. Filed Sept. 5.

RESIDENTIAL Alberto, Marc V., White Plains, New York. Seller: 18 Mallory Street Danbury LLC, Danbury. Property: 18 Mallory St., Danbury. Amount: $459,000. Filed Aug. 20.

Aviles, Andres E., Greenwich. Seller: Kenneth Kitahara and Julie Yen-Kitahara, Greenwich. Property: 596 Riversville Road, Greenwich. Amount: $1.7 million. Filed Aug. 22. Bakes, Katherine, Bridgeport. Seller: Brenda J. Witlin, Stamford. Property: 37 Riverside Ave., Unit B, Stamford. Amount: $275,000. Filed Aug. 20. Bennett, Keyon, Bridgeport. Seller: Secretary of Housing and Urban Development, Washington, D.C. Property: 800 Seaview Ave., Unit 780-3., Bridgeport. Amount: $155,000. Filed Sept. 7. Berisha, Shpetim, Bellmore, N.Y. Seller: Frances T. Soriano, Bridgeport. Property: 80 Cartright St., Unit 1K, Bridgeport. Amount: $61,000. Filed Aug. 27. Boyle, Emily and Christopher Boyle, Trumbull. Seller: Arlene J. Alzapieda, Trumbull. Property: 24 Firehouse Road, Trumbull. Amount: $510,000. Filed Aug. 17. Breheney, Francesca and Michael Breheney, Greenwich. Seller: Peter Robert Thompson and Jean A. Hammond-Thompson, Greenwich. Property: Lot 2, Map 211, Greenwich. For no consideration paid. Filed Aug. 24. Bucknor-Igbinevbo, Racquel, Bridgeport. Seller: Christoforos Kokolakis, Bridgeport. Property: 387 Pond St., Bridgeport. Amount: $156,000. Filed Aug. 15. Burkhart, Lisa M. and John C. Burkhart, Bellmore, New York. Seller: Judith Edwards, Trumbull. Property: 21 Endeavor St., Trumbull. Amount: $400,000. Filed Aug. 16. Byrne, Andrea K. and Brando Dean, Norwalk. Seller: 100 Spring Hill LLC, Norwalk. Property: 100 Spring Hill Ave., Norwalk. Amount: $345,000. Filed Aug. 22.

Caiola, Matthew and Cara Leonard, Stamford. Seller: Aang, Daniel and Elisa Setiawati, Stamford. Property: 53 London Lane, Stamford. Amount: $485,000. Filed Aug. 23. Calabrese, Abigail Bullock and James Calabrese, Hoboken, New Jersey. Seller: Thomas W. Hedus and Maria E. Christina Hedus, Darien. Property: 9 Devonshire Drive, Darien. Amount: $749,000. Filed Aug. 16. Calderara, William C. and Ryan Calderara, Newtown. Seller: Gloria R. Jara Salazar and Freddy A. Nolivos, Danbury. Property: 136 Deer Hill Ave., Unit A9, Danbury. Amount: $116,500. Filed Aug. 21. Cano, Martha L. and Rigoberto Cano, Carmel, New York. Seller: MRO Property LLC, Danbury. Property: 28 Starr Ave., Unit 5, Danbury. Amount: $121,000. Filed Aug. 16. Capalbo, Ashley and Hudson Woodward, Greenwich. Seller: Jennifer Megan Buonincontri and Gregory Buonincontri, Fairfield. Property: 165 Oakwood Drive, Fairfield. Amount: $395,000. Filed Aug. 20. Caufield, Janina M. and Francis J. Kinney IV, Greenwich. Seller: James A. Morgan and Sharon A. Morgan, Greenwich. Property: 7 Woods Ave., Greenwich. Amount: $85,556. Filed Aug. 15. Chen, Lihe and Weigan Song, Greenwich. Seller: Birgitta I. Sutter-Davis, Greenwich. Property: 17 Lockwood Drive, Greenwich. Amount: $1.2 million. Filed Aug. 31. Cheung, Ming Ming, Flushing, New York. Seller: Lien Tran and Khang Vu, Danbury. Property: 5 Woodside Ave., Unit D44, Danbury. Amount: $112,000. Filed Aug. 20. Cheung, Ming Ming, Flushing, New York. Seller: Camila De Latorre, Danbury. Property: Unit 13 of Town House South, Danbury. Amount: $120,000. Filed Aug. 20. Ciel, Bruna Del and Lucy C. Pinto, Danbury. Seller: Judd B. Everhart and Rebecca S. Everhart, Bethel. Property: 9 Daniksa Drive, Bethel. Amount: $344,600. Filed Aug. 20. Cordovano, Matthew M., Danbury. Seller: Emmie L. Pilch, Danbury. Property: Unit 37 of Candlewood Terrace Condominium, Danbury. Amount: $130,000. Filed Aug. 21. Coury, Ashley and Wayne Coury, Shelton. Seller: Donald P. Morrison Jr. and Noradeen Farlekas Morrison, Fairfield. Property: 381 Crestwood Road, Fairfield. Amount: $990,000. Filed Aug. 22.

Cuba, Rafael Y. Yalli, White Plains, New York. Seller: Mahan H. Dave and Rajvee U. Parikh, Danbury. Property: 16 Ashley Court, Danbury. Amount: $460,000. Filed Aug. 20.

Everett, Elizabeth and Brian Krisberg, New York, New York. Seller: Varghese Ninan, Greenwich. Property: 255 Byram Shore Road, Greenwich. Amount: $4 million. Filed Aug. 15.

Defilippo, Michael A., Bridgeport. Seller: L. Gabriel Bach, Key Biscayne, Florida. Property: 1919 Madison Ave., Bridgeport. Amount: $135,000. Filed Aug. 16.

Feldman, Evan and Mario Feldman, New York, New York. Seller: Benjamin J. Proctor and Joanne Proctor, Surrey, United Kingdom. Property: Lot 4, Map 2242, Westport. Amount: $1.4 million. Filed Aug. 20.

Defilippo, Michael A., Bridgeport. Seller: Andrew H. Bess, Bridgeport. Property: 587 Birmingham St., Bridgeport. Amount: $115,000. Filed Aug. 29. Dexter, Mary and Sharnete Joyner, Bridgeport. Seller: Joseph N. Campulucci and Maria Campulucci, Bridgeport. Property: 308 Stillman St., Bridgeport. Amount: $108,000. Filed Aug. 15. Dias, Luziane F. and Lucas Vieira Ferrarini-Dias, Bethel. Seller: Eugene T. Kaminski, Bethel. Property: 112 Codfish Hill Road, Bethel. Amount: $252,000. Filed Aug. 20. Dixon, Trovoy D., Bridgeport. Seller: Tyron Davis, Bridgeport. Property: 215 Seltsam Road, Bridgeport. Amount: $211,000. Filed Aug. 29. Dominish, Lisa, Harrison, New York. Seller: Steven J. Ruvolo and Yadira K. Moreira, Stamford. Property: 57 Hunting Ridge Road, Stamford. Amount: $635,000. Filed Aug. 17. Dorsky, Noah P., Greenwich. Seller: Douglas J. Williams and Penny Wong, Greenwich. Property: Lot 4, Map 6020, Greenwich. Amount: $2.7 million. Filed Aug. 21. Douton, Stephanie, Trumbull. Seller: Michael J. Curran, Shelton. Property: Lot 14, Map 228, Shelton. Amount: $330,000. Filed Aug. 22. Dunnigan, Allison and William E. Dunnigan, Fairfield. Seller: Westway Road LLC, Trumbull. Property: 491 Westway Road, Fairfield. Amount: $1.1 million. Filed Aug. 23. Engelen, Minou and Jean Paul Engelen, Greenwich. Seller: John J. Donahue and Kimberly T. Donahue, Greenwich. Property: 41 Club Road, Greenwich. Amount: $3.5 million. Filed Aug. 29. Evans, Joy Ann, Bridgeport. Seller: Jose Henriquez, Bridgeport. Property: 245 Remington St., Bridgeport. Amount: $115,000. Filed Aug. 28.

Felix, Rosemary, Stamford. Seller: K29 LLC, Stamford. Property: 197 Bridge St., Unit 18, Stamford. Amount: $325,000. Filed Aug. 17. Fitzgerald, Melania A. and Travis J. Wolf, Stamford. Seller: Carol Lynn Maxon, Stamford. Property: 1065 Westover Road, Stamford. Amount: $91,666. Filed Aug. 15. Fokides, Jessica K. and Alexander T. Fokides, Brooklyn, New York. Seller: Edward J. Blaney Jr. and Marilyn Gen Blaney, Westport. Property: 4 Brooklawn Drive, Westport. Amount: $1.9 million. Filed Aug. 22. Foldy, Thomas, Bridgeport. Seller: William Giraldo, Bridgeport. Property: 29 Delkalb St., Bridgeport. Amount: $84,000. Filed Aug. 15. Franco, Rachel and Christopher Franco, Greenwich. Seller: HHGP LLC, Greenwich. Property: 165 Shore Road, Unit A, Greenwich. Amount: $1.9 million. Filed Aug. 15. Friel, Heather and Gerald J. Friel, Westport. Seller: Farmington Bank, Farmington. Property: 3 Dogwood Lane, Westport. Amount: $1.9 million. Filed Aug. 22. Garcia, Alvaro E., Danbury. Seller: Frances C. McCauley, Danbury. Property: 6 Alexander D Ave., Danbury. Amount: $303,000. Filed Aug. 22.

Gjyriqi, Mirela and Ermal Brahaj, Bridgeport. Seller: Genarc 1 LLC, Branford. Property: 792-794 Maplewood Ave., Bridgeport. Amount: $123,000. Filed Aug. 29. Gold, Jennifer S. and Marc E. Gold, Westport. Seller: Norman Tsang and Betty M. Tsang, Los Altos, California. Property: Lot 1, Map 8982, Westport. Amount: $1.3 million. Filed Aug. 30. Goodman, Kenneth E., Scottsdale, Arizona. Seller: Oakley Lane LLC, Greenwich. Property: 9 Oakley Lane, Greenwich. Amount: $8.6 million. Filed Aug. 17. Grossman, Steven, Greenwich. Seller: Steven Grossman, Greenwich. Property: Lot 3, Map 2803, Greenwich. For no consideration paid. Filed Aug. 20. Harlow, Susan and Justin Harlow, Brooklyn, New York. Seller: Zarruq S. Saleen Khan and Gisela Khan-Petersson, Greenwich. Property: 24 Stonebrook Lane, Greenwich. Amount: $1.6 million. Filed Aug. 16. Henderson, Margaret and Keith D. Henderson, Arnold, Missouri. Seller: Orvil F. Baldivicio, Danbury. Property: 19 Grove Place, Danbury. Amount: $282,500. Filed Aug. 20. Hinchfliff, Monique and George B. Elsener, Chicago, Illinois. Seller: Charles E. Carey and Kathleen B. Carey, Westport. Property: 33 Otter Trail, Westport. Amount: $1.7 million. Filed Aug. 21. Ho, Larry, Stamford. Seller: Sheila Corvino, West Harrison, New York. Property: 85 Riverside Ave., Unit E5, Stamford. Amount: $302,500. Filed Aug. 20. Hoefss, Bryan, Fairfield. Seller: Gary Dean Landis Jr. and Jennifer A. M. Landis, Westport. Property: 320 Flintlock Road, Fairfield. Amount: $925,000. Filed Aug. 23.

