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Phase two: New look for White Plains public housing BY PETER KATZ pkatz@westfairinc

he project to transform the five-building Winbrook public housing project in White Plains into a modern mixeduse affordable development now known as Brookfield Commons moved into its second phase on Nov. 15 with a groundbreaking ceremony for a 129-unit

building to be known as The Overture. The first new building on the 9.6-acre site, The Prelude, formally opened in 2016. It contains 104 affordable apartments and the White Plains Education and Training Center. A price tag of $350 million originally was placed on the Brookfield Commons development. The Overture will replace the building at 135 S. Lexington Ave., which

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was emptied shortly after The Prelude was completed. Winbrook, which was opened for occupancy in 1950, originally had 450 units of public housing, 90 in each 9-story building. The newest building is being co-developed by the White Plains Housing Authority and Trinity Financial Inc., which has offices in New York and Boston. Trinity says it » HOUSING

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Shovels in the ground after Rye condo groundbreaking BY PETER KATZ pkatz@westfairinc.com

eveloper Paul Varsames was poised to start construction the week of Nov. 18 following a Nov. 9 groundbreaking ceremony for his newest development in Rye, a downtown luxury condominium complex on Locust Avenue. “The former owner had taken 45 years to accumulate seven consecutive pieces of property. It encompasses 1.25 acres. I purchased it in June of this year,” Varsames told the Business Journal. “We re-subdivided the property from seven consecutive parcels to four parcels. We are planning on building four buildings.” About 42% of the site will be open space. There will be two condominium units in each building, with each of the condos having three bedrooms and 3 1/2 baths. Each condo will take up an entire floor. “The units start at 2,258 square feet and the largest one is 2,856 square feet,” Varsames said. “At the ground level you’ll have a two-car garage for each unit. You’ll have a common foyer and staircase and elevator and then you’ll go up to the first floor and that will be one unit, and you’ll go up and on the second floor will be the second unit.” Varsames said among the distinguishing features of the units will be 9 1/2-foot ceilings, windows on all four sides of the buildings and high-end finishes and appliances. “We think this makes a big difference compared with a lot of other condo projects both

A rendering of the Locust Avenue condos.

in Westchester and lower Fairfield,” he said. Varsames described the exteriors as being a mixture of stone and shingle and clapboard. Prices will vary depending on unit size and floor. “Our starting price is $2,483,800,” Varsames said. He plans to have the first units ready for delivery in March 2021 with all units completed by July of that year. A showroom has opened at 46 Locust Ave. where various designs and options can be seen. “Within three blocks of our site you can kind of do and enjoy anything you want, including traveling to New York City,” he said. “Directly across the street is the YMCA. We are a half block from Purchase Street with over 30 restaurants and we are three blocks from the Metro-North train station.” Rye has been the focal point for Paul Varsames Development, which also has done

work in Armonk and Greenwich, Connecticut. A major portion of the company’s business has been building luxury single-family homes. “I used to do it quite a bit on a speculative basis,” he said. “More recently, in the last few years, I’ve done it more on a custom basis for clients and we’ve done anything from probably $2.5 million homes to $10 million homes.” The company also has a portfolio of luxury single-family and multifamily rentals. “I started in rentals in about 2005,” he said. “I had a friend who was coming from London back to the Rye area and he asked me to try to find him a rental in Rye so his family could move back here. While I was looking at all of the rentals, everything was kind of old and tired. Wet basements, dated bathrooms and kitchens and what I said to him was, ‘Look, I don’t think there’s anything here that’s really going to suit you and that you and your wife are going to enjoy.’ He said, ‘Why don’t you build

me something and I’ll rent it from you.’ ” Varsames said that’s when he realized that the area was “in desperate need of nice, new-construction rentals.” Varsames said they have about 40 luxury rental houses in their portfolio, concentrated in Rye. He said a typical project takes about 12 months if the property does not need to be subdivided. “We can find the property, close on the property, design the property, engineer the property, construct it and take occupancy,” he said. Varsames said real estate brokerage Houlihan Lawrence will be handling sales of the Locust Avenue condos. He said the firm’s April Saxe has been his broker for 16 of the 30 years he’s been dealing with them and Houlihan Lawrence has done very well for him with the rental portfolio. Varsames has nothing but praise for Rye. “To me it’s the only town in Westchester that truly has everything to offer, so when I built them people kept coming, so I just kept building to continue what the market will bear and the market is still bearing nice, new-construction rentals,” he said. He also pointed to a practical side of focusing on one area. “We have so much construction going on, whether it be the rentals or the custom clients, that we always have people available for service calls,” he said. “We give white glove service. Somebody calls and a toilet’s leaking or something. Typically within an hour somebody’s there to fix it. I can only do that if I really work in close proximity to all my properties.”

Ashkenazy makes second Westchester shopping center purchase BY PETER KATZ pkatz@westfairinc.com

ew York City-based Ashkenazy Acquisition Corporation (AAC) has purchased the 83,923-square-foot Ferndale Shopping Center in Larchmont. The Nov. 18 announcement is the second regarding a Westchester shopping center purchase by AAC in recent weeks. On Nov. 5, the Business Journal reported that the firm purchased The Vernon Hills Shopping Center in Eastchester from Vernon Hills Shopping Center LLC at a price described as being more than $125 million. The Ferndale sale was said to be at a price exceeding $35 million. The shopping center is located on 6.8 acres at 1310-1340 Boston Post Road. Occupancy was said to be 96%. Tenants include a Stop & Shop supermarket, CVS, Gap and an outlet of the fast-casual restaurant chain Cosi. The CVS at the Ferndale site was described as being the only 24-hour drug store permitted in

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The Ferndale Shopping Center in Larchmont.

Larchmont and Mamaroneck. The shopping center was in the news on Dec. 19, 2018, when a fire broke out at the Excelsior Cleaners and went through the roof before being knocked down by firefighters. The entire shopping center was temporarily closed while about 40 firefighters from local departments fought the blaze and it remained closed until after the electricity could be restored. Daniel Levy, AAC’s president, said,

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“Strategically placed shopping centers that are in proximity to a strong consumer base, easily accessible and near other community assets make up an important part of our retail sector portfolio.” Cushman & Wakefield’s capital markets team based in East Rutherford, New Jersey, represented the seller and procured the buyer in the Ferndale sale. Cushman’s Andrew Merin said, “Larchmont and Mamaroneck combine for

a consumer base of 150,000 people with an average household income of $160,000 in a three-mile radius.” AAC owns and manages a portfolio of approximately 15 million square feet. The CEO and chairman of the company is Ben Ashkenazy, who was born in Israel and grew up in Lawrence, Long Island. He entered real estate right after high school and continued while taking classes at Adelphi University. He did not complete college. Forbes magazine ranked him No. 207 on its list of the Forbes 400 for 2019 and placed his net worth at $3.8 billon. It’s estimated that the company’s properties are worth $12 billion. Key properties include leases controlling Faneuil Hall in Boston and Washington, D.C.’s Union Station. Among the other properties in AAC’s portfolio are: The Mall at Cross County in Yonkers; Barney’s New York buildings in both Manhattan and Beverly Hills, California; Bayside Marketplace in Miami; Harborplace in Baltimore; and several buildings on Madison, Lexington and Fifth avenues in Manhattan.

Carl Icahn: HP-Xerox combination a ‘no-brainer’ BY ALEXANDER SOULE

arl Icahn has acquired nearly 5% of the stock of Hewlett-Packard. According to The Wall Street Journal, the move is the precursor to Icahn pressing for a merger between HP and Norwalk-based Xerox. Icahn won control of the Xerox board last year, installing former HP executive John Visentin as CEO. Xerox recently reached

Xerox rebuffed in acquisition bid for HP BY PHIL HALL phall@westfairinc.com

erox Holdings Corp.’s attempt to woo HP Inc. into a $33.5 billion acquisition has been rejected by the Palo Alto, Californiabased company. In a letter to Xerox Vice Chairman and CEO John Visentin, HP’s President and CEO Enrique Lores and board Chairman Chip Bergh gave the Norwalk company a “thanks but no thanks” response to its proposed $22 per share takeover, along with an unsubtle jab at Xerox’s financial health and readiness to take on such a transaction. “We recognize the potential benefits of consolidation, and we are open to exploring whether there is value to be created for HP shareholders through a potential combination with Xerox,” wrote Lores and Bergh. “However, as we have previously shared in connection with our prior requests for diligence, we have fundamental questions that need to be addressed in our diligence of Xerox. “We note the decline of Xerox’s revenue from $10.2 billion to $9.2 billion (on a trailing 12-month basis) since June 2018,” the letter stated, “which raises significant questions for us regarding the trajectory of your business and future prospects. “We believe it is critical to engage in a rigorous analysis of the achievable synergies from a potential combination. With substantive engagement from Xerox management and access to diligence information on Xerox, we believe that we can quickly evaluate the merits of a potential transaction.” Xerox’s bid for HP came after resolving a legal dispute with Japan’s Fujifilm Holdings Corp. related to their aborted 2018 merger. Under the terms of the agreement between the companies, Fujifilm dropped its $1 billion lawsuit against Xerox while Xerox agreed to sell its 25% stake in Fuji Xerox Co. Ltd. and its 51% stake in Xerox International Partners (XIP) — an original equipment manufacturer joint venture between Xerox and Fujifilm Xerox — along with the grant of a new IP license.

who would adopt the concepts for early Apple computers. Laptops, personal computers and workstations remain a major component of HP’s business, with the company reporting $9.7 billion in computer sales in the third quarter, a 3% increase from a year earlier. For HP’s printer division that competes with Xerox, sales were down 5% in the third quarter to $4.9 billion, with Xerox sales totaling $2.2 billion for the quarter and profits of $221 million. Last spring the companies inked a pact that would allow Xerox to sell some HP laser printers under its own logo that are equipped with Xerox’s ConnectKey app to control printing jobs. Alexander Soule is a staff reporter with Hearst Connecticut Media. He can be reached at Alex.Soule@scni.com or 203842-2545.

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Only in America Fairfield’s Unity Pharmacy not afraid of competition BY PHIL HALL phall@westfairinc.com

airfield residents who need to have a prescription filled have no shortage of options thanks to the big-box pharmacies that include four CVS stores, a Walgreen’s, a Rite Aid and a pharmacy within one of the town’s two Stop & Shop supermarkets. And then there is Naga Mulpuri’s Unity Pharmacy. At roughly 900 square feet, it is as far removed from big-box retailing as possible. Drivers speeding through the town’s Post Road business section could easily overlook it within its small commercial outlets. “We’ve been here for five years and some people say, ‘Oh, I never knew you were here,’ ” said Mulpuri. Born in India, Mulpuri has been a licensed pharmacist in her native country since 2007 and in the U.S. since 2012. She worked with a CVS pharmacy and later within an independently owned pharmacy — with the latter job being more appealing to her professional sensibility. “When you work in a corporate, it is just so mechanical,” she said about her initial experiences. “Even if I wanted to give you two minutes, I just can’t. I loved the experience in New York with its personal touch. We could treat things the way you like it. With medicine, you want to know if you have a question, you can say, ‘Oh, I will call Naga.’ ” Mulpuri is also a Fairfield resident, so she knew the playing field she faced when opening Unity Pharmacy in 2014. Despite its cozy size, Mulpuri’s pharmacy is never lacking in supplies. “You will find everything you need,” she said. “It’s not like a huge supermarket where you wind up buying everything. And we are here to help.” One of the proactive ways Mulpuri works to assist her customers is the creation of pill packs that separate multiple medications by dosage, day and hour. She maintains a prototype of the pack using multicolored M&M candies to show customers how the system works and fills new packs each month as needed. Mulpuri also provides free

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Naga Mulpuri at Fairfield’s Unity Pharmacy. Photo by Phil Hall.

delivery for customers within a specific range. “We do deliveries every single day, including Saturday,” she added. “We cover Fairfield, Bridgeport, Westport and Stratford. We have

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a lot of elderly clients. This makes their life easier and with less stress.” Many elderly residents had relied on Lupe’s Drug Store, a single-unit staple of Fairfield since 1954 that shut down last December. “When Lupe closed, I had a lady call who was panicked,” Mulpuri stated. “She said, ‘Don’t tell me you are going to close up. I have nowhere to go.’ ” Unity Pharmacy is a six-person operation and Mulpuri emphasizes a holistic approach to customer care. “We train our technicians to treat people the way you’d want your mom to be treated,” she said. “If you wouldn’t do it to your mom, don’t do it to somebody else.” But getting fair treatment from drug wholesalers and insurance companies is an ongoing concern for Mulpuri, who has to explain to customers why some medications come at very high prices. “People say to me that their medication is $2,000,” she explained. “But the $2,000 is not coming to me. To fill a prescription, I have to buy it from a supplier for $2,000. And I bill insurance, but insurance says, ‘I’m going to pay you $5.’ There needs to be some change in the legislation to get the drug prices to go down. People have such huge deductibles

now that they’re cutting down. They cannot afford to pay another $60 or so. But if someone has a heart problem, they would wind up in the hospital.” Mulpuri does not operate on a 24/7 basis. Unity Pharmacy closes at 2 p.m. on Saturday and is not open on Sunday. Mulpuri said the shorter retail presence on weekends has never been an issue with customers. “All of the doctors are gone on weekdays by five o’clock and on Saturday and Sunday you can’t find anybody unless you go to the emergency room,” she observed. Unity Pharmacy is averaging between 300 and 400 customers a week with word of mouth as the primary source of referrals. She acknowledged another independently owned competitor, Black Rock Pharmacy, that opened in Fairfield earlier this year and she welcomed the possibility of more independent pharmacies setting up shop in the region. “There should be more,” she said, noting that increased competition encourages her to sharpen her customer service. “If you have 10 pharmacies in Fairfield and you choose my pharmacy, it is only fair that I give you dynamite service. Otherwise, I don’t deserve to be here.”

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Manhattanville seeks approval for nursing school amid nationwide shortage Also cited by Manhattanville was an article by educators at Montana State University and Dartmouth College, which was published in the July 2017 issue of the “Journal of Nursing Regulation.” The authors projected that 1 million registered nurses will retire in the U.S. by 2030 and that patients and institutions that depend on registered nurses “will face a significant loss of nursing knowledge and expertise that will be felt for years to come.”

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anhattanville College in Purchase wants to establish a School of Nursing and Health Sciences and has proposed a curriculum plan to the New York State Department of Education under which the school would offer two degrees. One of the degrees would be for traditional four-year and transfer students. The track would provide a second degree for those already holding a bachelor’s degree in a non-nursing field. An example of a second-degree curriculum is found at the University of Connecticut, where a one-year, 45-credit curriculum of full-time study leads to a bachelor’s degree in nursing. Michael Geisler, Manhattanville’s president, said the college’s Center for Design Thinking, which opened in September, would play a role in training the students.

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Manhattanville’s announcement did not speculate on when state approvals for the nursing school might be received, but said applications from students would not be accepted until that happens. Debra A. Simons has been named dean of the new school. She joined the college in May after serving as dean of the School of Nursing and Healthcare Professions at The College of New Rochelle (CNR), which closed. Simons had been with Norwalk Community College and UConn earlier in her career. She received her Ph.D. from Capella University. Simons holds a master’s degree in nursing from the University of Phoenix and earned her bachelor’s degree in nursing from CNR and a diploma in nursing from the Mount Vernon Hospital School of Nursing. She is a fellow in the New York Academy of Medicine. Manhattanvile’s announcement said there is a growing demand for nurses in the U.S. and its school would help meet that demand. It cited the position of the American Association of Colleges of Nursing, which reported that while there was a 3.8% increase in enrollment in 2018 for entry-level bachelor’s degree programs in nursing, the increase is insufficient to meet the projected demand for nurses.

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Maritime Aquarium sets course for expanded services under new leadership BY KEVIN ZIMMERMAN kzimmerman@westfairinc.com

019 has been a tumultuous year at the top of the Maritime Aquarium in Norwalk. But Jason Patlis, who began his tenure as its president and CEO this month, says he is determined to not only bring stability to the organization, but also to significantly grow its presence in the city and its outreach to an expanding target, geographically and demographically. “Pretty much everything appealed to me” about the aquarium, Patlis, who officially started on Nov. 4, said about the opportunity. Growing the facility’s educational and conservation programs are among his top priorities and he added, “We want our visitors to come in as excited guests and leave as conservation stewards.” Patlis’ short-term priority is overseeing the ambitious construction projects that are finally getting under-

way about 18 months after they were first announced. A groundbreaking took place on Nov. 18 as a way of promoting the official launch of its Maritime Aquarium Functional Replacement Project. That will include the demolition of its longstanding IMAX theater in favor of a 4D theater and a new home for its harbor seals – at 150,000 gallons, about eight times larger than their current domicile. The 4D theater will mainly show mission-based films about the ocean, wildlife and other aspects of nature, with seats moving at appropriate moments. The new theater will also be conducive to lectures and other non-movie events, he added. Patlis noted that the aquarium expects to be showing IMAX movies for another 13 months, including its daily schedule of documentaries and Christopher Nolan’s “Tenet” due to open in July. There is also the long-awaited replacement of the Walk Bridge, the nearby

Jason Patlis, who began as president and CEO of the Maritime Aquarium in Norwalk on Nov. 4.

123-year-old structure that carries rail traffic on MetroNorth’s New Haven Line as well as Amtrak service across the Norwalk River. Following several delays, that project – which will cost an estimated $511 million as part of an overall $1.2 billion package that includes several other transportation-related initiatives – is expected to begin next summer and take four to five years to complete. It required the removal of the IMAX and was the subject of a power struggle between the city of Norwalk and the aquarium over who would control it. Ultimately, the city took over the proj-

ect, with its Common Council approving the new agreement on Feb. 13 — two days after Maritime Aquarium President and CEO Maureen Hanley was “relieved” of her duties by its board of trustees, roughly three months after her hiring. Patlis expects the aquarium to continue to be “a good partner with the city and the state as we embark on our construction.” The aquarium-specific work is capped at $40 million and does not include several items originally on its agenda, including a new entrance and a dedicated space for a meerkat exhibit. But Patlis disagreed with the characterization of those

projects as having “gone by the wayside.” They, along with a “more comfortable” space for its sea otters, will instead be funded by donations. “There are a number of exhibits we’d like to expand and renovate,” he said, noting that a feasibility study and funding plan would be worked out over the coming months. Patlis’ 27-year career of executive management and public policy in ocean and natural-resource conservation on a national and international scale includes most recently the executive directorship of marine conservation programs for the Wildlife Conservation Society, as well as stints as the president and CEO of the National Marine Sanctuary Foundation, and as vice president and managing director of U.S. government relations for the World Wildlife Fund. He also served as majority counsel on the U.S. Senate Environment and Public Works Committee under Sen. John Chafee (1997-2000)

and as deputy staff director for the U.S. House Science Committee (2006-07). The aquarium will continue seeking to expand its conservation efforts regarding Long Island Sound. He also expects to grow its efforts in providing STEM education to students and STEM training and support to teachers. The facility hosts about 70,000 children and teens a year. Its total annual attendance is about 500,000, making it the second-largest family attraction in the state after the Mystic Aquarium. The New York native said he has been pleasantly surprised by the relative ease of his commute from New Rochelle to Norwalk. “I used to cycle to the Bronx Zoo (where the Wildlife Conservation Society is headquartered), which is about 11 miles,” he said. “This is about 25 miles, but it’s taking me about the same time to travel to work. “More miles, less traffic,” he laughed, “though I’m not cycling here.”

Opportunity Zone program touted at Norwalk Chamber event BY KEVIN ZIMMERMAN kzimmerman@westfairinc.com

ith less than a year in their jobs, the three panelists at the Norwalk Chamber of Commerce’s Nov. 19 Economic & Business Development Forum vowed their determination would help both Connecticut and Norwalk flourish. Before joining the state Department of Economic and Community Development (DECD) in June, Glendowlyn Thames was founding executive director of CTNext, the wholly owned subsidiary of Connecticut Innovation that equips startups and entrepreneurs with guidance and resources. Peter Denious, who in

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July was named president and CEO of the Connecticut Economic Resource Center (CERC), previously spent years in private equity and venture capital. And Norwalk Chief of Economic and Community Development Jessica Casey, who began that post last December, spent the previous four years in various positions with the Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority, culminating in chief officer for operations policy and oversight. “Maybe I’m Pollyannaish,” Denious quipped, “but I’m new so I’m allowed to be.” All three endorsed working more closely with the business community and other stakeholders. DECD and CERC — the

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latter of whose name will be changed, according to Denious — are working together more closely to divide responsibilities and create a united front, he said. “Connecticut has not had an economic development plan that takes a 10-year view,” Denious continued, adding that the two bodies will deliver such a plan by the end of January. “We will take it into the field and talk to people locally to make this a statewide initiative,” he pledged. The plan will “drive better collaboration in Connecticut,” Denious declared. “Part of that is having a credible plan that people can believe in. Our aspirations and goals are extremely ambitious.” Thames noted that Gov. Ned Lamont’s recent for-

mation of the Governor’s Workforce Council, designed to partner with the business community and remove barriers among state government agencies, will be “huge and transformational. “We are a very siloed state,” she continued, saying that rather than a single state economy there are various ecosystems — Fairfield County, the greater Hartford area and New Haven among them — with no sharing of best practices. Something that works in Southeast Connecticut could be used as a model for other areas, Thames said, but the infrastructure to share such knowledge is missing. She noted that the recent hiring of Colin Cooper as the state’s first-ever chief manufacturing officer was designed to bridge

such gaps in that sector. In addition to a number of initiatives in Norwalk to streamline how government and the business community can work together, Casey touted the Fairfield Five — the regional marketing initiative consisting of the mayors or first selectmen and the economic development heads of Fairfield, Greenwich, Norwalk, Stamford and Westport — as one successful approach to recruiting companies. As for Norwalk, Casey said most of the focus continues to be on developing the areas surrounding its train stations. “We met with a company that’s looking for 20,000 square feet of office space and that’s close to a train station,” she noted.

Another recurring theme was workforce availability — and the lack of it. Casey said the city recently met with all of the community colleges in the state to discuss what their curricula are and what they should be for the coming years. “We have 3,500 engineering students graduating within 100 miles of Norwalk,” she remarked, saying that the challenge is to get them to take jobs and live in the area. All three spoke enthusiastically about the Opportunity Zone program — Norwalk has three OZs — with Thames saying that, properly developed, such areas would reach a “critical mass” that would draw capital, then workforce talent.

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has done more public housing redevelopment work in the Northeast than any other U.S. developer. CapitalOne Bank and Chase have provided a letter of credit for construction of the building. Two cost figures had been made public: $64 million and $69 million. New York State Homes and Community Renewal (HCR) is providing $15.3 million in permanent tax-exempt bonds, federal and state Low-Income Housing Tax Credits that will generate $26.3 million in equity and an additional $16.6 million subsidy. Additional funding will come from the city of White Plains, Westchester County and the New York State Energy Research and Development Authority (NYSERDA). The pattern established for the Brookfield project is to build a new building, move tenants from an older existing building into the new one and then replace the old building. The intent was to make it possible for existing tenants to seamlessly move into a new apartment. With demolition and construction times on comparable buildings generally taking 18 months to two years, a timeline for completing the entire Brookfield project of eight to 10 years would seem logical if everything occurs sequentially.

INFRASTRUCTURE

At the ceremony, Kenan Bigby, managing director of Trinity Financial, said, “In addition to the housing we are creating here, there are significant infrastructure improvements that will be carried through into the future phases of redevelopment here to really turn this into a first-class neighborhood. We’re also creating community facility space where we’ll work with local community partners to provide programming and services not just for the residents of Brookfield Commons but for the community at large.” The new building will contain 146,115 square feet. The 129 apartments will consist of 40 one-bedroom units, 63 two-bedroom units, 23 three-bedroom units, two four-bedroom units and one superintendent’s unit. There will be a 2,074-square-foot community facility space. There will be a total of 77 at-grade parking spaces provided. Amenities will include a fitness room, children’s playroom and tenant lounge with an outdoor terrace. Mack Carter, executive director of the White Plains Housing Authority, expressed thanks to current and past community leaders who pushed hard over the years for improving the city’s housing stock. White Plains Mayor Tom Roach revealed that his mother once lived in apartment 8-A in one of the Winbrook buildings. “She speaks of her time here fondly, but it was something certainly I knew growing up that my mom grew up here in Winbrook and it was something that she was proud of,” he said. Roach said providing safe, affordable housing for the city’s residents is fundamental. “We can’t kid ourselves that we can give everybody a level playing field but we have to do everything we can as long as we can,

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in any way we can, to level it as much as we can and what we’re doing here today is part of that,” he said.

