Westfair Business Journal, November 13, 2023

The book that Ray Dalio doesn't want you to read

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By Phil Hall / phall@westfairinc.com

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Yonkers praised as No.1 for U.S. film and TV during groundbreaking

HomeServe USA celebrates 20 years of relieving homeowners’ headaches

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Groundbreaking for the MEDIAPRO studio facility in Yonkers took place Nov. 6. Photos by Peter Katz.

Yonkers praised as No.1 for U.S. film and TV during groundbreaking

By Peter Katz / pkatz@westfairinc.com

First Citizens Bank reported that its CIT Real Estate Finance Group was providing $42.2 million in financing for the project.

“It’s clearly now the number-one place in the United States to make film and television,” industry veteran Robert Halmi declared about Yonkers during a groundbreaking ceremony Nov. 6 for a new studio complex in the city.

“That’s Yonkers now. That’s where people are coming, that’s where they’re going to be coming for the future.”

Halmi has produced more than 400 film and TV projects and founded the Hallmark Channel. He heads Great Point Studios, which in conjunction with Greenwich-based National Resources built and put into operation the Lionsgate Studio complex in downtown Yonkers. Great Point plans to open additional studio campuses in Yonkers, including the one where the groundbreaking took place at 1050 N. Broadway.

The opening of the Lionsgate Studio in downtown Yonkers signaled

the start of the transformation of Yonkers into a production center for the entertainment industry and led to its adoption of the identifying slogan “Hollywood on Hudson.”

The North Broadway studio complex that’s under construction is being leased to MEDIAPRO North America, a content maker and distributor whose parent company is based in Spain. MEDIAPRO has operated in the U.S. for about 25 years and has production centers in Miami and New York. It partners with many top names in entertainment, including HBO, Netflix, Amazon, DirectTV, Fox, Viacom and Disney. Productions. It has a track record of winning awards that include Oscars, Golden Globes and Emmy Awards.

“With this new addition of the MEDIAPRO campus it will put our

Rendering of MEDIAPRO studio in Yonkers.

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Construction underway at MEDIAPRO site in Yonkers.

total studio presence in Yonkers over one million square feet of studios and production facilities,” Halmi said.

“MEDIAPRO at Great Point Studios Yonkers extends the growing footprint of our film and production industry right here in Yonkers,” Mayor Mike Spano said. He saw significance in the fact that MEDIAPRO is based in Spain and Yonkers has a large Spanish-speaking population.

Plans called for the MEDIAPRO building to encompass 183,008 square feet, including two 20,000-square-foot soundstages and one 10,000-squarefoot stage. The new building includes warehouse space along with a shop where sets and props can be constructed. There will be a three-story component to the building housing 30,000 square feet of offices, editing suites, make-up rooms, dressing rooms and other elements.

There will be 70 on-site ground level parking spaces as well as two levels of parking above the warehouse and shop space, consisting of 84 spaces per level for a total number of 238 spaces.

First Citizens Bank reported that its CIT Real Estate Finance Group was providing $42.2 million in financing for the project.

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According to a document on file with the Westchester County Clerk’s Office, RMC Development Company LLC, which has an address in care of Robert Martin Company in Elmsford, sold the parcel of land at 1050 N. Broadway to iPark Broadway LLC, an entity related to National Resources, for $10.5 million.

Another Great Point Studios complex is in the works for the former Rising Ground property on Hawthorne Avenue, not far from Lionsgate.

The 32-acre campus would include a public school featuring media production courses for students in grades 6 through 12.

Not far from the MEDIAPRO site, just over the border from Yonkers in Hastings-on-Hudson, Atlanta-based Electric Owl Studios has proposed constructing a $100 million movie and TV production facility with six soundstages on 20 acres of the Graham Windham School’s 24-acre campus at 1 S. Broadway. Graham Windham would retain four acres to be used for its continuing daytime programs. The developers say there would be plenty of business to support their proposed studio along with activity at the studios in Yonkers.

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Newtown shopping plaza sells for $3.37 million JetBlue to end 11 routes from NYCarea airports

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etBlue Airways (NASDAQ:JBLU) announced it is dropping 14 routes, including 11 serving New York City-area airports.

In the New York City airports, the carrier will wind down its Newark Liberty International Airport connections with Logan International Airport in Boston and Miami International Airport, and it is ending the John F. Kennedy International Airport connection with Vermont’s Burlington International Airport and Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport.

he 17,557-square-foot plaza retail shopping plaza at 14 Church Hill Road in Newtown was sold for $3.37 million, or just under $192 per square foot.

The property had been owned

by Church Hill & Queen LLC, and the purchaser was Arrowhead Properties LLC. Bruce Wettenstein, partner with Vidal/Wettenstein in Westport was the listing broker and Joe Wrinn and Garrett Palmer of Coldwell Banker Commercial in Danbury represented the buyer.

“This retail property once it was placed on the market, had numerous offers from day one,” said Wettenstein. “The property is one of the finest in Newtown and very well located, directly in front of Big Y and CVS.”

LaGuardia Airport will experience the greatest loss of JetBlue flights, with the upcoming termination of connections to Charleston International Airport in South Carolina, L.F. Wade International Airport in Bermuda, Nashville International Airport, Jacksonville International Airport, Maine’s Portland International Jetport, Florida’s Sarasota Bradenton International Airport and Cape Cod Gateway Airport in Hyannis, Massachusetts.

JetBlue will continue to operate flights out of Westchester County Airport and Connecticut’s Bradley International Airport. The news of JetBlue’s flight changes was first reported by The Points Guy aviation industry blog.

port (Connecticut will provide $4 million and Amtrak will provide $1.5 million) and the replacement of Norwalk’s Walk Bridge (Connecticut will provide $87 million and Amtrak will provide $29 million). Three different infrastructure projects are also being funded to upgrade the New Haven line running along the Connecticut shoreline.

Westchester is also part of the mix, with funding being allocated for a proposed project to rehabilitate 19 miles of the Amtrak-owned Hell’s Gate Line connecting New York Penn Station and New Rochelle. The Metropolitan Transit Authority would provide $527 million in matching funds while the FRA is selecting the project for a Phased Funding Agreement with a total award amount of up to $1.6 billion.

Stop & Shop launches Turkey Express to address Thanksgiving food insecurity

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top & Shop has launched its annual Turkey Express program, a month-long initiative that donates holiday meals to hunger relief organizations and families in need ahead of Thanksgiving.

The supermarket chain said it will deliver 21,500 Thanksgiving turkeys, equaling a total of over 300,000 pounds, to 25 community partners and hunger relief organizations across Connecticut, New York, New Jersey, Massachusetts and Rhode Island. Shady Brook Farms has also donated thousands of turkeys to this year’s initiative.

“As a neighborhood grocer, we are dedicated to continuing our longstanding tradition of providing a plentiful Thanksgiving meal for those who need it, especially at a time when food insecurity is more prevalent than ever, and the strain on local food banks is only increasing,” said Gordon Reid, president of Stop & Shop. “We are thankful for their partnership and that of our supplier partner Shady Brook Farms, who has been instrumental in expanding our reach with a generous donation of turkeys and continuing our mission of caring for the communities we proudly serve.”

he Federal Railroad Administration (FRA) announced Amtrak is receiving nearly $10 billion in funding for infrastructure projects on its Northeast Corridor.

“These grants will help advance Amtrak’s plans to modernize the Northeast Corridor and unlock major bottlenecks on the busiest passenger rail corridor in America,” said Amtrak CEO Stephen Gardner.

Among the projects being financed in Fairfield County are the replacement of the Devon River Bridge connecting Stratford and Milford (Amtrak will provide $16 million and Connecticut will provide $45 million in matching funds), the replacement of the Saugatuck River Bridge in West-

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HomeServe USA celebrates 20 years of relieving homeowners’ headaches

By Justin McGown / jmcgown@westfairinc.com

Tom Rusin’s favorite statistic is that HomeServe USA makes a repair in a customer’s home every 34 seconds.

Rusin has been the CEO of the Norwalk-headquartered company for 12 years – the parent company, HomeServe, was founded in Great Britain 30 years ago, while the American operation began 20 years ago.

Today, HomeServe USA has operations across the continental U.S. and southern Canada, and it has completed more than $2 billion in repairs for homeowners who have purchased a service policy.

“If you’re a homeowner and something breaks in your home, it doesn’t matter how old, young, rich, poor you are,” said Rusin. “Everybody has the same three immediate reactions: ‘How much is this going to cost me?

Who am I going to get to fix this?’ and ‘I don’t have time for this.’ Fundamentally, our business is about protecting and bringing policies to homeowners before something goes wrong in their home so that they’re prepared for whatever may happen. It doesn’t matter what inflation’s doing or who’s in the White House – all your core systems have a useful life and they’ll eventually break, and probably at the least convenient time.”

When Rusin was recruited, he admitted that the core business of providing insurance coverage for water and sewage lines did not initially fill him with excitement. But two things changed his mind: the way honesty defined both the corporate culture and approach to customer service, and the sheer scale of the market.

“Eighty-five percent of water and sewer in the United States is provided

to residents by their local municipality, so the government is effectively providing the water and sewer itself,” Rusin explained. “But in the vast majority of cases the homeowner actually owns the waterline and sewer line that runs from the house to the street. And those collectively break with the same frequency as car accidents and they're really expensive to repair.”

Repairs for these vital pieces of equipment typically run in the thousands, and for many people it is not immediately obvious what sort of professional they should call – and even fewer have a long-term relationship with a tradesperson they can rely upon.

“What we find is a lot of homeowners, when they’re faced with an emergency they don’t know where to go.

42% don’t have their ‘person,’ they don’t know a plumber that is their go-to plumber or their go-to electrician,” Rusin added. “What we find is that because people don’t really have a steady relationship with a regular person, a lot of times they get overcharged when they’re faced with an emergency.”

HomeServe USA helps alleviate that problem by partnering with highly rated local tradespeople and over 1,000 full-time technicians in densely populated areas across the country. In both cases, a customer service team based in Chattanooga, Tennessee, will follow up with customers who rate any part of the process as below average.

“What we find is a lot of homeowners, when they’re faced with an emergency they don’t know where to go.”

- Tom Rusin

Tom Rusin; photo by Justin McGown.

“We’re not a marketing company, we’re a customer service company,” Rusin said. “Customer service is even an employee bonus metric, and because of that we run a very stringently screened nationwide network.

We make a repair in somebody’s home every 34 seconds and our customer satisfaction rate is 4.8 out of 5.”

While keeping those satisfaction numbers high will always remain at the core of the business, Rusin believed that the future of the company’s growth may lie in not only repairing customers’ homes but improving them.

“We have 20 HVAC installation businesses around the country,” Rusin said. “We got into HVAC installations because our HVAC repair plans were the only ones that don’t cover replacement, even though sometimes a system will fail and you can’t repair it. We would give our customers a list of people that can, and they would ask

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‘why don’t you do it?’”

In the process of building out its capability, a pattern of customers asking for the most efficient units emerged.

“It’s always the same conversation.

The homeowner says they want to put in the most efficient system we have got, and then we give them the price for the most efficient system. Then they say ‘no, not that efficient,’” joked Rusin.

Noting that the most efficient models offer the best long-term savings but can cost up to $20,000, HomeServe will step in and install the units and provide homeowners with their standard service for a more manageable $189 a month.

“I think this is going to be the next two decades of growth for us, enabling people to become more efficient with lower cash out of pocket and we’re all going to get the benefits of decarbonization,” Rusin said.

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The book that Ray Dalio doesn't want you to read

When New York Times reporter Rob Copeland signed a contract to write a biography about Ray Dalio, the founder and longtime head of the Westport-based hedge fund Bridgewater Associates, he contacted his subject with the news.

Neither Dalio nor his company were enthusiastic, to put it mildly.

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“They've been threatening me from before a word of this book was written,” said Copeland. “I told Ray he was the first person I told after I signed the contract. Ray and Bridgewater went out and hired three different law firms to threaten me and my publisher.”

The threats didn’t seem to work, as St. Martin’s Press just released Copeland’s “The Fund: Ray Dalio, Bridgewater Associates, and the Unraveling of a Wall Street Legend.”

For those who only know Dalio from his highly viewed TedTalks appearance and his LinkedIn postings where he espouses his “Principles” of creating a holistic work environment through corporate transparency, Copeland details an utterly different culture where Bridgewater workers are kept under extreme surveillance, with Dalio as a mercurial taskmaster who plays people against each other and shows no concern over humiliating his employees over the most trivial of considerations.

Indeed, Copeland highlighted how the environment within Bridgewater was so dystopian that James Comey, who served as Bridgewater’s general counsel becoming FBI director, engaged in petty entrapment tricks by leaving private binder out in the open with the goal of catching lower-level employees who stopped to read its contents.

Ray and Bridgewater went out and hired three different law firms to threaten me and my publisher.”

-Rob Copeland

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Copeland spoke with the Business Journal regarding “The Fund.”

Congratulations on the release of your new book. Why did you decide to write a book about Ray Dalio?

I've been covering Ray and Bridgewater for about a decade and it just keeps getting crazier and crazier.

I've been thinking about doing this book before he even wrote his book [“Principles: Life & Work,” published in 2017]. And then he just became so super famous by presenting this completely alternate reality of what he and Bridgewater and the Principles are like. So, honestly, I felt like if I didn't write this, his completely fake world would be out there forever.

I've been covering the financial services world for a long time and I'm not familiar with any other company that functions in a manner that is vaguely similar to way in which Bridgewater operates, with its psychological abuse of the workforce. Are they literally in a class by themselves?

Ray has tried very hard to get other companies and the other billionaires that he calls his friends to use the Principles – and no one was interested in it. And that's for good reason, because the Principles have nothing to do with a meritocracy – the evidence shows that over and over and over again, it only works to elevate Ray Dalio above everyone else.

Where did this strange corporate culture come from? In reading your book, it seems as if Ray Dalio’s Bridgewater was like China during the Cultural Revolution and his “Principles” was the business equivalent of Mao's “Little Red Book.”

Well, he created a group inside Bridgewater that he called the Politburo, which he directly lifted from the CCP. So, I almost I almost have to say that speaks for itself.

I will say something that I was really shocked about is how obsessed he's been with other strongmen. And I'm not a political person – I've always been a business reporter – but I was struck by his obsession with Putin, his obsession with China's leadership, with [former Singapore Prime Minister] Lee Kuan Yew. There's a moment in the book where he fakes being his own spokesman, which is straight out of Donald Trump. And, again, I hate the Donald Trump comparisons – I think we're all tired of it by now – but in that case, it's so spot-on that I don’t know if Ray or Donald did it first. But I can tell you that unlike Donald, Ray didn't get caught.

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of Dalio’s relation with the Chinese government? He got in trouble a couple of years ago when he was downplaying the human rights abuses against the Uyghur Muslim minority in China.

If there is I've learned one thing about Ray Dalio over the past decade, it's that he's not going to say anything that crosses an investor and he will not say a single thing that will lose him a single cent. He's got a lot of money from the Chinese government’s related entities, and what jumped out to me in researching this book was how he started his charity and hired the former investment head of CIC [China Investment Corp.]. It's unbelievable how deep the ties go – and, honestly, I just scratched the surface.

What was the nature of Dalio's relationship with the various presidential administrations over the years?

I was sort of blown away – he isn't a U.S. political person. He spends a lot of time traveling the world raising money from other countries, but he's not been a hugely political person.

Though he did attend the state dinner for [Indian Prime Minister Narendra] Modi this year – and, of course, it's probably not a coincidence that Bridgewater has also been aggressively trying to raise money in India.

One of the more disturbing things in the book was the sexual harassment that permeated Bridgewater. Do you know the ratio of men to women within Bridgewater, particularly in the leadership ranks?

I don't know the exact number. But we should be fair – hedge funds are overwhelmingly male. So even if I told you it was overwhelmingly male, I think I'd be picking on him.

What I will say is that for years, there was even a joke inside Bridgewater that they just recruited X fraternity bros from Dartmouth. That was an exaggeration, of course, but they definitely have an archetype and that archetype is they bring in young people who don't have any sense of what of what a well-rounded work environment would be. And they create this whole world around you – you spend your whole week in Westport, your friends are there. I left so much out of the book about the interpersonal relationships there because I just didn't want it to be that kind of book. But there are a number of people who cheated on their spouses and married another Bridgewater person – they really require you to devote your whole life.

A couple of years ago, Dalio’s philanthropy was involved in a partnership with the Connecticut state government in an endeavor to boost the quality of local education – almost immediately after it began, Dalio pulled out and complained of was political interference from

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Republican legislators involved in the endeavor. Is this just Dalio not being a good team player?

Anytime Ray doesn't get what Ray wants, he pulls out. And, by the way, Ray, then hired one of Ned Lamont’s top deputies to work for Bridgewater.

How did you get the trust of the Bridgewater people who provided you with information on the inner workings of Bridgewater?

There is a tremendous amount of frustration, even with people who have fond feelings for Ray that he's created this alternative reality and that he's convinced the world that he and Bridgewater and the principles are one way – when it's nothing like that. In a way, he made my job easier because he just kept going on television and podcasts and spewing nonsense.

Many people who spoke to me are still there and they just want to just want to be done with Ray Dalio and the Principles. They just want to be done with this whole fiction. I like to say that I wrote the first nonfiction book about Ray Dalio and the Principles.

What is Dalio’s relation with Bridgewater now?

Well, he allegedly retired last year.

And I've reported in the Times that despite what he said publicly, there was a lot of tension behind the scenes and that he extracted a lot of money to do so. Here's what I would say – no matter what his alleged full role or title is, who has the power at Bridgewater? Is it the person who has the title of CEO or CIO or whatever, at any point? Or is it the one guy who can go on any television network or write on LinkedIn to say “I don't have faith in the people leading Bridgewater anymore” and the whole thing crumbles.

So, who is really in charge?

Amazon picked up the rights to turn this into either a film or a streaming series. Who do you think would be the best actor to play Ray Dalio?

That's something I spent a long time thinking about. He looks a lot like Kevin Costner. He also looks like Henry Winkler. But those are both superficial suggestions, for whoever plays him needs to be able to seamlessly be charming and soft and kind, and then be able to very instantly switch to being cool – when you almost can't even notice the switch has happened.

I met with a lot of different producers who are interested and when I told all of them is you can't cast a villain.

In “Bad Blood,” a tremendous book about Elizabeth Holmes, she's crooked from the first page. Ray is much more complicated than that, much darker.

He when he screams at you, it's after he's already pulled you in for a hug.

Would you think he’d be a great James Bond villain?

Maybe, but I don't think I'd make a very good James Bond!

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QUALIFIED BUSINESS INCOME DEDUCTION

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There are a number of moves a business owner may be able to make before the end of the year to reduce 2023 taxes. Here are a few of them.

Many business taxpayers — including owners of businesses operated through sole proprietorships, partnerships, and S corporations, as well as trusts and estates — may be eligible for the qualified business income.

This deduction is worth up to 20% of qualified business income (QBI) from a qualified trade or business for tax years 2018 through 2025. Your taxable income must be under $170,050 for single and head of household filers and $340,100 for married taxpayers filing joint returns to take advantage of the deduction in 2022.

The QBI is complex and tax planning strategies can increase or reduce the dollar amount.

SMALL-BUSINESS HEALTH CARE TAX CREDIT Small-business employers with 25 or fewer full-time-equivalent employees with average annual wages of $56,000 in 2020 (indexed for inflation) may qualify for a tax credit to help pay for employees' health insurance. The credit is 50% (35% for non-profits).

DEFERRING INCOME Businesses using the cash method of accounting can defer income into 2024 by delaying end-of-year invoices so that payment is not received until 2024. Businesses using the accrual method can defer income by postponing the delivery of goods or services until January 2024.

BONUS DEPRECIATION Businesses are allowed to deduct 80% of the cost of eligible property, such as machinery and equipment that is placed in service after Sept. 27, 2017, and before Jan. 1, 2024, after which it will be phased downward over three years: 60% in 2024, 40% in 2025, and 20% in 2026.

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QUALIFIED PROPERTY Qualified property is defined as property placed in service during the tax year and used predominantly (more than 50%) in your trade or business.

Property placed in service and then disposed of in that same tax year does not qualify, nor does property converted to personal use in the same tax year it is acquired.

Taxpayers can also elect to include certain improvements made to nonresidential real property after the date the property was first placed in service.

Qualified improvement property refers to any improvement to a building's interior; however, improvements do not qualify if they are attributable to the enlargement of the building, any elevator or escalator or the internal structural framework of the building.

Regarding roofs, HVAC, fire protection, alarm and security systems these changes would apply to property placed in service in taxable years beginning after Dec. 31, 2017. Real estate qualified improvement property is eligible for immediate expensing, thanks to the CARES Act, which corrected an error in the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act. Westfair Business Journal

REPAIR REGULATIONS Where possible, end-of-year repairs and expenses should be deducted immediately rather than capitalized and depreciated. Small businesses lacking applicable financial statements (AFS) can take advantage of de minimis safe harbor by electing to deduct smaller purchases ($2,500 or less per purchase or invoice). Businesses with applicable financial statements can deduct $5,000. Small businesses with gross receipts of $10 million or less can also take advantage of the safe harbor for repairs, maintenance and improvements to eligible buildings.

RETIREMENT PLANS Self-employed people who have not yet done so should set up self-employed retirement plans before the end of the year.

BUSINESS ENERGY INVESTMENT TAX CREDIT (ITC) The Inflation Reduction Act of 2022 (IRA) expanded eligible technologies and extended the expiration date of the credit, in addition to several other changes. As such, business energy investment tax credits are still available and businesses that want to take advantage of them (worth up to 30%) can still do so.

Business energy credits are available for the following technologies: solar water heat, solar space heat, geothermal electric, solar thermal electric, solar thermal process heat, solar photovoltaics, wind (all), geothermal heat pumps, municipal solid waste, combined heat and power, fuel cells using non-renewable fuels, tidal, wind (small), geothermal direct-use, fuel cells using renewable fuels, microturbines, lithium-ion, offshore wind.

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DIVIDEND PLANNING Reduce accumulated corporate profits and earnings by issuing corporate dividends to shareholders.

This column is for information only and is not to be considered advice. The information is deemed accurate at the time of writing, but tax regulations change frequently. For that reason and because taxes are complex and mistakes can be costly, decisions about them should be discussed with a qualified professional.

Feds nab Pelham Manor man in 3-part Medicare fraud scheme

By Bill heltzel / bheltzel@westfairinc.com

A Pelham Manor man has been indicted on fraud and kickback charges for allegedly defrauding Medicare of $10 million.

Manishkumar Patel, 44, was arrested at home at 6 a.m. on Oct. 31 and arraigned before U.S. Magistrate Judge Gary Stein in federal court in Manhattan. He pled not guilty to five charges and posted a $1 million bond secured by his wife’s house.

Patel and several co-conspirators who are not identified in the indictment allegedly devised a three-part scheme to create phony prescriptions and doctors’ orders for medical equipment, laboratory tests and pharmaceuticals from 2019 to 2022.

First, they used call centers to contact people covered by Medicare to develop “leads.” Callers would ask perfunctory questions to justify a prescription for medical items that could be reimbursed by Medicare.

Patel controlled at least one of the call centers, according to the indictment, and paid other centers for leads.

Second, they turned leads into prescriptions. Sometimes they did cursory telemedicine appointments with the Medicare beneficiaries, according to the indictment. Sometimes they forged a doctor’s signature on prescriptions.

Other times they got doctors to sign prescriptions without examining the patient or reviewing sufficient information to establish a medical necessity.

Third, they allegedly sold phony prescriptions to medical equipment providers, pharmacies and labs by using sham contracts to receive kickbacks disguised as payments for marketing services.