Geni-Blaney, Marilyn and Edward J. Blaney, Westport. Seller: Alfred Sofer and Prudy J. Sofer, Westport. Property: 26 Marine Ave., Westport. Amount: $2.1 million. Filed Aug. 23.

Jacobsen, Masooma and Helge Jacobsen, Weston. Seller: Eric Mautner, Greenwich. Property: 51 Richmond Hill Road, Greenwich. Amount: $3.1 million. Filed Aug. 15.

Gerber, Edward F., Westport. Seller: Rachel MacDonald Pugh, Westport. Property: 93 Cross Highway, Westport. Amount: $277,500. Filed Sept. 5.

James, Olive and Robert S. McLean, Bridgeport. Seller: Robert S. McLean, Bridgeport. Property: Lot 38, Map 1871, Bridgeport. For an unknown amount paid. Filed Sept. 4.

Gheorghe, Alexandru, Greenwich. Seller: Paul Davis and Jane Davis, Farmington. Property: 2 Homestead Lane, Greenwich. Amount: $348,000. Filed Aug. 17.

Khan, Ferdous, Bronx, New York. Seller: Andres Pizarro, Parkland, Florida. Property: 467-469 Colorado Ave., Bridgeport. Amount: $239,000. Filed Aug. 30.

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Facts & Figures Koehnen, Marie E. and Rolf H. Koehnen, Greenwich. Seller: Keith Cunningham and Suzanne Cunningham, Greenwich. Property: 14 Licata Terrace, Greenwich. Amount: $1.2 million. Filed Aug. 16. Kuehner, Kurt, Stamford. Seller: U.S. Bank NA, West Palm Beach, Florida. Property: Lot 46, Map 4222, Stamford. Amount: $367,868. Filed Aug. 22. Lamp, Ann Marie and David R. Lamp Sr., Danbury. Seller: Kenneth E. Dworczyk and Frances T. Dworczyk, Smithtown, New York. Property: 25 Padanaram Road, Unit 72, Danbury. Amount: $86,000. Filed Aug. 15. Leathers, Samantha and Ryan P. Hayes, Norwalk. Seller: Robin Paul Ajello, Norwalk. Property: Lot 14, Map 744, Norwalk. Amount: $580,000. Filed Aug. 23. Lencyk, Iryna Z. and Andrew Lenczyk, Stamford. Seller: Ilyse Schuckman, Stamford. Property: 18 Leona Drive, Stamford. Amount: $845,000. Filed Aug. 23. Lesniewski, Dariusz, Darien. Seller: Kirk Hoffman and Natalie R. Medlicott, Darien. Property: Parcel B, Map 3367, Darien. Amount: $1 million. Filed Aug. 16. Liu, Lei, Stamford. Seller: Dermod Ives III and Jing Liu, Stamford. Property: 320 Strawberry Hill Ave., Unit 17, Stamford. Amount: $538,000. Filed Aug. 16. Lockhart IV, James Bicknell, Greenwich. Seller: John Matthew Duffy and Alexandra Gene Duffy, Greenwich. Property: 16 Indian Head Road, Greenwich. Amount: $3.7 million. Filed Aug. 24. Lombardo, Katharine and Scott Lombardo, Brooklyn, New York. Seller: Kent J. Manning Jr. and Margarita Salas, Westport. Property: 57 Sylvan Road North, Westport. Amount: $1.2 million. Filed Aug. 28. Loya, Jennifer and Mario Loya, Fairfield. Seller: Thomas M. Mason and Amanda S. Mason, Fairfield. Property: 134 Old Orchard Park, Fairfield. Amount: $2.4 million. Filed Aug. 20. Lu, Ting, Norwalk. Seller: Anna Gala and Magdalena Gala-Hunter, Bridgeport. Property: 120 Huntington Turnpike, Unit 208, Bridgeport. Amount: $60,000. Filed Aug. 16. Magcaling, Maricar and Hwan Sung Kang, Milford. Seller: Yakov Shafir and Vera Shafir, Shelton. Property: Lot 505, Map 4479A, Shelton. Amount: $337,000. Filed Aug. 16.

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May, Irenee and Judith Kane, Greenwich. Seller: 123 Havemeyer Place LLC, Greenwich. Property: 123 Havemeyer Place, Greenwich. Amount: $1.8 million. Filed Aug. 22. McDaniel, Susan J. and Edward M. Gottschalk, Shelton. Seller: Julio Enrique Semanata-Negrete and Tatiana Elizabeth Cadena-Mejia, Shelton. Property: 25 Brant Point, Unit 25, Shelton. Amount: $485,000. Filed Aug. 22. Mejicanos, Michelle and Jeffre E. Mejicanos, Bridgeport. Seller: Wilmer Omar Alvarez, Bridgeport. Property: 226 Granfield Ave., Bridgeport. Amount: $200,000. Filed Sept. 4. Merriman, Tiffany and Robert M. Merriman Jr., Greenwich. Seller: Leon Jerome Weil and Jean Rooney Weil, Greenwich. Property: 63 North St., Greenwich. Amount: $2.9 million. Filed Aug. 24. Messina, Yanira and Richard Messina, Trumbull. Seller: Russell C. Pickett and Tara J. Maroney Pickett, Trumbull. Property: 122 Hilltop Drive, Trumbull. Amount: $382,500. Filed Aug. 17. Monsanto, Dafina, Norwalk. Seller: Elyse Davis, Danbury. Property: 15 Rivington Way, Danbury. Amount: $425,000. Filed Aug. 20. Moreno, Ramon, Bridgeport. Seller: Stony Point Partners LLC, Westport. Property: 322 Hooker Road, Bridgeport. Amount: $240,000. Filed Aug. 28. Mscichowska, Marta and Matthew Cristantiello, Stamford. Seller: Christina DiFeo and Michael Cambria, Eastchester, New York. Property: Unit 10 of Hubbard Manor Condominium, Stamford. Amount: $330,000. Filed Aug. 22. Nahmias, Susan and Albert Nahmias, Green Cove Springs, Florida. Seller: Sylvia Glazer, Danbury. Property: 16 Hayestown Road, Unit A102, Danbury. Amount: $399,900. Filed Aug. 20. Olsen, Ashley A. and Ryan Olsen, Charlestown, Massachusetts. Seller: Peter H. Helmer and Sandra E. Helmer, Greenwich. Property: Lake Avenue, Greenwich. Amount: $2.7 million. Filed Aug. 16. Ordonez, Donna, Shelton. Seller: Joseph DiLeonardo and Nicole M. DiLeonardo, Shelton. Property: 33 Rivendell Drive, Shelton. Amount: $208,500. Filed Aug. 22.

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Parimi, Prasanti and Satyanarayana Parimi, Greenwich. Seller: Francis J. Gilbride III and Tara DeLaney Gilbride, Greenwich. Property: 28 Windsor Lane, Greenwich. Amount: $1.4 million. Filed Aug. 14. Phillip, Caren St. and Peter St. Phillip, Greenwich. Seller: Joseph R. Neal and Pamela S. Neal, Greenwich. Property: Lot 3, Map 2932, Greenwich. Amount: $805,000. Filed Aug. 16. Piccolino, Christina and Michael Callahan, Stamford. Seller: Ryan C. Mitchell, Norwalk. Property: Lot 37, Map 3560, Norwalk. Amount: $540,000. Filed Aug. 22. Pita, Hugo, Stamford. Seller: Lawrence A. Jones and Sharon A. Jones, Bridgeport. Property: 261 Pasadena Place, Bridgeport. Amount: $277,000. Filed Aug. 27. Plansky, Suzanne M., New York, New York. Seller: Jared J. Thal and Meeta Thal, Greenwich. Property: Lot 43, Map 376, Greenwich. Amount: $650,000. Filed Aug. 30. Ponce, Susie and Angel Ponce, Greenwich. Seller: Suzanne M. Johnson, Micco, Florida. Property: Lot 2, Map of Lebanon Park, Greenwich. Amount: $780,000. Filed Aug. 24. Popp, Alexis and Steven Piro, Norwalk. Seller: Steven D. McAuley and Dawn J. McAuley, Norwalk. Property: 14 Nolan St., Norwalk. Amount: $320,000. Filed Aug. 30. Purcell, Sharon C. and James Kim Purcell, Greenwich. Seller: James Kim Purcell and Sharon Crook Purcell, Greenwich. Property: Lot 52, Map 386, Greenwich. For no consideration paid. Filed Aug. 17. Rizzo, Moira O’Meara, Bridgeport. Seller: James Eastman and Patricia Eastman, Bridgeport. Property: 456 Lake Ave., Bridgeport. Amount: $410,000. Filed Aug. 30. Robins, Jonathan, White Plains, New York. Seller: Carlos O. Cruz, Easton. Property: 116 N. Water St., Greenwich. Amount: $875,000. Filed Aug. 17. Rocca, Darlene K. Della and Robert C. Della Rocca, Greenwich. Seller: Dorothy D’Amato and Philip D’Amato, Greenwich. Property: 18 Upland Street East, Greenwich. Amount: $838,000. Filed Aug. 30. Rodowicz, Michelle and Patrick Deere, Norwalk. Seller: Brookfield Relocation Inc., Scottsdale, Arizona. Property: 8 Cross Brook Lane, Westport. Amount: $575,000. Filed Aug. 29.

Rodriguez, Abigail N. and Charles Anthony Rodriguez, Waterbury. Seller: Wei Zheng, Danbury. Property: 17 Aspen Way, Danbury. Amount: $384,000. Filed Aug. 22.

Tai, Ann Marie, Greenwich. Seller: Diane Marie Long, Tamia Marie Simonis and Steven Bernard Simonis, Greenwich. Property: 75A Richland Road, Greenwich. Amount: $671,000. Filed Aug. 22.

Wilson, Sheldon, New York, New York. Seller: Roger Minton and Catherine Minton, Stratford. Property: 240 Sunnyridge Ave., Unit 98, Fairfield. Amount: $206,000. Filed Aug. 31.

Rodriguez, Ana Paula, Bridgeport. Seller: Peter J. Riccardo Jr. and Deborah A. Riccardo, Glastonbury. Property: 57 Lance Circle, Bridgeport. Amount: $143,000. Filed Sept. 5.