‘PUSH SO FAR’

Roach said the housing authority has done a good job of maintaining the existing buildings but, “These are buildings that you can only push so far. The design is not good and they’re at a point in their lifespan that they are not amenable to a lot of the improvements you’d like to make, so that is why we’re doing what we’re doing.” Maria Kolaitis, downstate director of development for HCR, said, “Public housing is among the most valuable affordable assets we have. The goal of this redevelopment is to replace outdated buildings with new energy-efficient and modern homes.” She said HCR’s goal is to build and preserve more than 100,000 affordable units. She said that since 2011, HCR has invested about $895 million in the mid-Hudson region to create and preserve affordable housing for about 30,000 residents. Lynn M. Patton, regional administrator of the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, said, “I think public housing started off with good intentions. Ultimately, and maybe accidentally, it ended up siloing poverty, siloing opportunity from far too many people who need it. Projects like The Overture are the future of public housing with mixed-use, mixed-income market rates.” Westchester County Executive George Latimer took note of the fact that there is an

enormous amount of wealth and upscale housing in Westchester. “People who do not need affordable housing, they ask, ‘why do we put public resources into housing? Can’t you just pull yourself up by the bootstraps and go out there and work hard, work two jobs and do what’s necessary?’ ” he said.

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Latimer said such an approach flies in the face of economic reality. “In Westchester County, the market demand for land is so great that unless you have a significant Wall Street job or you bought into the market in the ’50s or early ’60s, it is very, very difficult for you to find affordable housing even with a significant paycheck,” he said. “And, for people who perform productive work but do not get a significant paycheck, what are they to do? The people who are nurses, the people who are short-order cooks, the people who serve in maintenance jobs at these fine buildings around. Are they to live 100 miles away where housing is somewhat more affordable?” Latimer said there is a role for government to ensure an affordable housing stock. State Assemblyman David Buchwald took note of the location of the housing authority’s site and the development occurring nearby. “There’s nowhere else in the world where you can have public housing three blocks from a Ritz-Carlton and we should always be striving throughout our society to have that sense of ‘we’re in it together,’ ” he said.

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ings of $130 million that would then be spent on transportation infrastructure. House Republicans are reportedly looking to put forward their own proposal. The tolls proposed by House Speaker Joe Aresimowicz and House Majority Leader Matt Ritter drop Route 9 in Middletown and the Merritt Parkway, which does not allow trucks. The House plan would raise an estimated $150 million per year — less than both CT2030 and FASTR CT and, more importantly, not enough to qualify for low-interest federal loans, as opposed to the other two plans. Lamont originally campaigned with a “tolls for trucks only” position before changing it to include all vehicles. “I am appreciative of House Democrats’ thoughtful contribution to the discussion about Connecticut’s economic future and the critical need for investment in our transportation system,” Lamont said. “A guiding principle of CT2030 is a dedicated revenue stream, which in large part comes from out-of-state drivers. “This proposal adheres to that basic principle, albeit to a lesser extent, but is a concept that the governor has explored in the past and one that should be considered among the other plans. “Given this addition to the conversation, the plan from Senate Republicans … and a reported plan forthcoming from House Republicans, I am recommending that all caucuses be prepared to bring these proposals to a meeting in my office as soon as possible.” Grassroots advocacy group No Tolls Connecticut was unmoved by the House Democrats’ effort. “Gov. Lamont campaigned on truck-only tolls and then changed his mind and included all vehicles,” the group said in a statement. “There is little reason to think the same thing wouldn’t happen again if the state began to toll trucks. With the flip of the switch, the average Connecticut driver could start having to pay tolls.” Republicans have long opposed tolls of any kind and it seemed likely they would reject the latest Democratic proposal. Senate Minority Leader Len Fasano unveiled the 10-year, $18 billion FASTR CT on Nov. 14, a few hours after Senate President Pro Tem Martin Looney announced his fellow Democratic senators were not willing to back the tolls component of the 10-year, $21 billion CT2030 initiative. The latter called for the installation of 14 toll gantries around the state — something the governor’s fellow Democrats felt they could not support. “We developed FASTR CT to show that there is another way to invest in transportation and grow jobs in a manner that is sustainable and accountable to taxpayers — all without tolls,” said State Sen. Kevin Kelly, R-Stratford. “FASTR CT does not ask for any more from taxpayers. It restores what has been stolen from the transportation plan over the last decade, cuts back on borrowing, reduces debt and leverages federal aid. We can improve our roads, rail and bridges, but we do not need tolls to do it.”

Lamont called the Republicans’ plan to take money from the Rainy Day Fund “a risky proposition that requires serious evaluation,” while Looney took a more moderate approach, saying “We are conferring TWB that, Ossining Now Open with the Office of Fiscal Analysis and hanalyzing the numbers in 7.375” w x 7.125” the Senate Republican plan.” 10-2-19 Not everyone is ready to work together just yet, according to state Rep. Stephen Meskers, D-Greenwich. “The Republican plan lacks coherence

sion will occur,” Rosenthal said. “But I’ve been hearing definitely within the next five years, if not the next couple.” With that threat, he said, “I don’t know if I can fully endorse” FASTR CT. He added, “I know (FASTR CT) is anathema to some, but perhaps there are green shoots there for some hybrid alternative.” Meskers added that, “I am not a fan of tolls, but I’m also against any form of free rides,” a reference to the fact that Connecticut is the only state in the region without tolls. “I wasn’t elected to represent New York, New Jersey and Massachusetts,” he said. “We need something that will benefit all Connecticut residents in all walks of life.” How many Democrats are willing to embrace FASTR CT is unclear. Meskers said he wasn’t convinced that CT2030 — and tolls — are dead in the water. “What the Republicans have proposed is financially reprehensible and irresponsible,” he said. “And I don’t think our fallback position based on their proposal has been fleshed out yet.”

and any kind of sincere fiscal underpinning,” Meskers told the Business Journal. “Raiding the Rainy Day Fund is irresponsible.” Although FASTR CT calls for taking $1.5 billion from the $2.9 billion budget reserves pot, the actual hit could be mitigated if the Rainy Day Fund stands at the approximately $2.5 billion by 2024 that the nonpartisan Office of Fiscal Analysis is predicting. That’s fine, Meskers said — as long as the economy remains strong. “If the economy goes south with half of the Rainy Day Fund depleted, the state is going to have to cut back social services and maybe raise taxes to defend itself against a severe economic recession,” he said. “The exposure to an economic downturn for the constituents I represent is heightened.” Another Democrat, Newtown First Selectman Dan Rosenthal, had previously voiced “deep concerns” about tolls. He, too, was uncertain about the wisdom of taking money from the Rainy Day Fund. “It’s anybody’s guess when the next reces-

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ECCO III Enterprises Inc. of Yonkers is allegedly using precast pavement slabs on the $136 million I-95 “Last Mile” project violating the inventor’s patent. The Fort Miller Co. sued ECCO III and Binghamton Precast & Supply Corp. for patent infringement on Nov. 6 in federal court in White Plains. ECCO III and Binghamton Precast & Supply did not reply to email messages asking for their side of the story. Fort Miller, based in Schuylerville, New York, holds several patents on its Super-Slab precast pavement. The interlocking slabs feature a sealed cavity that can be filled with various materials and they are manufactured to fit a road’s precise shapes. Precast pavement lasts longer than traditional road surfaces, according to Fort Miller’s website, is easy to install and can be used more quickly once it is in place. The lawsuit concerns one of Fort Miller’s 13 patents, describing how the slab is formed and installed. Peter J. Smith, vice president of marketing development and project engineering, invented the technology, was awarded the patent in 2005 and assigned it to the company. Fort Miller has supplied Super-Slabs to ECCO on previous projects, according to the lawsuit, and was trying to close a deal on a new project. Last year, the New York State Thruway Authority was taking bids to rebuild the so-called Last Mile section of the New England Thruway (I-95) from Port Chester to

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the Connecticut state line, including several bridges and a ramp to the Cross Westchester Expressway (I-287). ECCO III submitted the winning bid. At that point, only two companies had been approved in New York as suppliers of prefabricated pavement slabs: Fort Miller and another that is not identified in the complaint. Fort Miller quoted ECCO III $2.9 million for 402 Super-Slabs, each weighing from 11 to 13.25 tons and measuring 11 to 13 inches thick, 14 feet wide and 11.33 feet long. ECCO III gave Fort Miller “indications” that it would be the supplier, according to the complaint, and during negotiations the company disclosed confidential information about its Super-Slabs. Fort Miller claims ECCO III was delaying, using negotiations to give Binghamton time to get state approval for its Quick Slabs product. Binghamton submitted drawings to the New York Department of Transportation that Fort Miller alleges are similar to the SuperSlab features and method of installation. The DOT approved the Quick Slabs drawings Jan. 28 and authorized Binghamton as a supplier of prefabricated pavement slabs in New York. ECCO III is using Quick Slabs on the Last Mile project, according to the lawsuit. “ECCO III and Binghamton have sold, offered for sale, licensed, distributed or practiced the Quick Slab product,” the complaint alleges, “infringing the (Fort Miller) patent.” Fort Miller is asking the court to find that

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A U.S. trustee is suing the co-owner of a bankrupt Armonk gas station and convenience store for $508,000 for alleged improper transfers of assets to insiders. Gregory M. Messer, Chapter 7 trustee for Armonk Snack Mart Inc., filed an adversary proceeding Nov. 1 in federal bankruptcy court against Musa Eljamal, America Petroleum LLC and Courtesy Properties LLC, all of Thornwood. Messer seeks to recover assets “so that Armonk’s bankruptcy estate is restored to where it would have been had such debts been repaid, wrongful conduct not occurred, improper transfers had not been made, and property … (had) remained in the estate.” The causes of action against Eljamal “lack merit,” White Plains attorney Anne Penachio said in an email. “A motion to dismiss is forthcoming.” Armonk Snack Mart was formed in 2001 by Musa Eljamal and his son, Sammy Eljamal, with each holding a 50% interest. They paid Robert Porpora Inc. $550,000 for his Armonk Garage business on Main Street. They leased the property from Robert Porpora Real Estate Corp. beginning at $60,000 a year. The location was “highly desirable” and profitable, according to Messer’s complaint. But the Eljamals battled with their landlord and last year the business closed. Armonk Snack Mart had filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy reorganization in 2015, declar-

ing $31,000 in assets and nearly $143,000 in liabilities. When the business closed, the case was converted to Chapter 7 liquidation and Messer was appointed as trustee to administer the estate. Sammy Eljamal is not named as a defendant. Initially, according to Messer, he appeared to be in charge of the bankruptcy case, but by September 2015 his father had taken over. Messer questions four transactions. After Armonk Snack Mart filed for bankruptcy protection in 2015, it made a deal with America Petroleum, “owned by some combination of the Eljamals or their spouses,” to supply petroleum products. Musa Eljamal listed $312,858 in credit card revenue that America Petroleum had collected on behalf of Armonk Snack but never remitted. The asset was listed on Armonk Snack’s balance sheet but later removed. The supply agreement and the balance sheet revision were never approved by the bankruptcy court, Messer charges, and America Petroleum still owes the estate. Operating reports for the estate had also listed an “insider” asset, a $134,716 loan from Armonk Snack to “stockholder.” Shortly before the case was converted to Chapter 7 liquidation, the asset was removed from the balance sheet. Last year, Armonk Snack transferred $40,000 to Courtesy Properties, a company owned by the Eljamals that had no business relationship with Armonk Snack. But operating reports do not show a loan or money due to Courtesy Properties, Messer says, and Armonk Snack never got bankruptcy court permission to borrow or transfer money to Courtesy. Messer also cites a $20,000 general ledger entry described as cash inventory in an ATM machine. That money, the trustee claims, has never been accounted for.

In Court | Bill Heltzel The transfers were made, according to Magaliff, “because he was a family member and not because of any goods or services performed for the debtor.” The trustee also has accused Marlaina Koller, Edward’s sister who assumed control in 2012, of diverting $24.2 million. Marlaina claims that the charges are barred by the statute of limitations and must be dismissed for lack of documentary evidence. The case is pending. The trustee is seeking a default judgment against Judith Koller for more than $1.8 million. As of Nov. 7, Magaliff’s representative, Jeffrey Traurig, states in a motion to recover the money, “no response or answer has been filed.”

The trustee is asking the court to order the defendants to account for the insider transactions, cancel improper transfers and allow Armonk Snack to recover the assets. Messer also is asking for a $507,574 judgment against Musa Eljamal for alleged breach of fiduciary duty. The complaint was filed for Messer by Manhattan attorneys Fred Stevens and Stephanie R. Sweeney.

ALLWAYS EAST SCION EDWARD KOLLER ORDERED TO PAY $342,000 TO BANKRUPT BUS COMPANY

Edward Koller has been ordered to pay $341,654 to Allways East Transportation Inc., his mother’s bankrupt bus company, for funds he received for doing nothing. U.S. Bankruptcy Judge Robert D. Drain approved a default judgment Nov. 7 after Koller, who has addresses in Greenwich and Stamford, Connecticut, failed to defend himself against accusations of fraud and unjust enrichment. Allways East insiders used the company as a “personal piggy bank,” according to an adversary proceeding filed last year against Koller, “funneling money out of the debtor’s estate that could have been used to pay … legitimate creditors.” The Yonkers-based company operated a fleet of 300 school buses and employed 400 drivers, bus matrons, shop workers and administrators. Founder and owner Judith Koller filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection in 2016, declaring $3.1 million in assets and nearly $9 million in liabilities. Creditors claim they are owed more than $23 million. “The debtor’s books and records grossly understated the true financial woes,” U.S. Trustee Howard P. Magaliff stated in the complaint against Edward Koller. Magaliff was appointed trustee when the case was converted to Chapter 7 liquidation in 2017. He has since filed 38 adversary proceedings against family members and other recipients of company funds. The bus company was essentially insolvent by 2013, according to Magaliff, but payments continued to flow for more than three years to family members, casinos, a cemetery, restaurants and other entities that had no legitimate business connections to Allways East. There also were large cash withdrawals for which no documentation has been found. Edward Koller received $181,910 in payroll payments in 2013 and $66,059 in 2016, according to the complaint, when he lived in Atlanta and did no work for the company. He received checks totaling $56,840 in 2014 and 2015 for no apparent services. Another $36,495 was transferred on his behalf to pay his personal attorney and for numerous online purchases.

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In Court | Bill Heltzel hired Skanska in 2016 as the prime contractor on the $230 million project. The eight-story pavilion includes operating rooms, patient areas, an imaging center, doctors’ offices and a heart and vascular medicine institute. Skanska hired Dynamic Systems in 2017 to install the heating and cooling system. The subcontract was originally set at $17.8 million, according to the complaint, and amended to include $4.6 million in change orders, for a total of nearly $22.5 million. Dynamic filed a public improvement lien for $6.1 million this past May, while the structure was still being built. The pavilion was formally dedicated at an Oct. 3 ceremony. The contractor claims it has completed all work required under the contract, but Skanska has refused to pay $4.2 million. Dynamic accuses Skanska of breach of contract. It is asking the court to rule that the public improvement lien is valid and to award $4.2 million plus costs and interest. Dynamic is represented by J. Scott Greer of Lewis & Greer PC of Poughkeepsie.

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CONTRACTOR SUES SKANSKA FOR $4.3M OVER WESTCHESTER MEDICAL CENTER PROJECT

A contractor is suing Skanska USA Building Inc. for $4.3 million, claiming it has not been fully paid for labor and materials it supplied on the Westchester Medical Center ambulatory care pavilion construction project in Valhalla. Dynamic Systems Inc., an HVAC contractor from Austin, Texas, sued Skanska, based in New York City, on Nov. 4 in U.S. District Court in White Plains. “The litigation is ongoing,” Skanska spokesman Chris Villari said in an email, “and Skanska has no comment at this time.” Westchester County Health Care Corp.

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Harrison trash hauler Ralph Mancini has pleaded guilty to mail fraud in federal court for bilking customers out of more than $800,000. Mancini, 57, admitted in a Nov. 13 changeof-plea hearing that he overbilled 17 customers from 2008 to 2016, according to a news release from U.S. Attorney Geoffrey S. Berman. Berman said invoices fabricated the tonnage of the collected waste and thereby charged customers for collection and dumping services that had not been performed as owner and operator of County Waste Management. Berman did not identify the victims, but said they included educational institutions, department stores and grocery stores. Mancini formed County Waste Management in 2000. The trash hauling company serves Westchester and Putnam counties in New York and Fairfield County in Connecticut. It is based in his house in Harrison and the trucks are kept at a used car lot in Bedford Hills. Mancini is scheduled to be sentenced Feb. 14 by U.S. District Judge Nelson S. Roman. Assistant U.S. Attorney Daniel Loss is handling the prosecution. Mancini is represented by White Plains attorneys Marc S. Oxman and Kerry A. Lawrence.

In Brief | Fairfield County Connecticut colleges get mixed grades in report on student costs, completions

A report on Connecticut’s four-year colleges has called into question high costs and low rates of student completions across the state, including at two schools in Fairfield County. According to “Less for More: Low Rates of Completion and High Costs at Connecticut’s

Four-Year Colleges,” published by the nonprofit Education Reform Now Connecticut, nearly half of Connecticut’s 22 four-year colleges charged “an exceptionally high net price to students from the lowest income families.” In addition, 12 of the colleges “charged more than double the net price that a national peer institution charged to comparable low-income students,” the report said. The publication, which culled 2016 and 2017 data, found the University of Bridgeport and Danbury’s Western Connecticut State University (WCSU) along with New London’s Mitchell College as consistently graduating less than 50% of their first-time, full-time student populations within six years of initial enrollment. Those three schools, along with Southern Connecticut State University in New Haven, were identified as “double offenders” for low levels of student success and higher net prices than comparable colleges.

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The report cited WCSU’s average net for low-income students as being more than $14,000 per year, while Massachusetts’ Westfield State University charged $2,707 less per year and boasted a higher graduation rate. However, the study found positive data elsewhere in Fairfield County. Fairfield University and UConn-Stamford were named among those schools that “compare to their peers very reasonably in their completion rates for underrepresented minorities,” while Fairfield University and Sacred Heart University were shown to have graduated more than 60% of underrepresented minority populations within six years of enrollment.

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Film Industry in Hudson Valley $29MM+ in direct regional spending 22,550 rooms rented at local lodging establishments 367 production days 215 scouting days tallied 174 locations used 453 local crew members hired 3,176 local actors and extras hired Source: Hudson Valley Film Commission For more stats, connect to thebcw.org/data

From left, BCW Executive VP and COO John Ravitz; BCW Chairman Anthony Justic; incoming BCW Chair Heidi Davidson; Westchester County Executive George Latimer; BCW Senior V.P. of Economic Development Maggie Peters; KeyBank Market President, Hudson Valley/Metro NY David Lewing; BCW President and CEO Marsha Gordon; and BCW Board Member and Vice Chair of Governmental Action George Lence

n a major move that further elevates The Business Council of Westchester’s position as Westchester’s only business membership organization focused on economic development and advocacy, the BCW recently announced the appointment of Maggie C. Peters as Senior Vice President of Economic Development, a newly created position. Peters, whose appointment was announced at the KeyBank Speaker Series event on November 12, brings a strong background in economic development having held leadership positions in both public and private economic development organizations.

Peters will serve as a proactive advocate for the unique “live, work, play” benefits Westchester offers, with a focus on attraction and retention of businesses of all sizes to the county. Her initial outreach will target major employers, industry clusters and community stakeholders to assess existing initiatives and needs. She will also be involved in workforce development initiatives, cultivating investment opportunities, nurturing entrepreneurship and marketing Westchester as the premier place to invest.

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BCW President and CEO Marsha Gordon said this forward‑thinking vision and investment in the future of Westchester County will enable the BCW to take its economic development initiatives to an entirely new level. “In creating this new position, the BCW is saying loud and clear – Westchester County is eager to do business and the BCW is the business organization equipped to help. We have always had the people, tools and know‑how to get things done for our members, and now even more so,” said Gordon.

At the same time, from May 2018, she served as the Executive Director of the Fair Lawn Economic Development Corporation. From 2011‑2015, Peters worked reestablishing and leading economic development initiatives for the Bergen County Economic Development Corporation. Her record of success includes serving as Executive Director of the Morris County Economic Development Corporation, where she was responsible for a $230,000 operating budget, delivering a $60,000 upside to the EDC over a three‑year period.

Peters has a career‑long track record “I am humbled and excited to get of forging meaningful relationships, to work on behalf of the Business driving investment and strategically planning and managing projects that Council of Westchester and the Westchester community at large,” promote economic development. Peters said. “I am eager to build upon Most recently she served as the the county’s successes while forging Senior Community Development new pathways for collaboration, Officer for the New Jersey Economic strategic planning, advocacy and Development Authority in Newark outreach. The time has never been where she facilitated the approval of better for businesses to build, incentives that resulted in over $954 million of direct investment into New connect and win in Westchester, and I hope to accomplish a Jersey real estate. Peters also played best‑in‑class economic development an integral role in securing over $933 program that enhances the quality million in tax credits for companies of life, employment and investment to retain and create new jobs in in the county.” New Jersey, resulting in nearly 19,000 jobs during her tenure from 2015 to present.

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150 leads per property with two weeks on the market — this will save time and money on marketing.” TurboTenant also noted how Bridgeport’s landlords “can expect a great return on their investment as the increase in home values is 14.7% with the median sale price only around $200K — much lower than a lot of New England.” Stamford ranked fourth on the list, behind New Britain and Waterbury, with TurboTenant assuring landlords that they “can expect an average of 155 leads per property. It won’t be hard filling your property with the best tenants in 16 days or less.” TurboTenant generated its findings based on the average number of leads a rental property received along with the average num-

ber of days a property was on the market.

THREE GOLD COAST LOCALITIES AMONG NATION’S PRICIEST 100 ZIP CODES

A trio of localities within Fairfield County’s Gold Coast represented Connecticut in PropertyShark’s newly published ranking of the nation’s 100 priciest ZIP codes. Riverside’s 06878 ZIP code ranked 70th on the list with a 2019 median home sale price of $1.63 million. Old Greenwich’s 06870 ranked 71st with a 2019 median home sale price of $1.625 million. And Greenwich’s 06830 took 95th place with a 2019 median home sale price of $1.45 million. The Fairfield County localities seemed like affordable housing compared with top-ranked 94027 in Atherton within California’s San Mateo County, where the

2019 median home sale price was $7.05 million. The most expensive East Coast ZIP code was 11962 for Long Island’s Sagaponack, with a median sale price of $4.3 million. No locality in Westchester made the top 100 list.

CONNECTICUT’S GOAL: 500K ELECTRIC VEHICLES

The Department of Energy and Environmental Protection (DEEP) has issued a draft report proposing a goal of 500,000 electric vehicles in Connecticut by 2030. The new goal supersedes an earlier state goal of 150,000 electric vehicles on the road by 2025. Electric vehicles account for only 2% of all light-duty vehicles sold in the state. The lack of vehicle charging options has been cited as among the top three barriers to a wider consumer embrace of electric vehicles,

following concerns of price and vehicle performance range. There are 344 publicly accessible charging stations in Connecticut with 823 charging outlets. The largest share of electric vehicle registrations is found in Fairfield County, followed by Hartford and New Haven, while the adoption rate is lower in rural sectors due to concerns of vehicular range and being able to drive the vehicles in snow or on unpaved roads.

