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MANUFACTURING POISED FOR PROGRESS - BUT WHERE ARE THE WORKERS? BY KEVIN ZIMMERMAN kzimmerman@westfairinc.com

pple CEO Tim Cook once advised that, when it comes to manufacturing, “The U.S.'s strategy should be to skate where the puck is going, not where it is.” Determining where that particular puck is going can be a tall order, but as discussed at the CBIA’s 2021 Manufacturing Summit, the outlook for Connecticut’s manufacturing sector seems to be a sunny one — although with some important caveats. Released at the Summit, held Oct. 29 at the Trumbull

Marriott Shelton, the 2021 Connecticut Manufacturing Report, produced by the organization and its affiliates CONNSTEP and ReadyCT, found that despite the ravages of Covid-19 — during which time most manufacturers remained open — the sector has a generally positive view of what 2022 might hold. The big headline was the 88% of manufacturers in the state reported difficulty finding and retaining workers, with 41% calling the labor shortage the main obstacle to growth. Even so, 44% expect their workforce to grow in the next six months, a 24-point jump over last year.

Other notable numbers: • 4 0 % exp e c t • 64% of manufacturers Connecticut’s economy reported profits in 2020, to grow (compared with down from 76% in 2019. just 10% last year), and • 70% percent expect a 58% expect national profitable 2021, with just growth (32%). 10% forecasting losses. • 58% of employers report • 53% see their businessat least 75% of their es growing, up from 18% employees are fully vaclast year, while just 12% cinated. forecast contraction. » MANUFACTURING POISED 6

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From left: Stanley Black & Decker Senior Vice President and Stanley Industrial President Graham Robinson; National Graphics Inc. Executive Vice President and CFO Michele Etzel; CompassMSP CEO Ari Santiago at the CBIA’s 2021 Manufacturing Summit.

The Ridgeway shows the way toward public housing’s future BY PETER KATZ Pkatz@westfairinc.com An eight-story, 85-unit apartment building at 172 Warburton Ave. in Yonkers has been completed. Built as part of the plan by the Municipal Housing Authority for the city of

Yonkers (MHACY) to revitalize the public housing project formerly known as Cottage Place Gardens, the modernized complex is named The Ridgeway. Local, county and state officials gathered at 172 Warburton on Oct. 29 to » THE RIDGEWAY

Teen entrepreneur honored for launching service connecting young volunteers with nonprofits BY PHIL HALL Phall@westfairinc.com

n Sept. 20, 18-year-old Purchase resident Ellie Zimmerman was named an honoree of the 2021 Gloria Barron Prize for Young Heroes, a national award celebrating the impact that young people have on their communities. Zimmerman was recognized for the creation of Interns 4-Good, a service connecting tech-savvy teens with nonprofits in need of their skills. Zimmerman launched Interns 4-Good in 2018, and to date has matched more than 12,000 remote volunteer interns with nearly 300 nonprofits to help with projects, including website design, Photoshop and social media outreach. But the genesis of the project was not about matching thousands of teens with opportunities but finding a niche for herself. “I had developed a passion for graphic design and I was looking for opportunities to apply my skills to a local business or a nonprofit,” she recalled. “And I was faced with several roadblocks -- I

was either too young or I lacked experience. “And also, there was transportation as a huge barrier," she continued, "because if I wanted to go and work at a local business, I would have to find a way to get there every day. And on top of having a busy schedule as a high school student, I had no time to engage in those opportunities.” Zimmerman also realized those problems were shared by her peers at high school, noting that many of her fellow teens wanted to “find ways to give back and to engage in the community because there are so many incredible organizations around us and so many causes that young people these days are passionate about.” Rather than concentrate on in-person volunteer activities, Zimmerman began to investigate remote work that she and her teen set could pursue. She focused on technology-focused opportunities within cash- and personnel-strapped nonprofit offices and quickly realized there was a need to be filled. “I realized that several organizations had a lot of these projects piling up and that they couldn't necessarily tackle all of them at once,”

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she said. “It wasn't their priority to do things like remodel their website or organize a photo library. I thought about all of our tech-savvy teens and realized there was some overlap and that I could create a solution.” Zimmerman organized Interns 4-Good during the summer after her freshman year and created a business plan that she entered in a Google Grant competition, where she won a $400 prize that she used to file for nonprofit status. She has since grown her platform from a local to a national endeavor that currently has approximately 15,000 young people signed up and roughly 7,000 engaged in opportunities serving about 300 nonprofits. In September, shortly before receiving news of her Barron Prize honors, Zimmerman began her freshman year at Vanderbilt University in Nashville. She is now running Interns 4-Good with the help of what she described as a “leadership team” of liked-minded teens from across the country, noting they “stepped up to take on parts of what used to be entirely my job,” including maintaining a Slack channel and social media pages and screening volunteers

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Ellie Zimmerman. Contributed photo. who want to participate in the service. “Those things used to be things that I did all by myself, and I was drowning in work and really trying to keep up with all of it,” she said, adding her team members are “such incredible young people who have inspired me to keep going with everything that I'm doing. We've almost developed like a little family and have weekly meetings on Zoom.” Zimmerman’s college studies are focused on human and organizational development, which she hopes to leverage for future entrepreneurial efforts. She is hoping to further expand Interns 4-Good, observing that as long as there is “a huge market of people who are interested, then I will absolutely continue it and hopefully have even a larger team of people who can help me to run it.”

These have been our choices for businesses and nonprofits that are Making an Impact in our communities. • JANUARY 18: René Hue, Murmuration • JANUARY 25: Nic King, Proud Puffs • FEBRUARY 1: Judith M. Watson, Mount Vernon Neighborhood Health Center Inc. • FEBRUARY 8: Gary Bilekzikian, Guidecraft • FEBRUARY 15: Jonathan Winn, Thrown Stone Theatre Co. • FEBRUARY 22: Carlo Vona Jr., Paramount Stone Co. • MARCH 1: Peter Kempner, Kempner Properties • MARCH 8: Joshua Applestone, Applestone Meat Co. • MARCH 15: Michael Sachse, Dandelion Energy • MARCH 22: Donvil Collins, VeeKast • MARCH 29: George S. Kaufman, Kaufman Astoria Studios • APRIL 5: Jon Winkel, The Stamford Partnership • APRIL 12: Amiee Turner, Team Woofgang & Co. • APRIL 19: Ken Londoner, BioSig • APRIL 26: Jonathan Gertman, The NRP Group • MAY 3: State Sen. Billie Miller, Lt. Gov. Susan Bysiewicz, Fran Pastore, Women’s Business Development Council • MAY 10: Peter Hubbell, Apply:you & Leigh Shemitz, Soundwaters • MAY 17: Michelle Brier, Blue Path Service Dogs • MAY 24: The Grasso family, Urban Mining CT • MAY 31: Shirley Acevedo, Latino U College Access Inc. • JUNE 7: David Greenstein, TestZone • JUNE 14: Henry Welt, Abigail Lewis, Ossining Innovatives! If you would like to nominate a business or nonprofit that you feel is also making an impact, please send an email to Erin Real at ereal@westfairinc.com.

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A move to honor 'champions' in Westchester BY PETER KATZ Pkatz@westfairinc.com

n politics and government, it's not at all unusual for finger pointing to be a way of life as people try to blame others for problems and failures. It becomes noteworthy when politicians and government leaders, especially those from opposing political parties, are praised for having thought alike and done the right thing. A move is underway in Westchester to honor former County Executive Alfred B. DelBello, a Democrat; former County Executive Andrew O'Rourke, a Republican; and former Yonkers Mayor Angelo R. Martinelli, also a Republican, for having done the right thing with respect to a rare and valuable asset that was disguised as an abandoned railroad line. It was through the leadership of DelBello, O'Rourke and Martinelli that the right-of-way that used to be the Putnam Division of the New York Central Railroad was acquired by Westchester County 30 years ago. A large section became the South County Trailway, a 14.1-mile linear park. A 22.1-mile section was developed as the North County Trailway. The right-of-way that begins at the county's border with the Bronx and runs to the Putnam border now offers opportunities for such activities as walking, bike riding, bird watching and enjoying the pastoral scenery. Westchester resident Phil Pepe — a public policy and governmental affairs consultant who worked on the county's purchase of the Putnam Division along with business associate John G. Pinto of Rail Trac Associates in Havertown, Pennsylvania — has been organizing an effort to honor DelBello, O'Rourke and Martinelli with

at least one plaque placed at a trailway entrance. “That line, which goes back to the late 1800s, shares a parallel history with the growth and development of Westchester, not only residential, but manufacturing and all types of industry,” Pepe told the Business Journal. Pepe said that passenger service on the rail line ended in the late 1950s after the New York Central said there weren't enough riders and financial losses were too great. Freight service on the division continued. After the New York Central went bankrupt and Conrail took over its operations, the latter Conrail filed to abandon the freight traffic in 1981, again citing diminished use and mounting financial losses. “When they made the filing, it set in motion a clock, which allowed government officials to act to save the line itself from being sold off,” Pepe said. “Conrail's goal was to sell it off, take in the money and get out of the responsibilities of running a railroad and maintaining it.” In early 1982, then-Yonkers Mayor Martinelli put into motion the wheels of government that would preserve the right for a local government to buy the line. Because the Putnam Division's right-ofway generally followed the Saw Mill River Parkway through numerous municipalities, Martinelli felt the county would be the appropriate entity to negotiate for the property. “He went up and met with then-County Executive Al DelBello, who understood and acted brilliantly and quickly to file the paperwork, the legal paperwork, to reserve the right to negotiate to buy the line," Pepe recalled. DelBello assigned Pepe and Deputy County Executive Roger Biagi to try to find

a commercial buyer and operator for the freight line. Despite their efforts, no outside buyer emerged and in 1991 County Executive Andrew O'Rourke moved to acquire the line for public use, resulting in today's linear park. After negotiations, a price of about $2,153,000 was agreed upon. Pepe refers to DelBello, O'Rourke and Martinelli as “champions” for what they did. “What we now had was the opportunity to preserve an open corridor in Westchester that could never again be assembled. You would never be able to buy that open space — through the actions of the Putnam Line champions we had it,” Pepe said. “The

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Westchester County Parks Department took ownership.” Pepe said he has been working with Biagi on the effort to create a permanent acknowledgement of the role played by DelBello, O'Rourke and Martinelli. He said County Legislator Ruth Walter, who chairs the parks committee, supports the effort as does current County Executive George Latimer. “I think the county executive's leadership would probably bring all of those whose OK was needed in the right direction,” Pepe said. “It's quite a piece of property, unparalleled in Westchester County.”

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Restaurant industry facing winter of discontent - again BY KEVIN ZIMMERMAN Kzimmerman@westfairinc.com

orget that “Where’s the beef?” line from the old Wendy’s commercials. For Connecticut’s restaurant industry — as for so many others — the question these days is, “Where’s the workforce?” With a less-than-robust summer season behind it — and concerns about what a return to largely indoor-only dining might mean in an era of staff shortages and supply chain disruptions — Connecticut Restaurant Association President and CEO Scott Dolch says the sector is still far behind where it needs to be. According to restaurant software management platform Upserve, profit margins for restaurants can range from 0 to 15%; it says the average typically is between 3 and 5%. “We might generate a lot of sales — we’re a $9 billion a year industry in Connecticut,” Dolch told the Business Journal. “But a lot of that goes back out the door.” The worker shortage — many shoreline restaurants that rely on high school and college student help during the summer wound up doing around 60 to 65% capacity instead — has resulted in rising labor costs. “We’re still 23,000 jobs short of pre-pandemic in our industry,” he continued. “(Jobseekers) are taking the position that they can just go to the restaurant next door

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and find the salary they want — which is only sometimes the case.” Dolch admitted that he has no solution to the conundrum of why those who lost their jobs during the pandemic have not returned en masse. “Even some of the best restaurants in Connecticut are having to cut hours, or are now closed on certain days,” he said. “Tables indoors were not being used for the most part, as customers showed how much they enjoyed dining outdoors. That all affects our business.” Fuel costs are also on the rise, with the result that palm oil is over twice what it was a year ago, and the cost of soybean and canola oils nearly tripling. The national average for gasoline was about $3.48 per gallon as of Oct. 25, compared with $2.20 a year ago. “The costs of fuel and inflation are getting out of hand,” Dolch said. “As a result you have to hire more people or raise prices — and raising prices will only get you so far, because people’s pocketbooks and wallets are getting squeezed as well.” Quick service restaurants — which encompasses everything from traditional fast-food joints like McDonald’s, Subway and Wendy’s to fast-casual concerns like Texas Roadhouse, Panera and Shake Shack — are “more efficient because their price points are different” than an independently owned and operated businesses, in part because of the bulk-buying such chains can WCBJ

afford. Even so, Texas Roadhouse recently raised its menu prices 4.2% to reflect the rising costs of beef. During a conference call, CFO Tonya Robinson said the chain believes commodity inflation “could be pretty impactful for a bit of time,” while CEO Jerry Morgan acknowledged, “We’re still hustling to find people. I still think there’s a long way to go to get enough people out there that could supply all of us with our needs.” McDonald's prices are up about 6% this year, while Subway's offerings are about 40 cents higher than they were a year ago. Dolch described the full-service scenes in New Haven and downtown Hartford, usually bastions of bustle, as “ghost towns” due to the ongoing paucity of business lunch and dinners. “I’m telling restaurateurs that their job is still survival,” he said. “The next six months are going to be critical. What I’m fearful about is getting to next spring. So many restaurants are now carrying 19 or 20 months’ worth of debt. Landlords who gave them three months off, or who took a $500,000 loan as the only way to stay open, are now facing the consequences. “Then they lose the outdoor dining option,” he added. “We know that the weather around here can change tomorrow. You can’t bank on it being a warmer fall or next spring coming more quickly.” As for holiday parties — business or fam-

ily? “No one knows,” Dolch said. “It’s going to take getting to the two-year mark, mid-March, until we can really see where we are.” While the CRA and the National Restaurant Association are appreciative of the Restaurant Revitalization Fund — part of the American Rescue Plan Act — which delivered $28.6 billion to 1,303 establishments, “The other 2,066 that were eligible in Connecticut got nothing,” Dolch said. “What was unfair was that the program basically picked winners and losers, so those 2,000 restaurants are on the brink.” In addition to continued lobbying of the state and federal governments for further relief, Dolch said the CRA plans to roll out job fairs, as well as increase efforts to get students and even the formerly incarcerated employment. Dolch himself was recently promoted by the CRA board from executive director to the president/CEO position — becoming the first person to have the latter title. He laughed when asked how his day-today job has changed. “I’m still doing what I’ve been doing,” he said. “And I’m taking calls all day from our members. Sometimes just allowing them to vent, understanding what they’re going through, is just as important — trying to help them come up with solutions to the challenges they’re facing is a part of it. “Part of my job is being Dr. Phil,” he quipped.

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Banks continue to aid small businesses in Covid era BY DAVID DEMILIA

he exceptional challenges brought on by the Covid-19 pandemic have especially impacted small businesses, resulting in growing debt, heartbreaking layoffs, and in some cases business closures. Despite the development of successful vaccines, the Delta variant and threats of other variants continue to be concerns, resulting in a general uncertainty about how close the end of the pandemic truly is. According to a recent study by Goldman Sachs, 75% of small-business owners were concerned about the impact of rising Covid19 infection rates on their business, with only 31% saying they were “very confident” that they would be able to access adequate capital to stay afloat if necessary. The unpredictability of the pandemic has made it difficult for small businesses to adapt. According to the Small Business Credit Survey, which was commissioned by the Federal Reserve, 95% of small businesses felt the impact of fluctuating restrictions across the country, whether that meant temporarily closing, reducing operations or closing altogether. A year and a half later, many businesses are still working their way toward recovery. In order to navigate the pandemic’s temperamental highs and lows, many have leaned on community banks as a source of guidance and financial support. Here are some of the ways that community banks have continued to provide lifelines to small businesses:

A Community Connection It’s harder for larger financial institutions to evoke an authentic, we’re-in-this-together feeling. The power of being “neighbors” is at the heart of what local banks aim to provide — helping to ensure that the budding entrepreneur, the longstanding business owner, and the broader community are not only growing, but thriving. Community banks can provide personalized customer service tailored to your business needs. That includes assisting smallbusiness owners in taking advantage of bank and government support programs offered in response to the pandemic. Support can also come in the form of volunteerism of bank staff and financial support in the form of donations. When taken together, those efforts can be very impactful to helping the whole community. Adapting to Financial Transitions Banks do much more than just listen and give. It’s about coaching and counseling — especially when new and different challenges arise. One specific challenge that small businesses are facing is the decrease in taking care of their banking face-to-face, as they once did prior to the pandemic. Learning how to utilize

digital channels to accomplish their banking needs isn’t always simple, but local banks are dedicated to assisting customers with this transition, with many offering vital webinars on topics from PPP loan forgiveness to financial planning and everything in between. Government Program Benefits During the height of the pandemic, many banks offered support through the Small Business Administration (SBA), including Paycheck Protection loans and payment

deferral programs. Tompkins Mahopac Bank, for instance, offered two rounds of PPP to businesses in Dutchess, Putnam and Westchester counties, which resulted in 1,425 small-business loans and 14,631 jobs protected in the region — just one example of many involving community banks working overtime, literally, to help small businesses. We are living in difficult and uncertain times, but community banks are here for you to depend upon. No matter what challenges may arise for your small business —or for you

as a community member — local banks are ready and available to discuss, advise and game plan. In a world that seems to change by the minute, local banks are a community partner, dedicated to both the financial and holistic health of the communities they serve. David DeMilia, a lifelong Westchester County resident, is president of Tompkins Mahopac Bank, a 92-year-old community bank, headquartered in Brewster, New York, and with a footprint in Dutchess, Putnam and Westchester counties. He can be reached at 845-278-1011.

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• 87% of manufacturers applied for a federal Paycheck Protection Program loan and 14% for other U.S. Small Business Administration loans or grants. The 2021 Manufacturing Report survey was mailed and emailed from Aug. 4 through Sept. 8 to 858 manufacturing executives throughout the state. The survey had a response rate of 25% and a margin of error of +/-3%. Roughly 70% percent of manufacturers who responded to the survey employ fewer than 50 employees, while 84% have less than 100 employees. The attitudes reflected in the CBIA report are comparable to those found in the latest report by the National Association of Manufacturers (NAM). For its third-quarter survey, conducted Aug. 19 to 30 and receiving 453 responses, 87.5% said they felt positive about their company’s outlook while 80% cited workforce challenges as their greatest roadblock, followed closely by supply chain issues (79.8%). Speaking at a Summit panel devoted to dissecting the CBIA report, Stanley Black & Decker Senior Vice President and Stanley Industrial President Graham Robinson affirmed the sector’s — if not the nation’s — 1

concerns over workforce, noting that almost 40% of Stanley’s factory workers are over 55 years old. He advised companies to “attack” the issue of new hires. CompassMSP CEO Ari Santiago said manufacturers need to win the “hearts and minds” of younger hires “if we want their hands to follow.” One path to success, said National Graphics Inc. Executive Vice President and CFO Michele Etzel, is to partner younger workers with more senior employees to provide a kind of mentorship that works both ways: The younger employee learns the tricks of the trade, while the older one receives a better understanding of technology and how a younger consumer thinks. The last point was echoed at a later panel by Burke Aerospace President Brittany Isherwood and by Bead Industries CEO Jill Mayer. “Shadowing isn’t all you can do,” Mayer said. “Document as much as possible” from older workers, who will feel more comfortable leaving “knowing that things will go on without them.” Several speakers expressed a desire for the state government to step up efforts at attracting and retaining employees. In mid-October, the state’s Manufacturing Innovation Fund (MIF) approved investments in ongoing programs

that provide support to Connecticut manufacturers, including the Incumbent Worker Training Program ($1.5 million), Apprenticeship Program ($1 million) and Manufacturing Voucher Program ($2.1 million). CBIA CEO Chris DiPentima, who said the organization is still putting together its list of legislative priorities for next year, noted that it logged 5,800 hours of lobbying during the last General Assembly session, which helped pass 23 “positive” bills and defeat 80 anti-competitive bills. Remarking that he’d rather “be playing offense than defense,” DiPentima said those efforts had saved companies $843 per employee. The CBIA survey reflected the manufacturing sector’s resilience during the pandemic. It reported 153,000 manufacturing employees and 3,796 companies as of September, compared with 155,900 and 3,965 a year ago. Total manufacturing compensation for 2020 was $15.4 billion, with the average salary $100,662, compared with 2019’s $17.3 billion and $98,150. The sector’s contribution to Connecticut’s GDP was up on a dollar basis but down by percentage: its $29.66 billion in 2020 accounted for 10% of GDP versus $26.74 billion and 11% in 2019.

State sales and use taxes paid by the sector increased from 2019’s $223.5 million to 2020’s $235.5 million. Aerospace and transportation’s status as the state’s top manufacturing sector -- $8.12 billion in output in 2020, dwarfing runner-up chemicals at $5 billion — was reflected by the choice of Paul Lemmo, president of Sikorsky Aircraft in Stratford, as keynote speaker. “We are changing the face of manufacturing,” Lemmo declared, noting that 8,000 of its roughly 13,000 employees are based in Connecticut. Over the past year, Sikorsky — a division of Lockheed Martin -- has spent about $450 million with over 250 suppliers in the state, he added. The company also gave over $700,000 to various charitable organizations and close to $1 million dedicated to providing “thousands upon thousands” of PPE to hospitals and other health care providers, Lemmo said. Lockheed has invested about $600,000 in Stratford, which Lemmo said put it on course for the $1 million it previously had agreed to. Sikorsky is also an exception to the workforce dilemma, he said, with the approximately 1,000 it has hired so far this year about double what it hired in 2019.

project that was built in 1945, had 256 apartments. The phase-five 178 Warburton building replaces Cottage Place’s now-demolished buildings 4, 8 and 12 and a commercial space that had been a gas station. Sue McCann, senior vice president of The Community Builders (TCB), which has been developing the project along with the Housing Authority, told the Business Journal that her firm found the location in Yonkers to be especially attractive in view of the proximity to New York City. “It’s one of our favorite projects because it’s really transformative,” McCann said. “We saw that there was much potential there and it just needed a little rethinking of the way that neighborhood had historically been laid out.” McCann said that TCB’s design for the housing is a sharp break from the utilitarianism that makes some public housing projects of the 1940s and ’50s look sparse and grim today. “We are able to produce a real high-quality product that any middle-class person would be happy to live in,” McCann said. “People are living here because of the affordable rents and they seem quite pleased. Seniors tend not to want to move from where they are currently living. The seniors who moved into the building that was just for the elderly in our first phase, some of them can’t believe how nice it is.” Founded in Boston in 1964 as South End Community Development, TCB has constructed or preserved hundreds of affordable and mixed-income housing developments and owns or manages 13,000 apartment homes in more than 14 states. Kimball noted, “In the '50s, '60s, '70s, when they did high-rise public housing, what you got was a lot of individuals of the same

economic background sort of warehoused in these tall towers. I don’t think any of us thinks that’s ideal anymore. I think we all would prefer a mixed-income community.” Kimball noted that developers in Yonkers now are required to include 10% affordable housing units in their market-rate projects. She also pointed out that the federal Section 8 voucher program, which allows low- and moderate-income families to pay no more than approximately 40% of their monthly income toward rent, has won acceptance from many Yonkers landlords who must comply with federal requirements such as annual property inspections and meeting minimum standards set by the Department of Housing and Urban Development. Kimball said that the MHACY has more than 1,900 units that it owns and manages; provides more than 4,000 Section 8 vouchers; and plans a three-pronged approach to carry it forward into the future. Its real estate portfolio is valued at approximately $750 million. “We want to work with the market-rate developers to integrate our tenants into their structure. We want to build our own new housing that is a cut above what it used to be,” Kimball said. “We want to get more Section 8 vouchers into the smaller landlords, not just big ones like RXR or Ginsburg, but into the smaller landlords’ hands so they have a guaranteed rent and our tenants can have a choice -- they can live in a high-rise or they can live in a two- or three-family. "Ultimately,: she added, "a Section 8 voucher is about choice and we want to promote that.” The newly completed building at 172 Warburton contains a mix of one-, two- and three-bedroom apartments. Rents on 65 of the units will be affordable to households

earning at or below 60% of the area median income (AMI) while 20 apartments will be for those earning up to 90% of the AMI. There are 39 one-bedroom, 31 two-bedroom and 15 three-bedroom apartments in the 104,773-square-foot building. Although she didn’t attend the end-of-construction celebration, Gov. Kathy Hochul issued a statement in which she said, "Southwest Yonkers has a vibrant history, and this new public housing complex will provide residents with modern, high-quality affordable homes while also strengthening the entire community." New York State Homes and Community Renewal (HCR) has provided a portion of the funding for the Ridgeway project. Since 2011, HCR has provided more than $414 million to create or preserve nearly 3,300 housing units in Yonkers. HCR Commissioner RuthAnne Visnaus kas said, "In partnership with MHACY and The Community Builders, we are driving the complete transformation of this neighborhood by replacing outdated buildings with modern apartments and a new pre-kindergarten facility to benefit the entire community. With the completion of 172 Warburton, our investment has yielded 327 newly constructed homes across four phases of development.” According to Yonkers Mayor Mike Spano, "The redevelopment of Cottage Gardens into The Ridgeway is yet another example of how Yonkers is revitalizing our neighborhoods and improving the lives of all our residents. As we see luxury housing rising along the riverfront, it is also important that we provide quality affordable housing so all boats rise with the tide.”