Tawfik, Patricia S. and Youssef M. Tawfik, Stamford. Seller: Christopher R. Uzpen and Lisa M. Uzpen, Stamford. Property: 25 Forest St., Unit 6G, Stamford. Amount: $704,500. Filed Aug. 22.

Woll, Faith M., New Fairfield. Seller: Tina L. Tenreiro, Danbury. Property: 68 Stadley Rough Road, Danbury. Amount: $585,000. Filed Aug. 22.

Rodriguez, Christian, Bridgeport. Seller: John Barrett, Shelton. Property: 99 Coram Road, Shelton. Amount: $260,000. Filed Aug. 21.

Telesco, Samuel and Luis A. Diaz-Sendel, Monroe. Seller: Gerald F. O’Brien and Janice O’Brien, Stamford. Property: 1 Craig Court, Stamford. Amount: $615,000. Filed Aug. 21.

Ruggerio, Robert, Elmsford, New York. Seller: Marlitz LLC, Bridgeport. Property: 38 Ondek St., Bridgeport. Amount: $40,000. Filed Sept. 4. Sakowich, Bonnie and Paul Sakowich, Bethel. Seller: Cassondra L. Stevenson, Bethel. Property: 5 Redwood Drive, Bethel. Amount: $420,000. Filed Aug. 20. Seifert, Marin and Eric Bergman, Stamford. Seller: Joshua Maldonado and Annie H. Heaphy, Stamford. Property: Lots 13 and 14, Map 1338, Stamford. Amount: $525,000. Filed Aug. 30. Seigel, Claire K. and Guilherem G. Larangeira, Fairfield. Seller: Susan Renee Wholley, Fairfield. Property: 564 Fairfield Woods Road, Fairfield. Amount: $505,000. Filed Aug. 21. Severin-Philippe, Sheila and Staviolo Philippe, Bridgeport. Seller: 622 Beachmont Avenue LLC, Wolcott. Property: 620 Beechmont Ave., Bridgeport. Amount: $350,000. Filed Aug. 30. Shinsky, Yevgeniya and Victor Shinsky, Rye Brook, New York. Seller: Alfred P. DeRosa and Joan G. DeRosa, Greenwich. Property: Lot 23, Map 2798, Greenwich. Amount: $1 million. Filed Aug. 15. Soares, Chloe and Jonathan M. Soares, Danbury. Seller: David P. Modos and Susan M. Modos, Danbury. Property: 15 Maplewood Drive, Danbury. Amount: $475,000. Filed Aug. 15. Styslinger, Joyce C. and Kimberly Joy Styslinger, Stamford. Seller: Louis F. Alfano and Cristina M. Alfano, Stamford. Property: 204 Wardwell St., Unit 4, Stamford. Amount: $540,000. Filed Aug. 21. Swaby, Melissa and Jayson Fletcher, Bridgeport. Seller: Eusebio Pires, Shelton. Property: 116 Lane St., Shelton. Amount: $360,000. Filed Aug. 24.

Wynder, Karlene Bennett, Bronx, New York. Seller: Charles Cundari and Luellen M. Cundari, Danbury. Property: 246 Middle River Road, Danbury. Amount: $340,000. Filed Aug. 22.

Torres, Melisa, Bridgeport. Seller: Jolynne Gonzalez and Kelly Denton, Bridgeport. Property: 197 Elizabeth St., Bridgeport. Amount: $135,000. Filed Aug. 27.

Yepes, Ana C. and Hector Carvajal, Norwalk. Seller: Marlos Turcios and Filomena Mandujano-Turcios, Norwalk. Property: Lot 17, Map 476, Norwalk. Amount: $360,000. Filed Aug. 22.

Totsuka, Sonami and Scott Michalske, Stamford. Seller: 87-91 West Broad Street LLC, Stamford. Property: Unit 8 of West Park Common Condominiums, Stamford. Amount: $600,000. Filed Aug. 16.

Young, Rena and Stephen Young, Greenwich. Seller: Lawrence A. Stephens and Kristin L. Stephens, Greenwich. Property: 553 North St., Greenwich. Amount: $2.1 million. Filed Aug. 15.

Toy, Karen and Stephen Toy, Greenwich. Seller: Tomoko Edwards, Greenwich. Property: 167 Zaccheus Mead Lane, Greenwich. Amount: $5.8 million. Filed Aug. 15.

Zhu, Jian, Bridgeport. Seller: Federal National Mortgage Association, Dallas, Texas. Property: 325 Lafayette St., Unit 8305, Bridgeport. Amount: $36,000. Filed Aug. 28.

Tricoli, Marie Rosaria and Vincent Tricoli, Darien. Seller: Michael DiGuglielmo, Antonietta DiGuglielmo and Giuseppe A. DiGuglielmo, Greenwich. Property: 34 Arthur St., Greenwich. Amount: $865,000. Filed Aug. 17.

Zieve, Ronald S. and Bradley M. Zieve, Fairfield. Seller: Robert Flynn and Heather Thompson, Fairfield. Property: 126 Robertson Crossing, Fairfield. Amount: $356,500. Filed Aug. 23.

Tsionis, George V., Norwalk. Seller: Lori G. Brayton, Norwalk. Property: 4 Lorena St., Norwalk. Amount: $455,000. Filed Aug. 21.

Zilka, Carla M., Greenwich. Seller: Christine G. Erensen, Greenwich. Property: 102 Valley Road, Unit 19, Greenwich. Amount: $495,000. Filed Aug. 23.

Ungar, Jason, New York, New York. Seller: Justin Byczek and Christina L. Byczek, Darien. Property: 24 Noroton Ave., Darien. Amount: $1 million. Filed Aug. 16.

Zoba, Lisa, Fairfield. Seller: Douglas A. DelVecchio and Jacqueline L. DelVecchio, Fairfield. Property: 120 Alma Drive, Fairfield. Amount: $535,000. Filed Aug. 21.

Walsh, Kareen and Jeffrey M. Walsh, Highlands, Colorado. Seller: Carolyn Ann Reers, Greenwich. Property: 226 Pemberwick Road, Greenwich. Amount: $985,000. Filed Aug. 15. Wang, Lin Yue and Jin Cui Huang, Bridgeport. Seller: Timber Trail LLC, Bridgeport. Property: 520-522 and 538-534 E. Main St., Bridgeport. Amount: $585,000. Filed Sept. 4. Wang, Yifei and Jin Yuang, Astoria, New York. Seller: Newtown Holdings Realty LLC, Glastonbury. Property: 250-252 Sixth St., Bridgeport. Amount: $181,500. Filed Sept. 6.

FORECLOSURES Derosier, Denis, et al. Creditor: The Bank of New York Mellon, New York, New York. Property: 128 Chestnut St., Bridgeport. Mortgage default. Filed Aug. 15. Duenas, Kelly, et al. Creditor: Deutsche Bank National Trust Co. Property: 10 Hollywood Ave., Bridgeport. Mortgage default. Filed Aug. 14.

Facts & Figures Hailey, Lola M., et al. Creditor: JPMorgan Chase Bank NA, Jacksonville, Florida. Property: 86 Woodmont Ave., Bridgeport. Mortgage default. Filed Aug. 20. Heckel, Theodore G., et al. Creditor: MRH Sub 1 LLC, Eureka, California. Property: 604 Wilson St., Fairfield. Mortgage default. Filed Aug. 23. Hunter, Desmond, et al. Creditor: Deutsche Bank National Trust Co. Property: 405 Taft Ave., Bridgeport. Mortgage default. Filed Aug. 15. Lafleur, Charles, et al. Creditor: MTGLQ Investors LP, Greenville, S.C. Property: 812 Thorme St., Bridgeport. Mortgage default. Filed Aug. 24. Lee, Ching Fu, et al. Creditor: Bank of America NA, Plano, Texas. Property: 156 Cross Highway, Westport. Mortgage default. Filed Aug. 20. Ploughman, Anna L., et al. Creditor: Success Village Apartments Inc. Property: 500 Success Ave., Building 77, Apt. 25, Bridgeport. Delinquent common charges. Filed Aug. 14. Rivera, Gloria E., et al. Creditor: U.S. Bank NA, Irvine, California. Property: 58-60 Hill St., Bridgeport. Delinquent common charges. Filed Aug. 24. Sanchez, Tamara M., et al. Creditor: JPMorgan Chase Bank NA, Jacksonville, Florida. Property: 2660 North Ave., Unit 222, Bridgeport. Delinquent common charges. Filed Aug. 28. Smith, Jean M., et al. Creditor: Quicken Loans Inc., Detroit, Michigan. Property: Parcel B, Map 12655, Danbury. Mortgage default. Filed Aug. 15. Sopko, Stephan A., et al. Creditor: U.S. Bank NA, Irvine, California. Property: 55-57 N. Bishop Ave., Bridgeport. Delinquent common charges. Filed Aug. 20. Tosado, Jorge L., et al. Creditor: Green Tree Servicing LLC, Coral Gables, Florida. Property: 50 Bronx Ave., Bridgeport. Mortgage default. Filed Aug. 14. TR Enterprises Inc., et al. Creditor: NWK-MAX Acquisitions 1 LLC, New Haven. Property: Lot 248, Map of Hale Terrace Boston Ave., Bridgeport. Mortgage default. Filed Aug. 29.

JUDGMENTS Bautista, Enrique, et al., Danbury. $100,000 in favor of United Amusements & Vending Co., by the Law Offices of David Eric Ross LLC, Westport. Property: 1 Dogwood Drive, Danbury. Filed Aug. 20. Cann, Frances B., Danbury. $919 in favor of Danbury Hospital, Danbury, by Flanagan & Peat, Danbury. Property: 1A Evergreen Road, Danbury. Filed Aug. 20. Chiaramonte, Giacomo, Norwalk. $28,049 in favor of Norwalk Hospital Association, Norwalk, by Lovejoy and Rimer PC, Norwalk. Property: Plot L, Map 3364, Norwalk. Filed Aug. 29. Coote, Nascine K., Bridgeport. $3,348 in favor of Portfolio Recovery Associates LLC, Norfolk, Virginia, by the Law Offices of Howard Lee Schiff PC, East Hartford. Property: 69 Bell St., Bridgeport. Filed Aug. 23. Deloma, James N., Bridgeport. $3,725 in favor of Portfolio Recovery Associates LLC, Norfolk, Virginia, by the Law Offices of Howard Lee Schiff PC, East Hartford. Property: 251 Summit St., Bridgeport. Filed Aug. 23. Dever, Thomas M., Fairfield. $5,000 in favor of Unifund Corp., Westbrook, by Calistro & Airone LLC, Westbrook. Property: 70 Rockview Ave., Fairfield. Filed Aug. 30. Deverin, Midge, et al., New Canaan. $3,037 in favor of Norwalk Hospital Association, Norwalk, by Lovejoy and Rimer PC, Norwalk. Property: 11 Wake Robin Road, New Canaan. Filed Aug. 29. Dunigan, Susan, Shelton. $7,724 in favor of Cyril M. Mullins Funeral Homes Inc., Trumbull, by Abraham M. Hoffman, Trumbull. Property: 71 North St., Shelton. Filed Aug. 16. Fabrizio, Rossana, Trumbull. $1,405 in favor of Danbury Hospital, Danbury, by Flanagan & Peat, Danbury. Property: 19 Old Oak Road, Trumbull. Filed Aug. 16. Gaie, Jean, Shelton. $883 in favor of Valley Emergency Medical Services, Seymour, by the Law Offices of Philip H. Monagan, Waterbury. Property: 182 Division Ave., Shelton. Filed Aug. 16. Goyette, Judith L., Trumbull. $1,250 in favor of Womenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Health Connecticut, Bridgeport, by Flanagan & Peat, Danbury. Property: 14 Towerview Circle, Trumbull. Filed Aug. 16.