NORWALK’S HMTX INDUSTRIES LEADS CHARGE FOR VINYL TILE EXEMPTION FROM CHINA TARIFFS

HMTX Industries, a global luxury vinyl tile manufacturer based in Norwalk, is taking some of the credit for an Office of the U.S. Trade Representative decision to exempt several companies in the industry from the 25% tariffs assessed on goods import-

ed from China. The exclusions include products for several companies that had submitted tariff exemption requests demonstrating that the vinyl tile was not produced in adequate quantities in the U.S. or anywhere else outside of China and would otherwise negatively impact U.S. companies and ultimately American consumers. The exclusion will apply retroactively as of Sept. 24, 2018, to Aug. 7, 2020. Used in both residential and commercial settings, the tile looks like real wood and stone flooring. HMTX’s luxury vinyl tile brands include Halstead, the leading supplier of the tiles to The Home Depot; residential line Metroflor; Teknoflor, its health care and institutional brand; Aspecta, its global contract brand for architects and designers; and Vertex, the

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CONNECTICUT MUNICIPALITIES GROUP LOOKS TO CUT PROPERTY TAXES

The Connecticut Conference of Municipalities (CCM) has formed a commission that will seek to develop a comprehensive, grassroots property tax relief initiative to be presented to Connecticut voters across the state’s 169 municipalities. The timing for completing the project and promoting proposals across the state will coincide with the General Assembly election campaigns next fall and the five-month General Assembly session in the first half of 2021. CCM Executive Director Joe DeLong mentioned that the state has “the » IN BRIEF

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REVEALING THE THRIVING THIRTY BEST COMPANIES IN FAIRFIELD COUNTY Following the release of THE CATEGORIES ARE: the winners on December 23, Most Entrepreneurial you will be able to vote for Most Family-Friendly Greenest them in seven categories Most Pet-Friendly at westfaironline.com. Most Visionary Most Promising for Future Generations Most Socially Conscious

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third-highest property tax rate in the country.” The commission is expected to meet through the spring to develop recommendations. CCM will then launch a grassroots campaign to inform the public of the commission’s recommendations.

COS COB LIQUOR TO CLOSE AFTER 86-YEAR RUN

Cos Cob Liquor, Greenwich’s oldest alcohol retailer, has announced it is closing next month after 86 years in business. Opened in 1933 after the repeal of Prohibition, the store at 130 E. Putnam Ave. has been owned and operated since 1981 by George A. Smith III and Maureen T. Smith. This past spring, the Smiths had contracted to sell their business to Vithal Wine LLC, which owns Greenwich Wine and Spirits and several A1 Cellars Wine & Spirits stores in Fairfield County, but the deal fell through. In October, the Smiths posted on Facebook about their inability to sell their business because they could not “obtain the correct and appropriate documentation” from Urstadt Biddle Properties, which owns the Greenwich Commons development where the store is located, adding that the real estate investment trust “already has an interest in another tenant’s liquor store” elsewhere in Fairfield County. Urstadt Biddle did not offer a public comment on the Smiths’ remarks.

SUEZ SNAGS NORWALK’S $78M WASTEWATER CONTRACT

The city of Norwalk has looked beyond Connecticut in awarding a $78 million contract to Suez North America for the operation and maintenance of its wastewater system. Suez, based in Paramus, New Jersey, is the U.S. subsidiary of French company

Suez Environment. The 10-year contract will begin in May 2020 and cover the management of an 18 million gallons-per-day conventional wastewater treatment facility, 210 miles of sanitary sewers and 25 pump stations.

VEGAN RESTAURANTS ARRIVE IN BRIDGEPORT, RIDGEFIELD

Fairfield County’s restaurant scene has expanded with the introduction of two eateries focused on vegan cuisine. JR’s Meatless Cuisine and Juices was set to open on Nov. 15 at 3927 Main St. in Bridgeport, which was formerly occupied by Kabob & Gyro. The new restaurant will offer vegan meals, cold-pressed juices and smoothies. Chef Junior Mullings, who owns and operates the restaurant, said he was inspired by the increased public support for veganism. In Ridgefield, Organika Kitchen opened at 424 Main St. on Nov. 12. The plant-based diet includes acai bowls, protein bowls, salads, sandwiches, juices and smoothies. It is the third Organika Kitchen location in the area, joining the chain’s eateries in New Canaan and Southport.

SANDY HOOK FAMILIES’ SUIT AGAINST REMINGTON CAN CONTINUE, SUPREME COURT SAYS

The U.S. Supreme Court has allowed a survivor and relatives of victims of the 2012 Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting in Newtown to pursue their lawsuit against Remington Arms, the maker of the rifle used to kill 26 people. The Madison, North Carolina-based firearms manufacturer had maintained it should be protected by a 2005 federal law preventing most lawsuits against those manufacturers when their products are used in crimes. By refusing to hear Remington’s appeal, the justices have paved the way for the families’ lawsuit to go forward.

The families behind the lawsuit say Remington should be held liable for the murders because it sold the Bushmaster AR-15-style rifle used to commit the crimes, and that it targeted younger, at-risk males in marketing and product placement in violent video games. In filings with the U.S. Supreme Court, the Sandy Hook families said Remington “published promotional materials that promised ‘military-proven performance’ for a ‘mission-adaptable’ shooter in need of the ‘ultimate combat weapons system.’ ” They are also accusing the company of fostering a “lone gunman” narrative as it promoted the Bushmaster, citing an ad that proclaimed, “Forces of opposition, bow down. You are single-handedly outnumbered.” The National Shooting Sports Foundation, a gun industry group based in Newtown, said it was disappointed that the Supreme Court would not review the case, but expressed confidence that Remington would win in the trial court. The case will proceed in a Connecticut Superior Court.

HENKEL ACQUIRES DEVACURL HAIR CARE LINE

Henkel has acquired Deva Parent Holdings Inc., the New York City-based company that owns DevaCurl professional hair care, from a fund managed by the private equity group of Ares Management Corp. The financial terms of the transaction were not disclosed. DevaCurl was founded in 1994 and offers a line of hair care and styling products for curly and wavy hair. Robert Schaeffler, a former general manager at Stamford-based Henkel Professional North America, became Deva Parent Holdings’ CEO in December 2018, but the acquisition announcement did not state if he would remain at the corporate helm. — Kevin Zimmerman and Phil Hall

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Mooney receives Excelsior Medal from Cuomo at WCA event BY PETER KATZ

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f the turnout of more than 600 business, community and political leaders on Nov. 13 to honor William M. Mooney Jr., retiring president and CEO of the Westchester County Association, didn’t send a strong enough message, New York Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo attended and presented Mooney with the Excelsior Medal, the state’s highest honor for public service. The WCA’s tribute highlighted Mooney’s leadership in developing initiatives in health care, real estate, workforce development and digital access, with Mooney having been an early proponent of bringing high-speed internet service to Westchester. The event was held at the Performing Arts Center at SUNY Purchase and honored Mooney’s Irish heritage with performances by Irish dancers and the Emerald Society Pipe & Drum ensemble. Tara Rosenblum of News 12 was the emcee for the evening. Cuomo recalled that Mooney had a long and successful career in banking and originally intended his leadership of the WCA to be less permanent than it turned out to be. “Bill took over the Westchester County Association in 2004 when he agreed to baby-sit it for a while. That was 15 years ago and Bill was no baby-sitter,” Cuomo said. “Bill has played a pivotal role in Westchester’s fantastic growth and expansion from a perceived bedroom community of New York City to an economic powerhouse in and of itself.” Cuomo cited Mooney for helping to create support for the plan to replace the aging Tappan Zee Bridge and credited his leadership with helping expand commerce and the Westchester economy. “That growth doesn’t just happen on its own. It’s not a process of evolution. It happens by forging partnerships between business and government and with a guiding hand of leadership along a path of smart growth, balancing economic, physical and social development to maximum potential for all and that’s exactly what Bill Mooney did at the Westchester County Association,” Cuomo said. William P. Harrington, chairman of the WCA’s board of directors, drew laughs when he said, “This is supposed to be a combination of a celebration and a wake. I reject both notions. I’ve known Bill for a long time and the governor said all nice things about him and my job is to bring him back down to earth. In the last 15 years, he has transformed this organization into a regional think tank that has taken on the various issues ... with passion for all levels of our society. This isn’t just business-driven enterprise. It is driven as you all know and led by Bill as taking care of everyone because if everyone is taken care of then we’ll all succeed,” Harrington said. Cardinal Timothy Dolan of the New York

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Archdiocese was unable to attend because he was on a trip to Italy but sent a video message to Mooney. He praised Mooney for his years of service to the Westchester community and added, “If you know Bill, you know he’s really not going anywhere. He’s going to be around and we look forward to that.” Dolan said the most important things to Mooney are his family, his faith and the community. “My prayers and blessings are with you Bill, Joan (Bill’s wife) and the family, all of our beloved Westchester community, tonight and always. Have a great time everybody. I’ve got to go and get my pasta,” Dolan added. Mooney was emotional as he walked to the podium. “I’m overwhelmed. I just don’t know what to say. I’m overwhelmed,” he said. “I can’t believe what’s happened here tonight. The emotions I’m feeling, the quite dramatic joy to be with all of you here tonight.” A dinner reception was held in the upper lobby of the Performing Arts Center following the in-theater portion of the evening. Mooney officially retires on Dec. 31. A seven-person search committee chaired by Jeffrey Menkes, president and CEO of The Burke Rehabilitation Hospital, has been tasked with finding a new president and CEO for the WCA. Effective Jan. 1, John E. Ritacco will become interim president and CEO. He is the former president and CEO of CMS Bancorp Inc.

William M. Mooney Jr. (left) received the Excelsior Award from Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo.

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Bantam Tools completes move from California to Peekskill BY PETER KATZ pkatz@westfairinc.com

he long-anticipated move of Bantam Tools from Berkeley, California, to a new 8,700-squarefoot facility in Peekskill came to fruition Nov. 18 when a ribbon-cutting ceremony was held at the company’s 135 N. Water St. headquarters.

Bre Pettis cuts the ribbon at Bantam Tools’ new headquarters and manufacturing facility in Peekskill, New York, with help from Lt. Gov. Kathy Hochul. Photo by Ocean Morisset.

New York Lt. Gov. Kathy Hochul joined Peekskill Mayor Andre Rainey and others in welcoming the company and the 54 new jobs it brought to the area. Bantam’s CEO Bre Pettis, through Bre & Company LLC, paid $1.65 million for properties at 135, 150, 189 and 190 N. Water St., according to records on file with the Westchester County Clerk. The company makes hardware and software used by designers and engineers for digital design and fabrication. It makes desktop-sized milling machines that are used in the manufacture of printed circuit boards and are used by laboratories at such institutions as MIT, NYU and Stanford. “To be able to manufacture our desktop CNC machines in the United States and specifically build them in Peekskill is a great accomplishment,” Pettis said.

The company makes hardware and software used by designers and engineers for digital design and fabrication. It makes desktop-sized milling machines that are used in the manufacture of printed circuit boards and are used by laboratories at such institutions as MIT, NYU and Stanford.

In 2018, the Croton-on-Hudson resident said he wanted to move Bantam to Peekskill in order for the company to be closer to his home. “What I don’t like is flying across the country all the time,” he said. He said the area along N. Water Street had been “sort of a no man’s land” in recent years. Bantam Tools occupies one of the four buildings at the site. The other three buildings may be developed to house a tech incubator, classroom space, artists’ studios and a ceramics manufacturing business. In 2009, Pettis and two associates founded MakerBot Industries, a manufacturer of 3D printers. That company was acquired by Stratasys in 2013 in a deal valued at more than $600 million.

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In Brief | Westchester County Three leases signed at 1311 Mamaroneck Ave.

Atmospheric Forecasting System) as the first global weather model that runs operationally on GPU-based, high-performance servers. IBM GRAF can predict conditions up to 12 hours in advance and update its forecasts six to 12 times more frequently than conventional global modeling systems. While current global weather models cover a range of 6.2 miles to 9.3 miles and are updated every six to 12 hours, IBM GRAF forecasts down to 1.9 miles and is updated hourly. IBM noted that while this level of forecasting precision has been available in the U.S., Japan and parts of Western Europe, the new technology marks the first time such enhanced forecasts can be made available across Asia, Africa and South America. — Peter Katz and Phil Hall

million to $300 million in costs within a two-year period. It also characterized the transaction as “New Media’s $1.13 billion acquisition of Gannett.”

IBM DEBUTS SUPERCOMPUTER-DRIVEN WEATHER FORECASTING SYSTEM

The building features three interconnected wings, each having its own private entrance. Photo by Bob Rozycki.

CBRE, the exclusive leasing agent for 1311 Mamaroneck Avenue in White Plains, has announced that it has arranged for three leases covering 91,000 square feet in the 350,000-square-foot Class A office complex. Two of the leases are renewals. The law firm McCullough, Goldberger and Staudt LLP renewed its lease for 10,000 square feet. The orthopedic specialty benefit management company Orthonet renewed the lease on its 60,000 square feet of office space. A new seven-year lease has been signed by Ice Data Service, Inc., a subsidiary of the New York Stock Exchange. That company is occupying 21,000 square feet. The four-story building was opened in 1982 and acquired in 2014 by Onyx Equities LLC based in Woodbridge, New Jersey. It has undergone renovations that CBRE said total $6.5 million. Amenities include a remodeled fitness center, conference facility, a café with outdoor seating, a new lobby and covered and surface parking and shuttles to the Metro-North train stations in Mamaroneck and White Plains. The property encompasses 27 acres and the building features three interconnected wings, each having its own private entrance. CBRE said there is a block of 100,000 square feet of space available in the eastern portion of the building.

IBM has unveiled a supercomputer-driven weather forecasting system designed to provide higher quality forecasts in parts of the world that lack access to such data. Working with its subsidiary The Weather Co., the Armonk-headquartered firm is offering IBM GRAF (Global High-Resolution

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Ask Andi Using shop downtime to your advantage AT CERTAIN TIMES OF THE YEAR PEOPLE IN OUR SHOP AREN’T WORKING AS MUCH AS WE WOULD LIKE THEM TO BE. WE WANT THEM TO BE BUSY. WE HAVE PLENTY OF WORK YEAR ROUND. AND IT’S NICE TO HAVE SOME DOWNTIME, BUT WE DON’T WANT PEOPLE TO GET “SOFT” WHEN THINGS SLOW DOWN. HOW CAN WE BEST USE THE QUIET TIMES? THOUGHTS OF THE DAY: Quiet times in the business are a great opportunity for reflection on what works well and what could be done better. Imagining the future is essential for any production that intends to stay profitable. Make time for training in order to upgrade skills and boost efficiency. Use the time to celebrate and prepare for what’s next. Use the downtime to focus on pride, quality and profit. Do an overall assessment. What parts of the operation

work smoothly and efficiently and what could be improved? Set up meetings for people who are usually busy “doing.” Ask them to reflect on each part of the operation that they interact with. Encourage people to come forward with suggestions. Watch for people who exhibit ability in the way they approach problem identification and solutions. Think about how to develop that ability further in the coming year. Ask people in your organization to talk about what

changes might be on the horizon. This is a great time to get people from marketing and field sales to come in and meet with people who are “in the back” doing the work on the receiving end of the orders and challenges posed by the people at the “front of the house.” Encourage different teams to build bonds by talking about what might come up next year. Think about the most challenging clients and how best to meet their demands. Use the meetings to clear the air between groups who so often have very different objectives. Focus on building up communication and collaboration across departments, bonds that people will be able to pull on when things get hectic. Plan for the upcoming year by engaging people in

the shop in a dialogue about what customers are likely to want in the coming year. What’s likely to be different and how can the company best produce that while making a good profit? Engage everyone in the discussion. Put everyone on the same mission, to deliver a top-quality product, on time, to a customer who highly values what’s been produced, while yielding a great return on the investment needed to produce those goods or services. Use downtime to tackle your list of training needs. What will help people in the shop to get better at what they do? Identify courses that require travel and courses that can be implemented on site. Figure out who should attend what educational opportunities. If you don’t find standard courses to meet your needs,

consider working with your local college or trade school to develop a program customized to your company’s needs. Think about taking field trips to look at and learn about what other companies do well. Remember that people in the shop are often hands-on learners who do well when looking at real-life solutions. Go the extra mile to celebrate things that worked well during the year. Use the celebrations as opportunities to build camaraderie and loyalty. You can organize short programs at the beginning of the day to thank everyone for their contributions. Use halfday and full-day programs to recognize teamwork and outstanding contributions. Hold a “family” day for employees to show their significant others what they do at work. Help

people store up goodwill they can draw on when the shop goes back to full-tilt busy. BOOK RECOMMENDATION: “Production and Operations Management Systems,” by Sushil Gupta and Martin Starr. Andi Gray is president of Strategy Leaders Inc., StrategyLeaders.com, a business-consulting firm that teaches companies how to double revenue and triple profits in repetitive growth cycles. Have a question for AskAndi? Wondering how Strategy Leaders can help your business thrive? Call or email for a free consultation and diagnostics at 877-238-3535 or AskAndi@ Strateg yL eade rs.com . Check out our library of business advice articles at AskAndi.com.

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CONTRIBUTING WRITER | By Jeremy Wayne

Real estate styles of the rich and famous

hey don’t make Realtors like Sally Siano anymore. From humble beginnings in New Rochelle in the 1930s, Siano has made it to the top of her profession with vitality, vision and intuition, and a little bit of chutzpah. (OK, maybe more than a little bit of chutzpah.) When the late Jane Dove profiled her for WAG in 2017, she wrote about Sally’s first job, in a dental office in New Rochelle, and her marriage to Joseph Siano, one of 11 siblings. It was a marriage that was to last 60 years. It was Joseph’s job in construction that led to the couple buying their first home in Yorktown Heights. The owner of the development, called The Crossroads, took a liking to sally and offered her a break, selling units with a commission of $800 per house. “I sold out the entire 250unit subdivision and that was the beginning of my real estate career,” Sally explained to Jane. Hard work, an eye for detail and uncompromising integrity in a field where honesty is not always seen as the best policy have singled Sally

REALTOR REMEMBERS DONALD TRUMP TELLING HER ‘THIS IS NOT FOR US. THIS IS JUNK’ out from the herd. Now she has written a memoir about her storied career. “It’s a great life!” is a romp through Sally’s six decades in Westchester real estate, filled with personal reflection, celebrity anecdotes and sage advice — a how-tobuy-real-estate manual, if you will, posing as a professional autobiography. With a down-to-earth, crisp and refreshing voice, this is not so much a “Lives of the Rich and Famous” as a forensic analysis of what makes the rich and famous tick. There’s Marla Maples doing a cartwheel on the lawn of a house she really likes before (not-yet- President) Donald J. Trump nixes the whole business when Sally drives him up on a subsequent viewing. “This is not for us. This is junk,” Trump says at the first house Sally shows him before settling on the Seven Springs estate adjacent to Byram Lake with its 30,000-squarefoot main house, which Sally sells him instead (although she is never able to collect her commission).

Sally Siano. Courtesy Sally Siano.

We have Ricky and Ralph Lauren buying a two-story garage for $10 million — with Ralph “kicking and screaming” at the price but eventually seeing the sense of it — to house his collection of 150 vintage cars. And Billy Joel and Christie Brinkley crossing Long Island Sound by boat (Billy, Sally tells us, was boatmad) to view houses by the water in Greenwich, although to no avail. (He eventually bought on Long Island and she retreated to the Hamptons.) There are fun and games, too, with the Oscar-winning Michael Douglases (she being Catherine Zeta-Jones) and a touching, romantic interlude between hoteliers Leona and

Harry Helmsley — all in a day’s work for the industrious, well-connected Sally. In telling her own story, she has also chronicled a fascinating age, from the 1960s to the’90s, in the history of Westchester. But the book is not just a recent history of real estate in the county. “There are families here that have been here for 10 or 12 or even 14 generations and have never moved. They come and go — and they go all around the world. They travel for pleasure and business, sometimes both at the same time. But they always come back to Bedford.” Mount Kisco and Greenwich may have their stories, too, but Bedford is clearly her true love. “They came back to their little house or their big house, and they always found it just as they had left it. They were back in Bedford. They had come home. It’s a wonderful place to live. It’s a wonderful place to raise your children. It has a wonderful school district and wonderful churches. It has a grand hospital system and lots of doctors. It’s

Bedford — a surprising little town that still surprises and delights, no matter how long you’ve been here.” There are other towns on her radar, but the sense of Bedford’s superiority always comes through. She hopes former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, a “cute little thing” whom she could not help in Bedford, is happy in her old Colonial in Chappaqua. “Bedford,” she writes, “is no Scarsdale, no Larchmont. There are no show-off houses and no show-off people. In Bedford there are just people who want to live beautifully, quietly, elegantly.” It is true Sally can be a bit salty at times, but who, after all, does not promote his patch? One of Sally’s gifts is the ability to tell a good, even juicy, story without fundamentally breaching the privacy of her clients. Discretion is paramount in the real estate business, and Sally somehow manages to stay on the right side of it. Anecdotes are keenly related but real secrets are never shared.

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And there are lessons here for all prospective house buyers. You need a broker who is, above all, honest. You also need attention to detail, thorough knowledge, a lack of pressure and an agent who “gets” you and what you’re about. You need to get the agent, too — a two-way relationship, not unlike the one you might have with your therapist or hairdresser. Lovely, charming, but real — these are words Sally returns to time and again. She sells “houses for people to live in and raise their families, not sterile museum showplaces.” Sally’s memoir shows her appreciation for a charmed life in real estate and of the absurd. Astute, practical, never self-pitying — even when the going gets really tough — Sally is an object lesson in attention to detail and how to get the job done. “It’s A Great Life!” by Sally Siano will be serialized on westfaironline.com beginning in January. This story originally appeared in the November issue of WAG magazine.

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e are shameless promoters,” Leonard Steinberg, self-styled “chief evangelist” — actually president — of Compass Real Estate, says when I meet him and his partner Thom Caughlin in their newly built weekend home on the western tip of Whatmore’s Lake in Waccabuc. As newbies they have been welcomed to the local community, and Steinberg’s enthusiasm for the area is contagious. What he and Caughlin are shamelessly promoting is what they are enjoying and what they want others to experience: the good life on Whatmore’s Lake. And no, they aren’t remotely worried that city folk will come in droves and compromise the tranquility and — let’s be frank — the exclusivity — of the area. “Well, I am in real estate after all,” Steinberg elaborates, with a glint in his eye. His company is active in the area and he makes no secret of his desire to sell homes and see Waccabuc flourish. “We don’t just sell property,” he further explains, with emphasis on the word “sell.” “When you buy a property, it’s not just a shelter. It’s becoming part of a community.” And he goes on: “The best agents don’t disappear after the closing. You need to know you can always reach out to them.” They are still reveling in their new home that took nine months to build. “The New York lifestyle is incredibly stressful — having an escape is medication,” says Steinberg. “Now, consider what you can get here for…” — he throws out a modest figure — “and really, more people should think of moving here. Yes, the taxes are high, but if you use the schools, the cost of land and homes way offset the taxes.” Waccabuc is known for its stone walls and horses. “This is a town where everyone has respect for the land,” says Steinberg. “North Salem is over the hill. There’s a bagel store in Cross River and an old-fashioned pharmacy, which stocks the Weekend (Financial Times), my guilty pleasure,” he confesses. There are seven other houses around the 20-acre lake and all the owners belong to the Whatmore’s Lake Association. They are keen to get involved with land preservation. There is a palpable sense of community and Steinberg says the area is so laidback it is not uncommon for people to leave their houses unlocked. “This is the safest ZIP code in America,” he said. Whatmore’s Lake people, Steinberg adds, are into culture. And while the majority of Waccabuc and lakeside residents are from New York City, a sizable number live

Leonard Steinberg and Thom Caughlin. Photograph by Jane Beiles.

in the area full-time. The couple had a house in Saugerties on the Hudson River for 15 years, but driving four hours or more round trip for a two-day weekend began to take its toll. They discovered Waccabuc through a friend in Pound Ridge and decided it was where they wanted to be. Being so close to Manhattan — the drive takes just over an hour, and taking the train to Katonah is an attractive alternative to the car — was perhaps the ultimate draw. “The biggest mistake people make,” observes Steinberg, is not seeing what’s in one’s backyard. “Imagine,” he continues, “having 20 acres you don’t own but are yours to enjoy and which you don’t have to look after. It’s bliss.” There is no motorized transport on the lake but you can have a rowboat. “Not that we row,” adds Caughlin wryly, although they do not rule out a spot of lakebased exercise at some future point. The two-story house is a celebration of white, cream and taupe, brimming with light. With its cool, contemporary furnishings and a melange of prints and pictures both old and new — a limited edition Shinola turntable does double duty as a beautiful artifact in its own right while referencing Detroit, where Caughlin grew up — it’s as strikingly modern as it is designed for cozy comfort. Only a garden is missing — “something with a natural look” — they both agree. “But it doesn’t happen overnight,” says Steinberg. While Caughlin wanted to buy an old cottage, Steinberg preferred to build. He got his way. “Caughlin and I love creating homes,” he says, darting a look at Caughlin, who nods in agreement. Caughlin doesn’t seem too bothered not to have gotten his own way. “We have the elevation here. The sunrises are ridiculous,” says Steinberg, and Caughlin can only nod in agreement. This story originally appeared in the November issue of WAG magazine.