The Ridgeway— mark not only the building’s completion but also the continued progress being made to transform what had been an aging section of the city. The construction of 172 Warburton Ave. came in the fourth of the six-phase Ridgeway program, the entire cost of which has been estimated at $296 million. The overall project will create more than 500 new and renovated apartments in the southwest Yonkers neighborhood along Warburton Avenue, north of Ashburton Avenue and south of Lamartine. Work already has begun on phase five of the project, which involves erecting another eight-story building that will be at 178 Warburton Ave. The phase-five building is to include a new Early Head Start daycare center with eight classrooms, a family resources room and other facilities. “The whole area of Warburton that it is replacing has been radically changed,” Wilson Kimball, president and CEO of MHACY, told the Business Journal. “In almost all of the cases the buildings were demolished.” She said some residents were moved into different apartments at Cottage Place Gardens and then moved back after construction had been completed while others were given Section 8 vouchers and allowed to move to different properties. To date, 327 new or refurbished apartments have been completed in the Ridgeway development. “The tenants who are living in the new buildings love it there. They love the amenities, they love the way the buildings look, they love the finishes and they love the fact that this is a brand-new housing complex,” Kimball said. Cottage Place Gardens, a public housing

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Feds sue tree trimmer company over unpaid fines in fatal accident BY BILL HELZEL Bheltzel@westfairinc.com

he federal government has sued an Orange County tree removal service to recover an unpaid fine that was levied in 2017 after an employee was killed on the job. Northern Tree Service II Inc., of Washingtonville, owes $44,284 to the Occupational Safety and Health Administration, according to the complaint filed Oct. 27 in U.S. District Court, White Plains. Oscar Salazar, 30, of New City, Rockland County, was killed in October 2016 while working at the Peach Hill townhouses in Ramsey, New Jersey. OSHA determined that he was struck by a tree limb because not enough rope was rolled around a Port-a-Wrap friction device to control the limb as it was lowered. He also was not wearing a hardhat. Tree trimmers have a fatality rate more than three times that of the average worker, according to a 2016 article published by Reveal, of The Center for Investigative Reporting. Citing figures from the Tree Care Industry Association, it said about 580 people died in tree trimming accidents from 2009 through 2015. OSHA imposed a $25,350 fine on Salazar's employer for two workplace safety and health violations. The tree removal service did not contest the fine, according to the complaint, but it has not paid it. The government tacked on nearly $19,000 for interest and for Department of Treasury and Department of Justice fees. Northern Tree Service II was founded by Todd Pezzementi in 2005, according to a state corporation record. The company also has an office in Stony Point, Rockland County. Stony Point attorney Jeffrey T. Millman, who represents Pezzementi in an unrelated lawsuit, did not respond to an email asking for his client's side of the story. The government is represented by Manhattan attorney John Manfredi.

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Yonkers IDA gives OK for more movie studio subsidies BY BILL HELZEL Bheltzel@westfairinc.com

ust as construction of sound stages in phase one of the $100 million Lionsgate project nears completion in downtown Yonkers, the city's Industrial Development Authority granted preliminary approval on Oct. 28 for public subsidies for another phase. Hudson View Associates wants to build another soundstage, offices and storage and mill space at iPark Hudson next to the Yonkers train station. Hudson Studios at iPark is being developed by National Resources, of Greenwich, and Great Point Capital, of London, to be leased to Lions Gate Entertainment Corp. An "explosion of content" for streaming services such as Netflix and traditional movie studios is driving the demand for more studios, Joe Cotter of National Resources told the board. Simultaneously, he said, production companies are coming back to the New York area "where much of the talent is based." He said the demand has spurred a race between cities in the region that are offering tax breaks to lure movie companies. While the purpose of the meeting was

to grant preliminary approval for subsidies and authorize scheduling of a public hearing, the board did not publicly discuss any details of the requested financial assistance or disclose a cost-benefit analysis of the project. According to the developers' application, the second phase will cost $60 million. But they are asking for tax exemptions on $75 million for the mortgage and the goods and services. The subsidies work out to about $3.1 million in exemptions for sales and use taxes and a mortgage recording tax. The developers have also requested property tax abatement for 15 years but did not include the property tax schedule with the financial assistance application. The project is expected to create 400 construction jobs, according to the application, and from 265 to 420 full-time equivalent jobs. It will also generate $65 million in additional economic activity, the application states, as companies relocate to Yonkers to provide additional services. Cotter said more phases are being planned and when it's all done, he projected, the movie-making complex and supporting companies will have created 1,000 to 2,000 new jobs.

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estchester County Executive George Latimer (D) cruised to re-election last night, while U.S. Rep. Caroline Simmons (D) defeated Bobby Valentine (unaffiliated) to become Stamford’s next mayor. The former Major League Baseball player and manager conceded victory to Simmons early this morning, tweeting: "It's time for me to congratulate the new mayor of Stamford, Caroline Simmons. Thank you all for your support, it's been my honor." In a separate speech, Valentine reportedly cited “all the lousy coverage” he said he received from the media. Simmons becomes the city’s first female mayor. “Today voters embrace the belief that we can emerge stronger from this pandemic, if we work together, support each other, lift each other up with kindness and love and unite around a common goal of making Stamford, a city of opportunity for everyone,” she said shortly after midnight. Also in Connecticut, incumbent Norwalk Mayor Harry Rilling (D) declared victory over Republican challenger Jonathan Riddle by an unofficial 60% to 40% of the vote. In Westchester, Latimer — who has never lost an election since he began his political career in the 1980s as a member of the Rye City Council — bested Republican Christine Sculti, 94,833 to 58,069, according to the Westchester County Board of Elections. Incumbent Timothy Idoni (D) won a fifth term as Westchester county clerk over Republican challenger Scooter Scott by a tally of 90,560 to 55,704.

County Legislators • District 1 Incumbent Colin Smith (D) won a second term over Joe Torres (R), 5,965 to 5,651. • District 2 Erika Lang Pierce (D) defeated Gina Arena (R), 7,838 to 5,748, to take the seat vacated by Kitley Covill (D).

Benjamin Boykin II (D), who is also chair of the Westchester County Board of Legislators, ran unopposed for a fifth term. • District 6 Nancy Barr (D) ran unopposed for a third term. • District 7

Catherine Parker (D) ran unopposed for a fifth term. • District 8 Jewel Johnson (D) ran unopposed for the seat vacated by Alfreda Williams (D). • District 9 Catherine Borgia (D) won a sixth term by beating Charles Braue (R), 6,750 to 3,033.

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Election results— • District 12 MaryJane Shimsky (D) ran unopposed for a sixth term. • District 13 Tyrae Woodson-Samuels (D), who won a special election last year to fill out the term of Lyndon Williams, ran unopposed. • District 14 David Tubiolo (D) ran unopposed for a fourth term. • District 15 James Nolan (R) unseated incumbent Ruth Walter (D), who had been seeking a second term in the historically Republican territory, 4,830 to 4,356. • District 16 Christopher Johnson (D) ran unopposed for a third term. • District 17 Jose Alvarado (D) ran unopposed for a second term; he previously held the seat from 2001 to 2011. Supervisors and Mayors • Ardsley Mayor Nancy Kaboolian (D) ran unopposed for a fourth term. • Bedford Supervisor

Ellen Calves (D), who defeated interim Supervisor MaryAnn Carr in the Democratic primary, bested Don Scott (R), 2,585 to 2,061. • Cortlandt Supervisor Richard Becker (D) defeated Laurie Abbate-Ryan (R), 5,846 to 3,856, for a seat being vacated by Linda Puglisi after 30 years on the job. • Dobbs Ferry Mayor Incumbent Vincent Rossillo (D) won his second uncontested term. • Greenburgh Supervisor Paul Feiner (D) remained the longest-serving chief elected official of any county municipality by running unopposed for a 16th term. • Harrison Supervisor/Mayor Richard Dionisio (R) bested Frank Gordon (D), 3,413 to 2,057; incumbent Ron Belmont (R) decided not to seek a sixth term. • Irvington Mayor Brian Smith (D) was unopposed for his sixth term. • Lewisboro Supervisor Tony Goncalves (D) defeated William Bongiorno, 2,387 to 1,813, to replace Peter Parsons (D), who stepped down after

nearly 10 years. • Town of Mamaroneck Supervisor Jaine Elkind Eney (D) ran unopposed. • Village of Mamaroneck Mayor Thomas Murphy (D) ran unopposed for a third term. • Mount Kisco Mayor Gina Marie Picinich (D) ran unopposed for a third term. • Mount Pleasant Supervisor Carl Fulgenzi, Jr. (R) bested Joseph Bonnano Jr. (D) for a fifth term, 5,074 to 4,029. • New Castle Supervisor Lisa Katz (United New Castle) defeated Holly McCall (D) 2,254 to 2,057 for a seat vacated in June by Ivy Pool (D); Jeremy Saland (D) was acting New Castle supervisor. • North Castle Supervisor Michael Schiliro ran unopposed for a fifth term. • North Salem Supervisor Warren Lucas (R) run unopposed for a seventh term. • Ossining Supervisor Dana Levenberg (D) ran unopposed for a fourth term. • Peekskill Mayor With Andre Rainey not running for re-election, Vivian McKenzie (D) won with 2,374 votes over Republican Emiliano Perez (1,211) and Working Families candidate Conor Greene (144). • Pelham Mayor Chance Mullen (D) ran unopposed. • Pound Ridge Supervisor Kevin Hansan (D) ran unopposed. • Rye City Mayor Joshua Cohn, running on both the Republican and Democrat lines, defeated Working Families candidate Danielle Tagger-Epstein, 2,673 to 503, for his second term. • Somers Supervisor Robert Scorrano (R) beat Stephanie Keegan (D), 3,668 to 2,412. • Tarrytown Mayor Karen Brown (D) came out on top with 1,511 votes over independents Paul Janos (758) and Douglas Zollo (493). Thomas Butler Jr. (D) was promoted from deputy mayor to mayor upon Drew Fixell’s resignation in December 2020. Butler then decided to retire before the ’21 race got underway. • White Plains Mayor

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Office Suites One stakes coworking niche in North Stamford BY PHIL HALL Phall@westfairinc.com

orth Stamford’s High Ridge Road off Exit 35 on the Merritt Parkway is best known for its selection of restaurants, retail stores, banks and gyms; office space has not traditionally been the commercial real estate strongpoint for that section of the city. However, Waterside Property Group is seeking to change that situation with the renovation and rebranding of 1177 High Ridge Road under the banner Office Suites One. According to Jon Malkin, a partner in Waterside Property Group, the two-story, 20,000-square-foot building was constructed in the early 1980s for a single occupant, which he recalled as a “subsidiary of some large international company.” When that tenant decided to move out of the U.S., the property owner retrofitted the building into individual offices and rebranded it as American Business Centers. But rather than pursue annual leases, the owner took a looser approach to tenancy with flexible short- and long-term leasing, making it one of the region’s earliest coworking environments. Malkin and his partners in Waterside Property Group, Jeff Goldblum and Jim

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Lyman, purchased the building for $3.9 million last February. “We saw that there was a huge need for coworking space. That was the trend moving forward,” Malkin said. “Obviously, Covid put a damper on that for a while when nobody was working. But we knew people were eventually going back to the office, but would not be signing long-term commercial leases — people wanted to have this flexible option.” The building had not been renovated since its initial change in focus and there was much work to bring its infrastructure up to speed. Malkin and his partners also operate Stamford's SWC Office Furniture, which enabled them to handle much of the building renovations without the expense of a third party. “We upgraded it with carpeting, paint,

furniture and lighting,” he said, adding that a brand new MERV 13 HVAC air filtration system, digital thermostats, a new fire system and full WiFi access were also installed. “We've made it really comfortable for people to come in, bring their office goods and sit down into a fully furnished spot,” he added. Goldblum pointed out that Waterside Property Group does not view its tenants as tenants. “This is like a membership business,” he said. “We don't call the people tenants — they're members in a community. They can come one month and leave the next month. They have that flexibility, which is what they like, and we don't even call it a lease. It's a membership agreement that goes anywhere from month-to-month to 36 months, and

people can go longer term.” Goldblum said the building’s occupancy was at the mid-60% range when his company acquired the property in February and is now in the low 70% range, adding that “we have two or three in the hopper right now.” The building’s 70 suites range from single-person offices to multisuite offices shared by professionals in a specific field. Malkin pointed out that the building’s location away from Stamford’s downtown has been an advantage for marketing the property. “There's not much like it,” he said. “You have people who live up here who may not want to go all the way downtown. We sit right on High Ridge Road where you have a number of restaurants and retail —we’re in walking distance from Whole Foods and Trader Joe's and we have Starbucks, dry cleaning, a liquor store. People come in, they park their cars, work and walk out to lunch.” Malkin predicted more coworking spaces will take root in the suburban office markets, which is why his company branded the High Ridge Road property as Office Suites One. “Our view is, let’s create a brand that's separate and away from the specific piece of real estate so we can continue to potentially leverage what we have now into more spaces,” he said.

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mpire State Realty Trust (ESRT) — which has more than 10.1 million square feet of space in its office and retail portfolio of 14 properties that includes the iconic Empire State Building and three office buildings in Fairfield County along with two in Westchester —has made a move into the multifamily residential market. According to a document filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) and comments made during ESRT's third-quarter 2021 earnings conference call, the entity has signed conditional agreements for the $307 million purchase of two multifamily properties in Manhattan that have a total of 625 apartments. ESRT did not disclose the identity of the seller or sellers nor the addresses of the properties, but did reveal that the purchase price includes the assumption of $186 million in debt. “An affiliate of one of the principal current owners of the properties would retain a 10% equity stake and would continue to serve as property manager,” the filing said. Anthony Malkin, chairman, president and CEO of ESRT, provided general comments about the new move into residential during the Oct. 28 conference call. “We like the multifamily asset class and have a long institutional history of experience in multifamily assets by our predecessor entities and via Malkin Holdings,” Malkin said. Malkin Holdings has a portfolio of residential properties. “There is remaining work to do before we close and at that time we will be prepared to provide more comment," Malkin said. "In the interim, our investment team continues actively to underwrite new office, retail and multifamily acquisition opportunities and we remain well-positioned with our flexible balance sheet as we continue to seek ways to deploy our capital through disciplined external growth opportunities.” Its annual report for 2020 filed with the SEC showed that outside of New York City, ESRT owns First Stamford Place and the Metro Center in Stamford as well as 381 Main St. in Norwalk. It also owns 10 Bank St. in White Plains and 500 Mamaroneck Ave. in Harrison. Malkin did not say whether ESRT would be looking for multifamily residential properties in Westchester and Fairfield while adding that ESRT likes what he termed the ”resi” business. “We really think we have an opportunity to add value through another asset class. We like the prospect for our capital in these two transactions,” Malkin said. “We do like this as a use of our capital. It will compare favorably to alternatives. We like the opportunity relative to what else we might do.” ESRT reported that as of the end of

the third quarter of 2021, 83.5% of its total office and retail portfolio was occupied, with 84.5% of the Manhattan office space and 79.8% of the office space outside of Manhattan occupied. It had $582 million in cash and $850 million available in a revolving credit facility. Its outstanding debt was approximately $2.2 billion. ESRT’s total revenues for the nine months ending Sept. 30 came to $463.8 million, compared with $457.8 million for the same period in 2020. It had a net loss of $8.9 million for the nine months ended Sept. 30, compared with a $23.6 million net loss for the same period in 2020. Revenue for the Empire State Building Observatory for the third quarter of 2021 increased to $12.8 million as domestic tourism and local activity continued to recover

from the Covid shutdown. It represented an increase of about 52% from the second quarter’s revenue of $8.4 million. Malkin said that he looks forward to the return of a steady stream of international visitors to New York City, which will mean higher attendance at the Empire State Building Observatory. “New York City’s recovery is slowly and steadily underway; schools reopened, trains and subways more crowded and there is traffic. Apartment occupancies have increased and rents are back to and beyond in many instances 2019 levels,” Malkin said. “Restaurants and entertainment attractions are opened and busy. Try to get a reservation on a Wednesday through Saturday night or for Sunday brunch and be prepared for disappointment.”

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HUDSON VALLEY Q&A with Leo Francis, new COO at Evolution Health BY BRIDGET MCCUSKER bmccusker@westfairinc.com

eo Francis is the new CEO at Evolution Health Group, a global, full-service health care communications group in Pearl River. The company's brands include Evolution Medical Communications, blulava, Maestro360 and Darwin Academy. Francis served as chief medical officer at Evolution before his current role. He has been with the group since 2019. The Business Journals sat down with Francis to learn more about his past experience and plans for his tenure as chief operating officer. This interview has been edited for length and clarity.

What is your professional and educational background and how do you think it’s prepared you for this position? A pharmacologist and physiologist or simply a scientist by training, I harnessed my natural curiosity and turned it into a structured and investigative evaluation of problems and a solution-focused mindset. My transition from academia/ education into a corporate environment equipped me with a deep understanding of people and business. The combination of science and business was often considered an unusual mix earlier in my career — subsequently those two, combined with an ever-growing capability of leadership and how to be of service to others, has indeed prepared me for my current role. What was your time as chief medical officer for Evolution like? Joining EHG as the CMO was a deliberate action by our owners (managing partners Andrea Lanzetta, Carolyn Vogelesang Harts and Mark Edfort) as part of an orchestrated drive towards achieving their goals for EHG. Their desire and track record of success, growth and competitive strength required a concerted effort as a science-first agency to elevate the contribution of our medical function in a way that unleashes our talent and excites clients, ultimately creating, not just adding, value in both dimensions. We want to be both a client and talent destination in our sector. Achieving best-in-class performance is a desire rarely satisfied, hence our need to continue to innovate —(we seek) continual progress in the journey toward the ever-elusive perfection. So my time as CMO can be described as exciting, challenging, yet immensely satisfying in

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The themes mentioned above will continue to shape the decisions, improvements and refinements we will institute. We have a clear vision for our organization, an unwavering commitment to progress and a passion for what we do —ultimately having a beneficial impact in the patients, people and clients we serve. We need to continue to engage with our people with even more verve and veracity to keep us locked into and committed to our goals. If we are successful each and every day in this regard, we will most certainly overachieve against our business goals. Among the components that would be considered enablers here for our peo-

ple and clients alike, exceptional partnership, service excellence, product development and a focus on results are noteworthy. What do you think are the biggest challenges or new developments in the medical communications field today? Continuing to increase our relevance and meaning to those whom we serve, in times where increasing regulation and reduced access to stakeholders must be given equal attention in the context of a voracious appetite for accurate, credible health information and its unequivocal role in better decision-making for improved patient care.

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avid Schropfer came up with the idea for SAFE when he was making his young daughter’s very first password. “I just put the number one next to it — like this is her first password,” Schropfer said. “And in five years she'll have 50 or 100 passwords perhaps. But the reality is passwords don't protect anybody from anything. So that created the genesis for SAFE.” SAFE, short for Smartphone Access for Everyone, is an authentication and meeting management system designed to replace passwords, similar to sign-in features from Google and Facebook that allow users to sign into new websites using their existing accounts with those companies. “The SAFE authenticator is a product that works exactly like Sign In with Facebook or Sign In with Google with two major differences,” Schropfer, who is based in Kingston, said. “One, we do not use passwords -- the push notification to your phone basically serves the role of the password itself. So you can log into things without passwords for any website that puts the SAFE button up there. "Google authenticator and SAFE authenticator basically work the same way," he continued, "except we have no passwords and of course, Facebook and Google are on one end of the spectrum when it comes to privacy and we are on the opposite end of that spectrum. "They will give all the data they have about you," he declared. "We will give none of the data we have about you.” Schropfer’s expertise in digital technology and products comes from his years working in telecommunications, cloud computing, digital payments and cybersecurity, among others. Twenty years ago, he was CEO and chairman of Softzoo, one of the world’s first cloud computing companies, followed by management positions at IDT Telecom and Waldron Holdings. When he got the idea for SAFE some seven years ago, he was head of mobile commerce at the Luciano Group, a division he had created. “Of course, security is at the forefront of mobile payments and mobile commerce, so I got very well acquainted with what a smartphone can do from a security standpoint,” he said. Once the Covid-19 pandemic hit, Schropfer and his team realized that the format of SAFE — in which a push notification can be sent to a smartphone or email to replace a password — was perfect for securely sending invitations to a Zoom meeting, while keeping out unauthorized visitors.

Schropfer decided that narrowing the focus to one sector, higher education environments, that would put SAFE’s qualities to best use. The SAFE OnTime Meeting Manager component allows educators to cut down time spent on necessary administrative tasks, making access to hybrid and remote courses easier by allowing students to call into class via a notification on their phone. That call can be answered from anywhere and used for automatic attendance-taking. “The product as it exists now solves the problem of hybrid learning, solves the problem of all the administrative and attendance time that it takes to start a class where you have some students that are joining via Zoom or other web conference and other students that are sitting right in front of the professor,” Schropfer said. “We let all of that happen with one click and we take attendance automatically in about 30 seconds.” Those details of the product, Schropfer said, came from testing and learning from real-world implementation and feedback on the project, particularly with Chris Algozzine, a senior professional lecturer of computer science at Marist College. SAFE was piloted for the first time at Marist in Algozzine’s technology entrepreneurship course last year, where Schropfer was also a guest speaker. “David used his opportunity as my guest to speak with my students to also perform a demonstration — a test of the Beta version of his product,” Algozzine said. “The students were excited to have the experience and provide feedback on a real product to a real entrepreneur in the classroom. "I was able to see the benefit of his application immediately," he continued, "with push notifications sent to the smartphones in the hands of my students, they could

easily join the now much-more-secure Zoom call — no more links to send. They were able to respond in the classroom that they were already present for class. "On my end," he added, "I was able to start teaching while viewing an easy-to-read SAFE dashboard on a background screen I could easily refer to at any time between lecturing and sharing my lesson for the day.” Algozzine praised the SAFE technology for the way it helps educators start teaching every class on time; he also helped integrate the technology into Marist’s learning management systems for the pilot program that is currently underway for a subset of the school. In addition to Marist, SAFE is running the same pilot program at Boston College, Schropfer’s alma mater, and the University of the Bahamas, at which the company is providing grants for students to carry out pilot integrations and run tests on the product, as suggested by Algozzine. “(It’s) a win for SAFE, a win for the institution as it receives collaborative grant money from industry, and a win for students who get paid to do creative work and build up their resumes while practicing the skills they're learning at college,” Algozzine said. When SAFE officially launches, it will be available for about $1.29 a month for one faculty seat and 11 student seats, a cost the educational institution would absorb. That revenue means that SAFE doesn’t have to sell user data to stay afloat like many tech companies -- something Schropfer is passionate about avoiding. “We do not ever sell personal data or personal activity of any kind,” he said. “So whatever happens on our platform stays on our platform. We think that's the way the world is going, so we're trying to get ahead of the curve by being absolutely privacy-centric.” FCBJ

David Schropfer SAFE collects as little private information as possible — just an email address and phone number are needed for the product to function — and the information about who is attending a class and who is absent is solely for the professor’s use in keeping attendance records. For signing into websites that require an email address, users have the option to use a proxy email address so they don’t have to give their actual address, and then can turn off emails from that source if they wish. Schropfer said that, if current progress is maintained, "We're going to end up giving complete control to an end user, or to any person who uses the product over their information. They can share their email or not. They can turn the ability for somebody to send them email on and off. They can turn on and off the ability for a company to send a push notification to their phone. "SAFE On-Time Meeting Manager is really the beginning of a product that will put privacy back into the hands of every consumer," he declared.