Graham, Rosa Anne, Bridgeport. $3,563 in favor of Bank of America NA, Charlotte, North Carolina, by the Law Offices of Howard Lee Schiff PC, East Hartford. Property: 1924 Boston Ave., Bridgeport. Filed Sept. 6. Johnson, Lucy, Bridgeport. $10,709 in favor of Midland Funding LLC, San Diego, California, by the Law Offices of Howard Lee Schiff PC, East Hartford. Property: 342 Lynne Place, Bridgeport. Filed Aug. 23. Martinez, Victor, Bridgeport. $4,858 in favor of The United Illuminating Co., New Haven, by Nair & Levin PC, Bloomfield. Property: 379 Nichols St., Bridgeport. Filed Sept. 5. Medley, Dawn, Stamford. $2,491 in favor of Portfolio Recovery Associates LLC, Norfolk, Virginia, by the Law Offices of Howard Lee Schiff PC, East Hartford. Property: 47 W. Washington Ave., Unit 5, Stamford. Filed Aug. 13. Moales, Anthony, Bridgeport. $811 in favor of Midland Funding LLC, San Diego, California, by the Law Offices of Howard Lee Schiff PC, East Hartford. Property: 4 William Place, Bridgeport. Filed Sept. 6. Okula, Robert J. Katarzyna, Shelton. $835 in favor of TD Bank USA NA, Brooklyn Park, Minnesota, by the Law Offices of Howard Lee Schiff PC, East Hartford. Property: 47 Ridgefield Terrace, Shelton. Filed Aug. 13. Scott, William J., Danbury. $1,198 in favor of Western Connecticut Health Network, Bethel, by Flanagan & Peat, Danbury. Property: 99 S. King St., Danbury. Filed Aug. 20. Scott, William J., Danbury. $3,278 in favor of Danbury Hospital, Danbury, by Flanagan & Peat, Danbury. Property: 99 S. King St., Danbury. Filed Aug. 20. Ynoa, Jorge, Bethel. $5,979 in favor of Portfolio Recovery Associates LLC, Norfolk, Virginia, by the Law Offices of Howard Lee Schiff PC, East Hartford. Property: 63 Juniper Road, Bethel. Filed Aug. 13.

LEASES Ardamina, Vera, by self. Landlord: Putnam Park Apartments Inc., Stamford. Property: Apt. 76 of Putnam Park Apartments, Greenwich. Term: 32 years, commencing Aug. 15, 2018. Filed Aug. 17.

Viktor, Alex, by self. Landlord: Success Village Apartments Inc., Bridgeport. Property: Building 10, Apt. 3238 in Success Village Apartments, Bridgeport. Term: 36 years, commenced Aug. 7, 2018. Filed Aug. 20.

Richardson, Elizabeth, 20 Cary Road, Greenwich. $42,091, a tax debt on income earned. Filed Aug. 21.

Tedesco, Lawrence J., 85 Old Long Ridge Road, Stamford. $25,326, a tax debt on income earned. Filed Aug. 20.

Thomas, Lukas J., 1230 Merritt St., Fairfield. $3,877, a tax debt on income earned. Filed Aug. 21.

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Warzoha, Daniel, 933 King St., Greenwich. $103,766, a tax debt on income earned. Filed Aug. 21.

FEDERAL TAX LIENS-FILED Berlin, Bruce B., 22 Sasqua Road, Norwalk. $20,308, a tax debt on income earned. Filed Aug. 27. Bradley, Mark, 4 Weatherbell Drive, Norwalk. $10,337, a tax debt on income earned. Filed Aug. 27. Colella, Karen J. and Mario T. Colella, 14 Glen Road, Greenwich. $21,956, a tax debt on income earned. Filed Aug. 21. Critchell, M. Kuser and B. Critchell, 162 Robin Hill Road, Greenwich. $113,824, a tax debt on income earned. Filed Aug. 21. Duran, Y Pena and Manuel Montiel Munoz, 80 Country St., Apt. 7B, Norwalk. $32,886, a tax debt on income earned. Filed Aug. 27. Funner, Carla A. and Elvin J. Bautista, 28 Ridge Tree Lane, Stamford. $94,183, a tax debt on income earned. Filed Aug. 27. IDA Publishing Co., 282 Railroad A, Greenwich. $5,867, quarterly payroll taxes. Filed Aug. 21. Jaramillo, Indira and Barry Monies, 61 Seaview Ave., Apt. 64, Stamford. $56,758, a tax debt on income earned. Filed Aug. 28. Kay, Mary I. and Joshua L. Sinel, 10 Durkin Place, Greenwich. $25,954, a tax debt on income earned. Filed Aug. 13. Labellas Fine Wine & Spirits LLC, 272 Brookdale Road, Stamford. $2,730, U.S. return of partnership income. Filed Aug. 21. McGree, Susan E. and Stanley S. McGree, 747 Riversville Road, Greenwich. $470,710, a tax debt on income earned. Filed Aug. 21. Miller, Marlene V. and Cornel Sr., 7 Acadia Lane, Apt. 201, Shelton. $7,451, a tax debt on income earned. Filed Aug. 14.

FEDERAL TAX LIENSRELEASED BDCM Opportunity Fund II LP, 1 Sound Shore Drive, Suite 200, Greenwich. $1,404,023, failure to collect or pay tax penalty, withholding tax for partnership and withholding tax return for US source of income of foreign persons. Filed Aug. 13. Berlingos Auto Body Shop Inc., 129 Myrtle Ave., Stamford. $14,570, corporate income taxes and quarterly payroll taxes. Filed Aug. 20. Cynthia, Jonathan A., 30 Ledgewood Drive, Norwalk. $63,881, a tax debt on income earned. Filed Aug. 21. Fabrizi, David J., 240 Sunnyridge Ave., Apt. 74, Fairfield. $27,461, a tax debt on income earned. Filed Aug. 21. Ford, Claire M., 73 Strawberry Hill Ave., Apt. 140, Norwalk. $32,608, a tax debt on income earned. Filed Aug. 21. Gioia, Marie and Louis Gioia, 327 Riversville Road, Greenwich. $39,296, a tax debt on income earned. Filed Sept. 5. Koones, Sheri J. and Robert Koones, 522 North St., Greenwich. $166,879, a tax debt on income earned. Filed Aug. 21. Morgans, James, 7 Woods Ave., Greenwich. $35,397, failure to collect or pay tax penalty. Filed Aug. 17. Neschis, Cynthia M. and Jonathan A. Neschis, 142 Strawberry Hill Ave., Norwalk. $26,258, a tax debt on income earned. Filed Aug. 21. Neschis, Cynthia M. and Jonathan A. Neschis, 142 Strawberry Hill Ave., Norwalk. $5,754, a tax debt on income earned. Filed Aug. 21. Purificato, Carole, 44 Lorma Ave., Trumbull. $37,101, property taxes. Filed Aug. 13.

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550 River View LLC, Greenwich. Filed by Tri-County Electric LLC, Bethel, by Brian McCarthy. Property: 554 River Road, Greenwich. Amount: $19,758. Filed Aug. 20. Helikon Services Inc., Greenwich. Filed by Five Hundred Fifty Germerican LLC, by William A. Pelletreau LLC, Norwalk. Property: Lots 2 and 3, Map 8816, Greenwich. Amount: $1,625. Filed Aug. 31. Stamford Phase Four JV LLC, Boston, Mass. Filed by The Morganti Group Inc., Danbury, by Nabil M. Takla. Property: Phase Four Unit, Map 4647, Stamford. Amount: $7,900. Filed Aug. 17. Stamford Phase Four JV LLC, Stamford. Filed by C&H Electric Inc., Waterbury, by Robert B. Cordeau. Property: 33 Broad Street Associates, Stamford. Amount: $2.5 million. Filed Aug. 21.

LIS PENDENS 285 Congress Street LLC, et al., Bridgeport. Filed by The Law Office of Juda J. Epstein, Bridgeport, for Cazenovia Creek Funding I LLC. Property: 285 Congress St., Bridgeport. Action: to foreclose on tax liens levied by the city of Bridgeport and obtain possession of the liened premises. Filed Aug. 14. 941 Madison Avenue LLC, et al., Bridgeport. Filed by The Law Office of Juda J. Epstein, Bridgeport, for Cazenovia Creek Funding I LLC. Property: 941-945 Madison Ave., Bridgeport. Action: to foreclose on tax liens levied by the city of Bridgeport and obtain possession of the liened premises. Filed Aug. 24. Abdella, Marylou, Danbury. Filed by Marinosci Law Group PC, Warwick, R.I., for HSBC Bank USA NA, Buffalo, New York. Property: Shepherd Hill, Building 21, Unit 4, Danbury. Action: to foreclose on a delinquent mortgage in the original principal amount of $113,000, dated October 2003. Filed Aug. 21. Berdecia, Julio E., et al., Bridgeport. Filed by The Law Office of Juda J. Epstein, Bridgeport, for Cazenovia Creek Funding I LLC. Property: 810 Pearl Harbor St., Bridgeport. Action: to foreclose on tax liens levied by the city of Bridgeport and obtain possession of the liened premises. Filed Aug. 24.

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Facts & Figures Brockenberry, Leah, et al., Bridgeport. Filed by The Law Office of Juda J. Epstein, Bridgeport, for Benchmark Municipal Tax Services Ltd., Bridgeport. Property: 146 Ocean Ave., Bridgeport. Action: to foreclose on tax liens levied by the city of Bridgeport and obtain possession of the liened premises. Filed Aug. 24.

Connolly, Deborah and Jon F. Connolly, Greenwich. Filed by Marinosci Law Group PC, Warwick, Rhode Island, for U.S. Bank NA, Salt Lake City, Utah. Property: Sumner Road, Greenwich. Action: to foreclose on a delinquent mortgage in the original principal amount of $1.6 million, dated April 2008. Filed Aug. 20.