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real estate William Raveis rolls out discount program for military personnel Raveis said his firm offers such personnel a $2,500 discount at the closing of a house priced at $500,000, with another $2,500 per each additional $500,000. Additional discounts can be realized by those working with WRRE’s “all under one roof” bundle approach, he said, noting that the firm’s insurance operation includes home and auto coverage. The agency will also be expanding its promotional efforts on behalf of its participation in the program via print ads, videos, social media and the like.

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illiam Raveis Real Estate (WRRE), Mortgage & Insurance has launched a specialized, multidivision program for military personnel and their families in what the agency’s co-president, Ryan Raveis, said is part of its dedication to the communities it serves. “As a family-owned business, we strive to always be as dedicated to our clients — and potential clients — as we can,” said Raveis, who shares WRRE’s co-presidency with his brother, Chris, at the Shelton-based company. While WRRE has long offered discounts and other incentives to those in the military, Ryan Raveis said its commitment is now formalized by its participation in U.S. Military on the Move, a program offered by participating brokerages of Leading Real Estate Companies of the World (LeadingRE) that offers rebates or credits on a home sale or purchase to eligible service members. LeadingRE is a consortium of independent residential brokerages in more than 70 countries with 565 firms and 130,000 sales associates that collectively produced more than $254 billion in home sales in 2018, representing 1.1 million transactions. It maintains a by-invitation-only network based on performance in a given market. As the local LeadingRE representative, WRRE has more than 4,100 sales associates across 134 offices in nine states. Last year it produced $11.3 billion in real estate sales. As a member of the network, WRRE can assist homebuyers and sellers worldwide and can access LeadingRE’s full range of brokerage services, including lead generation, branding support, luxury marketing, web exposure, technology systems and state-of-the-art learning and credentialing. Raveis noted that the discounts and credits available to qualified military personnel and their families are administered by his agency. “(LeadingRE) developed the spine for it, put it out there, but it’s 100% on the brokerage to execute it,” he said. “Many of our member real estate firms are based in areas that have a high concentration of active duty or retired military personnel,” noted LeadingRE President/CEO Paul Boomsma. “We created U.S. Military on the Move to make it easy for those who serve our country to connect with these market-leading real estate professionals committed to delivering premier service to military personnel, while also allowing these servicemen and women to benefit financially from special rebates and pricing on other value-added services.”

Chris Raveis (left) and Ryan Raveis, co-presidents of William Raveis Real Estate.

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real estate Environmental, planning firm AKRF enters Connecticut with Stamford office

The firm led the environmental review process for construction of the Mario M. Cuomo Bridge. Photo by Glenn J. Kalinoski.

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nvironmental, planning and engineering firm AKRF Inc. has opened its first Connecticut office at 700 Canal St. in Stamford — a location that Senior Technical Director Ashley Ley says was a natural choice. “This was an ideal time for us to expand our business in Connecticut,” said Ley, who will help lead the New York City-based firm’s Stamford operations. “Up until now our staff in New York and White Plains have been working the state for us, but we wanted to have a physical presence here to give us the ability to better reach clients throughout the state.” She said the firm focused its search on Stamford and Norwalk, with the former being selected for what has become a standard set of reasons: Its burgeoning economic and demographic growth and the fact that a number of its staff live in the area, including Stamford resident Ley. “Locating an office in Stamford will allow us to better serve our existing clients in Connecticut and offer our full range of

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Established in 1981, AKRF provides everything from simple environmental analyses for a single building to highly complex environmental impact statements for major development and infrastructure schemes, complex site engineering tasks and hazardous materials investigation and remediation.

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real estate environmental, engineering and planning capabilities to public and private sector entities across the state,” affirmed AKRF CEO Karen Franz. “For nearly four decades, AKRF has contributed to the most impactful land development, water, energy and transportation projects in the tri-state area, and we will continue to bring the same passion and level of expertise to the Stamford office.” Ley noted that transportation systems and green infrastructure design are among the firm’s specialties for Connecticut clients. Recent experiences in the state include: · Master planning for Compo Beach in Westport. · Watershed-based management plans for the Saugatuck, Mianus and Five Mile River watersheds in Fairfield County. · Multifamily zoning code revisions and conceptual design planning for the town of Salisbury. · Environmental assessment for the Connecticut River Bridge replacement. · Economic analyses for the I-84 project in Hartford. For the Compo Beach project, objectives included: improving the traffic flow at the beach entrance as well as circulation throughout the park; evaluating the condition and usage of existing facilities at the park; recommending landscape improvements; and evaluating potential flood impact and protection. The master planning process included an extensive public engagement component, including a community charrette, interactive website and public outreach media campaign.

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The firm also led the environmental review process for construction of the Mario M. Cuomo Bridge that replaced the Tappan Zee Bridge. AKRF has been the ongoing planning consultant for the village of Pelham Manor for about 15 years and is assisting the city of White

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Plains in completing landfill closure requirements for the Gedney Way Landfill Closure, a leaf and yard waste compost facility. Established in 1981, AKRF provides everything from simple environmental analyses for a single building to highly complex environmental impact statements for major development and infrastructure schemes, complex site engineering tasks and hazardous materials investigation and remediation. With 11 offices — the northernmost in Albany, the southernmost in Hanover, Maryland, and the westernmost in Columbus, Ohio — totaling more than 350 planners, engineers and scientists, AKRF expects to maintain its focus on the Northeast and MidAtlantic regions, Ley said.

The firm was involved in the master planning for Compo Beach in Westport.

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NOVEMBER 25, 2019

The Bridgeport Region: Opportunity and Accomplishment

SHU STUDENTS MAKE GLOBAL IMPACT SACRED HEART UNIVERSITY’S career-focused, liberal arts-based academic programs provide students with the intellectual and professional fuel they need to build lives of achievement and value. Innovation is the key driver for creating practical experiences in and outside of the classroom that allow SHU students to make a global impact.

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Sacred Heart University makes an economic impact on the local area and the state. According to a 2019 study by the Connecticut Conference of Independent Colleges, the University’s total impact is

Sacred Heart University makes an economic impact on the local area and the state. According to a 2019 study by the Connecticut Conference of Independent Colleges, the University’s total impact is $2,356,703,876

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$2,356,703,876. This includes direct and induced impact. Total direct spending by the University, its employees, students and visitors is $1,408,164,362, and students account for $99,440,463 of that number.

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Sacred Heart University’s mission embraces a vision for social justice and educates students in mind, body and spirit to prepare them personally and professionally to make a difference in the global community. Students dedicate 100,000 hours of service each year internationally and locally, with the majority of those hours taking place in Bridgeport. That’s Spirit.

I think what makes service at SHU in Bridgeport, CT so special is that it is essentially right in SHU’s “backyard.” At Sacred Heart, so often I find myself going through the trials and tribulations of school and getting so caught up in work that consumes my time. Serving in Bridgeport allows me to take a step back from schoolwork and focus on what genuinely makes me happy. Volunteering allows me to give of my time to those who need it. Offering a hand to these people who share the community in which we live, I f ind it crucial to not only what I stand for, but what Sacred Heart University stands for as well. – Brendan Benitez Sacred Heart University ’20

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BULLISH ON BRIDGEPORT By Robert L. Friedland, Chair, Westrock Development

90,000 s.f., 40’ foot high ceilings, 3 loading docks, drive-in and parking BEFORE

believe in Bridgeport. So much so, in fact, that my company, Westrock Development, recently purchased two additional industrial properties in the city, increasing its portfolio to 10 buildings, totaling more than 700,000 feet, in the city. Bridgeport’s location is ideal for commercial businesses. It is bounded by I 95, the Merritt Parkway and Routes 25 and 8, allowing trucks and other vehicles easy access from several directions. It is for these reasons that Bridgeport is a perfect location for a warehouse, distribution facility. Bridgeport is the largest city in the state of Connecticut with nearly 150,000 residents, with a labor pool of both blue and white collar workers. Companies can easily hire a capable and competent work force. Bridgeport has a deep water port. Rental prices in Stratford, Norwalk and Stamford are twice what they are in Bridgeport. Rental prices in the Norwalk and Stamford area may

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be as high as $12 P.S.F. whereas prices in the Bridgeport area are around $6-$8 PSF Bridgeport has various incentive programs for both users and investors. Our two new industrial properties are located in the former Bridgeport Brass Complex, which has a total of 800,000 square feet of single story industrial property on 22 acres of land. The first building is a sprawling 90,000 square feet with 40 foot ceilings. Although it has been vacant for over 11 years and had no electric or water, the roof leaked and the floor was all broken up,, we saw its huge potential. Westrock will install a new floor, new roof, energy efficient lighting and plumbing and a new exterior façade.. We are also adding four loading docks and a drive-in. The second building is also in the former Bridgeport Brass complex. It is 16,500 square feet, and was filled with junk. There was no, heat, electricity or water coming into the space. The ceiling heights of 16-28 feet and has two loading docks. The space is landlocked between other

buildings and there are problems to solve, but the city, to its credit, has been working with us on solving them. One might ask: why buy these properties? Westrock’s philosophy is to look for run down, tired properties that are functionally obsolete. Our forte is in recognizing what the building can ideally be used for and frequently dividing them up into smaller, more functional spaces. Because buildings and spaces like these are in large demand, we believe that once the renovations are completed, the properties will be occupied quickly. It is exciting and gratifying to renew these buildings to 21st century standards and to help Bridgeport grow and prosper. Westrock Development is a full service commercial real estate development company based in Harrison, New York. with a portfolio of 32 buildings with a total of almost 1.5 Million sq. ft. of space

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NOVEMBER 25, 2019

FAIRFIELD: A SOUND CHOICE FOR BUSINESS RECENTLY NAMED AS “CONNECTICUT’S MOST BUSINESS-FRIENDLY TOWN,” Fairfield is poised for growth. With its highly skilled workforce and two outstanding private universities, Fairfield is the ideal choice for businesses seeking a deep talent pool. Just 50 miles from New York City, Fairfield affords easy access to Interstate 95 and the Merritt Parkway, both regional and international airports and an impressive commuter rail system anchored by three Metro-North train stations. Aside from its talented workforce, coveted location and unparalleled access, Fairfield possesses a nationally ranked school system, top-notch public services and an enviable quality of life. Consistently identified as one of the best places to live, Fairfield has

a strong and diverse economy, with businesses ranging from well-established companies such as R.C. Bigelow Tea to many smaller establishments and start-ups. It’s easy to see why more than 3,000 businesses call Fairfield home. Within a 25-mile radius of Fairfield’s vibrant and walkable downtown, companies can draw upon a population of more than 500,000. Over 62 percent of Fairfield residents have college or advanced degrees, and Fairfield boasts more management, finance and IT professionals per capita than even New York City. And, with a combined enrollment of more than 13,000 students, Fairfield and Sacred Heart universities provide access to the rising talent that knowledge-based companies covet.

Aside from its talented workforce, coveted location and unparalleled access, Fairfield possesses a nationally ranked school system, topnotch public services and an enviable quality of life.

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Attracting top talent demands amenity-rich, vibrant environments that integrate work with modern life. Fairfield affords employers and employees alike with urban-style amenities in a suburban setting. Fairfield is one of the few places that the beach, train station and downtown are all within walking distance of one another. Fairfield’s bustling downtown is home to a nascent arts scene, centered on the Fairfield Theater Company, as well as charming shops and boutique stores. With over 200 local eating spots, Fairfield is a popular destination for foodies. Coupled with more than five miles of shoreline on Long Island Sound and more than 1,000 acres of parks and dedicated open space, it’s easy to see why people choose to stay. The town has embarked on an ambitious economic development strategy focused on mixed-use and transit-oriented development. New regulations permit a broad range of commercial uses as well as higher-density residential and lower on-site parking requirements in recognition of the availability of mass transit. This focus on transit-oriented development has already spurred new investment activity, highlighted by a new 5-story, 140,000-square-foot mixed-use development with 101 apartments on the doorstep of the new commuter rail station. A 160unit second phase is already under construction. The town’s Economic Development Department offers siting and other assistance, and works proactively with businesses to successfully navigate the permitting and regulatory approval process. To learn more about commercial opportunities and how you can become a part of this dynamic and forward-thinking community, please visit our website or contact the Fairfield Department of Economic and Community Development at 203-256-3120 or mbarnhart@fairfieldct.org.

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NOVEMBER 25, 2019

Good Things Westchester County BRIGHTCORE EXPANDS ITS ENERGY-EFFICIENCY SOLUTIONS Armonk-based Brightcore Energy, a provider of end-to-end clean energy solutions to the commercial and institutional (C&I) market, recently announced the expansion of its services to include commercial and community solar, high-efficiency renewable heating and cooling (geothermal), electric vehicle (EV) charging infrastructure and battery storage. Brightcore will deliver the new services through its Efficiency as a Service (EasS) model under which Brightcore provides 100% of the capital for the projects, enabling its customers to reap lower operating costs with no up-front capital investment. Founded in 2016 as a company focused on transforming legacy lighting within the C&I market, Brightcore’s growth and success in the LED arena prompted the company to add the additional service lines. Brightcore management brings significant expertise to the launch of these additional service lines. Its co-founders, Rob Krugel and Konstantin Braun, previously co-founded Smart Energy Capital, a C&I solar development and finance company in 2009. The company completed $250 million in projects for a wide range of customers throughout the U.S. before selling to NextEra Energy Resources, one of the largest owners of solar and wind projects in North America, in 2013. In addition, Brightcore’s president Mike Richter, has spent the past decade developing and investing in clean energy projects and businesses, both as a private equity investor and project developer. To lead the expansion, Brightcore appointed two seasoned industry veterans. Dave Hermantin was named vice president, renewable heating and cooling, while Stan Tolstunov was appointed to the post of vice president, solar. “In a relatively short period of time, Brightcore has established itself as a leader in LED lighting transformations, having completed more than 100 projects in less than three years,” said Richter.

THE NEUSTADT COLLECTION LAUNCHES ARTS PROGRAM AT BURKE

Jean Marie Connolly and Jean Chatzky

From left: William M. Mooney Jr., president and CEO, Westchester County Association; Jeffrey Menkes, president and CEO, Burke Rehabilitation Hospital; Lindsy Parrott, executive director and curator of The Neustadt Collection of Tiffany Glass; and Thomas Roach, White Plains mayor.

The Neustadt Collection of Tiffany Glass recently opened a three-month exhibition in the lobby of Burke Rehabilitation Hospital’s White Plains campus at 785 Mamaroneck Ave. Four lamps, made more than a century ago by the New York tastemaker Louis Comfort Tiffany, are on view for the

hundreds of patients, guests and staff who pass through every day. This new exhibition, Louis Comfort Tiffany’s Shade Garden, features opalescent glass lamps with motifs, including daffodils, apple blossoms, peonies and pond lilies. It is the first major display of Tiffany’s works in Westchester County.

This exhibition program is made possible through the support of The Fine Art Program and Collection at Montefiore Einstein in the Bronx; Simone Healthcare Development in the Bronx; and H. Guy Leibler, president of Simone Healthcare Development and Neustadt trustee.

YPIE CELEBRATES PAST AND LOOKS TO THE FUTURE

GRANITA CUCINA & BAR GRAND OPENING Granita Cucina & Bar at 202 E. Hartsdale Ave. in Hartsdale, which recently opened, is located in the former Frankie & Fanucci’s location. Owned by Eight Ten Hospitality Group, Granita is a contemporary Italian restaurant that features modern Italian food and a bar program. Granita’s roots stem from its sister restaurant, Sotto 13, in the West Village of New York City.

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UNITED WAY’S ‘TAKE A WALK IN HER SHOES’ The award-winning financial editor of NBC’s TODAY Show, Jean Chatzky, will be the keynote speaker Dec. 10 when the United Way Women’s Leadership Council will hold its “Take a Walk in Her Shoes” Breakfast, the seventh annual Celebration of Women in Philanthropy who recognize and reinforce the work of women helping to lift up women and children living on the financial edge in Westchester and Putnam counties. Jean Marie Connolly, who has dedicated years of service to the not-forprofit community helping local residents through such organizations as Hope’s Door, Feeding Westchester and the American Heart Association’s Go Red for Women, will be recognized with the 2019 Woman of Distinction Award. The breakfast event will be held from 8 to 10 a.m. at Abigail Kirsch at Tappan Hill in Tarrytown. Proceeds from the Women’s Leadership Council breakfast go to support programs that help women to become self-sufficient. Individual tickets are $125, with tables and sponsorships also available. To learn more and reserve your seat, visit https://www.uwwp.org/event/take-awalk-in-her-shoes-breakfast-celebration.

From left: YPIE Executive Director Samuel Wallis; Sound Associates CEO Richard Fitzgerald; YPIE founding Executive Director Wendy R. Nadel; and YPIE board Chair David Westin.

Yonkers Partners in Education (YPIE), a nonprofit that prepares more than 1,200 Yonkers students for success in college and beyond, recently held its most successful annual gala. More than 500 friends, supporters and

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volunteers filled a room in Sarah Lawrence College’s new Barbara Walters Campus Center and honored YPIE founding Executive Director Wendy R. Nadel and Sound Associates Inc. Since 2007, YPIE has partnered with

the Yonkers Public School District to ensure that students are ready for, enroll in and complete college. To learn how you can get involved or to make a contribution, visit ypie.org.

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SPCA TO REBUILD ANIMAL CARE CAMPUS

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THE FOOT CARE RN GRAND OPENING White Plains Mayor Thomas Roach was among the guests celebrating the grand opening of The Foot Care RN on Veteran’s Day, Nov. 11, in honor of owner Petula Griffith’s work at the Veterans Village in San Diego, which motivated her to specialize in preventive foot care. A registered nurse, Griffith is a certified foot care specialist (CFCS) with more than 20 years of nursing experience. She implements preventive care techniques and provides access and referrals to partner providers.

APPLY FOR ELDER CARE GRANTS NOW The Field Hall Foundation in Cortlandt Manor is accepting Letters of Inquiry for programs and projects that will improve the lives of older adults and their caregivers in Westchester, Putnam and Dutchess counties. The foundation will award full grants up to $50,000 each and minigrants up to $15,000 to not-for-profits and local government agencies. The deadline to submit a Letter of Inquiry is Jan. 20. The foundation is especially interested in collaborative projects and programs that address seniors’ basic needs in the following areas: · Home-based care services. · Social work. · Food insecurity of older adults. · Transportation options for older adults, caregivers or home health aides. · Elder abuse intervention. · Alzheimer’s/dementia. · Alcohol and other substance abuse prevention and intervention. · Respite services for spouses or relatives caring for older adults at home. · Handicap accessibility and safety. · Quality of life. · Program delivery. For more information, visit fieldhallfoundation.org or contact Patti Lavan Horvath, program officer at the Field Hall Foundation, at 914-813-9103 or phorvath@ fieldhallfdn.org.

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HVEDC WELCOMES STOCKADE WORKS FOUNDER TO ITS ADVISORY BOARD

A rendering of the SPCA of Westchester to be built.

Briarcliff-based SPCA of Westchester, a no-kill shelter, which was founded in 1883, recently announced its plan to build a brand new animal care campus at its current location through its Rescue-Restore-Rebuild Capital Campaign. To date, more than $8 million of its $9.1 million goal has been raised. “This project is the culmination of the determination and talents of many people who believe in our mission,” said Shannon Laukhuf, executive director. “On behalf of the animals we protect and care for, we

are extremely grateful to our supporters who have already pledged to make a new and improved SPCA a soon-to-be reality.” The SPCA continues to seek support from the community to raise the remaining funds needed to break ground. A modern 27,000-square-foot building will replace multiple aged buildings currently on the SPCA’s campus. Upgrades will include: indoor dog habitats for increased comfort, outdoor day pens for enrichment and exercise, luxury four-story condos and multiple cage-free cattery ar-

eas, state-of-the-art veterinary hospital, large indoor space to serve as a training and enrichment center for dogs and a classroom for humane education presentations to local school children, youth groups and the popular Camp Critter day camp. To take a virtual tour and learn more about the SPCA’s Capital Campaign and how you can help, visit spca914.org. To discuss gift and naming opportunities, email Shannon@spca914.org or call 914941-2896, ext. 12.

STREET ARTISTS’ MURALS IN NEW ROCHELLE A recent “Art Walk” around downtown New Rochelle revealed eight new murals created by some of the world’s leading street artists. Curated by Street Art for Mankind (SAM) in collaboration with the city of New Rochelle and the New Rochelle Council on the Arts (NRCA), the murals reflect the creativity and diversity of the city, paying tribute to the history and values that shape the community — and create a flavorful modern-day melting pot. The #NRNYMurals are linked by a free, downloadable app, Behind the Wall, that combines augmented reality content and audio-guide features, making the murals truly interactive. The free app can be downloaded from http:// streetartmankind.org/NRNY.

Mary Stuart Masterson, founder of Stockade Works and a member of the Actors Studio, the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, SAG-AFTRA and the Actor’s Equity Association, has joined the advisory board of Poughkeepsie-based Hudson Valley Economic Development Corp. (HVEDC). Stockade Works, a nonprofit organization, is dedicated to furthering the potential of film/TV, media and tech in the Hudson Valley. Masterson founded Upriver Studios, which features state-of-the-art production facilities in Saugerties; and Quality Pictures, a production company committed to shooting exclusively in the Hudson Valley. With her husband, Jeremy Davidson, she is co-founder of Storyhorse Documentary Theater, a collection of multimedia theater pieces based on transcribed interviews focusing on topical issues in the Hudson Valley.

LILLIAN VERNON AWARD GOES TO RISA HOAG The Women’s Enterprise Development Center (WEDC) honored Risa Hoag, owner of GMG Public Relations, at its fall networking event on Nov. 11 at Ruth’s Chris Steak House in Tarrytown. The award is presented to a woman entrepreneur who has made significant contributions to her community. WEDC is a nonprofit 501(c)(3) organization dedicated to helping entrepreneurs achieve economic self-sufficiency through small-business ownership. For more information about the programs and services of the Women’s Enterprise Development Center, visit wedcbiz.org.

The mural celebrates the legacy of two New Rochelle women, Susan B. Anthony and Carrie Chapman Catt, who played pivotal roles in the fight for women’s suffrage.

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NOVEMBER 25, 2019

Good Things Westchester County HOULIHAN LAWRENCE WELCOMES AGENTS TO ITS TEAM

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Stella King

REAL ESTATE INVESTOR TO JOIN PACE BOARD

LOCAL LAW FIRM WELCOMES ASSOCIATE ATTORNEY

David Z. Hirsh, a real estate investor and retired senior executive at Blackstone, has been appointed to Pace University’s Board of Trustees. Hirsh has more than 30 years of experience across all major real estate product types in major U.S. markets. He retired from Blackstone’s Real Estate Asset Management Group in 2018, having completed more than $30 billion in transactions during his career.

Stella King of Tarrytown has joined The law firm of Enea, Scanlan & Sirignano LLP of Somers and White Plains as an associate attorney. She will concentrate her practice in elder law, wills, trusts and estates, Medicaid planning and applications and guardianships. King had been an associate attorney at Steinvurzel & Levy Law Group and Sanders Law PLLC. A member of the Westchester County Bar Association, King earned her J.D. from Hofstra University School of Law and was awarded a pro bono program certificate (gold level) for her commitment to improving access to the legal system among members of underrepresented groups. She is admitted to practice law in New York and New Jersey.