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First annual Peace, Love & Pumpkins event wraps up at Bethel Woods

ethel Woods Center for the Arts, located at the historic site of the 1969 Woodstock festival in Sullivan County, held its all-new Peace, Love and Pumpkins Halloween event for the first time this year. The event was open nightly from Oct. 15 to Oct. 31, and a night market with 50 specialty food and craft vendors, fire dancers and more was held on the nights of Halloween weekend. Hand-carved jack-o-lanterns, glowing art and displays featuring Woodstock icons and other pop culture imagery lit up the walk-through scenery throughout the family-friendly event.

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Astor Services starts up holiday Adopt-a-Family program for 16th year

Gala honors and celebrates past and future of the Hudson Valley Shakespeare Festival

Honorees from left: Nance Williamson, Kurt Rhoads and Jennifer Carlquist, executive director of Boscobel House and Gardens, at the gala. Photo provided by Hudson Valley Shakespeare Festival.

Astor's Adopt-A-Family program accepts monetary contributions and gift cards, which allow registered parents to make personalized gift giving decisions for their families. Photo provided by Astor Services.

stor Services for Children and Families, a nonprofit organization providing behavioral health and educational services to thousands of children and families throughout the Hudson Valley and the Bronx, has begun its 16th annual Adopt-a-Family program. The program pairs children and families with donors who purchase gifts for them for the holiday season. Since Covid, the

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gift-giving model switched to gift card-giving, sending them directly to families. Donors will be able to meet some of the families who participated during a Zoom in mid-January. For more information about the program, or to sign up to donate, visit www. astorservices.org/adopt-a-family or contact Dana Valdez at dvaldez@astorservices.org.

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he Hudson Valley Shakespeare Festival held a celebratory gala earlier this month, to bid goodbye to its successful 2021 season and its 34-year home, Boscobel House and Gardens. The gala also honored actors Kurt Rhoads and Nance Williamson, who have been performing with the theatre for over 20 years. The evening featured walking tours of the grounds at The Garrison, performances by Britney Simpson and the Alex Donner Orchestra, cocktails, dinner, and a live auc-

tion to benefit the nonprofit theater company, which raised just over $50,000. Next season, HVSF’s performances will take place at its new permanent home down the road at The Garrison. Community members can view a 3D model of the festival’s future grounds in the coming weeks at various locations in Garrison and Cold Spring. Artistic Director Davis McCallum and Managing Director Katie Liberman will be at each viewing to answer questions. Those who wish

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YPIE Summer Scholars Participate in Y-Zone to Assess Digital Gaps in Yonkers and Make Recommendations for Yonkers and Beyond

Innovative multisector education effort connects Yonkers residents to broadband BY BRIDGET MCCUSKER bmccusker@westfairinc.com

ver the course of this year and the last, access to quality broadband and the internet has revealed itself to be more essential than ever, as many workers transitioned to remote working, students pivoted to remote schooling and businesses and governments increasingly took their commerce and services online. Just as the importance of being connected was highlighted, so too was the problem of poor or nonexistent internet connections, creating a “digital divide” between those with broadband and those without. New York ranks second-highest in the United States for the highest proportion of residents with access to basic broadband speeds, according to a September report from New York State Comptroller Thomas DiNapoli. However, DiNapoli’s report also found that as of 2019, more than 1 million households in the state did not have access or a subscription to broadband services at home, including a disproportionate number of those aged 65 and older and/or with low

educational attainment. Although rural communities often have the most difficulties with broadband deployment, about half of residents without available broadband in New York state are in the downstate region, with 25% in Long Island and another 12% each in New York City and the Mid-Hudson region, which includes Westchester and the Hudson Valley. In Yonkers, a multisector effort spearheaded by the Westchester County Association is adding one resource to addressing this digital divide in the form of a new digital opportunity zone, called the Y-Zone. It will provide free internet access to between 250 and 400 need-based households in a service zone reaching from Glenn Park to Park Hill Avenue and from downtown Yonkers to Nodine Hill. “Now more than ever, there is a growing need to bridge the digital divide that exists in communities across the country,” said Yonkers Mayor Mike Spano. “I am so proud Yonkers families will be given an equitable solution to technology that supports the education of our students. Many thanks to our Y-Zone partners, led by WCA and US Ignite, for recognizing that affordable connectivity

is vital to the success and future of the city.” Michael Romita, president and CEO of the Westchester County Association, described the effect of the Y-Zone project as life-changing for residents who have struggled to stay connected throughout the pandemic and before. “Statistically speaking, areas with strong digital service enjoy higher levels of GDP growth and that's especially because you've got more households and residents who have an opportunity to contribute to and participate in any economy,” Romita said. “So whether it's fintech or online learning for students or telecommuting or e-commerce, the more people who have better access to the internet and stronger digital connectivity, it just enhances opportunities for the regional economy.” In Westchester, the problem of lack of connection can have several different causes, including affordability, accessibility and lack of digital literacy. “Historically, a lot of funding for digital inclusion has focused on rural areas and the build-out of infrastructure and networks in rural communities,” Romita said. “And sometimes suburban centers such as Westchester FCBJ

are missed.” The program came about through the efforts of the WCA’s digital connectivity task force, along with collaboration among the public, private and education sectors. After deciding to partner on the project, the group gained funding in March 2021 from Project OVERCOME, a grant program organized by US Ignite and funded by the National Science Foundation and Schmidt Futures. The program provided $2.25 million and $450,000 respectively for projects across seven U.S. communities in an effort to connect those who have been unconnected or struggled to remain connected. “When we launched Project OVERCOME in the midst of the covid-19 pandemic, we knew that the projects would offer great insights on innovative connection methods,” said Lee Davenport, director of community development at project member US Ignite. “This CBRS (citizens broadband radio service) pilot in Yonkers advances an understanding of the intricacies of deploying this novel technology and highlights the strength among a community organization’s ability to find collaborative solutions to connect » YONKERS

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CT first state to offer Google Career Certificates to increase education, workforce development BY KEVIN ZIMMERMAN Kzimmerman@westfairinc.com

onnecticut has become the first state in the U.S. to offer the full suite of Google Career Certificates across its state colleges and universities system, with the program now available to all community colleges and career and technical education (CTE) high schools across the nation to onboard. Part of the Grow with Google economic opportunity initiative, the certificates are available on the online learning platform Coursera. The program equips people with skills for in-demand jobs within three to six months — with no degree or experience required — at a time when employers in information technology-related sectors have reported a skills gap in the U.S. workforce. “This is exactly what workforce development is all about,” Gov. Ned Lamont said. “We have employers that are looking to hire individuals with these digital skills, and our community college system responded quickly by entering into a partnership with Google to ensure our colleges are ready to start equipping stu-

dents with these skills so they can enter these in-demand careers that pay over $60,000.” Following an agreement between Google, the Connecticut Office of Workforce Strategy and the Connecticut State Colleges and Universities (CSCU) system, Google and Coursera will provide a diverse population of Connecticut residents with the training to fill positions in data analytics, IT support, project management and UX design fields; those areas are projected to grow in the next 10 years, with an average starting salary of $69,000. After completing the program, graduates can share their resume with an employer consortium of more than 150 companies, including Infosys, Verizon, Walmart, Wayfair and Google. Infosys has already pledged to hire 250 program graduates at its Hartford location. “We believe that to have sustainable

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economic growth, we must have inclusive growth and we are committed to continuing to help people develop the digital skills they need to participate in this economy,” said Ruth Porat, CFO of Google parent Alphabet Inc. “Starting in early 2022, community colleges in all corners of Connecticut will offer Google’s IT Support Certificate, with other certificates rolling out throughout the spring and summer,” said CSCU President Terrence Cheng, who described the initiative as “a testament to Gov. Lamont’s laser focus on workforce development.” Building on Google’s initiative with Jobs for the Future to offer its first certificate in IT support to more than 100 community colleges, the company’s new partnerships aim to help individuals bridge the skills gap by gaining the skills needed to take advantage of job openings. Those institutions play a key role in workforce training with 44% of all U.S. undergraduates attending community colleges, and 7.5 million high school students enrolled in CTE programs. Through the College of Technology, all Connecticut community colleges will offer

credit courses that will include Google Career Certificate courses beginning in spring 2022. Noncredit courses will also be offered regionally using the community colleges’ workforce development offices, with the rollout of the Google IT Support certificate in spring 2022. CSCU will partner with the Office of Workforce Strategy to help initially subsidize these programs for students and job seekers. The Connecticut Department of Labor was recruited by the National Association of State Workforce Agencies to be one of five states administering up to 100 Grow with Google scholarships for veterans and their spouses. The scholarships will be distributed through the American Job Center by CTDOL’s Disabled Veterans’ Outreach Program specialists who work directly with veterans to meet their employment training needs. The Google Career Certificates have a track record of helping people rapidly skill and obtain in-demand jobs: 53% of graduates identify as Black, Latino, female, or veteran, and 82% of graduates report a positive career impact within six months of completion, such as a raise, promotion, or new job.

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Sacred Heart professor to co-edit new book series on Chinese medical history BY PHIL HALL Phall@westfairinc.com

n 2019, Rochester University Press published “China and the Globalization of Biomedicine,” which charted the significance of that nation’s role in the development of biomedicine from 1850 through the ascension of Mao Zedong’s Communist regime in 1949. David Luesink, an assistant professor at Sacred Heart University, was a co-editor on that book, which received complimentary reviews in medical academic

circles. Luesink is returning to the subject in his latest project as co-editor of “The History of Health and Healing in China,” a new book series focused on the history of health and healing in China, with a primary focus on biomedicine. “We are taking books that were originally published in Chinese — some of them are award-winning books — and making them available in English,” said Luesink, whose Sacred Heart classes include the history of medicine in China, the history of science, East Asian history

and modern and late imperial Chinese history, as well as general history. “I have some of these books and I can read them in Chinese,” he continued. “But many scholars who might be interested in this history don't have the time to learn Chinese, so we are making this scholarship available.” “The History of Health and Healing in China” is a joint endeavor between the British publishing company Routledge and the Chinese publisher Zhonghua designed to fill gaps within English- and Chinese-language research. The series

David Luesink. Photo Courtesy Sacred Heart University. will consist of 14 books, with eight English titles being translated from Chinese and six Chinese titles being translated from English. The full series is expected to be completed by 2026, and Luesink acknowledged that multiple obstacles have kept the book from being made available earlier. “It takes money to pay a translator and it takes a lot of time,” he said. “I've been involved in some translation before and it's a lot of work. It’s a difficult process, and up to this point we’ve seen more books being translated from English into Chinese than the other way around. But I think we're starting to see some equity.” Luesink said he views “The History of Health and Healing in China” as an opportunity to provide a long-overdue understanding of how Chinese scholars and researchers approached a diverse range of medical considerations. While the ongoing Covid-19 pandemic is not » SACRED HEART

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ACTIONABLE TIPS FOR BUILDING A DIVERSE WORKFORCE By Allison Madison, President, Madison Approach Staffing, Inc.

mployers have been hearing a lot of about DEI (diversity, equity and inclusion) hiring practices but many may nod like they understand, but in actuality have no clear plan on how to execute the ideology on a day-to-day basis. It sounds good and our intentions are positive, but HOW do we make it happen? I sit on the Westchester-Putnam Workforce Development Board and this is the kind of conversation we have regularly — how do we take good intentions and turn them into action steps that eventually transform the work culture? It’s why the Board launched a year-long Pathways Pledge campaign to build awareness of the action steps — both small and large — employers can take to build change. Here’s how to get started. 1. Start with an honest and thorough inventory of your job titles, demographics and salary levels of the current staff and new hires to establish a baseline. 2. Next, create a list of diversity categories to broaden the scope beyond the most obvious categories of gender and race. Add education, class/income, language, military experience, people with disabilities, religious beliefs, age, parental status, ethnicity, sexual orientation, language and geographic location to name a few. Align your current staff with the categories you’ve listed. Understanding the full scope of what diversity encompasses is the first step in creating a recruiting strategy. 3. Create an action plan to build a diverse pipeline of potential candidates. Solicit the input of your entire organization, not just management, as they may have ideas and/ or concerns. Since they are going to be working with any new team members it’s important to include them in the process. 4. Review your job posting and job descriptions and check the language to ensure it’s inclusive and neutral to avoid unintentionally turning off candidates. If possible, pivot the focus of the job description from education credentials to desired skillsets and the tasks of the role. Review the list of requirements to update to contemporary workplace standards and edit terminology to make sure everything is current and up to date. Also be sure to include transferable soft skills, like ability to work on a team, adherence to deadlines, as well as clearly articulated expectations and benchmarks. It’s important for people to feel they will be evaluated fairly and equally based on their experience and performance, not social connections. 5. Promote benefits and perks to attract candidates from diverse backgrounds as different groups might prefer varying employee benefits. Put yourself in the candidates’ shoes to brainstorm on what perks would attract you to the job. Things to consider would be family paid leave for staff

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who have young children or older parents to care for, a free training plan for those just starting out, wellness reward health care plans, transportation stipends for those who have long commutes, alternative paid days off for people who observe different religious holidays, to name just a few ideas. Make sure to list and promote these benefits in all job descriptions and on your website. 6. Think beyond the typical recruiting channels to attract candidates from underrepresented groups. Consider smaller, more niche online channels that target specific groups of people; hold job fairs in a variety of neighborhoods; advertise in local community papers and make it known that your organization is diversifying. Word of mouth is still a very powerful tool. 7. Consider blinding the names and addresses of incoming resumes to reduce bias and old habits of simply hiring based on comfort level. Create structured interview questions to ensure apple-to-apple comparisons based on skills and experience. 8. Support Internal mobility — If you already have a diverse team, make sure to invest in training, education and promotions from within. Be deliberate in establishing mentoring programs that give access to managers and decision-makers, helping new and current employees become more valuable to the company and for themselves. Most of all it’s important to get started, because a diverse team is a strong team with a variety of perspectives and creativity. It will also boost your reputation as today’s workforce and consumers have a more global view with higher expectations. Lead on! Contact: Allison Madison at amadison@madisonapproach.com / 914428-4800.

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scheduled to be a subject of the series, Luesink pointed to important historic precedents that showed how the Chinese medical establishment addressed earlier health crises. “It's definitely focusing on history, but there are previous pandemics like the history of plague and other diseases, and there will be discussion of epidemics and pandemics that affected China and the world,” he said. As with his earlier book, Luesink said the new series will focus on the era prior to the 1949 Communist revolution. “When you use the word ‘modern,’ that usually applies to the Opium Wars (of the 1800s) to 1949,” he said, referring to the Chinese government’s categorizing of history. “The term 'contemporary history' usually refers to 1949 up to the present — and that's a much more sensitive time. In recent years, there has been

an openness to talk about the 1950s, not just for the history of medicine and health but on a wide variety of topics. “But archives from the 1960s and 1970s are still generally closed,” he added, referring to China’s Cultural Revolution era. “And people within China generally avoid those topics because of the wide variety of political reasons.” Luesink said the series’ translators can take several months per title to transfer the text between the languages, while his editing input will assure the translation “is good and accurate, and that it's very readable.” He expressed confidence that the series will give a new consideration to China’s history. “China played a significant role in creating globalized biomedicine in the past two centuries,” he said. “This series will make China’s history of disease and health impossible to ignore.”

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the unconnected.” “It's not just the WCA,” Romita said. “We were the lead organization, but if we didn't have the STEM Alliance, if we didn't have (Yonkers Partners in Education), if we didn't have the city of Yonkers and if we didn't have our private sector partners Crown Castle and Motorola all working together collaboratively, this sort of thing would have never gotten off the ground.” According to Romita, the city of Yonkers worked to identify the need in the community, especially through its Department of Education and Yonkers Partners in Education, a nonprofit that exclusively serves students of the district. It also utilized its connection with Motorola to provide physical infrastructure and technical knowhow. The STEM Alliance contributed through a program called Digital Equity Now, which is providing Chromebooks along with 15 hours of digital technological training to promote the computer literacy necessary to further address the digital divide, and spread awareness of the program.

Broadband infrastructure installed for the Y-Zone program in Yonkers. Fordham University has partnered in the effort to measure the program’s success, to determine if the program can be scaled and replicated. Crown Castle provided phys-

ical infrastructure mainly in the form of the fiber for the project. Romita said the WCA and the partner organizations hope to inspire similar programs at the state and regional level, and spread

the knowledge about its results and efficacy, citing the fact that there were few programs the task force found that were comparable. “I think that the reason why we felt it was so important to move

forward with something is because we couldn't find anything that had this level of innovation out there,” Romita said. “So we felt like, okay, we'll create this out of whole cloth, and maybe it can stand as an example of the possible.” “It's a pilot, so it will provide lessons that can be replicated elsewhere,” Romita said. “And we would certainly seek to find partners and other regional communities that would want to do something like this. A lot of this is going to be funding dependent and we've applied to various organizations for additional funding to see if we can continue what's happening in Yonkers beyond its current lifespan -- and then potentially expand it beyond Yonkers and even introduce it to more communities.” Romita added that Westchester’s American Rescue Plan funding could add more opportunities for funding such programs, or expanding the Y-Zone concept. The team has submitted a proposal to the county to attempt to do just that.

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Carmen Colon of Bridgeport has joined the Goodwill of Western and Northern Connecticut Board of Directors. She is the vice president of all Bridgeport YMCAs where she is responsible for programming and administrative governance as well as overseeing the supportive housing program at Alpha Community Services YMCA, the largest provider of supportive housing in Fairfield County. “Ms. Colon is a welcomed addition to our Board of Directors,” Tom Catropa, board chair, said. “She is deeply entrenched in the Bridgeport community and has a profound understanding of the services and supports that would benefit its residents….” Colon holds a Bachelor of Science degree in human services and earned her master’s degree in social work from Springfield College in Springfield, Massachusetts. Goodwill, which is headquartered in Bridgeport, is a nonprofit organization that helps individuals, businesses and communities come together to support people with disabilities, economic disadvantages and other barriers to employment. Last year, Goodwill of Western and Northern Connecticut helped 895 Connecticut residents find work. Donations of goods and revenue generated from store sales power this mission, with more than 90% reinvested into the programs and services strengthening Connecticut families.

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Nearly 250 community leaders gathered Sunday, Oct. 24, at the Hyatt Regency Greenwich for the 2021 Friends of the Israel De-fense Forces (FIDF) Westchester and Connecticut Chapter annual gala, themed “ONE,” to honor the soldiers of the Israel Defense Forces (IDF). The program featured Lt. Col. Y, Israeli Air Force veteran and his son Corp. J. from the Iron Dome Unit, a veteran of Operation Guardian of the Walls. Among the other guests was Sgt. Ayala, a young soldier who grew up as an at-

risk youth in a troubled envi-ronment and eventually got the opportunity to attend the IDF Michve Alon Educational program – a program she says, turned her life around. Other distinguished guests in-cluded FIDF CEO Steven Weil; FIDF National Director Major General (Res.) Nadav Padan; and FIDF National Chair-man Peter Weintraub. FIDF was established in 1981 by a group of Holocaust survivors as a 501(C) (3) not-for-profit organi-zation with the

mission of offering educational, cultural, recreational and social programs and facilities that provide hope, purpose and life-changing support for the sol-diers who protect Israel and Jews worldwide. Today, FIDF has 24 chapters throughout the United States. It supports IDF soldiers, families of fallen soldiers and wounded veterans through a vari-ety of innovative programs that re-inforce the vital bond between the communities in the United States and the soldiers of the IDF. For more information, visit: fidf.org.

HUNGER-RELIEF ORGANIZATION LAUNCHES CAMPAIGN Feeding Westchester in Elmsford recently announced its “Meals and Hope for the Holidays” campaign to inspire the community to support hunger relief during the holiday season. The cost of necessities continues to rise and food shortages are leading to steeper price increases. Since the start of 2020, prices of meat, poultry, fish and eggs are up 15%. In response, Feeding Westchester is launching this end-of-year campaign to highlight ways the community can ensure their neighbors have food on their tables in the coming months and beyond. Ways to get involved and provide food for your neighbors in need during the months of November and December include: • Fill a Truck: Donate funds to fill one delivery truck with nearly 40,000 meals. • Start a Fundraiser: Encourage your network of family, friends and colleagues to support your efforts and contribute to hunger relief in Westchester. Donate Food: Collect and donate FCBJ

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food for the Holiday Food Drive, which will then be distributed directly to children, seniors and families across the county. Help from Home: Make Holiday Help from Home meal bags filled with sidedish staples and dessert treats. GivingTuesday: Join Feed Westchester on Facebook for GivingTuesday fundraiser, where your donations can be matched for an even greater impact for hungry neighbors. “This holiday season, many of us look forward to reuniting with family and friends – spending time together and gathering around the table for a shared

meal. But for hundreds of thousands of our neighbors right here in Westchester, hunger doesn’t take a break during the holidays,” said Karen C. Erren, president and CEO of Feeding Westchester. Feeding Westchester is the county’s largest nonprofit hunger-relief organization at the heart of a network of 225 community partners and programs. Every $1 donated to Feeding Westchester provides up to three meals for local children, seniors and families struggling with hunger. To find help or to give help, visit feedingwestchester.org or call 914-923-1100.

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SHEDDING LIGHT ON POWER OF ATTORNEY

Westchester County elder law attorney Lauren C. Enea of Enea, Scanlan & Sirignano LLP in White Plains and Somers recently sat down with the firm’s managing member, Anthony J. Enea, for a special episode of the Talking Seniors podcast on “Why Everyone Should Have a Durable Power of Attorney.” “A durable power of attorney is one of the most important documents that any one of us will sign in our lifetime,” said Anthony Enea, who has spent 35 years protecting the rights of seniors, the disabled and their families. “In addition to the power of attorney being durable, meaning it will continue to remain effective in the event of the principal’s incapacity, it’s also crucial that the document be drafted with broad gifting provisions. This is essential for effective asset protection.” “A power of attorney allows you to be in the driver’s seat,” added Lauren Enea. “You’re making the decision as to who’s handling your financial affairs. If a power of attorney hasn’t been executed prior to the incapacity, however, a guardianship proceeding becomes the only option — and then you’re not in the driver’s seat anymore. Now the decision-making falls to the court.” Listeners may tune in to Talking Seniors at talkingseniors.buzzsprout.com on the first Wednesday of each month. The program covers important legal and financial topics for seniors and their loved ones.

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NEW ATTORNEY AT ENTA

ENT and Allergy Associates LLP (ENTA) in Tarrytown recently announced that Margot L. Warhit will join the practice as associate counsel working alongside Chief Legal Officer Aviah Cohen Pierson to assist in oversight of the important areas of human resources, contracting and health care regulatory affairs. Before joining ENTA, Warhit was an associate in the New York City law office of Jackson Lewis P.C. Her practice focused on representing management in employment litigation and advising clients on all aspects of the employment relationship. She also spent four years representing and counseling clients at the Hughes Hubbard & Reed LLP law firm. During law school, Warhit was a member of the Fordham Law Review and an intern in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York for Judge Vincent L. Briccetti. “We continue to invest in the management talent here at ENTA, which is needed in this complex health care environment,” said Robert Glazer, CEO of ENTA. ENTA has more than 220 physicians practicing in 44 office locations in Westchester, Putnam, Orange, Dutchess, Rockland, Nassau and Suffolk counties, as well as New York City and northern/central New Jersey. The practice sees over 90,000 patients per month.

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Jumpstart, a national early-education organization with a particular emphasis on low-income children, brings together organizations from around the world to read the same book to millions of young readers on a single day as a way to celebrate literacy and provide access to high-quality children’s books. KeyBank sponsored this event and also provided funding for 25 JumpStart program classrooms, which focus on preparing children for kindergarten. In addition, KeyBank provided more than 600 copies of this year’s book selection, “Amy Wu and the Patchwork Dragon,” to children ages 2-5 living in 17 affordable housing communities in the bank’s Connecticut, Massachusetts, New York and Pennsylvania markets. KeyBank Community Development Lending and Investments (CDLI) Team Leader Victoria O’Brien, who leads CDLI’s affordable housing equity originations team, coordinated Key’s JumpStart sponsorship and volunteer effort in collaboration with two large affordable housing developer clients: The Community Builders and Beacon Communities. KeyBank CDLI has provided more than $8 billion in financing for affordable housing

Lions Recycle Eyeglasses

The Lions Clubs of lower Westchester brought thousands of used eyeglasses, they had collected for a day of recycling Saturday, Oct. 23, to the Lions Recycle Center in Trenton, New Jersey, where they are sorted, cleaned and prescription-checked. The glasses were collected by eight Lions clubs, which included White Plains, Larchmont Mamaroneck, Mount Vernon, New Rochelle, Rye City, Tuckahoe/Eastchester, Yonkers and Yonkers Millennium. The center fulfills orders for cleaned and prescription- checked glasses for distribution worldwide. Eye health and help for the blind are the Lions Clubs signature causes and used glasses are collected in donation boxes in locations around the world. KeyBank volunteers Eric Steinberg, left, CDLI senior banker and Victoria O’Brien, CDLI team leader read to children during JumpStart’s 2021 Read for the Record Day. Photo courtesy KeyBank.

over the past three years. “Partnering with our clients to help their tenants and residents succeed is core to our values,” said O’Brien. In addition to distributing the books, KeyBank employee volunteers held readalong sessions to children at some of the

properties. Though headquartered in Cleveland, Ohio, KeyCorp’s roots trace back nearly 200 years to Albany, New York. It is one of the nation’s largest bank-based financial services companies, with assets of approximately $187.0 billion at Sept. 30, 2021.