On Nov. 1, 2019, for instance, a medical provider paid Patel $11,250 for doctored prescriptions, according to the indictment.

The buyers, who are not identified in the indictment, received about $10 million in reimbursements from Medicare for items such as prosthetics and knee braces.

The indictment does not say how much money Patel allegedly made from kickbacks.

The scheme did not necessarily go smoothly.

Medicare patients complained to equipment providers that they had never ordered the devices.

A doctor faxed back a prescription to Patel with the word “fraud” written across it.

A conspirator wrote to Patel that “physicians are calling them and threatening to report a Medicare fraud.”

A second conspirator who controlled a pharmacy and medical equipment business wrote to Patel: “I have received tons of letters from CMS (Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services) and it doesn’t look good. … Remember we have always talked about we like to sleep at night. Since all these marketing problems I haven’t

been able to sleep properly.”

A third conspirator wrote to Patel that Medicare had rejected more than half of the prescriptions. “You dumped a bunch of crap on us and even (name redacted) said not to use it.”

Patel was charged with conspiracies, health-care fraud, wire fraud and taking kickbacks.

His attorney, Richard Palma, did not reply to a message requesting Patel’s responses to the allegations.

The case was investigated by the U.S. Health and Human Services inspector general’s office and is being handled by assistant federal prosecutor Kevin Mead of the Complex Frauds and Cybercrime Unit.

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Coast Guard targeted in Hudson River dispute

By Peter Katz / pkatz@westfairinc.com

A barge in the Hudson. NY state photo.

Public officials and members of environmental groups are among those who are lashing out at the U.S. Coast Guard for reenergizing a controversy that it had been thought was previously resolved. The controversy concerns the parking of barges along the Hudson River north of the Tappan Zee Bridge. The Coast Guard has revisited rulings made in the past and come up with a new interpretation that would allow an unlimited number of barges containing hazardous materials such as oil and asphalt to be parked along the river.

The Coast Guard reinterpreted the boundaries of the Port of New York, which used to include the Hudson River from New York City all the way up to Albany. Now the Coast Guard says that the Port of New York only includes the waters from the Statue of Liberty to the Tappan Zee Bridge. Since the rest of the Hudson according to the Coast Guard is now outside of the Port of New York limitations the rest of the river can be used more intensely as a parking lot for barges.

New York State Senator Pete Harckham and Assemblymember Dana Levenberg complained in a Nov. 3 letter to the Coast Guard that not only was the Coast Guard wrong when it reinterpreted the boundaries for the Port of New York, it acted illegally.

"Section 8437 of the Elijah E. Cummings Coast Guard Authorization Act of 2020 suspended the establishment of new anchorage grounds between Yonkers, NY, and Kingston, NY," Harckham and Levenberg wrote to Coast Guard New York Sector Commander Michelle Villafane. "As such, the Coast Guard currently lacks the authority to establish new anchorages in this region. Notwithstanding the Elijah E. Cummings Act, the Coast Guard adopted a policy that effectively establishes an unlimited number of new anchoring locations."

Harckham and Levenberg charged

the Coast Guard with going ahead with the anchoring plan without any opportunity for public comment or environmental review.

They characterized that as “entirely undemocratic and bad public policy.”

Harckham later said, "This ridiculous idea needs to be stopped once and for all, and I will do everything I can to make sure it does not come to pass. The Hudson River’s economic and environmental value to this region — its residents and business owners — cannot be put at risk from such short-sighted and inchoate decision-making.”

In 2016 and 2018, the Coast Guard tried to move ahead with similar plans to allow barge anchoring on the Hudson River up to Albany, but the plans were killed by strong opposition from lawmakers and environmentalists.

In October 2017, then Gov. Andrew Cuomo signed into law legislation that increased the state's oversight of oil barges on the Hudson. It had been proposed as a countermeasure to the tug and barge industry seeking 43 new berths at 10 anchorage grounds from Yonkers to Kingston.

The organization Riverkeeper recalled that in 2016 communities throughout the Hudson Valley came together to oppose that maritime industry request to expand the designated areas in the Hudson River where commercial vessels would be allowed to anchor. Riverkeeper and the public wanted strict limits on where and for how long commercial vessels are allowed to anchor in the Hudson. At the time, the tug and barge industry was looking forward to an increase in crude oil shipments from the Midwest.

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posed to the idea.

"The expansion of anchoring will have negative consequences on the environment, public health and economic development in the surrounding area," Riverkeeper said about the most recent Coast Guard decision. "Many of the communities we represent with Hudson River waterfronts have made generational investments in improving the Hudson River and remaking the waterfront as an inviting destination for residents and visitors to enjoy for recreation and local businesses."

Riverkeeper also alleges that the Coast Guard acted illegally because it did not do appropriate environmental reviews before redefining the boundaries of the Port of New York.

Congressman Pat Ryan, who formerly served as Ulster County Executive, has expressed his concerns about the Coast Guard's plan to open up the Hudson for barge parking.

“Just a few years ago, a coalition led by local community leaders and nonprofits like Riverkeeper and Scenic

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Hudson banded together to protect our river from big corporations who were putting their profits ahead of our health and safety," Ryan said. "I’m calling on our community to once again stand together and fight for our river. We’ve worked too hard for too long to let oil monopolies erase our progress just so they can make even more money. It’s up to all of us to protect our kids, our drinking water and our entire ecosystem.”

Another group known as Hudson 7 has a special interest in protecting the river. Its more formal name is the Hudson River Drinking Water Intermunicipal Council and it's composed of members from seven municipalities that draw drinking water from the Hudson. The communities are the town of Hyde Park, Town of Esopus, town of Lloyd, torn and village of Rhinebeck and the town and city of Poughkeepsie. They're concerned that hazardous materials could enter the water from a barge or a barge being parked could hit a water intake pipe.

By Peter Katz / pkatz@westfairinc.com

Hochul should be blamed for mandated spending by counties.

He said that in the proposed budget state mandates would cost the county $16 million more. In addition the state will not be reimbursing Dutchess $15 million due for previous Medicaid spending.

O'Neil said the county will ask the state to approve a hike in its sales tax rate from 3.75% to 4% effective in June of next year. He said that Dutchess is one of only six counties in New York that has a sales tax rate of less than 4%. Also going up is the county’s hotel tax, which would increase from 4% to 5%. The new budget anticipates the change will bring in an additional $4.8 million.

The new budget provides for hiring two new deputy sheriffs trained as Community Resource Officers for the city of Poughkeepsie; continued funding for the Dutchess County Drug Task Force, and a mental health program supporting law enforcement officers. The budget calls for making the Dutchess County Public Transit bus service more ef-

Dutchess County Executive William F.X. O’Neil has released his 2024 Executive Budget, which calls for $599.9 million in spending while also reducing property taxes by 10.6% and raising sales taxes by one-quarter percent. Dutchess would collect $99.4 million in property taxes under the plan, which is the lowest property tax levy in 15 years. According to O'Neil, this is the 11th consecutive year that there will be a cut in the county portion of property tax bills.

"We remain vigilant in serving our residents in the most efficient and cost-effective manner possible, while providing exemplary service and property tax relief for our residents,” O'Neil said. "Many factors outside of our control are driving up costs for 2024, including national inflation and Albany’s reckless spending and continued cost shifting. This budget plan attempts to cushion these impacts and continues Dutchess County’s careful watch of each tax dollar collected while investing in the areas our community has prioritized."

O'Neil, a Republican, said that New York's Democrat Gov. Kathy

Dutchess County Executive O'Neil delivers 2024 budget address.

ficient to save $265,000 in operating costs. There would be a $200,000 grant program to expand composting in the county.

O'Neil said the budget provides

funds to help people meet housing needs and that his administration is looking at the possibilities for using county land as sites for building affordable housing.

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Food safety in Putnam

By Peter Katz / pkatz@westfairinc.com

The Putnam County Department of Health hosted 120 people from more than 80 organizations active in the food industry in Putnam for an Oct. 30 seminar on food safety. The event took place at the Putnam County Golf Course in Mahopac.

“We are the only county in the region that puts together an event like this,” County Executive Kevin Byrne said. “Our Health Department is able to directly connect with the individuals behind the businesses that make up so much of what makes Putnam County great."

Shawn Rogan, director of environmental health services for the county's Department of Health, explained that the department's approach has been to partner with food operators not just regulate them. Rogan briefed the attendees about foodborne illness,

handling power outages, dealing with food waste and how to pick out the most efficient freezers for a food establishment. Rogan also talked about low-tech practices such as making sure that refrigerators doors are kept shut.

County food inspector Andrea

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DeMarchi discussed violations found in restaurants and how to avoid them.

She described a situation in Suffolk County in which a food poisoning outbreak was traced to cooked rice that was not held at a proper temperature, allowing harmful bacteria to grow. She pointed to a need to keep hot items above 140 degrees Fahrenheit, and cold items cold below 41 degrees, and to refrigerate leftovers.

Meat, poultry, cooked vegetables and grains, soft cheeses and dairy, sprouts and sliced melon and tomatoes were identified as among the food items vulnerable to bacteria growth.

Other presentations dealt with food allergies, first aid in kitchens, the use of salt and its effect on heart health, and creating a brand for a food service establishment.

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Third Alzheimer's sanctuary in U.S. is dedicated in Yonkers

By Peter Katz / pkatz@westfairinc.com

more than 400,000," Charles Fuschillo Jr., president and CEO of the Alzheimer's Foundation for America said. "Isolation is something we never advocate and is something we fight against. We want them to come outside. We want them to come to this park, this peaceful setting here and we want a caregiver to learn about caregiving tips and strategies but we also want them to learn about caregiver burnout."

Fuschillo said that funding for the sanctuary was received from the Carvel Foundation and the Mother Cabrini Foundation.

Bert Brodsky, founder and board chair of the Alzheimer's Foundation, noted that his mother lived in Yonkers, had Alzheimer's and spent most of the time in her apartment.

"She had no place to go as a respite area," Brodsky said. "She stayed in the apartment because there was no place to go. The next mom who unfortunately will suffer from dementia and Alzheimer’s will have a place to go, will have a respite area."

Yonkers Mayor Mike Spano said

The third outdoor sanctuary established in the U.S. by the Alzheimer's Foundation of America has been dedicated in Yonkers. It's the first such sanctuary in Westchester County. The foundation worked with the city's Department of Parks Recreation & Conservation to create the Yonkers Respite Sanctuary, a gazebo and adjacent area at the corner of Dock Street and Peene Lane and adjacent to the Hudson River. It's intended to serve Alzheimer's patients and their caregivers. Two similar facilities are in place on Long Island.

According to Steve Sansone, the Yonkers parks commissioner, “This sanctuary affords impeccable views and the sereneness of the Hudson River. It is a unique destination for those facing dementia or in need of meditation or socialization."

The sanctuary, which was opened with a ribbon-cutting ceremony on Nov. 3, features educational kiosks that provide information about about Alzheimer’s disease, including ways to avoid caregiver burnout and build caregiver skills.

"There are more than 6 million people that are living with Alzheimer's disease throughout this nation; right here in the state of New York

The Yonkers Respite Sanctuary for Alzheimer's patients and caregivers.

From left: Kelly Chiarella, director, Yonkers Office for the Aging; Deputy Mayor Anthony Landi; City Council Majority Leader Tasha Diaz and mayor Mike Spano; Chuck Lesnick, board member, Yonkers Parks, Recreation & Conservation; Bert Brodsky; Charles Fuschillo, Jr.; Steve Sansone; County Legislator Symra Brandon; Councilman John Rubbo; Lisa McKay, deputy parks commissioner.

that the Yonkers Respite Sanctuary defines the essence of the Yonkers waterfront.

“This allows people living with Alzheimer’s and those caring

for them to pause and reflect in a peaceful setting," Spano said. "The educational resources here will advise them and give them a sense they are not alone in this journey.”

Bring composting home

By Peter Katz / pkatz@westfairinc.com

Williams; Jason Baker, Department of Public Works; mayor Mike Spano; Tasha Diaz, City Council Majority Leader; Thomas Meier. Photo by Maurice Mercado/City of Yonkers.

Yonkers has expanded its recycling program to include backyard composters. The city was offering a limited supply of compositing bins free to residents and planned to offer both composting bins and food scrap collection kits for sale at its recycling center at 735 Saw Mill River Road.

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“Expanding our recycling program to include residential backyard composters is an important measure that will enable Yonkers household members to directly participate in further reducing waste and greenhouse gas emissions,” Mayor Mike Spano said while loading a composting bin with leaves. “My family composts in our yard, and I encourage other households to do the same in our efforts to reduce our carbon footprint.

Let’s continue to be leaders in creating a cleaner, greener, more sustainable Yonkers.”

The backyard composting bins can be used for cardboard, leaves, grass clippings, annual plants, wood ashes, and other organic yard waste, as well

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as for vegetable and fruit peelings and coffee grounds. It typically takes from two to six months for compose to be usable as an addition to garden soil.

In a related effort, the city's food scrap recycling program has collected nearly eight tons of food scraps since May of this year, keeping that material out of the solid waste stream and using it as a source of nutrients for plants.

The city's Public Works Commissioner Tom Meier urged residents to "take part in food scrap recycling and backyard composting to help protect our environment, save taxpayer dollars and receive the benefit of free, high-quality compost that builds healthy soil and resiliency.”

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Yorktown demands $3.5M for trash collection foul-up

By Bill heltzel / bheltzel@westfairinc.com

The Town of Yorktown is demanding $3.5 million from its former refuse hauler for suddenly ceasing to collect trash.

Yorktown accused Competitive Carting Corp., of Mahopac, of breach of contract and unjust enrichment, in a complaint filed Oct. 26 in Westchester Supreme Court.

The trash hauler’s bonding company, Great Midwest Insurance Co., Houston, is also named as a defendant.

“It cannot seriously be disputed that CCC materially breached its contract,” the complaint states.

“Beginning in or around early July 2023, it routinely failed to collect and dispose of the town’s refuse and recycling material.”

CCC executive Brian Amico and a spokesperson for Great Midwest’s parent company, Skyward Specialty Insurance Group, did not reply to emails asking for their sides of the story.

CCC was awarded a five-year residential refuse and recycling contract for nearly $18.8 million. Three one-year extensions could have boosted its eight year earnings to nearly $32 million.

The town put CCC on notice last July for allegedly failing to carry out its duties, according to the complaint.

On Aug. 28, most of the company’s trucks were repossessed. On Sept. 1, employees walked off the job because they were not being paid.

Yorktown quickly issued an emergency, one-year contract, for $4.3 million, to CRP Sanitation, Cortlandt Manor.

The emergency contract cost Yorktown $743,000 more than it would have paid CCC for the same period, the complaint states. And Yorktown will have to take bids for a new multiyear contract “which is certain to be higher than the prices that would

The emergency contract cost Yorktown $743,000 more than it would have paid CCC for the same period, the complaint states.

have been paid under CCC’s contract had the town not been forced to terminate CCC’s contract for non-performance.”

Yorktown’s outside attorneys, Adam Rodriguez and David Chen, also allege that Great Midwest Insurance Co. has ignored a demand for payment under CCC’s performance bond.

The garbage contract has been controversial for other reasons, at least from the point of view of AAA Carting and Rubish Removal, of Buchanan.

AAA, which had previously handled the town’s trash, has sued Yorktown twice this year, claiming that it should have been awarded the multi-year contract as well as the emergency contract.

AAA argues that it was the lowest responsible bidder for the 5-year contract, with the emphasis on responsible and not price. CCC was new and had no experience in municipal garbage collection, AAA claimed. It did not have enough trucks and its owner, Brian Amico, had filed for personal bankruptcy protection.

Yorktown knew for months that CCC was unable to handle the work and then revoked the deal and issued a no-bid contract to CRP Sanitation,

even though AAA had proposed doing the work for $75,000 less.

Yorktown has responded in court papers that AAA’s accusations are frivolous and hyperbolic.

AAA’s 5-year bid would have cost $1.5 million more than CCC’s contract, according to a Nov. 3 memorandum of law in response to AAA’s second lawsuit.

As to the emergency contract, the town says, AAA would not agree to all of the terms, it could not take over the work immediately and it insisted on being paid $2.4 million for the period for which CCC had the contract instead of AAA. AAA also had “significant performance issues during its prior stint as the town’s garbage collector,” the memo states, and AAA’s principals had been indicted for extortion.

The last factor is an apparent reference to a 2013 federal case in which 32 people were indicted in an alleged organized crime scheme to control waste hauling in and around New York City. Pasquale P. Cartalemi Jr. and his son Pasquale L. Cartalemi, the principals in AAA Carting, were charged with extortion and extortion conspiracy.

In 2014, U.S. Attorney Preet Bharara dropped the cases after the Cartalemi’s complied with a deferred prosecution agreement.

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Anti-Semitic threats land White Plains man in jail again

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“The defendant correctly argues that he has the right to express his political views no matter how virulent those views may be.”

call from a relative’s house, identified himself and referred to an email sent to Feiner.

“So if you guys don’t go over there and arrest that f–king kike for f—king with me and my family in the next f— king 25 minutes,” he allegedly stated, “you are going to have a serious problem in this f—king county, OK.” And if the FBI agent comes to his house again, the caller went on, “I’m going to f—king snap A White Plains man has been arrested for his neck. … So, Timthreatening to “snap the neck” of an FBI agent othy Goetze, White Plains, you f–k with who testified against him in 2019 for sending a me again, you’re all threatening and anti-Semitic message to Green- f–king dead. OK. I didn’t send that email burgh Town Supervisor Paul Feiner. to that f–king kike.”

The FBI agent, who is not identified in the complaint, Timothy Goetze, 48, was accused had participated in the original invesof retaliating against a federal officer tigation of Goetze, had met him at his and interstate stalking at a Nov. 6 house, and testified at his 2019 trial. hearing held in U.S. District Court, Feiner had received three emails White Plains. in 2017 after he questioned the On Nov. 2, according to the crimappropriateness of a 60-foot obeinal complaint, Goetze placed a 911

lisk erected in 1897 at Mount Hope Cemetery, Hastings-on-Hudson, in memory of Confederate soldiers who had moved North after the Civil War. An inscription reads, “Sacred to the memory of the Heroic Dead of the Confederate Veteran Camp of New York.”

Feiner, according to news accounts at the time, said that the obelisk honored soldiers who advocated white supremacy and he questioned whether the monument or the wording on the monument should be removed.

The emails had the same message but different subject lines — Human Rights Education, Letter to the Ugly Dumb Jew, and Letter to the Parasite — and were signed “Anti-Zionist.”

“You better run and hide you stupid f–king jew.” the message stated. “We are coming for you and your family.”

Investigators determined that Goetze was the sender.

He was charged with three, misdemeanor counts of aggravated harassment and was found guilty in a bench

trial in White Plains City Court. The judge sentenced him to a one-year conditional discharge with 75 hours of community service and a protection order for Feiner and his family.

Goetze had defended himself on First Amendment grounds and appealed the judge’s decision.

“Although defendant correctly argues that he has the right to express his political views no matter how virulent those views may be,” the Second Appellate Court ruled in 2021, “he does not have the right to threaten physical harm to another person as part of his political expression.”

The emails constituted true threats, the justices ruled, and “rose to the level of criminally sanctionable speech.”

U.S. Magistrate Judge Victoria Reznik declined to approve bail at the detention hearing on Nov. 6, and instead ordered Goetze to be detained “on grounds of risk of danger to the community and risk of non-appearance.”

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Fall landscape care with pollinators in mind

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dig them into annual gardens as a soil amendment. Just dig a two-to-threeinch layer of shredded leaves into the top 12 inches of annual or new planting beds. The leaves will decompose over winter, adding organic matter to the soil. By spring, your garden bed will be ready for you to finish preparing and planting.

beneficial insects and insulation for bumblebee queens, frogs and others that overwinter in the soil.

Spread some of the fall leaves on top of the soil around permanent plants as a mulch. They help insulate the roots, conserve moisture, suppress weeds and, as they break down, improve the soil. Fall mulching gives you a jump on next spring’s landscape chores. It also provides winter homes for some

Be sure to cut back and dispose of any diseased or insect-infested plants. Removing these reduces the source of disease and insect pest problems in next year’s garden. Use a bypass pruner to cut the plants back to just above the soil surface. Corona’s XSeries Pro bypass pruner (www. coronatoolsusa.com) is lightweight and

No matter where you live, investing time caring for your landscape now will pay off with a healthier, more beautiful landscape next spring and for years to come. Incorporate the following practices into your fall maintenance to support pollinators and the plants in your landscape: Don’t rake the leaves to the curb or haul them to your municipality’s composting center.

Instead, handle them with your lawn mower. Shred leaves and leave them on the lawn as you mow this fall. As the leaves break down, they add organic matter to the soil and, as long as you can see the grass through the leaf pieces, the lawn will be fine.

Put any extra fall leaves to work in the garden. Add shredded leaves to your compost pile or

Leave healthy perennials to stand over winter. They will add motion and texture to the landscape.

The seedheads add beauty and many provide food for the birds. Hollow stems of a variety of perennials provide winter homes for many native bees and other beneficial insects. This also increases winter survival as research found perennials left standing are better able to tolerate the rigors of winter.

Continue watering throughout the fall and only during the day when soil and air temperatures are at or above 40 degrees Fahrenheit. Trees, shrubs and perennials suffering from drought stress in fall and early winter are more subject to root damage and subsequently insect pest and disease problems. Make sure new plantings, moisture lovers, evergreens and perennials in exposed sites are thoroughly watered when the top four to six inches are crumbly and slightly moist.

Add some new plants to the landscape this fall. The soil is warm and the air is cool, providing excellent conditions for planting and establishing trees, shrubs and perennials. Include some fall favorites like pansies, asters and mums to containers and garden beds for instant color and food for late-season pollinators. Many garden centers add healthy new plants to their inventory specifically for planting this fall.

No matter where you live or the size of your garden, get outdoors and enjoy the beauty of fall.

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Fine dining comes home to ‘Roost’ in Sparkill

By Jeremy Wayne / jwayne@westfairinc.com

Just south of Piermont, directly across the Hudson River from Irvington, lies the charming village of Sparkill and, at its hub, the Union Arts Center. Set in a former house dating from 1876, the center is a true Hudson Valley gem, its second-floor event space playing host to art installations, classical recitals, jazz supper-club evenings and dance performances.

My particular interest, however, and the reason I took the drive across the Gov. Mario M. Cuomo Tappan Zee Bridge and south along the rather lovely Route 9W, was for a performance of the culinary arts.

Chef Kevin Reilly and his partner Maria Santini were already running their restaurant Roost around the corner in the village, when Reilly convinced the arts center’s proprietor, Simon Basner, that the center’s first floor would make a great new setting for the restaurant. How right he was.

Roost, now well-established at the Union Arts Center, is a beautiful restaurant with comfortable chairs, large tables and good art on the walls.

Santini, who looks after the design, is passionate about atmospheric lighting and good acoustics, which are evident as you enter. You are also immediately struck by that wonderful hum of people enjoying themselves, a hum that needs no background music to enhance the mood.

A cocktail list was already on my table, with a “Fizzy Rickey” calling out to me. I’m smitten whenever I see a Rickey on a drinks list. (The cocktail was created by a Massachusetts bartender in the late 19th century and named for the Democratic lobbyist Col. Joe Rickey – one of those nuggets of useless information that I acquired in early adulthood and have never forgotten.) Roost’s Rickey – Plymouth gin, cherry syrup and lime, topped up

with cava – came, not surprisingly, in a Champagne flute and was a little sweet for my taste, but hey, I was given fair warning about the cherry syrup, so I had only myself to blame.