HONOR CELEBRATES ANOTHER SHELTER

From left: Samira Khader, Caroline Shepherd and Charles Vaccaro

Caroline Shepherd, Charles Vaccaro and Samira Khader have been welcomed by Rye Brook-based Houlihan Lawrence Realty to its Bedford/Pound Ridge, Armonk and Chappaqua brokerages. Shepherd, who has rejoined the Bedford/Pound Ridge office, has more than 30 years of real estate experience

with Houlihan Lawrence. She has ranked in New York’s Top 10 and also received the Westchester County Board of Realtors Diamond Award of Excellence. After graduating from Manhattan College in 2002 with a double major in finance and global business, Vaccaro established Rolling Stone Masonry Ltd. He

began his career in the real estate industry in 2016. Khader has been working in real estate for 35 years. She started her real estate career working for Hecht, Egan & Nash, where she was the top sales agent and a consistent multimillion-dollar winner.

PURE BARRE WHITE PLAINS OPENS

On Nov. 19, Honor in Middletown, which provides temporary housing through its homeless and runaway shelters as well as many other support services, celebrated the opening of the new location of A Friend’s House — Orange County’s only homeless and runaway shelter for youth — with a ribbon cutting hosted by the Orange County Chamber of Commerce.

REALTOR FOUNDATION INVITES YOU TO A HOLIDAY PARTY

RETIRED JOHNSON & JOHNSON EXECUTIVE JOINS MARIST BOARD The Marist College Board of Trustees in Poughkeepsie elected Stephen Cosgrove to the board during its annual meeting. Cosgrove had a highly successful career with Johnson & Johnson that spanned more than 40 years. During that time, he served in multiple senior roles, including finance director for corporate affiliates in Belgium, the Netherlands, and the United Kingdom. He retired as a vice president, corporate controller and chief accounting officer in 2015. He has had a longstanding connection to the college since two of his children graduated from Marist. Cosgrove has also shared his professional expertise with the college, serving as chair of the School of Management’s Advisory Board since 2013 and participating in numerous student case competitions.

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The Hudson Gateway Realtor Foundation, the charitable arm of the Hudson Gateway Association of Realtors, is holding its annual Holiday Party on Thursday, Dec. 5, from 6 to 9 p.m. at the Renaissance Westchester Hotel in Harrison. The public is invited to attend the festivities. Tickets are $125 per person and all proceeds will benefit the foundation, which supports charities and nonprofit organizations throughout the Hudson Valley and beyond. Tickets may be purchased at HGAR. com or at Eventbrite. Sponsorship information is available at HGAR.com. From left: Ashley Allen, White Plains Mayor Thomas Roach and Caitie Muldowney.

Pure Barre opened its newest location in downtown White Plains at 140 Mamaroneck Ave. with studio owners Ashley Allen and Caitie Muldowney. Designed to sculpt, tone and strength-

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Greenwich Hospital has launched a surgical program to treat breast cancer-related lymphedema, a chronic condition that can significantly impair an individual’s health and mobility long after completing cancer treatment. The advanced procedure is performed by Andreas M. Lamelas, M.D., a plastic surgeon who focuses on natural tissue breast reconstruction. Lamelas — with colleagues David Greenspun, M.D., and Heather Erhard, M.D. — modeled the new program after a similar one at Harvard University, where she completed a fellowship. The debilitating and painful condition, which one study estimates occurs in up to 40% of breast cancer patients, can develop years after cancer treatment.

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NEW PARTNER AT HOLLAND & KNIGHT Holland & Knight’s Global Private Wealth Services Group has added David W. Thal as a partner in the firm’s Stamford office. Thal serves as general counsel to ultra-high-net-worth families and their family offices. Previously, he was a principal with Cummings & Lockwood in Stamford. He focuses on estate planning and the administration of trusts and estates, particularly for clients with family offices and operating businesses. The core of his practice is advising clients on implementing estate planning strategies customized to their unique and often complex circumstances. His clients include owners of multinational, closely held businesses and family office founders. Thal received an LL.M. degree in taxation from the New York University School of Law, a Juris Doctorate degree from the University of Connecticut School of Law and a Bachelor of Arts degree from Williams College. He is admitted to practice law in Connecticut and New York.

CUSHMAN & WAKEFIELD RAISES $91,000 Cushman & Wakefield held its seventh annual Bowl-A-Thon at Bowlmor Lanes in Norwalk on Nov. 12. This year’s event benefited First Candle, a Connecticut-based nonprofit committed to ending sudden infant death syndrome (SIDS) and other sleep-related infant deaths while also providing bereavement support to families who have experienced a loss. The event was attended by more than 200 professionals from Fairfield and Westchester counties with a total of $91,000 being raised for First Candle. Over the past seven years, the Cushman & Wakefield Bowl-A-Thon has raised more than $500,000 for various organizations throughout the community.

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NEW SURGICAL PROGRAM TREATS BREAST CANCER-RELATED LYMPHEDEMA

From left: Gilda Bonanno, Alexandra Lebenthal, Roz Brooks, Alison Malloy and Susan Lasota.

More than 650 people gathered for The Women’s Business Development Council’s (WBDC) annual “Women Rising” Gala and Awards luncheon, celebrating women’s economic empowerment and putting a spotlight on the positive and critical changes that women are bringing to Connecti-

cut’s economy. Connecticut First Lady Annie Lamont, Lt. Governor Susan Bysiewicz and state Rep. Patricia Billie Miller were on hand to honor women entrepreneurs, business and community leaders at the Hyatt Regency Greenwich. The WBDC paid tribute to 11 success-

ful Connecticut women business owners. The Woman with Impact Award went to three women who have exemplified the mission and goals of the organization by promoting economic equality and prosperity for women. They are Alison Malloy, Roz Brooks and Susan Lasota.

SIGNATURE FUNDRAISER BENEFITS PREMATURE BABIES AND FAMILIES Graham’s Foundation, the global support organization for families facing the challenges of premature birth, honored Dr. James Moore at its ‘Tinis for Preemies’ event at the Upper Story by Charlie Palmer in New York City. The reception was attended by health care providers, families of premature babies, supporters and representatives from Graham’s Foundation. Moore is the division head for neonatal-perinatal medicine at Connecticut Children’s Medical Center and an associate professor of pediatrics at the University of Connecticut School of Medicine. He is also chair of the virtual health and telemedicine program for Connecticut Children’s.

Graham’s Foundation board member Marie Boone-Clark presents an award to Dr. James Moore.

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The Connecticut Chapter of the American Institute of Architects (AIA Connecticut) announced the 2019 Chrysalis Award winner — Patriquin Architects of New Haven. The Chrysalis Award (formerly the Emerging Firm Award) is a peer-recognition program spotlighting an AIA Connecticut member firm that has been in practice no less than two years and no more than 15 years and is gaining recognition in the general design community through a body of built work and continuing commitment to design excellence.

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Gridiron Capital is partnering with Housatonic Habitat for Humanity in Danbury — the local housing nonprofit — to build homes for veterans and their families. In addition to building homes, the program will also include an expansion of Housatonic Habitat’s repair program, Brush with Kindness, which provides low-cost repairs to homeowners in need of preventive maintenance. In Connecticut, one-third of the estimated 200,000 veterans served in the Vietnam War and more than 50% are 65 years of age or older.

LEADERS FROM REGION RAISE FUNDS FOR ISRAELI SOLDIERS

Pullman & Comley staff and attorneys who volunteered included: Cynthia Klaneski, paralegal; Ann Marie Astles, legal secretary; Patricia LeBel-Lasse, paralegal; Lisa Amaral, legal secretary; Marcy Tench Stovall, attorney; Campbell Barrett, attorney; Stacie Provencher, paralegal; Rosie Sanabria, records coordinator; Kelly Scott, attorney; Kristen Perkins, paralegal; Christopher McCormack, attorney; and David Atkins, attorney.

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SILVER HILL NAMES DIRECTOR OF ADOLESCENT PROGRAMS Frank Bartolomeo has joined Silver Hill Hospital in New Canaan, a nationally recognized leader in the treatment of psychiatric and addiction disorders, as its director of adolescent services. He is responsible for the design and implementation of clinical programs for adolescents and their families and ensuring these programs improve utilization and quality of care. He is also responsible for training staff on issues and policies related to adolescent services and developing alliances with regional and national providers. Throughout his career, Bartolomeo has worked with adolescents suffering from stress, trauma, addiction and loss. Prior to joining Silver Hill, Bartolomeo was director of behavioral services for the Southfield Center for Development in Darien. He has also been in private practice where he specialized in group therapy, substance abuse and co-occurring disorders. Bartolomeo earned his master’s degree in social work from Boston University and his Ph.D. from Simmons College.

PULLMAN & COMLEY VOLUNTEERS FOR HABITAT As part of the law firm’s 100th anniversary Year of Service, a dozen volunteers from Pullman & Comley, LLC spent an October day working on everything from framing and siding to pouring concrete piers for the front porches of Habitat for Humanity handicapped-accessible homes on Wessels Avenue in Bridgeport.

Keynote speaker Ari Sacher.

Nearly 650 members of the Westchester and Connecticut communities gathered Nov. 3 for the Friends of the Israel Defense Forces (FIDF) Westchester and Connecticut Gala “A Night of Heroes” at the Hyatt Regency Greenwich to salute Israel’s brave men and women in uniform. The gala raised $800,000 for educational programs for Israeli soldiers. Israeli rocket scientist Ari Sach-

er, who works in the Air Superiority Systems Division at Rafael, where he develops new air-defense systems and has led the Iron Dome project, delivered the keynote address. A VIP reception with Sacher for sponsors took place before the gala. Co-chairs of the event were Elise Kamen and Steven Grossblatt, Jennifer and Mickey Lowitt, as well as honorary co-chairs and philanthropists Lisa and Michael Leffell.

FIDF was established in 1981 by a group of Holocaust survivors as a 501(C) (3) not-for-profit organization with the mission of offering educational, cultural, recreational and social programs and facilities that provide hope, purpose and life-changing support for the soldiers who protect Israel and Jews worldwide. Today, FIDF has more than 150,000 loyal supporters and 24 chapters throughout the United States and Panama.

‘CHAGALL FOR CHILDREN’ OPENS AT STAMFORD MUSEUM TECHNICAL MARKETING DIRECTOR JOINS CHARKIT Jay Lang, president of Charkit Chemical Company, announced that Kruti Shah has joined Charkit as technical marketing director. She will report to Panos Yannopoulos, executive vice president of sales. Her role will be to develop and execute a strategic business plan to achieve profitable growth within Charkit’s personal care business. Shah comes to Charkit from Evonik, where she was a global key account manager. Prior to that she had a technical marketing position for North America and Latin America at IFF/Lucas Meyer Cosmetics. She began her career in research and development at Avon and then L’Oreal.

Stamford Museum & Nature Center (SM&NC) welcomed guests to the opening of “Chagall for Children,” an interactive, hands-on exhibition that presents an opportunity to introduce children to art through the work of master artist Marc Chagall, while allowing them to explore their own creativity. The exhibit has traveled the nation since 1996, organized by the Kohl Children’s Museum of Illinois, and will be on view in the Stamford Museum’s Bendel Galleries through Jan. 5. The Nov. 14 opening was held in conjunction with the SM&NC’s annual Holiday Market, which showcased the work of more than 20 local artisans. The evening also featured a book singing of “To the Editor: a Curated Collection of Letters and Opinion Pieces” by Stamford author Lynn Villency Cohen.

TWO LAW FIRMS MERGE Neubert, Pepe & Monteith PC has acquired the Hartford-based law firm Fontaine Alissi PC to expand legal services for its clients, specifically in the area of litigation. The combined firm of 32 attorneys is headquartered in New Haven, with offices in Hartford and Fairfield as well as White Plains, New York. Fontaine Alissi’s practice is primarily focused on professional, dental and medical malpractice liability defense and general liability defense.

NEW LOCATION FOR LAFFERTY & MARTIN

Author Lynn Villency Cohen signed copies of her book, “To the Editor: a Curated Collection of Letters and Opinion Pieces.”

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The law firm of Lafferty & Martin LLC in Guilford is expanding its real estate, personal injury and family law practice to Fairfield County at 883 Black Rock Turnpike in Fairfield. Beverly A. Balaz, president of the Fairfield Chamber of Commerce, said, “After meeting with attorneys Thea Bourke Martin and Stacey Lafferty, I was immediately impressed with their professionalism, background and experience. I am delighted that they selected Fairfield to open their new office.”

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BANKRUPTCIES Manhattan DaDong Catering LLC New York. Chapter 11, Voluntary. Attorney: Steven Wirth. Filed Nov. 13. Case number: 19-13629-scc. High Quality Nutrition Company LLC New York. Chapter 7, Voluntary. Attorney: Paris Gyparakis. Filed Nov. 16. Case number: 19-13675-smb. KBG Property LLC Bronx. Chapter 7, Voluntary. Attorney: KBG Property LLC. Filed Nov. 12. Case number: 19-13610-scc.

COURT CASES Amateur Athletic Union of the United States Inc. filed by Timothy Hidalgo. Action: Diversity-torts. Attorney: William Bernard Federman. Filed Nov. 13. Case number: 1:19-cv-10545-JGK. Candy Club LLC filed by Kareem Nisbett. Action: Federal question other civil rights. Attorney: Christopher Howard Lowe. Filed Nov. 11. Case number: 1:19-cv-10459-AJN. Cavalry SPV I LLC filed by William H. Tirkot. Action: Fair Debt Collection Act. Attorney: Simon Goldenberg. Filed Nov. 11. Case number: 1:19-cv-10456-AT. CVR Associates Inc. filed by Yvonne Frost. Action: Federal question. Attorney: Yvonne Frost. Filed Nov. 12. Case number: 1:19-cv-10521-UA.

Deloitte Consulting LLP filed by Ashu Shukla. Action: Federal question. Attorney: Gregory Scott Tabakman. Filed Nov. 14. Case number: 1:19-cv-10578AKH.

SRC Energy Inc. filed by William P. Colman. Action: Securities Exchange Act. Attorney: Juan Eneas Monteverde. Filed Nov. 14. Case number: 1:19-cv10551-DLC.

Didyma Realty Bronx LLC filed by Daniel Bowen. Action: The Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990. Attorney: Hector V. Ramirez. Filed Nov. 12. Case number: 1:19-cv-10499-AJN.

Tampopo LLC filed by Nazareno Larios. Action: Fair Labor Standards Act. Attorney: Giustino Cilenti. Filed Nov. 14. Case number: 1:19-cv-10561-AT.

Dos Toros Holdings LLC filed by Marcos Calcano. Action: Federal question. Attorney: Jeffrey Michael Gottlieb. Filed Nov. 13. Case number: 1:19-cv-10534-GBD. Fibrocell Science Inc. filed by Allan Burnaska. Action: Securities Exchange Act. Attorney: Richard Adam Acocelli Jr. Filed Nov. 11. Case number: 1:19-cv10450-UA. Marriott International Inc. filed by Cynthia Ball. Action: Job discrimination (unlawful employment practices) Attorney: Matthew Ian Marks. Filed Nov. 15. Case number: 1:19-cv-10593JPO. HIMI NY Corp. filed by Luigi Girotto. Action: Federal question. Attorney: Ben-Zion Bradley Weitz. Filed Nov. 13. Case number: 1:19-cv-10539-AJN. Hughes Tavern LLC filed by Namel Norris. Action: Federal question. Attorney: Ben-Zion Bradley Weitz. Filed Nov. 13. Case number: 1:19-cv-10548-LGS. MetLife Inc. filed by Mona Moazzaz. Action: Job discrimination (unlawful employment practices). Attorney: Douglas Holden Wigdor. Filed Nov. 13. Case number: 1:19-cv-10531-JPO. Rosehill Housing Management Corp. filed by Johnny Santiago. Action: Fair Labor Standards Act. Attorney: Nicole Deanna Grunfeld. Filed Nov. 14. Case number: 1:19-cv-10552-ER. Skaffles Group LLC filed by Stephanie Landon. Action: Family and Medical Leave Act of 1993. Attorney: Julia Klein. Filed Nov. 15. Case number: 1:19-cv10604-NRB.

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The Sneaker Studio LLC filed by Eric Johnson. Action: Copyright infringement. Attorney: Alexander Rudolf Malbin. Filed Nov. 13. Case number: 1:19-cv-10530-VM. Wardrop Foods Inc. filed by Jose Olivares. Action: Fair Labor Standards Act. Attorney: Louis Moshe Leon. Filed Nov. 14. Case number: 1:19-cv-10568-GBD. Westfall Law PLLC filed by Sandra Collins. Action: Fair Debt Collection Act. Attorney: Ahmad Keshavarz. Filed Nov. 13. Case number: 1:19-cv-10541-JSR. Wilfie & Nell LLC filed by Luigi Girotto. Action: Federal question. Attorney: Ben-Zion Bradley Weitz. Fild Nov. 13. Case number: 1:19-cv-10546-ER.

FORECLOSURES HASTINGS-ON-HUDSON, 368 Warburton Ave. Two-family residence; lot size: N/A. Plaintiff: NSO154 LLC. Plaintiff’s attorney” Richland & Falkowski PLLC, 3537 36th St., Astoria. Defendant: Robert Gibbons. Referee: Barbara Lerman. Sale: Dec. 2, 9 a.m. Approximate lien: $206,697. MOUNT VERNON, 130 E. First St. Bar; lot size: .03 acres. Plaintiff: Hampton Partners LLC. Plaintiff’s attorney: David A. Gallo, 99 Powerhouse Road, Roslyn Heights. Defendant: Laverne Jones. Referee: Karl Scully. Sale: Dec. 4, 10 a.m. Approximate lien: $229,146. MOUNT VERNON, 544 E. Lincoln Ave. Single-family residence; lot size: .19 acres. Plaintiff: Bank of America NA. Plaintiff’s attorney: Frenkel Lambert Weiss, 53 Gibson St., Bay Shore. Defendant: Rosalind Pritchard. Referee: Andrew Brotmann. Sale: Dec. 10, 10:30 a.m. Approximate lien: $559,313.

OSSINING, 82 Underhill Road. Single-family residence; lot size: .5 acres. Plaintiff: Deutsche Bank National Trust Co. Plaintiff’s attorney: McCabe Weisbery & Conway, 145 Huguenot St., New Rochelle. Defendant: Jamie Cotel. Referee: Leticia Arzu. Sale: Dec. 11, 9 a.m. Approximate lien: $701,012. POUND RIDGE, 77 Cross Pond Road. Single-family residence; lot size: 5.29 acres. Plaintiff: Deutsche Bank Trust Company Americas. Plaintiff’s attorney: McCabe Weisbery & Conway, 145 Huguenot St., New Rochelle. Defendant: Gabriel Marous. Referee: Michele Bermel. Sale: Dec. 11, 9:30 a.m. Approximate lien: $1,081,597. RYE, 144 Maple Ave. Two-family residence; lot size: .08 acres. Plaintiff: The Bank of New York Mellon. Plaintiff’s attorney: Druckman Law Group, 242 Drexel Ave., Westbury. Defendant: Alejandro Cayetano. Referee: Christopher Bonante. Sale: Dec. 2, 9 a.m. Approximate lien: $493,574. SOMERS, 259 Route 100. Single-family residence; lot size: 2.27 acres. Plaintiff: Reverse Mortgage Solutions. Plaintiff’s attorney: RAS Boriskin LLC, 900 Merchants Concourse, Westbury. Defendant: Raymond Sears Sr. Referee: Carla Glassman. Sale: Dec. 3, 9:30 a.m. Approximate lien: N/A. SOUTH SALEM, 352 Smith Ridge Road. Single-family residence; lot size: N/A. Plaintiff: Federal National Mortgage Association. Plaintiff’s attorney: RAS Boriskin LLC, 900 Merchants Concourse, Westbury. Defendant: Roger Zepp. Referee: Gerald Geist. Sale Nov. 27, 10 a.m. Approximate lien: N/A. WHITE PLAINS, 12 Teramar Way. Single-family residence; lot size: N/A. Plaintiff: The Bank of New York Mellon Trust. Plaintiff’s attorney: Eckert Seamans Cherin & Mellott, 10 Bank St., White Plains. Defendant: Altagracia Contreras. Referee: Frank Lombardi. Sale: Dec. 4, 9:15 a.m. Approximate lien: $670,625.

YONKERS, 28 Hillside Ave. Two-family residence; lot size:.11 acres. Plaintiff: Select Portfolio Servicing Inc. Plaintiff’s attorney: Frenkel Lambert Weiss, 53 Gibson St., Bay Shore. Defendant: Virginia Sayegh. Referee: Michele Bermel. Sale: Dec. 3, 9 a.m. Approximate lien: $421,793.

PATENTS Admission control based on the end-to-end availability. Patent no. 10,484,300 issued to Ashish Kundu, Elmsford; Ruchi Mahindru, Elmsofrd; Valentina Salapura, Chappaqua. Assigned to IBM, Armonk. Configuring privacy policies by formulating questions and evaluating responses. Patent no. 10,484,868 issued to Marco Pistoia, Amawalk; Omer Tripp, Bronx. Assigned to IBM, Armonk. Context-aware task processing for multiple devices. Patent no. 10,484,485 issued to Su Liu, Austin, Texas; Eric J. Rozner, Austin, Texas; Chin Ngai Sze, Austin, Texas; Yaoguang Wei, Austin, Texas. Assigned to IBM, Armonk. Dynamically managing data sharing. Patent no. 10,484,480 issued to Jeffrey A. Calcaterra, Chapel Hill, North Carolina; Romelia H. Flores, Keller, Texas; Zhi Li Guan, Beijing, China; Su Liu, Austin, Texas. Assigned to IBM, Armonk. Dynamic port type detection. Patent no. 10,484,518 issued to Casimer DeCusatis, Poughkeepsie; Rajaram B. Krishnamurthy, Poughkeepsie. Assigned to IBM, Armonk. Handling various scenarios where an email recipient is not available. Patent no. 10,484,322 issued to Wai Man Lee, Tai Po New Town, Hong Kong; Hon Chung Tang, Tseung Kwan O Plaza, Hong Kong; Wing Kong Yip, North Point, Hong Kong. Assigned to IBM, Armonk. Interconnecting multiple separate open-flow domains. Patent no. 10,484,282 issued to Venkata Siva N. Amulothu, Plano, Texas; Ashish Kapur, Santa Clara, California; Vishal Shukla, San Jose, California. Assigned to IBM, Armonk.

Peak cyclical workload-based storage management in a multitier storage environment. Patent no. 10,484,470 issued to Yong Guo, Shanghai, China; Kaisar R. Hossain, Tucson, Arizona; Jun Tao Li, Shanghai, China; Yan Xu, Tucson, Arizona. Assigned to IBM, Armonk. Publishing messages based on geographic area. Patent no. 10,484,835 issued to Gennaro A. Cuomo, Durham, North Carolina; Gari R. Singh, Wilmington, Massachusetts; Meeta Yadav, Cary, North Carolina. Assigned to IBM, Armonk. Retrieving network packets corresponding to detected abnormal application activity. Patent no. 10,484,420 issued to Kuo-Chun Chen, New Taipei, Taiwan; Chih-Hung Chou, Taipei, Taiwan; Wei-Hsiang Hsiung, Taipei, Taiwan; Sheng-Tung Hsu, Taipei, Taiwan. Assigned to IBM, Armonk. Route-cost acquisition from routers. Patent no. 10,484,263 issued to Nishant Ranjan, Bangalore, India. Assigned to IBM, Armonk. Systems and methods for networking across webbased and Telecommunication-based portals. Patent no. 10,484,537 issued to Sheetal Agarwal, Maharashtra, India; Koustuv Dasgupta, New Delhi, India; Arun Kumar, Noida, India; Amit A. Nanavati, New Delhi, India; Nitendra Rajput, New Delhi, India. Assigned to IBM, Armonk. Technology for multirecipient electronic message modification based on recipient subset. Patent no. 10,484,320 issued to Paul R. Bastide, Boxford, Massachusetts; Liam Harpur, Dublin, Ireland; Asima Silva, Holden. Massachusetts. Assigned to IBM, Armonk. Updating a profile. Patent no. 10,484,500 issued to Eric B. Libow, Raleigh, North Carolina; Walker L. Sherk, Raleigh, North Carolina; Tomas S. Wallace, Hillsborough, North Carolina; Pu Yang, Cary, North Carolina. Assigned to IBM, Armonk.