HOSPITAL’S LARGEST ANNUAL FUNDRAISER Hundreds of supporters, friends and colleagues joined Phelps Hospital, Northwell Health in Sleepy Hollow Friday, Oct. 22 for its 34th annual Champagne Ball, which was presented virtually. The evening, which celebrated Westchester business leader and philanthropist Thomas E. Hales with a special posthumous tribute, raised more than $640,000. A Westchester native, Hales was highly regarded as the leader of Union State Bank. Under his direction, the bank grew from $23 million to more than $3 billion in assets. Hales and his wife, Alice Marie, were also compassionate philanthropists who contributed to numerous organizations, including major support for the Thomas E. and Alice M. Hales Endoscopy Unit and the Alice Marie and Thomas E. Hales Pediatric Treatment Area of the Emergency Department at Phelps Hospital, Northwell Health. “Phelps was a very special part of my parents’ lives,” said Lianne Hales Dugan, Hales’ daughter and co-chair of the Champagne Ball. “My dad and mom grew up in the Tarrytowns. Their six children were born here at the hospital, as well as some of their grandchildren. Phelps was a huge part of their lives. And what Phelps did for my dad after his lung transplant – they kept him alive for 12 years. We had attention from the most wonderful people, you would have thought they were taking care of their own

From left: Alice Marie Hales, Allison Hales Gheen and Lianne Hales Dugan.

parents. If there’s one word to describe Phelps, it’s family. When you need them, they’re there?” Another highlight of the Champagne Ball is its annual Fund-A-Cause, an effort Hales was always eager to support. This year, the evening raised funds for the Caregivers Center at Phelps Hospital. Launched virtually in 2020, the Phelps Hospital Caregivers Program provides emotional support, counseling and the resources to navigate the health care system. The new Caregivers Center will be a dedicated space in the hospital that offers caregivers access to social workers and nurses to help navigate their journey in a calming and comfortable

environment. Phelps Executive Director Eileen Egan, announced that the new center will be named “The Thomas E. and Alice Marie Hales Caregivers Center…” Phelps Hospital, part of Northwell Health, is a full-service 238-bed acute care community hospital with more than 1,700 employees and 1,100 medical staff members representing 60 medical specialties. Northwell Health is New York state’s largest health care provider and private employer, with 23 hospitals, 830 outpatient facilities and more than 16,600 affiliated physicians caring for over two million people annually.

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For the month of November, Sedona Taphouse’s Monday’s Dine Out for Charity will raise funds for the Larchmont Mamaroneck (LM) Lions Foundation. For the five Mondays in November every dine-in order of the special 50%-off steak meal, Sedona will donate $2 to the LM Lions Foundation. The LM Lions Foundation, a 501c3 (tax deductible) service fund, encourages community partnerships and matching donations in support of local needs and Lions’ causes. For every foundation dollar donation, $2 are raised for service. Sedona’s November donation kicks off the “Friends of the Lions,” allowing individuals and businesses who support the service efforts of the Lions to make donations to the foundation or volunteer for Lions’ service projects. The Larchmont Mamaroneck Lions focus on supporting existing nonprofit and community service groups by bringing community service leaders together to determine needs, solutions and resources. They are part of Lions Clubs International, the world’s largest service organization of more than 1.4 million members. The Lions’ six core causes include vision/blindness, hunger, the environment, diabetes, childhood cancer and the future of youth.

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Good Things DASHING FOR DYLAN

AN EVENT TO REMEMBER Trinity Episcopal Church, 651 Pequot Ave., in Southport will hold its annual Veterans Day Remembrance Event with a dramatic, multicultural program honoring the role that children have played in wars of the modern age, from World I until today. The 45-minute performance will take place at 5 p.m. Sunday, Nov. 14 and will include moving accounts from across the globe using historic sound effects, light and memoirs. It is estimated that more than 13 million children died in World War II alone. The Remembrance Event will include instructive stories about real lives of children caught in the grip of war, covering such flashpoint events as the London blitz, the

French resistance, the Hitler Youth, the plight of Jewish children and the contributions of U.S. children who fooled recruiters to join the armed forces during World War II. “Attendees at this special service will hear untold stories from the past, consider the spiritual and moral impacts of war on children and ask if the world has learned from this painful history,” said Rev. Peggy Hodgkins, rector of Trinity Episcopal Church. “Children at War” is open to all free of charge regardless of their religious outlook; no affiliation with the church is required. A reception will follow the event in Trinity’s Parish Hall. For more, call 203-255-0454.

CENTER SEEKS DONATIONS First Selectman Vicki Tesoro of Trumbull and Raymond G. Baldwin Jr., chairman of the Trumbull Veterans and First Responders Center (TVFRC) Building Committee, have launched an individual and corporate fundraising campaign for the proposed fully designed 5,500-square-foot facility, which will be located at 1 Veterans Circle at Kaatz Pond in Trumbull. The town and the building committee are pursuing funds for the construction from federal and state sources while seeking individual and corporate donations for additional money needed for construction, furnishings, equipment and program operations. “The TVFRC will be a multi-use facility for our veterans, first responders, civic and business groups and town boards and commissions. There are over 3,000 veterans in Trumbull and more than 30,000 in the region that need better access to services. Our local veterans’ groups are in need of a new home as the building on the same site has been condemned. Our first responders have increased training requirements and are in need of additional training space in

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the area. We will continue to be responsive to our veterans and first responders since they do so much for us,” said Tesoro. Marine Corps Vietnam veteran, former police officer and former First Selectman Baldwin said, “We have seen unprecedented community support for this project. Everyone is excited. There is nowhere from New Haven to Stamford for veterans to receive access to services. We plan to close this gap. Our first responders from the region will use this facility for training, including dive team and water rescue training. Our civic groups, businesses and boards will use the facility. The community will be able to rent the facility for showers, birthday parties, weddings and other events, which will create a revenue stream to help fund, in part, the ongoing operations once constructed.” A variety of opportunities to memorialize veterans and first responders are available. Donations of any size are welcomed. For more information, visit trumbullvfrc. org or contact Rina Bakalar, director of economic and community development at 203-452-5043 or rbakalar@trumbull-ct.gov. FCBJ

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Ronald McDonald House of the Greater Hudson Valley (RMHGHV) concluded its Dashing for Dylan September month-long endurance challenge in which participants logged 5,533 miles raising more than $78,000 to support the families staying at the house. The event, hosted by the house in conjunction with Dylan Hoffman’s family of Wilton, Connecticut, celebrated Dylan’s 10th birthday and the thousands of families who have stayed at the Ronald McDonald House for the past decade. The challenge winners were Mary Benko with 308 Miles logged and Brian and Kara Jacobi with a total of $4,100 raised. Each miles’ winner received a $100 Athleta gift card and fundraising winners received a woman’s and men’s Fit Bit and Amazon gift card.

All runner ups in the challenge received a Dashing for Dylan Gear Kit. “We are so grateful for the Hoffman family for choosing Ronald McDonald House of the Greater Hudson Valley to honor Dylan’s memory and keep his

spirit shining,” said Christina Riley, executive director, RMHGHV. “The success of this year’s Dashing for Dylan Challenge and Family Fun Day will allow us to provide over 400 nights of comfort to families while they care for their sick child.”

WOMEN’S LEADERSHIP COUNCIL EVENT

Taryn Duffy

Taryn Duffy, vice president of corporate communications and public affairs at Empire City Casino by MGM Resorts, will be recognized with the United Way Women’s Leadership Council 2021 “Woman of Distinction” award at the United Way of Westchester and Putnam’s annual “Take a Walk in Her Shoes” event Tuesday, Dec. 7 from 6 to 7:30 p.m. This year, the event will be in a virtual format. A prominent voice for the empowerment of women, Duffy has a passion for civic responsibility and volunteer service, particularly mentoring women in their careers. She is a frequent speaker on nonprofit advocacy and development and is a strong proponent for the advancement of women in business and the political arena. The event will feature a panel discussion, moderated by Elizabeth Bracken-Thompson, focused on women leaders in the health care sector and how they led others as well as themselves through the Covid-19 pandemic. Participants in the discussion include Dr. Sherlita Amler, Westchester County Commissioner of Health, who led the county public health response to the Covid-19 pandemic and

Dr. Sherlita Amler

Judith M. Watson

Laurie Ann Walsh

Stacey Petrower

played a significant role in its campaign to reverse the county’s rising death toll; Judith M. Watson, CEO of Mount Vernon Neighborhood Health Center Inc., a long-time health care leader working to provide access to health care to vulnerable populations in our local communities; Stacey Petrower, president of New York Presbyterian (NYP) Hudson Valley Hospital, a career professional in the industry responsible for the hospital’s strategic direction and management; and Laurie Ann Walsh, vice president and chief nursing officer at NYP Lawrence Hospital, who developed extension ICU units, revised

nursing care models and patient flow and implemented activities to assist staff in building resilience and decrease stress during this very challenging time. This event is sponsored by Con Edison and M&T Bank. United Way in White Plains supports hundreds of local nonprofits with grants and essential goods for basic needs, by providing affordable professional development, and connecting nonprofits to new resources. Tickets to the virtual event are $125; sponsorship opportunities and digital journal ad spaces are available. The last date to purchase tickets is Tuesday, Nov. 30.

DYNAMIC WESTCHESTER WOMEN’S SUMMIT PREDICTED

Valerie C. Smith

Mark Stewart Jr.

LOCAL CPA ELECTED NATIONAL PRESIDENT Tamika D. Mallory Jesse Johnson

EXECUTIVE TEAM PROMOTIONS Founded in 1981 to address the affordable housing crisis in Westchester County, Westhab has become Westchester’s largest provider of housing and services for the homeless and its largest nonprofit developer of affordable and supportive residences. Recently it announced two promotions to its executive team: Valerie C. Smith of Brooklyn has been promoted from assistant vice president of New York City Singles Housing Programs to the vice president of New York City Housing Programs and Jesse Johnson of Walden, New York, has been promoted from director of compliance to the assistant vice president of data and quality assurance. “As Westhab continues to grow its operations in both Westchester and New York City, we’re thrilled to be investing in the tremendous talent that exists within our organization,” said Chief Operating Officer Jim Coughlin. Smith has been with Westhab since 2017 and has played a significant role in growing and developing its NYC homeless programs. Previously she spent 18 years with Covenant House guiding youth toward secure and successful futures. Johnson has been with Westhab since 2004 starting out as the director of adult social services. Before he joined the Westhab team, he spent seven years at Westchester County’s Department of Social Services, and presently is an adjunct professor at both Mount Saint Mary College and Westchester Community College.

Chita Rivera

Chita Rivera, an American theatrical icon and one of the most-nominated performers in Tony Award history, and Tamika D. Mallory, an award-winning social justice leader and movement strategist, who was one of the leaders of the 2017 Women’s March on Washington, will be the two keynote speakers at the Westchester Women’s Summit (WWS) –– a full-day virtual conference, Nov. 19 from 9 a.m. to 6 p.m., that will bring a powerhouse of inspiring women trailblazers together to share their wisdom and knowledge for affecting positive change. The summit also will feature Gina Ciliberto, a journalist whose work has been featured in “HuffPost,” “Bon Appetit” and “Business Insider;” Maria Smith Daut-

ruche, director of the Westchester Center for Racial Equity; Nancy Genova, president of the board of 100 Hispanic Women; Cynthia Hetherington, an expert on corporate intelligence and cyber security; Jacqueline Mishler, a political fundraising consultant; and many others who will participate in the summit’s workshops. “The summit is a unique and challenging place for self-discovery and growth, where women can support each other in a judgment-free zone,” said Rose Cappa, who originated the first WWS in 2020…. Preceding the 5 p.m. keynote address, the YWCA of White Plains & Central Westchester will be inducting four women to the Westchester Wom-

en’s Hall of Fame – an award to women who have made an outstanding contribution to Westchester County in either the arts, athletics, business, education, government, human services, humanitarianism/philanthropy or sciences. This year’s honorees are: Alfreda Williams, Westchester County Board of Legislators; Rev. Jeannette Phillips, executive director, Housing Preservation Co. and executive vice president of community development; E. Barbara Wiggins (posthumous), retired lieut.colonel; and Sylvia Rivera (posthumous), American activist. Tickets are $150. For more information, visit https://wws.virtualmeetinghub.com/.

COLLEGE INAUGURATES NINTH PRESIDENT St. Thomas Aquinas College (STAC)in Sparkill recently held a Presidential Inauguration Ceremony for its ninth President, Kenneth D. Daly, at the Sacred Heart Chapel in Sparkill. Daly assumed his position as the ninth president July 1, 2020 leading the college through the Covid-19 pandemic and held off his inauguration ceremony until the campus was safeguarded. At the ceremony in the Sacred Heart Chapel Chairman of STAC’s Board of Trustees Peter Skae presented Daly with the college charter, followed by President Emerita Margaret Fitzpatrick who bestowed the college medallion to officially mark the inauguration. As the new president, Daly is committed to helping students navigate

current societal challenges by providing access to affordable education to prepare them for college, community service and careers. At the Inauguration Ceremony, Daly and his wife,Laurie, announced a $100,000 founding gift launching a scholarship challenge to help provide “access to an affordable education” for

The National Conference of CPA Practitioners (NCCPAP) in Woodbury, New York, recently announced its newly elected officers and directors for the 2021-2022 term. The installation of officers took place virtually Oct 27 and Mark Stewart Jr., CPA, of New City, was named president of the organization. A professional organization comprised of certified public accountants practicing in the United States, NCCPAP serves as a forum for education, networking, community impact and advocating for its clients. It influences tax administration and tax policy by regularly meeting with the Internal Revenue Service representatives, state taxing authorities and elected officials. NCCPAP members represent more than one million businesses and individual clients. For more information, visit NCCPAP.org.

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Facts & Figures

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ON THE RECORD

21-cv-8862-KMK: Civil enforcement of employee benefits. Attorney: Dana L. Henke.

Elm Street Realty LLC, Brooklyn. Seller: Jan Realty Corp., Yonkers. Property: 89 Elm St., Yonkers. Amount: $1.3 million. Filed Oct. 27.

Local business cases, Oct. 27 - Nov. 2

Paul Goldner, Connecticut vs. 64 Solar LLC, Port Chester, et al, 21-cv-8917-VB: Unpaid commissions. Attorney: Michael Taubenfeld.

Ferriter, Kenneth and Katherine Ferriter, Ramsey, New Jersey. Seller: The Nibbs Group LLC, Scarsdale. Property: 183 Griffen Ave., Mamaroneck. Amount: $1.2 million. Filed Oct. 26.

HBL SNF LLC doing business as Epic Rehabilitation and Nursing at White Plains, 21-22623SHL: Chapter 11, assets $8,730,672, liabilities $18,231,512. Attorney: Tracy L. Klestadt.

TIG Insurance Co., Manchester, New Hampshire vs. Swiss Reinsurance America Corp., Armonk, 21-cv-8975: Breach of contract. Attorney: Stephanie L. Denker.

Johannis Marie Paulino, Mount Vernon, re. Oregano Restaurant Corp., 21-22609-RDD: Chapter 7, assets $2,502, liabilities $115,754. Attorney: Rachel S. Blumenfeld.

Saim Sarwar, Brooklyn vs. Swami LLC (Americas Best Value Inn), Central Valley, 21-cv9016: Americans with Disabilities Act. Attorney: Tristan W. Gillespie.

Yohanis Ramos, Mount Vernon re. Oregano Restaurant Corp., 21-22610-RDD: Chapter 7, assets $7,299, liabilities $170,243. Attorney: Rachel S. Blumenfeld.

Saim Sarwar, Brooklyn vs. Rita Nikita LLC (Budget Motor Inn), Stony Point, 21-cv-9017: Americans with Disabilities Act. Attorney: Tristan W. Gillespie.

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Greene, Meryl, Scarsdale. Seller: Opra III LLC, Harrison. Property: 120 Old Post Road, PH-C402, Rye. Amount: $3.5 million. Filed Oct. 25. Huckleberry Barrens LLC, New York City. Seller: Emily Bushnell, Bedford Hills. Property: 369 Guard Hill Road, Bedford. Amount: $3.7 million. Filed Oct. 27. K&G West Street LLC, West Harrison. Seller: James A. Thompson and Nancy S. Rand, New York City. Property: 450 West St., Rye. Amount: $765,000. Filed Oct. 26. Keay, John I. and Suzanne G. Keay, Chappaqua. Seller: SC Rye Brook Partners LP, Pawling. Property: 12 Primrose Lane, Rye. Amount: $1.4 million. Filed Oct. 28.

Local business cases, Oct. 27 - Nov. 2

Saim Sarwar, Brooklyn vs. Pranav Inn LCC (Econo Lodge), New Windsor, 21-cv-9019: Americans with Disabilities Act. Attorney: Tristan W. Gillespie.

New York Covenant Church Inc., Bronxville. Seller: Philip Knoll and Ariella Knoll, New Rochelle. Property: 30 Ramona Court, New Rochelle. Amount: $1.4 million. Filed Oct. 27.

USA v. Northern Tree Service II Inc., Washingtonville, 21-cv8769-CS: Collection of OSHA civil penalties. Attorney: John Manfredi.

Saim Sarwar, Brooklyn vs. Inn on the Hudson, Peekskill, 21-cv9034: Americans with Disabilities Act. Attorney: Tristan W. Gillespie.

North Castle 40 LLC, New York City. Seller: Marc Mayhew and Karen Levin, Armonk. Property: 42 Sarles St., North Castle. Amount: $2.9 million. Filed Oct. 27.

Saim Sarwar, Brooklyn vs. Partik Patel (Countryside Motel), Cold Spring, 21-cv-9036: Americans with Disabilities Act. Attorney: Tristan W. Gillespie.

Robbins, John E., and Jennifer J. Haney, Dobbs Ferry. Seller: Oceana Partners II LLC, Dobbs Ferry. Property: 50 Chestnut St., Greenburgh. Amount: $1.5 million. Filed Oct. 25

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L.S. Power Skating Inc., Thornwood vs. Pro Stride Inc., Mansfield, Massachusetts, et al, 21-cv-8796-CS: Contract, unjust enrichment. Attorney: Thomas B. Decea. District Council No. 9 Painting Industry funds, White Plains vs. National Environmental Safety Company Inc., New Hyde Park, Items appearing in the Fairfield County Business Journal’s On The Record section are compiled from various sources, including public records made available to the media by federal, state and municipal agencies and the court system. While every effort is made to ensure the accuracy of this information, no liability is assumed for errors or omissions. In the case of legal action, the records cited are open to public scrutiny and should be inspected before any action is taken. Questions and comments regarding this section should be directed to: Larry Miles c/o Westfair Communications Inc. 701 Westchester Ave, Suite 100 J White Plains, N.Y. 10604-3407 Phone: 694-3600 • Fax: 694-3699

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Above $1 million 1030 Louise LLC, Dix Hills. Seller: Irma Montane and Jose Montane, Mamaroneck. Property: 1030 Louise Ave., Mamaroneck. Amount: $1 million. Filed Oct. 27.

Airport Campus III LLC, New York City. Seller: Eurwen A. Takeda, Armonk. Property: 3 Cooney Hill Road, North Castle. Amount: $1.5 million. Filed Oct. 28. Dares Lane Realty Corp., Mohegan Lake. Seller: Transitional Properties LLC, Shrub Oak. Property: 3668 Barger St., Yorktown. Amount: $1.3 million. Filed Oct. 28.

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Rodriguez, Max J. and Yerika M. Abreu, Bronx. Seller: VNB Development LLC, Yonkers. Property: 282 Morsemere Ave., Yonkers. Amount: $1 million. Filed Oct. 25. Rozansky, Gregg and Blaire Cahn, New York City. Seller: Goran John Nikic LLC, Croton-on-Hudson. Property: 10 Cynthia Court, New Castle. Amount: $1.7 million. Filed Oct. 27. Liebster, Jeffrey R., Greenwich, Connecticut. Seller: SC Rye Brook Partners LLC, Pawling. Property: 7 Primrose Lane, Rye. Amount: $1.4 million. Filed Oct. 28. Sheikh, Saima and Naved Sheikh, New York city. Seller: Double D Holdings LLC, Bronxville. Property: 446 N. Barry Ave., Rye. Amount: $1.3 million. Filed Oct. 28.

SMRR Nepperhan Realty LLC, Mount Vernon. Seller: M.T.S. Realty Corp., Bronx. Property: 229-231-231 SawMill River Road, Greenburgh. Amount: $2.3 million. Filed Oct. 27. Studio NR LLC, Pelham. Seller: Patchen Holding Company Inc., New Rochelle. Property: 72 Centre Ave., New Rochelle. Amount: $1.3 million. Filed Oct. 28. Talley, Thomas N., Amagansett. Seller: Opra III LLC, Harrison. Property: 120 Old Post Road PHC-405, Rye. Amount: $1.9 million. Filed Oct. 27. Waisburg, Adrian and Andrea Cryzewski, Rye. Seller: 4 Kenilworth Road LLC, Phoenix, Arizona. Property: 4 Kenilworth Road, Harrison. Amount; $1.8 Million. Filed Oct. 26. Westchester Land Trust Inc., Bedford Hills. Seller: Vito Errico and Robin Errico, Armonk. Property: Byram Lake Road, North Castle. Amount: $1.2 million. Filed Oct. 27.

Below $1 million 26 North Street LLC, Bedford Hills. Seller: Dany Gonzalez, Bedford Hills. Property: 26 North St., Bedford. Amount: $435,000. Filed Oct. 26

184 North Columbus Avenue LLC, Norwalk, Connecticut. Seller: U.S. Bank National Association, Armonk. Property: 27 Woodside Ave., Greenburgh. Amount: $380,000. Filed Oct. 26. Becker, Yahili and Benjamin Pasternack, East Hampton. Seller: Westview Homes Ltd., Scarsdale. Property: 10 Harvest Drive, Scarsdale. Amount: $3.8 million. Filed Oct. 27. Bieber, Edward and Jayne Bieber, Palm Beach, Florida. Seller: Opra II LLC, Harrison. Property: 120 Old Post Road, Unit C207, Rye. Amount: $2.6 million. Filed Oct. 27. Brand, Janet Hillary, Ossining. Seller: The Ossining Children’s Center Inc., Ossining. Property: 90 S. Highland Ave., Ossining. Amount: $605,000. Filed Oct. 27. Burley, Benjamin and Emily Burley, Irvington. Seller: 26 North Dutcher LLC, Irvington. Property: 28 N. Dutcher St., Greenburgh. Amount: $600,000. Filed Oct. 25. Piazzetta Mia LLC, Katonah. Seller: Hair Ward LLC, Katonah. Property: 18-24 Valley Road, Bedford. Amount: $850,000. Filed Oct. 26.

Pieren Developments Corp., Larchmont. Seller: Jacqueline Diana Friedman, Mamaroneck. Property: 7 Forest Lane, Mamaroneck. Amount: $640,000. Filed Oct. 25. RAS Closing Services LLC, Glen Ellyn. Seller: Nicholas J. Wells and Abigail Wells, Mount Vernon. Property: 143 Ridgeway St., Mount Vernon. Mount: $620,000. Filed Oct. 27. Rosales, Pablo and Elvin Rosales, Bronx. Seller: MV 438 LLC, Brooklyn. Property: 438 Seneca Ave., Mount Vernon. Amount: $650,000. Filed Oct. 28. Souza, Amanda and Nicholas Souza, Yorktown Heights. Seller: 87 North Avenue Realty Corp., Bedford Corners. Property: 87 N. Moger Ave., Mount Kisco. Amount: $800,000. Filed Oct 28. Team Huxta LLC, Greenwich, Connecticut. Seller: Tammy Ross, Larchmont. Property: 2028 Palmer Ave., Mamaroneck. Amount: $770,000. Filed Oct. 28. Thomas, Ross and Schuyler Vreeland, Brooklyn. Seler: 156 Old Stone Hill LLC, Pound Ridge. Property: 156 Old Stone Hill Road, Pound Ridge. Amount: $ 1.3 Million. Filed Oct. 26. VH 50 Legion Drive LLC, Old Greenwich, Connecticut. Seller: 50 Legion Drive LLC, Dobbs Ferry. Property: 50 Legion Drive, Mount Pleasant. Amount: $780,000. Filed Oct. 27. YY Waterfront Properties LLC, Yonkers. Seller: John Barca, Yonkers. Property: 783B Warburton Ave., Yonkers. Amount: $460,000. Filed Oct. 25.