The oak bar – decorated in clubby, black-andwhite candy stripes with graciously arched mirrors – sweeps the back wall of the restaurant, defining a gracious curve. I could have settled in there for the night and called myself a happy man.

Like an actor delivering lines of Shakespeare, my server, Graham, recited the specials with great feeling. They included a veal chop in a demi-glace with baby potatoes and a 40-ounce porterhouse steak, which, as a single diner, Graham correctly surmised I would not be opting for. What I enjoyed instead was a series of dishes suggested by chef Reilly – an industry veteran whose long resumé includes time on the Queen Elizabeth 2 (QE2), at Union Square Café, China Grill, Tavern on the Green and heading up the kitchen at Manhattan’s Water Club – and in whose hands I now gladly put myself.

Dishes came fast and furious. From a broadly Mediterranean menu, with occasional excursions to the American South, the Middle East and China, came a just-out-of-the-pan crisp falafel in a buttermilk tahini dressing, the dish enlivened with baby cucumbers, radish, endive, sweet peppers, frisée, chili oil and an inspired wisp of mint.

Hard on its heels was a steaming bowl of smoked salmon chowder, its texture like velvet, although that is an absurd thing to say because you couldn’t countenance actually eating velvet. But the smoothness of velvet does convey the luxurious, lustrous quality of that soup, in which the smoked salmon and some nubs of bacon made especially good bedfellows.

Union Arts Center exterior. Courtesy Union Arts Center.

Photo courtesy Roost Restaurant & Union Arts Center - Sparkill, NY.

Dishes came fast and furious.

From a broadly Mediterranean menu, with occasional excursions to the American South.

Bar at Roost. Photograph by Tom Offer.

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In the next course, a massive wedge of brioche toast with a sensational crust was the receptacle that held melting goat cheese toast and truffle butter – a kind of fondue that in turn co-starred with a cohort of rich, sautéed autumnal mushrooms in an altogether Oscar-worthy performance.

What a combination.

And still the dishes arrived. Shrimp with plantain, wonderfully fresh and flavorful shellfish in a beautifully emulsified lemon sauce, redolent of the South: Those plantains could have been grits. And by contrast, lobster spaghetti (the pasta from DPNB Pasta & Provisions in Nyack,) with a touch of chili for heat and a confident smack of garlic, reminded me of a glorious Sichuan lobster and noodles dish I used to eat regularly at a restaurant on Mott Street in Manhattan’s Little Italy back in the day.

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“Any room for a main course?” asked Graham and his question was not rhetorical. Restaurant reviewing, to rework the old Bette Davis line, is no place for sissies and I tucked into a gloriously tender lamb triple chop and its sides of broccoli Calabrese, buttermilk mashed potatoes and Panko onion rings with gusto.

The short wine list featured an Albariño and a Riesling, both good choices for the menu’s many raw bar dishes, although I chose to go with a couple of glasses of Pinot Blanc Sylvaner from Alsace instead. Earthy and with quite high acidity, I thoroughly enjoyed them.

I savored a complimentary glass of homemade Limoncello, too and, the following morning, the chocolate ganache and vanilla custard donuts thoughtfully offered to me for takeout when I refused dessert.

Turning down dessert, well that was a bit sissie, I admit. But – while no excuse and with apologies to Bette – the time had come to draw the line.

After all, there’s only so much weight the human frame can bear.

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PEEKSKILL NATIVE RECEIVES COMMAND COIN

HN Jefferson Arpi Ordonez, center, receives a command coin from Capt. Matthew Marcinkiewicz, commanding officer of NMRLC. Photo by Julius Evans, NMRLC Public Affairs.

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PARKS FOUNDATIONAND FUJIFILM VOLUNTEER DAY

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estchester Parks Foundation (WPF) hosted more than 20 employees of FUJIFILM Holdings America Corp., FUJIFILM North America Corp. and FUJIFILM Recording Media U.S.A.,Inc. for a planting and beautification day at Cranberry Lake Preserve in White Plains.

Together, volunteers planted 24 new native trees and flowers, removed 1,180 square feet of invasive plants and vines, cleared three picnic areas of raked leaves and picked up 3.8 pounds of trash.

Jun Higuchi, president, FUJIFILM Holdings America Corp. and president/CEO of FUJIFILM North America Corp presented Joe Stout, executive director of the WPF with a $7,500 check on behalf of the company and its employees to help in the organization’s mission to advocate for and invest in the preservation, conservation, use and enjoyment of the Westchester County Parks system.

“Volunteering reinforces Fujifilm’s commitment to being a good neighbor in the communities where we operate – here in Valhalla and around the world,” said Higuchi. “Fujifilm’s ‘Never Stop’ brand goes beyond our products and services. We must Never Stop seeking a better, more sustainable world.”

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ospitalman Jefferson Arpi Ordóñez, a native of Peekskill, New York, received a command coin from Capt. Matthew Marcinkiewicz, commanding officer of Naval Medical Readiness Logistics Command (NMRLC), for being “outstanding” during the command uniform inspection. Ordóñez, a 2021 graduate of Peekskill High School, joined the Navy nearly two years ago.

“I volunteered to serve in the United States Navy as a way of giving thanks for all the opportunities this nation has given me and my family,” said Ordóñez. “I dream of being the first naval officer in my family and I want to make my family’s name known for greatness and overachievement. I’m going to apply for the Navy’s Seaman to Admiral-21 program next year. I want to inspire younger generations like myself from an immigrant background and let them know that you can accomplish your dreams.”

“Living in Peekskill, there were a lot of people with the same cultural background as me,” said Ordóñez. “I come from an Ecuadorian immigrant background and I speak three languages: Spanish, Kichwa and English.

This has constantly reminded me to never forget where I come from and who I represent.

Humility is the fuel to accomplishment in my naval career.”

“My job as an optician technician is rewarding,” said Ordóñez. “Starting off with the Sailor’s Creed every day reminds me of the reason I am here today. We’re proudly providing the sight to fight for our military. Even though I am not personally in contact with the patient, I know that by doing my part in making these glasses I just helped them see better.”

As a member of the Navy, Ordóñez is part of a world-class organization focused on maintaining maritime dominance, strengthening partnerships, increasing competitive warfighting capabilities and sustaining combat-ready forces in support of the National Defense Strategy.

“The Navy defends our nation through humanitarian missions, assisting our allies and promoting peace,” said Ordóñez. “However, we are also a supportive force for the countries around the world that are challenged by the enemies of democracy. We are committed to the excellence of our way of life and are prepared to defend it at all costs.”

LIFELONG NEW ROCHELLE RESIDENT TO LEAD 2023 PARADE

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n a joint statement, the New Rochelle Chamber of Commerce and the city of New Rochelle announced that the 2023 Grand Marshal of the New Rochelle 59th annual Thanksgiving Parade on Nov. 18 would be Minister Mark McLean. The parade kicks off at 10 a.m.

Audi New Rochelle is providing a convertible Audi S5 Cabriolet for the grand marshal’s ride.

McLean, a lifelong resident of New Rochelle, attended City College of New York in Harlem studying music and the history and cultures of African people throughout the diaspora. He served the city as a fire fighter and retired after more than 33 years. McLean’s community involvement spans close to 20 years serving in various organizations.

McLean is presently the president of the NAACP New Rochelle Branch, the Inter Religious Coalition of New Rochelle, and CEO of Kingdom Community Consultants.

“As a lifelong resident of New Rochelle, I am delighted and honored to be chosen Grand Marshal of this year’s Thanksgiving Day Parade,” said Minister McLean. “In spite of all the great challenges this year, I am so grateful to be alive and I give thanks to God to be a part of such a great and loving family that is the city of New Rochelle. Happy Thanksgiving!”

Founded in 1922, the New Rochelle Chamber of Commerce fosters economic growth and prosperity in the New Rochelle business community.

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aul Adler and Samuel Adler were awarded the Economic Development Award for the successful transaction they brokered in connection with the sale of 25 Hemlock Drive in Congers, Rockland County, New York, from the Triangle Squared Realty Hemlock LLC to Chartwell Pharmaceuticals @ $13,479,000.

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deal for what it will bring to the local and New York state economy and humbled to share this award with my son Sam.” said Paul Adler chief strategy officer of Rand Commercial.

The vacant 81,000 +square-foor Class A industrial flex building sits on 7.5 acres. The acquisition was part of Chartwell’s campus expansion and could yield up to 300+ jobs for the area.

With more than a century of combined experience in the region, Rand Commercial has grown into a full-service real estate financial institution with expertise in commercial real estate, multifamily residential housing, development marketing, land sales and development, condo conversion and corporate relocation.

manufacturing and distribution, health care and professional services industries.

GM Managing Partner Steven Marcus said, “Joining Citrin Cooperman gives us the opportunity to provide more value to our employees, our clients, and our community.

We look forward to offering a greater depth and breadth of services in a new, exciting environment.”

The entities together include more than 400 partners and 2,400 total professionals.

Gettry Marcus is a Top 200 Accounting Today firm with offices in New York City and Long Island, providing accounting, tax and consulting services to commercial businesses, high-net-worth individuals, and specializing in a host of diverse industries, including real estate, manufacturing and distribution and health care. Gettry Marcus is also home to one of the premier and most credentialed business valuation and litigation groups in the New York Metro area. The firm’s team of seasoned staff provides clients the ability to gain valuable insights into their businesses, better understand their goals and barriers and attain the vision they have for their personal and professional growth.

Citrin Cooperman is one of the nation’s largest professional services firms. Since 1979, the firm has steadily built its business by helping companies and high-net-worth individuals find practical, actionable solutions to help them meet their short-term needs and long-term objectives.

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ffective Nov. 1, Citrin Cooperman joined Gettry Marcus CPA PC (GM), which is recognized in Accounting Today’s Top 200 and Fastest-Growing U.S. Firms. GM brings over $40 million in revenue, 28 partners and more than 130 professionals to Citrin Cooperman’s expansive New York City-metro footprint.

“Gettry Marcus has a long-standing presence in the marketplace and we’re excited to welcome a great group of people to the firm,” said Citrin Cooperman CEO Alan Badey and Executive Chairman Joel Cooperman in a joint statement. “We share a culture of developing great collaborative teams and have a strong and similar focus in the real estate, Westfair Business Journal

ield Hall Foundation in Cortlandt Manor has announced $264,400 in new grants through its fall 2023 grant cycle. Sixteen grants, ranging from $1,800 to $40,000, have been awarded to organizations that will provide services to improve the lives of older adults and their caregivers in Dutchess, Putnam and Westchester counties. Grant recipients include: • $40,000 –for support and emergency funding to immigrant seniors, VISIONS. • $40,000 –for services that improve the independence of blind older adults, Yonkers Community Action Program.

• $30,000 – to purchase a mobile food truck to serve food insecure seniors, Vassar-Warner Home.

• $25,000 – to replace the walk-in refrigerator/freezer, Alzheimer’s Association.

• $15,000 –for respite care vouchers to caregivers, Maryknoll Sisters of St. Dominic.

• $15,000 –for the replacement of the center’s nurse call system, Rebuilding Together Dutchess County.

• $15,000 –for minor home repairs and accessibility modifications for low- income senior homeowners, Westchester Library System.

• $15,000 –for delivery of library materials to homebound seniors, CancerCare.

• $10,000 – to provide financial assistance for cancer treatment-related expenses, Community Food Pantry of Sleepy Hollow and Tarrytown.

• $10,000 – to address food insecurity among seniors, Dutchess County Department November 13, 2023

of Community and Family Services.

• $10,000 –for emergency financial relief to vulnerable seniors, Let It Shine.

• $10,000 –for healthy food and senior-specific products to older adults, Putnam County Housing Corp.

• $10,000 –for small home repairs and maintenance for senior homeowners, United Way of the Dutchess-Orange Region.

• $10,000 –emergency relief funding to low-income seniors, Croton-Cortlandt Food Pantry.

• $7,600 – to address food insecurity among seniors, Interfaith Emergency Food Pantry of Pleasantville.

• $1,800 – to purchase low-sodium, low-sugar and other essential foods.

For more information on the grants awarded or future grantmaking, visit fieldhallfoundation. org or contact Patti Lavan Horvath, program officer, at 914- 813-9103 or phorvath@fieldhallfdn.org.

PULLMAN & COMLEY NAMED TO 2024 ‘BEST LAW FIRMS’® LIST

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est Lawyers” has included Pullman & Comley on the 2024 “Best Law Firms”® list. Twenty-two Pullman & Comley practice areas received Tier 1 ranking in the Hartford and/or Stamford regions for the second consecutive year.

The rankings are based on surveys of law firms as well as client and professional references detailing a high level of expertise, responsiveness, understanding of a business and its needs, cost-effectiveness and more.

More than 13.7 million votes were analyzed for the 2024 edition of Best Lawyers.

Pullman & Comley practice areas with a Tier 1 ranking for the Stamford region in 2024 include: •Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights / Insolvency and Reorganization Law •Bet-the-Company Litigation •Business Organizations (including LLCs and Partnerships) •Commercial Litigation •Employment Law - Management •Ethics and Professional Responsibility Law •Health Care Law •Labor Law - Management •Legal Malpractice Law - Defendants •Litigation - Banking and Finance •Litigation - Bankruptcy •Litigation - Intellectual Property •Litigation - Labor and Employment •Litigation - Securities In addition, 41 Pullman & Comley attorneys were recognized in August by the Best Lawyers in America®.

One of Connecticut’s largest law firms for more than 100 years, Pullman & Comley has provided a wide range of legal services to clients in the New England region, as well as throughout the United States and internationally. The firm has offices in Bridgeport, Hartford, Waterbury and Westport, Connecticut; White Plains, New York; Springfield, Massachusetts; and Wakefield, Rhode Island.

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ontinuing the fall season of its WellSpring Series, The Osborn will present the Purchase Dance Company on Saturday, Nov. 18 at 1 p.m. The dance concert will be held in The Osborn’s Auditorium at 101 Theall Road in Rye. The Purchase Dance Company will perform exciting excerpts from its fall repertory, including classical ballet and contemporary dance works. The show will feature Bachelor of Fine Arts degree dance majors from the Conservatory of Dance at Purchase College, with a chance for dialogue with the dancers after the performance. Purchase College is recognized as having one of the nation’s most highly regarded dance conservatories, whose students embody professionalism, versatility and virtuosity.

The Osborn’s WellSpring program engages seven dimensions that enrich lives: intellectual, social, physical, environmental, occupational, emo-

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tional and spiritual. At The Osborn, residents can stay fit by taking exercise classes, swimming in the indoor pool or walking on the picturesque arboretum grounds. They can paint in the art studio, browse in the three libraries, view films and listen to live music and enjoy an array of other fitness, cultural and social activities.

With the fall 2023 WellSpring Series, The Osborn welcomes the wider community to share world-class cultural programs close to home. The final WellSpring event of this season will feature Christina Baker Kline, acclaimed author of “The Exile” on Dec. 6.

To reserve a seat to see the Purchase Dance Company, email RSVP@theosborn.org or call 914-925-8218.

The Osborn is a private, nonprofit, continuum of care community, founded in 1908 offering independent living, assisted living, memory care and a Five-Star Skilled Nursing Facility, as well as inpatient and outpatient rehabilitation care. In addition to residential and health-care services on its 56-acre campus, the organization provides home care in Westchester and Fairfield counties through Osborn Home Care. The Osborn is accredited by CARF and has an “A” rating from Fitch.

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estchester Parks Foundation (WPF) will celebrate #GivingTuesday this year with a month-long dedicated campaign to raise money for needed rehabilitation at Merriwood, an expanded feature of Camp Morty in North Salem serving underserved teens offering a safe space to build empowerment, agency and community. WPF is looking to raise $50,000 to restore (2) cabins for campers at Camp Morty’s home at Sal J. Prezioso Mountain Lakes for the 2024 Summer Season. The campaign will run through #GivingTuesday on Nov. 28.

Erin Cordiner, director of Philanthropy & Community Engagement, Westchester Parks Foundation, said, “Restoring the cabins is essential for Merriwood at Camp Morty to reach its full potential for our underserved youth. A dedicated area of the camp for our teenagers will enhance the existing leadership, professional and interpersonal development programs offered, all in a safe environment. We believe leaders grow in parks, and you have the ability to make that happen!”

Camp Morty has offered a life-changing experience to hundreds of children in foster care, who are homeless or in child protective services for nearly 15 years. In 2023, the WPF opened Merriwood, an extension of Camp Morty for teens, at Sal J. Prezioso Mountain Lakes Park in North Salem.

In addition to raising funds, the WPF is also asking for donations of hygiene, clothing and program essentials that will be used to create special care packages for 2024 Merriwood Campers at their offices at 104 Smith Ave., Mount Kisco, New York 10549. Volunteers will assemble essentials boxes of items on Giving Tuesday, Tuesday, Nov. 28 from 10 a.m.-1p.m. at Saxon Woods Park South Entrance, 500 Mamaroneck Ave., Harrison. #GivingTuesday is a global movement that inspires hundreds of millions of people to give, collaborate and celebrate generosity.

PACKAGING COMPANY IN PARTNERSHIP WITH VFW

GIFT TO HOSPITAL LAUNCHES EXPLORATORY HEALTH-CARE CAREER PROGRAM

signed to encourage personal savings while offering participants a chance to win a $1,000 prize. Each eligible deposit of $25 or more earns the account holder an entry into the quarterly drawing. The drawing takes place four times a year, with one winner selected per quarter.

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Rodger Mort, President of Packaging and Crating

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o honor the sacrifice of American servicemen and women for both Veterans Day and National Military Appreciation Month, Packaging and Crating Technologies LLC (PACT) in Watertown, Connecticut recently announced a charitable partnership with the Veterans of Foreign Wars (VFW) of Watertown. Throughout the month of November the family-owned moving container manufacturer will donate 1% of sales proceeds from its entire product line to the nonprofit organization whose purpose is to speed rehabilitation of the nation’s disabled combat veterans, assist their families and provide education and community service.

“We have strong ties to the military as it’s a key business sector that uses our shipping and packaging containers when individual soldiers are moved from station to station,” said Rodger Mort, president of PACT. “It is our privilege to give back to the heroes and their families who have given our country so much by fundraising for America’s largest organization of combat veterans.”

Mort notes that PACT’s various patented shipping containers, which range in price between $40 and $2,000, are made from corrugated cardboard, a lightweight, sustainable and durable material that can often be reused for hundreds of moves. Additionally, the company is a preferred vendor for the U.S. Department of Defense and has been awarded a special permit from the U.S. Department of Transportation for the shipping of lithium-ion batteries.

PACT is a global leader in manufacturing sustainable, packaging products for the commercial, industrial and military industries. With more than 25 years of experience, the family business was founded by three green packaging professionals and continues to embrace a green future by designing cost-effective, patented, crating solutions. The company’s newest innovation is Thermo Shield, a sustainable paper-based packaging material that suppresses and controls lithium-ion battery fires by mitigating thermal runaway, and PACT Lion-X, the world’s first lithium-ion battery fire extinguishing solution.

outh Access, a new program for high school students who may face barriers to pursuing careers in health care is being introduced by Greenwich Hospital. It is an innovative, immersive and interactive five-day introduction to the field of health care, with teaching sessions and hands-on activities at Greenwich Hospital. The program, offered in the summer to Port Chester High School students, was designed by Greenwich Hospital Chief Medical Officer Karen Santucci, M.D.; Greenwich Hospital Director of Volunteer Services Stacey Green; and the program’s founding-donor Felice R. Zwas, M.D. The design process between members of the Greenwich Hospital team reflects the same power of collaboration that will drive Youth Access’ success in the future. A multidisciplinary and diverse team of Greenwich Hospital healthcare staff will share their professional expertise with the students to expose them to all the multifaceted inner workings of a hospital.

The launch of the program will take place next summer, and alumni will be encouraged to return as college interns.

A generous donation from Dr. Zwas, and her wife Sarah Gallen made this program possible. Their gift, in honor of Zwas’ parents, recognizes the importance of education with the goal to foster the career aspirations of today’s local high school students. Zwas’ parents were Holocaust survivors who were dedicated to creating opportunities for those facing disproportionate barriers.

A gastroenterologist with Greenwich Hospital, where she also served as chief of staff, Zwas attended Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons, interned and completed her residency at Columbia Presbyterian Medical Center and earned a fellowship at Harvard Beth Israel.

Youth Access will accept applications from students at Port Chester High School who are interested in learning more about careers in a health-care setting. To learn more about selection criteria and applications, please contact Stacey Green, Greenwich Hospital Director of Volunteer Services, at stacey.green@ greenwichhospital.org

FIRSTPRIZE $AVINGS ACCOUNT DRAWING

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irst County Bank announced that Ricardo Pasache of Darien is the recipient of $1,000 as the latest winner of the bank’s FirstPrize $avings account drawing. Aitza Cabrera, the Darien branch manager, said, “When I contacted Mr. Pasache to tell him he won, he couldn’t believe it, adding that the timing was perfect as he’d like to help his family back in Peru,” said Cabrera.

The FirstPrize $avings account is de-

Aitza Cabrera and Ricardo Pasache.

The $1,000 prize is deposited directly into the winner’s FirstPrize $avings account, making the money available immediately.

The FirstPrize $avings account is one of many personal banking accounts that can be opened online.

First County Bank, headquartered in Stamford, for over 170 years, is an independent mutual community bank with 14 branches in Stamford, Norwalk, Darien, Greenwich, Fairfield, New Canaan and Westport offering deposit products, mortgages, wealth management, business banking services and a full array of digital banking products.

BAKERY DOCUMENTARY NARRATED BY JEFF BRIDGES

said Greyston’s CEO and President Joseph Kenner. “For 41 years Greyston has been unlocking human potential through inclusive employment. It began with a Buddhist and a bakery and desire to help make communities thrive by being supportive of the folks society has cast aside. While the essence of our mission remains, the next chapter will be to work with other companies to replicate the Open Hiring® process and to expand our workforce training and education programs.’’

In 1982 Greyston founder Zen Buddhist Bernie Glassman set out to employ individuals who faced barriers to meaningful employment at the Greyston Bakery. The hiring process was simple, accept anyone with a will to work, a process we now call Open Hiring®. Through the Greyston Employment Opportunity Center (GEOC), job seekers can access workforce development and transitional (re-entry) employment programs. Clients are also paired with a social worker to help connect them external resources they may need. Finally, the Greyston Foundation also offers business services for employers interested in replicating Open Hiring or tapping into the pool of upskilled clients. In 2013, Greyston Bakery was rated Best for the World B-Corp, a designation given to the top B Corps worldwide. And in 2023, Greyston received the Social Innovator of the Year award from Schwab Foundation for Social Entrepreneurship at World Economic Forum in Davos.

FOUNDATION DONATION SECURES WALK-IN FREEZER

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mmy nominated and Award-Winning Writer/Director Alison Bartlett, has won an Award of Excellence – Special Mention from 2023 Impact DOCS Awards Competition. The award was given for Bartlett’s documentary short, “Zen Brownie,” which is narrated by Jeff Bridges and tells the tale of Buddhist monks and how leading with inclusivity, kindness and compassion has created a well-known profitable business in Greyston Bakery.

The film has been selected to be part of the YOFI Film Festival and will be screened at the River Front Theatre in Yonkers on Nov. 12.

Greyston Bakery, a world-class commercial operation located in Yonkers, New York, creates gold standard brownies enjoyed daily around the world through its inclusion in Ben & Jerry’s ice creams. Bakers join through an Open Hiring® policy, which means no interviews, no background checks and no resumes are required.

“As Greyston enters a new chapter, it is important to look back on our history,”

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assar-Warner Home, the only nonprofit senior living facility in Dutchess County, New York, recently accepted a $25,000 donation from the Field Hall Foundation to replace its walk-in refrigerator and freezer. These types of grants secure the future of Vassar-Warner Home, ensuring that the organization will continue to provide services to all, regardless of their ability to pay for room and board. Field Hall Foundation works to improve the lives of older adults and their caregivers through program funding.