Facts & Figures BUILDING PERMITS Commercial American Petroleum, Walden, New York, contractor for Glenn Angiolillo. Remove tank and liner and replace at 142 Railroad Ave., Greenwich. Estimated cost: $145,000. Filed Sept. 2019.

MacKenzie, Neil, Greenwich, contractor for Belle Haven Club. Perform replacement alterations at 100 Harbor Drive, Greenwich. Estimated cost: $3,000. Filed Sept. 2019. Michalski, Tomasz, Brooklyn, New York, contractor for Dade Corp. Perform replacement alterations at 274 Greenwich Ave., Greenwich. Estimated cost: $87,000. Filed Sept. 2019.

AP Construction Co., Stamford, contractor for Greenwich Academy. Construct retaining wall at 200 N. Maple Ave., Greenwich. Estimated cost $15,000. Filed Sept. 2019.

Miraballes, Freddy, Fairfield, contractor for Thomas and Mary Stein. Construct swimming pool and safety barrier at 35 Hidden Brook Road, Riverside. Estimated cost: $115,000. Filed Sept. 2019.

Barbot, Steven N., Greenwich, contractor for Naik Hetal and Barbara Myka. Renovate attached garage door, center light and outside motion at 84 Glen Ridge Road, Greenwich. Estimated cost: $21,000. Filed Sept. 2019.

Northeast Tent Productions, Stamford, contractor for St. Catherine’s Church Corp. Set up for a private party at 4 Riverside Ave., Riverside. Estimated cost: $1,000. Filed Sept. 2019.

Clark Construction, New Milford, contractor for The Stanwich Club, Renovate and expand kitchen and dining room at 888 North St., Greenwich. Estimated cost: $1,100,000. Filed Sept. 2019.

R W Haggerty Pools, Norwalk, contractor for Richard Leahman. Construct Spa and required safety barrier at 190 Clapboard Ridge Road, Greenwich. Estimated cost: $42,000. Filed Sept. 2019.

DeFelice, Alexander H., Old Greenwich, contractor for Alexander H. DeFelice. Build retaining wall at 37 Lookwood Drive, Old Greenwich. Estimated cos: $15,000. Filed Sept. 2019.

Ryan Salvatore AIA, New York, New York, contractor for Hartford Roman Catholic Dio. Construct new entry ramp bathroom, portico and retaining walls at 1034 North St., Greenwich. Estimated cost: $325,000. Filed Sept. 2019.

Glen Gate Co., Wilton, contractor for Michael and Olivia Patterson. Construct swimming pool and safety barrier at 83 Oneida Drive, Greenwich. Estimated cost: $150,000. Filed Sept. 2019.

Signature Pools, Norwalk, contractor for Patrick Cummings. Construct Spa and required safety barrier at 70 Hunting Ridge Road, Greenwich. Estimated cost: $30,000. Filed Sept. 2019.

Greenwich Construction LLC, Cos Cob, contractor for Pathways Inc. Construct a new community center at 8 Sinawoy Road, Cos Cob, Estimated cost: $960,000. Filed Sept. 2019.

Turner Construction, Milford, contractor for Greenwich Hospital Association. Convert Physical Therapy Suite to new Administration Suite at 5 Perryridge Road, Greenwich. Estimated cost: $2,183,000. Filed Sept. 2019.

Justin, August, Greenwich, contractor for August Justin. Construct a new detached two-car garage at 202 Weaver St., Greenwich. Estimated cost: $30,000. Filed Sept. 2019.

Items appearing in the Fairfield County Business Journal’s On The Record section are compiled from various sources, including public records made available to the media by federal, state and municipal agencies and the court system. While every effort is made to ensure the accuracy of this information, no liability is assumed for errors or omissions. In the case of legal action, the records cited are open to public scrutiny and should be inspected before any action is taken. Questions and comments regarding this section should be directed to: Larry Miles c/o Westfair Communications Inc. 701 Westchester Ave, Suite 100 J White Plains, N.Y. 10604-3407 Phone: 694-3600 • Fax: 694-3699

WBCT Inc., Greenwich, contractor for Airlie Group. Perform replacement alterations at 115 E. Putnam Ave., Greenwich. Estimated cost: $400,000. Filed Sept. 2019.

Residential AMEC Carting LLC, Norwalk, contractor for Gregory Frisoli. Demolish single-family dwelling at 19 Strickland Road, Greenwich. Estimated cost: $15,000. Filed Sept. 2019. Atlanta’s Reliable Roofing Co. Atlanta, Georgia, contractor for Greenwich Oaks LCA. Remove and re-roof 255 Weaver St., Greenwich. Estimated cost: $50,553. Filed Sept. 2019.

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Ben Krupinski Builder LLC, East Hampton, New York, contractor for Lipman John Carter. Install new windows and door, insulate ceiling and paint 55 Buckfield Lane, Greenwich. Estimated cost: $75,000. Filed Sept. 2019. Ben-Simon, Bobby, Scarsdale, New York, contractor for Bobby Ben-Simon. Construct a new single-family residence at 31 Baldwin Farm North, Greenwich. Estimated cost: $1,500,000. Filed Sept. 2019. Blanchette Zeiss, Glen, Stratford, contractor for Harbor View Condominium. Replace existing columns at 40 W. Elm St., Greenwich. Estimated cost: $30,790. Filed Sept. 2019. Bogacki, Jacek, Greenwich, contractor for Jacek Bogacki. Replace windows, kitchen cabinets and toilets at 46 Alexander St., Greenwich. Estimated cost: $4,500. Filed Sept. 2019. Borde, Paul C. and Nancy S., Greenwich, contractor for Paul C. Borde. Finish basement for inspection at 89 Lower Cross Road, Greenwich. Estimated cost: $25,000. Filed Sept. 2019. C&C Quality Home Improvements, Greenwich, contractor for Daniel Senkler and Naspolini B.Senkler. Construct new roof, update porch and fix stucco outside at 60 LeGrande Ave., Greenwich. Estimated cost: $106,600. Filed Sept. 2019. C&G Contracting Corp. New York, New York, contractor for Housing Authority of the town of Greenwich. Replace kitchen cabinets and electrical lines at 47 Wilbur Peck Court, Greenwich. Estimated cost: $10,000. Filed Sept. 2019. CRJ Cobb LLC, Greenwich, contractor for CRJ Cobb LLC. Add elevator to single-family residence at 25 Cobb Island Drive, Greenwich. Estimated cost: $40,000. Filed Sept. 2019. ECE Construction Group LLC, Cos Cob, contractor for Roy P. Irwin. Replace existing stairs at 221 Milbank Ave., Greenwich. Estimated cost: $5,750. Filed Sept. 2019. Fairfield Country Roof & Construction, Port Chester, New York, contractor for Reszko Anetta. Remove wood roof shingles and replace with slate at 599 Lake Ave., Greenwich. Estimated cost: $148,000. Filed Sept. 2019. Gyesky Development & Design, Cos Cob, contractor for Cat Rock Ventures LLC. Construct a new single-family residence at 81 Cat Rock Road, Cos Cob. Estimated cost: $850,000. Filed Sept. 2019.

Holden, Lauren, Greenwich, contractor for Lauren Holden. Construct a two-car garage and family room addition at 195 Clapboard Ridge Road, Greenwich. Estimated cost: $500,000. Filed Sept. 2019. Katchko Construction Services, Stamford, contractor for Network Development Co. Demolish single-family dwelling at 28 Hassake Road, Old Greenwich. Estimated cost: $8,000. Filed Sept. 2019. Katchko Const. Services, Stamford, contractor for Network Development Co. Demolish garage at 28 Hassake Road, Old Greenwich. Estimated cost: $2,000. Filed Sept. 2019. Long, Nancy, Greenwich, contractor for Nancy Long. Replace windows at 33 Putnam Park, Greenwich. Estimated cost: $4,400. Filed Sept. 2019. M&M Constructions LLC, Wilton, contractor for Robert Stern and Renee Golub. Renovate first floor and attic addition at 72 Riverside Lane, Greenwich. Estimated cost: $10,000. Filed Sept. 2019. Marks Tent Events, Bronx, New York, contractor for the town of Greenwich. Set up for a private party at Tods Driftway Lane, Old Greenwich. Estimated cost: $1,000. Filed Sept. 2019. Olympic Construction LLC, Stamford, contractor for Rocco E. Capalbo Jr. Convert garage to apartment at 81 Cos Cob Ave., Cos Cob. Estimated cost: $239,671. Filed Sept. 2019. Palmer, Debbie and Biagioni, Greenwich, contractor for Debbie Palmer. Enlarge garage for two cars and yoga studio at 34 Concord St., Greenwich. Estimated cost: $100,000. Filed Sept. 2019.

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Rencevicz, Sonya, Greenwich, contractor for Sonya Rencevicz. Repair floor and subfloor at 28 Cassidy St., Greenwich. Estimated cost: $4,000. Filed Sept. 2019.

Zarra LLC, Greenwich, contractor for House of Monty Overlook Drive. Construct new single-family residence at 70 Overlook Drive, Greenwich. Estimated cost: $750,000. Filed Sept. 2019.

River Landing Association, Cos Cob, contractor for River Landing Association. Replace wood railing and paint at 115 River Road, Cos Cob. Estimated cost: $35,000. Filed Sept. 2019.

COURT CASES

Robinson’s Painting & Home, Easton, contractor for Tom Stachura and Jean Stachura. Build a wall to divide kitchen and living room at 59 LeGrande Ave., Greenwich. Estimated cost: $17,000. Filed Sept. 2019. Rogers, Christopher and Leslie Rogers, Greenwich, contractor for Christopher Rogers. Remove kitchen walls and expand master shower at 13 Comly Ave., Greenwich. Estimated cost: $12,000. Filed Sept. 2019. Roma & Associates, Shelton, contractor for Robert W. Jones. Replace cedar-shingle roof at 20 Creamer Hill Road, Greenwich. Estimated cost: $105,077. Filed Sept. 2019. Selinger, Paul, Greenwich, contractor for Paul Selinger. Finish attic, add bedroom and bathroom at 42 High St., Greenwich. Estimated cost: $70,000. Filed Sept. 2019. Stein, Steven J. and Susan Stein, Greenwich, contractor for Steven J. Stein. Add sunroom over deck in rear yard at 33 Montgomery Lane, Greenwich. Estimated cost: $15,000. Filed Sept. 2019. United Cleaning & Residence, Middlefield, contractor for Peter Fujitani and Kelly Fujitani. Replace roof structure and re-roof garage at 15 Schubert Lane, Cos Cob. Estimated cost: $25,000. Filed Sept. 2019.

Pavia Building & Remodeling, Stamford, contractor for Drew M. Jenkins. Remodel two bathrooms at 9 River Road, Unit 407, Cos Cob. Estimated cost: $15,000. Filed Sept. 2019.

Velardo Site Management Inc. Ossining, New York, contractor for Toma Skrelja. Construct new single-family residence at 34 Concord St., Greenwich. Estimated cost: $850,000. Filed Sept. 2019.

Piro, Matthew and Britt Piro, Cos Cob, contractor for Matthew Piro. Build new bathrooms, kitchen, floors and plumbing at 20 Thomas St., Cos Cob. Estimated cost: $60,000. Filed Sept. 2019.

VS Construction Inc. Stamford, contractor for 32 Hendrie Ave. LLC. Renovate master bath, replace cooktop and new electric line at 32 Hendrie Ave., Riverside. Estimated cost: $95,000. Filed Sept. 2019.

Porticullis Partners LLC, Cos Cob, contractor for Gregory A. Toothill. Replace kitchen cabinets and remove exterior door at 45 Sheephill Road, Old Greenwich. Estimated cost: $21,500. Filed Sept. 2019.

Wernert Associates Inc., Cos Cob, contractor for Paul R. Hicks. Remodel kitchen, bathroom, master bath, closet and replace windows at 3 Cornelia Drive, Greenwich. Estimated cost: $218,000. Filed Sept. 2019.

Ramnathsing Shonali, Old Greenwich, contractor for Ramnathsing Shonali. Replace patio doors, add windows, move and replace closet wall at 145 Shore Road, Old Greenwich. Estimated cost: $20,000. Filed Sept. 2019.

Westview Electric LLC, Guilford, contractor for Sprung Marshall. Update laundry room at 61 Baldwin Farm South, Greenwich. Estimated cost: $13,000. Filed Sept. 2019.

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Bridgeport Superior Court Dias, Cristina, Shelton. Filed by Nancy Hamilla et al, Stamford. Plaintiff’s attorney: Rubin David Law Offices, Stamford. Action: The plaintiff was the beneficiary of her decedent aunt’s will. The defendant took care of the decedent and had a new will executed and signed by the decedent when she was not competent to understand what was happening. As a result of the defendant’s conduct, the plaintiff was disinherited from the decedent’s estate and suffered damages. The plaintiff seeks monetary damages in excess of $15,000, exclusive of interest and costs and such other and further relief the court deems appropriate. Case no. FBT-CV-19-6090102-S. Filed Sept. 24. Edwards, Michael J., et al, Norwalk. Filed by Val J. Hairston, Bridgeport. Plaintiff’s attorney: Knott Knott & Dunn, Stratford. Action: The plaintiff suffered a collision allegedly caused by the defendant and sustained severe and painful personal injuries. The plaintiff seeks monetary damages in excess of $15,000, exclusive of interest and costs and such other and further relief the court deems appropriate. Case no. FBT-CV-19-6090200-S. Filed Sept. 27. Herke, Janos, Bridgeport. Filed by Aldo Milla, Bridgeport. Plaintiff’s attorney: Miller Rosnick D’Amico August & Butler P, Bridgeport. Action: The plaintiff suffered a collision allegedly caused by the defendant and sustained severe and painful personal injuries. The plaintiff seeks monetary damages in excess of $15,000, exclusive of interest and costs and such other and further relief the court deems appropriate. Case no. FBT-CV-19-6090709-S. Filed Oct. 16. Luterman, Gerald, Westport. Filed by Genevieve Swenson, Fairfield. Plaintiff’s attorney: Miller Rosnick D’Amico August & Butler, Bridgeport. Action: The plaintiff suffered a collision allegedly caused by the defendant and sustained severe and painful personal injuries. The plaintiff seeks monetary damages in excess of $15,000, exclusive of interest and costs and such other and further relief the court deems appropriate. Case no. FBT-CV-196090708-S. Filed Oct. 16.

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Facts & Figures UB Darien Inc., East Hartford. Filed by Isabella Blake, Darien. Plaintiff’s attorney: Perkins & Associates, Woodbridge Action: The plaintiff was lawfully walking on the premises of the defendant when she was caused to fall because of a hole in the sidewalk, resulting in painful injuries. The plaintiff seeks monetary damages in excess of $15,000, exclusive of interest and costs and such other and further relief the court deems appropriate. Case no. FBT-CV-19-6090254-S. Filed Sept. 30.

Danbury Superior Court Danbury Mall LLC, et al, Danbury. Filed by Joanne Caviness, Ridgefield. Plaintiff’s attorney: Trantolo & Trantolo LLC, Waterbury. Action: The plaintiff was lawfully walking on the premises of the defendants when she was caused to slip and fall causing her painful injuries. The fall was the result of alleged negligence of the defendants for not keeping the premises safe. The plaintiff seeks monetary damages in excess of $15,000, exclusive of interest and costs and such other and further relief the court deems appropriate. Case no. DBD-CV19-6033893-S. Filed Oct. 8. Padilla, Janet, et al, Bridgeport. Filed by Hamid R Haghpanah, Newtown. Plaintiff’s attorney: Varrone & Varrone, Trumbull. Action: The plaintiff suffered a collision allegedly allegedly caused by the defendants and sustained severe and painful personal injuries. The plaintiff seeks monetary damages in excess of $15,000, exclusive of interest and costs and such other and further relief the court deems appropriate. Case no. DBD-CV-19-6033909-S. Filed Oct. 9. Riverview-Newtown Association, et al, Seymour. Filed by Nancy Bradley, Newtown. Plaintiff’s attorney: Hastings Cohan & Walsh LLP, Ridgefield. Action: The plaintiff was walking her dog when she fell on the icy surface causing her injuries. The fall was allegedly caused by the negligence of the defendants for not keeping the premises safe. The plaintiff seeks monetary damages in excess of $15,000, exclusive of interest and costs and such other and further relief as the court deems appropriate. Case no. DBD-CV-196034149-S. Filed Oct. 28. White, Jarrett, et al, Ridgefield. Filed by Brandon Brown, Danbury. Plaintiff’s attorney: Balzano & Tropiano PC, New Haven. Action: The plaintiff suffered a collision allegedly caused by the defendant and sustained severe and painful personal injuries. The plaintiff seeks monetary damages in excess of $15,000, exclusive of interest and costs and such other and further relief as the court deems appropriate. Case no. DBD-CV-19-6034110-S. Filed Oct. 23.

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Stamford Superior Court 36 Railroad Place LLC d.b.a. Harvest Wine Bar & Restaurant, et al, Westport. Filed by Michael Nolin, Ridgefield. Plaintiff’s attorney: Stewart Anthony McMillan, White Plains, New York. Action: The plaintiff was lawfully on the defendants’ premises when he was caused to fall and sustain severe injuries as a result of the dangerous defective and unsafe condition of the premises. The plaintiff seeks monetary damages in excess of $15,000, exclusive of interest and costs and such other and further relief the court deems appropriate. Case no. FST-CV-19-6044020-S. Filed Oct. 15. Altman, Steven, et al, Old Greenwich. Filed by Jennifer Graham, London, United Kingdom. Plaintiff’s attorney: Patrick F. Lennon, Westport. Action: The plaintiff suffered medical malpractice from the defendants who allegedly failed to exercise the proper degree of dental care and as result the plaintiff suffered multiple medical complications and injuries. The plaintiff seeks monetary damages in excess of $15,000, exclusive of interest and costs and such other and further relief the court deems appropriate. Case no. FST-CV-196043979-S. Filed Oct. 9. Graf, Joanna, Stamford. Filed by Bank of America NA, Charlotte, North Carolina. Plaintiff’s attorney: Rubin & Rothman LLC, Islandia, New York. Action: The plaintiff is a banking association, which issued a credit account to the defendant who failed to make payments as agreed to for goods and services. The plaintiff seeks monetary damages in excess of $15,000, exclusive of interest and costs. Case no. FSTCV-19-6044023-S. Filed Oct. 15. Smith House Operating LLC d.b.a. The Villa at Stamford, Stamford. Filed by Alicja Kompiewska, Norwalk. Plaintiff’s attorney: DDA Legal PC, Norwalk. Action: The plaintiff was a patient of the defendant and while on the premises of the defendant she fell because of the dangerous and defective conditions while attempting to press a door control button that did not function. The fall was allegedly caused by the negligence of the defendant for not keeping the premises safe. The plaintiff seeks monetary damages in excess of $15,000, exclusive of interest and costs and such other and further relief the court deems appropriate. Case no. FST-CV-196043727-S. Filed Sept. 20.

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Somma, Carmelo, et al, Norwalk. Filed by Webster Bank NA, Waterbury. Plaintiff’s attorney: Geller Laurie LLP, West Hartford. Action: The plaintiff is the owner of the defendants’ mortgage. The defendant defaulted on the terms of the agreement and have failed to pay the plaintiff the amount due. The plaintiff claims foreclosure of the mortgage, possession of the mortgage premises, monetary damages in excess of $15,000, exclusive of interest and costs and such other and further relief the court deems appropriate. Case no. FST-CV-196044110-S. Filed Oct. 21.

DEEDS Commercial 2407 Fairfield LLC, Fairfield. Seller: 2407 Realty LLC, Fairfield. Property: 2407 Fairfield Ave., Bridgeport. Amount: $0. Filed July 3. 2407 Fairfield LLC, Fairfield. Seller: 2423 Realty LLC, Fairfield. Property: 2423 Fairfield Ave., Bridgeport. Amount: $0. Filed July 3. 5 Star Holdings LLC, New Rochelle, New York. Seller: MTGLQ Investors LP, Greenville, South Carolina. Property: Lot 2, Frank St., Bridgeport. Amount: $225,000. Filed July 2. Anton NCM FP LLC, Bridgeport. Seller: Brookside Gardens LLC, Fairfield. Property: 130,140,150,160 and 170 Anton St., Bridgeport. Amount: $10. Filed July 1. Ashorobi, Noheem, Bridgeport. Seller: Fraser Lane Associates LLC, Westport. Property: 800 Seaview Ave., Unit 790-2, Bridgeport. Amount: $211,955. Filed July 1. Fraser II LLC, Westport. Seller: Black Bear Realty LLC, Oakville. Property: 136 and 140 James St., Bridgeport. Amount: $175,000. Filed July 1.

Saunders, Jeffrey, Stamford. Seller: RJS Holdings LLC, Stamford. Property: Unit L-6, Palmer Landing, Stamford. Amount: $30,000. Filed Aug. 14. Tabernacle of Grace Church, Stamford. Seller: Pentecostal Mission John 3:16 Stamford. Property: 648 Pacific St., Stamford. Amount: $1,100,000. Filed Aug. 14. Villanueva, Alexis and Zuleika Villanueva, Bridgeport. Seller: ARB Properties LLC, Bridgeport. Property: 236 Golderod Ave., Bridgeport. Amount: $271,000. Filed July 2.

Residential Altomaro, Frank and Kathleen Altomaro, Old Greenwich. Seller: Richard Lucherini, Stamford. Property: 271 Bridge St., Unit 277, Stamford. Amount: $290.000. Filed Aug. 14. Barclay, William S., Darien. Seller: Christopher I. Fenton, Bridgeport. Property: 325 Lafayette St., Bridgeport. Amount: $62,000. Filed July 3. Berisha, Robert and Virginia Delgado, Norwalk. Seller: Israel Nieves and Marines Cruz, Bridgeport. Property: 936 Lindley St., Bridgeport. Amount: $157,500. Filed July 3. Brent, David and Elena Light, Stamford. Seller: Matthew T. Dudley and Krysta M. Dudley, Stamford. Property: 45 Westwood Road, Stamford. Amount: $610,000. Filed Aug. 14. Brito, Jessica M. and Pericles a. Brito, Bridgeport. Seller: Pamela Jackson and Adrienne Mitchell, Dennis, Massachusetts. Property: 63 Ridgevale Place, Bridgeport. Amount: $200,000. Filed July 1. Brown, April S., Norwalk. Seller: Oscar Gomez, Bridgeport. Property: 146 Alexander Ave., Bridgeport. Amount: $275,000. Filed July 3.

Livramento, Lisa, Orange. Seller: Goshen Properties 5 LLC, Orange. Property: 128 Arctic St., Bridgeport. Amount: $245,000. Filed July 3.

Brown, Suzanna and Dorothy Brown, Bridgeport. Seller: Rakeem Boothe and Breondra E. Shacklewood, Bridgeport. Property: 16 Grenelle St., Bridgeport. Amount: $233,000. Filed July 2.

Lukasik, Czeslaw, Brookfield. Seller: Wells Fargo Bank NA, Stamford. Property: 43 Deacon Hill Road, Stamford. Amount: $418,000. Filed Aug. 15.

Buckles, Robert C. and Sherry L. Buckles, Atlanta, Georgia. Seller: Richard Lee Bisk, Stamford. Property: 35 Rock Meadow Lane, Stamford. Amount: $617,500. Filed Aug. 16.

Quito Cusco, Tatiana P., Flushing, New York. Seller: Pro Tach Home LLC, Trumbull. Property: 200 Putnam St., Bridgeport. Amount: $120,000. Filed July 3.

Camacho, Pablo and Cruz M. Camacho, Bridgeport. Seller: Mark Eisenberg and Dana Brunell Eisenberg, Bridgeport. Property: 140 Dixon St., Bridgeport. Amount: $243,000. Filed July 1.

Cunningham, Jeffrey and Abby Katz, Stamford. Seller: Christopher Busch and Melissa Busch, Stamford. Property: 12 Regent Court, Stamford. Amount: $530,000. Filed Aug. 15.