Bruzas, John T., et al., Bridgeport. Filed by Ackerly & Ward, Stamford, for Rivers Edge Condominium Association of Bridgeport, Bridgeport. Property: Unit C-7 of River’s Edge Condominium, Bridgeport. Action: to foreclose on a condominium lien for delinquent common charges and assessments and take immediate possession of the premises. Filed Aug. 23.

Cristo, Iglesia De, Bridgeport. Filed by McElroy, Deutsch, Mulvaney & Carpenter LLP, Southport, for Assemblies of God Financial Services Group. Property: Bridgeport. Action: to foreclose on a delinquent mortgage in the original principal amount of $528,000, dated May 2000. Filed Aug. 20.

Campbell, Abel, et al., Bridgeport. Filed by The Law Office of Juda J. Epstein, Bridgeport, for Benchmark Municipal Tax Services Ltd., Bridgeport. Property: 2996 Madison Ave., Unit B, Bridgeport. Action: to foreclose on tax liens levied by the city of Bridgeport and obtain possession of the liened premises. Filed Aug. 31. Caribe, Miriam, et al., Bridgeport. Filed by Bendett and McHugh PC, Farmington, for Lakeview Loan Servicing LLC, Coral Gables, Florida. Property: 106 Luther St., Bridgeport. Action: to foreclose on a delinquent mortgage in the original principal amount of $185,491, dated March 2008. Filed Aug. 28. Charles, Marie F., Trumbull. Filed by Marinosci Law Group PC, Warwick, Rhode Island, for the Bank of America NA, Charlotte, North Carolina. Property: 9 Machalowski Road, Trumbull. Action: to foreclose on a delinquent mortgage in the original principal amount of $110,000, dated October 2006. Filed Aug. 17. Chin, Cheryl, et al., Danbury. Filed by Bendett and McHugh PC, Farmington, for Bank of America NA, Charlotte, North Carolina. Property: 84 Carol St., Danbury. Action: to foreclose on a delinquent mortgage in the original principal amount of $303,200, dated August 2006. Filed Aug. 20. Cole, Gary W., et al., Shelton. Filed by Bendett and McHugh PC, Farmington, for Freedom Mortgage Corp. Property: 30 Woodsend Ave., Shelton. Action: to foreclose on a delinquent mortgage in the original principal amount of $373,117, dated May 2017. Filed Aug. 16.

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Cruz, Vilma, et al., Bridgeport. Filed by The Marcus Law Firm, North Branford, for the Water Pollution Control Authority for the city of Bridgeport. Property: 1661-1665 E. Main St., Bridgeport. Action: to foreclose on sewer-use liens for nonpayment of sewer-use fees and take immediate possession of the premises. Filed Sept. 7. Darlington, Elvis, et al., Bridgeport. Filed by Bendett and McHugh PC, Farmington, for Citimortgage Inc., O’Fallon, Missouri. Property: 134-136 Read St., Bridgeport. Action: to foreclose on a delinquent mortgage in the original principal amount of $294,500, dated January 2007. Filed Sept. 5. Daskam, Beatrice S., et al., Danbury. Filed by McCalla Raymer Leibert Pierce LLC, Hartford, for The Bank of New York Mellon, New York, New York. Property: 27 Crows Nest Lane, Unit 9A, Danbury. Action: to foreclose on a delinquent mortgage in the original principal amount of $360,000, dated December 2008. Filed Aug. 23. Davidson, Gwynneth A., et al., Danbury. Filed by McCalla Raymer Leibert Pierce LLC, Hartford, for Pennymac Loan Servicing LLC, Coral Gables, Florida. Property: 163 South St., Unit 2, Danbury. Action: to foreclose on a condominium lien for delinquent common charges and assessments and take immediate possession of the premises. Filed Aug. 20. Deluca, Michael, Bridgeport. Filed by Bender, Anderson and Barba PC, North Haven, for The Success Village Apartments Inc., North Haven. Property: Apt. 44, Building 29 of Success Village, Bridgeport. Action: to foreclose on a condominium lien for delinquent common charges and assessments and take immediate possession of the premises. Filed Aug. 27.

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Demaio, Nicholas J., Shelton. Filed by Shechtman Halperin Savage LLP, Pawtucket, Rhode Island, for Provident Funding Associates LP. Property: 25 N. Hemlock, Shelton. Action: to foreclose on a delinquent mortgage in the original principal amount of $364,000, dated September 2007. Filed Aug. 16.

Isbrandtsen, Hans, et al., Greenwich. Filed by The Witherspoon Law Offices, Farmington, for Wells Fargo Bank NA, Frederick, Maryland. Property: 299 Riversfille Road, Greenwich. Action: to foreclose on a delinquent mortgage in the original principal amount of $900,000, dated April 2004. Filed Aug. 13.

Downes, Marc J., et al., Bridgeport. Filed by The Law Office of Juda J. Epstein, Bridgeport, for Benchmark Municipal Tax Services Ltd., Bridgeport. Property: 881 Lafayette Blvd., Unit 5-1, Bridgeport. Action: to foreclose on tax liens levied by the city of Bridgeport and obtain possession of the liened premises. Filed Aug. 24.

Juarez, Orfilda, et al., Stamford. Filed by the Law Office of Vincent J. Freccia III, Stamford, for the city of Stamford. Property: 34 Richmond Place, Stamford. Action: to foreclose on a blight lien levied by the city of Stamford and take immediate possession of the premises. Filed Aug. 17.

Espinet, Efrain, et al., Bridgeport. Filed by Bendett and McHugh PC, Farmington, for Connecticut Housing Finance Authority, Rocky Hill. Property: 219 Berkshire Ave., Bridgeport. Action: to foreclose on a delinquent mortgage in the original principal amount of $128,627, dated March 2010. Filed Aug. 15. Felix, Phanol Saint, et al., Stamford. Filed by Bendett and McHugh PC, Farmington, for Ocwen Loan Servicing LLC, Coral Gables, Florida. Property: 60 Grant Ave., Stamford. Action: to foreclose on a delinquent mortgage in the original principal amount of $274,900, dated November 2009. Filed Aug. 15. Fiorita, Jeb, et al., Greenwich. Filed by Frankel & Berg, Norwalk, for Palmer Point Condominium Association Inc. Property: 9 River Road, Unit 415, Greenwich. Action: to foreclose on a condominium lien for delinquent common charges and assessments and take immediate possession of the premises. Filed Aug. 22. Forlenzo, John P., et al., Shelton. Filed by Bendett and McHugh PC, Farmington, for The Bank of New York Mellon, New York, New York. Property: 19 Haverhill Drive, Shelton. Action: to foreclose on a delinquent mortgage in the original principal amount of $326,000, dated December 2005. Filed Aug. 23. Herrera, Fernando A., et al., Stamford. Filed by McCalla Raymer Leibert Pierce LLC, Hartford, for U.S. Bank NA, Salt Lake City, Utah. Property: 15 McClean Ave., Stamford. Action: to foreclose on a delinquent mortgage in the original principal amount of $384,000, dated April 2006. Filed Aug. 22. Hill, Bernetha, et al., Bridgeport. Filed by Shechtman Halperin Savage LLP, Pawtucket, Rhode Island, for Wilmington Savings Fund Society, Wilmington, Delaware. Property: 1440 Stratford Ave., Bridgeport. Action: to foreclose on a delinquent mortgage in the original principal amount of $152,892, dated August 2005. Filed Aug. 29.

Mallozzi, Antonio, et al., Shelton. Filed by McCalla Raymer Leibert Pierce LLC, Hartford, for Wilmington Savings Fund Society, Wilmington, Delaware. Property: 28 Ojibwa Road, Shelton. Action: to foreclose on a delinquent mortgage in the original principal amount of $219,000, dated May 2006. Filed Aug. 20.

O’Toole, Mary K., et al., Bridgeport. Filed by The Law Office of Juda J. Epstein, Bridgeport, for Benchmark Municipal Tax Services Ltd. Property: Unit A, Building 6 in The Anchorage Condominium, Bridgeport. Action: to foreclose on tax liens levied by the city of Bridgeport and obtain possession of the liened premises. Filed Aug. 14.

McCaw, Ann, et al., Norwalk. Filed by McCalla Raymer Leibert Pierce LLC, Hartford, for JPMorgan Chase Bank NA, Columbus, Ohio. Property: 6 Myrtle St., Norwalk. Action: to foreclose on a delinquent mortgage in the original principal amount of $344,000, dated May 2005. Filed Aug. 23.

Phoenix CT LLC, et al., Bridgeport. Filed by The Law Office of Juda J. Epstein, Bridgeport, for Cazenovia Creek Funding I LLC. Property: 684686 Bishop Ave., Bridgeport. Action: to foreclose on tax liens levied by the city of Bridgeport and obtain possession of the liened premises. Filed Aug. 24.

Kulish, Timothy D., et al., Shelton. Filed by Marinosci Law Group PC, Warwick, Rhode Island, for U.S. Bank NA, Salt Lake City, Utah. Property: 7 Maple Lane Extension, Shelton. Action: to foreclose on a delinquent mortgage in the original principal amount of $262,000, dated April 2005. Filed Aug. 21.

Moeller, Mark, Shelton. Filed by Shechtman Halperin Savage LLP, Pawtucket, Rhode Island, for Citibank NA Property: 28 Sorel Drive, Shelton. Action: to foreclose on a delinquent mortgage in the original principal amount of $384,000, dated December 2007. Filed Aug. 22.

Lauture, Jean R., et al., Stamford. Filed by the Law Office of Vincent J. Freccia III, Stamford, for the city of Stamford. Property: 33 Lincoln Ave., Stamford. Action: to foreclose on a blight lien levied by the city of Stamford and take immediate possession of the premises. Filed Aug. 17.

Nelson, David C., et al., Danbury. Filed by Bendett and McHugh PC, Farmington, for Quicken Loans Inc., Coral Gables, Florida. Property: 22 Westminster Road, Danbury. Action: to foreclose on a delinquent mortgage in the original principal amount of $345,950, dated December 2016. Filed Aug. 16.

Pierre, Luigi Jean, et al., Bridgeport. Filed by The Law Office of Juda J. Epstein, Bridgeport, for Benchmark Municipal Tax Services Ltd., Bridgeport. Property: 2345 Fairfield Ave., Bridgeport. Action: to foreclose on tax liens levied by the city of Bridgeport and obtain possession of the liened premises. Filed Aug. 24.

Logan, Christine, et al., Bridgeport. Filed by Leopold & Associates PLLC, Stamford, for Deutsche Bank National Trust Co., Salt Lake City, Utah. Property: 448-452 Charles St., Bridgeport. Action: to foreclose on a delinquent mortgage in the original principal amount of $270,000, dated July 2004. Filed Aug. 16.