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WOMEN ENTREPRENEURS HONORED

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TIE FOR NO. 4 MOST RECOMMENDED COLLEGE IN NORTHEAST

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ona University is the No.4 most highly recommended college in the Northeast by students, tied with Yale University to round out the top five along with MIT, Williams College and Princeton University. That’s according to a recent survey conducted by The Wall Street Journal/College Pulse as part of the new “2024 Best Colleges in the U.S.” ranking.

“The impact of an Iona education has long been recognized by the success of our graduates. Nevertheless, as we continue to elevate the student experience both inside and outside of the classroom, it is gratifying to be named alongside such prestigious institutions as one of the most recommended by students,” said Iona President Seamus Carey, Ph.D., who took the helm in 2019 and set the university on a path of innovation. “I am grateful to the entire Iona community for all the hard work taking place across campus.”

In addition to ranking how highly students would recommend their college, the survey also assessed student outcomes such as graduation rates and graduate salaries as well as diversity on campus and more. Critically, the WSJ ranking emphasized how much each college boosted outcomes beyond what would be expected for its students.

Impressively, Iona ranked No.66 overall in the nation. Iona was also recognized as one of the best for student experience, salary impact and social mobility. Highlights include:

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No. 66 Best College in America No. 8 Best Catholic College in the Nation No. 1 Best in the Nation for Student Experience Among Catholic Colleges • No. 1 Best in New York for Student Experience • No. 19 Best in the Nation for Student Experience • No. 6 Best in New York for Salary Impact • No. 11 Best in New York for Social Mobility • No. 4 Most Highly Recommended in the Northeast by Students The news comes as Iona continues to grow new student enrollment and expand student opportunities. Since 2019, new student enrollment is up nearly 30 percent at Iona.

In addition to a rigorous academic focus, Iona students enjoy choosing from over 80 clubs and leadership organizations as well as a wide range of performing arts opportunities, 13 club sports and 23 NCAA Division I Athletics programs.

Notably, Iona also recently expanded to a new 28-acre campus in Bronxville, located just three miles from its 45-acre campus in New Rochelle.

In addition to adding new athletic facilities and performing arts spaces, the Bronxville campus is now primarily home to the NewYork-Presbyterian Iona School of Health Sciences and the state-of-the-art Kelly Center for Health Sciences. This premier new school offers a variety of undergraduate and advanced degrees in collaboration with one of the nation’s top hospitals, including top clinical placements and full-time employment opportunities.

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he Women’s Business Development Council (WBDC) recognized and recently honored women entrepreneurs throughout Connecticut at the 2023 Women Rising Gala and Awards Celebration at the Hyatt Regency in Greenwich. Lieutenant Governor Susan Bysiewicz served as the event’s honorary chair, and the keynote address was delivered by tennis star and former U.S. Tennis Association President Katrina M. Adams.

“Every year, the gala shines a bright light on the women entrepreneurs and women-owned businesses that have become so integral to the fabric of our state’s economy,” said WBDC CEO Fran Pastore. “This year, we were proud to recognize some truly outstanding women business owners and a few outstanding community leaders who consistently lend their support and guidance to WBDC and the women entrepreneurs we serve.

I also wish to thank Senator Blumenthal, Governor Lamont, Lieutenant Governor Bysiewicz, and Katrina Adams for being part of this inspiring event.”

In addition to a celebration of 26 years supporting economic prosperity for women and strengthening communities through entrepreneurial and financial education services, the event featured an awards ceremony to recognize several entrepreneurs and individuals from throughout Connecticut for their contributions to women’s economic empowerment. In total, nine were honored with awards.

The Women’s Business Development Council’s mission is to support economic prosperity for women and strengthen communities through entrepreneurial and financial education services that create and grow sustainable jobs and businesses across Connecticut. WBDC educates, motivates and empowers women to achieve economic independence and self-sufficiency. Since 1997, WBDC has educated and trained nearly 18,000 clients in all of Connecticut’s 169 towns — helping women to launch, sustain and scale almost 13,500 businesses, create and maintain more than 29,600 jobs in Connecticut, and access more than $52.5 million in capital.

HGAR AWARDEES

PARSONAGE COTTAGE SENIOR RESIDENCE ON THE MOVE

From left: Marie Olivia, Tammy Smith, Nick Crudele, Les Russo, Marcelle Sands, Gene Santini, Sandy Valente, Muriel Guinta, Benito Giacinto and Penny Lore. Photo courtesy of Parsonage Cottage.

John Dolgetta, HGAR’s 2023 Affiliate of the Year and Crystal Hawkins-Syska, HGAR’s recognition committee chair.

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t its 107th annual meeting, held Oct. 30 at the Westchester Marriot Hotel in Tarrytown, the Hudson Gateway Association of Realtors® (HGAR) awarded Anthony Domathoti, broker/owner of Exit Realty Premium in the Bronx, as its “Realtor®of the Year” for 2023. John Dolgetta, principal and managing attorney of Dolgetta Law PLLC in White Plains, was named the 2023 HGAR “Affiliate Member of the Year.”

A broker/owner with 25 years in the business, Domathoti is a former HGAR president, a member of the Bronx Chamber of Commerce and is involved with many non-

profit organizations. He has received several awards during his real estate career and has been listed among Real Trend’s Top 500 Real Estate Professionals. In his former career, he served as a principal at a private high school and then traveled extensively, working with international private American schools in China, Southeast Asia, and Central America.

Dolgetta’s practice includes real estate, real estate agency law, commercial leasing, mergers and acquisitions, not-for-profit corporate law, wills, trusts and estates. As general outside corporate counsel for HGAR, he has facilitated several mergers.

ENVIRONMENTAL LAW AND DIPLOMACY

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arsonage Cottage Senior Residence recently hit a milestone for which it has been waiting almost two years. In the fall of 2021, Parsonage Cottage launched a fundraising campaign to replace its nearly 20-year-old van. The community responded generously to the request for support, but supply-chain challenges provided an unwanted obstacle. Nonetheless, Penny Lore, executive director of Parsonage, would not give up on securing new, accessible transportation for the residents to partake in external activities.

“Our aging van needed to be replaced and we are extremely grateful for the outpouring of support from the Greenwich community to make our request a reality,” said Lore.

Parsonage Cottage, a division of Greenwich Communities, raised over $65,000 in its van campaign thanks to the support of local businesses and residents. Early in the campaign, a philanthropic Greenwich family, who want to remain anonymous, donated $25,000 in honor of their mother, who had

recently passed. Another significant contribution came from The Resource Foundation, which supported the fundraising effort with a $10,000 gift. Alison Allen, Resource Foundation’s managing director, said that at the time of their donation, “they have always been impressed with how Parsonage cares for its residents. It is only natural to want to support this effort. What can be more basic than supporting our seniors and giving them the best quality of life, they said.”

Other businesses and residents who leaned in generously include McArdle’s Floral & Garden Design, J.McLaughlin, Emboss LLC, and medical spa Beyond Beautiful by Melissa. “It was more than just individuals who understood the importance of external engagement for our seniors and the local business community. When small businesses like Beyond Beautiful by Melissa lean in and give back, it is an excellent example of what makes Greenwich an exceptional place to live,” said Lore.

ADDRESSING NEEDS OF THE MOST VULNERABLE

N Elisabeth Haub School of Law at Pace University Dean Horace Anderson, Christian Haub, former Ambassador Marie Jacobsson of Sweden, Ambassador Marja Lehto of Finland, Pace University Trustee Liliane Haub and Pace University President Marvin Krislov.

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he Elisabeth Haub School of Law at Pace University in White Plains has conferred its prestigious 2023 Elisabeth Haub Award for Environmental Law and Diplomacy on Ambassador Marja Lehto of Finland and former Ambassador Marie Jacobsson of Sweden for their pivotal roles advancing environmental law and policy to protect the environment in times of armed conflicts at a global ceremony.

While Members of the UN International Law Commission (ILC), both served successively as special rapporteur for the topic of the “Protection of the Environment in Relation to Armed Conflicts.” In this role they worked

tirelessly for a decade to develop the draft principles on the protection of the environment in relation to armed conflicts and then skillfully led the adoption of the draft principles by the ILC and their acceptance by the United Nations General Assembly in 2022.

The Elisabeth Haub Award for Environmental Law and Diplomacy is the world’s most distinguished award in the field of environmental law recognizing the innovation, skill and accomplishments of lawyers, diplomats, international civil servants and other advocates who work to create the world environmental order.

onprofit Westchester (NPW) recently announced its 2023 Keep Westchester Thriving Awards winners in both the individual and organizational changemaker categories for having gone above and beyond in their work to address the needs of the county’s most vulnerable members and for advancing needed change to confront a myriad of social issues.

Kathy Halas, executive director of the Child Care Council of Westchester (CCCW), will receive the first-ever Keep Westchester Thriving Distinguished Service Award.

She is being honored for her leadership in utilizing data to improve the lives of children and families in Westchester County. Her data product innovations and enthusiasm for assisting community partners have helped other nonprofits understand the value of data to set priorities, understand outcomes, inform challenges and solutions, and improve programs and services And, Horace Anderson, dean of the Elisabeth Haub School of Law at Pace University

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will receive the Individual Changemaker Award. Marvin Krislov, president of Pace University, said, “…By harnessing the energy of our faculty, staff and students, the law school (under Dean Anderson) has increased enrollment, launched new efforts like our Access to Justice Program, and maintained our ranking as the No. 1 environmental law program in the country, according to “U.S. News & World Report.”

Nonprofit Westchester is Westchester’s only membership organization dedicated solely to advancing and advocating for the needs and interests of the county’s nonprofit sector, the people and populations served, and the nonprofit workforce. Representing more than 300 members, NPW’s vision is to build a thriving county with vibrant nonprofits and resilient, inclusive communities that value equity and inclusion, innovation, and integrity. The mission of NPW is to strengthen Westchester’s nonprofit organizations as they transform lives, empower communities and drive positive change.

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Legal Records

WESTCHESTER COUNTY & HUDSON VALLEY

WESTCHESTER COURT CASES

U.S. Bankruptcy Court White Plains & Poughkeepsie Local business cases, Nov. 1 - 7 Jonathan Mende, Warwick re. Private Jet Management Inc., et al, 23-35920-CGM: Chapter 7, assets $742,855, liabilities $7,607,960.

Attorney: Simon D. Haysom.

Brandon and Marina Quiceno, Suffern, re.

Innovative Security Design Inc., et al, 23-22825-SHL: Chapter 7, assets $399,031, $400,416.

Attorney: Allen A. Kolber.

U.S. District Court, White Plains Local business cases, Nov. 1 - 7 Joffre Naula Siguencia, Queens, et al ,vs. Gibello LLC, Rhinebeck, et al, 23-cv-6814-PMH: Fair Labor Standards Act. Attorneys: Galen C. Baynes and Louis Pechman for plaintiffs, Joshua E. MacKey and Christina A. Mazzarella for defendants.

Mahmoud Abdou, Pelham vs. United Hebrew Management Corp., New Rochelle, et al, 23-cv-9617-CS: Family and Medical Leave Act. Attorney: Thomas S. D’Antonio.

Joseph Haley, Hernando, MS, et al vs. IBM, Armonk, et al, 23-cv-9679-NSR: Negligence, data breach, class action.

Attorney: Michael A. Toomey.

Fayette Carthage Homes LLC, Scarsdale. Seller: Gu Ting, New York. Property: 92 Carthage Road, Scarsdale.

Amount: $3.1 million. Filed Oct. 23.

Wu, Jingsheng, Chappaqua.

Seller: 34 Pebblebrook Way LLC, New Rochelle. Property: 34 Pebblebrook Way, Mount Pleasant. Amount: $1.3 million.

Filed Oct. 20.

Cardam Property Group Inc., Croton-on-Hudson. Seller: 1 Edward Street LLC, Briarcliff Manor. Property: 1 Edward St., Ossining. Amount: $650,000.

Filed Oct. 20.

Kathleen Carelli, Rockland County vs. Route 304 and Bardonia Road LLC, Rockland, et al, 23-cv-9720-NSR: Personal injury. removal from Rockland Supreme Court.

Attorney: Anthony M. Napoli.

HTG Management LLC, Armonk. Seller: Alexander Aqel and April Whitehead, Irvington.

Property: 35 Sarles St., North Castle. Amount: $3 million. Filed Oct. 19.

Below $1 million

Casa Cerrada LLC, Port Chester. Seller: Jose F. Romero, Port Chester. Property: 150 Hobart Ave., Rye Town. Amount: $740,000. Filed Oct. 25.

Kristal Mize, Marion County, Florida vs. IBM, Armonk, et al, 23-cv-9725: Negligence, data breach, class action.

Attorney: James M. Evangelista.

Vincent Artis, Sloatsburg vs. Phelps Memorial Hospital Association, Sleepy Hollow, et al, 23-cv-9827-KMK: Job discrimination.

Attorney: Michael D. Diederich Jr. Charly Acquisitions, Channel Islands, et al, vs.

43 N. Broadway LLC, White Plains, et al, 23-cv-9851: Copyright infringement.

Attorney: Leo M. Licthman.

DEEDS Above $1 million

Pokam Ngomsi, Summit, Missouri vs. Northeast Kia, White Plains, 23-cv-9628-PMH: Truth in Lending.

Attorney: David M. Kasell.

15 Hillside LLC, Pelham.

Seller: Tapani A. and Tong Salonen, Larchmont. Property: 15 Hillside Place, Rye City.

Amount: $2.3 million. Filed Oct. 20.

The Cambium Condominium, Larchmont vs. Admiral Indemnity Co., Rutherford, New York, 23-9633-KMK: Breach of contract.

Attorney: Barry L. Gerstman.

30 Herriot Holdings LLC, Brooklyn. Seller: 30 Herriot Plaza LLC, Brooklyn. Property: 30 Herriot Place, Yonkers.

Amount: $2.1 million. Filed Oct. 19.

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

84 Salem Road LLC, Pound Ridge. Seller: Chris and Rebecca Downs, Pound Ridge.

Property: 84 Salem Road, Pound Ridge. Amount: $1.1 million. Filed Oct. 23.

Alfredo, Robert P., Brookfield, Connecticut.

Seller: IREP-CG Armonk Road LLC, Brewster. Property: 456 Armonk Road, New Castle.

Amount: $1.2 million. Filed Oct. 24.

Hystc III LLC, Armonk. Seller: Lynn and William Bagliebter, Scarsdale. Property: 20 Agnew Farm Road, North Castle.

Amount: $1.1 million. Filed Oct. 20.

IREP-CG Green Valley LLC, Scarsdale. Seller: 75 Kenmare 3D LLC, Armonk. Property: 40 Green Valley Road, North Castle.

Amount: $2.8 million. Filed Oct. 20.

Kravitz, Barbara, Katonah.

Seller: 162 Cherry St LLC, New York. Property: 162 Cherry St., Bedford. Amount: $1.3 million.

Filed Oct. 25.

Longobucco, Pat, White Plains. Seller: HSBC Bank USA, Coppell, Texas. Property: 18 Edgewood St., White Plains.

Amount: $1 million. Filed Oct. 23.

M&J Realty Association, Woodland Hills, California.

Seller: Brookfield Resource Management Inc., Elmsford.

Property: 0 Hayes St., Greenburgh. Amount: $1.3 million. Filed Oct. 25.

Portuguese Community Center New Rochelle Inc., New Rochelle. Seller: Grace Tabernacle Church of The Assemblies of God, New Rochelle. Property: 109 Fourth St., New Rochelle. Amount: $1 million. Filed Oct. 19.

Sanders, Victoria and Diane Dickensheid, Stone Ridge.

Seller: Dream Farm LLC, New York. Property: 156 Indian Hill Road, Bedford. Amount: $1.7 million. Filed Oct. 25.

Somerstown North LLC, Boulder, Colorado. Seller: Ortiz Corina, Ossining. Property: 90 Somerstown Road, Ossining.

Amount: $1.1 million. Filed Oct. 24.

125 South 12th Avenue LLC, Mount Vernon. Seller: Kareen I. James, Cortland Manor. Property: 125 12th Ave., Mount Vernon. Amount: $599,000. Filed Oct. 25.

186 Brookdale Avenue LLC, Lake Success. Seller: Juan R. M. Galvan, New Rochelle.

Property: 186 Brookdale Ave., New Rochelle. Amount: $600,000. Filed Oct. 23.

2 Westfield LLC, White Plains. Seller: Brian and Eileen Leeney, Harrison. Property: 2 Westfield Lane, White Plains.

Amount: $998,000. Filed Oct. 20.

212 E. Third Street Realty Corp., Mount Vernon. Seller: 218 E. Third Street LLC, Hewlett. Property: 212 E. Third St., Mount Vernon. Amount: $340,000. Filed Oct. 19.

216 Third Ave Pelham LLC, Pelham. Seller: Anderson Clive, Pelham. Property: 216 Third Ave., Pelham. Amount: $900,000. Filed Oct. 19.

Amodio, Michael P., White Plains. Seller: 57 Cliff Ave Yonkers Corp., Yonkers.

Property: 57 Cliff Ave., Yonkers. Amount: $623,000.

Filed Oct. 19.

Andino, Jewelian, Peekskill.

Seller: Your New Home LLC, Peekskill. Property: 4 Rolling Way, G, Peekskill. Amount: $25,000. Filed Oct. 20.

AVBdesigns Inc., Somers.

Seller: Maria DiStefano, Somers. Property: 955C Heritage Hills, Somers.

Amount: $555,000. Filed Oct. 24.

BGRS LLC, Burr Ridge, Illinois. Seller: Sulma and Shamlee Mohammed, New Rochelle. Property: 79 Parkview Road, Greenburgh.

Amount: $695,000. Filed Oct. 19.

Bolduc, Stephen, Armonk.

Seller: Hisown LLC, Armonk.

Property: 2 Sunrise Place, North Castle. Amount: $650,000. Filed Oct. 24.

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Chagares Holding Corp, Wyckoff, New Jersey. Seller: Qiao Y. and Xi Zheng, Brooklyn.

Property: 75 Smith St., Rye Town. Amount: $850,000. Filed Oct. 23.

Congregation Sons of Israel of Ossining New York, Briarcliff Manor. Seller: Steven and Judith Kane, Briarcliff Manor. Property: 124 Apple Lane, Ossining. Amount: $700,000. Filed Oct. 19.

Dearbob Enterprises LLC, Bronxville. Seller: Sasha A. Karunaratne, Lindenhurst.

Property: 11 Greenridge Ave., White Plains. Amount: $282,000. Filed Oct. 24.

H&B Partners Inc., Nanuet.

Seller: Giovanni Grimaldi, Norwalk, Connecticut. Property: 155 Stone Meadow, 155, Lewisboro. Amount: $375,000.

Filed Oct. 25.

H&B Partners Inc., Nanuet.

Seller: Oluwatoyin and Augustin Bassy, Bronx. Property: 9 Acker Ave., Ossining. Amount: $660,000. Filed Oct. 23.

Hales, Mary Jane, Montrose.

Seller: 1122 Main Street Partners LLC, Baltimore, Maryland. Property: 1124 Main St., Peekskill. Amount: $750,000. Filed Oct. 20.

Home Crest Properties Corp., Yonkers. Seller: Jennifer Thoman, Yonkers. Property: 35 Grant St., Yonkers. Amount: $797,000. Filed Oct. 23.

Kendelot Corp., White Plains. Seller: Sokol Mjeshtri and Briken Mjeshtri, Mahopac.

Property: Mamaroneck Ave., White Plains. Amount: $247,000. Filed Oct. 19.

Ll Parcel E LLC, Fort Washington, Pennsylvania.

Seller: Natalia B. and Guy Devyatkin, Brooklyn. Property: 100 Legend Drive, Unit 205, Mount Pleasant. Amount: $956,000. Filed Oct. 20.

Lord & Chin Properties LLC, Yonkers. Seller: Curtis Chambers and Angela A. Wright, Bronx. Property: 15 Hutchinson Blvd., Mount Vernon. Amount: $549,000.

Filed Oct. 19.

Marom, Naomi and Michael Marom, Scarsdale. Seller: Michigan E&A Holdings LLC, Bellmore. Property: 201 Healy Ave., Greenburgh. Amount: $625,000. Filed Oct. 19.

MEM FLIPP Corp., Bronxville.

Seller: Simmons Melissa, New Rochelle. Property: 69 Coligni Ave., New Rochelle. Amount: $525,000. Filed Oct. 25.

Muller, Joan, New Rochelle.

Seller: Shelburne Road Realty LLC, Tuckahoe. Property: 55 Elm St., New Rochelle. Amount: $275,000. Filed Oct. 25.

Murray, Sidney A., New Bedford, Massachusetts. Seller: Cazho Family Properties LLC, Bronx. Property: 1181 Post Road, Scarsdale. Amount: $730,000. Filed Oct. 24.

New Residential Mortgage Loan Trust 2015-2, Coppell, Texas. Seller: 468 S. Fourth Ave LLC, Mount Vernon. Property: 468 Fourth Ave., Mount Vernon.

Amount: $196,000. Filed Oct. 23.

Palm Avenue Hialeah Trust, Miami Beach, Florida.

Seller: 157 West Second Street LLC, Bronx. Property: 157 Second St., Mount Vernon.

Amount: $370,000. Filed Oct. 20.

Palotta, Diomara, Sleepy Hollow. Seller: High Ridge Developers LLC, Hartsdale.

Property: 3 Pine St., Harrison.

Amount: $575,000. Filed Oct. 23.

Powell, Mary, New Rochelle.

Seller: ASG Development of Westchester LLC, Yonkers.

Property: 12 The Serpentine, New Rochelle. Amount: $600,000. Filed Oct. 19.

Pretty Boys Buy LLC, Bronx. Seller: Leighton Johnson, Bronx. Property: 79 New Haven Rail Road St., Mount Vernon.

Amount: $630,000. Filed Oct. 24.

WESTCHESTER COUNTY & HUDSON VALLEY Reynolds, Barbara J., Pelham. Seller: LW Premier Development Realty Corp., Pelham. Property: 537 Second Ave., Pelham. Amount: $699,000. Filed Oct. 25.

Richter, Jeffrey A. and Julie Ades, Ossining. Seller: Compelling LLC, Huntington.

Property: 64 Orchard Drive, Ossining. Amount: $360,000.

Filed Oct. 24.

Schlecht, Arlene, Dobbs Ferry. Seller: Green Day Management LLC, Yonkers.

Property: 36 Bellair Drive, Greenburgh. Amount: $610,000. Filed Oct. 24.

Sullivan, Margaret I., Walden. Seller: Gitsit Solutions LLC, Orange, California.

Property: 1608 Hyatt Ave., Peekskill. Amount: $481,000.

Filed Oct. 20.

Town of Cortlandt, Cortlandt Manor. Seller: Midac LLC, Putnam Valley. Property: Hudson River, Route 9, Cortlandt. Amount: $39,000.

Filed Oct. 25.

Trent, Bruce L., Scarsdale.

Seller: Santander Bank NA, Reading, Pennsylvania.

Property: 90 Fenimore Road, New Rochelle. Amount: $662,000. Filed Oct. 20.

US Bank NA, Armonk. Seller: Carlos L. Otavalo, Cortland Manor. Property: 43 Baker St., Cortlandt. Amount: $345,000.

Filed Oct. 25.

US Bank NA, Armonk.

Seller: Welintong C. Baez and Rose Santana Genao, Corona.

Property: 171 Bretton Road, Yonkers. Amount: $399,000.

Filed Oct. 24.