Mantel, Howard B., Westport. Seller: Jamshed K. Madan and Robin Joan Madan, Stamford. Property: 70 Sea Beach Drive, Stamford. Amount: $1,250,000. Filed Aug. 14.

Dekanchuk, Michael and Megan Morelli, Stamford. Seller: Gerald D. Pierni and Dominick Principe, Stamford. Property: Unit 15, Golden Gate Village Condominium, Stamford. Amount: $419,000. Filed Aug. 15.

Mason, Andrew, Bridgeport. Seller: Anthony J. Damato, Bridgeport. Property: 18 Kathryn Drive, Bridgeport. Amount: $280,000. Filed July 2.

Enot, Stephane, Stamford. Seller: Kaushal Shastri, Stamford. Property: 450 Cascade Road, Stamford. Amount: $585,000. Filed Aug. 15. Feinland Kayz, Laura J., Brooklyn, New York. Seller: Karl W. Barham, Peachtree, Georgia. Property: 143 Hoyt St., Unit 2C, Stamford. Amount: $425,000. Filed Aug. 16. Gonzalez, Richard and Carolyn Gonzalez, Fort Meyers, Florida. Seller: Estate of Richard Greenebaum, Stamford. Property: 341 Hunting Ridge Road, Stamford. Amount: $525,000. Filed Aug. 16. Hadzhiev, Desimir Marchev, Stamford. Seller: Lee Rubin and Wendy Rubin, Stamford. Property: 44 Strawberry Hill Ave., Unit 5P, Stamford. Amount: $0. Filed Aug. 15. Horodyskyy, Taras and Ulyana Horodyska, Stamford. Seller: Steven Giandalia Jr. and Stephanie Giandalia, Sammamish, Washington. Property: 93 Gary Road, Stamford. Amount: $675,000. Filed Aug. 16. Juliani, Angelo Francisco and Danielle Joy Juliani, Bridgeport. Seller: Rossana Palmieri, Bridgeport. Property: 106 Travis Drive, Bridgeport. Amount: $220,000. Filed July 3. Lewis, Tyrone, Bridgeport. Seller: Frederick L. Waters, Cummaquid, Massachusetts. Property: 25 Cartright St., Bridgeport. Amount: $99,000. Filed July 3. Liongson, John and Glaiza Calungsod, Bridgeport. Seller: Percival Liongson and Sheridan Liongson, Bridgeport. Property: Lot 14 Wood Ave., Bridgeport. Amount: $145,000. Filed July 1. Lopez, Soloman, Bridgeport. Seller: Janet Fiorella and Frederick Fiorella, Woburn, Massachusetts. Property: 347 Success Ave., Bridgeport. Amount: $27,250. Filed July 1. Lugo, Xiomara and Raul Nunez Garcia, Bridgeport. Seller: Sakil Saived, Bridgeport. Property: 47 Lenox Ave., Bridgeport. Amount: $190,000. Filed July 2. Maldonado, Tarvisha N., Bridgeport. Seller: Tracey Tangarife, Casselberry, Florida. Property: 211 Cherry Hill Drive Unit 1-A, Bridgeport. Amount: $90,000. Filed July 1.

McGillicuddy, Kimberly A. and Britain T. Price, Fairfield. Seller: Gregory Robert Gaffney, Bridgeport. Property: 75 Scofield Ave., Bridgeport. Amount: $505,000. Filed July 2. Mrkulic, Esmir, New York, New York. Seller: Vinay K. Takhtar and Angelina Takhtar, Greenwich. Property: 19 Revere Drive, Unit 2, Stamford. Amount: $175,000. Filed Aug. 14. Paim, Jose A., Bridgeport. Seller: R. Randy Reich, Shelton. Property: 2625 Park Ave., Unit 15J, Bridgeport. Amount: $109,000. Filed July 1. Parris, Dion and Sasae Grant, Bridgeport. Seller: Sarah Bridges, Bridgeport. Property: 257 Evers St., Bridgeport. Amount: $241,000. Filed July 3. Pausig, Lorna R., Stamford. Seller: Ralph W. Pausig, Stamford. Property: Lot 11, Map 7807, Stamford. Amount: $1. Filed Aug. 14. Pereira, Silene, Bridgeport. Seller: Steven K. Struthers and Sarah J. Struthers, Bridgeport. Property: Unit 93 Old Town Common Condominium, Bridgeport. Amount: $160,000. Filed July 2. Porter, Angella, Bridgeport. Seller: Scott Linse, Newtown. Property: 73 Carleton Ave., Bridgeport. Amount: $245,000. Filed July 2. Pozzuto, Angelo P., Patterson, New York. Seller: Donna l. Messina and Robert J. Messina, Bridgeport. Property: 39 Hawthorne St., Unit 41, Bridgeport. Amount: $325,000. Filed July 2. Ramos, Angelica and Cain Ramos, Bridgeport. Seller: Eliberto Rodriguez and Marisol Bermudez, Bridgeport. Property: 391 Bishop Ave., Bridgeport. Amount: $260,000. Filed July 1. Reynolds, Eric, West Haven. Seller: Jeremiah Josephsen and Kathryn M. Joasephsen, Norwalk. Property: 20-G Leslie Road, Bridgeport. Amount: $87,000. Filed July 3. Rodriguez, Yulissa A., Bridgeport. Seller: Paul Spinelli, Bridgeport. Property: 325 Ogden St., Bridgeport. Amount: $150,000. Filed July 3.

Facts & Figures Rowe, Terrence O. and Odette Downer, Bridgeport. Seller: Marion Anderson and Josephine A. Anderson, Bridgeport. Property: 448 Logan St., Bridgeport. Amount: $163,600. Filed July 1. Shukla, Shamen and Archana Shukla, Stamford. Seller: Joan F. Kranz and Jerome M. Kranz, Stamford. Property: 516 Pepper Ridge Road, Stamford. Amount: $572,500. Filed Aug. 15. Villa, Adrian, Bridgeport. Seller: Raely Valle and Raul Jimenez, Bridgeport. Property: 74 Lynne Place, Bridgeport. Amount: $245,000. Filed July 3. Watman, Jeremy and Ananda Watman, New York, New York. Seller: Joseph Zalis and Lauren Zalis, Stamford. Property: 73 Fieldstone Terrace, Stamford. Amount: $746,000. Filed Aug. 15. Williams, Corey, Portchester, New York. Seller: Yanna Sofronas, Bridgeport. Property: 105 Overlook Ave., Bridgeport. Amount: $230,000. Filed July 1. Williamson, Morgan N., Bridgeport. Seller: Torise L. Baker, Bridgeport. Property: 40 Bell St., Bridgeport. Amount: $132,800. Filed July 2.

FORECLOSURES Bednar, Michael J., et al. Creditor: Owen Loan Servicing LLC, Laurel, New Jersey. Property: 72 Gaymoor Drive, Stamford. Mortgage default. Filed Nov. 4. Chavez, Oscar, et al. Creditor: Federal National Mortgage Association, Coppell, Texas. Property: 192 Ely Ave., Norwalk. Mortgage default. Filed Oct. 7. Devito, Jeffrey, et al. Creditor: Federal National Mortgage Association, Coppell, Texas. Property: 2445 Park Ave., Unit 36, Bridgeport. Mortgage default. Filed Oct. 8. Edmonds, Gregory. Creditor: Federal National Mortgage Association, Coppell, Texas. Property: 59 Goddard Ave., Bridgeport. Mortgage default. Filed Oct. 9. Efsatathios, Savvoulides, et al. Creditor: Deutsche Bank National Trust Company, Highlands Ranch, Colorado. Property: 8 Ridge St., Norwalk. Mortgage default. Filed Nov. 4. Ferguson, Steven, et al. Creditor: Ditech Financial LLC, Tampa, Florida. Property: 18 Adamson Ave., Norwalk. Mortgage default. Filed Sept. 13.

Jean-Charles, Lefranc F., et al. Creditor: Citigroup Mortgage Loan Trust Inc., Highlands Ranch, Colorado. Property: 31 Morton St., Norwalk. Mortgage default. Filed Sept. 23. Jimenez, Roberto, et al. Creditor: US Bank Trust NA, San Diego, California. Property: 26 Splitrock Road, Norwalk. Mortgage default. Filed Sept. 27. Robles, Andy, et al. Creditor: Bac Home Loans Servicing LP, Tampa, Florida. Property: 17 Limerick St., Stamford. Mortgage default. Filed Nov. 12. Simpson, Tasha M., et al. Creditor: Idaho Housing and Finance Association. Property: 183 Kennedy Drive, Unit 183, Bridgeport. Mortgage default. Filed Oct. 7. Stroffolino Sr., Jeffrey H., et al. Creditor: Astoria Bank, Lake Zurich, Illinois. Property: 50 Aiken St., Unit 324. Norwalk. Mortgage default. Filed Oct. 7. Vincze, Martin, et al. Creditor: The Bank of New York Mellon, Coppell, Texas. Property: 32 Roxbury Lane, Unit 124, Bridgeport. Mortgage default. Filed Oct. 9. Wade, Devon, et al. Creditor: Connecticut Housing Finance Authority, Avon. Property: 50 Carlson Ave., Bridgeport. Mortgage default. Filed Oct. 8.

JUDGMENTS Barrett, Cathy, Norwalk. $821, in favor of Western Connecticut Medical Group, Bethel, by Flanagan & Peat, Danbury. Property: 41 Orchard St., Norwalk. Filed Oct. 18. Betances, Milagros and Amanda Segura, Norwalk. $19,472, in favor of Ring’s End Inc., Darien, by John P. Regan, Stamford. Property: 7 Myrtle Ave., Norwalk. Filed Sept. 26 Betancurt, Hector, Stamford. $1,821, in favor of Cavalry SPV I LLC, Valhalla, New York, by Schereiber Law LLC, Salem, New Hampshire. Property: 38 Halloween Blvd., Stamford. Filed Oct. 29. Bradley Stackhouse, Stamford. $177,991, in favor of Arcarius LLC, Fort Lee, New Jersey, by Napolitano & Shapiro PC, Bridgeport. Property: 40 Woodchuck Road, Stamford. Filed Oct. 21. Bramble, Melissa, Norwalk. $2,228, in favor of Petro Inc., Woodbury, New York, by Gerald S. Knopf, Stamford. Property: 139 Richards Ave., Norwalk. Filed Oct. 21.

Chuchuca, Jorge, et al, Norwalk. $997, in favor of Norwalk Hospital Association, Norwalk, by Lovejoy and Rimer PC, Norwalk. Property: 227 Flax Hill Road, Norwalk. Filed Oct. 2.

Tarzia, Anthony B., Stamford. $8,200, in favor of Ford Motor Credit Company LLC, Livonia, Michigan, by Nair & Levin PC, Bloomfield. Property: 8 Edward Place, Stamford. Filed Nov. 4.

Davis, Rafaele M., Norwalk. $10,607, in favor of Cavalry SPV I LLC, Valhalla, New York, by Tobin & Marohn, Meriden. Property: 46 Pettom Road, Norwalk. Filed Oct. 28.

Troisi, Joseph S., Norwalk. $25,982, in favor of Cavalry SPV I LLC, Valhalla, New York, by Tobin & Marohn, Meriden. Property: 76 New Canaan Ave., Norwalk. Filed Oct. 28.

DeGuzman, Cristina, Norwalk. $2,200, in favor of CACH LLC, Greenville, South Carolina, by the Law Offices of Howard Lee Schiff PC, East Hartford, Property: 2 Dry Hill Cottage, Norwalk. Filed Nov. 1.

Wrobel, Michal, Norwalk. $8,624, in favor of Norwalk Hospital Association, Norwalk, by Lovejoy and Rimer PC, Norwalk. Property: Unit 3, Fairview Condominium, Norwalk. Filed Sept. 13.

McCarthy, Stuart Patrick, et al, Norwalk. $5,055, in favor of Norwalk Hospital Association, Norwalk, by Lovejoy and Rimer PC, Norwalk. Property: 130 Lexington Ave., Norwalk. Filed Oct. 2. McCree, Oliver, Norwalk. $758, in favor of LVNV Funding LLC, Las Vegas, Nevada, by the Law Offices of Howard Lee Schiff PC, East Hartford, Property: 30 Harris St., Norwalk. Filed Nov. 1. MCMerlin LLC, et al, Stamford. $549,408, in favor of Southhaven Associates LLC, Southbury, by Polivy, Lowry & Clayton LLC, Hartford. Property: 40 Sleepy Hollow Lane, Stamford. Filed Oct. 29. Miller, Brontie, Norwalk. $1,169, in favor of LVNV Funding LLC, Las Vegas, Nevada, by the Law Offices of Howard Lee Schiff PC, East Hartford, Property: 19 Windsor Place, Norwalk. Filed Sept. 9. Munoz, Oscar, Norwalk. $6,855, in favor of Anne Boswell, et al, Norwalk, by Anita M. Varunes, Norwalk. Property: 2 Dover St., Norwalk. Filed Oct. 4. Olivieri, Stephen J., Norwalk. $700, in favor of Western Connecticut Medical Group, Bethel, by Flanagan & Peat, Danbury. Property: 6 Cindy Lane, Norwalk. Filed Oct. 18. Pruszko, Lester, Norwalk. $5,543, in favor of Norwalk Hospital Association, Norwalk, by Lovejoy and Rimer PC, Norwalk. Property: 25 Grand St., Unit 136, Norwalk. Filed Oct. 2. Sanchez, Jose Mario, et al, Norwalk. $21,858, in favor of Norwalk Hospital Association, Norwalk, by Lovejoy and Rimer PC, Norwalk. Property: 31 Spring Hill Ave., Norwalk. Filed Oct. 2. Skeeter, Danielle C., Norwalk. $25,943, in favor of Unifund Corp., Cincinnati, Ohio, by Tobin & Marohn, Meriden. Property: 135 Flax Hill Road, Unit 3A, Norwalk. Filed Oct. 2.

LIENS Adams, Suzanne, 1 Linden Heights, Norwalk. $3,462, civil proceeding tax. Filed Aug. 29. Arias, Walman and M. Mendez, 33 Center Ave., Norwalk. $16,215, civil proceeding tax. Filed Aug. 20.

Gatt, Peter and Meghan Gatt, 26 Thomes St., Norwalk. $11,848, civil proceeding tax. Filed Aug. 13. Gaytan, Joel and Irma Gaytan, 4 Coachmans Cottage, Norwalk. $45,762, civil proceeding tax. Filed Aug. 13. Gulemi, Gerald and Michele Mola, 32 Ingleside Ave., Norwalk. $4,594, civil proceeding tax. Filed Aug. 14. Higgins, Sheila, 8 Howard Ave., Norwalk. $63,690, civil proceeding tax. Filed Aug. 13. Hildner, Theodore, 4 Covewood Drive, Rowayton. $17,877, civil proceeding tax. Filed Aug. 22. Lin, Aaron, 26 Heather Lane, Norwalk. $1,040,359, civil proceeding tax. Filed Sep. 3. Luke, Jim, 7 N Sear Hill Road, Norwalk. $22,621, civil proceeding tax. Filed Aug. 27.

Bevilacqua, Frank, 4 Carriage Drive, Norwalk. $35,130, civil proceeding tax. Filed Aug. 27.

Lyas, Melvin L. and Allean B. Lyas, 22 Newtown Terrace, Norwalk. $2,205, civil proceeding tax. Filed Aug. 8.

Builes, Luis F., and Betzaida Builes, 44 Tierney St., Norwalk. $18,711, civil proceeding tax. Filed Sept. 3.

Michalczyk, Martin, 10 Arch St., Unit C7, Norwalk. $13,928, civil proceeding tax. Filed Sept. 3.

Calise, Mark V., 4 Ells St., Norwalk. $1,087, civil proceeding tax. Filed Aug. 12. Chan, Eddie L., 58 Scribner Ave., Norwalk. $32,686, civil proceeding tax. Filed Aug. 22. Chan, Eddie L., 58 Scribner Ave., Norwalk. $78,214, civil proceeding tax. Filed Aug. 27. Dirty Laundry LLC, 267 Main Ave., Norwalk. $7,156, civil proceeding tax. Filed Sept. 3.

Parisi, Anthony J., 260 W Cedar St., Norwalk. $22,631, civil proceeding tax. Filed Aug. 12. Rissolo, Kara A., 5 Beverly Place, Norwalk. $24,325, civil proceeding tax. Filed Sept. 3. Rozycki, Ryan S., 29 Fifth St., Norwalk. $291,723, civil proceeding tax. Filed Aug. 27. Singh, Haramar, 22 Mills St., Norwalk. $10,428, civil proceeding tax. Filed Aug. 22.

Errico, Mark, 28 Overbrook Road, Norwalk. $265,326, civil proceeding tax. Filed Aug. 29.

Uva, Roberto and Martha L. Hernandez, 41 Gregory Blvd., Norwalk. $8,529, civil proceeding tax. Filed Aug. 27.

Fahmy, Karim and Sara Sabry, 515 West Ave., Unit 365, Norwalk. $40,253, civil proceeding tax. Filed Aug. 27.

Uva, Roberto, 41 Gregory Blvd., Norwalk. $2,949, civil proceeding tax. Filed Aug. 27.

Fedor, Allen D., 8 Thistle Cottage, Norwalk. $145,819, civil proceeding tax. Filed Aug. 13.

Witherspoon, Michael L., 5B Observatory Place, Norwalk. $23,274, civil proceeding tax. Filed Sept. 3.

Gabriel Tenore Contractor LLC, 133 Picketts Ridge Road, Redding. $5,776, civil proceeding tax. Filed Aug. 20.

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Mechanic’s Liens Paris, Jr. Alex M. and Denise Cruz, Southport. Filed by US Insulation Corp. by Patrick O’Halloran. Property: 231 Woodrow Ave., Southport. Amount: $23,040. Filed June 21. Stamford Building II LLC, Stamford. Filed by Fidaleo & Son LLC, by Claudio Fidaleo. Property: 1 Greyrock Place, Stamford. Amount: $27,536. Filed Oct. 24. Sunrise of Fairfield Propco LLC, Fairfield. Filed by United Steel Inc., by Lynn Caouette. Property: 1537 and 1571 Stratfield Road, Fairfield. Amount: $117,280. Filed June 28.

LIS PENDENS Amboise, Cassandra, et al, Stamford. Filed by Ackerly & Ward, Stamford, for the Stamford Water Pollution Control Authority. Property: 17 Barnstable Lane, Stamford. Action: foreclose defendants’ mortgage. Filed Oct. 18. Austrie, Vincent, et al, Stamford. Filed by Ackerly & Ward, Stamford, for Stamford Water Pollution Control Authority. Property: 18 Cook Road, Stamford. Action: foreclose defendant’s mortgage. Filed Oct. 2. Bradley, William, et al, Stamford. Filed by Bendett and McHugh PC, Farmington, for National Cooperative Bank NA. Property: 133 Sylvan Knoll Road, Stamford. Action: foreclose defendant’s mortgage. Filed Oct. 18. Elumba, Kathryne, et al, Stamford. Filed by Bendett and McHugh PC, Farmington, for US Bank N A. Property: 154 Gaymoor Drive, Stamford. Action: foreclose defendant’s mortgage. Filed Oct. 18. Ferentinos, Spiros A., et al, Stamford. Filed by John P. Regan, Stamford, for the city of Stamford. Property: 255 Strawberry Hill Ave., Unit C5. Stamford. Action: foreclose defendants’ mortgage. Filed Oct. 4. Francois, Rodin, et al, Stamford. Filed by Vincent J. Freccia, Stamford, for the city of Stamford. Property: 35 Vine Road, Stamford. Action: foreclose defendants’ mortgage. Filed Oct. 11. Garnett, Gwendolyn A., et al, Stamford. Filed by Ackerly & Ward, Stamford, for Stamford Water Pollution Control Authority. Property: 21 Davenport Drive, Stamford. Action: foreclose defendants’ mortgage. Filed Oct. 15.

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Facts & Figures High Ridge Developers LLC, et al, Stamford. Filed by Martha Croog LLC, West Hartford, for Sachem Capital Corp. Property: 148 Toms Road, Stamford. Action: foreclose defendants’ mortgage. Filed Oct. 9.

Reyes, Ana, et al, Stamford. Filed by O’Connell, Attmore & Morris LLC, Hartford, for Wilmington Savings Fund Society. Property: 54 Underhill St., Stamford. Action: foreclose defendants’ mortgage. Filed Oct. 16.

Jagodzinski, Jon, et al, Stamford. Filed by Bendett and McHugh PC, Farmington, for Deutsche Bank National Trust Company. Property: 44 Idlewood Drive, Stamford. Action: foreclose defendants’ mortgage. Filed Oct.1.

Romero, Nelly P., et al, Stamford. Filed by Bendett and McHugh PC, Farmington, for Wells Fargo Bank NA. Property: 95 Liberty St., Unit B-3, Stamford. Action: foreclose defendants’ mortgage. Filed Oct. 21.

Jaimes, Luz D., et al, Stamford. Filed by Bendett and McHugh PC, Farmington, for Citibank NA. Property: 37 Greenwich Ave., Unit 3-6E, Stamford. Action: foreclose defendants’ mortgage. Filed Oct. 18. Johnson, Chiyezhath V. and Elsamma Johnson, Stamford. Filed by Benanti & Associates, Stamford, for People’s United Bank NA. Property: 972 New field Ave., Stamford. Action: foreclose defendants’ mortgage. Filed Oct. 7. Kamal, Mostafa, et al, Stamford. Filed by Ackerly & Ward, Stamford, for Second Fairlawn Condominium Inc. Property: Unit 26-C, Second Fairlawn Condominium, Stamford. Action: foreclose defendants’ mortgage. Filed Oct. 2. Khair, Abul, et al, Stamford. Filed by Vincent J. Freccia, Stamford, for the city of Stamford. Property: 453 Cove Road, Stamford. Action: foreclose defendants’ mortgage. Filed Oct. 11. Killgore, Elizabeth M., et al, Stamford. Filed by Bendett and McHugh PC, Farmington, for M&T Bank. Property: 89 Stamford Ave., Stamford. Action: foreclose defendants’ mortgage. Filed Oct. 18. Lubavitch, Chabad, et al, Stamford. Filed by Pullman & Comley LLC, Hartford, for Connecticut Community Bank NA. Property: 752 High Ridge Road, Stamford. Action: foreclose defendants’ mortgage. Filed Oct. 15. Martinez, Vincent S., et al, Stamford. Filed by Cicchetti, Tansley & McGrath LLP, Waterburry, for Idaho Housing and Finance Association. Property: 300 Broad St., Unit 601, Stamford. Action: foreclose defendants’ mortgage. Filed Oct. 3. Pashayan, Stacie, et al, Stamford. Filed by McCalla Raymer Leibert Pierce, Hartford, for JPMorgan Chase Bank National Association. Property: 211 Little Hill Drive, Stamford. Action: foreclose defendants’ mortgage. Filed Oct. 15.

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Sgandurra, James, et al, Stamford. Filed by Vincent J. Freccia, Stamford, for City of Stamford. Property: 199 Clay Hill Road, Stamford. Action: foreclose defendants’ mortgage. Filed Oct. 15. Sliss, Jason D., Stamford. Filed by Benanti & Associates, Stamford, for People’s United Bank NA. Property: 19 Reed Place, Stamford. Action: foreclose defendant’s mortgage. Filed Oct. 7. Souffrant, Vernond, et al. Stamford. Filed by Bendett and McHugh PC, Farmington, for Connecticut Housing Finance Authority. Property: 22 Cantwell Ave., Stamford. Action: foreclose defendants’ mortgage. Filed Oct. 18. Tabat, Lawrence M., et al, Stamford. Filed by Ackerly & Ward, Stamford, for The Gazebo on Hope Association Inc. Property: Unit C, Gazebo Condominiums on Hope, Stamford. Action: foreclose defendants’ mortgage. Filed Oct. 21. Vukel, John, et al, Stamford. Filed by McCalla Raymer Leibert Pierce, Hartford, for Ditech Financial LLC, Property: 4 Austin Ave., Stamford. Action: foreclose defendants’ mortgage. Filed Oct. 7. Wilmink, Barbara D., et al, Stamford. Filed by Bendett and McHugh PC, Farmington, for Quicken Loans Inc. Property: 33 Hirsch Road, Stamford. Action: foreclose defendants’ mortgage. Filed Oct. 18.