JUDGMENTS

211 Highland Cleaners Corp., Ossining. $48,440.05 in favor of Eastern Funding LLC, New York City. Filed Oct. 28. A-1 Automotive Works Inc., Mount Vernon. $33,037.10 in favor of Farmers Insurance Group, Hartford, Connecticut. Filed Oct. 28. Ace Cabinets and Appliances Corp., Bronx. $17,5309.40 in favor of Fabuwood Cabinetry Corp., Newark, New Jersey. Filed Oct. 29. Acosta, Edward, Yonkers. $3,191.38 in favor of Bank of America National Association, Charlotte, North Carolina. Filed Oct. 26. B.L.O. Costs Construction Company LLC, Yonkers. $33,229.82 in favor of the State of New York Insurance Fund, New York City. Filed Oct. 27.

Beval Saddlery Ltd. Inc., North Salem. $8,788.33 in favor of Petro Inc., Woodbury. Filed Oct 26. Campisi, Danielle, Tarrytown. $11,123.11 in favor of Bank of America National Association, Charlotte, North Carolina. Filed Oct. 26. Campos, Genaro, Yonkers. $1,384 in favor of Capital One Bank U.S.A. National Association, Glen Allen, Virginia. Filed Oct. 28. Castano, Jorge, White Plains. $10,860.53 in favor of Bank of America National Association, Charlotte, North Carolina. Filed Oct. 29. Cedarcroft LLC, South Ozone Park. $5,910.17 in favor of DelBello Donnellan Weingarten Wise & Wiederkehr LLP, White Plains. Filed Oct. 27. Celli, Monica L., Yonkers. $4,743.13 in favor of Unifund CCR LLC, Cincinnati, Ohio. Filed Oct. 28. Cornerstone Concrete and More LLC, Alachua, Florida. $16,684.82 in favor of Prosperum Capital LLC, New York City. Filed Oct. 29. Dejesus, Cindy, New Rochelle. $7,341.26 in favor of Unifund CCR LLC, Cincinati, Ohio. Filed Oct. 28. Delacruz, Claudio, Yonkers. $6,099.48 in favor of JPMorgan Chase Bank National Association, Wilmington, Delaware. Filed Oct. 29. Empire Construction LLC, Thornwood. $16,033.84 in favor of Advanced Flooring LLC, Monsey. Filed Oct. 28. Fabian, Giuseppe R., Yonkers. $3,476.13 in favor of Unifund CCR LLC, Cincinnati, Ohio. Filed Oct. 29. Forthill Construction Corp., White Plains. $2,611.36 in favor of Engineered Devices Corp., Ridgefield Park, New Jersey. Filed Oct 28. Frost, Katharyn, Cortlandt Manor. $2,908.25 in favor of University Radiology Associates LLP, Syracuse. Filed Oct. 29. Gabalones, Michelle, Tarrytown. $6,745.38 in favor of JPMorgan Chase Bank National Association. Filed Oct. 27.

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

Facts & Figures Carozza, Angela M., as owner. Filed by Bank of New York Mellon Trust Company. Action: Foreclosure of a mortgage in the principal amount of $572,330 affecting property located at 224 Park Hill Ave., Yonkers. Filed Oct. 28. Carmano, Helen, as owner. Filed by PHH Mortgage Corp. Action: Foreclosure of a mortgage in the principal amount of $690,000 affecting property located at 536 Park Ave., Yonkers. Filed Oct. 27. Cote, Syllvian and Tisa Cote, as owners. Filed by U.S. Bank National Association. Action: Foreclosure of a mortgage in the principal amount of $1,312,500 affecting property located at 33 Truesdale Lake Drive, South Salem. Filed Oct. 29. Grant, Irene, as owner. Filed by U.S. Bank National Association. Action: Foreclosure of a mortgage in the principal amount of $370,000 affecting property located at 69 Church St., Tarrytown. Filed Oct. 25. Imbrogno, Mary, as owner. Filed by Nationstar Mortgage LLC. Action: Foreclosure of a mortgage in the principal amount of $375,000 affecting property located at 33 Orchard St., Mount Vernon. Filed Oct. 29. Monique, Taylor and Leonard Taylor, as owners. Filed by Aurora Loan Services LLC. Action: Foreclosure of a mortgage in the principal amount of $600,000 affecting property located at 31 Pasadena Place, Mount Vernon. Filed Oct. 27. Wilson, Patricia, as owner. Filed by Nationstar Mortgage LLC. Action: Foreclosure of a mortgage in the principal amount of $569,832 affecting property located at 160 Buena Vista Ave., Yonkers. Filed Oct. 27.

MECHANIC’S LIENS

3521 Property LLC, as owner. $43,662.50 in favor of KNR Construction LLC. Property: in Pound Ridge. Filed Oct. 26. Hughes, David, as owner. $5,804 in favor of Prime Building Services Inc. Property: 10 Summer Ave., Yonkers. Filed Oct. 25. LMV II MMP Holdings L.P., as owner. $81,103.16 in favor of Feldman-Lumber-U.S. LBM LLC. Property: in White Plains. Filed Oct. 29. MJ Gardens LLC, as owner. $25,967.80 in favor of Sunbelt Rentals Inc. Region 11. Property: in New Rochelle. Filed Oct. 28.

NEW BUSINESSES

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

PARTNERSHIPS

Dabble Hot Sauce, 20 Sammis Lane, White Plains 10605, c/o Ryan Santolo and Gregory Egan. Filed Oct. 29. Posh Styles, 60 Marrow Ave., Apt. LMS, Scarsdale 10583, c/o Share Walsh and Renee Bascoe. Filed Oct. 25.

SOLE PROPRIETORSHIPS

131 Palisade RE, 20 S. Broadway, Yonkers 10701, c/o Abdullah Fersen. Filed Oct. 28.

J V Services, 113 Main St., Ossining 10562, c/o Juan Vera. Filed Oct. 25.

Millenium Stone LTD, Port Chester. Amount: $40,000.

JD Construction, 46 Jesmeral Circle, Mohegan Lake 10547, c/o Joseph Deaton. Filed Oct. 29.

Mobile Pro New York LLC, New Rochelle. Amount: $29,250.

Killer Weave, 325 Larchmont Acres, Apt. 5C, Larchmont 10538, c/o Cynthia Otero. Filed Oct. 29. Little G&Co., 3784 Wildwood St., Yorktown Heights 10598, c/o Giulio Eliseo. Filed Oct 26. LT General Contracting, 43 N. Malcom St., Ossining 10562, c/o Luis A. Tenelanda Villa. Filed Oct. 28. One Engineering, 770 Bronx River Road, Bronxville 10708, c/o Kwang Yi. Filed Oct. 29. Perfection Heating & Cooling, 15 Lincoln Ave., Somers 10589, c/o Wilguen Sipprien. Filed Oct. 29.

American Treasure Exchange, 60 Windmill Road, Armonk 10504, c/o Ireneusz Josef Wisniewski. Filed Oct. 29.

RocNroad2, 63 Hartley Ave., Mount Vernon 10550, c/o Robin Berry. Filed Oct. 29.

Caggie Bradford Practice, 19 South Road, Katonah 10536, c/o Caroline S. Bradford. Filed Oct. 28.

Salcedos Landscaping, P.O. Box 1167, Port Chester 10573, c/o Anais G. Cevallos. Filed Oct. 26.

Casa Construction New York, 93 Fisher Ave., Apt. 2B, White Plains 10606, c/o Cristian Hernandez. Filed Oct. 28.

Self Care By Indera P, 39 Hudson Terrace, Apt. 203, Yonkers 10701, c/o Indera Prooley. Filed Oct. 28.

Danyko Testing Services, 30 Glenn St., Suite 305, White Plains 10603, c/o Stephen Danuko. Filed Oct. 26. Design With Woof, 3 Campus Place, Scarsdale 10583, c/o Xiaohan Wang. Filed Oct. 29. Dunga Yard Services, 383 Warburton Ave., Yonkers 10701, c/o Alain Thompson. Filed Oct. 26. E & M Landscaping, 6 Woodland St., Mount Kisco 10549, c/o Elias Auguste Morales Salazar. Filed Oct. 26. Flooring & Carpet Design Center, 2455 Central Park Ave., Yonkers 10710, c/o Francisco Santana. Filed Oct. 28. Get Ready To Smile, 1 Martine Ave., No. 518, White Plains 10606, c/o Spencer Cohen. Filed Oct. 29. Global Emerge, 8 Jane St., Hartsdale 10530, c/o Leonie Gordon. Filed Oct. 26. Happy Venture Kids Club, 21 Howard St., Mount Vernon 10550, c/o Jacqueline Stephens Hurst. Filed Oct. 28.

Think Counseling & Mental Wellness, 18 Gramercy Ave., Yonkers 10701, c/o Lashanta Thomas. Filed Oct. 28. Westchester Bathtub Refinishing, 220 Gainsborough Ave., West Harrison 10604, c/o Antonio Avera. Filed Oct. 26. You Can Sleep Well, 360 Huguenot St., No. 2209, New Rochelle 10801, c/o Romana Ciobany. Filed Oct. 26.

WORKERS’ COMPENSATION BOARD Failure to carry insurance or for work-related injuries and illnesses, Oct. 28 to Nov. 3, 2021. 201 Yonkers Rest Inc., New Rochelle. Amount: $2,000. D’Erricos Platinum Corp., Scarsdale and Bronx. Amount: $13,000. El Michoacano Corp., Scarsdale and New Rochelle. Amount: $20,000.

R&S Laundromat Inc., Scarsdale. Amount: $9,750. SHD Landscaping Company Inc., Port Chester. Amount: $33,500. The Diner Guys Group Corp d.b.a. Roxy’s Diner, Port Chester. Amount: $9,750. Tina’s House Daycare LLC, Rye. Amount: $1,000. Travelers Club Restaurant Inc. d.b.a. Winglady, White Plains. Amount: $15,000.

PATENTS Cognitive messaging with dynamically changing inputs. Patent no. 11,165,722 issued to Gregory Boland, et al. Assigned to IBM, Armonk. Network architecture with locally enhanced bandwidth. Patent no. 11,165,719 issued to Philip Heidelberger, et al. Assigned to IBM, Armonk. Switch-connected Dragonfly network. Patent no. 11,165,686 issued to Philip Heidelberger, et al. Assigned to IBM, Armonk. Air-gap metal-tip electrostatic discharge protection. Patent no. 11,165,248 issued to Qianwen Chen, et al. Assigned to IBM, Armonk. Cold-welded flip chip interconnect structure. Patent no. 11,165,010 issued to Eric Peter Lewandowski, et al. Assigned to IBM, Armonk. Device with integration of light-emitting diode, light sensor and bio-electrode sensors on a substrate. Patent no. 11,164,992 issued to Steve Holmes, et al. Assigned to IBM, Armonk.

Method and system for crop recognition and boundary delineation. Patent no. 11,164,310 issued to Conrad Albrecht, et al. Assigned to IBM, Armonk. Compartment rental in an autonomous ride source and delivery road vehicle. Patent no. 11,164,241 issued to Jeremy Greenberger, et al. Assigned to IBM, Armonk.

HUDSON VALLEY

BUILDING LOANS

Above $1 million

Method for product authentication using a microfluidic reader. Patent no. 11,164,190 issued to Dirk Pfeiffer, et al. Assigned to IBM, Armonk.

22 Old Nyack LLC, as owner. Lender: Northeast Community Bank/ Property: 22 Old Nyack Turnpike, Monsey. Amount: $1.5 million. Filed Oct. 25.

Recommending personalized job recommendations from automated review of writing samples and resumes. Patent no. 11,164,136 issued to Yi-Min Chee, et al. Assigned to IBM, Armonk.

AME Zoin Trinity Housing Development Fund Company Inc., as owner. Lender: Dwight Capital LLC. Property: in Poughkeepsie. Amount: $12.6 million. Filed Oct. 27.

Aggregating similarity metrics. Patent no. 11,164,098 issued to Achille Fokoue-Nkoutche, et al. Assigned to IBM, Armonk.

Blueberry Equities LLC, as owner. Lender: Cross River Bank. Property: in Ramapo. Amount: $21.4 million. Filed Oct. 27.

Interactive feedback and assessment experience. Patent no. 11,164,088 issued to Srirupa Chakraborty, et al. Assigned to IBM, Armonk.

Below $1 million

Configurable conversational agent generator. Patent no. 11,163,964 issued to Anup Kalia, et al. Assigned to IBM, Armonk. Integrity, theft protection and cyber deception using a deception-based filesystem. Patent no. 11,163,878 issued to Frederico Araujo, et al. Assigned to IBM, Armonk. Building and querying hash tables on processors. Patent no. 11,163,828 issued to Rajesh Bordawekar, et al. Assigned to IBM, Armonk. Decision-support application and system for medical differential-diagnosis and treatment using a question-answering system. Patent no. 11,163,763 issued to Sugato Bagchi, et al. Assigned to IBM, Armonk.

Silicon photonics integration method and structure. Patent no. 11,164,980 issued to Solomon Assefa, et al. Assigned to IBM, Armonk.

Efficient component communication through protocol switching in disaggregated datacenters. Patent no. 11,163,713 issued to Min Li, et al. Assigned to IBM, Armonk.

Finding precise causal multidrug-drug interactions for adverse drug reaction analysis. Patent no. 11,164,678 issued to Sanjoy Dey, et al. Assigned to IBM, Armonk.

Systems and methods for performing payment transactions using messaging service. Patent no. 11,164,173 issued to Prashanna Tiwaree, et al. Assigned to Mastercard, Purchase.

Empire State Trucking Inc., Mount Vernon. Amount: $3,921.50.

FCBJ

WCBJ

78 Twin LLC, as owner. Lender: Northeast Community Bank. Property: 78 Twin Ave., Spring Valley. Amount: $900,000. Filed Oct. 25. Giardullo, Benjamin A. and Thalassa Glasson, as owners. Lender: Walden Savings Bank. Property: in Beacon. Amount: $700,000. Filed Oct. 26. Patmar United LLC, as owner. Lender: Lendinghome Funding Corp. Property: in Poughkeepsie. Amount: $263,100. Filed Oct. 26. Rodriguez, Omar and Halima Rodriguez, as owners. Lender: Bank of America National Association. Property: in Dover. Amount: $11,500. Filed Oct. 27.

DEEDS

Above $1 million 4 Hardscrable Heights LLC, Brewster. Seller: JVF Management Inc., East Atlantic Beach, New York. Property: 20 Hardscrabble Heights, Brewster. Amount: $1.3 million. Filed Oct. 25. 66 South Park LLC, East Brunswick, New Jersey. Seller: Micky Maurizzio and Pamela Maurizzio, Wallkill. Property: in Deerpark. Amount: $15,000. Filed Oct. 25. Aisny LLC, Brooklyn. Seller: 509 Temple Hill LLC, Airmont. Property: 509 Temple Hill Road, New Windsor. Amount: $6.6 million. Filed Oct. 25.

NOVEMBER 8, 2021

Facts & Figures Gas Land Petroleum Inc., Kingston. Seller: P&J Property Walnut Street LLC, New Windsor. Property: in Newburgh. Amount: $1.2 million. Filed Oct. 25. New Antrim Pointe LLC, Hackensack, New Jersey. Seller: Stone Castle Suffern LLC, Hackensack, New Jersey. Property: 176-186 Lafayette Ave., Suffern. Amount: $1.4 million. Filed Oct. 28. Pomona Corner LLC, Monsey. Seller: 971 Route 45 Holdings LLC, Spring Valley. Property: 971 Route 54, Ramapo. Amount: $1.4 million. Filed Oct. 27. Real Realty LLC, Brooklyn. Seller: Goldie Development LLC, Monsey. Property: 5 King Terrace, Unit 102, Spring Valley. Amount: $1.2 million. Filed Oct. 25. Royal Green Gardens LLC, Brooklyn. Seller: Opal Gardens LLC, Brooklyn. Property: 214-238 Old Nyack Turnpike, Spring Valley. Amount: $4.7 million. Filed Oct. 28.

603 Route 6 LLC, Mahopac. Seller: Giovanna Barba, Somers. Property: 603 Route 6, Mahopac. Amount: $175,000. Filed Oct. 25. 993 Peach LLC, Spring Valley. Seller: Steward Holdings LLC, Mount Vernon. Property: 364 Peach Lake, Road Brewster. Amount: $750,000. Filed Oct. 29. 2545 Dutches LLC, Clinton Corners. Seller: NMS 11 LLC, Stanford. Property: in Pleasant Valley. Amount: $384,500. Filed Oct. 26. Aasen, Ashley and Tabatha Aasen, Stevenson, Washington. Seller: Henry Hearth and Home Realty LLC, LaGrangeville. Property: in LaGrangeville. Amount: $409,500. Filed Oct. 27. Acemoglu, Nicholas V. and Menaka R. Iyer, Austin, Texas. Seller: Obercreek Development LLC, Wappingers Falls. Property: in Wappingers Falls. Amount: $950,000. Filed Oct. 29.

That-H Trust, Poughkeepsie. Seller: Slopeline LLC, Poughkeepsie. Property: 22‑23 Valkyria, Cold Spring. Amount: $3.4. Filed Oct. 26.

Adirondack Construction Management LLC, Hopewell Junction. Seller: Millchurch LLC, Amenia. Property: in Washington. Amount: $580,000. Filed Oct. 28.

Triangle Squared Realty Hamlock LLC, Nanuet. Seller: NYSARC Inc., Congers. Property: 25 Hemlock Drive, Clarkstown. Amount: $6.5 million. Filed Oct. 27.

A.L.O.J.A. Investors Corp., New York City. Seller: JAAX LLC, Poughkeepsie. Property: in Poughkeepsie. Amount: $625,000. Filed Oct. 27.

Below $1 million

Ammerata, Vincent J. and Kathleen Ammerata, Fishkill. Seller: Toll Land VI Limited Partnership, Washington, Pennsylvania. Property: in Fishkill. Amount: $385,000. Filed Oct. 27.

5 Leanord LLC, Hopewell Junction. Seller: Karan Garewal, Mount Kisco. Property: in Beacon. Amount: $290,000. Filed Oct. 26.

25 Columbus Avenue LLC, Spring Valley. Seller: 25 Columbus LLC, Monsey. Property: 25 Columbus Ave., Spring Valley. Amount: $575,000. Filed Oct. 28. 104 South Broadway Realty LLC, New City. Seller: Connie Taragano, Saddle River, New Jersey. Property: 104 S. Broadway, South Nyack. Amount: $625,000. Filed Oct. 29. 230 Oak Road West LLC, Mahopac. Seller: VMS Pizza 1 LLC, Mahopac. Property: 22 Beach Court and Smalley Corners Road, Kent. Amount: $90,000. Filed Oct. 29. 537 Main Street LLC, Somers. Seller: Hit Diggity Dog Inc., Milton. Property: in Poughkeepsie. Amount: $650,000. Filed Oct. 27.

NOVEMBER 8, 2021

Cornwall Acquisitions LLC, Harriman. Seller: Alex Muhlmeister LLC, New City. Property: in Cornwall-on-Hudson. Amount: $439,000. Filed Oct. 25. Curtin, Timothy and Lori Ann Curtin, Washingtonville. Seller: Silbase Enterprises Inc., Washingtonville. Property: 1 Little Brook Court, New Windsor. Amount: $414,999. Filed Oct. 25. Ivezaj, Daniel and Maria Ivezaj, Brewster. Seller: FarGab LLC, Brewster. Property: 120 Manor Road, Patterson. Amount: $200,000. Filed Oct. 29. Kolman, Lieb and Faigy Kolman, Monsey. Seller: ACE Builders New York LLC, Spring Valley. Property: 52 Collins Ave., Spring Valley. Amount: $735,000. Filed Oct. 26.

FCBJ

WCBJ

Lederman, Yidel, Spring Valley. Seller: ACE Builders New York LLC, Spring Valley. Property: 52 Collins Ave., Spring Valley. Amount: $695,000. Filed Oct. 25. Matulac, Michel and Lena Matulac, Tappan. Seller: 181 Washington Corp., Tappan. Property: 181 Washington St., Orangetown. Amount: $737,000. Filed Oct. 28. Montanaro, Christopher M. and Lauren Montanaro, Cliffside Park, New Jersey. Seller: Green Meadows B&B LLC, New City. Property: 136 Brewery Road, Clarkstown. Amount: $774,000. Filed Oct. 26. Neuman, Lipa and Esther Y. Neuman, Monroe. Seller: N.M.L.S. Teo LLC, Monroe. Property: 5 Lizensk Blvd., Unit 205, Palm Tree. Amount: $645,000. Filed Oct. 25. OJW Realty Enterprises LLC, Waccabuc. Seller: Robert L. Schwarz, Carmel. Property: 25 Hamilton Drive, Carmel. Amount: $195,000. Filed Oct. 29. Rodriguez, Gabriel and Minh Dam, Jersey City, New Jersey. Seller: North Rockland AGV LLC, Suffern. Property: 24-95 Crescent Drive, Haverstraw. Amount: $170,000. Filed Oct. 26. Rosenberg, Chana and Yehuda Morgenstern, Brooklyn. Seller: Viola Ventures LLC, Spring Valley. Property: 3103 Corner St., Spring Valley. Amount: $308,000. Filed Oct. 25. Smit, Maria Ann, Jericho. Seller: Jonsts Properties LLC, Yorktown Heights. Property: 233 Walnut Road, Putnam Valley. Amount: $230,000. Filed Oct. 26. Spring Vee Holdings LLC, Brooklyn. Seller: David Castagna, New City. Property: 7 Linda Lane, Ramapo. Amount: $378,500. Filed Oct. 29. Stein, Shraga, Brooklyn. Seller: 34 Union LLC, Monroe. Property: 34 Union Road, Unit 212, Spring Valley. Amount: $874,470. Filed Oct. 26. Unger, Yerachmiel, Spring Valley. Seller: 9 Neil Road LLC, Brooklyn. Property: 9 Neil Road, Unit 114, Ramapo. Amount: $375,000. Filed Oct. 27. Western Orange Realty Inc., Port Jervis. Seller: William T. Todd and Barbara J. Todd, Port Jervis. Property: 29 West St., Port Jervis. Amount: $200,000. Filed Oct. 25.

JUDGMENTS

Castro & Gringos Corp., Putnam Valley. $21,120.58 in favor of LCF Group Inc., Lake Success. Filed Oct. 26. Cubic, Christopher, Carmel. $38,332.25 in favor of A Class Builders Inc., Carmel. Filed Oct. 25. Kish, Pamela R., Cold Spring. $11,489.35 in favor of JPMorgan Chase Bank National Association, Wilmington, Delaware. Filed Oct. 29.

Bella Care Plus, 470 N. Main St., Brewster 10509, c/o Lucia R. Peguero. Filed Oct. 26.

Momo Income Tax, 130 Route 59, Spring Valley 10977, c/o Robert Morisset. Filed Oct. 27.

Blue Diamond Soy Candles, 43 Darin Road, Warwick 10990, c/o Linda Marie Moser. Filed Oct. 28.

MR Print, 61 Quassaick Ave., New Windsor, 12553, c/o Gregory J. Rivera. Filed Oct. 25.

Chamorros General Construction, 211 Gidney Ave., Newburgh 12550, c/o Faustino Chamorro Bolanos. Filed Oct. 27.

Nathaniel Construction, 84 Lexington Drive, Newburgh 12550, c/o Leslie T. Nathaniel. Filed Oct. 25.

East Side Mint Coins, 86 Highland Ave., Florida 10921, c/o Raymond Rusolo. Filed Oct. 26.

McCools & Son Heating and Air Conditioning LLC, Carmel. $14,391.14 in favor of Usco Inc., Plainfield, New Jersey. Filed Oct. 26.

Eldo M. Car Services, 17 Van Orden Ave., Apt. 1, Spring Valley 10977, c/o Eldo Israel Martinez Sanchez. Filed Oct. 27.

MECHANIC’S LIENS

El Zapata Deli Grocery No. 2, 6 N. Main St., Monroe 10950, c/o Ruben Godinez. Filed Oct. 27.

All Star Inc., as owner. $8,526 in favor of Hillburn Holdings LLC. Property: 136 Sixth St., Ramapo. Filed Oct. 28. DP 108 LLC, as owner. $21,659.01 in favor of United Rentals North America Inc. Property: 511 Fishkill Lane, Beacon. Filed Oct. 28.