US Bank Trust NA, Dallas, Texas. Seller: Ardit and Besmir Mekshiqi, Scarsdale. Property: 23 Union Place, Yonkers.

Amount: $551,000. Filed Oct. 25.

Wade, Melvyn, Mount Vernon.

Seller: United Purchase Estates LLC, Brooklyn. Property: 185 Sheridan Ave., Mount Vernon.

Amount: $460,000. Filed Oct. 25.

White Plains Equities LLC, Bronxville. Seller: Edwin Delgado Jr. and Yolanda Delgado, Yonkers. Property: 312 Main St., 4H, White Plains.

Amount: $250,000. Filed Oct. 20.

Federal Tax Liens, $10,000 or greater, Westchester County, Nov. 1 - 7 Barber, Eric A.: New Rochelle, 2014 - 2018 personal income, $240,098.

Brathwaite, Evelyn: Yonkers, 2010 - 2012 personal income, $36,132.

Bryant, Antonia: Yonkers, 2016 - 2022 personal income, $15,689.

Dixon, T. Troy and Keisha Dixon: Scarsdale, 2021 personal income, $974,776.

Express Valet Company LLC: New Rochelle, 2022 2023 employer quarterly taxes, $14,419.

Lasalle, Daniel and Jennifer Lasalle: Eastchester, 2021 2022 personal income, $14,131.

McGowan, Diane: Croton-onHudson, 2017 personal income, $37,114.

Alkhatib, Lana, Yonkers. $2,467 in favor of Con Edison Company of New York Inc., New York. Filed Oct. 20.

Jones, Jerry, Yonkers. $10,296 in favor of Auto Factors Inc., Valley Stream.

Filed Oct. 25.

Rodriguez, Victor, Yonkers. $6,700 in favor of Wells Fargo Bank NA, West Des Moines, Iowa. Filed Oct. 25.

Fansview Inc., White Plains.

Amount: $4,500.

Bermeo, Jose B., Sleepy Hollow. $8,125 in favor of Wells Fargo Bank NA, West Des Moines, Iowa. Filed Oct. 25.

Londono, Ajejandra C., New Rochelle. $7,833 in favor of Wells Fargo Bank NA, West Des Moines, Iowa. Filed Oct. 25.

Seawright, Shawn M., Tarrytown. $2,251 in favor of Capital One NA, Glen Allen, Virginia. Filed Oct. 24.

XC Masonry Contracting Inc., Mohegan Lake. $33,256 in favor of Main Street America Assurance Co., Keene, New Hampshire. Filed Oct. 19.

Green Light Environmental Inc., Mount Vernon. Amount: $21,000.

Blanch, Karen, White Plains. $3,481 in favor of Petro Inc., Woodbury. Filed Oct. 20.

IHS LLC, Ardsley. Amount: $30,000.

Brown, Veronica, New Rochelle. $42,905 in favor of Bruce Pinker DPM PC, Nanuet.

Filed Oct. 20.

Lumpkins, Shayla, Cortlandt Manor. $1,765 in favor of LVNV Funding LLC, Las Vegas, Nevada. Filed Oct. 25.

Servillo, Jerry, New Rochelle. $3,102 in favor of Discover Bank, West Valley City, Utah.

Filed Oct. 24.

Ynoa, Rafael, Yonkers. $1,712 in favor of Bureaus Investment Group, Northbrook, Illinois. Filed Oct. 24.

McCormack, Mark, Dobbs Ferry. $8,357 in favor of LVNV Funding LLC, Las Vegas, Nevada. Filed Oct. 25.

Thompson, Katie, Mamaroneck. $5,296 in favor of Capital One NA, Glen Allen, Virginia. Filed Oct. 19.

Yuan, Henry Ni, White Plains. $27,135 in favor of Bank of America NA, Charlotte, North Carolina. Filed Oct. 19.

McDermott, Susan, Bronxville. $1,684 in favor of LVNV Funding LLC, Las Vegas, Nevada. Filed Oct. 25.

Torres, Maldonado Angel L., White Plains. $8,335 in favor of Cavalry SPV I LLC, Greenwich, Connecticut. Filed Oct. 17.

Eltawil Ahmed, Yonkers.

Amount: $4,412.

Ethan & Nylah Auto Mechanic Corp., Yonkers.

Amount: $21,000.

J&G Scaffold Corp., Mount Vernon. Amount: $34,000.

Jennifer Cleaning Corp., Port Chester. Amount: $21,000.

Khushal Corp.; Arshad Ali, president, Brooklyn. Amount: $6,000.

Main Deli & Grocery Inc., Ossining. Amount: $14,000.

Moussa Diallo, Yonkers.

Amount: $21,000.

Panza, Rosa: Peekskill, 2013 - 2016, 2019 personal income, $20,076.

MS Consulting & Estimating Inc., Yonkers.

Amount: $21,000.

Pasato, Julio: Peekskill, 2013 - 2016, 2019 personal income, $20,076.

Mumfi & Sons Corp., Tarrytown. Amount: $5,250.

Stephens, Minerva: Ossining, 2022 personal income, $68,707.

WORKERS’ COMPENSATION BOARD Failure to carry insurance or for work-related injuries and illnesses.

216 Thompson Street Associates, Mount Vernon.

Amount: $21,000.

Next Box LLC, Elmsford.

Amount: $22,000.

Two Zs Corp. Yonkers.

Amount: $21,000.

Viveo Operations LLC, Pelham. Amount: $2,000.

Westchester Technologies Inc., Peekskill. Amount: $12,000.

Yonkers Halal Fried Chicken & Gyro Inc., Yonkers. Amount: $6,500.

ACG Builders Group LLC, Elmsford. Amount: $22,500.

Yorktown Congress of Teachers Welfare Fund, Yorktown Heights. Amount: $21,000.

Arshad Ali, president, Brooklyn. Amount: $6,000.

JUDGMENTS

Atelier Kitchens Inc., Port Chester. Amount: $21,000.

Augx Labs Inc., Irvington.

Amount: $12,000.

Danbury Gasoline Inc., Thornwood. Amount: $25,500.

Dunn Right Closing Corp, Yonkers. Amount: $21,000.

Ace Glass Systems Inc., Valley Cottage. $183,408 in favor of Metal Design Systems Inc., Anamosa, Iowa. Filed Oct. 20.

Acosta, Jose M., Yonkers. $6,236 in favor of Midland Credit Management Inc., San Diego, California. Filed Oct. 25.

Cabral, Sandy, Buchanan. $9,488 in favor of Velocity Investments LLC, Wall, New Jersey. Filed Oct. 25.

Campana, Jainnie, Croton-on-Hudson. $6,999 in favor of Unifund CCR LLC, Cincinnati, Ohio. Filed Oct. 24.

Castro, Miriam, New York. $3,152 in favor of Sentenial Insurance Company Ltd., Hartford, Connecticut. Filed Oct. 24.

Costa, Matthew, New Rochelle. $2,259 in favor of LVNV Funding LLC, Las Vegas, Nevada. Filed Oct. 25.

Delgado, Alcilia, White Plains. $1,894 in favor of Barclays Bank Delaware, Wilmington, Delaware. Filed Oct. 24.

Diaz, Juan M., Yorktown Heights. $3,672 in favor of Crown Asset Management LLC, Duluth, Georgia. Filed Oct. 25.

Dorman, Sabena L., Yonkers. $4,393 in favor of Synchrony Bank, Draper, Utah. Filed Oct. 25.

Field, Chris, Croton-onHudson. $2,411 in favor of Petro Inc., Woodbury. Filed Oct. 20.

Green Healing Center, Flushing. $16,891 in favor of WP Galleria Realty LP, White Plains. Filed Oct. 25.

Heaney, Cristina, Ossining. $9,970 in favor of Wells Fargo Bank NA, West Des Moines, Iowa. Filed Oct. 25.

INKZ Inc., d.b.a., Brooklyn. $27,968 in favor of Amur Equipment Finance Inc., White Plains. Filed Oct. 25.

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McDermott, Susan, Bronxville. $1,837 in favor of LVNV Funding LLC, Las Vegas, Nevada. Filed Oct. 25.

Miller, Michael, Cortlandt Manor. $30,560 in favor of Capital One Bank USA NA, Richmond, Virginia. Filed Oct. 25.

Traumer, Mark D., Scarsdale. $21,487 in favor of Wells Fargo Bank NA, West Des Moines, Iowa. Filed Oct. 18.

Uplift Elevator of New York Inc., Mount Vernon. $22,479 in favor of State Insurance Fund, White Plains. Filed Oct. 19.

Molnar, David N., Mount Kisco. $8,697 in favor of TD Bank NA, Brooklyn Park, Minnesota. Filed Oct. 24.

Valdovinos, Elsie A., Port Chester. $4,780 in favor of Bank of America NA, Charlotte, North Carolina. Filed Oct. 25.

Olumhense, Sonala O., Cortlandt Manor. $12,004 in favor of Bank of America NA, Charlotte, North Carolina. Filed Oct. 25.

Vanegas, Luis, Ossining. $1,469 in favor of LVNV Funding LLC, Las Vegas, Nevada. Filed Oct. 25.

Polanco, Keysley, Bronx. $6,776 in favor of Auto Factors Inc., Valley Stream. Filed Oct. 25.

Rabideau, Dean M., Yorktown Heights. $15,688 in favor of Wells Fargo Bank NA, West Des Moines, Iowa. Filed Oct. 25.

Rengifo, Kevin, Port Chester. $3,739 in favor of Capital One NA, Glen Allen, Virginia. Filed Oct. 24.

RMHR Management Inc., Yonkers. $49,732 in favor of American Fire & Casualty Co., Keene, New Hampshire. Filed Oct. 20.

Robinson, Charles, Scarsdale. $1,730 in favor of Petro Inc. Woodbury. Filed Oct. 20.

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Vargas, Malig Marina, Yonkers. $4,101 in favor of Citibank NA, Sioux Falls, South Dakota. Filed Oct. 19.

Volpe, Louis L., Nesconset. $76,866 in favor of Lonnie Klein, Scarsdale. Filed Oct. 18.

Waltzer, David, East Haven, Connecticut. $12,365 in favor of David S. Kloth, Ridgefield, Connecticut. Filed Oct. 25.

Waltzer, David, East Haven, Connecticut. $2,365 in favor of David S. Kloth, Ridgefield, Connecticut. Filed Oct. 25.

Wang, Susan L., Tarrytown. $2,949 in favor of TD Bank USA NA, Brooklyn Park, Minnesota. Filed Oct. 13.

Weinberger, Abraham, Mount Kisco. $8,779 in favor of JPMorgan Chase Bank NA, Wilmington, Delaware. Filed Oct. 13.

Williams, Walter, Ossining. $2,136 in favor of UHG I LLC, Williamsville. Filed Oct. 13.

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

Argent Mortgage Company LLC, as owner. Filed by Deutsche Bank National Trust Co. Action: Foreclosure of a mortgage in the principal amount of $472,000 affecting property located at 139 Horton Ave., Port Chester. Filed Oct. 19.

Bank of America NA, as owner. Filed by Nationstar Mortgage LLC. Action: Foreclosure of a mortgage in the principal amount of $417,000 affecting property located at 23 Tatomuck Road, Pound Ridge. Filed Oct. 24.

Board of Managers of Pierpointe on the Hudson Condo 1 Homeowners Association Inc., as owner. Filed by Wells Fargo Bank National Trust. Action: Foreclosure of a mortgage in the principal amount of $240,000 affecting property located at 23 Water Grant Way, Yonkers. Filed Oct. 23.

Capital One Bank USA NA, as owner. Filed by US Bank National Trust. Action: Foreclosure of a mortgage in the principal amount of $499,000 affecting property located at 20 Alexander Ave., White Plains. Filed Oct. 23.

Capital One Bank, as owner.

Filed by Wells Fargo Bank NA. Action: Foreclosure of a mortgage in the principal amount of $245,000 affecting property located at 25 Cedar St., Dobbs Ferry. Filed Oct. 19.

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WESTCHESTER COUNTY & HUDSON VALLEY Fiore, Vincent, as owner.

Filed by United Wholesale Mortgage LLC. Action: Foreclosure of a mortgage in the principal amount of $527,000 affecting property located at 288 Old Briarcliff Road, Briarcliff Manor. Filed Oct. 19.

Hall, Joan, as owner. Filed by Deutsche Bank Trust . Action: Foreclosure of a mortgage in the principal amount of $425,000 affecting property located at 124 Seventh Ave., Mount Vernon. Filed Oct. 24.

Lawrence, Sonia, as owner.

Filed by Deutsche Bank National Trust Co. Action: Foreclosure of a mortgage in the principal amount of $393,000 affecting property located at 73 Fairview St., Yonkers. Filed Oct. 23.

Littman, Steve, as owner.

Filed by JPMorgan Chase Bank NA. Action: Foreclosure of a mortgage in the principal amount of $2,200,000 affecting property located at 15 Archer Road, Harrison. Filed Oct. 25.

MECHANIC’S LIENS

SNL Yonkers LLC, Yonkers. $3,550 in favor of No Limit Lifting & Logistics LLC, Brooklyn. Filed Oct. 25.

Wartburg Nursing Home Inc., Mount Vernon. $152,184 in favor of Framing Systems Inc., Lakewood Heights Blvd., Ohio. Filed Oct. 23.

Weiwei Luo, Mount Vernon. $97,810 in favor of Aventador Construction Inc., Meadows.

Filed Oct. 23.

Westchester Village Square LLC, Scarsdale. $55,644 in favor of Cosan Construction Corp., Mount Vernon. Filed Oct. 23.

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

Sole Proprietorships 2 Eighty 2, 182 N. Broadway 4 Yonkers 10701. c/o Lindell Diaz. Filed Oct. 25.

Donna Jenkins, 3147 E. Main St., Mohegan Lake 10547. c/o Donna Jenkins. Filed Oct. 20.

D.Smith Business Solutions, P.O. Box 2274, Mount Vernon 10551. c/o Delroy Smith. Filed Oct. 26.

Flowers + Fibers, 41 Kings Ferry Road, Montrose 10548. c/o Rachael Kikoler. Filed Oct. 20.

Future Talent & Entertainment, 65 Grandview Ave., Mount Vernon 10553. c/o Sandra Humprey.

Filed Oct. 20.

Lees Transportation, Claremont Gardens St., Ossining 10562. c/o Leonel Hiciano. Filed Oct. 26.

Rosy Nails, 445 Hamilton Ave., White Plains 10601. c/o Rosa Angelita Suconota Pizarro.

Filed Oct. 26.

Strategic Growth Advisory, 71 Devonshire Road, New Rochelle 10804. c/o Joseph A. Rogot. Filed Oct. 20.

Valhalla Cyber Security, 178 Astor Ave., Hawthorne 10532. c/o Christopher S. Guir.

Filed Oct. 24.

HUDSON VALLEY BUILDING LOANS Above $1 million 17 Wallenberg LLC, as owner. Lender: Northeast Community Bank. Property: 17 Wallenberg Circle, Monsey.

Amount: $1.1 million. Filed Oct. 23.

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

94 Fairview LLC, as owner.

Lender: Accolend LLC. Property: 94 Fairview Ave., Spring Valley.

Amount: $1.2 million. Filed Oct. 23.

Bank of Greene County, as owner. Lender: 36 60 Industrial LLC. Property: 36-60 Industrial Place Extension, Middletown. Amount: $18.3 million. Filed Oct. 24.

Northeast Community Bank, as owner. Lender: Noam Estates LLC. Property: in Palm Tree. Amount: $3.6 million.

Filed Oct. 20.

Northeast Community Bank, as owner. Lender: Forest Wood LLC. Property: 11 Forest Road, Monroe. Amount: $7 million. Filed Oct. 26.

Northeast Community Bank, as owner. Lender: 421 439 County Route 105 LLC. Property: 421, 239 and 453 County Route 105, Monroe.

Amount: $12.5 million. Filed Oct. 26.

Ridge Street SV Properties LLC, as owner.

Lender: Northeast Community Bank. Property: 9-15 Ridge Ave., Spring Valley. Amount: $9.1 million. Filed Oct. 24.

Samuels, Nathaniel and Deena Samuels, as owner.

Lender: TD Bank NA. Property: in Ramapo. Amount: $1.5 million. Filed Oct. 26.

Below $1 million Bankwell Bank, as owner.

Lender: MSH Group Real Estate Holdings LLC and Rock Well Funding LLC. Property: 63 Lake Trail, Greenwood Lake. Amount: $208,000. Filed Oct. 26.

Cardinal Financial Co., as owner. Lender: Thomas B. Folino. Property: in Goshen.

Amount: $695,000. Filed Oct. 25.

Chartwell Hemlock Property LLC, Congers.

Seller: G. Cheney of Rockland Ltd., New City. Property: 30 Hemlock Drive, Congers.

Amount: $9.3 million. Filed Sept. 22.

CMP of Fishkill Realty NY LLC, Saddle Brook, New Jersey.

Seller: J&E LLC, Hopewell Junction. Property: in Fishkill.

Amount: $2.3 million. Filed Oct. 4.

East Main Beacon LLC, Beacon. Seller: 47 East Main Street LLC, Beacon. Property: in Beacon. Amount: $1 million.

Filed Oct. 4.

Elm Pass LLC, Palisades.

Seller: Abigail Norman, et al, New York. Property: 35 Ludlow Lane, Pearl River. Amount: $2 million. Filed Sept. 25.

Kings County Nurseries Inc., Staten Island. Seller: Haverstraw II LLC, Valley Stream. Property: 212 232 Gurnee Ave., Haverstraw.

Amount: $5 million. Filed Sept.

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Above $1 million 21 29 Main Street LLC, Monsey. Seller: Arthur 5 LLC and Kedar Realty LLC, Jupiter, Florida. Property: 21 29 Main St., Haverstraw. Amount: $2.7 million. Filed Sept. 27.

59 & Ridge LLC, Monsey.

Seller: ACM Family Trust, et al, Brooklyn. Property: 2 Ridge Ave., Spring Valley. Amount: $1 million. Filed Sept. 29.

Hudson Valley Offices LLC, Newburgh. Seller: Gary D. Caporuscio, Beacon. Property: 333 Hudson Ave., Beacon.

Amount: $371,000. Filed Oct. 3.

Kane, Monica V., Pleasant Valley. Seller: Ritas Acres LLC, Hyde Park. Property: in Hyde Park. Amount: $101,000. Filed Oct. 2.

Rockhill Manor LLC, Spring Valley. Seller: Marie E. Persichetti, Fort Lauderdale, Florida. Property: 88 Rock Hill Drive, Sloatsburg. Amount: $115,000. Filed Sept. 26.

Arch Ridge LLC, Greenwich, Connecticut. Seller: Fannie Mae, Dallas, Texas. Property: 5 Duncan Road, LaGrangeville.

Amount: $150,000. Filed Oct. 4.

Perlstein, Josef M., Brooklyn. Seller: Blueberry Equities LLC, Monroe. Property: 33 Hybrid Road, Monsey.

Amount: $1.1 million. Filed Sept.

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150 Elmcrest LLC, Newburgh. Seller: Weise Kayla, Wappingers Falls.

Property: in Wappinger.

Amount: $275,000. Filed Oct. 2.

Slomiuc, Yaakov, Monsey.

Seller: Christian Community in North America Central Fund Inc., Monsey. Property: 272 Ackertown Road, Chestnut Ridge. Amount: $1 million. Filed Sept. 28.

8 Demarest Avenue LLC, West Haverstraw. Seller: Santo Ardiri, West Haverstraw.

Property: 8 Demarest Ave., West Haverstraw. Amount: $285,000. Filed Sept. 29.

Ten Mile River Farm LLC, Dover Plains. Seller: Herm Kimberly, Port Saint Lucie, Florida. Property: in Dover.

Amount: $8,000. Filed Oct. 4.

586 Chestnut Ridge LLC, Monsey. Seller: K4k LLC, Lewes, Delaware. Property: 586 Chestnut Ridge Road, Chestnut Ridge. Amount: $12,500. Filed Sept. 28.

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BF Orchard LLC, Tallman.

Seller: A&M SMR LLC and BF Orchard LLC, Monsey.

Property: 23 S. Monsey Road, Airmont. Amount: $78,000.

Filed Sept. 25.

11 Eckelman LLC, Broad Channel. Seller: Abram Germano and Rachel L. Forster, Poughkeepsie.

Property: in Hyde Park.

Amount: $225,000. Filed Oct. 4.

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28 West Funston LLC, Brooklyn. Seller: Zelig Oshry and Herman Rosenfeld, Spring Valley. Property: 28 W. Funston Ave., Spring Valley. Amount: $342,500. Filed Sept. 28.

Oberlander, Brucha, Monsey. Seller: 22 Prospect LLC, Spring Valley. Property: 22 Prospect St., Spring Valley.

Amount: $1.5 million. Filed Sept.

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Below $1 million DEEDS

Bruning, Andrew, Hopewell Junction. Seller: Liberty Home Development LLC, Poughquag.

Property: 27 Hillside Road, Beekman. Amount: $70,000.

Filed Oct. 2.

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PHH Mortgage Corp., Mount Laurel, New Jersey.

Seller: Karen Hagstrom, Hyde Park. Property: 284 Crum Elbow Road, Hyde Park.

Amount: $301,000. Filed Oct. 2.

Nardone, Francesca Mariana, Wappingers Falls.

Seller: SJSP Six LLC, Brooklyn.

Property: 824 N. Hillside Road, Wappingers Falls.

Amount: $340,000. Filed Oct. 5.

Good Property Manager LLC, Wingdale. Seller: Olivet University, Anza, California.

Property: in Dover. Amount: $380,000. Filed Oct. 5.

DNP Management LLC, Tappan. Seller: Marcelino Rodriguez, Nyack. Property: 729 733 Route 9W, Valley Cottage. Amount: $400,000.

Filed Sept. 28.

Folger, Miriam D., Monsey.

Seller: 2019 Kearsing LLC, Monsey. Property: 163 Kearsing Pkwy., Spring Valley. Amount: $429,000. Filed Sept. 28.

Bank of America NA, Mount Laurel, New Jersey. Seller: Byron Keith, Clinton Corners.

Property: in Pawling. Amount: $432,000. Filed Oct. 2.

242 North Main Street LLC, Eastchester. Seller: 242 North Main LLC, New City.

Property: 242 N. Main St., New City. Amount: $440,000. Filed Sept. 28.

Coats, Lori, New York. Seller: A&H Futures LLC, Stanfordville.

Property: in NorthEast. Amount: $450,000. Filed Oct. 4.

Augustine, Sajan and Philip, Sunny, Bardonia.

Seller: Wilmington Savings Fund Society Bank Trust, et al, Anaheim, California. Property: 16 Linden Court, New City.

Amount: $453,600. Filed Sept.

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Gertner, Mordech E. F., Spring Valley. Seller: Kearsing Commons LLC, Monsey.

Property: 225 Kearsing Pkwy., Monsey. Amount: $490,000.

Filed Sept. 27.

Frieder, Avraham, Monsey.

Seller: 14 Ohio Avenue LLC, Spring Valley. Property: 14 Ohio Ave., Spring Valley. Amount: $601,000. Filed Sept. 26.

WESTCHESTER COUNTY & HUDSON VALLEY 9 Janet LLC, Spring Valley.

Seller: Victor S. Vitale, referee, et al, West Nyack. Property: 9 Janet Drive, New Hempstead.

Amount: $676,000. Filed Sept.

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Kupperman, Gita, Spring Valley. Seller: Polnoya Homes LLC, Spring Valley. Property: 125 Reagan Road, New Square.

Amount: $680,000. Filed Sept.

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Padwa, Mordechai, Spring Valley. Seller: Polnoya Homes LLC, Spring Valley. Property: 123 Reagan Road, New Square.