Nunez, Virginia, et al., Bridgeport. Filed by McCalla Raymer Leibert Pierce LLC, Hartford, for U.S. Bank NA, Salt Lake City, Utah. Property: 327 E. Pasadena Place, Bridgeport. Action: to foreclose on a delinquent mortgage in the original principal amount of $183,920, dated August 2005. Filed Aug. 14.

Luna, Howard, Bridgeport. Filed by McCalla Raymer Leibert Pierce LLC, Hartford, for Pennymac Loan Servicing LLC, Coral Gables, Florida. Property: 213 Wade St., Bridgeport. Action: to foreclose on a delinquent mortgage in the original principal amount of $255,290, dated November 2016. Filed Aug. 29.

Oliva, Consuelo D., et al., Bridgeport. Filed by Marinosci Law Group PC, Warwick, Rhode Island, for Nationstar Mortgage LLC, Coral Gables, Florida. Property: 1199-1201 Iranistan Ave., Bridgeport. Action: to foreclose on a delinquent mortgage in the original principal amount of $186,558, dated August 2012. Filed Aug. 16.

Lynch, June, et al., Bridgeport. Filed by McCalla Raymer Leibert Pierce LLC, Hartford, for Arvest Central Mortgage Co. Property: 96 Chamberlain Ave., Bridgeport. Action: to foreclose on a delinquent mortgage in the original principal amount of $188,100, dated November 2004. Filed Aug. 23. Main Street Business Management Inc., et al., Bridgeport. Filed by The Law Office of Juda J. Epstein, Bridgeport, for Cazenovia Creek Funding I LLC. Property: Hart Street, Bridgeport. Action: to foreclose on tax liens levied by the city of Bridgeport and obtain possession of the liened premises. Filed Aug. 24.

Oliveira Realty LLC, et al., Bridgeport. Filed by The Law Office of Juda J. Epstein, Bridgeport, for Benchmark Municipal Tax Services Ltd., Bridgeport. Property: 261 Coleman St., Bridgeport. Action: to foreclose on tax liens levied by the city of Bridgeport and obtain possession of the liened premises. Filed Sept. 7.

Salerno, David M., et al., Bridgeport. Filed by The Law Office of Juda J. Epstein, Bridgeport, for Cazenovia Creek Funding I LLC. Property: 200 Woodmont Ave., Unit 136, Bridgeport. Action: to foreclose on tax liens levied by the city of Bridgeport and obtain possession of the liened premises. Filed Aug. 24. Salvato, Joan A., et al., Danbury. Filed by O’Connell, Attmore & Morris LLC, Hartford, for Bayview Loan Servicing LLC, Coral Gables, Florida. Property: 4 Carriage Lane, Danbury. Action: to foreclose on a delinquent mortgage in the original principal amount of $284,000, dated June 2014. Filed Aug. 23. Seguin, Irene, et al., Bethel. Filed by Marinosci Law Group PC, Warwick, Rhode Island, for Homebridge Financial Services Inc. Property: 2 Bainbridge Blvd., Unit 4001, Bethel. Action: to foreclose on a delinquent mortgage in the original principal amount of $416,761, dated May 2012. Filed Aug. 21. Selassie, Moore, et al., Bridgeport. Filed by McCalla Raymer Leibert Pierce LLC, Hartford, for Citimortgage Inc., O’Fallon, Missouri. Property: 198 Pennsylvania Ave., Bridgeport. Action: to foreclose on a delinquent mortgage in the original principal amount of $124,500, dated December 2004. Filed Aug. 23. Serrano, Karla, et al., Bridgeport. Filed by Bendett and McHugh PC, Farmington, for HSBC Bank USA NA, Buffalo, New York. Property: 104 Broadbridge Road, Bridgeport. Action: to foreclose on a delinquent mortgage in the original principal amount of $216,000, dated July 2006. Filed Aug. 28.

Facts & Figures Sikorsky, Patricia Ann, et al., Bridgeport. Filed by Bendett and McHugh PC, Farmington, for Wilmington Savings Fund Society, Wilmington, Delaware. Property: 91 Summit St., Bridgeport. Action: to foreclose on a delinquent mortgage in the original principal amount of $60,000, dated March 2003. Filed Sept. 6. Slesinsky, Benjamin, et al., Bethel. Filed by The Witherspoon Law Offices, Farmington, for Wells Fargo Bank NA, Frederick, Maryland. Property: 76 Turkey Plain Road, Bethel. Action: to foreclose on a delinquent mortgage in the original principal amount of $80,000, dated December 2002. Filed Aug. 24. Smith, Mark R., et al., Bethel. Filed by McCalla Raymer Leibert Pierce LLC, Hartford, for Lakeview Loan Servicing LLC. Property: 19 Whitlock Ave., Bethel. Action: to foreclose on a delinquent mortgage in the original principal amount of $223,870, dated August 2015. Filed Aug. 24. Suscal, Hernan, et al., Danbury. Filed by Bendett and McHugh PC, Farmington, for HSBC Bank USA NA, Buffalo, New York. Property: 6 Bergh St., Danbury. Action: to foreclose on a delinquent mortgage in the original principal amount of $378,000, dated August 2006. Filed Aug. 15. Sutowski, Christine H., et al., Bridgeport. Filed by Marinosci Law Group PC, Warwick, Rhode Island, for Nationstar Mortgage LLC, Coral Gables, Florida. Property: 30-34 Essex St., Bridgeport. Action: to foreclose on a delinquent mortgage in the original principal amount of $131,000, dated September 2006. Filed Sept. 5. Tri-State Restoration Services LLC, et al., Stamford. Filed by Tobin Melien & Marohn, New Haven, for Branford Building Supplies Inc., Branford. Property: Fairview Avenue, Stamford. Action: to foreclose on a mechanic’s lien and take immediate possession of the property. Filed Aug. 22. TWS Properties LLC, et al., Bridgeport. Filed by The Marcus Law Firm, North Branford, for the Water Pollution Control Authority for the city of Bridgeport. Property: 288 Knowlton St., Bridgeport. Action: to foreclose on sewer-use liens for nonpayment of sewer-use fees and take immediate possession of the premises. Filed Sept. 7.

Watts, Raquel, et al., Bridgeport. Filed by The Law Offices of Robert J. Piscitelli LLC, Avon, for People’s United Bank NA, Bridgeport. Property: Lee Avenue, Bridgeport. Action: to foreclose on a delinquent mortgage in the original principal amount of $82,100, dated October 2002. Filed Sept. 6. Weinbaum, Sholeh, New Canaan. Filed by Kapusta, Otzel & Averaimo, Milford, for U.S. Bank NA, Salt Lake City, Utah. Property: 5 Daniels Court, New Canaan. Action: to foreclose on a delinquent mortgage in the original principal amount of $1 million, dated January 2006. Filed Aug. 24. Wright, Franklin, et al., Bridgeport. Filed by The Law Office of Juda J. Epstein, Bridgeport, for Cazenovia Creek Funding I LLC. Property: 45 Stevens St., Unit 3M, Bridgeport. Action: to foreclose on tax liens levied by the city of Bridgeport and obtain possession of the liened premises. Filed Aug. 31. Yellen, Carol C., et al., Stamford. Filed by The Witherspoon Law Offices, Farmington, for Wells Fargo Bank NA, Frederick, Maryland. Property: 44 Pine Hill Ave., Stamford. Action: to foreclose on a delinquent mortgage in the original principal amount, dated April 1990. Filed Aug. 24.

MORTGAGES 127 Hollister LLC, New Rochelle, New York, by Edo Dostal. Lender: LendingOne LLC, Boca Raton, Florida. Property: 146-148 Cowles St., Bridgeport. Amount: $127,500. Filed Sept. 4.

85 Main St Danbury LLC, New Milford, by Nilton Coelho. Lender: David and Dana Edelman LLC, Danbury. Property: 85-87 Main St. and 95 Main St., Danbury. Amount: $1.5 million. Filed Aug. 16.

Walnut Investments LLC, Danbury, by Victor Sousa. Lender: Newtown Savings Bank, Newtown. Property: 21 Walnut St., Danbury. Amount: $150,000. Filed Aug. 20.

BCM Ventures LLC, Trumbull, by Kimberly Lerner-Diamond. Lender: People’s United Bank NA, Bridgeport. Property: 201 Macon Drive, Bridgeport. Amount: $150,000. Filed Aug. 30.

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Bridge House Inc., Bridgeport, by Mary Ellen McGuire. Lender: People’s United Bank NA, Bridgeport. Property: 880 Fairfield Ave., Bridgeport. Amount: $150,000. Filed Aug. 28. DMC Westport LLC, White Plains, New York, by David Mann. Lender: Webster Bank NA, Waterbury. Property: 5 Long Lots Road, New Canaan. Amount: $9 million. Filed Aug. 28. Federal 30 LLC, Meriden, by Calvin A. Hills III. Lender: People’s United Bank NA, Bridgeport. Property: 11 and 17 Newtown Road, Danbury. Amount: $2.7 million. Filed Aug. 15. Hawks Luxury Rentals LLC, Trumbull, by Albert J. Grasso. Lender: Ion Bank, Naugatuck. Property: Wellsview Road, Units 104, 106, 108, 110, 136, 138, 140, 142, 144, 146, 148 and 140, Shelton. Amount: $3.9 million. Filed Aug. 21. Jennifer Boyce D.M.D., Bethel, by Dorothy O. Roberts. Lender: Trinity Property Management LLC, Danbury. Property: 53 North St., Danbury. Amount: $45,000. Filed Aug. 16.

154 Walnut Street LLC, Newtown, by Frank Magliocco. Lender: Webster Bank NA, Waterbury. Property: 154 White St., Danbury. Amount: $907,000. Filed Aug. 16.

Modern Home Improvement IV LLC, Danbury, by Irene P. Romanelli. Lender: Loan Funder LLC, New York, New York. Property: 234236 Salem St., Bridgeport. Amount: $214,500. Filed Aug. 22.

300 North LLC, Bridgeport, by Peter A. DiNardo. Lender: M&T Bank, Buffalo, New York. Property: Parcel B, Map of Lot Revision Plan, Bridgeport. Amount: $2.8 million. Filed Aug. 31.

Nomani Realty LLC, Bridgeport, by Agha Nomani. Lender: Business Loan Capital Inc., Irvine, California. Property: 915 North Ave., Bridgeport. Amount: $487,000. Filed Aug. 15.

4699-101 Main St LLC, Bridgeport, by Adriana Torena. Lender: Hedco Inc., Hartford. Property: Unit 1-A1 of Commerce Park Professional Center, Bridgeport. Amount: $100,000. Filed Aug. 15.

Ox Ridge Riding & Racquet Club Inc., Darien, by Richard V. Colligan. Lender: First County Bank, Stamford. Property: Lot 36, Map 5265, Darien. Amount: $5.5 million. Filed Aug. 15.