NEW BUSINESSES

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

PARTNERSHIPS

Dope Habits Life & Style, 15 Vermont Drive, Newburgh 12550, c/o Gregory J. Rivera. Filed Oct. 25. J&J All The Way, 1 Mila Road, Warwick 10990, c/o Jason A. Obregon and Jose A. Venancio. Filed Oct. 28. Kim & Diego JKD House Cleaning Services, 175 Excelsior Ave., Middletown 10940, c/o Diego Armando Villalba Galindo and Quimberlin Mariela. Filed Oct. 28.

SOLE PROPRIETORSHIPS Adrian’s Wood Floors, 15 Floradan Road, Putnam Valley 10579, c/o Adrian Ortiz Ricardo. Filed Oct. 28. Beauty Studio, 18 Israel Zupnick Drive, Unit 210, Monroe 10950, c/o Sarah Ehrenfeld. Filed Oct. 27.

Eva Henderson Studio, 11 Marion Ave., Cold Spring 10516, c/o Eva Henderson. Filed Oct. 27. Garcia Sewer and Drain Service, 54 Cinder Road, Stony Point 10980, c/o Tony Garcia. Filed Oct. 27. Good Problems Management, 33 City Terrace North, Newburgh 12550, c/o Michael Ferri. Filed Oct. 29. Jhony Car Service, 32 N. Myrtle Ave., Spring Valley 10977, c/o Jhony Javier Molina Santander. Filed Oct. 26. JK Plumbing & Heating, 2170 Green Ville Turnpike, Port Jervis 12771, c/o Joseph G. Kaczmar. Filed Oct. 28. King Arthur Cleaning Services, 4 Dwight Road, Spring Valley 10977, c/o Adolfo A. Recinos Nufio. Filed Oct. 27. Kspr Edible Corp., 2585 South Road, Poughkeepsie 12601, c/o Kamaran Shafaq. Filed Oct. 29. Lahszn, 673 Little Britian Road, New Windsor 12553, c/o Marinna Ashley Vasta. Filed Oct. 25. Linda Lovely Designs, 7 Arrow Point Lane, Washingtonville 10992, c/o Linda M. Stearns. Filed Oct. 25. M&B Handyman Services, 14 Kenney Court, Newburgh 12550, c/o Michael J. King. Filed Oct. 25.

Nerd Life Tattoo, 88 Dunning Road, Suite 220, Middletown 10940, c/o Daniel Noel Ortiz. PACOA, 7 Harbor Park Drive, Port Washington 11050, c/o Paint Applicator Corporation of America. Filed Oct. 26. Paint In Your Eye, 15 Clematis Road, Brewster 10509, c/o Tomasina J. Conti. Filed Oct. 25. Peralta Taxi Service, 18 Steephill Road, Nanuet 10954, c/o Luis A. Peralta Gadvay. Filed Oct. 29. Proper Property Management, 12 Old Minisink Trail, Goshen 10924, c/o Daniel Joseph Della Vecchia and Shamrock Pools & Decks, 128 Youngblood Road, Montgomery 12549, c/o Kevin J. Murphy. Filed Oct. 25. Shinythingz, 890 Peekskill Hollow Road, Putnam Valley 10579, c/o Stephanie Pellicci. Filed Oct. 29. Soldier International, 37 Ossman Court, Garnerville 10923, c/o Kwame A. Wilkerson. Filed Oct. 29. Spikes Repair Services, 40 Hamptonburgh Road, Campbell Hall 10916, c/o Anthony Clay Spikes. Filed Oct. 26. The Fairway Tavern Inc., 1215 Route 199, Red Hook 12571, c/o Cider Bros Inc. Filed Oct. 29. Triple R Associates, 468 Haverstraw Road, Suffern 10901, c/o Laura Rosenberg and Riva Rosenberg. Filed Oct. 26. Ulteampro Staffing, 14 Dwight Ave., Spring Valley 10977, c/o Rodrigue Lustin. Filed Oct. 26. Violet Food Mart Inc., 874 Violet Ave., Hyde Park 12538, c/o Kristie L. Delong. Filed Oct. 29. ZM Latin Store, 38 Rose Ave., Apt. 5A, Spring Valley 10977, c/o Ziola Mercedes Palaguacgi Caguana. Filed Oct. 27.

Facts & Figures BUILDING PERMITS Commercial John E Antonelli, Stamford, contractor for the Housing Authority of the city of Stamford. Construct a partial roof repair/replacement at Ursula Place, Stamford. Estimated cost: $9,850. Filed Sept. 9. McPhee Electric Ltd. LLC, Farmington, contractor for ESRT First Stamford Place LLC. Upgrade antennas and ancillary equipment at the existing wireless facility. Remove 12 antennas at 151 Greenwich Ave., Unit 300, Stamford. Estimated cost: $27,500. Filed Sept. 28. One Stamford Plaza Owner LLC, Stamford, contractor for One Stamford Plaza Owner LLC. Erect sign at 263 Tresser Blvd., Stamford. Estimated cost: $22,000. Filed Sept. 1. Panteleimon Hatzivasiliadis LLC, Stamford, contractor for 114-116 West Broad Street LLC. Replace siding at 116 W. Broad St., Stamford. Estimated cost: $17,500. Filed Sept. 7. Pavarini Northeast Construction Company LLC, Stamford, contractor for Six Hundred Washington Acquisitions LLC. Perform replacement alterations at 600 Washington Blvd., Stamford. Estimated cost: $1,000,000. Filed Sept. 10. Petretti & Associates LLC, New York, New York, contractor for Stamford Media Village LLC. Perform replacement alterations at 4 Star Point, Stamford. Estimated cost: $700,000. Filed Sept. 28. Petretti & Associates LLC, New York, New York, contractor for Six Hundred Washington Acquisitions LLC. Perform replacement alterations at 600 Washington Blvd., Stamford. Estimated cost: $675,000. Filed Sept. 22.

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Pimpinella Construction Company Inc., Stamford, contractor for Stamford Town Center LLC. Alter some ballet school interior parts and minor electrical work at 100 Greyrock Place, Stamford. Estimated cost: $55,000. Filed Sept. 9. Precision Contracting & Design LLC, Stamford, contractor for Michael and Alyssa S. Bernstein. Finish basement area with new bathroom, enclose mechanical room and sump-pump area, create storage area, construct flooring and insulate walls at 30 Crofts Lane, Stamford. Estimated cost: $125,000. Filed Sept. 10. Premier Building Associates LLC, Branford, contractor for Reckson. Complete roof replacement and flashing work at 101 Broad St., Unit 4 Landmark Square, Stamford. Estimated cost: $556,300. Filed Sept. 29. Rogliano Construction & Contracting Corp, Port Chester, New York, contractor for Gas Summer Street LLC. Construct one-story addition to commercial building (warehouse and basement) at 2768 Summer St., Stamford. Estimated cost: $1,000,000. Filed Sept. 17. Shaun P. Martin, West Hartford, contractor for Stamford Hospital. Disconnect existing fire department connection and relocate and install new connection at 29 Hospital Plaza, Stamford. Estimated cost: $4,425. Filed Sept. 19. Stamford Green Company Ltd., Stamford, contractor for Stamford Green Company Ltd. Supply and install replacement emergency generator system, utilizing existing concrete pad with modifications to accommodate new conduits to the building, 492 W. Main St., Stamford. Estimated cost: $107,668. Filed Sept. 3. Stamford Square Associates, Stamford, contractor for Stamford Square Associates. Install a wall sign on penthouse at 3001 Summer St., Stamford. Estimated cost: $50,000. Filed Sept. 14. Structural Preservation Systems LLC, Cheshire, contractor for Pmi Pg Stamford LLC. Perform an installation of towers and posts under the ramp beam at 180 Broad St., Stamford. Estimated cost: $34,000. Filed Sept. 10. Templar Construction LLC, Mount Kisco, New York, contractor for BLT 333 Ludlow LLC c/o BLT Management LLC. Demise existing single-tenant space into two tenant spaces and add a new entrance at 333 Ludlow St., Stamford. Estimated cost: $197,500. Filed Sept. 7.

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Titan Enterprises Inc., Ansonia, contractor for the city of Stamford. Renovate restrooms on sixth, seventh, eighth and ninth floors, at 888 Washington Blvd., Stamford. Estimated cost: $472,600. Filed Sept. 21. Tribus LLC, Stamford, contractor for Mapleview Tower Preservation LP. Expand existing community room at ground-floor level at 51 Grove St., Stamford. Estimated cost: $95,000. Filed Sept. 30. Wicnn Stillwater LLC, Texas, contractor for Winn Stillwater LLC. Install multiply signs at West Avenue, Stamford. Estimated cost: $9,600. Filed Sept. 22.

Residential Castillo, Herbert, Stamford, contractor for Thomas McNally and Ashley McNally. Add a second-floor shed dormer at 46 Cody Drive, Stamford. Estimated cost: $75,000. Filed Sept. 1. Green Power Energy LLC, Annandale, New Jersey, contractor for William and Christine Sikes. Install lag bolts, flashing and racking for residential roof-mounted solar system at 668 Westover Road, Stamford. Estimated cost: $25,717. Filed Sept. 7. The Home Depot USA Inc., Atlanta, Georgia, contractor for Eric A. and Susan C. Cunningham. Remove and replace six windows without structural changes at 66 Old Barn Road South, Stamford. Estimated cost: $4,321. Filed Sept. 21. The Home Depot USA Inc., Atlanta, Georgia, contractor for Edward DeSantis. Remove and replace three windows without structural changes at 124 Vine Road, Stamford. Estimated cost: $3,912. Filed Sept. 14. The Home Depot USA Inc., Atlanta, Georgia, contractor for Timothy and Mary Blake. Remove and replace seven windows without structural changes at 88 Harvest Hill Lane, Stamford. Estimated cost: $5,972. Filed Sept. 27. The Home Depot USA Inc., Atlanta, Georgia, contractor for Craig and Cristina Napolitano. Remove and replace three windows and one patio door without structural changes at 33 Easthill Road, Stamford. Estimated cost: $12,340. Filed Sept. 21. The Home Depot USA Inc., Atlanta, Georgia, contractor for Erin Elizabeth Cassidy and Edward Anthony Telles. Remove and replace three windows without structural changes at 68 Ridge Park Ave., Stamford. Estimated cost: $3,655. Filed Sept. 21.

Home Energy Repair LLC, Greenwich, contractor for Shirley S. Grimmett. Replace roof and gutters at 38 Hedge Brook Lane, Stamford. Estimated cost: $15,000. Filed Sept. 8. J.R.’s Painting & Home Repairs LLC, Prospect, contractor for Andrea M. and Michael Vigliotti. Remove current roof and replace with architectural roofing shingles at 33 Wyndover Lane, Stamford. Estimated cost: $27,000. Filed Sept. 3. Knight & Grabowski Construction LLC, Stamford, contractor for David and Mary Refermat. Perform interior alterations, including new laundry room and bathroom on ground floor, open nonstructural walls on first floor to create more open layout, renovate kitchen on first floor master bathroom on second floor, install new windows throughout and install new roof at 506 Long Ridge Road, Stamford. Estimated cost: $150,000. Filed Sept. 14. LB&O LLC, Fairfield, contractor for Mark S. and Kathleen E. Dolan. Enlarge existing bathroom at 3 Klondike Ave., Stamford. Estimated cost: $44,511. Filed Sept. 13. Lord, Claudia, Stamford, contractor for Claudia Lord. Finish basement - family room, wet bar, laundry area and full bathroom at 473 High Ridge Road, Stamford. Estimated cost: $65,000. Filed Sept. 29. Lorusso, Jason, Stamford, contractor for Jason Lorusso. Perform a second-floor addition at 58 Ogden Road, Stamford. Estimated cost: $60,000. Filed Sept. 14. Marr, Glenn R., Stamford, contractor for Glenn R. Marr. Perform kitchen alterations at 81 Ogden Road, Stamford. Estimated cost: $25,000. Filed Sept. 27. Milewski, Janina H., et al, Stamford, contractor for Janina H. Milewski and Joanna Milewska. Build an addition in rear of existing dwelling with interior layout modifications and utility upgrades. At 33 Gerik Road, Stamford. Estimated cost: $250,000. Filed Sept. 8. Murphy & Sons Inc., Cos Cob, contractor for Susan G. Krause Revocable Trust. Re-roof 1 Shore Road, Unit 6, Stamford. Estimated cost: $7,200. Filed Sept. 23. Murphy & Sons Inc., Cos Cob, contractor for Nicholas Herne. Re-roof 1 Shore Road, Unit 9, Stamford. Estimated cost: $7,200. Filed Sept. 23.

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Murphy & Sons Inc., Cos Cob, contractor for Charles and Marie F. Stobbie. Re-roof 33 Island Heights Drive, Stamford. Estimated cost: $10,900. Filed Sept. 24. O’Hara, David, West Haven, contractor for Ivan Aikler. Remove existing bathtub and replace with a safe walk-in shower at 21 Mulberry St., Stamford. Estimated cost: $7,500. Filed Sept. 22. OM Construction Corp, Stamford, contractor for Ronald and Rose Santangelo. Relocate front door and construct one-story addition and open porch at 67 White Oak Lane, Stamford. Estimated cost: $16,000. Filed Sept. 28. Pro Custom Solar LLC, South Plainfield, New Jersey, contractor for Johah R. William and Karthikeyan Abitha. Install rooftop rail-less PV solar modules at 6 Selby Place, Stamford. Estimated cost: $37,772. Filed Sept. 22. Remodeling Consultants of Fairfield Inc., Mamaroneck, New York, contractor for Kenneth and Evelyn Myers. Remodel interior to reconfigure layout of first floor, construct new secondary entrance at mudroom, install new electric heat, cabinetry, appliances, counters, floor and wall finishes at 5 Southwest Drive, Stamford. Estimated cost: $180,000. Filed Sept. 9. Riga LLC, Norwalk, contractor for Hillary and Christy Hastings. Re-roof 42 Highland Road, Unit 1, Stamford. Estimated cost: $12,400. Filed Sept. 13. Riga LLC, Norwalk, contractor for Christopher Piqueira. Re-roof 42 Highland Road, Unit 6, Stamford. Estimated cost: $8,650. Filed Sept. 10. Riverside Design and Build LLC, Pound Ridge, New York, contractor for Daniel J. Goldstein. Perform renovations to an existing single-family dwelling, including plumbing, mechanical and electrical upgrades, eight new windows, a new section of roof over the existing kitchen, upgrade two bathrooms and convert guest room to changing room for pool at 322 Wildwood Road, Stamford. Estimated cost: $125,686. Filed Sept. 8. Rogers, Chad, Trumbull, contractor for Andrea Benice Horowitz. Furnish and install a generator with above-ground propane tanks at 202 Lynam Road, Stamford. Estimated cost: $11,623. Filed Sept. 9. Schweitzer, Ben, Stamford, contractor for Ben Schweitzer. Install whole-house generator to be connected to existing propane at 124 Dundee Road, Stamford. Estimated cost: $15,000. Filed Sept. 2.

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Sepanski, Edmund P., Otis, Massachusetts, contractor for Kevin David Barrera and Jara Sergio P. Celleri. Install PV panels on roof at 267 Thunder Hill Drive, Stamford. Estimated cost: $36,660. Filed Sept. 23. Shapiro, Hilary B., Stamford, contractor for Hilary B. Shapiro. Install a Generac generator connected to natural gas at 95 Intervale Road, Unit 10, Stamford. Estimated cost: $10,000. Filed Sept. 8. Slater, Beryl and Mark Slater, Stamford, contractor for Beryl Slater and Mark Slater. Perform an addition to single-family dwelling at 112 Lawrence Hill Road, Stamford. Estimated cost: $22,000. Filed Sept. 16. Suneetha, Rayudu, Stamford, contractor for Rayudu Suneetha. Legalize a finished basement with the use of sheetrock, flooring, doors and baseboard at 596 Glenbrook Road, Unit 25, Stamford. Estimated cost: $9,000. Filed Sept. 28. Sunrun Installation Services Inc., San Francisco, California, contractor for Antonio and Stephanie A. Capomolla. Tear off and replace roof at 16 Haig Ave., Stamford. Estimated cost: $6,689. Filed Sept. 10. Sunrun Installation Services Inc., San Francisco, California, contractor for Susan C. Manashel. Install roof-mounted solar panels at 41 Dale Place, Stamford. Estimated cost: $4,774. Filed Sept. 10. Sunrun Installation Services Inc., San Francisco, California, contractor for Antonio and Stephanie A. Capomolla. Install roof-mounted solar panels at 16 Haig Ave., Stamford. Estimated cost: $8,704. Filed Sept. 10. Sunrun Installation Services Inc., San Francisco, California, contractor for Mark A. Ellis and George Kralovansky Jr. Install roof-mounted solar panels at 709 Hunting Ridge Road, Stamford. Estimated cost: $14,040. Filed Sept. 23. Team Rally LLC, Norwalk, contractor for Daniel F. Fagan. Install a Napoleon wood stove insert into existing fireplace at 73 Palmer St., Stamford. Estimated cost: $3,500. Filed Sept. 21. Thomas Sturges Construction LLC, Stamford, contractor for Enkannathan Omkumar and Vidhya S. Kaliaperumal. Finish basement with a full bathroom, kitchen, office, playroom and finish room above garage at 1031 Stillwater Road, Stamford. Estimated cost: $50,000. Filed Sept. 7.

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Facts & Figures Tl Home Improvement LLC, Shelton, contractor for Anna Soave. Install new vinyl siding over existing wood siding at 32 Vine Place, Stamford. Estimated cost: $18,669. Filed Sept. 24.

Vivint Solar Developer LLC, Lehi, Utah, contractor for Joan A. and Kevin Hassan. Install roof-mounted solar panels at 14 Ayres Drive, Stamford. Estimated cost: $5,304. Filed Sept. 15.

Tri State Home Improvements LLC, Stratford, contractor for Betty and Karim A. Khan. Install new architectural roofing shingles at 74 Fairway Drive, Stamford. Estimated cost: $24,000. Filed Sept. 7.

Vivint Solar Developer LLC, Lehi, Utah, contractor for Peng Kejuan and Qian Wei. Install roof-mounted solar panels at 22 Fieldstone Circle, Stamford. Estimated cost: $5,304. Filed Sept. 9.

Tuite, Cale M., Oxford, contractor for Regina M. Plumb and Allan B. Plumb. Install a generator at 195 High Clear Drive, Stamford. Estimated cost: $10,957. Filed Sept. 7.

Vivint Solar Developer LLC, Lehi, Utah, contractor for David and Shira Gilboa. Install roof-mounted solar panels at 43 Donald Road, Stamford. Estimated cost: $12,199. Filed Sept. 22.

Vela, Kathleen R., Stamford, contractor for Kathleen R. Vela. Legalize basement bathroom at 12 Wilder Road South, Stamford. Estimated cost: $12,000. Filed Sept. 21. Venture Home Solar LLC, Southington, contractor for Cory and Bianca Werner Hermoni. Install roof-mounted solar modules at 1 Finney Lane, Unit C, Stamford. Estimated cost: $6,800. Filed Sept. 15. Verma, Ajay, Stamford, contractor for Ajay Verma. Legalize an existing full bathroom at 57 Rock Spring Road, Unit 17, Stamford. Estimated cost: $18,775. Filed Sept. 16. Vivint Solar Developer LLC, Lehi, Utah, contractor for Donna Sweidan. Install roof-mounted solar panels at 21 Arlington Road, Stamford. Estimated cost: $4,243. Filed Sept. 14. Vivint Solar Developer LLC, Lehi, Utah, contractor for Frank Jr. and Jamie Gentile. Install roof-mounted solar panels at 99 Klondike Ave., Stamford. Estimated cost: $20,808. Filed Sept. 14. Vivint Solar Developer LLC, Lehi, Utah, contractor for Nathan Lang. Install roof-mounted solar panels at 308 Silver Hill Lane, Stamford. Estimated cost: $9,792. Filed Sept. 14. Vivint Solar Developer LLC, Lehi, Utah, contractor for Benjamin D. Erwin. Install roof-mounted solar panels at 64 Bon Air Ave., Stamford. Estimated cost: $7,691. Filed Sept. 14. Vivint Solar Developer LLC, Lehi, Utah, contractor for Johnny Arteaga and Liliana V. Ulloa. Install roof-mounted solar panels at 27 Willowbrook Place, Stamford. Estimated cost: $5,304. Filed Sept. 13.

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Zakhar, Theodore, Norwalk, contractor for Susana and Victor M. Ramos. Perform a roof replacement at 8561 Hope St., Stamford. Estimated cost: $13,750. Filed Sept. 13.

COURT CASES Bridgeport Superior Court Daley, Alvin, Bridgeport. Filed by Alex Saez, Bridgeport. Plaintiff’s attorney: Weber & Rubano LLC, Wallingford. Action: The plaintiff suffered a collision allegedly caused by the defendant and sustained severe damages and injuries. The plaintiff seeks monetary damages more than $15,000, exclusive of interest and costs and such other further relief the court deems appropriate. Case no. FBTCV-21-6109635-S. Filed Sept. 13. Green Power Ventures LLC. et al, Fairfield. Filed by Davidson Williams, Bridgeport. Plaintiff’s attorney: Grayson & Associates PC, Greenwich. Action: The plaintiff acquired the residential property, which was conveyed with an express, nonexclusive easement for ingress and egress over and across certain property. Plaintiff has used the easement openly, regularly, and without restriction to access the waterfront for various water-related activities during their 34 years of ownership of their residence. Defendants, individually and/or jointly built or arranged for others to build, a chain link fence with a locked gate across the entrance to 145 Anchorage Drive blocking access to the property. The fence and construction activity on 145 Anchorage interferes with plaintiff’s use and access to the waterfront. As a result, defendants have trespassed upon plaintiff’s property, restricting the rights and benefits of use of the easement. The plaintiff seeks a temporary injunction and monetary damages more than $15,000, exclusive of interest and costs and such other further relief the court deems appropriate. Case no. FBTCV-21-6109667-S. Filed Aug. 18.

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Johnson & Johnson, et al, New Brunswick, New Jersey, Filed by Evan Plotkin, Somers. Plaintiff’s attorney: Early Lucarelli Sweeney & Meisenkothen L, New Haven. Action: The plaintiff was further exposed to asbestos or asbestos-containing products that were produced, manufactured and distributed by the defendants. The defendants failed to warn the plaintiff and the surrounding communities of the dangers, characteristics and potentialities of the products when they knew or should have known that the exposure to the products would cause disease and injuries. The plaintiff seeks seek a temporary injunction and monetary damages more than $15,000, exclusive of interest and costs and such other further relief the court deems appropriate. Case no. FBT-CV-21-6109520-S. Filed Sept. 7. Oak Supermarket LLC, et al, New Britain. Filed by United Cash Systems LLC, Fairfield. Plaintiff’s attorney: David Eric Ross LLC, Westport. Action: The plaintiff and defendant entered into an agreement to install an ATM in the business premises controlled and owned by the defendant. However, the defendant modified the agreement and refused to honor the agreement and modification as requested by the plaintiff. As a result, the plaintiff suffered damages and now seeks a temporary injunction and monetary damages more than $15,000, exclusive of interest and costs and such other further relief the court deems appropriate. Case no. FBT-CV-21-6109902-S. Filed Sept. 21. Safeco Insurance Company of Illinois, Hartford. Filed by Quimeen Johnson, Bridgeport. Plaintiff’s attorney: Kernan Scully & McDonald LLP, Waterbury. Action: The plaintiff suffered a collision allegedly caused by another driver and sustained severe and painful personal injuries. The driver did not have sufficient automobile insurance to fairly compensate the plaintiff, therefore an instant claim for underinsured motorist coverage benefits against the defendant was initiated. The defendant was notified and has failed to compensate the plaintiff fairly. The plaintiff seeks monetary damages more than $15,000, exclusive of interest and costs and such other further relief the court deems appropriate. Case no. FBT-CV-21-6109612-S. Filed Sept. 10 Danbury Superior Court

Bird, Benjamin, Delaware, Ohio. Filed by Juan Rodriguez, Danbury. Plaintiff’s attorney: The Flood Law Firm LLC, Middletown. Action: The plaintiff suffered a collision allegedly caused by the defendant and sustained severe damages and injuries. The plaintiff seeks monetary damages more than $15,000, exclusive of interest and costs and such other further relief the court deems appropriate. Case no. DBDCV-21-6040648-S. Filed Sept. 17. D’Ottavio, Michael, et al, Danbury. Filed by IRBC2, LLC, Beaverton, Oregon. Plaintiff’s attorney: Brock and Scott PLLC, Pawtucket, Rhode Island. Action: The plaintiff is the owner of the defendants’ note and mortgage. The defendants defaulted on the terms of the agreement and have failed to pay the plaintiff the amount due. The plaintiff claims foreclosure of the mortgage, possession of the mortgage premises, monetary damages more than $15,000, exclusive of interest and costs and such other further relief the court deems appropriate. Case no. DBDCV-21-6040603-S. Filed Sept. 14. Kennedy, Elizabeth M., et al, Brookfield. Filed by Union Savings Bank, Danbury. Plaintiff’s attorney: Christopher Gerard Winans, Danbury. Action: The plaintiff is the owner of the note and mortgage of the defendants who defaulted on the terms of the agreement and have failed to pay the plaintiff the amount due. The plaintiff claims foreclosure of the mortgage, possession of the mortgage premises, monetary damages more than $15,000, exclusive of interest and costs and such other further relief the court deems appropriate. Case no. DBD-CV-21-6040210-S. Filed Aug. 3. Roman, Vanesa Katheryne, et al, Danbury. Filed by Lorena Estefany Lopez, Danbury. Plaintiff’s attorney: Moore O’Brien & Foti, Middlebury. Action: The plaintiff suffered a collision allegedly caused by the defendant and sustained severe damages and injuries. The plaintiff seeks monetary damages more than $15,000, exclusive of interest and costs and such other further relief the court deems appropriate. Case no. DBDCV-21-6040189-S. Filed July 29. Stamford Superior Court Brown, Kimberly, et al, Norwalk. Filed by Rena Thorne, Norwalk. Plaintiff’s attorney: Millman & Millman, Westport. Action: The plaintiff suffered a collision allegedly caused by the defendants and sustained severe damages and injuries. The plaintiff seeks monetary damages more than $15,000, exclusive of interest and costs and such other further relief the court deems appropriate. Case no. FSTCV-21-6053382-S. Filed Sept. 3.