Amount: $700,000. Filed Sept.

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Paskes, Cheskel and Katz, Shiffy, Monsey. Seller: Hammond Luxury Living LLC, Chester. Property: 14 Hammond St., Monsey. Amount: $700,000. Filed Sept. 27.

Einhorn, Sheah and Braun, Dovid-Aif, Spring Valley.

Seller: Greenleaf Developers LLC, Spring Valley. Property: 30 Jefferson Ave., New Square.

Amount: $740,000. Filed Sept.

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Friedman, David, Spring Valley. Seller: B. Developers LLC, Spring Valley. Property: 15 Ostereh Blvd., New Square.

Amount: $750,000. Filed Sept.

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Scott Salmon Supplemental Needs Trust, et al, Tappan. Seller: 190 Grandview LLC, Nanuet.

Property: 10 Scotty Lane, West Nyack. Amount: $750,000.

Filed Sept. 27.

27 Pinebrook LLC, Monsey.

Seller: Olmedo S. and Cenaida Gonzalez, Monsey. Property: 27 Pinebrook Road, Monsey.

Amount: $800,000. Filed Sept.

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Bernstein, Robert B., Hartsdale. Seller: Toll Northeast V Corp., Fort Washington, Pennsylvania. Property: in Fishkill. Amount: $858,000.

Filed Oct. 3.

Klein, Mordche and Klein, Roizy, Monsey. Seller: Blueberry Equities LLC, Monroe.

Property: 27 Hybrid Road, Monsey. Amount: $875,000.

Filed Sept. 28.

Holzman, Edgardo D., Norfolk, Connecticut. Seller: 30 Beekman LLC, Somers.

Property: in Beacon. Amount: $950,000. Filed Oct. 6.

Grunwald, Jacob, Brooklyn.

Seller: Blauvelt Empire LLC, Monroe. Property: 102 Blauvelt Road, Monsey. Amount: $974,000. Filed Sept. 26.

Silberstein, Sam, Brooklyn.

Seller: YD Properties 16 LLC, Spring Valley. Property: 16 E. Castle Ave., Spring Valley.

Amount: $999,000. Filed Sept.

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Shiny Blue LLC, Monsey.

Seller: Rivka Schneid, Monsey.

Property: 4 Jill Lane, Monsey.

Amount: $999,500. Filed Sept.

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2 Miele LLC, Monsey. Seller: Michell Kellman, Monsey.

Property: 2 Miele Road, Monsey. Amount: $999,999.

Filed Sept. 28.

Clark, Brian R., Slate Hill. $9,918 in favor of Discover Bank, New Albany, Ohio. Filed Oct. 10.

Hammond, Saadia B., Newburgh. $14,452 in favor of Bank of America, Charlotte, North Carolina. Filed Oct. 17.

Perry, Johnnyce M., Newburgh. $2,433 in favor of Capital One, Glen Allen, Virginia.

Filed Oct. 11.

Wintermeyer, Teresa Marie, Albany. $3,570 in favor of TEG Federal Credit Union, Poughkeepsie. Filed Oct. 17.

Clark, Kaeleigh Stephanie, Newburgh. $5,862 in favor of TEG Federal Credit Union, Poughkeepsie. Filed Oct. 13.

Henderson, Elijah, Middletown. $12,075 in favor of East Coast Imperial Gardens LLC, Middletown. Filed Oct. 12.

Pizarro, Zion, Middletown. $4,470 in favor of East Coast Imperial Gardens LLC, Middletown. Filed Oct. 12.

YF Sales Inc. and Fraidy M. Sandel, Monroe. $103,140 in favor of TD Bank, Brooklyn Park, Minnesota. Filed Oct. 11.

Condor Ridge Holding Company LLC, Cornwallon-Hudson. $17,117 in favor of State Insurance Fund Commission, New York. Filed Oct. 17.

Horak, Ryan M., New Windsor. $3,180 in favor of Bank of America, Charlotte, North Carolina. Filed Oct. 17.

Santiago, Alyssa, Washingtonville. $2,122 in favor of LVNV Funding LLC, Greenville, South Carolina. Filed Oct. 13.

Jackson, Darryl and Betty Jackson, Newburgh. $8,000 in favor of Nutopia 23 Dubois LLC, Newburgh. Filed Oct. 12.

Santos, Jeremy, Newburgh. $6,750 in favor of Newburgh SHG 111 LLC, Newburgh. Filed Oct. 12.

Jaubert, Lionell Jr., Highland Mills. $13,848 in favor of LVNV Funding LLC, Greenville, South Carolina. Filed Oct. 10.

Schermerhorn, Elisia D., Middletown. $10,250 in favor of Discover Bank, New Albany, Ohio. Filed Oct. 12.

Cook, Durwood, Newburgh. $5,950 in favor of Newburgh SHG 75 LLC, Newburgh. Filed Oct. 12.

Crosta, Donald, Greenwood Lake. $11,058 in favor of Wells Fargo Bank, West Des Moines, Iowa. Filed Oct. 10.

Marrero, Madeline, Wallkill. $2,311 in favor of Citibank, Greenwich, Connecticut. Filed Oct. 11.

JUDGMENTS

Crystal View Glass Inc. and Clear View Glass, Monroe. $26,329 in favor of Merchants Mutual Insurance Co., Buffalo.

Filed Oct. 17.

Alarcon, John Delvalle, Middletown. $6,186 in favor of East Coast Imperial Gardens LLC, Middletown. Filed Oct. 12.

Degroat, Paris, et al, Middletown. $6,666 in favor of East Coast Imperial Gardens LLC, Middletown. Filed Oct. 12.

Allstate Interiors Inc., Monroe. $1,230,023 in favor of Mega Contracting Group LLC, Astoria. Filed Oct. 13.

Dooley, Krista N., Pine Bush. $9,084 in favor of Discover Bank, New Albany, Ohio. Filed Oct. 12.

Alvarez, Ariel and Teresa Samaha, Middletown. $7,554 in favor of East Coast Imperial Gardens LLC, Middletown. Filed Oct. 12.

Draper, Amber, et al, Middletown. $5,273 in favor of East Coast Imperial Gardens LLC, Middletown. Filed Oct. 12.

Mendez, Ayala Tatiana N., Washingtonville. $4,111 in favor of Ford Motor Credit Company LLC, Dearborn, Michigan. Filed Oct. 10.

Eichengreen, Paul A., Tuxedo Park. $14,588 in favor of Capital One, Glen Allen, Virginia. Filed Oct. 10.

Montoya, Kathryn J., Walden. $2,488 in favor of Capital One Bank, Glen Allen, Virginia. Filed Oct. 13.

Feldman, Dawn, et al, Middletown. $24,249 in favor of East Coast Imperial Gardens LLC, Middletown. Filed Oct. 12.

Ortiz, Jose, Middletown. $3,519 in favor of East Coast Imperial Gardens LLC, Middletown. Filed Oct. 12.

Garabito, Catiria, Port Jervis. $8,698 in favor of MidHudson Valley Federal Credit Union, Kingston. Filed Oct. 10.

Paolucci, Joseph, Middletown. $4,909 in favor of East Coast Imperial Gardens LLC, Middletown. Filed Oct. 12.

Butler, Zaniah, Newburgh. $4,099 in favor of 261 Newburgh LLC, Brooklyn. Filed Oct. 12.

Gonzalez, Gabriela and Lapaitra Lou, Highland Falls. $15,275 in favor of Schneider Avenue LLC, Nokesville, Virginia. Filed Oct. 17.

Pemberton, Jeremy, Newburgh. $2,686 in favor of Newburgh SHG 101 LLC, Newburgh. Filed Oct. 12.

Chernyak, Victoria, Newburgh. $1,968 in favor of Glens Falls Hospital, Glen Allen, Virginia. Filed Oct. 17.

Green, Jennifer S., Middletown. $7,917 in favor of Citibank, Sioux Falls, South Dakota. Filed Oct. 17.

Bangari, Teresa S., New Windsor. $3,088 in favor of Capital One, Glen Allen, Virginia.

Filed Oct. 17.

Boston, Shonnel, Middletown. $2,820 in favor of Deerfield Commons LP, Middletown. Filed Oct. 12.

Bouquet, Frantz, Middletown. $1,572 in favor of East Coast Imperial Gardens LLC, Middletown. Filed Oct. 12.

Martin, Dylan, Washingtonville. $2,250 in favor of Meenan Oil Company LP and Wallace Oil Co., Woodbury. Filed Oct. 13.

McKeon, Nadia, Middletown. $8,934 in favor of East Coast Imperial Gardens LLC, Middletown. Filed Oct. 12.

Segarra, Samantha, Middletown. $10,256 in favor of East Coast Imperial Gardens LLC, Middletown. Filed Oct. 12.

Shomo, Pamela, Middletown. $4,232 in favor of Brewery Renaissance Associates LLC, Middletown. Filed Oct. 12.

Simmonds, Omar C., Walden. $7,547 in favor of Bank of America, Newark, Delaware.

Filed Oct. 12.

Tatum, Kenneth, Newburgh. $6,375 in favor of Newburgh SHG 87 LLC, Newburgh. Filed Oct. 12.

Taylor, Rashaad, New Windsor. $8,342 in favor of Velocity Investments LLC and Lending Club Corp., Wall, New Jersey. Filed Oct. 12.

Valentin, Yessenia, Middletown. $4,396 in favor of Capital One, Glen Allen, Virginia.

Filed Oct. 10.

Velazquez, Pedro C., Newburgh. $3,770 in favor of TEG Federal Credit Union, Poughkeepsie. Filed Oct. 17.

Perez, Dany Gil, Highland Mills. $3,156 in favor of Cavalry SPV I LLC and Citibank, Greenwich, Connecticut. Filed Oct. 17.

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MECHANIC’S LIENS Robert Catrini, as owner. $43,502 in favor of Verdi Heavy Civil LLC. Property: 165 Drake Road, Pleasant Valley.

Filed Oct. 20.

Colegrove Marvin Hunt and Colegrove Linda Jean, as owner. $7,410 in favor of Builder Services Group Inc., et al. Property: in Newburgh. Filed Oct. 20.

DiCentra Property III LLC, as owner. $65,450 in favor of Tamarack Hill Estates LLC. Property: 5 Conifer Court, Poughkeepsie. Filed Oct. 20.

Etri John and Daniel J. Maughan, as owner. $9,641 in favor of Floored Enterprises Inc. Property: 1 Anastacia Court, Blooming Grove. Filed Oct. 25 Noam Estates R LLC, as owner. $27,720 in favor of Well Done Insulation Corp. Property: 39-41 Central Valley Line, Woodbury. Filed Oct. 26.

NEW BUSINESSES

Golden Crown Putnam Driving School, 15 Pembrooke Court, Putnam Valley 10579. c/o Stephen E. Walling. Filed Oct. 23.

Hudson Valley Security Academy, 1607 Route 300, Suite 107, Newburgh 12550. c/o Brandon Smith. Filed Oct. 26.

Hughes Welding & Fabrication, 331 Neversink Drive, Port Jervis 12771. c/o Dennis Leroy Hughes. Filed Oct. 25.

Pilates Strong, 50 Scenic Ridge Road, Brewster 10509. c/o Jyoti C. Castiglia. Filed Oct. 24.

Rogue Eclipse Entertainment, 16 Valley Ave., Walden 12586. c/o Anthony W. Rivera. Filed Oct. 24.

Sage In Time Psychic Mediumship & Hypnosis, 411 Homestead Ave., G, Maybrook 12543. c/o Kristen Leigh Batista. Filed Oct. 23.

Smiling Feet Records, 49 Ave., Cornwall-on-Hudson 12520. c/o Marc Giammarco.

Filed Oct. 23.

Twag, 5 Mountain Road, No.112, Monroe 10950. c/o Chaim Weiss. Filed Oct. 24.

Visions I Create, 10 Jones St., Port Jervis 12771. c/o Nina S. Graves. Filed Oct. 20.

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

Sole Proprietorships Big Mara Experience, 164 Broadway, Newburgh 12550. c/o Romara Adonyi Craigie.

Filed Oct. 25.

Cou Cou Ink, 15 Camelot Circle, Rock Tavern 12575. c/o Deiralyse Marie Raimondo.

Filed Oct. 23.

Genesis Property Maintenance, 27 Morningside Drive, Patterson 12563. c/o William Reynolds Gardner. Filed Oct. 23.

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BUILDING PERMITS

Commercial A.P. Construction, Norwalk, contractor for Norwalk Housing Authority. Perform replacement alterations at 164 W. Cedar St., Norwalk. Estimated cost: $306,000. Filed Sept. 20.

Arroyo, Edwin, Norwalk, contractor for Muller Park Realty Company LLC. Perform replacement alterations at 30 Muller Ave., Norwalk. Estimated cost: $1,000. Filed Sept. 23.

City of Norwalk, contractor for the city of Norwalk. Perform replacement alterations at 30 Monroe St., Norwalk. Estimated cost: $1,000. Filed Sept. 22.

Kaoud Properties LLC, Norwalk, contractor for Kaoud Properties LLC. Perform replacement alterations at 194-196 Main St., Norwalk.

Estimated cost: $7,500. Filed Sept. 21.

Kappa Home Improvement LLC, Norwalk, contractor for Jennifer Willauer, Remodel kitchen, bathrooms and replace nine windows at 22 Rowayton Woods Drive. Norwalk.

Estimated cost: $36,850. Filed Sept. 20.

Manuta, Alexander, Norwalk, contractor for Columbus Court Condo. Reroof 25 Chestnut St., Norwalk.

Estimated cost: $42,626. Filed Sept. 21.

Manuta, Alexander, Norwalk, contractor for Columbus Court Condo. Install new roofs and gutters at 25 Chestnut St., Norwalk.

Estimated cost: $42,626. Filed Sept. 21.

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

Olsen Construction Services LLC, Norwalk, contractor for Connecticut Light & Power Co. Replace windows and brick façade at 2 Tindall Ave., Norwalk. Estimated cost: $510,000. Filed Sept. 21.

Property Group of Connecticut Inc., Norwalk, contractor for Robert Nicholas Jackson. Replace existing decks at 512 Foxboro Drive, Norwalk.

Estimated cost: $15,209. Filed Sept. 20.

Property Group of Connecticut Inc., Norwalk, contractor for Christina Pushchak. Replace existing decks at 311 Foxboro Drive, Norwalk. Estimated cost: $15,209. Filed Sept. 20.

Property Group of Connecticut Inc., Norwalk, contractor for Amy S. Evans.

Replace existing decks at 1216 Foxboro Drive, Norwalk.

Estimated cost: $15,209. Filed Sept. 20.

Property Group of Connecticut Inc., Norwalk, contractor for Cynthia Miressi.

Replace existing decks at 507 Foxboro Drive, Norwalk.

Estimated cost: $15,209. Filed Sept. 20.

Property Group of Connecticut Inc., Norwalk, contractor for Jo Ann Panella.

Replace existing decks at 508 Foxboro Drive, Norwalk.

Estimated cost: $15,209. Filed Sept. 20.

Residential

Botero LLC, Norwalk, contractor for William E. and Mada S. Hapworth. Renovate kitchen, bathrooms, remove walls and replace 10 windows at 36 Shorehaven Road, Norwalk.

Estimated cost: $210,582. Filed Sept. 21.

Brown Dog G. C. LLC, Norwalk, contractor for Joy Bouchard. Construct addition for two bedrooms at 1 Lakeview Drive, Norwalk. Estimated cost: $75,000. Filed Sept. 22.

Chinchilla, Milton, Norwalk, contractor for Gokhan Turhan.

Reroof 7 Cranbury Road, Norwalk. Estimated cost: $12,000. Filed Sept. 26.

Connecticut Masonry & Waterproofing LLC, Norwalk, contractor for Gina Kastner.

Reroof 11 Silent Grove Court, Norwalk. Estimated cost: $10,800. Filed Sept. 27.

Conte, Anthony, Norwalk, contractor for Peter Auslan.

Construct a deck at rear of single-family residence at 9 Harrison Ave., Norwalk.

Estimated cost: $17,000. Filed Sept. 21.

Earthlight Technologies LLC, Norwalk, contractor for Silvia D. Stuart. Install roof-top solar panels at 26 Rowayton Ave., Norwalk. Estimated cost: $27,517. Filed Sept. 27.

Home Depot USA Inc., Norwalk, contractor for Andrew C. and Patsy L. White. Remove and replace 19 windows at 39 Stonecrop Road North, Norwalk.

Estimated cost: $34,515. Filed Sept. 27.

Advanced Window Systems LLC, Norwalk, contractor for Katherine A. Griffing. Replace seven windows at 59 Bayview Ave., Norwalk. Estimated cost: $9,000. Filed Sept. 27.

Home Depot USA Inc., Norwalk, contractor for Lisa McNamee. Remove and replace seven windows at 11 Nursery Court, Norwalk. Estimated cost: $19,140. Filed Sept. 27.

Arton Builders, Norwalk, contractor for Robert T. and Irina Marquis. Construct a second-floor addition at 271 Fillow St., Norwalk. Estimated cost: $150,000. Filed Sept. 27.

Homeowner, Norwalk, contractor for Carlos Recinos Garcia. Remove interior wall between kitchen and dining room in single-family residence at 22 Newtown Terrace, Norwalk. Estimated cost: $200,000. Filed Sept. 28.

Benton, William J., Norwalk, contractor for William J. Benton. Remodel kitchen and mudroom rear deck at 1 Forest St., Norwalk. Estimated cost: $35,000. Filed Sept. 21.

JC Construction Service LLC, Norwalk, contractor for Richard Harry Hulit Jr. Remove siding and place new trim around the windows and doors at 3 Decker St., Norwalk.

Estimated cost: $28,450. Filed Sept. 22.

Lang, Christopher J., Norwalk, contractor for Randy C. and Jennifer W. Haus.

Install an in-ground pool at 30 Cloverly Circle, Norwalk.

Estimated cost: $116,141. Filed Sept. 27.

Norwalk Roofing, Norwalk, contractor for Michael E. Boyd.

Reroof 5 Fair St., Norwalk.

Estimated cost: $12,000. Filed Sept. 28.

Peoples Products Inc., Norwalk, contractor for Ryan and Caitlin Bajorek. Replace seven vinyl windows at 8 Jean Ave., Norwalk. Estimated cost: $13,404. Filed Sept. 22.

Power Home Remodeling Group LLC, Norwalk, contractor for Richard J. Doran.

Reroof 52 William St., Norwalk.

Estimated cost: $77,789. Filed Sept. 22.

Tremonte, Jane A., Norwalk, contractor for Jane A. Tremonte. Reroof 43 Ponus Ave., Norwalk. Estimated cost: $6,000. Filed Sept. 22.

Trimarchi, Angelo, Norwalk, contractor for Angelo Trimarchi. Remove existing rear deck, bathroom and above-ground pool at 32 South St., Norwalk. Estimated cost: $4,000. Filed Sept. 20.

Zef, Hassane, Norwalk, contractor for Hassane Zef. Perform replacement alterations at 36 Van Zant St., Norwalk. Estimated cost: $1,000. Filed Sept. 27.

COURT CASES Bridgeport Superior Court Adam, Alice, Stratford. Filed

by Malik Roberts, Bridgeport.

Plaintiff’s attorney: The Finch Firm LLC, Trumbull. Action: The plaintiff suffered a collision allegedly caused by the defendant and sustained severe damages and injuries. The plaintiff seeks more than $15,000 in monetary damages, exclusive of interest and costs and such other further relief the court deems appropriate. Case no.

FBT-CV-23-6127516-S. Filed Sept. 25.

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Bridgeport Hospital, et al, Hartford. Filed by Anna Rizzetta, Fairfield. Plaintiff’s attorney: Eldes Needle & Cooper, Bridgeport. Action: The plaintiff suffered medical malpractice by the defendants. The plaintiff had a surgery involving the implantation of hardware so the joints would fuse properly.

The plaintiff reported pain and had the hardware removed. As a result of the hardware removal, the plaintiff suffered severe, serious pain. The plaintiff seeks more than $15,000 in monetary damages exclusive of interest and costs and such other further relief the court deems appropriate. Case no. FBT-CV23-6127472-S. Filed Sept. 21.

Geico General Insurance Co., Washington, District of Columbia. Filed by Matthew Borges, Sandy Hook. Plaintiff’s attorney: Ventura Law, Danbury.

Action: The plaintiff suffered a collision allegedly caused by a tortfeasor driver. The defendant is the plaintiff’s insurance company and required to provide benefits for the plaintiff. The defendant has not paid compensation to the plaintiff to cover for her injuries and losses.

The plaintiff seeks more than $15,000 in monetary damages exclusive of interest and costs and such other further relief the court deems appropriate. Case no. DBD-CV-23-6047189-S. Filed Aug. 18.

Brunetti, David, et al, Trumbull. Filed by Steven Chille Trumbull. Plaintiff’s attorney: George W. Ganim Jr., Bridgeport. Action: The plaintiff suffered a collision allegedly caused by the defendants and sustained severe damages and injuries. The plaintiff seeks more than $15,000 in monetary damages exclusive of interest and costs and such other further relief the court deems appropriate. Case no. FBT-CV23-6127589-S. Filed Sept. 26.

Home Depot USA. Inc. et al, Atlanta, Georgia. Filed

by Craig Peterson, Danbury.

Plaintiff’s attorney: Brian Timothy Romano, Danbury.

Action: The plaintiff was lawfully on the premises as a business invitee of the defendant. As the plaintiff was looking through the shelves of an aisle a large wooden board fell off a shelf and landed on his foot. As a result, the plaintiff suffered injuries and damages. The plaintiff seeks more than $15,000 in monetary damages exclusive of interest and costs and such other further relief the court deems appropriate. Case no.

DBD-CV-23-6047509-S. Filed Aug. 23.

Moran, Daniel, Norwalk. Filed

by Norwalk Hospital, Norwalk.

Plaintiff’s attorney: Eric Herman Opin, Milford. Action: The plaintiff provided hospital services and supplies to the defendant.

However, the defendant has neglected or refused to pay the plaintiff, which suffered monetary damages. The plaintiff seeks more than $15,000 in monetary damages exclusive of interest and costs and such other further relief the court deems appropriate. Case no.

FBT-CV-23-6127585-S. Filed Sept. 26.

Danbury Superior Court Fay, Brenda, Danbury. Filed

by Mara Perfido, Danbury.

Plaintiff’s attorney: Michael E. Skiber Law Office, Norwalk.

Action: The plaintiff suffered a collision allegedly caused by the defendant and sustained severe damages and injuries.

The plaintiff seeks more than $15,000 in monetary damages exclusive of interest and costs and such other further relief the court deems appropriate. Case no. DBD-CV-23-6047457-S. Filed Sept. 8.

Koulga, Ahmat B., et al, Wethersfield. Filed by Howard Robert Chupp, Orlando, Florida.

Plaintiff’s attorney: Ryan Ryan Deluca LLP, Bridgeport.

Action: The plaintiff suffered a collision allegedly caused by the defendant and sustained severe damages and injuries.

The plaintiff seeks more than $15,000 in monetary damages exclusive of interest and costs and such other further relief the court deems appropriate. Case no. DBD-CV-23-6047080-S. Filed Aug. 9.

Marmolejos, Christopher, et al, Danbury. Filed by Nurul Huq, Danbury. Plaintiff’s attorney: Smart Law Group PC, Danbury. Action: The plaintiff suffered a collision allegedly caused by the defendants and sustained severe damages and injuries. The plaintiff seeks more than $15,000 in monetary damages exclusive of interest and costs and such other further relief the court deems appropriate. Case no. DBD-CV23-6047270-S. Filed Aug. 25.