48 Richland Rd LLC, White Plains, New York, by Elsie Webster. Lender: Finance of America Commercial LLC, Charlotte, North Carolina. Property: Lot 40, Map 454, Greenwich. Amount: $918,750. Filed Aug. 23.

Ramp LLC, Fairfield, by Alex Meyerovich. Lender: Fairfield County Bank, Ridgefield. Property: 34 Post Road, Fairfield. Amount: $422,000. Filed Aug. 23.

1-844 Junk Rat, 9 Tower Place, Second floor, Danbury 06810, c/o Jose Clovis Resende De Araujo F. Pinto. Filed Aug. 23.

MCC Services, 35 Ityde Lane, Westport 06880, c/o Martha C. Corneck. Filed Aug. 30. Northeast Financial Consultants Inc., 518-B Riverside Ave., Westport 06880, c/o Northeast Financial. Filed Aug. 20. Oluera Y Su Changarro, 827 Madison Ave., Bridgeport 06604, c/o Jenny A. Bautista. Filed Aug. 15.

B Altman Co., 4 Sayles St., Unit 2, Greenwich 06807, c/o Benjamin I. Altman. Filed Aug. 23.

Ott Media Group, 33 Riverside Ave., Fourth floor, Westport 06880, c/o Oudside Television Inc. Filed Sept. 7.

Carbonfoot Digital, 26 Sterling Drive, Westport 06880, c/o Gregory Zola. Filed Aug. 23.

Pat Kery Fine Arts, 16 Bridge St., Westport 06880, c/o Patricia F. Kery. Filed Aug. 24.

Carbonfoot Interactive, 26 Sterling Drive, Westport 06880, c/o Gregory Zola. Filed Aug. 23.

Perez Auto Sales and Service, 72 Knowlton St., Bridgeport 06608, c/o Benjamin Perez. Filed Aug. 27.

Chips Be Cove, 483 Noble Ave., Bridgeport 06608, c/o Christian Flores. Filed Sept. 5.

Poster Animal Hospital, 1677 Post Road East, Westport 06880, c/o Petvet Care Centers LLC. Filed Aug. 22.

Ebi Clothing, 439 Norman St., Bridgeport 06605, c/o Skia Bow Tie LLC. Filed Sept. 4. Emma’s Eatery LLC, 762 River Road, Shelton 06484, c/o Patrick Fahy. Filed Aug. 17. Galaxy Diner, 4241 Main St., Bridgeport 06606, c/o Horalambos Giagkos. Filed Aug. 27. Godinez Painting LLC, 199 Old Town Road, Bridgeport 06606, c/o Roman Godinez. Filed Aug. 15. GoMakeYourBedding.com, 17 Gault Park Drive, Westport 06880, c/o Felicia Lindau. Filed Aug. 22. Integrative TOT LLC, 100 Beard Sawmill Road, Shelton 06484, c/o Jolene Burch. Filed Aug. 17. Joe Luck, 5 Nabby Road, Danbury 06811, c/o Joseph Luckinbill. Filed Aug. 16. K-9 Clippers Salon, 80 Valley Road, Greenwich 06807, c/o David A. Mion. Filed Aug. 24. Klomberg, Jeff, 728 Post Road East, Westport 06880, c/o Jeff Klomberg. Filed Aug. 21. Los Tres Carmalitos, 827 Madison Ave., Bridgeport 06604, c/o Tania Toledo. Filed Aug. 15.

Segundo Landscaping LLC, 358 Coleman St., Apt. 1, Bridgeport 06604, c/o Segundo German Cabrera. Filed Sept. 4. Sportsman’s Edge Ltd., 21 Blueberry Lane, Westport 06880, c/o Alfred F. King III. Filed Aug. 22. The Establishment, 100 Commerce Drive, Shelton 06484, c/o Carlos M. Alvarez. Filed Aug. 24. The Goddard School, 20 Saugatuck Ave., Westport 06880, c/o Sebjeb LLC. Filed Aug. 31. The Portuguese Princess Food Truck, 270 S. Water St., Greenwich 06831, c/o Lucsta Corp. Filed Aug. 15. Weiss Carpentry & Painting, 39 Orchard St., Greenwich 06831, c/o Matthew Weiss. Filed Aug. 24.

Object holder for a direct-to-object printer. Patent no. 10,076,901 issued to Kelly Burton, Rochester, New York; Christopher Douglas Atwood, Rochester, New York; Elizabeth M. Crossen, Churchville, New York; and Annie Liu, Penfield, New York. Assigned to Xerox Corp., Norwalk. Solid state fuser heater and method of operation. Patent no. 10,078,299 issued to Tab A. Tress, Henrietta, New York; Brian J. Gillis, Penfield, New York; Donald N. Rechlin, Pittsford, New York; Allen J. Thompson, Sodus, New York; and Michael A. Fayette, Webster, New York. Assigned to Xerox Corp., Norwalk. System and method for forming a base layer with interfacial anchoring to stabilize a three-dimensional object during additive manufacturing. Patent no. 10,076,881 issued to Anthony S. Condello, Webster, New York; Jack T. Lestrange, Macedon, New York; and Jorge A. Alvarez, Webster, New York. Assigned to Xerox Corp., Norwalk. System and method for half-toning in a print system. Patent no. 10,079,960 issued to Sudhagar Subbaian, Coimbatore, India; and Sainarayanan Gopalakrishnan, Chennai, India. Assigned to Xerox Corp., Norwalk. System for detecting inoperative inkjets in three-dimensional object printing using an optical sensor and reversible thermal substrates. Patent no. 10,076,878 issued to Victoria L. Warner, Caledonia, New York; James L. Giacobbi, Penfield, New York; and Matthew R. McLaughlin, Rochester, New York. Assigned to Xerox Corp., Norwalk. Toner compositions and processes. Patent no. 10,078,282 issued to Guerino G. Sacripante, Oakville, Canada; Ke Zhou, Oakville, Canada; Michael S. Hawkins, Cambridge, Canada; and Edward G. Zwartz, Mississauga, Canada. Assigned to Xerox Corp., Norwalk.

PATENTS Electrostatic 3-D printer using leveling material and mechanical planer. Patent no. 10,076,869 issued to Chu-heng Liu, Penfield, New York; Paul J. McConville, Webster, New York; William J. Nowak, Webster, New York; Michael F. Zona, Webster, New York; and Robert A. Clark, Williamson, New York; Jorge A. Alvarez, Webster, New York. Assigned to Xerox Corp., Norwalk.

Lyric Artz, 1019 Main St., Suite 106, Bridgeport 06604, c/o Taryn Davis. Filed Aug. 24.

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LEGAL NOTICES Sowi LLC, Arts of Org. filed with Sec. of State of NY (SSNY) 7/17/2018. Cty: Westchester. SSNY desig. as agent upon whom process against may be served & shall mail process to 30 Morris Ln., Scarsdale, NY 10583. General Purpose. #61831

102 Stonewall LLC, Arts of Org. filed with Sec. of State of NY (SSNY) 8/6/2018. Cty: Westchester. SSNY desig. as agent upon whom process against may be served & shall mail process to 102 Stonewall Cir., West Harrison, NY 10604. General Purpose. #61841

Fee Meeting Support And Services LLC, Arts of Org. filed with Sec. of State of NY (SSNY) 2/11/2013. Cty: Westchester. SSNY desig. as agent upon whom process against may be served & shall mail process to 25 West Glen Ave., Port Chester, NY 10573. General Purpose. #61832

SOUL BREWING COMPANY LLC, Articles of Organization filed with the Secretary of State of New York (SSNY) on 06/18/2018. 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: SOUL BREWING COMPANY LLC, 158 Sarles Lane, Pleasantville, NY 10570. Purpose: Any Lawful Purpose. #61842

Notice of Formation of Harani Jewels LLC Art. Of Org. filed with SSNY on 7/25/18.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, 177A E Main St. Suite 210, New Rochelle, NY 10801. Purpose: any lawful purpose. #61833 The UPPER VILLAGE BLOOMS LLC has filed articles of organization with the Secretary of State of NYS on 05/24/2018. The offices of this company are located in Westchester County, NY. The Secretary of State has been designated as agent of the limited liability company upon whom process against it may be served. The address to which the Secretary of State shall mail a copy of any process against the limited liability company served upon him or her is 120 GRAND STREET, APT. 3, CROTON ON HUDSON, NEW YORK, 10520. The company is organized to conduct any lawful business for which limited liability companies may be organized. #61834 Notice of Formation of House of Homes Real Estate & Property Management, LLC Art. Of Org. filed with SSNY on 5/31/18. 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, 14 Abbey Dr. White Plains, NY 10604. Purpose: any lawful purpose. #61835 SUMTING BEAUTIFUL, LLC Articles of Organization were filed with the Secretary of State of New York (SSNY) on 6/21/2018. 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, 455 Tarrytown Road #1314, White Plains, New York 10607, a principal business location of the LLC. Purpose: any lawful business activity. #61838

Grandview HR Consulting LLC filed with Sec. of State of NY (SSNY) 8/6/2018. Cty: Westchester. SSNY desig. as agent of the LLC upon whom process against may be served & shall mail process to 104 Grandview Avenue, White Plains, NY 10605. General Purpose #61843 Notice of Formation of 60 WEST 89TH ST. PARTNERS, LLC. Arts. of Org. filed with the Secy of State of NY (SSNY) on 7/11/18. Office location: Westchester County. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to: c/o Finger Management Corp., Attn: Ron Finger, 20 Tuckahoe Road, Yonkers, NY 10710. Purpose: any lawful act or activity. #61845 114 S.6 AVE, LLC, Arts of Org. filed with Sec. of State of NY (SSNY) 8/17/2018. Cty: Westchester. SSNY desig. as agent upon whom process against may be served & shall mail process to 506 S. 9TH AVE., MT. VERNON, NY 10550. General Purpose. #61846 Notice of formation of PennyWise Consulting, LLC. Arts of Org filed with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 5/5/2005. LLC location: Westchester County. SSNY desig. as agent upon whom process may be served & shall mail process to: 441 Central Park Ave #42, Scarsdale, NY 10583. Purpose: any lawful act. #61847 Anne Mottola LLC. Filed with SSNY 8/21/2018 Office: Westchester Co. SSNY desig, as agent upon whom process against LLC may be served & shall mail process to LLC at 14 Soundview Avenue, Rye, NY 10580. Purpose : all Lawful. #61848