Buell Industries Inc., Hartford. Filed by River Bank Construction LLC, Westport. Plaintiff’s attorney: Alan Spirer, Westport. Action: The plaintiff and the defendant entered into a real estate sales agreement for the purchase and sale of a premise. The agreement had a damage disclosure and the defendant needed to inform to the plaintiff if there were any damages during the sale of the premise. The premise was vandalized and damaged and the defendant failed to notify the plaintiff, even though the defendant knew about the incident. As a result, the plaintiff suffered damages. The plaintiff seeks monetary damages more than $15,000, exclusive of interest and costs and such other further relief the court deems appropriate. Case no. FST-CV-21-6053187-S. Filed Aug. 23. Darius, Carlton, et al, Stamford. Filed by Gisselt Paredes, Boca Raton, Florida. Plaintiff’s attorney: Mark M. Kochanowicz, New York, New York. Action: The plaintiff suffered a collision allegedly caused by the defendant and sustained severe damages and injuries. The plaintiff seeks monetary damages more than $15,000, exclusive of interest and costs and such other further relief the court deems appropriate. Case no. FST-CV-216053439-S. Filed Sept. 9. Johnson, Beverly C., Greenwich. Filed by Maria E. Marroquin, Greenwich. Plaintiff’s attorney: Wocl Leydon LLC, Stamford. Action: The plaintiff suffered a collision allegedly caused by the defendant and sustained severe damages and injuries. The plaintiff seeks monetary damages more than $15,000, exclusive of interest and costs and such other further relief the court deems appropriate. Case no. FST-CV-21-6053322-S. Filed Aug. 31. Moran, Mary A., New York, New York. Filed by Julie Diane Uygur, Greenwich. Plaintiff’s attorney: Schnitzler Law LLC, Fairfield. Action: The plaintiff suffered a collision allegedly caused by the defendant and sustained severe damages and injuries. The plaintiff seeks monetary damages more than $15,000, exclusive of interest and costs and such other further relief the court deems appropriate. Case no. FST-CV-21-6053561-S. Filed Sept. 20.

DEEDS Commercial 11 Avery Street LLC, Greenwich. Seller: Wilson Gujar, Fairfield. Property: 11 Avery St., Fairfield. Amount: $689,000. Filed Sept. 21.

60-506 Strawberry Hill LLC, Goshen, Kentucky. Seller: Carol W. Tusch and Nicholas R. Halzack, Stamford. Property: 60 Strawberry Hill Ave., Unit 506, Stamford. Amount: $118,000. Filed Sept. 22. Blessera LLC and Larisa Property LLC, New York, New York. Seller: Edward Raboy and Yvonne Raboy, Greenwich. Property: 857 Lake Ave., Greenwich. Amount: $9,710,000. Filed Sept. 20. Dynamic Real Estate Development of Connecticut LLC, Redding. Seller: Wilmington Trust National Association, Chicago, Illinois. Property: 166 Oaklawn Ave., Stamford. Amount: $290,000. Filed Sept. 17. EEK LLC, Greenwich. Seller: Christopher P. Clarke, Miami, Florida. Property: Field Point Drive, Greenwich. Amount: $13,375,000. Filed Sept. 21. FSC DPM Congress Connecticut LLC, Lake Como, New Jersey. Seller: DV Fairfield LLC, Berwyn, Pennsylvania. Property: 4536 Congress St., Fairfield. Amount: $2,472,878. Filed Sept. 17. Gonzalez Busquets, Viviana and Roberto Daniele Tomei Macias, Bogota, Colombia. Seller: 1995 N. Benson Road LLC, Fairfield. Property: 1995 N. Benson Road, Fairfield. Amount: $1,075,000. Filed Sept. 21. Jan, David and Fan Xia, New Canaan, Seller: Sunshine Management LLC, Old Greenwich. Property: 60 Strawberry Hill Ave., Unit 1211, Stamford. Amount: $126,000. Filed Sept. 21. MD Rahman, Fairfield. Seller: Catherine M. Violette, Fairfield. Property: 82 Division Ave., Fairfield. Amount: $470,000. Filed Sept. 17. Morrison, Bruce and Dale Morrison, Cos Cob. Seller: 523UA LLC, Cos Cob. Property: 523 E. Putnam Ave., Unit A, Cos Cob. Amount: $1. Filed Sept. 21. Savoca Jr., Carl D. and Lana S. Savoca, Mount Vernon, New York. Seller: Open Door Investment Group LLC, Greenwich. Property: 10 Circle Drive Extension, Greenwich. Amount: $880,000. Filed Sept. 22. Simply Easy Home Investments LLC, Brooklawn, New York. Seller: Gerald P. Mate and Gary J. Mate, Fairfield. Property: 298 Katona Drive, Fairfield. Amount: $451,000. Filed Sept. 21.

Facts & Figures TJK Builders LLC, Bridgeport. Seller: John Cusick and Ceara Cusick, Fairfield. Property: 107 Newton Road, Fairfield. Amount: $550,000. Filed Sept. 20. True You Design and Development LLC, Fairfield. Seller: Lori Ann Rukan, Fairfield. Property: 37 Bibbins Ave., Fairfield. Amount: $320,000. Filed Sept. 23.

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Burns, Tara A. and Paul A. Burns, Stamford. Seller: Allison L. Cottle and Michael D. Cottle, South Norwalk. Property: 25 Hillandale Ave., Stamford. Amount: $645,000. Filed Sept. 22. Campbell, Veronica, Stamford. Seller: Kenneth Edward Wynne and Dori Ann Wynne, Stamford. Property: 320 Strawberry Hill Ave., Unit 42, Stamford. Amount: $1. Filed Sept. 21.

Adams, Wendy A., Stamford. Seller: Drew Humphrey and Adrienne Coliskey, Stamford. Property: 79 Highview Ave., Unit E, Stamford. Amount: $325,000. Filed Sept. 20.

Cavallero, Lori, Newtown. Seller: Michael James Sheehan and Kimberly Tamsin Segalas Shenan, Fairfield. Property: 225 Harvester Road, Fairfield. Amount: $955,000. Filed Sept. 21.

Adler, David and Eleena Zazon, Pomona, New York. Seller: Kaiping Chen and Lei Cai, Scarsdale, New York. Property: 35 White Birch Lane, Stamford. Amount: $830,000. Filed Sept. 22.

Cha con Villa, Sergio Luis, Stamford. Seller: Clifford J. Mass and Myra Pilson Mass, Stamford. Property: 43 Surrey Road, Stamford. Amount: $647,000. Filed Sept. 23.

Alban-Pineda, Diana, Greenwich. Seller: Zachary Lawrence Peterson, Greenwich. Property: 15 Highland Place, Greenwich. Amount: $450,000. Filed Sept. 17.

Cheng, Hulping, Forest Hills, New York. Seller: Deborah D’Andrea, Stamford. Property: 9 Old Barn Road South, Stamford. Amount: $510,000. Filed Sept. 21.

Albitres, Soledad, Stamford. Seller: Ylli Alizoti, Stamford. Property: 31 Faucett St., Stamford. Amount: $505,000. Filed Sept. 22.

Chynsky, Benjamin and Jessica Feinberg, Greenwich. Seller: Claudia C. Ridberg, Greenwich. Property: 15 Skylark Road, Greenwich. Amount: $1,875,000. Filed Sept. 23.

Barreto Pintado, Wilson R. and Elizabeth D. Olivares, Stamford. Seller: Lakhvir Chopra and Ashley Marie Chopra, Folsom, California. Property: 54 Raymonds Circle, Fairfield. Amount: $399,000. Filed Sept. 21.

Del Rio Sanchez, Jose de Jesus and Elvira Sanchez Padilla, El Paso, Texas. Seller: Lisa Ann Mammano, Stamford. Property: 3 Dean St., Unit A2, Stamford. Amount: $205,000. Filed Sept. 23.

Biglin, Katherine Fong, Cos Cob. Seller: Perry V. Faragasso and Lauren H. Faragasso, Greenwich. Property: 5 Station Drive, Greenwich. Amount: $1,320,000. Filed Sept. 22.

Delahunty, Jack, Stamford. Seller: William Ferguson, Darien. Property: 1 Strawberry Hill Court, Unit 6G, Stamford. Amount: $296,500. Filed Sept. 23.

Bitar, Nabil, Greenwich. Seller: Anna Gipiious, Greenwich. Property: 52 Lafayette Place, Unit 3B, Greenwich. Amount: $320,000. Filed Sept. 20.

DeLuca, Margaret A., Greenwich. Seller: W. Michael Brown, Greenwich. Property: 16 Maher Ave., Greenwich. Amount: $N/A. Filed Sept. 21.

Blood, Brian M. and Kristin Wilson, Riverside. Seller: Akira Tsuruoka and Sharon Elkayam, Greenwich. Property: 46 Oval Ave., Riverside. Amount: $10. Filed Sept. 22.

Elliot, Andrew, and Sarah O’Mahoney, Fairfield. Seller: Craig S. Grannan and Sylvia Grannan, Fairfield. Property: 40 Greenlawn Drive, Fairfield. Amount: $434,900. Filed Sept. 17.

Boczek, Annerose J., Kent, Ohio. Seller: Diane Mervine, Stamford. Property: 25 Forest St., Unit 5H, Stamford. Amount: $350,000. Filed Sept. 20.

Ely III, James P., Stamford. Seller: Michael Altamura, Stamford. Property: 25 Knickerbocker Ave., Stamford. Amount: $929,000. Filed Sept. 17.

Boyd, Christopher and Joanna Boyd, Fairfield. Seller: Jeffrey Doerner and Jessica Doerner, Fairfield. Property: 637 Mill Plain Road, Fairfield. Amount: $1,139,000. Filed Sept. 22.

Fairweather, Bradford C. and Linda M. Swan, Stamford. Seller: Isabel Courtney, Key Biscayne, Florida. Property: 143 Hoyt St. No. 7F, Stamford. Amount: $454,500. Filed Sept. 17.

Guiati, Massimo, New York, New York. Seller: Steve Cowley, Greenwich. Property: 252 Milbank Ave., Greenwich. Amount: $4,900,000. Filed Sept. 20.

Quain, Jacob Nathaniel and Laura Adrienne, Fairfield. Seller: William S. Leavy and Justine E. Leavy, Fairfield. Property: 194 Millard St., Fairfield. Amount: $1,585,000. Filed Sept. 22.

Barreto, Claudio V., Fairfield. $2,647, in favor of Cavalry SPV I LLC, Valhalla, New York, by Schreiber Law LLC, Salem, New Hampshire. Property: 159 Berkeley Road, Fairfield. Filed Oct. 1.

Aquino Jr, Francis J., and Taylor M. DeBolt, Fairfield, by John E. Curran. Lender: Webster Bank NA, 145 Bank St., Waterbury. Property: 701 Hillside Road, Fairfield. Amount: $236,250. Filed Sept. 14.

Richey, Samuel Hunter and June Alling Richey, Greenwich. Seller: Samuel Hunter Richey and June Alling Richey, Greenwich. Property: 25 Spruce St., Riverside. Amount: $1. Filed Sept. 23.

Dalmiste, Marie and Thony Dalmiste, Stamford. $817, in favor of Petro Inc., Woodbury, New York, by Gerald S. Knopf, Stamford. Property: 127 Courtland Hill St., Stamford. Filed Sept. 24.

Gussen, Kathryn E. and Agnes Elizabeth Gussen-Mirto, Fairfield. Seller: Kenneth M. Denslow Jr. and Marne Denslow, Fairfield. Property: 2453 Burr St., Fairfield. Amount: $1,850,000. Filed Sept. 20.

Armellini, Benjamin and Katherine Sondag, Greenwich, by Marissa L. Florio. Lender: JPMorgan Chase Bank NA, 1111 Polaris Pkwy., Columbus, Ohio. Property: 44 Benjamin St., Greenwich. Amount: $1,740,000. Filed Sept. 9.

Sakakini, Layla Sasine, Trumbull. Seller: Jennifer Dunnaville, Fairfield. Property: 173 Fairchild Ave., Fairfield. Amount: $310,000. Filed Sept. 20.

Lampert, Shari, Greenwich. $200,000, in favor of Spencer Lampert, Greenwich, by Pullman & Comley LLC, Westport. Property: 8 Old Round Hill Lane, Greenwich. Filed Oct. 22.

Havranek, Laura, Chicago, Illinois. Seller: Jaroslaw Palylyk and Alexandra Palylyk, Old Greenwich. Property: 51 Forest Ave., Unit 162, Old Greenwich. Amount: $975,000. Filed Sept. 21.

Salley, Brian and Olivia Wilson, Norwalk. Seller: Eugene Rosenberg and Gloria Rosenberg, Stamford. Property: 345 Briar Brae Road, Stamford. Amount: $775,000. Filed Sept. 20.

Horga, Maria Arantxa and Gabriele Luca Gusella, Franklin Square, New York. Seller: Richard Zogheb and Stephany A. Murphy, Fairfield. Property: 1317-1318 Fairfield Beach Road, Fairfield. Amount: $3,375,000. Filed Sept. 20.

Stekler, Andras, Fairfield. Seller: Emilia Csak, Fairfield. Property: 656 Morehouse Highway, Fairfield. Amount: $0. Filed Sept. 17.

Gulotta, Sarah Elizabeth, Valencia, California. Seller: Garth C. Butterfield and Nancy H. Butterfield, Fairfield. Property: 138 Toilsome Hill Road, Fairfield. Amount: $1,000,000. Filed Sept. 23.

Libasci, Christopher and Mariana Torres Libasci, Bronx, New York. Seller: Shigeru Ishizaka, Tokyo, Japan. Property: 20 Maplewood Drive, Cos Cob. Amount: $1. Filed Sept. 24. Logan, Joseph T. and Camille Woodbury, Fairfield. Seller: Deborah C. Phillips, Stamford. Property: 11 Dundee Road, Stamford. Amount: $690,000. Filed Sept. 21. Lurie, Eric and Nicole Lurie, Hoboken, New Jersey. Seller: Sandeep Jain and Monica Jain, Fairfield. Property: 47 Taylor Place Southport. Amount: $955,000. Filed Sept. 17. Mortimer, Arielle and William Mortimer, Harwich, Massachusetts. Seller: Jonathan C. Pipicelli, Cos Cob. Property: 236 Palmer Hill Road, Old Greenwich. Amount: $1. Filed Sept. 20. Motamarri, Jagadeesh and Archana Mamidi, Milford. Seller: Chetan J. Kothari and Priti Kothari, Stamford. Property: 52 Randall Ave., No.9, Stamford. Amount: $450,000. Filed Sept. 22. Nicotera, Gina, Stamford. Seller: Nancy McGraw, Stamford. Property: 2437 Bedford St., No. A16, Stamford. Amount: $385,000. Filed Sept. 17. O’Reilly, Edward, Mamaroneck, New York. Seller: Nicole R. Brideau, Greenwich. Property: 5 Glen St., Unit 105, Greenwich. Amount: $925,000. Filed Sept. 24.

Szobota, Erik J. and Melissa Szobota, Greenwich. Seller: Michael Drazin, Cos Cob. Property: 58 Sinawoy Road, Cos Cob. Amount: $1,075,000. Filed Sept. 23. Tanella, Keara E. and Anthony J. Tanella, New York, New York. Seller: Brian F. Gates and Milana Gates, Fairfield. Property: 41 Gay Bowers Road, Fairfield. Amount: $1,350,000. Filed Sept. 23. Tilt, Rodman K. and Christina F. Tilt, Greenwich. Seller: William E. Lipner and Deborah L. Lipner, Greenwich. Property: 310 Round Hill Road, Greenwich. Amount: $3,350,000. Filed Sept. 17. Walker, Michael and Jamie Walker, Riverside. Seller: Daniel Kilmurray, Riverside. Property: 74 Cedar Cliff Road, Riverside. Amount: $10. Filed Sept. 22. Woods, Jeffrey Lee, Fairfield. Seller: Gregory P. Us, Fairfield. Property: 11 Francis St., Fairfield. Amount: $458,900. Filed Sept. 23. Zabroni, Andrew and Patricia Zabroni, Brooklyn, New York. Seller: George F. Momplaisir, Fairfield. Property: 72 Alberta St., Fairfield. Amount: $560,000. Filed Sept. 21.

JUDGMENTS Asgari, Hamid, et al, Greenwich. $14,972, in favor of Student Loan Solutions LLC, Rock Hill, South Carolina, by Charles T. Busek, Norwalk. Property: 40 Mohawk Lane, Greenwich. Filed Oct. 12.

Mack, Melissa R., Fairfield. $7,960, in favor of Cavalry SPV I LLC, Valhalla, New York, by Schreiber Law LLC, Salem, New Hampshire. Property: 303 Lancelot Drive, Fairfield. Filed Oct. 1. Manzone, Kelly, Southport. $2,051, in favor of Cavalry SPV I LLC, Valhalla, New York, by Schreiber Law LLC, Salem, New Hampshire. Property: 68 Southport Woods Drive, Southport. Filed Oct. 1. Petersen, Glenn W., Greenwich. $15,973, in favor of Cavalry SPV I LLC, Valhalla, New York, by Schreiber Law LLC, Salem, New Hampshire. Property: 4 Driftway, Greenwich. Filed Oct. 22. Tanner, Jacqueline P., Greenwich. $30,877, in favor of Cavalry SPV I LLC, Valhalla, New York, by Schreiber Law LLC, Salem, New Hampshire. Property: 20 Hedgegrow Lane, Greenwich. Filed Oct. 21. Tanner, John W., Greenwich. $66,650, in favor of Cavalry SPV I LLC, Valhalla, New York, by Schreiber Law LLC, Salem, New Hampshire. Property: 20 Hedgegrow Lane, Greenwich. Filed Oct. 21. Williams, Dexter L., Stamford. $7,567, in favor of American Express National Bank, Sandy, Utah, by Mark Sank & Associates LLC, Stamford. Property: 237 Long Ridge Road, Stamford. Filed Oct. 5.

MORTGAGES Abalos, Maria T., Stamford, by Stuart Welkovich. Lender: Home Point Financial Corp., 9 Entin Road, Suite 200, Parsippany, New Jersey. Property: 61 Seaview Ave., Apt. 45, Stamford. Amount: $479,920. Filed Sept. 14.

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Bauer, Scott and Abby Bauer, Fairfield, by Shauna Rose-Larmond. Lender: Wells Fargo Bank NA, 101 N. Phillips Ave., Sioux Falls, South Dakota. Property: 292 Pratt St., Fairfield. Amount: $846,500. Filed Sept. 10. Bradford, Phillip G. and Dorothy F. Mueller, Stamford, by Charlene M. Pederson. Lender: Garden State Home Loans Inc., 2091 Springdale Road, Suite 16, Cherry Hill, New Jersey. Property: 38 Yale Cottage, Stamford. Amount: $214,500. Filed Sept. 10. Calabrese, Robert and Samantha Calabrese, Stamford, by Shauna Rose-Larmond. Lender: Homeside Financial LLC, 8621 Robert Fulton Drive, Suite 150, Columbia, Maryland. Property: 110 W. Haviland Lane, Stamford. Amount: $472,500. Filed Sept. 16. Cantore, Ann B., Fairfield, by Jeffrey G. Lane. Lender: Rocket Mortgage LLC, 1050 Woodward Ave., Detroit, Michigan. Property: 613 S Benson Road, Fairfield. Amount: $540,000. Filed Sept. 10. Carnes, Susan F., Stamford, by Joshua F. Gilman. Lender: Citibank NA, 1000 Technology Drive, O’Fallon, Missouri. Property: 72 Lenox Ave., Stamford. Amount: $116,536. Filed Sept. 10. Carter, James G., Greenwich, by Heather M. Brown Olsen. Lender: Watermark Capital Inc., 100 Spectrum Center Drive, Suite 150, Irvine, California. Property: 37 Sheep Hill Road, Unit 5, Riverside. Amount: $479,940. Filed Sept. 13. Cass, Gilbert W. and Mary Ann Cass, Fairfield, by Shauna Rose-Larmond. Lender: Wells Fargo Bank NA, 101 N. Phillips Ave., Sioux Falls, South Dakota. Property: 268 Shelter Rock Road, Fairfield. Amount: $349,350. Filed Sept. 13. Cole, Kathryn Mary and Joshua Rush Cole, Stamford, by Antonio Faretta. Lender: Nationstar Mortgage LLC, 8950 Cypress Waters Blvd., Dallas, Texas. Property: 16 Francis Ave., Stamford. Amount: $474,157. Filed Sept. 15.

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Facts & Figures Cutler, Beth Fisher, Greenwich, by Joel M. Kaye. Lender: Wells Fargo Bank NA, 101 N. Phillips Ave., Sioux Falls, South Dakota. Property: 249 Bedford Road, Greenwich. Amount: $1,200,000. Filed Sept. 9. Davidow, Robert and Hiroko Davidow, Greenwich, by N/A. Lender: City National Bank of Florida, 100SE Second St., 14th floor, Miami, Florida. Property: 367 Stanwich Road, Greenwich. Amount: $1,085,000. Filed Sept. 15. Davis, Rosalind V., Stamford, by Nicola Corea. Lender: JFQ Lending Inc., 7720 N. Dobson Road, Scottsdale, Arizona. Property: 47 Ledge Brook Road, Stamford. Amount: $601,000. Filed Sept. 10. DeAngelis, Ronald J., Stamford, by Aleksandr Y. Troyb. Lender: United Wholesale Mortgage LLC, 585 South Boulevard East, Pontiac, Michigan. Property: 35 Maple Tree Ave., Unit 1, Stamford. Amount: $245,000. Filed Sept. 14. Deleon, Moises, Stamford, by Jenna Cardile. Lender: Home Point Financial Corp., 9 Entin Road, Suite 200, Parsippany, New Jersey. Property: 21 Reynolds Ave., Stamford. Amount: $395,000. Filed Sept. 16. Doris, Eugene, Fairfield, by Erica Lynn Rutherford. Lender: Wells Fargo Bank NA, 101 N. Phillips Ave., Sioux Falls, South Dakota. Property: 72 Eastlawn St., Fairfield. Amount: $142,500. Filed Sept. 13. Fellows, Trevor and Teresa Fellows, Greenwich, by Michael R. Lowitt. Lender: Bank of America NA, 101 S. Tryon St., Charlotte, North Carolina. Property: 4 E Point Lane, Old Greenwich. Amount: $1,395,000. Filed Sept. 15. Frank, Timothy A. and Sarah A. Frank, Stamford, by Melissa A. Tharp. Lender: Rocket Mortgage LLC, 1050 Woodward Ave., Detroit, Michigan. Property: 19 W. Bank Lane, Stamford. Amount: $780,000. Filed Sept. 15.