Stamford Superior Court Butler, Katherine Blasier, et al, Greenwich. Filed by Victor Gonzalo Pauta Quizhpi, Danbury. Plaintiff’s attorney: Ventura Law, Danbury. Action: The plaintiff suffered a collision allegedly caused by the defendants and sustained severe damages and injuries.

The plaintiff seeks more than $15,000 in monetary damages exclusive of interest and costs and such other further relief the court deems appropriate. Case no. FST-CV-23-6062835-S. Filed Aug. 22.

Cabrera-Rivas, Closvin, et al, Stamford. Filed by Frank Gryniak, Stamford.

Plaintiff’s attorney: Michael E. Skiber Law Office, Norwalk.

Action: The plaintiff suffered a collision allegedly caused by the defendants and sustained severe damages and injuries.

The plaintiff seeks more than $15,000 in monetary damages exclusive of interest and costs and such other further relief the court deems appropriate. Case no. FST-CV-23-6062883-S. Filed Aug. 25.

Geico Indemnity Co., Hartford. Filed by Rica MendesBarry, Pound Ridge. Plaintiff’s attorney: Toby M. Schaffer, Stamford. Action: The plaintiff suffered a collision allegedly caused by the defendant and sustained severe damages and injuries. The plaintiff seeks more than $15,000 in monetary damage exclusive of interest and costs and such other further relief the court deems appropriate. Case no. FST-CV23-6062952-S. Filed Aug. 30.

Stuart, Meredith, Greenwich. Filed by Spring Oaks Capital SPV LLC, Chesapeake, Virginia. Plaintiff’s attorney: Rubin & Rothman LLC, Islandia, New York. Action: The plaintiff acquired the defendant’s credit debt after he failed to make payments or neglected to pay the debt. The plaintiff seeks more than $15,000 in monetary damages exclusive of interest and costs and such other further relief the court deems appropriate. Case no. FST-CV23-6062754-S. Filed Aug. 16.

Thiago Reis, et al, Weehawken, New Jersey. Filed

by Tania Fabiani, Greenwich.

Plaintiff’s attorney: Pastore LLC, Stamford. Action: The plaintiff agreed to pay the defendants to import and deliver a container and boxes from Brazil to her residence in Connecticut. Reis attempted to manipulate plaintiff to pay the entire $20,000 up front, prior to delivery. Instead, plaintiff agreed to pay Reis a deposit.

However, the defendant failed to provide the services and the plaintiff expressed her dissatisfaction and asked to get a refund. No money was returned to plaintiff following her personal requests, thereby the plaintiff suffered damages. Case no. FST-CV-236062875-S. Filed Aug. 24.

DEEDS Commercial 110 Byram Road. LLC, Greenwich. Seller: Robert Alan Catalano Jr., Greenwich.

Property: 110 Byram Road, Greenwich. Amount: $700,000.

Filed Oct. 10.

18 Scott Road LLC, Greenwich. Seller: 162 Lockwood Avenue LLC, Greenwich. Property: 18 Scott Road, Greenwich. Amount: $420,000. Filed Oct. 10.

470 West Avenue LLC, Stamford. Seller: West Avenue Real Estate LLC, Stamford. Property: 470 West Ave., Stamford. Amount: $7,300,000. Filed Oct. 10.

80 Round Hill LLC, Greenwich. Seller: Philip Mintz, Greenwich. Property: 80 Round Hill Road, Greenwich. Amount: $10. Filed Oct. 10.

A Broad Street LLC, Hartford. Seller: 21 Taylor Avenue LLC, Stamford.

Property: 122 Richmond Hill Ave., Stamford. Amount: $725,000. Filed Oct. 2.

Bravo Busta, Isabel and Ricardo Recaval Tromilen, Riverside. Seller: Amin Construction LLC, Stamford.

Property: 68 Summit Road, Riverside. Amount: $3,170,000.

Filed Oct. 11.

Calabria 16 LLC, Port Chester, New York. Seller: Viktoria Chernobrovina, Stamford. Property: 27 Northill St., Unit 4M, Stamford. Amount: $225,000. Filed Oct. 4.

Chintalapudi, Prasad, Stamford. Seller: Metropolitan Life Insurance Co., Salt Lake City, Utah. Property: 55 Hope St., Unit 19B, Stamford.

Amount: $230,000. Filed Oct. 12.

Nathenson, Michael and Dayna Kaplan, Stamford.

Seller: 88 Tryon Connecticut LLC, Forest Hills, New York.

Property: 47 Waterview Way, Stamford. Amount: $1,325,000.

Filed Oct. 12.

Greene, Tristan and Anna Guisbond, New York, New York. Seller: Sanddollar Development LLC, Fairfield.

Property: 1439 Stillson Road, Fairfield. Amount: $1,300,000.

Filed Oct. 19.

NMB BPT LLC, Bridgeport.

Seller: Elaine K. Choi, Stamford.

Property: 294 Courtland Ave., Stamford. Amount: $570,000.

Filed Oct. 10.

Jukic, Maria, et al, Old Greenwich. Seller: Sherwood Place Associates LLC, Southport. Property: Unit D, Sherwood Place Condominium, Greenwich. Amount: $1,595,000. Filed Oct. 11.

Koo, Jing Yuen and Yinqing Zhu, Milford. Seller: Visokey Partners, Stamford. Property: 1594 Long Ridge Road, Stamford. Amount: $825,000.

Filed Oct. 4.

Larkin Grove LLC, Greenwich. Seller: Jack Melnikoff and Morgan Melnikoff, Greenwich. Property: 143 Otter Rock Drive, Greenwich. Amount: $10. Filed Oct. 12.

Marks, Richard and Roberta Marks, South Salem, New York. Seller: Third Street Development LLC, Stamford. Property: 20 Third St., Unit 19, Stamford. Amount: $583,334. Filed Oct. 10.

Marks, Richard and Roberta Marks, South Salem, New York. Seller: Third Street Development LLC, Stamford. Property: 20 Third St., Unit 18, Stamford. Amount: $583,334. Filed Oct. 10.

Marks, Richard and Roberta Marks, South Salem, New York. Seller: Third Street Development LLC, Stamford. Property: 20 Third St., Unit 11, Stamford. Amount: $583,334. Filed Oct. 10.

Mason Street Partners LLC, White Plains, New York. Seller: Orchard Place Associates LLC, Greenwich.

Property: Mason St., Greenwich. Amount: $10. Filed Oct. 12.

Mason Street Partners LLC, White Plains, New York.

Seller: Bruce Park Associates LLC, Greenwich. Property: Mason St., Greenwich. Amount: $10. Filed Oct. 12.

Semexant, Magalie, Cos Cob. Seller: 42 Strickland LLC, Stamford. Property: 42 Strickland Road, Cos Cob. Amount: $800,000. Filed Oct. 13.

Taffe, Joshua, Stamford.

Seller: 96 Lockwood Avenue LLC, Stamford. Property: 96 Lockwood Ave., Stamford.

Amount: $1,156,650. Filed Oct. 6.

The Pirlies Real Estate LLC, Rye, New York. Seller: M&N Development LLC, Greenwich. Property: 26 Beechcroft Road, Greenwich.

Amount: $9,700,000. Filed Oct. 10.

Trivino, German Eduardo, Westport. Seller: I.C. Contracting LLC, Shelton.

Property: 108 Oakwood Drive, Fairfield. Amount: $905,000.

Filed Oct. 16.

Vorozhbitskiy, Alex, Stamford. Seller: YT Properties LLC, Flushing, New York.

Property: 700 Summer St., Unit 4L, Stamford. Amount: $350,000. Filed Oct. 3.

Waterfront Homes LLC, Stamford. Seller: 115 Willowbrook Avenue LLC, Stamford. Property: 115-116 Willowbrook Ave., Stamford.

Amount: $1,685,000. Filed Oct. 11.

Xu, Hong and Qianqian Tang, Norwalk. Seller: I.C. Contracting LLC, Shelton.

Property: 110 Oakwood Drive, Fairfield. Amount: $939,900.

Filed Oct. 20.

Residential Athmaram, Karthick, Fairfield. Seller: Bonnie-Helen Nichols and Laura-Belle Nichols, Fairfield. Property: 442 Surrey Lane, Fairfield. Amount: $940,000. Filed Oct. 17.

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Byrne, Michael, Pound Ridge, New York. Seller: Taro Kodama, Mililani, Hawaii.

Property: 3047 High Ridge Road, Stamford. Amount: $400,000. Filed Oct. 10.

Caserta, James and Diane Caserta, Fairfield. Seller: Eloise R. Johnson, Naples, Florida. Property: 2787 Redding Road, Fairfield. Amount: $1,805,000. Filed Oct. 18.

Chang, Aaron and Lily Bryant, White Plains, New York. Seller: Cody Dolly, White Plains, New York. Property: 1 Broad St., Unit 18D, Stamford.

Amount: $678,000. Filed Oct. 2.

Chowdhury, Muhamad and Rohima Begum, Stamford.

Seller: Charles Copley Jr. and Donna H. Copley, Stamford.

Property: 62 Lancer Lane, Stamford. Amount: $775,000.

Filed Oct. 3.

Defeo, Michele, Stamford.

Seller: Arlene R. Putterman, Stamford. Property: 43 Harbor Drive, Unit 402, Stamford.

Amount: $530,000. Filed Oct. 12.

Divaraniya, Ajit D., Stamford. Seller: Naomie December, Stamford. Property: 43 Dora St., Unit 1, Stamford.

Amount: $495,000. Filed Oct. 3.

Dong, Lin, Stamford. Seller: Richard Travia and Kathleen Travia, Stamford. Property: 850 E. Main St., Unit 203, Stamford. Amount: $495,000.

Filed Oct. 10.

Dorin, Debra M. and Scott J. Dorin, Trumbull. Seller: Richard Fevang and Suzanne Ciri-Fevang, Fairfield. Property: 31 Geneva Terrace, Fairfield.

Amount: $780,000. Filed Oct. 20.

Erickson, Celia A., Rhinebeck, New York. Seller: Anthony Saputo and Jaclyn Castore, Stamford. Property: 329 Sylvan Knoll Road, Stamford. Amount: $300,000.

Filed Oct. 10.

Ford, Nadine, Trumbull.

Seller: Peter Bohjalian and Candra Bohjalian, Stamford.

Property: 27 Lindstrom Road, Unit D6, Stamford. Amount: $460,000. Filed Oct. 12.

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Franchina, Alexandra and Peter Leuthold, Stamford.

Seller: Thomas Baldwin and Meghan Baldwin, Stamford.

Property: 151 Mountain Wood Road, Stamford. Amount: $980,000. Filed Oct. 3.

Fried, Kenneth M. and Erica C. Fried, Hopewell Junction, New York. Seller: Rebecca Stearns and Brad Stearns, Fairfield. Property: 153 Glen Ridge Road, Fairfield. Amount: $615,000. Filed Oct. 20.

Geddo, Marisa and Giorgio Geddo, New York, New York.

Seller: Stephen J. Petuck and Stacy J. Petuck, Greenwich.

Property: 80 Doubling Road, Greenwich. Amount: $1. Filed Oct. 12.

Gill, Ligja and Kamraan Gill, Fairfield. Seller: Mark S. Weissman and Cindy S. Weissman, Fairfield. Property: 53 Leslie Lane, Fairfield.

Amount: $1,510,000. Filed Oct. 16.

Goldis, Shmuel and Sara Fay Goldis, Stamford. Seller: Alexander Michael Petrov and Jennifer Leigh Petrov, Stamford.

Property: 101 Hirsch Road, Stamford. Amount: $705,000.

Filed Oct. 2.

Guild, Bonnie and William Guild, Stamford. Seller: Pieter Van Rooijen and Maicon Antoniolli, Stamford. Property: 811 Riverbank Road, Stamford.

Amount: $1,120,000. Filed Oct. 2.

Haney, Blaire, Stamford.

Seller: Shannon Holden and Brandon Holden, Stamford.

Property: 115 Colonial Road, Unit 53, Stamford. Amount: $780,000. Filed Oct. 10.

Haygood, James, Stamford.

Seller: Geraldine Birch and Valerie Woodson, Jersey City, New Jersey. Property: 79 Taylor St., Unit 1, Stamford. Amount: $230,000. Filed Oct. 3.

Henderson, Lee Donald and Marissa Nicole D’Angelo, Stamford. Seller: Lindsay McNeil and Eric A. Brienza, Stamford. Property: 91 W. Broad St., Unit 10, Stamford.

Amount: $701,000. Filed Oct. 10.

Huda, Mohamed N. and Jannatul Jannatul, Stamford. Seller: Teodoro N. Catino, Stamford. Property: 47 Dean St., Stamford. Amount: $825,000. Filed Oct. 3.

Jarrett, Robert Marc and Minoo Afkari, Brookfield.

Seller: David Adamo, Stamford.

Property: 25 Forest St., Unit 16D, Stamford. Amount: $753,500. Filed Oct. 13.

Kadish, Michael and Sadae Koga-Kadish, Darien. Seller: Leonard Sorbara and Lisa M. Sorbara, Stamford. Property: 40 Theresa Court, Stamford.

Amount: $925,000. Filed Oct. 4.

Kastrati, Hamdi and Gzim Kastrati, Stamford. Seller: Xiao Cheng Zhou and Ai Hua Chen, Stamford. Property: 223 Henry St., Stamford. Amount: $500,000. Filed Oct. 2.

Kilby, Elisabeth J. and Jason Robert Keveryn, Stamford. Seller: Antoinette Fallone and John Fallone, Stamford. Property: 865 High Ridge Road, Unit 5, Stamford.

Amount: $650,000. Filed Oct. 5.

Kvirikashvili, Zurab and Tamar Chantadze, Stamford.

Seller: Ronald Spitzberg and Edward M. Spitzberg, Stamford.

Property: 409 Hope St., Unit F, Stamford. Amount: $415,000.

Filed Oct. 4.

Lake, Javon, Stamford. Seller: Woody Lake, Garner, North Carolina. Property: 83 Elmcroft Road, Stamford. Amount: $10.

Filed Oct. 6.

Lashkari, Beeta Bianca, Greenwich. Seller: Celine Lukic, Greenwich. Property: 169 Mason St., Unit 4A, Greenwich.

Amount: $762,000. Filed Oct. 10.

Lastres, Jorge Ernesto and Claudia Maria Rodriguez, Stamford. Seller: Carol R. Wright, Stamford. Property: 44 Strawberry Hill Ave., Unit 11K, Stamford. Amount: $450,000.

Filed Oct. 11.

Lazarus, Caryl and Steven Lazarus, La Quinta, California.

Seller: Monica L. Woo, Stamford. Property: 71 Barnes Road, Unit 33C, Stamford.

Amount: $951,800. Filed Oct. 3.

McGinn, Jake, Stamford.

Seller: Edward J. Zack, Stamford. Property: 70 Strawberry Hill Ave., Unit 5-3C, Stamford. Amount: $322,500.

Filed Oct. 6.

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Melnikoff, Jack and Morgan Melnikoff, Greenwich. Seller: Mary S. Hyde, Greenwich. Property: 400 Stanwich Road, Greenwich.

Amount: $5,500,000. Filed Oct. 12.

Riad, Mohammed F. and Hosne A. Akther, Stamford.

Seller: Lisa Marie Smith, Commack, New York. Property: 116 Lockwood Ave., Stamford.

Amount: $470,000. Filed Oct. 3.

Mendes, Natalie M., Stamford. Seller: Pamela Tevolini, Stamford. Property: 25 Second St., Unit C4, Stamford.

Amount: $295,000. Filed Oct. 6.

Roberts, William and Allison Roberts, Stamford.

Seller: Shpresa Isufi, Stamford.

Property: 31 Old Long Ridge Road, Stamford. Amount: $1,050,000. Filed Oct. 13.

Nair, Vineet and Deepa Nair, Stamford. Seller: Nitesh Reddy Pundra and Yogitha Julakanti, Stamford. Property: 48 Strawberry Hill Ave., No. 17, Stamford. Amount: $375,000.

Filed Oct. 10.

Sabbisetty, Vamsi Krishna and Sandhya Rani Kaki, Stamford. Seller: Phyllis S. Tachna, Summit, New Jersey.

Property: 71 Strawberry Hill Ave., Unit 703, Stamford.

Amount: $225,000. Filed Oct. 13.

O’Brien, Kameron Peter, Danbury. Seller: Pamela A. Hamilton, Norwalk. Property: 30 DeBera Lane, Unit 3, Stamford. Amount: $380,000.

Filed Oct. 12.

Orellana-Lata, Hector Mesias and Aracely Esperanza Castro-Pu, Stamford. Seller: Wieslaw Waldzinski, Stamford. Property: 490 Fairfield Ave., Stamford.

Amount: $600,000. Filed Oct. 5.

Palma, Wilson V., Stamford.

Seller: Florine C. Hansen, Orange. Property: 67 Third St., Fairfield. Amount: $500,000.

Filed Oct. 16.

Racanelli, Nicholas and Nazli M. Racanelli, Fairfield.

Seller: Marie Saade, Fairfield.

Property: 544 Flintlock Road, Fairfield. Amount: $1,850,000.

Filed Oct. 17.

Raucci, Eileen M. and John P. Raucci, Greenwich. Seller: Eileen M. Raucci and John P. Raucci, Greenwich. Property: 14 Scott Lane, Greenwich. Amount: $10. Filed Oct. 10.

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Sarkar, Sitosopti and Sayantani Ghose, Stamford.

Seller: Aunshuman Apte and Shalaka Apte, Stamford.

Property: 1633 Washington Blvd., Unit 6-A, Stamford.

Amount: $285,000. Filed Oct. 13.

Scatenato, Luke, Fairfield.

Seller: Anthony Scatenato, Stamford. Property: 2539 Bedford St., Unit 34C, Stamford. Amount: $460,000.

Filed Oct. 11.

Selvaraj, Dhanapal and Vidya Kanagaselvam, Stamford. Seller: Joseph P. Nestor, Stamford. Property: 15 Little John Lane, Stamford.

Amount: $770,500. Filed Oct. 4.

Servidone, Maria, Stamford.

Seller: Magno Quenca and Luis Fernando Rosa Jr., Stamford.

Property: 1633 Washington Blvd., Unit 1G, Stamford.

Amount: $450,000. Filed Oct. 2.

Silva, Oscar and Mercedes Silva, Ozone Park, New York. Seller: Carrie Goldkopf, Stamford. Property: 9 Maple Tree Ave., Unit E-4, Stamford.

Amount: $401,000. Filed Oct. 4.

Silvestri, Christopher and Lauren Sass, Fairfield.

Seller: Omar S. Qadri, Fairfield.

Property: 1117 Black Rock Turnpike, Fairfield. Amount: $375,000. Filed Oct. 18.

Strazza, Steven and Amanda Blunck Cos Cob. Seller: Antonio Larocca, Greenwich. Property: 35 Valley Road, Cos Cob. Amount: $1,525,000. Filed Oct. 10.

Strukova, Simona, Stamford. Seller: Jennifer Ann Preli, Stamford. Property: 2437 Bedford St., Unit F-16, Stamford. Amount: $385,000.

Filed Oct. 10.

Thyagarasan, Pugazholi, Branchburg, New Jersey. Seller: Carl C. Catania and Rosanna S. Singh, Stamford. Property: 108 Seaside Ave., Unit 5, Stamford.

Amount: $630,000. Filed Oct. 10.

Vassiliou, Vassos N. and Teresa Vassiliou, Estero, Florida. Seller: Vassos Vassiliou and Teresa Vassiliou, Estero, Florida. Property: 21 Owenoke Way, Riverside. Amount: $0.

Filed Oct. 10.

Zack, Kyle M. and Valerie A. Campbell, Stamford.

Seller: Andrew J. Schaner and Joan M. O’Donoghue, Stamford.

Property: 20 Andover Road, Stamford. Amount: $690,017.

Filed Oct. 12.

JUDGMENTS Benjamin, Matthew K., Fairfield. $9,417, in favor of Midland Credit Management Inc., San Diego, California, by London & London, Newington.

Property: 217 Sterling St., Fairfield. Filed Oct. 19.

Builes, Luz S., Stamford, $14,356, in favor of Cavalry SPV I, LLC, Greenwich, by Schreiber Law LLC, Salem, New Hampshire. Property: 117 Dartley St., Stamford. Filed Sept. 19.

Daddona, Dianne, Stamford, $5,102, in favor of Santa Buckley Energy Inc., Bridgeport,

by Zeldes, Needle & Cooper PC, Bridgeport. Property: 19 Half Moon Way, Stamford. Filed Oct. 3.

Denesha, Donna M., Fairfield. $5,494, in favor of Cavalry SPV I LLC, Greenwich,

by Girvin & Ferlazzo PC, Albany, New York. Property: 126 Overlook Ave., Fairfield. Filed Aug. 14.

Farias, Luis D., Stamford, $3,342, in favor of Cavalry SPV I LLC, Greenwich, by Tobin & Marohn, Meriden. Property: 19 E. Cross Road, Stamford. Filed Sept. 29.

Fatherley, Christopher J., Fairfield. $12,901, in favor of Absolute Resolutions Investments LLC, Bridgeport,

by Cohen, Burns, Hard & Paul, West Hartford. Property: 163 Catherine St., Fairfield. Filed Sept. 12.

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Lambert, Fritzroy, Stamford, $12,200, in favor of Orthopedic & Neurosurgery Specialists, Princeton, New Jersey, by Michalik, Bauer, Silvia & Ciccarillo LLP, New Britain. Property: 99 Belltown Road, Stamford. Filed Sept. 28.

Lanute, Gregory D., Fairfield. $6,780, in favor of Norwalk Hospital Association, Norwalk, by Lovejoy and Rimer PC, Norwalk. Property: 245 Sunnyridge Ave., Apt. 54, Fairfield. Filed Sept. 5.

Lupo, Gene, Fairfield. $900, in favor of LVNV Funding LLC, Las Vegas, Nevada, by Schreiber Law LLC, Salem, New Hampshire. Property: 55 Lisbon Drive, Fairfield. Filed Sept. 5.

Majeste, Regine, Stamford, $1,642, in favor of LVNV Funding LLC, Las Vegas, Nevada, by Schreiber Law LLC, Salem, New Hampshire.

Property: 14 Elmer St., Stamford. Filed Sept. 19.

Mayer, Nandy, Stamford, $19,126, in favor of Discover Bank, New Albany, Ohio, by Schreiber Law LLC, Salem, New Hampshire. Property: 45 Riding Stable TRL, Stamford. Filed Sept. 19.

Medoit, Pierre, Stamford, $24,235, in favor of Inez Johnson, Stamford, by Whitman Breed Abbott & Morgan LLC, Greenwich. Property: 1071 Stillwater Road, Stamford. Filed August 25.

Reyes, Mildred, Stamford, $8,526, in favor of Ford Motor Credit Company LLC, Livonia, Michigan, by Nair & Levin PC, Bloomfield. Property: 118 Thunder Hill Drive, Stamford.

Filed Sept. 13.

Rubio, Valerie, Fairfield. $2,571, in favor of Discover Bank, New Albany, Ohio,

by Stillman Law Office, Farmington Hills, Michigan.

Property: 173 Knapps Highway, Unit 173, Fairfield. Filed Aug. 21.

Silpot, Sophia A., Stamford, $824, in favor of Cavalry SPV I, LLC, Greenwich, by Tobin & Marohn, Meriden. Property: 307 High Ridge Road, Stamford. Filed Sept. 19.

Ventura Sr., Len, Stamford, $10,192, in favor of Discover Bank, New Albany, Ohio,

by Stillman Law Office, Farmington Hills, Michigan.

Property: 918 Rock Rimmon Road, Stamford. Filed Aug. 22.