MORTGAGES Alvarez, Carlos C., Norwalk, by Antonio Faretta. Lender: Wells Fargo Bank NA, 101 N. Phillips Ave., Sioux Falls, South Dakota. Property: 36 Summitt Ave., Norwalk. Amount: $136,000. Filed July 9. Arahovitis, Elena and Nicholas Magoulas, Norwalk, by Peter V. Lathouris. Lender: Cross Country Mortgage Inc, 6850 Miller Road, Brecksville, Ohio. Property: 1 Hill Cottage, Norwalk. Amount: $288,000. Filed July 9.

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Buzzee, Timothy and Kristina Testa-Buzzee, Norwalk, by Carole M. Gilchrist. Lender: Home Services Lending LLC, 2700 Westown Pkwy., Suite 345, West Des Moines, Iowa. Property: 170 W Rocks Road, Norwalk. Amount: $380,545. Filed July 8. Cataldo, Vincent J. and Christine A. Cataldo, Norwalk, by Bianca M. Perez. Lender: Wells Fargo Bank NA, 101 N. Phillips Ave., Sioux Falls, South Dakota. Property: 5 Old Witch Cottage, Norwalk. Amount: $119,500. Filed July 8. Criollo, Pedro A. and Pablo F. Criollo, Norwalk, by John R. Hall. Lender: United Wholesale Mortgage LLC, 585 South Boulevard East, Pontiac, Michigan. Property: 14 Phillips St., Norwalk. Amount: $352,818. Filed July 9. DiPietro, Maria and Salvatore DiPietro, Norwalk, by (unreadable). Lender: Cross Country Mortgage Inc., 6850 Miller Road, Brecksville, Ohio. Property: 33 Dorset Road, Norwalk. Amount: $468,800. Filed July 9. Justesen, Kristina Lisbeth, Norwalk, by Brian M. Stone. Lender: Equity Resources of Ohio Inc., 25 South Park Place, Newark, Ohio. Property: 11 Old Field Road, Norwalk. Amount: $520,000. Filed July 9. Menton, Marie, Norwalk, by Susan Kohn. Lender: Quicken Loans Inc., 1050 Woodward Ave., Detroit, Michigan. Property: 8 Gregory Blvd., Norwalk. Amount: $548,854. Filed July 9. Migliaccio, Antonio, Norwalk, by Louis J. Colangelo Jr. Lender: People’s United Bank National Association, 859 Main St., Bridgeport. Property: 15 Perry Ave., Unit A7, Norwalk. Amount: $20,000. Filed July 8. Morrone, Alessandra and Christian Morrone, Norwalk, by Ann Chavez. Lender: Quicken Loans Inc., 1050 Woodward Ave., Detroit, Michigan. Property: 30 Fox Run Road, Norwalk. Amount: $358,000. Filed July 8. Pancholi, Ashmi and Jesse Peterkin, Norwalk, by Kathleen E. Carey. Lender: JPMorgan Chase Bank NA, 1111 Polaris Pkwy., Columbus, Ohio. Property: 27 Poplar St., Norwalk. Amount: $671,500. Filed July 9. Papuli, Elsona, Norwalk, by Jessica Washburn-Gonzalez. Lender: Bestway Mortgage Corp. 12 Center St., Wolcott. Property: 14 Fairview Ave., Unit B9, Norwalk. Amount: $232,750. Filed July 9. Reback, Gina, Norwalk, by Dina Tornhelm. Lender: Webster Bank NA, 145 Bank St., Waterbury. Property: 133 Sunrise Hill Road, Norwalk. Amount: $60,000. Filed July 8.

Trivedi, Hetal D. and Dhiren M. Trivedi, Norwalk, by John A. Cassaul. Lender: Savings Bank of Danbury, 220 Main St., Danbury. Property: 31 High St., Unit 4-3A, Norwalk. Amount: $135,000. Filed July 9. Zhang, Zhipeng, Norwalk, by Benjamin McEachin. Lender: American Neighborhood Mortgage Acceptance Company LLC, 700 E. Gate Drive, Suite 400, Mount Laurel, New Jersey. Property: 11 Bedford Ave., Unit S4, Norwalk. Amount: $120,000. Filed July 8.

NEW BUSINESSES Angy’s Holistic Care, 22 Elizabeth St., Norwalk 06854, c/o Angy’s Herbal Products DBA. Filed July 23. AYS Construction LLC, 15 Edgewood St., Norwalk 06854, c/o Sonia Castellanos. Filed July 24. Blue Teapot LLC, 73 Nursery St., Norwalk 06850, c/o Nicole V.I. Potts. Filed July 17. Call City Hall, 111 Idlewood, Stamford 06905, c/o Barry Michaelson. Filed July 26. Clip & Scissors Dog Grooming LLC, 70 Van Zant St., Norwalk 06855, c/o Oscar E. Acevedo Valdez. Filed July 22. Coach Movers, 16 Knapp St., Norwalk 06854, c/o Travis Felder. Filed July 18. Donato Beats, 11 Walnut Ave., Norwalk 06851, c/o Donato Faretta. Filed July 26. Eagle Maintenance, 38 Pine Hill Ave., Stamford 06906, c/o Yesenia Severino-Falcon. Filed July 26. Eco Smart Air and Water, 41 Pettom Road, Norwalk 06854, c/o Samuel Adrian Ramirez. Filed July 29. Elizabeth Spa, 53 Treat Ave., Stamford 06906, c/o Maria Orzechowski. Filed July 31. Emergency Roadside Service LLC, 13 Clinton Ave., Norwalk 06854, c/o William Esquilin, Jr. Filed July 18. Exclusive Nail by Rous, 79 Houston Terrace, Stamford 06902, c/o Rosana Pelaez. Filed July 29. Family Construction, 71 Finney Lane, Stamford 06902, c/o Sara Palma-Mendez. Filed July 29.

Gift Gardens by Kim, 3 Valley View Road, Norwalk 06851, c/o Deborah Kim Istona. Filed July 16. Habitat & Hive, 315 Rowayton Ave., Norwalk 06853, c/o Craig Hyland. Filed July 19. Husgvarna Protection Plan, 1 Selleck St., Norwalk 06855, c/o After Inc. Filed July 31. Inflocloud, 315 Rowayton Ave., Norwalk 06853, c/o Craig Hyland. Filed July 19. Jacquee B. Boutique, 7 Paradiso St., Norwalk 06854, c/o Cassilandre Jean. Filed July 16. Kenny’s Food Truck LLC, 21 High St., Norwalk 06850, c/o Kenny M. Ramos Garcia. Filed July 18. Kleinsleep, 508 Main Ave., Norwalk 06851, c/o Jeffrey Klein. Filed July 18. Legitimate Green, 315 Rowayton Ave., Norwalk 06853, c/o Craig Hyland. Filed July 19. Malta House Inc., 5 Prowitt St., Norwalk 06855, c/o Kim Petrone. Filed July 31. Munguia Painting and Carpentry, 28 Adamson Ave., Norwalk 06854, c/o Pedro B. Cruz Munguia. Filed July 30. Orange Barbershop LLC, 10 West Ave., Norwalk 06854, c/o Luis Bonaparte. Filed July 22. The Insurance Group, 95 Main St., Norwalk 06851, c/o Christina L. Boccarossa. Filed July 23. Thriving Roots, 315 Rowayton Ave., Norwalk 06853, c/o Craig Hyland. Filed July 19. Trinity Solar, 2211 Allenwood Road, Wall 07719, New Jersey, c/o Trinity Heating & Air Inc. Filed July 22. Valvoline Instant Oil Change, 300 Maine St., Norwalk 06851, c/o Paul John Ferri. Filed July 18. Valvoline Instant Oil Change, 218 Westport Ave., Norwalk 06851, c/o Paul John Ferri. Filed July 18.

PATENTS Apparatus for controlling headphones. Patent no. 10,484,779 issued to Imran Anis Ansari, Shenzhen, China. Assigned to Harman, Stamford.

Carbon filament lamp array. Patent no. 10,479,111 issued to Roger G. Leighton, Hilton; Paul M. Fromm, Rochester; Robert P. Herloski, Webster. Assigned to Xerox, Norwalk. Development device manifold seal. Patent no. 10,481,525 issued to Eliud Robles Flores, Rochester; Douglas A. Gutberlet, Ontatrio; Michael Grew, Fairport; Charles D. Deichmiller, Sodus Point; Terry L. Dreier, Webster. Assigned to Xerox, Norwalk. Digital image-paper registration error correction through image shear. Patent no. 10,477,034 issued to Chu-heng Liu, Penfield; Paul J. McConville, Webster; Douglas K. Herrmann, Webster; Jason Matthew LeFevre, Penfield; Seemit Praharaj, Webster. Assigned to Xerox, Norwalk. Generating personalized audio-content-based on mood. Patent no. 10,481,858 issued to Adam Boulanger, Palo Alto, California; Joseph Verbeke, San Francisco, California; Stefan Marti, Oakland, California; Davide Di Censo, Sunnyvale, California. Assigned to Harman, Stamford. Methods and systems for providing a graphical overlay for limiting access to a network. Patent no. 10,481,841 issued to Prince Gerald Albert, Webster; Dheeraj Chaitanya Thotakura, Rochester; Bernard Roch Heroux Jr., Webster. Assigned to Xerox, Norwalk. Speaker terminals. Patent no. 10,484,795 issued to Frank Li, Suzhou, China; Sum Zhang, Suzhou, China; Bo Sun, Suzhou, China. Assigned to Harman, Stamford. System and method for printing documents using print hardware and automatic context inference. Patent no. 10,484,453 issued to Gavan Leonard Tredoux, Penfield. Assigned to Xerox, Norwalk. Tamper-resistant pharmaceutical formulations. Patent no. 10,478,504 issued to Debora Guido, Bordentown, New Jersey; Haiyong Hugh Huang, Princeton Junction, New Jersey. Assigned to Purdue Pharma LP, Stamford.

LEGAL NOTICES UZUCA LLC. Filed 7/15/19. Office: Westchester County. SSNY designated as agent for process & shall mail to the LLC at 1 Alexander Street Unit 1208 Yonkers, NY 10701. Purpose: Any lawful. #62361 NOTICE OF FORMATION OF The More We Become LLC. ARTS. OF ORG. FILED WITH SSNY ON 08/20/2019. OFFICE LOCATION: WESTCHESTER COUNTY. SSNY DESIGNATED AS AGENT OF LLC UPON WHOM PROCESS MAY BE SERVED. SSNY SHALL MAIL PROCESS TO 35 Clinton Place, Apt. 5A, New Rochelle, NY 10801 PURPOSE: ANY LAWFUL ACT OR ACTIVITY. #62362 Notice of Formation of Katie Mack Fitness LLC. Articles of Organization filed with Secretary of State of New York (SSNY) on 09/19/19. Office location: Westchester County. United States Corporation Agents, Inc. is designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to: 27 Barker Ave, PH1501, White Plains, NY 10601. Purpose: any lawful purpose. #62363 Notice of Formation of BioPharma Media Services LLC, a domestic limited liability company. Articles of Organization were filed with the Secretary of State of New York (SSNY) on 10/09/19. NY Office location: Westchester County. SSNY is designated as agent upon whom process against the LLC may be served. SSNY shall mail a copy of process to the LLC at PO Box 503, Lincolndale, New York 10540. Purpose: For any lawful purpose. #62364 Notice of formation of Limited Liability Company (ìLLCî). Name: The Crossroads at Genesee Holdings LLC. Articles of Organization filed with the Secretary of State of the State of New York (ìSSNYî) on October 10, 2019. N.Y. office location: Westchester County. The SSNY has been designated as agent of the LLC upon whom process against it may be served. The SSNY shall mail a copy of any process to The Crossroads at Genesee Holdings LLC, 1055 Saw Mill River Road, Suite 204, Ardsley, New York 10502. Purpose/ character of LLC is to engage in any lawful act or activity. #62365

Notice of Formation of Kosterich & Skeete, LLC Articles of Organization filed with the Secy. of State of NY (SS) on 10/03/2019. Office location: Westchester County. SS designated as agent of LLC upon whom process it may be served. SS shall mail process to: 68 Main Street, Tuckahoe, NY 10707. Purpose: any legal purpose. #62366 NOTICE OF FORMATION of Limited Liability Company ("LLC"). Name: FIT NETWORKS. Articles of Organization filed with the Secretary of State of the State of New York ("SSNY") on March 11, 2019. N.Y. office location: Westchester County. The SSNY has been designated as agent of the LLC upon whom process against it may be served. The SSNY shall mail a copy of any process to FIT NETWORKS LLC, 37 Morris Street, New Rochelle, New York 10801. Purpose/character of LLC is to provide IT solutions. #62367 Notice of Formation of RonTech Solutions, LLC filed with SSNY on August 21, 2019. Office: Westchester County. SSNY designated agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail copy of process to LLC: 821 Bronx River Road APT3B, Yonkers, NY 10708. Purpose: any lawful act or activity. #62368 Notice of Formation of 10 FOXWOOD LLC. Arts. of Org. filed with the Secy of State of NY (SSNY) on 10/2/19. Office location: Westchester County. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to: 55 Beverly Road, Mt. Kisco, NY 10549. Purpose: any lawful act or activity. #62369 Derma Studio NYC LLC, Arts of Org. filed with Sec. of State of NY (SSNY) 9/30/2019. Cty: Westchester. SSNY desig. as agent upon whom process against may be served & shall mail process to 819 Carpenter Pl., Mamaroneck, NY 10543. General Purpose. #62370

Notice of formation of Limited Liability Company (ìLLCî). Name: Broad Street Commons Holdings LLC. Articles of Organization filed with the Secretary of State of the State of New York (ìSSNYî) on October 16, 2019. N.Y. office location: Westchester County. The SSNY has been designated as agent of the LLC upon whom process against it may be served. The SSNY shall mail a copy of any process to Broad Street Commons Holdings LLC, 1055 Saw Mill River Road, Suite 204, Ardsley, New York 10502. Purpose/ character of LLC is to engage in any lawful act or activity. #62371

NOTICE OF FORMATION of TALLYRAND LLC. Arts. of Org. filed with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 10/2/2019. Office location: Westchester County. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail copy of process to: THE LLC 45 BROADWAY, SUITE 3010, NEW YORK, NY 10006. Purpose: any lawful purpose. #62380

Mobius Veterinary Services PLLC. Art. of Org. filed with SSNY on 9/5/19. Office location: Westchester County. SSNY designated as agent of the PLLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail a copy of any process to The PLLC, 80 Van Wart Ave., Tarrytown, NY 10591. Purpose: To practice the profession of Veterinary Medicine #62388

PMSB Management LLC. Filed 9/11/19 Office: Westchester Co. SSNY designated as agent for process & shall mail to: 69 Remsen Circle, Yonkers, NY 10710 Purpose: all lawful #62382

Notice of Formation of Navis Tax LLC. Art. Of Org. filed with SSNY on 10/18/2019. Office Location: Westchester County. SSNY designated as agent of the LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to: 800 Westchester Ave, STE S-602, Rye Brook, NY 10573. Purpose: any lawful purpose. #62372

Derek's Walks LLC. Filed 9/17/19 Office: Westchester Co. SSNY designated as agent for process & shall mail to: 113 Main St. Apt 1N, Irvington, NY 10533 Purpose: all lawful #62383

BRC Global Security Group LLC, Art. of Org. filed with the SSNY on 10/04/2019. Office: Westchester County. SSNY designated as agent of the LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail copy of process to the LLC, 2 The Court, New Rochelle, NY 10801. Purpose: Any lawful purpose. #62389

Notice of Formation of Benvenuto & Kim LLP. Certificate filed with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 10/08/2019. Office location: Westchester County. SSNY designated as agent of LLP upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to: 520 White Plains Road, Suite 500, Tarrytown, NY 10591. Name/address of each genl. ptr. available from SSNY. Purpose: law practices. #62376 Notice of Formation of Royal Care of Westchester LLC Arts. of Org. filed with SSNY on 05/24/19. Office location: Westchester County. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process may be served. SSNY shall mail process to United States Corporation Agents, Inc., 7014 13th Avenue, Suite 202, Brooklyn, NY 11228. Purpose: any lawful act or activity. #62377 DERMA STUDIO NYC LLC, Arts of Org. filed with Sec. of State of NY (SSNY) 9/30/2019. Cty: WESTCHESTER. SSNY desig. as agent upon whom process against may be served & shall mail process to 819 CARPENTER PL., MAMARONECK, NY 10543. General Purpose. #62379

Dita Balaj Beauty LLC. Filed 8/27/19 Office: Westchester Co. SSNY designated as agent for process & shall mail to: 40 West Main St, Mt. Kisco, NY 10549 Purpose: all lawful #62384 51 Central Realty, LLC. Filed 8/22/19 Office: Westchester Co. SSNY designated as agent for process & shall mail to: 51 Central Avenue, Ossining, NY 10562 Purpose: all lawful #62385 204 DRAKE LLC, Arts of Org. filed with Sec. of State of NY (SSNY) 8/22/2019. Cty: WESTCHESTER. SSNY desig. as agent upon whom process against may be served & shall mail process to 186 SETON DR., NEW ROCHELLE, NY 10804. General Purpose. #62386 Notice of Formation of FILOPEI LEGAL CONSULTING PLLC. Articles of Organization filed with the Secretary of State of New York (SSNY) on 07/02/2019. Office location: Westchester County. SSNY has been designated as agent of the LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to The LLC, 68 E. Hartsdale Avenue, Ste S1, Hartsdale, NY 10530. Purpose: Any lawful activity. #62387

Don Vonne LLC filed with SSNY on 12/27/18. Off. Loc: Westchester Cty. SSNY desig. as agent of the LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to the LLC, 26 First Ave #8053 Pelham, NY 10803. Purpose: any lawful purpose. #62390 Notice of Formation of LRM MEDIA STRATEGIES, LLC. Art. Of Org. filed with SSNY on 10/7/19. Offc. Loc: Westchester Cty. SSNY desig. as agent of the LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to the LLC, 7 Crawford Dr. Tuckahoe, NY 10707. Purpose: any lawful purpose. #62391 Notice of Formation of Maverick Multimedia, LLC Application for Authority filed with N.Y.S. Department of State on 10/28/19. Westchester County. CT Corporation System designated as agent of the LLC upon whom process against it may be served. N.Y.S. Department of State shall mail process to the LLC, 28 Liberty St, New York, NY, 10005. Purpose: any lawful purpose. #62392 North of Mad LLC. Art. of Org. filed with SSNY 7/9/19. Office Location: Westchester Cty. SSNY designated as agent for process & shall mail to: 3 Fermi Ct., Cortlandt Manor NY 10567 Purpose: all lawful. #62393 AlignerInsider LLC. Art. of Org. filed with SSNY 10/15/19. Office Location: Westchester Cty. SSNY designated as agent for process & shall mail to: 1983 Crompond Rd, Cortlandt Manor NY 10567 Purpose: all lawful. #62394

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HLW Ventures, LLC. Art. of Org. filed with SSNY 9/18/19. Office Location: Westchester Cty. SSNY designated as agent for process & shall mail to: 98 Dunston Ave, Yonkers, NY 10701 Purpose: all lawful. #62395 FOAT Consultants, LLC, Arts of Organization filed with Sec. of State of NY (SSNY) 8/02/2019. Cty: Westchester. SSNY desig. as agent upon whom process against may be served & shall mail process to 15 Lake Street, #4D, White Plains, NY 10603. Purpose: all lawful. #62397 Notice of Formation of Montauk Recruitment Group, LLC Art. Of Org. filed with SSNY on 9/12/19. Offc. Loc: Westchester Cty. SSNY desig. as agent of the LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to the LLC, 9A Lewis Road, Pound Ridge, NY 10576. Purpose: any lawful business purpose #62398 Notice of Formation of Bedford Baby Co. LLC Art. Of Org. filed with SSNY on 9/6/19. Offc. Loc: Westchester Cty. SSNY desig. as agent of the LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to the LLC, 9A Lewis Road, Pound Ridge, NY 10576. Purpose: any lawful business purpose. #62399 Notice of Formation of KAY DEE SQUARE, LLC. Arts. of Org. filed with SSNY on 10/18/19. Office location: Westchester County. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process may be served. SSNY shall mail process to MSJ Financial Svcs., 1 Prospect Ave., White Plains, New York 10607. Purpose: any lawful act or activity. #62400 Notice of Formation of East & West Integrative Therapy, LLC. Art. of Org. Filed with SSNY on 9/3/19. Offc. Loc: Westchester Cty. SSNY desig. as agent of the LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to the LLC , 9 Valentine Road, Briarcliff Manor, NY 10510. Purpose: any lawful purpose. #62401 The annual return of the The Rosenfeld Heart Foundation, Inc. for the calendar year December 31, 2018 is available at its principal office located at Overbrook Management Corp 122 East 42nd Street, Ste 2500, New York, NY for inspection during regular business hours by any citizen who requests it within 180 days hereof. Principal Manager of the Foundation is Stephen Rosenfeld. #62402

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The annual return of the St. Augustine Foundation LTD for the calendar year 2018 is available at its principal office located at 538 Riverside Avenue, Yonkers NY 10705 for inspection during regular business hours by any citizen who requests it within 180 days hereof. Principal Manager of the Foundation is John E. Fitzgerald. #62403 Notice of formation of Frithco LLC. Articles of Org. filed with SSNY on 4/02/18. Office loc Westchester Cty. SSNY desig. as agent of the LLC upon whom process aganst it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to the LLC, 310 Nob Hill Dr., Elmsford, NY 10523. Purpose: all lawful. #62405 NOTICE OF ANNUAL REPORT - Notice is hereby given that the 2018 report for the year-ending December 31, 2018 of Akindale Rehabilitation & Land Conservation Fund is available for inspection at its principal office, 287 King Street, Chappaqua, New York 10514 during regular, business hours by any citizen who requests it within 180 days after the date of this publication. The Foundationís principal manager is Bruce Oberfest, Trustee, 914-2383800. #62406 Notice of Formation of CVP CREATIVE SOLUTIONS LLC. Arts. of Org. filed with the Secy of State of NY (SSNY) on 10/21/19. Office location: Westchester County. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to: c/o Christopher James Vander Putten, 36 Westview Ave., Apt. 3A, Tuckahoe, NY 10707. Purpose: any lawful act or activity. #62407 JLO Realty LLC, Arts of Org. filed with Sec. of State of NY (SSNY) 12/13/2007. Cty: Westchester. SSNY desig. as agent upon whom process against may be served & shall mail process to 40 Whitman St., Hastings On Hudson, NY 10706. General Purpose. #62408 645 South Columbus LLC, Arts of Org. filed with Sec. of State of NY (SSNY) 11/4/2019. Cty: Westchester. SSNY desig. as agent upon whom process against may be served & shall mail process to 89 Edison Ave., Mount Vernon, NY 10550. General Purpose. # 62396

NOVEMBER 25, 2019

Experience Something Real 2019-2020 JANUARY 25 CMS of Lincoln Center 30 Limón Dance Company FEBRUARY 8 Orpheus Chamber Orchestra 8 Villalobos Brothers 9 Westchester Philharmonic 14 Paul Taylor Dance Company 15 The Manhattan Transfer 23 MUMMENSCHANZ: you & me 28 Air Play

Tickets Make Great Gifts!

MARCH 1 The Very Hungry Caterpillar 6 It Gets Better 14 CMS of Lincoln Center 14 Ballet Folclórico Nacional de México 15 A Cappella Live! 20 Mariachi Los Camperos 22 Treehouse Shakers: The Boy Who Grew Flowers 27 Black Violin 28 Doug Varone and Dancers

DECEMBER 7 An Evening with David Sedaris 8 Westchester Philharmonic 13 A.I.M: An Untitled Love 15 Canadian Brass: Christmas Time Is Here

APRIL 18 RUBBERBAND: Ever So Slightly 19 Westchester Philharmonic 25 CMS of Lincoln Center MAY 2 Gravity and Other Myths: A Simple Space 5 Tania Pérez-Salas Compañía de Danza

914.251.6200 www.artscenter.org LUCILLE WERLINICH, Chair of Purchase College Foundation

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