Karen Young Yoga LLC Art. of Org. filed with NY Secretary of State on July 5, 2018. Office located in WESTCHESTER COUNTY. Secy. Of State designated as agent upon which process may be served. Secy. Of State shall mail a copy of any process against it served upon him/her to: 422 SCARBOROUGH RD. BRIARCLIFF MANOR, NY 10510 (the LLCís primary business location). LLC may engage in any lawful act or activity for which a limited liability company may be formed. #61850 Q&S Technologies LLC. Art. of Org. filed with the SSNY on 07/18/18. 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, LEGALINC CORPORATE SERVICES INC, 1967 Wehrle Drive , Suite 1 #086, Buffalo, NY 14221. Purpose: Any lawful purpose. #61851 Notice of Formation of REVIBE HEALTH SYSTEMS, LLC. Arts. of Org. filed with the Secy of State of NY (SSNY) on 6/29/18. Office location: Westchester County. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to: 35 Hollywood Avenue, Yonkers, NY 10707. Purpose: any lawful act or activity. #61853 Notice of Formation of PRIDE Matters LLC Art. Of Org.filed with SSNY on 06/05/18. Offc.Loc: Westchester Cty. SSNY desig. as agent of the LLC upon who process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to the LLC, 2 Deborah LN Chappaqua, NY 10514. Purpose: any lawful purpose. #61858 The Articles of Organization of Fusion Enterprises, LLC (the “Company”) were filed with the Secretary of State of the State of New York on August 9, 2018. The office of the Company is located in Westchester County, New York. The Secretary of State has been designated as agent of the Company upon whom process against it may be served. The post office address within or without the State to which the Secretary of State shall mail a copy of any process against the Company served upon him or her is: 131 Beacon Hill Drive, F16, Dobbs Ferry, New York 10522. The Company was formed for any lawful business purpose or purposes permitted under the New York Limited Liability Company Act. #61860

Notice of Formation of JC Tile Installation LLC. Arts. of Org. filed with SSNY on 8/28/2018. Office location: Westchester County. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process may be served. SSNY shall mail process to 2 Darnay Ct, Cortlandt Manor, NY 10567. Purpose: any lawful act or activity. #61861

Notice of Formation of Bloom and Grow, LLC. Art. of Org. filed with SSNY on 4/24/2018. Offc. Loc: Queens County SSNY desig. as agent of the LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to the LLC, 16 Idlewood Rd White Plains, NY 10605 . Purpose: any lawful purpose. #61866

Notice of Formation of The Curated Eye, LLC. Arts. of Org filed with SSNY on 8/9/18. Office location: Westchester County. SSNY desingated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to the LLC, 145 Valley Road, New Rochelle, NY 10804. Purpose: any lawful purpose. #61862

Notice of Formation of Taras Boulba, LLC. Address of LLC: 43 Fifth Avenue, Pelham, New York 10803. County of business: Westchester County, Article of Organization originally filed with SSNY on 08/24/2018. Agent for Service: Secretary of State. Mail Process to: 43 Fifth Avenue, Pelham, NY 10803. Purpose: Any lawful activity #61867

Category 6 Media, LLC. Appl for Auth filed with SSNY 8/318. Office location: Westchester County. LLC formed in DE 6/29/18. SSNY designated as agent for process & shall mail process to: c/o The LLC, 125 River St., Sleepy Hollow, NY 10951. DE address of LLC is c/o NRAI, 160 Greentree Dr., Ste. 101, Dover, DE 19904. A copy of the Cert. of Form. on file with State of DE, Div.of Corp., 401 Federal St., Ste. 3, Dover, DE 19901. Purpose: any lawful act or activity. #61863 Notice of formation of Limited Liability Company (“LLC”). Name: Aurelius Crompond LLC. Articles of Organization filed with the Secretary of State of the State of New York (“SSNY”) on September 4, 2018. 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 Aurelius Crompond LLC, c/o Trinity Associates, LLC, 117 Washington Avenue, Pleasantville, New York 10570. Purpose/character of LLC is to engage in any lawful act or activity. #61864 Notice of formation of Limited Liability Company (“LLC”). Name: Aurelius Manager LLC. Articles of Organization filed with the Secretary of State of the State of New York (“SSNY”) on September 4, 2018. 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 Aurelius Manager LLC, c/o Trinity Associates, LLC, 117 Washington Avenue, Pleasantville, New York 10570. Purpose/character of LLC is to engage in any lawful act or activity. #61865

368-372 Route 202 LLC, Arts of Org. filed with Sec. of State of NY (SSNY) 9/6/2018. Cty: Westchester. SSNY desig. as agent upon whom process against may be served & shall mail process to 2695 Rte. 35, Katonah, NY 10536. General Purpose. #61868 The Articles of Organization of Kristen N. Gizzi, Esq. PLLC, a professional service limited liability company, (the ìCompanyî) were filed with the Secretary of State of the State of New York on August 14, 2018. The office of the Company is located in Westchester County, New York. The Secretary of State has been designated as agent of the Company upon whom process against it may be served. The post office address within or without the State to which the Secretary of State shall mail a copy of any process against the Company served upon him or her is: 201 Saw Mill River Road, Yonkers, New York 10701. The Company was formed to perform legal services as a professional service limited liability company under the New York Limited Liability Company Act. #61869 Notice of Formation of Lab5Accessories LLC Art. Of Org. filed with SSNY on 9/12/18. 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 Troy Gerber, 1 City Place #2706 White Plains, NY 10601. Purpose: any lawful purpose. #61870

NOTICE OF FORMATION of Lee Tech Consulting, LLC. Articles of Organization filed with the New York Department of State on Aug 10, 2018. Office location: Westchester County. The Secretary of State of New York (SSNY) is designated as agent of the LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to: InCorp Services, Inc., One Commerce Plaza, 99 Washington Ave, Ste. 805-A, Albany, NY 12210. Registered agent: InCorp Services, Inc. Purpose: any lawful purpose. #61871

Notice of Formation of Castilla Bread Distributor LLC. Arts. of Org. filed with SSNY on 09/18/2018. Office location: Westchester County. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process may be served. SSNY shall mail process to 840 Blue Mountain Rd, Saugerties, NY 12477. Purpose: any lawful act or activity. #61877

Notice of formation of Mental Wealth Practice, Licensed Mental Health Counseling, PLLC. Arts. of Org. filed with the Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 8/29/18. Office location: Westchester County. SSNY designated as agent of PLLC upon whom process may be served. SSNY shall mail copy of process to the PLLC, 280 N. Central Ave, Suite 450A, Hartsdale, NY, 10530. Purpose: Practice the profession of Mental Health Counseling #61872 Notice is hereby given that an on-premise license, #TBA has been applied for by Capuana Restaurant Corp d/b/a Gina Marie’s Trattoria to sell beer, wine and liquor at retail in an on premises establishment. For on premises consumption under the ABC law at 546 Gramatan Avenue Mt. Vernon NY 10552. #61873 431 Rushmore Avenue, LLC, Arts of Org. filed with Sec. of State of NY (SSNY) 9/13/2018. Cty: Westchester. SSNY desig. as agent upon whom process against may be served & shall mail process to Odedd, LLP, 235 Mamaroneck Ave., Ste. 403, White Plains, NY 10605. General Purpose. #61874 507 Halstead LLC, Arts of Org. filed with Sec. of State of NY (SSNY) 5/10/2018. Cty: Westchester. SSNY desig. as agent upon whom process against may be served & shall mail process to 15 2nd St., Harrison, NY 10528-3509. General Purpose. #61875 Notice of formation of FERN LEAF DESIGNS, LLC. Arts of Org. filed with SSNY on 9/17/2018. Office loc. Westchester County. SSNY designated as agent upon whom process may be served. SSNY shall mail copy of any process Fern Leaf Designs, LLC 11 Edwards Court, Bedford Corners, NY 10549. Purpose: any lawful act or activity. #61876

508 Seventh Street, LLC, Arts of Org. filed with Sec. of State of NY (SSNY) 9/18/2018. Cty: Westchester. SSNY desig. as agent upon whom process against may be served & shall mail process to 235 Mamaroneck Ave., Ste. 403, White Plains, NY 10605. General Purpose. #61879 Notice of Formation of Lori's Day Care LLC. Art. Of Org. filed with SSNY on 7/6/18. 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, 240 Grand St, Mamaroneck, NY 10543. Purpose: any lawful purpose. #61852 Notice of Formation of WESTCHESTER ACADEMY BASEBALL, LLC. Arts. of Org. filed with the Secy of State of NY (SSNY) on 5/30/18. Office location: Westchester County. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to: 29 Morgan Place, White Plains, NY 10605. Purpose: any lawful act or activity. #61856 105 Smith Avenue LLC, Arts of Org. filed with Sec. of State of NY (SSNY) 8/28/2018. Cty: Westchester. SSNY desig. as agent upon whom process against may be served & shall mail process to 105 Smith Ave., Mount Kisco, NY 10549. General Purpose #61857 Name of the LLC: Soleil Consults (US) LLC Date of filing of Articles of Organization with the NYS Dept. of State: 09/06/18 County the LLC is located in: Westchester The Secretary of State has been designated as agent of the LLC upon whom process against it may be served. Address of the LLC: 161 Pearsall Dr., Mount Vernon, NY 10552 The character or purpose of the business: Business Support Services #61880

Tag Merchant Services LLC. Filed 8/20/18 Office: Westchester Co. SSNY designated as agent for process & shall mail to: 69 Greenmeadow Road, Pleasantville, NY 10570 Purpose: all lawful #61849

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experience something real #PAC1819 September 29 Artist as Activist: A Conversation with Angélique Kidjo* 29 Benin International Musical (BIM)* October 6 An Evening with Jimmy Webb 13 American String Quartet and Salman Rushdie 20 Lea DeLaria 21 Westchester Philharmonic Season Opener 26 Black Violin & Purchase Symphony Orchestra 27 Velvet Caravan November 2 NW Dance Project 4 Aida Cuevas 18 Circa Carnival of the Animals December 1 CMS of Lincoln Center Windstorm 1 Jazz at The Center: Joe Lovano Plays Bernstein The Rainbow Fish Mermaid Theatre of Nova Scotia 2 8 Orpheus Chamber Orchestra | Steven Isserlis, cello 9 Boston Brass Christmas Bells Are Swingin’ 14 The Rob Mathes Holiday Concert (also on Dec 15) 16 Westchester Philharmonic Winter Pops!

January 19 Gina Chavez 26 CMS of Lincoln Center Esteemed Ensemble February 2 DIAVOLO: Architecture in Motion® 10 Westchester Philharmonic Friends and Family 16 Robin Spielberg March 2 CMS of Lincoln Center Hungarian Fire 10 Shadow Play Trusty Sidekick Theatre Company 16 Aspen Santa Fe Ballet 23 Portland Cello Project Homage to Radiohead April 7 Tiempo Libre 7 Westchester Philharmonic All-Beethoven Season Finale 20 The Triplets of Belleville 25 BODYTRAFFIC May 4 CMS of Lincoln Center Deeply Inspired 5 Daniel Kelly’s Rakonto: Student Voices * Part of (T)HERE: A Global Festival of Arts, Culture & Ideas Celebrating Benin, Sept 27-29 at Purchase College

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