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LIS PENDENS Cullen, Joseph P., et al, Greenwich. Filed by McCalla Raymer Leibert Pierce LLC, Hartford, for Carrington Mortgage Services LLC. Property: 44 Angelus Drive, Greenwich. Action: foreclose defendants’ mortgage. Filed Aug. 8.

Edwards, Sten, Fairfield. Filed

by Mager and Mager, Milford, for Nancy Allen. Property: 1442 Melville Ave., Fairfield. Action: foreclose defendant’s mortgage.

Filed Sept. 13.

Flinn III, Willian, et al, Greenwich. Filed by Korde & Associates PC, New London, for US Bank Trust NA. Property: 59 Riverside Ave., Greenwich.

Action: foreclose defendants’ mortgage. Filed Aug. 15.

JZ Investments Inc., et al, Greenwich. Filed by Godman Gruder & Woods LLC, Trumbull, for Sky View Builders LLC. Property: 600 North St., Greenwich. Action: foreclose defendants’ mortgage. Filed Aug. 22.

Lofredo, David J., et al, Fairfield. Filed by Duane Morris LLP, Hartford, for TD Bank NA. Property: 2115 and 2116 Fairfield Beach Road, Fairfield.

Action: foreclose defendants’ mortgage. Filed Sept. 12.

Naidoo, Nishani D., Old Greenwich. Filed by Nishani Naidoo, Old Greenwich, for Vipul R. Kumar. Property: 13 Harding Road, Old Greenwich. Action: foreclose defendant’s mortgage.

Filed Aug. 21.

O’Hara, Kristopher E., et al, Stamford. Filed by Frankel & Berg, Norwalk, for Cove View Manor Association Inc. Property: 737 Cove Road, Unit 2D, Stamford. Action: foreclose defendants’ mortgage. Filed Aug. 11.

Orosz, Margaret, et al, Fairfield. Filed by Zeldes, Needle & Cooper PC, Bridgeport, for Southport Woods Condominium Association Inc. Property: 51 Southport Woods Drive, Unit 11-B-1 and Unit G-1-2, Fairfield.

Action: foreclose defendants’ mortgage. Filed Sept. 14.

Pittu, Sarah Dawn and Raul Herrera, Fairfield. Filed

by Zeldes, Needle & Cooper PC, Bridgeport, for Bugaj Contractors Company LLC. Property: 222 High Ridge Road, Fairfield. Action: foreclose defendants’ mortgage. Filed Sept. 14.

Reyes, Ana D., Stamford.

Filed by Glass & Braus LLC, Fairfield, for US Bank Trust NA. Property: 54 Underhill St., Stamford. Action: foreclose defendant’s mortgage. Filed Aug. 8.

Sibilio, Joanne, et al, Stamford. Filed by McCalla Raymer Leibert Pierce LLC, Hartford, for Mortgage Assets Management LLC. Property: 30 DeBera Lane, Unit 2, Stamford.

Action: foreclose defendants’ mortgage. Filed Aug. 9.

Sniadecki Jr., John W., et al, Fairfield. Filed by McCalla Raymer Leibert Pierce LLC, Hartford, for JPMorgan Chase Bank, NA. Property: 11 Redfield Road, Fairfield. Action: foreclose defendants’ mortgage. Filed Sept. 14.

Toy, Stephen J., Greenwich.

Filed by the Law Offices of Wayne D. Effron PC, Greenwich, for Karen A. Toy. Property: 167 Zacchaeus Mead Lane, Greenwich. Action: foreclose defendant’s mortgage. Filed Aug. 17.

Vaccarezza, Victor H., et al, Stamford. Filed by McCalla Raymer Leibert Pierce LLC, Hartford, for Legacy Mortgage Asset Trust. Property: 94 Center St., Stamford. Action: foreclose defendants’ mortgage. Filed Aug. 14.

Williams, Anthony, Old Greenwich. Filed by the Law Offices of Gary I. Cohen PC, Stamford, for Ann Williams.

Property: 6 Hillcrest Lane, Old Greenwich. Action: foreclose defendant’s mortgage. Filed Aug. 29.

MORTGAGES 16 Park Avenue Greenwich Connecticut LLC, Greenwich,

by Daniel Shepro. Lender: Insula Capital Group LLC, 645 Madison Ave., 19th floor, New York, New York. Property: 16 Park Ave., Greenwich. Amount: $2,860,273. Filed Sept. 12.

351 Greenwich LLC, Greenwich, by Richard J. Ruiz.

Lender: Community Investment Corp., 2315 Whitney Ave., Hamden. Property: 351 Greenwich Ave., Greenwich.

Amount: $1,434,000. Filed Sept. 15.

4Sitalia LLC, Greenwich, by Antoinette Violi. Lender: US Bank NA, 2800 Tamarack Road, Owensboro, Kentucky. Property: 10 Tod Lane, Greenwich.

Amount: $2,000,000. Filed Sept. 12.

Allen, Neville, Bronx, New York, by Seth J. Arnowitz.

Lender: Newrez LLC, 1100 Virginia Drive, Suite 125, Fort Washington, Pennsylvania.

Property: 72 Maher Road, Stamford. Amount: $526,500.

Filed Sept. 14.

Bhangu, Pritpal and Gurinder Bhangu, Fairfield,

by Marcel Desjardins. Lender: Cornerstone Community Credit Union, 1515 Black Rock Turnpike, Fairfield. Property: 56 Robson Place, Fairfield. Amount: $233,000. Filed Sept. 15.

Black Cherry LLC, Old Greenwich, by N/A. Lender: JPMorgan Chase Bank NA, 2500 Westfield Drive, First and second floors, Elgin, Illinois. Property: 8 Grant Ave., Old Greenwich. Amount: $1,000,000. Filed Sept. 12.

Bosso, Visley, Stamford, by Jonathan T. Hoffman. Lender: USAA Federal Savings Bank, 10750 McDermott Freeway, San Antonio, Texas. Property: 39 Clover Hill Drive, Stamford.

Amount: $464,000. Filed Sept.

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Breeden, Todd and Meghan A. Gross, Old Greenwich,

by M. Cassin Maloney Jr. Lender: Citibank NA, 1000 Technology Drive, O’Fallon, Missouri. Property: 20 Center Road, Old Greenwich. Amount: $1,450,000. Filed Sept. 13.

Campos, Pearl M., et al, Fairfield, by John M. Eichholz.

Lender: Flagstar Bank NA, 5151 Corporate Drive, Troy, Michigan.

Property: 723 Fairfield Woods Road, Fairfield. Amount: $75,000. Filed Sept. 15.

Carey, Peter M., Fairfield,

by Beth L. Love. Lender: David K. Raymond and Colleen Carey, 60 Dorking Drive, Fairfield.

Property: 1135 Stratfield Road, Fairfield. Amount: $150,000.

Filed Sept. 20.

Castlemore Real Estate LLC, Westport, by Gregory T. Lattanzi. Lender: Central Investor Funding LLC, 200 Pequot Ave., Southport.

Property: 509 Burr St., Fairfield. Amount: $970,200.

Filed Sept. 14.

Colon, Aurelio, Mamaroneck, New York, by Andrew S. Gale.

Lender: United Wholesale Mortgage LLC, 585 S. Boulevard East, Pontiac, Michigan. Property: 194 Seaton Road, No. 2, Stamford. Amount: $224,852. Filed Sept. 15.

DeGiacomo Jr., Michael, Gulf Breeze, Florida, by M. Cassin Maloney Jr. Lender: Carrington Mortgage Services LLC, 1600 S. Douglass Road, No. 400, Suites 100 and 200-A, Anaheim, California.

Property: 20 Keith St., Stamford. Amount: $380,000.

Filed Sept. 15.

Dinerstein, Carl, Stamford,

by Jeremy E. Kaye. Lender: Savings Bank of Danbury, 220 Main St., Danbury. Property: 291 Hope St., Unit B6, Stamford. Amount: $192,000.

Filed Sept. 14.

EAI LL LLC, Yonkers, New York, by Kellie Ann Vazzano.

Lender: Lima One Capital LLC, 201 E. McBee Ave., Suite 300, Greenville, South Carolina.

Property: 217 Washington Blvd., Stamford. Amount: $782,400. Filed Sept. 14.

Engel, Pieter and Kelly Jo Engel, New Canaan, by Joseph Cessano. Lender: JPMorgan Chase Bank NA, 2500 Westfield Drive, First and second floors, Elgin, Illinois. Property: 100 Beagling Hill Circle, Fairfield. Amount: $1,600,000. Filed Sept. 18.

Frakenberry, Melissa Anne and Francis Joseph Dehel, Astoria, New York,

by Neil A. Lippman. Lender: JPMorgan Chase Bank NA, 1111 Polaris Pkwy., Columbus, Ohio. Property: 221 Colony St., Fairfield. Amount: $556,500.

Filed Sept. 18.

Glahn, Joshua, Stamford,

by Raymond P. Yamin. Lender: Pennymac Loan Services LLC, 3043 Townsgate Road, Suite 200, Westlake Village, California. Property: 444 Bedford St., Condo 5D, Stamford. Amount: $211,850.

Filed Sept. 14.

Godoy, Alexi, et al, Fairfield,

by Corinne M. Abott. Lender: CrossCountry Mortgage LLC, 2160 Superior Ave., Cleveland, Ohio. Property: 386 Sigwin Drive, Fairfield. Amount: $638,226. Filed Sept. 18.

Goldfarb, Benjamin Scott and Joan Aglia Choremi, Greenwich, by Michael R. Koenig. Lender: Philip Goldfarb, 524 North Ave., New Rochelle, New York. Property: 22 Buckfield Lane, Greenwich.

Amount: $4,000,000. Filed Sept. 15.

Grace Bay Holdings II LLC, Great Neck, New York,

by Robert E. Murray Jr. Lender: JPMorgan Chase Bank NA, 2500 Westfield Drive, First and second floors, Elgin, Illinois. Property: 71 Ridgeview Ave., Greenwich. Amount: $5,000,000. Filed Sept. 18.

Grace, Michel and Lauren Grace, Rye, New York,

by Joel M. Kaye. Lender: Citibank NA, 1000 Technology Drive, O’Fallon, Missouri.

Property: 120 Pecksland Road, Greenwich. Amount: $3,380,000. Filed Sept. 15.

Leslie, Christopher A. and Meredith Pesce Leslie, Greenwich, by Jonathan J. Martin. Lender: PNC Bank NA, 3232 Newmark Drive, Miamisburg, Ohio. Property: 52 The Avenue, Greenwich. Amount: $880,000. Filed Sept. 13.

O’Connor, Kieran and Jennifer O’Connor, Fairfield,

by Peter Ambrose. Lender: Raymond James Bank, 710 Carillon Pkwy., St. Petersburg, Florida. Property: 580 Hillside Road, Fairfield. Amount: $1,376,000. Filed Sept. 14.

Lorusso, Samantha Ann and Stephen M. Lorusso, Stamford, by Eva Lee Chan.

Lender: Savings Bank of Danbury, 220 Main St., Danbury. Property: 378 Pepper Ridge Road, Stamford. Amount: $882,990. Filed Sept. 15.

O’Toole, Kristin, Fairfield,

by Daniela Alexandra Roldan.

Lender: Citizens Bank NA, 1 Citizens Plaza, Providence, Rhode Island. Property: 1198 Samuel Lane, Fairfield. Amount: $100,000. Filed Sept. 15.

Mannetti, Diane, Stamford,

by Magda Szypulski. Lender: Cornerstone Community Credit Union, 1515 Black Rock Turnpike, Fairfield. Property: 2437 Bedford St., Unit C4, Stamford. Amount: $15,000.

Filed Sept. 14.

HBN 53 Forest LLC, Greenwich, by Rita A. Stimberg.

Lender: ION Bank, 87 Church St., Naugatuck. Property: 53 Forest Ave., Greenwich.

Amount: $11,350,000. Filed Sept. 12.

McCarthy, Michael and Maura McCarthy, Brooklyn, New York, by Andrew L. Wallach.

Lender: Wells Fargo Bank NA, 101 N. Phillips Ave., Sioux Falls, South Dakota. Property: 80 Henderson Road, Fairfield.

Amount: $752,000. Filed Sept.

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Julu Associates LLC, Greenwich, by N/A. Lender: Wells Fargo Bank NA, 101 N. Phillips Ave., Sioux Falls, South Dakota. Property: 528 Riversville Road, Greenwich.

Amount: $5,000,000. Filed Sept. 15.

McConnico, Charles and Crystal McConnico, Stamford, by Daniel P. Weiner.

Lender: JPMorgan Chase Bank NA, 1111 Polaris Pkwy., Columbus, Ohio. Property: 455 Hope St., 4F, Stamford. Amount: $500,000. Filed Sept. 15.

Knapp, Robert and Jessica Knapp, Stamford, by Michael J. Trella. Lender: Fairway Independent Mortgage Corp., 4201 Marsh Lane, Carrollton, Texas. Property: 130 Partridge Lane, Fairfield. Amount: $412,500. Filed Sept. 20.

McPadden, Kathleen, Easton, by Peter Ambrose.

Lender: Morgan Stanley Private Bank NA, 4270 Ivy Pointe Blvd.

Suite 400, Cincinnati, Ohio.

Property: 512 Beach Road, Fairfield. Amount: $550,000.

Filed Sept. 18.

Kuczynski, Megan M., Stamford, by Gerald M. Fox III. Lender: United Wholesale Mortgage LLC, 585 S. Boulevard East, Pontiac, Michigan. Property: 150 Van Rensselaer Ave., Stamford.

Amount: $460,000. Filed Sept.

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Nedungadi, Nishith and Ishrat Rangwala, Old Greenwich, by James Kavanagh.

Lender: US Bank NA, 2800 Tamarack Road, Owensboro, Kentucky. Property: 1 Robin Place, Old Greenwich. Amount: $1,476,000. Filed Sept. 12.

Lee, Christopher A. and Robert Van Glahn, Flint, Michigan, by Jeffrey G. Lane.

Lender: Rocket Mortgage LLC, 1050 Woodward Ave., Detroit, Michigan. Property: 51 Benjamin St., Old Greenwich.

Amount: $135,000. Filed Sept.

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Nguyen, Vinh and Mai Hoang, Stamford, by Seth J. Arnowitz. Lender: First Federal Bank, 9700 Touchton Road, Suite 101, Jacksonville, Florida.

Property: 241-16 Hamilton Ave., Unit 79, Stamford. Amount: $210,000. Filed Sept. 14.

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Paredes-Guzman, Cynthia Nicole, Croton Falls, New York, by Carole M. Gilchrist.

Lender: Fairway Independent Mortgage Corp., 4201 Marsh Lane, Carrollton, Texas.

Property: 91 Strawberry Hill Ave., Unit 122, Stamford.

Amount: $213,750. Filed Sept.

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Plesser, Jon Brent and Christine Stallone, Fairfield,

by Alexandra L. Pteiffer.

Lender: Sikorsky Financial Credit Union, 1000 Oronoque Lane, Stratford. Property: 120 Paddock Hill Lane, Fairfield.

Amount: $150,000. Filed Sept.

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Ramirez Bermudez, Jesus Albert, Norwalk, by David H. Dworski. Lender: HomeBridge Financial Services Inc, 194 Wood Ave. South, Ninth floor, Iselin, New Jersey. Property: 490 Castle Ave., Fairfield.

Amount: $472,500. Filed Sept.

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Reoch, Kirsten R., Bloomfield, New Jersey, by Joshua F. Gilman. Lender: United Wholesale Mortgage LLC, 585 S. Boulevard East, Pontiac, Michigan. Property: 101 Seaside Ave., Unit D, Stamford. Amount: $360,000.

Filed Sept. 15.

Schiffrin, Federico and Remick Hankin Schiffrin, Riverside, by Michael J. Jones.

Lender: JPMorgan Chase Bank NA, 2500 Westfield Drive, First and second floors, Elgin, Illinois.

Property: 5 Oval Ave., Riverside.

Amount: $1,887,000. Filed Sept. 15.

Stephenson, Richard D. and Margot J. Stephenson, Palm Beach, Florida, by Thomas Anthony Toscano. Lender: JPMorgan Chase Bank NA, 2500 Westfield Drive, First and second floors, Elgin, Illinois.

Property: 151 Old Church Road, Greenwich. Amount: $1,000,000. Filed Sept. 12.

Striebe, Matthew, Fairfield,

by Frank J. MacPhail. Lender: Newrez LLC, 1100 Virginia Drive, Suite 125, Fort Washington, Pennsylvania.

Property: 233 Buena Vista Road, Fairfield. Amount: $522,500. Filed Sept. 19.

Surette, Kyle and Natalie Surette, Chicago, Illinois, by Jonathan T. Hoffman. Lender: US Bank NA, 2800 Tamarack Road, Owensboro, Kentucky.

Property: 34 Twin Brook Drive, Stamford. Amount: $513,000.

Filed Sept. 15.

Telling, Mark and Heather Silver, Fairfield, by Zionyamarquize Q. Bohannon.

Lender: Citizens Bank NA, 1 Citizens Plaza, Providence, Rhode Island. Property: 1 Treasure Road, Fairfield.

Amount: $350,000. Filed Sept.

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UR Home Realty LLC, Stamford, by Samuel Bush.

Lender: Fellowcraft Club of Stamford Inc., 47 Kirkham Place, Stamford. Property: 47 Kirkham Place, Stamford.

Amount: $780,000. Filed Sept.

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Rocha, Ilougino S. and Marie Rocha, Stamford,

by Nicole M. Testa. Lender: Liberty Bank, 315 Main St., Middletown. Property: 16 Fairway Drive, Stamford.

Amount: $100,000. Filed Sept.

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Vintonyak, Mykhaylo and Mariia Vintoniak. Stamford,

by George Switnicki. Lender: Suma Federal Credit Union, 125 Corporate Blvd., Yonkers, New York. Property: 384 Halley Ave., Unit 384, Fairfield. Amount: $250,000. Filed Sept. 15.

Salmon, Michael, Old Greenwich, by Maria LamonicaDesimone. Lender: United Nations Federal Credit Union, 2401 44th Road, Long Island City, New York. Property: 445 Cognewaugh Road, Cos Cob. Amount: $1,432,000. Filed Sept. 18.

Wasilewski, Theresa, Fairfield, by Barbara C. Friedman. Lender: GE Employees FCU, 265 Sub Way, Milford.

Property: 45 Rhode Island Ave., Fairfield. Amount: $150,000.

Filed Sept. 18.

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White, Craig William and Eileen White, Greenwich,

by Elsa M. Soogrim. Lender: Members Credit Union, 126 E. Putnam Ave., Cos Cob. Property: 111 Parsonage Road, Greenwich. Amount: $275,000.

Filed Sept. 18.

Wood End Development LLC, Fairfield, by Daniel E. Jacobs. Lender: Dime Bank, 290 Salem Turnpike, Norwich.

Property: 161 Mona Terrace, Fairfield. Amount: $295,000.

Filed Sept. 20.

Ziegert Maron, Paula Borgneth and Octavio Maron Borges Dos Santos, Greenwich, by Jonathan J. Martin. Lender: US Bank NA, 2800 Tamarack Road, Owensboro, Kentucky. Property: 17 Steep Hollow Lane, Cos Cob. Amount: $1,474,750. Filed Sept. 18.

Zyami, Abdelaly, Stamford,

by Seth J. Arnowitz. Lender: Savings Bank of Danbury, 220 Main St., Danbury. Property: 4 Finney Lane, Unit 50, Stamford.

Amount: $58,600. Filed Sept.

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NEW BUSINESSES Bespoke The Salon by Gina Lariccia, 596 Westport Ave., Suite 724, Norwalk 06851, c/o Gina Lariccia. Filed Oct. 16.

Cake Magic Bake Shop, 22 Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Drive, Norwalk 06854, c/o Tina Yuanglamyai. Filed Oct. 5.

Dimapilis Life Care, 71 East Ave., Suite J, Norwalk 06851, c/o Louella D. Dimapilis. Filed Oct. 5.

Lawley Shoff Darby, 488 Main Ave., Third floor, Norwalk 06851, c/o William J. Lawley Jr. Filed Oct. 5.

Ludlow Commons, 11 Roger Square, Norwalk 06855, c/o Anthony DiLauro. Filed Oct. 6.

MM & K, 7 Novak St., Norwalk 06854, c/o Michael Pollock.

Filed Oct. 11.

Norwalk Housing Authority, 11 Roger Square, Norwalk 06855, c/o Anthony DiLauro. Filed Oct. 6.

T&P Installation Services, 91 Soundview Ave., Norwalk 06854, c/o James Patric. Filed Oct. 16.

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Sealed bids will be received as set forth in instructions to bidders until 10:30 A.M. on Thursday, November 30, 2023 at the NYSDOT, Office of Contract Management, 50 Wolf Rd, 1st Floor, Suite 1CM, Albany, NY 12232 and will be publicly opened and read. Bids may also be submitted via the internet using www.bidx.com. A certified cashier’s check payable to the NYSDOT for the sum specified in the proposal or a bid bond, form CONR 391, representing 5% of the bid total, must accompany each bid. NYSDOT reserves the right to reject any or all bids.

Electronic documents and Amendments are posted to www.dot.ny.gov/doing-business/opportunities/const-notices. The Contractor is responsible for ensuring that all Amendments are incorporated into its bid. To receive notification of Amendments via e-mail you must submit a request to be placed on the Planholders List at www.dot.ny.gov/doing-business/opportunities/ const-planholder. Amendments may have been issued prior to your placement on the Planholders list.

NYS Finance Law restricts communication with NYSDOT on procurements and contact can only be made with designated persons. Contact with non-designated persons or other involved Agencies will be considered a serious matter and may result in disqualification. Contact Robert Kitchen (518)457-2124.

Contracts with 0% Goals are generally single operation contracts, where subcontracting is not expected, and may present direct bidding opportunities for Small Business Firms, including, but not limited to D/M/WBE’s and SDVOBs. The New York State Department of Transportation, in accordance with the Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, 78 Stat. 252, 42 U.S.C. 2000d to 2000d-4 and Title 49, Code of Federal Regulations, Department of Transportation, Subtitle A, Office the Secretary, Part 21, Nondiscrimination in Federally-assisted programs of the Department of Transportation and Title 23 Code of Federal Regulations, Part 200, Title IV Program and Related Statutes, as amended, issued pursuant to such Act, hereby notifies all who respond to a written Department solicitation, request for proposal or invitation for bid that it will affirmatively ensure that in any contract entered into pursuant to this advertisement, disadvantaged business enterprises will be afforded full opportunity to submit bids in response to this invitation and will not be discriminated against on the grounds of race, color, national origin, sex, age, disability/handicap and income status in consideration for an award.

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

Region 08: New York State Department of Transportation 4 Burnett Blvd., Poughkeepsie, NY, 12603 D265096, PIN 881479, Columbia, Dutchess, Rockland, Ulster Cos., PAVEMENT MARKINGS, Various Locations., Bid Deposit: 5% of Bid (~ $200,000.00), Goals: MBE: 4.00%, WBE: 8.00%, SDVOB: 0.00% D265095, PIN 881481, Columbia, Dutchess, Orange, Putnam, Rockland, Ulster, Westchester Cos., PAVEMENT MARKINGS, Various Locations., Bid Deposit: 5% of Bid (~ $750,000.00), Goals: MBE: 4.00%, WBE: 8.00%, SDVOB: 0.00% D265126, PIN 881471, Columbia, Dutchess, Orange, Putnam, Rockland, Ulster, Westchester Cos., SIGNAL REQUIREMENTS, Various Locations., Bid Deposit: 5% of Bid (~ $75,000.00), Goals: MBE: 5.00%, WBE: 10.00%, SDVOB: 6.00%

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