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Glerum, Eric and Alison Glerum, Fairfield, by Neil A. Lippman. Lender: William Raveis Mortgage LLC, 7 Trap Falls Road, Shelton. Property: 490 Shrub Oak Lane, Fairfield. Amount: $700,000. Filed Sept. 10.

Meyer, Andrew P. and Francesca I. Meyer, Fairfield, by Joseph J. Capalbo II. Lender: US Bank National Association, 4801 Frederica St., Owensboro, Kentucky. Property: 31 Denise Terrace, Fairfield. Amount: $448,000. Filed Sept. 14.

Swanson, William J. and Ann C. Reeves, Fairfield, by Soledad Aliaga. Lender: People’s United Bank NA, 850 Main St., Bridgeport. Property: 653 Cascade Drive, Fairfield. Amount: $150,000. Filed Sept. 13.

Greenberg, David and Maureen Greenberg, Fairfield, by Francis Lieto. Lender: Citizens Bank NA, 1 Citizens Plaza, Providence, Rhode Island. Property: 22 Barlow Place, Fairfield. Amount: $779,950. Filed Sept. 9.

Reiner, Matthew B. and Jacqueline Reiner, Greenwich, by Clare Bolduc. Lender: JPMorgan Chase Bank NA, 1111 Polaris Pkwy., Columbus, Ohio. Property: 8 Rustic View Road, Greenwich. Amount: $1,816,000. Filed Sept. 10.

Timashev, Ratmir, Greenwich, by Richard Sharadan. Lender: JPMorgan Chase Bank NA, 3050 Highland Pkwy., Fourth floor, Downers Grove, Illinois. Property: 573 Indian Field Road, Greenwich. Amount: $12,675,000. Filed Sept. 10.

Heller, Samantha L., Fairfield, by Clare Bolduc. Lender: Wells Fargo Bank NA, 101 N. Phillips Ave., Sioux Falls, South Dakota. Property: 491 Wilson St., Fairfield. Amount: $326,900. Filed Sept. 8.

Safaverdi, Arash and Elham Fatehi, Fairfield, by Descera Daigle. Lender: Investors Bank, 249 Millburn Ave., Millburn, New Jersey. Property: 98 Flora Blvd., Fairfield. Amount: $665,000. Filed Sept. 9.

Kliewe, John and Miriam Fischer Kliewe, Stamford, by Emmet P. Hibson Jr. Lender: Provident Funding Associates LP, 700 Airport Blvd., Suite 430, Burlingame, California. Property: 391 Hope St., Stamford. Amount: $162,000. Filed Sept. 14.

Sanabria, David E. and Stephanie N. Vega, Fairfield, by Anthony J. Rivera. Lender: Secretary of Housing and Urban Development, 451 7th St., Washington, D.C. Property: 103 Burroughs Road, Fairfield. Amount: $45,178. Filed Sept. 9.

Laist, Nancy J. and Frederick J. Laist, Stamford, by Antonio Faretta. Lender: Nationstar Mortgage LLC, 8950 Cypress Waters Blvd., Dallas, Texas. Property: 40 Hillside Ave., Stamford. Amount: $270,900. Filed Sept. 15.

Shapiro, Mark D. and Dina Stern Shapiro, Greenwich, by Jeremy E. Kaye. Lender: Citibank NA, 1000 Technology Drive, O’Fallon, Missouri. Property: 19 Woodland Drive, Unit B, Greenwich. Amount: $1,000,000. Filed Sept. 14.

Laroche, Shannon E. and Ronald A. Laroche, Stamford, by Shauna Rose-Larmond. Lender: Guaranteed Rate Affinity LLC, 1800 W. Larchmont Ave., Chicago, Illinois. Property: 100 Wake Robin Lane, Stamford. Amount: $472,500. Filed Sept. 13.

Sharkey, Colleen M., Stamford, by Shauna Rose-Larmond. Lender: Bank of America NA, 101 S. Tryon St., Charlotte, North Carolina. Property: 61 Riverside Ave., Apt 1B, Stamford. Amount: $210,000. Filed Sept. 13.

Lovallo, Susan, Fairfield, by Nicola Corea. Lender: Rocket Mortgage LLC, 1050 Woodward Ave., Detroit, Michigan. Property: 526 Tahmore Drive, Fairfield. Amount: $192,500. Filed Sept. 8. MacKewitz, Pamela, Fairfield, by Daniel J. Seiden. Lender: First World Mortgage Corp., 127 Prospect Ave., West Hartford. Property: 31 Dawn St., Fairfield. Amount: $344,350. Filed Sept. 8.

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Tsakos, Karl C. and Chelsea M. Ellis, Greenwich, by Robert V. Sisca. Lender: William Raveis Mortgage LLC, 7 Trap Falls Road, Shelton. Property: 20 Hunt Terrace, Greenwich. Amount: $242,000. Filed Sept. 14. Turbanos, Eduardo A. and Sara D. Turbanos, Stamford, by Donald E. Wermore. Lender: NBKC Bank, 8320 Ward Pkwy., Kansas City, Missouri. Property: 42 Glendale Drive, Stamford. Amount: $365,375. Filed Sept. 16. Wen, Huijun and Seung Bak, Greenwich, by Joshua L. Kammerman. Lender: Bank of America NA, 101 S. Tryon St., Charlotte, North Carolina. Property: 265 Valley Road, Cos Cob. Amount: $1,795,000. Filed Sept. 13. Winkler, Stephen J. and Marguerite Y. Winkler, Fairfield, by Kenneth R. Grace. Lender: JPMorgan Chase Bank NA, 1111 Polaris Pkwy., Columbus, Ohio. Property: 50 Stone Ridge Way, 1C, Fairfield. Amount: $300,000. Filed Sept. 14.

Sirvaitis, Richard Theodore and Sarah F. Kramer, Greenwich, by Vicki K. Johnson. Lender: Rocket Mortgage LLC, 1050 Woodward Ave., Detroit, Michigan. Property: 220 Riverside Ave., Riverside. Amount: $1,317,000. Filed Sept. 15.

Wolf, Elizabeth, Greenwich, by James Kavanagh. Lender: JPMorgan Chase Bank NA, 1111 Polaris Pkwy., Columbus, Ohio. Property: 175 Putnam Park, Greenwich. Amount: $295,200. Filed Sept. 10.

Stedem, Edwin Joseph and Hillary Stedem, Greenwich, by Jeremy E. Kaye. Lender: US Bank National Association, 4801 Frederica St., Owensboro, Kentucky. Property: 147 Hendrie Ave., Riverside. Amount: $2,101,500. Filed Sept. 9.

Wong, Johnny and Diana E. Wong, Greenwich, by Denise Lynn Evans. Lender: HSBC Bank USA NA, 452 Fifth Ave., New York, New York. Property: 3 Byfield Lane, Greenwich. Amount: $1,350,700. Filed Sept. 13.

Yakubov, Shamil and Sara Jacob, Stamford, by Shauna Rose-Larmond. Lender: Nationwide Mortgage Bankers Inc., 68 S. Service Road, Suite 400, Melville, New York. Property: 50 Glennbrook Road, Unit 8H, Stamford. Amount: $240,000. Filed Sept. 13. Zavattaro, Marcus N. and Maria A. Zavattaro, Greenwich, by David W. Hopper. Lender: Wells Fargo Bank NA, 101 N. Phillips Ave., Sioux Falls, South Dakota. Property: 1 Highmeadow Road, Old Greenwich. Amount: $1,455,300. Filed Sept. 14.

NEW BUSINESSES A.D.A.M., 9 W. Broad St., Office 320, Stamford 06902, c/o Advanced Development of Additive Manufacturing Inc. Filed Sept. 17. Balanced Beeing Occupational Therapy, 1372 Summer St., Suite 200, Stamford 06905, c/o Aimee Elsner. Filed Sept. 20. Banfield Pet Hospital No. 5319, 2000 W. Main St., Stamford 06902, c/o Crystal Whitlock. Filed Sept. 15. Chop’t Creative Salad Company LLC, 1081 High Ridge Road, Stamford 06902, c/o Victor Stevenson. Filed Sept. 20. Ciela Make Up, 1886 Bedford St., Stamford 06905, c/o Nayarit DelosSantos-Ramirez. Filed Sept. 17. Galindo’s Cleaning Services, 1450 Washington Blvd., Apt 1005, Stamford 06902, c/o Nayeli E. Sierra Galindo. Filed Sept. 21. Ic Mind & Breathing Edge, 19 A Stillwater Ave., Apt F. Stamford 06902, c/o Alexia Clonda. Filed Sept. 15. Jherlyn Designers Vilma, 1001 Hope St., Stamford 06907, c/o Consuelo Lopez. Filed Sept. 17.

Juan Cortez Painting, 715 Stillwater Road, Stamford 06902, c/o Juan Cor-Cortez. Filed Sept. 10. Km Health Consultant LLC, 60 Ocean Drive West, Stamford 06902, c/o Kristin Maloney. Filed Sept. 20. Liz Cakes, 499 Newfield Ave., Stamford 06905, c/o Elizabeth Ramirez-Diaz. Filed Sept. 17. Liz Fashion, 499 Newfield Ave., Stamford 06905, c/o Elizabeth Ramirez-Diaz. Filed Sept. 17. Luminance Beauty LLC, 27 Strawberry Hill Ave., Unit 2002, Stamford 06902, c/o Kate Kolotov. Filed Sept. 17. McLaughlin Carpentry John, 58 Janice Road, Stamford 06905, c/o Patrick McLaughlin. Filed Sept. 16. MGG Home Improvement LLC, 104 Highview Ave., Apt. B, Stamford 06907, c/o Melvin Ernesto Garcia Morales. Filed Sept. 17. Rice, Grass & Bone, 60 Strawberry Hill Ave., Stamford 06902, c/o Shifa Khan. Filed Sept. 20. Sally’s Apizza, 66 Summer St., Stamford 06901, c/o Daniel Cahill. Filed Sept. 13. Ty Tri-State Demolition, 20 Weedhill Ave., Stamford 06907, c/o Ricky Vidal. Filed Sept. 15. Viva Westside Restaurant, 1990 W. Main St., Bldg. 2, Stamford 06902, c/o Elaine M. Rojas. Filed Sept. 10. Zeromortgage, 9525 W. Bryn Mawr Ave., Suite 400, Rosemont, Illinois 60018, c/o Chicago Mortgage Solutions LLC. Filed Sept. 13.

LEGAL NOTICES The Catchy Games LLC, Arts of Org. filed with Sec. of State of NY (SSNY) 8/9/2021. Cty: Westchester. SSNY desig. as agent upon whom process against may be served & shall mail process to 329 Saint John Ave., Yonkers, NY 10704. General Purpose #62943 C & S Gizzo Realty 9 Oak Street LLC, Arts of Org. filed with Sec. of State of NY (SSNY) 8/11/2021. Cty: Westchester. SSNY desig. as agent upon whom process against may be served & shall mail process to Gaetano A. Gizszo, 173 Underhill Ave., West Harrison, NY 10604. General Purpose #62944 A & N Land and Livestock, LLC, Arts of Org. filed with Sec. of State of NY (SSNY) 9/15/2021. Cty: Westchester. SSNY desig. as agent upon whom process against may be served & shall mail process to C/O Vincent Mirizio, 12 Kingswood Way, South Salem, NY 10590. General Purpose #62968 Notice of formation of Blossom Belles, LLC. Art. of Org. filed with the SSNY on 7/13/21. Offc. Westchester Cty. SSNY desg. as agent of the LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to the LLC, 177A E Main Street, New Rochelle, NY 10801. Purpose: any lawful purpose. #62970 Dr. Guglielmi Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery PLLC, Art. of Org. filed with SSNY on 9/9/21, duration Perpetual. Office location: Westchester County. SSNY designated as agent of the PLLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail a copy of any process to The PLLC, 82 Lakeshore Dr., Eastchester, NY 10907. Purpose: To practice the profession of Dentistry. #62973 Ludensol Detailing LLC. Filed 7/28/21 Office: Westchester Co. SSNY designated as agent for process & shall mail to: 714 Saw Mill River Rd, Yorktown Heights, NY 10598 Purpose: All lawful #62974 Notice of Formation of Marin R Food Distribution LLC Art. Of Org. filed with SSNY on 9/22/21. Offc. Loc: Westchester Cty. SSNY desig. as agent of the LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to the LLC, 35 Hillandale Ave, White Plains, NY 10603. Purpose: any lawful purpose. #62975 Notice of Formation of Ashley Alice Beauty, LLC Art. Of Org. filed with SSNY on 6/14/21. Offc. Loc: Westchester Cty. SSNY desig. as agent of the LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to the LLC, 226 Sherman Ave., Hawthorne, NY 10532. Purpose: any lawful purpose. #62979 NewMark Focus Solutions LLC Art. of Org. filed with NY Secretary of State on October 1, 2021. 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: 3080 Weston Lane Yorktown Hts., NY 10598 (the LLCís primary business location). LLC may engage in any lawful act or activity for which a limited liability company may be formed. #62982 NAF LINDEN LLC. Filed 10/1/2020. Office: Westchester Co. SSNY designated as agent for process & shall mail to: 1274 49TH STREET, 14, BROOKLYN, NY 11219. Purpose: General. #62983

Model Elevator LLC. Filed 7/13/21 Office: Westchester Co. SSNY designated as agent for process & shall mail to: 56 Sagamore Rd, Suite 2B, Bronxville, NY 10708 Purpose: All lawful #62984 1011 & 1013 Adee Avenue LLC. Filed 3/18/21 Office: Westchester Co. SSNY designated as agent for process & shall mail to: 35 Overhill Rd, New Rochelle, NY 10804 Purpose: All lawful #62985 Cathy Migden Real Estate LLC. Filed 8/19/21 Office: Westchester Co. SSNY designated as agent for process & shall mail to: 21 Croton Lake Rd, Unit 23, Katonah, NY 10536 Purpose: All lawful #62986 Mepa Capital LLC Art of Org. filed with the SSNY on 09/30/2021. Office: Westchester County. SSNY designated as agent of the LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail copy of process to the LLC. Meiliana Paldino 201 Maple Ave Mamaroneck, NY 10543 Purpose: Any lawful purpose. #62988 Notice of formation of Limited Liability Company. Name: 319 CONNECTICUT LLC (ìLLCî). Articles of Organization filed with the Secretary of State of the State of New York (ìSSNYî) on October 8, 2021. NY 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 319 Connecticut LLC, c/o CityLight Realty One LLC, 66 Palmer Avenue, Suite 33B, Bronxville New York 10708. Purpose/character of LLC is to engage in any lawful act or activity. #62989 Notice of Formation of ACM General Contracting LLC. Art. Of Org. filed with SSNY on October 9, 2021. Office Location: Westchester County, NY. SSNY designated as agent of the LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to: c/o Anthony A Custodio Marte, 1975 Crompond Rd, Cortlandt Manor NY 10567. Purpose: any lawful purpose. #62990 NOTICE OF FORMATION OF LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY (LLC). NAME: E. D 15, LLC Articles of Organization were filed with the Secretary of State of New York (SSNY) on 09/23/21. Office location: Westchester County. Kristen N. Gizzi, Esq. has been designated as Agent of the LLC upon whom process against it may be served. The post office address within or without the State to which the SSNY shall mail a copy of any process against the Company served upon him or her is: 201 Saw Mill River Road, Yonkers NY 10701. The Company was formed for any lawful business purpose or purposes permitted u nder the NY LLC Act. #62991 27 Grandview Ave Realty Co LLC, Arts of Org. filed with Sec. of State of NY (SSNY) 8/4/2021. Cty: Westchester. SSNY desig. as agent upon whom process against may be served & shall mail process to 27 Grandview Dr., Mt. Kisco, NY 10549. General Purpose #62992

Notice of Formation of LLC. Technostrobe Of f shore Solutions, LLC (LLC) filed Arts. of Org. with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 10/15/2021. Office location: Westchester County. SSNY designated as agent of the LLC upon whom process may be served and SSNY shall mail process to the LLC at c/o United Corporate Services, Inc., 10 Bank Street, Suite 560, White Plains, New York 10606. Purpose: any business permitted under law. #62993 Notice of formation of Limited Liability Company. Name: 319 CONNECTICUT LLC (ìLLCî). Articles of Organization filed with the Secretary of State of the State of New York (ìSSNYî) on October 8, 2021. NY 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 319 Connecticut LLC, c/o CityLight Realty One LLC, 66 Palmer Avenue, Suite 33B, Bronxville New York 10708. Purpose/character of LLC is to engage in any lawful act or activity. #62994 Mepa Consulting LLC Art of Org. filed with the SSNY on 0 9/ 3 0/202 1 .O f f ice: 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. Meiliana Paldino 201 Maple Ave Mamaroneck , NY 10543 Purpose: Any lawful purpose. #62995 Gill Gross Media LLC Art of Org. filed with the SSNY on 05/05/2021. Office: Westchester County. SSNY designated as agent of the LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail copy of process to the LLC, LEGALCORP SOLUTIONS 11 BROADWAY SUITE 615 NEW YORK, NY 10004 Purpose: Any lawful purpose. #62996 NOTICE OF FORMATION OF LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY (LLC). NAME: Neuw Home LLC. Articles of Organization were filed with the Secretary of State of New York (SSNY) on 10/04/21. Office location: Westchester County. SSNY has been designated as the agent of the LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail a copy of process to: Neuw Home LLC, 80 Howard St, Sleepy Hollow, NY 10591, principal business location of the LLC. Purpose: To engage in any lawful act or activity within the purposes for which limited liability companies may be organized.. Name of the Limited Liability Company (LLC): Neuw Home LLC #62997 Sainvil & Associates, LLC filed w/SSNY 09/17/21. The LLC is located in Westchester County. SSNY designated as agent of the LLC upon whom process may be served. SSNY shall mail copy of process to P.O. Box 1351, Yorktown Heights, NY 10598. Purpose: Any lawful purpose. #62998

NOTICE OF FORMATION OF LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY (LLC). NAME: MSML 1985, LLC Articles of Organization were filed with the Secretary of State of New York (SSNY) on 07/08/2021. Office location: Westchester County. SSNY has been designated as agent of the LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail a copy of process to: The LLC, 61 Shoreview Dr. Yonkers NY 10710, principal business location of the LLC. Purpose: any lawful business activity. #62999 Notice of Formation of INTI WELLNESS LLC Art. Of Org. filed with SSNY on 06/03/2023. Offc. Loc: Westchester Cty. SSNY design. as agent of the LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to the LLC,150 E POST RD WHITE PLAINS NY 10601. Purpose: any lawful purpose. #63001 Notice of Formation of Universal Moms, LLC. Arts. of Org. filed with SSNY on 10/15/21. Office location: Westchester County. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process may be served. SSNY shall mail process to Chanell & Katherine, PO Box 462, 119 Pondfield Rd, Bronxville New York 10708. Purpose: any lawful act or activity. #63002 NY Secy of State (SSNY) on 08/24/2021. Office location: Westchester County. SSNY is designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to: 7014 13th Avenue, Suite 202, Brooklyn, NY 11228. Notice of Formation of The Ink Effect, LLC. Arts of Org. filed with Purpose: any lawful activity. #63003 Notice is hereby given that an on<\!#45>premise license, #TBA has been applied for by BASC Tarrytown LLC d/b/a BAS QUE Tapas Bar to sell beer, wine, cider and liquor at retail in an on premises establishment. For on premises consumption under the ABC law at 61 Main St Tarrytown NY 10591. #63004 Notice is hereby given that a license, a number pending, for beer, wine, cider and liquor has been applied for by Primitiva, LLC to sell beer, wine, cider and liquor at 422 Old Post Road, Bedford, NY 10506 in a retail in a Tavern/Restaurant under the Alcohol Beverage Control Law at for on premises consumption. #63005 Randy and Eric Holdings LLC, Arts of Org. filed with Sec. of State of NY (SSNY) 4/22/2021. Cty: Westchester. SSNY desig. as agent upon whom process against may be served & shall mail process to 1879 Crompond Rd., apt. E4, Peekskill, NY 10566. General Purpose #63006 Notice of Formation of Slater Property Group. Arts. of Org. filed with SSNY on 07.25.21. Office Location: Westchester County. SSNY designated as agent of the LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to Slater Property Group, 516 Forest Ave., New Rochelle, New York 10804. Purpose: any lawful purpose. #63010

Sealed bids will be received as set forth in Instructions to Bidders (https://www. dot.ny.gov/bids-and-lettings/construction-contractors/important-info) until 10:30 A.M. on Thursday, December 02, 2021 at the NYSDOT, Office of Contract Management, 50 Wolf Rd, 1st Floor, Suite 1CM, Albany, NY 12232 and will be publicly opened and read. Maps, Plans and Specifications may be seen at Electronic documents and Amendments which are posted to www.dot.ny.gov/ doing-business/opportunities/const-notices. The New York State Department of Transportation, in accordance with the Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, 78 Stat. 252, 42 U.S.C. 2000d to 2000d4 and Title 49, Code of Federal Regulations, Department of Transportation, Subtitle A, Office the Secretary, Part 21, Nondiscrimination in Federally-assisted programs of the Department of Transportation and Title 23 Code of Federal Regulations, Part 200, Title IV Program and Related Statutes, as amended, issued pursuant to such Act, hereby notifies all who respond to a written Department solicitation, request for proposal or invitation for bid that it will affirmatively insure that in any contract entered into pursuant to this advertisement, disadvantaged business enterprises will be afforded full opportunity to submit bids in response to this invitation and will not be discriminated against on the grounds of race, color, national origin, sex, age, disability/handicap and income status in consideration for an award. Please call (518)457-2124 if a reasonable accommodation is needed to participate in the letting. Region 01: New York State Department of Transportation 50 Wolf Rd, Albany, NY, 12232 D264630, PIN 172246, FA Proj Z0E1-1722-463, Warren Co., Replacement of I-87 Bridges over Route 9 in Lake George, Bid Deposit: 5% of Bid (~ $750,000.00), Goals: DBE: 6.00% Region 08: New York State Department of Transportation 4 Burnett Blvd., Poughkeepsie, NY, 12603 D264593, PIN 810632, FA Proj Z0E1-8106-323, Westchester Co., Ramp Reconstruction I-287 EB to Saw-Mill River Parkway NB., Bid Deposit: 5% of Bid (~ $375,000.00), Goals: DBE: 9.00%

Sealed bids will be received as set forth in Instructions to Bidders (https:// www.dot.ny.gov/bids-and-lettings/construction-contractors/important-info) until 10:30 A.M. on Thursday, December 02, 2021 at the NYSDOT, Office of Contract Management, 50 Wolf Rd, 1st Floor, Suite 1CM, Albany, NY 12232 and will be publicly opened and read. Maps, Plans and Specifications may be seen at Electronic documents and Amendments which are posted to www.dot. ny.gov/doing-business/opportunities/const-notices. The New York State Department of Transportation, in accordance with the Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, 78 Stat. 252, 42 U.S.C. 2000d to 2000d4 and Title 49, Code of Federal Regulations, Department of Transportation, Subtitle A, Office the Secretary, Part 21, Nondiscrimination in Federally-assisted programs of the Department of Transportation and Title 23 Code of Federal Regulations, Part 200, Title IV Program and Related Statutes, as amended, issued pursuant to such Act, hereby notifies all who respond to a written Department solicitation, request for proposal or invitation for bid that it will affirmatively insure that in any contract entered into pursuant to this advertisement, disadvantaged business enterprises will be afforded full opportunity to submit bids in response to this invitation and will not be discriminated against on the grounds of race, color, national origin, sex, age, disability/handicap and income status in consideration for an award. BIDDERS SHOULD BE ADVISED THAT AWARD OF THESE CONTRACTS MAY BE CONTINGENT UPON THE PASSAGE OF A BUDGET APPROPRIATION BILL BY THE LEGISLATURE AND GOVERNOR OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK. Please call (518)457-2124 if a reasonable accommodation is needed to participate in the letting. Region 08: New York State Department of Transportation 4 Burnett Blvd., Poughkeepsie, NY, 12603 D264659, PIN 803048, FA Proj Z0E1-8030-483, Rockland Co., Paving Route 59 from Route 303 to Route 9W & Sidewalk Improvements at West Broadway, Bid Deposit: 5% of Bid (~ $125,000.00), Goals: DBE: 10.00% D264683, PIN DRC121, FA Proj Z24E-DRC1-214, Bronx, Dutchess, Kings, Nassau, New York, Orange, Putnam, Queens, Richmond, Rockland, Suffolk, Westchester Cos., Debris Removal Throughout Downstate New York., Bid Deposit: 5% of Bid (~ $375,000.00), Goals: DBE: 10.00%

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